The moment his thoughts ran wild, he ignored all the rules and etiquette, and being able to restrain himself from offending her was already his greatest limit.

Although she had already decided to enter the palace, Wei Hanzhang was still a little overwhelmed by his impatience. She had only been a 15-year-old for a short time, so why was she going to get married and become a wife?

"Ran Ran..." Xiao Junzhan held her hand, sighed softly, and said: "Don't be afraid, I will protect you forever."

Holding her in my arms and protecting her carefully isn't enough, and how can I bear to see her scared and helpless?

Wei Hanzhang lowered his head slightly and whispered, "You must keep your word and never bully me."

"Okay." Xiao Junzhan was very tall, and his eyes were directly on her snow-white neck. He looked at her like a madman for a while, then slowly closed his eyes and said in a hoarse voice, "I won't bully you."

"..." Wei Hanzhang was silenced by his tone, and looked up in disbelief, "Really?"

Xiao Junzhan said: "Yes, it's true."

After repeating the confirmation, Wei Hanzhang felt relieved and smiled at him, "Okay then, I believe you."

Xiao Junzhan looked at her deeply, nodded without comment, and returned to the previous topic: "Then I will go and choose someone for your mother?"

"..." Wei Hanzhang was silent again. Seeing that he was about to take action, he hesitated for a few breaths and whispered, "Let's wait a moment. I've thought about it carefully. What you said makes sense. It's really not easy for me to interfere in the affairs of my elders."

They haven't divorced yet. If Wei Heng really sends a man to Jiang's family, even if he has a mild temper, he will probably be so angry that he will vomit blood.

Not to mention that Jiang was his beloved, even if she was not his lover, she was still his wife of twenty years. What was the matter with having several "personal bodyguards" around her?

It's not just Wei Heng who is embarrassed, but also the entire Wei family.

Hearing this, Xiao Junzhan was not surprised. He smiled gently and praised: "Ranran is a sensible girl."

"Can you please stop praising me?" Wei Hanzhang said unhappily, "I am so bold that I am a little reckless and often speak without restraint. How can I be sensible?"

Xiao Junzhan just smiled at her and didn't say anything.

…No matter how spoiled, willful and reckless our own girl is, she is smart and cute, and she is excellent in every way.

As the king of a country, he couldn't tell anyone about this unreasonable bias.

…………

The two of them had dinner together in Chengming Hall.

After the meal, the sun gradually set, but the light was still sufficient. Xiao Junzhan ordered the palace servants to prepare the four treasures of the study, and in the courtyard outside the palace, he began to paint a small portrait of Wei Hanzhang.

I had the idea of ​​painting a picture of the little girl very early on, and due to various circumstances, after a few months of delay, I finally started painting.

Wei Hanzhang sat on the stone bench in the pavilion, his chin resting on his hand, looking lazily at the man outside the pavilion, and urged for the fifth time: "Is the painting finished?"

Xiao Junzhan did not answer. After a long time, he put down the cinnabar pen that he was using to touch his lips, and turned his head to look at Ning Hai behind him.

Ning Hai understood what he meant, picked up the portrait from the desk, waited for the ink to dry for a few moments, and then carefully rolled it up.

Wei Hanzhang was unhappy, he stood up and walked down the pavilion, saying, "Why did you put it away? Let me see it."

Xiao Junzhan put his arm around her waist and stopped her, saying, "It hasn't been mounted yet. If Ranran wants to see it, she'll have a chance to see it when she gets to the palace."

"If it's not mounted, then it's not mounted. What's the big deal?" Wei Hanzhang was really curious about how he would look in the painting. After finally breaking free from his arms, she saw Ning Hai walking away with the portrait.

She was so angry that she didn't even say a word to the people around her on the way back to Qixiang Palace.

Xiao Junzhan held the little girl's hand and said, "Ranran, you forgot that you promised to let me paint a small portrait for my private collection, so that painting is a treasure in my heart and I don't want others to see it."

"......!" Wei Hanzhang couldn't believe it. She pointed at her nose and said, "That's my portrait. You said I'm 'someone else'?"

"Well," Xiao Junzhan said as if it was a matter of course, "Except for me, they are all other people."

This statement really broadened Wei Hanzhang's horizons. She stared at him with wide eyes for a long while and said angrily, "What about Ning Hai? Didn't he see it too?"

"He doesn't count," Xiao Junzhan squeezed her hand and said gently, "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore, okay?"

Wei Hanzhang refused to give up and pressed on, "So when you said I'd get to the palace and have a chance to see you, were you just kidding me?"

"I'm not kidding you, Ranran..." Xiao Junzhan sighed, held her hand and placed it on his lips and kissed it, and said helplessly: "That portrait means a lot to me, I don't want to show it to others, please don't force me, can you?"

Although he didn't understand, he had already said this, Wei Hanzhang could only frown and nod: "I am standing in front of you in person, and you treat a portrait as a treasure."

Xiao Junzhan just smiled, "It's different."

Wei Hanzhang asked him what was different, but he didn't say.

The two of them went to Qixiang Palace under the pretext of digesting their food, and it was already dark when they arrived.

The four aunts, Plum, Orchid, Bamboo and Chrysanthemum, were already waiting at the palace gate. When they saw the two people come in, they all bowed and saluted.

Xiao Junzhan said "get up", held Wei Hanzhang's hand tightly, and pulled her in.

When passing by the side hall, Wei Hanzhang looked over inadvertently and saw that the candlelight inside was no longer as bright as before. Then he remembered that Wei Hansu had been taken into the Wei family by Jiang.

Xiao Junzhan was observant, and following the way she tilted her head, he asked, "Where is your seventh sister?"

"My mother took me home to learn the rules." As he stepped onto the steps and entered the inner room, Wei Hanzhang said, while curiously asking, "Don't you dislike my seventh sister? Why are you asking her?"

"How can I say like or not like her?" Xiao Junzhan glanced at her disapprovingly and corrected her, "You are close to her, so I can't help but pay more attention to her."

Wei Hanzhang chuckled: "I didn't say anything about you, why are you so sensitive?"

Looking at him, it seemed as if he was afraid that she would misunderstand him as Wei Hansu.

Xiao Junzhan looked at her quietly and smiled, then he also smiled and said, "It's good that she has moved away. Otherwise, if there are other people living in your palace, I would be worried that it would be inconvenient every time I come to see you."

Especially these days, the two sisters were very close, and the girls' dresses were cool and bold in summer. Every time he arrived outside the main hall, he would ask Ning Hai to come and confirm that only his little girl was inside before he felt at ease to enter.

Otherwise, if they really encounter something and want to blame him, what should they do? Others can still deal with it at will, and this is Ranran’s sister...

Only then did Wei Hanzhang realize that he actually had such concerns. He felt both amused and touched for a moment.

In the end, she couldn't help but laugh and threw herself into his arms: "I really want to know how you can be so self-taught and so obedient to men's virtues when no one taught you."

"Male virtue?" This was almost the literal meaning. Xiao Junzhan took her hand and paused for a moment, then said helplessly, "I'm also curious about where you learned these words."

(End of this chapter)