That night, Jiang Muyu was lying on the bed, preparing to fall asleep.

Suddenly she heard a slight noise coming from the window. She didn't pay attention to it at first. She turned over and continued to sleep.

However, the noise near the window became louder, like the sound of pebbles being hit against it.

She frowned, and her mind began to imagine all kinds of monsters and ghosts. She remembered her aunt told her when she was a child not to open the door or window if she heard any noise in the middle of the night, otherwise she would be taken away by ghosts.

It was now past midnight, the time of the night when the yin energy was the heaviest. The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became, and she could not help but shrink into the quilt.

Perhaps the people outside saw that she had not opened the window and had to call her out: "Zhao Zhao, Zhao Zhao..."

Oh my god! This ghost even knows her nickname?!

All the hairs on her body stood up and she curled up into a ball under the quilt. The noise outside the window continued.

Just listening to it... she felt that this deliberately low voice sounded familiar...

She pricked up her ears and listened carefully.

"Zhao Zhao, open the window."

Uh...what is this guy doing here under her window in the middle of the night?

Jiang Muyu hesitated for a moment, then threw off the quilt and got off the bed. She walked to the window, took down the latch and gently opened a crack.

Suddenly a big hand stretched out from the window, supported the window panel and lifted it up.

She was so frightened that her heart skipped a beat, and suddenly she was looking at Liang Qingchen's face which was magnified in front of her.

"You came here to scare me in the middle of the night, not sleeping? Are you trying to get revenge for me chasing you and beating you up last night?" She was furious and spoke without pausing.

Liang Qingchen wiped the spit from his face, his eyes drooping in grievance: "Zhao Zhao... I miss you so much that I can't sleep."

Jiang Muyu was speechless for a while: "Oh, my dear Prince Rui, before you left, you said that you would let me stay alone in the empty room, but you got the wronged one while I slept well. Tell me, who can't live without whom between us?"

He leaned against the window sill and jumped in, holding her hand and saying coquettishly: "I admit that I can't leave you."

Jiang Muyu felt his hands were cold and his body was full of stench. She couldn't help but frowned: "Did you run away from the house?"

He chuckled and said, "My Zhao Zhao is really smart. I just went to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion."

Jiang Muyu nodded, without asking him what he was going to do. She just walked over, closed the window, bolted it, and said softly, "Since you're here, stay the night."

After she finished speaking, she didn't hear his response. She turned around and saw that the room next to her was empty. She was stunned for a moment, then looked towards the bedside. Someone had already taken off his outer robe and got under the quilt.

This speed...

He waved at her and smiled in a very flattering way: "Zhao Zhao, come here quickly. I'll warm you up."

However, the moment Jiang Muyu lay down beside him, she shivered with cold and immediately wanted to move away, but he acted like a rogue and stretched out his arms to hold her waist to prevent her from moving.

"You're too cold, stay away from me!" she growled.

Liang Qingchen pouted and said aggrievedly: "Zhao Zhao has abandoned me and has no love for me anymore——"

Jiang Muyu couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Who did you learn this from?"

"You, when you scolded me today, didn't you say: You question me based on her one-sided story? Okay, you don't love me anymore, right?" He imitated Jiang Muyu's tone perfectly.

She was amused, pinched the soft flesh on his hand, and said angrily, "Am I that fierce?"

"No, no, my Zhao Zhao is the most gentle." He said, putting his hand under her clothes.

Jiang Muyu slapped his messy hands away and glared at him: "Come again?!"

"I...I'll just touch it...to warm my hands."

"Let go." She slapped the back of his hand unceremoniously.

The force was not strong, but he still withdrew his hand in the end.

Jiang Muyu looked at his frustrated expression, smiled, then put her arms around his waist, buried her head in his chest, and softly commanded, "Go to sleep obediently."

"Okay." Liang Qingchen gave her a light kiss on the top of her head, hugged her waist and closed his eyes.

…

The next day, at daybreak, Liang Qingchen got up, put on his clothes, and slipped out through the window.

Jiang Muyu looked at his hurriedly leaving back and just found it funny that a legitimate couple acted like they were having an affair.

She continued to close her eyes and go to sleep, but maybe because there was suddenly no one around her, she was still a little uncomfortable, and after half an hour with her eyes closed, she didn't fall asleep. Instead, she became more energetic the longer she lay there.

So she simply didn't want to sleep, got up, casually put on a robe and went out.

She went outside with a small bottle to collect the morning dew.

Obviously, this was something she often did, but for some reason, word spread among the people in the mansion that the princess had been awake all night because of a quarrel with the prince, and was wandering around the mansion early in the morning.

Jiang Muyu: “…”

"Which idiot spread this rumor?"

Yun Yan was stunned for a moment, and replied: "I don't know. When I heard it, it had already spread like this."

She sighed, "Forget it. This is exactly what we want. Only if we make everyone in the mansion believe that he and I really had a falling out, people outside the mansion will believe it. This is also an unexpected success."

"Well, I secretly followed Yunhuan last night and saw that she had sent a letter to the Duke of Zhenguo via pigeon. We should be able to close the net soon."

"He must be busy making arrangements right now. Liang Qingchen will leave Beijing tonight, so he must implement the plan today." She paused and asked, "Is the prince still in Xie Mio Courtyard now?"

"Uh... yes." Yun Yan glanced at her face and breathed a sigh of relief when she found nothing unusual.

She was afraid that the princess might have some ulterior motives.

In order to carry out the plan, the prince left Qingyu Courtyard last night and went directly to Lady Xie's bedroom and stayed there.

However, what she didn't know was that someone had sneaked back to Qingyu Courtyard in the dark last night.

After having breakfast, Jiang Muyu sat in the garden, staring at the trees full of small yellow osmanthus flowers in a daze. His slender figure looked cold and lonely.

Normally, she would sit so quietly and do nothing. Everyone around her thought she was sad, but she was the only one who knew that she was just daydreaming.

It's so boring. Pretending to be heartbroken is so boring...

It wasn't until the three children came over to say goodbye to her that a smile appeared on her face.

They had asked for leave yesterday and came back, so they all have to go back today.

Liang Jinghe asked with some concern: "I heard from the servants in the mansion that mother and father had a quarrel last night. What was it about?"

Jiang Muyu smiled and said, "It's just a trivial matter. It will be resolved soon. You don't have to worry. Just go back and study hard."

Tangtang pulled her hand worriedly and leaned over to her: "Mom has never quarreled with Dad before. Did Dad do something wrong to make Mom angry?"

"Uh..." Jiang Muyu couldn't answer for a moment.

Nan Xing said coldly, "Is it that Miss Xie who is restless? It won't be too late for us to deal with her for you."

Liang Jinghe also nodded in agreement: "Yes, mother, don't worry, she is just a concubine anyway. If father really wants to divorce you, I would rather be an unfilial son."

What a good son you are to your mother.

Jiang Muyu was moved, her eyes were red, and she choked up and said, "You are all my good children. I am very happy that you think so much of me. But the prince...he is indeed not wrong..."

Her behavior made them feel that she was really being bullied. Tangtang ran out without waiting for her to finish her words, yelling, "I'm going to find my dad!"

Jiang Muyu's eyes widened, and he quickly told Liang Jinghe to chase the girl back: "Hurry, don't let that girl do anything stupid, or her father will break her legs!"