I was flattered after crossing

After hearing what I said, Xiao Zhengxuan smiled faintly and said softly, "I will definitely not cause any trouble to the princess~"

I nodded slightly to show my satisfaction, then raised my hand towards him and said in a tender voice, "Well~ Help me to wash up~"

Xiao Zhengxuan immediately responded loudly: "Yes~" and then walked over with big strides, carefully supporting me.

I twisted my body and took a few steps pretending to be reserved, and suddenly we both couldn't help but burst into laughter.

[The next morning, in the side hall of the attic on the first floor]

"Hmm? This bun tastes so delicious. What's the filling inside?" I asked Xiao Zhengxuan in surprise while tasting the delicious food in my mouth.

Xiao Zhengxuan smiled and replied, "It's just ordinary fresh bamboo shoots and pork filling. But the pork was carefully cooked beforehand."

I nodded in sudden realization, then quickly picked up a small and exquisite bun and stuffed it into my mouth, mumbling in admiration: "Oh, it's really delicious~"

At this moment, I saw Leilei staggering and walking towards me, with Xiao Cui supporting her tightly.

I was very surprised and said jokingly, "No way, with just this little bit of alcohol, you can still have a hangover?"

Leilei waved her hands at me and said with a smile: "I don't know what's going on. Could it be that I haven't been drinking enough recently, so my alcohol tolerance has declined?"

"Yeah, yeah, it's possible~ It's also possible that I can't judge the dosage well. I was like this when I first got here, always drinking too much. But it doesn't matter, since you're here, just drink a few more times and you will naturally find the right amount. Come, try this bun, it tastes absolutely first-rate!" I said as I put a bun on her plate.

Then, I turned around and said to Xiao Cui behind Lei Lei, "Xiao Cui, don't stand anymore. Come and sit down. There are no outsiders here! Eat the buns while they are hot!"

However, Xiao Cui lowered her head and replied, "I dare not!" She seemed a little scared or restrained.

Seeing this, I smiled and kicked Xiao Zhengxuan lightly with my foot.

Then Xiao Zhengxuan's Cui Xiaocui said, "Since you have assigned her to the princess, you should follow the princess's arrangements from now on."

After hearing this, Xiao Cui sat down obediently and started eating.

At this moment, I suddenly remembered something and asked curiously, "Eh? Where's Seventeen?"

Xiao Zhengxuan replied, "He still had things to deal with, so he just left. However, I waited until he had breakfast before letting him go." Hearing this, I couldn't help but laugh, and by the way, I picked up a small bun and put it in his bowl.

Then, Xiao Zhengxuan asked me with concern: "Does the princess like this manor? Do you feel comfortable staying here?"

I chewed the bun in my mouth a few times in a hurry, and said impatiently: "I love it! It's like a paradise on earth, a paradise on earth~ Your Majesty, you don't know that Leilei and I have always been fond of this kind of place full of ancient charm.

Every year, we would go to the Jiangnan region where we live with great interest, looking for those quaint and elegant towns. We feel that there is an incomparable sense of security there.”

"Yeah, that's right. I do feel at peace. The atmosphere of small bridges, flowing water and people's homes may be because we have been in the bustling and noisy metropolis for too long. The pace of life is extremely fast. We are busy all day just to make money. I feel like a cold and ruthless money-making machine. My soul seems to have quietly fallen asleep."

I nodded repeatedly to show my agreement.

"A money-making machine, isn't this the princess?" Xiao Zhengxuan blurted out without any concealment.

"Oh my, you are really good at grasping the key points~" I took a sip of red bean porridge and sighed helplessly.

"I adhere to the idea that everyone can make money together. It's not like our place..." I faced Xiao Zhengxuan and explained incessantly.

"Why don't we arrange for the princess and Miss Leilei to stay in the villa for a few more days?" Xiao Zhengxuan suggested.

"No~" Leilei and I refused almost at the same time.

"I have to go back and draw new styles, and I also have to think carefully about the patterns of the fabrics. We must keep innovating!" I explained to Xiao Zhengxuan seriously.

"Yeah, that's right. I have to hurry back as I have a backlog of custom orders from customers, and many girls have made appointments to come to the store to ask me to try on new clothes!" Leilei also said hurriedly.

Xiao Zhengxuan sighed helplessly: "The princess and Miss Leilei really have a mutual understanding."

"Hahaha, it's just that our goals are more similar~" I responded to him with a smile.

"Your Highness, how about we go to the hot spring together later and then set off back to the palace in the afternoon?" As I said that, I drank another half bowl of red bean porridge.

"Afternoon?" Xiao Zhengxuan looked at me puzzledly.

"Uh... to be precise, it's after the hour of Wei. We'll go back to the palace after lunch." I looked into his eyes and explained again.

"Okay. Everything is up to the princess's arrangement." Xiao Zhengxuan replied with a smile.

"Hey, thank you, Your Highness. Hey, where's Chen'er? Is he still sleeping?" I asked Xiao Zhengxuan with a smile on my face.

"He hasn't woken up yet! I guess he was drunk last night." Xiao Zhengxuan replied helplessly.

"Hahaha, the Second Prince probably needs to work on his drinking capacity. He got so drunk with just a small pot of wine." Lei Lei laughed so hard that she was out of breath.

"You'd better keep your voice down and don't wake him up. Otherwise, he will come downstairs and hug your thighs and cry, and I won't help you." I reminded her.

When Lei Lei heard what I said, she immediately lowered her head guiltily and said to Cui Er in a low voice: "Cui Er, Cui Er, let's eat quickly, and then go to the garden at the back to play. After playing enough, we can go to the hot springs."

【Onsen】

Lei Lei leaned comfortably on the edge of the pool and said contentedly: "I didn't see that arrogant maid today. I thought she would come to your prince with eager eyes as usual!" She closed her eyes and spoke nonchalantly while splashing water on herself casually.

"I was awarded a slash of red lash..." I responded by gently stirring the water in the pond.

"What? I actually missed such a wonderful scene!" Upon hearing this, Lei Lei sat up straight instantly, opened her eyes and stared at me.

"Hey, yesterday when we went back to our room to sleep, she actually climbed onto the prince's bed..." I said to her helplessly.

Lei Lei's eyes widened and she asked in disbelief, "Ah? There are actually such blind people in this mansion?"

"Well, who said it wasn't? Eh? But yesterday I unexpectedly discovered a hidden master in our family! Come on, guess who it is!" I asked mysteriously.

Leilei was completely confused by what I was saying. She looked at me with a puzzled expression and shook her head, indicating that she had no idea what was going on.

I smiled and whispered in a low voice, "It's Cui'er!"

When Lei Lei heard this, her eyes widened with an expression of disbelief on her face. She asked in surprise, "Really? I always thought Cui Er was an expert?"

Then, I described to Leilei in detail what happened yesterday.

After hearing this, Leilei opened her mouth wide and was so surprised that she couldn't close it for a long time.

She stared at Cui'er, her eyes full of admiration and envy. "Wow, that's amazing! Cui'er, can you show us that magical skill of picking leaves to hurt people again?" Lei Lei shouted excitedly.

Cui'er looked at us with a somewhat amusing look, but finally nodded helplessly.

Leilei immediately turned around happily, reached out and pulled off a few leaves, then handed them to Cui'er as if offering a treasure.

Cui'er stretched out her hand lightly and caught the leaf gracefully.

She narrowed her eyes slightly, concentrated all her energy, and swung her arms vigorously. The leaf streaked across the sky like a flash of lightning, and rushed out at an astonishing speed. The leaf seemed to have eyes, and it hit a pigeon flying through the sky with incredible accuracy.

Seeing that the pigeon was about to fall into our steaming hot spring, Cui'er did not panic at all. She quickly shot out two more leaves.

These leaves were like arrows shot from a bow, hitting the pigeon continuously in mid-air, knocking it out of the hot spring and landing on the shore.

"Ahhh! Miss Cui'er! Are you still accepting disciples?" Lei Lei said sincerely after witnessing everything that happened in front of her.

I immediately turned around, bowed to her respectfully and said, "Master, please accept my disciple's greetings."

At this moment, Cui'er on the side was obviously a little overwhelmed by our sudden action.

After all, at this moment, the three of us are all here naked...

"Uh... let's go back to the palace. We'll become disciples again when we get back. Hehehe~" I eased the awkward atmosphere.

【Carriage Returning to the City】

"Swish, swish, swish~" I imitated Xiao Cui and threw the leaf in my hand towards the car door. As expected, it fluttered and fell down.

"Hey, that won't work. Look at mine, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~" After saying that, Lei Lei also took out a leaf from her hand and threw it out.

"Ouch, stop it, you can't throw it as far as I can." After hitting her, we both looked at the poor leaves that fell not far away, exclaimed "Ah" in unison, and fell backwards.

Xiao Zhengxuan, who was standing by, watched us play for a while, and then said, "It takes time to master martial arts. You need to practice diligently to achieve perfection. This is the first time I have seen people like you two."

"I just think Xiao Cui is so amazing. You didn't see it just now. She used three leaves to shoot down a flying pigeon. That's not the point. The point is that she can accurately control the speed of the pigeon's fall, and then use the remaining two leaves to knock the pigeon out of the hot spring!" I described the scene to him vividly.

"Oh? How about this?" After hearing what I said, Xiao Zhengxuan raised his lips slightly, revealing a faint smile. He stretched out his hand, took a leaf from my hand, and broke off a small half. The next second, looking in the direction of his hand, I could see that the leaf was like a sharp arrow, embedded straight into the door frame of the carriage...

Lei Lei was very close to the door frame. She suddenly raised her head and looked in that direction. She couldn't help but exclaimed: "Wow! The prince is really good at fighting!"

"Wow, you all have unique skills!" I said to Xiao Zhengxuan, clapping my hands in surprise.

"This is just self-defense. I have started learning it since I was young. My father thinks that if we encounter any unexpected situations, it is always good to know some martial arts." Xiao Zhengxuan explained.

"So, does the second prince also know some martial arts?" Lei Lei asked curiously to Xiao Zhengchen, who was sitting next to her pretending to be a quail.

"Uh... uh... Actually, I'm not good at this. It's not that I'm lazy by nature, but because I was weak and sickly when I was young, I missed the best opportunity to practice martial arts. Naturally, I didn't learn it when I grew up." After Xiao Zhengchen answered, he lowered his head again.

"Oh~ It's okay~ But Chen'er must be very knowledgeable!" Lei Lei quickly found a way out for the poor little guy, and also made up for asking the question without thinking.

However, he buried his head deeper, and his voice became weaker and weaker: "In terms of knowledge... well... actually I am not as good as my brother... Father and mother often say that they will be satisfied when I can reach half of my brother's level~"

Leilei: “…”

"Hahaha, Chen'er is so adorable. You are still young now. As long as you work hard and study diligently, you will be able to catch up with your brother in a few years." I said to comfort Xiao Zhengchen.

"Yes, Chen'er is so smart, he will definitely learn everything quickly, there is no need to be anxious." Leilei immediately agreed.

"Yes, I will definitely try my best to do my best!" He finally raised his head, blinked his cute and charming doe eyes, looked at me and Leilei, and nodded gently.

Then, he turned to look at his brother and said listlessly, "My father and mother always praise my brother for his ability in both literature and martial arts... I dare not compare myself with my brother."

Seeing him deliberately showing weakness and pity made me feel familiar. So, while I was looking at Xiao Zhengchen, I turned my gaze to Xiao Zhengxuan. However, at this time, Xiao Zhengxuan avoided my sight, covered his mouth with his fist, and coughed awkwardly.

Then, he turned to Xiao Zhengchen and said, "There is fresh beef jerky in the food box under your seat."

"Ah? Really? That's great~" Xiao Zhengchen shouted excitedly, then bent down to take the beef jerky from the food box, completely forgetting that he was pretending to be pitiful the second before.

Xiao Zhengxuan turned around and stared at me, his eyes seemed to convey: Look, this guy is clearly pretending.

I met his gaze, smiled, and whispered back, "Humph, you're not much better!"