The scheming empress starts by conquering men

He looked at the clothes Zhong Moyao was wearing. They were no less than him, and his hands were warm. Yet, he was holding the hot dustpan, and his hands were so cold.

"Take your hand back quickly and warm it up with the hot dustpan."

Zhong Moyao smiled and withdrew his hand, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Maybe it's because it's so cold today. My hands and feet are much colder than usual."

"Are you feeling unwell?" The four attendants asked, and before he could say anything, they asked, "Have you consulted a witch doctor?"

Zhong Moyao lowered his head and chuckled; "Brother-in-law, don't worry, I'm not sick. I know my own body. It's just that my hands and feet are a little cold, it's okay."

As he spoke, he raised the hot dustpan in his hand and joked.

"You see, His Highness felt that my hands were cold, and he wanted me to stay away from the hot pot."

The fourth attendant was stubborn and said, "You should find a witch doctor to check it out. Only after the witch doctor has checked it can you feel relieved."

Seeing how persistent he was, Zhong Moyao nodded in agreement.

"Okay, I'll call a witch doctor later."

Yan Le came back soon with chrysanthemum tea.

Chi Haoyu didn't say anything, and Zhong Moyao didn't want to ignore him.

He placed the big bag of chrysanthemum tea next to the Four Gentlemen and asked Yan Le to give the small bag of chrysanthemum tea to Chi Haoyu.

"Mr. Chi, I see that you also seem to like chrysanthemum tea, so this pack of chrysanthemum tea is for you."

Although Chi Haoyu is an unmarried young man, according to his status, as the husband of the Sixth Emperor's daughter, there is no need for him to deliberately establish a relationship with him, but after all, he is someone brought by the Seventh Sister, so it won't hurt to treat him with some courtesy.

Chi Haoyu drank tea while his eyes fell on Shaodian Ziqing, and he didn't pay attention to Zhong Moyao's words.

Zhong Moyao observed him and followed his gaze to look at the Seventh Princess.

A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he understood.

Could it be that Chi Haoyu likes Seventh Sister?

"Mr. Chi?"

Zhong Moyao shouted again.

The four attendants frowned slightly, feeling strange, and turned to look at Chi Haoyu beside them.

Naturally, he also noticed Chi Haoyu's gaze, and he turned around to look at Zhong Moyao in surprise.

"He is..."

Zhong Moyao nodded secretly and gave a look, everything was said without words.

The two gentlemen smiled at each other and shook their heads.

Zhong Moyao gave Yan Le a look, and Yan Le understood and walked to stand in front of Chi Haoyu.

"Master Chi, my servant is calling you."

As Yan Le blocked his view, Chi Haoyu, who was staring in a trance, immediately retracted his expression.

"what?"

His face suddenly turned red and he quickly turned his head in panic to look at Zhong Moyao.

"What, Sixth Gentleman, you called me?"

The fourth and sixth attendants were looking at him with interest, and some were even glancing towards the Seventh Prince.

Even though Chi Haoyu was stupid, he knew that his little thoughts had been discovered by the two royal servants.

He bit his lip, his fair skin turned red, embarrassed and shy.

He didn't know what to say to make them not misunderstand him. It was so embarrassing.

Zhong Moyao smiled and helped him out; "Seventh sister can bring you to my Sixth Princess's residence, which means we are family. Don't be nervous. I see that you like to drink chrysanthemum tea, so I will give you some."

He didn't say Chi Haoyu was shy, but rather that he was nervous, and then changed the subject.

Chi Haoyu looked at Zhong Moyao gratefully and took the chrysanthemum tea.

"Thank you, Six Gentlemen."

Before Zhong Moyao could say anything, the four attendants looked at Shaodian Ziqing who was approaching and joked with a smile, "Young Master Chi will be our brother from now on, so it would be awkward to thank you."

With a burst of laughter, Chi Haoyu's face turned red again.

Especially when he heard the word "later", his heart beat faster.

He lowered his head, turned his back to Shaodian Ziqing, and blurted out.

"Don't joke, my Four Gentlemen. The prince...she has a man she likes, she is not a subject."

His brain short-circuited for a moment. How could he say such a thing?

Who the Seventh Prince likes is none of his business. Isn't he just trying to cover up the truth?

Zhong Moyao quickly covered his mouth with a silk handkerchief, his eyes full of smiles, which he couldn't suppress at the corners of his mouth.

He is worthy of being the fourth brother-in-law.

"How come the king doesn't know that I have a man I like?"

Chi Haoyu was suddenly startled, and when he turned around he saw that the prince had been standing behind him without him noticing.

His heart was beating like a drum, and he quickly stood up and saluted; "Your Majesty."

Because Shaodian Ziqing was conferred the title of King of Zhenbei, most people called her "Prince" instead of "Seventh Prince".

Shaodian Ziqing wanted to ask something, but she felt that her fourth brother-in-law and sixth brother-in-law were here, so there were some things she couldn't ask.

For a moment, he was hesitant to speak.

"Oh, the seventh sister is here?"

The four attendants smiled and stood up, rubbing their hands.

"My hands are a little cold, I need to move them around. It just so happens that I also want to play pitch pot." He turned around and looked at Zhong Moyao; "Sixth brother-in-law, shall we have a competition?"

Zhong Moyao understood what the four attendants meant and stood up immediately.

"Indeed, I want to play pot tossing too, brother-in-law, is there any stakes for winning or losing?"

He walked forward, held the hands of the four attendants, and the two of them walked towards the game of tossing pots while chatting.

"Bet, you have nothing good to offer, it's just pitching pots, why add a bet?"

"It would be so boring if we didn't gamble. We have to gamble."

"Okay, okay, I'll do whatever you say. Let's gamble."

The two people's voices gradually faded away, and Yan Xi and Yan Le also followed behind Zhong Moyao.

Shaodian Ziqing and Chi Haoyu were the only ones left drinking tea.

Shaodian Ziqing took a step closer and asked him, "When did I fall in love with a man? How come I didn't know?"

Everyone in the noble families of Bian Jing knew that the prince liked Yin Ziyu, the son of the former Chief Censor, otherwise he would not have accepted Yin Ziyu's sachet on the day she and the Second Prince returned to the capital.

He saw this with his own eyes.

Chi Haoyu took a step back, lowered his head, and said nothing, but his eyes were looking at the Fourth Emperor's wife and the Sixth Emperor's wife in the distance.

I was thinking about how to join the game of tossing pots and leave the prince.

If the news of him being alone with the prince like this were spread by someone with ulterior motives, it would not matter if he was slandered, but it would definitely bring bad reputation to the prince.

This was not the situation he wanted to see.

Shaodian Ziqing saw that he didn't say anything, and his eyes were still vaguely looking towards his sixth sister.

His heart hesitated a little before he blurted out.

"Do you like Sixth Sister?"

what?

Chi Haoyu withdrew his gaze in astonishment and looked at Shaodian Ziqing, asking as if he didn't understand.

"what?"

The prince said he likes the Sixth Prince?

"I noticed that you have been looking at Sixth Sister."

Chi Haoyu shook his head quickly; "No, I don't like the Sixth Prince, I just..."

I envy the way the Sixth Prince gets along with his six attendants.

"Then why do you keep looking at Sixth Sister?" Shaodian Ziqing thought, narrowing his eyes; "Could it be that you want to marry into the royal family and think that my Sixth Sister is powerful, so you covet my Sixth Sister?"

He originally didn't want to say this, but for some reason, he was angry and said it without thinking.

After saying that, she added, "Sixth sister doesn't like you, so you must not have any desire for Sixth sister."

Chi Haoyu stared in amazement at Shaodian Ziqing, the King of Zhenbei, the woman he had always admired.

Why do you miss him so much and say such heart-wrenching words to him?

When had he ever thought of the Sixth Prince?

Chi Haoyu's face was filled with shame and anger, and there was a mist in his eyes. The more aggrieved he felt, the more tears appeared in his eyes, until they burst out.

Shaodian Ziqing observed the grievance in his eyes and his silent tears, and clenched his fists in pain.

It seems that she guessed it right, she does have feelings for Sixth Sister.

"Sixth sister's favorite person is my sixth brother-in-law. No matter whether you like Sixth sister or not, it is destined to be fruitless."

She analyzed the situation rationally for him, hoping that he would give up when faced with difficulties.