Chapter 97: Jealousy
Sun Jiaojiao clearly remembered falling asleep with the Crown Prince's arm around her waist the night before. But when she woke up the next day, she was curled up, sleeping alone in her own blankets. There wasn't the slightest trace of a man's presence in the room.
Was she dreaming last night?
The Crown Prince hadn't come back at all?
But everything felt so real. Sun Jiaojiao pinched the bridge of her nose, feeling a headache. She couldn't figure out if it was a dream or not.
She called out towards the door. Xiao Er immediately entered and kneeled.
When Sun Jiaojiao saw him kneeling so far away, she was both exasperated and amused.
"Who made you unhappy again?"
From her understanding of Xiao Er, every time something was on his mind, he would kneel far away...
Sure enough, Xiao Er froze for a moment, then said, "This servant is not unhappy. With His Highness the Crown Prince's return, this servant is overjoyed. How could I be unhappy?"
"Alright, alright, you're starting with 'this servant, this servant' again..." Sun Jiaojiao scolded him a few times, then her brain suddenly clicked. "What did you just say? His Highness the Crown Prince returned?"
Last night wasn't a dream?!
She knew it wasn't a dream! The Crown Prince had really returned, and he had been passionately entangled with her all night, finally holding her tightly as they slept!
Xiao Er swallowed the grievance in his heart and first reported the important matters. "His Highness the Crown Prince left before dawn. Before leaving, he gave instructions that no one in the residence, from top to bottom, is to reveal that he was here. All servants are forbidden from taking half a step out of the main gate during this time. All food and supplies for the residence will be procured by the Crown Prince's Residence and delivered, to avoid any plots by villains."
"Got it!"
If the Crown Prince wanted to spend money to support the Minister's Residence, then let him. Sun Jiaojiao didn't mind at all.
As for why he forbid anyone from saying he had been here, Sun Jiaojiao didn't understand for a moment, but she didn't care. The Crown Prince was exceedingly intelligent; he naturally had his considerations. She just had to do as he instructed.
It was just that she was currently beaming with joy, her mind filled with happiness about the Crown Prince's return, so she didn't pay much attention to Xiao Er's mood. She completely forgot that Xiao Er was kneeling far away, seemingly in low spirits.
"What color clothes do you think I should wear today? Pale yellow? No, too bright. Pink? No, too girly. How about white?"
Xiao Er looked at Sun Jiaojiao's elated face, wanting to speak but stopping. He swallowed all the grievance and jealousy in his stomach.
Before the Crown Prince returned, just his personal soldiers entering the Minister's Residence made him lose his qualification to warm her bed. Now that the Crown Prince himself, the rightful owner, had returned, he, a guard, could forget about ever coveting the Young Miss...
"Xiao Er? What are you spacing out for?" Sun Jiaojiao, her bosom half-exposed, indecisively held up two sets of clothes against her chest, unsure which to choose. "Quick, help me choose. What should I wear today?"
"Wear... white is good," Xiao Er hesitated for a second, then said with his head lowered.
"Won't white be too plain?"
"No, Young Miss looks very beautiful in white."
Xiao Er looked down at his own moon-white guard uniform, thinking with some selfishness, If Young Miss wears white, she'll match me...
If he couldn't possess her, then just guarding her from afar was fine too.
Even if it was just wearing the same color clothes as her, silently standing behind her, unworthy of even having his own name, that was also fine.
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