The two walked side by side on the palace road after leaving Shouci Palace.
Xuandi felt a lump in his throat, his handsome face turned ashen, and his molars ground together with a grinding sound.
"Your Highness, what a talent! You're truly shameless, willing to sacrifice even your chastity to achieve your goal!" Xuan Di gritted his teeth, forcing each word out from between his teeth.
Huo Chengche held his soft, chubby, and sweet-smelling wife in his arms, his lips curving into a wide smile. Even though Xuan Di had teased him, his happy mood remained completely unaffected.
"What are you saying, Fifth Young Master? If you're not worried about your chastity, why should I be?" Huo Chengche said, his eyes filled with sarcasm as he glanced at Xuan Di with a meaningful look.
Reminded by his look, Xuan Di suddenly remembered that this morning, in order to trick Huo Chengche, he had deliberately made himself look "as beautiful as a peach blossom" and "wickedly charming," as if he had been taken advantage of...
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Why did he have such a brain fart and choose that image?! Shouldn't he have looked refreshed and cheerful?!
Seeing Xuan Di's bewildered and thunderstruck expression, Huo Chengche burst into loud laughter, exuding masculine energy.
Xuan Di: ...
Who is Xuandi? A chosen one of heaven, a powerful figure in the six realms, he has never suffered such humiliation since birth! Yet, against this little prince, he has suffered repeated defeats and has not gained the slightest advantage!
"Huo Chengche! Laugh all you want! You'll see me begging for mercy one day! Hmph, you just wait!" Xuan Di's cold, murderous gaze fell on Huo Chengche's back, and he said through gritted teeth in a low, sinister voice.
Huo Chengche heard Xuan Di muttering something under his breath, but he couldn't make out what it was. However, he figured it wasn't anything good.
But who cares? With a sweet, soft, and cuddly wife in his arms, why would he care about other men?
As Huo Chengche and Xuandi walked along, they were naturally the subject of many secret glances from the palace servants, who even coaxed them and gossiped among them.
Huo Chengche smiled gently, his good mood completely unaffected.
Xuandi remained expressionless and cold, his bad mood completely unaffected.
As soon as they stepped out of the palace gate, they saw Duke Zhongwu tucked into his sleeves, huddled on his horse, his face grim and his expression full of bitterness and resentment as he stared at the palace gate.
Even with their thick skin, Huo Chengche and Xuan Di felt uneasy when they were stared at by such a gaze as soon as they stepped out. Although they maintained a calm and composed demeanor, they were still quite uneasy inside.
As luck would have it, these two had just taken turns tricking Duke Zhongwu, leaving him with two arduous tasks, and they were so eager to light firecrackers and take these two scoundrels down with them!
Huo Chengche walked up to him, met the Duke of Zhongwu's staring gaze, smiled faintly, and said as if nothing had happened, "Uncle, I've kept you waiting."
"Ha!" The Duke of Zhongwu also had backbone. Looking at Huo Chengche's refined and gentlemanly appearance, he chuckled coldly and didn't want to say a word to him.
Huo Chengche looked at the dark face of Duke Zhongwu, his thin lips curled up, not caring at all. In fact, he just wanted to trick Duke Zhongwu into becoming a lecturer for the young children in the Imperial Study.
After all, the Crown Prince was studying in a separate place, not with them. The girls' school was connected to the young children's hall of the Imperial Academy. With the Duke of Zhongwu there and his relationship with Hengchang, he would definitely take good care of Niannian, and only then could he feel at ease.
As for Emperor Chongjin ordering Duke Zhongwu to accompany them outside the palace to ensure their safety, that was Xuandi's scheme to trick him into accepting the assignment; it had nothing to do with him.
Xuandi felt no guilt towards Duke Zhongwu for this; he had bullied him since childhood and was used to it.
Xuandi mounted his horse, pulled on the reins, glanced at the sulking Duke Zhongwu who looked like a fat quail, and gave him a look that gave him a good outlet for his pent-up anger. "Don't make it sound like we're going to a funeral! Make this for me!"
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