Chu Changge - The Romantic Prince

Having made her decision, she prepared to slip away, but at that exact moment, something fell from the tree! She looked up, and a fan smacked her right on the back of her neck!

Damn it!

Looking down, she saw it was a golden fan, its ribs crafted from gold, looking incredibly exquisite and costly. Looking upward, a man in red was sitting in the tree. He appeared to be around thirty years old, with a pair of purple peach blossom eyes that shimmered with an exotic, bewitching light as he stared at her. His entire being exuded a demonic charm and the seductive allure of a mature man. And his face... looked extremely similar to her Royal Brother!

The only difference was that this man's eyes were purple, whereas her Royal Brother had a tear mole beneath the corner of his eye!

Dantai Huang's first reaction was: could this man be the father of her and Dantai Ji? Had he preserved his youth so well that he still looked young? Nonsense! That was impossible. How could any father dress in colors even flashier than his own son? Bright red, while her Royal Brother only wore light blue.

If he wasn't her father, then he was easy to deal with! She bent down, picked up the fan, and without the slightest hesitation, threw it straight at the neck of the man in the tree!

Huangfu Ye had not expected her to do this. He hastily flicked his sleeve to catch the fan in his hand, barely avoiding being struck on the neck by a junior! He laughed and said, "You little girl! Did your parents not teach you to respect your elders?"

"If an elder is old but unworthy of respect, striking me for no reason, then this is how I shall treat them!" Dantai Huang raised her head and replied calmly. How long had this man been hanging in the tree? Could it be that he had witnessed all of her misdeeds?

These words successfully left Huangfu Ye speechless! He rubbed his nose, indeed at a loss for words. The juniors of today were even more formidable than them! "Ahem, very well. Tell me, how did Xuan'er offend you?"

Knocking out the eunuch holding the sanitary paper, taking the paper away, and trapping Xuan'er in the latrine. That was what he did, right?

Xuan'er? Calling him so affectionately, he must be a relative? Dantai Huang looked up at him, saying nothing, her eyes filled with wariness.

"Think about it. If this Prince wanted to help him, I would have acted earlier instead of waiting until now. Don't you agree?" Seeing through the wariness in her eyes, Huangfu Ye fanned himself with his fan, smiling romantically.

True! But... "Why should I tell you?" Having said that, she gathered her strength and kicked the tree Huangfu Ye was sitting on with immense force!

The tree shook violently. Huangfu Ye lost his balance and was nearly kicked down by her!

"If you dare to throw things at my head again, just you wait! This old lady is busy right now finding envoys from various countries to watch Huangfu Xuan trapped in the latrine without paper. I don't have time to play with you!" With that, she leaped a few times and vanished into the night.

Huangfu Ye rubbed his nose again, staring in the direction of Dantai Huang's departure, his eyes turning deep. A little girl, not possessing too much cunning, but her vengeful personality was exceptionally clear. He had hit her once, and when her counterattack missed, she kicked the tree! Now, in dealing with Xuan'er, it was likely that Xuan'er had offended her beforehand.

"Prince, why did you not stop her just now?" a hidden guard asked from the shadows. If the Prince had acted, the Emperor would not be trapped in the latrine!

Huangfu Ye snapped out of his thoughts, fanned himself, and said casually, "Xuan'er is not much older than Jun Jinglan, but do you know why his reputation is far inferior to Jun Jinglan's, and why he always suffers losses at Jun Jinglan's hands?"

"This..." The hidden guard fell silent. They were not clear on this matter either!

"It is because Xuan'er has suffered too few setbacks since childhood. Whenever anything happens, his imperial brother handles it. Everything has always gone smoothly for him; he has never known hardship! Jun Jinglan is different. At the age of one, he was surrounded by a pack of wolves all by himself. What he has experienced is a hundred times more than Xuan'er! Circumstances force a person to grow. Therefore, his mind is far more mature than Xuan'er's!" Huangfu Ye commented.

The hidden guard remained silent for a moment, finally understanding. "So the Prince wishes for the Emperor to suffer a small setback, which is also good..."

"Good so he remembers it!" Xuan'er was still not mature enough and was far too arrogant. Suffering a minor setback was also a form of valuable experience!

The hidden guard understood. "This subordinate understands. I shall take my leave!"

"Halt!" Huangfu Ye tilted his head, looking toward the hidden guard.

The hidden guard was puzzled. "Prince, is there something else?"

"Is there something else?" Huangfu Ye's voice carried a hint of exasperation. "Why haven't you gone to deliver the sanitary paper to the Emperor? Do you really want to wait for that girl to notify the envoys of various countries to watch him? Where would Dongling's face be?"

The hidden guard's entire body shuddered! He immediately understood. Indeed, the Prince wanted the Emperor to learn a lesson, but he didn't want the Emperor to lose all face! "This subordinate understands. I shall go at once!"

...

Along the way, Dantai Huang knocked out a maidservant, putting on her clothes to disguise herself. She forged an imperial decree, claiming there was an important matter to discuss with the envoys! Initially, some doubted her identity, but seeing her mysterious demeanor, they all believed it was a highly confidential matter, such as a secret alliance between two nations...

Thus, the nobles of various countries, despite some resentment toward Huangfu Xuan for not letting them sleep peacefully in the middle of the night, quickly dressed and rushed to discuss the "confidential matter"!

Dantai Huang had not yet notified the State of Chu when she saw a master and servant approaching from afar. She hastily hid behind a tree to spy on them. She saw the man in front holding a jade fan, a devil-may-care smile on his face. With sword-like brows and starry eyes, he was peerlessly handsome, his entire being exuding the aura of a romantic, profligate young master.

The servant behind him bowed his head, saying anxiously, "First Prince, today is Dongling's state banquet, yet you claimed illness and did not attend. If this news reaches Chu, the ministers will surely submit memorials to impeach you again, saying you have no sense of decorum!"

Hearing this, the man curled his lips into a smile, his eyes curving, completely unbothered. "This Prince has lived for twenty years and has been impeached by them for nineteen! If they like it, let them impeach me. Decorum? Decorum is already being maintained by my two imperial brothers—one is the Crown Prince of Chu, and the other is the War God of Chu. Is their preservation of our reputation not enough?"

With that, he turned his head and continued, "In truth, it is quite good for every royal family to have a prodigal son like this Prince! If everyone were like my two imperial brothers, there would be no one to make Imperial Father stamp his feet in anger! You must know that as people grow old, if they do not get angry regularly, they easily suffer a stroke. This Prince acts out of a piece of filial devotion!"

"..." The servant truly did not know what to say! His Majesty was in his prime, having just celebrated his fortieth birthday. What stroke was he talking about!

Dantai Huang, on the other hand, nearly burst out laughing! In her impression, members of the royal family were supposed to be highly calculating, like Jun Jinglan whose schemes were unfathomable, or Huangfu Xuan who was proud and domineering, refusing to let anyone violate his majesty, or her own Royal Brother who behaved like a peerlessly beautiful old soul. She hadn't expected to meet such an outlier today! She clenched her teeth, trying her best not to make a sound.

"Then, regarding the marriage alliance with Dongling..." the servant continued to ask.

The man raised an eyebrow, smiling faintly. "That old man—when it comes to inheriting the throne, he never thinks of this Prince, but when it comes to marriage alliances, I am the first one he thinks of. In his dreams!"

The servant was speechless! He could only say, "Your Highness, did you not say yourself earlier..."

"I, Chu Changge, have a stubborn temperament and refuse to be betrothed. I pray Imperial Father will choose someone of virtue and wisdom!" When the Prince said those words, he had nearly caused the Empress to faint from anger!

Chu Changge was stunned. He tapped his head with his fan and said, "Oh? Did such a thing happen? I forgot!"

Forgot! You frequently slander His Majesty like this, yet you can forget it! The servant was once again rendered speechless...

Dantai Huang gritted her teeth, nearly laughing out loud again. She planned to wait for them to enter the courtyard, then pretend she had just arrived to notify them to participate in the "confidential discussion"!

Suddenly, Chu Changge took a few steps forward, then abruptly stopped. His sword-like brows furrowed as he looked toward a spot not far away, shouting, "Who is there? Come out!"