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

After getting dressed, Sanfu left the room.

Jiang Xuan Yan slightly turned his head, looking down at the bulge on the bed, and gave the order:

"I summoned your maidservant, intending for her to serve you from now on, but I heard you didn't keep her?"

As Shen Ningzhu pondered how to reply, she heard him continue, "Never mind, if you don't like it, then we won't keep it. You can choose what you like after you enter the manor. Get ready, your elder brother Shen Chenyi will come here later to take you back to the Minister's manor."

"I have already given instructions to the household. You can go back with him without worry. I will take care of the rest."

Shen Ningzhu sensitively picked up on a few words.

Enter the mansion, then return to the Minister's residence.

Is this to bring her into the Crown Prince's residence under the guise of the Minister's daughter? No way! That's the Crown Prince's residence; it must be heavily guarded and impregnable. Once inside, it will be difficult to leave.

How could she possibly escape then?

No, absolutely not.

Shen Ningzhu panicked and sat up abruptly.

In her haste, she forgot that she was still naked. As she stood up, the quilt slipped off, revealing her bare skin.

Feeling a cool sensation on her chest, Shen Ningzhu belatedly looked down and saw her body exposed to the air, her skin covered with countless ambiguous marks, bruises and discoloration, making her look quite eerie.

The moment she saw it clearly, Shen Ningzhu felt like her scalp was about to explode.

That scoundrel! She finally recovered, and now she's like this again. How could he be so cruel? Is he a dog?

She frantically grabbed the blanket and wrapped herself up tightly. But then, she felt discomfort again.

With each movement, her lower body felt a tearing, pulling pain, as if she had been run over by a truck. It was both sore and swollen, and the pain made her gasp.

Damn it, what did you eat to grow up like that?

Is it always this intense? The time on the mountain was the same; it almost killed her. It took her more than a week to recover before she could even bring her legs together a little.

This time again...

"Your Highness, may I refuse to enter the Crown Prince's residence?"

Never mind, business is more important, so she endured it.

Shen Ningzhu forcibly suppressed her discomfort and tentatively asked in a low voice. Jiang Xuan Yan paused in his walk away, turning back to look at her in confusion, "Why?"

She's already his woman. If she doesn't come to his household, does she think she can marry someone else?

Shen Ningzhu pursed her cherry lips into a straight line and said carefully, "You should already know that I am not the legitimate daughter of the Minister's family, but a peasant girl."

Jiang Xuan Yan looked at her without saying a word, waiting for her to continue, clearly not caring much about this.

Shen Ningzhu sighed.

“This identity is certainly not worthy of Your Highness, which is why Your Highness wanted to give me the identity of the daughter of the Minister’s family. I understand Your Highness’s good intentions, but I am not on good terms with the real eldest daughter of the Minister’s family, Shen Ningxue. I’m afraid I will have to go back this time…”

It turned out to be because of this.

Jiang Xuan Yan raised his eyelids slightly and said, "You don't need to worry about that. Everything over there has been taken care of. You just need to find a quiet courtyard to stay in. Three days from now is the auspicious day. At that time, I will send someone to bring you to the manor."

"Can you..."

"No."

Jiang Xuan Yan forcefully interrupted her.

"Shen Ningzhu, allowing you into the manor is already my biggest concession. Don't push your luck."

If it weren't for a twist of fate that led to him taking her body, she wouldn't even have had the chance to get close to him.

Shen Ningzhu clenched her fists.

Is this idiot deaf? She can't refuse to let him take responsibility, she can't refuse to enter the Crown Prince's residence, and he even accuses her of being greedy. What did she do to be so greedy? And she made the biggest concession? Who the hell asked him to make concessions?

You scoundrel, don't go too far.

They were clearly willing to give her money to leave.

"What I mean is that I am of humble status and unworthy of Your Highness, who is of noble birth. Therefore, Your Highness need not feel guilty. We can pretend that nothing happened."

Jiang Xuan Yan gave a cold laugh.

“I took your body but didn’t take responsibility. What will happen if this gets out? Shen Ningzhu, I’m not stupid. I can’t leave such a handle for outsiders to criticize.”

"Then how about I become your mistress?"

As long as I don't enter the Crown Prince's residence, everything else is negotiable.

Jiang Xuan Yan's gaze darkened. His dark eyes were unfathomable, like an endless abyss that could easily suck people in.

It instilled a sense of fear in people for no reason.

"All the good things in this world should belong to me. If I want them, I can take them openly and honestly."

"You don't want a proper title, but insist on being a mistress who can't be seen in public? Shen Ningzhu, is your brain just for decoration? I am the Crown Prince, what kind of woman can't I afford? Why do you have to learn from that scoundrel and keep a mistress in such a shady way?"

His voice was chillingly cold, his eyes were slightly narrowed, and his handsome face exuded the dignity of a superior.

Okay, it seems that this explanation won't work.

For now, we can only take it one step at a time.

Shen Ningzhu lowered her head and remained silent. Jiang Xuanyan warned her again, "Shen Ningzhu, I advise you to recognize your own status and not to covet what does not belong to you. Do your duty well, and you will live a long life."

???

What was she after?

Did he think she didn't want to enter the manor because she coveted the position of Crown Princess? What a scoundrel, what a gullible man.

"Yes, I will remember."

After going around in circles, they were back to square one, and Shen Ningzhu was too lazy to say another word.

Jiang Xuan Yan was satisfied with the answer, so he didn't hesitate any longer and quickly left the house.

After the door closed, Shen Ningzhu slowly lay down. Her delicate fox-like eyes were now dull and lifeless as she stared blankly at the dark blue curtains above her head.

A short while later, there was a knock on the door.

"Miss, I am Zhiyuan. Would you like me to come in and serve you?"

Shen Ningzhu said calmly that it was not necessary.

She doesn't want to move right now; she just wants to lie in bed quietly and space out for a while.

Upon hearing this, Zhiyuan immediately became anxious.

She had already received news that Shen Ningzhu was about to be picked up, and if she didn't beg her to leave now, she might never have another chance.