"The princess has already retired for the night, Your Highness may return now." Although Xiao Lian spoke clearly, her eyes had already wandered off somewhere. The people below had stern faces, so cold that no one dared to look them in the eye.
"The lights in the room are still on. If it is inconvenient for the princess, it is fine to separate them through the screen."
“Ah…this…” Xiao Lianyu stammered, glancing at the lights in the room.
Inside the room, Su Lixia listened intently and then quickly turned off the lights.
As darkness fell, Xiao Lian quickly realized what was happening: "Oh! Well, the maids in the room were a bit negligent, and Your Highness must have been offended."
Yi Zexuan smiled slightly and said, "In that case, I won't bother you any longer."
After saying that, the two left. Xiaolian patted her chest, took a deep breath, and felt relieved.
“The princess clearly extinguished the candle herself, so my guesses are probably true.”
Yi Zexuan glared at him sideways and asked, "Are you saying they don't like me?"
Isn't it obvious? The young guard scratched his head, pouted, and then shook his head.
Xiaolian turned around and quickly went inside, while Su Lixia relit the lights.
"Is this guy acting crazy in the middle of the night? Why is he coming to pay his respects?" Su Lixia frowned, her face full of tension.
"It was terrifying! That regent looked so respectable, but I don't know why people were so afraid of him!" Xiaolian rubbed her arms, still feeling a bit scared.
"Hahaha." Su Lixia found Xiao Lian's silly appearance extremely cute and couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Xiao Lian looked at her helplessly. "You're even mocking me? I don't know who was so scared that they hid away just now."
At this moment, Su Lixia reached out and rubbed her head. Seeing this, Xiaolian said, "Xing is probably feeling the effects of the alcohol. We won't open this window for a while. Just open the back window to let in some fresh air. Princess, please rest early so you don't have a headache tomorrow."
Su Lixia nodded and said, "Okay, you don't need to be busy, go to sleep early."
Although the two had grown up together since childhood, Su Lixia had never shown her such care before. Seeing the changes in Su Lixia, Xiaolian felt sorry for her. Why had the princess suddenly become more reserved and sensible than before? What had happened?
That night, the cicadas chirped loudly in the trees, and there were also uninvited guests in the courtyard.
A candle was lit in the main hall for the young eunuch on night watch. The shadows of people moved quickly in the room, and a small breeze made the candle flame flicker.
He remained silent, and no one noticed him.
Su Lixia was fast asleep and had no idea that danger was slowly approaching him.
A hand gently pinched her chin and said, "How did someone as useless as you, so annoying and so defenseless, manage to survive until now?"
Su Lixia was suddenly picked up and carried away from the palace by the person using his light-footed skills.
On a rooftop somewhere, Su Lixia rubbed her nose in her sleep, then curled up in bed; it was a bit chilly in the middle of the night.
The man stared at Su Lixia with a cold expression: "Still not awake..."
As Su Lixia gradually lost her breath, she woke up, opened her eyes wide, looked at the person in front of her who was choking her, and then tried to hit them hard.
"No way, no way? I haven't even married you yet? And I'm going to die?!" Su Lixia thought to herself at that moment.
That's right, the person in front of me is Yi Zexuan.
Looking into her helpless eyes, Yi Zexuan couldn't help but laugh again before letting go of her hand.
"I didn't expect the princess to be such a heavy sleeper."
Su Lixia coughed, clutching her chest, then sat up, looked around, and then glanced at Yi Zexuan…
She couldn't help but scoff, "I didn't know the Regent hated me so much that he brought me here from his bedchamber! Is he trying to murder me?"
Yi Zexuan glanced at Su Lixia; her delicate features had indeed changed his impression of her considerably, but he said with disdain, "The princess was unwilling to meet me in the palace, so I had no choice but to resort to such methods. As for murder?"
"Ha. I would not stoop to murdering an unarmed woman."
Su Lixia's lips twitched awkwardly: She wondered who had so soon killed her lovely, beautiful, and generous little princess.
"That's true. Your Highness doesn't like me, so I will do as Your Highness wishes and not marry into a foreign land. I think Your Highness can rest assured. Since you have something to say, please speak."
Listening to Su Lixia's words, I remembered what the little guard had said about the reason Su Lixia had changed so much: You really didn't do it on purpose?!
"I've heard that the princess is fond of handsome men and has always been attracted to them. Although Ziwen is somewhat of a playboy and unruly, he is quite good-looking. These past few days, the princess and Ziwen have been spending a lot of time together. I wonder what the princess's intentions are..."
"Stop!" Su Lixia stretched out her hand to signal a halt.
Yi Zexuan choked on his words, as this was the first time he had been interrupted.
"I don't know or want to know what people say about my conduct. However, I only consider you a friend I can chat with. Regent, please don't overthink it. I won't do anything to your son."
"Really?" Yi Zexuan hadn't expected this. It seemed his plan with the emperor hadn't worked. And this person before him...
Su Lixia looked at Yi Zexuan with a serious expression and nodded in agreement.
Yi Zexuan smiled slightly and said, "In that case, I have misunderstood the princess. It is getting late, the princess should go back and rest early."
After saying that, Yi Zexuan used his lightness skill to jump down from the roof.
"Hey!" Su Lixia hurriedly stood up and called out to his back.
"This princess doesn't know martial arts, could you please put me down?"
The latter pretended not to hear and strode forward.
"Hey? Hey!" Su Lixia waved at him, then stumbled and fell on the roof, taking a hard fall.
"Ouch!" Su Lixia cried out in pain.
Hearing the sound, Yi Zexuan was startled, thinking that Su Lixia had fallen, but thankfully she hadn't.
Using his light-footed skills, he went up again, while Su Lixia was grinning and rubbing her buttocks.
Yi Zexuan shook his head helplessly, grabbed her by the collar and pulled her up, then just like that, he went down.
"Cough cough cough." Another murder?!
"You Central Plains people, you don't even take off your clothes before sleeping?" Yi Zexuan said with a hint of disdain.
Su Lixia straightened her clothes, rolled her eyes at him, and said sarcastically, "I didn't expect the Regent to have such filthy thoughts. What do you want to see after taking off your clothes?"
Yi Zexuan frowned upon hearing this: "I didn't expect women from the Central Plains to speak so frivolously. Do you speak to other men like this on ordinary days?"
Su Lixia found the ancients' naive and unworldly manner endearing and laughed, "No, not at all. The first man to hear this princess speak so frivolously was the Regent!" As she spoke, Su Lixia boldly lifted Yi Zexuan's chin!
A noble chin!
Yi Zexuan glanced at her and said, "Princess, take care of yourself. I'll be returning now."
After saying that, he strode away.
"Darkness level increased!"
"No way! What did I do wrong? What's with this 'darkening value'?!"
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