son, don't mess around

Chapter 658: Discovered by An Ning
The summer sun rises slowly and shines on the small town.

Outside the inn, a row of carriages slowly left the inn. The innkeeper stood at the door, bent over and watched the carriages leave with a smile on his face. Only when they disappeared into the distance did he breathe a sigh of relief.

I wiped my forehead and found that I was already sweating.

Immediately afterwards, the shopkeeper sat down on the doorstep, as if he had escaped a disaster.

"Finally, we've sent this great man away!"

The shopkeeper murmured to himself that what had happened in the past few days had far exceeded his expectations.

What is the origin of that young man in white brocade robe?

When he traveled, he was accompanied by many guards and beauties, and even officials had to be respectful to him.

Who in Linzhou can be so grand?

Especially two days ago, his inn was almost robbed that night. The innkeeper hid under the bed and dared not get up, trembling, fearing that he would be implicated and lose his life.

Fortunately, I survived in the end!
The inn was also saved!

Although several rooms were destroyed, the shopkeeper's face suddenly broke into a grin when he thought of the compensation left by the big shot.

Apart from anything else, this great man is really generous!
However, the shopkeeper also knew that money was not easy to earn and one could lose his life if he was not careful.

"It can be considered as seeking wealth and honor through risk!"

The shopkeeper sighed, stood up and went back to the inn. Seeing the waiter next to him still staring blankly outside, he immediately slapped him on the head: "What are you still looking at?!"

"Go to work quickly!"

"..."

On the Linzhou official road.

Rows of carriages moved slowly, heading north!
The official road is not very flat, with potholes everywhere, and the riding experience is not good.

Near the carriage, the guards on horseback were on full alert, escorting the carriage all the way. Under such strict escort, most of the scoundrels along the way did not dare to provoke them!
Nowadays, people who come out to make a living are very discerning and usually only pick on the weak. People like this who look rich or noble and have many guards and masters around them are usually not to be messed with.

Therefore, the journey northward was still peaceful and calm. Even if there were some fools who were looking for death, they would be killed by the prince's personal soldiers who secretly escorted them without waiting for the guards beside the carriage to take action.

The carriage swayed and there was silence all the way.

Princess Li Piaomiao, dressed in white as white as snow, sat quietly in the carriage with her eyes closed. On both sides of her, the twins Jinxiu and Anning were looking at each other.

There's something wrong with the looks in their eyes!
An Ning held the sword and leaned against the back of the carriage, staring at Jinxiu with cold eyes, as if he wanted to see something from her face.

For some reason, Jinxiu seemed to feel guilty and her eyes kept avoiding An Ning's gaze.

In the end, he simply looked away and looked outside the carriage, pretending to look at the scenery!
No one spoke, but the atmosphere in the carriage was strange.

Finally, after a long time, Jinxiu noticed that An Ning's eyes were still on her, and she became a little annoyed: "Why are you staring at me?!"

Jinxiu stared at An Ning.

An Ning said nothing, but continued to stare at her.

"You, what are you looking at!"

Jinxiu's face turned slightly red, and she became more and more flustered... Could it be that this damn girl had discovered something?
Recalling that in the morning, she and Xu Lan confronted each other outside the door, and the two returned to their rooms after reaching some secret agreement. As soon as Jinxiu returned to her room, she was caught by An Ning.

Originally, this was nothing. Although Jinxiu was disheveled and looked a little embarrassed at the time, with An Ning's experience, she naturally couldn't see the real situation.

But just when Jinxiu was about to take a bath to wash away the traces left on her body last night, An Ning noticed something unusual.

That guy, His Highness... actually left marks on himself!
And, An Ning saw it!
When she thought of this, Jinxiu's body trembled slightly, and she couldn't help but subconsciously tighten her clothes.

After An Ning noticed the "red marks" on her body, she insisted on asking if she was beaten by Xu Lan or bullied by Xu Lan?

As he said this, he was going to find trouble with Xu Lan immediately!
Jinxiu quickly stopped her and tried to persuade An Ning to calm down. But she accidentally let the cat out of the bag, and finally made An Ning realize that something was wrong!

An Ning suddenly remembered that she seemed to have seen the "mark" on Jinxiu's body before.

...It doesn't look like he was beaten!

So An Ning asked.

But Jinxiu became hesitant. An Ning became even more suspicious, but Jinxiu couldn't find a suitable explanation.

The only choice is to play dead!

So...

Inside the carriage, An Ning looked at her expressionlessly, then stared at Jinxiu without saying a word.

But this look made Jinxiu feel very uncomfortable and sit on pins and needles!
"Stop looking!"

Jinxiu was a little embarrassed and annoyed. Seeing that An Ning was indifferent, she immediately turned around and complained to the princess: "Princess, look, An Ning bullied me."

Li Piaomiao, who had been resting with his eyes closed, slowly opened his eyes and glanced at the two of them.

"I don't."

An Ning also spoke up to defend herself.

"You just...you bully me with your eyes."

Jinxiu said aggrievedly: "Princess, please help me teach this damn girl a lesson."

"All right!"

Seeing that the sisters were about to quarrel again, Li Piaomiao spoke up to stop them.

The two of them stopped at this point, but they were still staring at each other, which didn't look like the way a pair of twin sisters should get along.

At this time, Li Piaomiao's eyes fell on Jinxiu, and she stared at her quietly for a long time. Jinxiu, who noticed her princess's gaze, suddenly became more nervous: "Princess, why are you staring at me too?"

Jinxiu felt even more guilty!

The princess's gaze is much more lethal than An Ning's...

After a long while, Li Piaomiao retracted his gaze and asked, "What's the situation in the capital?"

Hearing the princess mention the serious matter, Jinxiu slightly restrained the smile on her face and shook her head: "There has been no news or intelligence coming from the capital these days. With His Majesty in charge, the princess does not need to worry too much for the time being."

Li Piaomiao lowered his eyes and pondered for a while, then asked, "What about Xuzhou?"

"Xuzhou..."

Jinxiu glanced at the princess with a complicated and worried look in her eyes: "Everyone the princess sent there some time ago, without exception...are dead!"

Jinxiu is the eldest princess's personal maid, but she also has the responsibility of collecting and transmitting intelligence for the princess.

When he heard that everyone was dead, there was no expression on Li Piaomiao's face.

"Your Majesty's guess may be correct... Prince Xu must be planning a rebellion."

Jinxiu opened her mouth, but felt that she had said something nonsense. Now almost everyone in the world knows that King Xu is planning a rebellion. This is no longer a secret!
Seeing the princess remained silent, Jinxiu said again: "By the way, Princess..."

"That Princess Xu said she wanted to see you..."

Li Piaomiao's cold eyes flickered slightly: "Where is she now?"

"According to intelligence, she returned to Xuzhou after the New Year, but some time ago, intelligence came in that the Princess of Xuwang seemed to have left Xuzhou again... Her current whereabouts are unknown."

"..."

It was getting dark. The carriage drove on the official road for a whole day and stopped before dark.

There were no villages or towns near the official road, so we had to spend the first night in the wild after leaving the town!

The carriage stopped, camp was set up, fire was made and cooking was done, everything was in order.

The sky was not yet completely dark. After getting off the carriage, Jinxiu stretched her body. Unexpectedly, she met Xu Lan who got off another carriage not far away. The two women looked at each other.

Suddenly, unfriendly looks appeared!

Then came a look of shame and anger.

The two glared at each other, and both saw the warning and intention in each other's eyes.

Then the two of them snorted and looked away, ignoring each other and pretending not to know each other.

There is absolutely no trace of the enthusiasm that the sisters showed last night when they worked together to conquer the giant creature!
Jinxiu snorted and looked away, but saw An Ning leaning against the carriage with a sword in his arms, still staring at her.

This finally made Jinxiu a little impatient: "Why are you staring at me?!"

"I've tolerated you for a long time!"

An Ning stared at Jinxiu for a while, then glanced at Xu Lan who was leaving not far away. Finally, when Jinxiu could no longer bear it, An Ning spoke without any expression.

"Were those marks on your body left by His Highness?"

After hearing this, Jinxiu froze in her place, her mind went blank. Then, a feeling of embarrassment came over her. ... No, how could this silly girl have guessed it!

Jinxiu opened her mouth to argue, but was interrupted by An Ning: "Don't try to lie to me again... I know everything!"

Jinxiu opened her mouth slightly, looking surprised… How did this silly girl know that?
An Ning looked at her expressionlessly. From the look of astonishment on Jinxiu's face, she got the answer she wanted.

Sure enough, it was him...

An Ning slightly tightened his hands around the sword, feeling an indescribable emotion piling up in his chest.

She seemed to want to say something, but when she saw the beautiful scene in front of her, she didn't utter a word.

Turn around and leave without looking back.

"An Ning, wait a minute, let me explain..."

Jinxiu wanted to chase after and grab An Ning, but An Ning didn't give her any chance at all.

He didn't listen at all and just walked away.

Jinxiu was left standing there in a daze, and it took a long time before she came to her senses.

When I finally realized what was happening, my heart suddenly sank...it's over!
Something big happened now!

This silly girl already knew?
Is she going to do something stupid?!
……

On the other side, Xu Lan, with the help of Xiaolu, came to a shade tree and sat down to rest and enjoy the cool breeze.

Perhaps it was because she had been too exhausted last night, and the bumpy ride today made her feel even more uncomfortable.

But at the same time, he had to hold it back, not wanting others to notice anything unusual.

She was exhausted after this day!

I couldn't help but mutter to myself, cursing that bastard for not showing any mercy to women.

What a jerk!
Xiaolu was following the young lady, listening to her scolding His Highness, as if His Highness had done something beastly to her. However, her young lady's eyes did not show any anger towards His Highness, but instead were full of tenderness.

...My young lady is really hypocritical!

Xiaolu sighed inwardly, but couldn't help feeling a little envious.

Today, she pestered her young lady all the way, and finally forced her to tell the details of what happened last night. After asking, Xiaolu had only one thought... envy.

Just as Xiaolu was stunned, he suddenly saw a figure appear in his sight.

"Your Highness?!"

Xiaolu was startled and realized that His Highness appeared in front of him without him noticing.

"What are you guys doing?"

Xu Lan, who was originally cursing Lin Jiangnian as a bastard, suddenly saw this familiar face appear in front of her. She immediately opened her eyes wide and her face turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The next second, he stood up in panic and wanted to run away.

"I, I have something else to do!"

Xu Lan wanted to run away!
But as soon as she turned around, Lin Jiangnian grabbed her hand.

"You've been running all day. Where are you going?"

Xu Lan's hand was grabbed, her body tensed up suddenly, her face flushed: "I, I didn't..."

"Then look back at me."

"I do not want!"

"disobedient?"

"I won't listen."

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

Miss Xu, who used to be fearless, has been hiding from him for a whole day!

Lin Jiangnian had wanted to see her several times on the way today, but Xu Lan refused with various excuses. Now that they had run into each other, he simply wanted to run away.

Lin Jiangnian looked back at Xiaolu, who was beside him, and blinked. Then, she coughed tactfully and said, "Miss, Your Highness, I will go see if the meal is ready. You two can chat."

After saying that, Xiaolu moved away.

Xu Lan, who was left alone, saw this scene and angrily accused Xiaolu of being disloyal.

Turning back, he met Lin Jiangnian's half-smiley eyes again, and his face suddenly became even redder: "You, what are you holding me for?"

"Quick, let go!"

"Let go and you're going to run away!"

"You, don't follow me, I won't run away!"

"Am I that scary?"

Lin Jiangnian said happily: "Can I make you run away when you see me now?"

"Have!"

Xu Lan blushed and gritted her teeth.

"How am I scary?"

"do not know."

Xu Lan struggled hard: "Let me go!"

"You can let me go, but you can't run away!"

"……no!"

"why?"

"me……"

Xu Lan was furious: "I am too embarrassed to see anyone!"

Hearing this, Lin Jiangnian was even happier.

Who would have thought that Miss Xu, who was fearless and courageous on weekdays and even dared to drug him before, turned out to be so thin-skinned?

"What's this?"

Lin Jiangnian comforted her: "I don't feel ashamed to face people, do I?"

"You are thick-skinned, but I am different!"

"You can't plan to hide from me for the rest of your life, right?" Lin Jiangnian raised his eyebrows.

"No, I don't know."

"What are you afraid of? No one else knows. You're hiding from me like this, who knows? Someone might notice something."

Hearing this, Xu Lan was stunned. It seemed to make sense?
But then she looked away again, blushing and gritting her teeth: "I don't want...you, you will definitely laugh at me!"

"how come?"

Lin Jiangnian shook his head: "Why would I laugh at you?"

“…You definitely will!”

"I won't!"

Lin Jiangnian looked at her seriously: "I can swear!"

"Then you send it!"

Xu Lan still didn't look back.

Seeing this, Lin Jiangnian sighed and raised his hand to swear: "I, Lin Jiangnian, swear that if you dare to laugh at Xu Lan or bully her, let God punish you..."

Before Lin Jiangnian could finish his words, Xu Lan, who turned around in a hurry, covered his mouth and said angrily, "Shut up!"

"Why do you take such a solemn oath?"

"What if you really kill me with this sword?!"

"!!"

(End of this chapter)