The door opened and a wave of hot air swept in from outside.

"Close the door quickly..." Wei Hanzhang frowned and looked up, and saw a familiar figure standing outside the door. He stopped talking and turned around, saying in a tender voice, "Xiao Boqian!"

Because of the backlight, her eyes were pierced and she squinted slightly. She snorted with some dissatisfaction and said, "You trespassed into the girl's boudoir again."

She just thought that Xiao Junzhan was coming from the other side of the courtyard wall, and everyone in the attic had seen him, so she didn't control the volume.

The girl's coquettish voice was heard clearly by Jiang and Wei Heng, who were leading Xiao Junzhan over from not far outside the house. They looked at each other with shock on their faces.

Especially Jiang, she only knew that her daughter would go next door to meet the prince during the day, but... she didn't expect that the prince had actually come to her daughter's boudoir?

Although his abrupt behavior was accidentally discovered by his sweetheart's parents, Xiao Junzhan did not look uncomfortable at all. He just glanced in the direction of Wei Heng and Jiang, then walked into the room and closed the door.

The sound of the door closing made Jiang shudder. She felt helpless. There was nothing she could do. She dared neither to be angry nor to speak.

Ning Hai came over at some point and whispered, "Master Wei, Madam Wei, please leave first."

Wei Hanzhang was completely unaware of what was happening outside. When he saw Xiao Boqian coming in, he did not even think of standing up to greet him. Instead, he pointed at the grapes on the small table and said, "Since you're here, peel the grapes for me."

She likes to eat grapes, but doesn't like to peel them. She is very picky about the person who peels the grapes for her, as she always feels that the flesh has been stained by their fingers and she doesn't want to eat it.

She even refused to eat the grapes peeled by Luzhu and Lulan.

During the years in Xuzhou, Wei Hanzhang only ate grapes peeled by Gu Yunran. He was her future husband whom she had taken great pains to train. Before the incident of having a concubine, her childhood sweetheart really made her happy in every way.

Xiao Junzhan didn't have the ability to read minds and had no idea what his little girl was thinking, so he sat next to her very naturally, picked up a grape, and began to peel off its skin bit by bit.

Soon, a crystal clear fruit was fed to Wei Hanzhang's mouth. His voice was so gentle that it made people sick: "I haven't seen you for a few days. Did you miss me, Ranran?"

"Yes..." Wei Hanzhang swallowed the fruit pulp before continuing, "I was planning to go to next door to find you tomorrow, but who knew you would come here first."

She leaned over and teased with a smile: "Your Highness, it's not good for you to always break into the girls' boudoirs without permission, right?"

“No trespassing this time.”

There was grape juice spilling from the corners of her lips. Xiao Junzhan stared at it for a while, wiped it away with his fingertips, and said with an unchanged expression: "This time I came in through the main entrance."

"......?" Wei Hanzhang was stunned. He looked past him and out the window. Seeing nothing, he retracted his gaze and said, "Don't tell me that my parents brought you here."

Xiao Junzhan's eyebrows moved slightly, and he hummed softly, saying, "Not bad."

Wei Hanzhang was stunned and for a moment he even forgot to open his mouth to take the grape at his lips.

He soon realized that the imperial edict had already come down, so it would not be considered abnormal even if he went to see her openly.

Xiao Junzhan stared at her delicate lips and said, "Ranran, open your mouth."

Hearing this, Wei Hanzhang obediently opened her mouth to take the grape from her lips, but the man's hand did not withdraw immediately as before. Instead, she held the grape together with her hand.

Wei Hanzhang unconsciously pushed against it with the tip of his tongue, turned his head to avoid his finger, and complained while chewing the grapes: "What are you doing? Can't you even feed me a grape? Who wants to eat your finger?"

Xiao Junzhan didn't say anything. He looked at his slightly wet fingertips, and a ripple appeared in his eyes.

As she said this, she was about to get up and go outside to take a look, but Xiao Junzhan stopped her by holding her shoulder, "They've already left."

That’s right, it’s so hot outside, who can stay here for long?

Only someone would come all the way to look for her in the blazing sun...

Wei Hanzhang felt a little sweet in his heart. He put down the music score in his hand, tilted his head and looked seriously at the man who was peeling grapes for him.

His slender fingertips were turning a lovely round grape and he was patiently peeling off the grape's skin.

...His hands are so beautiful, even more beautiful than Gu Yunran’s.

He did the job of serving people in such a pleasing way.

How could there be a man who could do everything so well that she couldn't find any fault with him without any training?

She likes it so much...

Wei Hanzhang opened her mouth with a smile and took the grapes that were handed to her, thinking to herself: I must not give full marks when training my husband, otherwise he will be proud.

She snorted in dissatisfaction and said, "You look good peeling grapes, but your efficiency is a bit low. You can't keep up with my speed of eating."

The Crown Prince, who had never served anyone before, paused when he heard this, lowered his eyes and looked over, saying helplessly: "This is my first time peeling grapes too, so I'm not as skillful as Ranran's maid."

"..." Wei Hanzhang's lips moved, and he was about to speak, but he almost held back and smiled dryly, "Yes."

Xiao Junzhan stopped peeling the grapes unconsciously. He had been a king for many years, and day after day he had to fight against those old foxes in the court who had been in the ups and downs of officialdom for half a lifetime. His mind was so sharp that he could almost instantly realize that something was wrong with her.

Wei Hanzhang, who had been staring at his hands, saw that he had stopped moving and urged, "What are you standing there for? Peel it quickly."

Xiao Junzhan remained silent for a long time. He threw the half-peeled grapes back into the fruit bowl, lowered his eyelids, looked at the jade pendant on his waist, and said calmly, "I was wondering... Is Ranran so good at commanding everyone?"

This is a strange question.

Wei Hanzhang was slightly stunned and was about to answer, but he saw him looking over here. His eyes were very calm, and there was an aura in his silence that made people feel timid.

After looking at the girl who was lying leisurely on the soft chair for a few breaths, Xiao Junzhan moved his lips and said, "Speaking of which, I have something I want to discuss with Ranran."

"……What?"

"Today is the wedding day of Princess Changle's eldest daughter. I stripped her of her title of princess before," Xiao Junzhan said slowly as he wiped the sticky juice off his fingers with a handkerchief, "Now that she's getting married, I want to restore her title as a wedding gift..."

He lowered his eyes and quietly watched the changes in Wei Hanzhang's expression. After a long time, his eyes turned slightly cold and he smiled: "However, I vaguely remember that she seemed to have offended Ran Ran, so I came to ask you what you think."

After Xiao Junzhan finished speaking, the room fell into silence.

Wei Hanzhang didn't listen carefully to his subsequent words. There was only one thought in his mind: today was Gu Yunran's wedding day.

(End of this chapter)