My family has been wielding knives for generations, but now it's my turn to wield a pen!

what?

Jiang Xiaobai was stunned after hearing this.

He originally just wanted to tease Li Zhiwei, but he didn't expect that this woman, who was usually very shy, would respond so directly.

After regaining his senses, Jiang Xiaobai couldn't help but hug Li Zhiwei: "If you choose me, you have to kiss me!"

what.

Li Zhiwei paused, lifted her head from Jiang Xiaobai's embrace, and asked softly, "Then... should we choose this one?"

"If you choose this, it means I'll kiss you!"

"Then...then I'll choose it!"

As Li Zhiwei gently landed, she felt a tightening around her waist. Looking at Jiang Xiaobai approaching, she nervously closed her eyes.

Just as the two were kissing, the door suddenly opened with a bang.

The two turned their heads to look, only to see Zhang Xinnian rush in: "Young Master, I... Ouch!"

Zhang Xinnian stopped mid-sentence, gasped, and silently walked out.

Jiang Xiaobai was stunned for a moment, then heard Zhang Xinnian's voice outside the door: "Miss Tang, you two, please don't go in."

"My young master is kissing inside right now!!"

"..."

Hearing Zhang Xinnian's loud voice, Jiang Xiaobai truly understood what it meant to be speechless.

This New Year's photo is absolutely stunning!

Upon hearing this, Li Zhiwei blushed with embarrassment and felt too ashamed to stay any longer.

She stepped back, gathered the perfume and painting from the table into her arms, and said with her head bowed, "I'll go out now!"

After saying that, Li Zhiwei didn't dare to look at Jiang Xiaobai again and quickly walked towards the door.

"Zhang Xinnian!!"

As Jiang Xiaobai watched Li Zhiwei's figure disappear, he immediately shouted outside.

A moment later, Zhang Xinnian strode in: "Hey, Your Highness, are you done kissing?"

"..."

Jiang Xiaobai's forehead vein throbbed. He stared at Zhang Xinnian for a long time before gritting his teeth and saying, "Next time, knock before you come in!"

"yes!"

Zhang Xinnian nodded emphatically, agreeing very readily.

"you……"

Jiang Xiaobai's lips moved, but looking at Zhang Xinnian's serious expression, he couldn't bring himself to say the reprimand he was about to give.

What an idiot!

Finally, Jiang Xiaobai sighed and said helplessly, "Alright, tell me, what do you want?"

"oh!"

Zhang Xinnian then remembered the important matter and chuckled, "Your Highness, I've already arranged the craftsmen you requested!"

"Oh, that's it?"

Jiang Xiaobai was stunned, staring at Zhang Xinnian with disbelief.

"Yes!"

Zhang Xinnian was also somewhat puzzled: "Otherwise what?"

good good!

Is this how you're going to mess with your young master?

Jiang Xiaobai took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down, then waved his hand and said, "Go do your thing!"

"Alright!"

Zhang Xinnian nodded, turned around and walked outside.

Jiang Xiaobai stood there, raised his hand to rub his forehead, finally smiled helplessly, and followed him out of the room.

Once outside, they saw Li Zhiwei holding a painting and perfume, standing there talking to Tang Ningshuang.

The eldest princess, wearing a bamboo hat, watched quietly from the side.

Noticing Jiang Xiaobai come out, Li Zhiwei glanced at him shyly before quickly looking away.

Tang Ningshuang glanced at Jiang Xiaobai but didn't say anything.

The princess, through her bamboo hat, looked on with utter disdain.

He kept saying he had something important to discuss with Li Zhiwei, but what happened?

They were secretly kissing in their room!

Hmph, what a scoundrel!

As she thought this, some images flashed through the princess's mind, and her face under the bamboo hat blushed slightly before she quickly looked away.

"Ahem!"

Jiang Xiaobai cleared his throat, pretending nothing had happened, and looked at Li Zhiwei, saying, "Wei'er, let me show you around our mansion!"

"Um!"

Li Zhiwei blushed, but still responded softly.

Jiang Xiaobai smiled, stepped forward, took Li Zhiwei's small hand, and led her outside.

The two hadn't been wandering around the Duke's mansion for long when Shen Yun heard that Li Zhiwei had arrived, so she took the initiative to come over.

Seeing her future daughter-in-law, Shen Yun was naturally overjoyed and started chatting with Li Zhiwei.

Li Zhiwei was a little reserved at first, but she soon relaxed and chatted and laughed with Shen Yun.

Jiang Xiaobai sat to the side, trying to interject several times, but couldn't find an opportunity.

In the end, all I could do was sit there with my tea, completely becoming an outsider.

Around noon, Li Bingzhang also returned from the palace.

After everyone had eaten together, Li Bingzhang also talked about the interview with the Bible.

However, most of the content consisted of official rhetoric about friendly relations between the two countries and win-win cooperation between the border cities.

Jiang Xiaobai listened attentively at first, but soon found it boring.

An hour later, Li Bingzhang, with Li Zhiwei in tow, got back into the carriage.

Jiang Xiaobai stood at the entrance of the Duke's mansion, watching the carriage gradually disappear into the distance before turning his gaze back and leading Tang Ningshuang and the Princess back into the courtyard.

Sitting in the courtyard, Jiang Xiaobai, having nothing to do, suddenly remembered something and turned to look at Tang Ningshuang, saying, "Miss Tang, do you still remember our bet?"

"I forgot!"

Holding her sword, Tang Ningshuang answered decisively, "I've forgotten everything!"

"That won't do!"

Jiang Xiaobai smiled slightly.

Indeed, he was genuinely curious about what Tang Ningshuang would look like in a woman's dress.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xiaobai didn't give Tang Ningshuang a chance to refuse. He directly called over a maid from the mansion and asked her to bring over several sets of women's dresses.

Tang Ningshuang glared at Jiang Xiaobai.

But there was nothing she could do; after all, she had made the bet herself. In the end, she could only grit her teeth, grab her dress, and walk into the room.

Jiang Xiaobai sat in the courtyard, enjoying the princess's shoulder massage while waiting quietly.

After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the door was finally slowly pushed open.

Tang Ningshuang came out of the room.

At this moment, Tang Ningshuang changed into a light blue long dress with a plain white ribbon tied around her waist. Her originally neat and tidy long hair was also simply tied up.

She still possessed a certain heroic spirit, but after changing into a dress, her features softened noticeably.

Especially with her figure accentuated by the long dress, she looked completely different from her usual self.

Jiang Xiaobai was stunned. He stood up from his seat, circled Tang Ningshuang twice, and couldn't help but click his tongue.

"Miss Tang, you're quite something!"

Jiang Xiaobai looked at Tang Ningshuang and said, "I didn't expect you to look so beautiful in a dress!"

Hearing these praises, Tang Ningshuang felt even more uncomfortable.

She rarely wore this kind of dress, and now that Jiang Xiaobai was looking her over like this, she felt extremely uncomfortable.

Finally, Tang Ningshuang responded, turned around, and prepared to go back to her room to change back into her original clothes.

"Hey, don't rush to change!"

Jiang Xiaobai watched Tang Ningshuang's retreating figure and said with a chuckle, "Let's wear this from now on, so people won't always think that this young master has a man by his side all the time!"

Tang Ningshuang stopped abruptly, turned around, and glared angrily at Jiang Xiaobai, saying, "Who's acting like a man?!"

After saying that, Tang Ningshuang, feeling ashamed and angry, raised her foot and kicked Jiang Xiaobai.

Jiang Xiaobai was stunned for a moment, and his body reacted almost instinctively, quickly raising his right hand.

click!

He had actually managed to grab Tang Ningshuang's ankle with pinpoint accuracy.

Huh?

Jiang Xiaobai looked completely surprised.

When did his reaction become so fast?

Surprised, Jiang Xiaobai's gaze returned to Tang Ningshuang.

But upon seeing this, Jiang Xiaobai's expression immediately froze.

Indeed, Tang Ningshuang was wearing a long dress at the moment. As she lifted her foot, the light blue skirt slipped down, revealing a section of her snow-white calf.

Seeing that the skirt was still sliding down, Jiang Xiaobai gasped and quickly withdrew her hand, looking embarrassed.

"Um... I'm suddenly a little hungry, I'm going to go find something to eat!"

After saying that, Jiang Xiaobai turned and ran.

That speed is incredibly fast...