Masquerade in Bridal Attire and Marry the Prince

37. What Do You Want to Confirm?

Translator: Antonia

Walking forward pulled by Du Chuxuan, Yuxing Tianrui was wearing a slightly strange expression. He quickly caught up with Du Chuxuan’s steps while lowering his head to look at their clasping hands. He found the feeling very strange and at the same time inexplicably joyful.

He gritted his teeth and said nothing.

There was indeed a lake, as Du Chuxuan expected. Yuxing Tianrui was a little surprised and asked, “Did you see the marching map?”

They were still on the territory of Shenglan, but the map wasn’t accessible to every household. No wonder Yuxing Tianrui was skeptical and asked the question.

Du Chuxuan glanced at Yuxing Tianrui with a grin, “Your Highness forgets things so soon. Isn’t it the place that was exploded a few days ago?”

On hearing the words, Yuxing Tianrui instantly turned to look around in surprise.

On the other day, they had left in a hurry and hadn’t looked back to remember what the place was like. But by a careful check, it did look familiar.

Du Chuxuan was able to recognize the place mainly because he had stayed here alone longer last time. Otherwise, he couldn’t have easily recognized it through the surrounding scenery.

Despite the joyful discovery, he couldn’t be delighted for the time being. He silently turned to take a look at Yuxing Tianrui. It turned out that they had been going in the opposite direction. If the tsundere boy came to the realization right now, he would refuse talking to him for at least three days.

Yuxing Tianrui became aware that Du Chuxuan was secretly observing him. Without thinking much, he couldn’t help but ask, “What are you looking at?” He subconsciously lifted his hand to tough his face, when he realized that their hands were still holding together.

Yuxing Tianrui flushed scarlet immediately, all the way to the tips of his ears. Subconsciously, he tried to withdraw his hand out of Du Chuxuan’s.

Du Chuxuan chuckled a little, “Isn’t it too late that Your Highness wants to release my hand?”

The question was a pun, and both of them were clever people to understand the implication.

Yuxing Tianrui turned away, refusing to look at him, but still let him hold his hand. The tsundere look was amusing to Du Chuxuan, who was inwardly cheering that probably he was the only lucky one across Shenglan who had ever seen the Crown Prince being like this.

Fortunately, they still remembered the top priority. Therefore, without wasting much time, Du Chuxuan, circling a little around the lake, easily found the path along which he had gone back last time.

Before they set off again, he suddenly asked in a serious tone, “Your Highness, would you please help solve two of my confusions?” He asked sincerely, and Yuxing Tianrui somehow nodded and agreed.

Getting his consent so quick, Du Chuxuan arched his lips, “Your Highness has promised me, so no matter what my questions are, Your Highness should say yes.” He raised his brows in a look of ‘You-aren’t-a-decent-honest-person-if-you-say-no’. Only on seeing his expression did Yuxing Tianrui know that he was in a trap.

“Since Your Highness already knows that I’m a man and didn’t kick me away, I think we should make clear of our roles.” Du Chuxuan smiled a wicked complacent smile, as an arch-villain in novels.

Yuxing Tianrui’s one hand was in Du Chuxuan’s and the other hand quickly crawled onto Du Chuxuan’s waist, pinching hard. Then, in Du Chuxuan’s distorted expression, he also smiled and replied shyly, “What do you want to make sure? I’m still Crown Prince, and you’re my Crown Princess, forever!”

Crap! It was most terrifying when a tsundere man was being tsundere. What powerful fingers he had! Why hadn’t he been so powerful on the battlefield? At the moment, Du Chuxuan stopped thinking much and hurriedly coaxed his boy, “Your Highness is right. I’ll surely be your obedient princess!”

Meanwhile, he showed Yuxing Tianrui a harmlessly innocent smile. Yuxing Tianrui was happier, rolling his merciful eyes and releasing the punitive fingers.

Du Chuxuan’s smile at this moment was uglier than a crying face. Licking his lips, he decided to ask the other question anyway. After all, the tsundere boy had agreed to answer two of his questions, and there might not be such a great opportunity in the future.

“And the second question is,” His voice turned weaker on Yuxing Tianrui’s threatening gaze, “have you worked out a way to deal with the chaotic situation after we get back?”

He swore to heaven that this was one of the few times when he thought in the interest of this country. Yuxing Tianrui shouldn’t wipe out his patriotism!

Surprised by such a question from him, Yuxing Tianrui frown a bit and followed Du Chuxuan in the direction of the barracks, “I’m not sure about the current situation. You were in a coma for seven days, which was enough to finish many things. The worst scenario is the imperial relatives are already taking actions.”

This was truly the worst case at the moment. The Emperor had dismissed the harem for the Empress, Yuxing Tianrui’s mother, and created a famous sweet love story. However, the fact that the Emperor didn’t have many sons was also an unavoidable subject.

Now there were altogether two princes and two princesses in the imperial palace. One princess and the Crown Prince were the Empress’s children and the noblest ones. Therefore, there hadn’t been disapproval on the entitlement of Yuxing Tianrui as the Crown Prince.

Nonetheless, if anything happened to Yuxing Tianrui, there was his eldest brother, who so far had made no remarkable achievement. The other sons in the imperial clan would also be ready to take actions.

Seven days was enough for purposive people to send the news back to the capital and dispatch a person over. Hence, even if Yuxing Tianrui appeared now, the person dispatched over wouldn’t go back easily.

Moreover, to a large extent, the person must be a powerful competitor against Yuxing Tianrui in the eye of the imperial clan. Whoever the person was, as long as he was assigned with such a task, he would no longer willingly live a peaceful life for the rest of his life.

Du Chuxuan looked sideways at Yuxing Tianrui, who was slightly shorter, “Judging from your firm tone, I think Your Highness already know who the person is?”

Yuxing Tianrui had already been on the cusp of the storm. Hadn’t it been the fact that the Emperor loved and protected him all the time, he wouldn’t have lived peacefully to this age. How could such a person have no idea of his antagonists?