Outside the small courtyard.
Jinxiu, dressed in light green brocade clothes, stood under a tree beside the wall, pacing back and forth.
Her hair was messed up by the cold wind, and her exhaled breath condensed into clumps in the air. Her delicate face was round and flushed, and her eyes looked towards the courtyard gate not far away from time to time, wondering what she was thinking.
Occasionally, an indescribable gleam flashed in those clever eyes.
When the spirit gradually fades, a sense of boredom follows.
Princess, what are you talking about with the Prince of Lin?
That guy, is he really going to marry the princess?
The princess will definitely not marry him...
But what if the princess agrees?
No, no, the princess has a cold personality and has never been interested in matters between men and women. The princess only has eyes for the sword. The princess is determined to become the world's greatest swordsman in the past hundred years. How could she be tempted by a man?
But……
I don’t know what she was thinking about, but a trace of indescribable distress appeared on Jinxiu’s sweet face, and her eyes kept looking at the movements at the entrance of the yard.
It wasn't until she heard footsteps at the entrance of the yard that she averted her gaze in a panic. She stood under the tree, her head tilted slightly upwards.
When Lin Jiangnian walked out of the courtyard, he saw Jinxiu standing under a tree by the wall not far away, staring at the leaves in a daze with her head tilted back.
From afar, the tall figure standing alone and cold has an indescribable artistic conception.
As expected of the eldest princess's maid, her appearance and temperament are far beyond the reach of those from ordinary aristocratic families.
But why was she standing in the cold wind staring at a nearly bare, dead tree?
"Miss Jinxiu?"
It wasn't until Lin Jiangnian spoke that Jinxiu, standing beneath the tree, finally came to her senses. She turned her head, her beautiful eyes fixed on Lin Jiangnian. Then, subconsciously, she raised her head slightly, her chin pointed, and snorted softly.
It seems like he is still angry about what happened before.
"What's up?"
"what are you doing here?"
Lin Jiangnian walked towards her.
"Where else can I go if not here?"
Jinxiu rolled her eyes at him. She was the princess's maid and had accompanied the princess out of the palace, so naturally she had to stay here.
Lin Jiangnian winked at her, his eyes slightly meaningful: "How about, come back to the Jiang Mansion with me?"
Jinxiu immediately looked wary: "What are you going to do at the Jiang Mansion?"
"Didn't Miss Jinxiu say that she had nowhere to go?"
Lin Jiangnian said, "In that case, why not return to the Jiang Mansion with me? Miss Jinxiu won't have to worry about having no place to stay."
Go back to Jiang Mansion?
How could she not know what he was planning?
Jinxiu blushed slightly and gritted her teeth, "I appreciate your kindness, His Royal Highness... I am the maid of Her Royal Highness the Princess. Without Her Royal Highness the Princess's permission, I cannot go anywhere."
Go back to Jiang Mansion?
If she really went back to the Jiang Mansion with him, wouldn't this Prince Lin eat her up completely?
Or the kind that is peeled cleanly...
He even dared to set his sights on Her Royal Highness the Princess. He was so audacious and lawless. How could a little maid like her escape his clutches?
"What if your princess agrees?"
Lin Jiangnian stared at Jinxiu's tender face with interest. It looked as if it was smeared with a layer of light rouge, white with a rosy glow, beautiful and charming.
The princess agrees?
How could the princess agree?
Jinxiu subconsciously wanted to deny it, but when she looked up at Shanglin Jiangnian's gaze, she felt that his momentum seemed a little weaker.
Thinking of this, Jinxiu curled her lips and snorted softly: "If the princess agrees, as the princess's maid, I should naturally do as she says."
"Are you serious?" Lin Jiangnian raised his eyebrows.
Jinxiu was slightly startled, and felt inexplicably uneasy.
He wouldn't really be planning this, right?
Are you kidding?
You don't really want to tell the princess that you want her, do you?
Jinxiu's heart inexplicably beat twice, and she felt a kind of panic that she couldn't explain.
She avoided Lin Jiangnian's slightly malicious, yet inexplicably burning gaze, and her voice softened considerably: "How dare this servant disobey the princess's orders... Of course it's true."
However, I comforted myself in my heart.
No way!
This Prince Lin must be deliberately teasing her. How could he be interested in her when he has so many beautiful maids around him?
Even if he really wanted to, the princess wouldn't agree... She had been with the princess for many years and knew most of her secrets. Even if Prince Lin wanted her, the princess wouldn't agree.
Thinking of this, Jinxiu felt a little relieved.
But along with it came a sense of inexplicable loss.
Just at this moment, Lin Jiangnian suddenly took two steps towards her and walked in front of her.
The distance between the two people suddenly shortened.
Jinxiu was startled and had no time to retreat before she saw Prince Lin approaching, bringing with him a wave of heat, and the cold air around her seemed to be swallowed up by the heat wave.
The warm breath approached, as if wrapping her up, as well as Lin Jiangnian's face that was so close to her. Her beautiful face instantly turned red, and her beautiful eyes became panicked. When she was about to step back, she saw that the smile on Lin Jiangnian's handsome face became more and more intense.
"What a coincidence! Your princess just said that she wants to give you to this prince as a reward!"
After hearing these words, Jinxiu's eyes widened.
I was stunned!
reward?
Princess, you said you would give her to Prince Lin as a reward?
H-How is this possible?!
Jinxiu's mind went blank, and her beautiful face was full of confusion.
At the same time, there was also a hint of deep...suspicion.
Did Prince Lin deliberately lie to her?
Before Jinxiu began to doubt, she heard Lin Jiangnian's voice again.
"If you don't believe me, go and ask your princess."
After hearing these words again, Jinxiu was completely stunned!
Let her ask the princess?
He said so, how could it be false?
If it was a lie, she only needed to ask the princess and it would be exposed. But now that Prince Lin spoke so confidently, it clearly didn't sound like a lie.
Could it be...
"You just said it yourself. As long as your princess agrees, you'll be fine."
Looking at Jinxiu, who was standing there in a daze, Lin Jiangnian moved closer and said with a smile, "Clean up well, and next time I will take you back to the Jiang Mansion!"
"From now on, you will be this prince's personal maid."
"Don't worry, I'll let you sleep with me first when we get back to the Jiang Mansion."
“…”
After giving Jinxiu a good scare, Lin Jiangnian left contentedly. Jinxiu was left standing there, her delicate body frozen in place, her face flushed red, the blush spreading from her delicate, pale neck to her translucent earlobes.
As the cold wind blew, it seemed to get hotter.
Her beautiful eyes stared at Lin Jiangnian's departing back for a long time without returning to her senses.
Princess, did you really give her to Prince Lin as a reward?
Really, really want to go to Jiang Mansion to serve him?
First, I have to sleep with him on the first night?!
A look of horror appeared on Jinxiu's beautiful face.
This, so fast?
She, she is not mentally prepared at all?
etc……
Does the princess really not want her anymore?
Jinxiu suddenly came to her senses and immediately trotted towards the courtyard, ran into the courtyard, and ran out of the pavilion.
In the pavilion.
The eldest princess in a white long dress was still sitting there quietly, as if she had not moved from beginning to end.
"Princess?!"
Jinxiu's face flushed, her breathing became rapid, and her voice stuttered.
"how?"
Li Piaomiao's gaze fell on Jinxiu's face outside the pavilion and he spoke softly.
"Princess……"
Jinxiu's face was full of grievance, and she was embarrassed and panicked: "You, you really want to give this servant to Prince Lin?"
"deliver?"
Li Piaomiao glanced at her with cold eyes, as if realizing something: "What did he tell you?"
"He, he said that Princess, you don't want me anymore, and that you should give me to him. He also said, he also said... that he would come and take me back to the Jiang Mansion next time."
Jinxiu's face was full of grievance and resentment: "Princess, you, you really don't want me anymore?"
After the princess finished listening, she looked at Jinxiu outside the pavilion for a moment and suddenly said, "Are you willing?"
"No, you don't want to?!"
Jinxiu quickly shook her head and said firmly, "This servant will stay with the princess. Wherever the princess goes, this servant will go!"
The princess was silent for a moment, then said, "He just asked me for you, and I did agree."
When these words were spoken, Jinxiu's beautiful eyes widened, her eyes filled with panic.
But soon, the eldest princess shook her head gently: "But, it depends on your own willingness."
Jinxiu was stunned again: "What, what do you mean?"
"I just promised that if you are willing, you can go back to the Jiang Mansion with him."
The eldest princess glanced at her and said, "If you don't want to, he can't take you away."
Jinxiu stood there in a daze, thinking for a moment before gradually understanding what these words meant.
Only if she agrees, it will work?
The princess agreed, but it was up to her to do so; she would not force her.
That being said...
Did His Royal Highness the Prince of Lin deliberately lie to her just now?
Are you trying to scare her on purpose?
Thinking of this, Jinxiu felt relieved, but also became more embarrassed and annoyed.
He must have done it on purpose!
The eldest princess slowly withdrew her gaze and said calmly, "Jinxiu, you have been with me for quite some time now, and you will get married sooner or later."
"You've handled too many affairs for me over the years and offended many people. If you leave the palace in the future, those people will not let you off easily."
"If you're interested in him, I wouldn't mind helping you... Although the Prince of Lin has an unstable temperament and a history of bad behavior, the protection of the Lin Palace is enough to keep you safe for the rest of your life."
After hearing the princess' words, Jinxiu came to her senses and realized that the princess was arranging a way out for her. She felt grateful and some inexplicable emotions in her heart.
She was the princess's maid and the person she trusted most. If she ever left the palace, the spies who had been planted around the princess would certainly not let her go.
The Prince Lin's Mansion was indeed a very good place of protection for her.
only……
Jinxiu gritted her teeth and shook her head gently: "Princess, I am not going anywhere. I only wish to follow you and never marry in this life."
The princess was silent for a moment. "But if I am gone one day, there will be no place for you in this palace."
Jinxiu's expression changed slightly: "How could that be? Princess, you are in good health now, there will be no problem!"
The princess spoke after a long pause, "The cultivation method I'm practicing is too heaven-defying. No one can predict what will happen in the future."
Jinxiu seemed to have thought of something, her face pale slightly, and she quickly shook her head: "No, it's just a legend after all... No one can be sure that it will happen..."
But having said this, Jinxiu couldn't continue.
She knew very well that the princess was walking a path that no one had ever walked before!
The princess has an amazing talent in martial arts, and is almost the top genius in the past few hundred years. She is far more terrifying than what the outside world has rumored.
The young princess was sent to learn kendo and trained as a personal disciple. In just a few years, the princess showed an astonishing talent for martial arts and became the youngest master of kendo in a hundred years.
Some even assert that within ten years, a "Sword Saint" will be born in Kendo.
However, just when the princess's future seemed bright, she suddenly gave up the skills she had learned and started all over again.
This time, the princess chose a martial arts path that no one had ever walked before.
The princess's choice seemed to be correct. In just two years, she once again entered the second-grade Tianxuan realm.
This is a realm that many amazing geniuses have found difficult to reach in their entire lives!
Jinxiu didn't dare to say for sure where the princess's future achievements would end.
However, the path the princess was taking was one no one had ever taken before, and along with her terrifying martial arts advancement, the aftereffects were also extremely obvious...
The eldest princess in the pavilion looked calmly: "I have anticipated this long ago. As for what will happen in the future, I don't know, but having multiple escape routes is always good..."
She looked at Jinxiu and said, "There may be chaos in the capital in the future. If something happens to me one day, it would be good for you to go to him."
Jinxiu shook her head, her face pale, and gritted her teeth: "Jinxiu only wants to stay with the princess. Wherever the princess goes, I will go!"
"What if I die someday?"
Jinxiu's eyes were firm: "I will be buried alive with the princess!"
silence.
After a long while, the eldest princess spoke softly, as if sighing, "Why bother... don't you like him?"
Jinxiu paused and lowered her eyes: "Jinxiu doesn't want to leave the princess."
There was another silence.
After a while, the eldest princess in the pavilion slowly stood up and picked up the 'Silver Moon' on the table.
"Let's go."
"Princess, are you going back to the palace?"
"Go to the East Palace!"
…
East Palace.
There are antique pavilions and corridors, and the courtyard is full of lush flowers and plants.
Although it is winter, there are some signs of early spring.
Sitting at the window beside the courtyard was a young man in brocade clothes, who was about thirty years old. He was wearing a brocade dragon robe, and he looked dignified, handsome, and had a handsome face. He seemed to have an innate aura of nobility.
However, the young man's face was a little pale, as if he was unwell, and he looked quite haggard.
“Ahem!”
A cough was heard, and the young man looked away, frowning.
Seeing this, the servant beside him hurried forward and said, "Your Highness, it's cold outside and you are weak. Please go back to the house first."
"No problem."
Li Ci Ning waved his hand: "This little cold won't cause any trouble."
He gazed at the scenery in the courtyard, seeming to be nostalgic and murmured with emotion: "I don't know if I can see the beginning of spring next year..."
But just as he finished speaking, he coughed violently twice.
The servants beside him were frightened.
"Forget it, go back to your room."
Li Ci Ning withdrew his gaze, shook his head slightly, turned around and prepared to go back to his room.
Just then, the voice of a servant was heard outside the pavilion.
"The eldest princess has arrived!"
Li Ci Ning stopped and asked, "Is Piao Miao here?"
The next second, a figure dressed in white clothes as white as snow and as cold as winter frost slowly appeared.
“Piaomiao!”
Li Qining saw his sister and a doting smile quickly appeared on his face: "Why are you here?!"
Thanks to Master Guan Guan for recommending this chapter, and thanks to all the book friends who came to support me. Thank you~
