Gan Qiongying's carriage was quite large. Inside, she and Li Hua were sitting facing each other. When the carriage crashed, she was completely unprepared and had nothing to hold onto. The violent impact sent her flying from her seat, and with a loud thud, the back of her head hit the carriage wall.
The impact was quite severe; Gan Qiongying even felt as if her soul was about to be knocked out of her body.
When an ordinary person hits their head, they will experience a period of unconsciousness.
However, Gan Qiongying's mind was like muddy water being stirred up; in her daze, countless images flashed through her mind like slides.
Her eyes were open, but she felt as if her soul had left her body, and her limbs went limp and powerless in an instant.
But that wasn't all. After the vehicle tilted and straightened after the impact, she was helplessly thrown towards the opposite side by inertia, which was the direction of the Li Hua sitting directly in front of her.
The pearl flew off her head, pinning Li Hua down in his seat. She then lay on top of him, clinging to his shoulders and shaking her head, trying to regain her senses, but her expression was dazed, as if she were deliberately throwing herself into his arms...
Li Hua instinctively grabbed her waist, his pupils contracted sharply, and as he looked closely at Gan Qiongying's face, his breath felt like it was being squeezed shut in his chest.
The vehicle stopped, and a chaotic commotion could be heard outside.
The reprimands of the carriage attendants, the wailing and apologies of the passengers, and the various discussions among the onlookers were all incessant.
There was a knock on the carriage door, and Yin Yue asked anxiously from outside, "Princess, Princess, are you alright?"
Gan Qiongying heard Yinyue's shouts, but at this moment she was in a state of separation between her body and soul.
She struggled to lie on Li Hua's body, her gaze shifting between his gentle and refined disguise and his stunningly handsome real appearance.
Everything before her eyes seemed demonized. His handsome face suddenly became sharp, and he sat atop a tall horse, holding a black whip, speaking to her from above.
Gan Qiongying's ears were ringing, and she couldn't hear anything, but she knew that "Li Hua's" mouth movements meant: "You will all die."
"They all must die!"
The scene before my eyes distorted again, showing the clash of swords and the raging fire of a palace coup.
Amidst the twisted flames, the emperor, his chest stained with blood, staggered as he touched her face, saying, "Sister, what you want, I cannot give you. Run away, run away..."
"Run!"
The sound gradually faded into the distance, becoming indistinct like an echo, but soon a voice suddenly rang in her ears: "You audacious commoner! You rammed into the princess's carriage and dare to flee!"
This rebuke was like a resounding bell striking the head.
With a "thud," Gan Qiongying's soul, which was floating outside her body, was violently slammed back to its original position.
When Gan Qiongying came to her senses, she met the eyes of the woman who had been separated from her soul. In her dazed state, she saw those eyes filled with hatred and bloodlust.
Soon, she saw the person in front of her slightly open his mouth, but she couldn't hear what he said.
This moment felt like a blend of illusion and reality, and the extreme fear and panic in the illusion also overlapped with it.
Gan Qiongying shuddered, and the arm supporting her body instantly lost its strength.
"Princess?" Li Hua also sensed that something was wrong with Gan Qiongying and had called her several times.
But before Li Hua could utter her next words, "What's wrong with you?", they were firmly cut off.
Gan Qiongying fell completely towards him, her long hair, which had already been partially disheveled due to the hairpin falling off, pressed down on Li Hua along with her beautiful eyebrows and eyes.
At that moment, Yinyue and Manyue, who had called out twice but received no response from Gan Qiongying, panicked completely. They disregarded everything else and opened the carriage door.
Then the two of them stood still, their pretty faces turning from red to white, and then from white to red again.
With quick reflexes, Full Moon slammed the carriage door shut again with a "bang".
Inside the carriage, Li Hua froze the moment Gan Qiongying crashed down on him, like a corpse that had been dead for a long time.
Only his lips could still feel a soft cheek that didn't belong to him, and he could still feel his breath spraying on his neck.
His stiff arms supported the soft, powerless body in his embrace, and from the perspective of Silver Moon and Full Moon, it looked as if he were intimately kissing the person in his arms.
Li Hua had never been so close to a woman in his life. The veins in his neck were gradually tightening, as if he was enduring great pain.
The burning red ears spread like an incurable infectious disease, burning all the way from the ears to the collar of her clothes, and finally even to the hands that were supporting Gan Qiongying.
The heat continued to spread between their pressed bodies. Gan Qiongying had finally snapped out of her daze and was extremely embarrassed. She wished she could just close her eyes and die, and start a new life in a different world.
"I didn't mean to..." Her body was still limp, her head was throbbing, and she had no strength anywhere except for her mouth.
Her explanation was futile and awkward; her seemingly clingy behavior was nothing more than flirting and teasing.
But God is my witness, Gan Qiongying never intended to take advantage of anyone.
Who knew that there was a chance that what was portrayed in those idol dramas was actually true!
This is so melodramatic!
If Gan Qiongying hadn't used all her might to turn her head at the most critical moment, she would definitely be kissing Li Hua's lips right now.
Gan Qiongying closed her eyes briefly, turned her head slightly, and said, "Help me up..."
She wanted to say, "Please help me up, I don't have the strength."
But she didn't know that although she turned her head in time, her cheek hit Li Hua's lips, at least avoiding the "falling down inevitably leads to a kiss" rule.
But... they were so close together. She turned her head to the side and opened her mouth, her breath tickling him. Her lips brushed against Li Hua's lips, and she spoke, as if she were deliberately teasing him.
In addition, her behavior of clinging to someone and refusing to get off is nothing short of taking advantage of the situation to act like a hooligan.
Finally recovering from the awkwardness of their unexpected encounter, Li Hua sensed the breath and touch on her lips, and with a forceful push, she flung Gan Qiongying aside.
Gan Qiongying sat back on the soft cushion of the carriage. She wasn't in pain, but she was already dizzy, and the impact had made her even more dazed.
She groaned softly and lay there motionless.
Of course, she didn't faint; she just didn't have the strength and was too ashamed to lift her head.
This is inexplicable. Could she tell Li Hua that she didn't intentionally stay in his arms and refuse to get up, but accidentally pressed her cheek against his lips when the maid opened the carriage door?
She was even less likely to say that she had just been hit on the head, then saw a hallucination, and that she felt as if her soul had left her body and she didn't have the strength to control her body now.
She herself wouldn't believe that she said that!
After Li Hua pushed her away, he stood up and sat up straight, as if a steel gun had been inserted into his back.
She clenched her fists tightly at her sides, her body leaning against the car wall. The blush on her exposed skin was soaked with the red glow of the sun. He stared intently at Gan Qiongying, his sharp eyes revealing shame and anger.
He was convinced she did it on purpose!
He thought she had changed, but he didn't expect that it was just a temporary act. She was already so eager before she could even trick him into entering the princess's mansion!
The carriage wasn't jolting too much. After she pounced on him, she... pressed him down and refused to get up, deliberately letting the maid see.
The slight affection Li Hua had felt for her the night before vanished instantly.
He laughed at his own foolishness for trying to find warmth in such a lustful woman.
It's too ugly. Why should he let himself become a stray dog wagging its tail and begging for mercy again, indulging in illusory and fleeting warmth?
He got up, pushed open the door, and jumped out of the carriage, feeling desolate, ashamed, and angry. He went straight to the carriage following behind, unable to stay in the same carriage with Gan Qiongying as if nothing had happened.
Gan Qiongying had been lying there pretending to be dead, but when she sensed Li Hua getting up and getting out of the car, she had a bad feeling.
We've finally managed to fool the God of Wealth, and he'll be coming to our home soon. We can't let all our efforts go to waste here!
After lying there for a while, she regained some strength, gritted her teeth, got up, and stumbled out of the car.
Seeing that Li Hua refused the maid's help and was heading towards the carriage behind, she immediately confirmed her guess: he was going to run away!
The carriages behind him all belonged to his son-in-law's residence, and some even contained his belongings. If he got on one, he could simply turn around and go home.
"Your Highness!" Gan Qiongying called out to him in her haste.
Li Hua heard the footsteps pause slightly, but didn't even turn her head and continued walking.
In her anxiety, Gan Qiongying asked in a voice tinged with resentment and annoyance, "Husband! Where are you going?"
Poor Gan Qiongying had already hit her head quite hard before, and in her anxiety she cried out that she was short of oxygen, and her knees buckled and she fell off the car.
When Li Hua heard her call him "husband," he stopped in his tracks and turned his head slightly, as if to say that he just wanted to sit in the carriage behind. But when he turned around, he saw Princess Duanrong jump towards him from the carriage!
He immediately turned around, instinctively opened his arms, and firmly embraced Gan Qiongying.
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