Chapter 282 Blocking the Way
Jin Yuan waited for a while, but still didn't receive a reply from the Crown Prince.
She looked up in confusion, only to see the hem of the Crown Prince's robes disappearing as he strode away!
Jin Yuan panicked and quickly jogged after him.
She called out repeatedly from behind, "Your Highness, the Crown Prince!"
Qi Jun stopped in his tracks and glanced at Sun Miao. He was stopped again.
How did he manage to get himself blocked again and again?
Sun Miao was stunned for a moment. He never expected that there would actually be such a bold noblewoman who would take the initiative to stop people when the Crown Prince ignored her!
He had tried to stop her, but before his chubby body could move, the girl slid out with a tackle, and it was too late for him to chase her away.
"Why is Your Highness walking so fast? I can hardly keep up!" Jin Yuan said breathlessly, touching her hair and straightening her clothes before continuing with a light smile, "Your Highness, my father is Imperial Censor Jin, and I have always admired Your Highness's demeanor. I came to the North Garden today hoping to catch a glimpse of Your Highness's majesty..."
She spoke shyly for a long time, but the Crown Prince didn't say anything and had the fork taken away. Sun Miao stood helplessly next to Jin Yuan, completely dumbfounded.
Could it be that His Highness has really taken a fancy to this girl from the Jin Imperial Censor's family?
After Jin Yuan finished speaking, she raised her small face and cautiously looked at the Crown Prince.
The Crown Prince is indeed handsome and dashing, a rare sight in the world!
But the next moment, when she saw that the Crown Prince's gaze was fixed on someone behind her, Jin Yuan's anger flared. Who was it?! Hadn't she already sent everyone away? How could some vixen be ruining her plans?!
Jin Yuan followed the Crown Prince's gaze and looked back, seeing four people: three adults and one child. Surrounded in the middle were Princess Minying and Princess Chang Le, while the other two were people she disliked!
Her smile quickly vanished as the prince bypassed her and headed towards the four people.
She stamped her foot on the spot: "Your Highness..."
How could this be? Why doesn't the Crown Prince even glance at her? She's already spoken so much, yet the Crown Prince doesn't even respond. He truly lacks any gentlemanly conduct!
Could it be because her face cream didn't look good today? It's all Zheng Yanling and Zhao Mei's fault. They would rather sell the last jar of peach blossom face cream to that commoner than sell it to her. They must know that she was also coming to Beiyuan and could target her!
Lost in thought, her body betrayed her as she walked up to the group and timidly bowed to the princess and the county princess.
"Your humble servant, Jin Yuan, greets the princess and the county princess."
She knelt with her head bowed and squatted for a long time, but no one told her to get up.
Could it be?!
Jin Yuan looked up in shock and anger, only to find that the group had completely ignored her and had already left!
Zheng Yanling and Zhao Mei did it on purpose, while Qi Yuxuan and Qi Minying, after hearing about what happened the day before and considering that she had stopped the Crown Prince twice, both had a very bad impression of this Miss Jin.
Some people are like this: the more you give them face, the more they take advantage of you. The best way is to ignore it. If Jin Yuan still doesn't realize how offensive and rude his behavior is, then it's not too late to punish him.
When the Crown Prince arrived, the girls all fell silent.
Qi Minying was thinking about her mother, while Zheng Yanling and Zhao Mei kept in mind the purpose of their visit to Beiyuan. They dared not speak for fear of being seen and gossiped about. Only Qi Yuxuan looked aimlessly at the flowers and plants on the island, lost in thought.
At the fork in the road, the Crown Prince bid them farewell and went to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager and the Eldest Princess.
Zheng Yanling immediately let out a deep breath: "Finally gone, I was so suffocated."
She continued muttering, "Actually, if the Crown Prince weren't a man, I would really like to recommend our Qiongyu Tower's perfume powder to him. If His Highness the Crown Prince could take the lead in using it, we wouldn't have to worry about sales at all."
Zhao Mei exclaimed "Huh?" and saw that Qi Yuxuan next to her actually nodded thoughtfully and remained silent.
Forget it, they have a lot of ideas, I'll just follow along. Anyway, I'm already very satisfied with being able to run my own business.
The four of them had a great time exploring the island, and when it was almost time, they prepared to return to the banquet.
As we walked, we suddenly heard a series of "plop" sounds ahead, one after another, like stones hitting the water.
The group exchanged glances.
After passing the artificial hill, they finally saw that the person who threw the stone into the lake to vent their anger was Jin Yuan.
Her face was still streaked with tears, and her eyes were swollen from crying. She was sobbing as she picked up stones and threw them, not even noticing the people coming.
Qi Minying was speechless: "What are you doing here?!"
"Ah!" Jin Yuan was startled and hurriedly tried to get up, but her foot slipped and she almost fell into the lake.
Qi Minying was nearby and subconsciously reached out to grab her.
But Qi Minying was small and weak, how could she hold back a girl who was five or six years older than her? She was pulled straight into the lake.
She was still holding Qi Yuxuan's arm when, in an instant, the three of them fell into the lake like dumplings being dropped into a pot.
"Yu Xuan! Princess!"
Zheng Yanling and Zhao Mei were both terrified. How could everything have been fine just a moment ago, and suddenly a whole string of people had fallen down?!
Unfortunately, neither of them could swim. Zheng Yanling was so anxious that she ran away from the artificial hill, shouting as she ran, "Help! Help! Someone help me!"
Zhao Mei saw the bamboo grove nearby and, with a burst of strength she didn't know she possessed, rushed over, kicked a small bamboo stalk in half, dragged it along, and ran towards the lake, intending to hand it to the person in the water to pull them up.
Jin Yuan could swim. She shivered slightly when she first entered the water, but quickly got to work. She frantically scooped up Qi Minying, who was thrashing about, and floated to the surface. Startled, she kept explaining in a tearful voice:
"Princess Min-young, I... I didn't mean to. There was moss by the lake, and I wasn't paying attention..."
As she said this, she heard another "plop" behind her.
"Crown Prince!!!"
Sun Miao's heart-wrenching screams echoed from the opposite bank.
Qi Jun had just finished dealing with the Empress Dowager and the Eldest Princess and walked out of the waterside pavilion when he heard Zheng Yanling shouting for help in a panic not far away, saying that someone had fallen into the water.
Thinking of the little girl who had just been with Zheng Yanling, he dared not take any chances and practically ran to the only small lake on the island in the middle of the lake.
If he was merely filled with fear before, then seeing the little girl's handkerchief floating on the water completely threw him into a panic.
He paid no heed to the crowd still shouting on the other side of the river, and without the slightest hesitation, he jumped.
The weather in Beiyuan was cold, and the lake water was cold too. Qi Yuxuan had already fallen into the water enough times, so last summer she asked the maids and aunts in the Princess's mansion who were good swimmers to teach her to swim for several months.
But somehow, she fell into the water, and her memory seemed to be instantly pulled back to the moment when she was on the verge of death in her previous life.
The lake water was icy cold in the dead of winter. She struggled in agony, but her loved ones on the shore remained indifferent, their faces filled with disgust.
Lake water rushed into my nasal cavity and lungs, and waves of suffocating pain washed over me...
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