He then declared domineeringly, "I will marry you, and you can only marry me."

He simply couldn't accept Qingyou marrying someone else.

Qingyou laughed out loud, "If you had said that earlier, it would have been fine."

Fei Chen then realized that she had been teasing him on purpose, and said irritably, "You bad woman."

Qingyou reached out and pinched his waist. "So, do you like bad women?"

Fei Chen grasped her mischievous hand, his ears turning red as he stammered, "Of course, of course I like it!"

"But I only like you, you bad woman."

He didn't like any other women, good or bad.

Qingyou scratched his palm, "That's more like it!"

After confirming their relationship, the two spent every day together and became increasingly intimate.

Because he doted on his younger sister and had a good relationship with the Crown Prince, Min Yanchang turned a blind eye to the situation.

In his mind, the Crown Prince was much more reliable than the Third Prince.

While Qingyou was learning from Abbot Nan, Feichen also picked up a book and started studying.

Because he suffered a lot and witnessed too much darkness in his childhood, he only wanted to do whatever made him happy and live a carefree and unrestrained life when he grew up.

He didn't care what the court officials thought.

He didn't really care that much about whether or not he was emperor.

But things are different now; he will soon have a crown princess.

For her sake, he also had to work hard, learn the ways of governing a country, and become a good emperor.

Only in this way can we have the strength and ability to protect her and let her live happily without any worries.

This way, everyone will know that he is the only suitable match for her, better than Fei Yu.

Another month passed, and Qingyou was counting down the days until the literary gathering.

In addition, several letters came from the capital, from the emperor, the empress dowager, and the Duke's mansion, urging them to return to the capital.

So Qingyou chose an auspicious day to go out and, together with Feichen and her brother, bid farewell to Abbot Nan and returned to the capital.

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