Your Majesty, please stop messing around.

"It seems that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't welcome me very much?"

The anger in his eyes flashed away, and Xu Chaoge quickly returned to normal. He looked up and down at Lin Jiangnian, and a smile reappeared on his face.

"You just realized that?"

Lin Jiangnian glanced at her and said, "Do I know you well? Why should I welcome you?"

Look at what she said!

Is Lin Jiangnian very familiar with her?

Not familiar at all!

That is, we met twice in the capital, and it was quite unpleasant at that time. Strictly speaking, not only are we not friends, we are even enemies...

In this case, can Lin Jiangnian welcome her?

If it were someone else, even if they had a grudge, they would probably hide it. But Lin Jiangnian didn't give her that face at all, causing the smile that had just appeared on Xu Chaoge's face to freeze immediately.

She suddenly narrowed her eyes and stared at Lin Jiangnian for a long time.

After a while, he seemed to suppress his emotions.

Lin Jiangnian did not stop her, but just watched the princess leave with his eyes narrowed. After a while, he came to his senses and looked at Zhiyuan beside him, and saw that her eyes were also on him.

Staring silently, as if frowning slightly.

"Why did she come to you?"

Lin Jiangnian asked.

It was indeed somewhat unexpected for Lin Jiangnian that Xu Chaoge would appear here.

He had some guesses in his mind...

Zhiyuan slightly retracted her gaze and said calmly: "She is coming for you."

"I?"

Lin Jiangnian was slightly startled, and looked at Zhiyuan in confusion: "Why is she coming for me?"

Zhiyuan shook her head slightly.

She still didn't know what the other party's purpose was...but her motive was already obvious.

"She's trying to win me over."

Kite spoke softly.

"To win over?!"

A look of astonishment flashed across Lin Jiangnian's face. Could it be that Princess Xu was mentally ill?

Pulling kites?

Then, Lin Jiangnian seemed to realize something and his expression froze slightly.

When he lowered his eyes, he happened to meet Zhiyuan's eyes again.

This unmade-up, beautiful face was right before her eyes, and the pair of soft eyes seemed to be filled with some emotion as they looked at her quietly.

"She's not right!"

Lin Jiangnian spoke.

Zhiyuan said nothing and nodded.

"Now that the war in the north is urgent, she did not stay in Xuzhou, but came all the way here..."

Lin Jiangnian narrowed his eyes: "I'm afraid the plan is not small!"

He thought for a moment, and suddenly thought of something: "Where is Xu Xuan?"

"Is he here too?"

Zhiyuan shook her head slightly: "I don't know."

So far, only the Princess of Prince Xu has appeared in Chujiang City. As for the Prince of Prince Xu, his whereabouts are still unknown.

"It seems that they act very quickly!"

Lin Jiangnian said silently. He already had a guess in his mind, but he was not sure yet.

After a pause, Lin Jiangnian came back to his senses and put the thought behind him for the time being. He looked down at the kite in front of him, his eyes gradually softening.

After not seeing each other for half a year, the kite in front of him seemed to have not changed at all. She was still exactly the same as the one Lin Jiangnian remembered half a year ago.

She was beautiful, delicate and pure. Her unique cold temperament fully displayed her aura.

She stood quietly in front of him, giving people a kind of cold and beautiful beauty that one dared not offend easily!

This coldness was different from the coldness of the eldest princess. When she looked at Lin Jiangnian, the trance and longing in her eyes made her look more real.

A long separation is better than a new marriage!

All the emotions accumulated during the separation of half a year seemed to burst out at this moment.

Zhiyuan seemed to have noticed Lin Jiangnian's reaction. She raised her eyes slightly and looked at Lin Jiangnian's face. She felt his burning gaze staring at her, which seemed a little unnatural.

She slightly shifted her eyes away, and an indescribable blush appeared on her fair and pretty face.

"You, what are you looking at me for?"

The tone was gentle, but seemed a little nervous.

"It's been so long since we last met, I want to see you more."

Lin Jiangnian answered.

His eyes were still on her face, taking in all the details.

Hearing this, Zhiyuan seemed stunned.

Then he turned away.

The tone was still gentle and cold.

"You should have come earlier."

Lin Jiangnian paused when he heard this. Is this... blaming him for being late?

"Didn't I rush to find you as soon as I finished dealing with the matter in Linjiang City?"

Lin Jiangnian explained with a smile, stepped forward, opened his arms and wanted to hug her. However, Zhiyuan seemed to have noticed it in advance, took a step back, and avoided Lin Jiangnian's embrace.

She stopped and looked up at him: "Maybe not?"

Hearing this, Lin Jiangnian's heart skipped a beat... What score is he going to settle with him?

However, Zhiyuan didn't say much, but just continued to stare at him quietly for a moment.

"Is the prince all right?"

"fine."

"The last assassination?"

Zhiyuan paused and said, "Is it fake?"

Obviously, Zhiyuan has also realized the trick.

"The assassination was true, but the prince's injuries were not serious."

Lin Jiangnian opened his mouth slowly and told Zhiyuan what had happened during this period.

Since the prince was assassinated, he deployed heavy troops to fight against the enemy, which aroused speculation among the noble families in Linjiang City and made them ready to make a move. Finally, with Lin Jiangnian's return to Linjiang City, a series of grievances and conflicts were triggered, and he took the opportunity to wipe out these restless noble families...

After this incident, almost all the noble families in Linjiang City were suppressed to varying degrees. Especially those noble families that had been at odds with the Linwang Mansion in the past, or even secretly had ties with the court or other forces, almost all of them were not able to escape and were caught by the Linwang Mansion.

In addition, Lin Jiangnian's high-profile behavior this time made the authority of the Prince Lin's Mansion reach its peak in Linjiang City.

This will also be of great help to Lin Jiangnian in taking over Lin Hengzhong's position in the future.

The people of Linjiang City have gradually accepted him as the Prince of Lin. Many people have also discovered that the Prince is not as dissolute as previously rumored... At least he looks like a human being now!

Zhiyuan listened quietly to Lin Jiangnian talking about what had happened in Linjiang City during this period and nodded slightly.

Although there is information coming from Linjiang City, many details are not so clear.

"What about you?"

After Lin Jiangnian finished speaking, he suddenly looked at Zhiyuan and asked, "What have you been doing in the Jiang family these past few months?"

"I heard from my aunt that you are very busy?"

A strange look flashed in Zhiyuan's eyes, and he said calmly: "It's nothing!"

"Yeah?"

Lin Jiangnian didn't quite believe it. He moved closer to her and stared into her eyes: "Really?"

Zhiyuan looked at Lin Jiangnian calmly, and a hint of shyness seemed to flash in her cold eyes.

She took a step back and retracted her gaze.

"Tell me about what happened in the Jiang family during this period."

Lin Jiangnian asked.

He probably already knew what happened to the Jiang family, but he was not too clear about the specific details about the Jiang family.

"Jiang Family..."

Zhiyuan paused and was about to say something.

But Lin Jiangnian walked slowly to her side again, then reached out and hugged her slender waist from behind with ease.

The girl's skin is as white and tender as ever, and even through the clothes you can still feel the excellent touch.

When you get closer, you can smell the familiar fragrance coming from the kite.

Lin Jiangnian couldn't help but take a deep breath. This was the smell.

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I miss it so much!

The girl's body seemed to stiffen slightly, and she looked up at Lin Jiangnian. There seemed to be a hint of shame in her eyes, and her originally fair face seemed to turn even redder.

However, she did not struggle.

It just seemed like it had been a long time, a little unfamiliar, and after a while, the slightly stiff body seemed to gradually get used to it.

"Keep talking?"

Seeing that Zhiyuan suddenly stopped talking, Lin Jiangnian raised his head and looked at that delicate profile, chuckling softly, "Go on, what happened to the Jiang family?"

Zhiyuan was silent for a while, then she suppressed the shyness that was rising in her heart, and spoke softly and slowly about the current situation of the Jiang family.

"The old man is not in good health. He caught a cold a few years ago and became seriously ill. He has only gotten better recently, but the doctor said he may not live long..."

"A lot of conflicts have accumulated within the Jiang family over the years. Those collateral descendants do not obey Jiang Zheng and have been fighting openly and secretly..."

"The aristocratic families in Jiangnan have also set their sights on the Jiang family's loss of power and want to get a piece of the pie from the Jiang family..."

“…”

The sunset glow slowly sets in the sky, dyeing the sky and earth in the color of sunset glow.

On the dim river surface, the water ripples, and in the distance a group of south-flying birds are floating in the air, engraving the scene into a beautiful picture.

On the Yangzhou Jianglou Tower, everything was quiet.

On the top floor, there were only two figures quietly snuggling together.

Lin Jiangnian held Zhiyuan's soft body in his arms. He hadn't seen her for half a year, and the feeling of missing her seemed to solidify into reality at this moment.

Zhi Yuan continued to speak softly, talking about what she had seen and heard in the past few months. She followed her aunt and her group, traveling south from the capital, and returned to the Jiang family along the waterway. She stayed at the Jiang family for the next two or three months.

The past few months have been relatively peaceful. The Jiang family is half of Zhiyuan's home. She grew up here and is very familiar with it.

"So, the current situation of the Jiang family is very chaotic?"

Lin Jiangnian hugged the soft and fragrant body in his arms and smiled softly.

There seemed to be an unintentional blush on Zhiyuan's fair cheeks. She raised her eyes and glanced at Lin Jiangnian: "It was true before, but not necessarily now."

"Why do you say that?"

"Because, Your Highness, you are here."

Hearing this, Lin Jiangnian raised his eyebrows: "You said this as if I can change this situation?"

"No, Your Highness?"

Zhiyuan asked back calmly.

This rhetorical question actually made Lin Jiangnian stunned. Looking at the unpainted but delicate face in front of him, Lin Jiangnian seemed to realize something and narrowed his eyes slightly. Suddenly he reached out and patted the slightly upturned and rounded buttocks of the girl under her clothes.

“Bang!”

It was neither heavy nor light, just enough to make a crisp sound.

The slightly trembling feel seems to be extremely elastic.

"Has the prince told you something?"

Instantly, a blush appeared on Zhiyuan's face. She slightly widened her beautiful eyes, as if she had not expected Lin Jiangnian to suddenly attack her. A feeling of embarrassment suddenly emerged from her heart, and she glared at Lin Jiangnian in shame and anger, trying to struggle away.

But Lin Jiangnian hugged her tighter, smiling: "Where are you running to?"

There were dots of red on Zhiyuan's fair skin. She was so embarrassed and angry that she bit her lower lip and glared at him.

Seems to be full of shame.

"Does it hurt?"

Lin Jiangnian raised his eyebrows, then smiled again: "Come, let me rub it for you!"

As he said that, Lin Jiangnian reached out his hand again to help her rub the place that had just been slapped.

Zhiyuan's body suddenly stiffened, and she subconsciously put her hands behind her buttocks. But then, she realized that her posture was a little too...

His body stiffened again and he stood there in a daze.

Lin Jiangnian looked at her silly look and smiled even more happily.

Seeing that Zhiyuan was getting more and more embarrassed and angry, Lin Jiangnian stopped teasing her and continued to ask the previous topic: "What did the prince say to you?"

The blush on Zhiyuan's face had not yet completely faded. She gave Lin Jiangnian a look that seemed full of charm.

"The prince didn't tell me anything."

"Really?" Lin Jiangnian was a little unconvinced.

Looking at the clear eyes of Zhiyuan, I had to believe it... Zhiyuan usually wouldn't lie.

"So what did you mean by what you said just now?" Lin Jiangnian continued to ask.

Zhiyuan was silent for a while, as if calming down, and then said, "I guessed it."

"Guess?"

Lin Jiangnian was slightly stunned, looking at the kite in front of him, and then he sighed: "Zhiyuan, you are really smart."

Zhiyuan lowered her eyes slightly and did not speak.

"Zhiyuan, don't you want to ask me why I came to Jiangnan this time?"

Seeing that she didn't say anything, Lin Jiangnian spoke again.

Zhiyuan looked up at him and shook her head slightly.

"Your Highness will speak when he is willing to."

Calm tone.

It's so sensible that it makes people feel distressed.

Seeing this, Lin Jiang sighed: "Do you know that this will make you look very sensible?"

Zhiyuan said nothing, but just nodded calmly.

"You are so sensible that this prince feels a little distressed!"

Lin Jiangnian looked at her soft and beautiful face, and suddenly reached out and stroked it slowly.

Zhi Yuan was stunned for a moment, but did not resist. She let Lin Jiangnian's hand fall on her face and stroke it gently, as if a strange emotion was emerging.

"I'm sorry for the hard work during this period."

Lin Jiang spoke in a young voice.

Although Zhiyuan didn't say it, Lin Jiangnian had already guessed what she had been doing during this period.

Zhi Yuan was obviously stunned for a moment, then raised her eyes to meet Lin Jiangnian's. The girl opened her red lips slightly, as if she wanted to explain something.

But, no words were spoken.

Lin Jiangnian took her hand and gently squeezed it: "Actually, I did have other purposes for coming to the Jiang family this time, but these are just incidental."

"The only thing that matters is coming to pick you up!"

Lin Jiangnian looked at her quietly, and said softly: "Zhiyuan, I'm here to take you home!"

...(End of this chapter)