Chapter 17 I didn’t mean it. She turned around and saw…
She turned around and saw Xiao Lin grabbing her left sleeve. "Ningning, there's a new sashimi restaurant in the east of the city. The chef's knife skills are amazing!"
Song Youning: “…”
Xiao Lin leaned close to her ear and lowered his voice: "I heard that the sea bass sashimi in that shop is as thin as a cicada's wing and tastes great. If you write about it in your travelogue, it will definitely be a hit. Let's go try it together?"
Song Youning thought for a while and nodded: "Okay..."
Before he finished speaking.
Li Funing grabbed his right wrist again and said, "Your Highness, the inn has prepared braised pigeon. I personally selected the herbs. Your Highness is not in good health, so you should take more nourishing supplements."
Song Youning rolled up her sleeves, showing off her sturdy forearms: "Lord Li, do you think this princess is not feeling well?"
Li Funing: "..."
Li Funing ignored her and turned to angrily scold Xiao Lin, still holding her wrist tightly. "Last month, more than a hundred people suffered from diarrhea due to eating raw food. Is the prince trying to harm His Highness?"
Song Youning's wrists were held by two people and she couldn't move: "Let go of me!"
No one let go...
"I'll count to three. If you don't let go..." Song Youning glared at the two men and threatened, "I'll send a message back immediately and remove both of you from the candidacy!"
"one"
"Swish..."
The two of them let go at the same time, their movements were quick and coordinated.
Xiao Lin took two steps back and raised his hands: "Ningning, don't be angry, let go! Is it not okay for me to let go?"
Li Funing straightened his wrinkled cuffs and said with lowered eyes, "I'm sorry."
Song Youning didn't expect the two of them to let go so quickly.
She was struggling hard to move backwards when both of them suddenly let go of her at the same time. She lost her balance and fell directly to the ground.
"Bang!" He stumbled and landed on his butt.
The air froze instantly.
Xiao Lin and Li Funing froze at the same time, their pupils trembling.
It's over, we're in big trouble.
Song Youning: "......"
Xiao Lin rushed forward: "Are you hurt?!"
Li Funing was even quicker, half-kneeling on the ground and reaching out to support her waist: "Your Highness, I didn't mean to..."
Song Youning slowly raised his head and tried to calm down: "...You...are dead."
After lunch, Song Youning leaned lazily on the couch, with a purple jade grape, a specialty of Yuzhou, in his mouth and flipping through the Yuzhou road map in his hand.
"Shaoguan Baiyu Zen Temple..." She opened her red lips slightly and spit the grape seeds into the cup.
"I've been there, it's not fun." He turned another page.
His fingertips paused at the Buhe Ancestral Temple. "The lion dance performance is quite interesting. Let's wait and see!"
The pen drew a playful circle on the paper, and before the ink had dried, he turned the page.
"Yuzhou Temple..."
She suddenly straightened up and stepped barefoot on the carpet. "The source of faith in Yuzhou, where incense has been burning continuously for thousands of years... Pray for marriage and fortune, and it will come true."
"Extremely accurate?" Song Youning touched Zaochen's sore butt. His luck hadn't been good lately, so he really had to go and pray...
"That's it."
When Chuntao came in, she saw her own princess with her long black hair tied up into a man's bun and changed into men's clothes. At first glance, she really thought she was some handsome young man.
"Your Highness, this is..."
"Prepare the horses."
Song Youning inserted the wolf-hair brush into her hair crown and stuffed a few empty booklets into her sleeves. She was so excited that she almost wanted to throw a punch: "Let's go, let's go. Today I want to get to know Yuzhou well..."
Everyone packed their bags and prepared to go to the Dragon Mother Temple in Yuzhou.
Just stepped out of the inn door
Li Funing stood at the door, looking at her solemnly: "Your Highness, bandits have been rampant in the Yuzhou Temple area recently, robbing merchants and travelers."
"Really?" She raised her brows slightly, obviously not believing it.
"You can ask Manager Liu." Li Funing took a step to the side, revealing the uneasy Manager Liu behind him.
Shopkeeper Liu wiped his sweat and came over: "Yes, yes! It's been quite uneasy there lately. Many pilgrims have been intercepted! I heard quite a few were injured! Princess, please be careful and bring more people with you."
Song Youning narrowed his eyes: "Oh? Shopkeeper Liu has heard about it too?"
Shopkeeper Liu broke out in a cold sweat: "Uh... yes, yes! There were customers talking about it a few days ago."
"I happen to have three hundred elite soldiers at my disposal..." Li Funing stepped forward and blocked Manager Liu behind him.
"and……"
Li Funing lowered his eyes, placed his hand on his neck, and said in a low, hoarse voice, "A few days ago, a wild cat scratched my neck, and the wound hasn't healed yet..."
Xiao Lin leaned against the door with his arms folded, sneering, "Lord Li was arguing with this prince this morning. Why are you pretending to be weak?"
He immediately "weakly" held onto the eaves of the door, tilted his neck, revealing the "gauze" bandage.
Song Youning stared at his pale face, frowning slightly.
"I heard that Yuzhou Temple is very effective. I thought that if I could go to the temple to pray, I might get better faster."
Xiao Lin rolled his eyes: "Why go to the temple when you are sick? Lord Li, go back and lie down..."
Song Youning stared at the "weak" Li Funing in front of him, his lips curled slightly, and a hint of understanding flashed in his eyes.
She pretends to be quite similar and is even a "wild cat". What do you think of her?
She stared at the man in front of her.
His face was pale, his lips were white, and even his voice became soft, as if he was really seriously injured and had not recovered.
"Your Highness..." He coughed again, his eyes lowered. "If it is really inconvenient for Your Highness, I, your humble servant, can go there myself."
Song Youning squinted at him: Retreat to advance, that's a good tactic, Li Funing, I didn't realize you had this tactic before.
Song Youning curled his lips slightly, deliberately pondered for a moment, and then said slowly: "Since Lord Li is determined to protect the emperor..."
She reached out and deliberately pressed lightly on the gauze bandage he was wearing: "Then follow me."
(Of course she knew he was pretending.)
(But she just... really likes it.)
Li Funing's heart twitched, but he still maintained his frail appearance. "Your humble servant, obey your command."
Xiao Lin, who was eavesdropping on the side, was shaking with anger and stared at Song Youning with grievance: "Ningning, this prince wants to go too..."
Song Dynasty
You Ning looked him up and down and refused firmly: "No, just stay here and wait for us to come back at the inn."
After saying that, he turned around and left without any regrets.
"No..." Xiao Lin looked at her resolute back, curled his five fingers into a fist, kicked the door in anger, and pointed at Li Funing: "Li Funing! You green tea!"
"Prince Xiao."
Li Funing, who was standing by, slapped the hand pointing at him down and gave him a provocative smile, his eyes three parts mocking and seven parts teasing: "Want to join us?"
After saying this, he trotted over calmly. Xiao Lin, who was alone, looked at the receding figure and became furious.
Provocation, naked provocation
Xiao Lin stood up and started to chase after him, shouting to the shopkeeper Liu beside him: "Shopkeeper, prepare the fastest horse you have for this prince!"
Shopkeeper Liu, who was standing by, rubbed his hands and smiled: "Well, my Lord, we are a small business, look at this silver..."
Xiao Lin touched his waist and suddenly froze
Oh no, I changed into several sets of clothes this morning to see Ningning, and I put my wallet in the pocket of the first set...
Xiao Lin's eyes rolled: "Record it to Li Funing's account!"
Shopkeeper Liu broke out in a cold sweat: "But, but Master Li just specifically instructed that if anyone buys on credit..."
"Um?"
"...I'll report you to the police and have the prince come and take you back..."
Xiao Lin: “…”
Xiao Lin gritted his teeth and tore off his outer robe and threw it over: "This brocade material is worth ten horses!"
Shopkeeper Liu held the clothes and said in embarrassment: "But..."
"What's wrong again?" Xiao Lin narrowed his eyes and said unhappily.
"Can't resist?"
"no......"
Shopkeeper Liu shrunk his neck and pointed to the corner: "This is the only animal left in the inn that can run on four legs..."
Xiao Lin turned around and saw a gray donkey chewing hay.
Donkey: "Hmm...ah..."
Xiao Lin: “…”
In front of Yuzhou Temple, smoke curls up.
Song Youning looked up and down at the Yuzhou Temple. The blue-gray temple was built against the mountain, with layers of brackets stacked up like a dark dragon entwined in the mountains.
The thousand-year-old banyan tree in front of the hall droops, entangled with the smoke rising from the bronze incense burner.
Song Youning was writing down the environment inside the temple. Li Funing stood beside her, holding a bamboo umbrella to shield her from the sunlight, and the fragrance on his body was almost imperceptible.
"Prince Xiao has always been reckless."
He suddenly spoke softly: "Either I scared the Queen Mother's cat, or I took down His Majesty's plaque..."
"Princess, don't have any contact with him anymore..."
Song Youning paused, feeling surprised, and looked at him with a half-smile: "When did the always well-educated and polite Lord Li learn to talk behind people's backs?"
Li Funing remained calm, tilting the umbrella handle to follow her steps: "I'm just worried, if he follows..."
"Li Funing, you little bastard, actually spoke ill of me behind the princess's back!!!"
Before he finished speaking, a burst of shouting and cursing was heard, and they both turned around to look.
Xiao Lin was seen wearing coarse servant's clothes. Most of his clothes were wet and water was dripping from the ends of his hair. It was obvious that he had come all the way at a fast speed. There were still a few donkey hairs on his coarse clothes.
He rushed over and grabbed Li Funing by the collar: "Li Funing, you little bastard!!!"
Li Funing, whose collar was grabbed, suddenly started coughing violently, and his pale fingers grabbed the collar of his shirt over his chest.
Song Youning immediately stepped forward and knocked Xiao Lin's hand away, then asked Li Funing with concern, "What's wrong?"
He shook his head weakly: "It's okay..."
"It's just a wound..."
Xiao Lin almost fainted from breathing: "Li Funing! You're hurting your neck, not your heart..."
Song Youning withdrew his hand, supported his chin, and watched Li Funing's performance with interest.
It's strange, why does she like watching him perform so much?
Seeing the tension between the two getting stronger, Song Youning deliberately changed the subject: "Xiao Lin, it's only been a while since we last met, how did you become like this?"
She raised her eyebrows and looked at his clothes that were covered with patches and mud, and his jade crown that was stained with donkey hair and tilted to one side.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Lin came forward with a wronged look on his face, "It's Li Funing! He asked Shopkeeper Liu to bring this prince a stubborn donkey, and that stubborn donkey keeps stepping into puddles!"
He shook his wet sleeves, and water droplets splashed all over Li Funing.
Li Funing brushed his clothes calmly and said calmly, "Your Highness is not a good rider, so what does he have to do with the donkey?"
"Even if I give you a horse, what can I do..."
"you……!"
Xiao Lin was so angry that he jumped up and down, clenching his fists, with the blue veins on the back of his hands clearly visible.
Seeing that the war between the two was about to break out, Song Youning wished he could throw them out on the spot.
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