son, don't mess around

As soon as these words were spoken, the room fell silent.

Lin Jiangnian: "?"

He looked at Jinxiu suspiciously, wondering if he had heard it wrong.

What did she say?
After Jinxiu finished speaking, her beautiful, slightly shy eyes raised slightly and met Lin Jiangnian's gaze.

Somewhat shy.

But, that determined look seemed to be telling Lin Jiangnian...he did not hear wrong.

Now, it was Lin Jiangnian's turn to remain silent.

"You, are you having a fever?"

After a while, Lin Jiangnian reached out to touch Jinxiu's forehead, but Jinxiu slapped him away in embarrassment: "I don't have a fever!"

"Then why do you say such nonsense?"

No fever?
How can you say this without having a fever?

Lin Jiangnian didn't believe it.

"you……"

Jinxiu glared at him angrily, calmed down, and bit her lower lip again: "I'm serious."

"Would you like to hear what you are talking about?"

Lin Jiangnian still looked suspicious, looking her up and down: "Do you have any conflicts with your princess?"

"No."

"Then why are you so upset?"

beautiful:"……"

"Princess, are you so depressed that you want to marry you?" Jinxiu's voice was faint.

"That's not it."

Lin Jiangnian denied it, but when these words came out of Jinxiu's mouth, they sounded a little wrong.

Lin Jiangnian couldn't help but wonder if she was fishing on purpose?

Or did Li Piaomiao send her to test him?

"Just tell me, do you like my princess?" Jinxiu looked at him resentfully.

"I don't like it." Lin Jiangnian denied it without even thinking about it.

He is not that easily fooled!
"Really?"

"you guess!"

Jinxiu said angrily: "I am serious with you!"

"I'm serious too."

Lin Jiangnian looked at Jinxiu in front of him and said, "Why do you suddenly mention this...what is your purpose?"

"Your princess sent you?"

Jinxiu was silent.

Obviously, she realized that Lin Jiangnian seemed to still have doubts about her.

But after changing his mind, he quickly felt relieved.

That's right. After all, no matter what, she is still a maidservant of her own princess. It is indeed inappropriate to say such things at this moment.

but……

"It has nothing to do with the princess. It's my own idea."

Jinxiu's tone was a little sullen. She stared at Lin Jiangnian and asked again, "Do you really not like my princess?"

"dislike!"

"Liar!"

Jinxiu obviously didn't believe Lin Jiangnian's words: "Why don't you like the princess?"

Lin Jiangnian asked back: "Why should I like it?"

"Isn't my princess beautiful?"

"Pretty!"

"Does my princess have a bad temperament?"

"Good."

"Isn't my princess worthy of you?"

"Hard to say."

"……What did you say?!"

Jinxiu opened her eyes slightly, seeming a little surprised and a little angry.

Before she could even react, Lin Jiangnian hugged her again and said, "Okay, stop keeping me in suspense. Tell me, what do you want to do?"

Lin Jiangnian looked down at Jinxiu in his arms and said, "Why are you suddenly trying to match me up with your princess? What sneaky ideas do you have?"

"You're the one with the evil idea!"

Jinxiu rolled her eyes at him, struggled again, but failed to break free, so she simply gave up.

She was silent for a moment, then she muttered, "I will definitely follow the princess."

"so what?"

"What do you say?"

Seeing that Lin Jiangnian still didn't understand, Jinxiu glared at him angrily and spoke in a bad mood.

"Ok?"

Seeing Jinxiu suddenly getting a little angry, Lin Jiangnian was a little confused.

But she quickly changed her mind and suddenly wanted to match him with Li Piaomiao, and emphasized that she must follow Li Piaomiao =...

This……

Soon, Lin Jiangnian seemed to realize something belatedly.

He looked down at Jinxiu in his arms, his expression becoming somewhat interesting: "You mean... as long as I marry your princess, I won't have to worry about you leaving with the princess?"

"Even, you can marry here with your princess?!"

Lin Jiangnian raised his eyebrows and immediately understood Jinxiu's meaning.

"Bah, I'd marry you!"

Jinxiu's expression looked a little unnatural. She looked away and snorted.

But he did not deny Lin Jiangnian's other speculations.

After understanding Jinxiu's meaning, Lin Jiangnian was a little amused.

But I have to say, this does... seem like a good idea.

Jinxiu didn't want to leave Li Piaomiao, so if she wanted to stay with both Li Piaomiao and Lin Jiangnian at the same time, this seemed to be the only way left...

only……

"Does your princess know about your bad idea?" Lin Jiangnian asked again.

"Why is it a bad idea?!"

Jinxiu glanced at him and reminded him, "You and the princess are already engaged."

"It's hard to say. Neither your princess nor I have ever admitted it!"

“Just because you haven’t admitted it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.”

Jinxiu stared at him in a gloomy tone, "So you haven't answered me yet, do you... want to marry the princess?"

Jinxiu's expression was a little serious and earnest, and she didn't seem to be joking.

That was indeed her idea.

The princess will leave sooner or later. Once the princess brings her and An Ning back to the capital, it will take an unknown amount of time for her to see Lin Jiangnian again.

Jinxiu was reluctant to leave the princess, but at the same time she was reluctant to leave His Highness...

Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, she came up with this best of both worlds solution.

As long as the princess marries his highness, the problem will be solved.

And she can also stay with Lin Jiangnian as the princess's personal maid with full legitimacy.

"You are asking..."

Facing Jinxiu's question, Lin Jiangnian didn't know how to answer for a moment. You want to say you don't want to?

The princess was beautiful, charming, and cold. Which man wouldn't be moved? Especially during the time when she was "healing" with Li Piaomiao, this noble and taciturn cold beauty occasionally showed a silly feeling, which gave Lin Jiangnian a shocking contrast.

To say I don't want to is a bit false.

Anyone would be moved if they came here.

But if you were to say what he was thinking about... Lin Jiangnian had indeed just thought about it.

He had never thought about this problem before!
Therefore, facing Jinxiu's questioning, Lin Jiangnian sighed: "Is this a question of whether I want to or not? Even if I do, your princess won't agree, right?"

"If you don't give it a try, how do you know the princess won't agree?"

Jinxiu's eyes lit up slightly: "In that case, do you agree?"

"Promise what?"

"Marry the princess!"

"Have it?"

Jinxiu didn't say anything, staring at Lin Jiangnian with resentment in her eyes.

This guy looks like he's getting something for nothing.

"Okay, I'm just kidding you."

Lin Jiangnian hugged Jinxiu tighter in his arms: "How can you be like this, asking your man to marry another woman?"

Jinxiu blushed slightly, as if she was a little shy when she heard this 'her own man'. She looked away: "The princess is not another woman..."

At this point, Jinxiu's tone weakened a little, "To be honest, I was the one who stole the princess's man..."

"How rude are you?"

Lin Jiangnian stretched out his hand and pinched Jinxiu's dough twice, warning her: "You're talking as if I'm something that you guys can snatch away?"

"you……"

Jinxiu's face immediately turned red. She stretched out her hand to stop Lin Jiangnian's strange hand and said angrily, "You, just tell me whether you will marry me or not!"

"If you don't marry me, once the princess and I return to the capital, you won't be able to see me again!"

"Oh, you're threatening me, right?"

Lin Jiangnian stretched out his hands and explored Jinxiu's delicate body, saying, "You should ask your princess. If your princess is willing to marry, I don't mind marrying her."

"Really?"

"You should convince your princess first."

Jinxiu blushed and glared at him in embarrassment: "This, isn't it your turn to go?"

"I'm afraid your princess will hit someone!"

"The princess is not that kind of person!"

"But you, Princess, are not a normal person either."

Lin Jiangnian sighed: "Your princess doesn't like me."

Jinxiu blushed and said, "You, you are usually very good at teasing women, right? Use those tricks of yours to win the princess over!"

"slander!"

Lin Jiangnian protested: "When did I become good at teasing women?"

"Heh, don't you have enough female confidantes around you?"

Jinxiu sneered: "Don't tell me they took the initiative to pay for me."

"You are really smart!"

"Oh, ghost letter!"

Jinxiu naturally didn't believe Lin Jiangnian's lies. She glared at him and said sullenly, "I don't care anyway. Just figure out a way... to make my princess fall in love with you."

"What you said is so easy!"

Lin Jiangnian said unhappily, but he did not stop the action. He gently teased the dough between his fingers.

Jinxiu's delicate body trembled suddenly, and she punched Lin Jiangnian in shame and anger. It took a lot of strength to get Lin Jiangnian's hand out.

After tidying up her slightly disordered breathing, she looked up at Lin Jiangnian with a complicated look in her eyes and said unhappily, "Actually, I can feel that the princess... probably has a good impression of you."

Lin Jiangnian was stunned when he heard this, and even forgot to reach in again: "Are you sure?"

Li Piaomiao has a crush on him?

That woman was cold and never smiled at him. She had a very deep mind and was hard to figure out...

In Lin Jiangnian's view, Li Piaomiao is just a cold machine without any emotions.

God gave her unparalleled beauty and talent in martial arts, but also took away some other things from her.

"You are the first man who can be so close to my princess!"

Jinxiu looked at Lin Jiangnian with complicated eyes: "In the past, there were very few men who could even talk to my princess, let alone get close to her..."

"My princess is a loner. She doesn't like to communicate with others, and she doesn't like men..."

At this point, Jinxiu paused. At least before she met Lin Jiangnian, she always thought that the princess didn't like men.

The princess had never walked into anyone's house, except for the young lady from the Zhao family. So much so that Jinxiu had previously suspected whether her princess had some kind of...relationship with the young lady from the Zhao family?
But since Lin Jiangnian appeared, everything has changed.

The princess's nominal fiancé came to the capital and broke into her life, completely changing her previously peaceful and uneventful life.

He was the first man who dared to smile in front of the princess and bargain with her. He was also the first man who could cause the princess's emotions to fluctuate.

He was also the first man who could enter his princess' room at will, and he also had a bond with his princess... Although that was because Lin Jiangnian was treating the coldness in his princess' body, it was enough to show the princess's indulgence in him.

If it were someone else, there would be no chance of such treatment.

Jinxiu has been with the princess since she was young and has grown up with her. She is different from An Ning, who is a silly girl who is sensitive but stupid.

Jinxiu could sense her princess's different attitude towards Lin Jiangnian. Every time her princess saw Lin Jiangnian, her aura would change.

Although it couldn't be seen from the outside, Jinxiu could vaguely feel that her princess was happy and relaxed.

For other people, this is far from being a favorable impression. But for the princess, this is already a favorable impression!

If I didn't have a good impression of you, why would I indulge Your Highness like this?
Is there anyone else in this world who could be treated differently by the princess?

However, the princess didn't seem to notice this.

This is also another reason why Jinxiu came to Lin Jiangnian and asked him to marry his princess.

It is true that there are irreconcilable conflicts of opinion between the imperial court and the Lin family, and the marriage between the princess and His Highness is also mixed with many political factors.

But for Jinxiu, she doesn't care about that.

She was not a member of the imperial court, she was just a maidservant of the princess, and everything she did was for the sake of her own princess.

Of course, I can also satisfy my own little...selfish desire!
Kill two birds with one stone!
……

After listening to Jinxiu's explanation and analysis, Lin Jiangnian also fell into deep thought for a moment.

After being reminded by Jinxiu, Lin Jiangnian remembered... sometimes, Li Piaomiao seemed to treat him a little differently from others?
Of course, there is no reference, it’s just Lin Jiangnian’s personal feeling.

For example, every time I was alone with Li Piaomiao, I could indeed feel Li Piaomiao's calm and relaxed mood.

and also……

Every time he gave her treatment, Li Piaomiao would sometimes take the initiative to extend her hand for Lin Jiangnian to hold.

At first, Lin Jiangnian felt it was quite normal... After all, he was trying to "cure" Li Piaomiao, so some skin contact was inevitable.

In addition, Li Piaomiao had a cold personality and no emotions, and her face showed no emotion, so Lin Jiangnian often overlooked one thing...

No matter how cold she is, Li Piaomiao is still a woman!
She is the eldest princess of the current dynasty, who has a noble status, a very high position, is unrivaled in the world, has a stunning appearance, and a charming and cold temperament!

She wouldn't let anyone hold her hand.

Even if it was for the purpose of "curing an illness", it would be impossible to make such a sacrifice...

But Lin Jiangnian not only shook it, but also touched it many times.

In fact, once before, after "curing" Li Piaomiao, he even asked for some unknown reason, "Can you hold it for a little longer?"

And what about Li Piaomiao?
She didn't seem to refuse?
Lin Jiangnian was stunned for a long time, and suddenly the cold and unparalleled face of Li Piaomiao appeared in his mind.

Fair skin, cool and delicate facial features, no expression on her face, and eyes so clear that you can see through them just staring at him.

The snow-white hand held by Lin Jiangnian was as delicate, soft and smooth as jade.

Lin Jiangnian has a particularly deep memory of that somewhat cold little hand.

And Li Piaomiao's indescribably beautiful face seemed to be imprinted in Lin Jiangnian's mind.

At this moment, Lin Jiangnian's heart suddenly jumped.

It’s a thrilling feeling!
...(End of chapter)