Chapter 45 Then it's better if she leaves.
During the grand sacrificial ceremony, the emperor's carriage traveled slowly along the imperial road in the northern suburbs.
The destination was to hold the grand sacrificial ceremony in the northern suburbs outside the north gate of the capital.
The central path on the imperial road in the northern suburbs, where the emperor walked, was separated by forks, and outside the forks, a crowd of onlookers had gathered.
On this day, women could exchange cosmetics on the street.
Liu Jiao was among them.
She pulled Jiang Jiang along, and gave Jiang Jiang a powder pouch with a pink and blue chick design. Jiang Jiang gave her a folding fan made of mountain peach wood.
"Sister Jiaojiao, look, your husband is over there!"
Look in the direction Jiang Jiang is pointing.
On the imperial road in the northern suburbs, behind the carriage where the emperor sat.
Liu Jiao met Sang Ji, who stood guard behind the princess, still cold and indifferent.
Liu Jiao saw that Sang Ji was smiling.
But when he saw him with the princess, his smile turned somewhat bitter.
She clenched her fists.
I need to stop being so naive.
There's nothing between them.
Her husband was merely a guard for the princess, taking care of her.
She watched him walk away.
She hoped that he and she could keep their distance.
Ideally, there should be no contact along the way.
She watched as the two walked further and further away.
When they arrived at a flower shop, the princess was seized by a playful mood and picked up a lily of the valley to play with.
The lily of the valley flower hasn't yet covered the roots; it's poisonous.
Even though Sang Ji knocked the flower down very quickly, the princess had already touched it.
It happened suddenly.
In the courtroom, the princess's figure became somewhat unsteady.
Sang Ji often hibernated in the mountains and was most familiar with the toxins of this bellflower, also known as lily of the valley.
Sang Ji did not hesitate at all.
In front of everyone, he supported her legs and picked up the princess.
His palm covered the princess's head, preventing her from seeing her poisoned state.
Like a husband to his wife.
Afterwards, his phoenix eyes turned cold and stern, his brows furrowed, his breathing rapid, and he strode away from the Imperial Road in the northern suburbs.
Princess Mingming had three or four personal maids by her side.
The princess's accident is not Sang Ji's responsibility.
Despite the fact that the two had married and disregarded the proper boundaries between men and women, Sang Ji, blinded by concern, instinctively picked up the princess.
He did things beyond his job responsibilities.
It all stemmed from my heart.
The thing I was worried about happened in an ordinary moment.
Liu Jiao, who had been worrying about the relationship between the princess and Sang Ji for many days, suddenly smiled self-deprecatingly.
The more you worry, the more it proves you're unreliable.
Whispers rippled around them.
If the Emperor hadn't whispered a few words to his adjutant beside him, the adjutant wouldn't have sternly ordered him to shut up.
They feared that gossip about Sang Ji and the princess would extinguish the Dreamland.
Even the timid and cautious Jiang Jiang was slightly startled.
She patted Liu Jiao, who was clearly upset, with concern.
"I'm fine." Liu Jiao turned her back. "I'm going back to my residence now; it's getting late."
Her voice was very fast.
Jiang Jiang didn't say anything.
He silently followed behind Liu Jiao.
Before Liu Jiao returned to the Sang residence, the two parted ways, and he slipped her a sweet cake.
Eating something sweet will make you feel better.
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Rumors and gossip spread throughout the city.
Once the princess had recovered, Sang Ji presented her with a token and went to the palace early in the morning.
He was afraid of damaging the princess's reputation.
They feared that the Li family might use this as an excuse to make trouble for the princess.
He went to the palace to plead guilty.
He was busy clarifying the rumors and slapped several gossipy young masters.
He did it flawlessly.
But Liu Jiao was overlooked.
Liu Jiao had been waiting for him for a long time, but tonight she received news that he would not be returning.
She, his wife, didn't get a single explanation.
She lay alone on her polka pillow, and a single tear fell onto the back of her hunched hand.
The image in his mind was of him holding the princess tightly in an intimate embrace.
I spent the whole night reminiscing.
Liu Jiao thought to herself, "She's so stupid."
The villagers used to say she was stupid, but she never took it to heart.
Now I realize how stupid I was.
Her foolishness lay in the fact that she couldn't be sure if Sang Ji liked her, whether he considered her his wife, or what his feelings for the princess were, yet she still developed a possessive attitude towards him.
The intimacy between the two men stimulated her.
Sang Ji's feelings for the princess grew stronger and stronger, and she became more and more aware that his feelings for the princess were genuine.
She was consumed by jealousy, yet all she could do was wipe away her tears.
Her biggest mistake was knowing that he and the princess had been together for so many years, and that Sang Ji's responsibilities to the princess made it impossible for them to avoid intimate actions, yet she still fantasized that he would remain chaste for her sake, that he would consider her feelings, and that he would avoid contact with other women.
Greedy and stupid.
She still thought, she still thought he...
Ever since she caught the two of them sharing a room, she had given up all suspicion.
She worried day and night whether Sang Ji truly had feelings for the princess.
Because Liu Jiao's bottom line is that her husband cannot like anyone else.
You can't like someone else if you like them.
She would give up on anyone she liked, no matter what.
It wasn't until Sang Ji transcended his duties and his intimacy and concern for the princess were laid bare before her—
When a person is empty-handed, it only takes a moment.
In all his fantasies, he also had feelings for himself, and even though he had spent many years in the same room with the princess, nothing had changed. But all of that was shattered.
She suddenly wiped away her tears and sat up in bed.
You shouldn't have believed it in the first place.
She can't be suspicious; the most effective solution is to confirm things with others. She can't figure things out no matter how hard she tries.
His dark eyes suddenly brightened.
She had to go and ask Sang Ji herself what his feelings were for the princess.
If he likes it, then she can just leave.
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