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“Because we want to thank them, Your Highness,” Lin Jiao replied.

“I cannot tell about them,” Mingquan said, and he leaned back on the chair. “Also, shouldn’t be Miss Lin at her home? Why did she start again jumping around?” He questioned her.

“The Fourth Prince lied to me. My knee is absolutely fine. My father called the local physician in the morning and I asked him. He told me that I could easily walk,” Lin Jiao pronounced and glared at Mingquan.

“That does not mean you are supposed to again go around this way in the capital. Go home if you do not want me to tie you to the pillar,” Mingquan told her.

“Tie me to the pillar?” Lin Jiao chuckled and stood up from the chair. “And I will tell everyone how the Fourth Prince fools innocent souls like me!” She pronounced.

“Did you call yourself an innocent soul?” Mingquan gritted his teeth.

Ye Xin grasped Lin Jiao’s wrist and asked her not to argue with Mingquan.

“You are the most annoying brat out there,” Mingquan remarked.

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“You called me a brat!? Hah!” Lin Jiao knitted her brows when Mingquan stood up from his seat and took a step toward her.

“Yes. Do you want me call your brother and father here?” He threatened her.

Lin Jiao shook her head and faked a smile at him. “Why does Prince Mingquan get angry so easily? He is known as the most polite, humble and calm prince among the six princes,” Lin Jiao pronounced. Ye Xin had also rose to her feet as it would be disrespectful to sit in front of the Prince.

“Your Highness, we will leave if you tell us where Xiwan and Chang Shi live.” Lin Jiao stated.

“Give me the reason,” Mingquan said.

“I have a crush on one of them,” Ye Xin intervened between their conversation. “But I do not know which one among them. However, if I see them, I will find out,” Ye Xin asserted.

Lin Jiao hummed and asked Mingquan to help her.

“I will call them here,” Mingquan said.

Lin Jiao glanced at Ye Xin with a bright smile. Ye Xin was astonished to hear that and she thanked him and bowed.

“Xiwan and Chang Shi are highly trained spies, so their identities as spies are not known to many except a few in the palace. That is why I do not find it good to share most of the information about them,” Mingquan told the two of them before they could further ask him.

“Your Highness, will it not be awkward if they both come here? I like only one of them. It may hurt the other’s sentiments,” Ye Xin opined.

“She is right,” Lin Jiao said and looked at Mingquan so that he would give them the right idea.

“I will call the two of them. One will stand on my right side and the other one will be on my left. Then, Miss Ye can tell me,” Mingquan stated and smiled at her.

“It is a good idea,” Lin Jiao said and asked Mingquan to quickly call them.

“Not today. I will bring them tomorrow morning with me,” Mingquan said, “in your house, Lin Jiao.”

“Why?” Lin Jiao frowned at him.

“Mother wants to send betrothal gifts to her future daughter-in-law,” Mingquan replied and smirked at her.

“What? But I do not want to marry the Fourth Prince,” Lin Jiao said.

“Didn’t you tell Officer Shan that I am your soon-to-be husband?” Mingquan questioned her.

“When did I say that?” Lin Jiao asked him and recalled they encountered an official earlier.

“Miss Ye, please give us some privacy,” Mingquan requested her. Before Ye Xin could walk out, he said, “Miss Ye should come to Miss Lin’s house in the morning. I will be with Xiwan and Chang Shi there.”

“Yes, Your Highness,” Ye Xin said with a smile and thanked him again before going out. Lin Jiao turned to leave when Mingquan held her arm, thus stopping her from leaving.

“Leave me, Prince Mingquan,” Lin Jiao said and heard the door close.

“I did not ask for some privacy to let you go,” he stated and made her sit at the desk. He placed his hands on her sides and leaned down, thus bringing his face in her alignment.

“Do you want me to be a strict husband to you or a lenient one?” Mingquan asked her.

“Why is His Highness asking such a thing?” Lin Jiao placed her hands on his chest to push him away when he took another step. She leaned back a little as their lips came close.

“You do not listen to anybody. You are not supposed to jump around when you should be on the bed. Don’t make me strict on you,” Mingquan said and looked at her lips for a brief moment.

“Why does Prince Mingquan want to marry me?” Lin Jiao asked. “He does not even love me,” she murmured.

“I won’t marry you until Brother Lóng Wei and his wife returns to Qinping,” Mingquan asserted.

“Why?” She got confused.

“They are important people to me,” Mingquan said and met her gaze. “By that time, you will fall in love with me,” he then smiled.

“That will never happen,” Lin Jiao said and scoffed at him.

“Why do you lie, Lin Jiao? I can hear your heartbeats,” he said and looked down before looking up at her. “Let me clear your confusion.”

Lin Jiao was taken aback when his lips brushed hers. She forgot to breathe and her heart showed rapid movements. Like drums, her heart was beating. She closed her eyes while furrowing her brows slightly and felt the butterflies in her stomach. His soft lips nibbled against her so gently and his hand rested on her arm.

He pulled away within seconds, and Lin Jiao breathed. She came to her senses and looked at him with astonishment.

“The answer is in this kiss,” Mingquan said and took a step back.