son, don't mess around

Lin Jiangnian's words made Jinxiu stand there in a daze. She looked shocked...and her heart was in turmoil!

It was as if some secret in my heart was exposed, and I subconsciously panicked.

Your Highness, you already know?!
He, how did he know?
At this moment, Jinxiu was stunned and looked up at His Highness. She saw Lin Jiangnian looking at her calmly, as if asking about something very ordinary.

Jinxiu suddenly fell silent!
The panic in my heart seemed to calm down suddenly.

"Your Highness, you..."

Jinxiu was silent for a long time before she whispered, "Why do you say that suddenly?"

She also wanted to test one last time whether His Highness was deceiving her!
But Lin Jiangnian looked at her quietly: "It has come to this, are you still going to pretend you don't know?"

Jinxiu stopped talking.

It's not a lie anymore...I really already know it.

"You, how do you know?"

Jinxiu's tone was inexplicably weak, as if she felt guilty.

How did you know that, Your Highness?

"I didn't see it at first, but then I suddenly figured it out..."

Lin Jiangnian glanced at Jinxiu in front of him. When he figured one thing out, many things that seemed strange before became reasonable.

For example... before, when Jinxiu mentioned An Ning, she would become inexplicably resentful and would suddenly curse him in strange ways!
Lin Jiangnian didn't understand it at first, until just now when he was by the woods and looking at An Ning beside him, a bold idea suddenly came to his mind...

An Ning has suddenly become depressed and behaved very strangely during this period... Is it because of him?
Thinking about how An Ning had been avoiding him during this period of time, Lin Jiangnian didn't think too much about it at first. He just thought that the girl was sulking and was timid and shy.

But as An Ning had been in this state for such a long time, Lin Jiangnian finally realized that something was wrong!

How can one be sulking for so long?

There must be something wrong with this!

So, after careful thinking, an idea that Lin Jiangnian had not thought about before, but now involuntarily emerged in his mind, suddenly emerged.

...Could it be that the girl fell in love with him?
As soon as this thought came to mind, it seemed as if all the mysteries of the person in front of me were instantly solved.

I see!
When he saw Jinxiu, Lin Jiangnian immediately realized that Jinxiu's abnormal reaction before obviously meant that she had known about this matter for a long time?

Jinxiu opened her eyes slightly, and she was still a little dazed for a moment.

Your Highness, do you understand?

At this moment, Jinxiu was a little dazed and felt inexplicably relieved, as if it was because she had been extremely uncomfortable hiding it for so long.

Many times she even wanted to just tell His Highness it was all over, but she finally held back.

Now that His Highness knew the truth, she felt relieved. But then, a strange feeling came over her.

"Then, Your Highness..."

Jinxiu asked again tentatively: "What do you think?"

"What can I think?"

Lin Jiangnian glanced at her and said, "But you, you clearly knew about this a long time ago, but you still refused to tell me, keeping me in the dark, right?"

"I……"

Jinxiu felt guilty and was speechless.

But then he realized what was happening and said angrily, "What can I say about this?!"

That's my own sister!

How could she say it?

Could you just tell His Highness that An Ning likes you too, and asks him why not accept her as well?
Your Highness, dream on!

Jinxiu bit her teeth lightly, her expression angrily: "I haven't questioned Your Highness yet, Your Highness, what on earth did you do to An Ning?!"

"did nothing!"

"impossible!"

Jinxiu said angrily: "If you didn't do anything, how could it be possible, how could it be possible... for An Ning to become like this!"

She really couldn't say that An Ning liked His Highness!

But, if Your Highness had not done anything to An Ning, how could An Ning... Your Highness must have lied!

"This……"

Lin Jiangnian was stunned. To be honest, he was also quite surprised.

How could An Ning fall in love with him?
No matter how he thought about it, it seemed impossible, and Lin Jiangnian never thought about it in this direction.

However, all the signs at the moment seem to indicate that...

It was exactly as he guessed.

"I swear to God, I really didn't do anything to her..."

Lin Jiangnian originally spoke with great confidence, but suddenly remembered something and lowered his voice a little.

He suddenly remembered that a few months ago, he had sneaked into Jinxiu's room and mistook An Ning lying on the bed for Jinxiu...

If I remember correctly, I seemed to have... touched her that time?
Yes, I did touch it!

Could it be that time?
Does this girl think that her chastity arch has been torn down by Lin Jiangnian?

So what did you secretly agree on in your heart?
Apart from this, Lin Jiangnian really couldn't think of any other reason.

"Ah!"

Jinxiu sneered: "Your Highness, are you trying to say that An Ning did something to you, Your Highness?"

"That's not the case."

Lin Jiangnian shook his head.

There was a bonfire burning nearby and the temperature was hot all around.

The two of them stared at each other, and suddenly they fell silent for a moment, just staring at each other.

After a long time, Jinxiu's faint voice was heard again.

"Now what?"

"do not know."

"Your Highness, this is the trouble that happened, and you don't know what to do?" Jinxiu said angrily.

Lin Jiangnian glanced at her and said, "Are you sure you want me to come up with a solution?"

"when……"

Before Jinxiu could utter the word "yes", she suddenly reacted and her expression instantly became alert.

"Your Highness, what do you want to say?!"

"nothing!"

"No, you must be trying to say something... Are you planning something bad?!"

Jinxiu stared at Lin Jiangnian angrily: "Do you want to kill An Ning too?"

"That's absolutely not the case!"

"Impossible, admit it now!"

"Give up on this idea. I will never admit it even if you kill me."

"..."

The two fell silent again!

Even Jinxiu didn't know what to say at this moment. She was in a complicated mood.

I felt ashamed, angry, and helpless at the same time.

I feel so confused!

That damn girl suddenly became like this, which caught her off guard. Now that His Highness has learned the truth, Jinxiu doesn't know what to do?

Prevent?

Logically speaking, it should be stopped.

But when she thought of An Ning's cold, slightly lonely and pitiful figure, Jinxiu's heart softened again.

An Ning suddenly ignored her earlier, wasn't it because she found out what happened between her and His Highness last night...

When she thought of this, Jinxiu felt even more complicated.

"it was all your fault!"

Jinxiu pushed all the faults onto Lin Jiangnian, "Your Highness must have bullied An Ning and done something to her!"

Without waiting for Lin Jiangnian to refute, Jinxiu gritted her teeth and said, "I don't care... Your Highness, you have to find a way to make An Ning happy!"

Lin Jiangnian's eyes turned strange: "Are you sure?"

"…Your Highness, do not set your sights on An Ning!"

Jinxiu said angrily, even though she knew her threats were useless.

But, she couldn't just stand there and watch...

Lin Jiangnian sighed deeply: "It's not me who is targeting An Ning now, it's her who is targeting me." "Your Highness, don't be so ungrateful!"

Jinxiu said angrily, "I don't care. In short, Your Highness, you must solve this matter... Otherwise, I will never talk to you again!"

……

Night falls.

The summer is hot, and the heat at night has not dissipated much.

On the flat ground, in the dim light.

Li Piaomiao sat outside the tent with a calm expression, eyes closed and resting. On the other side of him, a girl holding a sword sat blankly.

The girl curled up her legs, rested her head on her knees, and stared blankly ahead, not knowing what she was thinking about.

In the silent moment, Li Piaomiao slowly opened his eyes and his gaze fell on her.

"peaceful."

An Ning seemed to finally come to her senses and looked up blankly: "Princess?!"

Li Piaomiao raised his eyes to look at the night crowd not far away, then retracted his gaze and looked at her quietly again, and asked, "What are you thinking about?"

"without……"

An Ning seemed a little flustered, not knowing how to explain, and gradually lowered her head. She was not good at lying, especially in front of the princess.

"Are you thinking about him?"

Li Piaomiao spoke suddenly.

After hearing this, An Ning became even more flustered.

A trace of fear and uneasiness appeared on that fair and delicate face: "Princess, I, I didn't..."

She wanted to deny it.

But when the words came to my lips, I couldn't utter a single word.

The girl lowered her head, her face full of panic. She clutched the hem of her skirt tightly, her whole body tense.

"Princess, yes, I'm sorry..."

The girl's voice was trembling with panic.

"Why are you apologizing to me?" Li Piaomiao asked calmly.

"me……"

An Ning's eyes were blank.

Yeah, why should she apologize?

she does not know!

That's right, she instinctively wanted to apologize...it seemed like she had done something wrong to the princess!

I feel very guilty.

"You haven't done anything to offend me."

Li Piaomiao said calmly.

She glanced at the frightened girl and asked, "You like him, right?"

like?

An Ning was stunned and didn't say anything.

Like it?
She didn't know it before.

I don’t even know what love means, I just have a very strange feeling!

But, ever since Jinxiu mentioned it to her, An Ning began to observe. After observing for a while, she gradually confirmed one thing... She seemed to have fallen in love with His Highness?
Realizing this thought, An Ning became extremely panicked, as if she had made a huge mistake.

Let her not dare to face it!
Therefore, every time I saw His Highness, I would subconsciously avoid him.

But when I was escaping, I couldn't help but get close to him.

It is this contradictory mentality that makes her worried about gains and losses and depressed.

Faced with the princess's questions, An Ning was very panicked and her heart was beating violently.

She is scared too!
But in the end, An Ning bit her lower lip and nodded.

"If you like it, why do you want to escape?"

Li Piaomiao looked at her and asked softly.

"Princess, I..."

An Ning was stunned again.

Why escape?

That's not because...

"He, he is..."

An Ning stammered and tried to explain: "It's you, Princess, your..."

Li Piaomiao looked at him gently and shook her head: "I won't marry him."

After these words were spoken, An Ning raised her head and stood there in a daze.

"He and I each have our own missions to accomplish!"

Li Piaomiao said calmly: "Perhaps he and I are not destined to get married."

Having said this, a strange light flashed in her calm eyes.

After a while, Li Piaomiao retracted his gaze and looked at An Ning again: "So, An Ning, you don't have to worry too much, even if you want to marry him..."

"no, do not want……"

An Ning seemed to be frightened by something and shook her head repeatedly: "An Ning wants to stay with the princess."

Li Piaomiao looked at her calmly: "Are you willing to do that?"

These words sound like a question about An Ning, but also like a question to oneself.

An Ning lowered her head and said nothing.

"Many things in the world are up to human effort!"

Li Piaomiao took one last look at her: "Although you are my maid, I will not restrict your and Jinxiu's freedom. It is up to you to choose, but anyway..."

“I hope you won’t regret it!”

After saying that, Li Piaomiao slowly stood up and looked towards the dark night in the distance.

A pure white long dress fluttered slightly in the night breeze, revealing her cool and elegant temperament in the dark.

There seemed to be a flash of confusion in her eyes, but it quickly disappeared.

Turn around and leave!

Behind him, An Ning was left sitting there in a daze, his mind in a mess, holding the sword, not knowing what he was thinking about.

It was not until a very long time later that when she looked up again, there was no figure in her sight.

There seems to be loneliness between heaven and earth!
It’s getting late!
She lowered her head again, her cold and tense little face showing no emotion. She slowly stood up and walked towards the tent not far away.

The large tent was still empty.

The girl took off her shoes and socks and sat cross-legged in the tent. The loneliness in her heart seemed to become stronger. She looked dazed and it was unknown what she was thinking about.

After an unknown amount of time, there was a sudden noise outside the tent.

"peaceful?"

Is that His Highness' voice?!

An Ning suddenly raised her head, and a trace of panic appeared in her eyes.

She bit her lower lip, her whole body suddenly tensed up, and her eyes were fixed on the door.

"I'm in?"

The voice was so calm that An Ning seemed to forget to respond.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of the tent opening was heard, and Lin Jiangnian's figure appeared in sight, meeting An Ning's beautiful eyes.

Instantly, the girl turned her head away in panic, as if she was a little frightened. Her body curled up slightly, holding the long sword tightly in her arms, alert and uneasy.

Seeing this, Lin Jiangnian also took off his shoes and socks and got into the tent.

The tent was big enough to accommodate two people! But as Lin Jiangnian came in, the atmosphere in the tent seemed to have changed.

The girl's body was tense, as if she was a little nervous. She lowered her head and didn't dare to look up.

In the silent and dim environment, the girl's rapid breathing seemed to be infinitely magnified.

Lin Jiangnian quietly looked at the exquisite and beautiful face in front of him, with a lot of thoughts in his mind. After a moment of silence, he spoke softly, breaking the silence.

"Jinxiu has already told me."

The words seemed to be whispered softly, but they sounded like a roar in the girl's ears.

The girl froze in place for a moment, her eyes widened, her face pale, without a trace of blood!
...(End of chapter)