Ru Xue said, "Wouldn't it be inappropriate for the Second Master and Princess Guarjia to be alone together if the Princess just left like this?"
Tong Cheng'er said, "What's inappropriate about it? There are maids and servants watching over us, and both families have given their permission, so there's no need to be too strict."
Ru Xue thought about it and agreed.
"Princess, where shall we go now?"
Tan Tuo Temple wasn't particularly big, but it wasn't small either. Tong Cheng'er casually said, "Let's just take a walk."
Then Tong Cheng'er started to wander around; the temple was a good place to calm her mind.
Tong Cheng'er was holding Bai Bai, planning to take a walk, but Bai Bai, who was usually very obedient, suddenly became disobedient and jumped out of her arms.
Tong Cheng'er: "Bai Bai, come back quickly."
Bai Bai paused, turned his head in a very human way, glanced at Tong Cheng'er, and then continued running.
There was no other way; Bai Bai was, after all, her "own child," someone she had raised with great difficulty. Tong Cheng'er couldn't bear to lose her, so she had no choice but to lead a group to chase after her.
Bai Bai seemed to be teasing Tong Cheng'er, running for a while and then stopping, maintaining a distance that was neither too far to catch up with nor too far to lose her.
“Princess, you’ve taken a wrong turn.”
“I saw it.”
Tong Cheng'er followed the turn, and then... then she saw Bai Bai lying on a man's instep. Upon closer inspection, the man looked somewhat familiar. As she got even closer, Tong Cheng'er remembered that she had seen him before; he was the Fourth Prince.
Yinzhen exuded a cold aura, which made Tong Cheng'er feel a chill in her heart. Would this man do something to her Bai Bai? Her poor Bai Bai, of all people's feet, she had to be on the foot of the Fourth Prince.
Tong Cheng'er was really afraid that if she didn't take Bai Bai away, the Fourth Prince would stew Bai Bai, so she quickly apologized and said, "This servant greets the Fourth Prince. This is my cat. It has disturbed your peace. I hope the Fourth Prince will forgive me."
Although Yinzhen had a cold face, he wasn't angry; it was just his habitual cold expression.
In fact, he doesn't dislike cats; he actually quite likes them. However, his dog was abused and killed, and the perpetrator couldn't be found, so he stopped raising dogs altogether.
Yinzhen bent down and picked up the well-behaved cat on his foot: "Get up, I don't blame you."
Tong Cheng'er stood up, looked at her cat in his hand, and asked hesitantly, "What about the servant's cat?"
Yinzhen had no habit of coveting other people's things: "Here you go."
He was about to hand it to her when he suddenly remembered his problem of seeing "images" whenever he touched a woman. His hand froze, but since he had already handed it over, he didn't take it back, thinking that he should be careful not to touch her later.
Tong Cheng'er's face lit up with joy, and she thanked the emperor, saying, "This servant thanks the Fourth Prince."
After saying that, Tong Cheng'er went to pick up Bai Bai.
Just as Tong Cheng'er was about to take Bai Bai in her arms, Bai Bai, who had been obedient just moments before, suddenly started struggling again, and then... then Tong Cheng'er's hand inevitably touched Yinzhen's hand.
As Yinzhen watched their hands touch, his face turned icy cold. Tong Cheng'er, standing to the side, couldn't help but shiver. Why was it so cold in the middle of summer?
Yinzhen felt annoyed. How could he have run into this? What bad luck!
He resignedly waited for the "disgusting" scene he was about to see, but after a while, no scene appeared. Yinzhen was surprised, and then he began to feel secretly pleased. His strange habit was cured.
Tong Cheng'er watched as the Fourth Prince's expression shifted from icy to surprised to happy, and she began to wonder if all the Emperor's expressions were so varied.
At this moment, Bai Bai finally behaved himself again. Tong Cheng'er hugged Bai Bai and forgot all about Yinzhen.
She started berating Bai Bai: "Can't you just be a little more considerate? You're always causing trouble. You're not eating dinner tonight."
While Yinzhen was still in surprise, wondering if he was really cured, he heard Tong Cheng'er say, "My cat is disobedient. I apologize to you on her behalf."
Yinzhen straightened his expression, and thinking that his ailment might be cured, he felt much better: "It's nothing serious, don't worry about it."
"Fourth Prince, you are truly a magnanimous man. This servant will take his leave."
Yinzhen nodded: "Mm"
Tong Cheng'er carried Bai Bai away, feeling a strange sensation in her heart. She thought the Fourth Prince was really odd, but he didn't seem like a bad person. It was just that his face was a bit cold, like ice crystals, which made people feel cold just by looking at him.
Tong Cheng'er: "It's about time, let's go back."
Ru Xue and Ru Lan: "What the princess says is true."
After Tong Cheng'er left, Yinzhen lost the desire to stay any longer. He desperately needed someone to verify whether his ailment was truly cured.
He couldn't just touch women anywhere outside, so he needed to return to the palace.
So he immediately instructed Su Peisheng: "Make preparations and return to the palace immediately."
Su Peisheng looked surprised. His master attached great importance to the matter of worshipping Buddha, and this was the first time he had been so anxious to go back: "Yes, Master, but what about Master Xingyin?"
"Send someone to tell him that there is an urgent matter today."
Su Peisheng: "Yes, Master."
While Yinzhen hurriedly rushed back to the palace to verify, Tong Cheng'er returned to...
When her second brother and Shu Yu were together, she could tell that the initial awkwardness between them had disappeared, and they seemed to be having a good chat.
As soon as she arrived, Shu Yu said, "Sister Cheng'er is here, I should go back now. Thank you for your hospitality, Second Master Tong."
Tong Xuewen also said, "Princess Shuyu is very knowledgeable and talkative. We'll chat again when we have the chance."
Listening from the side, Tong Cheng'er knew that her second brother was satisfied. Judging from Shu Yu's expression, he was probably satisfied as well. Tong Cheng'er was also satisfied with the two of them, and she thought that her mother should be satisfied as well.
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