Fortunately, the stream was not deep. She quickly ran to the middle of the stream, picked up the leaf, and ran quickly to the shore.
But the stream water was too cold in February, and as soon as she got ashore, she began to sneeze non-stop.
But at this time, she didn't care about so much. She squatted by the river, filled the leaf with water, and ran quickly towards where Xiao Ningzi was.
At this time, Xiao Ningzi had woken up. When he found that Xingnan was no longer around him, he immediately became anxious and prepared to get up and look for him.
At this moment, he saw Xingnan running towards him with a leaf in his hand. Without saying anything, he stepped forward and scolded him:
"Princess Xingnan, could you please stop running around? Our horse is tired. Let it rest. We still have to continue our journey. If something happens to you during this time, do you want to kill me?"
Xingnan bit her lip and looked at him with a wronged look, holding the leaf with only a little water left in front of him.
"Master Ning..."
Only then did Xiao Ningzi notice that Xingnan was wet all over, including his hair.
He looked at her puzzledly.
"You...you fell into the river?"
Xingnan bit his lip and nodded.
"I was trying to get this leaf, but it fell into the river."
Hearing this, Xiao Ningzi immediately cursed angrily.
"Princess Xingnan, I don't dare to interfere with your playful nature, but you actually fell into the river for a leaf? Luckily, the river wasn't deep. If it were, you'd drown. It doesn't matter if you die, but please don't hurt me, okay?"
Xingnan looked at him with a face full of grievance. She wanted to explain, but the water in the leaf had leaked out.
"I wanted to... I wanted to get you some water, but I didn't expect... Yawn... Yawn..."
She sneezed several times in succession. Xiao Ningzi looked at the horse that was still lying there anxiously. She walked forward and pulled its reins, but the horse lay there without moving, with no intention of getting up at all.
He raised his hand to his forehead, looked forward with all his strength, then looked up at the sky, and sighed helplessly.
"It's probably another hour and a half from here to the Royal Hunting Grounds. It's already 4:45 PM, and the horse won't get up, so we have no choice but to walk..."
As he said this, he looked Xingnan up and down, and seeing her shivering with cold, he sighed softly and showed a helpless expression.
Although it felt like early spring in February, the weather was still very cold. She was soaked all over. If she were to walk from here to the tent, she would either die of exhaustion or freeze to death.
Thinking of this, he took off his cloak, came to her, put it on her in front of Xingnan's horrified eyes, and then pointed to the place where he had just lain.
"You sit there for a while. There's a pile of hay there. It's warm. I'll go get some firewood and some fodder for the horses. How can you travel if your clothes aren't dry?"
Xingnan obediently followed his instructions and sat down. Before Xiao Ningzi was about to leave, she turned around and looked at her again.
"Don't leave here again, I'll be back soon."
He didn't want to look for her again. He had just experienced life and death and he no longer had the energy.
Xingnan wrapped Xiao Ningzi's cloak tightly around herself, but her clothes were wet. The tighter she wrapped herself, the colder she felt.
Xiao Ningzi quickly found dry firewood and horse fodder.
He first piled the hay in front of the horse's mouth, then came to Xingnan with dry firewood, lit the firewood with the fire starter he brought with him, and then ran to find some branches.
It was not until the fire started burning that Xingnan felt a little warmth. She moved closer to the fire, and Xiao Ningzi hurriedly urged her.
"Go over there and change your coat so I can warm it up for you."
Xingnan looked at him in silence.
“No… no need for that!”
"Your clothes are soaked. If you go back like this, you'll definitely catch a cold and won't be able to participate in the hunting competition tomorrow."
Xingnan wanted to say that there was nothing wrong with her body, but before she could say that, she sneezed twice in succession.
She knew that she had just made Lord Ning angry and now she couldn't provoke him again.
She had no choice but to run behind a big tree, take off her coat, tie up Xiao Ningzi's cloak, and then hold her coat and come back to him.
Xiao Ningzi took her coat and said, "Go sit over there. Don't get too close to the fire."
Xingnan said "oh" and did as he said again.
Xiao Ningzi spread her clothes in her hands and began to roast them over the fire.
At this moment, Xingnan was suddenly very touched. Even though he was ordered by the emperor to protect her, it was not his fault that she was wet, but he was so careful to dry her clothes.
And his cloak made her feel very warm. If it weren't for his cloak, she would have shivered with cold.
Xiao Ningzi seemed to notice that she was looking at him. He frowned and looked up, and his eyes happened to meet hers.
He quickly looked away, cleared his throat awkwardly, and then turned her clothes to dry in a different direction before mumbling:
"Um...are you hungry?"
Xingnan licked his dry lips, touched his stomach, and nodded aggrievedly.
"I haven't eaten anything this morning, so I'm a little hungry."
"That's all I can do. Who told you to come all the way here? I've finally realized that my life is in danger at any moment if I'm with you. Can I beg you, for the sake of saving you this time, please don't come looking for me again? I still want to live a few more days. I haven't even gotten married and had children yet. You can't let me die young!"
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