However, before Shao Qi could start playing, they were greeted by someone who was familiar to them but a stranger to Yue Li.

"So it turns out that Uncle Chen really is on the boat. When we saw the lights on Uncle Chen's boat come on from our family's flower boat, no one thought that Uncle Chen had come on the boat. But we didn't expect that it really was Uncle Chen."

Before he arrived, his voice preceded his arrival; a clear, youthful voice slowly reached everyone's ears.

Immediately afterwards, a handsome young man dressed in a brocade red robe and wearing a red hair crown slowly walked into everyone's view with his servant.

Upon seeing the newcomer, You Yun stepped forward and approached Jin Chenyuan, saying, "The zither that the young master is using was borrowed from the ship of the Prince Xian."

"Hmm." Jin Chenyuan responded softly to You Yun's words, then waved the folding fan in his hand.

Upon seeing this, You Yun immediately retreated to his original position.

Clearly, the boy who arrived on the ship hadn't expected so many people to be there. However, he showed no sign of panic and greeted everyone one by one.

The people on the boat were clearly surprised that Crown Prince Hyun would come to this decorated boat. Although they were surprised, they all returned the greetings.

After everyone exchanged pleasantries, and after Prince Xian, Jin Moyu, bowed to Jin Chenyuan, Jin Chenyuan began to introduce Yue Li, who was sitting next to him: "Moyu, this is the future Princess Consort of Prince Chen, your aunt."

After being introduced by Jin Chenyuan, Jin Moyu immediately bowed to Yue Li and said, "Moyu greets Aunt Wang."

Yue Li: ……

"No need, no need, no need for so much formality. Besides, you look about the same age as me, just call me Yue Li."

Aunt Wang = Aunt Wang.

Yue Li really couldn't accept this title.

Jin Moyu did not follow Yue Li's lead, but instead turned his gaze to Jin Chenyuan. He dared not call out the name of the Princess Consort Chen without permission, not even if she was the future Princess Consort Chen.

Jin Chenyuan did not rush to give Jin Moyu an answer, but instead turned his gaze to Yue Li.

Yue Li: ……

She had no choice but to lean close to Jin Chenyuan's ear and whisper the reason to him. Jin Chenyuan couldn't help but chuckle at the explanation, and under Yue Li's threatening gaze, he squeezed her small hand to indicate that he understood.

After thinking for a moment, he said to Jin Moyu, "Since A-Li doesn't want to be called 'Aunt Wang,' then Moyu will call you 'Aunt Chen' from now on."

As he spoke, he glanced at Yue Li's expression, and after Yue Li nodded slightly in agreement, he turned to look at Jin Moyu.

"Ah Li," Jin Moyu silently savored the two words in his heart, but obediently replied, "Yes, Uncle Chen, Aunt Chen."

“Since you’re here, let’s find a place to sit. Youyun borrowed your zither tonight because Shaoqi wanted to play a piece. Now that you’re here, you can listen to it,” Jin Chenyuan said.

"Yes, thank you, Uncle Prince Chen."

Then Jin Moyu found a seat that was neither too close nor too far from Yue Li and the others. This seat was just to the side and slightly in front of Yue Li, so that Yue Li could see him as long as she looked forward and tilted her head slightly.

After everyone was settled, Shaoqi placed his hands on the strings and began to gently strum them. As Shaoqi's fingers moved, a beautiful and cheerful sound came from the strings.

Although Yue Li didn't know what piece Shao Qi was playing, she could tell that Shao Qi's piano skills were indeed quite good, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to draw everyone's emotions into the music.

Jin Moyu sat to the side in front of Yue Li, fanning himself with a folding fan. He seemed to be looking in Shao Qi's direction, but he was actually observing Yue Li's every move out of the corner of his eye.

Jin Moyu, 16 years old, is a member of the royal family. According to seniority, he is of the same generation as the current emperor.

His appearance was among the best in the royal family, but his looks, his demeanor, and the red clothes he wore gave him an air of evil.

This is completely different from Jin Chenyuan. If Jin Chenyuan is aloof and otherworldly, then Jin Moyu has a wicked aura that leads people to depravity.

However, Jin Moyu was still young at this time, and his whole being exuded a youthful vigor.

Actually, this wasn't the first time he had seen Yue Li. The last time he saw her, she was dressed in men's clothing.

It was the night before last. He was having a small gathering with friends at a restaurant. He was standing by the window on the second floor when he saw Yue Li, as if she were drunk, throw herself into Prince Chen's arms.

Honestly, if it weren't for Prince Chen's appearance, he wouldn't have noticed Yue Li at the time, since there were just too many people on the long street in front of the restaurant.

But with Prince Chen around, he noticed Yue Li. It was the first time he had ever seen Prince Chen be so patient and so careful with someone.

Of course, because there was some distance between them, he only saw that Yue Li was dressed in men's clothing and did not realize that she was a woman disguised as a man.

He was quite surprised at the time, after all, Prince Chen had not married for so many years, and for a while everyone was saying that Prince Chen liked men, but there was no evidence.

I never expected that he would accidentally see me today.

However, after returning to the palace, he told his father about the matter, but his father told him about the fact that when Prince Chen returned to the capital this time, he was accompanied by a woman disguised as a man.

He then realized he had misunderstood.

Ever since that incident, he had been wanting to know what the young lady whom Prince Chen cared about looked like.

So when his servant told him that You Yun, a servant of Prince Chen, had come to their pleasure boat to borrow a zither, he took this opportunity to come here.

Fortunately, he met this legendary woman, and unexpectedly, his uncle, Prince Chen, directly asked him to call her "Auntie Wang."

However, glancing at his future aunt's every smile and gesture out of the corner of his eye, Jin Moyu had to admit that his uncle, Prince Chen, had excellent taste.

"Li Bao, what are you looking at?" Jin Chenyuan asked in a somewhat deep voice.

"Huh? Nothing."

Yue Li glanced at the person beside her. She couldn't very well tell Jin Chenyuan that she always felt his nephew was spying on her, but his nephew was clearly looking at Shao Qi the whole time. If she said that, it would make her seem like she was just being presumptuous.

She always felt that Jin Moyu was looking at her, so she kept looking in Jin Moyu's direction, which made it seem as if Yue Li was always looking at Jin Moyu.

Yes, that's exactly what Jin Chenyuan felt at that moment.

Jin Chenyuan glanced at Jin Moyu, who was sitting to their side, and then at Yue Li, who was no longer looking in that direction because of his words.

He gritted his teeth. He really wanted to take Yue Li home and give her a good beating so she wouldn't have the mind to look at other men.

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