Chapter 105 Don't go back on your word
Jing Ye was stunned for a moment.
Jiang Xue was thinking about something in her heart. She looked at him with her bright eyes and tilted her head slightly to ask, "Why, now that I have agreed, does Your Majesty want to go back on his word?"
Jing Ye's hand around her waist stiffened for a moment, then he concealed the shock in his eyes, pursed his lips, and then quickly flew down.
As soon as Jiang Xue's feet touched the ground, she quickly pulled herself out of Jing Ye's arms, took a few steps back, and bowed slightly to Jing Ye with a smile.
"My Lord, I will go back first."
Jing Ye suddenly reached out and grabbed her arm, saying in a deep voice, "Okay."
"What?" Jiang Xue was stunned.
"You just promised me something," Jing Ye said, "Now that you have promised, you are not allowed to regret it."
Inside the Wenqingxuan courtyard, all the servants had gone back to their rooms to rest. The courtyard was eerily quiet, with only the occasional sound of patrolling guards outside the courtyard wall.
Jiang Xue's arm was held by Jing Ye. She looked up at him in a daze. The moonlight shone on his silver mask, emitting bursts of soft light.
Jing Ye's eyes were complicated, determined but with a hint of confusion, and there was a hint of pain in his surprise.
Jiang Xue couldn't understand.
But - Jing Ye looks much more pleasing to the eye now, not as cold as he used to be, Jiang Xue thought.
Fu Dong was originally guarding the night in front of the corridor outside Jiang Xue's house. When he heard the noise, he opened his eyes immediately, walked all the way into the yard, and saw the two people sitting facing each other quietly.
She exclaimed in a low voice, then walked quickly towards the two of them. She stretched out her hand and pulled Jiang Xue over, holding her behind her to protect her.
Fu Dong, like an old hen protecting her cubs, held her head high and puffed out her chest, and said to Jing Ye unhappily, "In the middle of the night, where are you going to take our Highness, you thief?!"
Jiang Xue staggered when she was pulled by her without noticing. When she stood still, she looked at Fu Dong with a helpless look and said, "No..."
“Don’t be afraid, Your Highness,” Fu Dong forced himself not to look directly into Jing Ye’s cold eyes, and said, “After all, we are in our Ji Kingdom. There is no reason for us to allow the thieves from other countries to bully our Ji Kingdom princess!”
Jiang Xue shook her head at Jing Ye with a negotiating look. Jing Ye snorted coldly, ignored her and flew away.
When Fu Dong saw him leaving, she opened her mouth to call the guards outside the courtyard, but Jiang Xue quickly covered her mouth.
Fu Dong looked at Jiang Xue in confusion. Jiang Xue smiled and said, "Come back to the room with me first."
Then he pulled her and trotted into the house.
Fu Dong closed the door, turned around and asked Jiang Xue in confusion: "Your Highness, I was clearly guarding in front of the corridor. When did you leave the room, and where did you leave from——"
She suddenly noticed the man's robe that Jiang Xue was wearing and whispered, "Whose robe is that, Your Highness?!"
Jiang Xue smiled and pretended to be angry and scolded: "Now you really control me. Well, it will be dawn soon, please forgive me and let me rest for a while."
Fu Dong was stunned and asked, "Take a break? What does your highness mean by this?"
Jiang Xue opened the door and pushed her out of the room, saying, "Let's talk after you wake up."
Fu Dong was confused, but seeing that Jiang Xue looked tired, he didn't dare to ask any more questions. He could only wait outside the house with a heavy heart.
She sat down on the porch, leaning against the railing, but she didn't dare fall asleep for even a moment.
Inside the room, Jiang Xue took off Jing Ye's outer robe and put the clothes on the clothes rail. She looked at the clothes in silence for a moment and sighed slightly.
Then he took off his shoes and lay down on the bed, and soon fell into a deep sleep.
Jiang Xue slept for only an hour or so before she was gently awakened by Xiaochun.
Jiang Xue rubbed her sleepy eyes, looked at Xiaochun squatting in front of the bed, and asked, "What time is it?"
Xiaochun lowered her brows and said, "It is already the first quarter of the morning, Your Highness."
Jiang Xue closed her eyes, then quickly opened them again, sighed, propped herself up and sat up, saying, "Help me wash up."
Xiaochun helped Jiang Xue get up from bed, and saw that she was wearing men's clothes. She couldn't hide her surprise.
But she didn't ask any more questions. She just quickly helped Jiang Xue change her clothes and took out a lake green silk skirt embroidered with bird feathers for Jiang Xue to put on.
After she was dressed completely, Xiaochun squatted down to help Jiang Xue adjust her skirt and skirt, and whispered, "Chen Jin came back last night, Your Highness."
Jiang Xue asked: "When?"
"His Highness ordered that no one should disturb him and he returned shortly afterwards."
Jiang Xue understood and said, "I guess the prince consort has also returned home."
"Yes," Xiaochun tidied Jiang Xue's dress, stood up and said, "The prince consort came to ask about Qingxuan last night."
Jiang Xue smiled knowingly and asked, "What did you say?"
"After the prince consort came to the backyard, he was stopped. Yesterday, I told the guards in the yard to tell them that His Highness had gone to bed and not to be disturbed. The prince consort was determined to come and ask about Qingxuan at first, but when he got outside the house and saw that the candle had gone out, he did not force his way in." Xiaochun said.
"Got it," Jiang Xue said, "Let Chen Jin wait for me in the yard."
Yesterday she asked Fu Dong to go around everywhere. Now, many of his colleagues probably know that she was considerate of Gu Lintan yesterday and sent people to send food to him but couldn't find him.
It would be strange if he didn't rush to seek explanation from me.
Jiang Xue was not in a hurry to deal with Gu Lintan. Right now, she just wanted to ask Chen Jin where Gu Lintan had gone yesterday.
Xiaochun agreed and left the house.
Jiang Xue glanced at the men's robe hanging in the room, thought for a moment, and called Xiaochun in again.
"Take this dress down, wash it, and bring it back to me."
"Your Highness..." Fu Dong took the clothes, bit his lip, and looked like he wanted to say something but stopped.
Seeing her hesitant expression, Jiang Xue understood instantly and pretended to be serious and said, "There are some things you shouldn't ask, so don't ask too much."
Fu Dong didn't expect Jiang Xue to speak so harshly to her. She pursed her lips and tears were about to fall from her eyes.
Seeing her like this, Jiang Xue immediately chuckled and said, "Okay, I'm just scaring you. You can't leave my room crying so hard so early in the morning. It would be so ugly if your face was covered with tears."
As he said that, he reached out and touched Fudong's head.
Fu Dong reacted, feeling angry and amused, and said: "If Your Highness scares me like this again, I will, I will..."
"So what?" Jiang Xue raised her eyebrows.
"I won't wash these clothes. I'll just throw them away or give them to the beggars on the street." Fu Dong stomped his feet and took out his anger on the clothes in his hands, crumpling them into a ball.
Jiang Xue hurriedly stopped him and said, "This dress is precious. If you damage it, I will owe you money again. If you continue like this, I'm afraid I won't be able to pay for it even if I pay for it myself."
Selling herself to Jing Ye to repay his favor - Jiang Xue instantly got goosebumps all over her body. She didn't know whether Jing Ye was reluctant or not, but she herself refused.
When Fu Dong heard this, he hurriedly shook his outer robe and said, "Then I will wash it right away."
Jiang Xue smiled and said, "Go ahead, but be careful not to let anyone see you."
Just as Fudong was holding the clothes and going out, Xiaochun just happened to come in. Seeing the clothes in Fudong's hands, she frowned slightly, then quickly calmed down and walked quickly to Jiang Xue and said:
"Your Highness, Chen Jin is waiting outside the courtyard."
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