son, don't mess around

inside the room.

Lin Jiangnian lay weakly on the bed, closing his eyes to rest.

He is very tired.

It's the kind of tiredness that makes you feel like your body is drained afterwards.

Every time at this time, Lin Jiangnian didn't want to talk. His mind was focused and he had no distractions. He just wanted to close his eyes and rest quietly.

It's probably equivalent to entering sage mode.

Empty your mind, and you are probably only one thought away from becoming a Buddha!

Of course, this state only lasted for a short while. When Lin Jiangnian's body and mind gradually returned to normal, it disappeared.

Become a Buddha?

It's a hammer!

Lin Jiangnian struggled to sit up from the bed and looked up at the white clothes in his sight.

I have to say, the scene and picture in the room at this moment seemed inexplicably wrong!
Lin Jiangnian, who was pale and dishevelled, was lying on the bed, and Li Piaomiao, who was rosy-faced and refreshed, was standing next to him. The state of the two at the moment... something was wrong no matter how you looked at them.

Of course, it was only Lin Jiangnian who felt something was wrong. Li Piaomiao in his sight was the same as always, without much emotional change.

Her beautiful eyes fell on Lin Jiangnian, and after a moment, she asked, "How is your health?"

A greeting in a lukewarm tone.

It may seem like indifference to others, but to the eldest princess in front of her, it was a flattering and enthusiastic concern.

"Fortunately, nothing serious happened."

Lin Jiangnian shook his head. He had gotten used to being beaten and his body no longer felt the discomfort it had before.

In addition, he was absorbing the cold air in Li Piaomiao's body for his own use, and the feeling of weakness was also relieved.

Now, apart from the physical deficiency, Lin Jiangnian's body has no other effects. And this deficiency will soon be alleviated.

After hearing Lin Jiangnian's words, Li Piaomiao nodded silently.

No words were spoken.

Lin Jiangnian was a little tired and didn't want to talk much.

Then, the room fell into silence again.

Somewhat cold.

When she was with the eldest princess, she seldom spoke, so that most of the time the two of them were in this awkward situation.

Of course, perhaps in the eyes of the eldest princess, this is not embarrassing.

After a moment of silence, Li Piaomiao raised her eyes slightly and glanced at Lin Jiangnian. She looked at Lin Jiangnian for a moment, as if she remembered something, and suddenly spoke.

"What's going on outside?"

Lin Jiangnian looked at her in surprise. It was rare for the princess to speak on her own initiative.

However, Lin Jiang shook his head: "It's not a big deal, it's already been resolved."

After hearing this, Li Piaomiao nodded silently and stopped talking.

The room fell silent again.

What happened in the inn tonight was indeed just a trivial matter to Lin Jiangnian. If it had not been related to Shen Lingjun, Lin Jiangnian would not have bothered to show up. A small county lieutenant bullied the people, and naturally there was no need for him to show up in person. His subordinates would take care of it.

"However, the Xunyang City Governor's Mansion did send someone over!"

Lin Jiangnian glanced at Li Piaomiao and said, "Tomorrow we have to go meet the Xunyang governor!"

Li Piaomiao said nothing and looked at him quietly.

"That governor probably knows that you and I are together. I heard that Yanzhou Governor Yuan Zhongnan is also there. We might bump into each other tomorrow..."

Lin Jiangnian did not enter Xunyang City directly. He was waiting for the attitude of Yuan Zhongnan and the new prefect.

From what we can see now, the attitudes of the governor and the prefect are unclear, but at least, there is no hostility.

"After passing Xunyang City, we will be able to enter Linzhou in half a month. Once we reach Linzhou, we will be close to Linwang Mansion..."

In the room, Li Piaomiao didn't say anything and just looked at him quietly.

"It's getting late, let's take a rest early."

Lin Jiangnian was about to leave, but when he passed by Li Piaomiao, he stopped and turned to look at her.

"By the way, can you help me?"

Li Piaomiao was stunned and looked at Lin Jiangnian: "What?"

"When we get to Xunyang City, will you accompany me to meet someone?" Lin Jiangnian asked.

Li Piaomiao frowned: "Who are you meeting?"

"You probably don't know him, but you must have seen him."

Li Piaomiao looked suspicious but said nothing.

"The opponent is quite powerful, I am afraid I can't defeat him..."

Lin Jiangnian looked at Li Piaomiao hopefully.

Li Piaomiao didn't say anything. She looked at Lin Jiangnian and after a while, nodded.

"Okay, then I'll be relieved."

After getting the definite answer, Lin Jiangnian felt relieved. He waved at Li Piaomiao and left the room.

Li Piaomiao stood where he was, staring at the direction Lin Jiangnian left, his eyes fixed on the door.

Still silent.

……

When Lin Jiangnian walked out of the room, Jinxiu was no longer outside the door, and even An Ning, who had just come out, was nowhere to be seen.

Where have you been?
Lin Jiangnian looked around and didn't see the sisters, so he didn't take it too seriously. He probably guessed that Jinxiu was hiding on purpose.

So, Lin Jiangnian went back to his room first.

After a busy day today and so many things happening, he is a little tired.

However, just as Lin Jiangnian returned to the room and sat down, before he had time to drink a sip of tea, the door was knocked again!
There was such an urgent knock on the door that Lin Jiangnian knew who was coming without even asking.

Sure enough, after the door was knocked, it was immediately pushed open, and then a beautiful figure rushed in hurriedly.

"Lin Jiangnian!"

The person who broke into the room was Xu Lan.

"How did you come?"

Lin Jiangnian looked at Xu Lan who had barged in, "What's the matter?"

"Have!"

Xu Lan, who had rushed in with great momentum, lost all his momentum in an instant when he saw Lin Jiangnian for some reason.

I feel inexplicably restrained.

She moved cautiously to the table.

"what happened?"

Seeing Xu Lan suddenly become coy, Lin Jiangnian couldn't help but ask, "Why don't you say what you want to say? What's wrong with you?"

Lin Jiangnian suddenly remembered that Xu Lan had been acting mysterious and sneaky these past few days and no one knew what he was doing.

"What have you been doing these days?"

"what?"

Xu Lan reacted and quickly shook her head: "No, nothing!"

Then, she spoke again with a stutter: "I, I have something to ask you."

"what's up?"

"Just now, what happened?"

Xu Lan asked in confusion: "Why are there so many soldiers in the inn? What kind of trouble have you gotten yourself into?"

"Why did they all leave suddenly...is your identity exposed?"

"And who was that woman next to you just now?"

Xu Lan asked casually.

However, Lin Jiangnian had already seen through everything.

Xu Lan asked a lot of questions, but his real purpose was not to talk about wine.

So Lin Jiangnian didn't waste any time talking to her.

"Her name is Shen Lingjun, a very powerful assassin."

"assassin?"

Xu Lan was stunned, looking a little confused, and didn't react for a moment.

"What assassin?"

"Are there different types of assassins?"

"No...I mean, she's an assassin?"

"Ah."

"Who was assassinated?"

"I."

"You?" Xu Lan was stunned again, his eyes became more and more confused, and his brain seemed to be a little confused.

"She stabbed you?!"

After a while, Xu Lan finally realized that something was wrong and caught the loophole in Lin Jiangnian's words: "Then why do you seem to have a good relationship with her?!"

"How do you know I have a good relationship with her?"

"that is……"

Xu Lan was about to say something when she met Lin Jiangnian's gaze: "Were you peeking at me just now?!"

"Who, who peeked at you?!"

Xu Lan retorted subconsciously.

But I regretted it after I said it!
This is simply a reaction of guilt on her part!

Looking at Lin Jiangnian's expression, it was obvious that he didn't believe it either.

"You, you and her are just downstairs...Do I need to peek?!"

Xu Lan said angrily: "Since she is the assassin who assassinated you, why do you still keep her?"

"That's a long story!"

Lin Jiangnian simply mentioned Shen Lingjun's background to Xu Lan without going into details. He also did not explain the grudges between him and Shen Lingjun.

But even so, Xu Lan understood it vaguely.

"So, she tried to assassinate you before... but you thought she wasn't a bad person, so you let her go?"

"Did we meet again by chance on the way back this time?"

Lin Jiangnian nodded: "You can say that."

She had no problem understanding it.

"Is it really just that?!"

However, Xu Lan's eyes became a little suspicious. She stared at Lin Jiangnian up and down: "Are you really letting her go because she is not a bad person?"

"And not because she's pretty?"

"What are you looking at me with? Am I such a superficial person?"

"You are!"

Xu Lan said firmly: "Isn't she pretty?!"

"Don't you have any thoughts about her?"

Shen Lingjun is so beautiful, how could this guy not be attracted to her?

Xu Lan didn't quite believe it.

"That's all you have in your head, isn't it?"

Lin Jiangnian said angrily.

"That's what it is!"

Xu Lan was a little unconvinced: "Otherwise, why did you let her go even though she wanted to kill you and hated you so much?"

"Besides, why doesn't she kill you now?"

Obviously, Xu Lan is not too stupid.

"This is too complicated to explain. I'm too lazy to explain it!"

Lin Jiangnian said lazily: "Anyway, it's not what you think!"

"Humph, I don't believe it!"

"believe or not!"

Lin Jiangnian glanced at her and said, "It's getting late. I'm tired. It's time to rest!"

Xu Lan naturally didn't want to leave: "It's still early."

"It's getting late. We have to go into the city tomorrow. I'm tired!"

As he spoke, Lin Jiangnian slowly stood up: "You're not leaving yet, do you want to stay?"

Hearing this, Xu Lan felt a little shy, but also a little moved. She hummed softly, "Is there a problem?!"

"no problem!"

Lin Jiangnian said, "If you want to stay, then stay. I'm going to sleep first anyway."

As he spoke, Lin Jiangnian took off his clothes and walked towards the bed.

"You... hooligan!"

Xu Lan's face immediately turned red and she stood up in panic.

"I, I'm going back!"

After saying that, she fled.

After running out of the room and standing in the corridor, Xu Lan quickly regretted it.

The situation...is not right!

This shouldn't be the case!
Why is she running?

Why don't you just stay?
Anyway, didn’t we already sleep in the same room last time…

Ever since Xu Lan shamelessly slept alone in Lin Jiangnian's room for a night last time, it was thought that the relationship between the two would take a step closer.

Unexpectedly, a princess suddenly popped up and disrupted Xu Lan's plan!
Fearing that the princess was Lin Jiangnian's nominal fiancée, Xu Lan became cautious and no longer dared to openly sneak into Lin Jiangnian's room, fearing that she would be discovered...

As a result, even now that she has arrived in Xunyang City, her relationship with Lin Jiangnian has still not been able to get any closer.

This made Xu Lan extremely anxious.

Especially with the twin 'vixens' named Jinxiu and An Ning eyeing them covetously, how could Xu Lan not be anxious?

Xu Lan stood in the corridor, stamping her feet, feeling very annoyed.

Why did I become cowardly again at the critical moment? !

Xu Lan, feeling depressed, returned to the room in disappointment. Inside the room, Xiaolu, who had been waiting for a long time, knew as soon as he saw the appearance of his young lady...there was no hope again!
Xiaolu also sighed.

But soon, his eyes lit up again: "Miss, don't be depressed!"

Xu Lan hung his head and slumped down beside the table. He seemed to have lost all his energy and vitality. He was powerless and said, "I don't want to...but what can I do?"

Bad mood!

I feel unhappy and blocked at the same time.

All kinds of emotions made it impossible for her to be happy no matter what.

"I'm so useless..."

Xu Lan said dejectedly.

Normally I claim to be fearless, but why am I so hesitant and scared when I get in front of that guy?

I mustered up my courage, but it instantly disappeared after I saw that guy.

That guy... is truly my nemesis!

"Miss, cheer up!"

Xiaolu was cheering for her young lady, but she saw that she was still so depressed.

She rolled her eyes and looked around the room carefully, then walked to the door and locked the room. After making sure that no one was eavesdropping, she returned to the young lady.

Then she reached into her arms and carefully took out a small wrapped package.

"Miss, look!"

"what is this?"

Xiaolu leaned close to her young lady's ear and whispered something.

Then, Xu Lan opened her eyes slightly and a look of embarrassment appeared on her face.

"You, you really got it?!"

"Of course not, young lady, please don't underestimate this servant!"

Xiaolu was very proud and stuffed the small package to the young lady: "Miss, seize the opportunity!

"I, I don't want..."

Xu Lan felt like she was holding a hot potato, not daring to take it, her face flushed with shame: "This, this is too..."

"Really, do you really want to do this?"

"Miss, this is your last chance!"

Xiao Lu said solemnly, "Miss, you don't want His Highness to be snatched away by those two vixens next door, do you?"

Hearing this, Xu Lan was slightly stunned.

His eyes fell on the small package, still a little hesitant: "Isn't this a bit bad?"

"Will it be discovered?"

"Don't worry, young lady. This medicine is colorless and tasteless, and has a very strong effect. It also has no side effects. I heard that after a woman uses it, even the most chaste woman will instantly become a slut... or something like that. If a man uses it, I guarantee that His Highness will be full of energy, lose his mind, and turn into a tiger..."

At this point, Xiaolu's eyes became brighter, her breathing became rapid, and she was very excited. She thought of something and quickly reminded him, "But Miss, you must be mentally prepared in advance. If His Highness is too fierce, I'm worried that your body may not be able to bear it..."

"How about I stand guard at the door, and if you can't stand it, call me, and I can stop His Highness and save you...how about that?"

Xu Lan: "..." (End of this chapter)