Sikong Zhan shook his head, knocked her unconscious, and called the housekeeper.
"Send the princess to the manor and take good care of her. No one is allowed to leave the manor without my permission, and no one is allowed to visit her. Also, no one is allowed to mistreat the princess."
As soon as the housekeeper left, he called the secret guards and told them to keep a close eye on the manor, not allowing anyone to approach or the princess to leave.
There was a large-scale reshuffle in the Prince Jingnan's Mansion. All the people who originally belonged to Sikong Ling were sent out. They were also people from the Prince Jingnan's Mansion. Sikong Zhan would not kill them, but he would not let them get involved in anything related to the Prince Jingnan's Mansion and the Jingnan Army. And those who were newly placed in the Jingnan Army by Sikong Ling were secretly executed.
In a flash, the ten days agreed upon by Lin Jinghan and Xiang Yuanqing were up. Xiang Yuanqing's back pain finally subsided, and he came to where Lin Jinghan was studying early in the morning. He sat upright and said, "Let's start dictation."
Lin Jinghan reluctantly sat down at the desk, as if she were going to the execution ground. The secretary was grinding ink, laughing secretly; Sikong Zhan sat beside her and, for the first time, encouraged Lin Jinghan:
"Jinghan, you memorize things very quickly and you almost remember everything you read. You must have memorized all the books Pavilion Master gave you. Just write well and you will eventually be able to write them. Keep going!"
Tsk! Talking while standing doesn't hurt! Lin Jinghan rolled her eyes at Sikong Zhan and looked at Xiang Yuanqing, "Senior, is this considered an exam? There should be rewards and punishments for exams, right?"
Xiang Yuanqing took the ruler and hit his palm from time to time, "If you don't do well in the test, hit your palm 100 times; if you do well, ..."
Lin Jinghan took the initiative to take over the conversation, "As the saying goes, reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles. If Jinghan does well in the exam, I will give her a day off so that she can go out and gain more knowledge, okay?"
"Yes!" Xiang Yuanqing agreed readily, "Only if you get all the dictation correct, you can go out and play for a day."
"Okay!" Lin Jinghan picked up the pen seriously, and soon finished writing a page.
Xiang Yuanqing took the paper and, ignoring the awkward handwriting, nodded in satisfaction, thinking it was all correct. This went on for every page!
Lin Jinghan put the pen down with a snap, rubbed her aching wrist, and said proudly, "Senior, how is it?"
"Very good, let's take a day off today." Xiang Yuanqing nodded in agreement and left.
Lin Jinghan asked the secretary to get on the carriage. Seeing Sikong Zhan had followed, she rudely drove him away: "Prince Tutor, I'm on vacation today, why are you still following me?"
"Your husband wants to accompany the princess shopping." Sikong Zhan said as he got into the carriage and glanced at the maid. The maid respectfully retreated and sat outside the carriage, leaving Lin Jinghan and Sikong Zhan alone in the carriage.
Lin Jinghan lifted the car curtain and looked out the window, not wanting to pay any attention to Sikong Zhan.
"Have you been avoiding me these days?!" Sikong Zhan looked at Lin Jinghan's back helplessly: Ever since he gave her the Jiaozhu anklet that day, she seemed to be deliberately distancing herself from him. Even when they were alone, she always looked businesslike, meticulous when studying, and silent when eating.
"No." Her tone was perfunctory. He was displeased and pulled her back to the carriage. He put his hands on her shoulders and asked her to look at him. He looked at her sadly.
"You have it! You want freedom, I'll give it to you; you're poisoned, I'll risk my life to save you! Jinghan, I don't ask for much, I just hope we can get along well, just like before, okay?"
Her heart suddenly ached. This feeling was too unfamiliar. It was too strange for Prince Jingnan to be like this. Lin Jinghan quickly pulled his hand away and sat back. "Prince, don't be like this. I'm not used to you being like this..."
Mu Wenyao in the dark almost laughed out loud and nodded with satisfaction. Finally, his carefully planned plan was not in vain.
The cooing of birds echoed again, encouraging Sikong Zhan. He slowly approached Lin Jinghan, gradually taking up her already limited space until she had nowhere to retreat and bumped into the car wall. He stared at her and asked, "What do I look like now? What are you not used to?"
"That's it, you're too close! I, I'm not used to it!" Lin Jinghan's tongue was a little tied, and she reached out to push him away.
He grabbed her hand, pressed it against the car wall, and lowered his head to get closer to her.
She saw herself in his eyes at that moment—blushing and bewildered. In an instant, a word flashed through her mind—wall-dong!
"Ah!" With a scream, she activated the Qinglian Manual that she had just learned the basics of and pushed him away in an instant.
Bang! He was caught off guard and crashed into the opposite wall of the carriage. The carriage shook violently several times, and the two of them also shook several times.
Seeing her lose her balance and fall off the seat, about to hit the car floor, he suddenly appeared under her and used her as a human cushion.
"Ouch!" She pressed him hard, and her nose hit his chest. She cried out in pain and he groaned. Both of them felt uncomfortable.
"Prince, Princess, are you okay?" The carriage stopped and the secretary asked anxiously.
"It's okay!" They said in unison, looking at each other awkwardly.
"Gee!" The carriage continued to move forward.
Mu Wenyao had been guessing what had happened based on the conversation and movements in the carriage. He guessed that the two might have hugged each other and quickly gave a signal.
The cooing sound of birds rang out again - at a time like this, just kiss them!
He hesitated for a moment, then turned over and pressed her under him, staring at her lips and kissed her!
Her breathing was rapid, her heart was beating like a drum, and she subconsciously wanted to push him away again.
Boom! Something fell out of his clothes and landed on her. They were both startled and looked over at the same time. They saw it was a booklet and reached out to take it.
Finally, she grabbed the pamphlet and he grabbed her hand.
"Let go! Get down!" She said with a stern face, angry.
He panicked. The booklet contained the advice Mu Wenyao had given him. He had casually put it into his clothes when he went out this morning, but it accidentally fell out. If Lin Jinghan saw it, she would definitely be very angry and might even ignore him again.
Never mind, just grab it first, and then coax her slowly later!
He reached out to grab it, she frowned, and instantly put the booklet into her clothes, looking at him with raised eyebrows: I thought it was some military secret, and I wanted to return it to him, but seeing his guilty look, she had to see what it was.
He looked at where she hid the booklet, swallowed, and struggled for a while. Then he steeled himself and continued reaching for the booklet...
Lin Jinghan's eyes widened. She had never thought this man could be so shameless as to actually reach out his hand! Knowing she was in trouble, she saw his hand about to reach into her clothes. In a moment of desperation, she took out a golden needle and stabbed him.
He was shocked, then closed his eyes and fell limply on top of her.
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