Yuan Yao blinked.
She hadn't even tasted the pomegranate yet, but it seemed she could already taste its sweetness...
Suddenly, a pair of hands reached out from the sky.
The plate instantly fell into his hands.
Yuan Yao turned her head to look.
Xie Zhi, holding the plate, picked up a pomegranate and popped it into his mouth, saying with a smile, "Yun Chan, thanks!"
These pomegranates are indeed exceptionally sweet, like honey!
Yun Chan: "..."
Yun Chan said expressionlessly, "Since the young master likes it, then eat more."
"Alright!" Xie Zhi laughed heartily, "Since you've worked so hard peeling pomegranates for me, how about I tell you something?"
Yun Chan's expression was cold and aloof.
Xie Zhi smiled and said, "Why don't we go over there and talk?"
Yun Chan pursed her lips: "What does Your Highness wish to say? You may say it here."
Huaiyao frowned and leaned closer: "Is there something we can't hear?"
"That won't do!" Xie Zhi pushed Huai Yao away and said with a smile, "This matter is a secret between me and Yun Chan."
secret?
Yuan Yao asked curiously, "What secret?"
Xie Zhi grabbed a handful of pomegranates and handed them to her: "These are secrets that Xiao Yao'er can't hear!"
Yuan Yao: "..."
Yuan Yao waved her hand: "You eat it yourself."
Xie Zhi laughed so hard his eyes disappeared.
Yun Chan stood up and said calmly, "Let's go."
Xie Zhi carefully protected the pomegranate seeds in the dish, jumped down from the pavilion, and led Yun Chan towards the base of the wall.
Ye Changyou glanced at him and said to Jiang Chengyan, "You people from Daqi are always so mysterious!"
Is there anything I cannot hear?
Jiang Chengyan said with a stern face: "Yun Chan is not a person of Da Qi. If there is anything, it is probably related to the border."
"The border?" Ye Changyou repeated meaningfully.
His gaze swept over Yun Chan's face and then settled on Yuan Yao's face.
Suddenly, Ye Changyou let out a cold laugh.
Lin Xuan peeled a pomegranate, glanced at Xie Zhi, and asked, "What is the Night Emperor laughing at?"
Ye Changyou twirled the pomegranate in his hand and said in a deep voice, "That prince of Chu is also after Yuan Yao. I cannot let him succeed..."
At the base of the wall.
Xie Zhi made sure the people in the pavilion couldn't hear what was happening before popping a pomegranate into his mouth: "Yun Chan, do you know that Xiao Yao'er has someone she likes?"
Yun Chan's eyes were indifferent: "And then?"
Then?
Xie Zhi picked up a pomegranate: "Yun Chan, I always thought you would be a formidable opponent for me."
Little did I know, I'd been misjudging him all these years.
Yun Chan's expression remained unchanged: "What exactly does the young master want to say?"
"Smack!"
After a very soft sound, pink pomegranate juice flowed from between Xie Zhi's fingers.
Looking up again, Xie Zhi's smile vanished: "Yun Chan, you've lost, and so have I, the young master."
Xiao Yao'er... has fallen for someone else.
Unexpectedly, a prince and a crown prince lost to a man who couldn't be seen in the light of day.
A man who can't stand the light of day?
Secret Guard?
Yun Chan: "..."
Yun Chan frowned: "Did the young master summon me here just to talk about this?"
"Of course not." Xie Zhi flicked the juice off his fingertips, his smile not reaching his eyes: "This young master just doesn't want to be sad alone."
I'm telling you this because I wanted you to share my sorrow.
Yun Chan: "..."
He is not sad.
How could he possibly be sad?
He was overjoyed.
"Look at you, you're so angry you can't even speak, are you?" Xie Zhi chuckled. "This young master doesn't know whether to laugh or cry."
After saying that, he grabbed a handful of pomegranates, threw them into his mouth, and chewed them very vigorously.
Yun Chan raised her eyes, glanced at the figure in the pavilion, and then said calmly, "It's Yuan Yao's freedom to like whomever she wants."
"Why should Your Highness force matters of the heart?"
Why force it?
Xie Zhi gripped the plate tightly in his hand, laughing through gritted teeth: "Yun Chan, what are you saying?"
"I ask you now, do you truly love Xiao Yao'er?"
"I like it," Yun Chan replied calmly without hesitation.
Xie Zhi pressed further: "Since you like her, are you just going to watch her fall for someone else?"
Upon hearing this, Yun Chan smiled faintly and said, "To be liked by someone means that person is capable."
Xie Zhi: "..."
Xie Zhi was choked up and couldn't speak for a long time.
A moment later, he poured all the pomegranate seeds from the dish into his mouth and mumbled, "I must have been blinded by greed to say such things to you!"
Yun Chan, you're driving me crazy!
You infuriate me even more than that secret guard!
After saying that, he took the plate and turned to leave.
Behind her, Yun Chan raised an eyebrow slightly.
Xie Zhi jumped into the pavilion, put the plate on the stone table, and said loudly, "Yuan Xiaoyao, tell your secret guards to get ready!"
"In two days, I, the Crown Prince, will come to ask you for the person!"
I'll beat him to a pulp!
After saying that, the person started to walk out.
Yuan Yao asked, "Won't you sit for a while longer?"
"I'm not sitting anymore!"
Xie Zhi didn't even look at her and left the garden directly.
Yuan Yao looked up at Yun Chan, who was slowly walking into the pavilion: "What's wrong with Xie Zhi?"
Yun Chan said calmly, "It's probably because you ate too many pomegranates and got a sore throat."
Yuan Yao: "?"
Beside him, Ye Changyou grabbed a handful of freshly peeled pomegranates from Jiang Chengyan's plate: "I'll share them with you. Crown Prince Jiang, eat less, it's easy to get a sore throat."
Jiang Chengyan's brow twitched.
Huairou also shared half of the pomegranate that Fengxun had peeled for her with Huaiyao: "Here, have a taste, this pomegranate looks very sweet."
Huaiyao said she didn't really want to eat it.
The pomegranate that Feng Xun peeled, where is the pomegranate?
These little things are clearly dog food!
Woof...
A group of people sat in Qianhua Palace until dusk.
As dusk fell, the Empress sent a eunuch to invite them, and so the group went to the banquet together again...
On the fifteenth of September, Yuan Yao's coming-of-age ceremony arrived as scheduled.
The palace was bustling and festive, just like the New Year.
Before dawn, Yuan Yao was woken up. Still half asleep, she was guided through her coming-of-age ceremony...
Various congratulatory gifts were sent into Qianhua Palace like a flowing river, and one noble lady after another came to pay their respects.
The scene was very grand.
After the ceremony, the Ninth Prince helped Yuan Yao up from her kneeling position, placed a rose-shaped jade hairpin that he had carved himself in her hair, and said with a slight redness in his eyes, "My little Yao'er has finally grown up."
Yuan Yao, dressed in a magnificent gown, held onto the Ninth Prince's wrist, her eyes red-rimmed: "Father..."
The Ninth Prince patted her head: "No crying today, be good."
Yuan Yao nodded obediently.
She was just too emotional.
Time flies so fast...
After the coming-of-age ceremony, Li Deshan walked over with a smile: "Your Majesty, Princess, His Majesty has ordered a banquet to be held in the Chrysanthemum Garden tonight to celebrate your birthday."
Yuan Yao asked in confusion, "But wasn't there a banquet this morning?"
Li Deshan smiled and said, "There will be no court officials or their families at the banquet tonight."
Should we celebrate with her separately?
The Ninth Prince coldly replied, "I understand."
At night, the chrysanthemum garden is brightly lit.
Yuan Yao obediently stayed by the side of the Ninth Prince. As soon as the father and daughter stepped into the garden, they saw many familiar people.
Besides, there were also several rows of eligible young men sitting there.
Each one of them was handsome and had a unique charm.
The Ninth Prince glanced at it once, and his face darkened.
He scoffed, "Little Yao'er, your emperor uncle has arranged a grand blind date for you."
Blind date? ???
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