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

After clearing up her doubts, Cen Yan carefully read the contents of the letter.

"But something has happened to my mistress?"

Seeing that Cen Yan remained silent after reading the letter, with a worried look on her face, Qing Que became anxious.

"Your lady is fine, but my prince is probably in serious trouble."

With a slight smile playing on her lips, Cen Yan handed the letter back to Qing Que, then went to settle accounts with Ruo Ying.

He almost bumped into Shuyi again as soon as he went out.

"Please forgive me, Your Highness, I did not mean it."

Cen Yan had left in a hurry, but Shu Yi apologized first, which made her even more embarrassed.

"It's alright, it's alright. I was in a hurry to find Ruoying, it's not your fault."

"Princess, dinner is ready. Would you like to—"

"No rush, it's not too late to eat after I deal with that blockhead Ruoying."

With her mind solely focused on finding Ruoying, she couldn't care less about anything else. If she didn't avenge the loss of her game today, she probably wouldn't be able to eat.

"Eh—Princess..."

Before Shuyi could call out to her, Cen Yan had already disappeared.

Seeing that the person was heading towards the east courtyard, he could only lower his head and whisper, "But Miss Ruoying is in the west kitchen!"

The night was as still as water, and all was quiet in the deep of night.

There was no sound in Weiyang Palace. Clouds drifted across the night sky, a gentle breeze blew, lanterns under the eaves shone brightly, and candlelight flickered inside the palace.

"Ah Ning, I'm so hungry..."

Half-dead from the ordeal, Shen Sangwan lay on the bed, looking pitifully at Wen Yuening, who was sleeping on the outer side.

But the other person seemed not to hear, and closed their eyes to sleep.

Shen Sangwan tried to climb out by herself, but as soon as she made the slightest noise, Wen Yuening would immediately open her eyes and stare at her with the eyes of a hungry wolf eyeing its prey.

"Ah Ning~ I was wrong, please let me out, okay?"

The other party remained unmoved, and Shen Sangwan became somewhat discouraged. In desperation, she said, "Even if you make a donkey pull the millstone, at least give it some food. A-Ning, how can you be such an evil capitalist?"

Wen Yuening didn't understand what "capitalist" meant, but she guessed it wasn't a good word. She got up and covered Shen Sangwan with her body.

"Hey—no, you...you're doing this again?"

Seeing the other party make the slightest movement, Shen Sangwan was so frightened that she quickly burrowed into the quilt and covered herself up tightly.

[Shuyi, where are you? Your Highness desperately needs your help right now.]

At this moment, Shen Sangwan was particularly looking forward to her ignorant Shuyi barging in, and even better, to pulling away this woman who always had inexhaustible energy from her body.

"Your Highness, didn't you want to die? Whether you live or die, you're still going to die. Yue Ning is trying to help you..."

"Listen to yourself, is that even human language?"

Shen Sangwan didn't dare to refute him out loud, but could only curse him in her heart, knowing that the other party could hear her anyway.

"If Your Highness is unwilling to come out, tonight will likely be a sleepless night. I wonder if Your Highness's health is up to par..."

The threat was palpable, leaving Shen Sangwan in a dilemma: whether to come out or not.

It murmured like a silkworm cocoon for a long time before finally poking its head out, its two eyes darting around incessantly.

“Ah Ning, excessive indulgence is harmful to your health. I think your idea is very problematic. We need to have a serious discussion about it.”

Wen Yuening tried to pull open the brocade quilt that Shen Sangwan had tightly covered, but the other woman was holding on tightly from inside, and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't open a single hole.

Will Your Highness continue to deceive or abandon Yue Ning in the future?

Their noses were almost touching, and their breaths brushed against Shen Sangwan's face, making her feel a little itchy, but she didn't dare to push them away.

Because she found herself seemingly wrapped up like a silkworm by the other person.

At this moment, I am like a pupa emerging from its cocoon.

"Ah Ning, don't joke around. When did I ever say I'd abandon you? Deceiving you is even more out of the question. I... I only hid a few things..."

Shen Sangwan turned her head away, no longer looking at Wen Yuening.

But the other person took the opportunity to brush aside her hair and bite her neck hard.

"hiss--"

"Wen Yuening, you're like a dog! You've been biting me all day, haven't you had enough yet?!"

This infuriated Shen Sangwan. After struggling for a long time, she couldn't free her hand and could only roar to express her dissatisfaction.

Hearing her full name called, Wen Yuening became even more enthusiastic and moved to another spot to continue biting.

Shen Sangwan, whose earlobes were being rubbed raw, wanted nothing more than to kick the person away. The other person's methods of tormenting her were endless and unbearable for anyone.

But now, nestled in comfort, he suddenly understood what it meant to be "trapped in one's own cocoon."

"Waaaaah—Ah Ning, you can't bully people like this!"

Unable to win a fight or argue with others, the only option is to play the victim and act weak, but that doesn't seem to work much these days.

Will Your Highness do the same again in the future?

Wen Yuening asked the question again, the one she hadn't been able to answer before.

Shen Sangwan rolled further into the blanket, trying to temporarily escape Wen Yuening's torment.

"From this moment on, I'll find a golden belt to keep you by my side at all times, wherever I go. Are you satisfied now, Ah Ning?"

Although she knew that the other party was just making empty promises as a temporary compromise, Wen Yuening still felt a faint sense of happiness.

"It's all empty talk. Yue Ning should have a written agreement with His Highness to prevent him from finding another excuse to fool her later."

As she spoke, she saw Wen Yuening get off the bed, go to the desk, grind her own ink, pick up her brush, and write something quickly.

"I was willing to sign a 'contract of servitude' with you before, so why would I be afraid of a mere piece of paper from you?"

Shen Sangwan, who appeared indifferent on the surface, lay flat on the bed like she was giving up, staring at the dark floral pattern on the ceiling curtains, feeling increasingly bitter inside.

〖Capitalists are probably not as wicked as her, Ah Ning. Why is my life so miserable?〗

After writing the agreement, he picked it up and blew on the ink stains until it was completely dry before walking over. He only gave Shen Sangwan a quick glance before releasing her hand and forcing her to press her fingerprint on it.

"Ah Ning, I didn't even read what was on it clearly, how could you..."

While looking aggrieved, she pouted and accused the other party of robbery, "Ah Ning, were you a debt collector in your past life?"

Looking at the red handprint on the paper, Wen Yuening smiled with satisfaction. Then she pressed her own handprint on it and looked at it again and again by candlelight, as if she were looking at a trophy.

"If Your Highness did not see it clearly just now, you can take a closer look now."

Wen Yuening solemnly handed the small piece of paper to Shen Sangwan.

After reading just the first two words, Shen Sangwan's hands trembled so much that she could barely hold the book.

"Ah Ning, what's wrong with you...?"

"Your Highness, you have no chance to renege now. If Your Highness is unwilling, Yue Ning will immediately go to His Majesty and the Empress Dowager to reason with them, distort the truth and say that Your Highness started a relationship and then abandoned you. Then, she will have Qing Zhi and the others spread rumors about Your Highness, leaving Your Highness alone in the future."