Chapter 88: Father seems to be targeting me!
"That's not the case, mother!"

He was afraid that the gift he had carefully prepared with his intelligence and talent would be misunderstood after his mother said this.

Yun Chuhuan quickly shook his head and denied:

"These gifts given by your son are all your father's favorites!"

As he spoke, he did not forget to ask Emperor Xuanwu for confirmation:

"Father, do you think so?"

Emperor Xuanwu: “.”

It's you!

How could he, as the emperor, like such toys that only children would play with?

He really wanted to pry open this brat's head and see what was going on in his mind!
After staring at Yun Chuhuan with a bad look for a while, Emperor Xuanwu suddenly felt that the mask in his hand looked somewhat familiar.

It seems like I've seen it somewhere not long ago.

Where is it?
In his mind, the memory of a month ago suddenly emerged. Emperor Xuanwu narrowed his eyes and suddenly asked a seemingly irrelevant question:

"These things should have been bought from outside the palace. How come I don't know when you bought them?"

"I bought it last month when I was taking a rest in the study room, when I went out of the palace with my fifth sister."

Yun Chuhuan chuckled and praised his own cleverness:

"I spent a long time picking these things!"

Yun Shu, who was innocently caught in the crossfire while eating melon, said: "?"

"I really don't know about this!"

Seeing Emperor Xuanwu's gloomy gaze turned to him again, Yun Shu hurriedly distanced himself from the matter:

"That day, I was busy at the Ministry of Industry figuring out how to make cheap paper. After my Sixth Prince left the palace, I went my separate ways!"

"That's right!"

Yun Chuhuan proudly raised her chest higher:

"Fifth sister doesn't know anything. All these gifts were picked by her son himself!"

"is it?"

Emperor Xuanwu sneered.

If he had not summoned the Third Prince into the palace that day, and the Third Prince had not happened to meet the Sixth Prince on the way into the palace, I'm afraid he would have been fooled by that little bastard the Sixth Prince today!
The third brother clearly said that day that the brat bought a bunch of junk on the street, and he was too embarrassed to show it to the third brother because he thought the things were too tattered!
So now he's secretly gotten tired of playing around in the palace and doesn't know what to do with all this junk, so he decided to recycle it and just gathered them all together and sent them to his father, the emperor, as a birthday gift, right?

Okay, okay, today is the emperor's birthday, and in front of so many people, he can't let outsiders know that his unfilial son can do such a thing.

So he let the boy go for the time being.

When there’s no one else around, let’s see how he deals with this bastard!
He accepted Yun Chuhuan's "gift" expressionlessly.
The birthday party finally became lively again, but Yun Chuhuan was the only one who was unhappy. He sat next to Yun Shu and complained with an unhappy face:
"Fifth sister, I feel like father is targeting me!"

"cough!"

Almost choking on a mouthful of tea, Yun Shu put down the cup, suppressed a smile and turned his head away:
"Why is Father targeting you?"

"After you gave your gifts, you all received rewards!"

As the music started again, Yun Chuhuan said indignantly:
“Fifth sister, forget it, your low-priced paper sounds very impressive.

My eldest brother’s Book of All People is barely acceptable.

But the peach of my Crown Prince is obviously not as good as mine, right?

And the third and fourth brothers are nothing special at all!

Why can they get the reward but I can't?" "Maybe..."

For the sake of that fake brother-sister relationship, Yun Shu whispered a reminder:
"Maybe Father doesn't like these little things you gave him?"

"impossible!"

Yun Chuhuan frowned, with an expression that said, "Don't try to trick me."

"Fifth sister, the porcelain doll you gave to father is still on the table in father's study!
How could Father not like it? "

Yun Shu: “…”

Suddenly I understood.

No wonder this boy suddenly acted crazy, it turns out this matter is really related to her!
He silently supported his chin.
Yun Shu had a rare moment of conscience and was about to tell Yun Chuhuan that this was not the case.
In the hall, the melodious sound of stringed instruments suddenly stopped.

She looked up in confusion, and saw Emperor Xuanwu cheerfully pointing out the prince's name:
"Prince, I heard from the Queen that you already have a candidate for the Crown Princess in mind?"

"Replying to Your Majesty, I do have a candidate in mind."

When the prince stood up, he hesitated for a moment.

Others might not be able to hear it, but he knew that his father's seemingly kind question actually contained a warning.

After all, his father had already told him before that his Crown Princess could be anyone except the Shen family!

Although he was unwilling to believe that his father had begun to fear him and the Shen family.

But the facts are before our eyes.
It is obvious that his marriage with his cousin can tie the Right Prime Minister's faction more firmly to his big ship, and all the benefits are obvious!
If it wasn't for fear, why would my father not agree?
Now his father, mother, grandfather, and cousin are all waiting for his answer.

Who should he choose?

It was only a few steps from his seat to the front of the palace, and the prince's mind was in a state of confusion.
In the end, he lowered his head and slowly said his final answer -

"Your Highness... and I are in love, my cousin Shen Jingshu. I hope your Majesty will grant us your blessing!"

"What did you say?"

Emperor Xuanwu slowly put away his smile.

He didn't expect that the prince would dare to disobey him so blatantly!
Is it because he did not explain the reason when he talked about this matter with the prince before?

But that was because the matter involved too many things, and the people he sent out to investigate the matter and collect data would not be able to come back for a while.
The book Xiaowu had read before was long gone, and she was left alone with nothing to prove.

And his life choice simulation system is a secret that cannot be told!

Besides, if the reason is not made clear, can the words of his father be ignored?

Emperor Xuanwu looked at the prince angrily and decided to give him another chance:
"Tell me, who are you in love with?"

"Replying to Your Majesty, I, your son..."

Emperor Xuanwu was furious, and it was absolutely impossible for the prince to say that he was not afraid at all.

But historical lessons told him that once the emperor's fear of the prince showed signs of emerging, it would be difficult to eliminate it.

If he still holds on to the hope at this time, abandons the Shen family, and separates himself from the Shen family, in an attempt to dispel his father's fear of him,

In the end, he will probably end up in an embarrassing situation of getting nothing.

By then, his position as the crown prince will be shaky, until he eventually loses it...

No, he absolutely cannot lose his position as crown prince!
The prince mustered up his courage and insisted on his previous choice:

"My son and my cousin Shen Jingshu..."

(End of this chapter)