Joy of Life: The melon-eating prince sees through Fan Xian's fake death

Chapter 16 This wave of princes is on the fifth floor
"My son, I obey."

Li Chengqian showed a look of joy, not because he was so happy that he was about to marry Fan Ruoruo, but because he felt relieved after surviving a disaster.

The changes and choices he made successfully influenced Emperor Qing's decision.

Li Chengqian seized the opportunity to save himself!
Cheng Yaojin came out halfway.

This made Li Chengze, who was kneeling on the ground, look ugly.

Emperor Qing looked at the changes in his two sons' expressions with interest, and said:
"Li Chengze, since you like celebrations so much, I will grant you a marriage. Ye Zhong's daughter Ye Ling'er is a perfect match for you, so I will give her to you."

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Li Chengze was a little surprised. He was not familiar with Ye Ling'er, but when he thought about the Ye family behind her, he
"Sir, obey the order!"

In the midst of chatting and laughing, the daughters of the two major families were betrothed to men with no emotional foundation by an imperial decree, and all this was just Emperor Qing's test, balance, and hidden conspiracy. After Emperor Qing granted the two marriages, he stood up and left the family banquet.

Fan Xian was unwilling to give in, so he pushed his seat away angrily and knelt on the ground to remonstrate again:

"Your Majesty, for the sake of the people of the world, I beg you to follow the laws of Qing and strictly investigate the eldest princess Li Yunrui and the second prince Li Chengze!"

Emperor Qing paused, and turned around with a sullen look on his face, "You have no evidence, it's all lies."

"How can we have solid evidence without investigation?" Fan Xian dared to retort.

Emperor Qing narrowed his eyes slightly and looked down at him:

"I really didn't hit you hard enough!"

After Emperor Qing left, the princes returned to their normal behavior, except Fan Xian, who continued to kneel and kowtow, refusing to stand up.

Li Chengqian walked up to him and helped Fan Xian up. The latter had red eyes and looked indignant.

"Fan Xian, come out with me. I have something to tell you."

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Li Chengqian found a deserted place and started a private chat with Fan Xian:

"The fire in Shijia Town did not burn the bodies of the suspected smugglers. They also had knife wounds on their bodies, indicating that they were hacked to death by knife masters."

Fan Xian's eyes lit up, "The corpse can speak, so the clues are still there."

Li Chengqian nodded, "But it won't be found out in a short time, and Your Majesty won't interfere in this matter."

"Why?" Fan Xian was puzzled.

"Balance." Li Chengqian said no more.

Fan Xian seemed to be thinking about something, with a melancholy look on his face. Li Chengqian comforted him:

"Don't be discouraged. After all, my second brother and the eldest princess are royal relatives. His Majesty will always favor him a little. I've gotten used to it over the years."

Fan Xian squatted on the ground, his face full of bitterness and reluctance:

"I'm afraid he asked Yuan Meng to be the manager of Baoyue Tower, just waiting for this moment. Li Chengze is too sinister, he actually used such a dirty trick as the granted marriage!"

Speaking of the arranged marriage, Fan Xian stood up and looked at the prince in confusion:
"Your Highness, do you really adore my sister?"

"I said yes, do you believe it?"

"When did it start?"

Fan Xian asked repeatedly, trying to find out what the prince was thinking.

But Li Chengqian is no longer the prince who pretended to be stupid and easily deceived. His true intentions are probably only understood by Emperor Qing, the eldest princess, and the queen.
"Your Highness, I am grateful for your help. Compared to the dandy Li Hongcheng, regardless of your status, I believe that you, who love the people like your own children and are kind-hearted, are the right match for Ruoruo. But you are the crown prince, and as your brother, I don't want Ruoruo to be involved in the struggle among the princes, or even become a victim."

Fan Xian said from the bottom of his heart that the things he and Li Chengqian experienced showed the difference between the crown prince and the second prince. The former at least regarded the people as human beings, while the latter had no bottom line in order to achieve his own goals. If he had to choose someone to stand on the side of, he would choose the crown prince.

"Fan Xian, this is a test from His Majesty, and it is also a test for you."

Li Chengqian didn't want to be a riddle man, but he could only say this much, "I expressed my feelings for Ruoruo, it was my choice, as for whether she wants to fulfill the engagement, let her decide for herself, I won't force her, because my goal has been achieved."

Fan Xian was lost in thought. He could no longer see the prince clearly. But judging from his words and actions, he had no ill intentions. "No matter what, I have to thank you for not letting the Second Prince succeed. I will convey today's events and your wishes to Ruoruo."

Li Chengqian nodded, waved goodbye to Fan Xian, and a maid appeared behind him.

"Your Highness, the Queen invites you to meet her."······
Kunning Palace.

The candlelight flickered and the curtains moved slightly.

Li Chengqian walked into his mother's bedroom and saw the queen drinking from a golden cup:
"My son, please see your mother."

"No need to be polite, there are no outsiders here."

The queen calmly drank the liquor, wiped her lips lightly, and kept her eyes on the prince:
"Were all those paintings burned?"

There was a loud noise.

Blow out a few candles.

Li Chengqian pretended to be puzzled and asked, "What kind of painting is this? I don't know."

The queen sneered and put down the wine glass in her hand. "You have made progress. If someone asks you about this in the future, you should answer in the same way."

Li Chengqian nodded without changing his expression, "Yeah"

really!

In the original drama, the plot in which the Queen discovered that Li Chengqian had a secret crush on the eldest princess, and threw many paintings of faceless beauties on the ground and denounced them has changed!
Li Chengqian's guess turned out to be correct.

Since the Queen could see through his thoughts, how could Emperor Qing, who was of a higher rank, not notice it?

Emperor Qing had already tried to test and remind him not to have any contact with the eldest princess and not to have any thoughts about her at all!
Li Chengqian was glad that he had made changes since he traveled through time. Not only did he burn all his paintings, he also stayed up all night in the East Palace with his beloved maid to celebrate love, and bought a house for her to rescue her family.

These actions show that he has "fallen in love with someone else" and has completely given up on the eldest princess and no longer has any abnormal feelings for her!
"Stay away from that crazy woman. His Majesty will give us a way out. You did a good job."

"My mother is praising me, but it is only for the sake of peace."

Li Chengqian was praised by his mother, and then he understood that the queen was the queen for a reason. She had seen what he had done recently and what he had expressed to Emperor Qing:
The fire in Shijia Town was caused by Li Chengqian in the original drama. In order to protect the eldest princess, he provoked the second prince to fight with Fan Xian. But even if Li Chengqian changed, this plot would still happen, and the second prince would set fire to burn the evidence in order to protect himself.

But at this time Li Chengqian put out the fire and protected the clues, indicating that he would become an enemy of the eldest princess.

And when faced with the Second Prince's sinister trick of asking Emperor Qing to grant him a marriage at the family dinner, Li Chengqian chose to openly express his love for Fan Ruoruo and his willingness to marry her.

Fan Xian, the Second Prince and others can only see the first floor. Is this the Crown Prince trying to win over the Fan family?

But Li Chengqian wanted to tell Emperor Qing that the only woman he loved was Fan Ruoruo.

This time he is on the fifth level.

But Emperor Qing is a level higher than him.

Even though the prince requested a marriage, he expressed his stance of drawing a clear line between himself and the eldest princess.

Emperor Qing has not completely let go of his suspicion of the prince, and granting him marriage to Fan Ruoruo was also a test for him.

If the prince married Fan Ruoruo just to win over Fan Xian, and the person he truly loved was actually his aunt, Emperor Qing would definitely depose him as the prince.

On the contrary, Emperor Qing might remove the prince from the list of people to be killed and leave him a chance to live.

Li Chengqian has successfully taken the first step towards self-rescue and changed his destiny!

"My child, I never thought you have grown up to be able to take charge of things on your own. I haven't been so happy for a long time. It's better not to drink this wine."

The queen threw away the wine glass, and a long-lost smile of relief emerged from her expressionless face: "When do you want to marry the daughter of the Fan family? As a mother, I can also prepare in advance."

Li Chengqian shook his head, "My goal has been achieved. As for Fan Ruoruo, I don't know if she will run away, but it doesn't matter, it's not like I don't have beauties."

The queen frowned slightly, "You must take care of yourself, don't stay up too late, and take care of yourself."

"Your son will obey your mother's teachings!"

　The people that Emperor Qing was afraid of from the beginning to the end were not the Crown Prince, the Second Prince, or the Eldest Princess. The only people that he really cared about, the ones that posed a threat to him, and the ones that he wanted to deal with were the Grandmaster and Barrett.
　　"I stayed up all night reviewing, finished writing it at 6am and posted it right away. I'll post the second chapter when I wake up, haha~"

　　"Thanks to Master Shangqing and Po Jian Zhi Kong for their two monthly tickets, and the book friends with the last numbers 7852 and 2581 for one monthly ticket. I still need 19 monthly tickets to add more chapters~"

　　
　
(End of this chapter)