Chapter 56: Saint Girl Doesn’t Fall in Love 25

The next morning, a row of carriages slowly drove out of the palace and headed straight out of the city.

As the city gate got farther and farther away, the prince felt a little disappointed as he still didn't see Mingnan.

You didn't even come to see him off. How heartless.

He laughed at himself and was about to lower the curtain, but suddenly he heard the guard ask, "Who is that in front?"

Front?

He turned his head casually, and his gaze suddenly froze, with the light in his eyes like a sudden spark, so bright that it was shocking.

"Mingnan?!"

He couldn't help calling her name.

The people in front seemed to sense something and turned their heads at the same time.

Her long hair tied up high drew a frivolous arc in the wind, and her unmade-up face added a natural heroic spirit. Today was a rare sunny day, and the sunlight was hot and bright, making her red riding costume sparkle, as bright as a ball of fire swaying in the wind, brilliant and hot.

The two looked at each other across the scorching heat. Mingnan smiled and said, "The journey is long and arduous. Does Your Highness need a guide?"

The prince smiled and leaned against the window to look at her, his eyes and eyebrows were full of tenderness, "The guards are enough to lead the way, there is no need to trouble you, but the road is long, it would be boring to travel alone, if you don't mind, you can keep me company."

"Well, it's better to obey than to be respectful."

Mingnan rode his horse to the carriage and looked down at the prince.

The prince was also looking at her, and the two of them just stared at each other inexplicably without saying anything, but it was as if they couldn't look enough and couldn't look away.

After a while, the prince laughed first, "What are you looking at?"

"Shouldn't I ask you this?" Mingnan raised his eyebrows.

The prince pretended to hesitate, then suddenly hooked his finger.

Mingnan leaned over curiously, and her warm breath brushed against her ears. She heard the prince say with a smile, "You look very beautiful today."

"When do I not look good?" Mingnan is no longer the innocent girl she used to be. Now this level of compliments will not make her blush.

But I did feel a little bit of excitement in my heart.

The prince smiled and said, "It's different. You look especially good in red."

Mingnan looked at his serious eyes, and suddenly a memory of the original owner's previous life flashed through his mind.

In her previous life, Xiao Ju liked white, so he always made her wear white. It was the same after marriage. In fact, the original owner liked bright colors more, but when she was a saint, she wore white to maintain her mystery. In private, she mostly wore red or green.

After marriage, she was no longer a saint and thought she could finally dress freely. However, the first time she wore a red dress, Xiao Ju frowned and said he didn't like her wearing red because it didn't look right to her and that she looked best in white.

From then on, the original owner never wore a red dress again.

If you really like her, why don't you respect her preferences?

The original owner was truly blinded by false love in his previous life.

"Then I'll wear more red in the future." Mingnan smiled and straightened up, "Okay, let's get going, drive--"

She quickly overtook the guards and ran far ahead.

Lian Jue approached the carriage and asked, "Your Highness, do you want to send someone to follow the Saint?"

"No, let her run. It's rare to have such an opportunity. Let her run as much as she wants today."

The prince took one last look at the beautiful red in the distance and lowered the curtain.

…

The group was on the road for three days.

Mingnan spent most of her time riding a horse following the team, either riding at full speed in the front or leisurely following at the back, all depending on her mood.

The prince didn't care about her and just told her to do whatever she wanted.

When Mingnan got tired of running, he would run to the prince's carriage to rest.

The prince's carriage was very large and spacious, divided into inner and outer rooms. The inner room was fully equipped with beds, tables and chairs, and the seats in the outer room were also spacious, so it was no problem for one person to lie down and sleep.

During the day, the prince usually read books in the outer room or played chess with himself.

When Mingnan came, the two of them played, but Mingnan's chess skills cannot be said to be bad, they can only be said to be shabby.

She plays chess in the simplest and most crude way, without any strategy or method. She dares to jump into the trap set by others.

She jumped with such determination, so heroic and high-spirited. It was obviously a brain game, but she made it sound like a tragic war.

Later on, the prince didn't even have the heart to set a trap for her.

He couldn't help but ask, "Who did you learn this chess skill from?"

Mingnan: "What's wrong? Self-taught."

Prince: “…”

He looked at the messy black spots and pursed his lips.

In the end, he couldn't deceive his conscience, so he said sincerely, "You learned it very well. Don't learn it again next time."

Mingnan: “…”

Because of this, she kept the back of her head facing the prince during dinner.

He reaches out to receive something, but doesn't look back.

The prince was helpless and leaned against the car, unable to help laughing.

Lian Jue was so confused that he couldn't help but ask, "Your Highness, what are you laughing at? You've been laughing for almost the whole afternoon."

Thinking of something, he was startled, "Could it be that I was poisoned again? The kind of poison that requires you to laugh, otherwise you will die of the poison and bleed to death?"

The prince's smile faded slightly, and he glanced at him coldly, "If you read those messy books again, I will deduct your monthly salary."

Continuous decision: "..."

He cupped his fists and said, "Your Highness, I am sorry for the offense. Please continue laughing."

The prince actually laughed when he heard this.

Continuous decision: "..."

"No, Your Highness. Seriously, what are you laughing at? At the Princess?"

"Yes." The prince's eyes fell on Mingnan, and his eyebrows curved, "Don't you think she is cute?"

Lian Jue looked at Ming Nan who was looking at him with the back of his head, and asked in confusion, "Ah? Is she cute?"

The prince nodded with relief, "As long as I think she is cute, that's enough. If you say she is cute, I will deduct all your salary this year."

Continuous decision: “…………”

He was just asking unnecessary questions, really.

Fortunately, there is no dog here, otherwise it would be kicked if it passed by the prince, and it would be said that it was delaying him from seeing the princess.

Mingnan's anger came and went quickly, and by the evening he was able to talk to the prince normally. However, they didn't have much chance to talk because they had arrived in Xuncheng.

Xuncheng was one of the cities hardest hit by the disaster. The area outside the city was in a mess, and the fields and crops were basically submerged in water. There was no place to step at a glance. The only road was made by piling bricks and stones.

The situation in the city is better, but only relatively speaking.

The streets and alleys were almost full of ragged homeless people.

Men, women, young and old, gathered in groups of three or four, sitting on the street with numb eyes. When they saw them, they just glanced at them and looked away.

There was a mother crying loudly while holding her child. The child was so thin that his bones were visible and he was dying.

The mother risked her life and ran to the middle of the road to stop their car, crying, "Please kind-hearted people give me some food. My daughter is almost starving to death. Please!"

Mingnan couldn't bear it, so he stopped the carriage and brought some snacks and hot water down. "Auntie, give her some water first, then break off a small piece of cake for her to eat. Don't let her choke."

"Okay, okay, thank you, girl!" The old lady was very excited and quickly fed the child water and cakes.

The child ate something and visibly perked up.

Mingnan breathed a sigh of relief.

She looked around and saw refugees like this everywhere.