Help! The innocent prince always tries to seduce me clumsily

Chu Shihan put down the teacup with a calm face, his face flushed with shame, and asked coldly: "What do you mean, Princess?"

Princess Linglan said, "His Highness Prince Qi said that you are very clever and can weave a lot of fun things with flowers and plants in the blink of an eye. This princess came here specially to play with you today."

"Ahem." Chu Shihan coughed twice to cover up his embarrassment and said, "Your Highness has found the wrong person. The last time I made something for Xiao Qi was an accident. I don't actually know what Your Highness said."

"is it?"

Princess Linglan didn't believe it at all. "I don't care. I've been waiting for you for the whole morning. You must make up something for me before I leave. Otherwise, I will stay in your Prince Han's mansion today."

Chu Shihan: “…”

Reluctantly, he picked up a piece of grass on the table and skillfully weaved a bracelet.

Princess Lily of the Valley's eyes lit up as she watched his movements.

Chu Shihan quickly finished weaving the letter and handed it to Princess Linglan, speaking as if he was sending off a god.

"I've finished editing it. Are you satisfied, Princess?"

Princess Linglan seemed not to notice Chu Shihan's avoidance, and immediately picked up other flowers and plants, saying, "Teach me, and then I will leave after you teach me."

Chu Shihan stared at Princess Linglan for a long while. She was smiling like a flower, and her whole body was full of vigor and enthusiasm. She was completely different from his lifeless self.

But Chu Shihan hasn't seen such an innocent smile for a long time. The last person he could remember who treated him like this was Chu Shitong when he was young.

After Chu Shitong grew up, he slowly began to distance himself from himself.

Perhaps he couldn't bear to destroy the expectations in Princess Linglan's eyes, so Chu Shihan finally gave in and began to teach her.

-

Prince Yu's Mansion.

Chu Shitong was still forcibly brought to Prince Yu's palace.

Wang Zexu was on vacation today, and he had made an appointment with Chu Shitong to visit Prince Qi’s mansion in the evening, so Chu Shitong didn’t plan to drink any wine.

The decoration of Prince Yu's Mansion is extremely luxurious. The main entrance has five rooms, covered with barrel-shaped tiles and loach ridges, and the door railings and windows are all finely carved with fresh patterns and painted with gold powder.

The walls are all water-milled, and below them are white stone platforms carved into the shape of sedge flowers.

Looking left and right, there are snow-white walls everywhere, with tiger-skin jade stones built along the ground.

Looking ahead, you can see white stones, some like ghosts, some like ferocious beasts, standing in arches, covered with mosses and shaded by vines, with stone paths slightly exposed among them. The paving stones are all rare amber gems.

There are flying towers on both sides that pierce the sky. Looking down, you can see the clear stream pouring down like snow, the stone steps piercing the clouds, the white stone railings surrounding the edge of the pool, the stone bridge with three harbors and the faces of animals holding their mouths and spitting out food, there is a pavilion on the bridge, and there is a lake in the garden.

It is like a miniature imperial palace, filled with gold and jade.

Chu Shitong walked in it and couldn't help but sigh. Even when he was in such a powerful position in his previous life, he might not be as rampant as Chu Shifeng is now, and actually renovated the mansion into such a luxurious one.

Chu Shifeng smiled and said, "Xiao Qi, take a look at my mansion after the renovation and how it compares to before?"

"My brother's residence is extremely luxurious." Chu Shitong said, "I'm afraid there are few palaces in the imperial palace that are more luxurious than my brother's."

"What you said is meaningless."

Two figures walked through the corridor, and several servants passed by behind them.

"My grandpa paid for my mansion. Which of the palaces in the harem was not built by my father? The harem is so big, it is impossible to build each one so luxuriously. But I only have this one mansion, so my grandpa must have invested all his money in it, right?"

Chu Shitong smiled and said, "The governor treats my brother very well."

"Let's stop talking nonsense. Let's go and listen to the Hujiaqin."

"it is good."

......

The Hujiaqin was the royal musical instrument of the former Tianxuan Kingdom. The royal family of the founding emperor of Tianxuan Kingdom was once a northern nomadic people. They came here from the north more than a thousand years ago and unified Tianxuan Kingdom during the chaos of wars among various countries. Unfortunately, they were defeated by the stupidity and corruption of their descendants.

The Hujiaqin is also known as Chaoer and Maodun Chaoer in folk culture, and its appearance is very similar to a flute.

The Hujia can be used for solo performance, or in ensemble or accompaniment with other instruments. The Hujia is made of wood, with three holes on the tube body, three circular tone holes on the bottom of the tube body, and no reed at the top of the tube mouth. It can produce a pentatonic scale of about twelve degrees, with a soft and mellow tone.

Since the change of dynasties in Tianxuan Kingdom, the Hujiaqin has slowly faded out of people's sight. Although Beiqing has not explicitly banned the use of musical instruments, after all, a corrupt king has nothing to do with musical instruments, but now the Hujiaqin does not often appear in people's sight, and there are very few people who can play the Hujiaqin.

Chu Shitong leaned on the couch, listening quietly to the sound of the Hujia piano coming from behind the screen.

There were a variety of fresh fruits and pastries on the table.

After the Hujia song was over, Chu Shifeng took a sip of wine and said, "Xiao Qi, how was the Hujiaqin performance?"

"Very good."

Chu Shitong said: "My brother must have put in a lot of effort to find the Hujiaqin and someone who can play it."

Chu Shifeng curled his lips into a smile and clapped his hands lightly.

"Come out and let His Royal Highness Prince Qi see it."

At his command, Chu Shitong's gaze fell on the frail figure on the screen.

The woman had a slender figure. She slowly put down her hujiaqin and walked out from behind the screen.

When he saw the woman's appearance, Chu Shitong's pupils suddenly shrank.

Chu Shifeng waved his hand as if he was treating a servant or an actor.

"Move over. How can you see from so far away?"

The woman responded with lowered head and walked up to Chu Shitong and bowed.

"I pay my respects to His Royal Highness Prince Qi."

The familiar voice almost exploded in Chu Shitong's ears.

She said calmly, "Get up."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Chu Shitong glanced at the woman's face and asked curiously, "Royal brother, I don't think this woman looks like a Beiqing person."

"She is not from Beiqing." Chu Shifeng said, "She seems to have come from the Western Regions and sold herself to bury her mother. I saw that she had some talent, so I spent some money to buy her. She plays this Hujiaqin pretty well, right?"

"That's right. I guess this girl might have been a musician."

"There's something even more interesting." Chu Shifeng said, picked up a long white jade pipe from the table, raised his hand and tapped the woman's chin.

"Why are you lowering your head? Look up and let Xiaoqi see your eyes."

The woman's chin turned red from being hit by the pipe twice, but her face was still well-behaved and docile, and she raised her head obediently.

Chu Shitong felt that he hadn't seen that familiar yet unfamiliar face for a long time.

The girl was a pretty girl with delicate features, a gentle and dignified temperament, and a pair of heterochromatic pupils that caught the eye unsurprisingly.

Chu Shifeng said, "Look at her eyes. I thought your eyes were special enough, but I didn't expect that there are people in this world who have such different-colored eyes like cats and dogs."

The left eye was as dark as ink and bottomless, while the right eye was like gold emitting golden light.

The color is light like ginger.

Chu Shitong smiled politely and said, "She is indeed special. What's her name?"

"It seems to be called Li Nu?" Chu Shifeng didn't care much about it. "I can't remember clearly, is it called this?"

Li Nu smiled obediently and said, "In reply to your Highness, my humble name is Li Nu."

Her smile was lifeless and her eyes were as empty as a valley.

Chu Shitong never expected that Li Nu would appear in front of him in this way in this life.

In his previous life, Li Nu was one of the best assassins under his command and the successor of the Le Sect of the Assassination Sect of the Tianxuan Kingdom in the previous dynasty. Because of the fall of the previous dynasty, the Assassination Sect was also massacred, and the descendants of the six sects of the Assassination Sect had already scattered all over the world.

As the successor of the music school, Li Nu is proficient in various musical instruments. As long as you can tell her the name, even if she has never practiced it, as long as she holds it in her hands once, she will be able to use the instrument to perfection in an instant.

Lemen, killing people with musical instruments.

Li Nu's pipa and zither have extremely strong destructive power. She has only demonstrated them once in front of Chu Shitong, but Chu Shitong still remembers them vividly.

In his previous life, Chu Shitong was surrounded in a house in Jingzhou. There were countless assassins outside the house, with swords flashing and shadows flashing.

The cat slave handed her a cup of tea, asked her to rest for a while, and said that he could handle the rest himself.

Seeing that there was a dead end on all sides, Chu Shitong simply drank the cup of tea and then fell into a coma.

When he woke up again, the house was littered with the killer's bodies, and the walls and window papers were covered with blood.

The raccoon was lying dead on the zither, with all the strings broken and his fingers stained with blood.

Chu Shitong was deeply shocked. She only brought Li Nu with her as a musician for entertainment and never thought that a musical instrument could really kill people. But because of this, Chu Shitong finally killed Chu Shihuan.

In his previous life, Li Nu was reduced to performing in a brothel. He offended the customers and was bullied and humiliated in various ways. Chu Shitong, on a whim, rescued him with a simple effort and brought him into the mansion as a musician.

After listening to Li Nu talking about her past, Chu Shitong didn't take it to heart.

Because although Li Nu is proficient in musical instruments and has heterochromatic eyes, she is actually blind. Only one of her eyes can vaguely see a little light and shadow, and she can't see anything else.

But before this, Chu Shitong always thought that she could see like a normal person. Later, after listening to Li Nu, she realized that Li Nu was blind, so her other senses were abnormally sharp. She usually used the sound of the wind and countless tiny sounds plus movements to judge the things in front of her. She was accustomed to this for a long time, and there was not much difference between her and a normal person.

Li Nu once raised his hand to protect her at a critical moment, and Chu Shitong always kept this favor in his heart.

Chu Shitong looked at Li Nu and felt like he hadn't seen him for a long time.

The performance of the raccoon is related to one's mood. If one is in a bad mood, the music he plays will cause harm to the human body. Although the damage is minor, it can cause a serious illness if accumulated over the years.

If Chu Shitong had known that it was Li Nu’s hujiaqin, he would have blocked his ears.

Chu Shifeng probably didn't know that Li Nu was a blind man. Just like he used to think, he thought Li Nu was a person with normal vision.

"It seems that my memory is correct."

Chu Shitong was silent for a moment, then sighed and said, "My royal brother is so lucky that he can find such a musician whenever he goes out."

Chu Shifeng smiled and said, "Why? Xiaoqi is envious?"

"I originally wanted to find a musician in the palace, but I haven't found a suitable one yet. If my royal brother is interested, please help me find one when you go out one day." Chu Shitong joked, "Maybe I can even find a woman who can perform the Goddess Dance."

These words touched Chu Shifeng's heart. He laughed out loud and said, "Look at what Xiaoqi said. I'm just lucky. The Goddess Dance is the Qinglian royal family's sacrificial dance. If I could find a woman who can perform the Goddess Dance, wouldn't I worship her with a pond full of golden hibiscus?"

"I really envy my brother. He has a good grandfather and is so lucky. Not only is he taller than me, he is also more talented than me."

Chu Shitong pretended to be serious and said, "Forget it. I think my life will probably be spent as a prince in a remote place. I just hope that my brothers will show mercy to me in the future."

"I dare not tell others."

Chu Shifeng threw down his pipe and picked up a lychee from the white jade plate full of crushed ice. He peeled off the skin, looked at the white and tender lychee flesh, raised his hand and handed it to Chu Shitong. His eyes were doting and his smile had lost all the viciousness of the past, leaving only the clearness of Chicheng.

"As long as you play with me obediently, I will not treat you unfairly when I gain power in the future."

Chu Shitong took the litchi and put it into his mouth. It was icy, full and sweet, and his taste buds were instantly satisfied.

"Then Xiao Qi hopes that the emperor brother will gain power."

Chu Shifeng rubbed Chu Shitong's head and said like coaxing a child, "It's not hope, it's certainty."

Chu Shitong slapped his hand away and said, "Stop touching my head. It's because of you and my eldest brother that you touch my head every day. I can't grow taller."

Chu Shifeng withdrew his hand, and a hint of coldness flashed across his eyes.

"Is my eldest brother often like this?"

Chu Shitong pretended not to notice anything unusual and said, "Big Brother is very strange. He always touches me when he talks to me. I feel like I can't grow taller because of you two."

Chu Shifeng smiled, hiding his unknown emotions.

"Why are you so tall, Xiaoqi? You are young, so it's normal that you are not as tall as me."

"Stop lying. My cousin was taller than me when he was fourteen." Chu Shitong muttered, "It's all your and my eldest brother's fault. You still refuse to admit it."

"Okay, okay, blame me, blame me."

Chu Shifeng said helplessly: "It's all my fault that Xiaoqi doesn't grow tall, okay?"

Chu Shitong's eyes accidentally swept across the edge of a skirt at the door. He immediately straightened his sitting posture and his tone became more serious, no longer as carefree and relaxed as before.

"I'm just saying this, don't take it to heart, brother."

Chu Shifeng watched her make these strange movements, and couldn't help but follow Chu Shitong's gaze and look towards the door.

When he saw that figure, Chu Shifeng's face turned cold almost instantly.

"Si Xunhuan, are you looking for death by eavesdropping on the conversation between the prince and Xiao Qi?"

His voice was not loud, nor was it aggressive, but it was precisely this tone that was so cold and vicious that it could silently penetrate into one's bones like ice, causing panic from the bottom of one's heart.

Si Xun Huan immediately walked out of the door, put on a fake smile, and said, "I just passed by and didn't know that the prince and His Royal Highness Prince Qi were here."

"Heh." Chu Shifeng sneered, "Do you think I'm blind? Or do you think I'm stupid enough to believe your lies?"

Si Xun Huan's eyes immediately turned red and she said aggrievedly: "Your Majesty, I am innocent. I was just passing by..."

Chu Shitong quietly watched Si Xunhuan pretending here.

She acted so pitiful and weak in front of Chu Shifeng, and just rolled her eyes or glared at herself, making it seem as if Chu Shitong was here to steal her favor. It was really weird.