The air froze for a moment.
But the successive revelations the little girl had hurled at Wu Leyong had already thrown his mind into turmoil. The composure and restraint he usually took such pride in had long since vanished like smoke.
He raised a hand to push aside the Shadow Guard before him, demanding urgently, "What else do you know?!"
Another childish voice rang out almost at the same time. "Jiang Yingcheng! Why do I have to turn into a puppy? Why don't you have to turn into a puppy?!"
Wu Leyong: "Say something!"
Jiang Qiuyu: "Say something!"
Jiang Yingcheng hugged her crown prince brother's leg and buried her face firmly in his cloud brocade cloak.
[Chengcheng doesn't know anything!]
Jiang Tinghuai glanced at the two people she had all but driven mad, then looked down with a complicated expression at the little dumpling clinging tightly to his calf.
She had driven two people mad at once.
Impressive, my little one.
Gathering his thoughts, Jiang Tinghuai looked up and gave Xu Jiu a meaningful glance, signaling for them to let the man escape without making it obvious.
He had occupied the East Palace for several years now and had studied the art of rulership since childhood, so he had immediately understood the deeper intent behind the little girl's actions.
In fact, as soon as he learned that the man was Wu Leyong in disguise, a similar vague plan had taken shape in his mind. Before he could refine it, however, the little girl had beaten him to it and put it perfectly into action.
And the results were far better than he had imagined.
After all, every adult instinctively let their guard down around a child this young.
Meanwhile, having received Jiang Tinghuai's instructions, Xu Jiu snarled, "How dare you