However, before he could finish speaking, Rong Ning interrupted him rudely, "Alright, stop talking!!"

Rong Ning raised her eyebrows and said impatiently, "Hurry up and eat! Are you not hungry? Do you think I am? Why are you talking so much nonsense while we're eating? It's ruining our appetite."

Having said that, she ignored the Crown Prince and picked up her bowl and chopsticks, beginning to eat heartily.

Faced with Rong Ning's impulsive behavior, the Crown Prince was first taken aback, then shook his head helplessly, but the corners of his mouth unconsciously turned up, revealing a doting smile.

The emotional speech that had been prepared had to be swallowed back down.

The Crown Prince silently shut his mouth and, imitating Rong Ning, focused on enjoying the food in front of him.

Rong Ning wouldn't listen, so the Crown Prince stopped talking. With great difficulty, they managed to finish their lunch.

Feeling full and exhausted, and with the weather still hot, Rong Ning instructed someone to bring a reclining chair and move it to the shade of a tree in the garden to cool off and take a comfortable nap.

Unexpectedly, the Crown Prince also instructed Ah Heng to bring out a reclining chair and place it next to her, where she leisurely lay down.

Rong Ning glanced at him. "Aren't you going back to the palace? You've been confiscating property everywhere lately, shouldn't you be very busy? Why do you seem so bored?"

“There’s no end to the business,” the Crown Prince stretched comfortably, “I’m just taking a half-day of leisure here to stay peacefully for half a day.”

long time?

long time?

Are you sure?

"Hmm... half a day, I'll go back to the palace tomorrow!" The Crown Prince rolled over in his bed. "The Imperial Concubine has summoned Chu Pingyao to the palace again. If I were in the Eastern Palace, I'd definitely be required to accompany her, but I'm too lazy..."

Rong Ning was speechless. "What kind of attitude is this! You and Chu Pingyao are going to get married sooner or later. The Imperial Concubine is definitely doing this on the Emperor's orders, so that you two can cultivate your relationship before you get married. Why are you unwilling?"

"I don't know either..." the prince said in a muffled voice.

"Stop being so dramatic..."

With her fiery temper, Rong Ning kicked the Crown Prince's recliner. "If you really have no interest in Chu Pingyao, you should just drop this marriage proposal as soon as possible. There are always other ways."

Stop thinking about wanting everything all the time, forcing that girl to live a life of constant worry and dependence on you in the deep palace.