The Queen and Li Rong stared at each other, neither of them giving in. After a moment, the Queen finally stepped back. After all, Li Rong had said so. If she still forced Li Rong to step back, it would offend Li Rong and make the situation too embarrassing.

Anyway, Li Chuan has already decided who he is going to choose, so it doesn't matter if Li Rong joins in.

The queen smiled and said, "You are so mean. Then let's also serve an incense burner to Princess Pingle."

"Thank you, mother." Li Rong bowed with a smile.

After a while, the incense burner and commonly used spices were brought up on plates and placed in front of each girl.

Most girls from aristocratic families know how to identify scents, but not every girl can actually make perfume. But being able to identify scents is a basic skill, so everyone started to make some of the scent sachets they often use and put them in the incense burner.

Li Rong was not an expert in this field, but Pei Wenxuan was good at blending perfumes and had prepared several sachets for her. She followed a recipe Pei Wenxuan had given her and blended the perfume slowly while paying attention to her surroundings.

Everyone was lowering their heads to select and sniff the materials at hand, especially Shangguan Ya and Xiao Wei, the daughter of the Xiao family who was recommended by Concubine Rou. They were obviously masters in this field, and their movements were elegant, skillful, and very beautiful.

As for Qin Zhenzhen, who was behind Shangguan Ya, no one knew what she was doing. She kept her head down and polished the materials in her hands, as if she was trying to fit in with the group and find something to do.

While selecting materials, Li Rong was thinking about the thoughts of everyone involved.

Concubine Rou recommended her niece because her mother wanted to support Shangguan Ya. Emperor Li Ming actually didn't care whether the prince married Concubine Rou's niece or someone else, as long as he didn't marry someone from a big family like Shangguan Ya and Su Rongwen.

And Concubine Rou has always been much more resourceful than her mother. It was impossible for her not to guess that the Empress would secretly instruct the Prince to tell him in advance about the incense that Shangguan Ya could make, and then let him choose Shangguan Ya's incense.

Therefore, Concubine Rou must have her arrangements.

Li Rong observed the incense burners in front of her. All of them were exactly the same, with a piece of goose yellow silk underneath and incense sticks with each girl's name written on them. In a while, the palace maids would bring the incense burners on a tray to Li Chuan. Li Chuan would smell the incense and choose the person, then take out the name from the bottom and send it back.

If she were Concubine Rou, she would definitely arrange for someone to intercept Shangguan Ya's incense halfway and swap Shangguan Ya's incense with Xiao Wei's.

Li Chuan chose Shangguan Ya's perfume, which is equivalent to choosing Xiao Wei's perfume.

Li Rong guessed what everyone in the audience was thinking, but she remained calm. While she was mixing the perfume, she was writing and drawing on a piece of paper as if she was recording something.

After a while, the time was almost up, and the queen ordered the servants to put away the incense burners and bring them to the front hall one by one.

The scene was in chaos for a moment, and everyone relaxed. Li Rong looked up at Xiao Wei and saw that she had a smile on her face, as if she was confident. She then glanced at Shangguan Ya opposite her.

The attendant who collected the incense burner was almost in front of Shangguan Ya. Shangguan Ya covered the incense burner and raised her hand to pick it up. Then she seemed to have dropped something. She turned her head and looked at Qin Zhenzhen behind her and said, "Miss Qin Er, can you help me?"

Qin Zhenzhen looked up and saw Shangguan Ya smiling. She said apologetically, "My sachet has rolled over to you. Could you please help me pick it up, Miss Qin?"

Qin Zhenzhen didn't say much. She turned around and picked up Shangguan Ya's sachet. As she lowered her head, Shangguan Ya quickly replaced the two incense burners, turned around, placed Qin Zhenzhen's incense burner on her tray, and handed it to the servant who had just walked over.

Shangguan Ya acted very quickly. When Qin Zhenzhen turned around, the servant had already left with the incense burner.

Qin Zhenzhen handed her the sachet she had dropped, and Shangguan Ya nodded and said, "Thank you."

Just as he was about to turn around, he heard Qin Zhenzhen whisper, "Why don't you replace my incense burner?"

Shangguan Ya didn't expect Qin Zhenzhen to find out so quickly. She was stunned for a moment, and then she immediately looked a little confused, as if she didn't know what happened: "What does Miss Qin mean?"

Qin Zhenzhen looked up at her, her clear eyes seemed to know everything. At this time, the servant bent down and took away Qin Zhenzhen's plate. Qin Zhenzhen turned to look at the servant. Just as she was about to say something, Shangguan Ya grabbed her wrist and said very quickly: "What kind of fragrance was the incense burner of Miss Qin Er just now? It smelled very interesting."

Qin Zhenzhen was interrupted like this and watched the servant take the incense burner and leave.

After the servant left, Shangguan Ya let her go and whispered, "Don't worry, I won't hurt you. Please do me a favor."

After saying that, Shangguan Ya let her go and turned around.

All this happened in just a moment. Li Rong watched from a distance. Although she did not see clearly what was going on between the two people opposite her or what they said, she saw Shangguan Ya hand over the incense burner very quickly and Qin Zhenzhen wanted to say something, so she guessed a little.

Shangguan Ya should have been persuaded by her, but Shangguan Ya did not have the ability to convince the Shangguan family and the Queen, so she could only use this method.

Now, if Li Chuan randomly chooses any girl from a second-rate family, Li Ming will arrange a marriage for her on the spot. Qin Zhenzhen's identity is just right. In addition, the Qin family is a military family. Although Qin Zhenzhen's father is dead, her uncles are still alive. If Li Chuan marries Qin Zhenzhen, he will have more bargaining chips in terms of military power.

Shangguan Ya knew that the Queen had paved the way for her, so she gave this road to Qin Zhenzhen. As long as Qin Zhenzhen granted the marriage today, Shangguan Ya's status would not allow her to be a concubine, so the marriage between the Shangguan family and Li Chuan would be broken. Qin Zhenzhen's status was better than Xiao Wei's, and this decision was indeed for everyone's benefit.

But Li Rong was always worried that Qin Zhenzhen and Li Chuan would repeat the same mistake, so when Shangguan Ya just turned around, she lowered her eyes to drink tea and said to Jinglan beside her: "Go find the prince consort and ask him to give the recipe of my incense to the prince, so that the prince can choose my incense."

Jinglan responded, took away the ingredients of the fragrance that Li Rong had just written down without leaving a trace, and then retreated quietly.

The news of the various groups of people spread all the way to the main hall. The attendants brought the news of the empress and the incense of the ladies from various noble families to the table. After hearing what the empress meant, the emperor laughed and said, "Today is a gathering for you young people. Since you want to choose, then you all should do it together. The leader of the perfume making this time will be selected by the prince, and the remaining two will be nominated by you all. How about it?"

Everyone present immediately responded, and starting from the top seat in the main hall, each incense burner was passed down one by one, and then the top three were selected and numbered on paper.

Li Chuan sat on a high seat, his expression was indistinguishable from sadness or joy. Long before he sat down, he had received instructions from the Queen and confirmed the person to be chosen today. He felt like something was suppressing his heart. Everyone was happy, but he felt a sense of indescribable depression in his bewilderment.

Just like countless times in his life, he was waiting for the moment of decision.

The feeling of powerlessness, whose fate was controlled by others, surged up again and again. When he sat in a high position and looked down at other people, this absurd sense of contrast emerged in his heart with great clarity.

Along with the incense burner came Li Rong's note. Pei Wenxuan took the note from the servant, glanced at it quickly, and thought for a moment.

He looked at Li Chuan who was sitting on the high platform. After thinking for a moment, he asked the attendant to hand him the incense burner and whispered, "Tell His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to choose Princess Pingle, white sandalwood."

The attendant's expression remained unchanged. After a while, when the incense burner was passed to the prince, the attendant whispered quickly, "Choose Princess Pingle, white sandalwood."

Li Chuan paused slightly, and the waiter got up and went to the next table.

Pei Wenxuan was distinguishing the fragrance that kept coming over. Distinguishing fragrance is an extremely difficult task, especially in this kind of continuous identification process. Many people find it almost impossible to distinguish and have lost their sense of smell.

However, Pei Wenxuan was already good at incense. He kept looking for the white sandalwood written by Li Rong, while thinking about what happened in the female guest's seat.

Incense burners were passed around the table. Shangguan Ya's incense burner and Xiao Wei's incense burner were brought in one after another. Before they entered the hall, the two attendants in front and behind quickly exchanged the names on the papers under the incense burners and passed them up.

After two consecutive exchanges, Qin Zhenzhen's incense burner was completely transferred to Xiao Wei's name, Xiao Wei's incense burner was transferred to Shangguan Ya's name, and Shangguan Ya's incense burner was transferred to Qin Zhenzhen's name.

The three incense burners were sent up in order. Xiao Wei and Shangguan Ya were very skilled in blending incense. Not long after they were sent into the main hall, Su Ronghua was amazed: "I wonder who made this incense burner No. 34? It deserves to be one of the top three today!"

He had always been a person without rules, so no one was surprised when he shouted so loudly. Only Su Rongqing beside him reminded him, "Brother, just write it on the paper. The first place will be decided by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"That's fine," Li Chuan heard Su Rongqing reminding Su Ronghua. He was still waiting for news from various sources, and was afraid that other people would not be able to pass on the message to him, so he smiled and said, "It's good for everyone to express their opinions and discuss it."

As she spoke, Li Rong's incense came up.

Li Rong had no talent in making perfumes, and all the formulas she used were copied from Pei Wenxuan. Pei Wenxuan could tell right away what was wrong with the scent, and he could also tell that Li Rong's hands were shaking and she had put one coin less of agarwood.

Pei Wenxuan was quite disgusted and thought that he had to teach Li Rong a lesson when he got back, otherwise it would be a shame for a princess to always copy his prescriptions.

He was thinking about how to teach Li Rong when he got back, but his face showed admiration. He smiled in a steady voice that Li Chuan could hear, "This number 41 white sandalwood is good, it is the best."

When Li Chuan heard this, he looked up at Pei Wenxuan. Pei Wenxuan smiled at Li Chuan and nodded imperceptibly.

Li Chuan knew in his heart that this was Li Rong's incense burner. He didn't know why, but he suddenly felt a little happy and a little moved.

She was his sister after all, different from everyone else in this palace.

Li Rong's incense burner was passed to Li Chuan. Li Chuan picked up the incense burner and smelled it, then pretended to be calm and wrote the number of the incense burner next to it.

After the incense burners were passed around one by one, the scores began to be counted.

Because the champion was selected by Li Chuan, the others only needed to choose the first two. After the numbers were counted, Li Chuan handed over the champion number he had chosen, and then the attendant drew the name under the corresponding number tray and handed it to Li Chuan, who read it out.

Li Ming smiled and waited for Li Chuan to announce the top three. Li Chuan picked a name and said calmly, "Third place, Shangguan Ya."

Shangguan Ya was in third place. Li Ming smiled even more. Li Chuan took out the second piece of paper: "Second place, Qin Zhenzhen."

As he spoke, Li Chuan saw the name on the last piece of paper and smiled. He raised his head and said with some joy, "First place, Princess Pingle, Li Rong."

Hearing this, Li Ming was stunned for a moment, and then he frowned: "Why is Pingle also in there?"

"Father," Li Chuan turned around and smiled, as if he didn't know what was going on. "Although my sister's perfume making in the past was not good, this time it was really good. Father, please don't let the previous impression blind you."

After Li Chuan said this, Li Ming was speechless for a moment. He couldn't say that this matter was used by them to choose a concubine for Li Chuan, and it was impossible to let Li Rong participate, and it was even more impossible to let Li Chuan choose Li Rong.

Fortunately, Li Chuan chose Li Rong. Although he was not able to choose a princess from a poor family, it was better than choosing Shangguan Ya. Li Ming soon laughed: "You are right. I should not underestimate her. I should reward her. Let's call them over to receive the reward."

Li Ming's instructions were sent down and Fulai delivered it to Yu Garden.

All the girls were waiting for the result. When they saw Fu Lai walking on the promenade in the middle of the lake and crossing the center of the lake, everyone became a little nervous.

Fu Lai arrived at the waterside pavilion and saluted the Empress and Concubine Rou first, then explained his purpose and said, "The top three winners have been selected in the front hall. I, in compliance with the order of Your Majesty, invite the three girls to the main hall to receive their awards."

The queen nodded and raised her hand, saying, "You go ahead and announce it."

Fulai bowed, turned around, looked at the crowd and said, "Princess Pingle, Miss Qin Zhenzhen, and Miss Shangguan Ya, please follow me into the main hall to receive your reward."

Hearing this, Concubine Rou's face suddenly changed, Xiao Wei looked up in disbelief, Shangguan Ya and Qin Zhenzhen were both surprised, and the Queen frowned and asked uneasily, "Who is the leader of the perfume this time?"

"Your Highness," Fulai smiled, "It's Princess Pingle."

The queen looked up at Li Rong, who immediately showed a look of surprise and asked happily, "It's me?"

"Yes," Fulai praised, "Your Highness's perfume making skills are extraordinary, and everyone praises you highly. Your Highness should get up quickly and go to the front hall to receive the reward."

"Great," Li Rong stood up, looking happy, "I haven't received an award in a long time. This is really a happy event."

As she spoke, Li Rong turned around and saluted the empress, saying, "Mother, I'm going to receive the reward from father."

The queen looked at Li Rong, and was speechless for a moment. She held it in for a while, but finally said, "You go."

Li Rong bowed and withdrew, leading Shangguan Ya and Qin Zhenzhen to follow Fu Lai to the main hall.

Li Rong walked in front, Shangguan Ya and Qin Zhenzhen stood side by side. Shangguan Ya quietly poked Qin Zhenzhen and whispered, "Your perfume making skills are pretty good, right?"

Qin Zhenzhen frowned, lowered her voice and whispered, "I can't, the incense burner is empty."

“Is this also worth a reward?”

Shangguan Ya was incredulous and began to quickly think about what conspiracy might be going on. Li Rong was listening in front, pursed her lips and smiled, turned her head and reminded Shangguan Ya: "Can you write your name on your incense?"

Shangguan Ya reacted immediately and said in shock: "It's Xiao..."

Li Rong raised her hand and gently pressed it on her lips. Shangguan Ya understood and immediately said she understood.

Fu Lai listened to the three people talking, so he walked to the front to facilitate the conversation. Li Rong stepped back a few steps and walked between the two of them. She turned her head and looked at Qin Zhenzhen beside her and asked, "Did you know that she replaced your incense burner?"

Qin Zhenzhen hesitated for a moment and replied, "I know."

"Not telling?"

Qin Zhenzhen raised her eyes and looked at Shangguan Ya who was smiling beside her. She shook her head and said, "I didn't put anything in the incense burner. If she wanted to hurt me, I can prove that the incense burner is not mine. If she didn't want to hurt me, she must have her own difficulties. It doesn't matter if I help her."

Li Rong felt helpless when she heard this.

Shangguan Ya sighed and said, "Then you should be thankful that it is me you met today."

Qin Zhenzhen laughed: "If it weren't for Miss Shangguan, I might not have helped you."

"Oh?" Li Rong was curious, "Why would you help her?"

"Because my father said," Qin Zhenzhen looked at the bright moon reflected in the water, with some nostalgia in her eyes, "If you want to know whether a person is trustworthy, look into her eyes."

"Then how do you look at me?" Li Rong was a little curious. Qin Zhenzhen turned her head and looked at Li Rong quietly. After a long time, Qin Zhenzhen said gently, "Your Highness is a very good person."

"Then you are wrong." Shangguan Ya put her hand on Li Rong's shoulder, leaned over half of her body, and said with a smile, "This prince is a man who eats people without leaving any bones."

Li Rong was put on the shoulder by Shangguan Ya. She glanced at Shangguan Ya calmly. Shangguan Ya was not afraid and smiled at Li Rong. After looking at her for a while, Li Rong couldn't help laughing. She pushed Shangguan Ya and whispered, "You are really brave."

Shangguan Ya laughed when she pushed him, and said, "Since your Highness knows my worst side, why not be more unrestrained? If your Highness is interested, can you find a time to go to the Poetry Club for tea with me some other day?"

"Drink tea?" Li Rong sneered, "Do you want to bring some more money to gamble?"

Shangguan Ya was embarrassed by her question. She touched her nose and whispered, "Can't you ask more tactfully in the palace?"

The three of them played all the way until they arrived at the main hall. Li Rong looked up and first saw Li Ming on the high seat, followed by Li Chuan, then Su Rongqing, and then Pei Wenxuan.

When Pei Wenxuan saw Li Rong looking at him, he raised his eyebrow while holding the wine glass, as if he was asking for credit.

Li Rong couldn't help but smile when she saw Pei Wenxuan's expression. She glanced at him without leaving any trace, then returned to Li Ming. She smiled and saluted Li Ming: "Greetings, Father."

"Stand up." Li Ming raised his hand to let her stand up, then put his hands on his knees and said with a smile, "I remember that you were not very good at the art of incense before, but today you really shine."

"Then I have to thank you, Prince Consort," Li Rong smiled and looked at Pei Wenxuan, "The recipe I made today was actually taught by you, Prince Consort."

"I was telling you," Li Ming turned to look at Li Chuan next to him, "With your sister's three-legged cat skills, how could I not know?"

As he spoke, Li Ming looked at Qin Zhenzhen and Shangguan Ya behind Li Rong, and said slowly: "I have heard about Yaer's ability, but today's Miss Qin Er looks a little unfamiliar. Miss Qin," Li Ming looked at Qin Zhenzhen and raised his hand and said, "Step forward and let me see what a girl who can make such a fragrance looks like."

Qin Zhenzhen frowned, glanced at Shangguan Ya, and walked forward.

Li Ming looked at her quietly, and everyone's heart was beating fast.

Li Rong thought quickly, what should she do if Li Ming found an excuse to force her to marry?

She subconsciously raised her eyes, intending to look in the direction of Pei Wenxuan, but she didn't expect that the person sitting opposite her was Su Rongqing, who was also looking at her. So the moment she raised her eyes, their eyes met, and Li Rong was stunned.

Su Rongqing seemed to see what she was worried about. Before Li Rong could react, she heard Su Rongqing suddenly say, "Your Majesty, the three girls have been standing like this for a long time. I'm afraid they must be tired. You should give them the gifts earlier and let them leave first."

This was a rather rude remark. If it was said by Su Ronghua, it wouldn't be surprising, but coming from the mouth of the always self-contained Su Rongqing, it was a bit odd.

Everyone looked over and saw Su Rongqing smiling and looking at Li Ming respectfully.

Li Ming thought for a moment and said with a smile, "Lord Su is right. Chuan'er, please deliver the things to the three of you for me."

Li Chuan responded, he stood up, led his servants to carry things to Li Rong, handed a pair of golden phoenix beaded swings to Li Rong, winked at her, and whispered, "Sister, thank you."

He seemed very happy. Li Rong was stunned. She didn't expect Li Chuan to be so happy.

Li Chuan handed the things to her and left with a smile. Li Rong stood there and looked in the direction of Li Chuan's gaze, and saw that Li Chuan had arrived in front of Qin Zhenzhen.

Qin Zhenzhen was very respectful, but Li Chuan looked at her with a hint of teasing in his eyes: "I didn't expect that Miss Qin is not only good at boxing, but also so good at perfume making."

"Your Highness, thank you." Qin Zhenzhen lowered her eyes and looked at the ground, without overstepping the line.

Li Chuan handed the things to Qin Zhenzhen, who thanked him politely. Li Chuan then walked up to Shangguan Ya.

Shangguan Ya and he were cousins, but they were not very familiar with each other. Li Chuan was very respectful to her. After handing the things to Shangguan Ya, he returned to his seat.

The three people received their rewards. Li Ming seemed a little tired, and then said: "It's getting dark, I'm a little tired, you young people, please do as you please."

Having said that, Li Ming stood up with the help of Fulai and left amidst a chorus of respectful farewells.

After Li Ming left, the three girls walked out of the hall together. Shangguan Ya glanced at the two of them and said with a smile, "Are you going back now?"

"I should go back by myself."

Qin Zhenzhen said, looking up at Shangguan Ya: "What about you?"

"My father may be away for a while," Shangguan Ya pointed to the main hall, "I will go back to Yu Garden to chat with some friends for a while, you guys can do whatever you want."

"Go ahead." Li Rong nodded, "I'll wait for the prince consort to go back together."

"You two have a good relationship." Shangguan Ya raised her eyebrows. Li Rong wanted to kick her. She obviously found that Shangguan Ya seemed to think that they had some secrets, so she became a little presumptuous. So she urged, "Hurry up and go. I'll find you in the teahouse another day."

"No problem."

Shangguan Ya agreed and turned away.

After Shangguan Ya left, Qin Zhenzhen turned to look at Li Rong and bowed respectfully, "Your Highness, if there is nothing else, I will take my leave first."

"Wait!" Li Rong called her. Qin Zhenzhen turned around and looked at Li Rong standing on the steps.

Qin Zhenzhen was dressed simply and elegantly, with plain facial features. The wind blew gently, lifting her plain shirt.

It seems that because of her martial arts training, she always has an indescribable sense of tallness and uprightness, like a pine or bamboo tree standing upright, or like a sharp sword.

Even just standing in this palace, she seemed obviously out of place. She was similar to, yet different from, the Qin Zhenzhen that Li Rong had seen back then.

Her heart trembled suddenly, and in an instant, the image of Li Chuan joking with her just now flashed through her mind. That image overlapped with the image of Qin Zhenzhen's funeral later, causing her throat to tighten and invisible panic to spread.

She looked at the girl who was quietly waiting for her words under the moon. After a long while, she finally said, "Shangguan Ya replaced your incense burner today. She wanted you to be married off to become the Crown Princess in her place."

Qin Zhenzhen showed a surprised look, and Li Rong continued: "I am helping you because someone asked me to. Pei Wenxuan and I have no feelings for each other. He and I have agreed that we will get divorced after we get rid of these constraints in the future."

Qin Zhenzhen listened to these words and slowly widened her eyes. Li Rong smiled and said, "There are a lot of gossips in the palace. If you go out of the palace in the future, you need to be more careful."

After saying this, Li Rong turned around and walked into the hall to find Pei Wenxuan without waiting for Qin Zhenzhen to reply.

Pei Wenxuan was just saying goodbye to everyone when he turned around and saw Li Rong waiting for him at the door. His heart warmed and he walked over with a smile. He stopped beside Li Rong, looked her up and down, and said with a frown, "Your Highness has won a great victory today. You seem very happy?"

Li Rong lowered her head and smiled: "Master Pei seems to be very happy today."

"Unless Your Highness bullies me, will I ever be unhappy?"

Pei Wenxuan went back with Li Rong and asked curiously, "What's going on in your Yu Garden? Why is it so lively today?"

Li Rong told Pei Wenxuan what happened in the Yu Garden. As they talked, they got on the carriage. Pei Wenxuan said with emotion: "The world of women is always so wonderful."

"You can join." Li Rong smiled.

Pei Wenxuan waved his hands quickly: "Forget it, forget it. It's not necessary. Only the princess can handle this situation."

Li Rong chuckled and said nothing. She turned her head and looked out the window.

At this moment, they had already left the palace. The moon was shining brightly outside the window. She stared at the moon quietly and said slowly, "The moon will always be full after it wanes. Pei Wenxuan, are the things you said to be destined always difficult to change?"

Pei Wenxuan was a little surprised why Li Rong suddenly asked this, and he couldn't help but ask: "What are you asking?"

"Today, I suddenly understood why Chuan'er likes Qin Zhenzhen."

Li Rong turned her head and looked at Pei Wenxuan: "With Chuan'er's personality, it's not surprising that she likes someone like him when she meets him in the palace."

Pei Wenxuan didn't say anything. He looked into Li Rong's eyes. In an instant, he seemed to understand what she meant: "Why are you telling me this?"

"Have you thought about what to do after the divorce?"

Li Rong looked at him curiously. Pei Wenxuan looked at Li Rong quietly. He felt a sour feeling creeping up on him, but he kept smiling: "I haven't thought about it too much."

"Qin Zhenzhen died in your previous life. Don't you have any regrets?"

Pei Wenxuan said nothing. He smiled and looked at Li Rong. Li Rong continued, "I know you have her in your heart. She died early in your last life, and you feel guilty about her. You never think about who you like and what you want from them, but for her good in this life, you should work harder."

"What are you trying to do?"

Pei Wenxuan clasped his hands in his sleeves and leaned against the wall of the carriage, listening to Li Rong's calm words: "She is now at the right age to get married. If we get a smooth divorce, it will take about three years. If you don't make an agreement with her now, I'm afraid she will get married before then. Most of the things I said to you before were jokes, but today I'm telling you seriously," Li Rong looked up at him, "You should do something."

"for example?"

"I told her today that I helped her because of you. I also told her that we have no feelings for each other and will divorce in three years. She didn't react, so I left first. We will arrange some opportunities for you to meet her later. You already have feelings for each other, so you should be nicer to her and confess your love to her. When you are determined to be together, we will inform Qin Lin and send her to the north to let her hide for three years. After that, we will divorce," Li Rong laughed, and she looked up at Pei Wenxuan, "I will propose marriage for you."

Pei Wenxuan said nothing, he just looked at Li Rong quietly.

Li Rong was a little confused: "Why don't you say anything?"

"What can I say?" Pei Wenxuan laughed, "Your Highness, haven't you arranged everything? Don't you know what everyone is supposed to do in your heart?"

"If you are dissatisfied," Li Rong said slowly, "you can tell me. Do you think that sending her to the north is unfair to her?"

Pei Wenxuan couldn't stand it any longer. He stood up and shouted, "Stop!"

The carriage stopped abruptly, Pei Wenxuan lifted the curtain and jumped out.

Li Rong was stunned. She only saw Pei Wenxuan's back before he got off the carriage.

She didn't know what happened, she felt as if they had suddenly returned to their previous life. Pei Wenxuan was dissatisfied and never said much to her. After they argued and got angry, he left.

It was just that they had quarreled in the past, but today when Pei Wenxuan left like this, she actually felt a little sad. She didn't know if it was because there were too many things happening that day and she was exhausted.

She controlled her emotions and calmly ordered outside: "Send someone to follow the prince consort to prevent him from getting into trouble. Go back first."

There was an anxious response from outside, and Li Rong raised her hand to support her forehead, feeling the carriage start to move again.

Pei Wenxuan walked forward with his back to Li Rong's carriage, feeling very angry.

He didn't know what he was angry about.

He knew Li Rong's temper.

Li Rong is a person who will make good arrangements for things she has decided on.

She believed in her heart that he still had Qin Zhenzhen in his heart, and felt that Qin Zhenzhen was the regret of his life.

She guessed in her heart that Li Chuan still liked Qin Zhenzhen, and felt that Qin Zhenzhen and Li Chuan should not be together and that there would be no good results.

So she chose the best outcome and let Qin Zhenzhen be with him.

You can't say she was wrong, she took everyone into consideration and wanted everyone to live a good life.

Who can blame her?

But Pei Wenxuan just felt uncomfortable, indescribably uncomfortable. He turned his back to the carriage and walked in the opposite direction. When he heard the carriage move behind him, he suddenly stopped.

He suddenly thought of Li Rong's back, which he had seen countless times in his previous life.

He turned his head and watched the carriage go farther and farther away. He watched quietly. After a moment, he gritted his teeth, rushed back, caught up with the carriage, and slapped the wall of the carriage, shouting, "Stop! Stop!"

Li Rong was startled by Pei Wenxuan. The carriage stopped immediately. Li Rong immediately rolled up the curtain with her golden fan. She looked up at Pei Wenxuan standing beside the carriage with cold eyes and angrily said, "What are you crazy about?"

Seeing that the two seemed to be about to quarrel, the driver quickly jumped off the carriage and left. Suddenly, there were only two people around. Pei Wenxuan stared at Li Rong and said coldly, "Li Rong, I tell you, if you want to make a decision about me in the future, you must at least ask me first."

Li Rong was stunned, Pei Wenxuan stared at her: "What do you think I am, what do you think I would think, what do you think I should do, you should ask me first."

"So they're here to call me to task," Li Rong smiled helplessly. "For example? What did I misunderstand about Master Pei today that made Master Pei so angry?"

Pei Wenxuan didn't say anything, he just stared at her.

He couldn't say it.

But he knew clearly that if he could never say it, if he kept escaping like in his previous life.

Then there is no difference between this life and the previous one.

He clenched his fists and stared at Li Rong for a long time before he struggled to speak: "I don't like Qin Zhenzhen."

"I know." Li Rong understood what he meant and said slowly, "After all, many years have passed. You can't like her as much as before. But actually..."

"Not true."

Pei Wenxuan interrupted her: "When I was young, I didn't like her."

Li Rong was stunned. Pei Wenxuan continued, "I never miss her. I never think about her. I never see a hairpin on the street and want to buy it for her. I never think about kissing her."

"They just told me since I was little that she was my wife, so I always thought that this was love."

"But then I met someone," Pei Wenxuan looked at Li Rong, his eyes twitching slightly, "I was happy when I saw her happy, nervous when I saw her sad, I would remember a hairpin she looked at, and I felt there would be no more winter in the world when she smiled."

"I miss her when she's not around. Even when I go to the government office, I think about writing her a note. I think about how many children we will have and how much time we will have together."

"Li Rong," Pei Wenxuan took a deep breath, "I have no regrets about Qin Zhenzhen. She died, and as a friend and a brother, I did my best. I never thought about starting my life over with her. From the beginning, I never thought about starting over with her. If I thought about it for a moment, I would not go to the Spring Banquet."

"If I have any regrets."

Pei Wenxuan paused. He looked at Li Rong for a long time before speaking hoarsely, "Then it can only be you."

"Because the only person I really loved and lost was Li Rong." Pei Wenxuan smiled, and that smile was like crying.