Chapter 975 Jealousy (Xinyang VS Xiao Jifan)
Princess Xinyang was immediately embarrassed.
She never expected to run into Xiao Ji in this kind of situation. What had she just said? Had he overheard her?
Princess Xinyang, usually so calm and composed, was suddenly thrown into disarray. She stood there, bewildered and stunned, just like a peacock that had lost its mind.
Yu Jin had served her princess for many years, and this was the first time she had ever seen her so stunned. Not to mention the princess, she herself was almost dumbfounded.
Shouldn't the Marquis be in the military camp?
Why did it appear at the post station in Lixian County?
Could it be...?
Yu Jin glanced at the spoiled little princess and her heart skipped a beat.
If the Marquis came to see this little princess, then the couple's relationship has completely fallen apart today!
Following Princess Xinyang's gaze, the little princess of Dongyi spotted the newcomer. Instantly, she gained confidence, stood up from the ground, brushed off the snow, and ran towards Xiao Ji like a light swallow.
Princess Xinyang suddenly came to her senses, frowned as she watched her come to Xiao Ji's side, affectionately take Xiao Ji's arm, and even give her a cold snort!
Princess Xinyang was furious at being provoked!
Reason told her that as a princess, she possessed her own dignity and dignity, and disdained petty jealousy and rivalry...
But this scene is really infuriating.
She wasn't jealous or envious; rather, her authority as a princess of the country had been challenged!
That's right, that's exactly it!
The daughter of a mere barbarian tribe dares to run rampant on the territory of Zhao Kingdom! This is intolerable!
Yu Jin's eyes widened in surprise when she saw this.
My lord, do you want to die?
You actually let a woman link arms with you in front of the princess?
The little princess of Dongyi clung to Xiao Ji's arm and wouldn't let go. She even pointed at Princess Xinyang and complained spoiledly, "You've come at the right time! She's bullying me!"
Xiao Ji had composed himself and his handsome face regained its calm and collected expression.
He said casually, "Yes, I saw it."
The little princess of Dongyi made a face at Princess Xinyang with schadenfreude, and then complained to Xiao Ji: "And what's more, she even dared to lie and say that she is a princess of the capital! And your wife! Isn't that ridiculous!"
As she spoke, she pulled her hand away from Xiao Ji's arm, put her hands on her hips, and said to Princess Xinyang, "The main character is here. Let's see how you lie now!"
Princess Xinyang didn't want to see the two of them anymore, and she coldly turned her face away.
Xiao Ji glanced at her with a half-smile, his gaze seemingly trying to pierce through the hazy veil to land on her face, but he spoke to the little princess of Dongyi: "She didn't lie, she is indeed... my wife."
The last four words made Princess Xinyang clench her fists, and the embarrassment that she had finally managed to suppress her anger resurfaced in her heart.
How much of what this guy actually heard?
That's clearly not what she meant!
she--
“She…she…she really is…but…” The little princess of Dongyi looked at Princess Xinyang in disbelief, then at Xiao Ji, “Isn’t she a princess from the capital? How come she’s come to the east?”
See? No one in the world would believe that Princess Xinyang and Xiao Ji had even the slightest bit of affection between them.
Even if she traveled thousands of miles to find her husband and came here, in other people's eyes, she would still have ulterior motives.
The little princess of Dongyi tugged at Xiao Ji's sleeve and asked in a low voice, "Was it your Zhao Kingdom's emperor... who sent her to spy on you?"
Princess Xinyang clenched her fists.
She's not deaf!
Xiao Ji smiled and said, "You get in the carriage first."
The little princess of Dongyi glanced at Princess Xinyang, snorted coldly, and turned to leave.
Xiao Ji suddenly reminded her meaningfully, "Don't be too arrogant. Being young is nothing to be proud of."
The little princess of Dongyi frowned, clearly not understanding why Xiao Ji was saying the same thing as that woman!
Princess Xinyang was even more embarrassed, wishing she had never said those words!
"Yu Jin, let's go!" She walked past Xiao Ji with a cold face, refusing to look at him.
What no one knew was that, in the instant she brushed past him, she suddenly felt a strange tension in her heart.
She was probably afraid that he would physically grab her and say something that would embarrass her.
The result was no.
He is very well-behaved.
Princess Xinyang tugged at her handkerchief and left the post station without looking back.
Xiao Ji also came out, and the two stood at the entrance of the post station, with a carriage's distance between them.
Princess Xinyang stared straight ahead without looking to the side.
Xiao Ji had his hands tucked into a fox fur hand warmer. He was tall and had an upright posture, like a pine or bamboo.
As long as this person doesn't speak, he is undoubtedly the most noble, elegant, and handsome man in the Zhao Kingdom.
He turned to look at Princess Xinyang, smiled faintly, and said, "Get in the carriage."
Princess Xinyang still didn't look at him, and said in a cold tone, "I have my own carriage."
Xiao Ji glanced at her carriage and said, "Are you sure?"
Princess Xinyang frowned, puzzled, and turned to look at her carriage. She was so angry at what she saw that she almost vomited blood!
Ryuichi's charcoal pencil rolled under the wheels, so to get it out, he simply removed the wheels from the carriage...
Xiao Ji calmly said, "Or you can ride in Chang Jing's carriage if you wish."
Just then, Chang Jing arrived in a magnificent carriage.
Princess Xinyang got into the carriage without saying a word.
She had just sat down when the carriage curtain was lifted. She thought it was Yu Jin, but when she looked closely, she realized it was Xiao Ji!
Princess Xinyang's face darkened: "Don't you have your own carriage?"
Xiao Ji's lips curled into a smile: "This is my carriage."
Princess Xinyang said coldly, "You just said it belonged to Chang Jing!"
Xiao Ji sat down beside her, lazily dusted off his hem, and said, "It's mine too."
Princess Xinyang didn't want to talk to him anymore!
The people at the post station were always opportunistic. Regardless of whether the woman was a real princess or not, they couldn't afford to offend her as long as she could ride in the same carriage as Marquis Xuanping.
They quickly prepared a new carriage for Yu Jin.
Long Yi doesn't need a carriage; he can scale walls and rooftops.
No matter how imposing the carriages at the border may be, it only means that the horses look more menacing; it doesn't mean that the interior is luxurious.
There wasn't even a charcoal brazier in the carriage, and a cold wind was blowing in through the windows that couldn't be closed properly. Princess Xinyang's hands and feet were freezing, and she raised her hand to tighten her cloak.
Xiao Ji handed her the warm hand warmer.
“No,” she said.
Xiao Ji took the hand warmer back without any change in emotion, as if her indifference and rejection were perfectly normal to him.
The carriage fell silent.
Princess Xinyang was still angry. After walking for a while, she remembered that she hadn't said where she was going. She asked, "Where are we going?"
"The military camp," Xiao Ji said.
"I want to return to the capital," Princess Xinyang said calmly.
Xiao Ji leaned casually against the window behind him, glanced at her with amusement, and said in a cheeky tone, "What? Feeling wronged? Weren't you quite domineering when you were bullying me just now?"
Princess Xinyang glared at him coldly.
Xiao Ji narrowed his eyes: "Qin Fengwan, can I interpret your current behavior as... you being jealous?"
Princess Xinyang retorted without hesitation, "I'm not jealous! Who would be jealous of you? What business is it of mine who you marry or who you seduce outside!"
Xiao Ji raised an eyebrow: "Oh."
Princess Xinyang turned her face away coldly.
Neither of them spoke again after that, and the carriage was so quiet that only the howling of the cold wind could be heard.
Xiao Ji was thinner than when he was in the capital, and his lips were also somewhat pale.
The memorial sent back to the capital did not describe how difficult the battle was, but since it had come to the point of negotiating peace, Princess Xinyang understood that the soldiers on the border must have suffered terrible losses and the ravages of war.
Xiao Ji... he must be injured.
When they were halfway there, it started to snow. Princess Xinyang was worried about Yujin, so she lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked back. She saw not only Yujin's carriage, but also the little princess of Dongyi.
The words "Are you hurt?" that were on the tip of her tongue were swallowed back down.
The heavy snow slowed their progress, and what should have been an hour's journey took until nightfall.
The convoy stopped at the entrance of the military camp.
Chang Jing jumped off the carriage: "We've arrived!"
Xiao Ji looked at Princess Xinyang, seemingly waiting for her to get off the carriage first.
Princess Xinyang didn't move: "You get out of the carriage first."
Xiao Ji glanced at her, then took off his cloak and draped it over her.
"I don't--"
Before she could finish speaking, Xiao Ji suddenly bent down, wrapped his arms around her, and lifted her up in his arms.
She froze.
Xiao Ji said, "Chang Jing, go and fetch some hot water."
"Okay." Chang Jing obediently went.
Xiao Ji covered her completely with his cloak, not even her feet were exposed.
But just as he picked her up, she still noticed the large hole in the car window.
Was he leaning against the car window to block the hole with his back?
After getting off the carriage, a cold wind blew in, and he pressed his chin down to cover the gap in his cloak, which concealed her face.
She leaned against a firm, pounding chest; his clothes were cool, but his breath was warm, seeping through the layers of fabric and slowly spreading to her cheeks.
The soldiers in the camp were all stunned to see Marquis Xuanping carrying a... person back.
"Who is the Marquis holding? Is it the little princess of Dongyi?"
A soldier asked.
Another soldier said, "Probably? Apart from her, no one has been able to get close to the Marquis lately."
Princess Xinyang's heart was chilled to the bone. She raised her frozen arm and pushed him, saying, "Put me down!"
Xiao Ji didn't put the person down, but carried him into his own tent.
The border region was harsh, and the camps were much simpler than those in the capital. Xiao Ji never burned charcoal, saving it all for the wounded soldiers.
Chang Jing brought the hot water.
"Get out," Xiao Ji said to Chang Jing.
"Oh." Chang Jing resignedly went out.
Xiao Ji placed her on his bed, knelt on one knee, and lifted her skirt.
Her expression changed: "Xiao Ji, what are you doing!"
Xiao Ji quickly removed her shoes and footwear. He was very strong, and she was so cold that she had lost consciousness and was powerless to resist.
A sudden surge of fear of men overwhelmed her, and her face turned deathly pale.
Xiao Ji brought over the wooden bucket, rolled up her trouser legs high, tested the water temperature with his hand, and then put her feet, which were frozen numb, into the water.
After doing all this, he raised his head, his gaze falling on Princess Xinyang's gradually recovering complexion, his expression subtle: "Qin Fengwan, what do you think I'm going to do to you?"
Princess Xinyang lowered her eyes: "It's nothing."
Marquis Xuanping sneered: "It's no use thinking about it. I am not a man that is so easy to obtain."
Princess Xinyang: "...!!"
After a moment, she calmed down and gave a cold laugh: "Yes, you only have your little princess from Dongyi in your heart."
Marquis Xuanping got up, took a towel, and sat down next to her: "Tsk, you're really jealous."
Princess Xinyang was about to retort when she saw him bend down, take her wet legs out of the slightly cooled hot water, place them on a clean, dry towel, and then place them on his lap.
"you……"
Princess Xinyang's eyes flickered, and she hurriedly tried to pull her leg back.
"Don't move." He pressed down on her pampered feet. She was a princess and didn't have to bind her feet like poor girls in the common people, but her feet were delicate in themselves. Placed in his rough and scarred hands, they had a cruel beauty that seemed out of place.
“You have chilblains,” he said. “The medicine is under your pillow next to you.”
Princess Xinyang took out the frostbite cream: "I'll do it myself."
"The peace talks are real, and it was my idea," Xiao Ji suddenly brought up the topic. "However, Zhen'er and I don't have the kind of relationship you're thinking of."
Princess Xinyang quickly realized that this Zhen'er was the name of the little princess of Dongyi. She coldly grabbed the handkerchief!
Xiao Ji said, "Zhen'er is my younger brother's daughter, my own niece."
Princess Xinyang was taken aback: "Isn't she... the little princess of the Dongyi King?"
Xiao Ji looked at her and said, "Her mother is indeed from the Dongyi, but her father is not the King of Dongyi, but Xiao Ming. The King of Dongyi accidentally learned about her background, temporarily adopted her as his goddaughter, and sent her to negotiate peace with our army."
At this point, he smirked, "Qin Fengwan, are you still jealous?"
(End of this chapter)
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