Best friends dressed up in ancient times to become mistresses? You run, I run too!

"Not stupid."

Even poison tastes sweet to Xiao Yi. No matter the outcome, he accepts it willingly.

The two were deeply in love in the carriage, unaware that after Pei Yun Chu was escorted out of the mansion by a guard, he got into a fight with those people, shouting that he wanted to see Liu Zhi Yi.

Finally, Lord Pei arrived with his men in time, knocked him unconscious, and took him away.

Shen House

Once Shen Ningzhu returned to the capital, Liu Zhiyi had an assistant and wanted to open a shop in the capital.

When Song Hanchuan found out, he brought out all the land deeds for the shops that had been confiscated from her home and gave them to her to choose from. He even said that since the shops were empty anyway, he might as well give them to her.

Anyway, with Liu Zhiyi's intelligence, no matter what kind of shop or location it is, she can adapt to local conditions and make good use of it.

Liu Zhiyi didn't stand on ceremony and took on all of them.

In this way, the two took over a hundred shops in one go, and have been working intensively on the overall planning these past few days. They can start construction tomorrow.

So tonight she decided to pamper herself and go to bed early to get some rest.

As night deepened, darkness descended.

The room was very quiet.

Shen Ningzhu had just taken a bath with milk, and her long hair was all loose, almost reaching the ground.

Her slender figure leaned against the soft couch, her smoky pink dress, light and thin as smoke and mist, bunched up at the base of her thighs, with part of it falling onto the soft, snow-white carpet.

Her red lips and snow-white skin, full breasts and slender waist were incredibly alluring, and her radiant white skin exposed to the air made one's heart tremble uncontrollably.

Peony carefully wrung out the strands of hair in her hands, then picked up the jade comb and began to comb them bit by bit.

I couldn't help but sigh.

"Madam's hair is so soft and smooth, with a faint fragrance of magnolia. I love it so much that I wish I could keep combing it like this forever."

In early autumn, the temperature was low at night, so two charcoal fires were lit in a corner of the screen, making the whole room warm and cozy, and the whole room was filled with a warm fragrance.

Fu Ling knelt on the cushion with practiced ease, poured a dollop of skincare oil into her palm, and carefully applied and massaged it onto her.

Hearing this, he smiled and tilted his head back to reply.

"That's right, Madam is beautiful in every way, there's simply no flaw in her."

"Just look at this skin, it's something so many people envy. It's like creamy jade, fragrant and tender. My favorite thing to do every day is to apply this skin-nourishing and softening essential oil to Madam, and then massage it gently little by little."

Upon hearing this, Shen Ningzhu lifted her head from the storybook, slowly raising her eyelids. Her fox-like eyes narrowed slightly, revealing a hint of allure, and she smiled brightly, her clear eyes sparkling.

"Beauties are cultivated. After this is over, you two can take a bath and help each other apply the product. We have plenty of milk, and this essential oil isn't anything special."

These things, which are very precious in the eyes of others, are not worth much to her. She raises dozens of dairy cows on her estate in the suburbs of Beijing, which produce a lot of milk every day.

The milk tea shop is still in the planning stages and it will take some time before it opens. It would be a waste if we didn't use all that milk.

The essential oil was extracted by Liu Zhiyi herself, and the materials used were produced on the farm or in the mountains.

I don't feel bad about using it all for my own family.

The two maids shouted happily and thanked Shen Ningzhu repeatedly. The three chatted and laughed, unaware that a tall figure was slowly approaching from behind the screen.

By the time they noticed the commotion inside, the person had already walked around the screen and entered.

"Ah—you—"

Shen Ningzhu was so startled that she jumped up from the soft couch. Her movements were so fast that the light gauze on her chest slipped down, revealing half of her snow-white, round breasts.

The man's pupils contracted slightly, and he let out a cold sneer.

He kicked the maid on the ground aside, straddled her with his long legs, and sat down on the soft couch. His sinister gaze swept over the woman's exquisite waist inch by inch.

"Everyone get out."

The two maids looked at Shen Ningzhu, and seeing her nod slightly, they carefully bowed and retreated.

With a click, the door slammed shut again.

Shen Ningzhu was still in shock and doubt, "You..."

The man, clad in a jade crown and black robes, sat with a carefree and unrestrained posture. His phoenix eyes, slightly raised, revealed a hint of noble arrogance.

He lowered his eyelids, gazing at the thin gauze covering her body. His slender fingers gently picked up a ribbon, slowly twirling and playing with it. His eyes held even deeper mockery.

"Wearing so little clothing and taking such meticulous care of yourself, how many men are you trying to seduce?"

Shen Ningzhu: ...

"They couldn't wait to escape from me, and even made it look like they were kidnapped by Prince Chen before leaving, just so we could kill each other, preferably by dying together."

"Now you're free, aren't you?"

Shen Ningzhu was completely taken aback when he caught up with her so quickly. Her mind raced.

He responded calmly, "I didn't."

The man looked at her with disdain and a sinister gaze, his eyes filled with malice. "Look at the lustful look in your eyes, you're probably thinking that after I die, you'll find a few more handsome men, aren't you?"

Shen Ningzhu trembled with anger.

The candlelight flickered between the two, reflecting the pitch-black night outside the window and the rustling north wind.

Jiang Xuan Yan sat opposite Shen Ning Zhu with cold, deep eyes, looking at her cool face and the graceful charm of her long hair cascading softly over her shoulders.

She leaned against the couch, tilting her head slightly back, her body curving into a seductive arc.

Her fox-like eyes were alluring and captivating; even when she glared angrily, her expression remained pure, making her appear both innocent and alluring.

If one ignored the tension in their eyes and only looked at their current posture, an outsider would surely think they were a devoted couple. (Illustration: Shen Ningzhu vs. Jiang Xuanyan) Jiang Xuanyan sneered inwardly.

She really knows these tricks to seduce men, trying to make him fall for it? Does she really think he's the kind of spineless coward who can't move when he sees a beautiful woman and wags his tail like a dog?

His fist was clenched so tightly that his knuckles were faintly white.

Use all your strength to control your eyes and avoid looking at the snow-white scenery on her chest.

He feared that his weak body would succumb to her warm embrace, inhale her faint fragrance, and humbly prostrate himself at her feet, begging for a little pity from her.

A woman's heart is boundless with greed.

If he forgives her easily this time, she will only think he is easy to fool and will look down on him even more in the future.

So this time, he was determined to force her to kneel before him and beg for forgiveness and repent.

Why did she repeatedly warm his heart and entice him, only to turn around and stab him in the heart before resolutely leaving?

What did she take him for?

"Do you think you're so great that you've bewitched my brother and me, causing us to kill each other for you, and that's why you think you're so amazing?"

Shen Ningzhu shouldn't be blamed for this.

"You two are killing each other for the throne, what does that have to do with me? Since you look down on me so much, please do me a favor and just let me go. There's no need to chase after me like a dog."

The man's eyes turned cold, and he suddenly grabbed her collar and lifted her off the bed.