A short night is hard to please! A stunningly handsome prince dotes on her exclusively.

"boom!"

With a wave of his hand, the door in the distance was suddenly closed by his internal force, leaving only the three of them in the room.

Upon hearing this cold and chilling voice, and seeing his expressionless face, Xin Moyan dared not meet his eyes. She licked her lips and said ingratiatingly, "Your Highness, a three-year-old child is ignorant. Please forgive him!"

"He doesn't understand the rules, and neither do you?"

What does this mean? I think I'm quite sensible and polite!

The rules... Her eyes lit up, and she understood.

"Hehe~ Prince Xuan!" Xin Moyan chuckled, a sly glint in her eyes. "Just now, we two were ignorant of etiquette and mistakenly entered your room. You were kind enough to let Xiaobao go. I understand the rules. However, none of my companions happen to be here right now. Please wait until I return, and I will definitely send someone to your residence to express my gratitude."

Seeing her beaming smile and flattering tone, which did not offend anyone, Yuan Huaixuan's gaze softened slightly, but his voice remained aloof and cold.

"A token of my feelings? How should I express them?"

"what?"

She suddenly remembered that the thousand taels she had spent last time, apart from buying a jade pendant for her brother, seemed to have been given to the Prince Xuan in front of her. Could it be that the thousand taels she had just swindled from Prince Ze yesterday was going to be given away again?

"One...one hundred taels of silver?"

Xin Moyan asked tentatively, "This prince doesn't seem like a stingy person. He probably doesn't really want it, right? I was planning to use this thousand taels to buy goods!"

Who are you trying to fool?

What...what?! He really wants to?!

"Two hundred taels?"

Xin Moyan held up two fingers and waved them in front of him. How could such a handsome man haggle over a price?

"..."

For a long time... no words were spoken.

Yuan Huaixuan simply looked at her calmly. Lou Xiaobao was placed on the couch beside him, and he sat down as well. Xin Moyan stood in front of them holding up two fingers.

Seeing that he remained silent for a long time with a calm expression, only pressing his large hand on Lou Xiaobao's small shoulder to prevent him from getting down, Xin Moyan gritted her teeth and loosened her remaining three fingers.

"Then...five hundred taels?"

Yuan Huaixuan stared at her pained expression, a fleeting smile crossing his eyes, and then said, "Is money all you can do to solve this?"

"Otherwise what? Could it be... that Your Highness knows that His Majesty rewarded me with ten thousand taels of gold that day, and is eyeing that money?"

"..."

After Xin Moyan finished speaking, she finally realized what was going on and looked at the cold man in front of her in disbelief. This was her retirement fund!

"I do not need money."

"Then what do you want?"

"Besides money, what else do you have?"

"I have nothing but money."

She answered Yuan Huaixuan's question without hesitation, and then raised a kind and honest smile. As the saying goes, problems that can be solved with money are not problems at all!

"Mother~"

Lou Xiaobao struggled a couple of times, but the man beside him still wouldn't let him get down. He pouted and blinked, about to shed a little pearl.

"Little Bao, be good, wait for your sister to take you away!" After saying that, she looked into Yuan Huaixuan's eyes and said cautiously, "Your Highness, just tell me what you want. As long as I can do it, and besides, I only bothered you for a moment, you won't make things difficult for us orphans and widows, will you?"

"I'll let you go, but you have to promise me one thing."

"Your Majesty, please speak."

"At three-quarters past midnight tonight, go to No. 7, Lane 4, Xirong Street. There is a house there. Go there and wait for me."

"what?"

Midnight? Waiting for him?

This...this...could he have some ulterior motive?

Seeing her eyes darting around and giving him that look, Yuan Huaixuan reached out and flicked her head.

"Ah! Why did you hit me?"

"Giggle giggle~~~"

Seeing her covering her head, her face full of anger, Lou Xiaobao burst out laughing instantly.

Are you afraid I'll take advantage of you?

"Isn't that so? In the dead of night, a man and a woman alone, if Your Highness were a dignified person, you would never say such a thing."

"...Are you saying I'm not a gentleman?"

Xin Moyan thought to herself: I didn't say that, you said it yourself. Besides, let alone in ancient times with its feudal ethics, even in modern times, she has never gone out alone with other boys in the middle of the night.

"Your Highness, let's cut to the chase! Name your price. I won't be coming out tonight, and my brother won't let me leave either."

She waved to Yuan Huaixuan. Her legs were sore from standing for so long, so she pulled over a chair and sat down, keeping herself at the same level as him, but without looking at his face.

Yuan Huaixuan's eyes trembled slightly. Wasn't she poised and elegant in the palace that day, speaking with proper manners? Why didn't she act so shamelessly?

"I have something to ask you."

"Say it now if you have something to say. There's a curfew at the General's residence, and I don't know the way."

Xin Moyan simply gave up. She didn't expect this Prince Xuan to be so difficult to deal with and to have such ulterior motives, even though he was quite handsome!

"Xin Moyan".

This was the second time Xin Moyan had heard him call her name. The first time was when she went to the palace to annul the engagement, and her question resurfaced in her mind.

"Wait a minute, Your Highness, may I ask you a question?"

"explain."

"Has Your Highness seen me before? Why did you call out my name the moment you saw me in the palace that day?"

Taking advantage of his momentary distraction, Lou Xiaobao hurriedly jumped to the ground and skipped off to find Xin Moyan.

"Want to know?"

"Ah."

"Come to me tonight, and I will tell you."

"..."

Xin Moyan sighed deeply. Why was he so persistent?

"Your Highness may not know, but my elder brother is very strict and never allows me to go out alone, let alone in the middle of the night. If I were to go out without permission, my brother would surely break my legs."

"Isn't your brother... not at home?"

"how do you know?"

Yuan Huaixuan didn't respond to her. He simply stood up, walked up to her, and stared down at her face.

Xin Moyan felt uneasy under his gaze, but with him blocking her way and the child beside her clinging tightly to her, it was impossible for her to escape.

"Xin Moyan".

"what?"

Xin Moyan subconsciously looked up. His gaze was slightly cool, his eyes were deep and bright, his nose was straight and high, and further down... was a perfect, impeccable chin and thin lips. Her heart suddenly skipped a beat, and she was a little unsure.

He clearly saw his own reflection in her beautiful eyes, but Xin Moyan's brows were furrowed, and her gaze seemed to hold some doubt and inquiry.

"Fine, if you don't want to go, then go!"

"Your Highness, are you saying you're willing to let us leave?"

"Well, but..."

He paused for a moment, then grabbed her wrist with lightning speed and pulled her sharply.

"Consider this your apology."

Yuan Huaixuan suddenly held a red string in her hand; it was the same bracelet she and Buyu had bought on the day they went to see the lanterns…