The cruel little princess

An Er ignored An Shijiu's complaints and leaped onto his horse to take off. It was more important to quickly complete the task assigned by the young lady, and he didn't have time to listen to their idle chatter. But from what Shijiu had said, this "psychedelic powder" was quite useful. No, he'd have to ask the young lady for some someday. It didn't make sense that Shijiu had it all and he didn't! He wanted something that others had too! So he had to quickly complete the task assigned by the young lady, and then go back to claim his reward.

An Er rode his horse to find Liu Jianye and handed him the letter. Then he stood aside and waited for Liu Jianye's reply.

At first, Liu Jianye didn't understand what he meant. Just as he was about to open his mouth to see what the Rui'an County Lady wanted to say, he saw this young man standing nearby without shying away. "Sir, is there anything else you want to tell me?"

"No, hurry up and read the lady's instructions so I can report back." An Er said coolly, arms folded. "The lady has instructed that you don't pay for these things yet. Once she makes them, you can give them to her. After you sell them, you can deduct the money from your profit."

Liu Jianye understood. It seemed that the Rui'an County Lord was anxious about something and was eagerly awaiting a reply. It could only be said that this was a beautiful misunderstanding, but it also prompted Liu Jianye to prepare all the things Shen Youyou requested in one afternoon and sent them to the military camp overnight.

Shen Youyou looked at the capable Secret Guard, and felt a surge of comfort in her heart. Just how delightful it was to have a Secret Guard who understood their master's wishes! She was so moved that she almost wanted to ask Chu Huaijin if he could lend her this Secret Guard for life...

Prince Jin spent the entire day writing memorials. They covered the battle report, the causes and consequences of the granary fire, the role the rescue team played on the battlefield, and so on. He wrote a dozen pages filled with eloquence, sealed them with wax, and sent them to the capital at full speed!

Even as he wrote about burning the enemy camp, he couldn't stop thinking about Shen Youyou. Although he'd seen her during the day, it was always the generals who kept asking questions, and she kept answering. He never had a chance to speak to her alone. And after returning, she'd arranged for people to build ice houses and trained people to dissect corpses. He knew all of this, every detail. The secret guards would report every detail to him. But even so, he could only hear, never see. The intangible longing was the most torturous. Like a poisonous insect, it penetrated into his bones, and he was mad with longing!

After he washed and changed his clothes, he thought about it again and again, and asked An Yi and learned that Shen Youyou had not gone to bed yet. The lights in the tent were brightly on and no one knew what she was busy with. His Royal Highness Prince Jin felt that he still had to meet her to ease his longing for her.

So His Royal Highness Prince Jin changed into his night clothes and, under the cover of darkness, sneaked into Shen Youyou's tent without alerting anyone. As soon as he entered, he was nearly attacked by An Er. He rolled over steadily and reached the other side of the tent. "An Er, it's me!" he whispered.

When An Er heard this, he realized it wasn't a scoundrel, but his own prince! He immediately withdrew his hands and apologized to the prince, "I didn't know your majesty was coming. Please forgive me!"

Prince Jin waved his hand and told him to leave first. He walked behind the screen and saw Shen Youyou still preparing the herbs. Meanwhile, An Er was crushing the herbs with a medicine grinder.

Shen Youyou smiled and nodded at him, with no intention of stopping her movements. "It's so late, why are you here?"

"You go down first. I have something to tell your young lady alone!" His Royal Highness Prince Jin ordered Chuntao.

Chun Tao: ...Respected Prince, would you mind looking at what you're wearing to our young lady's tent? A nightgown! What man would wear nightgown to visit another woman? It's obvious you have designs on our young lady! And some serious business? What? You two still want to sneak into the enemy camp at night? ...But even though she complained, Chun Tao wouldn't dare say these things out loud, not even a hint, for fear the prince would punish her for treason. If that happened, she'd lose her life, but if she implicated the young lady and the master, that would be more trouble than good.

So Chun Tao secretly looked at her young lady, and Shen Youyou said, "It's okay, you should go down and rest first. Don't just do these chores, be careful not to hurt your eyes."

"Yes!" Chuntao also bowed to the prince, then went downstairs to wash and sleep.

As soon as Chun Tao left, His Royal Highness Prince Jin quickly came to Shen Youyou's side, pulled a stool to sit down, and then hugged her tightly. Feeling the fragrance in his arms, as if he could hear each other's heartbeats, His Royal Highness Prince Jin felt relieved.

He took a deep breath. Although the tent was filled with the aroma of medicinal herbs, he could still accurately detect her unique fragrance! He sighed with satisfaction. It was wonderful! He could hold her so unrestrainedly! If she had made a mistake while setting fire to the enemy camp...

Thinking of this, he suddenly snatched the herbs from her hand and placed them on the bamboo strips, then flipped his hand and Shen Youyou fell into a prone position, lying on his knees.

"What are you doing? Let me go!" Shen Youyou had a bad feeling.

"Pa! Pa! Pa!" Before she could struggle too much, His Royal Highness Prince Jin slapped her little butt three times with his big palm.

…It’s not very harmful, but it’s extremely insulting!

"Don't be so reckless in the future! Do you know how worried I was when I heard the secret guards say that you had devised a plan to penetrate the enemy camp and burn the granary! I also wanted to fly directly to your side and tie you back! Although their army is on the battlefield, what if there are also many people in the camp? Wouldn't you go there and never come back?! It would be fine if I could rescue you in time, but what if I can't? What if you get injured in the fight with them?!" After beating her, he immediately straightened her and hugged her in his arms, hugging her tightly, as if he wanted to crush her and melt her into his bones and blood!

Shen Youyou originally wanted to ask him why he spanked her little butt, but when she felt his slightly trembling arms, the little hand that was about to push his chest changed to comforting him, gently patting him again and again to show that she was still there and she was fine!

It took a long while for His Royal Highness Prince Jin to calm down. "Alright! Don't worry, I'm not hurt at all. An Nineteen and the others protected me very well. You're so worried about me. Don't you have no confidence in your own secret guards?" She said softly to His Royal Highness Prince Jin, "Besides, you don't know me well enough. I won't do anything I'm not sure of! Even if they outnumber us, we're not afraid!" She casually pulled out a number of bottles and jars from her chest. "Look, these are all my latest special medicines! Basically, they're drugs, poisons, and the like. Even if they catch me, they won't get away with anything from me! Don't worry!" She patted his shoulder again, motioning him to put her down.

Prince Jin took another deep breath, using her unique fragrance to calm his restless body! Every cell in his body longed for deeper contact with her! But he knew that now was not the time and he couldn't scare her.

"It's so late, why are you still not sleeping? What medicine are you making?" His Royal Highness Prince Jin looked through the medicinal ingredients in the bamboo strips, but found that he couldn't understand them.

"Is it late?" She glanced at the sky outside. It was the hour of Xu, around eight or nine. Probably not early for those who work from sunrise to sunset. "This evening, Liu Jianye sent someone to deliver everything I needed. I had nothing better to do, so I started making some ointment early to pass the time. Look, these are Angelica dahurica, Bletilla striata, Atractylodes macrocephala, Bletilla striata, Aconitum carmichaelii, and Poria cocos. Grind them all into powder according to the appropriate proportions, then add egg white to make small pills of uniform size. After drying in the shade, dissolve them in warm water and apply to your face every night before bed. It will whiten, nourish, remove freckles, and prevent wrinkles. This is the Seven Whites Ointment." Speaking of her expertise, Shen Youyou's eyes sparkled, as if a vast galaxy bloomed in her eyes, captivating His Royal Highness Prince Jin and unwilling to look away. After saying this, Shen Youyou mentally added, "This is also the prototype of the modern facial mask."

Very good, His Royal Highness Prince Jin realized he still didn't understand. He just felt she was so adorable at that moment that he wanted to shrink her and hold her in his hands, carefully protecting her. "Then what can I do?" he asked directly. He was afraid that he would be clumsy and break something for her.

"You!" Her dark, almond-shaped eyes, like black grapes, rolled around. "An Er was grinding medicine for me right here just now. You chased him away, so you should take over his job!" She pulled him over and made him sit in front of the medicine grinder. She demonstrated how to do it, then looked at him with her innocent yet charming eyes, like a little deer. "Do you understand?"

Prince Jin suppressed his inner restlessness and said, "I think I can do it. I just can't control the strength well..." He looked at her white and soft hands and said, "Hold my hand and teach me again. After all, I have never done it before. I want to feel whether the pressure should be stronger or weaker."

Shen Youyou: ...You can, or you can, these greasy sweet nothings come so easily. Just now, An Er didn't even ask for any instruction, he just figured it out on his own. At this moment, An Er was thinking: I'm not, I can't, I don't have...

But Shen Youyou still followed his instructions and taught Prince Jin step by step. Feeling the soft, boneless hand on the back of his hand, he felt a wave of anxiety in his heart. The tent was still too hot, and the unreasonable heat made his whole body tense. "Someone come."

An Er flashed in directly.

"Go get some ice basins. It's too hot here." His Royal Highness Prince Jin loosened his collar and cuffs.

Shen Youyou looked at his muscular chest which was exposed intentionally or unintentionally, and secretly clicked her tongue twice in her heart. She didn't know how he trained himself to have muscles when he took off his clothes but look thin when he was dressed. He was strong, capable, thin and powerful!