Su Bei didn't expect that Ji Feng was so servile that he would swallow his anger and agree. However, this was not a bad thing. If he really couldn't resist Princess Anbang's moves, even if he married Shan Tao in the future, he might have three wives and four concubines.
Just treat it as a test.
Shan Tao had no idea that he had gone to Princess Anbang's mansion, and she was a little depressed. Why did Brother Jifeng rarely come to see her recently?
Little did she know that Ji Feng was in dire straits.
Ji Feng went to the Ruan family with the mentality of a secret guard.
As soon as Princess Anbang was conferred the title, she was betrothed to Bei Yanming, so there was no other mansion for her. She could only live back in the courtyard where she lived before her marriage.
Chu Younan had everyone keep strictly confidential everything she had endured in the North, so almost no one in the capital knew about her experiences. Her parents even heard that she had died, so her return this time was truly a pleasant surprise.
So Ruan Ningxiang was living a pretty good life, and with the arrival of Ji Feng, she felt that her life was back to its peak.
"I should sacrifice myself for saving your life..." Ruan Ningxiang called Jifeng into the house and tried to tease him, but before she could finish her sentence, Jifeng rushed out of the house and hid in a big tree outside the window.
There is a saying that what you can't get is the best. Ruan Ningxiang, who was bullied in the north, felt that Ji Feng was so cool at this moment. He was a thousand times better than those hypocritical princes and nobles. He was what she wanted in her life.
Little did he know that Ji Feng was almost dying of embarrassment. Every time he saw Ruan Ningxiang naked, he would have dreams when he slept. In his dreams, there would always be that impossible person - the resident of Shanyin County.
Gale's heart was suffering a double blow.
He felt that he was disloyal and unrighteous, and was simply a scum among the secret guards...
Ruan Ningxiang had no idea, and after several unsuccessful attempts at flirting, she went back to the palace.
This time she did not go to Su Bei, but went to Chu Younan to ask for a marriage.
Chu Younan didn't look at her in a good way, "Go to the Huguo Temple outside the city and pray for a hundred days, praying for God's blessing and the people's safety!"
If a girl from an ordinary family encountered such a thing, she would have committed suicide long ago. But Ruan Ningxiang was so thick-skinned. Besides, family disgrace should not be made public, so Chu Younan naturally could not say it out loud.
Even if they didn't commit suicide, most girls would have asked to become nuns, but Ruan Ningxiang asked for a marriage. She was really an oddball.
Ruan Ningxiang was frustrated again and felt angry, but she didn't dare to say anything.
She just felt that she had been wronged in the North, and wanted to find someone who understood her. What was wrong with that? But the emperor's order could not be disobeyed, so she had to do as he said.
Princess Anbang went to the Huguo Temple to pray for blessings. Originally, the event did not make a big splash, but Mrs. Ruan spread the news so that it was known throughout the city.
"Princess Anbang has returned to the court? Didn't she say she was going to marry in the north?"
"Since our ancestors, I have never heard of a princess returning to the court after marrying into a foreign country. Do you think there will be a war between the Wu Kingdom and the Northland?"
"I think it's probably true. Otherwise, why would she go there to pray? I'm afraid she's going to go to war, right?"
For a time, people in the capital were in a panic, and some even moved their families away because of rumors.
Fortunately, she had not moved a few houses before Ruan Ningxiang was driven back by the Huguo Temple.
The reason why Huguo Temple drove people away was simple and direct: Buddhism is a quiet place and it would not tolerate women with bad conduct causing trouble.
Ruan Ningxiang went to the Huguo Temple to pray for blessings, but in fact she never stopped flirting with Ji Feng. She was not discovered in the first few times, but there was one time...
Ruan Ningxiang thought that it was a good time to take action since it was dark and windy, so she howled in the house while on duty in the strong wind.
Ji Feng is a secret guard. His duty is to protect Ruan Ningxiang, so he must go in and take a look.
This was a serious sight. Ruan Ningxiang used her trump card this time and was determined to win. As soon as he came in, she pounced on him and hugged him tightly.
"Don't worry about your identity. I never treated you as a secret guard. You are my savior, so I should be devoted to you..."
Ruan Ningxiang said as she hugged him, and Ji Feng pushed her away while dodging, "Princess, please respect yourself! Princess, please respect yourself! Saving you is my duty, and you don't need to repay me!"
Ji Feng was almost scared to death by her. If he had known that she was using torture to trick him, he would never have come in.
But Ruan Ningxiang was persistent and determined to take down Ji Feng, and even shamelessly touched his vital parts...
At this critical moment, there was a chaotic flow of footsteps. A group of monks were attracted by Ruan Ningxiang's shout and happened to bump into him.
Huguo Temple is a legitimate temple, how could they allow her to behave like this? So the abbot wrote a letter to Chu Younan overnight and drove Ruan Ningxiang out.
Coincidentally, a lady also brought a few maids to pray in the Huguo Temple, and the news soon spread.
Even so, Shan Tao still didn't know about these gossips. When she heard about them, Ruan Ningxiang had already become a rat crossing the street that everyone in the capital wanted to beat.
I don't know where the rumor came from, but it spread every detail of Ruan Ningxiang's situation in the north. Although she did not do it voluntarily, in the eyes of others, she had become a person whose arms were rested on by thousands of people and whose lips were tasted by tens of thousands of people.
Add to that the rumors about the Huguo Temple, and no one would believe that she was forced. They all thought she was willing to lower herself to a low level.
Shan Tao was waiting for her brother Ji Feng in the imperial garden bored, when she heard two little palace maids talking as they walked.
"Have you heard? Princess Anbang committed suicide!"
"Bah! She deserves it! She must have been restless when she was in the Northern Palace, so she was punished by the Hades!"
"Of course! I heard that she was restless when she was praying in the Huguo Temple, and she even hooked up with the secret guards!"
"Hee! The secret guards were so scared that they ran back overnight. But they were appointed by the Queen, so how could they just come back casually? In the end, they still went back."
"I just don't know if she succeeded in the end..."
Shan Tao was suddenly startled.
The secret guard awarded by the Queen Mother, she hasn't seen her brother Jifeng for a long time, and she connected these two things together.
She didn't want to hang around anymore, so she hurried to Kunning Palace. When she saw Su Bei, she asked directly, contrary to her usual behavior: "Madam, where is Ji Feng?"
Su Bei chuckled, "He has been at Princess Anbang's place recently. You may have heard that Princess Anbang attempted suicide, but was saved by him."
Shan Tao's eyes suddenly darkened.
Su Bei's eyes flashed with slyness, and he said, "Princess Anbang asked me to grant her a marriage with Ji Feng before, and I pressed her several times. What do you think about this?"
Shan Tao wrinkled her clothes with her hands, and hesitated for a long time before she said, "What does Brother Ji Feng mean?"
"Him? I haven't asked yet. How about summoning him into the palace to question him?" Su Bei pursed his lips and smiled secretly.