Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 162 The Prince and the Princess (3600 votes plus more)
Ren Yuan and the other two had no choice but to go into a tea room first, where palace maids brought them beautiful palace snacks and, of course, tea with a lot of condiments.

Chen Baxian grabbed it and ate it without hesitation. "Wow, try it quickly, this crispy pastry melts in your mouth, much better than the ones we have back home."

"Really? I have to try it too." Ren Yuan also joined the feasting, eating this and tasting that. The sweet and crispy plum blossom cake, the soft and delicious touhua glutinous rice cake, and the gold-leafed and melt-in-the-mouth broken gold cake greatly satisfied his taste buds, which had been dull for a long time.

Only then did he realize that there were delicious and tasty foods in this era, it was just that ordinary people could not eat them.

Even the senior sister who no longer needed to eat couldn't help but pick up a cup of cherries, scooping them with a pure gold spoon, squinting her eyes in enjoyment.

"Haha, you three are eating." At this time, Nangong appeared at the door of the tea room.

"This is what we earned, why not eat it? Sister Nan, come and try it." Chen Baxian handed a plate of butterfly cakes to Nangong.

"Enjoy it slowly." Nangong smiled bitterly and left, nodding to the big woman outside the door, "Yes, it's the three of them."

The big woman's face was already bad, and now it looked even worse. As the princess's chief guard, she couldn't escape the blame for dereliction of duty today. What was even more outrageous was that she actually let three imperial prisoners save the princess. How could she put her face down?

"It's over. I just became the owner of the building, and I'm being kicked out before I can even get comfortable with it." The big woman said dejectedly, "If things go wrong, I might even be driven back to marry someone else."

"Xiahou, what did you do? You have the seven-orifice supernatural power, but you can actually make the princess fall into the water." Nangong was also speechless. The two were the few women in the Gou Chen Division, and they had a close relationship, so they spoke casually.

"Don't mention it. The princess suddenly ordered me to put on makeup a few days ago." Xiahou said depressedly: "You know her temper, how dare I disobey her? I put on makeup every day. Look, I'm still wearing earrings."

"Well, nice to meet you." Nangong nodded. "You are really obedient."

"I'm still being criticized for this." Xiahou said with a sad face: "After I got on the ship today, the princess stared at my face and said that my makeup looked like a ghost and it would give me nightmares if I saw it."

"She asked the palace maid to hold me in front of the dressing mirror and redraw my eyebrows and eyes. It took a long time to put on makeup. Am I not tied down by this?" Xiahou wiped the heavy makeup off his face angrily, and said with deep regret: "Who would have thought that such a thing would happen?"

"Don't be sad, we are all the same." Nangong also smiled bitterly: "There are still four of us, but we couldn't keep an eye on the two of them, right?"

"Yeah, your husband is much more powerful than me, how could you let them jump into the water?" Xiahou asked puzzledly.

"They were very well behaved along the way, so we relaxed. I was in the cabin at the time, helping the owner recall his experience so that he could report to General Chen later." Nangong sighed and said, "Anyway, the incident happened suddenly and no one expected it."

"Yes, it was too sudden." Xiahou Chuangzhu said in a confused manner, "It happened in the blink of an eye, how could I react in time? Alas, it would have been better if you had saved the princess, but why did you let two imperial prisoners save her?"

"Xiahou, I'm not happy when you say that." Nangong said with a stern face, "The princess was caught before she fell into the water. If she had fallen into the water, you wouldn't be standing here talking. Why are you still being picky?"

"Don't get me wrong, that's not what I meant. I just feel like I can't explain it." Xiahou quickly apologized, "This makes us look so incompetent."

"Yeah, I don't know how to explain it either." Nangong was also worried: "We actually let our prisoners run to the princess's ship. Our leader will be laughed at for being so stupid again."

"Oh, I don't want to get married..." The two women looked at each other worriedly.

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At this time, the pleasure boat docked at Bailuzhou Wharf, and as soon as the boat planks were put on, another group of ghostwriters came up. The leader was a burly, handsome man with a big beard, wearing a red cape behind him.

Xiahou and Nangong hurriedly bowed and addressed him as "Guardian Lord". The other party was Wu Zhe, the Right Guard Commander of the Crown Prince and Deputy Guardian Lord of Mengzhang Guard.

After Wu Weizhu inquired about the situation, he learned that the princess was fine and was resting, so he scolded her, "What the hell are you two doing? You good-for-nothings have ruined the reputation of the Gou Chen Si!"

Xiahou and Nangong lowered their heads and dared not say a word.

"Hey, Old Wu, don't blame them." The voice of the Fifth Dimension sounded. Hearing Nangong being scolded, he had to show up, and bowed to Wu Zhe with an apologetic look on his face, saying: "It's all my fault for my bad memory, it's all my fault."

"Ah, Fifth Brother, you're here too." Seeing Fifth Victor show up, Wu Zhe could only suppress his anger and said to Xia Hou, "I'll settle the score with you when I get back. Keep an eye on those three people, because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is coming to visit the princess."

"Yes." Xiahou responded quickly and went to make arrangements.

Soon, the guards on the pleasure boat were doubled, and a circle of official ships surrounded it, manned by fully armed imperial guards, who kept a close eye on any movement on the dock.

"The prince has arrived!" With a loud shout, Daliang's Prince Xiao Tong came to the pier surrounded by palace servants and quickly stepped onto the pleasure boat.

Chen Baxian and Ren Yuan looked through the window and saw that the Crown Prince was about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, with a face like a full moon and eyes like bright stars. Although he looked anxious, there was no trace of hostility on his face.

He wore a traveling crown with a emerald feather and white pearls, a dark court robe, and a crimson-edged undershirt. It was obvious that he had come directly from a formal occasion and had hurried here without even having time to change into casual clothes.

The prince was indeed very anxious. Princess Yongkang had been pestering him for several days to go to Bailuzhou with him.

Today was the last day of the lecture, and he softened his heart and gave in, and this happened...

Under the guidance of the eunuch, Xiao Tong quickly entered the princess's Fengge.

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Inside the Feng Pavilion, Princess Yongkang was resting with her eyes closed. She didn't know if it was an illusion, but she looked a little more childish than before.

Hearing the noise, the princess slowly opened her eyes.

"Third sister, are you okay?" The prince actually called the princess, who looked ten years younger than him, "sister."

"Hmm?" Princess Yongkang glanced.

"Okay, sister." The prince changed his words reluctantly and asked with concern, "How do you feel? Where do you feel uncomfortable?"

"I'm just exhausted. It's okay." Princess Yongkang's face was pale and her lips were bloodless. It was obvious that she was not as relaxed as she said.

"Alas, what are you doing? You ignore the imperial physician and treat people yourself," the prince complained distressedly, "Do you think you are not young enough?"

"I am happy to do so, what's wrong with that?" Princess Yongkang said to the Crown Prince with a stern face without mercy: "Could it be that you are like them and think that my magical powers can only be used on you?"

"Alas, Third Sister, you know me well. I have always been against using your age to save people, no matter who it is, including myself." The prince looked at the princess distressedly and said, "Didn't I stop my father from asking you to extend Uncle Eleven's life that year?"

(End of this chapter)