The Seven Crown Princes

  The sixth princess covered her occipital region with her right hand and turned around: "Seventh imperial brother, stop slapping my head all the time, I'll become stupid."

  Although Sixth Princess ranked sixth among the princesses and Seventh Prince ranked seventh, Seventh Prince was two years older than Sixth Princess, so she still had to call him "Imperial Brother".

  The seventh prince smiled slightly and then stretched out his hand to gently flick the sixth princess's forehead: "You're already very silly, being a bit sillier doesn't matter."

  The Sixth Princess smiled and didn't dwell on the issue anymore. Instead, she grabbed the hand of Seventh Prince Lian Le: "Seventh Brother, I'll tell you a secret."

  "What secret?"

  "Just now, Miss Song from the Song family was staring at you, don't you think she likes you?"

  Lian Le's eyebrows furrowed, clearly he didn't like Liu Gongzhu bringing up this topic. Lian Le let out a soft sigh and helped Liu Gongzhu smooth out her slightly tangled hair: "Ping'er, from now on, your imperial brother doesn't want you to mention this matter again."

  Lian Ping's smile slowly faded away. Since she was young, she could understand Lian Le's every expression. What expression meant happiness and what expression meant unhappiness, she knew better than anyone else. Lian Le's current expression undoubtedly showed that he was unhappy now. Lian Ping slightly lowered her head: "Mm, next time I won't speak."

  Lian Le smiled immediately, sweeping away the gloom of just now: "Alright, it's getting late, let's get some rest early."

  "Hmm, you too, brother." Lian Ping's face regained its smile as he waved at Lian Le and then left.

  Lian Le's smile vanished without a trace after Lian Ping left, replaced by a look of worry. At this time, a voice came from behind him: "Seventh Prince, aren't you going to leave yet?"

  Lian Le turned his head to look, and the person who came was Song Lingyu, who had just taken out that amazing embroidery at the banquet: "Didn't Miss Song leave? Why are you back?"

  Song Lingyu slowly raised the pendant in her hand: "When the carriage drove to the palace gate, my grandmother found that this jade pendant was missing from my neck. I think it should be when I took it off to show the Sixth Princess and put it on the table, I forgot to take it back, so I came to find it."

  In fact, this jade pendant had never left Song Lingyu's body. Everything was her design, including letting the old lady discover that the jade pendant was not on her body, and also piquing the interest of the Sixth Princess, which would make the Seventh Prince leave later. Because she knew that the Seventh Prince doted on the Sixth Princess everywhere, and he wouldn't leave the palace without seeing the Sixth Princess safely off.

  Lian Le nodded, not suspecting Song Lingyu's words at all, or rather, he didn't take her words to heart. "So, Miss Song has found this pendant, it's better to return early."

  Lian Le finished speaking, turned around and left, not having the slightest bit of a prince's demeanor. "Wait!" Song Lingyu called out to stop him. Lian Le's footsteps paused, and he couldn't help but feel a little strange about this Miss Song, thinking that she was treating the imperial palace like her own home. He also thought back to what the Sixth Princess had just said to him, and his curiosity towards Song Lingyu turned into rejection.

  Song Lingyu slowly walked up and stood in front of Lian Le: "Why is the Seventh Prince in such a hurry?"

  "It's late at night, what if someone sees me and Miss Song alone here, it wouldn't be good for her reputation either."

  Song Lingyu smiled and seemed to have not taken Conley's words to heart, but what she said next shocked him: "The Seventh Prince wants the throne, I wonder if what I'm saying is right or wrong?"