son, don't mess around

Xu Lan originally felt quite aggrieved.

She's already so proactive, the only thing missing is the same as last time... that thing!

As a result, Lin Jiangnian said he didn’t want to touch it anymore!
Stop when I say stop!

This made Xu Lan start to doubt... Was he really that bad?
Doesn't it arouse any interest in him?
Of course, when being "invaded" by Lin Jiangnian, Xu Lan was filled with shame and indignation, and she instinctively hoped that Lin Jiangnian would stop...

But when Lin Jiangnian really stopped, she felt even more uncomfortable!

Doesn't this prove that I am not attractive to him?
Xu Lan couldn't help but start to reflect... Am I really ugly?

Not ugly, right?!
Xu Lan didn’t think she was particularly beautiful. After all, there were many people in this world who were more beautiful than her… Whether it was Zhiyuan beside Lin Jiangnian, or the eldest princess, or the two little vixens beside the eldest princess, in terms of appearance and temperament, they were no worse than her.

However, Xu Lan also has the capital to be proud of!

Although not as good as it used to be, it is not too far behind.

Apart from……

Xu Lan subconsciously looked down and soon felt frustrated again.

Although I am a little bit inferior in some aspects of physical characteristics, but... I have made some progress recently, okay?!

Lin Jiangnian’s sudden rejection made her very sad and felt particularly wronged. She was almost about to cry.

But before the tears could flow, she was stunned again after hearing Lin Jiangnian's words.

Doesn't he dislike himself?

He stopped just because... he respected himself?
Don’t you think you’re unattractive?

In an instant, all the grievances and sadness in Xu Lan's heart disappeared completely.

Instead, an indescribable sweet emotion surged into my heart.

then……

Before she could savor the sweet taste, a hot big hand suddenly reached in again.

Instantly, Xu Lan's mind went blank. She trembled violently and her face turned red with shame.

"You...quickly, stop it!"

After coming back to her senses, Xu Lan became embarrassed and angry again.

Women are sometimes so magical and outrageous.

When you don't, she gets mad!

But when you do, she stops you.

strange!
Lin Jiangnian ignored Xu Lan's strange reaction. Since she had asked for it herself, how could he let her go?

He was lying on the rocking chair, and Xu Lan was forced to sit sideways on Lin Jiangnian's legs, with one hand around her slender and smooth waist. Most of Xu Lan's body was slightly pressed against Lin Jiangnian's chest, pressing his other hand tightly.

Because he used too much force, Lin Jiangnian's palm was flattened, and something slippery was faintly leaking out from between his fingers.

This surprised Lin Jiangnian very much.

Still has something to say?!

He looked at Xu Lan in his arms with surprise, but saw that Miss Xu was too embarrassed to face anyone. She buried her head again, mumbling something incoherently.

After listening for a long time, I still didn’t understand.

But this did not affect Lin Jiangnian's palm movements. He kneaded the dough in his palm slowly along the smooth skin.

As he moved slowly and gently, he could clearly feel the changes in the body of Miss Xu in his arms. From the initial stiffness, the trembling gradually softened, as if the strength suddenly drained away, and her body began to become soft.

Then, the originally fair skin seemed to turn red and become somewhat sensitive. Lin Jiangnian only touched it lightly, and Miss Xu in his arms trembled violently.

"You're really too bad, aren't you?"

Lin Jiangnian leaned close to Xu Lan's ear and whispered, "Is it like this?"

"No, don't say it anymore..."

Xu Lan in Lin Jiangnian's arms became angry and embarrassed. She buried her head in his arms and tried to cover his mouth to stop him from continuing.

"Okay, okay, no more talking."

Seeing how thin-skinned she was, Lin Jiangnian stopped provoking her.

Instead, he focused on...helping her massage.

The courtyard was quiet, and the afternoon sun slowly fell into the courtyard.

Under the eaves, there was a faint fragrance in the air, and the girl in his arms' increasingly rapid breathing.

Xu Lan's face flushed red, and she collapsed into Lin Jiangnian's arms, hugging his neck with her arms. The warm and soft scent fell on Lin Jiangnian's neck, making him feel itchy.

Her fair and pretty face was flushed red as if dripping blood, her hair was disheveled and stained with a few beads of sweat, and the fine blood vessels on her snow-white neck were visible to the naked eye.

And that...slightly open, disheveled dress.

Through the neckline, one can vaguely see the girl's immature bellyband, which seems to be supported by something, and the pattern on the bellyband is constantly changing slightly.

"Haven't you touched enough yet?"

Next to my ears, I heard Xu Lan's hurried, embarrassed and angry voice, with a slight tremor.

Apparently her physical condition was extremely sensitive right now.

"Didn't you let me touch you?"

Lin Jiangnian looked at Miss Xu in his arms with a smile.

Miss Xu bit her lower lip, too embarrassed to see anyone.

She, she let him...

But, but I didn’t let him… take that long!
Is he really addicted?

It hasn't stopped since just now... Is it really that nice to touch?
Xu Lan could feel her body reacting in a way that was not going as planned, and she couldn't muster any strength at all. She could even vaguely feel... that something.

This made her even more ashamed to face people!
"Enough, enough..."

"not enough!"

Lin Jiangnian leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Where are we going now?"

not enough? !

Xu Lan opened her eyes slightly.

"It's a rare opportunity like this, so I will naturally savor it slowly..."

Lin Jiangnian smiled and said, "How about you stay at the palace tonight?"

After hearing this, Xu Lan's face turned even redder.

How could she not realize that she could stay overnight in the palace?

This, this might not be...

What is he running for?
Xu Lan was both happy and surprised. She was happy that Lin Jiangnian asked her to stay overnight. Didn't this mean that their relationship could become closer?

And what is shocking is naturally...the instinctive shyness and panic.

"Stay, what are you staying for?"

Xu Lan spoke almost subconsciously.

As soon as she asked the question, she regretted it... What a stupid question!
Xu Lan was filled with remorse.

But Lin Jiangnian still smiled and glanced down: "Of course I plan to study it carefully."

"she?"

Xu Lan was stunned for a moment, and instinctively followed Lin Jiangnian's line of sight...

All I could see was white.

That immature bellyband seemed to be in danger.

Xu Lan's face instantly turned red with shame. She suddenly covered her chest and buried her head in Lin Jiangnian's arms, pinching Lin Jiangnian hard.

"Pervert, hooligan, vulgar... pervert!"

"Hey, why are you cursing all of a sudden? Do you agree or not? Just give me a word."

"..."

"Are you going to stay tonight? Speak now!"

"..."

No matter how Lin Jiangnian tormented her, Xu Lan was never willing to raise her head again, as if she was stuck to Lin Jiangnian, calling him a pervert and a hooligan... until a maid's voice suddenly came from outside the door.

"Your Highness, Lin Kong requests to see you."

The maid's voice made the two people who were making a fuss under the eaves pause.

Especially Xu Lan, who suddenly heard the voice of an outsider and struggled to get up in panic.

"Yes, someone is coming. I, I'll leave first..."

As she spoke, Xu Lan struggled to stand up. But before she could stand firm, she fell directly into Lin Jiangnian's arms.

Her face flushed with shame, she was nervous and flustered. She looked at Lin Jiangnian pitifully, her tone indescribably panicked.

"My legs are weak..."

Her body was sensitive to begin with, and after being touched by Lin Jiangnian, she lost all her strength. She didn't even have the strength to stand up.

But the sound of someone outside the door made her panic again, and she was almost out of control!

She looked disheveled and disheveled, and didn't want to be seen by others.

"Why are you so flustered?"

Seeing her like this, Lin Jiangnian couldn't help but laugh.

"You, you're still laughing?!"

Xu Lan was about to cry: "You, send her away quickly!"

While looking nervously towards the gate of the yard, Xu Lan quickly tidied her clothes. Seeing that Lin Jiangnian's mischievous big hand was still stretched inside her clothes, Xu Lan couldn't help but slap him hard, blushing and shyly saying: "You, you still... let go!"

"Think of a solution quickly!"

"Calm down. Don't worry, you won't come in without my order."

Lin Jiangnian spoke to comfort her.

"Then, what should I do now?"

Xu Lan's legs went weak and she couldn't move at all.

"This is simple."

As Lin Jiangnian spoke, he stood up and went back to his room, holding Xu Lan in his arms.

He gently placed Xu Lan on the bed and said, "You rest here for a while."

The moment Lin Jiangnian picked her up, Xu Lan felt a little dizzy. It was not until her body touched the bed that she came back to her senses, but she still stared at Lin Jiangnian in a daze.

"Oh."

She nodded blankly, and it was not until Lin Jiangnian turned around and left the room and closed the door that Xu Lan gradually came to her senses.

Slowly look around...

Is this that guy's room?

Is this where he sleeps?
Xu Lan was still staring blankly, but for some reason, her face became redder and redder.

……

Outside.

Lin Jiangnian straightened his clothes, walked out of the yard and came outside.

Not far outside the courtyard, Lin Kong was standing there quietly.

"Your Highness."

Seeing His Highness appear, Lin Kong hurriedly bowed respectfully and spoke.

"How is it?"

Lin Jiangnian asked.

Lin Kong said, "I was ordered by His Highness to look for clues about Qingfeng Tower and Yingfeng Garden a few days ago. At the same time, I also sent people to check Chen Yingying's background, and sure enough..."

"There is indeed something wrong with that Chen Yingying!"

During this period, Lin Kong had been secretly investigating the details of Qingfeng Tower and Yingfeng Garden. As the two largest places of entertainment in Linjiang City, these two places were a hodgepodge of good and bad people.

A year ago, Chen Yingying, the courtesan of Qingfeng Tower, assassinated the Prince of Lin, which triggered a large-scale cleanup of Qingfeng Tower. Almost all the people in the entire Qingfeng Tower were replaced.

Logically speaking, Qingfenglou should have closed down. However, the shareholders behind Qingfenglou were too complicated and influential, and Lin Jiangnian did not intend to investigate the matter, so Qingfenglou was able to survive.

"It's been too long, and many clues have been lost, but after a secret investigation, I found a woman in Yingfeng Garden who had some friendship with Chen Yingying in the past..."

"This woman's original name was Chen Hui. She used the alias Xiyan in Yingfeng Garden. She used to be a member of Qingfeng Tower. She was poached and brought to Yingfeng Garden more than a year ago, so she escaped..."

"When the palace investigated a year ago, it was found that Chen Yingying had no parents and was taken in by someone since she was a child. She was later sold to a wealthy family and then sold to a brothel... But when my subordinates questioned the woman named Xiyan, she said that Chen Yingying had accidentally mentioned to her that she had lived in Linzhou since she was a child. I also heard her mention that..."

"Chen Yingying is the most popular prostitute in Qingfeng Tower, but even the madam has to give her some respect. Xiyan has seen with her own eyes that the madam of Qingfeng Tower treated Chen Yingying with great respect..."

"This doesn't match the previous intelligence from the palace!"

Lin Jiangnian narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "Where is that madam now?"

"already dead."

Lin Kong said: "A year ago, when Miss Zhiyuan sent her subordinates to search Qingfeng Tower, the madam had already committed suicide by taking poison..."

Lin Jiangnian remained silent.

A courtesan in a brothel can make the brothel madam treat her with such respect... this is indeed unbelievable.

And the fact that the madam committed suicide by taking poison just shows that there is something wrong.

The problem is still huge.

"So, the clue is broken again?"

Lin Jiangnian glanced at Lin Kong.

Lin Kong lowered his head and remained silent, with a hint of hesitation on his face.

After a while, he looked up at His Highness and said, "I don't know whether I should speak or not."

"But it doesn't matter."

Lin Kong said in a deep voice: "I suspect... there is an insider in the palace."

Lin Jiangnian narrowed his eyes and looked at him: "What do you mean?"

"The time when His Highness was attacked a year ago was too much of a coincidence... Not many people knew His Highness's whereabouts, so how could a courtesan know so much?"

"And he happened to take advantage of the gap in the defense around His Highness, saving His Highness from a near-death experience..."

"This is all a bit too coincidental..."

"I suspect there may be someone inside the palace who is supporting them!"

Lin Kong said in a deep voice, the more he investigated the assassination of His Highness a year ago, the more he found many strange things in it.

What happened that night was too strange no matter how you looked into it, and it made people doubt Lenovo.

Lin Jiangnian didn't say anything.

The accomplice that Lin Kong mentioned was most likely Xu Lan, or the Prince of Lin.

All the information Chen Yingying knew came from Xu Lan's tip-off.

But, since the Prince Lin chose Chen Yingying, it means that this person is definitely not a simple person.

If this woman named Xiyan was not lying, then it was certain that the Prince of Lin had probably discovered Chen Yingying's problem long ago and then used the same trick against her...

In fact, it is very likely that Chen Yingying is related to the hidden force behind Lin Jiangnian.

Lin Jiangnian pondered silently for a moment, and something seemed to flash through his mind.

"Lin Kong."

"My subordinate is here."

"Continue to investigate Qingfeng Tower and find out the forces behind it, which noble families are involved, and who is involved...find out all their details and don't miss a single one."

Lin Jiangnian narrowed his eyes.

He had a hunch that everything behind this was probably related to the forces behind Qingfeng Tower. And the forces behind Qingfeng Tower were closely related to the noble families in Linjiang City... Was this a coincidence?

Or……

Was this a conspiracy that someone had secretly planned against Prince Lin’s Mansion?

...(End of chapter)