"Your Majesty, I have something I must ask you today." Fang Zilan stopped Li Qiyou's words and asked directly: "The fiefdom of Prince Rongan is right in front of you, do you really want to stay?"
Li Qiyou was stunned for a moment, "You... know everything?"
"I've probably guessed it." Fang Zilan pursed her lips, and Li Qiyou seemed to have made up his mind, nodding and saying: "In that case, I have nothing to hide from you. I want to stay."
"May I ask, Your Majesty, where is the decree to be conferred?" Fang Zilan asked very rudely. Zhuge Yu frowned slightly and said, "Mrs. Crown Prince, please be careful what you say."
Li Qiyou, as if unaware, replied: "I have not received the imperial decree."
Fang Zilan continued to ask: "Is there a talisman, an order, or a document for taking office?"
"No talisman, no order." Li Qiyou said resolutely: "There is no official document."
Fang Zilan was a little moved, "My lord, do you know what the situation in the court will be like if you insist on staying?"
"I know." Li Qiyou didn't hesitate, while Fang Zilan was almost aggressive, "You know, but you still want to stay?"
"I want to stay." Li Qiyou said loudly, and Fang Zilan grabbed Hongtai's hand tightly, but unexpectedly he held it backhand, "Little beauty, are you satisfied this time?"
Fang Zilan's expression turned cold, and she looked back at Hongtai and said, "Your Majesty doesn't know whether to live or die. It's still too late for you to regret it now."
"Mrs. Prince." Zhuge Yu couldn't help but interjected: "You know that the prince has thought carefully about this move, why do you need to pour cold water on him?"
"Lord Zhuge, you live in the capital and sit firmly on the temple. How can you think that the prince has thought carefully about this move?" Fang Zilan's face turned colder, and Zhuge Yu's expression froze, "I..."
"I'm not asking about you." After Fang Zilan finished speaking, she stopped looking at Zhuge Yu and looked back at Hongtai, only to hear him say: "Mrs. Crown Prince, I want you to get away now, but is it still too late?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? You know..." Fang Zilan was interrupted by Hongtai before she could finish her words. "Since it's too late, what kind of nonsense did the Crown Prince's wife tell me?"
He said, letting go of Fang Zilan's hand, and then gently patted the back of her hand, as if to reassure her.
Fang Zilan's expression was dark and unclear. Hongtai bowed to Li Qiyou and said: "The prince understands the righteousness and is willing to turn the tide in the crisis, which is admirable. Although I am not talented, I hope to help the prince."
As soon as he said this, Li Qiyou's expression changed imperceptibly, and she turned to look at Fang Zilan. She stepped forward and blocked Hongtai, "If the prince is interested, you might as well keep him by your side. I won’t let the prince down.”
Li Qiyou clenched his hands into fists, "I know nothing about him, why should I keep him by my side?"
"I know the prince's concerns." Fang Zilan said softly: "His Majesty kept the Duke Xianyue of unknown origin, so that the four realms were temporarily stable. Why can't the prince follow your majesty's example and keep him?"
"These are two different things." Li Qiyou said, brushing his sleeves: "How can he be compared with... Duke Xianyue?"
During the pause, what he swallowed was the word "you". The phrase "How can he be compared with you?" was a question that Li Qiyou could not say.
"Of course you can't." Before Fang Zilan could speak, Hongtai said: "No one in the world can compare with the Duke of Xian Yue, but I want to give it a try."
Give it a try? Li Qiyou had mixed feelings in his heart, and after a while he asked, "Then what do you want?"
"What if you have someone you like?" As if out of control, Fang Zilan interrupted Fang Liren in a daze, which surprised him, but he still followed her question, "What if there is someone?" If she likes someone, she will break off her marriage and become no more special to anyone else."
"Why did she..." Fang Zilan's voice trembled a little, and Fang Liren sighed, "Sister Zilan is willing to sacrifice anything for what she wants in her heart."
Fang Lihui didn't know when a folding fan appeared in his hand. He gently shook the folding fan and said word by word: "Mei Lan, like Mr. Fang, has the consciousness to pay the price."
"Really?" Fang Zilan felt a chill in her heart, and her whole body was shaken violently, but she knew better than anyone else that there was no way out for both the original Fang Zilan and her now.
She suppressed her emotions and said calmly: "Then how is she doing now?"
"Mei Lan has been ill since she fell into the water. She hides in her boudoir and refuses to see anyone." Fang Lihui replied, with a very loving look on his face.
Fang Zilan pretended to be curious and asked: "Why did you fall into the water?"
The person who answered her was still Fang Lihui. As the folding fan shook, his voice was not very real, but it still reached her ears, with a hint of regret, "I heard from Tongmei that Lanmei accidentally fell down in order to protect her." water."
Fang Lihui's words were like a key, opening Fang Zilan's long-hidden memory.
Fang Zitong's words were something she really didn't expect. The day she fell into the water, she was actually on a mission to take someone's life.
On the boat of a dignitary, she disguised herself as a maid, but she never expected to meet Fang Zitong, who was invited.
Fang Zitong did not expose her in public, but secretly followed her to the target's room. Being alone in the same room with a man and a woman was a good opportunity to make a move, but when Fang Zitong stared at her, she hesitated and did not make a move.
She pretended to be wronged by being frivolous and wanted to get away before making plans. Unexpectedly, Fang Zitong, who had always been sarcastic towards her, suddenly stepped forward, but she was caught off guard. She made a prompt decision, entangled with the target, pushed him into the water, and killed the target in the water.
The mission was accomplished, but she didn't know how to swim and almost lost half her life. She couldn't remember whether the person who saved her was Wu Qing or Fang Zitong, but at this moment she clearly remembered that it was Fang Zitong.
When she was rescued and unconscious, she vaguely heard Fang Zitong's voice, "How can you bully the Prime Minister's daughter at will? Today this person tried to treat me lightly. He deserved it when he fell into the water and lost his life. You actually want to question my little girl." Sister, are you impatient with life?"
Fang Zitong was exactly the same domineering person as she remembered, but he protected her tightly and got rid of everyone's doubts and criticisms.
What about not being invited, what about the maid's appearance, what about being suspicious? Fang Zitong suppressed all the noise and brought her back to the prime minister's house safely.
Perhaps Fang Zitong had been tormenting her in various ways since she was a child, but in front of outsiders, she was able to keep her safe regardless of the reason.
She didn't know whether this was Fang Zitong's partiality as a member of the Fang family, or whether the eldest lady was overbearing and only wanted to be bullied by her. However, no matter the reason, she saved her life after all.
This alone was enough to make her grateful.
