424 taels before the second watch

Ning Wang with a clang dropped the spoon back into the bowl, his gaze fixed on her, no longer the usual warmth in his eyes but a heavy and profound look: "What exactly do you want to do?"

The Princess Consort of Ning Wang lifted her head and stared at him with unblinking almond eyes, her expression holding equal parts mirth and scorn: "I don't want to do anything. I just want to tell your Highness that I cannot meddle in your affairs, but if anyone wants to kill Princess Consort Rui, they'll have to kill me first."

Ning Wang's pupils shrank as if struck by a tremendous shock, and despite his tempered nature to remain unfazed even if Tai Mountain were to collapse before him, a hint of frost couldn't help but emerge between his brows at this moment.

He grasped her wrist: "My affairs? You had better explain clearly to me, which affairs of mine!"