Chapter 8 White Peony Gives You a Little Flower
Yun Xi was confused, and before she could react, Ying Nanfeng had already grabbed her shoulders excitedly.
"Your Highness, please explain clearly what I did wrong."
"I have served Your Highness wholeheartedly and diligently over the years, never going beyond my bounds. Why has Your Highness treated me like a piece of trash?"
Yun Xi blinked and tried to comfort him: "Nanfeng, can you calm down first?"
"Your Highness is about to abandon me, how can I stay calm?" Ying Nanfeng looked at her with red eyes, as if he had suffered a great injustice.
He stared at Yun Xi closely, as if he would explode on the spot if she didn't give him an explanation.
Yun Xi was speechless for a moment and looked behind him. She had run too far away and could not see Ji Xun at all.
"Your Highness, who are you looking at? That new wild slave?" Ying Nanfeng's eyes blazed with jealousy. "Your Highness, do you know that I have always been...?"
While he was explaining, Yun Xi stepped on his boots, picked up her skirt and ran away.
However, she ultimately underestimated the strength of the Jinyiwei. Ying Nanfeng grabbed her and pressed her against the willow tree.
"Over the years, I have been able to feel your kindness. I know that my status is low and I am not qualified to covet the position of consort. If I can gain your favor just once, even if I die tomorrow, Nanfeng will die without regrets."
As Ying Nanfeng spoke, he dropped the sword at his waist and leaned over to kiss Yun Xi.
At this moment, a black shadow suddenly flashed from behind, kicked Ying Nanfeng sideways, and kicked him directly into the lake.
He was caught off guard, and before he could let go of Yun Xi's hand, Yun Xi was pulled by him and thrown into the lake.
Fortunately, at the critical moment, a hand with a cool body temperature grabbed Yun Xi's wrist and pulled her back.
Yun Xi bumped into the man's arms and looked up. It was Ji Xun who arrived in time.
"Your Highness is here." Ji Xun lowered his eyes, his eyes calm and still. "I've been looking for you for a long time."
Yun Xi was still frightened and leaned in Ji Xun's arms to calm down.
Ji Xun had already let her go, but seeing that she was reluctant to get up, he just stared at her motionlessly, waiting for her to come to her senses.
Yun Xi felt a cold gaze and realized how awkward the distance between her and Ji Xun was. She immediately took a few steps back, only to find that her ankle had been twisted.
She felt embarrassed for a moment and changed the subject: "You were fascinated by my group of sisters, and only now did you think of looking for me? Do you know how scary it was just now?"
Ji Xun thought for a moment, and seemed to realize his negligence. He took the extra sachet from his waist and handed it to Yun Xi: "Compensate Your Highness."
Yun Xi narrowed her eyes and said, "This is a woman's sachet. Where did you get it?"
"I found that Your Highness was missing, so I wanted to come look for you. The little princesses gave it to me before I left."
In other words, it was earned in exchange for the previous chatting.
Yun Xi weighed it and found that there was actually silver inside.
This guy never forgets to make money wherever he goes.
For some reason, Yun Xi suddenly became angry. She frowned and threw the sachet to him: "Keep it for yourself."
Ji Xun didn't understand what was going on, so he could only take the sachet back.
He looked at Ying Nanfeng in the lake. Because he kicked so hard, Ying Nanfeng fainted and was half floating in the lake unconscious.
"What should we do with this person?" he asked.
Yun Xi: "Pull him out and break his legs."
She had already given Ying Nanfeng enough face and didn't want to tolerate him anymore. Just now, he tried to force himself on her by relying on his strength, so she would make his legs crippled and unable to stand up.
Ji Xun nodded without any objection and did as she said.
Yun Xi didn't want to see this scene, so she turned around. She didn't feel relieved until she heard the sound of bones breaking behind her.
She wanted to go back to the Imperial Garden and limped forward.
Ji Xun followed her and noticed that her foot was injured, so he said, "Your Highness, where are you going? I will help you down."
He held out a section of the scabbard and let Yun Xi hold it.
Yun Xi glanced at the sachet in his arms and felt it was an eyesore. She opened his scabbard with one palm.
There was confusion in Ji Xun's eyes.
Yun Xi didn't explain and continued walking forward alone.
“…”
Haha, as her personal bodyguard, not only did he chat with other princesses, but he also accepted things randomly, just for such a small amount of silver?
It’s not even as much as the change she gave me.
Seeing Yun Xi didn't say anything, Ji Xun seemed to realize something at this time. He stood there for a moment.
Yun Xi walked onto the flower path and her feet were so painful that she stopped to rest for a while.
After a while, Ji Xun walked up to her again and repeated the same sentence: "Where do you want to go, Your Highness?"
Yun Xi glanced at him again, but this time she noticed that the scented bag on his body was gone. She asked, "Where are the things my sisters gave you?"
"Throw it away."
Yun Xi: "Such a valuable sachet can be sold for a lot of money."
"But His Highness doesn't like it."
"Why have you learned to please me now?" Yun Xi was visibly happier.
Ji Xun's face was expressionless: "Article 3 of the 'Guardian Code': The princess's likes and dislikes come first in everything..."
"Stop, stop, stop!" Yun Xi knew that he was following the rules and didn't want to listen to him.
Yun Xi looked back and saw the discarded sachet by the lake.
Yun Xixin thought that he was a bit stupid. He obviously loved money like his life, but he just threw it away without any hesitation. He didn't even think about it and secretly hid it and then tricked her into throwing it away.
"I want to go to the south side of the Imperial Garden to see the peonies, but it's too far. Can you pick the most beautiful one for me?" Yun Xi said.
Ji Xun asked: "What is the most beautiful?"
Yun Xi: "...Forget it, I'll go by myself."
"I will support Your Highness." Ji Xun had no objection to her every command.
Yun Xi: "It doesn't really make any difference whether you help or not."
In the end, she had to leave on her own.
Ji Xun thought for a moment and squatted down in front of her: "I'll carry you down on my back."
Yun Xi was stunned for a moment, looking at his back, and felt a momentary palpitation.
Although she knew that he might not be aware of what he was doing, Yun Xi couldn't help but think more about it.
"you……"
"This dress is very clean and will not stain Your Highness."
Yun Xi blinked, immediately collected her thoughts, and lay on his back.
Ji Xun carried her on his back very easily and steadily, walking towards the south side of the imperial garden.
His back was broad, and leaning against it gave her an inexplicable sense of security. Yun Xi put her arms around his neck and caught a glimpse of his well-defined profile out of the corner of her eye.
As aloof as ever.
Yun Xi remembered the most shocking words that had come out of his cold lips, and she suddenly felt embarrassed again.
"You embarrassed me today."
Ji Xun paused and continued walking: "Has defeating Ying Nanfeng brought shame to His Highness?"
Yun Xi hit him: "No. It's because of your moves."
She knew that the book was her problem, but the most outrageous thing was that Ji Xun actually treated it as a martial arts collection and said it seriously.
"That's from the book you had me read last night."
Yun Xi: "Don't you realize there's something wrong?"
Ji Xun thought for a moment and replied, "It's different from other martial arts. The language is obscure and difficult to understand."
Fortunately, I managed to learn two basic skills with great difficulty.
Yun Xi's heart was filled with a thousand alpaca horses running wildly: "You don't understand. Then every time you emphasize that you don't sell yourself, do you know what selling yourself means?!"
"Strip naked for others to see and touch."
Yun Xi was completely speechless.
At this moment, she finally believed what the black shopkeeper said, "He seems to have hurt his brain."
In this book of political intrigue, no one is a human being.
"Have you been like this before? From childhood to adulthood?" Yun Xi asked.
Ji Xun: “I don’t remember.”
Yun Xi smelled a hint of a storyline: "Didn't you say you have parents and a hometown?"
"That's what someone else told me." Ji Xun blinked, the shadow of his feathery eyelashes cast under his eyelids, "Other than that, I don't know."
All he knew was that he had a pair of deceased parents, a vengeance to be settled, and a group of enemies that he had yet to find.
But he was not very interested in these things, because he didn't remember anything about the past. He just wanted to make a lot of money.
"Who is this 'someone else' you're talking about?"
Ji Xun shook his head: "I don't know him, he claims to be a friend of my family."
Yun Xi immediately lost interest: "Oh."
"I thought you were working so hard to make money in order to find a chance to avenge your family."
Speaking of his family, Ji Xun's expression was very calm, as if he was not affected at all. "Only with money can one control one's destiny. The people who come to the slave market are very rich, they can buy other people's lives at will."
Yun Xi couldn't help but smile: "In this world, money alone is not enough, power is the most important thing. Money can only control your own destiny. If you want to dominate the fate of others, you also need power."
"Someone also said the same thing to me." Ji Xun said lightly.
Yun Xi: "Great minds think alike."
Since he didn't remember his past, Yun Xi didn't intend to ask any more questions. She said, "From now on, don't tell anyone everything you said. Like what you said today."
She was really afraid that his straightforward head would suddenly say something shocking.
When I get back I have to teach him what to say and what not to say.
Ji Xun nodded, indicating that he understood, and then asked, "Do you still need me to continue studying that martial arts collection?"
Yun Xi felt her cheeks flush when she thought of that unspeakable booklet. "Don't learn it anymore! It's a crooked way. Learning it will harm your health."
She didn't want to lead the only pure Ji Xun onto a path that would restrict the plot.
"good."
Anyway, he has no shortage of these martial arts skills.
Yun Xi's mood finally calmed down. After a while, Ji Xun stopped and said, "Your Highness, the peony bushes are here."
Hearing this, Yun Xi raised her head and saw a field of colorful peonies in front of her. The peonies in full bloom swayed in the wind in various shapes and postures.
Yun Xi immediately spotted the most beautiful flower in the bush. She tugged at Ji Xun's sleeve and pointed in that direction: "Go over there, I want to pick that one."
Ji Xun followed her instructions, walked to the flowers, bent down, and let Yun Xi pick the flowers.
Yun Xi picked the white peony, leaned close to it and sniffed it, smelling a faint floral fragrance. Then she inserted the white peony into Ji Xun's scabbard.
"Thank you, Guard Ji. This flower is for you. I wish you great wealth and honor in the future."
Ji Xun looked at the flower in the scabbard and asked in confusion, "Why is Your Highness thanking me?"
Yun Xi smiled without saying anything, pulled him and asked him to go back.
“…”
Of course, she was thanking him for being willing to stay with her.
Whatever his purpose, he protected her and allowed her to celebrate her eighteenth birthday safely.
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