Chapter 649: Chapter 648: 648: At Night, You Have to Sleep with Me

Mu Jian was only interrogated for two days, but his body was already in a terrible state, with his hands and feet broken, rendering him a disabled man.

Li You had been tortured for a year, and it was hard to imagine that there would be any unscathed place left on his body, as his new wounds stacked on his old ones.

It was hard to imagine what the figure under his fancy robe looked like.

Yet, he always had a smile on his face and acted gracefully, speaking softly and gently.

It was truly admirable.

He should have been filled with hatred for the Silla Kingdom.

But Jiang Ning couldn’t sense it at all.

Even when he reminded her not to have any affection for people from the Silla Kingdom, Jiang Ning only felt that he was kindly reminding her, without any prejudice against the Silla people.

After Li You finished speaking, he went back to his business.

Li Hongyuan glanced at Jiang Ning and saw that her gaze was constantly following Li You, so he said, “You seem to be very interested in Li You.”

“Aren’t you interested in him?”

“What I find interesting about him might be different from what you do.”

“What’s the difference? In your eyes, a woman’s interest in a man can only be to have some illicit affair with him?”

“You…” Li Hongyuan stared at her, “Can you be more subtle in your words?”

“It was you who questioned others first, and now you don’t even allow others to speak.”

“Who said you can’t speak? Have you kept your mouth shut so far?”

“That’s because I have an unyielding heart!”

“Stop glorifying yourself,” Li Hongyuan whispered, “Tonight, you must serve me in bed. If you dare play any tricks again, I will guarantee that you’ll remember it for a long time.”

“Alright,” Jiang Ning agreed gently and softly, “But Your Highness should drink less tonight; getting too drunk might not be a good idea.”

“You can rest assured on that matter.”

“I’ll be looking forward to it,” said Jiang Ning, leaving her seat.

Li Hongyuan stared at her back, his face expressionless.

Nobles and ministers gradually arrived, offering salutations to the Crown Prince and Crown Princess, and congratulations to Prince of Zhao, Li You.

Having gone through the trials and tribulations of court life, these cunning foxes all understood the true identity of Prince of Zhao and the reason why he was able to ascend to the position of a prince in a single leap.

Jiang Ning’s eyes searched through the crowd, first catching sight of her uncle Jiang Mubai’s figure.

“Uncle!” She joyfully went to meet him.

Jiang Mubai stood tall and burly, wrapped in a red official robe, the heroic and majestic style of a General on full display.

Officials who saw him would give way, but as soon as he saw Jiang Ning, his icy demeanor melted, revealing a wide grin with his white teeth.

“Ning’er, you look so splendid today!” He said while smiling with his hands behind his back, “You’re usually so simple and clean, but when you dress up like this, you’re not worse than your mother in her prime.”

“I’m far worse when compared to my mother. Uncle, why didn’t you bring aunt with you? I miss her.”

“She’s too lazy. She said she had a headache and refused to come.”n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

“Aunt is sick?”

“It’s an old ailment, nothing to worry about. She’ll be fine when the weather gets warmer.” Jiang Mubai chuckled, then carefully took out an oil-paper wrapped bundle from his sleeve, “I passed by the street just now and saw this; it’s something you like to eat.”

Jiang Ning hurriedly took it: “What delicious thing is it?”

Opening the oil-paper, inside was a small piece of charcoal-grilled pig’s trotter.

Jiang Mubai laughed, “When you were little, you loved meat so much. One time, I was drinking and there were some of these on the table. You stubbornly gnawed on several pieces, and as a result, you had a stomachache all afternoon. I almost got strangled to death by your father and mother.”

Jiang Ning chuckled.

She grabbed the pig’s trotter and took a bite, “It’s so delicious!”