Huo Zhige watched the snowball slowly approaching, and cooperatively shifted his feet, letting the snowman hit him in the face, which drew a burst of laughter from Fang Ruotang.
"Haha, you're so clumsy! Everyone else is dodging snowballs, but you're catching them head-on. Do you even know how to play?"
As she spoke, Fang Ruotang made another snowball and threw it at Huo Zhige.
Huo Zhige caught it again, this time with his chest.
"You're so bad, hahaha..."
Cheng Xiaocheng, Wei Ruoyao, and the others were utterly speechless.
Fang Ruotang really couldn't tell that General Huo had released the entire moat.
oh!
She couldn't tell, because the clever girl had already begun to show off her intelligence.
“You’ll be in a group with Wei Ruoyao, and I’ll be in a group with Cheng Xiaocheng. The two groups are evenly matched. Let’s begin!”
There were no separate groups earlier, and the three of them were throwing snowballs at each other. Wei Ruoyao was clearly the better one, after all, she grew up in a small village and had done plenty of things like climbing trees and catching fish.
Cheng Xiaocheng likes to inquire about new and interesting things, but she has many rules and regulations that aristocratic families should have, so she is not as open as Wei Ruoyao. Fang Ruotang is a complete novice, but she feels that she is much better than Huo Zhige.
Huo Zhige was stunned. He didn't come here to have a snowball fight, and even if he were to, he should be in a team with Xiao Ke'ai, okay? Xiao Ke'ai had put him in a team with someone he didn't even know.
"Sweetie, we're in the same group!"
"No, you're so bad, you'll drag me down!"
Fang Ruotang decisively refused, then shouted excitedly and hit the first ball.
Cheng Xiaocheng had a look on her face that said, "I'm doomed."
Soon, the facts were laid bare: snowballs rained down on her, but thankfully everyone was careful not to compact them, so they didn't hurt when they hit her.
But...who doesn't have a competitive spirit?
Cheng Xiaocheng was ignited and let out a loud shout.
"Ruo Ruo, you fight the little general, I'll fight Ruo Yao. Let's fight them to the death! Even if we lose, we won't lose our spirit!"
"Come on! Today I'll show you my invincible snowball!"
Fang Ruotang responded excitedly, rubbing snowballs with both hands until her fingers turned red, but she didn't feel cold at all, and even jumped around in the yard until she was covered in sweat.
Huo Zhige had no idea how he spent the day. He had come to Fang Ruotang to get their marriage certificate, but inexplicably ended up joining a snowball fight.
Then, for no apparent reason, he was asked to leave the Prime Minister's residence.
After the snowball fight, the three girls were all sweaty and wanted to take a bath. As a man, he should leave, so he was asked to leave.
Standing at the entrance of the Prime Minister's residence, a cold wind blew.
Huo Zhige felt a chill in his heart.
But a sweet smile played on his lips. After all, he had seen Fang Ruotang smile so happily, and he was happy to see her smile too. Moreover, he had been a part of that happiness.
The next morning at court, the matter of Huo Zhige and Ye Wuxia's behavior was raised high but then gently dismissed—after all, they were both the Grand Preceptor's men! They enjoyed a certain degree of privilege.
Most importantly, neither of them affected the overall situation.
Ye Wuxia meticulously implemented all the relief efforts in the disaster area.
In the border wars, Huo Zhige won several battles in a row, directly forcing the enemy country to submit. With such achievements, it was not surprising that the court officials were so blind as to punish him for returning to the capital early.
Today, however, a different issue has been repeatedly raised: whether or not to move the capital to a new location.
This matter has been discussed for several days.
There is still no definitive conclusion.
After all, the relocation of a country's political and economic center is not something that can be done with just a few words; there are too many details to be implemented one by one.
Just as the court was in the midst of a heated argument.
Prince An had already sent his visiting card and entered the Prime Minister's residence with great poise, where he met Fang Ruotang.
Fang Ruotang asked with a look of surprise, "Brother Ziqi, when did you come back? Why didn't you write to tell me? I could have picked you up at the city gate."
"I just arrived this morning, and after freshening up, I came over." Prince An was more particular than Huo Zhige and really didn't want to appear in front of Fang Ruotang looking dirty and smelly.
Therefore, when Fang Ruotang looked at Prince An now, she felt that he was about the same as when he left the capital last time, except that he seemed to have lost a little weight and his eyes were slightly different.
Prince An returned home first and heard from his mother that Fang Ruotang already knew about the leak of her feelings. After all, the Eldest Princess was going to protect Fang Ruotang for her son and would keep a close eye on news about her.
"It's my fault for not telling you about your situation."
"You mean I let my true feelings slip out? I don't blame you. I understand that none of you could say it." Fang Ruotang smiled and nodded at Prince An as she spoke.
Prince An's fingers trembled slightly, unable to suppress the urge to immediately pull the person into his arms.
He suppressed his emotions and said, "Besides this, there's something else I want to tell you?"
"What?" Fang Ruotang took a step forward and got closer.
Prince An felt that the air suddenly smelled better.
His voice became even gentler.
"Although I noticed you because of the little mirror you possess, my desire to be with you is not driven by self-interest. I know that with the little mirror you can easily see through people's true or false feelings towards you, but I still want to explain that my affection for you is solely because of you."
“I know! It’s the attraction of souls! The little mirror told me long ago! Before I had my accident, you chased me for hundreds of thousands of years, but I didn’t like you. After I had my accident, you accompanied me through countless reincarnations, but I still didn’t like you. This time, you put the little mirror on me, hoping that the little mirror would encourage me to win you over and be with you.”
Fang Ruotang kept talking without holding back, finishing her sentence in one breath.
Although they had learned about these things from Xiao Jingzi's intermittent complaints, Prince An still felt somewhat embarrassed to hear them said by the person involved.
That's... a pretty despicable tactic.
It's despicable to bully a young girl who has no memory.
But should we take a step back and wait for her to recover her senses before pursuing her?
That's impossible!
In love, who doesn't use a few tricks and schemes?
He was shameless and used every trick in the book to pursue the girl he loved; it wasn't shameful at all.
"Is this all you wanted to tell me? I already knew that!" Fang Ruotang's small face was full of a proud little expression, which completely charmed Prince An.
Seeing her adorable appearance, how could Prince An suppress his longing? He pretended to be a virtuous gentleman and spoke to her politely.
"Can I have a hug?" Prince An opened his arms.
Fang Ruotang tilted her head and glanced at him, then asked, "You don't know yet, do you? I've already slept with the Crown Prince. Are you... still going to hug him?"
Prince An instinctively wanted to say that he knew, but since it wasn't a shared feeling, he couldn't get back so quickly, leaving the rest of the cleanup to his subordinates.
Seeing that Fang Ruotang was clearly unaware of the concept of empathy, Prince An swallowed the words he was about to say, and a gentle smile slowly appeared on his face as he softly asked, "Now that you have the Crown Prince, do you no longer want me?"
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