Although Shen Wan despised the old lady's actions, she secretly hoped that the old lady would do more of these things. Shen Jing respected the old lady because of her deep affection and loyalty to the late old lady. If the old lady didn't act up and do such shameful things, how could she disappoint Shen Jing and make him harden his heart to separate the family and let the old lady move out of the Pingyang Marquis's mansion with the second master?

Shen Wan sipped her tea, and Yin Shuang asked, "The old lady is ill. Does Your Highness wish to go back to visit her?"

One sentence successfully cast a shadow over Shen Wan's good mood.

She had forgotten that the old lady was ill and that she needed to go back to visit her.

Although they knew perfectly well that the old lady was faking illness, outsiders did not.

The old lady has fallen ill, and it would be too much of a spectacle if she didn't go back to visit her. Even if Shen Wan didn't want to go back, the old lady most likely didn't want to see her either, but the necessary formalities couldn't be skipped.

Shen Wan said, "Have Zhou Mama prepare a gift for visiting the old lady tomorrow."

As Shen Wan spoke, she glanced at the embroidery frame, and Yin Shuang felt a little sorry for the prince.

It's so hard for the poor prince to get anything embroidered by the princess. Before, when he wanted a belt, the prince had to finish embroidering for the eldest son and the marquis before it was his turn. When it came to making a brocade robe for the prince, he encountered a lot of troubles. Since she doesn't usually embroider anything for the prince, the princess's life is incredibly leisurely.

After dinner, Shen Wan didn't go for a walk in the garden as usual. Instead, she rested for a while and then sat down in front of the embroidery frame.

Shen Wan thought that since she had slept during the day, she wouldn't feel sleepy too early at night. However, she started yawning before her usual bedtime and forced herself to embroider for another quarter of an hour. When Yin Shuang saw that she was sleepy, she felt guilty for waking up the princess during the day because she was worried about whether the princess was sleeping. At the same time, she asked the maid to prepare bath water.

Once the bathwater was ready, Shen Wan got up, took off her skirt, and soaked in the bathtub.

Yinshuang tidied up the dress that Chen Wan had changed out of and asked, "Why does Your Highness seem unusually tired these past two days?"

Shen Wan also felt that she had been acting strangely these past two days.

She rarely takes a nap during the day; if she does manage to doze off, she tosses and turns all night, unable to fall asleep.

But these past few days, no matter how long she sleeps during the day, it doesn't affect her sleep at night at all.

She had experienced something similar in her previous life when she was pregnant. However, at that time, she not only felt sleepy but also had a poor appetite and vomited.

That's obviously impossible.

She and Xie Jingyan had only been intimate once, and she even took contraceptives in time, so even if she had an illness, she couldn't possibly be pregnant.

She was just feeling a little sleepy, but there was nothing else wrong, so Shen Wan didn't take it seriously.

Shen Wan leaned against the bathtub, so comfortable she almost fell asleep. Feeling a little thirsty, she ordered, "Yin Shuang, pour me a cup of tea."

Soon, the sound of tea being poured could be heard.

But it wasn't Yinshuang who brought the tea; it was Xie Jingyan.

As he walked around the screen and their eyes met, Shen Wan was stunned at first, then blushed and covered her chest, "W-why are you the one pouring my tea?"

Xie Jingyan said, "The maid has gone out."

To be precise, he sent them away.

Normally, Shen Wan would take a bath much earlier, but tonight she was busy with embroidery and was two quarters of an hour late. When Xie Jingyan entered the room, Shen Wan was just about to have some tea.

Yinshuang was about to pour tea for Chenwan when Xie Jingyan waved her away.

When Yinshuang left, she didn't forget to pull Haitang, who was making the bed, out with her.

Seeing Xie Jingyan walking over step by step, Shen Wan quickly said, "No, you don't need to pour me tea, I'm not thirsty."

Frustrated, she thought, "The maids were all here just now, how could they suddenly disappear? It's one thing if one of them left, but now both of them are gone."

Xie Jingyan looked at her without saying a word, but the message was written all over his face: It's not like we haven't seen each other before.

This is what he replied to her when he moved to the study after their previous argument.

Xie Jingyan handed her the tea, "Drink it."

Shen Wan wanted to drink it, but if she reached out to take the tea, she would be exposed, so she preferred to stay thirsty for a while.

Shen Wan shook her head repeatedly.

Xie Jingyan raised an eyebrow and asked, "Are you really not thirsty?"

"I'm not thirsty."

Shen Wan answered very decisively.

Before she could finish speaking, Xie Jingyan lifted the lid of the teacup, and just when Shen Wan thought he was going to feed her, he drank it himself.

Shen Wan, “…!!!”

You can't just drink tea somewhere else; you have to drink it right in front of her.

This guy definitely did it on purpose.

Shen Wan glared at Xie Jingyan, only to see his stunningly handsome face looming large before her eyes. Before Shen Wan could react to what he was about to do, her mouth was covered.

After a while, Xie Jingyan finally let go of her. "Do you still want me to feed you?"

Shen Wan's face burned, how could she dare to do that? She quickly snatched the teacup, drank it down in a few gulps, and then shoved the teacup back at Xie Jingyan.

Xie Jingyan said, "The water's cold, get up."

Shen Wan said, "You go first."

Xie Jingyan obediently left.

He placed the teacup on the table and went out.

After Xie Jingyan left, Yinshuang and Haitang came into the room to serve Shen Wan. Shen Wan asked, "Where did you two go just now?"

Yinshuang said, "I didn't go anywhere, I just stayed outside the door."

Shen Wan could not possibly be unaware that Xie Jingyan had driven them out.

After putting on her undergarments, Shen Wan went to bed. The commotion had completely banished her sleepiness, but she waited for a long time without seeing Xie Jingyan return.

When everyone was yawning and Xie Jingyan still hadn't returned, Haitang went into the room to see if Shen Wan was asleep and whether she should turn off the light. Shen Wan asked, "Where is the Prince?"

Haitang said, "The prince is practicing martial arts in the courtyard outside the study."

Practicing martial arts in the morning is diligent enough, but practicing again late at night, isn't that going too far?

Thinking of something, Shen Wan's ears turned red. Afraid that Haitang would notice something was amiss, she quickly lay down and pulled the blanket over herself.

Haitang extinguished the candles by the bedside, leaving the ones in the distance lit, and then left.

Previously, Shen Wan had always thought that Xie Jingyan had a problem with frequent nighttime awakenings, and was even planning to wait for Doctor Tao to return so that Doctor Tao could take a look at him. Now she finally knows what he does every night when he gets up.

Thinking about how Xie Jingyan gets up several times every night, Shen Wan felt that she was being unreasonable. When she thought about how Xie Jingyan died from being pierced by a thousand arrows while trying to save "her" in her previous life, she felt even more guilty.

After waiting another quarter of an hour, Xie Jingyan returned. Seeing that Shen Wan was awake, he asked with some surprise, "Why aren't you asleep yet?"

Shen Wan didn't speak, but there seemed to be something resolute in her eyes.

Xie Jingyan lay down, and Shen Wan moved over to hug him. But without thinking, Xie Jingyan pushed her back, wrapped the blanket around her, hugged the blanket, looked at her with a resentful expression, and gritted his teeth, saying, "Go to sleep."

The qi is stagnant and stagnant.

She finally mustered up the courage to take the initiative, but this bastard pushed her away.

She had never done anything so shameful in either of her two lifetimes.

Shen Wan rolled over in the blanket, her head facing him, feeling ashamed and indignant.

The person behind her, oblivious to Shen Wan's anger, asked to herself, "Did you dream about my sweetheart later?"

Shen Wan felt extremely guilty. "Why are you asking me that?"

Xie Jingyan said, "Tell me if you dream about her. I'll marry her off far away so you won't worry about me betraying you. If all else fails, I'll kill her to prevent future troubles."

Shen Wan, "..."