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Watching the intimate interaction between Xia Zheng and Lin Yuan, Zhao Hongsheng’s contrarian attitude surged, and a crafty, malicious smile appeared on his lips, "Xia Zheng, you seem to be behaving irresponsibly! Little sister Qiu Yu has been longing for you in the Capital city until her eyes are almost red, and here you are in Yecheng, cooing and whispering with another woman. Hey, even though the two of us aren’t blood brothers, your mother is also my aunt by marriage, so I, as your cousin, have to give you some advice.

You shouldn’t betray sister Qiu Yu, or play with other girls’ feelings. "

Play with feelings? Zhao Hongsheng was clearly trying to provoke discord between Xia Zheng and Lin Yuan!

Lin Yuan raised her eyebrows, her smile as calm as ever.

Xia Zheng spread his hands, eyes roving meaningfully over the women on either side of Zhao Hongsheng as he said, "Well, there is no need for cousin to worry about this. My mother has already taken care of this matter."

Princess Anle? Zhao Hongsheng’s smug smile stiffened, a look of confusion on his face.

"However, since we are cousins, as the younger one, I also have a few words to remind my elder cousin. These two beauties by your side, each one is more beautiful and intelligent than the last. Tsk, tsk, even I, an outsider, find it hard to choose. I really don’t know which one you would select to be a Prince’s Consort.

Alas, it’s a pity that there’s only one position for the main consort; the other, I’m afraid, can only be a concubine. "

As soon as Xia Zheng spoke these words, Tang Ruyan immediately realized what he meant, but before she could stop her, An Yueyue blurted out, "Of course I should be the main consort, and she the concubine!"

"Oh? Cousin, you’re actually willing to let the daughter of a merchant become your main consort. It seems you truly adore Miss An!"

After speaking, Xia Zheng raised his eyebrows, and leisurely picked up his teacup, savoring his drink contentedly.

The choice of a Prince’s main consort is usually made by the Emperor or Empress, who select an appropriate lady and arrange the marriage. For a daughter of a merchant like An Lele, even becoming a concubine is a stretch, let alone dreaming about becoming the main consort!

Tang Ruyan pursed her lips and cast her eyes downward, saying nothing.

Unexpectedly, this time, An Yueyue miraculously understood what Xia Zheng meant!

"Your Highness, what does he mean?" Could it be that I can’t be the main consort? Is a merchant’s daughter really inferior?

Pointing at the silent Tang Ruyan, An Yueyue widened her eyes and said, "Your Highness, do you mean to make her the main consort? But didn’t you promise to let me be the main consort? When you ascend to ..."

"Yuer!"

"Miss An!"

Zhao Hongsheng and Tang Ruyan shouted simultaneously, terrified that she would voice some treacherous statement!

How could An Yueyue, who had never suffered the slightest grievance since childhood, tolerate such severe shouting from them?

Biting her lip, tears spinning in her eyes, An Yueyue stamped her foot and turned to run out. All the warnings from An Yixiang and Li Jiacheng were forgotten. Even if she could remember them, it was doubtful she would have the mood to follow them now.

"Yuer, Yuer!" Zhao Hongsheng felt overwhelmed, having come to delight in Xia Zheng’s misfortunes only to end up being the butt of the joke himself.

"Your Highness, do not worry. Miss An is just not thinking clearly right now; once she understands, she will no longer act this way," Tang Ruyan assured softly, and seeing Zhao Hongsheng’s brows still furrowed, she whispered, "Ru Yan will personally go after her and ensure that the An family has no misunderstandings. "

She referred to the An family, not Miss An. Grateful, Zhao Hongsheng tightened his grip on Tang Ruyan’s hand.

As the two ladies who accompanied him left, Xia Zheng propped his chin on his arm and chuckled with great satisfaction, "Cousin, did I perhaps say something wrong? Why have both sisters-in-law left?"

As patient as Zhao Hongsheng was, he could no longer contain his emotions and clenched his fist, hissing through clenched teeth, "Xia Zheng, you’re ruthless!"

"Thank you for the compliment, cousin!"

As if he had received the highest of praises, Xia Zheng cheerfully accepted it, bowing with hands clasped together, his smile almost reaching behind his ears.

Zhao Hongsheng, now trembling with anger, huffed coldly and stormed out.

Xia Zheng, utterly aggravating, added after him, "Cousin, you haven’t told me yet when you’re going to have little wolf cubs? Cousin? Cousin? Pfft, haha."

Watching Xia Zheng laugh so hard that he could barely stand at the table, Lin Yuan slapped his back, both annoyed and amused, "You, I swear!"

Having angered Zhao Hongsheng into leaving, Xia Zheng wiped away tears of laughter, adopting a carefree attitude, "Next, I’ll send a message to Little White Rabbit. Let him deal with this big bad wolf!"

All these power struggles at court were less significant than their own wealth-making ventures. Now was the time to start addressing the current predicament of the Fragrant Full Building.

However, while the two were busy with matters in Yecheng, trouble also arose in Zhuma Town, not with the Fuman Building, but with Liu Limin.