Help! The innocent prince always tries to seduce me clumsily

Chu Shitong couldn't help but start to admire Prince Rong. It would have been fine if he had no intelligence, but his mind was also so simple. I don't know how he managed to marry the only daughter of the Zhenguo Marquis family.

Chu Shifeng noticed that Chu Shitong fell silent, and thought that she was inexplicably angry again, so he couldn't help but chuckle and touch her head.

"I just ate half of your orange. If you're angry, I'll peel a few for you."

Chu Shitong paused for a moment, then smiled awkwardly, "How could I be angry about these things? My brother thinks I am too petty."

Although she said this, Chu Shifeng had already lowered his head and started peeling the oranges.

"You play with Si Jingli all the time. Everyone in Beijing knows that Si Jingli is vindictive. If you two play together for too long, you might learn bad habits from him."

I don’t know what part of Chu Shitong’s funny bone this sentence hit, but she couldn’t stop laughing when she thought of Si Jingli complaining to her.

Seeing Chu Shitong smile, Chu Shifeng couldn't help but curl up the corners of his lips. His eyes seemed to be looking at Juzi seriously, but in fact, he was lingering on the smiles of Juzi and Chu Shitong every moment.

Having gotten used to Xue Qing's appearance, Chu Shifeng always felt that he could suppress the abnormal feeling in his heart, but every time he saw Chu Shitong, he would have a different feeling, as if it was not just their appearances that were vastly different.

It turns out that character and soul can also become eternal shackles that cannot be broken.

......

The carriage went all the way to Prince Yu's Mansion.

Chu Shitong got out of the car and walked in with ease. Chu Shifeng caught up with her in two or three steps and put his arms around her shoulders completely.

"Why are you running so fast? I almost thought this was your home."

Chu Shitong only felt that her shoulders were being severely tortured by Chu Shifeng every day. She smiled despite the pain and said, "Isn't this my home? What belongs to my brother is mine. Is there anything wrong with me treating this place as my home?"

"You're a cunning villain." Chu Shifeng pinched her face and said, "You've been a two-faced person since you were a child, and you haven't changed at all when you grew up."

Such an intimate action made Chu Shitong very uncomfortable, but she couldn't just push him away. She could only smile and remain silent, then slowly distanced herself from him on the way into the palace.

In the palace.

As soon as Chu Shitong entered the door, he ran towards the rocking chair.

When she lazily lay in the rocking chair, she realized how speechless the expression on Chu Shifeng's face was.

"What's the matter, brother?"

"Can you be more ambitious? It's not like I didn't send you the rocking chair, but you went straight to it when you came in. People who didn't know me would think you really wanted to marry this rocking chair."

Chu Shifeng said this, but he didn't seem angry.

Chu Shitong said, "I am tired after walking all the way here. If you want to blame someone, blame it on my brother's mansion being too big. It takes a long time to walk in every time."

Chu Shifeng walked forward and reached out to grab her arm.

"Stop talking nonsense and get up."

Seeing this, Chu Shitong immediately lay down on the rocking chair, holding on to the armrests and refusing to give up. People who didn't know him would think that Chu Shitong was going to get beaten.

"No, I want to lie down. If you don't let me lie down in this rocking chair, I can't drink a sip of wine."

"I didn't say I wouldn't let you lie down." Chu Shifeng was so angry that he laughed. He said helplessly, "Take off your cloak first. It's still wet from the snow just now. If you get sick from lying down, don't blame me later."

Chu Shitong looked at him half-believingly, his pair of light brown eyes, in his deliberately faked expression, seemed as vivid as a little fox.

Chu Shifeng had no choice but to go sit on a chair nearby.

"I'll stay away from you, okay?"

Chu Shitong then took off his cloak and threw it on the screen beside him.

Chu Shifeng suddenly laughed, a playful smile appeared in his eyes, and he pointed at the screen and said, "This screen of mine is made of northern blue golden nanmu wood. If the paint on your cloak falls off due to the water, how are you going to compensate me, Xiaoqi?"

Chu Shitong was stunned, then he quickly rolled off the rocking chair and took off his cloak.

When I put it away and looked back, Chu Shifeng was already lying on the rocking chair.

Chu Shitong: “…”

For some reason, I felt a little embarrassed and as if I had been teased.

She snorted coldly, walked to a chair beside her, poured herself a glass of wine and drank it.

Chu Shifeng asked: "Are you angry?"

"No."

Chu Shitong answered coldly. Actually, she was not really angry. She just wanted to punch Chu Shifeng to death.

"Alright, alright, I won't tease you anymore. I can still grab a rocking chair from you."

Chu Shitong turned his face away and didn't want to pay attention to him.

Chu Shifeng had no choice but to get up and walk over, forcibly pulling Chu Shitong to the rocking chair, pressing her shoulders to sit down, leaning over her as if coaxing a child, and asking.

"Is that okay now?"

Only then did Chu Shitong reveal a triumphant smile.

"This was given to me by my brother himself. I didn't steal it."

Chu Shifeng patted her head and said, "You, I think the most cunning person in the whole capital is not Si Jingli, but you."

Chu Shitong smiled and didn't give any explanation.

The two of them were still drinking and chatting as before. The earthenware dragon was burning hot, and a lot of things had been added to the small stove in addition to chestnuts and oranges. There were various kinds of warm baked pastries, and rice cakes. The rice cakes were baked until the surface was crispy and were best eaten with honey and red bean paste.

Every time Chu Shitong came to Chu Shifeng's place, he could eat the most popular things in the capital.

As they were drinking, a servant came to report.

"Your Highness, Lord Lu is here."

The smile on Chu Shifeng's face faded a little, "Let him come in."

Lu Jiushang walked in with a cold look on his face, with some snow still on his shoulders. Chu Shitong picked up the wine glass and drank it slowly, guessing that it was done by the servants of Prince Yu's Mansion. The servants were also very snobbish people, and maybe they deliberately made Lu Jiushang wait at the door for a long time before coming in to report.

When Lu Jiushang saw Chu Shitong was there, his expression stiffened for a moment, then he bowed his head and stepped forward to salute.

"Your humble servant pays respect to His Royal Highness Prince Yu...and His Royal Highness Prince Qi."

Chu Shifeng leaned back in the chair, his golden and black robe setting off his handsome and elegant face, but his facial expression was slightly perfunctory, his chin raised, and his expression also showed a bit of perfunctory.

"No need to salute, what do you have to say to this king?"

Lu Jiushang slowly raised his head and glanced at Chu Shitong.

Chu Shitong tactfully lowered his head and picked up a piece of rice cake from the stove.

Lu Jiushang whispered, "Your Highness, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for others to hear what I'm asking for. Why don't you let His Highness Prince Qi go out for a while..."

Chu Shitong immediately pretended to be frightened and said innocently, "If my brother has something to say to Lord Lu, then I will go out for a walk first."

Lu Jiushang seemed to be secretly relieved.

Chu Shitong had already stood up and was about to leave with half a piece of leftover roasted rice cake, but Chu Shifeng suddenly spoke up to stop her.

"Nothing, sit down."

Lu Jiushang looked towards Chu Shifeng in disbelief.

"Your Highness?"

Facing his somewhat panicked surprise, Chu Shifeng simply explained, "Xiao Qi is not an outsider."

"But..." Lu Jiushang was obviously unable to hold it anymore, and his expression lost the kindness he had pretended before.

Chu Shitong quickly spoke before Lu Jiushang could speak: "Brother, I'd better go out. I feel like Lord Lu doesn't want me to hear..."

The lingering sound at the end of the sentence is unconsciously prolonged because it implies something.

"This king asks you to sit down."

Chu Shifeng's brows slightly frowned, and his tone became heavier.

"The snow outside is getting heavier and heavier. You don't even have a cloak. What are you doing outside?"

Chu Shitong took back the step he had just taken, looking very cautious and not daring to anger Chu Shifeng.

Lu Jiushang was irritated and showed a bit of impatience. He immediately took off his cloak and handed it to the front, saying, "I have a cloak here. If His Highness Prince Qi doesn't mind, you can take it first."

This bastard is really persistent.

Chu Shitong naturally reached out to take it. It didn't matter whether he went out or not. Lu Jiushang came because of that incident anyway. Whether he was present or not, he would definitely fan the flames.

Before her hand touched the cloak, she glanced sideways and saw something flying towards her, and her hand subconsciously stopped moving.

"Snapped--"

With a loud bang, the porcelain shattered and flew everywhere. Several pieces of debris scratched Chu Shitong's face and almost hurt her.

The target of the teacup was not Chu Shitong, but Lu Jiushang.

Chu Shitong raised his eyes and saw that a stream of scarlet blood was slowly flowing from Lu Jiushang's forehead.

The wound was on the center of his forehead, and blood flowed down his high nose bridge to his face. There were also a few small bloody marks on his face caused by the broken fragments.

Almost instantly, Chu Shitong felt the sudden and uncontrollable anger and resentment from Lu Jiushang.

It was exactly the same as what Chu Shifeng said. The viciousness suppressed in Lu Jiushang's heart should not be underestimated.

"Who do you think you are?!"

Chu Shifeng's anger had risen without him noticing, "Are you worthy enough to let Xiao Qi wear your cloak? I let you into the mansion to give you face, right?"

Almost at the moment when Chu Shifeng cursed, the sinister resentment in Lu Jiushang was suppressed in an instant. Chu Shitong was close enough to see the blue veins on his neck throbbing because of his forbearance.

Chu Shitong immediately acted like a good guy, "Royal brother, Lord Lu also has good intentions, please calm down."

"What kindness? You don't have to go out at all. If anyone wants to go out, he should go out. He asked you to go out in the freezing cold and he stayed. Is he worthy of that?"

Chu Shitong shut up immediately. When Chu Shifeng went crazy, he would curse at everyone he saw and hit wherever he pointed. If Chu Shitong advised him once, he would curse eighty more times.

After Chu Shifeng finished cursing, he suddenly sneered, "The son of a prostitute really has no manners at all."

Realizing that Lu Jiushang's anger had reached a critical point and she was shaking with anger, Chu Shitong then realized that Chu Shifeng was referring to Lu Jiushang's mother.

Chu Shitong said, "I won't go out. I will stay here. Please calm down, brother."

Chu Shifeng had a cold face and stared at Lu Jiushang with a fierce look.

"Who are you showing this to? If you don't want to be humble before me, you can just get out. If your father hadn't come to beg me, do you think I would be interested in you, the son of a whore?"

Chu Shitong gave up the idea of ​​being a good guy. Chu Shifeng's scolding was simply stabbing people in the heart, and no one could stop him.

She turned back to the rocking chair.

After a long while, Lu Jiushang slowly turned around, his anger seemed to have disappeared, he saluted towards Chu Shifeng and said.

"It was I who was rude just now. Please calm down, Your Highness."

Chu Shitong continued to eat rice cake while lying in the rocking chair. He didn’t expect that Lu Jiushang was really a ninja. He could bow his head and behave himself even after being insulted like this. He was really tolerant.

"Royal brother, Lord Lu has already apologized, so just calm down."

Chu Shifeng has a bad temper and his anger comes and goes quickly.

At that time, he no longer had the anger he had just had, and his expression looked slightly better.

"If you have something to say, just tell me. I didn't ask you to come to my house to waste your time here."

Lu Jiushang then slowly stood up, and said in a humble and somewhat depressed tone: "This humble official came here this time to ask for a favor."

It seemed that at this moment, Lu Jiushang finally faced the reality.

Since Prince Rong had spoken for him in the first place, everything he was going through now had its reasons.

In the current situation, it is obvious that the secret that he revealed by self-destruction in order to gain the support of Chu Shifeng has probably been told to Chu Shitong by Chu Shifeng. It will not be long before Si Jingli will know his true identity.

Chu Shifeng: "Speak."

"I own a rice shop in the capital. Two days ago, the shop was burned down and severely damaged. Although the prefect of the capital has filed a case, the murderer has not been caught. I have limited power, and this rice shop is my lifeline. Now that the rice shop has been burned down maliciously, I would like to ask Your Highness to help investigate the person behind it."

Chu Shitong checked and found that although Prince Rong only gave Lu Jiushang two shops, they were both profitable shops.

A rice shop and a noodle shop. Food is the most important thing for people. The scale of these two shops is not small. The net profit every month alone can add up to hundreds of taels of silver, which is a very stable income.

Generally speaking, even if they have found a backer, most people are unwilling to expose their own industries. Once exposed, it means that their industries will have to accept the command of a higher level at any time.

In other words, once you are exposed, you will be targeted.

And this kind of worry usually does not lead to any good.

Chu Shifeng's expression did not change at all, and he asked, "Is that all?"

"Yes."

"Since you have spoken, I will..."

Chu Shitong suddenly interrupted Chu Shifeng and asked Lu Jiushang.

"Mr. Lu's rice shop is the Qing'an Rice Shop on the 19th Street in the north?"

Lu Jiushang admitted calmly, "Yes."

Chu Shifeng asked: "Xiao Qi, do you know about this?"

"nature."

Chu Shitong said calmly: "Not only do I know, but I was the one who hired someone to burn down the rice shop."

In an instant, Chu Shitong felt as if he was being stared at by a poisonous snake. Looking up, he saw that hatred had already been rolling in Lu Jiushang's eyes.

It seems that at this moment, Chu Shitong has died millions of times in Lu Jiushang's eyes.

Chu Shifeng suddenly laughed. Not only was he not angry about this, but he seemed very curious and asked, "Why did you burn down someone else's shop for no reason?"

Chu Shitong immediately started to complain, "It was his shop that was against me first."