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Chapter 504 Telling Hearts by Interlocking Fingers
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2024-10-29 19:42:56"Are you afraid of staying with me?"
"It's... tolerable!"
"Don't be afraid. I'm with you!" There was a touch of light pampering in the lazy voice, giving her ears an extremity and comfortable numbness, which were light, but Ning Xueyan could make them out because they were the feelings that she desired but could not get, so she was exceptionally sensitive to them. Inexplicably, she did not avoid his hand but held it this time.
As for the situation of Prince Yi's Manor, she had already made a guess before getting married: As a backyard where there was no mistress but there were so many concubines sent from the palace or even a few others taken in by Ao Chenyi, it was impossible for it to be not messy; besides, Commandery Princess Xianyun, who had bad intent, would also be here, so all the things in this place would be completely messed up.
No matter how much she wanted to keep them in order, she could not make it, so she had a littl
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