Discussion with the Princess at Night (Part 1)

　　"It is you, Your Highness?"

　　In a quiet voice, the Princess said, "Brother Ming, I have something to discuss with you. Please allow me into your room."

　　"Ah? You want to come into the room?" I looked down at Su Xiao, who was sound asleep in my arms, "Th-That is not too convenient, is it? How about I come out?"

　　"No." The usually composed and steady Princess sounded anxious this time. The image of her frowning appeared in my mind. She hesitated for a moment then added, "I-I jumped over the walls to get in."

　　"You jumped over the wall?! Why?"

　　The Princess went quiet.

　　I then cursed myself for being stupid.

　　'The Princess is no mere commoner! Is it appropriate for her sneak into a man's bedroom at night? Moreover, she has a fiancée. If news of her visiting me in the middle of the night was to spread, Jin w.a.n.gsun would probably be fine, but if it gets out tomorrow, I'll be able to marry her the day after.'

　　"By the way, Your Highness, you sure are familiar with this place! How did you know where my room was?"

　　"I didn't know. I was planning to knock on door by door. If it wasn't yours, I'd flee using qinggong. Your room is the first room, so I found you on my first try. Stop asking so much and open up already."

　　'Oh, open up, open up… open my foot!! Can I open it?!! Somebody has planted an aphrodisiac of some sort in this room and it's yet to go away!'

　　'Why does she have to come knocking now?!'

　　'If she finds Su Xiao in my room, I… I… What's there to be afraid of? I'm not in a relations.h.i.+p with the Princess. Plus, Su Xiao is a guy.'

　　I couldn't help but let out a snicker from the bottom of my heart.

　　'I'm straight. Why do I need to be afraid of others seeing me together with my colleague, who's got a flush and sleeping in my arms, looking powerless…? Why do I sound more and more guilty?'

　　'No, no, no, it's just a hallucination. I…'

　　The Princess suddenly thundered, "Ming Feizhen! Hurry up and open the door!"

　　Owing to the shock she gave me, I swiftly chucked Su Xiao into the blanket! I was afraid the blanket would suffocate him, so I had to remove my outer s.h.i.+rt to gently cover his face. That way, he won't suffocate.

　　"Give me a moment. I am coming."

　　The Princess couldn't wait. She fumed, "I can't wait any longer. I'm coming in."

　　I saw a silver light appear. A s.h.i.+ny blade appeared between my doors and silently opened. She used the perfect amount of strength! I'm not educated on sabre arts, but I do know they can be tremendously swift. The amount of strength she used was worthy of praising her as a sabre user, who had reached the pinnacle. One could behead their target without them being aware. In fact, the target would still be able to normally move for a second before they die. The sabre can be wielded so swiftly that the opponent doesn't even realise they were cut, and most definitely that they were already dead.