Chapter 54 Crescent Fox, you did this on purpose, didn't you...?
Sang Ji's tightly clenched hands loosened, and they hung limply at his sides.
Liu Jiao broke free from his grasp: "Sang Ji, you're busy with official duties, so I won't bother you."
She curtsied, then turned and made an excuse to leave.
Calm and composed.
It can be done after the door is closed.
Liu Jiao's steps faltered suddenly at the study door.
Her aching heart made it impossible for her to lift her feet.
It took an unknown amount of time to recover.
She glanced at the already closed study door.
I was shocked to find myself ashamed that I couldn't bear to leave.
Realizing her true feelings, Liu Jiao suddenly woke up.
It started moving and sped away.
This won't do.
Liu Jiao really doesn't want to experience that ambiguous attitude again.
Liu Jiao sat upright on her bed, the bed curtains half-drawn, the candlestick dripping wax sparsely.
After a whole night, she suddenly went to the princess's residence the next day.
Go and seek out the solitude of the mulberry grove.
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Princess Crescent Fox first saw Liu Jiao in the peony bronze mirror. When they made eye contact, Liu Jiao was doing her makeup in front of the mirror.
The last hairpin was used to tie up the hair.
She accidentally pulled the hairpin away.
It spreads out.
She seemed not to see Liu Jiao at all, completely ignoring her.
Turning away from the chair, he said to Sang Ji with a hint of frustration:
"The hairpin is not stable at all."
"Sang Ji, do you know how to braid hair? It's less likely to come undone."
She asked with a smile.
Sang Ji had seen the old woman braid Xinyue's fox hair before; he learned quickly and had a photographic memory.
So he said, "I've seen it, I can give it a try."
Crescent Fox's smile widened, and she raised her head, gesturing for him to hurry up.
Sang Ji's large, calloused hands gently lifted a head of long, smooth black hair.
His expression was meticulous, as if he were handling a rare treasure.
The way the fox cared for the crescent fox was practiced, as if it had done it countless times.
Liu Jiao was led by a maid and waited behind a screen.
She witnessed him braiding her hair.
Every delicate movement was like mercury, slowly devouring her heart.
It completely woke her up.
Sang Ji and the princess were very close.
Such intimacy was not particularly unusual in his relationship; in fact, it was quite normal.
But as his wife, can she really accept it?
Clearly, in her mind, maintaining distance is the rule for married men and women.
She can't accept it.
Liu Jiao's purpose in coming to the princess's residence this time can be considered as achieved.
She came to the princess's residence intending to use the truth about the intimacy between the princess and Sang Ji to wake herself up.
Don't let yourself get caught up in the fleeting sweetness and tranquility.
Liu Jiao didn't linger and turned away resolutely.
As she left the princess's bedroom, she happened to brush past Li Du, who was wearing a mask.
When Li Du saw Liu Jiao, he instinctively stopped in his tracks.
"Jiaojiao?"
When he called out to Liu Jiao, she was already far away, her figure distant, and he couldn't hear what he was saying.
Li Du snapped out of his daze and turned his gaze to Sang Ji and Crescent Moon Fox.
He saw the braid that Sang Ji had tied for the Crescent Fox.
He knows Crescent Fox too well.
An outsider's perspective is clearer.
Almost instantly, he understood what had happened and the whole story.
So he strode over to Crescent Fox's side and took the other braid that Crescent Fox hadn't finished tying from Sang Ji's hand.
"Aren't you leaving yet? Do you want to see us, husband and wife, living in perfect harmony?"
"I don't need to say who the princess's husband is, do I?"
Don't you have a wife yourself?
Li Du coldly warned Sang Ji.
Sang Ji also saw Liu Jiao leaving because of the noise of Li Du entering the room.
His heart suddenly pounded like a drum, each beat striking his heart heavily, and his breathing became uneven.
Mingming's act of braiding the princess's hair was, in his eyes, just an ordinary thing.
He watched her retreating figure and felt a sudden, inexplicable panic.
He almost didn't hesitate before instinctively chasing after them.
Once he stepped out the door, he instinctively caught up with her; all he had to do was quicken his pace.
But then he stopped in his tracks.
After Li Du drove Sang Ji away, the room became quiet.
He gently pinched Crescent Fox's braid in his hand, looked at Crescent Fox's forced composure in the bronze mirror, and sneered mockingly.
Then, he pulled her braid, causing it to ache.
The crescent fox cried out in pain.
Li Du, however, said casually in a soft voice:
“I warned you before not to mess with her, but you didn’t listen.”
"Was that intentional?"
"You actually saw her a while ago, and you were just putting on an act for her, weren't you?"
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