Knocking While the Moon is Out

After Her Highness explained her plan, I established a firm stance on my plan. As such, I went to go back to announce the plan, but I heard a sound similar to my stomach rumbling due to hunger. I heard it, but Tang Ye, Second Brother and Su Xiao didn't look as though they heard it.

I concentrated to try and pick it up.

I heard the sound again.

'Wait. That's not the sound of hunger.'

I carefully analysed the sound. It sounded as though it came from Her Highness' direction, and it seemed to be a sound made by a human. Princess Hongzhuang was mimicking the sound of a stomach rumbling due to hunger using her mouth, and then delivering it to me via Voice Transmission!

I quickly went over to see her pull back her hands that she just used to assist in delivering the sound in a flustered fashion.

'You were too late! I saw you! I knew what you were just doing! You just used clasped your hands and mimicked the sound of your stomach rumbling, didn't you?!'

The Princess' white face was totally red, but she focused her gaze somewhere on the roof. She pouted her red lips and pretended she was whistling as a means of feigning innocence.

'…'

'Your whistling is silent! Su Xiao is right outside; there's no way you'd be whistling! You still think that whistling proves your innocence?!'

'She's pretending! The straight-laced Princess is doing her best to feign innocence, because she's shy!'

'You've got to be illegally cute!'

'You're about to give me a blood nose!!'

'You don't actually think that you're convincing, do you?! What was that sound that I just heard, then?! A cat that comes indoors at night doesn't make such a sound!'

Nevertheless, as I had basically figured out how awkward the Princess is, I took the initiative to inquire, "Your Highness… are you hungry?"

She couldn't cross her long legs, so she angled her beautiful legs. Add her imposing beautiful face, and we had the sight of her sitting square and rigidly. She faintly replied, "I'm all right."

'Oh really? I see.'

"Oh, I'll go back to chatting with them, then."

I took a step back and prepared to leave.

"Wait."

The Princess suddenly grabbed hold of my hand… let me correct myself there; she probably moulded seventy percent of her internal energy into her frantic grab! I suddenly felt an immense amount of strength you'd only encounter in a real fight clutch my wrist. Had I not been well-acquainted with her, I'd have mistaken her as an assassin! Moreover, if the outside world saw me shoulder such an immense amount of strength, it's absolutely certain that they'd be crying for their moms and dad.

I couldn't help, but face palm myself so that she couldn't see my expression. I pretended that it was extremely painful.

"Your Majesty, if you grab me so firmly, my hand will break."

"Umm…" The Princess looked at me with a bright and piercing gaze. Her tone remained calm as she asked, "Are you…. Not hungry?"

Her gaze looked imposing; that was a fact, but she didn't dare to look at my face.

"Me? I am all right. I will go to the kitchen in a bit to grab some grub."

"Then… I think meat buns aren't bad."

'What, you like meat buns?'

"In other words, you are hungry!"

"I'm not hungry! I spend most of my days wandering the pugilistic world. One time, I didn't drink or eat for three days and three nights straight in order to assassinate a villain, and I was fine, so how could I be hungry?!"

'I believe that claim, but that's one matter. Today's circumstance is different to back then. Your Highness, don't forget that you were drugged with an aphrodisiac (read: heavenly) and drank a fair amount of strong alcohol. Plus, you left the Imperial Palace before night fall last night; I bet you didn't even have dinner, did you?'

'Also, don't mindlessly pull the assassin act! You're a Princess if you go through life this way, His Majesty will die from distress! Just tell your dad and any bad guy will be history!'

I indifferently said, "Wait for a bit! Wait till we are done with business, and I will grab you some food."

"I'm fine… I-I'm worried that you're hungry."

'Oh, well, thank you for being considerate!'

I went back to my seat. They looked at me with a weird gaze. I don't blame them, though, as I've kept on going back and forth.

Suddenly, the room went dead silent.

I felt a little awkward…

'What should I do?'

'Oh, right, I should do this. Carry out my plan!'

"Oh, right, I just thought of a plan to deal with Jin Wangsun. I'll now tell you all about my plan."

…

…

The room went quiet; then, somebody began screaming!!

"Wait, what are you doing?"

"Don't touch me. Hey. Touch me again, and I won't hesitate to hit you. You! Ming Feizhen! You're teaming up with hi