The more she thought about it, the more worried she became, and Song Qingxue suddenly became upset.

He said "go home" in a distracted manner and turned around to go back.

But when she turned around, she saw Xiahou Chongyuan and Xiahou Chun walking into the restaurant one after another.

"Your Majesty, it's the prince!" Liu Huan stretched her neck to look, and after everyone went in, she turned her head to look at Song Qingxue.

"Yeah." Song Qingxue took a step forward and decided to follow and see.

There were already a lot of rumors going around outside, and if Xiahou Chongyuan and Xiahou Chun were to get together at this time and the news reached the ears of the young emperor, it would certainly make him suspicious.

Song Qingxue followed him into the restaurant, looked around, then took out a silver ingot and placed it in front of the counter.

"Put me next to the two people who just came in."

The shopkeeper was greedy for money. He took the silver and smiled at her in an extremely flattering way, "Okay, okay! Please go upstairs, sir!"

After entering the private room, Song Qingxue ordered some food casually, sent the people away, closed the door, moved a stool and sat against the wall.

Liu Huan was very confused and called out from the table, "Madam?"

"Shh" Song Qingxue raised her index finger to her lips.

Liu Huan then walked up to her and lowered his voice to a very low level, "Madam, what are you doing?"

"Eavesdropping." Song Qingxue said, "Isn't it obvious?"

After saying that, Song Qingxue waved her hands and said, "Alright, alright, you and Pin'er eat, don't disturb me."

"oh……"

Liu Huan raised his hand and touched his hair, with a hint of worry on his face.

I always feel that they would be easily caught if they eavesdropped like this.

Walking to Zhu Pin'er and sitting down, Liu Huan leaned over to her ear and whispered, "Pin'er, I have a bad feeling in my heart. How about we persuade the princess? I'm afraid the prince will find us."

Zhu Pin'er looked at Song Qingxue's extremely devoted expression and sighed softly, "It's better not to disturb the queen's interest. It won't matter if you are discovered."

"ah?"

"Relax." Zhu Pin'er said, picking up the chopsticks and picking up a chicken leg for Liu Huan, "Just eat with peace of mind. Look at the queen's appearance. She probably doesn't have time to eat."

“…” Liu Huan was speechless.

After looking at the chicken leg in the bowl and then at Song Qingxue who was concentrating on listening in the corner, Liu Huan finally gave up.

She felt that Pin'er was right.

The walls of this restaurant are not soundproof. Song Qingxue can clearly hear what is happening next door by putting her ear against the wall.

"Uncle, it's been a long time since we, uncle and nephew, have sat down and had a good conversation like this."

"Um."

Xiahou Chun had long been accustomed to his cold attitude, and continued, "I still miss the time when my father was still alive."

Xiahou Chongyuan said mercilessly: "Read more books when you have nothing to do, and don't always think about nonsense."

Hearing this, Xiahou Chun’s expression almost turned pale.

After calming down secretly, he sighed and spoke again: "It's not that I was thinking too much, it's just that the royal brothers were still here at that time, and we gathered together for fun."

Xiahou Chongyuan found it ridiculous and was too lazy to listen to his nonsense. He looked up at him and said coldly, "Third Prince, if you have something to say, just say it."

Xiahou Chun smiled and said, "Nothing serious, I just want to talk to the emperor's uncle."

"What do you have to say to me?" Although Xiahou Chongyuan did not point it out, he could guess what Xiahou Chun did this for.

It was simply because of the recent rumors circulating outside, and Xiahou Jun did this deliberately for the emperor to see.

Rumor has it that he was willing to divorce the princess in order to marry Princess Changle, who was destined to be a phoenix. And Xiahou Chun met with him alone at this time. Anyone with a little bit of insight would think that his behavior confirmed the recent rumors.

After all, the Third Prince was originally one of the legitimate candidates for the throne. Even though his stupidity and dullness were known to everyone, his friendship with the Third Prince at this time was, in the eyes of outsiders, a clear indication of his intention to usurp the throne.

So there was actually nothing to say when Xiahou Jun called him over this time.

After all, as long as someone saw him and Xiahou Jun walking into this restaurant together, someone would definitely exaggerate the matter and talk about it at a big scale.

He knew very well that this was a Hongmen Banquet.

"To be honest, my relationship with my uncle has not been very good since we were young." Xiahou Jun said, and then he sighed heavily, "Uncle, I actually never understood. You and I are the princes closest to you in age. We even studied together. Why do you only favor the tenth brother?"

Xiahou Chongyuan sneered, "Because I don't like fools."

A hint of gloom flashed across Xiahou Chong's eyes, but it was concealed by his drooping eyelids.

"It's because I'm too stupid. I know, uncle."

Xiahou Chongyuan didn't want to waste time watching him perform, so he stood up and said, "Since you have nothing to say, I will leave first."

After saying that, he left the private room directly.

But he did not leave the restaurant directly. Instead, he turned a corner and pushed open the door of the next room.

The creaking sound of the door opening startled the three people in the room.

"Your Majesty!" Song Qingxue, who was sitting against the wall, was stunned.

Xiahou Chongyuan didn't ask why she was here, but just said slowly: "Princess, it's time to go home."

"Oh, hehe." Song Qingxue smiled rather awkwardly, then stood up with extremely stiff body and walked towards him with stuttering steps.

Xiahou Chongyuan said nothing. Seeing her coming over, he turned around and walked downstairs.

After the two of them walked for a while, Song Qingxue finally couldn't stand this strange atmosphere anymore, so she said, "What a coincidence, I can see the prince even when I come to have a meal."

"Coincidence?" Xiahou Chongyuan asked, "Didn't the princess follow me in?"

"That's not true! How is this possible!" Song Qingxue quickly denied it.

Xiahou Chongyuan didn't continue to discuss this issue with her. He raised his lips and said, "What did the princess hear?"

"Puchi" When Song Qingxue heard him ask this, she burst out laughing.

It's very funny when I think about hearing Xiahou Chongyuan seriously telling Xiahou Chun to read more when he has nothing to do.

The Regent is truly a diligent and good villain. He is afraid that the protagonist cannot defeat him, and he also cares about the protagonist’s cultural and educational issues!

But she just smiled and didn't answer his question.

"Hmm?" Xiahou Chongyuan didn't know why his words made her laugh.

"Ah!" Song Qingxue waved her hands quickly, "I didn't hear anything! Really!"

In order to prevent his curiosity from increasing, Song Qingxue quickly changed the subject after saying this.

"By the way, today I was on the street and heard someone say that Princess Changle is destined to become a phoenix."

"Well, it has been a hot topic in the court recently."

"So how are you going to solve it?"

"Don't rush to solve it."

"You're not in a hurry about this?" Song Qingxue was extremely confused.

Xiahou Chongyuan said, "Rumors are always just rumors. The more anxious you are, the happier the people who spread the rumors will be."

"Another rumor that has been broken by itself?"

It would have been fine if she hadn't said it, but once she did, she got really anxious.

I just said this a few days ago, and the rumors have become more and more outrageous in recent days.

Go to hell with the rumors, they are self-defeating, they are just trying to fool fools!

"No." Xiahou Chongyuan unexpectedly said, "I have my own plans."

"Hmm?" Does this mean you don't plan to tell her?

She was guessing in her heart, and someone who could see through her thoughts kindly spoke up to clear up her confusion: "You don't have to get involved in this matter, I can handle it alone."