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

Chapter 38 If I don’t fight, I will die!
Qingzhu walked into the palace and saw the closeness between His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Fan Ruoruo. She saluted with envy but loyalty:

"Your Highness, the Second Prince is outside the door and wants to see you."

When Fan Ruoruo heard the name of the Second Prince, a hint of hostility flashed across her beautiful eyes. If it weren't for him playing dirty tricks behind her back, the Crown Prince wouldn't have been caught up in the rumors in Kyoto, and her brother and the Fan family wouldn't have been in danger:
"The weasel pays New Year's greetings to the rooster, which is unkind."

"fine."

He will know who the clown is soon. Li Chengqian lets him in.

As soon as the Second Prince arrived, he pretended to be very concerned and consoled Fan Ruoruo and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince:
"Miss Ruoruo, when I learned that you accidentally entered Baoyue Tower and were assassinated, my heart skipped a beat. After all, your brother and I have a close relationship, and I would not have been able to bear the consequences if something happened to you. Fortunately, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince acted in time and saved you from the dire straits."

Li Chengze looked at him with concern and asked, "Are you injured?"

Fan Ruoruo's face was filled with anger. He was clearly the culprit, but now he was completely disavowing himself and pretending to be a good person:

"Don't worry, Your Highness. I am fine. It's just that it's too strange that an assassin killed the king this time. If Your Highness is interested, why not find out who is the mastermind behind this?"

Li Chengze pretended not to hear with a fake smile:
"Since Miss Ruoruo is safe and sound, I am relieved. This is all thanks to the protection of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. He is willing to protect you even if he is misunderstood by the loyal ministers of Kyoto. I admire you!"

Fan Ruoruo frowned slightly and clenched her fists, angry as she felt how could there be such a shameless person?
"Ruoruo, please go out for a while."

"Ah."

Fan Ruoruo listened to the Crown Prince and went out obediently.

Li Chengqian smiled and looked at the Second Prince with disdain: "Do you think you really won?"

Li Chengze is too ambitious. He spares no expense in his quest for succession to the throne. He has caused deaths time and again just to frame the crown prince.

Li Chengqian disdained to associate with such a person.

Li Chengze snorted coldly: "What else?"

"Your Majesty has taught you to be moderate. I know this. How dare you sneak into the Baoyue Tower, which was sealed off by the Overwatch Council, in the middle of the night to have fun. Moreover, the Baoyue Tower is owned by the Fan family, and Fan Xian is a member of the Overwatch Council."

"Do you know what His Majesty thinks? What do the civil and military officials think? As for the corruption investigation you caused earlier, the people in the Censorate will only think it's a factional dispute. How could they let you use a knife to kill someone against me?"

Li Chengqian smiled and shook his head:

"I dare not speculate on the emperor's intentions. Could it be that you, second brother, have guessed what His Majesty meant?"

"Humph! You are still arguing with me. It's meaningless!"

"Okay, I won't say anything more. I'll let you see it for yourself."

Li Chengqian moved aside the ink treasure behind him and said loudly: "What on earth is your majesty thinking?"

Li Chengze looked at the words "kind-hearted" written by His Majesty himself and was stunned for a moment. His expression changed from sunny to cloudy. He understood the intention behind the prince's words and felt angry and embarrassed as if he had been fooled.
"Have you already arrived?"

Li Chengqian shook his head. "People like you only have selfish desires in their eyes and will never understand the meaning of life. You are the only one who thinks that I did this to scheme against you."

Li Chengze threw his sleeves angrily:

"Why are you pretending to be a good person? I am the only one who knows that you and I are the same kind of people. Do you really think you are a good person? You wanted to kill me when you were thirteen years old!"

"Brother, people can change. As long as you don't fight with me and don't get too close to the princess, I will let you live."

Li Chengqian's words were the biggest joke in Li Chengze's ears. He laughed with a grim look on his face:
"You'll spare my life? Your Majesty, can you let me live? If I don't fight, I'll die!"

Li Chengqian shook his head and watched Li Chengze leave in anger. He snorted coldly when he passed by Fan Ruoruo. He hated everyone who ruined his plan equally. Fan Ruoruo came in front of the prince and muttered:

"Your Highness is really petty, is it that serious?"

Li Chengqian held Fan Ruoruo's wrist and walked out of the palace:
"Never mind him. I'll take you out for a walk. When you're tired, we can go to the princess's mansion for a banquet."

"it is good!"

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Two carriages drove out of the palace. In order to conceal his whereabouts, Li Chengqian did not choose to ride in the prince's exclusive sedan chair. This was because his current reputation was not good. If he appeared in Kyoto with Fan Ruoruo, she would inevitably attract criticism from everyone.

Li Chengqian is not afraid of rumors, but he is worried about Fan Ruoruo. A woman's reputation is the most important.

"Your Highness, where are we going to play today?"

"Let's go to the outskirts of Beijing. There are many beautiful places there that I haven't taken you to, and no one will disturb us."

"But I want to go to the market today. Your Highness, can you go with me?"

Fan Ruoruo blinked her big watery eyes, and Li Chengqian knew what she meant. This was her way of saying that she was not afraid of rumors, even though His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was now surrounded by dirty rumors and there were even rumors that she had already regretted the engagement.

She was also willing to appear in public with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and tell everyone that she would not regret the engagement and would not marry anyone but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

"That's fine."

Li Chengqian took Fan Ruoruo to visit the most prosperous market in Kyoto. Unlike Li Chengze, he truly had fun with the people. Even though all the people looked surprised when they saw Fan Ruoruo, they also respectfully saluted to the Crown Prince and dared not say much.

After they completely disappeared, the people began to discuss:
"It seems that Fan Ruoruo can endure it. She is indeed the Crown Princess."

"I heard that she is quick-witted and not bound by conventional etiquette, but in the end, she still has to swallow her anger and accompany His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

"Shh! Let's just say this in private, but don't let anyone hear it."

Fan Ruoruo and Li Chengqian visited many shops of all sizes. She expressed in front of the people of Kyoto that her feelings for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had not changed. When they were leaving, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince offered to buy her some jewelry, but Fan Ruoruo shook her head and said she had jewelry at home.

After shopping for a long time, the Crown Prince only bought her a candied haws.
Li Chengqian couldn't help but compare it with his previous life and sighed that Ruoruo had a pure heart.

"Your Highness, I know you want to protect me, but I don't care what they say, I only care about what I see in you."

“Is the candied haws sweet?”

"sweet!"

"Let me have a taste?"

"Your Highness."

In the carriage, Li Chengqian and Fan Ruoruo shared a string of candied haws.

The latter blushed and lowered her head. Although she was open-minded, she was still a conservative feudal woman. She had a strong sense of guilt in her heart, telling her that she shouldn't be so intimate, but she just couldn't say no.
The carriage was heading towards the Princess's Mansion, but was stopped by a princess in a bright red dress on horseback. She said:
"Someone come and help me, this warhorse is galloping like lightning, I can't control myself!"

Li Chengqian recognized her as the Grand Princess of Northern Qi and greeted Fan Ruoruo:
"After all, she is a princess of Northern Qi. I will go and help her to avoid hurting the relationship."

Fan Ruoruo smiled and nodded gently, "Yeah!"

(End of this chapter)