Chapter 48 I saw the embarrassed general's wife downstairs
Shen Wangshu stood by the river in a daze. The couple next door had already gone behind the tree to be affectionate with each other. She had just given them the token of love... and there was no one to accompany her for the next step.
After a long while, she slowly uttered: "...I am really convinced."
Isn’t the process of pursuing a man in the storybook correct? What step did she take wrong?
The old man who was selling river lanterns was about to close his stall. He saw a young lady standing there blankly and reminded her, "Girl, it's going to rain soon. You should go home or find a place to take shelter from the rain."
He sells lanterns here and has seen many young lovers, all kinds of people, but he has never seen a man leave a young lady alone like this!
And judging from the way they addressed each other, they seemed to be a young couple.
The old man looked at the lonely young lady with pity and advised: "Go quickly, it will be bad if it rains heavily later."
Shen Wangshu looked up at the sky and saw that it was indeed covered by a large mass of dark clouds, which quickly blocked the moon.
She leaned over and quickly helped the old man put away the remaining river lanterns, and said helplessly, "I have to wait for my family to pick them up."
Just now Chen Ting asked her to wait for the carriage from the mansion. If she left, what would she do if they couldn't find her later?
The old man said, "Don't be so stubborn, girl. You can come back when the rain stops. If you don't leave now, you will be soaked to the skin."
Shen Wangshu thought so too, and immediately ran to the street with her skirt lifted up, looking for a random shop to take shelter from the rain.
However, the summer rain came quickly and suddenly. As soon as the old man finished speaking, raindrops as big as beans began to fall down with a crackling sound.
Shen Wangshu walked awkwardly through the rain curtain and finally found a roof to shelter from the rain before he got soaked.
But she herself was already in a mess at this time. The hair that Mei Xue had delicately braided for her before she came out was wet and stuck to her face. The beautiful and thin clothes were also sticking to her skin. Fortunately, she was wearing something thick underneath so nothing was exposed... But this was enough to ruin her good mood for the whole night.
The street that was crowded when I came here just now is now empty, and the lantern wall on the roadside has been blown to pieces, just like her now...
Shen Wangshu was moved by the scene and felt extremely depressed.
At this moment, a man in plain clothes who was also hiding from the rain came over. He was short and had a big mole on his face. He kept glancing at her with ill intentions. He took the initiative to talk to her without hesitation: "Beauty, why are you so lonely here?"
Chen Wangshu didn't look at him or pay attention to him, but the man got excited and said with a smile: "But the man you made an appointment with stood you up? Why don't you go home with me tonight and have fun?"
"..." As expected, beautiful women can never escape the harassment of weirdos at any time.
Shen Wangshu quietly took out the bag of self-defense powder she made herself, thinking that her research day and night would finally come in handy. If this wretched man dared to get close to her again, she would poison him to death.
The man had no idea that danger was approaching. Seeing that the beauty had not spoken, he knew that she was an introverted and shy person. Seeing her fair and slender neck, he even wanted to reach out his hand to touch this warm and soft jade...
With lightning speed, Shen Wangshu threw the paralyzing powder in his sleeve onto the man's face, then kicked him hard in the vitals. As he fell to the ground, groaning in pain while holding his crotch, he ran more than ten meters away.
On the opposite building, the man in white who witnessed everything laughed while waving a fan.
"What are you laughing at?" Gu Ziliang behind him said listlessly.
The once dashing Prince Bao now had an unhealthy pale face and a gray look in his eyes, as if he had lost the meaning of living.
When people are depressed, they find everything unpleasant to the eyes. Moreover, he is still immersed in the sequelae of having his fingers cut off. His whole mental state is not good, and this guy actually dared to laugh.
Ji Mingyi was in a very good mood, not angry at all, and even slowly poured a glass of wine and handed it to him to ease his pain: "I just saw an interesting person."
"I will be returning to Beijing tomorrow," Gu Ziliang said, not caring what he saw. "The last secret letter I sent to Nian Nian has not received any response so far. I guess she really doesn't have me in her heart anymore."
"My father said he would break my legs if I go back. I came here to find true love, but I didn't find it. I also broke a finger and was humiliated by Chen Ting." Gu Ziliang was so angry that his eyes turned red. He wanted to clench his fist but forgot about his broken finger. He cried in pain: "Now if I go back, my legs will be broken again..."
How can people be so miserable?
Ji Mingyi thought to himself, thank God, this ancestor is finally going to leave, but he had to pretend to comfort him: "The prince will not really break your legs, after all, you are his most beloved child."
“Even if I don’t die, I will shed my skin.” Gu Ziliang closed his eyes, feeling desolate in his heart.
This trip was a complete loss for him. He thought that after finding Nian Nian, he would be able to rescue her and get her out of Chen Ting's clutches. However, everything turned out to be different from what he had imagined.
Nian Nian firmly rejected him, saying that she liked the cruel old man Chen Ting, but Chen Ting even cut off her fingers in public...!
Whenever he thought of that day, Gu Ziliang trembled with anger, and at the same time, a sense of fear rose in his heart involuntarily.
Chen Ting didn't even take Prince Bao seriously, no wonder the emperor was afraid of him and wanted to find an excuse to take back his military power - during wartime, this general was the protective umbrella of the Great Zhou. Once there was no external threat, what else could hold him back?
Seeing his pitiful appearance, Ji Mingyi thought that he would be returning to the capital tomorrow. After all, they had played together naked when they were young, so he said, "I just saw the general's wife by the window."
"What?" Gu Ziliang raised his head suddenly: "She is downstairs?"
Then he thought of something and murmured, "...Yes, today is the Chinese Valentine's Day. Nian Nian must be out with Chen Ting to celebrate the festival. What am I still looking forward to..."
Ji Mingyi said, "No, the general's wife is alone, and she doesn't even have a maid."
The fire in Gu Ziliang's eyes ignited again: "How could this be? Chen Ting let her go out on the street alone?"
Ji Mingyi: "It rained just now, and the general's wife got soaked. She looks very embarrassed."
"Why don't you find someone to invite her in! Nian Nian is so beautiful, what if she is targeted by bad guys?" Gu Ziliang rushed over, wanting to hug the Jade-faced Yama's neck and shake him: "Hurry up!"
Ji Mingyi sighed, "I don't want this to become a place where the general's wife and Prince Bao get entangled. The general will kill me with a sword."
"...I promise not to appear in front of her, okay?" Gu Ziliang said gritting his teeth.
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