Zuan's breathing quickened, and he turned around abruptly: "What is Your Highness doing?"
A blush rose on Princess Jin's face. She was also a little puzzled. Why would a well-behaved girl who had always followed the rules and was seen as a good girl by everyone do something so bold today?
However, she quickly remembered what had just happened, her eyes hardened, and she walked directly to Zu An and hugged him tightly from behind.
"This is the repayment I was just talking about."
Zuan's entire body stiffened instantly, and he said in a somewhat hoarse voice, "Does Your Highness know what you are doing?"
“I know,” Princess Jin said, a tear unknowingly rolling down her cheek. “I will be all alone from now on, and I only wish to find someone to rely on and protect me.”
Zuan remained silent, but his heart was churning with emotion, and in an instant, he went through countless internal struggles.
At this moment, Princess Jin took a deep breath and said again, "Commander, rest assured, this matter is between you and me, and no one else will know. I will not bother you with anything. I only ask that you help me take revenge. From now on, you can come whenever you want."
"Is this a transaction?" Zuan raised his eyebrows, noticing for the first time that the Embroidered-Robed Envoy's clothes were so thick, making him feel uncomfortably hot.
"Yes!" Saying this, Princess Jin felt as if her heart was being torn apart. She was, after all, a princess, so why was she being treated like this?
However, for some reason, she didn't feel too bad. Instead, her heart was beating fast, and she felt a strange sense of anticipation.
The other person's tall and upright figure, and the distinctly masculine aura he exuded when he held her, all stirred a strange impulse within her.
These past years have only been outwardly glamorous; in reality, I've lived a life of utter indifference, like an old man nearing the end of his life.
But at this moment, she felt as if she had come back to life, returning to that youthful and energetic girl, full of wonderful fantasies about everything.
She was worried that if the other person stormed off, she would be too ashamed to live.
Without waiting for a reply, he snuggled into her arms, stood on tiptoe, and kissed her.
Zuan's mind exploded. With his current self-control, if it were a seductive woman deliberately trying to seduce him, he wouldn't even give her a second glance.
But when a respectable young woman suddenly throws herself into someone's arms with shyness, the destructive power is many times greater.
In addition, perhaps due to this special environment, he felt many times more sensitive than usual.
Which man could resist such temptation?
Soon, the two young and energetic bodies embraced tightly.
...
In the Prince of Jin's private garden, several maids were sweeping a flower-lined path in the backyard.
"No one has visited this place in a long time. I don't know why Granny suddenly asked us to come here to clean."
"Yes, even when the prince was alive, he didn't come here often. The last time he came here to admire the flowers was when the princess had just married into the family. Now that the prince is dead, no one will come here anymore."
"Keep your voice down, or the nanny will punish you again. Actually, the nanny means well. Right now, those embroidered-robed messengers are fiercely interrogating the servants in the manor, and sending us here is to protect us."
"Tch, why doesn't she come herself? It hasn't been maintained for so many years. The area is overgrown with trees, and the road has become much narrower. You have to squeeze to move forward. I just got my hands scratched."
"Yes, yes, the ground was wet and slippery, I almost fell several times."
"It just rained a little, so there's dew all along the way. Be careful, everyone. We should be able to get back once those embroidered-robed messengers leave."
Meanwhile, in the front courtyard, the maids were asking about Dai Laoqi and Chen Laoba, who had visited Prince Jin recently and what they might have said to him.
At first, the servants were unwilling to speak, after all, people in this world prefer to avoid trouble and are afraid of saying something they shouldn't and causing a huge disaster.
The two men finally lost their patience and violently slammed one of the glib-tongued, handsome young servants onto the table.
Snap-Snap-Snap!
Dai Laoqi grabbed his men's fire-and-water sticks and slapped them hard on his buttocks.
The servant screamed repeatedly and struggled in agony.
"Lie down properly!"
Dai Laoqi shouted, and another round of blows was delivered with the stick. The servant trembled all over, gripping the edge of the table tightly, no longer daring to move. His face was covered in tears, and he pleaded repeatedly, "Gently, gently, it hurts!"
"It's supposed to hurt, you're such a bastard, you had to be tortured. Now do you remember?" Old Chen sneered repeatedly.
"I remember now, I remember now." The servant's face was covered in tears. He thought to himself, why did I have to be so talkative? These embroidered-robed messengers were all fearsome and terrifying figures.
“Report everything that has come and gone from the Prince of Jin’s residence these days. You’ve all heard what they said while serving tea and water. Those who can answer will be rewarded, and those who can’t will come back to the embroidery building with us so we can help you recover your memories,” Old Seven Dai sneered.
The servants were terrified. What kind of place was the Embroidered Pavilion? They had heard that even high-ranking officials of the imperial court had never come out alive after going there.
"I'll tell you! I'll tell you!" The servants rushed to speak, afraid that if they were a step too slow, their companions would tell them the information first, leaving them with nothing to say.
Dai Laoqi said in a deep voice, "Interrogate them separately, one by one. No fabricating stories. If we find out anything, we will let them know what it means to wish they were dead."
"No, no..." the servants hurriedly smiled apologetically, then one by one recounted what they had seen and heard. [The double monthly ticket event is currently underway. If you, dear readers, are satisfied with the reading experience, would you mind awarding some monthly tickets?]
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