After the prince was reborn, he forced me to marry him and took me into the East Palace

Jiang Song?

Nan Yuan blinked and thought for a while. She probably came to see him about the contract signed yesterday.

Originally, I was supposed to take Jiang Song to visit the shop under his name yesterday, but it was delayed because of Gu Jingheng's arrest of spies.

It is better to get familiar with the environment as soon as possible rather than later.

"Have someone take her to the hall. I'll be there in a moment." Nan Yuan poked her eyes out, her voice still a little muffled.

"it is good."

Yue Ran didn't doubt anything and turned around and went out.

Hearing Yue Ran's footsteps gradually fading away, Nan Yuan finally crawled out from under the quilt.

I couldn't move. If I moved, my whole body would feel like it was falling apart.

Nan Yuan really felt that he was a dog, biting and gnawing her, not giving her any chance to breathe.

The injury I hadn't recovered from some time ago has now been further injured.

"hiss……"

Nan Yuan heard a gasp and looked down. The purple kiss marks on her body were particularly glaring.

If these traces were not still there, Nan Yuan would really think that last night was just a wet dream.

But when did he leave last night?

Why did you come back?

She hadn't asked anything yet.

Forget it. I'll ask him when I see him again.

Left and right are not important matters.

Nan Yuan lifted the quilt and limped to the dressing table, covering all the marks on her neck. She then chose a high-necked dress to hide the dense kiss marks on her neck.

As soon as she had packed herself up, Yue Ran told Nan Yuan that she had already made arrangements for Jiang Song.

Nan Yuan looked at herself in the mirror and after making sure that there was nothing unusual, she turned around and went out to meet Jiang Song.

The sunlight shines through the curtains, casting a mottled halo on the ground and falling on the hem of Nan Yuan's light pink skirt, as if it were coated with a layer of light gold edge, flowing with a touch of shimmering brilliance.

"Miss Nan Yuan."

Jiang Song saw Nan Yuan walking towards him and quickly stood up to greet her.

She knew that it would be more appropriate to call her Madam Xie Nanyuan or Princess Le'an, but she was still used to calling her that.

"Please take a seat."

Nan Yuan walked towards Jiang Song and raised her hand to motion her to sit down.

Jiang Song looked at Nan Yuan's limping posture and narrowed his eyes, hiding the complicated look in his eyes.

"Miss Nan Yuan, I was really scared yesterday. I went out to have a meal, but ended up running into people from the Imperial City Bureau who were here to catch spies. The spy even tried to run into us. I hope you weren't scared?" Jiang Song said as he looked Nan Yuan up and down.

Nan Yuan smiled and said, "How could that be? I'm not made of paper, how can I be frightened so easily. But..." Nan Yuan suddenly paused halfway through her speech, as if she remembered something.

"I saw you were very frightened yesterday. Are you feeling better today?"

Jiang Song's expression changed slightly when he heard this.

"What happened?"

Nan Yuan saw that her face looked strange and asked quickly.

"Alas." Jiang Song sighed and said, "Originally, after we separated that day, I thought nothing was wrong. I was walking back with Master Shen, but halfway through, I didn't expect..."

Jiang Song paused here and looked at the people on both sides.

Nan Yuan followed her gaze and glanced around, then waved her hand and said, "All of you go down."

"Yes." Yue Ran tactfully led everyone else down.

"What happened halfway through the journey?" Nan Yuan turned around, looked at Jiang Song and asked.

Jiang Song walked up to Nan Yuan, held her hand, and said vividly, "Guess what, when we were halfway there, the leader of the Imperial City Division and his men were waiting for us at the turn of the road!"

The leader of the Imperial City Division?

Nan Yuan realized that the person Jiang Song was talking about was Gu Jingheng.

"What happened to him? Did he cause you trouble?"

But, Gu Jingheng wouldn't cause trouble for Shen Zhaixing, right?

"That's right! The man was right at the entrance of the alley, looking at us fiercely and insisting on searching us."

"I am a pure and innocent girl, and I was searched in front of so many people. I..." Jiang Song said here, and looked at Nan Yuan nervously: "It's okay for me. After all, I came from a brothel. Everyone looks down on me. Naturally, they don't think that I am suspected, framed, or searched in public. I am worried about you."

"Master Shen and I were together, and they dared to bring people to block our way and even search us. I was even more worried about you going home alone. And that person seemed to have a very high official position, and even Master Shen didn't dare to confront him."

"Did you yesterday..."

Jiang Song asked tentatively, his eyes always on Nan Yuan.

Nan Yuan shook her head and said, "No, I got on the carriage and came back. I didn't meet anyone during the trip."

Jiang Song nodded, his expression relaxed a lot: "That's good, that's good."

Suddenly, she seemed to remember something and asked, "By the way, where are the clothes you wore yesterday?"

"Huh?" Nan Yuan was stunned, not understanding why she asked this question?

Jiang Song seemed to realize that his question was not asked at the right time, and he said, "I heard from others that the clothes you wear when you encounter bad things are unlucky, so it's best to get rid of them to avoid bringing misfortune to yourself."

"Look, I've already burned yesterday's clothes."

As he spoke, Jiang Song stood up and turned around.

"What about your clothes? Have you disposed of them?"

When asked, Nan Yuan's eyes began to avoid unconsciously.

Yesterday’s clothes... um... were torn into rags. How can I wear them out in public?

She coughed twice and said, "It's burned. It's all burned away."

These words did not fool her. Nan Yuan couldn't bear to look at the rags-like clothes last night, so she urged him to collect all the clothes and burn them to avoid being discovered by others and being laughed at.

"It's good to burn it. It's good to burn it."

Jiang Song breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

"Do you have time today? I'll take you to the shop downstairs. It will be a good opportunity for you to get familiar with the staff so that it will be easier to deploy them in the future." Nan Yuan said.

She has not forgotten what her main mission is when meeting Jiang Song today!

"Okay, okay."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Song did not refuse and agreed readily.

***

The eldest princess's mansion.

After the morning court session, Gu Jingheng was having breakfast with the eldest princess.

The princess's delicate eyes swept across Gu Jingheng's handsome face, then moved her gaze to the bowl of porridge in his bowl and asked, "Today the sun rises from the west. You actually have time to come here."

"I heard from the palace servants that when the Queen Mother invited you to dinner, you turned it down on the grounds that you were busy with official duties, and ended up coming to me instead."

The princess rested her chin on her hand and looked at Gu Jingheng with a hint of amusement in her eyes: "Tell me, what are you doing today, and what do you want me to do for you?"

The eldest princess already had the answer in her heart. As for their Crown Prince, he would never come to visit her unless there was something important. If there was anything important, it would probably be about the person he loved the most.

"Which palace servant is so incapable of keeping his mouth shut that all the palace affairs have reached my sister?"

Gu Jingheng took a mouthful of porridge calmly and spoke slowly.