The boundless night sky was as thick and dark as if it had been splashed with ink.
There was not a single star in the sky, nor a single pedestrian on the road.
Every household had long since fallen into slumber, yet in several courtyards of the Prince of Ning's Mansion, some people stayed awake throughout the night.
Xu Xin glared at the two guards standing like door gods at the courtyard gate. Clenching her teeth, she slammed the room door shut.
She was under house arrest! Her freedom was restricted!
At this moment, she resented everyone.
This included even her aunt.
If it weren't for the lousy idea her aunt gave her, she wouldn't have lost all of Wei Ying's trust!
Right now, she completely forgot about her desperate pleas to the Duchess of the State Duke, begging her to help her destroy Chu Qing.
Now, Xu Xin only thought that everyone else was to blame.
...
After Wei Ying returned to his room, his drowsiness had long since vanished along with Chu Qing.
"Your Highness, perhaps you and the Princess should stop sleeping in separate courtyards," Wei Er said tentatively as he watched Wei Ying lost in thought.
Their master and the Princess had always lived separately. This couldn't go on forever, could it?
In the past, although their master had been polite to the Princess, he had actually been rather cold and aloof. But since the Princess had fallen seriously ill last time, the Prince had gradually begun to care about her. As for the coldness and aloofness, it had long since disappeared!
Hearing Wei Er's words, Wei Ying's lips, which were about to curl into a smile, seemed to retract as if he had thought of something.
"Since our wedding, we've always slept separately. Suddenly living together might be a bit... uncomfortable. And it might be too sudden," Wei Ying said seriously, worried that Chu Qing might find him too hasty.
Meanwhile, Wei Yi, who had been silent beside him, stiffened. Their master actually thought something was too sudden?
Back then, after hearing from a certain advisor that the Chu family, the richest in the Great Yan Kingdom, was extremely wealthy, the Prince of Ning had not hesitated to ask the Emperor for an imperial edict to marry the only daughter of the Chu family. Later, after hearing from another advisor that the Minister of Revenue seemed to be up to something in recent years, the Prince of Ning had not hesitated to marry the only daughter of the Minister of Revenue.
All their subordinates had even secretly placed bets, guessing which young lady the Prince would suddenly marry next to use or monitor, or whether the Prince would marry all the young ladies he thought were useful...
Then, suddenly, the Prince of Ning stopped marrying.
So... hadn't their master done many sudden things?
But now, when it came to a serious matter, their master actually thought it was inappropriate?
They deeply felt that if the Prince continued like this, the Princess might run away with someone one day...
However, since they were just subordinates, they couldn't say certain things too openly.
Wei Ying fell into deep thought.
...
When Chu Qing woke up, she suddenly remembered the kiss from last night.
Her face flushed again.
When Luoluo saw Chu Qing wake up, she walked over and said softly, "My Lady, the Prince and Young Master Wuya are waiting for you in the outer hall."
"..."
The color that had just returned to Chu Qing's face flushed again.
"Are you feeling unwell, My Lady?" Luoluo asked worriedly as she saw Chu Qing's face flush abnormally.
Chu Qing was speechless for a moment. After a while, she said that she was fine and then ordered Luoluo to help her get dressed.
When Liuxin was doing her hair, Chu Qing said casually, "Make my face look paler later. Don't use any rouge."
"Ah?" Liuxin widened her eyes, extremely confused by her master's request.
Luoluo was also quite surprised and said, "My Lady! Why do you want to make yourself look like... that?"
Even though Chu Qing was always indulgent towards them, there were some things they, as maids, couldn't say.
Chu Qing looked at herself in the mirror. Her originally alluring peach blossom eyes were now listless, looking like she had lost all hope.
"Don't worry. I have my reasons for asking you to do this," Chu Qing sighed softly and still gave the same order.
Luoluo and Liuxin exchanged a helpless look and had to follow their master's request.
However, when applying lipstick, Liuxin also changed her style and only dipped a little.
This way, she wouldn't look too much like a... ghost...
After getting dressed, Chu Qing waited for a long time before walking towards the front hall.
Sure enough, when she saw Wei Ying's face, her face flushed again!
Why did this guy have to be so good-looking! And even worse, why did those bright eyes have to look at her so tenderly!
Luoluo and Liuxin watched in shock as a blush slowly crept up their master's originally pale cheeks.
So that's it! Their master was truly amazing!
When Wei Ying saw Chu Qing walking slowly towards him, his breath caught in his throat.
At this moment, Chu Qing still carried a lazy air about her since she had just woken up.
Her beautiful eyes were full of charm.
"How are you feeling, Princess?"
It was Wuya's voice that broke the silence.
After coming back to his senses, Wei Ying was a bit annoyed that he had just acted like a clumsy young man.
Chu Qing coughed lightly and then said, "Well... I feel... not bad..."
Before going to bed last night, she had already asked Little Meatball, and both the ventilation and Qi - building processes were completed.
Now that Wuya asked, Chu Qing felt a bit flustered and didn't know how to explain to him how she had completed the Qi - building just by taking the ventilation pill.
Fortunately, Wuya didn't rush to check her. Instead, he directly gave the Qi - building pill to Chu Qing and said seriously, "After the Princess takes this Qi - building pill, I can check if the Princess can practice the internal energy technique."
... Chu Qing was stunned for a moment and then overjoyed.
So this guy couldn't directly tell if she had built her Qi!
That was great! She didn't have to make up some random excuses to fob off these two.
After Chu Qing took the Qi - building pill neatly, Wei Ying sent her back to her room to recuperate.
Although the pill was actually useless, Chu Qing still pretended to close her eyes and meditate.
Wei Ying, as always, silently accompanied Chu Qing, carefully observing her. He was afraid that she might feel uncomfortable, and he could notice it in time.
Watching her tightly closed eyes and listening to her breathing,
Wei Ying's heart became chaotic again.
Suddenly remembering what Wei Er had said yesterday, thinking that Chu Qing was concentrating on recuperating, Wei Ying couldn't help but whisper,
"Would Qingqing feel it's too sudden if you move in with me?"
How could Chu Qing be concentrating!
She was listening intently to Wei Ying's almost inaudible breathing when he suddenly said this.
Would it be too sudden to live with him?
Of course it would!
It was so... mother - freaking sudden!