52. Return
◎The Prince is back!◎
Chapter 52
The next morning, after a night of heavy snow, the snow outside was knee-deep. However, time waited for no one, so Ji Ci decided to continue on his journey. He changed his clothes and went downstairs, where Tian went to place breakfast in front of him.
A bowl of white porridge and a steamed bun.
He thought about the days he had spent at the palace, with her medicinal meals every meal, and how his appetite had improved considerably. In the morning, he loved the lotus seed porridge, which was white, tender, and plump, and really tempting.
With a sigh, he took two sips and put it down. Seeing this, Tian Qu stepped forward and took out the Bi Yuan Pills.
He looked at the small black pill in silence for a while, waved his hand, and Tian Qu was puzzled, but put the Biyuan Pill away.
Ji Ci took out some dragon beard candy from the mandarin duck pouch at his waist and ate it. The dragon beard candy seemed to have an appetite-stimulating drug, and he felt much better. Looking at the bowl of white porridge, his appetite also improved, so he picked it up and drank as much as he could.
After finishing breakfast, I wiped my mouth and was about to continue heading north when I heard two people chatting at the next table.
"Hey, Jingzhao Prefecture recently posted a notice saying there's a flower-stealing thief in Shengjing. Have you heard about it?"
"Of course I know. I heard he specifically targeted that pretty young woman. Six people were killed. All because their husbands were away, leaving their wives home alone. It's causing such panic. They haven't caught him yet. It's really scary. I'm away on business, so I have no choice. My wife is home alone, and even though I told her to keep the doors and windows closed, I still feel uneasy."
"This guy has murdered six people, and we still can't catch him. I think he's quite capable. It's better to be safe than sorry!"
The Flower Thief...
Picking only pretty little ladies...
Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be prepared for one......
Ji Ci stood up and paused, frowning and standing still, pinching the pouch at his waist with his hand.
After hesitating for a while, he finally opened his purse and ate all the dragon beard candies that had been inside for several days in just a few bites.
After leaving the inn, he turned around and told Tianqu, "You stay here, I'll go back to the mansion."
"Ah?" Tian Qu scratched his head in confusion.
"Something was left behind." Ji Ci strode forward, jumped onto the horse, squeezed the horse's belly hard, and galloped away.
Tian Qu was stunned in the spot, watching Ji Ci run away in a moment, confused and said: "Your Majesty, I can get it for you..."
…
Without Ji Ci in Prince Qi's mansion, Jiang Qiuye had nothing to do. She slept until noon, got up, ate a few bites of food, and lay down again to sleep.
She had suffered setbacks repeatedly recently. First, her grand plan to have a child failed, then Jinhong released the three bronze ghosts, and then her husband ran away a few days before the wedding. She was extremely depressed and had lost all her fighting spirit. She didn't want to do anything but sleep.
When she became the mistress of the palace, the steward, Uncle Fu, gave her all the account books, implying that she would be in charge of the household expenses. But she flipped through them casually and threw them back. Being a spy was exhausting enough, and now she was also asked to manage the household expenses. How could it be possible?
If possible, she would like to live a life like the turtle by the pond for the rest of her life.
Just as she was soundly asleep, Mingyue suddenly opened Jiang Qiuye's door, came in and pushed her, trying to wake her up, "Princess! Princess! The prince is back!"
"I'm back, I want to sleep!" She slapped Mingyue's hand away in a daze, pulled the quilt over her head, and continued to sleep.
"Oh! Princess!" Mingyue said with a hint of anxiety.
It was not until she was half asleep and thinking for a while that she suddenly opened her eyes and woke up. She threw back the quilt and asked, "What? The prince is back?"
She sat up suddenly, looked up, and saw that the bright moon standing in front of her had disappeared, replaced by Ji Ci, a big Buddha, who looked at her slovenly appearance with an expressionless face.
Her hair was a mess, her mouth was drooling, and her nightgown was askew, revealing her erotic charm. He remembered seeing her when he first entered the room, lying spread-eagle on the bed, completely unlike the chaste demeanor she usually shared the bed with.
"Ah——" Jiang Qiuye cried softly, rushed forward and hugged his waist, buried her head in his body and took a deep breath, which was the familiar smell of bergamot.
She then looked up at Ji Ci, who looked normal, and said happily, "Husband, why are you back?"
Although he tried hard to suppress it, he couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips. He raised his hand and gently rubbed her messy hair, and wiped the saliva from the corner of her mouth.
He coughed lightly and said awkwardly, "I left something behind and came back."
"Did you drop something?" Jiang Qiuye let go of his hand from his waist, sat down, and put on his shoes. "What did you drop?"
"...just...some official documents. I'll get them from the study." Ji Ci didn't dare to look her in the eye and turned to look outside the house.
How could Jiang Qiuye, a liar who had cultivated to become an immortal, not see that Ji Ci was just making an excuse? But she didn't expose it. She lowered her head and smiled, then stood up and said, "Then I'll go look for it with my husband."
As she said this, she hooked her finger around his and walked out. Suddenly, she noticed that he was wearing the leaf jade ring. She was pleasantly surprised and said, "My husband is finally wearing this ring?"
His body stiffened, and he hummed, saying, "I stumbled across it by accident and found the workmanship to be quite good."
Jiang Qiuye smiled softly, without making any comment, and pulled him to continue to go to the study. Ji Ci's face became more depressed.
He doesn't have any official documents to take, what should he do?
Arriving at the study, Jiang Qiuye still held her hand tightly and asked, "What document is this?"
"Oh." He glanced around the study, walked to the desk, and picked up a file at random, "...this one."
Seeing this, Jiang Qiuye leaned forward, deliberately pressing her soft lips against his arm. Seeing the words "Spring Examination Questions" written on the file, she tried hard to suppress a laugh and said, "So, my husband went to Huaixi this time for the Spring Examination. But isn't the Spring Examination usually held in Shengjing? What does this have to do with Huaixi?"
Ji Ci: "..."
At this moment, he sighed deeply in his heart, helpless that he was so bad at lying when facing her. His heart was beating very fast like a young boy in heat.
"This is official business. What do you, a woman, know about it?" After saying that, he touched his nose and looked away.
What you said sounds really unpleasant. If you can't speak, can you just stop talking?
She immediately pretended to be aggrieved and sad, shook off his hand and walked out of the study, saying, "Oh, in that case, then my husband, please get on the road quickly and don't delay your official duties."
"Hey." Ji Ci grabbed her, "There's, there's something else..."
Jiang Qiuye turned around and stared at him with a clueless look, waiting for him to speak.
"I, I have finished eating the dragon beard candy." Ji Ci looked arrogant, as if he was unwilling to give even a glance.
She nodded, "Then I'll pack some more for my husband to take away."
After saying that, she went to the kitchen again.
Ji Ci called out to her in panic: "Wait."
"What's wrong, husband?"
"I thought about it. This dragon beard candy will be eaten up very quickly. I don't know how long it will take to return from Huaixi. It would be bad if I finish it and have nothing else to eat."
Ji Ci deliberately left his words unsaid, pretending to be embarrassed, waiting for Jiang Qiuye to respond and beg him to take her away again. As a result, Jiang Qiuye asked back, "How did the prince survive when he went to Quzhou without dragon beard candy?"
“…”
Ji Ci was stunned, thinking hard, and then pretended to be angry and embarrassed, "How could the marching and fighting back then be comparable?"
Jiang Qiuye looked at his deflated look and could no longer hold back her laughter. She stared at him and burst out laughing. She began to hold her stomach and tears flowed. She tried to take a deep breath, but she couldn't stop.
"What are you laughing at?" Ji Ci frowned and pointed at her, pretending to be fierce. He never expected that she would laugh even harder. She was speechless and could only raise her hand to pat his shoulder. He couldn't help but slightly curl the corners of his lips, then pressed it down and warned: "I warn you, don't laugh! Are you making fun of me?"
This ferocious warning was of no use at all. Jiang Qiuye could only shake his head continuously, feeling that if he continued laughing like this, he would have a hemorrhage in his abdomen.
Ji Ci was furious. He picked her up, walked back to the dormitory, threw her on the bed, leaned over her, and spanked her butt twice with all his strength.
"Ah—" Jiang Qiuye screamed in pain, turned around and looked at him unwillingly, her face full of tears, "You hit me! You actually hit me!"
She pushed him away in anger and yelled, "If you hit me, I won't live anymore!"
“…”
"Then I'll give you Bai Ling?" Ji Ci tried to make his expression more indifferent, but he couldn't go back to that expressionless face. "Let you laugh at me!"
Jiang Qiuye was tired of laughing, and tried hard to hold it back, and finally shook her head.
Never mind, I won't tease him anymore. Her little Ji Ci is so cute! It would be bad if I teased him too much.
Save the opportunity to laugh at him next time.
She naturally understood why Ji Ci came back after being away all night, so she gave him a way out. Smiling sweetly, she walked forward, hugged his waist, and threw herself into his arms, saying coquettishly, "Brother Jian Xi, since you're worried about running out of dragon beard candy, then bring Ye'er with you. After you finish eating, Ye'er will make it for you."
The white snow outside the house reflected the faint light into the bedroom, falling on the bodies of the two people stuck together, and warming their hearts.
He couldn't help but curl his lips and smile, revealing his white teeth. He reached out and ruffled her hair. "Since you want to follow me so much, then I will grant you permission this time. This is the only time, and it won't happen again. However, time is of the essence this time, so please pack up quickly and travel light."
Just this once...this guy is so weird.
Jiang Qiuye rolled her eyes in her heart, but still saved his face.
"Yeah." She propped herself up and kissed his lips gently, "Brother Jian Xi is the best!"
As she said that, she got out of bed and called Mingyue to help her dress up immediately.
After changing her clothes, while Mingyue was combing her hair, she counted the items in her dressing table, looking troubled. "Well, these are all my favorites, I have to take them all. There are also tops, middle clothes, nightgowns, small clothes, cloaks, and the pleated skirt and flowery silk skirt I bought a while ago. If you count them carefully, I'm afraid I'll need two suitcases."
Although Ji Ci lived a simple life and had no material desires, he never treated Jiang Qiuye unfairly.
Since they got married, knowing that she liked these superficial things, they had people prepare a lot of the most fashionable makeup and clothes for her. Compared with the princess, she was even better.
"You are not allowed to take these." Ji Ci poured a basin of cold water directly on Jiang Qiuye's head.
"Ah? Why?" Jiang Qiuye looked at Ji Ci not far away in the bronze mirror and pouted in grievance.
So cute!
Ji Ci's breath slowed down, and he raised his hand to cover his mouth, quietly flattening the upward arc, then he coughed lightly and said, "I said, time is tight this time, we won't take a carriage. You can ride a horse, right? Let's ride directly to Huaixi."
horse riding?
Of course she could, and her horsemanship was superb. But riding such a long distance, by the time she reached Huaixi, her bottom was sore from the bumps.
This old man really doesn't know how to be gentle with women.
She could only reply gloomily, "Oh."
Ji Ci couldn't bear to see her looking so aggrieved, so he said helplessly, "Don't worry, when we get to Huaixi, I'll buy you a lot of things. You won't be short of jewelry or clothes."
While cleaning up, Jiang Qiuye thought that Jinhong had not returned yet, so he told Mingyue a few words, asking her not to worry about her when Jinhong returned.
He also left a secret message, saying that one of Zhang Yi or the bronze ghost must be killed.
After everything was packed, Mingyue packed mostly small clothes and menstrual belts for her. She was a little worried because she had no maid to serve her on this trip, and the Princess was usually very delicate.
In the end, only two small bags were left. Ji Ci took them and put them on his back, then led out two horses and put Jiang Qiuye on them. Without any delay, he drove the horses and the two of them quickly rushed to the posthouse.
When they arrived at the inn, it was already dark. I wonder what expression Tian made when he saw Jiang Qiuye. It turned out that this was the thing dropped by the prince. No wonder he didn't need to take it.
Because of this delay, the group could only stay in the inn for another night. When the post official saw Ji Ci coming back yesterday, he rushed forward with tears in his eyes, knelt down in front of the two men and kowtowed, saying, "Your Majesty, I know I was wrong, and I will never do it again. Please forgive me!"
Jiang Qiuye was held by Ji Ci's hand, staring blankly at the post official, and asked curiously, "What crime did he commit?"
The postman raised his eyes and saw a woman with a hibiscus face, peach blossom eyes and a stunning appearance, like a celestial maiden. No wonder that woman was not favored by Prince Qi last night.
Seeing that the postmaster had been staring at Jiang Qiuye with his eyes wide open, Ji Ci's face darkened and he said, "I think you don't need to stay in this posthouse anymore. How can you look directly at the face of the Princess of the County!"
After saying that, he pulled Jiang Qiuye directly into the room.
It was the post official who finally reacted and was shocked to find that it was actually the princess of the county.
The author has something to say:
Ji Ci: Go to hell with this blind thing, I have my wife's candy, why do I need your pills?
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