Early the next morning, just after Su Qian had dinner, Lu Feng came to Su Qian's courtyard with a group of female guards.

Su Qian asked her curiously, "Lu Feng? Aren't you supervising them in Miss Jiang's courtyard while they were copying as punishment? Why are you here today?"

Lu Feng asked the group of female guards to stand in the corridor, and then reported to Su Qian, "Recently, a group of thieves appeared in the city. His Highness is investigating, but since the thieves have not been caught yet, His Highness is very worried about the safety of the goddess, so he asked Fu Ge to dispatch a group of capable female guards to protect the goddess' safety."

"Your Highness has ordered that I no longer need to watch the two Miss Jiangs copying as punishment. I only need to protect the safety of the goddess."

Su Qian: "Okay, you decide."

"Yes."

Lu Feng turned around and said to the group of female guards, "You all! Stand apart. Stand one person every ten steps along the wall of the courtyard."

As a result, in less than a cup of tea, Su Qian's yard was crowded with female guards sent by Yan Xuanye to protect her safety.

Cuiwei was teaching Su Qian how to embroider a handkerchief. As she drew the pattern, she said, "Your Highness really cares about me. He sent a group of female guards here early this morning. I have never seen so many female guards before. I think they must have been hastily selected last night."

Su Qian didn't even raise her head. "You think it's the worm in Yan Xuanye's stomach? How can you know whether these female guards were selected last night?"

Cui Wei looked at Su Qian coquettishly and said, "Young lady, you only know how to tease me. How can I be the worm in your Highness' stomach? I just have never seen these female guards before."

"I was thinking, if there are so many female guards, why not send one more person to keep an eye on the Jiang family girl? Why only let Lu Feng keep an eye on her? Wouldn't it be more convenient for two people to go together?

So I thought that there must not be enough people, so they only asked Miss Lu Feng to go.

Moreover, if there were so many female guards early in the morning, why didn't Your Highness let Miss Lu Feng bring them here yesterday afternoon? Why did you only bring them here this morning?

Therefore, I dare to guess that these people must have been gathered together last night."

Su Qian looked at the crooked stitches and sighed, "You do make sense."

In modern times, there was a period of time when cross-stitch was particularly popular. Every household was embroidering this thing, and her adoptive mother was no exception. She bought an embroidery piece with the theme of "A Harmonious Family Brings Good Fortune" and brought it home to embroider. However, she lost her patience after only two days and asked her, who was still in junior high school at the time, to embroider it instead.

Su Qian had to use her rest time at night to embroider. It was a simple thing with patterns and paths, so she just had to follow them to embroider it.

But the ancient embroidery is different. First of all, you need to have a picture in your mind, and it also requires the embroiderer to have superb skills and patience.

It would be useless if any of them were missing, but Su Qian had none of them.

She had no good impression of embroidery work. She would rather listen to Lu Huan's sarcasm than be asked to sit here and embroider.

"Don't sigh, young lady. Since ancient times, the red veil for women when they get married has been embroidered by the bride herself. You don't have to worry about not being able to embroider it well. I will find an embroiderer with outstanding embroidery skills and ask her to add a few more strokes to your veil."

Cuiwei thought she was worried that her embroidery was so poor that she would make a fool of herself on her wedding day and be ridiculed by others for her clumsy embroidery that would be unsightly.

In fact, Su Qian just didn't want to embroider anymore...

These days, Yan Xuanye was busy catching Lu Huan and had not come to her yard. Su Qian felt a little bored. When he came on weekdays, he would always bring her some new and interesting gadgets or tell her some interesting things.

Now Lu Feng has brought a group of female guards to garrison in her yard. Whenever she wants to go out for a walk, dozens of people will follow her. It is a strange sight wherever she goes, and it is also inconvenient.

Su Qian simply didn't go out. She spent the whole day writing and embroidering in the yard. When she had nothing to do, she discussed with Cuiwei how to make perfume powder, trying to find something to pass the time.

"Oh, young lady, the tenth day has come, and the eldest young lady of the Jiang family has stopped her punishment. I heard that she often went to the second young lady's room to talk to her in the past two days.

I think the two of them are planning something that might be detrimental to you, so you better be careful."

Su Qian: “Got it.”

Lu Feng stood at the door and knocked. Su Qian looked up.

Lu Feng said: "Goddess, His Highness is back."

"Where is he?"

"Your Highness, please go back to your courtyard to bathe and change clothes. Tell the goddess to go to your courtyard and have lunch together later."

"I understand. Let's go."

It was Su Qian's first time to visit Yan Xuanye's courtyard. It was completely different from her courtyard. His courtyard was very plain and simple...

Some weapons such as flints, daggers, bows and arrows were casually placed on the rosewood table, full of masculine fierceness.

The maids put the food on the table, bowed and left, leaving Su Qian alone in his room.

The sound of water in the bathroom stopped, presumably he had finished bathing and would come out soon. In this environment, Su Qian suddenly felt a little nervous for some reason, and she attributed this nervousness to the unfamiliar feeling of being in a man's room at the moment.

Maybe it's because...she has never been alone in a strange man's room...Yes! That must be it.

A creaking sound was heard behind her, and the door of the clean room was pushed open. Heavy and powerful footsteps came towards her with an oppressive force that was difficult to ignore.

"Qianqian?" The voice seemed a little confused.

Su Qian turned around and saw Yan Xuanye who had just finished bathing. He was wearing a black long gown loosely on his body, with his chest wide open, revealing his strong pectoral muscles.

Seeing her turn her head away shyly, he sat down beside her with a smile on his lips, looking lazy and casual.

He seemed to be in a good mood and even had the leisure to tease her, "Qianqian, are you shy?"

Su Qian didn't look at his face, "Why don't you put on your clothes before coming out?"

Yan Xuanye hugged her tightly in his arms, rested his head on her shoulder, took a deep breath, and said in a hoarse voice: "I haven't seen you for more than ten days. I miss you so much. I want to see you soon."

His voice seemed to seduce her, and he asked: "Where is Qianqian? Have you missed me these days?"

In order to fulfill her mission, Su Qian had no choice but to lie, "Of course there is."

Yan Xuanye murmured, "Liar."

Su Qian was so stiff that she dared not move. Her throat was dry. "Why do you say that?"

Yan Xuanye raised his head and stared into her eyes, as if he could see through her heart. "If you miss me, why don't you ask Lu Feng to send someone to tell me? Every day I am the only one who sends messages back, but there has never been any news from you that I have taken the initiative to receive."

"And you said you weren't lying to me."

He pressed his right thumb on her soft lips and rubbed them gently, "Qianqian doesn't miss me and you lied to me. Tell me...how should I punish you?"

Su Qian was too nervous to speak, she only heard Yan Xuanye speak forcefully, "The punishment is...Qian Qian kiss me."

"how?"

Perhaps it was her dazed look that pleased him, or perhaps it was because he was expecting her to kiss him actively, that made him feel even happier. Without needing her response, he hurriedly said, "Come on, then."

The light in his eyes showed his excitement. Su Qian moved closer to him, just like he usually did to her. She lifted his chin with one hand and held the back of his head with the other, and slowly moved closer...

A cool kiss fell on his lips, and Su Qian pecked his lips affectionately, like a dragonfly touching the water.

His heartstrings were being plucked carefully, and Su Qian's ignorant yet serious look greatly pleased him.

He stared with his eyes open at Su Qian who was asking him for a kiss. This made him feel at ease. He liked the way Su Qian focused her attention on him.

He was outside these days, and even his subordinates noticed Su Qian's coldness, let alone him.

Although he knew from the beginning that Su Qian had no interest in him, he still greedily demanded her love and attention.

It would be nice if she could stay like this forever.

Su Qian felt a little tired, so she stopped.

Yan Xuanye held her in his arms, held her hair in his hands, and ruffled it in a good mood, "Qianqian, are you tired now?"

He chuckled and said, "This is just a starter. It's not even an appetizer. Qianqian is used to being lazy."

Su Qian blushed when she heard this. It was not her fault. Even with her eyes closed, she could feel his burning gaze fixed on her. It was the first time she did such a thing and she was really embarrassed.

In fact, she stopped not because she was tired, but because she felt embarrassed by his stare.

"Since Qianqian is tired, it's my turn." After saying that, he kissed Su Qian's lips. This kiss was different from the previous ones. There was a little more biting. Although the force was not strong, it seemed more like punishing her.

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