A bowl of medicine was suddenly shoved into my hand.
Doctor Qin shook his head and swayed, "You feed me, I'm a little too full from lunch, I'm going out to digest."
Jiang Jiaojiao's face turned bright red.
Looking at the adorable, pink-cheeked Jiaojiao in front of him, Li Yan felt a surge of warmth in his heart. His voice, both sweet and tingling, seemed to have a hook, "Jiaojiao, do you want to feed me my medicine?"
Jiang Jiaojiao's hand went limp, and she almost dropped it.
Her face was as red as a ripe peach. She shoved the medicine bowl into Li Yan's hand and said, "You...you drink it yourself."
They fled in panic.
Li Yan held the medicine, watching the plump and charming back of the young girl, his smile growing wider and wider. His princess... he really wanted to marry her as soon as possible.
Jiang Jiaojiao had just stepped outside.
She was stopped in her tracks by her older brother, who paced anxiously back and forth, and shouted, "Jiang Jiaojiao—"
Swish—
Swish—
Swish—
Several pairs of eyes immediately fixed on Jiang Jingtian, their expressions hostile.
Jiang Jingtian's hair stood on end, and his imposing manner instantly weakened, especially under the almost angry gaze of the Twelfth Miss. He swallowed hard and said in a low voice, "Jiao... Jiao Jiao... Big brother didn't mean to be mean to you."
"I just... I just wanted you to stop the general from removing me from my position!"
"I didn't get this position easily..."
Jiang Jingtian's voice grew softer and softer, eventually carrying a hint of pleading.
Jiang Jiaojiao snapped out of her reverie and glanced at the Fourth Princess. "That depends on my mood."
When Jiang Jingtian heard there was hope, he dismissed all pride and backbone.
"Nothing matters as much as his clothes," he said. "Don't worry, Jiaojiao—from now on, if you tell me to go east, I'll never go west; if you tell me to chase a dog, I won't catch a chicken!"
It's just missing a dog's tail growing out of its back.
"Let's go have some tea and enjoy the scenery. You can serve us here for now."
Jiang Jiaojiao gave orders without any hesitation, linking arms with the grinning Twelfth Princess and the somewhat unnatural Fourth Princess.
Free protection, might as well take advantage of it.
Moreover...
She was genuinely curious about her eldest brother and fourth sister.
"Okay—no problem!"
Jiang Jingtian patted his chest and followed, "I guarantee not even a fly will get through!"
Little Twelfth laughed out loud, "Jiaojiao, congratulations on gaining another close follower. My Thirteenth Brother's position is in danger!"
Even after leaving the courtyard, you can still hear Little Twelve's laughter.
At the corner of the courtyard wall.
Hearing the hearty laughter, Jiang Lingtian felt as if some of the pent-up frustration in his chest had dissipated. He watched the departing figures of the group, especially the girl who was laughing so hard she was bent over, and was slightly lost in thought.
Jiang Jiaojiao just left.
Dao Qing heard the Seventh Prince calling him and was so frightened that he knelt down as soon as he entered. "Your Highness, please forgive me, I didn't mean it... I just misspoke..."
"I'll reward you with the bow."
The seventh prince pointed happily at the longbow on the wall.
"ah?"
Dao Qing was completely stunned.
Then came ecstasy—this bow was his own?
They've been eyeing this for a long time!
So... he gave it to himself?
Is it really that sudden, or... strange?
"Have they all been chased away?"
The Seventh Prince made another nonsensical remark. After realizing what he meant, Dao Qing quickly replied, "Yes, they've all been driven away. They should be down the mountain by now."
Li Yan opened the window and looked in the direction Jiang Jiaojiao had left, feeling even better.
Dao Qing, clutching the longbow he had been longing for, left the room with a silly grin on his face.
Your Highness is so kind!
Not only did he not blame himself for his slip of the tongue, he even rewarded him with the longbow!
hey-hey--
He wanted to show off to Dao Hong.
I don't know what Dao Hong did, so why was he punished with fifty strokes of the cane by His Highness?
Li Yan glanced at Dao Qing, who was grinning foolishly. If this idiot had been next to her just now, she would have fainted in Jiao Jiao's arms. It was all that stupid Dao Hong's fault for being too quick.
Half-mountain Pavilion.
The scenery is picturesque.
Jiang Jiaojiao searched around but didn't see the lost jade pendant. It was nighttime in the dream, so perhaps the person who lost the jade pendant hadn't come yet?
It looks like we'll have to come back again when it gets dark.
Having learned from the Xue family's medical book, Jiang Jiaojiao was even more curious about the jade pendant that her ancestor had appeared to her in a dream.
"well……"
Little Twelve sighed regretfully, "Weren't all those talented young men supposed to be composing poems and painting at the Half-Mountain Pavilion? How come I haven't seen a single one?"
Jiang Jiaojiao nodded in agreement, "What a waste of such a beautiful view."
"Peach Blossom—"
Little Twelve said to her personal maid, "Have someone go and investigate again. Make sure to find out where they compose poems and write essays!"
She had barely finished giving the order when she jumped up impatiently, "No way! I'll do it myself!"
"Fourth Sister—you and Jiaojiao drink first, I will definitely find you a handsome young man!"
After saying that, he ran away like the wind.
The Fourth Princess looked at the Twelfth Prince's dashing figure with envy, and thinking of herself... she couldn't help but sigh softly. Out of the corner of her eye, she couldn't help but glance at the man standing next to her in a daze, and her mood became even more dejected.
Jiang Jiaojiao saw everything.
She reached out and handed the Fourth Princess a peach blossom pastry. "Fourth Sister...do you have a favorite gentleman?"
The teacup wobbled, almost scalding the Fourth Princess's hand.
"My marriage is not up to me. With my current reputation, what right do I have to have someone I like?"
"What's wrong with Fourth Sister's reputation?! Fourth Sister is gentle and virtuous, the best woman in the world, right—Big Brother?"
Jiang Jiaojiao suddenly cried out.
Jiang Jingtian, who was dozing off, was startled. Ignoring what Jiang Jiaojiao had just said, he chimed in, "Yes, yes, yes—Jiaojiao is right!"
The fourth princess's cheeks instantly turned red.
Jiang Jiaojiao recalled Granny Fu's resentment and the way the ladies looked at her fourth sister, and said indignantly, "In this world, there are always those who deceive themselves. Take that Duchess, for example. It was clearly her fault for not controlling her son properly, letting him go out drunk and riding horses on the eve of his wedding, but when something happened, she blamed it on her fourth sister!"
"Could it be that Fourth Sister forced him to get drunk and go horseback riding?!"
Jiang Jiaojiao was filled with righteous indignation.
The Fourth Princess's face turned deathly pale instantly, and her lips trembled slightly. Ever since that incident, her heart felt as if it had been torn apart. Everyone around her carefully avoided the topic, afraid of touching on the deep pain in her heart.
However, at this moment, this casual remark was like a sharp sword, piercing straight into her heart.
Her eyes gradually welled up with tears, which she stubbornly refused to let fall. The pent-up resentment of many years surged up like a tide, making it almost impossible for her to breathe. She silently lowered her head, trying to hide her emotions, but the pain in her heart only grew more unbearable.
Her eyes instantly reddened, and then tears streamed down her face. "But, I was cursed from birth..."
"Childbirth is like passing through the gates of hell for a woman. Does that mean that all the women who died in childbirth were cursed to death by their children? If I were one of those women, knowing that the child I risked my life to give birth to was so humiliated, I would definitely seek revenge on those people even after I became a ghost!"
Jiang Jiaojiao knew this was the Fourth Princess's unresolved issue, but during her years of wandering, she had seen many mothers die in childbirth, and none of them blamed the children; they only felt heartache and pity.
The fourth princess wept uncontrollably.
Jiang Jiaojiao neither comforted nor stopped the Fourth Princess, letting her tears, which had been pent up for more than ten years, stream down her face.
I'm tired of crying.
The fourth princess took the handkerchief handed to her and gently wiped her face. Suddenly, an unfamiliar scent entered her nose, startling her so much that she abruptly raised her head. Her beautiful eyes met the eyes of the man in front of her, eyes that had appeared countless times in her dreams!
Looking at the delicate and pitiful woman in front of him, Jiang Jingtian couldn't help but feel a pang of tenderness. He said softly, "Jiaojiao is right. This was not your fault in the first place."
His voice was deep and gentle, as if carrying a reassuring power.
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