Fang Ruotang made a decision, and the young prince stopped making a fuss. After all, it was getting late, and he didn't want to disturb the little girl's sleep.

But Prince Rong was different from the young prince. Although his mind was in turmoil, he was able to control himself. Even though he had a thousand thoughts in his mind, he did not make any moves that would disturb Fang Ruotang's sleep. He simply lowered his noble head and gently moved closer, his nose filled with the fragrance of her hair.

Fang Ruotang has always been a good sleeper. After no one spoke, she yawned and fell asleep almost instantly. When her even breathing began, all six men noticed.

"She's asleep, let me hold her!"

The young prince, shameless as ever, came closer again.

Prince Rong looked down at the person in his arms, his eyelids not even twitching, as if he were asleep.

The young prince said with displeasure, "I know you weren't asleep."

Prince Rong couldn't be bothered with such an idiot.

He's willing to set aside his pride and fawn over a girl like this; if he didn't like her terribly, why would he do such a thing?

If that's the case, how could the young prince possibly think he would give up the person in his arms?

"Stop pretending, hurry up."

The young prince kept babbling on and on, but dared not reach out to pull Fang Ruotang. He was afraid that if he moved, the young master Rong would also move, and if he woke Fang Ruotang up, he would really be in trouble.

"roll!"

Prince Rong rebuked him coldly.

The young prince laughed in exasperation, and was about to continue arguing when the crown prince couldn't hold back any longer.

"If you're really that free, go run a few laps around the capital city instead of acting crazy here."

The young prince retorted, dissatisfied, "Are you my brother or his brother?"

"What are you saying, little imperial uncle?" Prince An teased.

A smile also flashed in the Crown Prince's eyes.

When they were young, the young prince forced them to call him "Royal Uncle" or "Royal Brother-in-law," but they refused. Now, however, they call him "Royal Uncle" or "Royal Brother-in-law" every now and then, deliberately trying to annoy him.

"You, Cui Shixu, you're siding with outsiders, aren't you!" the young prince cursed angrily.

Although the six of them were the same age, because of the presence of the Crown Prince and Prince An, not to mention others, even he himself had the illusion that he was a little older than these people, and that they were not from the same generation.

Although that wasn't true to begin with, some things are better left unsaid!

But those two bastards, the Crown Prince and Prince An, would disgust people every now and then.

"I'm not here to steal people, I'm here to join you, is that alright?" The young prince said irritably, pulling the blanket over himself and squeezing into Fang Ruotang's bed.

Prince Rong's face darkened; he was utterly speechless.

Just as he was about to kick the man away again, the young prince shamelessly grabbed Fang Ruotang's hand, raised his eyelids, and lightly threatened Rong Shizi.

"If you kick me again, we'll just fight to the death. At worst, when Xiao Ruoruo wakes up, she won't want you or me, and those four people on the ground will benefit."

Prince Rong stopped his outstretched foot, shocked by the young prince's shameful behavior, but what annoyed him most was that he was being manipulated, so he held his breath and endured it.

On the contrary, the four people lying on the ground were somewhat disappointed.

It's a pity that Rong Shizi didn't fall for Ye Wuxia and Huo Zhige's provocation.

As dawn broke, none of the six men had actually slept. The prince was the first to get up, and the three men who had been lying on the ground followed suit.

"Don't get up?"

The crown prince asked the two people on the bed who were clearly not asleep.

The young prince remained lazy and shamelessly said, "I don't know when we'll be this close again. Only a fool would get up! I won't get up until Ruoruo wakes up."

Prince Rong didn't open his eyes. He wasn't as shameless as the young prince, but he clearly didn't intend to get up either, so the crown prince ignored the two of them.

In any case, they check and balance each other, so neither of them can really gain an advantage.

Yesterday was the first day of the Lunar New Year, and the imperial palace held a prayer ceremony.

The Emperor originally intended to leave the matter to the Crown Prince, but the Crown Prince wanted to pursue his wife, so the Emperor gritted his teeth and got involved. He had no free time at all throughout the day, which was quite a challenge for the Emperor who had been lazy for many days.

Therefore, they sent someone to invite the Crown Prince early in the morning.

No one came to urge Prince An, but in previous years, his whole family would accompany the Princess back to the palace to pay New Year's respects on the second day of the Lunar New Year, and this year's procedure was the same.

Huo Zhige and Ye Wuxia were not required to enter the palace, but they each had their own matters to attend to.

Today, all the married sisters of the Huo family will return home, and as the only male member of the Huo family, he must make an appearance to uphold the dignity of his married sisters.

As for Ye Wuxia, it was already somewhat inappropriate that his sister, who was visiting the capital for the first time, didn't spend the New Year with him yesterday. Today is the second day of the Lunar New Year, and it would be rather cold of him not to be at home with her.

When the four men left, Fang Ruotang was still asleep. The four men tacitly agreed not to have the young prince and the young master Rong pass on their message, but instead told Fang Ruotang's maid Xingbai about their whereabouts and asked her to relay it.

Xingbai was already used to such grand occasions and accepted the offer without flinching.

When Fang Ruotang woke up, the sun was already high in the sky.

She turned left and right without moving, then opened her still sleepy eyes. When she saw the two men, she was clearly startled for a moment before she reacted and muttered, "They're still here."

The young prince smiled and pinched Fang Ruotang's cheek.

"How can you talk like that during the Chinese New Year?"

Fang Ruotang, whose mind wasn't very sharp, thought for a moment and realized that her words were ambiguous, so she said, "I meant you guys are still in bed and haven't gotten up yet!"

She knows her own good sleep habits. If no one disturbs her, she can sleep for six hours a day, and usually sleeps for five hours without fail.

"Waiting for you to come together."

"What are you waiting for me to do?"

Fang Ruotang muttered in confusion and called out towards the door, "Xingbai."

Xingbai immediately entered the room, keeping her head down and not looking at the two men on the bed. She helped Fang Ruotang get up, dress, and wash.

While she was doing all this, the two men had already finished tidying up, and Xingbai also whispered to Fang Ruotang all the instructions given to the four princes.

Fang Ruotang nodded without saying anything, but asked, "Has Third Sister returned to the manor?"

"They returned early this morning and are having tea in the front hall right now. Miss and the others are all here," Xingbai relayed the information she had received that morning.

In each courtyard, there are maids responsible for running errands and gathering information, so that when the master wants to ask something, the servants can answer.

Fang Ruotang's courtyard was a little different; many things didn't need to be asked, as her family would take the initiative to tell her.

For example, when the Third Miss Fang Shutang returned to the mansion, not only did she send her maid to tell her, but Madam Shu also sent a maid to deliver the message.

"Okay, let's go over there too."

Fang Ruotang finished getting ready to go out. Seeing that Prince Rong and the young prince were still following her, she didn't say anything and swaggered to the front hall with her entourage.

The Prime Minister and his wife, as well as the eldest and second masters and their wives, were all present today. They had heard about the six men who had stayed overnight at the Prime Minister's residence last night, but they were still somewhat dazed when they saw Prince Rong and the young prince following Fang Ruotang.

Especially when the master saw Rong Shizi, after all, this was the son-in-law he had originally favored.