After her mind was read, the spoiled brat became the darling of the whole group.

Xie Xing stiffly turned his head back, and lifted his foot, intending to sneak out.

But at that moment, the curtain had already been lifted.

It was Jun Lanjin who came out.

The moment he came out, Xie Xing couldn't take his eyes off him.

Jun Lanjin was wearing only a white robe, his long hair was wet and hung down his shoulders. His robe was not closed, and below his sexy Adam's apple was a fair and strong chest, on which lay distinct water droplets.

Water droplets slid down her skin and finally into her clothes.

That devilishly beautiful face was now blatantly exposed to Xie Xing's gaze. His long eyelashes, glistening with water droplets, were slightly raised, and his dark pupils stared straight at her.

"Hmm?" Jun Lanjin tilted his head slightly, his voice languid after his bath: "Xie Wu?"

Xie Xing: ...

Her cheeks immediately burned, and she hurriedly looked away before turning away.

"Your...Your Highness," Xie Xing stammered.

[A picture of a handsome man emerging from a bath!]

Xie Xing's eyes were practically glued to the screen.

This is so alluring!

Jun Lanjin casually closed his clothes with his long, slender fingers, then slowly walked to the seat of the tent, looking at her with indifferent eyes: "Why are you in my tent?"

Xie Xing's pounding heart had calmed down by now.

She turned around, her eyelashes drooping, not daring to look around, only daring to look at her toes, and obediently said, "Your Highness, I took the wrong path and accidentally wandered in. I hope Your Highness will forgive me."

Jun Lanjin rested his chin on his hand, his gaze lazily falling on her.

While she was in the bathtub, she could hear her chattering with that strange thing in her mind.

It's likely that she just provoked Luo Hanfeng a second ago, and now she's in her tent.

The quirky little girl seemed rather docile in his presence.

Jun Lanjin wanted to tease her.

"Oh? Of all these tents, you just happened to wander into the one where I was bathing?"

Xie Xing looked up and met Jun Lanjin's smiling eyes. Her gaze inadvertently drifted to his collarbone, then she quickly looked away as if she had been electrocuted.

She chuckled, her eyes crinkling: "Your Highness, why did I somehow end up in your tent instead of someone else's?"

"Your Highness, this is fate!"

"Fate?" Jun Lanjin raised an eyebrow.

Xie Xing nodded vigorously: "Yes!"

Jun Lanjin chuckled softly.

Seeing him smile, Xie Xing also gave a bright smile.

Then Jun Lanjin spoke leisurely: "Oh? The future queen consort of the Third Prince is destined to be with me. If others heard this, what would they say?"

"Xie Wu?"

Xie Xing's bright smile froze for a moment, then slowly faded.

She stopped laughing.

"Your Highness, I was wrong." She lowered her head and immediately admitted her mistake.

After all, if someone were to suddenly barge into another's camp, even if it wasn't Jun Lanjin, but someone else, or worse, someone with a bad temper, that would be a serious matter.

She's probably in an even worse situation.

The little girl's voice was muffled.

Jun Lanjin looked at her with a half-smile: "You said you were wrong, but what were you wrong about?"

Xie Xing was stunned for a moment, not expecting him to ask for a reason.

"Your Majesty!"

At that moment, Hua An rushed in.

Hua An saw Xie Xing as soon as he entered the tent and was taken aback: "Fifth Miss Xie, what are you doing here?"

Xie Xing put his dirty hands behind his back, lowered his head, and didn't say anything.

"What is it?" Junlan asked cautiously.

Hua An then turned to Jun Lanjin and said, "Your Highness, the hunt is about to begin."

As he spoke, he raised his head slightly and said, "I caught a few rats."

Jun Lanjin gently closed his long eyelashes, tapped his slender fingertips on the table, and said in a calm voice, "Hua An, take Miss Xie to clean up."

"Then I told His Majesty that I was feeling unwell and would not be going hunting."

Xie Xing also looked very disheveled at this moment.

When she ran away, her hair was all messed up and her hands were covered in black soot. If she went back looking like this, she would definitely be scolded by Madam Xie.

However, Xie Xing did not expect that Jun Lanjin would notice these things.

She hesitated for a moment, then turned to look at Jun Lanjin as she followed Hua An to the door, and couldn't help but ask, "Is Your Highness feeling unwell? Should we call the imperial physician to take a look?"

Xie Xing was also indirectly reminding Jun Lanjin.

Although Jun Lanjin is the villain in the story, he is said to be cold-blooded, ruthless, and a rare genius with unparalleled wisdom.

However, after spending time with him, Xie Xing felt no real connection to the person described in the story.

Is this incomparably handsome man in front of me really the ruthless and cold-blooded villain in the story?

Jun Lanjin met her worried eyes and smiled slightly.

He rested his forehead on his hand, coughed lightly, and said calmly, "It's nothing, just a bit of a headache."

His head was lowered, and his jet-black hair fell on both sides of his face, making his devilishly handsome face look extremely fragile at this moment.

Xie Xing's worry deepened.

"Fifth Sister".

Hua An called softly from the side, "Your Highness only needs a short rest. Please come with me."

Xie Xing could only turn around and follow Hua An out.

[System, do you know where that snow lotus you mentioned is?]

Before she had gone far, Jun Lanjin heard her thoughts in his mind.

It doesn't seem to be there, let me look...

The voice of one person unifying the world gradually faded into the distance.

Jun Lanjin's upturned lips finally flattened, and his dark eyes, which had been smiling just moments before, were now icy cold, with a cold indifference deep within them devoid of any emotion.

"Your Majesty."

The guards descended from above the tent and knelt respectfully before Jun Lanjin.

Jun Lanjin turned around, grabbed a black robe from the clothes rack, and draped it over his shoulders. As he turned, the robe fluttered, and a powerful, oppressive aura pressed directly at the guards.

He pinched the mask between his long, slender fingers, covering his face, and sneered, "No rat has ever dared to move under my nose."

"No matter which faction it is, we will wipe them all out."

The guard lowered his head and braced himself with his fists: "Yes!"

Jun Lanjin had already dressed, his wet hair dried by his internal energy, cascading down his back like a waterfall, the tassels on his mask holding it in place.

Without even shifting his gaze, he passed by the guards with astonishing speed, disappearing from the spot in the blink of an eye.

The guards immediately followed.

at that time.

The prelude to the autumn hunt.

The emperor had already begun preparing horses so that the princes could sneak into the forest ahead to hunt.

Although the emperor was middle-aged, he was extremely fond of hunting.

This hunt was very large in scale.

Little did they know that behind the seemingly calm surface, a storm was brewing.

Luo Hanfeng stood at the very end of the princes' group, his gaze fixed on the emperor, his eyes filled with an unfathomable darkness.

He put his hands behind his back and gestured towards a corner where no one was paying attention.

at the same time--

Xie Tongchen glanced at Xie Yuhe, then silently stood beside the emperor, his eyes warily scanning the surroundings. He would immediately protect the emperor at the slightest sign of trouble.

Xie Xing was also making preparations.

She stood beside Xie Mingzhu, ready to play the role of the villainous supporting character at any time.

"Xie Xing!" Just then, Xie Xing's shoulder was suddenly patted.

She shuddered in fright.

Turning around, she saw Xie Yuze, clean and refreshed, standing behind her with his arms crossed, looking down at her: "Where did you go? I couldn't find you."