The further north you go, the more biting the autumn coolness becomes. The water vapor that evaporates at noon will condense into frost at night, and the temperature difference between day and night will increase. It seems that after a night of cold wind, you have instantly entered another bleak season.
Song Jiaren felt her hands and feet were so cold that they were a little stiff. She rubbed her hands, stamped her feet, and put her hands back into her sleeves.
Gu Zhen took off his cloak and covered Song Jiaren's legs with it. He didn't feel cold, perhaps because women were thin and afraid of the cold.
"Hold on a little longer, and find a village to rest at night. I'll ask Changfeng to find some warm clothes for you. How come you're so vulnerable to the cold? The further north you go, the colder it will get. If you stay like this, you won't be able to leave the tent at the border camp." Gu Zhen pulled the timid woman next to him into his arms.
Song Jiaren was startled and looked at the Crown Prince, "What are you doing?"
Gu Zhen met her sparkling eyes and teased her deliberately, "You are my woman, what do you want to do?"
Song Jiaren lowered her head and said nervously, "This... is broad daylight, it's not good..."
We've lived together several times along the way and nothing happened, why is he suddenly acting like a pervert?
Gu Zhen was afraid of backfiring, so he stopped there. "I just saw you were cold, so I hugged you to warm you up. What are you thinking?"
Song Jiaren laughed and said, "So that's how it is. Of course, I think so too."
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really was like a little heater. With his cloak covering his legs and his arms around his shoulders, he felt much better than before.
"Thank you, Your Highness. I'm much warmer now. However, how long will it take for us to arrive?"
With Gu Zhenjia in his arms, he felt for the first time that choosing to be exiled to the north was not a bad idea, as it would allow him to be close to her openly. In the cold north, the winter seemed to last for half a year.
Song Jiaren was drowsy leaning against the heat source, her head leaning on Gu Zhen's shoulder little by little, rubbing it twice unconsciously, and found the most comfortable position.
Gu Zhen turned his head to look at her rosy face which had warmed up. The sweet scent of her breath sprayed on the side of his neck, making him feel a little itchy.
The sun was shining brightly at noon, and Gu Zhen woke Song Jiaren up, "Wake up, get out of the car and move around."
Song Jiaren opened her eyes drowsily and sat up straight. She felt much better after waking up from a good sleep, and her body was still warm. She pulled aside the door curtain and saw that the sun was shining brightly outside. She couldn't wait to jump out of the carriage to bask in the sun, forgetting Gu Zhen.
Gu Zhen stretched his shoulders which were numb from being leaned on by Song Jiaren, smiled bitterly and got off the carriage.
Think about how many women admired him in the past, but he ignored them all. Now he cares about a woman, but she ignores him. It really is a changing world.
Song Jiaren found a stone and moved it to the side of the carriage to sit and bask in the sun. The warm sunlight seemed to be able to penetrate her skin and drive away the coolness of many days, making her feel very comfortable.
Looking back, I saw that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was talking to the tough Third Prince. Both of them looked cold, but their temperaments were very different. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was a cold and aloof nobleman who was indifferent to worldly affairs.
The third prince of Rakshasa Kingdom was cold-hearted, like a machine without emotions.
Gu Zhen turned around and glanced at the woman who was comfortably basking in the sun. Her hair was smooth and her eyes were charming. The sunlight made her originally fair skin seem transparent and sparkling. She was wearing a light green thin dress and a loose pleated skirt, which made her look quiet and elegant. Her every frown and smile was touching.
Thor was resistant to the woman. Seeing the Crown Prince looking at her tenderly, he said bluntly, "How could you marry a woman like this? She's even more rude than the women in our country."
He saved her but was glared at, and his thanks were reluctant, as if he owed her money.
Gu Zhen finally turned around and looked at Thor.
"What kind of woman do you think I should marry?"
Thor thought back to the concubines he had seen in the imperial palace in Beijing a few years ago and said, "She must be gentle and considerate, knowledgeable and interesting, and at the very least, a lady from a noble family. Isn't this the standard you royal family uses to choose a wife?"
Look at this woman again, sitting cross-legged on the rock, more unrestrained than the man.
Gu Zhen didn't know what he remembered, and smiled softly:
"Will they be willing to be exiled to the frontier with me?"
Song Jiaren felt her body warmed by the sun and felt hungry. Then she remembered her dear Crown Prince and she wanted to eat roasted lamb leg!
Seeing that Song Jiaren finally remembered him, Gu Zhen shamelessly asked Sol, "Is the lamb leg ready?"
Thor said doubtfully, "Okay."
"Cut another piece for me. My wife loves meat."
Thor was speechless.
In less than half a minute, Song Jiaren was eating the roasted lamb leg brought back by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, which was carefully cut into bite-sized pieces by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
Changfeng and Shitou were too embarrassed to watch and glanced aside, meeting the stunned gaze of the Third Prince of Luosha Kingdom with an expression they had long been accustomed to.
After eating and drinking, everyone continued on their journey and arrived at a small village before dark in the evening. Changfeng checked the surrounding terrain and found that there was no other place to stay within a hundred kilometers except this village, so they had no choice but to rest here.
Gu Zhen helped Song Jiaren get off the carriage and entered the village with the people from Luosha Kingdom.
Shitou is good at communication. He took the initiative to approach a man carrying water and asked, "Brother, excuse me for disturbing you."
The man was sweating profusely. He put down the load and bucket on his shoulders, wiped the sweat off his face with his sleeve, and said with an unsteady breath, "What's the matter?"
Shitou glanced back at the crowd and said to the man, "I wonder if there's a place in the village where we can stay? We don't dare disturb the villagers in their homes, so a shed that can shelter us from the wind and rain will do. There are many of us, including some merchants from Rakshasa Country, so we don't want to scare the elderly and children, so we'll just stay for one night and leave."
The man looked at the people holding the Rakshasa Kingdom, thought for a moment, and said, "There is a dilapidated temple in the village. You should be able to stay there. Come with me." The man put the bucket on his back again and led Shi Tou and everyone to the dilapidated temple in the village.
Song Jiaren looked at this old temple and felt as if she had seen it before. She followed the Crown Prince in silence, sitting on a mat beside her in a daze. Suddenly, an idea flashed in her mind and she remembered.
Isn't this the dilapidated temple where the heroine and the hero once stayed when they had a conflict and left the palace to travel around? They met the general on the border, and the two of them joined forces to cure the plague in the village. Later, they followed the general to the military camp and worked as military doctors there for a while.
The book didn't mention that the heroine met the exiled Crown Prince, so it couldn't be such a coincidence. Song Jiaren suppressed her wildly beating heart.
The man who brought them here was a villager named Amu. He chatted with Shitou for a while and then went home.
The guards found some abandoned cushions from the temple and took out mats from the carriage to spread on the ground for Gu Zhen, Song Jiaren and the third prince of Luosha Kingdom.
Song Jiaren was also tired of standing, so she sat down, took a long breath, and stretched on the cushion. She had been sitting in the carriage for a whole day and felt her legs and feet were swollen. She finally lay down to rest, but she was so comfortable that she didn't want to get up.
Gu Zhen didn't say anything to her, and it was useless even if he did.
Thor was confused and didn't understand why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince cared so much about this woman.
There were gusts of cold wind at night. Several guards closed the temple gate, and the temple was dark without any light.
Song Jiaren was very uncomfortable and insecure, and said in a panic, "Your Highness, do you have any candles?"
Gu Zhen turned around and asked Chang Feng, who replied, "Your Highness, no."
Song Jiaren's eyes were dark, and she was extremely scared and nervous. She looked around blankly, and all she saw was darkness.
Damn, it would be great if there were lights in modern times.
"Your Highness, could you light a fire? It would be warm and bright."
Gu Zhen looked at the dilapidated Buddha statue in the temple, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Then let's build a small one."
"Changfeng, Shitou, take a few people to find some firewood and branches, and come back to build a fire to keep warm."
Changfeng and Shitou took the order and took a few people out.
Song Jiaren felt a little awkward, as she had traveled through time and space from a book. Even if she had not believed in gods before, she did now and felt a little awed. She silently prayed to the Buddha for forgiveness, asking him not to blame her for lighting a fire in the temple. She was too cold and could not see, so she had to resort to this desperate measure out of fear.
Gu Zhen listened attentively. "What are you mumbling about?"
"Ah? Nothing." Song Jiaren was startled by the breath so close to her. Were they too close?
Gu Zhen stared at the woman next to him unscrupulously in the dark night. He moved closer to her when he spoke just now and smelled the faint fragrance on her body. She also rushed on the road every day, so how come she smelled so good without any sweat smell?
He looked at the woman's confused eyes with curiosity. She couldn't even see him next to her at such a close distance. Her night vision was too poor. It would be convenient for them to consummate their marriage later.
When Gu Zhen thought about consummating his marriage, even if he was calm, he felt a little embarrassed. He coughed to cover up his embarrassment, and didn't dare to get so close anymore, so he moved to the side.
Changfeng and Shitou moved quickly, and brought back a bunch of branches with their guards, and started a fire in the open space in the middle of the temple.
The people from Rakshasa Kingdom and the Third Prince also moved to the center, and everyone gathered in a circle to keep warm.
The fire burned fiercely. Song Jiaren finally saw her surroundings clearly in the light and felt relieved.
There was a heavy rain outside, and the sound of the rain hitting the roof was rapid.
"Is it raining?" Song Jiaren looked at the roof where the sound came from. It was raining so heavily, and it might be even colder tomorrow. She really didn't know if there would be enough firewood and charcoal for heating where His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was going. She really couldn't resist the cold.
My nose is a little stuffy. I wonder if I have a cold. Song Jiaren pinched the tip of her nose.
Gu Zhen kept walking without noticing her. "What's wrong?"
Song Jiaren felt that if she said at this time that she had a cold and wanted to take some cold medicine, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would probably find it even more troublesome to take her with him.
"It's okay, I'm sleepy, I'm going to sleep first."
She lay down on the mat, a little away from the firelight, still warm, with her back to the guards who were warming themselves by the fire.
Gu Zhen moved towards her and sat in front of the sleeping woman, blocking the sight of the guards and the third prince of Luosha Kingdom. He felt relieved only after hiding her behind him.
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