"Your Highness, please be careful, I can't take a fall."
Staring at Li Chengyun, Jiang Shuwan gritted her teeth and said, but he raised an eyebrow at her provocatively.
Damn it!
In a fit of anger, Jiang Shuwan raised her foot to kick him, forgetting all about power struggles and princes; all she wanted to do was give him a kick.
Suddenly, a hand appeared in front of me.
"..."
It was Pei Yanzhi. He walked over at some point and raised his right hand in front of her.
"Thank you, Your Highness. The Princess is always afraid of the cold and it is not good for her to stay outside for too long. I will bring her to visit Your Highness again next time."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Shuwan immediately sneezed.
That damned Li Chengyun grabbed her and pulled her outside, forgetting even her cloak.
"Your Highness..."
Seeing that Li Chengyun's right hand was still gripping Jiang Shuwan's wrist, Pei Yanzhi raised his eyelids and looked over.
Li Chengyun looked at him too, their eyes met, and in the unseen flash of swords, Li Chengyun loosened his clenched fist one by one.
Helping Jiang Shuwan down the steps, Pei Yanzhi took off his cloak and draped it over her shoulders.
The man's warm body heat wafted through the cloak onto her body. Jiang Shuwan felt warm, but also a little uncomfortable, and tugged at the cloak's straps.
"Princess, are you alright?"
As Xiao Wu spoke, he helped Jiang Shuwan into the carriage.
"It's alright. What about the coachman from before, and the people around my brother Nai?"
"They've all gone back."
Jiang Shuwan felt relieved.
Pei Yanzhi and Li Chengyun were still talking over there, their voices very soft. She didn't know what they were saying, and she wasn't interested in listening anyway. People like them, even if they hated someone to the extreme, would never show it in their words.
Jiang Shuwan helped Xiao Wu into the carriage. Qingxing was still fast asleep inside. The little girl was sleeping so soundly that drool was dripping from the corner of her mouth. It took Jiang Shuwan a while to shake her awake.
"Miss……"
The little girl slowly woke up, her eyes still sleepy, and she kept rubbing them.
It takes more effort to wake up Nai Ge. Jiang Shuwan pushes him, and Nai Ge wakes up, then gestures with his hands and feet to protect Jiang Shuwan.
"It's alright now."
Jiang Shuwan comforted her, and Qingxing also came to her senses. The little girl clutched Jiang Shuwan's clothes tightly, her face still shaken.
Lifting the sedan curtain, Pei Yanzhi and Li Chengyun finished their conversation. Taking the reins from Yin Quan, he nimbly flipped over and mounted the white horse by the roadside.
The white horse was tall and strong; it was an Akhal-Teke horse.
The image of a person dressed in pure white riding a white horse amidst the swirling snow is quite striking. As the cold wind blows, the white headband and black hair flutter in a beautiful arc.
Jiang Shuwan's gaze lingered on him for a moment, then fell on Li Chengyun's face, which was a little further away.
The other person looked directly at her, past Pei Yanzhi, with a deep gaze.
When he saw Jiang Shuwan looking over, he even smiled, his gentle cat-like eyes giving off an innocent and harmless look.
Harmless to humans and animals?
Nobody would believe that!
Not wanting to have any interaction with him, Jiang Shuwan simply lowered the sedan curtain and sat back down.
In the darkness, Pei Yanzhi led the way, while Yin Quan and Xiao Wu drove the carriage outside.
Inside the carriage, Brother Nai clenched his fists as if he had survived a disaster.
"Miss, Song Huaizhang is no longer usable. We'll split the business with him tomorrow..."
After a moment's hesitation, Jiang Shuwan shook her head.
"He can't move."
She has been cooperating with the Song family for quite some time, and there have been no rumors of discord between her and Song Huaizhang.
The sudden separation from the Song family is tantamount to admitting guilt without being asked.
It's completely unnecessary.
Anyway, no one else knows about her meeting with Li Chengyun today, so she'll just pretend nothing happened.
She had never met Li Chengyun...
She didn't know that Song Yi was the former heir of Zhennan...
You walk your sunny path, I'll cross my narrow bridge.
"But, Miss, the young master arrived so quickly, is it because..."
Qingxing suddenly spoke hesitantly.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Shuwan's gaze deepened.
She had originally gone to watch the craftsmen build the county magistrate's mansion, but got bored and went to have tea with Song Huaizhang.
From the time she was abducted by Song Huaizhang on the street to the time Pei Yanzhi went to the Fourth Prince's residence to pick her up, the time elapsed was no more than half an hour.
It takes about an incense stick's time to ride a horse from the Marquis's residence to the Fourth Prince's residence.
Pei Yanzhi...
It came too fast...
He hadn't even changed his clothes; he was still in his everyday home clothes. It seemed he heard the news almost immediately after she was kidnapped.
"Qingxing, are you saying that the young master sent people to monitor Miss?"
Brother Nai also realized what was happening. He glanced at Jiang Shuwan, whose expression was neither pleasant nor unpleasant.
"Princess, we've arrived at the Marquis's residence."
Suddenly, Xiao Wu's voice came from outside, and the carriage stopped.
Just as Jiang Shuwan was about to get out of the carriage, she saw the curtain being lifted from the outside, and Yao Zhijie rushed anxiously to the side of the carriage.
"Sister-in-law, are you alright? I was so worried about you. The Fourth Prince is no kind of person; he's unpredictable and capable of anything. If my brother-in-law hadn't fixed the palace lanterns and brought them to you, only to find you missing, we wouldn't have known you'd been kidnapped by the Fourth Prince..."
Jiang Shuwan: "..."
She looked at Yao Zhijie with an expression as if he were an idiot, "This is like trying to hide something obvious, full of lies. How can you even say such things? Brother-in-law? You're quite the dutiful son-in-law of the Marquis's family!"
"As expected, nothing can be hidden from your sister-in-law. She has a keen eye. Zhijie knows he was wrong."
Yao Zhijie chuckled and moved aside, squeezing next to Pei Yanzhi, who had just dismounted from his white horse.
He lowered his voice and said awkwardly, "What happened? You didn't say you went to return the palace lantern and found out she was tied up..."
"Stop talking, your excuse is too lame."
"Damn it! I'm only thinking of you. You send people to monitor her every day, do you think she'll be happy?"
Yao Zhijie felt infuriated by him. He looked at Pei Yanzhi, then at Jiang Shuwan, and decided it was best not to get involved.
Both the palm and the back of the hand are flesh.
One is the sister-in-law whom the fiancée values most.
One is a good brother.
We can't afford to mess with any of them.
Yao Zhijie slipped away like a greased grease.
With her hands tucked into her sleeves, Jiang Shuwan walked towards her courtyard faster than usual, sending Brother Nai back to rest.
Qingxing landed behind her, and Pei Yanzhi walked beside her. The two walked side by side toward her courtyard. Along the way, they encountered maids and servants, but Jiang Shuwan's expression remained the same as always.
She is not an ungrateful person.
If it weren't for Pei Yanzhi, she might not have been able to escape so easily today.
But the thought that her every move was under his surveillance...
"Is the light fixed?"
Turning her head, Jiang Shuwan looked at Pei Yanzhi, who nodded. As she took the palace lantern, she stepped into her room.
The maids in the room had no idea that Jiang Shuwan almost didn't make it back. They were all doing their own jobs, some pouring tea, others serving snacks.
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