Chapter 1327

And Lin Cheng seemed to notice something too.

"Something's off about you!"

"What?" Li Li Changan thought, hoping the other party hadn't guessed her secret.

Should she just come out and say it directly?

Her face unconsciously turned even redder.

Seeing this, Lin Cheng panicked even more.

What had he just smelled? A strange fragrance coming from the other party—but the other party was a man, yet he was actually wearing perfume like that, and on top of that had a shy look on his face.

Gulp…

Lin Cheng swallowed nervously in fright.

"What?"

At first, Li Li Changan didn't react. Only when she realized what Lin Cheng was saying did her face shift from blushing red to furious.

Hearing Li Li Changan's original voice, Lin Cheng gradually calmed down.

"Oh, if there's nothing going on, why pretend to be a tough guy and make people let their imaginations run wild for no reason? Even if you're pretending to be a tough guy, no one sprays perfume on themselves."

Lin Cheng's jab made Li Li Changan even more furious, and she splashed her tea right onto his face.

"I… damn! What are you suddenly going crazy for?"

Hmph! Was she supposed to tell him this wasn't perfume, but her own natural scent?

After finally wiping the water stains off himself, Lin Cheng decided to let it go, being the bigger person.

"By the way, what ability do you have?"

Transmigrators always come with a golden finger—that's an eternal, unchanging law of nature.

But for Li Li Changan, this law might not really apply. Or maybe it still does.

"I'm a Princess, and my Imperial Father dotes on me dearly. Does that count?"

"That at most means you got lucky and reincarnated well—it doesn't count as a golden finger at all… Not even a system?"

Just as she thought.

Li Li Changan was also helpless. She had thought that after transmigrating to another world, she'd be able to live the life of a female overpowered protagonist—gathering all the beauties of the world under her wing. She even felt she could become an empress for the ages!

But the reality was she had no real talent, her cultivation aptitude was average, and she didn't really understand the rules of the inner palace. As a result, after her mother gave birth to her, she was killed by the other consorts.

Fortunately, her Imperial Father had loved her mother dearly, and she inherited that affection—but it was only affection, nothing more. Other things like a golden finger, a system, heaven-defying aptitude—she had none of it.

Maybe… she could only live out this life carefree and without worries.

Perhaps her Imperial Father would arrange a marriage with some noble family for her. Over these years, she had already accepted her fate.

"What, you have one?"

"Of course. Call me Daddy, and Daddy will take you flying." Chest out, head held high, Lin Cheng nearly cursed—family, truly.

He practically had "proud" written all over his face.

"Daddy, please carry me, please take me flying."

"Damn, where's your dignity as an Imperial Princess?"

Looking at the Imperial Princess clinging to his leg, Lin Cheng suddenly felt it wasn't worth it anymore. He had only wanted to show off a little.

"What's dignity worth? I want to be a female overpowered protagonist! I want three thousand handsome men! Most importantly, I want to survive!" Li Li Changan wailed to Lin Cheng.

"Do you know how I've lived all these years? How dangerous it was living in the Imperial Palace before I came of age? Do you know? Those consorts who bore other Imperial Princes—one by one, they all want my life."

Li Li Changan clung to Lin Cheng's leg like that, pouring out the tragedies of these past years. If not for her caution and careful nature, she would probably have been killed dozens of times already.

Don't be fooled by her being the Emperor's most beloved daughter—in reality, it was only nominal affection. In the past, she had been the only Princess, but now that she had come of age, that affection barely reached her anymore.

In the first few years as Li Li Changan gradually grew up, other consorts also gave birth to Princesses, and the Emperor's affection for them was no less than for anyone else.

This made her, a transmigrator, understand that the schemes and calculations within the Imperial Palace were ultimately as deep as the sea.

"Your Highness? Big sis?"

"Don't call me big sis. My name is Li Li Changan. Before transmigrating, I was called Li An. Just call me An'an." Having poured out most of the bitterness in her heart, Li Li Changan gradually became aware of her own embarrassing state. She hurriedly sat back up and tidied her appearance.

No matter how poorly things had gone for her, she was still a Princess—she still had to mind her own bearing.

But precisely because she was a Princess, these past few years she had almost always been on her own, with no one to share her worries with. The lonely, bitter winter made her shiver, and she often thought about what she should do. In the Imperial Palace, even the maids who regularly attended her could betray her, so she had to consider her own safety.

"Alright, An'an… just call me Lin Cheng too. The original name sounds better."

"Alright, Lin Cheng."

Lin Cheng didn't put on any airs. After they got to know each other and started calling each other by name, their relationship clearly became closer. Especially their shared identity as transmigrators gave them, on this otherworldly continent, a rare feeling of having real family.

If she had been born into an ordinary family, perhaps Li Li Changan wouldn't have been so emotional. But the imperial family was inherently heartless—brothers could still cut each other down with their own hands. As a frail woman with no real ability, all she had studied back then was economics.

She had wanted to raise her standing in the Emperor's heart, but she simply never had the chance.

"What's your ability? That golden finger?" After becoming familiar, Li Li Changan was clearly much more at ease, and was curious about Lin Cheng's ability.