"You don't have to avoid suspicion-"

"It's not to avoid suspicion." Chu Fengyuan was intercepted before he finished speaking. Chu Xiangtian looked helpless, "Even if he wanted to avoid suspicion, I wouldn't use such a stupid method."

Chu Fengyuan opened his mouth and before he could speak, he heard him say again: "Although I found many excuses to swear my mother a few years ago, this time it's true."

When talking about the person you like, Chu Xiangtian's expression was unconsciously soft, "I really found the person I like."

Chu Fengyuan was still a little hesitant and didn't want him to force himself, "I have never heard of you like men before."

"Then you have never seen me like women," Chu Xiangtian spread his hands, tsk, and even looked a little proud. "When I bring people back to Qingyang, you will know how popular he is after seeing it."

He was not ashamed at all when he said this, and he was vaguely proud.

Chu Fengyuan laughed silently, and finally believed his appearance and stopped circling around here. "I heard from my mother that you are not celebrating the New Year in Qingyang this year?"

"Yeah," he took a sip of wine slowly. He looked south, with a smile on his eyes, "I've agreed to him that he's going back to celebrate his birthday."

Chu Fengyuan: “…”

Perhaps it was hard to describe his expression. Chu Xiangtian punched his shoulder lightly, "I have been in Qingyang for many New Years, but my wife has finally been found. I am still rushing to propose marriage, so it's not difficult to delay."

Chu Fengyuan: "..." OK.

He had nothing to say about his brother's behavior, and he could only say after a while: "Since he was going to propose marriage, he should not be missed. But he is a man after all, and it is not easy to treat him with the courtesy of a princess. I think it would be better to be a marquis. If you ask the royal family to testify for marriage, you will not be wronged."

"No need to be so troublesome." Chu Xiangtian was unhappy. If he followed the royal family's plan, he would have to wait until the year of the Monkey and Horse Month to get the person back: "Anyway, both of them are men, and there is no saying of marriage. I'll clean up and live directly at the Fu family."

Chu Fengyuan: “…………”

After holding it in for a while, he still couldn't hold it in his arms and said angrily: "You are a prince after all, and you can deliver it to your door by yourself. What kind of discipline is this?"

But Chu Xiangtian never took these etiquette rules seriously, but when he saw the appearance of the emperor, he still compromised a little. "I took the Marquis for him, but it's okay for the royal family to testify for marriage. Besides, I'm going to propose marriage this time, so I'll talk about these red tapes when I return to Qingyang."

Chu Fengyuan stared at his impatient appearance, and finally believed that his younger brother, who had never had any rules, was really defeated.

The two brothers drank in the middle of the night, worried that they would have to go to the morning court tomorrow. Chu Xiangtian generals, who was still eager to continue drinking, rushed back and returned to the bedroom alone.

After the court was in court the next day, the emperor's reward and the accompanying palace servants arrived. Chu Xiangtian despised them for a long time. It was really time-consuming and laborious. He was in a hurry to leave and was unwilling to bring them with him. However, the emperor's rewards had to accept them, so he had to let these palace servants pack up the things as soon as possible and not waste his time.

In addition, he went to the Zhou family again.

When he came back, Zhou Chuanqing said he had to go back with him, but after a few days, he had not seen any movement. Chu Xiangtian simply went to the Zhou family to check it out in person.

The Zhou family has been making a lot of noise these days. First, the eldest young master who has not seen anyone for a long time suddenly came back. Then he said he wanted to prepare a matchmaker's betrothal gift to propose marriage. The family who proposed marriage was the Fu family, who had never heard of it in the south. The parents of the Zhou family carefully asked about the lady's family background and character. Zhou Chuan praised the people in the sky and the earth, and praised them as if they were descending to earth.

The Zhou family's parents suddenly became even more panicked, wondering if their son was infected.

I talked about marriage before, but no one family looked down on me. Now I suddenly came back and said that I had someone I like and praised him like a flower. The Zhou family's parents secretly wondered if their son was fascinated by the vixen outside.

After all, the ladies of aristocratic families in Qingyang City are first-class in terms of appearance and temperament. It is hard for them to believe that people from small places in the south can compare with the ladies of aristocratic families in Qingyang.

So Zhou Chuanqing has been busy preparing the betrothal gift these days. The Zhou family’s parents followed him openly, but in fact they were thinking about how to stop the person.

When Chu Xiangtian came over, Zhou's parents saw the savior. They came back from Nanming County together. Maybe Chu Xiangtian could know something about this.

Zhou's father came forward and greeted him with great care, "The prince is here to find Chuanqing?"

Chu Xiangtian asked ok, looking for Zhou Chuanqing around, "Is Chuanqing not in the mansion?"

"Afterward, I'll ask someone to call him."

Zhou's father smiled and pulled the person aside, and asked tentatively: "I heard that Chuanqing was you who came back together?"

Chu Xiangtian raised his eyebrows slightly, then he felt something was wrong and replied: "Yes."

Zhou's father put his hands in his sleeve and continued to ask, "Do you know which lady he likes? This time I asked my mother to prepare a matchmaker's betrothal gift and said that he would go to Nanming County to propose marriage..."

It turned out that he was asking for information... Chu Xiangtian secretly tickled, thinking that Zhou Chuanqing was really useless and couldn't even handle the family, so he had to help.

"That's right, he's going with me." Chu Xiangtian said with a smile.

Zhou's father was even more surprised, "You want to go there..."

"Proposal of marriage." Chu Xiangtian said with a smile: "I will also go to the Fu family to propose marriage."

Zhou’s father: “…”

His face froze and he smiled dryly: "Your Majesty, don't joke with Weichen..."

Chu Xiangtian finally found his conscience and said seriously: "What am I lying to you? Chuanqing likes Miss Fu, but I like the young master of the Fu family." He said with a smile and patted Zhou's father on the shoulder, "That's how I count it, Chuanqing and I will still be brother-in-law in the future."

"Besides..." He leaned closer and whispered: "The imperial edict for reward has been issued. Miss Fu's family will be the eldest lady of the Hou family in the future. Your marriage will be a good result."

Zhou’s father: “…”

His face became even stiffer, and he was even more suspicious if the Fu brothers had gupped the two of them. Otherwise, he would have gone to the south for a long time, and when he came back, he would have changed his sex and couldn't wait to get married.

Seeing that he stopped talking, Chu Xiangtian said again: "Don't worry, Mr. Zhou, even regardless of family background, Miss Fu's family is talented and beautiful, and she must be worthy of Chuanqing."

The smile on Zhou's father's face couldn't be stopped, and he thought to himself, "Don't worry, even if you haven't seen anyone before?"

The two of them said that Zhou Chuanqing had come from behind. He was busy these days and wanted to pass everything himself. Even Mrs. Zhou said that he was useless.

Chu Xiangtian was not as troubled as him, so he asked him when he would leave.

Zhou Chuanqing said: "The betrothal gift has not been arranged yet, and it will take two or three days no matter what.

Chu Xiangtian was impatient. He originally wanted to leave first because of this, but suddenly he remembered that he wanted to propose marriage with him. His dignified prince could not be compared, so he immediately became alert, "What have you prepared?"

Zhou Chuanqing took him to the yard to see. The Zhou family's originally empty front yard was densely packed with boxes and cages. At first glance, he could hardly count them. Chu Xiangtian had a headache, "How much time would it take to transport these things?"

"Etiquette is indispensable." Zhou Chuanqing said: "I would rather walk slowly than let Shu be wronged...Ms. Fu." He originally wanted to call his name, but suddenly he realized that it was inappropriate and changed his mouth in time.

Chu Xiangtian thought about it and felt that what he said made sense, so he walked around and went back with a deep look on his face.

*******

After the winter solstice, the winter month has passed halfway and the New Year is getting closer and closer. Fu Tian has been busy counting the accounts for the past few days. Although the account has been verified, he still has to read it himself. After counting the books of all sizes, he should give the managers the silver reward.

It was already evening when Fu Tian went back. It was dark early in winter and it became dark early. The lanterns in the yard were lit up, emitting a warm yellow light.

I heard that he was back, and Fu Youqin came over with the stewed chicken soup. Fu Tian has been busy outside these days, so he has not come back to have dinner on time.

“How long will it take to finish the shop?”

"It's almost done." Fu Tian took a sip of the hot chicken soup, narrowed his eyes with pleasure, "It's okay when you give the silver hair."

Fu Youqin responded softly, "I have prepared the New Year gifts, so let Fu Ji send them one by one at that time."

Fu Tian nodded and turned around and was about to talk to her, but found a touch of sorrow between her eyebrows.

"What happened to the family?" Fu Tian recalled. The family seemed to be quite peaceful recently.

Fu Youqin paused and sighed a long time ago, "It's not for your sister's business."

The couple of families who took the initiative to come to the door to talk about their marriage, but the matchmakers came to the door one after another two days and tactfully brought over the previous proposal. Then they heard that one of them had booked a lady from another.

Although it was not stated explicitly, the last incident was somewhat considered a "stain" in the eyes of the wealthy people.

Although Fu Shuyue was not in a hurry, she was always worried that her daughter would not find a good home.

Fu Tian frowned and comforted: "If you believe the rumors, you are not worthy of your sister."

Fu Youqin also understood that as a mother, she couldn't help but worry.

He patted her hand gently, and Fu Tian said, "I can't even get anxious about this matter. I always want my sister to like it too. Didn't those sisters not even want to watch it last time?"

Fu Youqin hesitated, and Fu Tian quickly coaxed her out, "This matter is not urgent. It's getting late, so why not go back and rest earlier."

...

The rest of November was busy, and by the time Fu Tian finally got free, it was already December.

The atmosphere of the New Year Festival in the streets and alleys has become richer, and the people are all happy. Fu Tian takes Dai Fu out to buy pine nut candy.

It was the one that Chu Xiangtian bought for him before. After eating what he had bought before, he rushed the store to buy more before closing the store.

The pine nut candy was filled with a strong sweet fragrance. Fu Tian held a bag of oil paper in his arms and picked up a round candy and put it into his mouth. The pine nut candy was pushed around with his tongue twice. He silently calculated how many days would it be before Chu Xiangtian would come back.

A sudden sound of horse hooves came from the slightly empty street. The pedestrians on the road hid on both sides, and only Fu Tian, ​​who was facing his back, was thinking about the matter in his mind, but he had not noticed it yet.

Chu Xiangtian, who had left the team and rushed back, hurriedly pinned the reins and his eyes fixed on his familiar back.
Chapter completed!