My rigid, jealous husband has fallen for me, even though I'm a hopeless romantic.

Chapter 36: The Prodigal Son Wei

"Who knows?" Su Yizhuo shifted his position and sat down. "Anyway, I don't believe he's really concerned about Wei Qiuci's reputation."

"You noticed it too?"

Su Yizhuo was so angry he almost couldn't breathe, and he didn't care about manners anymore: "Su Yizhou, what I want to ask you now is, in your heart, just how stupid am I?"

"Ahem, I have never thought you were stupid."

The crown prince scratched his nose twice, feeling guilty.

Even her self-reference changed from "I" back to "this Empress".

Su Yizhuo thought he might have forgotten to check the almanac before going out today.

No matter who it is, they can make fun of him today.

Absolutely inhuman!

"By the way, what about the birthday banquet yesterday? Is there any follow-up?"

"What happened next?"

"Jiang Hongwen's background."

"Brother, I am your younger brother, not your spy. If you want to find out about the past of the Marquis's mansion, you shouldn't come to me."

The crown prince nodded slightly towards the shadows.

Soon, a person jumped down from the roof beam, bowed, and then got up and left.

The two did not exchange any words throughout the entire process.

Completely unprepared, Su Yizhuo was so startled by the man that he almost jumped up.

The person had already gone far away, but he was still patting his chest to catch his breath.

He had considered that the guards might disguise themselves as the prince's bodyguards or maids and blend into the crowd, but he never expected them to jump down directly from above his head.

Fortunately, he didn't get so excited that he grabbed the prince's collar and shook him back and forth, otherwise he wouldn't even know how he died.

"Brother." Su Yizhuo tightly gripped the Crown Prince's sleeve: "Promise me, if I ever offend you and you want to kill me, you must tell me in advance. Don't resort to assassination. I'm a coward."

"Can't you be a little more sensible? What would I do with your life if nothing else happened?"

"I'm telling you this first, just in case."

Su Yizhuo held up his teacup and added quietly, "Who knows if one day you'll think I'm eyeing your position and get rid of me when no one's looking?"

"If you say another word, I'll kill you right now."

"You heard that? I thought my voice wasn't loud."

"I'm not deaf yet, you should leave now, just looking at you gives me a headache."

"Fine, fine, so you're going to kick me away after I've served my purpose, huh? Now you can't ask me to do anything for you anymore."

Su Yizhuo stood up and left in a huff.

The crown prince remained seated in his chair, staring at him as if he were a fool.

For a fleeting moment, the crown prince actually considered just killing him.

That way, he won't do anything silly from time to time, something that gives him a headache.

The concubine entered from behind the screen carrying a bowl of soup and sat down gracefully beside the Crown Prince: "Your Highness, I have made you a bowl of lotus seed soup. Would you like to try it?"

The prince readily accepted the suggestion, picked up the spoon, and took a sip: "It tastes good."

Then she put the spoon back into the bowl: "What brings you here to see me?"

"If there's nothing else, can't I come to see Your Highness?"

Under the Crown Prince's seemingly all-seeing gaze, the concubine quickly gave in: "The Empress Dowager summoned me to the palace a couple of days ago and mentioned the matter of the little grandson, both openly and subtly."

"I understand. You may go back now."

"Yes, the concubine is retiring."

Knowing that further entanglement was futile, the concubine took the empty food plate and left.

A closer look reveals that her steps were much lighter when she left than when she arrived.

Anyway, she had already told the Crown Prince what the Empress had asked her to convey, and what the Crown Prince did next was beyond her control.

All she could do now was pray that the Crown Prince's principal wife would come of age soon and marry into the Eastern Palace.

She is now the only one in the Eastern Palace, and she has to endure the Empress's reprimands all by herself.

Once the principal wife marries in, at least there will be someone to help her share the burden.

Wei Dongning had lunch at the Marquis's residence and then hurriedly left with Gu Peiyan.

She's now afraid of Bai Suyun's ability to induce childbirth.

It was like a demonic sound echoing in my ears, lasting for three days straight.

To prevent herself from dreaming about Bai Suyun urging her to give birth every night, Wei Dongning felt it was best to leave as soon as possible.

Having eaten a little too much for lunch, Wei Dongning stood in front of the Marquis's residence and thought for a moment: "How about we go for a walk? You don't seem to have anything to do today, right?"

"It's alright, I have plenty of time to walk around with you."

"Let's go then? Xiao Fu, you and Qian Rong go back to the manor first, we two can go sightseeing by ourselves." Wei Dongning grabbed Gu Peiyan's hand and left, leaving Xiao Fu and the others far behind.

Gu Peiyan stumbled as she was pulled, her brows furrowing slightly: "Slow down, what noble lady is as impulsive as you?"

“Gu Peiyan, don’t force me to beat you up when I’m happiest. If you really like those noble ladies, I can help you propose marriage and bring home a concubine. That way you won’t keep saying these things I don’t want to hear in front of me.”

"That's not what I meant."

Wei Dongning stopped, her tone serious: "Gu Peiyan, we haven't had a proper talk since our wedding day. Now I'm telling you formally, I don't like being compared to others. I am who I am, and I've been this way since birth. If you can accept that, then let's live happily together. If you can't accept it, then we might as well give each other our freedom as soon as possible."

"I'm sorry. I was wrong to do this."

Wei Dongning finally softened and turned her back to him, no longer looking at him: "Let's go. You're in charge of buying everything I've set my sights on today."

"it is good."

Because Gu Peiyan offended her first, Wei Dongning turned into a spendthrift, buying things without any hesitation.

When shopping, I would ask any vendor to buy anything that caught my eye, as long as it even slightly interested me.

What's this? The latest eyebrow pencil? I'll buy it!

What is this? A vase?

It seems there aren't any flowers that can be inserted here?

I don't care, I just like it!

buy!

Gu Peiyan acted like a follower, constantly paying for her from behind.

Even Xiao Wu trembled at the sight of Wei Dongning shopping.

It remained hidden in her mind without a sound.

By the time Wei Dongning had finally bought enough, Gu Peiyan's purse was also empty.

Fortunately, many shops offer home delivery, so their journey home wouldn't be too cumbersome.

Wei Dongning clapped her hands twice: "Let's go home!"

Gu Song, returning from the government office, saw people carrying things inside the mansion in front of the gate.

He thought some important person had asked him for a favor, so he came to give him a gift.

Upon asking, it turned out that his son and daughter-in-law had just bought these items from the street.

Gu Song, who was used to being frugal, was so angry that his beard almost stood on end.

I wasn't in a hurry to go back to my room, nor was I in a hurry to go to my study.

Gu Song stood firmly in front of the Gu residence, waiting for the spendthrift young couple to return.

Wei Dongning emptied Gu Peiyan's wallet, and the knot in her chest eased considerably.

On the way home, I rarely gave him a kind look.

She was also in the mood to joke with him.

To prevent her from continuing to be angry, Gu Peiyan also told her a few interesting stories that she had heard before.

Wei Dongning was amused by Gu Peiyan's past embarrassing incidents and couldn't stop laughing.

The laughter stopped abruptly when they saw Gu Song standing in front of the Gu residence.

Inadvertently, it even made a crisp "ga" sound.