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"Li'er, as long as you become the emperor, even if you want to make Xia Caixi your successor, the empress wouldn't object. However, you must marry Xia Caisi now, not to take responsibility, but to stabilize the prime minister." The Queen raised her eyes and looked at Dong Fang Li who had gloomy eyes and was thinking about something.

"Mother's tea is indeed good tea. I understand now." Dongfang Li put down the teacup in her hand.

"Mother, your son knows what to do now. Your son will take his leave first." Dongfang Li raised her eyes once again, but the emotions in her eyes had already disappeared.

"En, you can go now!" The Queen knew that Dong Fang Li had taken her words to heart and thus felt at ease.

"Crown Prince, are you alright?" Shang Wen looked at the silent Dong Fang Li and asked.

Ever since the crown prince had returned from the palace, he had remained silent at the window, causing him to feel extremely worried.

"This crown prince is fine. Have someone prepare a betrothal gift to marry a side concubine. Prepare to notify this crown prince." After a long while, Dong Fang Li retracted her gaze.

"Yes." Although Shang Wen really wanted to know what happened to the crown prince in the palace, he did not ask any further due to Dongfang Li's expression.

After Shang Wen left, Dongfang Li stared at the window in a daze.

What his mother said was right. If he didn't marry Xia Caisi, he would definitely lose the heart of the Prime Minister, as well as the hearts of the people. This way, his ascension to the throne would be extremely disadvantageous.

Xia Caisi was the younger sister of Xiao Xiao'er. He would definitely feel heartache if he married Xia Caisi, but so what? Don't think that he wouldn't be able to tell that it had something to do with Xia Caisi.

It could be said that the current situation was all caused by the mother and sister who cherished children.

Just like that, Dongfang Li stood at the window for a whole night, until the sun rose.

When Dongfang Ye woke up, he found that his naked body was soaking in the bathtub. His head was still aching. He looked at the medicinal plants floating in the bathtub and remembered everything that happened last night.

After getting up and putting on his clothes, Dongfang Ye firmly refused to admit to the embarrassing scene from last night.

"Prince, you've woken up. This is the medicine left by Miss Xia. Prince, you should drink it while it's still hot!" When the butler pushed open the door and entered, he discovered that Dongfang Ye had woken up. He immediately brought the medicine over to Dongfang Ye.

"Where is Ling Feng?" Dongfang Ye looked around and didn't see Ling Feng.

"Guard Ling also has typhoid fever. He's in his room bathing in the medicinal bath that Miss Xia wrote for His Highness!" Speaking of Ling Feng, the butler's eyes were full of smiles.

This guard Ling said that Miss Xia's medicinal bath was useless. As soon as she got typhoid fever, she immediately went to the medicinal bath. Her mouth was truly incorrect.

Speaking of typhoid fever, Dongfang Ye remembered the scene of the Tempest Fruit dew last night. He raised his eyebrows, and decided to punish Ye Mo when he was done.

"There's no poison in this medicine, right?" Dongfang Ye picked up the bowl of medicine that was exuding a faint sweet taste, red to the point that it was excessive. His expression was strange.

Could this Xia Sizhu have poisoned him …?

"This old servant has tried, it's not poisonous, I just don't know if it will work or not." He had just taken out some and fed it to the dog. Although the dog's reaction was huge when it drank it, it was still lively and definitely did not have any poison.

Dongfang Ye stared at the bowl that exuded a tempting smell, and after a long time, he closed his eyes and poured all the medicine into his mouth.

The moment the medicine entered his mouth, Dongfang Ye's face turned from black to green, from green to white. He was obviously smelling such an attractive medicine, and when he drank it, it was astringent and bitter, so bitter that he couldn't swallow it.

With the butler by his side, Dongfang Ye forced himself to swallow the medicine.

As soon as he swallowed the medicine, Dongfang Ye felt the medicine turn into a warm current that warmed his body.

"You may leave!" Sensing the change in his body, Dongfang Ye's expression didn't look so bad. He waved his hand and let the housekeeper go.

The housekeeper, who had withdrawn from the study, looked at the remaining liquid in the bowl in his hand. He was very confused. It looked very tempting, but the taste shouldn't be bad, right? He didn't know why his master had such a conflicted expression when she drank it.

The steward scratched his head and poured the leftover liquid into his mouth. The steward immediately vomited.

A steward who had just finished puking was impressed by his master's mental fortitude.

"Accompany me to the Prime Minister's Estate." Bang! Ling Feng's door was destroyed.

Ling Feng sat in the bath barrel, looking at Dongfang Ye's expressionless face and the empty door frame.

"Whiz!" He quickly jumped out of the bath barrel and quickly put on his clothes, afraid that he would step into that tragedy.

"Master, the Crown Prince is in front of us. Should we go greet him?" Ling Feng lowered his body and asked as he looked at the long queue in front of him.

"Let's go take a look!" Dongfang Ye opened the curtain of the carriage and caught a glimpse of the bright-red convoy as he spoke.

Dongfang Li was on her way to the Prime Minister's Estate with a betrothal gift when a carriage suddenly came from behind.

Looking at the familiar horse carriage, Dong Fang Li's eyes were filled with killing intent for a moment. Then, after adjusting her state of mind, she raised her eyes again and became extremely courteous.

"Your highness, what are you doing with all this stuff?" Dongfang Ye raised his eyes and looked at Dongfang Li as he asked.

"This crown prince is going to the Prime Minister's estate to propose marriage. Fourth brother, where are you going?" Dong Fang Li did not plan to hide it from Dong Fang Ye, because she could not hide it either.

"Oh, I wonder which young lady of the Prime Minister's estate has caught the eyes of the crown prince? Is she the second young miss of the Prime Minister's Palace? " Dongfang Ye's eyes flickered and then returned to normal.

Dongfang Ye saw a flash of emotion in Dong Fang Li's eyes, and a flash of understanding appeared in his eyes.

"If Your Highness does not mind, may This King come along as well." Dong Fang Ye looked at Dong Fang Li.

"Of course." Although Dongfang Li was not willing to go to Dongfang Ye's side, she didn't say it out loud.

"What kind of wind were you blowing today? To think that you would meet the two princes here." With a serious expression on his face, a luxurious carriage was slowly approaching from afar.

Everyone looked towards the source of the sound and saw Xi Ling Yan dressed in gorgeous clothes. He had a smile on his face and a trace of ridicule between his brows.

What a coincidence, they had actually bumped into each other.

"Prince Xi Ling is also going to the Prime Minister's Estate?" Dongfang Li was very dissatisfied with the appearance of the Western Tomb Flame, but she did not show it.

"Of course, I haven't seen the little beauty in a long time." Of course, I haven't seen the little beauty in a long time. Xi Ling Yan leaned against the window of the carriage with a look of missing Xia Sizhu, causing Dongfang Li's expression to go completely dark.

"We haven't even seen each other for two days. Prince Xi Ling has been together for such a long time. Where did he come from? His memory is too poor." Dongfang Li's expression was very bad as she mocked.

After all, Xia Sizhu was Dongfang Li's fiancee in name. Since Xi Ling Yan was so arrogant, Dongfang Li could not help but care about man's pride.

"Is that so? It's only been two days since we've parted, it seems like this crown prince truly misses this little beauty. " Xi Ling Yan acted as if he did not hear Dong Fang Li's sarcasm, as his smile was still that of a rogue.

"The Crown Prince of Nanling City brought so many betrothal gifts … He's not going to marry a little beauty is he? This morning, I heard that the Crown Prince had a physical relationship with the Second Miss of the Prime Minister's Estate in public. This betrothal gift should be given to the Second Miss. Xi Ling Yan's pair of narrow and long fox eyes were filled with provocation.

"There is no need for Prince Xi Ling to worry about who this prince will marry." Dong Fang Li clenched her fists tightly, the veins on her forehead bulging, and her eyes filled with anger. This Prince Xi Ling was actually humiliating him in public.

"Then forget it. This prince is going to the Prime Minister's Palace. How about we go together?" Xi Ling Yan was not annoyed at all. He gazed at the long line, thinking about the news his trusted aides had brought him in the morning. There would be a good show going on in the Prime Minister's Estate, how could he miss it?

He did not believe that a cunning woman like the little beauty would be interested in such a disinterested man. He had heard that this Dongfang Li was related to the young miss of the Prime Minister's Estate.