Jiang Shen's palms felt itchy, so he gently squeezed Su Changle's hand and followed her outside.

Everyone's focus was on the boat race below, and no one noticed that Su Changle and Jiang Shenzheng quietly left the viewing platform.

There is a small peach blossom forest here in Jinchuan Garden.

The forest is not big, only about ten trees, but each tree is lush and green, and in spring they bloom with big peach blossoms.

Su Changle also discovered this place accidentally when he was a child.

Although the peach grove is very beautiful, it is still early spring after all, and the peach blossoms have not yet bloomed. Even though it has indeed been warmer in the past few days, they are still far from blooming.

Su Changle also knew it, but even so, Su Changle still wanted to bring Jiang Shen to see this place.

After all, this is her favorite place.

Jiang Shen didn't know where Su Changle was going, so he just followed her forward. She avoided the crowd and went deeper. The more she walked, the fewer people there were.

"We're here!" Su Changle stopped and shook the hands the two of them were holding.

Jiang Shen raised his eyes and looked at the scenery in front of him.

The tree was bare, without even a leaf, and I didn’t know what to look at.

Jiang Shen lowered his head to look at Su Changle and asked her with his eyes: What is this?

"This is a very beautiful peach forest!" Su Changle said excitedly to Jiang Shen, "Although there are only ten trees and they haven't grown leaves yet, but believe me, when the peach blossoms bloom in spring, it will be very beautiful.

Beautiful, very beautiful!”

Of course Jiang Shen believed what she said.

Jiang Shen looked at the little girl describing the grand scene bit by bit in front of him, and his heart moved slightly.

Su Changle was talking to herself. In the end, she felt like a liar who was trying to trick people into their dreams, so she stopped talking.

"So, who is the princess?" Jiang Shen was a little confused.

"It's nothing, I just want to show you the way first," Su Changle said, his voice suddenly became softer, "By the way, let me tell you, my nickname is Taotao."

Su Changle's voice was too low and he lowered his head.

Jiang Shen nodded and reminded softly: "Huh?"

Su Changle thought Jiang Shen didn't hear it and she was too embarrassed to say anything more.

In fact, she hadn't heard anyone call this little word for a long time.

Since she came of age, your Majesty and her brother have called her Anping, and her parents have only called her a good girl. Others have called her Princess or Changle.

Even she herself has forgotten the little word Taotao.

but……

Su Changle looked at this peach forest: This is why she likes it here.

Jiang Shen asked again: "What did the princess just say?"

Su Changle snorted: "Nothing."

She was a little disappointed. She wanted Jiang Shen to hear her, but she also felt that she was being too pretentious.

He didn't even like herself. Normally, being able to respectfully call her "Princess Princess" was already a great honor to her, so how could she let him call her by her petite name?

Just think about it.

Jiang Shen didn't know Su Changle's psychological activities, he only looked at the little girl's face.

Sometimes he was happy, sometimes he was shy, and in the end he even bit his lip.

Very exciting.

He opened his lips and called softly: "Taotao?"

Uh huh huh???

Su Changle suddenly opened his eyes wide and looked up at Jiang Shen: "You just... said you didn't hear it!"

Jiang Shen did not answer Su Changle's words, but just smiled.

Su Changle wrinkled his nose: This Jiang Shen is simply a bad person!

--

The boat racing on the Jinchuan River is entering a fierce stage.

As long as the last river bend is passed, the winner can be decided. The dragon boat in the front is now the eldest prince's dragon boat, and the rest of the dragon boats are following behind. The most surprising thing is that it is the first time to participate in the race.

Zhou's second prince, Su Muchun, was not far behind.

Most of the Second Prince's helpers on the dragon boat were people he found at random. Everyone did not put much hope in the sick Second Prince who had lived in the palace for a long time and never saw anyone else.

Whether it's on a boat race or in court.

Concubine Yue didn't pay much attention to boat racing in the past, but this time she watched it intently, for fear of missing any details.

"Concubine Yue, don't worry, I'm still very optimistic about Chun'er." His Majesty stood next to the viewing platform, reached out and patted Concubine Yue on her shoulder to comfort her.

Concubine Yue nodded, but the handkerchief in her hand was still disturbed.

The queen glanced at Concubine Yue, then turned around and started teasing the little prince who had been holding the concubine in her arms and watching the fun.

The princess held the child in her arms and was distracted to watch the boat race below.

I saw that the prince's dragon boat was leading all the way. Although it was almost passed by others when turning the corner, it was still the first to reach the finish line in the end!

When the gong rings, the dust settles.

The people on the observation deck cheered.

The crown prince winning the first prize is the best result.

"Okay, okay!" Your Majesty said with joy, "Jinyu is worthy of being my son, and he is quite like me back then!"

The Queen and the Crown Princess smiled happily on the spot, leaving Concubine Yue feeling a little uncomfortable in her heart.

This is Su Muchun's first time participating in the competition this year. At the beginning, Concubine Yue was afraid that something might happen to Su Muchun, but now that everything is fine, Concubine Yue was a little embarrassed looking at Su Muchun who was in the last place.

Concubine Yue was a little dissatisfied in her heart: What did your Majesty just say? Then Su Jinyu is his son, isn't Su Muxun not the same!

Thinking of this, Concubine Yue's head was so angry that it ached.

She blessed her body: "Your Majesty and Queen, I'm going to change my clothes first."

His Majesty nodded, looking at Concubine Yue's back, his eyes darkened.

"Go and pick up the prince." The queen reached out and hugged the little prince over. She saw that the prince's eyes had already reached the prince's body, so she gave her a step up.

"Yes." The princess said happily and hurried towards the prince.

--

The pier at the end was already crowded with people.

The attendants took sweat towels and water from their hands and picked up the people who had just got off the dragon boat.

Wei Ruyi is also among them.

She had just come down from the observation deck and was waiting at the finish line with fruit tea in hand.

In fact, she didn't care at all about Su Muxun's ranking in the boat race. Her purpose today was to see him.

Wei Ruyi deliberately wore a dress similar to the one she wore when she met Su Muchun in the palace that day. She even used the same hairpin.

I was afraid that Su Muchun wouldn't recognize him.

"Miss, the second prince has disembarked!"

"Where is it? Where is it?" Wei Ruyi hurriedly looked in the direction pointed by the maid. She was a little shy and nervously stroked her hair and asked, "How is it? Is your hair messy?"

The maid shook her head: "No, everything is fine together."

"That's it, no one in Jinling can compare to my beauty in beauty!" Wei Ruyi said and went up to her with fruit tea in hand.

Su Muchun's dragon boat slowly docked. He stood on the bow and watched the prince being surrounded as he walked to the viewing platform. In comparison, his place was really deserted.

Su Muchun lowered his eyes.

"Your Highness, Second Prince, be careful where you step." The little eunuch on the dock stretched out his hand and asked Su Muxun to help him ashore.

Su Muchun nodded, stretched out his hand to lend some strength to the little eunuch's hand, and walked from the boat to the shore.

As soon as he landed, he heard a familiar voice coming over.

"Thank you for your hard work, Second Prince. Come quickly and wipe your sweat and have a sip of fruit tea."

Wei Ruyi has been waiting here since just now, just to let the second prince see her first. She originally thought it would be crowded, but who would have thought that there are not many people here except the young eunuch.

Su Muchun looked at the gorgeously dressed girl in front of him and raised his eyebrows slightly.

He remembered the person in front of him, and even seemed to have seen her portrait later.

He squinted his eyes and recognized the person: Wei Taichang's only daughter, Wei Ruyi.

"Thank you, sister." Su Muchun took the sweat towel handed over by Wei Ruyi. He wiped the sweat on his head that was not there at all, and asked, "I wonder who your sister is?"

"The second prince doesn't remember, right? That day in the palace, His Highness helped his daughter pick up hairpins."

Seeing that Su Muchun did not remember her, and Wei Ruyi was not angry, she had guessed it a long time ago, but if you think about it, this Second Highness is indeed a good person.

And now it seems...

Wei Ruyi looked up and down at Su Muchun. Although she was a little weak, she seemed to be in much better health.

It's not at all like what others said: such a weak prince might die casually in the palace one day.

--

Su Changle and Jiang Shen stayed in Taolin for a while longer. She counted the time and felt that it was almost time there, so she reluctantly prepared to go back.

Jiang Shen lowered his head and happened to see Su Changle's puckered mouth.

"Is the princess unhappy?"

"Not really, I'm just a little reluctant to give up."

"Huh?" Jiang Shen was a little confused, "The flowers haven't bloomed yet, why can't the princess part with them?"

"It's just..." Su Changle wanted to explain, but she didn't know where to start. She couldn't figure out where the thread was after searching for a long time, so she simply stopped explaining, "Forget it, let's go back."

Jiang Shen saw that Su Changle didn't ask any more questions.

The two of them were walking in tandem, with Jiang Shen following behind Su Changle and looking at her back.

She drooped her head, not knowing what she was thinking.

On the contrary, the person in front came towards Su Changle and saw that Su Changle was about to run into that person's chest.

Jiang Shen's expression calmed down and he stretched out his hand to grab Su Changle.

Su Changle was petite, and Jiang Shen pulled her into his arms. Before he could raise his head to ask anything, he looked at Jiang Shen's eyes fixed behind him.

Su Changle looked back blankly.
Chapter completed!