Jiang Muyu said at the right time: "Nanxing's martial arts are still good. Although he is young now, he will definitely make great achievements in the future."
Liang Qingchen said: "You speak for her like this, it seems that you like this girl very much."
"She is...quite well behaved."
"Really? I didn't see that."
Jiang Muyu was speechless for a moment. She couldn't say in front of Nanxing that she felt the child's life was pitiful, not to mention... Nanxing was indeed quite well-behaved.
"Your name is Nanxing?"
"yes."
"Tomorrow, you will compete with my subordinates in a few moves, and I will see if you are suitable to stay."
"good."
Liang Qingchen waved his hands and said, "Go down first."
Nanxing bowed and took his leave.
Jiang Muyu packed her clothes and was about to go take a shower when Liang Qingchen suddenly stopped her and asked, "Are you still going to sleep with Tangtang tonight?"
"otherwise?"
Liang Qingchen pursed his lips and said, "It's okay."
Jiang Muyu looked at him and saw that he had closed his eyes and looked like he didn't intend to say anything more, so she took her clothes and left the room.
When she came back from washing, she saw that the lights in the main house had been turned off. Yunshan was on duty at the door. When he saw her, he asked, "Are you not going to accompany the princess?"
"Well, Tangtang has gone to bed, so I won't disturb her." After saying that, she pushed the door and walked into the house.
Yunshan walked into the courtyard and looked towards the princess' bedroom. Seeing that the light was still on inside, he scratched his head in surprise. Why didn't the princess turn off the light before she went to sleep?
Inside the house, Jiang Muyu walked in the dark and nearly tripped several times before finally reaching the bed. With a little moonlight shining through the window shutters, she took off her shoes, tiptoed to the inside of the bed, gently lifted a corner of the quilt, and crawled in.
Looking up at Liang Qingchen again, he still had his eyes closed and was not moving. He must be sleeping soundly.
I hope she didn't wake me up.
Jiang Muyu also lay down obediently, keeping half a person's distance between herself and him, and closed her eyes.
After a long time, Liang Qingchen slowly opened his eyes, turned his head to look at the person who was curled up like a shrimp on the edge of the bed with only half a quilt covering him. His long eyelashes trembled slightly.
He sighed silently, stretched out a hand to pull the quilt and cover her, then struggled to move inwards again and again, so that their bodies were pressed together. He covered her tightly with the quilt, then he closed his eyes contentedly and continued to sleep.
The next day, when Yun Xuan walked into the inner room, he saw the prince and princess curled up in the inner side of the bed, occupying only one-third of the space, while the large empty space outside was enough for two people to lie down.
This is...what happened?
Yun Xuan was confused for a moment and retreated again.
Jiang Muyu opened his eyes dazedly and suddenly met a pair of dark, sparkling eyes. He was stunned.
She blinked, and then blinked again. "What are you doing so close?"
Liang Qingchen also blinked and said innocently: "I can't move back."
"Uh..." Jiang Muyu moved his right arm and found that he was almost losing consciousness. He said helplessly: "Brother, you are pressing on me."
Liang Qingchen turned over with difficulty, and Jiang Muyu pulled his right arm out from under him with his left hand. At that moment, the blood suddenly flowed freely, and he felt a tingling sensation as if millions of ants were crawling through his blood vessels.
"Hiss——" Jiang Muyu's brows were wrinkled so tightly that they could pinch a fly to death.
"Does it hurt?" he asked somewhat self-reproachfully.
Jiang Muyu shook his head. "It's numb. I feel like my arm is about to lose contact with the main body."
"Uh... sorry."
Jiang Muyu paused for a moment, then realized their current state, and asked in surprise: "Liang Qingchen, you are so seriously injured, how can you still sleep so soundly? If there was no bed railing behind me, would you have pushed me into the wall?"
Liang Qingchen smiled awkwardly, "I just want to be closer to you..."
"This is too close, isn't it hurting you?"
"pain."
"You deserve it." Jiang Muyu was half disgusted and half distressed, then she went over and untied his belt.
Liang Qingchen immediately covered her hand and asked in horror: "What are you doing?"
"Let me see if there's any bleeding from the wound. I'm afraid I might get hurt if you're so close to me when I sleep late at night."
"Nothing."
"Let me see for myself." Jiang Muyu was too lazy to say any more nonsense, so she pushed his hands away and lifted up his clothes.
After he was injured, he was wrapped in gauze and wore a thin piece of clothing on the outside, which opened as soon as he untied it.
Jiang Muyu heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that there was indeed no bleeding from the wound and helped him put his clothes back on.
Liang Qingchen let her do what she wanted for a while, then pouted and said unhappily, "You have seen all of my body!"
"Huh?" Jiang Muyu said nothing. She sat on the edge of the bed and began to untie the laces of her undershirt. Then she took it off and untied the straps of her bellyband behind her neck.
"You...what are you doing?" Liang Qingchen's face flushed and he turned his head away awkwardly.
Jiang Muyu said, "I just looked at your body, I can't let you suffer a loss in vain, right? So I'll show you mine too."
"Uh..." Liang Qingchen closed his eyes and scolded, "Put it on!"
"Yo-What? Don't dare to look? It's not like you haven't seen it before."
Liang Qingchen gritted his teeth and remained silent. He never expected that this woman would be so... bold!
Jiang Muyu looked at the back of his head, smiled triumphantly, and then slowly put on her clothes.
Liang Qingchen still had a gloomy expression while having breakfast.
Yun Xuan came out of the inner room with his half-eaten bowl of porridge and asked, "What's wrong with you, Lord? You seem to be in a bad mood so early in the morning."
Jiang Muyu smiled and said, "Maybe it's my uncle who's here."
"Uncle... uncle? I didn't hear they were coming?"
Jiang Muyu was eating a cake when he suddenly choked. He quickly drank some water to swallow it and then slowed down. "Ahem... the uncle I mentioned was just an adjective."
"Adjective? What does it describe?" Yun Xuan was puzzled.
"It's... used to describe a person's mood swings."
Yun Xuan seemed to understand but not quite.
After breakfast, Jiang Muyu went to see the small gifts that he had asked the craftsmen and carpenters to make for Tangtang.
She drew three pictures in total: one was a spinning top, one was a nine-ring puzzle, and the other was a yo-yo; none of them were very difficult.
But Tiangan Kingdom didn't have these things, and she had to spend a lot of effort just explaining the principles to the craftsmen.
Jiang Muyu arrived at the east courtyard. The craftsmen were still busy, but when they saw her, they stopped their work and stepped forward to greet her. "Your Highness, the Princess."
"No need to greet each other, I am here to check on the progress of the things."
The craftsman said, "Madam, according to your drawings, we have already made the spinning top and the nine-linked ring. However, there are still some problems with the yo-yo."
"Show me the finished product first."
"Yes." The carpenter went to get the spinning top and the nine-link ring.
There was no plastic in that era, and the materials they used were all wood and iron. Jiang Muyu picked up the spinning top and took a look. It was almost exactly the same as the drawing she had drawn, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. The carpenter also specially carved patterns on it, making it look very beautiful.
Jiang Muyu looked at the Nine-Ring Chain again. Just as she expected, it was a relatively early product and it would be no problem to make it with the technology here.
"Very good." She nodded with satisfaction. "What's the problem with the yo-yo?"
The carpenter said, "The ones we make out of wood are too heavy. It's hard to meet your requirements."
"Let me take a look." Jiang Muyu put down what he was holding and walked behind the workbench.
There were already several test samples on the table. She picked up one at random, weighed it, and found that it was indeed not up to standard.
A yo-yo has to be light to spin, and this wooden one is too heavy. There was no plastic in that era, so she had tried her best to choose light wood, but it still couldn't meet her requirements.
Jiang Muyu frowned and said, "Forget it, let's put this aside for now. I'll draw a new blueprint for you."
As she spoke, she picked up the pen beside her, turned the original drawing paper over, and drew a bamboo dragonfly on the back.
"This should be ready soon. If you keep working hard, I will give you a reward."
"yes."
Jiang Muyu explained to them the principle of the bamboo helicopter, and then he left with the finished spinning top and nine-ring puzzle.
As soon as she stepped into Qingyu Courtyard, Tangtang ran over and hugged her legs, "Mom, Mom, what are you holding in your hand?"
Jiang Muyu squatted down, held the things in front of her, and said, "This is the gift I promised to give to Tangtang."
Tangtang happily picked up the spinning top and looked at it from left to right. "It's so beautiful. How do I play with it?"
"Come here, let me teach you."