"Why on earth did you try so hard to save me?"
"Because of the appointment."
"Whose appointment?"
"Jiang Yi, Lord Jiang."
Nangong Xuan remembered that he had sneered and didn't believe it at first, and he believed that Yan Yiming didn't want to admit that he had feelings for him so he deliberately said something evasive. He never thought that there would be any connection between Jiang Yi and Princess Lin'an.
But now Jiang Yi was speaking to Yan Yiming in a gentle tone that he had never heard of before, and Yan Yiming could not hide his joy. Nangong Xuan suddenly realized that he seemed to be being too sentimental.
This result made him unable to believe it for a moment, and he felt indescribably upset and jealous for some unknown reason.
Shao Jingyu's smile disappeared completely when Jiang Yi said the first sentence to Yan Yiming. There was no expression on his handsome face, but the eyes looking at Yan Yiming were filled with danger.
Yan Yiming met Shao Jingyu's gaze and realized that Shao Jingyu might have suspected her, which made her panic for a moment. Jiang Yi's appearance came at the right time, and Yan Yiming quickly adjusted her mentality.
Even if Shao Jingyu did something crazy, it would not have much impact on her. Even if he was really crazy enough to capture her, at most she would suffer for half a year before leaving, and she would be able to return to the world when the time came.
And now that Jiang Yi is here, Yan Yiming feels more at ease. With Jiang Yi around, even if Shao Jingyu really wants to do something, he has to see if he agrees.
After coming to his senses and having someone to support him, Yan Yiming immediately straightened his back. This time he did not avoid Shao Jingyu's sight, but smiled at Shao Jingyu very politely, and then cooperated with Jiang Yi to continue the play.
Even though they knew that Jiang Yi's real meaning of "I'm late" might be that she had escaped and he was a step late to settle the score, in this situation it was entirely possible for others to misunderstand that Jiang Yi was worried about Yan Yiming's safety, so he said he was late.
Now that the four of them were gathered together, Yan Yiming quickly compared them in his mind. Although Jiang Yi was equally dangerous, he already knew all of his secrets. Unknowingly, Yan Yiming had already leaned towards Jiang Yi in his heart.
So after hearing Jiang Yi's words "I'm late", Yan Yiming put on a proper attitude, pursed his lips and sighed with joy, "It's not too late."
Then he added, "It's good that you're here."
Jiang Yi smiled when he heard this, and looked her up and down in front of several people. Finally, his eyes fell on Yan Yiming's exaggeratedly bandaged leg, and his face changed slightly, "Are you injured?"
Yan Yiming coughed lightly and whispered, "It's okay."
Jiang Yi wanted to say something, but he looked up at the three people who were staring at him without saying a word, then leaned over and said in Yan Yiming's ear in a voice that everyone could clearly hear, "Let's talk later."
Yan Yiming naturally had no objection, and naturally held Jiang Yi's arm and sat back down.
Jiang Yi had never cared about the prince. Later, Jian Yuyan came to her late at night out of jealousy and got drunk. However, he had explained everything clearly that time, so Jiang Yi shouldn't care about Jian Yuyan. As for Shao Jingyu, Jiang Yi didn't know about her yet, and now she was so cooperative, so Jiang Yi should be safe and trustworthy at this moment.
Yan Yiming praised himself and Jiang Yi's acting skills in his heart, and after Jiang Yi arrived, he started to play dumb, just like a young wife who gave her boyfriend enough face when going out. Shao Jingyu has been silent since Jiang Yi appeared. However, Nangong Xuan and Jian Yuyan asked him questions indirectly from time to time. Every time Yan Yiming asked a question, he would look at Jiang Yi and signal him to speak.
Jiang Yi looked at Yan Yiming, who was acting seriously, with some amusement. This time she ran away without saying a word, and he had not yet settled accounts with her, but she was ordering him around here without any worries.
It was just that they were deliberately showing off their affection in front of Nangong Xuan and Jian Yuyan. Even if he was ordered to do so, Jiang Yi was willing to do so.
As for settling the accounts, it won’t be too late to do so slowly once there are no irrelevant people involved.
Yan Yiming sat with a few people for nearly half an hour, and finally left on the grounds that he had leg pain and needed to go back to the room to change the medicine. Jiang Yi had something important to do. After they finished discussing government affairs, only Nangong Xuan and Jiang Yi were left. Nangong Xuan asked him uncertainly,
"I was able to be rescued this time because of Princess Lin'an," Nangong Xuan paused before speaking with some difficulty, "It's just that the princess said that she was entrusted by you to protect me."
In a word, Jiang Yi has learned a lot of information.
Yan Yiming risked his life to save the prince. Jiang Yi knew that it was because Yan Yiming had to protect the prince in order to achieve his own goal. However, the prince could not help but think too much about such an act of risking one's life, not to mention that Ah Ming had expressed her desire to marry the prince in order to make the prince dislike her.
So Yan Yiming thought of an excuse to fool the prince, but what Jiang Yi didn't expect was that Yan Yiming actually used himself as an excuse.
Jiang Yi's heart felt like being gently brushed by a feather, itchy yet a little sweet.
Yan Yiming used the excuse of going back to change the bandage, but in fact he did not change the bandage at all. With Xiaopingguo on the wound, she could control it whenever she wanted, but in order not to arouse suspicion from others, she kept the wound.
The maids were afraid that she would get hurt, so they always helped her bathe carefully. While she was bathing and twisting her hair, she heard the maid at the door hurriedly say, "Sir, the princess has already retired..."
Then Jiang Yi's clear voice came, "Go tell the princess and see if she will let me in."
If he wasn't allowed in now, Jiang Yi would sneak in late at night. After considering for a moment, Yan Yiming ordered the maid to let him in, then waved his hand and ordered the maids to leave.
The maid hesitated for a moment and finally left. Jiang Yi smiled and said, "Your Highness's people?"
In fact, this maid should have been sent by Shao Jingyu, but in order to prevent Jiang Yi from being suspicious, Yan Yiming nodded and said, "She should be," and then prepared to put on his coat and get out of bed.
Jiang Yi took two steps over and pushed her back, "Don't move, His Highness said that your leg is injured." His slightly cold fingers pressed on her slender ankle. Yan Yiming shuddered and wanted to pull back, "It's not that serious..."
Yan Yiming had just finished bathing and was only wearing a thin shirt. Jiang Yi could already see a clear scar in one corner without even pulling up his loose trouser legs. When he lifted up his trouser legs and saw a wound as long as two fingers on his fair calf, Jiang Yi's smile froze on his face.
He thought it was fake, but it turned out to be even more horrifying than he imagined.
Yan Yiming inexplicably shrank his legs with a guilty conscience, "It just looks scary, but it doesn't hurt..."
Maybe it really doesn't hurt. There is no trace of pain on Yan Yiming's face. She is a fox fairy, isn't she? As long as she wants, perhaps these wounds will disappear completely immediately.
But when Jiang Yi saw it, he felt a slight pain in his heart.
The fingertips gently stroked the scar, the rough touch was unspeakably clear. Yan Yiming wanted to shrink back, but seeing Jiang Yi's expression, she dared not move. She let Jiang Yi grab her ankle, then took out the ointment from the bedside cabinet and applied it evenly on it.
He could not feel any pain, but only the touch of Jiang Yi's fingers on his skin. Yan Yiming suddenly shifted his attention somewhat uncomfortably and asked Jiang Yi, "What did you just say?"
Jiang Yi seemed to have thought of something. He sat on a small stool beside the bed. Hearing this, he looked up at her and chuckled, "Are you sure you want to hear it?"
At this point, Yan Yiming suddenly didn't want to listen anymore.
But Jiang Yi pretended not to understand Yan Yiming's expression at the critical moment, rolled up her trouser legs to prevent them from getting stained with the ointment, and said teasingly with a raised corner of his lips, "I heard that someone was willing to sacrifice his own life to ensure the safety of the prince in order to fulfill my request."
Jiang Yi was so smart that even though the prince had not said it explicitly, Jiang Yi could tell from his words that he cared about Princess Lin'an. Although the prince said that he only liked the Crown Princess, he could not hide his affection for Princess Lin'an.
Although he had never recognized that Princess Lin'an was the Crown Princess he had always dreamed of, he still had selfish feelings for her, so the Crown Prince asked hesitantly, but Jiang Yi answered decisively.
She did it just for him.
She would take anything he said to heart.
She just loved him to this extent.
Seeing the prince's unconcealed disappointment and saying these words, Jiang Yi felt a twisted sense of comfort. At this moment, he looked at Yan Yiming's ambiguous teasing, "Tell me, how should I repay such a touching feeling."
Yan Yiming looked away and said a little collapsed, "I don't think she needs or wants anything in return."
"How can that be possible?" Jiang Yi chuckled. "My wife-to-be taught me to be grateful and repay kindness since I was a child. What do you think, Princess?"
Yan Yiming fell on the bed, covering his face and groaning with a headache, "Your wife-to-be, please stop talking."
Jiang Yi smiled for a long time, his fingers running along her long, smooth hair as he spoke slowly, "Actually, at that time, you deliberately avoided my people and fled the capital, and I was really angry."
Yan Yiming's body stiffened, and he buried his face in the bed without saying a word.
Jiang Yi didn't expect her to speak up and continued, "But then I heard that you were still here, and now you chose me in front of the Crown Prince and Jian Yuyan, so I'm not angry anymore."
Yan Yiming: “…”
Jiang Yi sighed, put the medicine back, and tidied up her messy clothes. "Okay, it's late, you should go to bed early. I'll come to see you tomorrow."
Yan Yiming turned away in surprise. She thought Jiang Yi would take the opportunity to rest here today, but Jiang Yi really just helped her apply the medicine and then turned and left. Yan Yiming looked at Jiang Yi's back as he left and thought of what Jiang Yi had said just now.
Just because she was still here, just because she chose him at that moment, she gave up everything. She was so easily satisfied. Yan Yiming suddenly had an indescribable feeling.
After a while, the maid came in quietly, saw Yan Yiming sitting on the bed in a daze wearing only his shirt, bit her lip and walked out.
That night, Nangong Xuanshao Jingyu and others all learned that Jiang Yi went to Yan Yiming's courtyard. The only thing that made them feel relieved was that Jiang Yi left after staying for nearly half an hour.
However, Shao Jingyu heard the hesitant voice of the maid.
"The princess drove us all out, leaving only Lord Jiang. I couldn't hear clearly, but I seemed to hear..."
Shao Jingyu looked gloomy, "What did you hear?"
"I heard that Lord Jiang personally applied medicine to the princess. When I went in for the last time, the princess was only wearing her undergarment..."
With a "boom", Shao Jingyu overturned the bookshelf next to him with one hand. The maid hid aside trembling and almost cried. After a long time, she heard Shao Jingyu's voice with suppressed anger, "Get out."
The maid lowered her head and hurriedly retreated. Shao Jingyu sat at the table, staring at the flickering candlelight, and slowly closed his eyes.
That night, the candle in Shao Jingyu's room stayed lit until four o'clock in the morning.
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