I'm in trouble again! My best friend, the princess in the group, please save me!

A strange, magnetic and heavy voice sounded in her ears. An Huanyan shuddered with fright and took off the handkerchief from her face, only to see a man with extraordinary appearance looking at her distantly but puzzledly.

That tall nose was almost poking An Huanyan's forehead.

"Ah!!" An Huanyan screamed in shock and rolled off the recliner. Before she could stand up, the stones on her feet were wet and slippery, and the next second she fell into the water with a splash.

"Help... Help... Ah... Life... Ah..." An Huanyan struggled desperately in the water and accidentally drank several mouthfuls of water.

Hai Yanqing just stood there and looked at her motionlessly.

Seeing her drink several more sips of water, he said calmly, "Just stand up. This pool is not as high as you."

An Huanyan quickly steadied herself and straightened her legs, only to find that she could stand. The water just covered her shoulders. At this time, the palace maids and eunuchs gathered around and pulled her ashore together.

An Huanyan was surrounded by palace maids like a drowned chicken, and they picked away the leaves and water plants on her head.

After falling into the water, she was shivering with cold. Her perfect curves were highlighted by her wet clothes, making her look even more pitiful and beautiful.

Hai Yanqing was stunned.

"Princess, what's happening with the second young master..." Zihao, who was standing by, saw it and was worried, so he asked her quickly.

"Show him away!" An Huanyan rolled her eyes at him and ran into the house without caring about anything else.

"Ah?" Zihao was stunned again.

"I said, show the guests out!" An Huanyan's voice was obviously louder, just loud enough for Hai Yanqing in the yard to hear.

"Second Young Master... please go back first..." Zihao trotted to his side.

Hai Yanqing looked at her thin back and walked out without saying a word. Zihao hurriedly followed him to see him off.

"Don't I need to inform you when someone comes to my palace? What are you all doing?" An Huanyan was very angry and cursed loudly.

"Princess, calm down first! It was because you said before that we didn't need to inform the Second Young Master when he came that we didn't stop him..."

"Oh! Sorry! Remember to stop him next time! Don't let anyone in!"

An Huanyan's voice flew over the low courtyard wall and reached Hai Yanqing's ears, and he stopped.

"Second Young Master, don't be angry... The princess... her temperament has changed a lot after she recovered from her illness. I'm afraid she won't be so close to you..." Zihao smiled awkwardly.

Hai Yanqing still didn't answer, just smiled lightly and continued walking away.

Zihao looked at Hai Yanqing's departing back reluctantly and clenched the bottle in his hand.

When the figure disappeared, she came back to her senses as if awakened from a dream, put the bottle in her arms, lowered her head and hurried back to Piyun Palace.

On the other side, Jiang Xingkuo got out of the car, said goodbye to the old woman, and ran to the gate of the Imperial College with full confidence.

However, a row of tall horses with gorgeously decorated tents were lined up, and one after another, wealthy young ladies with outstanding temperament, gorgeousness and nobility got out of the cars.

She looked down at her patched coarse cloth clothes and the worn-out shoes on her feet, and couldn't help feeling a little timid.

"Go away! If you don't want to queue, get out of the way! How could a beggar like you be blocking the road!" A man who looked like a servant came over and pushed her away.

She nearly fell to the ground. She finally managed to stand steady when another carriage came rushing towards her and a woman with shiny hair got out.

The woman just glanced at her and then twisted her waist and went in.

"What gives you the right to cut in line? Just because you are from a prominent family, do you think you can trample on ordinary people at will?" Jiang Xingkuo got angry and cursed loudly.

Everyone around looked at her.

The woman stopped but did not turn around, intending to listen to her.

"Oh." A servant came up and looked her up and down. "You? I'm afraid you can't even afford to eat! And you want to choose a companion for the princess? Do you know how to read?"

Jiang Xingkuo rolled his eyes at him and said, "Of course I recognize you! I even recognize the word written on your head!"

"What word? Tell me about it." The servant became interested.

"Dog." Jiang Xingkuo said and walked in swaggeringly, standing in front of the woman.

Everyone chuckled secretly.

"You you you...!!" the servant spoke incoherently.

The woman looked at the ugly girl in front of her and stood back with disgust.

Soon it was Jiang Xingkuo's turn. She finished answering the questions in just ten minutes and left.

The people from the Imperial College behind him shouted, "Jiang Xingkuo has handed it in! The daughter of the prefect of Youling Prefecture, Yan Bu, has handed it in!"

Jiang Xingkuo paused and went back to find the old woman.

"Ms. Jiang, please stay."

The clear and beautiful voice made Jiang Xingkuo stop and turn around.

is her.

"What's the matter, Miss Yan?" Jiang Xingkuo looked at the sun that was about to set and seemed a little absent-minded.

"Miss Jiang is so generous, could you please do me a favor and go to Zhaixing Tower for a chat?" Yan Buwan looked at the bracelet on her hand.

Although the woman was dressed in rags and had an ugly appearance, the bracelet on her hand was very unusual.

It was a style she had never seen before. It was made of a material she had never seen before.

It is not emerald, agate, or gold. It shines a faint blue light under the sunlight, dazzling and colorful.

"Just tell me what's the matter." Jiang Xingkuo was very impatient. The old woman was still waiting for her to go back.

She said she came to seek refuge with her relatives, but decades later, she didn't know if her relatives were still alive. The old woman took this into consideration and decided that if she didn't find her relatives, she would wait until sunset and go home together.

Yan Buwan retracted his gaze and said disdainfully: "Ms. Jiang, please name a price. I want this." Then he pointed at her bracelet.

"Ah?" Jiang Xingkuo turned the bracelet suspiciously, and it sparkled.

"I won't sell it." Jiang Xingkuo ran towards the city gate tower.

Yan Buwan gritted his teeth and stared in the direction she left, filled with anger.

"Miss, why don't we go and take it back by force!" a maid whispered to her.

"Asshole! How could I do such a thing as forced buying and selling? And why would I bother to do it!" Yan Buwan threw her sleeves and got on the carriage.

"Go and see where she lives." Yan Buwan's voice came from the carriage, and the servants next to him immediately left the team.

"Xingxing, have you found it?" The old woman seemed even more amiable under the sunset.

"Grandma!" Jiang Xingkuo ran over and hugged her: "I didn't find it. Grandma won't chase me away, will she?"

"Oh! You're so old and still making a fuss!" The old woman held her back, "Come live at my house! We don't need you to eat!"

"Thank you, grandma!" Jiang Xingkuo helped the old woman onto the ox cart, and the two of them slowly left the city.

During dinner, the three of them sat around.

"Can't you find it?! Oh! Eat more, eat more, you'll stutter here!" The old man tried his best to pick up food for her.

"It's okay, Grandpa! I left my address here and told him to come find me if he has any news..."

With a "clang", the door was kicked to pieces.

A group of burly men surrounded them.

The old man and the old woman were so scared that they dropped their chopsticks on the ground. "My dear friends, my dear friends! If you have something to say, please talk to me nicely!..."

"You! Hand over the bracelet!" One of the big men slammed the table and yelled at Jiang Xingkuo.