Tang Gaozong's eyes also trailed to where Tang Lan was and he frowned. His father, the king, who had noticed it, leaned into his ears as he said, "Stop frowning. I wouldn't want him to misunderstand."
The young Prince immediately came back to his senses and averted his eyes but still kept stealing glances at Tang Lan secretly.
Tang Lan's father turn back to them, "Escuse me, your Majesty.". He got up and called for the attention of his men.
"Everyone, stop what you're doing for a minute and listen.", he signaled the Prince to stand by his side. He tapped his shoulders as he continued,
"This the King's heir, Prince Tang Gaozong. He'll be joining us in our meetings from now on. Please be kind and teach him well."
After that, he and king continued to talk alone and Gaozong took the opportunity to separate his longtime crush from that young man. He succeeded.
