"What did you say?" Li Yanyue looked at Dongfang Yuanling, who was kneeling upright on the ground, with a gloomy face.

"Your Majesty, I wish to ask for the Sixth Prince's hand in marriage. I hope Your Majesty will grant my request!" Dongfang Yuanling repeated what he had just said.

She couldn't wait any longer. Looking at Li Po's smile, she couldn't help but want to hide him away, so she rushed to the Imperial Study to ask for permission as soon as court was over.

"I disagree!"

Li Yanyue's face was grim, veins bulging on her forehead from anger, her fists clenched so tightly they cracked.

Dongfang Yuanling was taken aback and looked up at Li Yanyue, who was filled with anger.

"His Majesty……"

"Get out! You can't even dream of Po'er, get out of here!" Li Yanyue grabbed the memorials from the table and threw them at Dongfang Yuanling, who was kneeling on the ground.

"Royal sister? What happened? Why are you so angry?"

Li Po walked in carrying a newly made kite, only to see his sister angrily throwing memorials at Dongfang Yuanling, causing Dongfang Yuanling's forehead to bleed.

Li Po felt pain just looking at her, so he stepped in front of Dongfang Yuanling and blocked her way.

"Royal sister, what did Dongfang Yuanling do wrong?"

Seeing him protecting Dongfang Yuanling in front of her, Li Yanyue's hand froze in mid-air, and she felt a pang of jealousy.

He's blaming me for hurting Dongfang Yuanling...

As soon as the thought crossed her mind, Li Yanyue's hand fell limply to her side, and she staggered back a step.

"Let's go..."

"Royal sister?" Li Po was completely taken aback. He had only just arrived, why was he being driven away?

"I told you to leave! Don't you understand?!" Upon hearing his voice, Li Yanyue felt a sudden snap in her mind and roared at Li Po.

Li Po was startled, her eyes instantly reddening, and she froze, staring blankly at her.

Dongfang Yuanling immediately stood up, grabbed Li Po's wrist, and pulled him out.

“Hey…” Li Po was startled by her sudden action, and he let go of the kite in his hand, dropping it to the ground.

Watching him being pulled away by Dongfang Yuanling, Li Yanyue suddenly turned over the pear blossom desk in front of her.

At this moment, her face was terrifyingly gloomy.

You call her Dongfang Yuanling, and me Imperial Sister, right? Po'er, you really have the heart to make me sad...

Li Yanyue suddenly remembered what Long Qianling had said.

"Li Yanyue, you really have a lot of composure. That Dongfang Yuanling is about to take down your brother, and you still have the mind to read the memorials here. I really admire you."

Yes, she admires herself now.

She was clearly going crazy with jealousy, but she had to pretend to be indifferent. Watching Dongfang Yuanling repeatedly show goodwill to Po'er, she couldn't help but feel bitter.

But that was her younger brother, and she shamelessly harbored such disgusting thoughts about him.

Li Yanyue felt like she was going crazy.

On the other side, Dongfang Yuanling pulled Li Po out of the Imperial Study and into the Imperial Garden without any hindrance.

It was a warm spring day, and all the flowers were in bloom. The two stood among the flowers, a beautiful woman and a handsome man, a perfect couple.

"Dongfang Yuanling, what are you doing?" Li Po frowned, broke free from her hand, and glared at her with displeasure.

Dongfang Yuanling's eyes darkened as she looked at his lively little expression.

Feeling uncomfortable being stared at like that, Li Po took a step back and moved away from her.

"Sixth Prince..." Dongfang Yuanling looked at him and spoke in a hoarse voice.

Li Po shuddered at the sound of her voice. "Why are you talking like that?"

"Sixth Prince...I..."

Dongfang Yuanling hesitated, wanting to say that she loved him and wanted to marry him, but she dared not utter the words.

She was afraid he would reject her...

“Just say what you have to say. Dragging it out doesn’t suit your status as Prime Minister at all.” Li Po rolled his eyes at her.

He had just been dragged out by her, and his elder sister must be very angry now. Although he didn't know why she had been so fierce to him, he was still a little worried about his elder sister and was in a hurry to get back.

"I……"

"So annoying!" Seeing that she was still unwilling to speak, Li Po turned around and was about to leave.

Instead of wasting time here, I'd rather go back and think about how to appease my elder sister.

"Wait!" Seeing that he was about to leave, Dongfang Yuanling became anxious and grabbed his wrist.

"What exactly do you want?!" Li Po turned around impatiently, glaring at her with his beautiful eyes.

Dongfang Yuanling looked into his eyes, took a deep breath, and said with utmost solemnity, "Sixth Prince, I love you. I fell in love with you at first sight the moment we first met..."

Upon hearing this, Li Po froze on the spot, as if struck by lightning.

What is she saying? She likes him? And it was love at first sight?

"What nonsense are you spouting?"

"I'm not talking nonsense, everything I said is true..."

"You...I..." Li Po saw that her expression was serious and she didn't seem to be joking, so he didn't know what to say for a moment.

He first met Dongfang Yuanling when his elder sister was vying for the throne; at that time, he and his elder sister were still adversaries.

Dongfang Yuanling was on the side of his mother, the Empress, but later, for some unknown reason, she also agreed to her elder sister's ascension to the throne and even willingly offered advice to her.

He wouldn't be so narcissistic as to think that it was because the Eastern Yuanling fell in love with him at first sight that he acted this way; so this was clearly a trap.

She definitely wants to deceive his feelings and then use him to hurt his elder sister. He's not that stupid!

"Let me go! Even if you say that, I still won't like you!"

I will never give you the chance to harm my elder sister!

Li Po forcefully shook off her hand and took a few steps back.

If Dongfang Yuanling knew what he was thinking, he would definitely cry out that he was wronged.

Yes, she admitted that she did want to deal with Li Yanyue before, but later she found that Li Po really cared about Li Yanyue, so she gave up on that idea.

She didn't know why she fell in love with him at first sight, but her gaze couldn't help but fall on him.

She wants him!

Neither of them noticed that when Dongfang Yuanling said she liked Li Po, a red light flew out from Dongfang Yuanling's body.

Long Qianling, far away in the Wuling Prince's Mansion, raised his hand and a phantom image of a five-petaled red flower appeared in his palm, one of the petals of which became a real object.

It's done!

The petals on this Yingxin flower correspond to Bai Qingnian and the other four.

When the red phantoms above all materialize, it means they have completely fallen into the illusion.

This morning, just as she was thinking of some way to provoke them again, Dongfang Yuanling's area lit up, indicating that she had revealed the secret hidden deep in her heart.

It seems that Li Yanyue's petal is not far off.