[The one with the most votes is: 1. Lu Yu - Speak to Lu Yu first]

Li Rong looked at the four people without saying a word. Behind the beaded curtain was a piece of light gauze. Li Rong could clearly see their appearance, but they could only vaguely see her posture. After a moment of silence, Li Rong raised her chin towards Jinglan beside her.

Jinglan knew what Li Rong meant, so she bowed to the four people behind the pearl curtain, and then said respectfully: "The princess heard that the four young masters are famous in the capital, and she was curious, so she summoned you and wanted to chat with you. Please relax a little and don't be too nervous."

The atmosphere was not very tense at first, but after hearing this, it became noticeably more tense.

I had no idea what they were doing before, but now I was certain. What kind of woman would chat with a few men for no reason? It must be related to marriage.

The expressions of Yang Quan and Cui Yulang suddenly changed, and Lu Yu seemed to have no idea what was going on. He just sat there quietly, looking a little bored. Pei Wenxuan was not used to showing his emotions on his face. He glanced at the three people beside him and read some of their thoughts from their expressions.

Li Rong naturally saw what he saw.

She held the teacup and looked at the four people quietly.

Yang Quan's eyes leapt and he seemed to want to speak several times, but he felt it was inappropriate and held back.

He wanted to marry Princess Shang, and Li Rong knew the purpose of this immediately.

Yang Quan had a bad reputation and was ostracized in the Yang family. If he could marry the princess and treat her well, perhaps the things he did in the past would slowly be forgotten.

If he hadn't wanted to marry her so badly, Li Rong might have wanted to talk to him again. After all, Yang Quan was a talented general in the future, but he died on the battlefield. If all those crazy rumors about him were false, it would be a pity. But now seeing his ambitious demeanor and the threat that seemed to be approaching at any time, Li Rong believed the rumors, which might be true.

Cui Yulang seemed somewhat cautious, as if he was considering something, tapping his palm lightly with the fan in his hand.

Li Rong almost guessed his thoughts. This man was really bold. He probably saw her appearance and thought she was a bit interested in him, but he didn't want to give up his princess status and didn't want to get involved. In his previous life, he was obviously talented, but after working in the officialdom for a while, he found it boring and resigned directly to return to Yangzhou. From then on, he wrote poems in brothels all his life.

If he had no talent, he would not have been the top scholar, and it was even more impossible for him to stay in the officialdom for a long time with such a temper. He was just born unrestrained and just hated the government.

Pei Wenxuan was still the same as she remembered, with a calm expression on his face, showing no emotion at all. Li Rong was too lazy to look at him, and finally her eyes fell on Lu Yu, staring at him quietly for a moment.

Lu Yu is the least good-looking of the four.

Although it is not outstanding, it is very pleasing to the eye. At first glance, I thought it was just good. After looking at it for a while, although it would not be stunning, it feels like clear water flowing, which is very comfortable.

After staring for a moment, she called out softly, "Prince Ning."

Her voice has the cuteness of a young girl, but is also naturally a little hoarse. When the two tones are mixed together and she speaks, the tail tone is a little long, and when it falls into people's ears, they feel an indescribable tingling sensation all the way around. It can be said that this is a natural charm.

The three people beside him had different expressions, only Lu Yu, who was called, was still a little confused. Li Rong thought for a moment, omitted a word, and called again: "Prince."

This time Lu Yu understood. He looked at Li Rong and asked directly, "What do you want me to do?"

Such straightforward words made Li Rong laugh. She softened her tone and continued to ask, "What did the prince do today?"

Lu Yu frowned, thought about it seriously, and then said: "It's a lot of trouble. When I got up in the morning and put on clothes, Alan changed ten sets of clothes for me, one yellow set, one blue set, one set..."

He talked like a child, detailing every detail as if everything was very interesting.

Li Rong tapped the fan in her hand and found it very interesting. The sound, like silver bells, came from behind the beaded curtain.

Li Rong and Lu Yu were talking and found it very interesting. The other three were left out and felt a little awkward. Pei Wenxuan looked up at the person behind the beaded curtain and felt a little flustered.

The current situation seems to be increasingly different from what he remembers. It seems that Li Rong has no interest in him at all. Why is that?

Did something go wrong, or...

In fact, he didn’t know the 18-year-old Li Rong?

Thinking of this, he felt heavy inside. After Li Rong chatted with Lu Yu for a while, she turned around and said a few words to Yang Quan, and then to Cui Yulang. When she arrived at Pei Wenxuan's place, she asked him if he had eaten well and drank well, and then yawned and said, "I'm tired, please do as you please."

Having said that, she asked someone to help her stand up and then she retreated.

After she left, the attendant led four people away. Pei Wenxuan deliberately slowed down his pace and looked around, and saw that the person who led Lu Yu was Jinglan.

He knew the importance of Jinglan to Li Rong, and he was also aware of Li Rong's current situation.

Li Rong talked to Su Rongqing for so long today, which was actually very dangerous for her. If Li Ming thought that she was interested in Su Rongqing, it would be too bad for Li Rong. If Li Rong was smarter, she would definitely find a way to change the target and let the emperor think that she was interested in one of the four people he appointed.

And now Jinglan went to find Lu Yu. It seems that Li Rong is interested in Lu Yu today.

Pei Wenxuan felt heavy in his heart. He thought for a moment, then walked out quickly and saw the servants standing at the door waiting for them. Among them, the servant wearing the jade pendant of the Ningguo Marquis's mansion was the most anxious. As soon as the eunuch came out, the servant came up to him and said hurriedly, "Eunuch, I am the personal servant of the Ningguo Marquis's son. Have you seen my son?"

"Oh, you are Prince Ning's servant," the eunuch looked the servant up and down, then said with a smile, "The princess likes the prince, so she stayed with him to talk. Aunt Jinglan will send someone to pick you up later, so you don't have to worry."

Hearing this, the book boy was stunned, and the eunuch turned around and said goodbye to Pei Wenxuan: "Mr. Pei, I will send you here, please do as you please."

"Thank you, father-in-law."

Pei Wenxuan was very polite. When he bowed, he put a piece of silver into the eunuch's hand which was casually held in front of him.

The eunuch smiled and bent over, then bowed to Pei Wenxuan and said goodbye.

After the eunuch left, Pei Wenxuan looked at the servant beside him. Seeing that the servant looked anxious, he walked up to him and whispered, "Are you unwilling to let the prince accompany the princess?"

The book boy was stunned when he heard Pei Wenxuan's words, and then he asked with some vigilance: "Who are you?"

"Pei Wenxuan," Pei Wenxuan said quickly, "Just now, I went to see the princess with your son. I would like to ask, is your son... easy to offend the princess?"

Pei Wenxuan said it tactfully, but the servant could hear that Pei Wenxuan saw that Prince Ning was a fool.

Lu Yu seldom went out. His mother hid him well and asked servants to follow him around whenever he went out. Not many people knew about this. When the servant heard what Pei Wenxuan said, he said directly: "Since Master Pei already knows what I am worried about, and now he asks me, what can I do?"

"When you go in and see your son, have him pretend to be unconscious."

"Will the princess blame me?"

The servant asked anxiously, and Pei Wenxuan said calmly: "I'm sick, what's the blame? It's a real sin to offend while sober."

Hearing this, the book boy said nothing. Pei Wenxuan turned around and said, "I have said this much. Think about it yourself."

After finishing speaking, Pei Wenxuan returned to the front yard. He glanced around and saw Cui Yulang already sitting with a group of women, including a princess, who was reading her palm.

He is no longer worried about this person and is avoiding Li Rong.

Yang Quan was still talking to the eunuch, frowning and looking angry.

Pei Wenxuan thought about it, took a glass of wine, and while no one was paying attention, poured it directly on Yang Quan's seat.

Everyone was having a great time at the Spring Banquet. Pei Wenxuan moved among the crowd, randomly picked a jade pendant from a drunk man, and threw it under Yang Quan's table.

After doing all this, Pei Wenxuan turned around and went back to the entrance of the backyard, waiting quietly.

After a while, Yang Quan's roar was heard from the crowd.

"Whose jade pendant is this?"

As soon as Yang Quan yelled, the scene became noisy. The person who lost the jade pendant was also of high status. He looked at the jade pendant in Yang Quan's hand and became unhappy: "You are holding my jade pendant, what are you yelling about?"

This person responded, and the two sides immediately started arguing. Pei Wenxuan heard the roar, laughed sarcastically, turned around, clasped his hands in his sleeves, and stood respectfully.

In the backyard, Li Rong sat by the lake and had someone bring her fishing gear. She also prepared the boiled eggs that Lu Yu had just said she liked. While peeling the eggs, she waited for Lu Yu to change his clothes and come over.

Just now his servant accidentally spilled a glass of wine on him and took him to change clothes. Li Rong guessed that something was going to happen, but she was not in a hurry. She peeled the eggshell on the table and said slowly to Jinglan behind her: "Look how good I am to him. I have never peeled eggs for several people myself."

As she was talking, Jingmei came over with her people in a hurry, and said in a panic: "Princess, it's bad, Prince Ning has fainted."

"If you feel dizzy, go find a doctor," Li Rong said, placing the peeled egg on the decorative bottle next to her. "Why do you need me for anything?"

Li Rong's indifferent look made the people around her silent, and for a moment they even thought that Lu Yu fainting was not a big deal. Jinglan paused for a moment, and then she said respectfully: "Princess, are you going to fish by yourself next, or..."

Li Rong didn't say anything. She patted the eggshell residue on her hands, took the handkerchief from Jingmei, lowered her head and wiped her fingers, and said, "Jingmei, go out and bring me the dog waiting at the backyard door."

Jingmei was stunned for a moment, and after a while, she stammered, "Is there...is there something at the door?"

"Impossible," Li Rong raised her eyes, "Pei Wenxuan must be there."

Jingmei understood this time that they were looking for Pei Wenxuan, so she quickly led them out. After everyone left, Jinglan knelt down behind Li Rong and poured wine for her while asking in confusion, "The princess doesn't seem to like Pei Wenxuan, why did she summon him?"

"Lu Yu is dizzy," Li Rong sneered, "Do you think others can still come?"

Jinglan was a little confused, and Li Rong did not explain much. After a while, Jingmei led Pei Wenxuan in. Pei Wenxuan knelt down and bowed respectfully to Li Rong, saying in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "I am Pei Wenxuan, your Highness."

Li Rong didn't say anything. She continued to peel the eggs. Pei Wenxuan knelt down, respectfully, without any impatience.

After a long time, Li Rong said, "I peeled an egg and wanted to put it in the bottle, but the mouth of the bottle is too small, I can't put it in." Li Rong looked up at Pei Wenxuan, "I've heard that Master Pei is smart, why don't you come and help? If the egg can't be put into the bottle intact, Master Pei will be unworthy of his reputation as a smart man. It's better to jump into the lake directly, which is also a bit of integrity."

"Princess, what you mean is that if I can't do it, I have to jump into the lake?"

"Yes," Li Rong said directly, "That's what I mean."

"Princess, this is quite absurd," Pei Wenxuan advised.

Li Rong propped up her chin, admiring the way Pei Wenxuan knelt down and dealt with her. She suddenly felt secretly happy in her heart. She actually felt that Pei Wenxuan at this moment was very pleasing to the eye and brought her some kind of unspeakable pleasure.

So she knew that Pei Wenxuan was playing tricks on her, but she still argued with him righteously: "Yes, but I am a princess, so what if I want to be a little willful?"

"Princess, as a princess, you shouldn't make things difficult for me." Pei Wenxuan continued to persuade.

Li Rong twisted the grapes, ate them, and continued to embarrass him: "Yes, I am a princess. What's wrong with embarrassing you, an eighth-grade official?"

"Princess, if I can do this, then I don't have to jump into the lake. I can sit up and talk to you properly, right?"

"Yes..." Li Rong spoke subconsciously, but before she finished, she saw Pei Wenxuan stand up, take the egg off the small bottle, tear off a page from the book next to it, turn on the incense burner and light it, then throw it into the bottle, put the egg back on, then quickly retreat and kneel on the ground respectfully again.

His movements were so smooth that Li Rong could only react when he knelt down. Li Rong was furious: "Who allowed you to come up and tear up my book?!"

Just as he finished speaking, the egg that was originally placed at the mouth of the bottle suddenly fell into the bottle with a "bang".

Li Rong and the attendant beside her looked at the egg disappearing into the bottle with their eyes wide open.

Pei Wenxuan raised his head and looked at Li Rong: "Princess, may I sit up and talk to you now?"

The author has something to say: [Continue to select:]

1.——Yes, let him sit down and chat.

2.——Dare to tear up my book? Throw it into the lake!

【Small Theater】

Pei Wenxuan: "Am I very smart?"

Li Rong: "I think you want to die."