Immortal Fairies Always Have Designs on Me-Chapter 887 - 374: Taste the Big Zhiyu (Part 2)

Feeling the touch of the water, Lu Jin'an took a deep breath and corrected: "It's not that I became smaller, it's that Zhiyu grew up!"

"Huh?"

Zhiyu tilted her head, then stood up, looked at her own hands, picked up Lu Jin'an by the shoulders, and suddenly realized: "Really, Zhiyu grew up, why?"

Before Lu Jin'an could speak, Zhiyu seemed to remember something and said: "Right, right, Master said Zhiyu would know when she grew up, but Zhiyu doesn't know anything yet."

Lu Jin'an, with his feet off the ground, helplessly looked at Zhiyu at that moment, feeling like he's become a 'little pony' again.

But...

"I'll teach you, and you'll understand."

"What is it?"

"Put me down first."

"Oh~" Zhiyu quickly released Lu Jin'an, then squatted in the hot spring, her scenery like piles of snow and her thighs overlapping, a water-like charm spreading around, instantly catching Lu Jin'an's attention.

Lu Jin'an couldn't help but look over, and Zhiyu was staring at him... watching.

Just now, it brought a strange feeling.

Zhiyu tilted her head, why does it feel like this?

She gently sniffed, hmm... still a strange fragrance, but not unpleasant.

In their mutual gaze, Lu Jin'an was the first to recover and gently guided: "Zhiyu, lie here."

"Like this?" Zhiyu complied, bending her arms and resting them on the edge tiles, curiously asking while looking back.

"Yes." Lu Jin'an took a deep breath: "Move your knees to the sides, yes, just like that, Zhiyu, you're so smart."

"Hee hee~" Zhiyu laughed happily: "And then, and then?"

"Just stay still, leave the rest to me."

Lu Jin'an approached Zhiyu, placing his hands on Zhiyu's flexible waist, savoring a vegetarian snack before a vegetarian feast.

Ripples gradually formed in the hot spring pool, and Zhiyu's playful laughter gradually turned into a different tune.

She didn't understand, but Lu Jin'an would teach her.

Moreover, some instincts are engraved in the bloodline.

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Prince Qin Mansion's main courtyard.

Hong Ying hurriedly stepped in, kneeling on one knee: "Your Highness, a total of 17,878 people, including family members, have been captured and imprisoned, and are currently being interrogated."

Sitting on a stone bench dealing with official duties, Dongfang Xinglan looked up, thoughtfully gazing at Hong Ying: "You say one Jiangde City has so many people, how many are there in the entire Southwest Nineteen States?"

Hong Ying paused before saying: "Your Highness, not all these people are spies from other forces, some are merely enthusiasts sharing the good deeds of the beasts paying homage to Your Highness."

"Can you be sure they aren't being used?" Dongfang Xinglan asked with a smile: "Like some people deliberately approaching these enthusiasts, causing them to unintentionally leak secrets?"

Hong Ying fell silent, unable to discern.

"Forget it." Dongfang Xinglan set down the red pen: "Just lock up the enthusiasts for now, report back to me after extracting intelligence from the others."

"As you command!"

"Also..." Dongfang Xinglan looked at the obediently standing White Fox Girl: "Little White, can you make animals obey?"

"To answer my master." Little White quickly replied: "Little Monster can do it too, Little Monster is now a 'demon', not a 'beast'."

"That's good." Dongfang Xinglan nodded: "Hong Ying, take her around the cities of the Southwest Nineteen States."

Hong Ying glanced at Little White, hesitating to speak.

Previously, she had heard about matters in the Prince Mansion, but true to what she had heard, there was some apprehension within her.

Such demon animals turned spirit... can they really be trusted?

Dongfang Xinglan chuckled, looking at Little White: "Little White, you won't betray, right?"

Little White knelt down hurriedly: "Master, Little Monster dare not be disloyal, Little Monster does not want to die."

"Oh?" Dongfang Xinglan looked at her, thought for a moment then asked: "That little girl, does she scare you?"

"Scared... but Little Monster will never betray my master."

"That's good." Dongfang Xinglan nodded, once again looking at Hong Ying: "Take her with you then."

"As you command." Hong Ying nodded, hesitated for a moment, and couldn't resist asking: "Your Highness, is there really an Immortal as in the folklore novels?"

"Who knows?" Dongfang Xinglan lowered her eyelids: "Go handle the matters first."

"As you command."

"By the way, take Little White to Dejiang first." Dongfang Xinglan instructed, "Little White, you heard what the gentleman said earlier, right? You know what to do?"

Little White quickly replied, "Little Monster understands how to generate momentum for the master."

"You may go."

After Hong Ying retreated, Dongfang Xinglan looked toward the backyard and frowned slightly. It's been nearly an hour, why is Lu Jin'an still staying in the Hot Spring Garden?

She couldn't help but recall Lu Jin'an, covered in a cream scent, that she met in the Radiant Domain... Is this man always so meticulous in private?

Even bathing takes such a long time.

Could it be... doing something?

Doing what?

Dongfang Xinglan's thoughts paused as she recalled the scene she saw before fainting, causing her cheeks to involuntarily flush a bit.

She quickly shifted her thoughts, frowning slightly, thinking that Lu Jin'an probably... wouldn't be such a beast, would he?

While pondering this, Xu Wan hurried over: "Your Highness, the news that Song Zhong escaped Shengjing with his life only to be killed by you has already spread."

After speaking, she handed over a tabloid.

The Eastern Dynasty's vast territories mean that even with the fastest messenger Hawks, communication takes some time. Thus, each state has a peculiar system for transmitting important news quickly due to the importance of Divine Temples in major cities.

Otherwise, the Eastern Dynasty would not have stood firm for over four thousand years.

However, there are many limitations in using the Divine Temple for communication. Besides the Royal Family, only a very few forces have the qualification to transmit through it.

Dongfang Xinglan shook her head, not concerned about which force used the Divine Temple for transmission; first, it definitely wasn't the Royal Family, and second, important cities with Divine Temples in the Eastern Dynasty are few. So regardless of where the message originated, by the time it spreads, it is already set, making it difficult to reverse.

Dongfang Xinglan took the tabloid, glanced at it briefly, and placed it aside. She was well aware that Dongfang Xinghe was a capable Crown Prince and knew that her greatest opponent was this biological elder brother.

But so what?

"Your Highness, the news may soon spread across the Southwest Nineteen States. Should we prove...?"

"Prove what?" Dongfang Xinglan interrupted Xu Wan: "Proving would only fall into the Crown Prince's trap. It's not necessary to complicate things."

"Then the Jinyi Guard…" Xu Wan quickly said: "The Jinyi Guard, who has pledged allegiance to you in Jiangde City, is already showing some signs of unrest."

"It doesn't matter," Dongfang Xinglan said lightly. "I have my arrangement. Just hurry and proceed with the city-building in Dragon Valley Ridge."

"I understand, Your Highness."

"You may go."

Dongfang Xinglan waved her hand, then glanced back in the direction of the backyard, frowning slightly.

The bathing is taking way too long.

Meanwhile, in the Hot Spring Garden, Zhiyu's flexible waist tightened, and she tilted her pretty head back, letting out an out-of-tune sound. Her snow-white, crane-like slender arms suddenly straightened, gripping the edge of the pool and breaking several tiles.

At the same time, Lu Jin'an's furrowed brow gradually relaxed.

"Master, Zhiyu, Zhiyu feels so dizzy, so strange~"

Zhiyu mumbled, her soft red cheeks gradually lowering, her snowy chin resting on her arm, eyes glazed with confusion.

"And, and..."

She lifted herself up and looked into the pool, suddenly her eyes lit up, "Master, Master, are you going to make a cake for Zhiyu, hiding cream inside?"

Just as Lu Jin'an was about to respond, Zhiyu suddenly changed in his view, gradually reverting to her original form.

"Huh?"

In Zhiyu's confused, charming voice, she suddenly straightened up and then giggled naively, "Zhiyu is flying~"

Listening to her innocent tone, Lu Jin'an's breath caught, because at that moment, Zhiyu indeed seemed to be floating with her feet off the ground.

And he hadn't reached out to hold Zhiyu; it was all...

In this state...

Lu Jin'an swallowed, hesitating for a moment but suppressing his inner restlessness, feeling it was enough.

The bathing had taken long enough.

Moreover...

Zhiyu, with her swift attention shifts, had already jumped into the hot spring to find something that seemed like cake material.

She held it up, happily looking at Lu Jin'an.

"Master, is this a surprise for Zhiyu?"

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