Yingchun didn't know what was wrong with her today. Perhaps the emotions she had been burying deep down suddenly burst out. She kept grabbing Tang Chen and blocking him in the middle of the road, saying, "But Princess, she's just a servant. What could she be busy with? I think she might be a spy."
Tang Chen had originally thought it was better to avoid trouble than to cause any unpleasantness with his "allies." But Yingchun was going too far: "...Have you said enough? If so, get out of my way and stop wasting my time."
Xixin carefully looked at the plainly dressed woman in front of him, lowered his head and reminded her: "Princess."
Princess Fenglai ordered again impatiently: "Yingchun, get out of the way, now."
Yingchun continued to stop the person and said, "Princess, if the king knew that you were bullied by a servant in the palace, he would never let her go easily!"
Yingchun's words immediately angered Princess Fenglai. As a princess of a great country, it was not her place to be lectured by a maid like Yingchun: "When did you become so talkative, so much so that even I can't give you any instructions?"
As soon as Princess Fenglai finished speaking, Wang Nianqing's Qilin Guards came running over, shouting excitedly as they ran: "Madam, we found it!"
"What did you find?"
"Where is he?"
Just as Feng Lai and Tang Chen asked the same question with a bewildered look on their faces, the Qilin Guard who came running over seemed to have neither seen nor heard Princess Feng Lai's words, and answered Tang Chen's question: "The Second Master is already leading his men on their way back at full speed. If nothing goes wrong, they'll be at the gate in two hours."
Tang Chen swept his sleeves and ordered: "Prepare the horses, I'm going to pick him up!"
"yes!"
After saying that, Tang Chen looked at Yingchun coldly. Yingchun subconsciously took a step back, trembling slightly, and took the initiative to give way.
Princess Fenglai, who was standing aside and being completely ignored, stood there motionless, looking thoughtfully at the back of the person who was hurriedly leaving.
Seeing Princess Fenglai in a daze, Xixin reminded her, "Princess, it's almost time to go to the pigeon house..."
Princess Fenglai stood there with no intention of leaving. Instead, she spoke with great interest, "Could that woman be the legendary Princess Qingliang? Her attire is a little too plain, but I really admire her elegance. Logically, she doesn't need to hide from me. There's no conflict between us both existing in the palace at the same time. Perhaps we could even become friends."
After hearing Fenglai's reminder, Yingchun suddenly realized that although the maids in the palace were dressed simply, the materials were not cheap. Seeing that the woman was dressed simply and without any jewelry, she subconsciously thought she was a servant.
But now that she thought about it, she had already met all the maids in the palace. When she thought about how she had just stopped the former princess, Yingchun's heart suddenly started beating wildly and could not calm down for a long time.
Feng Lai saw Yingchun standing silently with her head bowed, her handkerchief folded. He raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said, "Yingchun, weren't you talking too much just now? And you kept calling me a slave. Even though Prince Qingliang and his wife are divorced, this lady isn't someone you can order around."
Before Fenglai could finish her words, Yingchun fell to her knees and said, "Princess, please forgive me!"
"I can't make the decision on this matter. You'd better take the blame yourself." After saying that, Fenglai took Xixin to do his own thing, leaving Yingchun alone in the wind.
...Tang Chen didn't know how he learned to ride a horse. Maybe it was because the people he cherished were leaving quietly and quickly one by one. If he couldn't seize the time, he might never catch up with them.
When Tang Chen's uneasy heart slowly calmed down, she saw Mo Yu lying quietly on the cart. Hong Yu sat quietly beside him, looking at her and smiling slightly.
Tang Chen walked towards them with a wry smile, his steps like those of an elderly elder: "...I've already told you, you can eat as much as you want, but you can't talk nonsense. Look at you, each of you, like you're performing Peking Opera, with flags stuck on your backs."
Chen Xin was a little uneasy and wanted to support Tang Chen, but she shook her head slightly and waved her hand to refuse: "Tang Chen..."
Hong Yu slowly helped Mo Yu up and said calmly, "He asked me to tell you that if anything happens to him, I should give you his body."
After Tang Chen got on the cart with Shen Xin's help, he carefully took Mo Yu and slowly sat down, gently resting his head on his lap: "Thank you, young lady. Did he say anything else?"
Hong Yu had originally been hiding in the shadows of the battlefield, only emerging hastily after discovering the bloodthirsty Gu within the blood jade had gone berserk. When she found Mo Yu, he was standing amidst a pile of corpses, his sword poised on his head. Though unconscious, Mo Yu was clutching a bell, a charm that had belonged to some unfortunate woman. "He was clutching this thing when he left. I don't know what it is, but you can take a look."
Tang Chen looked at the bracelet inlaid with copper bells in her hand and was also confused. In her memory, he and Li Xinzhai had never mentioned any other important women besides their master.
Chen Xin glanced at it casually, and instantly focused all his attention on the copper bell in Tang Chen's hand: "This seems to be something from the Jiang family..."
Chen Xin's deep connection with the Jiang family forced Tang Chen to attach great importance to the ornaments in his hand. However, the most important thing now was to welcome the victorious soldiers back to the place where they had sacrificed their lives in glory. "Let's take him back first. We can talk about the other things later."
Along the way, in the cool valley with birds singing and flowers blooming, the warm spring breeze accompanied by the fragrance of flowers and flying mountain cherry petals fell slowly in the vast valley where only the sound of wheels echoed.
Tang Chen reached out and caught a petal that flew by accidentally, then whispered, "Don't worry, doesn't the ancient poem say that in April, when the flowers on earth fade, the peach blossoms in the mountain temple begin to bloom. You will definitely be able to catch up and enjoy the peach blossoms with everyone this year. There's just one small problem: you didn't even tell me where your home is, so how am I supposed to find it..."
Chen Xin covered the aching wound on her waist and comforted her: "Tang Chen, you have to cheer up."
Tang Chen's hand slightly extended outward, and the petals that she had accidentally blocked just now continued their journey accompanied by the breeze: "...This matter is nothing new. Everyone will die one day, but it's just common."
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