After the archery competition ended, Emperor Xuande led the eldest prince, the second prince left, and Guo Boyan followed him.

Watching the sage leave, Guo Xiao bowed to the third and fourth princes, lowered his eyes and said, "Please give me your favor, let me leave."

Zhao Heng nodded, and the fourth prince looked at Song Jianing and asked him: "You are going back to Changchun Palace? It just so happens that I want to go see my mother, let's go together."

The fourth prince was born by Concubine Hui, and Concubine Hui's Xianfu Palace is next to Changchun Palace. This excuse is reasonable.

Guo Xiao had no choice but to nod and ask him to go first.

The fourth prince went around Song Jianing and asked enthusiastically: "Your name is Jianing? How old is this year?" He was very close, and the corners of the luxurious robe touched Song Jianing's skirt.

Song Jianing is the daughter of a small family in Jiangnan. Now a prince is so friendly and enthusiastic about her. She is both flattered and nervous. Naturally, she answers whatever she asks, and lowers her head and says, "Go back to your highness, I will be on the 11th after the New Year."

After hearing this, the Fourth Prince unexpectedly looked at Princess Duanhui and smiled, "It's not like it, I thought you were smaller than Duanhui."

Song Jianing held his sleeves and didn't know how to reply.

Princess Duanhui doesn't like to listen. Although she is only nine years old, she knows that the more tender the woman's face, the better. So she glared at the fourth prince with anger: "The fourth brother's eyes are so bad, the arrows just now are all blind, right?" She is obviously more tender and cute than Song Jianing's face.

The fourth prince ignored her and looked at Song Jianing with his head down. Seeing that Song Jianing's red face was tender and tender, which was better than the newly-opened peach blossom petals, he couldn't help pinching it. Song Jianing's reaction was slower, and he covered half of his face awkwardly after being pinched. He was neither scolded nor aggrieved, and his head hung lowered.

Guo Xiao frowned and said in a deep voice: "What does your Highness mean?"

The fourth prince touched his head and grinned: "It is said that women in Jiangnan have delicate skin and are made of water, so I'll try it." Guo Boyan, Duke of Wei, married a widow as his wife and brought a daughter. He had heard of it before, so he knew that Song Jianing grew up in Jiangnan.

"Is that tender or not?" Princess Duanhui asked with qigong, her tone full of contempt for Song Jianing, as if Song Jianing was just a little palace maid who could let them judge.

Song Jianing actually understood that the Fourth Prince was just naughty and ignorant and had no malice, but Princess Duanhui's words embarrassed her. Her face turned red first and quickly turned white again. The Fourth Prince was heartless and was about to answer, when Guo Xiao suddenly stepped over several times, reached out and pulled Song Jianing behind him, and said to the Fourth Prince coldly, Princess Duanhui said, "Jianning is my fourth sister. Please don't be despicable for the sake of the Duke's Mansion."

In Guo Xiao's heart, his step-sister is an outsider and he can bully him, but outside, his step-sister is also a sister and cannot tolerate others bullying him.

The fourth prince is favored and has a noble status. He is not afraid of Guo Xiao, but he has no intention of despising Song Jianing. He hurriedly said, "Misunderstanding, I really don't mean that, just..." Realizing his mistake, the fourth prince bent down and apologized sincerely to Song Jianing: "Cousin Jianing, it was a bad thing just now. You shouldn't be slandering your face. I promise that there will be no next time. Do you forgive me?"

Song Jianing nodded and explained in a low voice: "I didn't blame Your Highness..."

Before he finished speaking, a cold gaze came from his head. Song Jianing knew it was Guo Xiao without having to look at it, so he couldn't help but shrink his neck.

She was afraid of Guo Xiao, but Princess Duanhui was angry with Guo Xiao. She was so angry that her eyes burst into tears. She accused with great grievance: "Cousin, what kind of sister she is your sister? I am your dear cousin, you actually called me Your Highness?" The palace maid and eunuch called her Your Highness the rule. Her favorite cousin called her, that was a matter of being apart, which made her sad than scolding her village woman!

Guo Xiao had some concerns about the fourth prince. When he met Princess Duanhui, he directly scolded: "I am your cousin, Jianing is your cousin. If you treat her as an outsider, you will not recognize me."

"You, you, I'll tell my grandmother!" He repeatedly defended Song Jianing. Princess Duanhui was angry and jealous. She plucked Song Jianing hard and ran away with the eyes. She ran so fast. The bright red skirt fluttered with the wind, like a fiery red flower. Song Jianing stared blankly at Princess Duanhui's back, and then looked at Guo Xiao's tall back beside her. She was worried that Princess Duanhui would complain, and a trace of doubt broke out in her heart.

Didn’t you mean childhood sweethearts? Why is Guo Xiao so cold to Princess Duanhui?

"The princess is young and ignorant, which makes the third prince laugh." The fourth prince is the one who made a mistake. Guo Xiao didn't need to be polite, but said to the third prince who had been walking silently on the other side of the fourth prince.

Zhao Heng shook his head slightly, saying that he didn't mind, and then looked ahead and continued to walk slowly. His biological mother, Concubine Xian, had long passed away. Zhao Heng had basically no chance to go to the harem, and he had no need to go, but after leaving the martial arts training ground, he had a period of road with Guo Xiao and others, so he walked along.

Princess Duanhui left and took away the little unhappiness that had just been unhappy. The fourth prince returned to Song Jianing, ignored Guo Xiao's cold face, continued to approach Song Jianing, and asked as if coaxing the child: "Cousin Jianing, I am the fourth prince. You can just call my fourth cousin in the future."

Song Jianing nodded perfunctorily.

The fourth prince excitedly instigated her: "Call it now." It was the same as Guo Fu and Guo Shu wanted to hear Song Jianing call her brother.

Song Jianing didn't know if this was in line with the rules. Although she wanted to keep a distance from Guo Xiao, now she could only look at Guo Xiao, her nominal brother, with help.

Guo Xiao shook his head slightly, his eyes filled with warnings.

Song Jianing understood and lowered his head and declined: "Your Highness has a noble status, and I dare not overthrow it."

The fourth prince looked at Guo Xiao and guessed that it was Guo Xiao who was interfering. He hummed, then remembered another thing and asked Song Jianing strangely: "Jining just now, why did Jianing choose my third brother?" He could understand Guo Xiao, and his brother-sister relationship was familiar. He was convinced to choose the most burly and strongest brother. He might win the most, but his beautiful cousin was partial to stuttering his third brother, and he was not convinced!

this……

Song Jianing secretly glanced at the third prince.

Zhao Heng looked indifferent and walked by himself, as if he had not heard the conversation between the two.

Song Jianing was worried, and he could not tell the truth, but it was fake. She couldn't think of a suitable reason. After all, today was the first time she saw four princes, and it was logical that she should treat everyone equally. She racked her brains and couldn't think of it. Song Jianing lowered her head and pretended to be stupid, pursing her lips and not talking. The fourth prince was anxious and only urging her beautiful cousin. She didn't notice that Guo Xiao and the third prince also slowed down. The three teenagers were cooperating with Song Jianing's snail-like footsteps.

"Good cousin, tell me, I will give you New Year's money during the New Year." The fourth prince tried every means to ask.

Song Jianing almost laughed out loud, holding back her red lips. She is not short of money, does the Fourth Prince treat her as a financial enchantment?

Her almond eyes were bright and she became more and more attractive. The silver did not work. The fourth prince pinched his chin and caught a glimpse of the silk flower on Song Jianing's head. He had an idea and suddenly picked the pink silk flower. In a blink of an eye, he walked around the third prince and said with a smile: "Cousin Jianing tells me, I will return the flower to you, otherwise this flower will be mine. I will reward the little palace maid!"

Song Jianing touched his hair bun and made sure that his hair was not messy, so he was no longer worried. He was just a silk flower, and it was gone.

The fish didn't take the hook, and the fourth prince was so anxious that he couldn't bear itch. His eyes slanted and fell on the third prince's face. Then he understood at a glance, and suddenly realized and said with a hint of sourness: "I understand, our brothers are four, the third brother is the most beautiful. Does Cousin Jianing fall in love with my third brother?"

The 12 or 13-year-old boy didn't know what he felt, but he knew he was making trouble for such a thing.

Zhao Heng and Guo Xiao frowned at the same time, and secretly observed Song Jianing.

When the fourth prince framed her for liking others in front of the third prince, Song Jianing's face turned red and he quickly looked at the third prince. She tried hard to defend herself: "I don't, the Fourth Prince, don't talk nonsense."

She was not Princess Duanhui, and she did not have the confidence to speak loudly as she pleased. Her voice was thin, her face was red, and her watery almond eyes were still nervously glanced at the third prince several times. It fell into the eyes of the three teenagers. It was clearly the little girl's anxious look when she was exposed to her worries.

Zhao Heng finally found the answer. It turned out that the fat girl bet him and would win because she liked his face.

A woman values ​​appearance and will try her best to dress herself up to attract the person she likes, but for a man, because her face is liked by a woman, it is not something to be proud of. There is a fork in front of him, and Zhao Heng didn't even say hello and led his people away. To the fourth prince, he is the elder brother, and to Guo Xiao, he is the prince, and to be qualified to leave without saying goodbye.

He left the ground too suddenly, and Song Jianing had only time to see the third prince's cold side face. The misunderstanding that the third prince was run away by her anger. Song Jianing felt cold and felt cold. Her identity "liked" the third prince was tantamount to thinking about the ladies of wealthy families on the street. It would be strange if the third prince was not angry.

The step-sister's face turned pale again, and Guo Xiao said to the fourth prince in a stern voice: "Your Highness is careful. My sister is young and will never have any selfless love for you."

Regarding his reputation, Song Jianing came back to his senses and finally found an excuse. He blushed and cooperated with a blushing face: "I am too nervous. When I look up, I see the third prince for the first time, so I chose him."

So that's what happened. The simple fourth prince immediately believed it and walked over with satisfaction, wanting to help Song Jianing put pearl flowers in it.

"Your Highness is not a burden." Guo Xiao raised his hand and snatched the pearl flower domineeringly and politely.

The fourth prince was a little unhappy. He saw that Guo Xiao didn't like him. He suddenly lost interest and smiled at Song Jianing and left.

Song Jianing breathed a sigh of relief. This fourth prince is so tangled.

"What I just said is the truth?"

A familiar cold question came from the top of her head. Song Jianing raised her head and met Guo Xiao's scrutiny gaze. She was stunned for a moment before she reacted and hurriedly emphasized: "I really don't like the Third Prince." She just wanted to bet on the Third Prince to make the future emperor happy, although the Third Prince was faint from beginning to end.

Her almond eyes were clear, and only his figure was reflected inside. Guo Xiao believed it for the time being, leaned over and helped her arrange flowers with a calm face.

The young man's cold and handsome face was close to his eyes, his black eyes were as ruthless as a cold pool, but he was doing things that were not in line with the cold. Song Jianing was frozen on the spot and suddenly recalled a familiar scene. It was a spring day. Guo Xiao took her out to appreciate the flowers. The peach forest was like clouds. She followed him aimlessly. As he walked, the man turned around under a peach tree, and there was an extra flower in his hand. He told her not to move, and he helped her wear flowers.

Song Jianing's eyes were dazed, and the days he forgot after his previous life. Looking back now, I feel different from feeling...

"It's best if you don't like it. He's the prince at least, and it's not something you can think of." After inserting the flowers, Guo Xiao whispered in his step-sister's ear.

Song Jianing blinked, and the hazy almond eyes returned to the clear light. She smiled obediently in the face of Guo Xiao's cold gaze.

She was not even worthy of being a concubine for the prince of the Duke's Mansion, so how could she dare to covet the future emperor?
Chapter completed!