"Why are you two acting so strange?"
In the end, Li Changsheng couldn't help but ask a question.
"Really? You're overthinking it!"
Li Chang'an answered calmly, but his heart was already filled with all sorts of complicated emotions.
Feng Beichuan merely smiled faintly and remained silent. His deep, handsome eyes repeatedly swept over the woman, his heart filled with the same complex emotions.
Even if I have a thousand words to say, I can only hold them in now.
It feels really bad to pretend to be reserved.
Feng Beichuan couldn't help but grumble inwardly, wondering if Cang Yun's suggestion would even work.
However, according to him, this tactic is called feigning indifference to lure the enemy into a trap. Originally, Feng Beichuan was quite dismissive of Cangyun's idea, but after the man's eloquent explanation, he finally decided to give it a try.
It's been so long since I last saw Li Chang'an, and the urge to see him is indescribable.
However, after meeting, Feng Beichuan felt that the atmosphere between the two was really awkward. Fortunately, Li Changsheng was in the middle and could talk to both sides. Otherwise, he would definitely have run out of ideas again.
What pleased Feng Beichuan even more was that the kid was quite sensible and even took the initiative to invite Li Chang'an to travel with them.
However, Li Changsheng had no idea that his seemingly trivial action could have such an effect.
His calling on Li Chang'an was purely an instinctive reaction.
Moreover, this clever fellow certainly doesn't think that Feng Beichuan came to his door just to see him.
"Alright then, let's go."
Li Changsheng shrugged indifferently at the two men's strange reactions, and then eagerly pulled Li Chang'an to walk outside.
"I don't……"
"You're not allowed to not go! You made fun of me for so long, consider this compensation."
Before Li Chang'an could even utter her refusal, Li Changsheng interrupted her with an air of self-righteousness.
Upon hearing this, Li Chang'an was speechless.
I couldn't refuse this reason.
It seems they shot themselves in the foot.
"Alright then!"
Li Chang'an said it indifferently, feeling extremely helpless inside.
Actually, it wasn't that she didn't want to go out with Li Changsheng, it was just that having Feng Beichuan along made her feel a little uncomfortable.
However, upon closer reflection, Li Chang'an realized that he might be overthinking things, since Feng Beichuan still appeared completely calm at this moment.
If others don't care, then why should I care?
After comforting himself, Li Chang'an felt much better and then looked up to meet Feng Beichuan's gaze openly.
When their eyes met, they were both slightly taken aback, but quickly nodded to each other.
The three of them left the general's mansion together, and Qin Xiashi happened to see them leaving together as they went out.
"Madam, do you think that man is the Regent?"
Xing'er, who was standing nearby, naturally saw the three people leaving.
"Who else could it be but him?"
Qin Xia couldn't help but curl her lips, looking utterly disdainful of the two people.
"To be honest, Li Chang'an has gone too far. She spends all her time mingling with men. Even if she doesn't care about her own reputation, she can't ruin the reputation of our General's Mansion!"
Xing'er has always been a sharp-tongued person, and she can easily utter sarcastic and mean words.
Qin Xia remained noncommittal, though she didn't say anything more, she couldn't help but curse Li Chang'an in her heart.
As soon as he left the General's Mansion, Li Changsheng immediately became energetic. Holding Feng Beichuan's hand with his left hand and Li Chang'an's hand with his right, he hopped and skipped like a bird released from its cage.
"Regent, where shall we go for some fun?"
Li Changsheng asked with great interest.
Feng Beichuan was naturally prepared; the carriage he had summoned was parked not far ahead.
The three boarded the carriage, and Li Changsheng excitedly lifted the curtain and peered outside, as if everything was so new and exciting.
However, Feng Beichuan never revealed where he was taking them. Fortunately, Li Changsheng stopped asking. As long as he wasn't kept cooped up in the General's Mansion, he was fine with going anywhere.
"Look, look! There are cockfighting people over there! I've never seen cockfighting before! And over here, isn't that guy selling cricket cages? His cages are really beautiful..."
Li Changsheng kept talking nonstop, wishing he could jump off the carriage right now and see for himself.
Sitting next to him, Li Chang'an couldn't help but sigh and ask himself why he had come out with him.
In comparison, Feng Beichuan, sitting opposite him, seemed unusually quiet. However, he was indeed unusually quiet today; otherwise, he would probably have been able to put on a show with Li Changsheng from the very beginning.
Li Chang'an finally closed his eyes silently, ignoring the noisy person beside him.
"What are they selling? Royal sister, royal sister, look, look!"
Before he had even closed his eyes for a short while, Li Changsheng started tugging at Li Chang'an's sleeve, excitedly sharing his new discovery.
Li Chang'an frowned and said in a muffled voice, "I know, I know, you can play by yourself!"
Clearly dissatisfied with her perfunctory attitude, Li Changsheng actually reached out and tried to pry open Li Chang'an's eyelids.
Eventually, Li Chang'an was so annoyed by this brat that he had no choice but to open his eyes and look outside with him.
A group of people were gathered by the roadside. One of them was using a wooden stick to pick out a lump of crystal-clear amber-colored substance from an iron box next to him. He then skillfully squeezed it in his hand, then used something to hold it in place, and finally blew on the amber-colored substance.
"You mean that? Isn't that the sugar figurine maker?"
Li Chang'an spoke calmly, and then he and Li Changsheng watched from afar as the person quickly blew a piece of candy into a graceful, dragon-and-phoenix-like shape.
Wow, that's amazing!
Li Chang couldn't help but marvel, as if watching someone perform a magic trick.
For someone like him who had always lived in the palace, he naturally didn't understand these little trinkets from the common people, which is why he found them so strange. But to Li Chang'an, these things were quite ordinary.
"Tsk, be careful! If you fall, I won't be able to catch you."
Even as the carriage drove away, Li Changsheng still lingered, sticking his head out to look at the sugar-blowing man. Li Chang'an frowned slightly and reached out to pull him back into the carriage.
"It seems necessary to take His Highness the Crown Prince out more often to broaden his horizons."
Feng Beichuan, who hadn't spoken for a long time, suddenly said something casually, though it was unclear whether he was speaking to Li Chang'an or Li Changsheng.
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