"Your Highness the Crown Prince?"
Lin Jiangnian's eyes narrowed slightly, "Your Highness the Crown Prince wants to see me?"
"Yes!"
Jinxiu nodded and chuckled, "I have been ordered to come here today to report this matter. I wonder if Your Highness would be able to meet with us at the Eastern Palace when you have time?"
Lin Jiangnian was slightly stunned. Your Highness the Crown Prince, you want to see him?
He has never had any connection with the Crown Prince. Why would he suddenly want to see him?
and……
Why was the person who came to report the matter the maidservant beside the eldest princess?
Lin Jiangnian looked at Jinxiu, who was smiling in front of him, and gradually seemed to understand something.
"Since it's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who wants to see me, why are you the one here today?"
Lin Jiangnian asked.
Jinxiu blinked, as if she saw through Lin Jiangnian's thoughts, and smiled at him: "Of course, it was my princess who asked me to come."
"Your princess?"
"My princess and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince are siblings, and their relationship is extremely close... Yesterday, my princess went to the Eastern Palace. I think it was because my princess mentioned you, His Royal Highness, to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, that she sent me here today to invite His Royal Highness the Crown Prince..."
Jinxiu spoke softly.
She was quite familiar with the Prince Lin in front of her, so she did not hide anything and told him everything.
That does sound like the case.
only……
Lin Jiangnian asked again, "Your Highness the Crown Prince wants to see me, what's the important matter?"
Jinxiu shook her head gently: "I don't know about this. Your Highness will know when he goes there tomorrow."
Lin Jiangnian asked back, "What if I don't go?"
Jinxiu blinked her bright eyes and said, "Of course I will report everything when I return!"
"Okay."
Lin Jiangnian thought for a moment and nodded, "Since it's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who invited me, I have to give him this honor."
Although he didn't know why the Crown Prince wanted to see him for no apparent reason, Lin Jiangnian still decided to go and meet him.
Meet the crown prince of the Daning Dynasty, the future emperor, and Lin Jiangnian’s nominal...future brother-in-law!
Jinxiu heard this and a sweet smile appeared on her face: "Then I will go back and inform you, and send someone to welcome Your Highness tomorrow."
"Don't worry yet!"
After finishing his business, Lin Jiangnian glanced at Jinxiu in front of him and waved his hand: "Miss Jinxiu rarely comes here, so there is no need to rush back. It's still early, why don't you sit down and have a cup of tea first and get familiar with this place so that you won't feel unfamiliar in the future..."
How could Jinxiu not understand the meaning of Lin Jiangnian's words? Her face immediately flushed with shame, "That's not necessary... I'm in a hurry to go back and report."
"There's no need to rush. It's okay to go back later."
"If I go back late, the princess will punish me."
Jinxiu bit her lip lightly and glared at the Prince Lin in front of her with a displeased look.
Why sit down and have a cup of tea?
If she really sat down, it would probably not just be about drinking tea.
What's the point of getting familiar with this place? Why does she need to get familiar with this place? It's really...
Thinking of this, Jinxiu felt ashamed and annoyed, and snorted softly: "If there is nothing else, I will go back first..."
"Then I, the prince, will escort you?"
"No, no, I can walk by myself..."
"It's okay, I'll take you there."
"Really, there's no need... Oh, Your Highness, please respect yourself..."
“…”
Lin Jiangnian stood under the eaves, looking at Jinxiu's fleeing figure in front of him, with a smug smile on his face.
"Your Highness is bullying Sister Jinxiu again!"
At this moment, a faint voice came from beside me.
Lin Jiangnian turned his head and saw Xiaozhu standing under the eaves, blinking her big eyes and watching the scene, with her little mouth slightly pouting, looking very angry.
"Xiaozhu?"
Lin Jiangnian waved at her, and Xiao Zhu walked over obediently. Lin Jiangnian took the opportunity to hug her into his arms, rubbed the little maid's delicate body, and chuckled, "When has Your Highness ever bullied anyone?"
“There is…”
Xiao Zhu puffed up her round little face and asked, "Your Highness, did you deliberately scare Sister Jinxiu just now?"
Lin Jiang laughed: "Why do you think so?"
"Of course."
Xiao Zhu raised her head with a little pride: "If Your Highness really bullies other women in the mansion, if Sister Zhiyuan finds out, she will definitely be angry!"
"So Your Highness doesn't dare!"
Xiao Zhu analyzed it with a little pride. She knew best what stage the relationship between His Highness and Sister Zhiyuan had reached.
If His Highness dares to mess around in the mansion today, Sister Zhiyuan will definitely not forgive him!
Even if he was having an affair, he would definitely do it outside and would never let Sister Zhiyuan find out easily.
so……
Your Highness must have deliberately tried to scare that Sister Jinxiu just now.
She was thinking with such pride in her heart, but suddenly she didn't hear the prince's voice. Xiao Zhu looked up subconsciously and saw that the prince was looking at her with his eyes slightly narrowed.
Xiao Zhu immediately became alert: "Your Highness... you, why are you looking at me, Xiao Zhu, like that?"
"Xiaozhu's analysis is very accurate."
Lin Jiangnian nodded: "So His Highness decided to reward you."
"What reward?" Xiao Zhu asked subconsciously, but suddenly saw the prince's 'unfriendly' eyes.
"Of course it's a reward. His Highness will give you a good beating tonight... You little girl are getting so bold that you don't even take your Highness seriously. Let's see how His Highness teaches you a lesson..."
"Oh, Your Highness, please don't... I was wrong, Your Highness... I know I was wrong, oh, please don't... I will be discovered..."
“…”
It was getting dark.
After teaching Xiao Zhu a lesson and making her realize the serious consequences of talking nonsense, Lin Jiangnian went to the next courtyard to look for Zhiyuan.
Last night, I finally had a frank meeting with Zhiyuan. We both revealed our identities and showed our sincerity to each other, until everything came together and we successfully took the last step.
Great news!
Last night, I tossed and turned for half the night, completely killing Zhiyuan. I took out all the anger I had endured at the Lin Wang Mansion on Zhiyuan in a different way...
Isn't this a kind of 'revenge'? !
When I woke up this morning, I wanted to be affectionate with Zhiyuan again, say some sweet words to her, and try to get married again, but my aunt suddenly came to the house and interrupted our thoughts of being affectionate.
Then, right after his aunt left, Lin Jiangnian was ruthlessly kicked off the bed by the angry Zhiyuan!
So embarrassing!
The dignified Prince Lin was kicked off the bed by his own maid. Wouldn't he be laughed to death if this got out?
Fortunately no one saw it!
He wanted to wait until Zhiyuan calmed down before going to find her, but someone from the Zhao family suddenly came. Lin Jiangnian had no choice but to send Xiaozhu to inform Zhiyuan, and then went to the Zhao family.
It was not until it was getting dark that I finally had time to see the kite.
I learned from the maid outside the courtyard that Zhiyuan was unwell today and hardly left the room, staying in the room the whole time.
Are you feeling unwell?
Lin Jiangnian naturally knew what was going on. He was afraid that Zhiyuan was worried that others would notice something strange, so she didn't go out the whole day?
Yes, it was the first time last night after all, so it was a bit tiring.
Even though Zhiyuan's body was different from that of an ordinary person, there would still be some differences. If someone discovered...
Zhiyuan didn't even dare to let her aunt know, so naturally she didn't want anyone else to find out.
Lin Jiangnian came to Zhiyuan's room. The light was dimly on in the room. He reached out and knocked on the door.
"Kite?"
He called softly.
There was no sound or movement in the room.
Lin Jiangnian knocked on the door persistently.
"Zhiyuan, it's me, your prince is back!"
"Open the door!"
"I know you're in the room. Please open the door. I have something important to tell you..."
“…”
As if annoyed by Lin Jiangnian's continuous knocking on the door, a cold voice finally came from the room, even mixed with a hint of anger.
"What's up?"
The cold tone keeps people at a distance.
Hey, it's installed again?
After last night, no matter how cold Zhiyuan's expression and attitude were, they were no longer scary in Lin Jiangnian's eyes.
I even feel that there is another inexplicable... sense of interest?
Quite exciting!
Lin Jiangnian continued to knock on the door: "It's cold outside, open the door first, I'll go in and talk to you."
"If you have anything to say, let's talk outside."
The tone was cold and showed no mercy to him.
But Lin Jiangnian heard a hint of anger in the voice.
Obviously, he was still angry about what happened this morning.
"It's hard to explain outside right now. Please open the door first and I'll explain it to you slowly..."
“…”
"You wouldn't have the heart to let your Highness suffer in the cold wind outside, would you?"
“…”
"If you don't open the door, I'll go in by myself!"
“…”
No matter how Lin Jiangnian shouted outside the door, Zhiyuan in the room refused to open the door.
Obviously, they had decided not to let Lin Jiangnian in today.
However, would this be difficult for Lin Jiangnian?
Since the kite wouldn't open the door, he figured out a way himself.
Lin Jiangnian took two steps back and looked the door up and down. Breaking in wouldn't be a good idea. Damaging the door wouldn't be easy to explain to his aunt tomorrow.
So……
Lin Jiangnian's gaze fell on the window sill not far away.
Um?
“…”
In a cold room.
On the bed behind the screen, Zhiyuan, dressed in a plain white long dress, was sitting on the bed with her legs bent, covered with a quilt, and reading a book with her head down.
Her scattered black hair fell, covering half of her beautiful and delicate face. When she raised her forehead slightly, one could see an indescribable annoyance on this beautiful and cold face.
There is also a mixture of some complicated emotions.
His eyes were fixed on the ground, and he said nothing.
She has been lying in bed all day!
Don’t want to get up!
I don't want to go out either.
As for the reason...
it goes without saying.
What happened last night was like a dream, nothing felt real.
Can……
The dream-like scene, clear and profound, kept emerging in her mind, making her realize that it was not a dream.
So much so that today she felt somewhat guilty, hiding in her room and unwilling to go out.
Of course, there may be other reasons.
She raised her eyes and glanced at the door outside the screen.
That guy disappeared for the whole day today.
Although he knew that he had something important to do, but... Zhiyuan still felt some inexplicable emotions in his heart.
I can’t explain it, but I’m not very happy anyway!
I feel inexplicably angry!
This has never happened before, so much so that Zhiyuan himself is a little confused at the moment.
What happened to her?
In addition, after what happened last night, Zhiyuan is a little scared now.
I can’t tell the reason.
I just don't dare to see him.
I don’t know how to face him, nor do I know…
There is nothing I can do.
So she chose to escape.
Planning to drive this annoying guy away!
She decided to calm down first.
However, when Zhiyuan made up his mind, the knocking on the door outside stopped, but there was a noise at the window on the other side.
Zhiyuan raised her eyes and quickly saw through the screen that the window not far away, through which Lin Jiang had broken in last time, was quietly pushed open.
Immediately afterwards, a nimble figure climbed in from the window.
Familiar route!
The movements were skillful, as if he had done it many times.
Kite: “…”
Lin Jiangnian easily climbed into the room through the window and couldn't help but praise his own wit. The trick he had saved when he fixed the window last time really came in handy tonight.
Lin Jiangnian turned around and looked around the room. There was a dim light in the room. Behind the screen not far away, there was a figure on the bed.
"Kite?!"
After Lin Jiangnian stepped behind the screen, he saw Zhiyuan sitting lightly on the edge of the bed, staring at him expressionlessly.
The dim light fell on her face, and her unmade-up face seemed a little pale, so white that it was stunning.
With her loose hair, she looked a little weak at the moment.
"What's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"
Seeing this, Lin Jiangnian hurried forward and asked with concern, "Are you feeling unwell? Let me take a look."
Zhiyuan saw Lin Jiangnian suddenly reach out his hand and slapped his hand away with a cold face: "I'm fine."
The tone was cold and a bit stiff.
"What's wrong?"
Lin Jiangnian took a closer look and realized that Zhiyuan had a cold face and seemed unhappy.
Lin Jiangnian blinked and licked his cheek as he moved closer. "Are you still angry?"
He naturally remembered what happened in the morning, which annoyed Zhiyuan.
Still holding a grudge?
Zhiyuan glared at him coldly and said nothing.
"I was wrong this morning. I apologize."
Lin Jiangnian apologized in a very good manner. He had indeed gone a little too far that morning. He was a little too proud of himself and took things too far. Zhiyuan was right to be angry.
"Don't be angry, please. I haven't seen you for a day. Come and let Your Highness hug you."
As he spoke, Lin Jiangnian walked forward, intending to hug the sulking Zhiyuan in his arms.
Zhiyuan did not let him get what he wanted. When Lin Jiangnian approached, Zhiyuan stretched out a bare hand and pressed it against Lin Jiangnian's chest to prevent him from getting closer.
"No touching!"
Zhiyuan stared at him expressionlessly.
"No, how could I have touched you?"
Lin Jiangnian kept shouting that he was wronged: "I just wanted to hug you."
“No way!”
The kite refused.
"Just a hug?"
“…”
Zhiyuan stared at him with her clear eyes, saying nothing.
Do you really think she will be fooled?
Just a hug?
This guy just wants to get more than he deserves. If I really let him hug me, how could he just hug me for once?
He had clearly promised last night, but in the end, he still didn't...
fraud!
Thinking of this, Zhiyuan's face turned slightly red, and she looked even more beautiful under the dim light.
The cold temperament was diluted a lot, but the eyes were still staring at Lin Jiangnian.
There is an inexplicable cool temperament.
But this aura gave rise to an evil thought in Lin Jiangnian...
Who can stand this!
"cough……"
"Don't be angry. I haven't seen you for a day. Let Your Highness hug me, okay..."
Lin Jiangnian coaxed her softly like a little girl.
Unexpectedly, when Zhiyuan heard this, he seemed to suddenly feel something emotional.
"You know, I haven't seen you for a day?"
The voice was dull, and mixed with a bit of indescribable anger.
Looking at her cold eyes again, there seemed to be a hint of grievance for some reason.
Just staring at him stubbornly.
“…”
There will be another chapter later
