Under the eaves, the cold wind was raging.
The winter chill invaded the yard, blowing up dead leaves all over the ground.
A figure in pure white appeared silently at the door. Her long snow-white skirt swayed gently in the wind, and the hem of her skirt fluttered, revealing a small, subtle piece of snow-white, which was even more dazzling than the white jade cast by the magic of nature.
She looked at the two people in the room expressionlessly, her gaze fixed on the two people pulling each other, her dark eyebrows slightly furrowed, her appearance was beautiful yet extremely cold, her cold eyes stared at the two people, silent.
Her long black hair fluttered in the wind, tied with a pure white ribbon, making her look like an out-of-this-world fairy. She was breathtakingly beautiful and as cold as the frost in deep winter.
In an instant, the world seemed to grow colder.
"Princess..."
In the room, Jinxiu, whose mind was blank and whose face was flushed red, finally came to her senses. She pulled back her hand in a panic, struggled to break free from Lin Jiangnian's arms, and took two steps back.
She looked bewildered, her face flushed red. For a moment, she was at a loss, feeling anxious and uneasy. Her face, as red as a peach blossom, she ran to the door and hid outside, only then did she breathe a sigh of relief.
Lin Jiangnian withdrew his hand, stood where he was, and looked up at the cold figure at the door.
He is not unfamiliar.
It was the master that Jinxiu mentioned, the woman in white that she had met when she first arrived in the capital.
At this moment, their eyes met.
The woman in white still exuded a cold aura, her face was calm, and there was no ripple in her body. She just stared at Lin Jiangnian quietly.
Silence for a long time.
"Your Highness, Princess, how are you?"
Lin Jiangnian spoke first.
She also stared at Lin Jiangnian and said casually, "Each other."
The voice was also very soft, with a hint of indifference, just like when they first met, calm and composed.
"I thought Her Royal Highness the Princess would keep hiding from me."
Lin Jiangnian raised his eyebrows, still looking at the woman in white in front of him, with a relaxed tone.
The princess didn't seem to hear the teasing in Lin Jiangnian's tone, and said calmly, "Why should I hide from you?"
"Who knows?"
Lin Jiangnian smiled faintly: "Perhaps the princess is afraid of marrying this prince? That's why she avoids me?"
The princess looked at Lin Jiangnian with cold eyes for a long time, her tone still calm: "Why should I be afraid of marrying you?"
Such a calm and composed tone actually surprised Lin Jiangnian.
Lin Jiangnian looked at her and said, "So, Her Royal Highness the Princess isn't afraid?"
The eldest princess didn't say anything.
"Since you're not afraid, could it be that Her Highness the Princess actually admires my talent and has wanted to marry me for a long time?"
“Puff…”
After these words were spoken, the princess in front of him did not react. Instead, Jinxiu, who was hiding at the door behind the princess, could not help but burst out laughing.
She had just blushed from Lin Jiangnian's sudden close contact, and was not able to escape until Her Royal Highness the Princess appeared.
The cold wind outside the door gradually calmed him down, but he was still in a state of confusion, with a bit of shame and anger.
This Prince Lin was so rude. Just as expected, he had bad intentions towards her, just like last time.
I was condemning him angrily in my heart, but when I heard his words suddenly, I couldn't help laughing out loud.
The princess admires his talent?
This guy is really good at talking nonsense.
However, just as she laughed, she suddenly noticed that the Prince of Lin and her own princess were both looking at her. Jinxiu quickly covered her mouth, blinked innocently, and ran to leave this dangerous place.
But just as she was thinking of running away, she heard the indifferent voice of her princess.
"Jinxiu, pour the tea."
"oh."
“…”
In the quiet room, there is a round sandalwood table.
There were two figures sitting on both sides of the table.
Jinxiu, who was wearing a waist-length skirt, was making and pouring tea with a stern face.
On the table, the teacup was steaming and the room was filled with the fragrance of tea.
Jinxiu took a step back and stood back beside her princess. Her beautiful and lively eyes quietly looked at Lin Jiangnian, scanning him up and down with a bit of agility.
When Lin Jiangnian looked at her, she seemed to think of something, her face turned slightly red, and then she glared at him lightly, showing a bit of shame and anger, snorted and looked away.
Lin Jiangnian withdrew his gaze and looked at the woman in white opposite him.
She was wearing a long white dress, looking heroic, and she had a hint of the aura of a man of the world.
I heard that this princess has been trained as a successor of kendo since she was young, so I guess she must have been influenced by a lot of martial arts.
She had hardly changed since she first met Lin Jiangnian, except that this time she no longer had the sword that was almost inseparable from her.
The two of them just sat there, neither of them speaking first.
The cold and desolate atmosphere and simple environment make everything around seem a little out of place.
One is the eldest princess of the current dynasty, and the other is the only son of a king of a different surname in the dynasty. The first formal meeting of these two prominent figures took place in such a simple environment.
It was indeed unexpected.
The two of them kept silent tacitly. The fragrance of tea wafted in the air and the tea in the cup began to cool down. Jinxiu, who was about to eat melon in silence, saw this scene and felt a little anxious.
Why don’t you speak up yet?
What are the two doing?
Your Highness, please speak up! Weren't you quite eloquent before you, Prince Lin? Why are you silent now?
You guys should hurry up!
She was so anxious!
Jinxiu was silently anxious, not knowing what to do. She could only look at her own princess, then at Lin Jiangnian across from her, giving him a hard look.
Lin Jiangnian ignored Jinxiu's winks and looked at the eldest princess in front of him, his nominal fiancée, with a neutral gaze.
Before I met her, there had always been rumors that she was one of the rare beauties in the world today. There were all kinds of rumors among the people, and those scholars almost praised this princess as a fairy who had descended to the earth.
At first, Lin Jiangnian scoffed at the idea, even suspecting that those people were the Princess's hired army. But when he saw it with his own eyes, he had to admit that the Princess was indeed very pretty.
Unfortunately... it's a bit too cold.
It's so cold that it makes people lose interest!
There is no femininity, not even a hint of humanity...
The eldest princess in front of him was like a block of ice, not like a mortal.
Conquering the high-and-mighty fairy is indeed challenging and fulfilling, but conquering the ice cube has a unique taste.
Although the eldest princess is indeed beautiful, Lin Jiangnian is not short of beauties around him. Whether it is Zhi Yuan or Liu Su, their appearance is no worse than that of the eldest princess in front of him.
In comparison, conquering those two is obviously much more interesting than conquering the eldest princess in front of him...
Just as Lin Jiangnian was daydreaming, he suddenly felt a chill in the air. When he came to his senses, he saw the eldest princess in front of him staring at him expressionlessly.
There seems to be a chill in his eyes.
"Your Highness, don't you have anything to say?"
Lin Jiangnian met her eyes.
The eldest princess remained expressionless: "What did you say?"
"Her Royal Highness the Princess invited me here. Doesn't she have anything to say?"
The eldest princess looked at him coldly: "You are the one who made the appointment with me."
“…”
"It doesn't matter."
Lin Jiangnian waved his hand and mentioned another matter: "Why didn't Her Royal Highness the Princess reveal her identity when we met last time?"
The eldest princess's eyes remained unchanged: "Why should I make it clear?"
"So, you guys teamed up to fool this prince?"
Lin Jiangnian looked at the eldest princess, then at Jinxiu beside him.
"Your Highness is stupid!"
Jinxiu, who was standing by, curled her lips: "I thought His Royal Highness would be able to guess it quickly..."
The eldest princess didn't say anything, but just looked at Lin Jiangnian with a strange look in her eyes.
Lin Jiangnian had no expression on his face.
He certainly didn't think of that at the time.
It was not until he returned to Jiang's house and mentioned it to Zhiyuan that he gradually realized something was wrong, and then he had some guesses.
Only after seeing it with my own eyes did I completely confirm this.
However, the princess in front of him already knew his identity, but she pretended to be dumb...
What is the purpose?
Thinking of this, Lin Jiangnian sighed: "It is indeed my fault."
Jinxiu smiled brightly: "But His Royal Highness was able to guess what was going on later, which proves that he is not too stupid..."
Lin Jiangnian glanced at her and said, "I have something important to discuss with your princess. Please leave first."
Jinxiu pouted slightly in displeasure and turned back to look at her own princess. The eldest princess said nothing, but just nodded slightly.
"oh."
Jinxiu was a little reluctant. After glaring at Lin Jiangnian, she reluctantly left the room and closed the door.
Only Lin Jiangnian and the eldest princess were left in the room.
A cold wind was raging outside the door, but it was warm as spring inside. A man and a woman were alone, and the atmosphere should have been extremely ambiguous, but at this moment it seemed a little lonely and cold.
"Your Highness, Princess, I believe you are already aware of the purpose of my visit to the capital, right?"
After Jinxiu left, Lin Jiangnian looked at her and said straight to the point: "This time, this prince came to the capital for the purpose of arranging a marriage between you and me..."
"I wonder what Her Royal Highness the Princess thinks of this marriage?"
When this matter was mentioned, the eldest princess raised her cold eyes to glance at Lin Jiangnian and said lightly: "Didn't you look at it much?"
"What do you mean by not really looking at it?"
“I just didn’t look at it much.”
“…”
"Your Highness, the Princess, wishes to marry this prince?"
Lin Jiangnian looked her up and down. As if she could sense the heat in his gaze, the princess frowned coldly and stared at him for a few seconds before she said expressionlessly, "Do you dare to marry me?"
"Why not?"
Lin Jiangnian said in a playful tone, "Her Royal Highness the Princess is incredibly beautiful, with an extraordinary temperament. She is admired by thousands of people in the capital. If I could marry her, I'm afraid I wouldn't know how many young men would be envious."
"Why wouldn't you dare do something good that would only benefit this prince?"
The princess remained unmoved. After staring at Lin Jiangnian for a few seconds, she said coldly, "You dare not."
Lin Jiangnian asked, "Why do you say that?"
A sneer flashed in the eldest princess's cold eyes: "If you marry me, none of your confidantes will survive."
Lin Jiangnian: “…”
Lin Jiangnian's smile froze, and he looked at the cold face of the eldest princess in front of him. It didn't seem like she was joking at all.
The atmosphere froze at this moment.
Lin Jiangnian was silent!
He had predicted many situations, but he never expected the eldest princess to say such childish words.
Childish threats!
But Lin Jiangnian had to take it seriously... The eldest princess in front of him was rumored to be a master of the second-grade Tianxuan realm, and was even known as the successor of the sword art of the world's number one sword!
Her threat is self-evident.
"Why aren't you talking?"
The sneer in the eldest princess's eyes became more and more obvious: "Do you still dare?"
Lin Jiangnian was silent for a moment: "I think Her Royal Highness the Princess is not someone who would kill innocent people."
"How do you know I'm not?"
She spoke calmly and glanced at Lin Jiangnian.
He didn't say anything else, but everything was no longer expressed in words.
Lin Jiangnian sighed: "If you say that, we can't continue the conversation."
It is a threat, but also a fact!
If Lin Jiangnian really married her, he would be in real trouble!
Putting aside everything else, the eldest princess has a noble status. If she really marries him and becomes the legitimate consort of Prince Lin, she can really take action against the people around Lin Jiangnian openly.
Coupled with her unfathomable martial arts...
What she said about no one surviving didn't seem like a joke.
The eldest princess looked indifferent, seeing through Lin Jiangnian's thoughts at a glance, and said calmly: "You never planned to marry me from the beginning."
"How do you know?"
The princess didn't explain: "Why did you come to see me today?"
Lin Jiangnian had to admit that he had underestimated the princess. This princess was probably not only unfathomable in martial arts, but as a royal goddess, she was also quite intelligent...
"Since Her Royal Highness is so frank, then I will not hide it either."
Lin Jiangnian paused. "Right now, it seems that neither the princess nor this prince approves of this marriage, right?"
The eldest princess didn't say anything, but her eyes showed her agreement.
"This way, things will be much easier."
Lin Jiangnian raised his eyes to look at her: "Since neither you nor I are willing, then this marriage should not exist. The best outcome for you and me is to cancel this marriage..."
The princess didn't move her eyelids and glanced at him: "How do you retreat?"
"Naturally, it is up to Her Royal Highness the Princess to explain the situation to His Majesty and request that the marriage be annulled."
“…”
The eldest princess had no expression on her face: "Why don't you go?"
Lin Jiangnian remained calm and said confidently, "Your Majesty is the princess's father, so it's more appropriate for the princess to come forward."
This time, it was the eldest princess' turn to remain silent.
She stared at Lin Jiangnian and said, "Since ancient times, it has always been the man who should break off an engagement. If you want to break off the engagement, you should naturally explain it to my father!"
"What if your father disagrees?"
The eldest princess remained silent.
It is naturally impossible to agree.
The royal emperor's engagement was broken off, and the consequences were self-evident.
What's more, this marriage is not only about the two of them, but also about the balance of power between the imperial court and the vassal kings.
If she could withdraw easily, why would she have to wait until now?
"This is your business!"
The eldest princess gave him a cold look and said, "If you don't want to marry me, then it's naturally up to you to cancel the engagement."
"But doesn't Her Royal Highness the Princess also want to get married?"
"I didn't say that."
The eldest princess was still sitting there, wearing a white dress and a long skirt. She looked cold and proud, with a bit of an otherworldly aura. She glanced at him lightly.
"If you dare to marry me, I will marry you!"
“…”