Chapter 1044

If there is anything in this world that is more embarrassing than being exposed while bragging, it is discovering that the person involved is right outside the window, looking at you with a strange expression, just when you are bragging most happily.

After finding a random excuse that "the night is already deep" to coax away the lady-in-waiting and attendant who still wanted to hear more gossip, Princess Veronica, who had not retreated even in the face of the Northern Kingdom's artillery fire, opened her bedroom window like she was facing an execution, lowered her head, and said softly with a flushed face:

"You... you... when did you come?"

"When you asked the lady-in-waiting to keep an eye on the Ministry of Finance."

"..."

Doesn't that mean you heard everything?!!!

After learning this extremely tragic fact, Princess Veronica's heart, which had been hanging, finally died completely.

Under Li Ang's strange gaze, the color of the sunset spread from her cheeks to behind her ears, and even the neck area covered by the collar of her nightgown was smoked with a layer of light thin red.

"Then you..."

The princess, who wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into, said with a trembling voice:

"Then why didn't you come in? Or... make some sound?"

"I saw you were chatting happily, so I didn't disturb you."

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Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!

Although you didn't disturb our chat, you have already beaten my sense of shame to death!

After being silent with Li Ang for a while, the princess, who was screaming crazily in her heart, turned to the side, let Li Ang into her bedroom, then turned her head away and said in a low voice:

"Then you came to find me, is it because you want to..."

"That... I came to find you, mainly because I have something I want to ask."

Although he had heard the "love history" the princess made up, seeing her so shy that she might run away at any time, Li Ang, who still had things to ask, didn't continue to hold on, but asked straight to the point:

"What's going on with next month's wedding? Why was it decided without me knowing anything?"

"I have looked for you several times..."

Seeing that Li Ang seemed to have the intention of "calling to account," Princess Veronica couldn't help but blink, then said somewhat pitifully:

"But you were never at home, I really had no choice but to set our wedding first."

"..."

No... what nonsense are you talking about?

Li Ang asked speechlessly:

"Why was there no choice? Now more than half of the kingdom is already in your hands, is there anyone forcing you to marry me?"

"Yes."

Princess Veronica, who had slowly calmed down, blinked and answered seriously:

"Although my father has already prepared to abdicate, I am ultimately just a princess now, and many things cannot be done in a justified way. I must truly become the king before I can truly take over everything in the royal family.

And according to the laws of the kingdom, princes or princesses who are not yet married cannot succeed to the throne. I must get married before I can become the next queen, so I must marry you as soon as possible."

Must get married before inheriting the throne?

Li Ang couldn't help but frown upon hearing this, then asked back with disbelief:

"How come I haven't heard of this? When did the kingdom have such a rule?"

"It will have it soon."

"Ah?"

"My proposal hasn't passed yet, but when the Upper House holds the next meeting, this clause will be written into the kingdom's laws."

"?!?!"

So it turns out you are the one who set the rules!

Almost having his waist flashed by this sentence, looking at Princess Veronica, who had successfully passed the awkward period and started to tease him habitually again, Li Ang's face turned black, and he countered without hesitation:

"So what about your reserve? Didn't you just say that if it weren't for my enthusiastic pursuit, you definitely wouldn't..."

"Don't... Ah!"

Not expecting Li Ang, who had already skipped this topic, to suddenly look back and turn over her dark history, Princess Veronica couldn't help but scream, hurriedly pounced over with a flushed face, wanting to reach out and cover Li Ang's mouth.

However, I don't know if it was because she was a bit panicked, or because her own capital was too rich, making it difficult to control her balance, Princess Veronica had just rushed out one step when the fluffy slippers under her feet were rubbed off by the wrinkled carpet, and her whole person stumbled and was about to pounce down.

And seeing that she actually closed her eyes directly, seemingly prepared to fall heavily, Li Ang couldn't help but curl his lips speechlessly, then stepped forward to catch her.

Phew... That was close!

Half-lying in Li Ang's arms, panting rapidly for two breaths, the princess, who was still a bit shaken, just wanted to open her mouth to say something, but found that Li Ang turned his head away somewhat unnaturally, and his earlobes seemed to be a bit flushed.

Hmm~ Huh?

When he reached out to stop Princess Veronica, Li Ang already regretted it in his heart.

If he had to use language to describe his feelings, it was that he was softly bumped by a water bag that could almost trap people, which really made people's hearts flutter.

Plus the charcoal fire was still burning in the bedroom fireplace, and Princess Veronica was only wearing a single-layered nightgown without fleece, the temperature emitted by that plump body was almost transmitted over without reservation.

To be honest, for himself who is in puberty, this... is a bit hard to bear...

"Your Highness?"

After waiting for a few seconds without seeing any movement, Li Ang relied on great perseverance to gently push his arms outward, wanting to help her stand up again.

But what Li Ang didn't expect was that the body he had tried hard to push away a little bit didn't stand straight, but instead softly wrapped around him, and a pair of warm arms quietly bypassed and gently rested on his waist.

I knew you were afraid of this~

Touching up and down on Li Ang's back, the princess, who was buried in Li Ang's arms, couldn't help but smile cunningly when she found that the muscles behind him were obviously tense. Then she secretly pulled his collar and looked up with a look of lingering fear:

"That was close... I almost fell, fortunately I have you."

"..."

Fake! Fake!

Seeing Princess Veronica pretending to be pitiful again, the corners of Li Ang's mouth couldn't help but twitch, then he raised his hand to hold her shoulders and push outward. Unfortunately, the collar had already been grabbed first. After pushing twice, Li Ang had to give up and said helplessly:

"What do you want to do again?"

"I don't want to do anything~"

The princess, who regained the upper hand, smiled triumphantly, then blinked and said:

"Did you forget? You were the one who came to talk to me about the wedding~ By the way, what kind of wedding dress do you think I should wear that day? Something solemn and quiet? Or something atmospheric and bright?"

"..."

To be fair, the problem now is not what wedding dress to wear, but why wear a wedding dress, okay?

Knowing Princess Veronica's level of "climbing up the pole" quite well, Li Ang immediately... shivered without hesitation, then grabbed the hand that was drawing circles on his back, trying hard to keep a straight face:

"Compared to this, you..."

"Compared to this, aren't you a bit impolite~"

After the grabbed hand was pulled back and Li Ang's right hand was held back, Princess Veronica squeezed into Li Ang's arms, then blinked and asked knowingly with a look of grievance:

"Li Ang~ Why don't you look at me when you talk?"