Shang Huai asked the question with a sincere expression, seemingly just out of curiosity.
Pei Minxue, who was standing to the side, silently lowered his head.
I'm going to die. Why is he always there for these kinds of situations?
I wanted to laugh but dared not, and dared not make any noise, for fear of being used as a punching bag.
Xiao Chengci snorted, turned his head away, and didn't intend to argue with Shang Huai.
"Your Majesty, if you have nothing to do in your spare time, why don't you get a dog?"
Xiao Chengci: "I am busy with countless affairs of state and do not have this free time. If you have free time, you can support yourself."
Shang Huai shook his head. "No."
“I am not like a dog. Dogs get lonely, but Your Majesty is different.”
"Shang Huai!" Xiao Chengci pointed at Shang Huai, "Do you really think that I have no way to deal with you?"
Shang Huai spread his hands innocently: "Your Majesty, why would you think that?"
"Your Majesty has so many ideas. After all, if Your Majesty hadn't interfered back then, my child would be a few years older than Brother Minxue now."
Pei Minxue hadn't expected that this involved him.
Shang Huai asked Pei Minxue, "If it weren't for His Majesty, Brother Minxue would have become an uncle a few years ago, right?"
Pei Minxue dared not answer those questions.
Pei Minxue looked down at the jade in the box. This jade was truly a fine piece.
"A pipe dream." Xiao Chengci sneered, "Back then, all you ever did was bring up the past."
"Why, why doesn't His Majesty mention it?"
"Is it that His Majesty doesn't want to mention it? Or is it that His Majesty has nothing to mention?"
Shang Huai seemed to realize something. "That's right. His Majesty couldn't bring up those things back then, could he?"
"Back then, she said she wanted to marry me in front of His Majesty."
Shang Huai countered, "So, why would Your Majesty be willing to bring up the past?"
Xiao Chengci retorted with dissatisfaction: "Shang Huai, is your life just a journey through the past?"
Xiao Chengci's words somewhat angered Shang Huai.
"I also want to live in the present and in the future."
"But Your Majesty, your subject and I are both stuck in the past and can never move on to the future."
Because, in the future, there will be no Pei Zhi.
Therefore, Shang Huai prefers to reminisce about the past.
"No future?" Xiao Chengci chuckled. "I think so."
"I've just arrived in this blessed land, and since I'm just idling around anyway, how about I act as an elder brother and bestow a marriage upon you?"
“Alright.” Shang Huai readily agreed: “Anyway, whoever His Majesty points to, dies.”
Shang Huai challenged, "If you don't believe me, Your Majesty, why don't you try?"
Xiao Chengci warned, "Shang Huai, you are challenging the dignity of an emperor."
"Then Your Majesty, if you have the guts, go ahead and behead me."
Shang Huai said loudly, "What I just said was a provocation."
Seeing that the two were about to have a falling out again, Pei Minxue suddenly coughed twice.
"Sigh, I've been away for a few days and I'm starting to miss my kids at home."
"I see him every day and didn't notice anything, but after being away for a few days, I wonder if that brat has changed."
Pei Minxue tried to ease the tension between the two.
Unfortunately, neither Shang Huai nor Xiao Chengci responded.
Pei Minxue had no choice but to try and smooth things over, saying, "It's getting late, how about we all have a meal together?"
Shang Huai immediately replied, "No need. I have many matters to attend to at home. I came here today specifically to pay my respects to His Majesty."
"Now that you have met, Your Majesty may explore the city on your own. I am very busy and have no time to entertain Your Majesty."
"Who asked you to entertain them?" Xiao Chengci didn't even want to look at Shang Huai twice.
"Your Majesty, I take my leave. There is no need to inform me of your departure, as I have no time to see you off."
After Shang Huai left, Xiao Chengci angrily kicked over the chair that Shang Huai had been sitting in.
Pei Minxue shrugged, not daring to utter a sound.
Xiao Chengci cursed, "With his godlike appearance, if it weren't for the fact that he's my cousin, I would have killed him countless times."
Pei Minxue advised, "Your Majesty, why get angry with him? Getting angry will harm your health."
Xiao Chengci asked in bewilderment, "With someone like him, why did Pei Zhi choose him instead of me back then?"
"When I was the Crown Prince, everyone knew that I would definitely ascend to the throne."
"As a result, your dear sister actually agreed to marry him right in front of me."
Xiao Chengci asked, puzzled, "Tell me, why is that?"
To be honest… Pei Minxue naturally dared not say it.
Pei Minxue could only laugh awkwardly and say, "Maybe she's blind?"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Xiao Chengci said angrily, "You're the one who's blind."
Pei Minxue clicked her tongue and could only offer another explanation: "She was probably young and naive back then."
Anyway, Pei Zhi is already dead.
After listening to Pei Minxue's words, Xiao Chengci began to ponder.
"According to you, if Pei Zhi were still alive, perhaps she would choose me?"
Pei Minxue did not understand why His Majesty would ask this question.
But Pei Zhi is already dead. Saying a few nice words to appease His Majesty is no big deal.
Pei Minxue replied decisively, "Of course."
"You are His Majesty, the Son of Heaven. Not to mention Zhizhi, any woman in the world would choose Your Majesty."
Hearing Pei Minxue's words made Xiao Chengci extremely happy.
"I don't need all the women in the world, I only need her to choose me."
Pei Minxue breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Xiao Chengci's expression had relaxed considerably.
Xiao Chengci stayed in the northern city for three days.
For the past three days, Xiao Chengci has not gone out, but has been looking at maps.
Xiao Chengci was only guessing where Pei Zhi might be now.
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