Thinking of this, Wen Nongnong couldn't help but look at Gu Linchao.
Gu Linchao was taken aback. "Why are you looking at me?"
Wen Nongnong shrugged. "It's nothing."
Just then, Gu Yi, who had received the news, came out to greet them.
"Uncle, Aunt, please come in." He was very attentive. "Aunt must be hungry. Your nephew has already asked the kitchen to make you some pastries."
Wen Nongnong said with a smile, "My dear nephew, you've worked hard."
"It's not hard work, it's not hard work." Gu Yi could now remain unfazed by her address.
As soon as the group entered the front hall, they saw Xiao Yan sitting there casually eating watermelon.
Upon seeing Gu Linchao, he immediately spat out the watermelon seeds in his mouth and said with dissatisfaction, "Gu Hengzhi, you almost made me fall off my horse and get injured just now. What do you have to say to me? You always pull the same thing, aren't you tired of it?"
Gu Linchao glanced at him indifferently, "Aren't you still sitting here perfectly fine?"
Xiao Yan choked for a moment, then, as if remembering something, he suddenly narrowed his eyes and looked him up and down. "To be honest, you weren't just jealous of me, were you?"
Gu Linchao paused for a moment, then looked at him calmly, "What do you have that makes me jealous?" His tone was very dismissive.
Xiao Yan leaned back in his chair, crossed his legs, and looked like he knew everything about him.
“Nongnong praised me for being handsome and dashing, and also younger than you, so you became jealous.”
Wen Nongnong's eyes widened. When did she ever say he was younger than Gu Linchao? Did she have to be so dramatic?
Before she could retort, Gu Linchao said first, "Whether someone is younger than me or not, you can look in the mirror yourself. You're not a three-year-old child. Can't you tell if someone is just flattering you?"
Xiao Yan: "..."
He clenched his fists, feeling a metallic taste in his throat, a result of being choked with anger.
"Gu Hengzhi, why do you have such a sharp tongue?"
"Poisonous? I think you can't stand the truth." Gu Linchao said calmly, taking the tea that Gu Yi brought, but then handing it to Wen Nongnong first.
Wen Nongnong couldn't bear to look at Xiao Yan's stunned expression.
Her prince either doesn't speak up at all, but when he does, absolutely no one can withstand his barrage of insults.
"You, you unfilial nephew!" After a long while, Xiao Yan, at a loss for words, finally managed to utter a sentence.
Gu Linchao ignored her and sat down next to Wen Nongnong.
Seeing that Xiao Yan was quite angry, Gu Yi quickly spoke up to smooth things over, "Uncle, there are new songs and dances at Baihua Pavilion tonight, would you like to go and watch?"
Xiao Yan's attention was indeed diverted. "Really?"
"Really, I've already booked a private room. I was originally planning to go by myself, but since my great-uncle and imperial uncle are here, we can all go together," Gu Yi said solicitously.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan, who had been feeling stifled, broke into a wide smile. "You're a good man, unlike some people who don't know how to respect or be filial to their elders and only know how to annoy me."
It goes without saying who these "certain people" are.
Gu Yi gave a dry laugh and didn't respond.
Wen Nongnong's lips twitched. Xiao Yan was really childish, actually making a veiled criticism of Gu Linchao.
"Your Highness, please have some fruit." She used a silver skewer to pick up a piece of watermelon and fed it to Gu Linchao's mouth.
Gu Linchao was taken aback. He glanced at the many people watching and was about to refuse when Xiao Yan's sarcastic voice suddenly said, "Tsk tsk, can't you two go back inside? It's really an eyesore."
Upon hearing this, Gu Linchao glanced at him, then simply opened his mouth and ate the watermelon that Wen Nongnong fed him. He then picked up a skewer, forked a piece, and fed it to Wen Nongnong, saying, "Nongnong, eat too."
Xiao Yan: "..."
Was Gu Hengzhi showing off to him?
Wen Nongnong also looked at Gu Linchao in surprise.
Carrying her on his back and holding her hand in front of others was already his limit, but today the sun must have risen in the west, he actually fed her in front of other people.
However, seeing Xiao Yan standing there dumbfounded, she quickly realized that her prince had done it on purpose, since Xiao Yan had just been talking nonsense.
She blinked, opened her mouth and ate the watermelon he fed her, then said with a smile, "The watermelon is so sweet." She had wanted to say that the watermelon the prince fed her was very sweet, but considering his shyness, she changed her words before she could finish.
Even so, Gu Linchao's handsome face still flushed slightly. He put down the skewer in his hand, too embarrassed to feed her anymore.
Wen Nongnong smiled broadly; it was rare to see Gu Linchao so childish.
Xiao Yan snapped out of his daze and rubbed his arms. "That's really cheesy. I got goosebumps all over."
Wen Nongnong blinked and suddenly said, "Uncle, are you jealous of the Prince?"
"Huh? I'd be jealous of him?" Xiao Yan looked incredulous. "What is there for me to be jealous of?"
"The prince is handsome and capable, and he has married a beautiful woman like me. Unlike you, my brother-in-law, you are still unmarried. You say you don't want to get married and act like you don't care, but you are actually very anxious. Especially when you see how sweet my husband and I are, you feel jealous. That's why you speak so sarcastically."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan felt somewhat uncomfortable, but he would never admit it.
"Are you praising yourself or praising Gu Hengzhi? You probably won't find anyone as shameless as you in this world."
“Speaking of shamelessness, my uncle is just as shameless,” Wen Nongnong said unhurriedly.
"Thank you so much for the compliment," Xiao Yan said irritably.
Just as Wen Nongnong was about to say something more, Gu Linchao suddenly grabbed her hand.
She was taken aback, and then heard Gu Linchao say in a calm tone, "Nongnong, stop talking. He is an elder after all, so we should give him some face."
Wen Nongnong burst out laughing.
Gu Linchao was even more ruthless than her, and sure enough, Xiao Yan's face turned green.
"I will obey Your Highness," she said obediently.
Xiao Yan, unable to bear it any longer, slammed his hand on the table and stood up.
"You two have gone too far! Are you taking advantage of the fact that I don't have a wife? I'll go find one right now."
"Uncle, hurry up and go, we'll wait here," Wen Nongnong egged them on.
Xiao Yan: "..."
He gritted his teeth, took two quick steps outside, then suddenly, as if struck by a thought, he deflated and slumped back into his chair.
"What's wrong, Uncle?" Seeing his expression, Wen Nongnong stopped smiling and asked with concern.
Xiao Yan glanced at her, raised his hand to wipe his face, and said with a bitter expression, his previous anger completely gone, "You guys have to help me."
"What's wrong?" Wen Nongnong looked at him in confusion.
Gu Linchao didn't speak, but his gaze fell on him.
Gu Yi urged, "Uncle, have you encountered any difficulties? Tell us quickly, perhaps we can help."
Xiao Yan sighed and said with worry, "The Empress Dowager told me that I must find a girl I like and get married within a month, or I will have to follow her arrangements."
Wen Nongnong was surprised and turned to look at Gu Linchao, "Did Mother really say that?"
Gu Linchao shook his head, "I haven't visited her these past few days, so I don't know."
Xiao Yan suddenly looked at the two of them with some resentment, "This is all your fault."
"What does this have to do with us?" Wen Nongnong was completely confused.
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