The Princess Has Two Childhood Friends Like This

[Naturally slow to react, emotionally stable x ill-intentioned, extremely possessive twin brothers]

Li Zhaoning had a father who was a prince and a mother from a scholarly family. All three shared the same lazy, goofy nature. While all the powerful nobles in the capital were fighting tooth and nail for the throne, her father packed their things and took his wife and daughter to Rongyang to settle down.

The Sheng family of Rongyang had twin sons: the elder, Sheng Jun, and the younger, Sheng Yu. The brothers were clever and handsome from childhood, but both had the mischievous nature of monkeys who'd climb onto the roof if they weren't beaten for three days.

When they heard that a young lady from the capital had moved in next door, the two climbed over walls and squeezed through holes into her courtyard, where they saw a little girl as cute as a doll.

After that, the Sheng brothers wanted Li Zhaoning with them wherever they went: to school, up trees, into fights, and even into jail.

Li Zhaoning, dragged into jail with them: Forget it. Moving is a pain, so I'll just put up with it.

The Sheng brothers asked every day, "Ningning, who do you like more today?"

To be fair, Li Zhaoning picked one today and the other tomorrow, barely managing to keep things even.

But when the three grew up, her two childhood friends both seemed intent on overturning their brother's bowl. They locked her in a room and pinned her to the bed, coaxing or threatening her: "Ningning, you have to like only me."

Li Zhaoning scratched her head and said, "Okay, okay," but she didn't take it to heart at all.

A few years later, things in the capital settled down. By imperial decree, Li Zhaoning's family moved back, and her childhood fiance, whose engagement to her had been arranged long ago, showed up at their door as well.

Li Zhaoning thought her fiance was a fine-looking man, and her parents said he was a good fellow they knew well, so she figured she might as well marry him. Unfortunately, she hadn't even held her fiance's hand before she spotted her two childhood friends, whom she hadn't seen in ages, in the capital.

Li Zhaoning patted her fiance's head. "It'd be good if you were a bit sturdier. Much better if you were a bit sturdier."

Because the look in A-Jun and A-Yu's eyes suggested they were about to twist her fiance's head off.

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