Yang Ning was flustered to see Zheng Liang misunderstanding her words. She dropped the formalities while talking to him earlier because she was surprised when he entered the bathhouse unannounced and witnessed her naked while she was taking a bath.
Who wouldn't be flustered in this situation?
Unknowingly, she was treating him as Fang Li and not Yang Ning. By the time she realized her mistake, it was too late to explain her actions to him.
Moreover, what can she say to explain why she treated him like that a while ago? Because she forgot that she is not Fang Li but Yang Ning?
Can she say that? No, she cannot.
That's why she blabbered whatever came to her mind at that moment. However, who would have thought that he would misunderstand her words in such a complex way?
Yang Ning took a deep breath and tried to explain things to him once again. " Your Highness, this is not what-"