Early the next morning, Gu Qingcheng was draped limply over Xu Yanjin’s back like a boneless creature, his eyes closed as he muttered, “Little Imperial Uncle, you truly are iron-hearted.”
Meanwhile, Xu Yanjin’s face looked as though it was about to freeze over. Ever since he went in person to wake this little crown prince up, he had been thinking that he really ought to find the empire a new heir.
However, His Majesty and the Empress had only this single legitimate son and no other consorts or princes. Tsk, to think that this Crown Prince turned out to be the sole remaining seedling!
And who would have guessed that the most esteemed Crown Prince of Great Chu would look like this?
“I warn you lot, don’t touch me. Let me sleep a little longer, or I’ll hack you to pieces!” Gu Qingcheng clung to his blanket for dear life, refusing to let go.
Just as Xu Yanjin walked in and caught those exact words, he began to speak in a sarcastic tone: “Oh~, and whose head is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince going to hack off?”
Hearing this startled Gu Qingcheng so badly that he jolted awake, hastily throwing off the blanket over his head and sitting straight up. “Haha… Little Imperial Uncle, what brings you here?”
Xu Yanjin waved a hand, signaling the servants to withdraw first. “If this prince hadn’t come, I wonder how much longer Your Royal Highness intended to sleep?”
In the end, Gu Qingcheng did get up, but not served by attendants he was personally waited on by our very own Regent!
Once again, Xu Yanjin couldn’t help suspecting whether this person was truly the legendary crown prince afflicted with madness. Could he have been swapped by someone?
How could the son born to people like the Emperor and Empress turn out like this? It left him somewhat unable to accept it no, completely unable to accept it!
Xu Yanjin tried his best to keep his temper under control. “Oh, Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince is right. This prince is indeed this iron-hearted.”
Gu Qingcheng whined, “Little Imperial Uncle has stopped loving me. Just yesterday you said you were going to be my Crown Prince Consort, and you’ve already had a change of heart so soon?”
Walking ahead while eating his breakfast (a steamed bun), Chou Er nearly choked upon hearing this: “Cough, cough, cough…”
Chou Er: Damn it, is this something I’m allowed to hear? But… come to think of it, is the Prince actually going to become the Crown Prince Consort… As expected, Chou Yi was right. Whenever you follow the Crown Prince and the Prince, the explosive news keeps topping each other!
Completely ignoring Chou Er coughing away ahead of them, Xu Yanjin only felt that his fingers and palms had never been as intimately close as they were today, completely fused together and unable to even stretch apart.
Taking a deep breath, Xu Yanjin finally said, “When did this prince ever say he was going to be Your Royal Highness’s Crown Prince Consort?” he asked through gritted teeth.
Gu Qingcheng replied, “In the carriage. You agreed to it, so don’t even think about going back on your word.”
Xu Yanjin thought about it carefully; it seemed there was such an incident. “But this prince also said that Your Royal Highness would have to present me with a vast realm of rivers and mountains. Can Your Highness pull that off?” Even he himself didn’t know whether he was being serious right now or just humoring him.
Opening his eyes at some point, Gu Qingcheng flashed a look of absolute determination, mixed with a hint of unfathomable depth: “Fine then, but Little Imperial Uncle must also keep your word. Once I secure this vast realm, you will be mine.”
The person Gu Qingcheng wanted to win over, he would definitely win over by any means necessary, even if this person came to hate him or resent him…
None of it mattered. All he wanted was for this person to belong to him!
He couldn’t sort out what kind of emotion he currently felt toward Xu Yanjin; he only felt that this person looked stunning and he wanted to take him as his own.
Since you want a vast realm of rivers and mountains, then I will gift you a vast realm of rivers and mountains, but… you can only belong to me!
Xu Yanjin smiled faintly. “Very well, as long as Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince gifts me a vast realm, this prince will be yours.” This was the truest sentence spoken from the mouth of a habitual liar like Xu Yanjin, and also the only one he truly kept in his heart.