Under Yan Lingyun's gaze, Chi Yining remained unmoved. He didn't know what the prince would say next. In any case, the prince had done many unconventional things. Was the prince really so strict about etiquette? Perhaps the most serious thing he did was last night's nuptial wine ceremony?
Yan Lingyun snorted lightly, "Your Highness seems to have it easy, making me bear the reputation of being stingy. Shouldn't Your Highness pay some price?"
Looking at his handsome face, Chi Yining wondered if it was just a restless feeling in his soul, but whenever he saw Yan Lingyun, he always wanted to pounce on him...
He suppressed his agitation and forced a stiff smile, "Your Highness, one more thing won't make a difference. As for what you'll give in return, Your Highness, do you see anything about me that you would want? You can take all my possessions, just leave me some food to eat."
Upon hearing this, Yan Lingyun closed his eyes, took a breath, and tried to calm his murderous intent.
Other people's princesses are dignified and elegant.
His princess eats and sleeps all the time.
Today, he slept until late morning, not even getting up to pay his respects.
They're now worried that if the supplies sent out from the Prince's residence aren't enough to feed him!
Looking at his princess again, he saw that she was thin and frail, with only her face to be admired; her physical appearance was nothing special.
"My queen consort really knows how to set traps for me. Does she think I won't do anything to you?" Yan Lingyun put the book in her hand on the table and continued reading.
Chi Yining nodded. "Your Highness is the best person I've ever met."
Yan Lingyun: "... Fuqing."
Fuqing: "Yes."
Yan Lingyun: "From now on, the Princess Consort is forbidden from sleeping in late. Pass this message down."
Chi Yining's eyes widened instantly. "No, Your Highness, can't we talk this out properly?"
Yan Lingyun raised his eyes. "What are you discussing? Is the Princess trying to bargain with me?"
Chi Yining took a deep breath. So what if he slept in? He hadn't changed his ways yet... Besides, he didn't ask for anything; it was just sleeping in.
Is sleeping in too much?
Were people in ancient times not allowed to sleep in late?
The early bird catches the worm; a good night's sleep will give you more energy, right?
This is definitely for the sake of your health!
After offering his own excuses, Chi Yining returned to the prince's side.
Yan Lingyun had no idea what his princess was planning to do this time.
Chi Yining then walked around behind the prince and raised her hands...
Ying Yi and Ying Er were startled and were about to go down to save the prince when they realized that the princess was just massaging his shoulders. They thought she was going to strangle him... The two breathed a sigh of relief, not knowing what the prince meant.
Last night, the way the princess picked up the prince was enough to cost her countless heads.
Surprisingly, the prince didn't get angry.
Yan Lingyun was shocked by Chi Yining's actions. No one in the world had ever dared to treat him like this, let alone a princess he had only known for two days.
How dare she approach him so brazenly? Was she trying to test his limits?
He sneered, "Does the Princess have anything to add?"
Chi Yining chuckled and said, "Your Highness, look at what you're saying... Sleeping in late isn't a crime. Besides, I can accompany you every day from now on, I'll just stay in bed a little longer in the morning. Please be lenient with me. Forbidding the Princess from sleeping in late, it would sound terrible if word got out, haha..."
Yan Lingyun was so angry he almost laughed, "I didn't know the Princess Consort was so eloquent and contradictory. The Princess Consort has already made me bear the reputation of being stingy, so what difference does one more make?"
Chi Yining felt like he had shot himself in the foot.
He said with a wry smile, "Your Highness, now that I've married you, shouldn't I think about the well-being of the royal household? Think about it, how much have we already sent out? If we send more, people might think we're foolish and have too much money."
Yan Lingyun, the fool with lots of money. "..."
"It's not over yet," Chi Yining continued, "Besides, Your Highness's health is important. Saving some money will allow us to buy more expensive medicinal herbs in the future..."
Yan Lingyun wanted to snap Chi Yining's neck, but his hands were completely out of his control and he couldn't reach them out, nor could he seem to utter any harsh words.
At this moment, he almost gritted his teeth and said, "I didn't know that the Princess Consort cared about me so much and thought of me. I thought she was just trying to save a few dollars and add a few more dishes."
Chi Yining chuckled twice, tightening his grip slightly, trying to cover it up as he said, "Your Highness, please let me sleep in... Let's not talk about anything else."
Ying Yi and Ying Er were stunned in the shadows. The princess was flirting with the prince!
And the prince's ears actually turned red!
Their eyesight is excellent; they can see even on dark and windy nights.
Yan Lingyun: " Fuqing, that's enough."
Fuqing: "Yes, Your Highness."
Chi Yining grabbed a stool from the study and sat down next to Yan Lingyun. "Your Highness, Your Highness, what book are you reading?" He had some free time now; he had just woken up and eaten, so he could finally play some dungeons.
The key to winning someone over with love is simply spending more time with the prince, isn't it?
Yan Lingyun reached out and lifted Chi Yining's chin, carefully observing his full, rosy lips. "Such a small mouth, how can you be so talkative? Are you really not afraid of death? From yesterday's outrageous behavior until now, you've deserved to die a thousand times over."
Chi Yining was forced to look directly into Yan Lingyun's eyes.
Furthermore, he genuinely wanted to provoke the high and mighty prince and test the skills of the ancients, but unfortunately... the prince seemed exceptionally patient. He could have killed him a thousand times over, yet he still refrained from making a move.
Chi Yining wasn't afraid of him at all. Even with his chin being pinched, he felt no pain and lazily said, "If Your Highness wants to be a widow on the second day of your marriage, then so be it."
Yan Lingyun narrowed his eyes, his voice icy. "As expected of a princess, you always manage to lower my bottom line. I am a prince; with just a word from me, taking a few more concubines is a matter of half an hour. Widowhood? That's utter nonsense."
Chi Yining watched his splendid speech with great interest, thinking that this NPC was quite amusing. "Anyone can spout nonsense like that," he thought. "If Your Highness dares to take concubines, don't blame me for being ruthless. For every concubine Your Highness marries, I will kill. If Your Highness doesn't believe me, you are welcome to try."
Ying Yi: "!!!!"
Ying Er: "!!!!"
8845: "Host, are you here to run a dungeon? You're clearly here to cause trouble!!"
Chi Yining calmly told the system, "Anyway, I possess extraordinary skills, so I'm not afraid of dying."
Besides, if the prince is insane, then I'll be even more insane than him, wouldn't that be a perfect match? In the future, if he commits murder, I'll hand him the knife, wouldn't that be great?"
8845: "Host, it's up to you. The main villain seems to have lost two more points..."
Chi Yining smiled and looked at Yan Lingyun with deep affection.
Yan Lingyun frowned and released his jaw.
The princess's words sent a chill down his spine, even for a man who had killed countless people.
The culprit, Chi Yining, stared intently at Yan Lingyun with her bright, unwavering eyes.
Yan Lingyun felt uneasy under Chi Yining's gaze. For the first time, he sensed a killing intent emanating from Chi Yining that surpassed even that of Ying Yi and Ying Er.
He unleashed his full killing intent, but Chi Yining's face was beaming with a bright smile, seemingly even more monstrous than him.
Yan Lingyun withdrew her gaze, picked up the book again, and said coldly, "Get out."
Chi Yining smiled and said, "Your Highness, I refuse. Perhaps you could have someone else come and chop off my head?"
Your Highness, I will follow you closely.
"Your Highness, I have fallen in love with you at first sight. I must keep a close eye on you. Moreover, Your Highness just said that you want to take a concubine immediately, which makes me extremely apprehensive."
In his more than twenty years of life, Yan Lingyun had never seen such a shameless person! To utter such boastful and shameful words so brazenly, and to be so unafraid of death, even revealing his true intentions with undisguised murderous intent...
Yesterday's report from Ying Yi appears to be nothing more than a piece of waste paper.
8845: "... Since the host has already given up, 8845 will give up too!"
Other people's hosts are proactive and cautious in completing tasks, but their host just asks the main villain to chop off his head right away!
"Your Highness? Why aren't you saying anything?" Chi Yining didn't like speaking in a flowery manner, and his speech was still somewhat lazy.
It takes time to adapt from modern times to ancient times.
At that moment, Ying Yi and Ying Er, hidden in the shadows, felt not only the killing intent but also a powerful pressure, rendering them completely immobile.
They looked at the prince in despair, thinking he was really going to die at the hands of the princess. Little did they know that the princess had only released him to demonstrate her power.
As the saying goes, "the darkest place is under the lamp," Yan Lingyun sensed the killing intent but not the oppressive aura, perhaps because his strength was comparable to or even surpassed that of Chi Yining Chi Yining.
The prince was truly amazed by Chi Yining's abilities. How could a young master raised in seclusion possess such talent?
Could it be that the people in the Prime Minister's residence are trying to deceive everyone?
Now Chi Yining so arrogant that he makes no attempt to hide it. It wouldn't be accurate to say he's a member of the Prime Minister's household; his attitude towards the Prime Minister's household can be described as utterly ruthless.
Could he be one of the eldest prince's men?
Yan Lingyun: "Who are you?"
Chi Yining instantly transformed into a drama queen, looking at him with pleading, pitiful eyes, and resorting to a coquettish act that even she found disgusting, "I belong to the prince."
Yan Lingyun's lips twitched; he seemed to have no way to deal with this princess!
I can't find a reason to lecture him!
The prince was seething with anger, Chi Yining. All he knew was that the prince's head had lost another 0.5 point.
Fuqing stood by, smiling without saying a word; it had been a long time since anyone had made the prince so frustrated.
Chi Yining: "8845, those convoluted psychological tactics are really not for me. Why do the protagonists, who are clearly incredibly talented, like me, have to wait for others to torture me, then go through 1800 chapters of angst before their Blackening Value decreases? Isn't that just padding the word count?"
8845: "I'm speechless! Host, you're awesome."
Looking at his system space, which contained a whole space full of weapons that Jing Yi had given him—everything imaginable— Chi Yining thought, "This is fucking cheat code life! I'm the best in the world!"
8845: "Host is awesome! Transmigrating into a second-generation character is awesome!"
Yan Lingyun has become completely mute.
His queen!
So incredibly fierce!
The worst part is that he's lazy!
A dead pig isn't afraid of boiling water; he even brings up the topic of beheading himself—is he afraid he won't behead him?
Chi Yining had no idea what Yan Lingyun was thinking, only that there was nothing to eat here and her mouth felt so lonely.
Seeing that the prince had been reading for an hour, he snatched the book from the prince and placed it on the table.
Before Yan Lingyun could react, Chi Yining snatched the book from her hands.
Normally, no one could do that!
Has his defense weakened?
Or is it that they are completely unguarded around the people around them?
"Your Highness, let's go have lunch. After lunch, you can take a nap. Your health is important, so it's alright if you read less. Life is short, why not enjoy it while you can and make your life a little easier?"
Yan Lingyun snorted coldly, "Eloquent."
Fuqing led the way, Chi Yining pushed the wheelchair with ease. The road was very smooth, and it seemed to be a stone-paved road specially laid for Yan Lingyun's wheelchair.
In the courtyard filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers, the servants passing by all lowered their heads, not daring to look at Yan Lingyun. Because the prince disliked others making noise, he had explicitly ordered that upon seeing the prince, they should not do anything else but remain still and not raise their heads.
It's like being poisoned by the "one, two, three, wooden man" mantra; they're completely motionless.
This demonstrates the strictness of the master of the mansion.
So, the princess sleeping in late must be really giving Yan Lingyun a headache, right?
Chi Yining suppressed a laugh as she looked at Yan Guiyun's ink-black hair cascading down her shoulders.
Speaking of hair, Yan Lingyun didn't wear his hair in a bun like last night. Instead, he simply tied it up on both sides, braided it, and tied it back in a very elegant and leisurely way. If you didn't look at his eyes, he would look like a gentle and refined nobleman.
Chi Yining herself wore a high ponytail and a black hair crown, looking very spirited and carefree.
Chi Yining's life is simple and carefree.
So here's the question.
Does cross-dressing as a boy actually work for girls? Don't they all have long hair?
Are all the ancient people in TV dramas blind?
As Chi Yining thought about it, she couldn't help but laugh out loud, completely oblivious to her surroundings.
He admitted that he has become more unconventional these days.
Social anxiety no longer exists.
It's just an excuse used occasionally when I'm nervous.
Yan Lingyun was forced to have lunch, and it seemed he had never been so punctual for lunch before.
Fuqing was overjoyed. He realized that perhaps only the Princess could control the Prince!
The servants dared not look around, for fear that the prince might displease them and have them beheaded.
But in private, where neither the steward nor the prince could see, the servants would whisper among themselves.
Have you seen the princess?
"I saw her this morning. I never imagined the Princess was so stunningly beautiful."
"And another thing, the Princess Consort doesn't seem to be afraid of the Prince at all. I just heard her laughing in front of him on the garden path, and the Prince didn't say a word!"
"Really? The princess is too audacious! If this were us, we'd be beheaded!"
Those passing by, including Ying San Ying Si, found it quite amusing.
They had two days off yesterday and today, and would not see the princess until tomorrow. Now, they also wanted to catch a glimpse of the princess's beauty.
And most importantly, the princess is still alive?
People outside are saying that the princess might not live past today, meaning she should have died in the palace last night.
The fact that the princess is not only alive but also able to jump around in front of the prince is truly unbelievable.
If His Majesty were to hear this, he would likely be quite surprised.
Meanwhile, Yan Lingyun, who was being forcibly fed lunch, was so angry that he wanted to lock up the lawless princess, but having sensed Chi Yining's murderous aura, he knew that ordinary iron chains could not restrain him at all.
8845: "Haha, host, your forced love is really..."