ASTRP -Chapter 177 The Prince and Princess’s Sweet Shopping Date

Business had arrived!

The peddler’s eyes lit up. “Young master, would you like—”

Before he could finish speaking, a shiny silver ingot was suddenly held out before him.

“I… want all of them.”

Xiao Jinghan had almost referred to himself as “This Prince,” but realizing it would attract trouble, he quickly changed his wording.

The peddler was stunned. “Y-Young master… are you sure?”

Too lazy to waste words with him, Xiao Jinghan stuffed the silver into the peddler’s hands, grabbed the candied hawthorn stick rack from his shoulder with one hand, then pulled along the dumbfounded Feng Jingge with the other.

By the time the peddler came back to his senses, the two were already nowhere to be seen.

“Hey—!”

He panicked and tried looking for them, but there was no trace left.

Only then did he realize there was still a silver ingot in his hand.

Was this real?

He bit down on it.

Clink!

It was real!!

The peddler was overjoyed.

There had only been a little over ten candied hawthorn skewers on the stick rack, yet the silver ingot was worth a full ten taels!

He had struck it rich!

Meanwhile, completely unaware that the peddler was practically going mad from happiness over those ten taels of silver, Xiao Jinghan walked out of the bustling street district. He removed one candied hawthorn skewer from the rack and handed it to Feng Jingge.

“Last time you wanted some, but I couldn’t buy it for you. This time, this Prince will let you eat your fill.”

Truthfully, he had always wanted to buy some for her, but never found the opportunity.

Today just happened to be perfect.

Feng Jingge looked at the candied hawthorn he handed her, then at the dozen or so skewers still stuck on the rack.

She felt both bewildered and curious.

Bewildered because… how many days would it take her to finish all of these?

Curious because… just how much money had Xiao Jinghan given the peddler?

She really wanted to call him wasteful.

But forget it.

No matter what, it was still his sincere intention.

She couldn’t hurt his feelings.

He had put in so much thought—she had to give him proper emotional value.

Besides, sincerity was priceless!

Feng Jingge accepted the candied hawthorn. She glanced around and, seeing no one paying attention to them, rose onto her tiptoes and quickly pecked Xiao Jinghan on the cheek like a dragonfly skimming water.

Xiao Jinghan didn’t react at first. He only felt as though someone had kissed his right cheek.

But once he realized what had happened—

Boom!

It felt like his brain had exploded, and his entire face instantly flushed bright red.

Feng Jingge saw every change in his expression clearly. After biting off a candied hawthorn, she nudged him with her elbow and mumbled unclearly,

“It was only one kiss. Why are you, a grown man, getting shy?”

“…”

Xiao Jinghan’s face was red as he stubbornly replied, “Who’s shy?”

“This Prince is not shy.”

Feng Jingge rolled her eyes and mercilessly exposed him.

“Your Highness, you’re still acting tough.”

“You might as well write the words ‘I’m shy’ directly on your forehead.”

Xiao Jinghan: “…”

“Madam, do I not need dignity?”

Feng Jingge blinked innocently and asked back, “Dignity?”

“What’s that?”

“We’re husband and wife. Why would we need dignity between us?”

“And besides, isn’t it perfectly normal for a wife to kiss her husband~?”

The moment Xiao Jinghan heard the words “husband and wife,” wild joy surged through him.

He instantly brightened.

He echoed her words, “Mhm, Madam is right.”

“Between husband and wife, between you and your husband here, dignity is unnecessary.”

The two chatted while walking back toward the manor.

Along the way, Xiao Jinghan carried the candied hawthorn rack on his shoulder, attracting countless stares from passersby.

Some even approached to ask how much the candied hawthorn cost.

Xiao Jinghan’s face darkened on the spot, black as the bottom of a pot.

The icy aura radiating from him instantly scared everyone away.

Feng Jingge covered her mouth with her sleeve and laughed softly.

“Buying one or two skewers would’ve been enough. Who knew you’d buy out the whole stall?”

Xiao Jinghan suddenly stopped walking.

“Look carefully at this Prince. Do I look like a candied hawthorn vendor?”

Following his instructions, Feng Jingge thoroughly sized him up from head to toe several times.

Finally, she nodded heavily.

“One word,” she declared.

“Very much so.”

Then she added another sentence: “Extremely so!”

Xiao Jinghan: !!!

He was so angry he could only laugh helplessly.

“You might as well anger this Prince to death.”

“Hmph hmph.”

Feng Jingge snorted twice through her nose before acting spoiled toward him.

“I wouldn’t dare anger Your Highness to death.”

“After all… if you died, what would I do?”

Xiao Jinghan reached out and lightly poked the tip of her nose with his middle finger.

“You heartless little thing.”

Feng Jingge mischievously stuck out her tongue.

“This heartless little thing would like to ask Your Highness something. What exactly did you say to Prince Chen for him to react so strongly earlier?”

Xiao Jinghan raised a brow.

“You want to know?”

Feng Jingge nodded immediately.

“Very much.”

Xiao Jinghan pointed at his right cheek with a finger and silently gestured at her.

Feng Jingge pursed her lips and looked around cautiously.

Only after confirming there was no one nearby did she rise onto her toes and quickly lean in to kiss his right cheek.

But unexpectedly, Xiao Jinghan suddenly turned his head.

Their lips met.

Feng Jingge’s eyes widened, and her face instantly turned scarlet.

She hurriedly turned away.

“Your Highness, you’re going too far…”

Xiao Jinghan’s amused voice sounded beside her.

“Didn’t Madam just say that between husband and wife, it’s perfectly normal for a wife to kiss her husband?”

“So where exactly did your husband go too far?”

Feng Jingge shot him a glare.

Taking advantage and still acting innocent.

“You still haven’t answered my question!”

Xiao Jinghan took her hand again as they continued walking.

“I told Prince Chen that this Prince would personally escort him to Fengxiang.”

“Once we reach Fengxiang, the rest will depend entirely on him.”

“Whether he can protect his wife and child will depend on his own abilities.”

“The road ahead is long and dangerous. Even though this Prince has some ability, my reach cannot extend all the way to Fengxiang.”

“Mhm.” Feng Jingge nodded. “So that meal was basically a farewell feast?”

“Mhm.”

Xiao Jinghan originally wanted to continue strolling around with Feng Jingge, but she suddenly remembered something.

“We should hurry back to the manor!”

“What if Prince Yu sends Xi Liyue over and I’m not there? That’d be troublesome.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Feng Jingge directly grabbed Xiao Jinghan’s sleeve and quickened her pace toward the manor.

The moment they arrived at the manor gates, they saw Qing Shan pacing anxiously back and forth outside.

The instant Feng Jingge saw him, she knew Prince Yu had arrived.

Sure enough, the moment Qing Shan spotted her and Xiao Jinghan, he sprinted over anxiously.

“Princess Consort, P-Pr—”

But the second he noticed the massive rack of candied hawthorn skewers resting on his prince’s shoulder, he instantly froze, his voice cutting off abruptly.

Xiao Jinghan was clearly displeased by Qing Shan’s fixed stare. Coldly, he spat out one word:

“Speak.”

Qing Shan shuddered violently, snapping back to his senses, and hurriedly continued what he had failed to say earlier.