Help! The innocent prince always tries to seduce me clumsily

Mu Jingfeng's gaze changed.

"Then...if I accept your identity, what will your Highness do in the future?"

Chu Shitong said, "Let's do it as it should be."

It was expected that Mu Jingfeng would accept her and Si Jingli. What Chu Shitong cared about was whether Mu Jingfeng was on her side.

Mu Jingfeng leaned back in his chair, his expression becoming a little strange.

"Your Highness Prince Qi is very popular in the court now. His Majesty has been in poor health for the past six months, but he has not yet appointed a crown prince. The civil and military officials in the court have all kinds of speculations about this. Who do you think Prince Qi will appoint as the crown prince?"

Chu Shitong's lips curled up slightly, his smile extremely casual.

“Does it matter who it’s for?”

Mu Jingfeng was stunned.

Chu Shitong said: "Whoever is the crown prince will not interfere with my father's imperial power. The crown prince is the crown prince, and the emperor is the emperor. Did the late emperor appoint a crown prince when he was alive? What was the fate of the crown prince?"

Chu Shiyu was not the crown prince back then. The crown prince appointed by the previous emperor died suddenly when he succeeded to the throne. For this matter, basically anyone can guess the cause of the crown prince's death.

"Although His Royal Highness Prince Qi said so, I only have this one grandson, so I must pave the way for him in advance."

Chu Shitong knew what he wanted to say, so he didn't beat around the bush and said, "If the Marquis trusts me, I will definitely take the throne."

A hint of surprise flashed across Mu Jingfeng's eyes silently, "There are still four princes in the court now, how dare His Royal Highness Prince Qi say this with such certainty?"

"I dare to say this, so I am sure of what I said." Chu Shitong said: "Your Majesty, you can rest assured. My fate with the throne naturally does not require you to be a bridge between us."

The implication was that if Chu Shitong wanted to seize the throne, she did not need Mu Jingfeng's help at all.

This surprised Mu Jingfeng a lot.

It seems that Chu Shitong is indeed cruel and ruthless enough, as well as scheming enough.

Just thinking of Chu Shifeng's ending, Mu Jingfeng couldn't help but feel a little worried.

"I am so annoying. If His Royal Highness Prince Qi really gets his wish one day, what will happen to our A-li?"

"Whatever happens, happens."

Chu Shitong was very open-minded about this, because she had no intention of hiding her identity as a woman in her lifetime. Once she ascended the throne and removed all difficulties, she would naturally announce her identity to the world.

"I will give the prince the title, rights, and status that he deserves. The Marquis of Zhenguo does not need to worry about it."

Mu Jingfeng was silent for a moment, then asked slowly, "Although His Highness Prince Qi has promised, how can His Highness guarantee that the people of the world can accept that A-li is a man? How will His Highness respond then?"

Chu Shitong also fell into a brief thought.

If we follow this logic, it actually doesn't make sense.

Because she is now a man in Mu Jingfeng's eyes, if he makes a man his queen or treats him as his favorite, Si Jingli will be despised by everyone in the future.

There is no way out of this situation. The only way is to confess her identity as a woman. Then everything will fall into place and she can gain the trust and support of the Marquis of Zhenguo.

But if she confessed that she was a woman... let alone whether the Marquis of Zhenguo would doubt her ability to inherit the throne, he would most likely force the two of them to draw a clear line because Chu Shitong was now guilty of deceiving the emperor.

During the time that Chu Shitong was silent, Mu Jingfeng had been observing her secretly.

If she couldn't give a proper explanation today, there would be no need for their relationship to continue.

"If His Highness Prince Qi can't justify himself, then the relationship between His Highness and A-Li is not good..."

"What if I have a solution by then?"

Chu Shitong interrupted Mu Jingfeng and said calmly under the other party's eager eyes: "I have my own way to make the world accept it. Lord Marquis, don't worry, this plan will not harm the prince."

Mu Jingfeng laughed with an ambiguous meaning: "Your Highness Prince Qi can't explain it clearly, so naturally I can't understand it either."

Si Jingli, who was outside the door, had been eavesdropping on their conversation. After hearing that Chu Shitong was forced into silence, he couldn't help but push the door open.

"Grandfather, you don't have to worry about this. Chu Shitong said she has a way. She must have a way."

Mu Jingfeng: "...You little bastard, have you been eavesdropping outside the door?"

"Yes." Si Jingli walked to Chu Shitong's side and looked at her worriedly, "Chu Shitong, otherwise... otherwise we should tell the truth to grandfather. He won't tell anyone else."

Chu Shitong looked at Mu Jingfeng silently, his eyes filled with some inquiry, as if he was trying to verify whether Si Jingli's words were correct.

Mu Jingfeng did not let Si Jingli down. He finally lowered his attitude and said, "A-Li, since you are indispensable, I don't want to separate you. If His Royal Highness Prince Qi has anything to hide, it is best to tell me in advance to avoid any unexpected incidents in the middle of the journey. I have no idea what you are doing and I don't even know how to help."

What he meant was that he tacitly acknowledged that if Chu Shitong could give him a satisfactory explanation today, he and the 300,000 troops in Quanzhou would be willing to serve Chu Shitong.

But Chu Shitong was still a little worried, "My Lord, what you said... The Zhenguo Marquisate is loyal to my father. What shameful things can I hide?"

Mu Jingfeng stared at Chu Shitong for a few seconds. The calmness and composure on the other's face made him look like an extremely patient wolf. When faced with meat delivered to his door, he would repeatedly confirm its safety before taking a few bites.

Si Jingli ignored the eye signal, forcing Mu Jingfeng to no end. He could not help but scold, "You two little bastards are more cunning than each other. After Chu Shiyu ascended the throne, he tried many times to find excuses to reduce the military power of my Mu family. If I did not want to bear the crime of treason, I would be a respected general wherever I go. Is it necessary for me to be transferred to Quanzhou, a hellhole, and suffer for so many years?"

Chu Shitong suddenly laughed out loud when she heard this. She had long expected that Mu Jingfeng had some resentment towards Chu Shiyu, but she had not heard it for sure, so she had not been willing to rest assured. Now that she heard these words for real, the stone in her heart fell steadily.

"If the Marquis had said this earlier, I wouldn't have spent so much time talking to you."

Mu Jingfeng was like an old man who was pissed off. He said unhappily, "Who knows if you were sent by Chu Shiyu? You didn't tell me, and Ali, that bastard, couldn't say a single useful word. He kept giving me riddles one by one, and asked me to guess them. If I had the brains of that civil official, would I have stayed in Quanzhou for so many years and not dared to return to Beijing?"

"My Lord, you are really worrying too much."

This was in response to the possibility that Chu Shitong was sent by Chu Shiyu to gather information.

Seeing this, Si Jingli and the two sides gave in and made peace. He was very happy in his heart. He could finally bring Chu Shitong to get Mu Jingfeng's approval openly.

Chu Shitong no longer had to worry about it. With Mu Jingfeng's love for Si Jingli, as long as Si Jingli was alive, he would never do anything bad to Chu Shitong.

"My Lord, to make a long story short, I..."

Actually it's a woman.

These words have never been uttered by Chu Shitong.

For some reason, now that it was time to confess, it was as if something was stuck in her throat and she was finding it so difficult to speak.

Seeing that she didn't say anything more, Si Jingli took Chu Shitong's hand and said, "Congratulations, grandfather, you have a granddaughter-in-law."

Mu Jingfeng paused, then suddenly raised his eyes and looked at Chu Shitong.

He seemed surprised, but the flash of heartache in his eyes seemed like he had already guessed it.

"Your Highness Prince Qi..." He seemed to have something to say.

Chu Shitong said, "My Lord, you want to ask if my father knows about this, right?"

Mu Jingfeng lowered his eyes.

Chu Shitong said calmly: "He knows."

When Si Jingli, who was standing by, heard this, the surprise he showed was even more frightening than Mu Jingfeng's.

"Your Majesty knows?"

"Yeah." Chu Shitong smiled slightly, "He has always known."

Si Jingli suddenly fell into a long period of self-doubt.

If... Chu Shiyu knew it all along, then why did he condone Chu Shitong's crime of deceiving the emperor for so many years?

Is there any other reason behind this?

Mu Jingfeng said: "Since he knows about this, you should understand that he will never pass the throne to you."

"I don't need him to pass on his throne."

Chu Shitong's eyes were filled with coldness. "For some people, the decisions they made while they were alive will not affect the changes in reality after they die."

Mu Jingfeng's expression unconsciously took on a hint of solemnity, "Your Highness Prince Qi...it has not been easy for you over the years." Why did he take a fancy to his good-for-nothing grandson?

But it's okay. It is obvious that Chu Shitong is not only beautiful but also has a very high IQ and scheming. It seems that she is really sincere to Si Jingli and dares to tell her secret so frankly.

If the two of them have children in the future, maybe the children will inherit Chu Shitong's brain, so that his great-grandson will have a high IQ and will not inherit Si Jingli's simple yet extreme brain.

The words have been said to be seven-tenths full.

Chu Shitong felt that there was no need to say anything further.

"That's enough talking. It's getting late. I have to go back."

Seeing Chu Shitong was about to leave, Si Jingli, who was happy in the last second, turned gloomy in the next second.

He squatted aside with a wronged look on his face, holding Chu Shitong's hand and rubbing his face with it. His incredibly beautiful eyes blinked again and again. His innocent look and clumsy seduction gave people a different kind of eye-opening feeling.

"Tongtong, please stay tonight. Don't leave."

Chu Shitong just smiled and didn't answer.

Mu Jingfeng coughed lightly twice, always feeling that he was a little redundant.

"Ah Li, what if it gets out that the Qi Wang is staying in your courtyard?"

"Can't you stop others from spreading the news?" Si Jingli's expression changed again when facing Mu Jingfeng. "You are so old now, and you still need me to teach you how to do anything."

Mu Jingfeng: "..."

After saying that, Si Jingli turned around and looked at Chu Shitong eagerly, "Okay, Tongtong, please stay."

Mu Jingfeng felt a lump in his heart.

I didn't expect that the grandson whom I have doted on for so many years would be so servile in front of Chu Shitong.

He couldn't stand it anymore.

"I don't care about what happens between you two, humph."

Mu Jingfeng snorted heavily and left with a wave of his sleeves.

Before he walked out of the house, Si Jingli suddenly called him.

"grandfather."

Mu Jingfeng stopped walking. Perhaps because this old man had his own self-esteem and pride, he did not look back and said unhappily, "You kid, you are always respectful to your grandfather, but you are disrespectful to him when you are not."

Si Jingli laughed awkwardly and said, "Go and ask someone to make the arrangements."

Mu Jingfeng was puzzled: "What arrangements?"

"The ceremony of worship."

Si Jingli ignored the surprise in their eyes and said, "I want to get married at home with Tong'er."

After hearing these words, Mu Jingfeng was stunned, and Chu Shitong was also stunned.

Mu Jingfeng's expression began to look ferocious for a rare time.

"You...do you know that her external identity is still a man?"

"I know." Si Jingli said firmly, "But so what? She and I have already been de facto married. We just need to get married in a ceremony. I can wait a long time before getting married in front of the world, but now in Quanzhou, I want the ancestors of the Mu family, my mother, you, uncle, and grandmother to all know that she and I are married."

It is said that after worshipping heaven and earth, there will be a record of your marriage.

In this way, no matter how they quarrel in the future, they will always be husband and wife.

Si Jingli couldn't wait to finalize his marriage with Chu Shitong.

Mu Jingfeng was silent for a moment, then looked at Chu Shitong with a frown.

"What does His Royal Highness Prince Qi think?"

He felt that this matter was difficult to say. Although the wedding ceremony was arranged in secret, the heaven and earth were spiritual. As long as the wedding ceremony was held and all the ancestors were paid homage, she, Chu Shitong, would truly be the granddaughter-in-law of the Mu family.

"A-Li is thinking too simply. If His Royal Highness Prince Qi feels that this matter is inappropriate..."

"It doesn't matter."

Mu Jingfeng looked at Chu Shitong in surprise. Chu Shitong just drank a sip of tea and said, "I'll pay my respects."

The young master of the province is suspicious every day.

Once the wedding ceremony is held, Si Jingli's heart should be settled, at least he will have some sense of security that she cannot give him.

In this way, it will be more convenient for her to do anything in the future, and she will be highly recognized in the Mu family, and Qin Wei can also be saved.

Mu Jingfeng looked at Chu Shitong for a long time, and seeing that she was indeed not joking, he suddenly smiled with relief.

"Ah Li, really...fools have good fortune."

Si Jingli:?

Mu Jingfeng said, "Then it's settled. The date will be set on the day of the Dragon Tour. I will have someone pick a suitable time, and you two can get married and worship."

……

The Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, making the already bustling Quanzhou even more lively.

Chu Shitong watched as the street in front of the inn became more and more prosperous day by day. The streets and alleys were filled with all kinds of festive dragon and phoenix paper-cuts and red lanterns.

On the day of the Dragon Parade, there were many theater troupes beating drums and gongs, and performing dragon and lion dances through the streets to the sound of cheerful music.

There were many people on the street, surrounding the dragon and lion dance troupe, cheering and throwing coins and candies, looking very happy.

As for the Dragon Tour, Chu Shitong simply attended the event and went through the motions.

She didn't know much about these activities in Quanzhou, and she didn't need to do anything specific in the activities. She just attended as a prince, and in the name of Young Dragon, she brought some peace of mind and joy to the people of Quanzhou.

After the formalities, Chu Shitong quickly got on the carriage and returned to the inn to rest.

The sun rises earlier in Quanzhou than in Beijing, and she was forced to wake up before dawn to attend the Dragon Parade. She spent nearly three hours sitting on a chair and watching the various ritual performances. She was now extremely sleepy and just wanted to rest for a while.

After a good nap, Bishui helped her get up and wash and dress.

Mu Jingfeng had agreed with them to have the wedding ceremony in the evening. It was said to be some Quanzhou custom. Chu Shitong didn't understand it, but she thought it would be nice to sleep an extra afternoon.

When they woke up, it was almost time to set off. Bishui was afraid that Chu Shitong would be hungry, so she ordered people to prepare a table of food for her to fill.

While Chu Shitong was eating, Qin Wei was brought up by Bailing.

"Your Highness, someone brought it."

Qin Wei followed Bailing, imitating her movements and bowed to Chu Shitong.

"Your servant pays respect to His Majesty."

"Get up."

Chu Shitong was not very interested in Qin Wei, who had no kung fu and eyesight at the moment. She let Qin Wei stay with her just to cultivate his eyesight, so she didn't plan to pay any attention to him.

Qin Wei secretly glanced at Chu Shitong and stood by silently.

Bishui happily entered the house carrying a serving of exquisite new stir-fried dishes.

"Your Highness, please try it. I heard that this is water celery that is unique to Quanzhou. I tried it yesterday and it was quite delicious."

However, before the dish was served to Chu Shitong's table, Qin Wei, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke.

"Your Highness, please forgive me for being so nosy. Although water celery tastes delicious, many people cannot eat it. There are even cases of outsiders dying from eating water celery when they come to Quanzhou. Your Highness, why don't you find a doctor to see if you can eat it first?"