Chapter 34 Lord Luo and the Princess are a loving couple
Chu Yangyang felt the burning gaze from Shen Mingzhu, and the words "years of friendship between you and me" were clearly written in her autumn-water eyes.
She lowered her eyes to avoid the gaze.
"Chu girl," the Queen said in a clear voice, leaning against the rosewood armrest carved with a phoenix, "tell the truth. I will not tolerate even the slightest lie in front of you."
Chu Yangyang lifted the hem of her Xiang-colored skirt and took half a step forward, the hem of her skirt shimmering with her movement.
She knelt before the queen and saluted, "Your humble servant is terrified."
When he raised his eyes, he saw Shen Mingzhu's anxious look as she clutched her wet clothes, and he also caught a glimpse of Lin Shuyue's white knuckles as she clutched the brocade handkerchief.
"Your Majesty," she said softly, slowly closing her round fan and pressing it against her chest, "I just saw Miss Lin reach out and push Mingzhu."
Hearing this, Shen Mingzhu suddenly felt full of strength. "Your Majesty, I didn't lie. Lin Shuyue is vicious. She pushed me and made me look bad on purpose."
Lin Shuyue snorted coldly, "Everyone in Tiantong City knows that you, Princess Chu, and Shen Mingzhu are as close as brothers. How can your words be fair?"
Hearing this, the queen turned her gaze to Chu Yangyang. The other onlookers also remembered Chu Yangyang's previous behavior. The words of a ridiculous person are always not credible.
There was discussion all around.
The queen tapped the phoenix throne lightly with her jade fingers, and all the pearls and jades in the palace fell silent instantly.
Chu Yangyang spoke again in the dead silence, "Your servant hasn't finished speaking yet. I did see Miss Lin push the pearl into the pond, but she did it to protect herself."
Everyone looked at them in surprise again, their gossip spirits burning fiercely.
Chu Yangyang continued, "I first saw Mingzhu trying to push Miss Lin into the pool. Fortunately, Miss Lin reacted quickly and dodged, pushing Mingzhu down. I was standing between them at the time, so I saw it clearly."
Shen Mingzhu suddenly grabbed her sleeve, her nails almost digging into the brocade. "Yangyang, are you crazy? I'm your good friend, do you know what you're saying?"
Chu Yangyang pulled back her sleeves, her expression as calm as water. "This servant is not mistaken. Please, Your Majesty, examine this matter."
The queen's eyes were slightly closed, and her gilded armor tapped lightly on the armrest.
Shen Mingzhu sat slumped on the ground with her hair disheveled.
"General Shen must have been too busy with state affairs recently and has been a little negligent in disciplining his own daughter." The queen smiled, but gave people a sense of intimidation.
Shen Mingzhu's face turned pale in an instant.
Luo Xifeng clenched his fingers around the medicine box, his gaze uncontrollably falling on the pearl tassels in Chu Yangyang's hair. The pendant was trembling slightly as she saluted, just like her trembling fingertips when she bandaged his wound a few days ago.
She wore a little makeup, and her demeanor was neither humble nor arrogant, and she was at ease, completely different from her previous aggressive appearance.
"Princess Chu has impressed me today." The third prince Li Rongjue suddenly chuckled and slowly waved his broken jade bone fan.
Shen Mingzhu glared at Chu Yangyang angrily.
"The daughter of the Shen family was confined to her room for three months and was required to copy the 'Instructions for Women' a hundred times."
The Queen suddenly raised her voice, the gold-inlaid jade armor not lightly nor heavily weighted on the armrests, "As for Chu girl, she knew about it but didn't stop it nor did she tell anyone..."
Before she finished speaking, Luo Xifeng suddenly lifted his robe and knelt on the ground, the copper buckle of the medicine box making a crisp sound. "I dare to say that the princess caught a cold a few days ago and needs to take medicine in time."
The Queen tilted her head to look at Luo Xifeng, the tassels of her phoenix hairpin swaying slightly. "I just wanted to give Miss Chu a pair of food boxes. Doctor Luo is so anxious. Is he afraid that I will eat this girl?"
Luo Xifeng knelt without moving, and the hem of his black official uniform was rippled slightly.
His Adam's apple slid against his pale skin. "When I took the princess' pulse yesterday, I diagnosed her with a cold that hadn't healed. I was simply too concerned."
care?
Chu Yangyang turned her head to look at him. His eyes were full of determination, as if he was really deeply in love with her.
Why does he show his affection in front of everyone?
This doesn't fit Luo Xifeng's personality.
Just as he was thinking, he heard the Queen say again, "Reward Chu girl with a bucket of South China Sea pearls."
She paused, then smiled kindly at Chu Yangyang, "Give me two more stalks of purple ginseng and have Doctor Luo personally prepare the syrup for you."
Hearing this, several noble ladies covered their lips with their round fans and chuckled softly, whispering to each other, "I never thought the princess could snatch such a perfect husband."
"It makes others envious."
Everyone joked and then dispersed to continue enjoying the flowers.
The peonies in the imperial garden were burning like fire. Luo Xifeng stood beside Chu Yangyang with his hands hanging down, and his black official uniform was cut into light and dark fragments by the shadows of the flowers.
Chu Yangyang leaned her head closer to Luo Xifeng and lowered her voice, "Lord Luo is getting better at acting. I almost thought you were really in love with me."
Luo Xifeng turned sideways and flicked the crabapple blossoms that were floating on her temples with his fingers. This intimate gesture caused the noble ladies in the distance to whisper.
The lingering scent of medicine from his fingertips brushed against her earlobe, and his tone was gentle, as if he was saying something sweet, "Last month, the Prime Minister rejected the Imperial Medical Bureau's request to add a ulcer doctor."
He held her lower back lightly with his palm, leaned his upper body slightly, and whispered softly to her ear, "Please say a few kind words, Princess, so that Prime Minister Chu can support you."
Chu Yangyang took a half step back while reorganizing her forbidden steps. "So Doctor Luo wants to borrow the east wind."
As expected, this cunning King of Hell has no good intentions.
When something happens suddenly, there must be something wrong.
With her clear mind, she would never be so stupid as to think that he really felt pity for her, so she should be thankful that he didn't want to kill her.
Chu Yangyang smiled sweetly and said, "My husband acted so sincerely that I almost believed it. It made me happy for a while."
A blue butterfly suddenly landed on Luo Xifeng's shoulder. He raised his hand to brush it away, revealing the scars on his wrist where Chu Yangyang had bound him. "My princess, do you know what 'of the same blood, connected branches' means?"
He leaned over and pointed at the petals of a peony in full bloom. "Just like this peony with a twisting branch, when the roots are rotting, the flowers and leaves will bloom more brilliantly."
He paused, his tone suddenly becoming cold, "When this peony has completely lost its ornamental value, it won't be too late to uproot it."
Chu Yangyang's heart suddenly tightened. This King of Hell came to threaten him again!
She stretched out her hand, inadvertently revealing the bloody wound on her wrist, and waved it in front of Luo Xifeng, "It's a pity that this peony is not only for viewing, but also for saving lives."
Luo Xifeng raised his eyebrows. The spring sun just passed over the edge of the jade crown, forming a cool arc at the bridge of his nose. The three-point smile on his thin lips seemed to crush all the crabapple trees in the garden.
I have to admit that Luo Xifeng is really handsome.
Chu Yangyang suddenly understood the original owner's crazy behavior for him.
Unfortunately, this handsome face spoke, "I hope the princess will come to the study in time to get blood at noon tomorrow."
The beautiful face was instantly shattered into messy ripples in a spring pond, with no beauty at all.
However, in the eyes of Xiao Renyu, who was five steps away, this scene was just intimate flirting and a blatant show of power in front of her.
Chu Yangyang suddenly felt the increasingly intense gaze. She turned her head and looked at Xiao Renyu.
Some things should be made clearer...
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