All the ancestors in the capital begged me to be a substitute

"what?"

Shen Lingxi didn't understand what Chu Yan meant, and opened her eyes in surprise.

Her gaze met his, and she asked curiously: "Aren't we married in a fake way? Why do we still sleep together?"

"Marriage bestowed by the imperial decree cannot be faked..."

Chu Yan looked at her with lowered eyebrows, and testified with a hoarse voice, "So we are a 'real' marriage, a fake couple."

Shen Lingxi nodded, agreeing with this statement, "Then why do fake couples..."

"The imperial grandmother, the emperor and even the empress will send palace servants to serve at the mansion..."

His pitch-black phoenix eyes turned slightly, and he said pointedly: "If we don't live together, what do you think they will think? And..."

"I understand." Shen Lingxi hurriedly interrupted him, "There is no need to continue, I understand."

She remembered that Ah Weng was like this back then, urging marriage first and then giving birth, urging urging...

Those "great-great-granddaughters" and "great-great-grandchildren" who have been thinking about it...the ears are almost hearing the cocoon.

One Ah Weng in her family is enough to cause headaches.

There are three elders above Chu Yan's head staring at him.

When Shen Lingxi thought of that scene, she couldn't love her.

She subconsciously pulled Gao Jin's quilt, her watery almond eyes were full of resistance.

Seeing her remorseful expression, Chu Yan's phoenix eyes were slightly deep, and he couldn't help but wonder, would she be frightened by these words and want to run away?
"You don't have to worry." He cleared his throat, "I can actually refuse..."

Before the word "absolutely" could be said, Shen Lingxi quickly expressed her attitude:

"Since that's the case, let's do it like this from now on, and it's good like this."

She stretched out her hand from under the quilt and patted the floor she had made specially, "I have laid three layers of mattresses, which are very soft and comfortable. Sleeping on this is no different from a bed. I will sleep here from now on. Your Highness doesn't have to." Worry, you won’t let others see the flaws.”

A trace of surprise flashed across Chu Yan's phoenix eyes very quickly.

But soon, the surprise was replaced by joy.

Well, she didn't choose to run away.

Does it mean...she has already begun to try to accept him?

"This floor is really nice."

Chu Yan stretched his brows and eyes, with his finger bones drooping slightly, he tapped twice on the floor, and asked seriously, "How should I explain to the person sent by the emperor's grandmother that this kind of thing will appear in our new house? Tell her old man, neither you nor I like to sleep on the bed, but only like to sleep on the ground?"

Shen Lingxi: ...

She had never thought about so many details about their fake marriage.

After being reminded by Chu Yan, Shen Lingxi realized that his status was extraordinary, and marriage would become very cumbersome and troublesome because of his status as the crown prince.

After getting married in the future, not only will there be people sent by the queen mother, emperor and empress to serve, they will follow everywhere.

As the nominal concubine, her every word, deed and every move in the mansion will be under the prying eyes of others.

This marriage is really not a good job for her.

However, Shen Lingxi changed her mind.

Isn't everything in the world like this?

What you want, you have to pay the price equivalent to it.

She wanted her little aunt to come out of the mausoleum-like palace that looked like the tomb of the living dead.

Then, to be a well-behaved concubine in the eyes of others and pretend to be a fake couple with Chu Yan is the "price" she has to pay in the next few days.

Naturally, this deal is not a loss.

Shen Lingxi: "Then I will..."

This time, before she finished speaking, she just felt empty.

Caught off guard, Chu Yan's sharp and handsome features bent down towards her, and a few strands of cool black hair inadvertently swept across her ears.

Shen Lingxi only felt a ball of fire burning from the pinna of her ear to her cheek.

Before she could open her mouth, Chu Yan had already picked her up and gently put her on the bed.

"From now on, we'll sleep like this."

Chu Yan's arms seemed to be propped on the sides of Shen Lingxi's body inadvertently, "Only in this way can we perfectly cope with the prying eyes of others, what do you think?"

His dark and deep phoenix eyes, as well as his cold tone, seemed to be discussing with her seriously.

But for some reason, Shen Lingxi felt bewitched.

She subconsciously pulled the quilt, trying to cover up her increasingly hot face, only revealing a pair of watery almond eyes.

"Well..." Shen Lingxi nodded quickly across the brocade quilt, just wanting to quickly end the discussion, "Just, just do as His Highness wants."

The corners of Chu Yan's lips slowly curled up in a pleasant arc, and she lay down on the outside of her contentedly.

He knew she needed time to adapt, so he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Shen Lingxi finally secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

Xu Shicai had already done enough psychological construction just now, and in addition, compared to last night, the distance between the two of them was widened enough.

Shen Lingxi quickly adapted, and the two slept on the same bed again, and began to think about the purpose of staying here with him tonight.

She turned her head, focused and calm, without daring to blink her eyes, and looked around the bedroom.

Don't dare to miss any clues.

I'm afraid I didn't find out in time, the dead soul of the first princess.

However, Chu Yan, who was sleeping on the outside, felt Shen Lingxi's gaze, looking in his direction as if substantively.

He always breathed steadily, but he was unconsciously a little messy.

Chu Yan raised his hand and extinguished the candle beside the bed with the wind of his palm, and the whole bedroom was instantly darkened.

"Sleep." He turned sideways and ordered in a hoarse voice.

In the darkness where you can't see your fingers, Shen Lingxi blinked in puzzlement.

This... teach her how to see?
What if the first princess came and she couldn't see her?
Shen Lingxi hesitated, then stretched out her hand from the brocade quilt, and gently poked Chu Yan's broad back with soft fingertips.

"Your Highness?" she whispered.

The soft voice, like a feather, swept across Chu Yan's ears, causing a tingling itch.

Chu Yan opened his eyes silently, his heart was beating violently in his chest, and his thin lips were restrained into a straight line.

Seeing that he didn't respond, Shen Lingxi was a little anxious.

I was also worried that there might be "visitors" in the bedroom, so I didn't dare to say more.

She stood up, put her soft lips close to his ear, and whispered at a volume that only the two of them could hear, "Your Highness, I can't see anything, can you..."

However, before he could finish speaking, Shen Lingxi suddenly saw a beautiful shadow wearing a princess's gorgeous crown, exuding a cold white light, silently passing through the main entrance of the dormitory!

It is the first princess, Xie Zhanghua.

In the darkness, Shen Lingxi opened her eyes wide and was silently stunned.

What I wanted to say just now came to an abrupt end.

Chu Yan had been listening attentively, but he didn't hear the second half of her words.

He turned around in doubt, and before he knew it, their faces were extremely close, so close that they breathed and smelled each other...

Chu Yan rolled his throat, "You..."

As soon as he opened his mouth, he saw Shen Lingxi's black and white apricot eyes looking at him.

Immediately afterwards, the thin lips felt a warmth.

Everything I wanted to say was sealed in my mouth...