Jiang Yi'an gave a gentle laugh.
"Having already done something as embarrassing as coming to the Heavenly Fragrance House to seek out women," he countered with the little one's own earlier words, "naturally, I wouldn't want anyone else to see."
Caught completely off guard by this long-range boomerang, Jiang Yingcheng choked, her expression going utterly blank.
But she quickly rallied.
"You wanted to kill Chengcheng just because you didn't want anyone seeing you do something embarrassing?" Jiang Yingcheng's eyes widened. "Uncle Prince Jing, you're way too overbearing!"
Even a prince would lose his head for killing an innocent commoner for no reason!
Jiang Yingcheng's eyes flickered. All she needed was for Prince Jing to admit to her accusation, and then she could...
Under Jiang Yingcheng's unwavering gaze, Jiang Yi'an calmly nodded. "True."
Then, amused by the little one's suddenly widening eyes, he reached out and tapped the red mark on her forehead again. "I'm teasing you."
Jiang Yi'an rose to his feet and casually surveyed the room. His gaze swept past Xu Jiu beside Li Cheng before settling squarely on Liaochen. "With so many experts accompanying you, your imperial uncle has a fair idea of how his handful of guards measure up."
"I was only playing with you."
Jiang Yingcheng pursed her lips. Although she was deeply displeased, she knew that exposing Prince Jing's unauthorized departure from his fief and secret entry into the Capital City already counted as doing her beautiful imperial father a tremendous favor.
She reached out and patted herself, taking it as a little bit of self-comfort.
[It's okay~ Chengcheng already did really well~]
Jiang Yi'an finally met Pan Jingwan's eyes, which had been fixed on him all along, and gave a slight nod. "Noble Consort Rou."
Pan Jingwan had already composed herself while the other