son, don't mess around

Jiang Mansion.

The huge mansion was filled with a dead atmosphere.

As the largest family in Jiangnan, the Jiang Mansion has many rules and even stricter control over servants. As a result, the servants in the mansion are walking on thin ice and dare not speak easily, fearing that they will break some taboos.

As a result, the whole mansion was filled with a heavy atmosphere of dusk.

This situation became even more serious after Mr. Jiang became seriously ill.

In the early morning, the backyard of the Jiang Mansion seemed extremely lively.

Xu Lan woke up early in the morning, looking energetic.

She seemed to have endless energy. She got Xiaolu up early in the morning and thought about going out for a walk.

Although the Jiang Mansion was luxurious, it was too depressing. After such a long journey, now that they had arrived in Chujiang City, Miss Xu was like an eagle, unable to control her feet.

"Come on, let's go out for a walk together!"

Early in the morning, Xu Lan teamed up with Xiaolu and tried to persuade Xiaozhu to go out for a walk.

Xiao Zhu also wanted to go out for a walk, but she thought for a moment and said, "I have to ask His Highness for his opinion first."

"Why do you care about his opinion? Why listen to him?"

When Xu Lan heard this, he waved his hands and said nonchalantly, "What's wrong with us going out to play? Do we have to report to him?"

"Don't you want it?" Xiao Zhu asked weakly.

"you……"

Xu Lan was speechless when he saw this. With Xiao Zhu's personality, he would definitely be bullied by that guy.

You are too obedient!

Just as Xu Lan was about to say something, footsteps were heard in the yard.

"Hey, why do I hear someone not listening to me?"

Lin Jiangnian walked in from outside the yard and looked at the women with a smile.

Xiao Zhu suddenly became a little nervous and spoke subconsciously: "Your Highness..."

Xiaolu looked away and pretended it had nothing to do with me.

As for Xu Lan, she felt a little guilty. However, she quickly became confident and said, "Huh, what's wrong? Is it not okay?"

"Have you hardened your wings?"

Lin Jiangnian glanced at her.

"Yes, the wings are hard!"

Xu Lan said confidently, with his hands on his hips: "If you don't agree, hit me?!"

"Hey, then I really have to teach you a lesson today!"

Seeing her being so naughty, Lin Jiangnian sneered and walked towards her.

Seeing this, Xu Lan suddenly panicked.

"You, are you serious?"

She immediately turned around and ran away in panic, looking back angrily as she ran: "You, you dare to hit me? I'm going to complain to Aunt Xiang!"

Lin Jiangnian was just trying to scare her, he didn't really want to hit her. Seeing Xu Lan running away, he stopped and looked at Xiaolu and Xiaozhu in the yard: "You guys want to go out?"

"Um……"

Xiaozhu and Xiaolu nodded cautiously.

"Okay, go ahead, be careful!"

Lin Jiangnian didn't say much, "I'll let Qingqing and the others go with you later. Be careful when you go out."

When you are out, safety is the most important thing.

Xiaozhu's eyes brightened slightly, and Xiaolu beside her realized something. Her dark eyes fell on Lin Jiangnian, and then she gently tugged at the corner of Xiaozhu's clothes and pulled her out of the courtyard.

After the two of them left, the courtyard became quiet and deserted.

Lin Jiangnian continued walking towards the eaves of the backyard and came to the door of a room.

Knock on the door, then push it open and walk in.

In the quiet room, Zhiyuan stood by the windowsill, looking at the scenery in the backyard.

"woke up?"

Lin Jiangnian walked up to her and chuckled, "Why didn't you go out today?"

Zhiyuan glanced at him with a cold face and said nothing.

Seeing this, Lin Jiangnian hugged her from behind, leaned close to her fair and slender neck, and took a deep breath.

"It's delicious."

Suddenly, a layer of redness appeared visible on Zhiyuan's snow-white skin, and a blush instantly spread, and her ears soon turned slightly red.

"you……"

She struggled a bit and glared at Lin Jiangnian, seeming both annoyed and helpless about his behavior.

Lin Jiangnian, however, enjoyed it.

He really liked seeing Zhiyuan looking so shy, which was much cuter than her cold and lonely appearance.

"No messing around!"

Zhiyuan glared at him lightly and warned him.

“No mess.”

Lin Jiangnian said seriously.

Zhiyuan naturally didn't believe it. His Highness was best at taking advantage of others and acting like a good kid after getting an advantage.

If he is indulged, he might do something even more outrageous.

"Where were you yesterday?"

Lin Jiangnian opened his mouth to ask, and he found out that Zhiyuan had disappeared from the mansion yesterday and the day before yesterday.

She went out early and came back very late. I don't know what she was doing outside.

Also disappearing were the two sisters named Wind Chime Jasmine.

This pair of sisters were taken in by Lin Jiangnian in the capital. Zhiyuan discovered that they had outstanding martial arts talent, so he kept them by his side to teach them.

Half a year ago, the two of them came to the Jiang family with Zhiyuan.

"I went to check some things." Zhiyuan said calmly.

"How's the investigation going?"

"Don't have a clue yet."

Lin Jiang laughed: "There's no need to be so persistent."

Zhiyuan looked back at him and said, "Don't you want to know the truth?"

"Of course I do!"

Lin Jiangnian nodded and sighed softly: "But I don't want you to be so tired all the time."

Zhiyuan said calmly: "I'm not tired."

"That's just what you think. From my perspective, you've lost a lot of weight recently." Lin Jiang sighed.

Zhiyuan's expression remained calm: "I didn't...you, what are you doing?!"

As soon as she opened her mouth, she noticed that Lin Jiangnian's hands were a little dishonest. The hand that was originally on her waist suddenly moved slowly upwards.

"Let me see if you've gotten any smaller."

"you……"

Zhiyuan's cold face blushed with shame. How could there be such a shameless guy?

"Let go."

"Just touch it for a while!"

"No, let me go."

"Don't let it go!"

"..."

The two of them were in a stalemate for a while, and the girl's face became more and more red, as if she had been painted with a layer of rouge.

His breathing became slightly rapid, and with it came the constant touch of Lin Jiangnian's palm.

Zhiyuan gritted her teeth in embarrassment, glared at him, and took a deep breath.

Knowing that this guy wouldn't give up and that I couldn't struggle away, I just let him go.

"you……"

Zhi Yuan suddenly asked again: "What are you going to do to the Sun family?!" Obviously, Zhi Yuan also knew about the Sun family's affairs.

"I'm waiting for the Sun family's response." Lin Jiang said with a young smile.

"Then?"

"I didn't expect that the Sun family could be so patient."

Lin Jiangnian sighed with emotion.

He detained Sun Jingguo and Sun Yue in order to force the Sun family to make a statement. However, he did not expect that after the news spread, it caused a lot of turmoil in Chujiang City. Many noble families were very surprised and secretly investigated what was going on.

On the contrary, the Sun family was very calm and there was no movement in the past two days.

"them……"

Zhiyuan thought for a moment and said, "Waiting."

"Yes, they are also waiting for our reaction, waiting until we lose our patience."

Lin Jiangnian was naturally aware of the Sun family's intentions, and he bet that the Jiang family would not dare to do anything to Sun Jingguo and Sun Yue. Therefore, he decided to wait and see until things got worse, when the Jiang family would naturally become the target of public criticism.

"That old man Sun has a good plan, but he seems to have underestimated me."

Lin Jiang young laughed.

Zhiyuan's eyes narrowed slightly, as if realizing something: "What do you want to do?"

"Doesn't he think that the Jiang family wouldn't dare to do anything to Sun Jingguo and Sun Yue? But I want to give him a big gift!"

At this point, Lin Jiangnian narrowed his eyes slightly: "Sun Jingguo is okay, but Sun Yue has done a lot of things. If these things were exposed, they would be enough to kill him several times!"

After hearing this, Zhiyuan was silent for a moment, and then asked in a low voice, "Do you want to break up with the Sun family?"

"I naturally don't want to go this far, but..."

Lin Jiangnian paused and said, "If the Sun family doesn't know what's good for them, then you can't blame me."

At this point, Lin Jiang sighed: "The war in the north is urgent, and that Prince Xu has already started to act. Jiangnan has long been infiltrated by his forces. The purpose of this Princess Xu's appearance here is self-evident."

"We don't have much time left."

Lin Jiangnian felt the soft and heavy touch in his palm and rubbed it gently: "So, we must speed up."

Zhiyuan seemed to feel something strange in her chest and glared at him in shame and anger: "So, the prince wants you to collect grain and borrow money from the Jiangnan family as soon as possible?"

"That's not it."

There was a hint of amusement in Lin Jiangnian's eyes.

Zhiyuan was stunned for a moment: "What do you mean?"

"Collecting money and grain is indeed the purpose of my coming to Jiangnan this time. However, it is not the only one..."

Lin Jiangnian showed a meaningful smile on his face: "In fact, this can also be regarded as a smoke bomb..."

"Although our Linwang Mansion does not have much money and food, once we start an army, the consumption will be a bottomless pit. But the foundation that Linwang Mansion has built over the years is not so low that it can't really afford it..."

"It would be best if we can borrow money and grain when we come to Jiangnan this time, but it doesn't matter if we can't... The key is that we must prevent that King Xu from borrowing money and grain!"

"Our real goal is to destroy Prince Xu's plan and prevent him from winning over the powerful families in Jiangnan."

From the beginning to the end, Lin Jiangnian did not come here to borrow money or grain.

What I said to the old man was half true and half false.

The real plan is that the Lin Wang Mansion may not get it, but the Xu Wang Mansion must not get it.

This is very important!
The last time they met, the Princess Xu was confusing Lin Jiangnian. But wasn't Lin Jiangnian also confusing her?
Just calculating against each other!

The kite seemed to be thinking about something, as if he understood something.

After a while, she raised her eyes and stared at him: "So, this is why you want to take action against the Sun family?"

"Yes."

Lin Jiangnian nodded: "The palace has long since found out that the Sun family had an affair with Prince Lin's palace in the early years. The old man Sun seems to have retreated behind the scenes, but in fact his spies are still all over the place. Over the years, the Sun family has had many interactions with Prince Xu behind the scenes..."

"Even if the Sun family doesn't come to cause trouble this time, I will find a reason to cause trouble for them!"

Lin Jiangnian sneered.

Zhiyuan was silent, and her cold eyes stared at Lin Jiangnian with a curious look.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Is there something on my face?" Lin Jiangnian asked curiously.

Zhiyuan shook her head slightly, and after a while, she said softly: "You have become very different."

"What has changed?"

"do not know."

Zhiyuan still shook her head, but there was a hint of something in her tone that she couldn't explain: "It's just that it feels different from before..."

"I'm not acting on impulse anymore. I'm much more mature than before."

She spoke softly.

She still remembered that when Lin Jiangnian first arrived at the Linwang Mansion, he acted very rashly. Although he seemed to be confident, he always acted according to his heart.

But now, he has begun to hide his thoughts and not show his displeasure. It can be seen with the naked eye that the once immature prince of Lin has gradually grown up.

"Hey, it's rare to see Zhiyuan, can you praise me a few words?"

Lin Jiangnian was a little surprised and raised his eyebrows.

Zhiyuan curled her lips slightly, not wanting to see the guy's smug look. But just as she turned her head away, she noticed something again, her face slightly red, and said angrily: "Have you touched enough?!"

"No."

Lin Jiangnian met her gaze and said confidently, "I can't touch you enough in my lifetime, how can it be enough?"

As he spoke, his palm moved along the collar of the gauze garment, trying to penetrate it with ease.

But then, Zhiyuan quickly stopped him and held his big hand tightly: "You are really pushing it too far, and you are going too far?!"

"It's not the first day you've known me."

Lin Jiangnian raised his eyebrows.

"Take your hand away!"

A trace of shame and anger appeared on Zhiyuan's cold face: "Otherwise, I won't be polite!"

"Then you're welcome!"

Lin Jiangnian didn't take her threat seriously at all. He moved slowly and skillfully, reaching into the girl's bellyband through the gauze clothes.

But just as he felt the plump touch of the uncovered skin in the palm of his hand, before Lin Jiangnian could experience it carefully, he felt something suddenly shaken his chest.

Immediately afterwards, this huge momentum pushed Lin Jiangnian back two steps.

Lin Jiangnian stood firm on his feet, raised his eyes to look at the cold girl in front of him, as if he had noticed something, and said in astonishment: "Your realm has improved again?!"

He could clearly feel that Zhiyuan's aura was much stronger than it was half a year ago!
Zhiyuan did not answer Lin Jiangnian's question. She just blushed, bit her lower lip, and adjusted her clothes.

"You are so cruel, murdering your own husband?"

Seeing that she didn't say anything, Lin Jiangnian started to touch her and walked in front of her again. Just as he was about to hug her again, Zhiyuan warned him with a look: "You're coming?!"

"I just want to hug you."

"No!"

Zhiyuan didn't believe a word of his nonsense. She held him for a while, but when it came to making a move, he started to act naughty again.

"What are you afraid of? There are no outsiders here!"

Lin Jiangnian didn't intend to give up.

"Your Highness, can you think of something good?"

Zhiyuan glanced at the sky outside the window and said expressionlessly, "It's still daytime, so you're thinking about having sex in broad daylight?"

The kite that said this in all seriousness really had an indescribable charm to it.

Lin Jiangnian was frank: "Zhiyuan, this is not the first day you have known me. I don't have any big ideals."

"Then this is not a reason for Your Highness to indulge in lust in broad daylight."

"Then I'll come back in the evening?"

Zhiyuan seemed to be annoyed by Lin Jiangnian's words. Her face seemed to have turned even redder. She tidied up her clothes and said angrily, "Don't come in the evening!"

"Your Highness, it's time to get down to business!"

"Aren't you my business?"

"you……"

Zhiyuan was stunned for a moment, then her face turned even redder and more embarrassed.

He turned around angrily and fled.

"..." (End of this chapter)