Spring Courtyard Forbidden Pet

Ye Zhen has achieved her goal, there is no reason for her to put herself in a difficult position any longer.

She pretended to be embarrassed for a moment, "Then... I thank you, Princess."

Meng Qianru took two steps forward and took her hand, acting more like a kind elder sister than when Ye Rong was alive. If Ye Zhen had not been reborn, she might have really fallen for the gentleness and kindness of Princess Pingyang.

"That's it. Second Master may look cold on the outside but be warm on the inside. You'll get used to it in the future."

She smiled at Li Xuan again and said, "I'll go settle it first."

"and many more."

Li Xuan'an's face had lost its warmth since the sedan bearer appeared. He glanced at Meng Qianru calmly and said, "The sedan can only accommodate one person. It's still half a day's journey from here to the capital. It's not easy to make do with it."

Ye Zhen slowly withdrew his hand from Meng Qianru's palm and sneered in his heart. He was unwilling to squeeze into the sedan chair for fear of wronging Princess Pingyang.

No one truly protected her in her previous life, but now that she was taken care of this time around, she felt that he treated her differently. Ye Zhen mocked herself for thinking too much.

It seems ridiculous to think that I understood what kind of person he was just based on a brief description from Ye Xue in my previous life.

Logically speaking, since he said so, Ye Zhen should have been more sensible and declined politely.

But her ankle hurt a lot and she didn't want to put herself in a difficult position. Besides, this was Meng Qianru's original idea.

Liuxia stared at Li Xuan in a daze, as if she didn't recognize him, and stammered, "Second Master, the young lady's feet are swollen."

Li Xuan's cold eyes fell on Ye Zhen. She had already put away her emotions and acted even more indifferent than him. She turned sideways and replied to Liu Xia, "It's okay. I'm not useless."

This was obviously a response to his earlier sarcasm.

Meng Qianru saw that the atmosphere between the two was stiff and cold, and they were not as close as the rumors said.

I made him angry at the temple yesterday because I was impatient and said a few more words. He never liked others asking about his affairs.

Meng Qianru's smile spread like ripples, "Second Master is very considerate. I don't mind it, but I feel sorry for Second Miss Ye."

Ye Zhen bowed slightly, "I dare not."

Li Xuan was waiting for her to say something to him, but the fact was that she reduced her presence to a minimum and didn't even give him a direct answer.

He closed his eyes tiredly and said, "Princess, please take my sedan chair."

Meng Qianru's eyes lit up and the corners of her lips couldn't help but rise.

Ye Zhen pinched her palm with her fingers and had to bite her lips to maintain her composure.

"Second Master is saying..." Meng Qianru rarely showed a little shyness of a little girl, but it only lasted for a moment, and she quickly responded with a gentle and generous smile.

Li Xuan turned his back, and Ye Zhen discovered that he had a silver bracelet on his wrist. The two bracelets were stacked together, and they made a slight buzzing sound when they collided with each other when he moved, giving people the illusion of being distant and lonely, just like his back.

"I'm riding a horse."

Meng Qianru watched him leave, her smile frozen on her face. She blinked without saying a word.

Ye Zhen's eyes moved slightly, and his body visibly relaxed.

Next, Ye Zhen finally had a comfortable and stable sedan to sit in, but unfortunately her ankle hurt so much that she couldn't laugh.

Yinxiang brought the medicine over, and Ye Zhen asked Liuxia to put it away without applying it.

"Let me ask the Second Master for some ointment. It's not a good idea for you to stay swollen like this. Your calves are all blue." Liuxia carefully helped her adjust her skirt, fearing that it would hurt.

Ye Zhen shook her head, with no emotion on her face, "No, if the Second Master has medicine, it will be used by the Princess first, it's not our turn."

"But the Second Master has always taken good care of you."

Liuxia seemed eager to say something to prove that she was right.

"So we shouldn't cause him any more trouble in the future."

Ye Zhen closed her eyes, her mind filled with the slender figure.

She told herself that she would forget it slowly, and it would get better slowly. After she had made her point clear, she returned to the capital, leaving the bridges and roads to their own ends, and the rumors naturally faded.

They rested three times along the way, but Ye Zhen did not get out of the sedan chair. She could clearly hear the voices of Meng Qianru and Li Xuan'an. They were chatting about some Taoist matters that she did not understand. Meng Qianru said seven or eight sentences, and he responded with one or two sentences. He was neither warm nor cold.

Meng Qianru seemed to be accustomed to this rhythm and maintained the atmosphere very well.

What she didn't know was that Li Xuan stared at the direction of her sedan several times in a daze. When Meng Qianru found out, she asked the palace maid to invite Ye Zhen over for tea, but Ye Zhen refused on the grounds that it was inconvenient for her to walk.

Meng Qianru asked Yinxiang to bring the brewed tea, Liuxia opened the curtain, and Ye Zhen sensitively noticed that some of the Jinyiwei following the team were missing, and felt strange.

The guards Meng Qianru brought with her were not many, and they seemed even sparser in the endless wilderness.

What's even more strange is that Meng Qianru was clearly talking to Li Xuan, but why was there a guard carrying something towards the sedan chair? She said a few words to the guard standing by, and even lifted the curtain to look inside, as if there was someone else sitting inside.

what are they doing?

Ye Zhen thought about the time when Li Xuan let Meng Qianru ride in his sedan chair, and she felt that he was not really afraid that she would squeeze with him.

She was so focused on her thoughts that she didn't notice Li Xuan took the opportunity to glance at her.

"I sent some swelling-reducing ointment to Second Miss Ye." Meng Qianru lowered her head and skimmed off the tea foam. "If Second Master is worried, I will go over and take a look myself later."

Li Xuan took a sip of tea and said, "I'm already sitting in the princess' sedan chair, so why should I worry?"

"She helped the Second Master after all." Meng Qianru paused. "It's strange, Second Miss Ye left the manor early that day, and you left later than everyone else. How did you run into her?"

She had asked the Jinyiwei about this matter early on, but was evaded.

When Li Xuan heard this, the teardrop mole at the corner of his eye became like a sharp blade, and an invisible pressure enveloped him. Meng Qianru was a little nervous for no reason, "If it's inconvenient, Second Master, just pretend I didn't ask."

"Don't be angry."

Li Xuan let go, and the tea lid fell onto the teacup with a crisp sound. "It's not inconvenient at all."

"She turned back and wanted to avoid me and ask for my marriage."

"Seeking marriage?" Meng Qianru was very surprised. She could never have thought of this matter.

Li Xuan lied with his eyes open, and his calmness was enough to make it look real, "Didn't she want to seek marriage in the village? She was embarrassed to ask in front of everyone, so she waited on the hillside."

"That's it."

This was not at all what Meng Qianru had guessed. She took a sip of tea but still couldn't tell what was strange about it.

But if she continued to ask, it would seem that she had ulterior motives.

So Meng Qianru changed the subject, "I heard that Prince Yu asked Liu Shaoqing to take Liu An back home, and the next day Liu Shaoqing submitted a confession to Your Majesty and wanted to resign and take his son back to his hometown to farm."

Li Xuan said, "This is their only way to survive. Otherwise, even if Your Majesty turns a blind eye, Prince Yu will not let him go."

Meng Qianru added, "When Liu Shaoqing was on his way back to Beijing, Prince Yu asked General Feihu to send someone to escort him."

"Although General Feihu and Miss Ye Er broke off their engagement, it is said that Liu An had bruises all over his body as soon as he left the capital."

Li Xuan smiled, "This is the first time I've heard gossip from the princess."

Meng Qianru was shocked. She wanted to say that Li Chengge still had feelings for Ye Zhen, but she was speechless.

"Isn't the joke about Dingyuan Marquis's Mansion enough? The princess has even told me about it."

Meng Qianru listened to his self-deprecation, and guilt appeared in her eyes. "I didn't mean to laugh at the Marquis' Mansion. I just felt that it was inappropriate for Prince Yu to let General Feihu send them off."

"If the princess really thinks so, she should tell Prince Yu."

Li Xuan said coldly and stood up to mount his horse. Meng Qianru's eyes were slightly sore, and she was annoyed at herself for bringing this up. It would be fine if others didn't know, but she knew that he was willing to cause discussion for the sake of the Marquis's Mansion. Saying this in front of him would not make him unhappy.

Meng Qianru chased out, looking up at Li Xuan who had already mounted his horse under the scorching sun, and regardless of her manners, she shouted, "Second Master!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a murderous intent suddenly descended from the sky.

The knife went straight through the sedan chair that Li Xuan was supposed to be sitting in, and the sedan chair was torn into pieces. Li Xuan waved his sleeves to block the flying debris. He squinted at the man in black and said, "He's finally here."