"Since you think this suggestion is feasible, does that mean I don't have to chop off this hand?" Ye Jingchen waved his hand, signaling Xie Chang'an to let go.

Xie Chang'an then realized that he had been holding Ye Jingchen's hand the whole time and quickly let go.

"You can't just touch a man's head like that!" he said sternly, trying to justify his actions.

"A thirteen-year-old man?" Ye Jingchen teased him.

Xie Chang'an didn't say anything, but he reached out and ruffled Ye Jingchen's hair on top of his head, making it look like a bird's nest.

Ye Jingchen wanted to resist, but because he was no match for Xie Chang'an, he still managed to win.

Seeing the mess on Ye Jingchen's head, Xie Chang'an's usually composed expression finally softened, revealing a hint of a smile.

After returning to the city, Ye Jingchen went to Chang'an Residence first.

He couldn't possibly go to the government office with this steamed bun on his head. If others saw it, where would his dignity as the crown prince be?

So he planned to go to Chang'an Residence to fix his hair before returning to the government office.

He had never had long hair in his past life, and in this life he had no experience in combing his own hair. He fiddled with it in front of the bronze mirror for a long time, and the hair he tied was crooked and messy, it was simply unbearable to look at.

Xie Chang'an offered to help him tie his hair, but he firmly refused.

He didn't trust himself, nor did he trust Xie Chang'an.

If Xie Chang'an were to pull out a few strands of his hair without thinking, he would be heartbroken.

In his previous life, at the age of thirty, he was experiencing a baldness crisis. He was fine, but many of his colleagues' heads had started to bulge, which looked particularly terrifying. So in this life, he cherishes his hair very much and takes great care of it.

Fangfei and the others knew that he cared a lot about his hair, so they were always very careful when tying it up for him.

"Do you think I'm as lazy and ignorant as you? I tie my own hair every day!" Xie Chang'an sneered at him.

“It’s different to tie your own hair than to tie someone else’s hair. Does the Duke of Zhenguo’s mansion not even have a maid to tie your hair?” Ye Jingchen asked, having already decided that he would learn to tie his own hair, otherwise it would be too inconvenient when he went out in the future.

In the end, Xie Chang'an found a young maid to tie Ye Jingchen's hair.

"So what if you lose a hair or two? It's not like it won't grow back!" Xie Chang'an was very dismissive of Ye Jingchen's concern about hair.

"What if it stops growing? Wouldn't your hair get thinner and thinner? Good looks depend on the amount of hair you have. If you have too little hair, no matter how handsome you are, you'll just look sleazy!" Ye Jingchen said seriously.

Xie Chang'an looked at the person admiring themselves in the bronze mirror, a smirk playing on their lips. They said sarcastically, "Then you really need to protect your hair. You're not good-looking to begin with, and if you lose your hair, it won't just be sleazy!"

Xie Chang'an's face can also be seen in the bronze mirror.

"I'm indeed not as handsome as you!" Ye Jingchen retorted with a smile.

Xie Chang'an's face immediately darkened.

"I'm still quite satisfied with my appearance. At least if I get married in the future, I won't be prettier than my wife!" Ye Jingchen hummed a tuneless little tune in a good mood after looking in the mirror.

Xie Chang'an was in a bad mood at all.

He hates it when people talk about his face, but his good father and Ye Jingchen just love to use his appearance to provoke him!

His hands were itching to hit someone, but he couldn't hit Ye Jingchen.

But Ye Jingchen's mouth was so annoying that he was unwilling to let it go unpunished. Thinking that Ye Jingchen cherished his hair, he decided to extend his evil claws to Ye Jingchen's hair.

But this time, Ye Jingchen was prepared. He covered his hair with both hands and shouted, "Chenxi, help!"

Chen Xi appeared in response, blocking Xie Chang'an's hand, and then shielded Ye Jingchen behind her.

"It's almost lunchtime, I have to go back to the government office, otherwise Jingming will come looking for me and we'll be exposed!" Ye Jingchen said, hiding behind Chenxi.

"Goodbye, Xie—little girl!" When leaving Chang'an Residence, Ye Jingchen, taking advantage of Chenxi's presence, deliberately provoked Xie Chang'an with his sharp tongue, as revenge for messing up his hair.

Before Xie Chang'an could react, Ye Jingchen grabbed Chenxi's sleeve and urged, "Hurry up! The little girl is going crazy!"

Xie Chang'an was indeed furious, but with Chenxi protecting him, he couldn't do anything to Ye Jingchen for the time being. So he just watched coldly as Ye Jingchen was led away from the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion by Chenxi.

One day, he will make Ye Jingchen pay the price for his loose tongue!

Xie Chang'an went to see the patriarch with a sullen face, while Ye Jingchen was taken back to the government office by Chenxi.

He had just dropped his disguise when Ye Jingming came to invite him to lunch.

During lunch, Ye Jingming looked at Ye Jingchen several times, seemingly wanting to say something but then stopping himself.

"Why are you staring at me like that? Is there something on my face?" Ye Jingchen touched his face, wondering if he hadn't removed all the makeup, which was why Ye Jingming noticed.

"No..." Ye Jingming hesitated for a long time before vaguely saying, "I heard a rumor today that my elder brother and Xie Chang'an... have a particularly good relationship..."

Ye Jingchen: !

No? Zhang Zhe really stirred up trouble?

"Don't you all know what my relationship with Xie Chang'an is like?" Ye Jingchen asked calmly.

"I know that you and Xie Chang'an have a good relationship, but you don't want Father to know about this. If Father hears this rumor, have you thought about how to explain it to him?" Ye Jingming asked with some concern.

Ye Jingchen looked at Ye Jingming in surprise.

"How did you figure out that Xie Chang'an and I have a pretty good relationship?" he asked.

"Your Majesty chose Xie Chang'an as your study companion, isn't it because you want to use the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion? Since Your Majesty wants to use the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, how could you possibly have a bad relationship with Xie Chang'an?" Ye Jingming said with a slight smile.

Based on this premise, his observation of his elder brother and Xie Chang'an further confirmed his guess.

The Emperor treats Xie Chang'an differently than he treats Yun Shu and the others, and Xie Chang'an treats the Emperor differently than he treats everyone else in the Wenhua Hall!

Not only do the two of them have a very good personal relationship, but they must also have secrets that others don't know!

"You're very smart to see through appearances to the essence," Ye Jingchen praised, without denying his words.

"It's alright, I know who spread this rumor. I'll explain it to Father when he asks!"

Zhang Zhe, what a pity!

Ye Jingchen did not expect that when he took the princes and princesses to pay their respects to the emperor in the evening, the emperor's expression was strange. He looked at him with a probing gaze from time to time, and no matter how he tried to coax the emperor, he could not make the emperor smile.

After they finished their dinner, the emperor let the others leave first, leaving Ye Jingchen alone.

"What exactly is going on between you and Xie Chang'an? I've heard people say that you two are as close as brothers," the emperor asked, his expression unreadable.

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