Lan Jingtang chuckled upon hearing this.
"Even if I satisfy my personal desires, so what? I am different from the Crown Prince. I am unmarried, have a clean background, and can pursue whomever I like. Crown Prince, don't forget that you already have a Crown Princess. There are some things you shouldn't even dream about," Lan Jingtang warned.
Yi Chenqi has become more composed and steady over the years, but when it comes to An Yuan'er, he still shows rare signs of losing control and becoming unsteady.
Now that things have come to this point, there's no point in hiding anything.
"My relationship with the Crown Princess will not affect my feelings for Xiao Yuan'er. If she is willing, she will only ever be my one and only principal wife,"
Lan Jingtang immediately refuted, "She wouldn't agree."
Yi Chenqi's expression froze, turning somewhat menacing: "Lan Jingtang, what gives you the right to make decisions for her? Just because you're her teacher? Sometimes I really think you've gone too far. No one knows better than you how difficult it is to learn medicine. You're so heartless, letting a delicate girl like her learn things that men should do. If it were me, I would spoil her countless times more than Yi Chenli, and I wouldn't let her learn these things."
For a long time, no one mentioned the name Yi Chenli.
Lan Jingtang paused for a moment, then sighed, "Unfortunately, neither you nor I are Yi Chenli."
"Your Highness, you and Yuan'er have known each other since you were young. Do you know exactly where you lost to Yi Chenli when you were young?"
Yi Chenqi said irritably, "Yi Chenli knew Xiao Yuan'er before I did. When I liked her, she and Yi Chenli were already very close. I only lost because of the order in which we met."
Lan Jingtang's lips curled into a faint sneer: "As expected, you still don't understand her. Yi Chenli is good at understanding people's hearts. Even though he was physically disabled back then, he was much better at coaxing girls than you are. Xiao Yuan'er is no ordinary girl. No matter how good her external conditions are, they can't attract her. And what you lost was never the order of time, but that, even today, you still don't understand her."
"You've been in a high position since childhood, and you're too good at thinking like someone in a high position. All you think about is that if you get her, you'll give her everything that women in the world have to be most noble. But little do you know, everything that you consider most precious is something she doesn't even care about."
Lan Jingtang's words pierced Yi Chenqi's heart like a soft knife, causing dull pain.
He retorted, unconvinced, "You, who came later, are the least qualified to judge all of this."
Lan Jingtang didn't take it seriously.
"If you understood her even a little bit, you wouldn't have stopped her from studying medicine. What is the hardship of studying medicine compared to the pain in her heart? On the contrary, the busy and tiring days can slowly soothe her wounds. Although it won't make her forget Yi Chenli, at least it can give her a place of peace. Yuan'er has never been a delicate woman. Her heart is far stronger and more resolute than that of a man. If you really like her, you should let her do it."
Perhaps he was in love with the same woman, and Yi Chenqi gradually began to listen to Lan Jingtang's words.
"I want to see her."
"If she doesn't want to, I won't force her."
"I've always been passive with her. Yi Chenli is gone, and I think I'll have a chance eventually. At least, I have to try."
Lan Jingtang did not refuse. He instructed his servants to take Yi Chenqi to find An Yuan'er.
After the man left, Sanqi said indignantly, "Young master, why did you let him go to see him? You should have stopped him."
Lan Jingtang said quietly, "Only after seeing him will he truly give up."
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