Your Majesty, please stop messing around.

"Hide?"

Lin Jiangnian's eyes gradually became strange.

Under the dim light, on the bed, the girl's delicate body was curled up under the quilt, her delicate face was red, her eyes were panicked, and even her voice was slightly trembling with anxiety.

There was a knock on the door and the voice of my aunt, it was like being caught in bed.

At this moment, it is extremely clear.

Lin Jiangnian did not move, and quietly looked at the flustered girl on the bed, with a playful smile in his eyes.

She moved closer to the girl, stared at Zhiyuan's tender face so close, and lowered her voice meaningfully: "Why are you hiding?"

The girl's eyes showed shame and anger, and she turned her head away in a panic. At this time, the knock on the door became louder.

"Zhiyuan? Are you asleep?!"

The crisp sound is particularly clear in the silent night.

In the quiet and dull room, Lin Jiangnian could even feel the thumping heartbeat of the girl in front of him.

Very intense.

She is very nervous!

Extremely nervous.

That delicate face was no longer half cold.

At this moment, her face was full of shyness and panic.

At this moment, in the dead of night, there is a man and a woman alone, and my aunt is still knocking on the door outside.

That strong and strange stimulation caused the atmosphere in the room to change slightly.

Lin Jiangnian was still staring at the girl in front of him, his slender eyelashes trembling slightly, and his eyes were no longer as calm as before.

His breathing was rapid, his expression was flustered, his bare hands holding the quilt were squeezed tightly, and his whole body was tense, as if he was extremely nervous.

Even the eyes looking at Lin Jiangnian seemed to have a hint of begging.

so cute!

When Lin Jiangnian saw this, his heart moved. He leaned close to the girl's ear and whispered softly: "Are you scared?"

Although he spoke softly, he could feel the tension and silence of the girl next to him.

outside the door.

After knocking on the door for a while and finding no movement in the room, the knocking stopped.

Later, Jiang Yuxiang's voice came again, saying to himself: "It's strange, the light is still on. Is this little girl asleep?"

Not long after, there was the sound of footsteps gradually leaving.

The girl on the bed seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

At this moment, the sound that was about to leave came from outside the door again.

"Go and see that brat. Even my aunt dares to hide it. I haven't taught him a lesson today..."

The voice talking to himself gradually faded away.

And in the room, on the bed, Zhiyuan, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, felt her heart suddenly rise again.

"You, go back quickly!"

She spoke in a panic and pushed Lin Jiangnian.

Lin Jiangnian did not move, looking at the panicked scene of the girl in front of him with a smile: "Why do you want to go back?"

"Little, my aunt is looking for you..."

"It's okay, let her find it."

Lin Jiangnian was unmoved. He was different from Zhiyuan. Even if he was caught red-handed, it would not hurt him.

But it's completely different for Zhiyuan.

Her pretty face turned red, and she was particularly flustered when she heard Lin Jiangnian's words. He raised his eyes and met those playful eyes.

As if she had expected something, her eyes were filled with shame and anger: "Go back, go back!"

"No return."

Not only did Lin Jiangnian not intend to leave, he simply lay down, as if he planned to stay here and not leave.

Zhiyuan was already panicking at this moment. In the middle of the night, his aunt suddenly went to look for him. If he didn't see him, he would find something later...

The girl's already red face turned even hotter. Looking at Lin Jiangnian, who was already lying on the bed and dying, she felt anxious, angry, ashamed and angry.

"You, go back quickly."

The voice was very soft, with a bit of panic, and completely lost the coldness of the past.

Lin Jiangnian raised his eyebrows and stared at her face with some pride: "It's okay to go back, but what's the benefit of this prince?"

Zhiyuan said nothing and stared at him angrily.

"How about you kiss me?"

Lin Jiangnian suddenly came up to her and said with a smile: "How about you kiss my prince and I will go back?"

As soon as these words came out, Zhiyuan's face turned redder and her eyes were panicked. She bit her lower lip lightly and stared at Lin Jiangnian with shame and anger, as if she wanted to drive him away with her eyes.

However, Lin Jiangnian ignored him completely.

"If you kiss my prince, I will leave! Otherwise, I will sleep here tonight!"

Lin Jiangnian looked into her eyes, staring into her cold and shy eyes without any fear.

Eye to eye.

Zhiyuan bit her lower lip and stared at him.

His eyes were still shy and angry, with a hint of coldness in them.

Not a word was spoken.

Like a stubborn girl, she silently confronted him.

After looking at Lin Jiangnian for a few times, she turned her head away and stopped looking at Lin Jiangnian. She remained silent and did not move.

A very stubborn girl.

Seeing this, Lin Jiangnian sighed.

Sure enough, it might not be that easy for her to take the initiative.

"Are you really not kissing me?"

Lin Jiangnian got a little closer, so close that he was almost touching the girl's face, feeling the girl's red and hot face: "Aren't you afraid of being discovered by your aunt?"

Hearing this, the girl's delicate body trembled slightly, but she remained stubborn and did not speak.

Lin Jiangnian stretched out his hand, pulled the girl's stubborn little head over, and looked into her eyes.

The originally cold eyes were filled with a bit of shame and anger, a bit of coldness, and a bit of... grievance.

Just looked at her without saying a word.

Seeing this, Lin Jiangnian felt a little softer.

"You are so stubborn with your little mouth!"

Lin Jiangnian sighed, and under the girl's expressionless gaze, he kissed her again, blocking the girl's stubborn mouth.

"Since you don't want to kiss me, I'd better do it myself."

"Uh... no..."

The girl's pupils widened and she struggled with shame and anger.

But soon, the intensity of the struggle gradually became smaller...

"..."

After a long time, Lin Jiangnian let go of the girl's soft body in his arms with satisfaction: "Okay, I won't embarrass you anymore. Is this prince going back?"

On the bed, the girl said nothing, lowered her eyes, and breathed rapidly, as if she hadn't recovered yet.

Those red cherry red lips seemed to be coated with a layer of sugar, glowing with luster and making them look enchanting.

Lin Jiangnian rubbed her head and messed up her black hair: "I'll see you again tomorrow night. Remember to wait for me?"

The girl didn't say anything, she just turned her head away, her face expressionless.

It seemed very light, but also didn't seem to speak.

"snort."

Lin Jiangnian got up with satisfaction, got out of bed, turned around, walked to the door, opened the door and left.

On the bed, the girl sat there quietly with her legs bent. The quilt she was wrapped in had fallen down at some point. Under her thin clothes and messy hair, she revealed a fair and beautiful face.

Fair and delicate, flushed with red, the blush climbed all the way up the girl's pink neck, and even the earlobes were dyed red.

The girl lowered her eyes, her bare hands hidden under the quilt gripping the quilt tightly, as if stirring uneasily. His breathing was slightly rapid, and after a long time, he finally calmed down.

Those cold eyes were staring blankly at the door.

I don't know how long it took before a soft hum came from the cold room.

"snort."

"Bad guy."

"..."

In the courtyard, night falls and the cold wind howls.

After Lin Jiangnian left Zhiyuan's room, he made a special circle and returned to his own courtyard from the side courtyard on the other side.

As soon as he stepped into the courtyard, he saw a beautiful figure standing quietly under the eaves not far away, with his hands folded across his chest, staring at him with a smile but not a smile.

It seems to have been a long time coming.

"Aunt?"

The figure under the eaves was none other than Jiang Yuxiang.

"How did you come?"

Lin Jiangnian stepped forward.

Jiang Yuxiang looked him up and down with her beautiful eyes: "Why, aunt can't come?"

"Or do you think your aunt has spoiled your good deeds?"

Lin Jiangnian looked startled, and then said calmly: "If my aunt is from somewhere, of course she can come."

"Yeah?"

Jiang Yuxiang narrowed her beautiful eyes, "Where were you just now?"

"Went to the backyard for a walk." Lin Jiangnian's expression did not change.

"With whom?"

"one person."

"real?"

"Of course it's true..."

Lin Jiangnian paused and noticed something was slightly wrong in his aunt's tone: "Aunt, why do you ask this?"

"What do you think?"

Jiang Yuxiang suddenly sneered.

Lin Jiangnian's eyelids twitched.

The look on Jiang Yuxiang's face in front of him seemed to know something?

Lin Jiangnian remained calm, "Auntie, why did you come to me so late?"

Jiang Yuxiang's beautiful eyes were still staring at him, "I originally wanted to find Zhiyuan, but I didn't expect that she had already fallen asleep, so she stopped by to see you."

"Thank you for your concern, auntie."

"I don't care about you."

Jiang Yuxiang suddenly snorted coldly.

Lin Jiangnian: "..."

Something is wrong with my aunt.

Lin Jiangnian's face remained unchanged and he walked towards the room next to him: "It's cold outside, would you like to come in and chat?"

"No need!"

Jiang Yuxiang was still standing under the eaves and glanced at Lin Jiangnian: "I just wanted to see if you brat did anything shameful in the middle of the night."

"Auntie said this, how could I do such shameful things?"

"That's not necessarily the case."

Jiang Yuxiang sneered: "Who knows if you might sneak into a woman's boudoir in the middle of the night and do some shameful things."

Lin Jiangnian: "..."

My aunt is definitely hinting at something.

Seeing that Lin Jiangnian remained silent, Jiang Yuxiang snorted again before looking away.

"Get some rest early!"

After that, she turned and left.

Lin Jiangnian looked at his aunt's leaving figure, thoughtfully.

…

Quiet and cool courtyard.

Jiang Yuxiang came to the door of Zhiyuan's room again, stood in the room and hesitated for a moment before raising her hand to knock on the door.

"Paper Kite?"

After a while, a slightly panicked voice came from the room: "Xiao, aunt?"

"You're not asleep yet? Can I come in?"

"Yes, it's okay..."

Hearing this, Jiang Yuxiang opened the door and walked in.

The atmosphere in the dim and quiet room was dull.

Not far away from the bed, a cold girl was sitting beside the bed. Her clothes were thin, and under her skirt, she had no time to put on her shoes and socks and stepped on the soft carpet.

It's very white, and it seems to have a touch of coldness, and it's so white that it dazzles the eyes.

Jiang Yuxiang stepped into the room, looked around, and sniffed inadvertently. I felt relieved when I was sure there was no strange smell in the room.

Then, his eyes fell on the girl beside the bed not far away.

"Paper Kite."

Jiang Yuxiang approached slowly. The girl was sitting beside the bed. Her black hair was scattered and slightly messy. Covered by black hair, she had a beautiful face that had not completely faded away from the redness.

He was looking down, but he didn't dare to raise his head.

"What's wrong with your hair? It's so messy?"

Jiang Yuxiang approached and spoke softly.

The girl beside the bed was slightly stiff, and she didn't know how to explain it.

Jiang Yuxiang walked aside, picked up the wooden comb on the table, and gently combed the girl's hair.

The girl did not move, letting Jiang Yuxiang gently comb her hair.

The wooden comb slid down the black hair, and the messy hair was smooth, revealing a delicate and charming face without any makeup.

As green as a young girl, with a natural beauty, white teeth and starry eyes, the blush that has not completely dissipated spreads on her face like a bright powder, adding a bit of beauty.

Jiang Yuxiang stared at her little face for a while and couldn't help but sigh: "Our Zhiyuan is indeed the most beautiful beauty in the world!"

Zhiyuan lowered her head slightly as if she was a little shy, and after a moment she said softly: "My aunt is the one."

"How can you compare with the little paper kite? In the blink of an eye, you have grown so big."

Jiang Yuxiang looked at her face and couldn't help but sigh: "You were so young when I sent you to Prince Lin's Mansion. In the blink of an eye, auntie, I am also old."

Zhiyuan was startled for a moment, raised her eyes to fall on her aunt, and shook her head gently: "My aunt is not old."

"How come you haven't aged?"

Jiang Yuxiang sighed with emotion: "Time flies so fast. Zhiyuan, you are already old enough to get married. It's time for you to get married."

Zhiyuan's face seemed a little unnatural, and she looked away slightly: "Isn't my aunt not married?"

"My aunt can't get married anymore."

Jiang Yuxiang sighed: "Who would want me, an old girl in her twenties?"

Zhiyuan was silent for a moment and didn't speak.

"Why don't you speak?"

"Aunt..."

Zhiyuan was silent for a while and then said: "You came to the capital to escape from marriage, right?"

Jiang Yuxiang's expression froze slightly, and then he sighed: "Isn't that right..."

As she spoke, she said angrily: "They don't think my aunt is too old. The marriage partners arranged for her are either seventy or eighty years old, or they are blind and have short legs, or they have a lot of wives and concubines at home. They want my aunt to be a concubine. You say, Can my aunt get married?"

Zhiyuan shook her head: "No."

"Isn't that what it is?"

Jiang Yuxiang sneered: "Even if I never marry anyone in my life, I will never marry them."

Zhiyuan was still silent.

After a while, she suddenly looked up at her aunt again.

"Then, who does my aunt want to marry?"

Jiang Yuxiang was stunned by this question. She shook her head: "Auntie doesn't plan to get married!"

Zhiyuan nodded and said nothing more.

"how about you?"

Jiang Yuxiang's eyes fell on Zhiyuan, and he asked with half a smile: "Zhiyuan, who do you want to marry?"

Zhiyuan was startled, and in a daze, a familiar face subconsciously appeared in his mind.

She quickly lowered her eyes and remained silent for a moment.

"I, I won't get married either!"

"Really?"

Jiang Yuxiang looked at her and asked casually: "Do you want to be like my aunt?"

"Um."

"Then are you willing to do it?"

Jiang Yuxiang smiled half-heartedly: "Are you willing to give that boy up to someone else?"

As soon as these words came out, Zhiyuan was startled for a moment, and then became a little panicked: "I, I didn't, didn't..."

"Nothing?" Jiang Yuxiang looked playfully.

Under her aunt's gaze, a blush appeared on Zhiyuan's clean and white cheeks.

She looked away in a panic, bit her lower lip lightly, and after a while, she said as thinly as a mosquito, "No, I'm not reluctant."

"oh?"

Jiang Yuxiang looked at her with a smile: "But I haven't said who that kid is yet?"

"Do you think this is just self-inflicted?"

"..."

The expression on Zhiyuan's face froze, and the next second, the blush on her face spread, and in an instant, her pretty face spread like blood.

The snow-white skin is white and rosy, like a snowy plum in winter waiting to bloom.

Strong shame welled up in her heart, and her whole body became tense, and even her breathing almost stopped. His face was hot, his eyes were even more panicked, and he didn't dare to look at his aunt again.

Her delicate body was trembling slightly, and even her snow-white neck seemed to be stained with a few touches of red.

"Little, aunt..."

"Okay, okay, I won't tease you anymore."

Jiang Yuxiang smiled and looked at the young girl in front of her who was almost ashamed and shameless. She sat down next to her and grabbed her little hand: "Auntie is kidding you."

The girl beside him said nothing or moved.

Still lowering his head, he was too embarrassed to see anyone.

Seeing this, Jiang Yuxiang sighed softly again: "My aunt watched you grow up. How could my aunt not understand you... You like this kid, right?"

The girl beside him still didn't speak.

"Even if you don't answer, my aunt will know... the way you look at him is very different..."

The girl next to her still didn't speak, but her breathing became slightly faster.

"This brat is quite talented. He has not disgraced the Lin family. You have been with him for such a long time. If he is sincere to you, my aunt will not stop him..."

Jiang Yuxiang spoke softly and looked at Zhiyuan beside him, his eyes a little softer.

When the Jiang family in Xunyang was wiped out, Zhi Yuan was left alone and was taken back to the Jiang family in Jiangnan by her sister. A few years later, her sister died of illness. She inherited her sister's last wish and shouldered the heavy responsibility of taking care of Zhi Yuan.

At that time, Jiang Yuxiang was just a teenage girl. It's better to say that they are taking care of each other than they are growing up together.

For Zhiyuan, her aunt is both mother and sister. In the eyes of outsiders, she was a maid with great power under one person in Prince Lin's palace, with a cold temperament, ruthless methods and unkindness. There was no one in Prince Lin's palace who was not afraid of her.

But in front of her aunt, she was just a teenage girl. After taking off her guard, she was no different from other ordinary girls of the same age.

Because of this, she was so panicked when her aunt knocked on the door.

The panic is like being caught by a parent in puppy love...

When she heard her aunt mention this matter, she felt ashamed in her eyes, lowered her eyes to escape, and remained silent without speaking.

Seeing that Zhiyuan didn't speak, Jiang Yuxiang glanced at the bed behind him inadvertently, landed on Zhiyuan, and suddenly asked softly: "Zhiyuan, what do you think of this brat?"

Zhiyuan still didn't speak.

"You and him..."

As if she thought of something, Jiang Yuxiang's eyes sparkled with light. She leaned close to Zhiyuan's ear and asked softly.

The next second, I saw Zhiyuan's already red cheeks turning crimson, her delicate body tense, her voice trembling, and she hesitated and said: "No, no..."

"Really not?"

Jiang Yuxiang stared at her face.

"Um……"

Zhiyuan lowered her head, almost burying it in her chest. Su's hands squeezed the quilt beside the bed very tightly.

When Jiang Yuxiang saw this, he was relieved and a little surprised at the same time.

She understands Zhiyuan. Although Zhiyuan has a cold personality, he never lies. So, she really didn't let that kid succeed?

"That's weird."

Jiang Yuxiang's eyes became more and more surprised: "You went to Beijing with him on the way, and this brat didn't attack you?"

"Is he really a gentleman?"

Jiang Yuxiang touched his chin thoughtfully, and then chuckled and said: "As expected of my sister's child, his character is really not bad. In this case, it is not impossible for you to marry him."

She smiled softly and spoke, but Zhiyuan beside her remained silent, then shook her head slightly.

"Huh? What?" Jiang Yuxiang looked at her.

Zhiyuan was silent for a long time, and there seemed to be a flash of darkness in his eyes. His tone was very light and deep: "I am just the maid of Prince Lin's Mansion..."

"maid?"

Looking at the drooped head of the girl in front of him, Jiang Yuxiang was stunned for a moment, and then realized something. He put his arms around Zhiyuan's shoulders, gently pulled her into his arms, and touched her head.

"Who said that?"

"You are not a maid, you are the princess appointed by my sister back then..."

"When my sister brought you back to the Jiang family, she planned to train you to be the crown prince's concubine and serve as that boy's child bride..."

"It's a pity that my sister passed away so early that she didn't have time to tell the story. However, my aunt will always remember it..."

Jiang Yuxiang looked at the girl in his arms with soft eyes, smiled softly and said, "Not only does my aunt remember, but Prince Lin also remembers it...otherwise, why do you think he took you back to Prince Lin's Mansion?"

Zhiyuan seemed startled.

Looking at Jiang Yuxiang's soft smile, she smiled half-heartedly: "Prince Lin took you back to Prince Lin's Mansion, which is a kind of tacit consent. As for asking you to discipline that kid, it's just an excuse..."

"If he really wants to discipline that kid, there are certainly ways and people to discipline him. Why did he choose you?"

"It's just to give you a legitimate reason to enter Prince Lin's Mansion, so that you can legitimately stay with that boy. As time goes by, if the two of you develop a relationship, it will be logical for you to marry..."

Zhiyuan was stunned, her eyes were dazed, as if she didn't expect there to be such a relationship at all.

Seeing her dull look, Jiang Yuxiang couldn't help but pinch her red cheeks and sighed: "I didn't agree at first. I always felt that that boy was not good enough for you. But then I remembered my sister's last wish. , I’m still soft-hearted again…”

At this point, Jiang Yuxiang suddenly paused, with an unknown thought on his face, and his voice suddenly became lower: "Have you noticed any changes in him during the past few years in Prince Lin's Mansion?"

Zhiyuan was startled for a moment, then his eyes gradually deepened and he began to think.

After a moment of silence, she gently shook her head and said: "In the past few years, His Highness has not had a good reputation in the palaces outside the city. He often looks for flowers outside the city, spends a lot of time and alcohol, has an irritable and irritable personality, and his health does not seem to be in good condition..."

Speaking of this, Zhiyuan paused and lowered his eyes: "His Highness seems to hate me. He speaks rudely to me every time and breaks up on bad terms. Therefore, I have very little contact with him..."

Hearing this, Jiang Yuxiang was silent for a moment: "Is it possible that he did it on purpose?"

"deliberately?"

"What did he deliberately provoke you to make you resist him, so as to avoid being discovered by you?"

"I always feel that that kid is hiding something."

Hearing this, Zhiyuan's eyes were stunned and she fell into deep thought.

"It's so strange..."

Jiang Yuxiang's voice was slightly lowered, with a bit of unconcealable emotion in his tone: "It's so good, how could he die..."

"Did he seriously say he was killed?"

Hearing this, Zhiyuan remained silent.

She didn't know some of the answers.

On the night when His Royal Highness Prince Lin was rescued, no other figure was seen.

"My sister clearly gave birth to a pair of twins back then. Why did she announce that there was only one... Where did the one she gave birth to go?"

"Again, how did you come back?!"

After realizing that Lin Jiangnian was now her sister's remaining child, Jiang Yuxiang was very excited. But after calming down, many doubts came to mind.

What happened that year?

Why only one child?

Where did the rest of this go?

How did you come back?

How did that one...die?

Late at night.

Zhiyuan whispered to her aunt what happened in the ruined temple that night.

When she realized that Lin Jiangnian had faked his identity, Zhiyuan immediately remembered the attack on His Highness during an outing.

I'm afraid, His Highness was 'switched' that time!

What happened that night?

Zhiyuan had already sent people to investigate, but there were still many doubts about what happened that night.

"According to Chen Yingying's accomplices, she asked His Highness to go out for an outing. On the way back, he encountered an assassination attempt at a ruined temple that had been prepared for a long time..."

"But among the assassins who assassinated His Highness, there are many forces that have not yet been identified..."

"That night, I'm afraid something happened that we don't know about..."

Jiang Yuxiang was silent for a long time after listening.

His Royal Highness Prince Lin was traveling and was assassinated. When the people from Prince Lin's Mansion arrived to rescue Prince Lin, there was no one alive.

The rescued Prince Lin has been stolen, but the Prince Lin whose parcel was stolen turned out to be another child of Prince Lin...

This is too much of a coincidence!

Coincidentally, it's as if someone is controlling everything that happens.

Who is controlling all this, and what is their purpose?

The two people in the room fell into silence for a long time, and no one spoke.

"If we want to find the answer, I'm afraid we can only start with this kid..."

After a while, Jiang Yuxiang sighed softly: "Since he is pretending to be Prince Lin, he should know something. But I don't know...he himself doesn't know his identity."

Zhiyuan seemed to be thinking about something and shook her head slightly: "He probably doesn't know."

"Um?"

Zhiyuan whispered: "If he knew, he probably wouldn't pretend..."

Looking back now, Lin Jiangnian's previous disguises were somewhat clumsy. However, although Zhiyuan felt strange at the time, he did not have any doubts.

In any case, no one would have thought that Prince Lin would be 'swapped' by someone, and that he would become another real one...

After a pause, Zhiyuan shook her head slightly: "Now, it's best not to alert the enemy."

"Um?"

Jiang Yuxiang glanced at Zhiyuan and quickly realized something.

That kid could be quietly replaced and come to the palace. The person behind it is probably not simple. If he were to ask directly, he might be alerted.

"But……"

Jiang Yuxiang frowned, worried: "If we don't find out, what if the person behind him..."

Zhiyuan remained silent and shook her head softly: "Your Majesty, you should have already made a plan."

Hearing this, Jiang Yuxiang also fell silent.

yes!

After all, that was Lin Hengzhong's child. If she could think of it, how could Prince Lin not think of it?

He didn't make any move after learning about this incident. He must have known something.

In this case, she didn't need to worry anymore.

"This child is so pitiful!"

Jiang Yuxiang sighed deeply: "I don't know where he has been in these years and what happened..."

As she spoke, her eyes turned slightly red: "I thought the two brothers could meet each other, but I didn't expect..."

Zhiyuan remained silent, speechless.

Until a long time later, her eyes were deep, as if she had thought of something, and she suddenly said: "There is someone who may know something."

"who?"

"The eldest lady of the Xu family."

"Xu Lan!"

"..." (End of this chapter)