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  As soon as the princess left, she immediately went into the house and wrote a letter, sealed it with wax, stamped her own seal, called over the guard beside her, and ordered him to send out the letter immediately. The guard took the letter, changed into casual clothes, and directly exited the mansion, going to the horse market in the city to buy a horse to ride to Shuozhou.

  Shuo Prefecture was the fief of the Prince of Dezhou.

  After watching the guard leave, Zhu Yuhuan changed his clothes and headed towards the prince's courtyard.

  The Crown Prince's courtyard is located on the east side of the Junwang Mansion, with a separate mansion gate, but also connected to this side of the Junwang Mansion. This design is similar to that in the imperial palace, and the status of the Crown Prince in the Junwang Mansion is the same as that of the East Palace Crown Prince in the imperial palace.

  The main house in the center of the courtyard, with three rows of rooms, is where the prince resides. The east wing is where the princess lives, and the west wing is currently empty, but it won't be long before the prince's concubine, Li Lankun, moves in.

  The crown prince was in his study at this time and heard the lower official report that the fifth master had arrived, so he called Zhu Yuhuan into the study.

  Zhu Yuhuan went in and saw the Crown Prince sitting behind a desk, with several scrolls of bamboo slips on it. The Crown Prince was still holding one in his hand. He stepped forward and saluted: "Big Brother."

  The crown prince put down his brush and smiled at him: "Lao Wu has arrived? Please sit." He pointed to the eight immortals table and chair on the right side of the desk.

  Zhu Yuhuan sat in a chair, smiling and asked: "Big brother, what are you looking at?"

  "Kneel down." The crown prince said with a smile.

  Zhu Yuhuan said in surprise: "Why look at ancient bamboo slips? Don't you have books?"

  The crown prince smiled and shook his head, stood up with his hands behind him and walked out from behind the desk, saying: "Hanlin Academy scholar Jiang Shiqi once said that nowadays paper books have many places that are different from ancient books. I didn't believe it, so I found a Han edition of the Book of Rites and carefully read it, and indeed there were differences."

  "Ah!" Zhu Yuhuan exclaimed in surprise: "Then aren't the people of today... learning all the wrong etiquette?"

  "It's not that serious." The young master came over and sat across from him: "But there are some subtle differences, the copyist may think it's harmless... I'm still studying."

  Zhu Yuhuan shook his head.

  The crown prince smiled and said: "What brings you to find me?"

  "Oh, never mind... " Zhu Yuhuan scratched his head and said with a smile, "There's no silver here, three hundred taels."

  The crown prince smiled and looked at him smiling: "How's the wound? Is it serious with the mouth torn apart? It is said that you can't eat hard things for a few days?"

  "Hmm..."

  "Say what you want." The young master smiled at him.

  Zhu Yanhuan scratched his head and smiled, then suddenly asked after a pause: "Big brother, do you know how my chin got broken?"

  The crown prince smiled, looking at him with a very meaningful smile: "I heard it was for saving the beauty?"

  Zhu Yuhuan's face turned red, and he snorted, saying: "Big brother, don't tease me... Since big brother knows about it, why did fourth sister-in-law trip third sister-in-law in front of the duchess, the crown prince's consort, third brother, and me? If I hadn't blocked her way, she would have fallen to the ground, and that would have been a disaster on the hard brick floor. Qianhui is such a delicate and weak woman, what deep grudge does her sister hold against her?"

  The crown prince immediately laughed and shook his head: "Why her, how can I know?" Then he said: "It's not that serious, is it? Maybe she just got numb legs and wanted to stretch."

  "Hmph, how could it be that over a dozen pairs of eyes in our house are staring at her on purpose? Even the Duchess saw it and slapped the table right then and there." Zhu Yuhuan coldly snorted as he spoke, pausing for a moment before asking the Crown Prince: "Big brother really didn't know?"

  The crown prince didn't respond but instead smiled silently at him.

  Zhu Yuhuan said, "I know, I also know..." He suddenly raised his voice and said, "Fourth sister-in-law did such a shameful thing for third brother, what can't she do in the future? She's got her eyes on third sister, if something even more shameful happens in our mansion, none of us will be able to show our faces."

  The crown prince paused, smiling as he looked at him: "Since you know, either pretend not to know and don't interfere, or acknowledge it and watch from afar. Why must you get involved? Mother has already made up her mind, what's the point of getting mixed up in this? Coming to find me to say these things...what's the reason?"

  Zhu Yuhuan's eyes stared tightly at him: "Big brother, why don't I really know?"

  The crown prince smiled wryly: "How would I know? Could it be... that you're unhappy in your heart and want to compete with Third Brother?"

  "That's right, yesterday I rushed to pick up San Mei, San Ge might not be happy... Just now the County Princess came to me, I told the County Princess, I...I really like San Mei"

  The smile on the crown prince's face finally dissipated, and he stared at him in surprise, his voice rising: "What did you say? Agreeing with the king's consort... Third Cousin?"

  Zhu Yuhuan seemed to be straightforward and said with a hint of resentment: "I know that everyone in the mansion knows that Third Brother has taken a liking to Third Cousin, and even the King's wife is willing to marry her off to Third Brother... but, Big Brother, I really like Third Cousin too."

  The crown prince looked at him in shock, his expression slowly becoming serious.

  Zhu Yuhuan lowered his head, made a very big decision and said: "If it's because of something else, I won't argue...I also know I can't win, but Third Sister, I really want to try." He looked up at the prince, with some pleading in his eyes.

  The young master slowly got up and walked to the window, gazing intently outside with an increasingly solemn expression. The fifth brother had a straightforward personality, being frank and honest, always treating his brothers with sincerity. Among several brothers, he was the one with the best relationships, as whenever they mentioned other brothers, there were some complaints, and there were often small conflicts or disagreements between them. However, when it came to this fifth brother, all the younger brothers would unanimously praise him, and even if he himself tried, he couldn't find anything to be dissatisfied with about the fifth brother.

  My fifth brother would never argue with anyone over anything, as if in his eyes, nothing in the world was worth making a fuss about to get.

  Moreover, the fifth brother has always been respectful to the county king's consort. Although he doesn't often visit her to pay his respects in order to avoid suspicion, everyone knows that he regards the county king's consort as if she were his own mother and would never disobey her words.

  Unexpectedly, really unexpectedly, today for the sake of third sister, he actually went against the will of the county king's consort. This is not all, he actually dared to openly challenge a cousin with his third brother in public, is it worth it for him to go all out like this? He should be very clear that by going against Yi Xuan like this, not only may he lose the favor of the county king's consort, but also possibly form a personal vendetta with Yi Xuan.

  He came to find himself, obviously feeling that he was not strong enough to compete with San Di on this matter, so he came to pull himself, the big brother, to stand by his side.

  But isn't he thinking of something else, pulling himself out to confront Zhu Yujie? It doesn't seem like it. If there wasn't the third sister, the feelings between Yuhan and Yujie seemed a bit better than with his own...

  The crown prince had already turned over seven or eight ideas in an instant, and after a while, he turned his head around, looking at Zhu Yuhuan with a deep thought. Suddenly, he said directly: "Yuhuan, this matter was done too rashly. The world is vast, where there is no fragrant grass? A cousin, is it worth turning against the third brother?"

  Zhu Yuhuan did not expect the young master to say such things to him, he was stunned for a moment. Before coming to find the young master, he had thought about what the young master would say, but he never expected the young master to say something like this.

  Although this statement is unpleasant to hear, it's actually for one's own good, which is strange.

  Seeing him dazed, the prince said: "It's always been clear, how did you get confused about this? As for Wei Yao," he paused before saying: "Where should we go to provoke?"

  Zhu Yuhuan took a deep breath and said, "I know that if it were something else, even if you beat me to death, I wouldn't go against Third Brother for anything. But this matter... I really can't not fight for..."

  The crown prince was surprised and raised an eyebrow, saying: "You're so fond of your third cousin?"

  Zhu Yi Huan nodded solemnly: "Big brother, I know. I rarely argue with people, and this time Third Brother seems to be... also seems to have made up his mind. What makes me most uneasy is that the Princess of the Imperial Guard has almost expressed her opinion too, so I came to ask for your help, Big Brother..."

  "What use is it to ask me? The county princess is my mother, and the marriage of her son has always been decided by his parents. Although I am the eldest brother, I still have no say in our marriage matters." The young master looked at Zhu Yuhuan, hesitated for a moment, and then made up his mind to say: "Besides, Yuhuan, I advise you to give up. Don't compete with anyone, especially not with Yuxian. It's not worth it, and you might even offend the county prince and princess."

  Zhu Yuhuan was very disappointed, with a disheartened expression on his face, slowly lowering his head. The crown prince looked at him and said, "I also know that when it comes to women's matters, sometimes it's easy to talk about being carefree, but once you've met someone who catches your eye, it's really hard to let go... However, for a royal family like ours, where rules are more important than anything else, going against the will of the princess is not a good idea."

  Zhu Yuhuan's expression had become disheartened, and he hung his head in silence for a while before slowly raising it to look at the Crown Prince: "I understand... thank you, big brother, for your teachings. I'll leave first..." He stood up somewhat weakly, with his hands hanging limply by his sides, looking very desolate as he left.

  The crown prince watched his back from the window for half a day, his eyebrows slowly furrowing tighter and tighter, regretting that his reaction had been too cautious just now. Maybe... this was a good opportunity to win over Old Five. Old Five's relationships with his brothers were very good; if he could be won over, the other brothers would follow suit, at least they would be more friendly towards Yi Xuan.

  However, soon the prince thought that his previous reaction was not wrong. If Huihuan and Huizao were quarreling because of a woman, it would not be a glorious thing for Huizao no matter what. He should try to stay away from it as much as possible and not get involved. Moreover, the princess would definitely support Huizao, and Huihuan had no chance of winning. If he intervened, he might incur the princess's displeasure.

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