If it were an ordinary person, if the other party's behavior was so obvious, he would have known better and stopped.
However, Gu Qing obviously overestimated Li Xiangsheng.
His face was thicker than a city wall, and he continued to talk to himself.
"Madam Gu, given your relationship with this prince, why should you be so polite?"
There was always a smile on his face, but he made people feel cold and chilly, as if he was being stared at by a poisonous snake.
Gu Qing knew that he was deliberately speaking vaguely in front of Chen Zhizhou and everyone else, making everyone think that there was an ambiguous and unseen relationship between them.
I really don’t know how I offended this plague god!
Gu Qing was just short of having the word "unlucky" written on his face.
"Fifth Prince, you must be joking. I only met you once, and it happened in front of my husband. How could it matter?"
With just a few words, she shattered Li Xiangsheng's little thoughts.
Without any hesitation, he cleanly and decisively severed the relationship between the two.
The more she tried to distance herself from the matter, the more interested Li Xiangsheng became.
He had seen countless women, and quite a few of them had offered themselves to him, but he had never seen a woman like her who was so anxious to cut off ties with him.
It was as if in her eyes, he was the most disgusting and dirty thing, and he was afraid of polluting her.
Li Xiangsheng narrowed his eyes and a playful expression appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"It was my fault."
After saying that, he glanced at Chen Zhizhou intentionally, with a look of strong provocation in his eyes.
"I said this because I had a very pleasant conversation with your father, Lord Gu. Now it seems that my words are quite ambiguous. If I have caused Lord Chen to misunderstand me, I am willing to apologize."
Chen Zhizhou met his gaze fiercely, speaking each word with a harsh tone.
"That won't be necessary."
He turned his head and took Gu Qing's hand.
In front of Li Xiangsheng, he held her fingers, and the two of them were deeply affectionate and inseparable, so loving that others were envious.
"I have never doubted Madam, just as Madam has never doubted me!"
"So the Fifth Prince need not mind it."
He raised the last tone of his voice and confidently responded to Li Xiangsheng's provocation.
Since he wanted to sow discord between them with ill intentions, she would show her affection to him in front of everyone and turn him into a clown.
Li Xiangsheng's punch was like hitting cotton. Not only did it not cause any harm to the opponent, but it also bounced back to himself.
He was unable to breathe up or down, and his carefully maintained personality was almost ruined.
Gu Qing watched the smokeless war between them, which ended with Chen Zhizhou's easy victory. He could hardly hold back the smile on his face.
She secretly reached out and gave Chen Zhizhou a thumbs up.
Seeing this, Chen Zhizhou also winked at her.
The couple played tricks in front of everyone, which was so sweet that it was sickening.
Seeing this, Mu Xin couldn't help but shudder and turned around to write his name. Li Yue, on the other hand, had a look of envy on her face and glanced at Mu Zheng from time to time.
Zhao Qi originally wanted to put down the gift and leave, but now he couldn't get away for the time being.
Looking at the undercurrent between Chen Zhizhou and the fifth prince, he felt like a thorn in his side. Rather than staying on the "battlefield" of men, he would rather have less trouble than more, so he turned around and caught up with Mu Xin.
This Princess Fenghua was quite interesting, different from all the noble ladies he had met in Kyoto.
"Fifth brother, I heard that you've been busy with the flood in the south lately, gathering your staff at home day and night to discuss this matter. It seems that you have now come up with a suitable strategy, which is why you have so much leisure time today and even made time to come and join in the fun."
Seeing that Lao Wu kept his eyes fixed on Chen Zhizhou and his wife, as if he would never stop talking, Li Xiangji sneered in his heart and took the initiative to speak. Every word he said hit him hard.
He took the initiative to take on the responsibility of the flood in the south just to show off in front of his father, but unfortunately he had high aspirations but no real talent or knowledge.
More than half a month had passed since the incident, but he still couldn't come up with any useful solution.
The emperor expressed his displeasure several times, and he finally panicked. He summoned his staff day and night and forced them to come up with a solution.
It’s a pity that the people under Li Xiangsheng are as useless as he is!
He has now become a laughing stock in the court and has lost the favor of his father. If he fails to come up with any new tricks, he will probably lose his power completely.
As expected, Li Xiangsheng's mentality completely collapsed after hearing this, and his face was even darker than the bottom of a pot.
This guy is just trying to disgust me!
It's just too much.
He was so angry that his teeth were itching, but he didn't want to show weakness in front of him, so he could only grit his teeth and swallow it, and pretend to be confident.
"Don't bother Third Brother with this. I can handle this little matter."
Li Xiangji almost couldn't hold back his laughter when he saw the smile on his face that was uglier than crying.
Chen Zhizhou and Mu Zheng also knew the inside story. They looked at each other, and there was a tacit and meaningful expression in their eyes.
Li Xiangsheng glanced at the expressions of the three people and felt so angry that his heart was burning with hatred. He felt a breath stuck in his chest and felt extremely uncomfortable.
His mind raced, and he suddenly remembered something. His anger turned into laughter, and he kept staring at Chen Zhizhou with ill intentions, as if he had caught something on him.
Chen Zhizhou was confused by his look.
"Sir Chen, I heard that you once served under General Bai and had a deep friendship with General Bai's daughter. But now that you've returned to the capital, you've suddenly found a new love. I wonder how General Bai feels!"
After going around in circles, he actually turned the topic to Bai Rongrong.
Upon hearing this, Chen Zhizhou immediately looked at Gu Qing nervously, fearing that she would be provoked and misunderstand him.
But he didn't expect Gu Qing to speak before him.
"Fifth Prince, please be careful with your words. My husband and Miss Bai are innocent. You are spreading rumors about their relationship and destroying Miss Bai's innocence. If General Bai knew about this, I don't know what he would think!"
"Besides, my husband and I were married at the behest of our parents and the matchmaker!"
Li Xiangsheng didn't expect that she was so rational and sharp-tongued, and every word she said made sense.
His face became darker and darker, and he finally couldn't help it and turned around and left.
"A Zhou, today I have learned a lot. Your wife is as capable as any man. She is so eloquent that she can even make the fifth brother speechless. She is amazing, really amazing!"
As Li Xiangsheng walked away, Li Xiangji laughed out loud, and at the same time did not forget to praise Gu Qing greatly.
"Your Highness, thank you for your compliment. Gu Qing is ashamed to accept it."
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