"Your Majesty believes that since my younger sister is already thirteen and will be fourteen in a month, she is old enough to make her own decisions. Therefore, I suggest that she make her own decision."

Helian Yi put down his teacup, stood up from the pear wood chair, bowed to Helian Nie, and spoke.

Helian Si paused in his eating of pastries, blinked at Helian Yi with surprise and astonishment, wondering if his eldest brother was so easy to talk to.

Then Helian Yi spoke next, his gentle voice like a spring breeze, soothing to the listener.

"Besides, my little princess is a princess of my Northern Yin. She doesn't need to care too much about other things. If she likes the teacher now, she can like him. If she doesn't like him in the future, she can just change to another one."

Helian Yi spoke with extreme nonchalance, saying that his younger sister was the only princess of Northern Yin, and was loved by Helian Nie and her brothers.

No matter what happens in the future, they will protect the little princess, just as they have all these years. It's just that she likes handsome men, so what's wrong with that?

"Cough cough cough!"

Helian Si choked on her tea. No, what did she just hear? Was the eldest prince serious?

If you like it, keep it; if you don't, exchange it...?

Helian Ci looked at Helian Yi with his dark eyes. His handsome face was extremely dark. Listen to what kind of nonsense Helian Yi is saying.

But... thinking about it, it makes sense. With them around, the little coward has nothing to worry about. As for Helian Yi, it seems like that would work too.

He glanced sideways and met Helian You's starry eyes. Without a word, the look of sudden realization on Helian You's handsome face said it all.

For a time, because of Helian Yi's words, the three brothers reached this inexplicable consensus.

Helian Nie raised an eyebrow on his handsome face, a fleeting smile playing on his lips. So, there was no need for him to say anything more.

Looking at the dazed Helian Si, she felt a slight smile in her heart. The ugly thing was so happy that he couldn't find his way around.

"Alright, you ugly thing, you go back first. I have something to discuss with your royal brother."

Helian Nie tapped his slender fingers lightly on the nanmu wood table a few times, then lifted his eyelids and spoke.

"Ah? Okay..."

After leaving the Wolong Palace, Helian Si was still in a daze. No, not only did his brothers stop him from liking handsome men, but they also offered him handsome men.

What kind of crazy move is this?

"Head Guard, pinch me."

Helian Si turned to look at the long eagle guarding the palace gate, his delicate oval face blankly opening his mouth.

She felt something was off. It was one thing for the eldest prince to agree, but how could the second and third princes also agree? This didn't make sense.

Changying was taken aback, took a step back, and bowed his head. His tense face showed a hint of doubt, but he still spoke respectfully.

"Your Highness is of noble birth, I dare not."

Helian Si: "..."

Inside the hall,

Helian Nie raised his eyes, his peach blossom eyes sweeping over the three brothers. He picked up his celadon teacup, took a small sip, and then spoke softly.

“My men have found the whereabouts of Si Bei Tao Hua from Dong Chen Kingdom. The three of you, take men and invite Si Bei Tao Hua and the others to stay at the post station.”

"After this, without further orders, no one may enter or leave the post station. Do you understand my meaning?"

Helian Yimo's slender fingers, hidden beneath the white cloud-patterned cuffs, twitched slightly. Si Beitaohua… a remnant of the Empress Dongchen's faction…

Why would Helian Nie let his three brothers handle such a matter? Was it a test for them... or was there another purpose?

"Your subject obeys the decree." The three brothers responded in unison, but only they themselves knew what they were thinking.