Report to the Empress and the Eldest Princess: They're using the system to poach your men.

"You signed an agreement with the young emperor?"

"Does Your Highness know why Yue Ning readily agreed to enter the palace?"

"Your Highness should know that if I am unwilling, I can leave the Prime Minister's residence at any time and live in seclusion."

Shen Sangwan was unaware of this, but she suddenly remembered that Wen Yuening had memories of her past life, and her entry into the palace might be due to that past life.

"Your Highness will surely guess that Yue Ning's memory is from her past life, but when I recall those events, it was after I was injured."

This puzzled Shen Sangwan. Driven by curiosity, she stared intently at Wen Yuening, eager to know the reason behind it.

To everyone's surprise, the other party simply closed his eyes and said calmly, "It's getting late, Your Highness, please rest early. I will tell you about Riyue Ning tomorrow."

The curiosity that had been aroused was like a cat scratching at her, making Shen Sangwan unbearably itchy. She gently nudged Wen Yuening's arm and said, "It's still early, Aning, tell me now!"

With her eyes half-open, she glanced at Shen Sangwan and leaned her cheek closer. "Then Your Highness, give me a kiss, and I'll tell Your Highness tonight."

You know how to push your luck.

Wen Yuening tilted her head smugly, completely ignoring the other person's inner thoughts.

Shen Sangwan only intended to make a token gesture, but when she brought her face closer, Wen Yuening immediately turned her face away.

He hooked his arms around her neck, their breaths mingling, their tongues rolling into each other's mouths.

In a daze, the two gradually lost their senses.

The inner sanctuary was completely silent, and the sound of sucking could be clearly heard.

The blush on Shen Sangwan's cheeks spread to behind her ears.

After a long while, her rapid breathing gradually subsided. Shen Sangwan buried her head under the covers, not daring to look at Wen Yuening.

"Why is Your Highness so easily amused?"

Wen Yuening wanted to lift the quilt to prevent the other person from suffocating. "Alright, alright, it's all Yuening's fault. I promise I won't lie to Your Highness again, okay?"

Shen Sangwan held onto the blanket above her head tightly, refusing to let go no matter what anyone said.

"Does Your Highness not want to hear the reason why Yue Ning entered the palace?"

Shen Sangwan remained quiet under the quilt for a while before slowly peeking her head out.

Looking at the face that was as red as a boiled shrimp, Wen Yuening couldn't help but chuckle softly, "Your Highness's other side is truly making Yuening love you more and more."

"If you laugh again... if you laugh again, I will never talk to you again."

Shen Sangwan pouted, turned away, her cheeks still puffed out in anger.

This princess is completely different from the one I've seen before.

Wen Yuening wrapped her arms around Shen Sangwan's lower back and pressed her face against her back. "The first time I went out of the manor to visit the Qixi Festival lantern market, I happened to see His Highness dressed in men's clothing. At that time, in the bustling market, I took a liking to His Highness at first glance. Later, when I returned to the manor, I embroidered half a purse and only then did I find out that it was His Highness."

"Your Highness is a female general of Nan Jing. If I were to drag Your Highness into the abyss for my own selfish reasons, I would think that if she were to enter the palace and become the Empress, Your Highness would have an extra layer of support."

"But whenever I see His Highness, I can't help but feel uneasy. Especially when I first heard that His Highness had accepted the beauties sent by various mansions, I was so angry that I couldn't eat for several days. Later, when I heard that His Highness and the Princess were entangled, I felt even more sad. We are both women, so why can the Princess do it, but I can't?"

Listening to Wen Yuening's detailed account, Shen Sangwan felt as if she were an utterly wicked woman.

She reached out and grasped the hands around her waist. "It was all my fault in the past. In a few days, when I return to the manor, I will find an excuse to send all those 'misfits' away. They have been eating food for free in the Princess's manor for so long. It is truly despicable."

"Ugly beauties? But why did the spies say that the West Garden of Your Highness's residence is filled with first-rate beauties?"

"Hmm—? Shouldn't the focus be on how I got rid of them? Why are you fixating on this 'ugly duckling'?"

"Ahem, well—anyone who's not even half as good as Ah Ning is a freak, and I assure you, I'm completely innocent with them, nothing happened."

"Oh—really? Then what about the soft cheese and sweet soup?"

"Are you bringing up old grievances? I hardly remember them, how come the Empress remembers them so clearly?"

"Is...is that so? I don't remember. Ah Ning, you must be mistaken. It's getting late, we should...we should rest now."

To prevent the other party from continuing to interrogate her, Shen Sangwan simply closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep.

Hearing her somewhat disordered breathing, Wen Yuening didn't press the matter any further and fell into a deep sleep while holding Shen Sangwan.

"call--!"

Only after confirming that the person behind her was fast asleep did Shen Sangwan dare to breathe deeply.

[Xiao Tong? Gou Xiao Tong?]

【...】

Xiao Tong stared at Shen Sangwan with a pair of mournful eyes.

Oh, I forgot to mute you. I misunderstood you; I thought you were just pretending to be dead again.

He apologized while lifting the ban on Xiaotong.

[Waaaaah, Master, do you know how painful it is for me to be able to watch helplessly without being able to scream?]

[Woooooo! 】

"Stop crying! If you wake the Empress, I'll beat you half to death!"

Xiao Tong turned her head away, reluctantly closing her mouth, which hadn't spoken in a long time.

"Tell me honestly, did you already know that the Empress could hear my thoughts?"

【...】

Have you deliberately tricked me into saying things that criticized the Queen on several occasions in the past?

【...】

[And at today's banquet, did you also specifically mention the matter between the Princess and the Prince Qi's concubine?]

【...】

A series of questions were met with silence from Xiaotong, and Shen Sangwan thought she had accidentally muted Xiaotong again.

When you see that the button is blue, you know that Xiaotong is planning to play dead to fool everyone.

She was so angry that she didn't dare to drag him out and beat him up, nor did she dare to yell at him, for fear of accidentally waking up the Empress.

But they were so angry that they could only stare at each other.

As the night passed, Shen Sangwan barely slept, mostly just dozing off with her eyes closed.

However, Wen Yuening slept peacefully tonight, only gently hugging herself with her hands, instead of clinging to her like an octopus.

I've been in one position for a while, and my body feels a bit numb, but it's much better than before when I had back pain and strange dreams all night.

At the beginning of the Yin hour (3 a.m.), the person behind him murmured a couple of words.

Shen Sangwan twisted her body and slowly turned around.

As soon as I turned around, I saw Wen Yuening, who was still sleepy-eyed, yawning slightly with her mouth open.

Did I wake you up?

"No, I just estimated that it was time to return to Fengluan Palace. His Majesty has to attend court in about half an hour."

Shen Sangwan finally breathed a sigh of relief, "You've been through a lot of trouble going back and forth, so why don't you..."

"Is Your Highness starting to make excuses to push Yue Ning away again?"

"No, no, I was just worried you wouldn't get enough rest!"

Seeing that the other party was about to start acting aggrieved again, Shen Sangwan quickly raised her hands in surrender.

She was afraid that the other party would bring up old grievances and pick a fight with her again.