62. Accident
◎How embarrassing is that?◎
Chapter 62
Another day passed and the Early Spring Flower Festival arrived. Every year on this day, people would go out to pick wild vegetables and enjoy the flowers.
When Zhu, the magistrate of Pingnan County, heard that Princess Qi was passing by the county and staying for a while, which happened to be the Flower Festival, she sent someone to deliver an invitation, inviting the princess to go to the wild to pick wild vegetables, taste flowers and make wine together.
During these days, Ji Ci became more and more cold and distant, and later he even moved to another room by himself. However, Jiang Qiuye became more and more calm.
This peculiar man, although she was doing it for her own good, it couldn't be said that she wasn't doing it for his own good. If she really wanted to be the queen, she could have found Ji Kang. Why bother serving this wooden man? Well, whoever wants to serve can do so. She won't serve anymore!
She always liked to live a comfortable life, no matter what her surroundings were. She had experienced the most painful situations in the world, and it was just that her husband was a little cold. She wouldn't die, so she might as well make herself happy.
She readily accepted Zhu's invitation.
On the day of the Flower Festival, she dressed up carefully, wearing a pink and white soft smoke silk skirt, a few hibiscus flowers in her bun, and a pearl and gilded hairpin.
She even bathed and washed her hair in hibiscus honey, a scent she had asked to search all the perfume shops in Huaixi before finally finding a bottle she loved. It was elegant and sweet. She then dotted her forehead with a vermilion flower and used a dark powder brush to raise the corners of her eyes.
She is truly a walking flower god on earth, and truly deserves the occasion when all flowers bloom during the Flower Festival.
Zhu's carriage came to the post house to pick people up. Because of her dissatisfaction with Ji Ci, Tian Qu and his guards became even more unhappy.
Seeing Tianqu following him, Jiang Qiuye said lazily, "Tianqu, today is a gathering of women, and Pingnan is very safe. Don't follow me!"
Tian Qu was stunned, scratched his head and said: "Princess, but the prince ordered..."
Jiang Qiuye interrupted him impatiently, "His orders are orders, but mine aren't? There are so many women here today, how can you, a bunch of grown men, follow me? I'm telling you, if you dare to follow me, I'll tell Ji Ci that you flirted with me while he's away. Although he and I have had some disagreements recently, you're still the princess of a county after all. I'll see how he punishes you then!"
She looked around, then raised her head and met the eyes of the secret guards hiding in the tree. "And you! If I find you following me, you're dead!"
After saying that, she raised her hand and scratched her neck, leaving a threatening gesture before leaving the inn.
The guards who remained were bewildered, "Lord Tianqu, what should we do?"
Tian Qu's cheek twitched, and he shook his head, saying, "Never mind. Pingnan has always been very safe and heavily guarded. Plus, the people love the prince, so nothing will happen."
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Zhu was a middle-aged woman with a generous nature. She spoke in a dignified and generous manner and did not like to compete with others in terms of wealth.
Pingnan County had once suffered a famine, and Prince Qi had provided relief out of his own pocket. The people were particularly grateful for his kindness. When they heard that the princess had come to Pingnan to celebrate the Flower Festival, every household brought out their own flowers to make wine, which they brought to the suburbs for Princess Qi to taste as a token of their gratitude.
For Jiang Qiuye, today's dazzling outfit, the Flower Festival outing, and the support of the people satisfied her vulgar vanity, and her mood, which had been gloomy for a long time, finally became particularly bright and relaxed.
When she met the wives of officials in the suburbs, she was even more proud of her outstanding appearance. The wives of local officials complimented her, which made her feel proud. She admitted that she was such a vulgar woman.
"I finally got to see the legendary Princess of the County. She is so beautiful! I can't even dream of her."
Jiang Qiuye lowered her eyes shyly, "No, I'm tired from traveling all the way and really don't have the energy to dress up. I just wore casual clothes today. Please don't think I'm not formal enough."
The women looked at each other and finally laughed dryly.
Zhu continued, "It's such beautiful weather today, but it's a shame Prince Qi can't come. We're going on a picnic here today. It's called Man'er Hill, the place with the most beautiful flowers, and it's quite famous within a ten-mile radius. Princess, you and your wife have come here with great difficulty. When will Prince Qi return? We must come again before we leave."
Jiang Qiuye smiled awkwardly. She had no idea when the old man would come back, so she just said, "He's still busy for a while, but he'll definitely come back before we leave."
She turned around and looked at the lush surroundings. It was indeed a good place.
When digging wild vegetables, even the women in the family gave up the places where the vegetables grew best so that she could dig as much as she wanted.
The women looked at Jiang Qiuye, who was digging vegetables elegantly, and joked, "The Princess's wild vegetables, when Prince Qi returns, will you cook them for him yourself?"
She carefully placed the wild vegetables into a basket beside her, not wanting to dirty her favorite new clothes at all. She just smiled at the women and did not answer.
She didn’t want to give the wild vegetables she had worked so hard to dig to that old man!
They were in the outskirts of the city, where apricot blossoms were in full bloom, the mountains and rivers were picturesque, and a spring breeze blew across their faces, carrying apricot petals down to the earth. The beauties walked among them, heralding the spring.
Everything was perfect, the weather was sunny, the air was fresh, the scenery was beautiful, and I was in a great mood.
Until it started with drinking flowers and making wine.
To be honest, Jiang Qiuye's alcohol tolerance is not good, but it is not bad either. Although she gets drunk easily, she can still remain rational and sober after being drunk, and looks no different from ordinary people.
This year, the flowers were in full bloom, and the people had sent her dozens of cups of wine. At first, it was fine, but after the 20th cup, she felt visibly tipsy. She shook her head and raised her hand slightly to support her forehead, but she still drank it all.
Zhu looked a little worried, "Princess, if you can't drink it, you don't have to."
Jiang Qiuye was in a very good mood. The flower wine brewing was really enjoyable. She turned around and smiled, "Don't worry, Madam. I can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk. This is all the kindness of the people of Pingnan. Besides, this flower wine brewing is really delicious."
Seeing Jiang Qiuye sober, logical, and walking steadily, Zhu felt relieved.
The women had almost finished picking the wild vegetables and drinking the wine, and they sent the people who came to give them wine away. As they left, Jiang Qiuye still stretched out her hand to say goodbye to them with a perfect smile.
Today is a perfect day.
After noon, the women prepared to go to the lake to taste the freshly made apricot blossom cake. The Zhu family's servant was laying a thin blanket on the ground, bringing the apricot blossom cake over, and preparing all the utensils.
Seeing that everyone was taking a detour, Jiang Qiuye wondered why they weren't just going straight ahead, but were actually closer. She frowned, but without asking, or following the other women, she headed straight for the lake.
Zhu Shi saw that Jiang Qiuye was not beside her. She turned around and saw that she was going the other way. She was shocked and suddenly shouted anxiously: "Princess, over there..."
"ah--"
Jiang Qiuye stepped on empty air and found that it was a swamp. He stumbled and took a few steps forward and fell into it.
It stinks in here!
In the past, with her ability, she could come out in a few seconds, but today, perhaps because she drank too much wine, her mind was a little confused. After struggling for a few times, she actually started to sink.
She felt her feet being sucked in, unable to move. She recalled how she had learned to rescue herself from a swamp: she had to lie flat on her stomach, paddle backward like a duck, pull her legs free, and then crawl out of the swamp.
But......
But her soft smoky silk skirt, her palace flowers, her fragrant honey.
Under the influence of alcohol, she refused to save herself for the sake of her outfit today.
"Princess Princess..." The female relatives quickly gathered around, anxious in their hearts, trying to pull Jiang Qiuye out, but the stable place on the shore was some distance away from Jiang Qiuye. In addition, these young women had nothing to offer but to ask for help, so how much strength could they have?
She suddenly regretted not allowing the secret guard to follow her today.
As he slowly sank, Jiang Qiuye felt his legs gradually becoming numb. He decided to save himself. It was better to get dirty than to die.
But how to save yourself?
She raised her hand and tapped her forehead hard, only to find that she had forgotten it in an instant.
Suddenly, as she sank, she felt the threat of death.
I began to feel panic in my heart. Could it be that she really couldn't get out?
She entered Feiyan Pavilion at the age of six, fought with others unarmed and survived, survived in the snow in winter and survived, was chased while doing a mission and survived, and survived the poison attack in Feiyan Pavilion.
Am I going to die in this small swamp during the Flower Festival today?
How embarrassing is that?
Lord Akiba, who was on the killer list, drank too much while partying with his female relatives, stepped into the swamp and was sucked to death!
She stopped struggling. Although she had forgotten how to save herself, she was still aware that the more she struggled, the faster she would sink.
At this moment, she resented Ji Ci even more. She didn't expect that when she was about to die, that man was still looking at her in disgrace. He went to Jinshui alone without saying why or when he would return.
Zhu was even more panicked. If something happened to the Princess of the County while she was here, even though she was the one who walked into such an obvious swamp, she would be blamed for her death. She immediately sent someone to call a few strong servants and go to the inn to inform the Princess of the County's guards.
The women thought hard and finally found a long pole and handed it to Jiang Qiuye, and several of them pulled the pole at the same time.
“It works! It works!”
They were sweating profusely while pooping, and Jiang Qiuye felt herself rising a little. At this moment, bees from nowhere smelled the sweet nectar on Jiang Qiuye's body, and came over in groups of three or five.
She hated insects the most, and being drunk, she simply let go of the stick and swung at the bees.
"ah--"
As soon as the grip on this side was loosened, the women fell down in groups over there, having no strength left.
Because of the struggle just now, Jiang Qiuye sank down a little bit, almost to her hips.
She was so angry that even the bee would not let her go. She wondered if Ji Ci would be sad after her death.
If he remarried and took in ten or eight beautiful concubines, she would never let him go even if she became a ghost. She would definitely curse him to live a lonely life.
Death is not scary, what is scary is dying so ugly and shameful.
Thinking of this, my eyes began to turn red.
At the critical moment, a wooden board was thrown in front of her, and a pair of black leather boots with gold thread stepped onto the board and appeared in her sight.
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