"But what do you think?" Fang Shengtang asked curiously.
Fang Ruotang was grinning foolishly. "What are you thinking about?"
"It's the Crown Prince..." Fang Shengtang thought that his sister and Prince An had nothing going on, but the Crown Prince was someone she had already publicly acknowledged. He hesitated for a moment, then changed his words and said, "Do you want to marry him and become the Crown Princess?"
“No, I’m not getting married.” Fang Ruotang shook her head firmly.
She read some storybooks that Little Mirror had collected for her. Little Mirror wanted her to be a woman of three "no's"—no refusal, no promises, and no responsibility.
In this way, she could interact with her elder brother, the Crown Prince, and her brother, Ziqi.
Fang Ruotang found the future she envisioned in the small mirror to be wonderful.
From childhood to adulthood, marriage has never been part of my life's rules, so now I have even less of an idea to marry the Crown Prince and become his personal Crown Princess.
"The Crown Prince said he wants to take in more young boys and girls to serve you. What do you think of this?" Fang Shengtang continued to press.
"I don't know!"
Fang Ruotang's brain capacity is not much larger than a pinhead. She can't think about such complicated problems. Anyway, she feels that things are pretty good now. Her brother, the Crown Prince, spoils her more than her family does.
She enjoys being with her brother, the Crown Prince.
Seeing that he couldn't get any answers, Fang Shengtang stopped asking. Anyway, with them watching over her, he figured his sister wouldn't be taken advantage of.
Two days later, Fang Ruotang received gifts from Prince An and Minister Ye, who each sent a box of things in perfect unison.
The gifts sent by Vice Minister Ye were mostly fun folk items, many of which Fang Ruotang had never seen before and didn't even know how to play with.
The contents of Prince An's box were dazzling: exquisite jewelry, fine fabrics, and some toys tucked among them.
The two men each wrote her a letter, briefly describing their situation and inquiring about hers. They also specifically asked what she was doing a few days prior at a particular hour.
Fang Ruotang looked at the letter, but didn't understand.
I can't remember what I did, so I simply didn't reply to the email.
She briefly described her eating, drinking, and having fun during this period. The two identical letters were then given to the two messengers to take away.
Fang Shengtang witnessed the whole scene from the sidelines, his complex emotions evident in his words.
Suddenly I felt a lot of sympathy for Prince An and the others.
Well, let's just hope they have strong hearts!
By the time the young prince's letter reached the prime minister's residence, Fang Shengtang was already in a coma. However, the young prince did not ask what Fang Ruotang was doing at that time a few days ago, but instead gave the crown prince a good scolding.
Fang Shengtang became interested and asked repeatedly. He may have learned a little about the reason, but he still felt something was wrong.
"How did they all know that the Crown Prince kissed you?"
Let alone in other places, even in the capital, there's no way they could know!
Fang Ruotang had no fewer than twenty secret guards stationed around her, all of whom were under the Crown Prince's command, so that no one else could squeeze in.
It's impossible for the Crown Prince's men to be bribed by Prince An and others. It couldn't be that the Crown Prince couldn't resist showing off, could it?
Wow, the Crown Prince is such a repressed romantic!
Fang Shengtang couldn't help but think.
And misunderstandings sometimes arise in this way.
As for Fang Ruotang herself, she was completely clueless and had no idea what her older sister was muttering to herself. In a hurry to leave, she couldn't help but urge her on.
"Big sister, aren't we going yet?"
Fang Shengtang looked at his younger sister, who was dressed up beautifully, raised an eyebrow, and deliberately said, "You don't have to go. After all, the Li family is hosting a banquet, and we don't know if it will be good or bad."
"No, I want to go." Fang Ruotang was afraid that her older sister really wouldn't take her out, so she said a whole bunch of nice things.
Fang Shengtang's eyes were full of smiles, and she let Fang Ruotang cling to her arm and act coquettishly for a while before she suppressed her laughter and said seriously, "As early as five years ago, the Emperor had already decided that Li Mingyu would be the Crown Princess. If the Crown Prince hadn't kept delaying the marriage, she would have married into the Eastern Palace long ago."
"She came to Beijing this time and specifically sent you an invitation to go on a trip. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing." Fang Shengtang actually didn't want Fang Ruotang to see Li Mingyu.
Li Mingyu is a smart woman and wouldn't disregard the Li family behind her and do anything to offend the Prime Minister's Mansion. But the worst thing is that she might get angry and make sarcastic remarks about Fang Ruotang, which she wouldn't be able to accept.
After all, the imperial power is supreme. This marriage to the Crown Prince was not requested by their Prime Minister's Mansion, nor was it at her sister's request for the Crown Prince to cancel it.
Fang Shengtang was also protective of his own, so naturally he didn't want to personally send his sister to be humiliated.
Even if Li Mingyu truly harbored resentment, she should have directed her efforts towards the Crown Prince, not towards her sister.
"I want to go play."
Fang Ruotang didn't care about anything else, she just wanted to go out and have fun.
During this period, the Crown Prince forbade her from accepting invitations, and she had not attended any banquets for many days in a row.
Fang Ruotang was not good at any of the traditional arts, but she enjoyed attending banquets and watching others recite poems, paint, play music, and dance.
What's more, every time she attended a banquet, the little mirror would tell her some secret stories, which she loved to hear.
Furthermore, it's already summer, and with Miss Li inviting people to go boating on the lake, Fang Ruotang is even less likely to miss it.
"Okay, then stick close to me."
Fang Shengtang knew he couldn't persuade her otherwise, so he instructed his fourth sister who was traveling with him, "Xiao Liu can't swim, so you need to keep a close eye on her. It wouldn't be good if she fell into the water after drinking on the boat."
"Big sister, I'll keep a close eye on her." Fang Wantang smiled gently, her lips pursed, despite Fang Ruotang's resentful gaze.
Fang Ruotang had been in poor health and had never tasted alcohol before. A few days ago, she and her sisters took out the fruit wine they had made last year and had a few sips.
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