Witch, don't do anything reckless!

Outside the courtyard.

A graceful and elegant noblewoman entered the courtyard, and several maids hurried forward: "Your Highness, what brings you here?"

"How is Ning'er? Was she disturbed?"

Princess Jing's voice carried a hint of worry.

Tonight, a demon is rampaging in Prince Jing's residence, causing quite a commotion. Princess Jing, worried about her daughter's safety, has come to investigate.

A maidservant who had been standing nearby spoke up: "Your Highness, please rest assured, the Princess is well and has just fallen asleep."

Upon hearing this, Princess Jing breathed a sigh of relief, but a hint of worry remained on her face.

Princess Jing has just experienced the pain of losing her son, and now she only has this one daughter left, so naturally she cannot afford any more problems.

"I'll go check on Ning'er."

With that, Princess Jing walked into the courtyard.

At this moment, the two people in the room were clearly panicked!

Jiang Ning, in particular, never expected that her mother would suddenly come to visit her at this time.

Hearing the commotion outside, Jiang Ning, who had been stunned for a moment, finally came to her senses.

"You, you better hide!"

She lowered her voice and urged anxiously.

Li Chuqiu reacted even faster, and upon hearing the commotion outside the courtyard, she immediately began searching for a hiding place.

...We can't let them get caught!

For a strange man to appear in the princess's room so late at night, no matter the reason, he is doomed to die!

Li Chuqiu's gaze swept quickly across the room, only to find that the princess's enormous boudoir had nowhere to stay!

Everything in sight is laid out before you.

Even the space under the bed, which should be a hiding place, is actually solid.

...So this is how you prevent people from hiding, right?

Hearing footsteps approaching in the courtyard, Li Chuqiu quickly walked to the window, preparing to climb out and leave.

But just as he was about to open the window, he suddenly stopped...

With the arrival of this princess, the once quiet courtyard was filled with many maids. Not far away, there was a maid who would surely be caught if she tried to climb over the wall.

Even Li Chuqiu, who could remain calm in the face of any danger, started to lose her composure... This really gave her the feeling of being caught in a pre-existing relationship by the parents of someone else.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry..."

Jiang Ning was extremely anxious at this moment.

Already feeling somewhat guilty, she suddenly realized that there was practically nowhere to hide in her room... Her father and mother must have been worried about assassins lying in wait, so they took precautions in advance.

But to our surprise, they actually caught us!

There was no assassin, but a strange man was caught... This is a much more serious situation than the assassin situation!

Panicked, Jiang Ning didn't care about anything else. She quickly scanned her surroundings: "Quick, hide here..."

As he spoke, he grabbed Li Chuqiu and pushed her toward the bed behind the screen.

"Hidden on the bed!"

If you can't hide under the bed, then hide on the bed!

"Quick, hide under the bed and cover yourself with the blanket... I'll find a way to coax Mother away, hurry, hurry!"

Li Chuqiu hesitated. If she was caught in the room just now, there was still a one in ten thousand chance that it could be explained as a misunderstanding.

If you get caught in bed like that, there's absolutely no room for explanation.

But there was clearly no time to think. Footsteps were approaching from outside. In a moment of panic, Jiang Ning urged Li Chuqiu to get onto the bed and quickly turned off the lights in the room.

Instantly, the room was plunged into darkness.

Jiang Ning groped her way back to the bedside in the dark, but found that even with the lights off, the bulge on the bed was hard to miss.

Jiang Ning hesitated for a moment, gritted her teeth, lifted a corner of the quilt, and crawled in... to pretend to be asleep.

Just then, Princess Jing, who was standing outside the door, suddenly noticed that the lights in the room had gone out.

"Ning'er?"

Princess Jing looked puzzled and spoke up.

no respond.

The atmosphere inside the room was tense and frozen.

In the darkness, Li Chuqiu was forced to crawl into Jiang Ning's soft bed. She could smell the girl's fragrance on the bedding and feel the soft, smooth texture of the sheets.

As expected of a princess, even her bedding smells so sweet and soft.

...The newly appointed commander of the Heavenly Mystery Division sneaked into a young woman's bed on his very first night in office.

It's a long story!

Meanwhile, Jiang Ning was so nervous that her heart was in her throat.

The arrival of her mother outside the door startled her, and as she pretended to be asleep, she suddenly realized that the strange experience of lying in the same bed with a "strange man" filled her with extreme shame and indignation...

She's completely out of her mind!

...How could someone do something like this?!

"Ning'er, are you asleep?!"

Outside the door, Princess Jing's voice rang out again, tinged with urgency and worry. This time, Jiang Ning could no longer pretend to be asleep.

"Mother?"

She pretended to be weak and listless, her voice soft and sweet as if she were about to fall asleep, sticky and languid.

"Mother, why are you here... I was just about to go to sleep."

It must be said that this princess is indeed very good at putting on an act.

Outside the room, Princess Jing finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Ning'er, your mother was worried about your safety, so I came to check on you."

As he spoke, he reached out and pushed open the door.

The door wasn't locked from the inside, and by the time Jiang Ning realized what was happening, Princess Jing had already walked in.

"The lights were on just now, why are they off?"

Princess Jing asked in confusion as she prepared to light the lamps.

"Mother..."

Jiang Ning panicked.

She was just about to use the excuse of going to sleep to get rid of her mother when her mother unexpectedly pushed the door open and came in.

...Does it have absolutely no sense of boundaries?

My mother would never have taken the initiative to enter her room like this before!

Something is wrong!

With her mind wandering, Jiang Ning was startled... She couldn't turn on the light!

The darkness could barely conceal the man hiding in the bed, but if the lights were on, wouldn't he be exposed?!

"Mother, you mustn't light the lamps!"

Princess Jing, who was about to light the lamps, paused, puzzled, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"My eyes feel a little uncomfortable... I don't want to see any light, please don't turn on the lights~"

Jiang Ning's voice had a hint of coquettishness.

Princess Jing immediately became worried: "Ning'er, are your eyes alright? Are they serious?"

"It's nothing serious, just... I'm a little sensitive to light and uncomfortable... I'll be fine after a rest!"

Upon hearing this, Princess Jing stopped lighting the lamps and groped her way towards the bed behind the screen: "You, you, I never see you studying hard, always running around, how did you end up with eye problems?"

"Tomorrow, Mother will have a doctor come and examine you."

As Princess Jing approached, Jiang Ning stiffened completely.

Why is Mother Consort coming over here?!

This is going to be a big problem!

"Mother, is there anything else... It's so late, aren't you going to rest?" Jiang Ning's voice held a hint of barely perceptible panic.

"What? You don't want to see your mother anymore?"

Princess Jing seemed to sense something, "You don't welcome Mother?"

"How...how could this be..."

Jiang Ning forced a smile and said, "Well, Mother, why did you come here? I... I was curious what's going on..."

In the darkness, Jiang Ning vaguely saw her mother approaching, and her heart pounded wildly, almost leaping out of her chest.

No, if Mother comes closer, she'll still see the abnormality on the bed.

Thinking this, Jiang Ning subconsciously sat up and quickly moved further into the bed, soon touching Li Chuqiu who was hiding next to her.

Upon first contact, Jiang Ning froze completely.

At the same time, Li Chuqiu, who was hiding under the quilt, turned to the side and felt something pressing against her head.

He subconsciously sniffed and smelled a faint fragrance, then quickly realized what it was... a leg!

Sitting on the bed, Jiang Ning squeezed as close as possible to where Li Chuqiu was hiding, barely concealing his figure and trying her best to appear as if they were 'one'...

But this would inevitably require the two of them to be very close together.

As a result, Jiang Ning's legs brushed against Li Chuqiu's head. Even through the light gauze and silk skirt, Jiang Ning still felt a tightness in her chest and inexplicably felt her body getting hot.

In particular, she felt a warm breath slowly exhaling and landing on her thigh, which made her body tense up and gave her goosebumps.

At this moment, Princess Jing had already come to the bedside, which startled Jiang Ning so much that she instinctively squeezed herself closer, afraid that her mother would notice something was wrong.

But this way, the blankets are pressed even closer together.

Li Chuqiu felt as if her head was being 'attacked,' or even... sandwiched.

On one side were the girl's warm, long legs, and on the other side was the cold wall. Li Chuqiu's head was trapped between them, solidly... Was this girl trying to crush him to death?

At this moment, Jiang Ning also realized something, but dared not relax at all, and was as tense as if facing a formidable enemy.

In the darkness, Princess Jing saw Jiang Ning sitting on the bed with her head down; fortunately, she couldn't see her face clearly.

"Ning'er".

"Hmm... Ah?!"

Jiang Ning suddenly snapped out of her daze, forcefully suppressing the strange sensation in her thigh: "Mother, wh, what's wrong?"

"What's wrong with you?"

Princess Jing seemed to sense that something was amiss.

"I'm fine..."

Jiang Ning forced herself to remain calm: "It's just a little hot, a little hot..."

"hot?"

Princess Jing then noticed that Jiang Ning was wrapped in a blanket in the middle of summer. Just as she was about to speak, Jiang Ning's heart skipped a beat, and she panicked a little. She quickly changed the subject: "Mother, why are you here so late?!"

"Could it be... that she's thinking of her brother again?"

Upon hearing the mention of her brother, Princess Jing's attention was immediately diverted, and her previously calm expression instantly turned somber. She sat on the edge of the bed, looking somewhat lost and dejected: "Ning'er, your brother…"

His voice carried an unconcealable sorrow and a slight tremor.

Jiang Ning naturally knew how much her brother's death had affected her mother. In recent days, her mother had been so heartbroken that she had fainted several times from crying.

"Mother, don't be too sad..."

Jiang Ning bit her lower lip tightly: "Brother Wang... he wasn't a good person to begin with, he died..."

I wanted to say it was good that she died, but seeing how heartbroken and sad my mother was, I held back.

"Ning'er, no matter how bad he is, he is still your brother."

"I know, that's why I'm saying it's because you spoil him too much, Mother..."

Her brother was a wicked playboy, no good at all. Jiang Ning had been at odds with him since childhood, and the two siblings had almost never given each other a kind look.

Now that he's dead, Jiang Ning isn't particularly sad or upset.

But seeing his mother so heartbroken, he held back the harsh words.

Moreover, Jiang Ning is in no mood to comfort her mother right now... There's a man hiding just a blanket away.

More importantly, at this moment, that man... is being 'squeezed' by her.

Li Chuqiu tried with difficulty to move her head, but as soon as she did, the tip of her nose brushed against the taut, straight skin of her thigh.

It's stretched really tight.

"Um……"

Jiang Ning gave a soft "hmm," almost uttering a shout.

Realizing what had happened, she felt extremely embarrassed and annoyed. She was almost scared to death, and this guy still wouldn't behave and kept moving around.

But the more this happened, the more Jiang Ning felt her body was becoming strange.

She seemed to have become unusually sensitive; even the lightest touch made her tense all over, and she also felt even hotter... This weather is just too hot!

A thin layer of sweat appeared on her forehead, and she even felt her back getting damp, gradually becoming drenched in fragrant sweat.

Especially when she noticed the guy under the blanket was being restless, rubbing against her from time to time, and the hot breath he was exhaling from her thighs, seeping into her skin through the sheer skirt, her body gradually went weak.

While her mother was still immersed in grief over her brother's assassination, Jiang Ning bit her lower lip and couldn't help but lift her leg under the covers and give the guy a light kick as if in revenge.

He meant to give a warning, but his light kick felt like he had hit a hard rock.

This thing is so hard?

More importantly... after that kick, the guy next to him trembled and instinctively hunched over.

Immediately afterwards, her breathing became more rapid.

...No, she didn't use any force, did she?

Why did he react so strongly?

"Ning'er..."

"what?"

Jiang Ning snapped out of her daze: "W-what's wrong?"

"Ning'er, your brother's body is barely cold, the court is eyeing your father covetously, and the current emperor is suspicious... Our manor is now surrounded by wolves, and the situation is very bad."

Princess Jing was oblivious to the strange occurrence around her, still immersed in the grief of losing her son.

"Ning'er, your mother knows you're not interested in these things. Now, your mother only hopes you can grow up healthy and happy, and marry a good husband in the future..."

"Now Mother can rest assured!"

"what……"

In the darkness, Jiang Ning suddenly exclaimed.

"Mother, I...I don't want to get married!"

Jiang Ning's voice was hurried and her emotions were agitated, like a shy young girl.

Upon hearing this, Princess Jing assumed her daughter was just shy and said softly, "A woman should marry when she comes of age. How can she not get married? Speaking of which, Ning'er, you've reached the age to get married..."

"I wonder, Ning'er, do you have a suitable husband? Tell your mother so I can help you find one?"

At this moment, in the darkness, Jiang Ning blushed and covered her mouth slightly, as if she were a shy girl because her mother had suddenly asked about her ideal husband.

But in reality...

Just now, when her mother suddenly mentioned her ideal husband, a large hand suddenly landed on her snow-white, slender thigh under the covers and pinched it hard twice.

That was a bit too hard!

When she realized what he was doing, Jiang Ning was both shocked and furious... What was he doing?!

Taking advantage of her?!

Jiang Ning bit her lower lip, pretending to be nonchalant. At the same time, she quietly reached into the blankets and pinched hard... but grabbed a head of hair instead. So she tugged hard, wanting to warn this guy not to move.

Unexpectedly, it seemed that she had used a bit too much force when she grabbed, causing the hand covering her thigh to instinctively grip it even tighter as if in pain.

"Hmm!"

In the darkness, Jiang Ning's pretty face was burning hot, a bright red spreading from her cheeks to her ears, both ashamed and annoyed.

He... he's touching me again?!

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