Chapter 23
Princess Ming'an and Luo Sanrong sat opposite each other on the boat.
When Luo Sanrong saw Princess Ming'an now, she could still remember how angry she was and wanted to kill her with a knife, so Luo Sanrong's movements were very restrained.
"I called you here suddenly. Did I scare you?" Princess Ming'an asked with a smile, holding her chin.
"Hahahaha" Luo Sanrong smiled awkwardly and did not answer. He poured tea for Princess Ming'an with a keen eye.
"I heard that you make delicious tea, so I want to try it." Princess Ming'an took the tea handed to her by Luo Sanrong.
Luo Sanrong followed up the topic and asked, "Princess, you are too kind. Who said that?"
Princess Ming'an took a sip of tea, and with an exaggerated expression, she changed the subject and said, "This tea is fragrant and pleasant, it is truly top-grade."
"I'm glad you like it, Princess." Luo Sanrong had actually already seen that the princess didn't like drinking tea, but just had something to say to her.
As expected, Princess Ming'an asked, "Last time you said that although the love letter was written by you, it truly expressed the writer's true feelings. Is that true?"
"Indeed, I am just helping to write a love letter. I will never express anything false."
"So what does Young Master Zheng look like?"
"Young Master Zheng is very handsome..."
.....
The two of them had a pleasant conversation, and at the end, Princess Ming'an said, "Eunuch Luo, you don't look well."
"Thank you for your concern, Princess. I just caught a cold."
Luo Sanrong suddenly thought, "Speaking of which, Young Master Zheng once told me that he was first attracted to you because he saw you, the princess, swinging on a swing in a skirt. At that time, Young Master Zheng was instantly attracted to you, so he had the courage to write to you..."
"Me? Swinging?" Princess Ming'an asked hesitantly.
"Yes."
Princess Ming'an stood up from the boat and suddenly said angrily, "I'm afraid of heights and I never swing on a swing."
Luo Sanrong was surprised and annoyed and wanted to apologize.
Princess Ming'an became more and more angry as she thought about it, and kept stamping her feet on the boat. At this time, a strong wind blew, and the boat swayed on the lake.
At this time, Li Yin and his group happened to pass by. Eunuch Ma noticed Luo Sanrong sitting with Princess Ming'an and said to Li Yin, "Your Highness, look, isn't that Lord Luo?"
Li Yin looked in the direction of Eunuch Ma's finger and saw Luo Sanying falling into the water.
Li Yin didn't think too much and jumped into the water to save people reflexively.
Eunuch Ma was frantically directing the other eunuchs on the shore, "Hurry up, get in the water! What are you waiting for? Your Highness—"
Plop—plop—
Luo Sanrong thrashed in the water, shouting, "Help...!" until she felt her body getting heavier and heavier. Gradually, Luo Sanrong gave up struggling...
Suddenly, an arm restrained him and carried him upstream. The strong water pressure could only make Luo Sanrong's eyes squint into a small slit.
"Your Highness..." Luo Sanrong thought he had spoken out loud, but in fact, in Li Yin's view, he had said nothing.
Soon, Li Yin and Luo Sanrong surfaced, and some people on the shore were waiting for them.
"Cough cough cough——" Luo Sanying half-knelt on the ground, coughing continuously.
Li Yin was surrounded by eunuchs. Eunuch Ma took the eunuch's cloak and put it on Li Yin. Li Yin wanted to put the cloak on Luo San'er, but Eunuch Ma stopped him and whispered, "Your Highness, have you ever seen a master risk his life to save a servant? If you do this, Lord Luo will suffer severe punishment."
Li Yin stopped moving. He could only hand the cloak to Eunuch Ma and turn away.
Before leaving, Eunuch Ma said to Luo Sanrong, "Hurry up and confess your guilt to His Highness."
"I deserve to die. Please forgive me, Your Highness."
Luo Sanrong hadn't reacted yet. She was still immersed in the fear of life and death, so she could only follow Eunuch Ma's words and confess her guilt first.
Li Yin stopped moving and turned around, "Get up, the ground is cold."
Li Yin and Luo Sanrong both left, and Princess Ming'an was confused on the boat, "Who am I? Where am I? Why is this happening?"
At this time, a cool breeze blew by, and Princess Ming'an hugged her arms tightly, looking even more confused.
"Young Master, the Prime Minister is still waiting for you." The eunuch carefully reminded Ji Zeming.
As soon as Luo Sanrong fell into the water, Ji Zeming noticed it immediately. Just as he was about to jump into the water to save her, he found that the prince had already gotten there first.
Seeing Luo Sanrong being rescued, Ji Zeming breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that if he also went down to rescue people, Luo Sanrong would become the target of public criticism, so he could only observe secretly from the side.
Seeing Li Yin and his men walking away, Ji Zeming waited for Luo Sanrong on her way back to the Eunuch Palace.
"Young Master, the Prime Minister is still waiting for you." The eunuch who led the way reminded again.
"You go first, I'll go later. I'll go back and explain to my father myself." After saying this, Ji Zeming went to chase Luo Sanrong who was walking slowly.
Little did they know that in the dark, there was another pair of eyes seeing all this.
Ji Zeming put the cloak on Luo Sanrong. Only then did Luo Sanrong react and saw Ji Zeming take a step back.
"Why, am I that scary? It's so sad." Ji Zeming teased.
"Because there was no sound when you came, sir." Luo Sanying answered honestly.
"Are you hiding from me? Are you hiding from me because I know your secret?" Ji Zeming looked at the top of Luo Sanrong's head and took a step forward.
Luo Sanrong did not answer, but lowered his head and took a step back.
"It's hard to keep a secret alone, right? Why not think of it this way? Just think of it as someone sharing this secret with you. For all this time, no one else has discovered your secret. Am I not worthy of your trust?"
At this moment, Luo Sanrong finally looked up at Ji Zeming, his eyes probing, as if to say, "Can I trust you?"
Ji Zeming nodded.
After returning to the eunuch hall, Luo Sanrong changed her wet clothes and collapsed on the bed exhausted. She felt uncomfortable all over.
As expected, Luo Sanrong developed a high fever that night and had a very distant dream.
In her dream, it was Mid-Autumn Festival. The streets were bustling with activity, and there were so many lanterns that she couldn't even take it all in. Her mother held her hand and said to her, "Yuer, can we play hide-and-seek?"
She was only seven or eight years old at the time and nodded. She loved playing hide-and-seek with her mother the most.
"Then I'll hide. Mom, you count to tens. When you're done, come find me, okay?"
The mother squatted down and said to her, "Today, let's change the rules. No matter how many numbers I count, you must not let me find you, and you must not let me find you. Don't let others know your identity, okay?"
"But?" She instinctively felt that something was wrong, but her mother interrupted her and urged her to hide quickly.
"Hurry...Hurry...Hide..."
So she hid under a table selling lanterns and watched her mother looking in the completely opposite direction. She was secretly delighted, thinking that it would take her mother a long time to find her.
She murmured in her dream: "Mother... Mother... Don't go..."
Luo Sanrong felt a pair of hands gently wiping away the sweat from her forehead. Through her tearful eyes, she saw a man. She instinctively called out, "Brother Wei..."
The hand paused and asked her gently, "Are you dreaming?"
"Um."
"What did you dream about?"
"I dreamed about my mother."
"Um?"
"It's a good dream. It's a good dream to see my mother in my dream."
"Brother Wei" didn't say anything. After wiping the sweat off his face, he wanted to get up and leave. Luo Sanrong didn't know why, but he grabbed the man's hand. The hands were cold, and Luo Sanrong, who was running a fever, felt a chill.
Whispering: "Don't go..."
"Brother Wei" patted Luo Sanrong's shoulder soothingly. After confirming that "Brother Wei" would not leave, Luo Sanrong relaxed and fell into a deep sleep.
The real Brother Wei was leaning against the door frame, holding a knife nonchalantly, looking at the person who was pretending to be him - Li Yin - with a half-smile.
Li Yin felt a little embarrassed by his gaze and hit Wei Dao's shoulder.
Unexpectedly, Weidao suddenly burst into a violent coughing fit, and Li Yin then discovered that Weidao's abdomen was bright red. Because Weidao was wearing dark clothes, Li Yin did not notice it at first.
"What’s wrong with you?"
Weidao shook his head, said nothing more, and just walked away silently.
Li Yin looked at Wei Dao's back and thought, "This guy must be hiding something from me."
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