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Murong Xue'er continued to ask, "Isn't the Prince curious about what I came here to do?"

Lu Chen replied, "Didn't I just say, you can come to the Prince's Mansion anytime, you can even consider the Prince's Mansion as your own home and stay here without any problems."

Hearing Lu Chen's words, Murong Xue'er felt somewhat uneasy inside. The less he seemed to care, the more uneasy she felt. She said directly, "This time, my visit to the Prince's Mansion is mainly because the Empress gave me an order to find out what weapons the North Country has."

This was the excuse Murong Xue'er had just thought of. Since she didn't have a good excuse, she might as well make up something that seemed reasonable. After all, she and Lu Chen had already crossed the line. Her body had been played with by this man so many times. If she pretended to defect and to have feelings for him, he probably wouldn't see through it, right?

Hearing Murong Xue'er's lie, Lu Chen just smiled.

When he saw Murong Xue'er earlier, he had already glanced at the system update regarding Murong Xue'er's profile, which clearly stated that Murong Xue'er had come this time to inquire about the North Country's defense plans and then hand them over to Great Wu to coordinate an attack on the North Country.

But Lu Chen wasn't too concerned about Murong Xue'er's lies. He wanted this woman to personally admit her purpose for coming to the North Prince Mansion in bed later. For now, he pretended to believe what Murong Xue'er had said.

At this moment, Lu Chen said with a smile, "So that's why, Miss Murong isn't planning to become my woman, so why are you now actively passing information to me?"

Hearing Lu Chen's teasing, Murong Xue'er's face flushed slightly.

Murong Xue'er then said, "Prince, don't flatter yourself. I am merely cooperating with you and have not agreed to truly become your woman."

"I can no longer return to Great Jue, and the only way to obtain more intelligence in the North Country and earn some merits is like this. Only by doing so will I have the hope of returning to Great Jue and be reused by the Empress."

Lu Chen replied, "I see."

"So, Miss Murong has no feelings for me whatsoever?"

Murong Xue'er said expressionlessly, "Does the Prince really think that after sleeping with him a few times, I would develop feelings for him?"

"Isn't the Prince underestimating me a bit too much?"

Lu Chen said, "Alright then, it seems I've been overthinking it. Since that's the case, let's only talk about transactions and not about feelings."

"I can provide you with some intelligence to help you achieve merits, to help you return to Great Jue, to return to the Empress's side."

"However, you must also pay a price."

Murong Xue'er frowned slightly, "What price?"

Lu Chen stopped in his tracks, stretched out his hand, and lifted Murong Xue'er's delicate chin, looking at her beautiful face as he said, "The price is your body; whenever I want you to serve in my bed, you must come to the Prince's Mansion immediately."

Hearing this, Murong Xue'er was not angry; on the contrary, she was quite happy inside.

Of course, Murong Xue'er was not happy because her body was going to be played with by Lu Chen—it was because she now had a legitimate reason to frequently interact with the North Prince and come to the North Prince Mansion regularly, and it was the North Prince who had brought it up.

Murong Xue'er said with an indifferent face, "Aren't the many women in the Prince's Mansion enough for the Prince to play with?"

Lu Chen replied, "I've recently taken a liking to calligraphy, so I wanted you to come to the Prince's Mansion to practice writing with me."

Murong Xue'er replied, "I understand. If the Prince wants to practice calligraphy in the future, you may send someone to my residence to fetch me anytime."

Lu Chen said, "Alright, enough of that, the meal should be ready by now."

With that, Lu Chen wrapped his arm around Murong Xue'er's waist and continued walking towards Wind Cloud Court.

Soon, they arrived at the entrance of Wind Cloud Palace. When Lu Chen appeared at the doorway with his arm around Murong Xue'er's slender waist, the numerous wives and concubines inside Wind Cloud Palace were taken aback for a moment, as was Murong Xue'er herself.

She had thought that dinner meant a bedchamber feast and hadn't expected that Lu Chen's invitation to dinner was actually about eating a meal, and moreover, a meal with all his wives and concubines. .net

This confused her—could it be that meals in the Prince's Mansion always involved the whole household dining together?

Ordinarily, in a grand prince's household like this, at meal times, each person would eat separately; they wouldn't gather together to dine like this.

After a brief pause, Mu Zixuan quickly regained her composure, stepped forward briskly, and said with a smile, "Prince, is she our new sister? If I'm not mistaken, this should be Miss Murong, right?"

At this moment, Lu Chen spoke, "My beloved consort mustn't speak carelessly. I was just discussing matters with Miss Murong in the study, and it happened to be mealtime, so I invited her to join us for a meal."

Hearing this, all the women smiled.

As if they would believe Lu Chen's words.

They knew very well who Lu Chen was. How could he let someone like Murong Xue'er, a cold and talented beauty, slip by, especially since the two of them had already done those things in the study.

However, they didn't make it explicit, as if to spare Murong Xue'er some dignity to prevent her from feeling embarrassed later.

No matter what, Murong Xue'er was an envoy sent by Great Jue; an envoy from Great Jue becoming the North Prince's woman—such a rumor could potentially impact Murong Xue'er's reputation.

Mu Zixuan then said, "I see, my mistake; I shouldn't have spoken carelessly."

On saying this, Mu Zixuan turned to Murong Xue'er and said, "Miss Murong, I'm truly sorry, I misunderstood you; I apologize to you."

Murong Xue'er then said, "There's no need, Consort; it's normal for you to misunderstand given my presence in the inner court."

At this point, Mu Zixuan stepped in front of Murong Xue'er, took her hand, and said, "Enough about that; dinner is ready. Miss Murong, please take your seat."