When Zhou Qiongyue heard what the fifth prince Li Jingyu said, she did not speak immediately, but instead bowed first.
Li Jingyu frowned even more upon seeing this. "Cousin, are you alienating me?"
After Li Jingyu said this, he was filled with unhappiness, and he almost said directly that if Zhou Qiongyue dared to say yes, he would make a scene.
"No, it's not time to leave the house. My father has repeatedly warned me that I should know the rules now that I'm old enough. I'm just going to follow them to make him happy."
Zhou Qiongyue really had no intention of becoming estranged from the Fifth Prince, but she couldn't cross the line too far. She still had to maintain a sense of propriety.
But let her father bear the blame! She couldn't bear it herself, and she felt that her father, the Prince of Cheng'en, was willing to help her bear the blame.
When the fifth prince Li Jingyu heard his cousin say this, he was instantly happy, "Oh, don't listen to your uncle, he just likes to nag, and his nagging often gives me a headache."
After the Fifth Prince said this, he sat down directly opposite Zhou Qiongyue, took the dried meat on the table and started eating without any hesitation, and poured himself a drink.
"Cousin, the food here is getting better and better. But why didn't you send it to me today?"
When Zhou Qiongyue heard what the fifth prince said, she thought about the original owner's memory. It seemed that the original owner would send food to the second prince and the fifth prince at such times in the past. The original owner was mainly worried that the second prince would be hungry.
The fifth prince in front of him was just a byproduct. But it seemed that this fifth cousin had never realized this problem.
Zhou Qiongyue thought about it carefully and felt that the original owner was smart. Every time he sent someone to deliver something, he gave the same thing to the two brothers. It was really hard to tell who he was focusing on.
Zhou Qiongyue certainly couldn't say that she hadn't thought about this matter today. She directly put the blame on the Second Prince, "Isn't it that your brother has a crush on someone? If I send it to you again, I'm worried that people will think too much. I don't think it's a good idea to send it to you alone."
The Fifth Prince Li Jingyu really had no way to refute this reason. After thinking about it, he nodded in agreement, "Cousin, you're right. It's really not good to send it to my brother again.
You can still send it to me later. My brother has a sweetheart and feels bad. But I don’t have one yet! You can’t just watch your brother starve! "
The Fifth Prince felt that his wise and brave second brother had really had poor eyesight in this matter. His cousin had clearly liked him before, and she was so nice! His second brother actually liked Xie Zixin from the Xuanping Marquis's mansion. That woman didn't seem like a good person.
The fifth prince, who is obsessed with his sister, thinks that his second brother, who has poor eyesight, should just starve!
Zhou Qiongyue smiled helplessly, "He's my cousin, okay?"
"I treat you as my own sister, and you treat me as your cousin. Is this a distortion of human nature or..." The fifth prince looked at Zhou Qiongyue with the eyes of a heartless man.
Zhou Qiongyue immediately changed her words: "My dear brother, definitely my dear brother."
"That's more like it!" The fifth prince, Li Jingyu, was satisfied and ate even more, successfully proving the saying, 'This half-grown brat is eating me out of money.'
The fifth prince quickly ate up all the dried meat and snacks on the table.
The Fifth Prince looked at the clean table in the carriage and felt a little embarrassed after realizing it belatedly. "I ate a bit too much."
"It's okay. I asked someone to bring a lot. Are you full, fifth cousin? If not, eat some more." After Zhou Qiongyue said this, she gestured to Gulan to bring out some more. She quite liked this cousin. It was obvious that he was a sister-con.
"I'm full, I'm full. I'll come back to see my cousin when we stop to make lunch." The fifth prince said this and ran away. He didn't forget to make an appointment for lunch.
Zhou Qiongyue looked at the Fifth Prince's impulsiveness and shook her head helplessly. However, she also understood that princes like them could not leave the front team for too long.
After the fifth prince left, Gulan immediately went forward to clean up the plates and cups, preparing to wash them when everyone started cooking at noon.
Seeing that Gulan was about to display the food after collecting it, Zhou Qiongyue quickly stopped him and said, "Don't display it yet. I don't want to eat right now. I need to take a nap."
Gulan complied with Zhou Qiongyue's instructions and sat back in the corner where he had been before, taking a nap.
When the fifth prince rode his horse to catch up with the team, he attracted the attention of several princes.
"Why are you looking at me? I just went to the bathroom." The fifth prince said this with such confidence, without any guilt at all.
The eldest prince Li Jingze was extremely unconvinced, but he did not say much. He just clicked his tongue and rode away.
The other princes also followed the eldest prince Li Jingze. It was not that they wanted to follow their eldest brother, but the second prince obviously had something to say to the fifth prince, and they still had some insight.
The two legitimate brothers were both favored and could not be easily offended. Only Li Jingze, who claimed to be the eldest prince, dared to challenge the second and fifth princes.
Second Prince Li Jingchen and his brothers rode ahead on horseback before he approached Fifth Prince Li Jingyu. "Tell me the truth, what were you doing just now?"
The second prince asked this because he cared about his younger brother and was afraid that he would get into trouble.
The fifth prince didn't think there was anything wrong with this, so he said directly, "I just went to eat something in my cousin's carriage. I didn't do anything else. Don't worry, second brother."
After saying this, the fifth prince rubbed his stomach contentedly, thinking how good it feels to be full!
The Second Prince was stunned when he heard this. He looked at his well-fed brother with suspicion and said unwillingly, "Didn't my cousin ask you to bring me some?"
"You already have someone you love, so it's obviously inappropriate for your cousin to send you food! So from now on, all the delicious food from your cousin will be given to me. Don't worry, second brother, I will help you eat more."
The Fifth Prince knew how to choke people. After he finished speaking, without waiting for the Second Prince to say anything, he whipped his horse whip and left, not forgetting to shout, "My brothers, wait for me!"
The second prince just shook his head helplessly, said nothing more, and followed the other princes.
However, at noon, when the army was setting up camp and cooking, the Second Prince, Li Jingchen, did not see the Fifth Prince at his mother's place. Curious, he asked, "Mother, where is my fifth brother? Why can't I see him?"
"Oh, your brother went to see Yue'er. He was worried that Yue'er might be inconvenienced. After all, with the prince around, no one dared to neglect Yue'er."
The Queen really thought so. During this period, she was always worried that someone would take this opportunity to bully Zhou Qiongyue. She wanted everyone to see that even if Yue'er was not the Second Prince's Consort, she was still her favorite niece.
"Fifth brother must have wanted to go to my cousin's house to eat delicious food, but he didn't even think to bring some for me. He's not loyal enough." The second prince muttered softly.
"Just go if you want to eat?" The queen said this very casually. She didn't have a daughter, and Yue'er was raised by her. She was almost like her daughter.
Although she would not choose her niece over her son, she would definitely choose her niece over others.
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