After being rejected, Lin Jiangnian didn't take it too seriously and went back to his room first.
Zhiyuan was already furious, so Lin Jiangnian didn't add fuel to the fire. As for what to do next, he already had a plan in mind.
But there is no rush!
After returning to his room, Lin Jiangnian rested for a while, then sat cross-legged on the ground and began to practice, continuing to practice the Xuanyang Heart Method.
The practice was not over until dark fell.
Lin Jiangnian looked refreshed and radiant.
At the same time, he could clearly feel the 'qi' in his body growing stronger and stronger day by day. While practicing the Xuanyang Heart Method, he could indeed feel the qi and blood surging in his body, and his whole body was burning hot.
There was an indescribable feeling of heat, and even a vague impulse in my heart!
He took several deep breaths before temporarily suppressing the thought.
This was indeed a good sign. The Xuanyang Heart Method was replenishing his Qi and blood, indicating that Lin Jiangnian's strength had improved. Having achieved such results after only a few days of martial arts training, Lin Jiangnian was already satisfied.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and Xiao Zhu's weak voice came: "Your Highness?"
"Um?"
Lin Jiangnian glanced at the door and said calmly, "Come in."
Xiao Zhu pushed the door open and approached. She glanced at Lin Jiangnian cautiously before saying, "Your Highness, it's getting late. Dinner is ready. Would you like to eat now?"
"Send it to the room."
Lin Jiangnian waved his hand.
"good."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhu quickly turned around and trotted away.
Soon, the servants brought food into the room.
After Lin Jiangnian finished his meal, the maid cleaned up the room. When he was about to leave, Lin Jiangnian suddenly called out to Xiaozhu.
"You stay first."
"Um?"
Xiao Zhu stopped and looked back at His Highness, a little nervous: "Your Highness, is there something wrong?"
"right!"
Lin Jiangnian nodded and glanced at the door: "Go and close the door first."
Hearing this, Xiao Zhu's heart skipped a beat.
Her face flushed red.
close the door?
Your Highness, what bad things do you want to do?
When she was extremely nervous, she seemed to have thought of something. Xiao Zhu lowered her head with a red face, walked to the door, closed it, and returned.
"Your Highness, is there anything wrong?"
Xiaozhu asked cautiously.
"Come here." Lin Jiangnian glanced at her.
Xiao Zhu took small steps nervously and came to the table next to His Highness, intertwining her hands.
Anxious.
"Sit down."
"Slave, this slave dares not..."
"Just sit down when I tell you to. Don't disobey my orders!"
"oh."
Xiao Zhu then sat down feeling aggrieved.
But she tensed up and only dared to sit on the chair with half of her little butt, her little head full of nervousness and confusion... What was His Highness going to do?
Lin Jiangnian slowly raised his eyes and looked at the little maid in front of him.
Under his gaze, Xiao Zhu's face quickly turned red and she lowered her head.
"Do you know what this prince wants to see you about?"
Xiao Zhu lowered his head and said, "No, I don't know."
"Don't worry, I won't let you warm my bed tonight." Lin Jiangnian said lightly.
"oh……"
The little maid lowered her head and nodded obediently to show that she understood.
Lin Jiangnian looked at her reaction and narrowed his eyes slightly. "Why? You don't look very happy or disappointed that I didn't let you warm the bed?"
“No, no…”
Xiao Zhu frantically waved her hands, wanting to explain something but not knowing how to begin. She stammered, her face flushing crimson.
Lin Jiangnian noticed something and asked, "Did Zhiyuan tell you?"
Xiao Zhu's face showed a trace of panic, but after a while, he lowered his head and nodded honestly: "Yeah."
"What did she tell you?"
"Sister Zhiyuan said... Your Highness practices martial arts, so he can't lose his virginity..."
"She lied to you." Lin Jiangnian said expressionlessly.
"ah?"
Xiao Zhu opened her eyes wide in vain, her face filled with surprise. But then she thought of something and shook her head: "Sister Zhiyuan wouldn't lie to me..."
Lin Jiangnian narrowed his eyes: "Do you trust her very much?"
"Um……"
"So, you'd rather trust her than me?"
Xiao Zhu hurriedly shook his head in panic: "No, no, Your Highness, I..."
"Xiao, Xiao Zhu, of course, believes in me..."
"Yeah?"
Lin Jiangnian's playful smile grew even wider. "Then, if I tell you that she lied to you... I don't even need to abstain from sex. I can warm your bed tonight. Do you believe me?"
Xiao Zhu stood there in a daze, his head buzzing, feeling a little overwhelmed!
Do you believe His Highness or Sister Zhiyuan?
She, of course she believed...
“I, I…”
Xiao Zhu was so nervous that she almost cried. She didn't know how to answer for a moment and was in a dilemma.
From her facial reaction, Lin Jiangnian confirmed his thoughts. He suddenly sneered, "It seems that you only have eyes for her, not for Her Highness, right?"
Lin Jiangnian's tone suddenly changed, and the little maid's body trembled. Her face turned pale and she shook her head like a rattle: "I didn't, I didn't..."
"Yeah?"
Lin Jiangnian looked at her, pondering, "Then if this prince and Zhiyuan asked you to do different things at the same time, who would you listen to?"
"I……"
Xiao Zhu lowered his head, bit his lower lip tightly, and looked very conflicted.
She glanced at Lin Jiangnian cautiously, tentatively: "Slave, can I... listen to everything?"
"cannot."
Lin Jiangnian had a blank expression on his face: "You can only choose one of the two. Do you listen to me, or do you listen to her?"
“I, I…”
Xiao Zhu's face was full of confusion, but finally, as if he had made up his mind, he gritted his teeth and said, "I will listen to Your Highness."
Her answer was beyond Lin Jiangnian's expectations.
I thought this little traitor would stand on the side of the kite as always?
"Why?" Lin Jiangnian looked at her.
Xiao Zhu lowered her head, staring at the ground, and whispered, "Sister Zhiyuan said that since I'm His Highness's maid, I should obey His Highness's orders..."
Lin Jiangnian was a little stunned. Zhiyuan actually told her to do this?
"So?"
Lin Jiangnian came back to his senses and glanced at her again: "Why did you betray me?"
"Slave, slave, I don't have..."
"You are my prince's maid, yet you secretly complained to Zhiyuan... If you're not a traitor, what is it?"
Xiao Zhu's face turned pale: "Your Highness, Your Highness, I..."
"Do you know who will be in charge of the future of Prince Lin's Mansion?"
Lin Jiangnian looked nonchalantly at the frightened little maidservant in front of him, whose face had turned pale. He said slowly, "This prince is the future master of the Lin Palace. Zhiyuan is just a maid like you. She certainly did you a favor, but don't forget who really took you in."
"The place that truly took you in is Prince Lin's Mansion, and the person who took you in is... this prince!"
Lin Jiangnian pointed at himself and began to brainwash the little maid in front of him: "Without this prince's promise, do you think you are qualified to enter the gate of Prince Lin's Mansion?"
The little maid's mind was blank and her face was confused... Is, is that the case?
It seems, it seems to make sense?
Sister Zhiyuan is also a maid in the palace like her. How could Sister Zhiyuan bring her back without His Highness's permission?
How can I become a maidservant beside His Highness and live a life of luxury?
So the person who actually took her in was actually His Highness?
Xiao Zhu was completely unaware and was unknowingly deceived and led astray by Lin Jiangnian.
"So, now you should know who you should be grateful to, right?"
Lin Jiangnian looked at the little maid in front of him leisurely, with a smile on his face. From the little maid's slightly confused eyes, he saw that she had already believed it a little.
"Yes, Your Highness?"
Xiao Zhu spoke softly, with a somewhat uncertain tone?
“That’s right!”
Lin Jiangnian glanced at her and spoke more slowly, "Of course you should thank Zhiyuan. It was indeed she who saved you. But more importantly... shouldn't you also thank me, Prince?"
"Um……"
"So, you know what to do, right?"
Xiao Zhu looked up blankly: "How, how to do it?"
When looking into the meaningful eyes of His Highness, Xiao Zhu understood something even if he was stupid.
She had heard from the sisters in the mansion that His Highness seemed to have a bad relationship with Sister Zhiyuan?
Could it be that His Highness is...
"no!"
Xiao Zhu hurriedly shook her head in panic: "Slave, slave, no, I can't betray Sister Zhiyuan..."
Yo, not too silly?
Lin Jiangnian raised his eyebrows and said meaningfully: "Don't worry, I won't let you betray your sister Zhiyuan."
"Then, then Your Highness..."
Xiao Zhu looked puzzled: "Your Highness, what does your servant want to do?"
"Remember, I promised you a chance to redeem yourself from your crimes? Now, I need you to do something for me!"
"What's up?"
Lin Jiangnian looked at the little maid in front of him with a playful look: "Since you betrayed my affairs to Zhiyuan before, now I need you to secretly tell me the information about Zhiyuan as well!"
"It includes her daily schedule, what she eats for three meals a day, where she has been, what she sits on every day...even when she bathes and when she goes to bed..."
"All these matters must be reported to this prince, understand?"
“…”
“…”
The little maid left.
Left in a daze.
She didn't know why His Highness wanted to know what Sister Zhiyuan ate and did every day?
Do you even want to know when Sister Zhiyuan takes a bath and goes to bed?
The little maid was young and didn't understand what perversion was. She just instinctively felt that something was wrong, but then she thought, His Highness only asked her to quietly tell him what Sister Zhiyuan did every day. Doesn't this seem to hurt Sister Zhiyuan?
Sister Zhiyuan doesn't actually do anything every day. Everything is normal and it's not a secret...
In this way, she would not be sorry to Sister Zhiyuan, and could also compensate His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?
Kill two birds with one stone?
Thinking of this, the little maid was confused, and then suddenly enlightened!
…
After Xiao Zhu left, Lin Jiangnian sat at the table in a good mood.
The little traitor's IQ was obviously not high, and he fell into Lin Jiangnian's trap without knowing it.
Little traitor, you are obviously still a little immature.
Since she was a spy arranged by Zhiyuan to be beside Lin Jiangnian, Lin Jiangnian could naturally take advantage of the situation and give Zhiyuan a little surprise.
Just then, a teasing voice came from the side.
"Tsk, look at the way you're smiling, what bad things are you thinking?"
A slightly relaxed tone.
Lin Jiangnian looked up and found that the woman in red had appeared in the room at some point.
"When did you come?"
"You're here early!"
The woman in red sat down across from Lin Jiangnian, her beautiful eyes gazing at him with a half-smile. "I never could have guessed that the little maidservant was so fooled by you that she'd be so confused. I'm afraid even if she was sold off by you, she'd still have to help you count the money."
"I probably can't escape from your grasp, right?"
"Why, when do you plan to take her down?"
“…”
I still have one chapter to go, so I think I'll be able to finish it later! Don't wait, read it tomorrow~
Thanks to 【Wangji】 for the reward!