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

Chapter 17 I'm getting married, are you unhappy?

On the way back home, Fan Xian was also reviewing and thinking about what the Crown Prince had done.

In the past, he would think that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was a person who pretended to be stupid and foolish, but he still had a kind heart.

Ever since he faked his death and returned, Fan Xian discovered some unspeakable changes in the prince. Although he was the crown prince, he did not think that he was superior to others because of his high position and power. Instead, he loved his subordinates and the lower classes of people.

This reminded Fan Xian of a sentence: The infinite distance, countless people, are all related to me.

These behaviors can be disguised, but the details cannot be faked. Fan Xian is a smart man and can see that the prince is indeed not acting. What the prince did is somewhat similar to what he wants to do. They may be able to cooperate to solve common problems in the future.

“Sometimes I even feel that he and I are the same person.”

Fan Xian had a bold idea. After thinking about it, he shook his head. This should be impossible. Regarding the marriage that His Majesty had granted to Ruoruo, if the other party was Li Hongcheng, then he would choose to send Ruoruo away. But if this person was the prince, then it was not a bad idea.
"Brother, you're back!"

"Ruoruo, come with me."

After returning to the Fan Mansion, Fan Xian greeted Aunt Fan Jian and prepared to tell his sister the news that His Majesty had granted him marriage.

"Brother, you have lost weight. I guess the mission to Northern Qi must have been very hard and tiring, right?"

Fan Ruoruo was delighted at her brother's return and asked curiously, "What happened before you came back? Can you tell me about it?"

Fan Xian came up with an idea and decided to lay the groundwork for what kind of person the Crown Prince is before telling Ruoruo about the marriage.

"When I was leading the diplomatic corps back to the capital, I was ambushed by Xie Bian, a man under the Second Prince's command. My life was hanging by a thread."

"So, you staged a fake death, am I right?"

Fan Ruoruo blinked her big watery eyes and spoke first.

Fan Xian nodded. "After I faked my death, I went back to the capital to do some work. If I hadn't had the help of a noble, I would never have been able to return to the Fan Mansion so smoothly. I might have been found by the Second Prince's people and my fake death might have become a real death."

Fan Ruoruo frowned slightly, pointed at her chin with her slender jade finger, and thought, "Your Excellency? Is it Dean Chen?"

"It's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Fan Xian said seriously.

Fan Ruoruo said thoughtfully: "So it was you, brother, who got the news that was unfavorable to the Second Prince, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince protected you the whole time in order to let you deal with the Second Prince, right?"

Fan Xian shook his head and said, "I thought so at first, but later I found that it was not just that. Sometimes His Royal Highness the Crown Prince could have just sat back and watched the fight, or even let things develop, which would have made it easier to intensify the conflict between me and the Second Prince, but he didn't do that."

Fan Xian told his sister about the Baoyue Tower case, the innocent vegetable farmer Lao Jintou, and his daughter who was forced to stay in the tower to sell herself. If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not help, these people would be doomed to die, and then he would hate the Second Prince even more, and the conflict between the two would intensify.

"But His Royal Highness the Crown Prince stood up and protected the lives of these innocent people. I can't tell whether he wants to use me or do something practical."

Fan Ruoruo had a good impression of the Crown Prince in her heart and guessed, "Maybe he can have the best of both worlds."

"Maybe. I hope he can be a crown prince who truly cares about the people. That would be great."

Fan Xian did not mention the crisis of the dispute over the Dao or the case of Shijia Town. On the one hand, it was to protect Ruoruo from knowing too many dangerous things, and on the other hand, he did not want to raise the image of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince too high. He only needed to tell his sister what he had done, and his smart sister would make her own judgment.

"In fact, there is one more thing. At the family banquet, the Second Prince proposed to His Majesty that he would marry you to the Crown Prince Hongcheng."

"Ah? I don't want it!"

Fan Ruoruo resisted strongly. She had heard that Prince Hongcheng was uneducated and spent all his time in shabby places. He was not a good person and had a very bad impression of him!
When thinking about spending the rest of her life with such a man, an ordinary woman would accept her fate, but since she was a woman who was influenced by Fan Xian's modern thinking, her first reaction was to elope and wander around the world from then on. Even disobeying his order was not as important as her happiness in the rest of her life.

Fan Xian guessed his sister's reaction and said, "Fortunately, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince stopped it for you."

Fan Ruoruo's beautiful eyes lit up, and she felt a liking for the prince. She said expectantly:

"How did His Royal Highness make His Majesty change his mind?"

"He said."

Fan Xian had a complicated expression, and after a while he spoke, "He has admired you for a long time, and he wants to marry you in this life. Your Majesty, approve this marriage."

Hearing such explicit love words, Fan Ruoruo's pretty face turned red, her mind went blank for a moment, and she couldn't react. ·······
Yannian Hall.

Qingzhu knelt on the edge of the bed, waiting for the prince's favor.

After coming out of the bath, Li Chengqian was thinking about something.

The reason why he was willing to marry Fan Ruoruo was not only to avoid suspicion with the eldest princess, but also because Fan Ruoruo was the daughter of the Fan family and the sister of the original protagonist Fan Xian. She was the person he trusted most in the world. Marrying Ruoruo was equivalent to making her Fan Xian's brother-in-law.

Fan Xian has a selfless side and a selfish side. He only cares about the safety and interests of himself and those around him. This is vividly reflected in the original novel. Although the script has been adapted, his essence will not change.

Moreover, Fan Xian has the aura of a protagonist, and he has the means and connections that Ye Qingmei left for him, including Chen Pingping, who is lurking in the dark to avenge Emperor Qing and has made him deserted by his friends and relatives. Even if Li Chengqian does not make friends with him, he will never be his enemy, not to mention that there is such a good opportunity now.

If Li Chengqian marries Fan Ruoruo, he will not only get help from Fan Xian in the future, but may also give Chen Pingping a chance to change her opinion of him. More importantly, Ruoruo is a woman with modern ideas. She is different from other girls in this world and much more interesting.

Li Chengqian wiped his body clean, walked to the bedside and helped Qingzhu, who had been kneeling for a long time, up.

"I told you not to kneel."

Qingzhu hummed softly, but the concept of superiority and inferiority in her mind never left her mind. Whenever she offended Li Chengqian in the slightest, she would kneel down without hesitation. This was true, and it showed her loyalty to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
But it was always just a master-servant relationship.

Li Chengqian had tried before, using modern dating methods to prepare surprises for her.

But even though Qingzhu was happy and touched, she still felt that this was a gift from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and she had to kneel down to thank him for his grace.
Even after traveling to this world of intrigue, Li Chengqian still yearns for love and wants to marry a woman with whom he can resonate on a spiritual level.

Putting aside any utilitarian and worldly ideas and not treating marriage as a bargaining chip, if the position of Crown Princess was destined to have a woman, Li Chengqian would choose Fan Ruoruo.

"Qingzhu, let me tell you something."

"Your Highness, please speak."

"Your Majesty has granted me the Holy Marriage, and I will be married."

When Li Chengqian said this, he was also observing Qingzhu's reaction.

But she lowered her head, without any expression change, and bowed to congratulate: "Congratulations, Your Highness!"

"Why do you feel a little disappointed? Aren't you worried that I will be cold to you after you have a crown princess?"

Li Chengqian pulled Qingzhu into his arms, and only then could he see clearly that she was pursing her red lips, with a forced smile on her beautiful and refined oval face.

Qingzhu shook her head in fear and denied it in a swearing tone: "Your Highness's favor to me is a great gift to me. Your Highness is a dragon among men, and the future Crown Princess will definitely be a very good person. If I can stay by Your Highness' side for the rest of my life, I will be satisfied."

Li Chengqian caressed Qingzhu's hair and sighed:

"I will definitely do what I promised you. If there is a chance in the future, I will take you and Qingsu back to Jiangnan."

Qingzhu's red lips trembled slightly, her beautiful eyes were filled with tears, and she was moved and asked:
"The journey is long and there may be danger. Your Majesty, are you comfortable with your Highness going on such a long journey?"

"He doesn't care"

Li Chengqian said no more and held the beauty in his arms.

He just wanted to be in a gentle place and enjoy the rare warmth in this cold world:

"I'll give you a surprise then, but you mustn't kneel!"

"Thank you, Your Highness. I will keep it in mind."

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