Time travel is risky, and love requires caution

On the day of the dinner, A'ran took Pei Chufeng to the Sixth Prince's mansion early in the morning. The Sixth Prince greeted the guests politely at the door, and then took the two guests directly to the backyard.

When we arrived at the backyard, we saw that the seventh princess had arrived earlier than anyone else. She was busy lighting a fire in a strange long oven.

A'ran had been to the Sixth Prince's Mansion quite often with Ling Qiqi in the past few days, and had become much more familiar with Lu Cheng. She nodded at Lu Cheng and ran to Ling Qiqi to help make a fire.

Pei Chufeng wanted to stop A'ran, but he felt that it was not appropriate to leave the Seventh Princess alone, so he said nothing more and followed the Sixth Prince to the pavilion nearby to sit down and drink tea.

But Pei Chufeng kept looking at Ling Qiqi and A'ran. He didn't understand why they didn't let the servants do such a dirty and tiring job. He saw the Seventh Princess fanning herself with a large cattail leaf fan while letting A'ran continue to add charcoal to the stove with a tong, which made them cough.

Pei Chufeng saw that the Sixth Prince was drinking tea calmly and had no intention of asking for help, so he couldn't help but ask:

"Sixth Prince, should we go over and help? It's not appropriate to let these two girls light a fire."

"You don't know the Seventh Princess. She may not be happy for you to help her. If you don't believe me, you can go over and try."

Pei Chufeng looked at the Sixth Prince. His expression was very sincere and did not sound polite or joking, so he was very conflicted about whether or not to go over.

Ling Qiqi was fanning the flames even harder, and thick smoke was swirling towards the pavilion. Lu Cheng and Pei Chufeng were choking and coughing. They couldn't see what Ling Qiqi and the others were doing in the smoke. Pei Chufeng was really worried, so he said hello to Lu Cheng and hurried against the smoke to help.

"Seventh Princess, do you need help? Or you and A'ran can go and rest aside and leave it to the servants. Don't hurt yourself." Pei Chufeng asked tentatively in the smoke.

Ling Qiqi looked up from her busy schedule and saw that it was the Third Prince. She said to him enthusiastically, "No, no, we can do it ourselves. Third Prince, just take a rest. The fire will be ready soon."

This was the first time that the Third Prince saw the Seventh Princess's appearance clearly. Although he had seen her in Guanghe Hall before, the light in the hall was not as clear as it is in the sunlight now. The Seventh Princess's appearance today was different from that on the night of the state banquet. It could be said that she was like two different people.

Pei Chufeng stood there blankly, watching the busy figure of the Seventh Princess. Now he finally understood why A'ran said that the Seventh Princess was the most beautiful among the princesses of Beiwei. Especially the Seventh Princess' eyes, big, black, round, shining, as if there was a magic, captivating. Just looking into her eyes for a moment, he felt his heartbeat speed up. If it lasted longer, he would probably fall in love with those eyes.

Seeing Pei Chufeng standing there in a daze, staring at the Seventh Princess, A'ran walked over and patted him. Seeing that he had come to his senses, he leaned over and asked in a low voice:

"I'm not lying, am I? Is the Seventh Princess a beauty?"

Pei Chufeng felt a little embarrassed for his previous loss of composure and ignored A'ran's words. It was too awkward to stay here, so he turned around and went back to the pavilion.

Seeing Pei Chufeng coming back with an embarrassed look on his face, Lu Cheng comforted him:

"The Third Prince, just let them have their fun. The Seventh Princess has always had a special liking for barbecue. To her, the taste of the barbecue is secondary. She likes making a fire the most. She said that the fun of barbecue is not in eating but in grilling, and the fun of grilling is in fanning the fire at the beginning. It will be difficult for you to snatch her favorite things."

Pei Chufeng nodded without saying anything. He drank his tea quietly while looking in the direction of the Seventh Princess intentionally or unintentionally.

After a while, Marquis Beiyi arrived. After greeting the Sixth Prince and Pei Chufeng, he sat down to drink tea without any intention of helping the Seventh Princess.

Pei Chufeng couldn't help but laugh secretly: It seems that these two people are very familiar with the Seventh Princess. I was just surprised just now.

I only heard Bei Yihou ask the Sixth Prince:

"Is the wine ready?"

"It's ready. Just in case, I had people add water to each wine jar."

"So what shall we drink?"

"Let's just make do with this. We'll have another date for drinking. If the Seventh Princess gets drunk, none of us will have an easy life."

Bei Yihou nodded: "That's right."

Pei Chufeng listened to the conversation between the two and found it funny. He said:

"Ah'ran told me before that the Seventh Princess has a low alcohol tolerance, and it seems to be true."

"Not only does he have a poor alcohol tolerance, he's also a heavy drinker." Bei Yihou said.

"And he has poor drinking behavior. He gets drunk and acts crazy." The Sixth Prince added.

Pei Chufeng was amused by the two of them and thought that these people were quite interesting.

Bei Yihou and Pei Chufeng said mysteriously:

"I advise you to keep the little princess away from the seventh princess, and don't let the seventh princess lead the little princess astray."

Pei Chufeng was puzzled and said:

"I noticed that A'ran and the Seventh Princess have similar personalities and they have had a lot of fun playing together these past few days."

"Then did you know that they both dressed up as men and went to brothels and casinos?"

"What?!" Pei Chufeng was so shocked by Bei Yihou's words that he stood up on the spot.

"Sit down first and don't get excited. It's all in the past." Bei Yihou advised.

"When did it happen?" Pei Chufeng asked impatiently after sitting down.

"Just two days ago, the Seventh Princess's guards came to the Sixth Prince for help, saying that the Seventh Princess and the Little Princess had gone to a brothel and were going to the casino, and they couldn't stop them. Later, the Sixth Prince called me, and we secretly went to the casino to bring them back."

"What did they say when they came back?"

"I told you that the Sixth Prince and I delayed them from winning money. Isn't that infuriating?"

Pei Chufeng didn't know what to say for a long time. A'ran had always been spoiled by his brothers and was sometimes too naughty, but now compared with the Seventh Princess's audacity, he could be considered well-behaved.

"Seventh Princess, has she always been so...eccentric?" Pei Chufeng asked hesitantly.

"Third Prince, there's no need to be so tactful. She is not eccentric at all. She is just a heretic and does what she wants," Lu Cheng corrected.

"She's not always like this, it happens from time to time. You just can't tell when she's doing good and when she's not. But you just have to get used to it. I'm used to it now." Bei Yihou said with the attitude of a person who has experienced it.

"The Northern Emperor just lets the Seventh Princess be like this...?" Pei Chufeng asked.

"The Northern Emperor has no idea that the Seventh Princess was in disguise when she did these illegal things, so outsiders could not recognize her. The guards around her were all bribed by her. She said that if anyone dared to report her actions outside the palace to the Northern Emperor, she would tell them who instigated them. So no one dared to report to the Northern Emperor." Beiyi Hou explained.

"I heard that among all the princesses, only the seventh princess can leave the palace." Pei Chufeng asked.

"Yes, the Northern Emperor gave special permission." Bei Yihou replied.

"It seems that the Northern Emperor loves the Seventh Princess very much." Pei Chufeng said.

"Not entirely. The fifth princess wanted to leave the palace, but the queen wouldn't allow it. The other princesses were not as brave as the seventh princess." said Beiyi Hou.

"The Seventh Princess is indeed more courageous than ordinary princesses, as evidenced by her performance at the state banquet," said Pei Chufeng.

"After this, the Sixth Prince has returned to Ximo. I'm afraid no one can do anything to the Seventh Princess. Alas~" Beiyi Hou couldn't help but sigh.

The three of them stopped talking and looked in the direction of the Seventh Princess, each thinking about something.