Regent, please maintain your aloof image.

That evening, in the bathroom shrouded in mist, making everything hazy, Su Qianrou walked in, preparing to take a bath.

"Miss, everything is ready."

"Okay, go out."

"Yes, I'll wait for you outside," Chunzhu said, and then she went out.

Su Qianrou walked to the side and took off her clothes one by one. Just as she was about to take off her inner clothes, the window was opened. Then, before she could react, her mouth was covered.

"Don't scream, or I'll kill you right now," a cold voice rang in my ears.

Since Su Qianrou couldn't speak, she nodded to indicate that she understood.

However, the man clearly did not trust her, so he did not let go.

After a while, Su Qianrou couldn't hold back any longer, so she patted his hand, signaling him to let go.

"Don't move if you don't want to die."

"Let go...let go," Su Qianrou patted his hand, signaling him to let go quickly.

The man seemed to realize something, and then he released her.

Su Qianrou took a deep breath and then glared at him, only to realize that he was dressed in black and wearing a mask, so she couldn't see his face clearly. However, his eyes gave her a sense of déjà vu.

Mu Jinchen recognized her, "It's you."

"You know me."

Mu Jinchen did not answer, but instead pulled off his face mask.

"The Regent," Su Qianrou was shocked.

"Miss, what's wrong?" Chunzhu asked, about to come in.

Su Qianrou hurriedly said, "There's no need to come in."

"Yes," Chunzhu replied, and then did not go in.

Then, Su Qianrou teased, "Regent, are you going to... become a thief?"

Mu Jinchen walked to the edge of the pool and sat down, saying with great interest, "How do you know I'm not here to steal?"

As Su Qianrou walked towards him, she said, "There are still things in the Marquis's mansion that you're thinking about."

"Who knows?"

"But this won't do. You've come here to steal, yet you don't know where you are. Or perhaps Your Highness has taken a fancy to something of mine? If that's the case, Your Highness doesn't need to go to such lengths. You could have just told me, and I would have presented it to you with both hands."

"Miss Su is really... generous."

"Your Highness may not know this, but I have always been like this."

Mu Jinchen glanced at her, said nothing more, then reached out and covered his other arm, instantly his hand was covered in blood.

"You're injured," Su Qianrou realized then that he was injured.

"It's nothing, just a minor injury."

"If you don't take minor injuries seriously, they can easily turn into serious ones. You just wait," he said, and then turned to leave.

Mu Jinchen pulled her back, "You can't let anyone else know."

"I'm not stupid," Su Qianrou said before walking out.

When Chunzhu saw her come out, she was a little surprised. "Miss, how come you washed so quickly today?"

"Go and get some handkerchiefs and some wound medicine."

"Miss, you are injured."

"Don't ask so many questions, just go."

"Oh, okay."

Chunzhu was about to go get it when Su Qianrou called out to her, "Wait."

"Miss, is there anything else you need?"

"Be careful when you take it, so that no one else notices."

"it is good".

Immediately afterwards, Chunzhu left, and Su Qianrou went inside as well.

"Are you alright?"

"No hindrance."

“I never imagined that one day, the regent, who was second only to the emperor, would be reduced to becoming a thief,” he said, glancing at his wound, and added, “And he was injured.”

"Miss Su is making fun of me."

"I dare not."

Then, neither of them spoke. In addition, since Su Qianrou was only wearing a thin undergarment in the bathroom, both of them felt somewhat awkward.

Fortunately, Chunzhu's voice rang out from outside the door at that moment, "Miss."

Su Qianrou then went to open the door.

"Miss, here is what you wanted."

“Hmm,” Su Qianrou took the door and was about to close it when Chunzhu said, “By the way, Miss, for some reason, a lot of people have come to the manor, making a lot of noise, as if something has happened.”

Su Qianrou glanced into the room and then instructed, "No matter what happens, no one is allowed to come in. Do you understand?"

Seeing that she was somewhat serious, Chunzhu immediately replied, "Don't worry, Miss, I will definitely not let anyone in."

Su Qianrou then closed the door and went to Mu Jinchen's side to treat his wounds.

"Take off your clothes."

Upon hearing this, Mu Jinchen raised his head, looked at her, and his face was full of disbelief.

"Hurry up."

"Do you even know what you're saying?"

"Isn't that obvious?"

"Do you know that men and women should not touch each other?"

"I'm not saying this to be mean, but you're a grown man, how come you're even more dawdling than me? I'm not afraid, what are you afraid of? Hurry up," she said, and reached out to take off his clothes.

Mu Jinchen was surprised that she would do this and felt a little embarrassed, so he reached out to stop her, "Don't..."

"Either you take it off yourself, or I'll help you. You choose."

Helpless, Mu Jinchen could only say, "I will do it myself."

"You should have done this earlier," Su Qianrou finally stopped, then looked down at him.

Feeling a little embarrassed by her staring at him, Mu Jinchen began, "You..." He wanted to say something, but in the end, he didn't.

"What, do you need my help?"

"No need," he said, slowly untying the belt of his shirt and pulling his injured arm out of his clothes, revealing half of his body. If you looked closely, you could see that his ears were red.

When Su Qianrou saw his muscular chest, her face couldn't help but flush. She then looked away, pretending to be nonchalant, picked up a towel, and put it in the pool.

"You're not going to use this water to wipe me, are you?"

"Otherwise, there's no other water here."

"No, have the servants bring in some clean water."

Su Qianrou gave him an annoyed look. "If you want clean water, go somewhere else. I don't have any here, only bath water. Take it or leave it."

Mu Jinchen promptly shut up and said nothing more.

Then, Su Qianrou wiped away the bloodstains for him, saying as she did so, "I haven't even said anything to you yet, you've wasted this whole pool of water, and you're already complaining."

Mu Jinchen watched her apply medicine to him, and before he knew it, he was mesmerized. Her graceful figure, her bright eyes, her ethereal beauty were like a painting, almost unreal.

It wasn't until the commotion outside the door that I snapped out of my daze.

Su Qianrou naturally heard it too, so she asked, "Chunzhu, what's going on outside?"

"Miss, people from Prince Min's mansion have broken in, saying that a thief has entered our mansion and that they have come to search it."

"But it is by order of His Majesty."

"No, it was King Min who gave the order."

"I had no idea that Prince Min had such ability to search the residences of officials at will. Isn't he afraid of being blamed by His Majesty and the Regent?"

“Miss Su, we are just following orders. We hope you can do us a favor.”

"Ridiculous! I am currently taking a bath. Do you intend to come in and see me?"

"I dare not."

"Since you don't dare, why don't you leave?"

"This..." The leader was in a dilemma, unsure whether to go in or not.

Seeing that they still hadn't left, Su Qianrou pretended to be angry and said, "Chunzhu, go and invite my father over."

"Yes, Miss," Chunzhu replied, then looked at the group of people and said angrily, "Our master is the Minister of Revenue. How dare you humiliate my young lady like this? Be careful, our master will make you regret it."

Upon hearing this, the leader noticeably toned down his behavior, no longer as arrogant as before. "Sorry to bother you," he said, before leaving with his men.

After they had walked away, Chunzhu went to the door and whispered, "Miss, they're gone."