But before long, the old lady asked another question: "That Demon Race youngster you're close with—is it a man or a woman?"
"A woman."
"Her status isn't ordinary, is it?"
"...The Ninth Princess!"
Madam Lin understood.
The prefect understood.
Mr. Bao Shan's eyes opened wide. He slowly nodded; he understood too.
In the study, Dark Night sorted out an entire game of chess and understood even more thoroughly...
He hadn't seduced the Demon Empress; he had seduced the Ninth Princess. The Demon Empress had acted only for the sake of her son-in-law.
It made perfect sense!
The Demon Race's Ninth Princess—that Zither-Holding Woman—had displayed strong intentions at Haining Tower that day.
Afterward, she had broken into Lin Manor at night. Even after taking a knife to the backside, she had remained unwavering.
At Jade Fragrance Tower, she had rather use five bottles of Golden Fragrance Dew in exchange for a chance to sleep with him.
For a Little Demoness so in heat it reached the tips of her hair, it would have been abnormal if she hadn't gone looking for him. Going after him was only natural.
Lin Su let out a breath and quietly consoled the Ninth Princess in his heart. Jiu'er, I really don't mean to ruin your reputation. The crucial thing is, we're at the eye of the storm right now—it's terrifying. What kind of thing is it, tying me together with your mother? That throws off the generations. We can only tie you and me together and have a little fun, giving those people with nothing better to do some room for imagination. You can count it as taking a bolt of lightning and carrying the blame for your mother...
Three matters spread through Haining almost simultaneously.
The first was that the water bandits would not