I became the God Brother of the Regent King after Transmigration!-Chapter 78 - 67: No Way Back to the Beginning (Part 3)

After the two finished eating their buns, Rong Heng saw the Young Master Gu take out a piece of plum candy from the jar in his arms.

Without even looking at Rong Heng, she put it in her mouth and crunched it up.

Rong Heng had a flicker of confusion in his eyes, just as he saw Gu Lan take out another piece.

This time, it must be his, right?

The Young Master Gu crunched it up again and ate it.

He could almost smell that faint citrus scent!

Under Rong Heng’s silent gaze, Gu Lan ate four pieces of candy in one go, then, satisfied, she put the jar away.

"Brother Hang, why are you looking at me like that?" she looked up, only to see Rong Heng’s face as calm as water, staring directly at her.

Rong Heng snorted lightly: "Nothing."

Gu Lan responded to herself: "Brother Hang, these candies are kids’ stuff, real men should be eating hotpot."

Rong Heng felt his lips, already burning, ache a bit. He held himself back and asked flatly, "Then why are you eating them?"

Gu Lan showed off her skinny arms and legs, insisting: "I won’t be a real man in the future; I want to be the sweetest in the Capital City."

Rong Heng: ...No wonder you’re so weak!

Right then, a round and hard object was placed into Rong Heng’s hand by Gu Lan.

He looked down to see it was a pearl the size of a longan, perfectly round and warm, glowing with delicate luster, clearly valuable at a glance.

Gu Lan whispered, "If Brother Hang doesn’t know what to give, just give this, as my mother said."

She finally managed to give away the largest East Pearl from the batch Madam Zhou gave her!

Now she could receive the next batch.

Rong Heng tightly grasped the East Pearl in his palm, his eyes dark as ink.

Then, he carefully stored the pearl away, dipped his pen in ink, and started writing on the paper.

After a while, everyone in the Imperial Family knew today was the birthday of Prince Rui’s young prince.

To save face, the Second Prince gifted the young prince a pair of invaluable Ink Mystic Jades.

"These are Ink Mystic Jades from the Western Regions, tributes from last year, bestowed by the Emperor himself. Under heaven, only this Prince and the Crown Prince have them. Hao brother, you can make a jade pendant for yourself, and you can give the other piece to the Imperial Uncle."

The Second Prince felt a pang of pain sending out these Ink Mystic Jades, but to maintain good relations with Rong Yunhao, he had no choice but to give them.

After speaking, Rong Qijun glanced at Gu Lan: "This Prince’s Ink Mystic Jade is certainly worth more than any cake or candy."

Rong Yunhao graciously accepted, then earnestly said: "But I prefer Brother Lan’s almond crisps."

Miaoyan smiled and squinted her eyes, pulling out an incense set contained in a carved sandalwood round tube from her arms.

She looked at Rong Baoyi, her tone playful:

"This incense is called Ding Fengliu, its fragrance akin to sugarcane, calming and soothing to sleep. I originally planned to give it to my mother. Since today is the young prince’s birthday... I will give it to Baoyi for your hard work in taking care of Yunhao brother."

Evidently, the scene where the young prince was begging his older sister for answers was seen by Miaoyan.

"Rest assured, My Palace will prepare other incense for my mother."

Upon hearing Miaoyan’s words, Rong Baoyi curtseyed and accepted it.

Though she didn’t know much about incense, she knew anything given by Princess Ning’an must be extremely precious.

Ah, Rong Yunhao finally had some use.

The others followed suit, gifting Rong Yunhao, even Yuan Lang called over his personal maid to return to the palace to fetch a defensive dagger bestowed to him by the Emperor of Wei, gifting it to Rong Yunhao.

He specifically mentioned that the dagger was not sharpened, fearing it might injure the young prince.

Rong Yunhao accepted the dagger with joy. So far, apart from Brother Lan’s almond crisps, this dagger was his favorite.

As he thought this, he couldn’t help but secretly glance at Rong Heng, who was sitting silently in the last row, writing something unknown.

He only glanced briefly before looking away.

Rong Yunhao also knew, his Uncle Wu himself was so destitute, not preparing a gift was normal, moreover, Uncle Wu had saved him before, he already liked Rong Heng very much and did not expect any gift from Rong Heng.

However, this scene was seen by Rong Qijun, who immediately spoke in a mocking tone:

"I wonder what the Fifth Young Master Rong plans to give to Hao brother?"

His words undoubtedly put Rong Heng in a difficult position.

Gu Lan stood up, stretching her wrists, her gaze sharp: "For some reason, my hands feel particularly itchy today."