Inside the side hall.
Ji Linglong’s gaze seemed as if it could pierce through the layers of black Sect Master robes, seeking the truth within.
After letting out a muffled groan, Lu Ning collapsed onto the jade bed, but soon forced herself to calm down.
Now that things had come to this, there was no point in pretending any longer.
She simply gave up the aloof pretense, allowing a touch of self-mocking bitterness to appear on her face.
“Your Highness the Princess, are you satisfied now?”
Hearing this obviously feminine, cold and clear voice, Ji Linglong’s entire body trembled.
“You… you’re really a woman?”
This truth struck Ji Linglong far harder than Lu Ning had anticipated.
After a long while, a dazzling smile blossomed on Ji Linglong’s face.
“A woman disguised as a man, playing the entire Immortal-Demon Continent in the palm of her hand as the Sect Master of the Heavenly Demon Sect…”
“This is enough to shake the whole continent.”
As she spoke, Ji Linglong once again reached out, her fingertip lightly tracing Lu Ning’s cheek, the gesture both frivolous and ambiguous.
She leaned in, warm breath brushing past Lu Ning’s ear.
“To think that the fiend who humiliated this princess for so many years was actually a woman?”
“That’s really… just perfect.”
Looking into Ji Linglong’s golden phoenix eyes burning with a fanatical fire, Lu Ning’s heart rang with alarm.
What was going on?
Why did everyone seem even more excited after discovering she was a woman?
“Sect Master Lu, when you looked down on this princess in years past, did you ever imagine such an outcome today?”
Ji Linglong rose, gazing down at Lu Ning from on high, her tone turning cold and majestic.
“From this moment, your name is no longer Lu Ning.”
“You will be called ‘An Ning’.”
“You are this princess’s personal maid.”
“Did you hear me?”
Lu Ning: “…….”
Upon hearing this, Lu Ning fell silent, momentarily at a loss for words.
“Not answering?”
Ji Linglong raised an eyebrow, “It seems my little maid is still not obedient.”
“No matter. This princess has plenty of time and patience to teach you.”
She clapped her hands.
The side hall’s doors were pushed open, and two women in pink palace attire entered, kneeling respectfully on the floor.
“Your Highness, what are your orders?”
“Prepare a tub of hot water,” Ji Linglong commanded lightly, “This princess will personally cleanse her of this filth.”
At these words, the two maids stiffened, disbelief showing on their faces.
Her Highness the Princess was going to bathe a prisoner herself?
Although shocked, they did not dare question her.
They bowed and withdrew hurriedly.
Soon, the two maids returned carrying a massive wooden tub steaming with hot water.
The tub was filled with clear hot water, its surface scattered with countless unnamed flower petals, releasing a delicate fragrance.
After dismissing the maids, Ji Linglong approached Lu Ning and personally began to unfasten the black Sect Master robe she wore.
“Don’t touch me!”
Coming to her senses, Lu Ning struggled violently.
Seeing Lu Ning resist, Ji Linglong did not become angry.
Instead, her tone grew playful: “Sect Master Lu won’t let this princess touch her? In that case, should I call the Golden Divine Guards to help?”
“Sect Master Lu, you wouldn’t want your identity as a woman to be exposed, would you?”
At these words, Lu Ning immediately ceased resisting, her tone turning almost pleading: “Please… Your Highness, you mustn’t do this…”
“In that case, I’ll ask again, An Ning, do you want this princess to touch you? I want to hear you say it yourself.”
Lu Ning: “?????”
At this moment, Lu Ning was complaining internally: [Seriously, is this Princess really that vengeful, planning to humiliate me in return? Sigh, hopefully after she gets her revenge, she’ll actually let this go… After all, we’re both women, she can’t really do anything to me…]
Outwardly, Lu Ning hung her head, her voice trembling as she replied: “Please… Please, Your Highness, touch me…”
“Since you’re asking, An Ning, this princess will of course help you…”
Very soon, the complex robe on Lu Ning’s body was stripped away, revealing her underclothes, soaked in sweat, and the chest binding underneath.
When the broad white chest binding was exposed to the air, Ji Linglong’s eyes widened in an instant.
“So An Ning was hiding herself so well all along. This princess must continue.”
Ji Linglong’s voice quivered with a hint of excitement.
As she finished speaking, she reached out to untie the chest binding.
“No… don’t…”
Lu Ning’s voice held a trace of pleading.
As the binding was unwound layer by layer, the things that had been long suppressed were finally set completely free.
They were like white doves long imprisoned, trembling gently in the air, drawing a perfect arc.
Upon seeing this scene, Ji Linglong’s breath caught for a split second.
She had known Lu Ning was a woman, but she hadn’t imagined that beneath the voluminous robes and binding, there lay such an awe-inspiring sight.
An inexplicable desire to conquer welled up in her heart.
Recovering herself, Ji Linglong lifted Lu Ning up and, with a splash, dropped her into the huge bath.
The warm water instantly enveloped her, bringing a trace of warmth to Lu Ning’s cold body, but far more overwhelming was the endless shame.
She curled up in a corner of the bath, burying her head deeply.
Ji Linglong slowly walked to the tub, picked up a wet towel, and reached into the water.
She grasped one of Lu Ning’s arms and began to wash her.
Her movements were gentle, but Lu Ning felt nothing but stiffness all over and her scalp tingled.
“Look at how nice your skin is.”
“This princess truly can’t understand—why would a woman like you pretend to be a man?”
“Was it to control the Heavenly Demon Sect more easily? Or do you just have a particular interest?”
As she spoke, she wiped Lu Ning’s collarbone and shoulders with the towel, then traced circles with it over the trembling softness.
“Mm…”
Lu Ning let out a suppressed moan, her body trembling uncontrollably.
This sensation was far too strange.
Shame, yet mixed with a peculiar tingling numbness.
“It seems you rather enjoy this princess’s ‘service’.”
Watching Lu Ning’s reaction, Ji Linglong’s smile grew more and more teasing.
“Starting today, this princess will serve you personally every day.”
“You… shameless!”
Lu Ning could finally hold back no longer.
She raised her head, eyes reddened, and glared at her.
“Shameless?”
Ji Linglong laughed softly.
“This is nothing yet.”
“Once we return to the imperial palace, this princess will show you what true shamelessness is.”
She tossed aside the towel, stood up, and returned to the warm jade couch.
“You have the time it takes to burn one incense stick to bathe.”
“Then, put on the ‘maid uniform’ this princess prepared for you.”
With those words, she took out a set of clothes from her spatial ring—a set of black palace attire as thin as cicada wings.
When Lu Ning saw the outfit, her vision went dark, nearly fainting on the spot.
This crazy woman actually wanted her to wear that!
“Put it on.”
“Then kneel at this princess’s feet and warm them.”
Ji Linglong’s voice, like the devil’s whisper, echoed in Lu Ning’s ears.
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