Fang Ruotang made a soft "hmm" sound.

[Poor prince, I'd better not tell him that I was just trying to fleece him for a reward; after all, he's quite nice.]

Crown Prince: ...

Okay! Stop talking, he already knows.

The two arrived at Zhenxiulou with different feelings. Zhenxiulou was owned by the young prince, and a room was always reserved for the crown prince all year round.

"Let's see what you'd like to eat?"

"Can I order anything?"

Fang Ruotang picked up the menu, which contained many dishes that her family forbade her to eat, especially some spicy dishes with strong flavors.

The Crown Prince, while not fully understanding Fang Ruotang's habits, had grasped about four or five parts of them, and tapped the menu with his slender fingers.

"You are not allowed to eat these."

Fang Ruotang pouted; the Crown Prince had ordered exactly what she wanted to try.

As a child, Fang Ruotang was already in poor health. Once, she secretly tasted something spicy and choked on it, which triggered a heart attack. She almost didn't survive that time.

The main reason was that her health was too poor when she was young. Before she was ten years old, she was almost out of breath after every step, and all the imperial physicians in the palace could not help her.

Later, she consulted a quack doctor who said her heart condition wasn't actually that serious, and that her poor health over the years was due to her family spoiling her.

From then on, the family stopped taking such good care of her and let her run around the house as she pleased, and her health improved day by day.

"But I want to try it!" Fang Ruotang's eyes darted around, revealing a hint of cleverness. As if she had no teacher, she knew how to coax the Crown Prince. She pinched his sleeve with two fingers and said, "If you let me try it, I'll like you, okay?"

The Crown Prince's heart skipped a beat, and just as he was about to speak, the young prince arrived uninvited, with a carefree smile on his face.

"Hey, who's this! Picking up girls behind everyone's back!"