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

Jiang Xuan Yan sneered, "Hmph, I'll settle the score with you when we get back."

He flashed in front of her and delivered a karate chop to her shoulder. Seeing her body go limp, he scooped her up in his arms and turned to walk away.

After walking a few steps, they stopped again.

Turning back, he glared at Jiang Yanche with his phoenix eyes, then walked step by step to him, smiling but his eyes filled with murderous intent.

"My second brother has been away from the capital for many years and has finally returned, but instead of doing anything else, he's busy trying to seduce my woman. I wonder what Father Emperor would think if he found out about this?"

"From now on, stay away from her. Remember, she is my woman, not someone you can mess with."

The other person met his gaze without fear.

"Oh? Is that so? Your woman? I've known Zhuzhu for a long time, how come I've never heard her mention this before?"

“Besides,” Jiang Yanche smiled and leaned close to his ear, his face displaying a sinister charm that was completely out of character for him, his voice carrying a distinctly wicked tone.

He spoke slowly, in a voice only the two of them could hear.

"I like all of my brother's things and want to snatch them to play with, and women too..."

What a fine Prince Chen! He really is his good younger brother.

Jiang Xuan Yan sneered, "Second brother is indeed courageous, but unfortunately, some things are destined by heaven. What is meant to be will be, and no amount of snatching can take it away."

Jiang Yanche smiled provocatively.

"Is Your Majesty so certain? Perhaps we can wait and see."

Jiang Xuan Yan scoffed, "I'm always ready."

Without further hesitation, he picked up Shen Ningzhu and strode away from the pavilion.

When Shen Ningzhu woke up, she was already lying in her own bed. She was a little dazed at first, but soon remembered what had happened and sat up abruptly.

"Someone come quick! Someone come quick!"

She shouted as she scrambled off the bed, not even having time to put on her shoes and socks, and prepared to run outside.

As soon as she opened the door, she was bumped into by Jiang Xuanyan, who rushed towards her, and was forced to take several steps back.

Looking down, he saw her bare feet on the cold floor, and his face immediately darkened.

"What kind of behavior is this, Shen Ningzhu? Where is your manners and upbringing?"

Shen Ningzhu immediately grabbed his arm, "Where's Xiaoyi?"

Jiang Xuan Yan: "Is that maid the only thing you care about? Look at yourself now, you're no different from someone who's lost their mind!"

"I'm asking you, where is Xiaoyi? Where is she? Answer me." If looks could kill, Jiang Xuan Yan would already be nothing but bones by now.

Shen Ningzhu asked, enunciating each word clearly.

She grabbed Jiang Xuan Yan by the front of his shirt, pulled him close, and glared at him intently.

"Speak up, where's Xiaoyi? What did you do to her?"

Unable to contain his anger, Jiang Xuanyan raised his hand, grabbed Shen Ningzhu by the neck, and slammed her against the door frame.

His thin back slammed into the carvings on the door panel, and his delicate skin was instantly hurt by the impact.

It felt as if something was embedded in her flesh, the pain made her face turn pale, her teeth chatter uncontrollably, and a layer of fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.

Jiang Xuan Yan was smiling, but his eyes were filled with malice as his fair fingertips slowly traced her delicate swan neck.

"Shen Ningzhu, you really aren't afraid of death."

As he spoke, his gaze shifted to Shen Ningzhu's hand, which was tightly gripping his collar, and his smile became even more mocking.

"No one has ever treated me like this before; you are the first. Do you know what the consequences will be for treating me this way?"

Shen Ningzhu didn't want to talk to him.

"I just want to know where Xiaoyi is, how badly she's injured, and how she is now. Tell me that, and as for me, you can do whatever you want with me."

Jiang Xuan Yan was even more confused.

"I'll do whatever I want with you, just for a maid?"

Shen Ningzhu roared at him, "That's my own business, it's none of your concern."

In Jiang Xuan Yan's eyes, she looked like a snarling wildcat. She appeared fierce, but in reality, she was just a pretty face with no real threat.

Is this how you ask for help?

Shen Ningzhu looked at him coldly, "Then what do you want? Just say it. As long as I can do it, I will do it."

Jiang Xuan Yan slowly released her neck and took a step back. Shen Ning Zhu also loosened her grip on his collar.

"She's in the manor now, she's not going to die yet."

Shen Ningzhu's eyes reddened. "Save her."

After thinking for a moment, she quickly knelt down in front of Jiang Xuan Yan's feet, "Your Highness, I beg you to save her."

Jiang Xuan Yan stared into her beautifully curved fox eyes, noticing the misty tears within them, and felt inexplicably irritated.

For some reason, I blurted out something like that.

"Shen Ningzhu, you said you love me."

Shen Ningzhu's lips curled up, but her eyes remained cold and indifferent. "Does Your Highness not know that love is not something that lasts forever?"

"What do you mean?"

"It means that love can disappear and transfer. Whether I am in love with Your Highness or not depends entirely on you. After all, no one likes someone who hurts them and those around them, someone who makes them sad, don't you think?"

Jiang Xuan Yan looked at her coldly.

Does she mean that she will stop loving him if he hurts that maid?

Just as Princess Qingyi said, he, the dignified Crown Prince, is not even as good as a lowly maid.

Shen Ningzhu, how dare she?

Shen Ningzhu also stared steadily into his eyes.

Seeing his fury, Shen Ningzhu frowned, but finally gave in and kowtowed to the person in front of her again, a very loud one.

When he raised his head, his brow was red and swollen, but his eyes were incredibly determined.

"I beg Your Highness to have mercy and allow a doctor to save Xiaoyi."

He kowtowed again, "Your Highness, please have mercy and save me."

She kept kowtowing as she spoke, kowtowing more than a dozen times. Jiang Xuan Yan was so angry that his body trembled slightly. He roared, "Enough! Stand up!"

Shen Ningzhu looked stubborn. "Your Highness, please grant my request."

Her forehead was swollen so badly, but she was still kowtowing. How could she go to such lengths for that maid?

Those exquisite fox eyes were persistent and determined.

Jiang Xuan Yan would never admit it, but at this moment, he was actually a little jealous of the maid named Liu Zhiyi.

No one had ever protected him like this before. Everyone knew that he was the one she loved so much, yet at this moment, he was defeated by a maid.

For that maid, she could stop loving him.

Why should she?

She was the one who provoked him first, so why can she just stop loving him now? He won't allow it.

"I have already had the doctor prescribe medicine for her and have also assigned someone to take care of her. Don't worry, she will be fine."

Shen Ningzhu was worried and wanted to go see her, and Jiang Xuanyan's face darkened again upon hearing this.

"It's late. Let's tidy up and rest. We can go again tomorrow."

"What are you standing there for? Come and help me change my clothes."

Is he... asking her to sleep with him?

Shen Ningzhu was furious. That bastard! He had such a dream. He forced her to drink lake water early in the morning, and she almost suffocated. Then, in the evening, he choked her and kicked her best friend away.

Right now, he actually wants to sleep with her?