"Phew~"
Jingyun finished recounting everything he knew, including tales from popular novels and various rumors.
Half true and half false, he poured it all out to Prince Heng.
He let out a long breath, his mouth and throat feeling parched.
Prince Heng nodded blankly. "Then did he and Her Majesty... know each other before?"
Jingyun hesitated. "Uh... they probably did. There are rumors among the people."
Jingyun started to speak, then stopped.
"What rumors?" Prince Heng asked curiously.
Jingyun did not know whether he should say it.
Had an ordinary person asked him about something like this, he probably would have told them.
But the person asking now was a prince of the reigning dynasty.
The emperor's nephew, and possibly Great Sui's future heir.
Uh (⊙o⊙)...
After a long hesitation, he finally told Prince Heng.
Prince Heng's brows knitted tightly. The story was certainly bizarre.
But when he thought of the Empress's attitude toward Li Ping'an over those few days,
the story gained a measure of credibility.
"Then I understand."
Another two days passed.
At the Jing Residence, Prince Heng had a large quantity of expensive gifts sent over from his residence.
Princess Hewan followed suit.
Looking at the chests of costly gifts,
the two of them even began competing.
When one sent a treasure,
the other was sure to send a gift worth twice as much.
At this rate, they might well send over the Imperial Palace itself.
Jing Yu laughed. "You've become quite the hot commodity, kid~"
Li Ping'an closed his book and said to Jing Yu, "Sorry for the trouble, but please help me send these gifts back."
"They gave them to you. Are you sure you don't want to keep them?"
"Send them back. These gifts are too expensive for me to accept."
"All right."