I'm early today, praise me.

When a shadow guard appeared and wordlessly bowed, Long Xu Le finally stood up and went for the door.

It was the signal that Feng Yanyan was already walking to the front gates of the wangfu. She knew that man would take a long time to prepare. That was why she was free to eat breakfast and have tea.

Long Sangyu was unaware that he owed the precious time spent with his sister to Beauty Feng's tardiness.

Feng Yanyan was hurrying to the front entrance but one couldn't see it on his face. The figure that was poised and elegant could only be called Tanglin's number one mei ren.

Nobody noticed the shift in his mindset. Well, it wouldn't be really obvious. It wasn't like he would suddenly become overpowered just because he had a trip down memory lane.

Saying that nobody would notice though was a bit of an overestimation by Feng Yanyan. If Mother Feng saw him right now, she would tell her husband that it was one of those days again.

Contrary to what Feng Yanyan believed, his Feng family was perceptive. And they noticed his peculiarity a long time ago.

Back when the memories of the previous world awoke inside the little Feng Yanyan, his mother Feng had already known something was different. Soon, it was also noticed by the other membersof the family. But they only believed something was unique with the young little fifth.

He would normally be a charming and naïve young master but there were times when he displayed cruelty towards kids his age. The cause would more or less be that these kids tried to hurt him.

His retaliation would not be to hurt them physically, no. It would be to cut their hair or cut their clothes and drag them in public using ropes. It was always a huge headache for the patriarch whenever this happened. But the matriarch would always fall for the young little fifth's pitiful tears.

It was good that the Feng family's kids never interacted with high nobles. If they did, the matriarch feared what kind of punishment would be given to the little fifth if he offended those families.

"Oh Wangye isn't here yet?" When Feng Yanyan arrived at the small receiving hall before the gates, the eunuchs invited him to sit first.

He was glad he wasn't late. Not knowing that everything was arranged to be so by a certain person.

Soon enough, someone announced the King's arrival together with the Prince. Opposite from their direction came Madam Lian. This made Feng Yanyan curious where they would go. He also didn't want to deal with the prince the whole ride.

Since he was unrelated, was there a chance he could have his own carriage?

As though Long Sangyu was reading his thoughts, he ordered. "Prepare another carriage."

His Highness was quite irked at the inefficiency of the servants. How come they weren't thinking at all? Should a mei ren be cramped together with the King and Prince inside this carriage?

But he was met with opposition.

"No need. Here's your horse." The velvet voice came from the outside.

It turned out her Highness disappeared for a bit to get Junwang's steed.

Madam Lian also looked displeased. "When did this old woman need a carriage?"

Long Sangyu was speechless.

So he was supposed to ride a horse and not with his sister? Madam Lian too? And the one with his sister was this little–

Feng Yanyan blinked innocently as the Prince was glaring at him.

Hey! I don't even know why I'm here so stop being a menace!

The Beauty could only shout in his mind.

He didn't feel good about this little outing. Just look at the siblings and even Madam Lian wearing formal attire. Were they about to meet someone important?

He remembered the man from yesterday. Mojojo or something. That man said something about his boss blah blah blah. Were they supposed to go there now? What he didn't get was why he should be here.

"Let us go." Wangye was already inside the carriage while Feng Yanyan and the Prince were having a staring contest.

Not so far from them, the elegant Madam Lian already mounted her horse, looking amused.

Beauty Feng turned around and rolled his eyes secretly at the Prince. But of course, would Long Xu Le miss that little action of his?

She chose not to comment on it as the mei ren got inside the carriage.

With a few neighs and creaks, the horses started moving. The entourage was grand in Suliang's standards.

One wouldn't often see the King travel like this formally. She would normally travel incognito or on horseback with her fleet. When commoners saw the flag raised high from the large carriage and the escort being Junwang himself, they had to kneel in worship.

As the people were scarce during this hour, it was quiet and one could pick up bits of voices from inside the carriage. Only to discover that it was a male voice?!

Inside the carriage...

"Wangye, aren't I pretty today too?" Beauty Feng was sitting in front of the King.

Long Xu Le had to open an eye when she heard this question.

The vanity of this man knew no bounds. It was like he didn't see that the King was trying to rest.

Feng Yanyan sat straighter as her Highness looked at him. In modern times, this would be called openly checking him out albeit only with one eye open.

From the purple dragonfly bouncing lightly on top of his head to his lightly made up face to his rose hanfu, waist accessories and shoes. Yanyan wanted to ask if she liked what she saw but he might get bonked out of this carriage.

But King Wan Li closed her eyes again as though he didn't ask anything.

She was just thinking how could she not like it? Out of the three sets of clothes and accessories given to Feng Yanyan, this was the set she personally arranged. It wasn't too troublesome.

Her Highness just picked from the tailor's individual paintings of what he offered. There were some things that she ended up liking and included it in the purchase.

It was Eunuch Cheng Li who told the tailor to bundle the things Wangye chose into its own set. Long Xu Le was satisfied.

Feng Yanyan grumbled some unintelligible words before he heard a reply.

"It's pleasing to the eyes."

Her words are always direct without diminishing or adding value for what it's worth. Receiving praise like this was refreshing for Feng Yanyan.

He had been used to people's elongated flatteries. Compliments stated in a factual manner made him speechless. He smiled, his willow-leaf eyes curving.

If Long Xu Le said the real words in her mind, the man would probably be laughing maniacally in his seat. What she didn't say was that the clothes, despite the color, didn't give the impression that he was a weak-willed man. In fact, him sitting upright in front of the bloodthirsty king looked every bit appropriate.

It was proof that him wearing the clothes gave it life instead of the other way around. If given to another person, they would look overly feminine. But Feng Yanyan had the natural sharpness and brightness that made him look enthralling.

Yes, it was good that these words weren't heard by Feng Yanyan's ego.

After a brief silence, her Highness opened her mouth to speak. "You talked with Xiao Hao?"

She remembered the old man visiting him and mentioning something about meeting with Feng Yanyan.

But she was so busy making preparations for this meeting that she didn't get to listen in entirety.

Beauty Feng hummed in reply. There was a smile on his lips. It was Xiao Hao who informed him of Adrina's fate in exchange of telling everything that happened in that room.

He wasn't really planning to hide that fact from the King's right hand man but he didn't mind the added bonus.

It turned out the foreigner was banned from entering the wangfu again and also got fired. That was fine by him.

Leaning forward and propping his chin with his two hands, the concern was masked with his usual laziness. "Well, is Wangye feeling well now?"

"It's fine." There was a small curve on her lips even though her eyes were closed. "This isn't the first time this kind of thing happened and it won't be the last."

Feng Yanyan was disturbed by this statement. Did her Highness have a chronic illness? He wondered if he could ask Madam Lian about this.

Silence reigned the carriage. That was when Long Xu Le realized that he had no idea why he was summoned. And he still wasn't asking. Really a naïve man.

This situation irked the King but she had no choice but to cooperate if she wanted this deal to push through.

Wangye produced a wooden name tag from one of her pockets.

"The Prince will propose."

Feng Yanyan's eyes widened. He didn't expect an explanation directly coming from her. Well, it was because royalties really didn't have any obligation to explain.

He only recalled now that they were reaching that part of the novel. Not that he really remembered what happened at this stage.

It was just that it would be fun to see Zhang Yunlei have a hard time.

Long Xu Le was studying the man's face all along. Her head tilted a bit to the side.

"You seem happy?"

Beauty Feng wiped the smile on his face but couldn't do it completely. "Marriage is a happy occasion. Who wouldn't be happy?"

The King peered through the curtains of the carriage. "Ben dian won't allow the mei ren to participate in the ceremony."

So you can't show off.

That meaning was implied but Feng Yanyan didn't care about the wedding at all. What he wanted to see was not the merry-making. It was the chaos-making.

His eyes twinkled in excitement. He didn't hate Zhang Yunlei but the amount of times he played saint annoyed Feng Yanyan. He just wanted the gossip when the Prince married an official Princess.

If only he knew what else Zhang Yunlei did behind his back...