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Chu Hongwei asked, "Zhao'er, how is your relationship with the Twelfth Princess?"

"Very good." Chu Zhiyuan nodded.

Chu Hongwei smiled. "That is good."

Chu Zhiyuan frowned at him, studying his strikingly handsome face. "Why is Ninth Uncle concerned about my relationship with the Princess?"

Chu Hongwei was not a man given to sentimental attachment. Otherwise, he could not have remained in Phoenix Imperial City for so long while leaving his Princess Consort at home unattended.

Chu Hongwei said, "A good relationship between husband and wife is your protective talisman."

Chu Zhiyuan smiled.

Chu Hongwei said, "I was worried you would not be able to get past it and would make trouble for yourself."

As a dignified Prince, he had to live at another's mercy and rely on a woman's protection, forced to curry favor with his own wife because of it.

That feeling could not possibly be pleasant.

If it were him, he absolutely would not have been able to turn that corner, much less sincerely cultivate their relationship.

Li Miaotan was brilliant as ice and snow, exceptionally perceptive. She could tell whether one was sincere.

Once there was false affection and pretended devotion, it would be difficult to move her true feelings, and they would end up sharing the same bed while dreaming different dreams.

That would be the greatest sorrow.

"No matter what, being able to marry a woman like the Princess is my good fortune." Chu Zhiyuan shook his head. "But Ninth Uncle, there is another reason you care so much about my relationship with the Princess, isn't there?"

"No," Chu Hongwei said.

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head.

His Super Sensation had remained fixed upon him, trying to discern Chu Hongwei's true thoughts.

Yet Chu Hongwei said no more and instead spoke of the situation within the