Xuan Xiaowu hunched in the doorway, peeking inside. "Ugh, why did His Highness confess without consulting me? Now that he's confessed, how is Fifth Miss supposed to have a sham marriage with him?!"
"He looks clever, but he's actually stupid as can be. Once Fifth Miss rejects him, let's see how he cries!"
Wang Defa said, "What do you know? His Highness the Crown Prince should be this direct. If he keeps beating around the bush with Fifth Miss, he'll be a bachelor all his life!"
Commandery Princess Jiarou said, "My husband is right."
"Uncle is not right at all," Xuan Xiaowu said. "Auntie Jia Rou, are you getting love-brain again?! Have Nan Nan cure you!"
Commandery Princess Jiarou grabbed him by the neck. "Keep quiet!"
Jian Ruonan had no time to cure anyone's love-brain. She was still immersed in the juicy gossip from six years ago, and Dantai Mo's sudden confession left her rather bewildered.
Jian Ruonan looked up at him. "Wait. Weren't we just discussing Concubine Lü and the Thousand-Household Commander? How did..."
Did the melodrama channel suddenly switch to the pure romance channel?
It really had caught her completely off guard.
Seeing how serious he looked, Jian Ruonan couldn't help frowning. "Your Highness, weren't we discussing a sham marriage?"
Why are you making it sound real?
"You know I can't endure the hardships of marriage! And I'm even less capable of enduring the hardships of being crown princess!"
She lifted her teacup and took a sip, ready to show him out.
Although Xuan Xiaowu had told her countless times that the Fourth Prince was in love with her, he was such a habitual liar that he had no credibility whatsoever. Jian Ruonan had never once taken him seriously.
But hearing those words from Dantai Mo's own