Yuan Bohua and the Fifth Prince were both people who knew their limits. Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had said so, the topic was over.

At this time, the Fifth Prince had eaten and drunk his fill, and his worries were gone, and he felt sleepy instantly.

The fifth prince yawned lazily, "Now that everything is clear, my brother-in-law will arrange a room in the front yard. I will take a nap first.

When you return to the palace, please greet the Queen Mother for me and tell her that I will be visiting her tomorrow."

The fifth prince doesn't want to enter the palace now. The Queen Mother's palace must be very busy at this time. People coming and going must be people who want to get information from the Queen Mother.

When Yuan Bohua heard the Fifth Prince's request, he immediately called Fang Fu in and ordered, "Take the Fifth Prince to rest. You personally lead the men to guard the perimeter. No one is allowed to approach there, especially the maids."

Fang Fu responded respectfully and led the fifth prince outside.

The prince brushed his sleeves and stood up slowly. "I will go back to the East Palace first. There must be many people waiting for me in the East Palace!"

Yuan Bohua did not hold anyone back at this special moment. He immediately stood up and saluted, "Your Highness, I respectfully send you off!"

"Fu'an, you just pay too much attention to these rules." The prince muttered to Yuan Bohua with a smile before leaving.

Yuan Bohua didn't care about the prince's grumbling. He just had to follow the proper etiquette. Otherwise, it would be his fault later.

As soon as the prince left, Yuan Bohua went straight to the backyard. On the way, he asked the maid what Zhou Qiongyue and Yuan Chaokang were doing.

After Yuan Bohua learned the exact information, he went straight to the place where Zhou Qiongyue and Yuan Chaokang were fishing.

When Yuan Bohua arrived, Yuan Chaokang had just caught a palm-sized fish and was jumping for joy. Seeing Yuan Bohua coming back, he immediately ran over with his small wooden bucket, "Father, look, I caught a fish."

Yuan Chaokang was so happy to catch a small fish because it was the first one he had caught since he started fishing with his mother. The surprise came so suddenly.

Yuan Bohua watched Yuan Chaokang running with the small wooden bucket, fearing that he would accidentally fall into the lake.

Yuan Bohua strode forward and reminded him, "Run slowly, be careful, don't fall into the lake."

When Yuan Chaokang heard his father's reminder, he immediately slowed down. Holding his bucket, he walked steadily in front of Yuan Bohua.

When he arrived in front of Yuan Bohua, he immediately brought his small wooden bucket to show off in front of Yuan Bohua, "Father, I caught a fish!"

Yuan Bohua was also very curious, so he wanted to bring it over to take a closer look.

Yuan Bo thought so in his heart, and his hands also moved in the same way. However, in order to prevent Yuan Chaokang from falling into the lake, Yuan Bohua and others stood on Yuan Chaokang's side of the lake.

He had just picked up Yuan Chaokang's small wooden bucket and took a look at it when the palm-sized fish suddenly jumped up and fell into the lake.

Yuan Bohua who didn't react in time, Yuan Chaokang who was confused, and Zhou Qiongyue who laughed wildly when she saw this scene.

Yuan Chaokang stretched his neck to look into the lake, "My fish..."

Yuan Bohua could only helplessly hold Yuan Chaokang's collar from behind to prevent him from falling.

Yuan Chaokang looked for a long time but saw nothing except a full lake of water. He was quite exasperated and said, "Father..."

Yuan Bohua was afraid that the boy would cry, so he quickly said, "I'll buy it, it's okay if I buy it!"

Yuan Chaokang, who was about to pretend to cry, immediately stretched out his little hand.

Yuan Bohua felt around his body and found that he had no money. He could only smile awkwardly, "Remember this first. I'll ask Fang Fu to give you ten taels of silver later. Don't worry, I won't default on my debt."

Without the fish and without the silver for the time being, Yuan Chaokang took the small wooden bucket from Yuan Bohua dejectedly, carried it back to his small stool and sat down.

He was secretly challenging himself in his heart, he must catch one more fish.

Yuan Bohua walked over and sat next to Zhou Qiongyue. Zhou Qiongyue quickly reminded him, "Your Highness, you can sit here, but you are not allowed to touch my fish bucket and fishing rod."

Yuan Bohua touched his nose awkwardly, "That was all a coincidence!"

Zhou Qiongyue didn't want to reason with the guy with the back of his hand, "Anyway, just don't touch it, Your Majesty."

Seeing his princess speaking so arrogantly, Yuan Bohua leaned over and took a look at the bucket next to Zhou Qiongyue. He was so angry that he laughed, but he saw that there was not a single fish in the bucket.

Yuan Bohua leaned back in his chair, his tone very dissatisfied, "Princess, there are no fish in this bucket, what are you worried about?"

"It will be there soon!" Zhou Qiongyue remained calm and didn't think there was anything wrong with her taking precautions in advance.

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Yuan Bohua, who was not convinced, immediately ordered Gu Le, who was serving beside him, to give him a set of fishing equipment.

He wanted to use the fish he caught to hit the princess and his son in the face.

After Yuan Bohua joined in the fishing, Zhou Qiongyue asked, "What did my second cousin say?"

When Zhou Qiongyue asked this, Yuan Chaokang moved the small stool that he had just secretly moved to the side back.

Zhou Qiongyue and Yuan Bohua both knew that this boy was smart and tight-lipped, so they didn't say anything to stop him from listening.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that the Emperor really wants to retire." Yuan Bohua felt that there was nothing to hide about this news.

Zhou Qiongyue nodded thoughtfully. She thought about the war that would come in more than a year, and she felt that the emperor must know about it.

In the original book, the emperor died in this battle. My second cousin ascended the throne temporarily.

The emperor and second cousin must have received news from Xie Zixin again, but I don’t know how much they know?

Actually, Zhou Qiongyue didn't know much. The part about the war was written very crudely by the author, and she just glanced at it and passed it by without paying close attention.

Zhou Qiongyue thought for a while and came to this conclusion, "Looks like I need to start sorting out the account books and collecting the money."

As soon as Zhou Qiongyue finished speaking, Yuan Bohua immediately sat up straight from his initial relaxed posture.

He looked at his princess in surprise, "Yue'er means that we are going to war with the Shenggan Kingdom?"

Yuan Bohua asked this because he knew what Yue'er was doing with all the businesses she was running.

Zhou Qiongyue couldn't tell Yuan Bohua that she knew when they would go to war with Shenggan Kingdom! She could only think of an excuse: Tang Sai:

"I heard that when the emperor was young, he loved the battlefield. Now that he has abdicated, he has no scruples and will probably return to the battlefield again!"

Yuan Bohua did not immediately refute Zhou Qiongyue's words. Instead, he thought seriously for a while before replying, "That's possible!"

When Yuan Bohua thought of this possibility, he immediately became restless and stood up and said to Zhou Qiongyue, "I'll go back to the front yard to make arrangements!"

Zhou Qiongyue smiled and asked for lunch, "Okay, I'll wait for you to eat the fish we caught together later!"