Princess Changle's face changed drastically when she heard this. She gritted her teeth and said, "No matter how they came, they are our children. You are my husband. We gave birth to Xiao'er and Yan'er. They are your only two children. No matter how much you hate me, they are innocent. You should treat them well."

Only two?

Qi Mingrui looked at the woman in front of him calmly, nodded as if he had suddenly realized something, and said, " So you drugged me."

Princess Changle paused for a moment, but did not deny it. She only said, "You are suffering and want to find entertainment outside. I can turn a blind eye to it, but having children is a big deal. My children are of noble status and cannot have half-brothers of humble birth."

Her husband had two mistresses outside. How could Princess Changle, who wanted to know his every move, not know this?

Although she was also angry, she gritted her teeth and endured it.

The two skinny horses sent by his subordinates were nothing but lowly creatures. He only kept them to amuse himself in order to relieve his depression. As long as they were not the woman whom he held dearest in his heart and as long as they did not give birth to a bastard, he would tolerate them.

Princess Changle felt that she had retreated again and again, and although she was in extreme pain, she still gritted her teeth and endured it. There was no trace of the domineering attitude that she had once been famous for in the capital.

But Qi Mingrui was not moved at all. He stood there quietly for a while, and suddenly laughed: "The princess is still as vicious as ever. She gave me the sterilizing drug without making any noise. It's really creepy."

"Cruel?" Princess Changle smiled sadly. "My husband never wanted to sleep with me, but was obsessed with the beds of two skinny horses. If I were cruel, I would have given them a cup of poisoned wine to kill them long ago. Do I need to find medicine for you?"

As she spoke, she managed to calm down and said, "Don't worry, Qi Lang. The medicine I gave you is not a strong one. It has a time limit. I have no other choice. You never come to my hospital, so I can only resort to this last resort."

…………

The couple over there were arguing fiercely, but Wei Hanzhang's side was peaceful.

The two were playing chess. It had been a month or two since their last game. Having learned from his previous experience of failing to let the opponent win, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was very serious about letting the opponent win this time.

The situation on the chessboard went back and forth, and in the end Xiao Junzhan 'luckily' won a few pieces and won the game with great difficulty, making Wei Hanzhang, who lost, very happy. He even thought that his chess skills had improved by leaps and bounds.

His interest in playing chess suddenly increased greatly, and he kept saying, "Continue, continue."

Xiao Junzhan coughed lightly and said, "Ranran's chess skills have improved so quickly. Am I to blame for this?"

"…What do you mean?" Wei Hanzhang looked at him warily: "Are you trying to ask for some benefit?"

"...Ran Ran you..." Xiao Junzhan was speechless. Looking at her cautious little face, he couldn't help but stretch his arm across the chessboard and pinch her ear. He said with a smile: "You can't give me the benefits I want now. It's too early to worry about this now."

Perhaps he had learned bad things from following him these days, Wei Hanzhang understood what he meant almost immediately, and his face immediately turned ugly, "Can you be more serious and stop saying such dirty words all the time."

When Ning Hai came to serve tea, he heard these words. He almost forgot how to take a step and nearly fell. Fortunately, he managed to keep his balance, but there was still confusion on his face.

...saying dirty words?

...Is it his prince? Is it fake...? Xiao Junzhan ignored the eunuchs who were all shocked. Hearing this, his eyes overflowed with a smile and said, "Then I won't say it. But Ranran, what benefits do you think you can give me?"

"...Forget it." Xiao Junzhan had no other way to deal with her and was happy to spoil her. He drank a sip of hot tea to show his respect and tried to coax her. He saw Ning Hai still standing to one side from the corner of his eye and frowned, "Is there something wrong?"

Ning Hai hurriedly said yes, "Lord Jian came to report that Princess Changle and her husband had somehow started a quarrel, and the noise was quite loud, which affected the team's marching speed. Would you like to go and take a look?"

"They haven't quarreled enough for all these years. I don't have time to care about these things." Xiao Junzhan said directly without raising his head: "Tell Jian Da that if they want to quarrel, they can quarrel in the car and don't affect everyone."

"Yes." As an old man in the palace, Ning Hai had extensive experience and witnessed a series of events after Princess Changle got married. He agreed with what his highness said and left.

After the people left, Wei Hanzhang couldn't help but ask in confusion, "Do they often quarrel?"

Princess Changle's marriage was considered a stain on the royal family. When she asked this question so openly, Xiao Junzhan glanced at her and answered without hiding anything, "Compared to the other three princesses, they do quarrel quite often, but they have calmed down a bit in the past two years."

"Princess Changle... I mean..." Wei Hanzhang hesitated for a rare moment, but curiosity got the better of him, so he asked, "Did Your Majesty force Prince Qi to divorce his wife and marry Princess Changle, or did Prince Qi, who was greedy for power, abandon his original wife in order to marry the royal princess?"

Xiao Junzhan stared at the girl opposite him and said, "Why are you asking this?"

"Curious." Wei Hanzhang felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by him, and turned his head away before saying, "Everyone in the capital who has heard about this is curious, and of course I am the same."

...but you are the only one who dares to ask so openly.

She was so direct and frank with him that Xiao Junzhan's heart softened. His voice became gentler: "I was still young at the time, and I didn't have a deep impression of their affairs..."

Wei Hanzhang propped up his chin and looked at him with an expression that said, "You are just perfunctory to me like this." Xiao Junzhan was speechless. After a pause, he said helplessly, "Ran Ran may not understand. The superiors usually don't say what they want. There will always be people below who will guess your intentions and make you get what you want."

"So..." Wei Hanzhang blinked and concluded, "Did the Qi family figure out that Your Majesty wanted to marry the princess and took the initiative to divorce her?"

She frowned and said, "I met Prince Qi at Qi Yuxiao's coming-of-age party before. He doesn't look like the kind of opportunist who would abandon his first wife for power."

To be able to make the royal princess fall in love with him at first sight and even agree to marry him despite her status as his husband, one can imagine what kind of style the prince of the Duke of Qi must have had when he was young.

Even though he is over thirty years old now, Wei Hanzhang still remembers her vividly just by looking at her from afar.

When she had listened to Jiang's story before, she had been curious about what this Prince Qi looked like when he was born.

After seeing...

Xiao Junzhan was sensitive to the emotion in her words. He paused holding the chess piece, glanced at her, and said with a half-smile, "How much do you know about Prince Qi?"

This chapter counts as yesterday's, and today's is counted separately. Today will be at least three chapters, and if possible, four chapters~~ 　　 　 (End of this chapter)