"It's alright, I didn't take it to heart at all," Yun Qingran smiled gently.
“Princess Rongchang, you are different from ordinary girls, no wonder…” Nangong Xu likes you.
"What's different? Doesn't it look like you have the air of a rich woman?" Yun Qingran ignored the latter part of Gu Ruoyan's words and asked her with bright eyes.
"Pfft..." Gu Ruoyan laughed, looking at Yun Qingran with admiration and envy, "Princess Rongchang, you live a very carefree, insightful, and happy life."
"Life is only a few tens of thousands of days long, so of course we should live it to the fullest and be happy. As for being enlightened, I wouldn't dare say I'm enlightened. I can only say that I have a big heart. In my heart, everything is trivial except for life and death." Yun Qingran grinned, her smile bright and unrestrained.
“I want to learn from Princess Rongchang, and I hope that one day I can be like you.” Gu Ruoyan looked at her with sparkling eyes.
"Miss Gu, you can definitely do it!" Yun Qingran encouraged her.
“Princess Rongchang is out on business, so I won’t disturb her any longer.” Gu Ruoyan stepped aside.
"Goodbye, Miss Gu." Yun Qingran waved to her, then mounted her horse and rode away.
Watching Yun Qingran's retreating figure, Gu Ruoyan smiled knowingly.
"Miss, where are we going now?" the maid asked.
"Go and send invitations to those young ladies, inviting them to the Prime Minister's residence to admire the flowers," Gu Ruoyan said.
She wanted to have a good talk with the young ladies about Yun Qingran, so that they could take her as a role model. Confined within the inner quarters, although they lived in luxury, they weren't happy. She hoped they could live happily, freely, and with clarity in the future.
Soon after, the noble ladies of Southern Chu began to idolize Yun Qingran and worship and respect her.
The three rode out of the capital city and encountered Nangong Xu at the city gate.
As Nangong Xu rode his horse, holding the reins with both hands, the memory of the social incident that happened last night flooded his mind when he saw Yun Qingran. Although he appeared calm and aloof on the surface, his toes inside his shoes were practically digging out a Balala Castle.
There's really nothing more suicidal than masturbating in front of a woman you like.
"Nangong Xu, what a coincidence to meet you here." Yun Qingran greeted him when she saw him.
What happened last night was embarrassing, but it would have been even more embarrassing if I hadn't told anyone. It's better to pretend it never happened.
"It's not a coincidence, I've been waiting for you here specifically." Nangong Xu's voice was cold, as if the two were strangers.
"Why are you waiting for me?" Yun Qingran glanced around. There were ordinary people coming and going. He probably wouldn't dare to harm her.
"Are you going to Cui Luan Mountain?" Nangong Xu asked.
In fact, he was already certain in his heart. He sent people to protect her, and she received the news as soon as she left the post station. She said that she was going to the swamp of Cuiluan Mountain to find medicinal herbs, and the direction she was going was Cuiluan Mountain.
"Mm." Yun Qingran nodded. There was nothing to hide. She was a doctor, and it was normal for a doctor to look for medicinal herbs.
“I will go with you,” Nangong Xu said.
"No need, I can go by myself," Yun Qingran quickly refused.
She didn't want to owe anyone a favor.
"Don't misunderstand. You are the chief envoy of the Northern Yin's marriage delegation and Princess Rongchang of Northern Yin. If you cause any trouble in Southern Chu, Northern Yin will definitely hold Southern Chu accountable. I am doing this for the sake of peace between the two countries." Nangong Xu spoke in a businesslike tone, but he gave a long and detailed explanation.
"Oh, okay." Seeing that he wouldn't back down, Yun Qingran nodded in agreement.
"Let's go, let's set off." Nangong Xu squeezed the horse's belly with his two long legs, and the horse beneath him galloped off.
The dozens of guards behind him immediately followed, their horses kicking up mud and dust.
"Pfft..." Yun Qingran unhappily fanned away the dust, then led Green Immortal and Eagle Feather to chase after Nangong Xu.
After running for two hours, we finally arrived at the foot of Cui Luan Mountain. Sure enough, there was a vast swamp on the sunny south side.
"What a huge swamp." Yun Qingran put her hand on her eyebrows to shield her eyes from the sun and looked towards the edge of the swamp.
Nangong Ye arrived at the edge of the swamp, picked up a stone and threw it in; the stone was immediately swallowed by the mud.
"It seems impossible to get there by walking." Yun Qingran frowned when she saw this.
"Go cut bamboo to make a raft," Nangong Ye ordered his guards.
"Yes." The guards immediately went to the bamboo forest not far away to cut bamboo and make bamboo rafts.
"Be careful when you go inside," Nangong Ye said.
...no one answered.
"Be careful when you go inside," Nangong Xu said again, turning around to look at Yun Qingran, who was playing in the mud.
"Your Highness, are you talking to me?" Yun Qingran asked, pointing to herself with her dirty finger.
"What do you think?" Nangong Xu pursed his lips, his gaze fixed intently on her.
“Standing there facing the swamp, who knows if you’re talking to me?” Yun Qingran muttered.
Looking at people when you speak is basic etiquette, okay? And you're blaming yourself for it.
Nangong Xu was so angry that he snorted. This woman was truly indescribable.
How did I fall for her? For the first time, Nangong Xu questioned his own taste.
"Why should we be careful? Is there any danger inside?" Yun Qingran saw that Nangong Xu was angry with her, so she took the initiative to ask him, giving him a way out so that he wouldn't run away and she wouldn't have to build a bamboo raft herself.
"I heard there are monsters inside." Nangong Xu glanced at her, his eyes filled with longing, but this longing only lasted for a moment.
"What monster?" Yun Qingran got goosebumps when she heard those two words.
"I don't know, I've only heard rumors that there are monsters inside that eat people." Nangong Xu shook his head.
"Green Immortal, Eagle Feather, be careful later," Yun Qingran reminded Green Immortal and Eagle Feather beside her.
"Yes, Master."
"Yes, Master."
The swamp offered a wide view, and Nangong Ye calmly gazed at its edge.
Actually, he knew that Nangong Ye had drugged him last night, and he had taken it on purpose. Otherwise, with his pig brain, he would never have been able to successfully drug himself in his next life.
His purpose in doing this was to keep Yun Qingran. He thought that if he and she had physical intimacy, his father would take the opportunity to bestow a marriage upon her, and she might stay and become his princess.
Unexpectedly, she would rather die than have physical intimacy with him.
"Master, is Nangong Xu depressed because of what happened last night? Look at his current state, it seems like the depression you mentioned." Green Immortal tugged at Yun Qingran's sleeve and asked her softly.
"That's not right. I'm the victim. If anyone should get depression, it should be me. Why should he get depression?" Yun Qingran secretly looked at Nangong Xu and said unconvinced.
Nangong Xu, standing to the side, pursed her lips. She'd just had a failed crush, and now she was being criticized for being emotional. She really had no heart!
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