Xi Linxuan flicked her forehead: “I’m not willing, but after careful consideration, I don’t have the confidence or the powerful relatives at court for this position of Crown Prince. If I want power, I need to be cold-hearted and ruthless, you definitely wouldn’t like me becoming like that. Rather than that, it’s better to give up this identity of Crown Prince. The Emperor and my imperial brothers shouldn’t be stingy with a fertile fiefdom for me to live out my life in peace. Weighing the two, I prefer the latter.”
“Really?” Lin Xia placed her hand on his chest, his heart beating steadily.
“Of course it’s true, when have I ever lied to you?” Xi Linxuan glanced at her sideways.
“Tch!” Lin Xia curled her lips, knowing clearly the lies he had told before.
Xi Linxuan knew what she was thinking, so he pulled her into his arms and pinched her cheeks: “I promise I won’t lie in the future!”
Little ungrateful thing.
“Hmph.” Lin Xia pushed his hand away, smiling as she thought: “But I still haven’t learned how to cook yet.”
Time flew by, they had already packed their luggage to return to their country. Lin Xia originally wanted to buy a house for the old woman and leave her some money to live her remaining years in comfort, but the old woman insisted on following them, so Lin Xia agreed.
Xi Linxuan said that they would travel through the Yan Kingdom and the Huo Kingdom, he actually wanted Lin Xia to see her parents and brothers. Lin Xia was very touched, but also worried that their situation in the past few years would make her parents sad.
“I haven’t thanked your parents for marrying you to me yet, seeing them might put them at ease,” Xi Linxuan persuaded her.
Lin Xia nodded.
Upon reaching the border of the Yan Kingdom, Lin Xia lifted the curtain and saw the Yan Dynasty dragon flag and the character “Yan,” knowing that waiting for them under the great flag was her older brother, Fengzhi.
Three years had passed, Fengzhi hadn’t changed much, the two small mustaches at the corners of his mouth looked amusing. The siblings exchanged greetings.
“Really?” Lin Xia was happy.
“Of course, especially annoying,” Fengzhi nodded affirmatively.
