Seeing Cheng Xingqiu walking away, Ruan Yuyi bowed and said goodbye and went to look for him.
Jiang Huaiyang grabbed her wrist with a deep look in his eyes. Her bright wrist seemed to be covered with frost and snow, and it was very slender, as if it could be broken with just a little force.
Thinking about it, Jiang Huaiyang relaxed a little more.
Ruan Yuyi looked back with suspicion in her eyes, "Do you have anything else to do, Your Highness?" She could even feel the thin calluses on the other party's fingertips, gently rubbing against her wrist, which was a bit stinging.
Ling Ling...?
Hearing others calling her like this, he felt his heart skip a beat, as if he was getting closer to some kind of truth.
The murmurs from several nights of dreams were ringing in my ears.
Sometimes he hugged her from behind, their skin touching each other, his lips pressed against her ear, calling her constantly, making her cheeks turn red; or during the day, he asked her to put down the ink stick in her hand,
Kneading her sore fingertips after grinding ink...
The calls gathered together, like flickering fireflies disturbing his mind. The calls lasted as long as a lifetime.
——Although he never remembered that he had ever met her.
The face of the woman in the dream suddenly became clear in my memory, with red lips and white teeth, a sweet smile, a pair of watery eyes with love, and the sound of broken bells on her ankles.
But the person in the dream was far more delicate than the person in front of her, and she was not as restrained as she was now. It was as if something had penetrated her spine and held her there, unable to cry or escape.
He couldn't help but cast his eyes on her, and he remembered that there was a small mole on her butterfly bone.
"That person just now...called you Lingling?"
Ruan Yuyi didn't understand why he asked, and said hesitantly, "Yes. This is my little girl's name. When my mother gave birth to me, she was playing with my father in the mountains. There was a clear spring in the valley, and the gurgling was endless. The sound of the water flowing was quiet, so I took it.
The word 'Ling Ling' is just a word that makes it easy to pronounce."
Jiang Huaiyang narrowed his eyes and retracted his hand. He said it smoothly, and the sound was very similar to the sound of bells on her ankles.
"Your Highness wants to know, you can ask my daughter earlier." Ruan Yuyi's smile was bright, but it didn't reach her eyes.
When he raised his eyes again, he had calmed down all the turbulent emotions in his mind, and his expression remained as usual, "It was just a casual question."
Ruan Yuyi didn't ask any further questions, just assuming it was the whim of the uncertain Crown Prince.
He put one hand behind his back and gestured somewhere.
After receiving the instruction, Wen Zhi walked out from the corner, cupped his hands and said respectfully, "Master, I heard the laughter of a man not far away. He is somewhat similar to the second young master of the Cheng family."
He has been hiding behind the corner since he walked away. He has always been smart and will not understand his master's meaning. He does not go too far just to see his master's next order.
But this kind of tacit understanding is not innate. He entered the palace when he was a child and has always been with this unpopular little prince. He himself was only half a century older than him, and he was still young at the time, but he was
He has forged his ruthless skills in the wind and rain.
He followed his master and climbed up the corpse, and now he occupies the position of eunuch. When anyone in the palace saw him, they would not lower their eyebrows and call him Eunuch Wen.
Hearing Wen Zhi's reply, Ruan Yuyi was delighted, "That must be the second cousin!"
The Crown Prince's men are really capable of doing things, and if they are looking for him like this, it's not worth Wen Zhi walking away for a while.
Jiang Huaiyang glanced at Ruan Yuyi beside him, and seeing her breathing a sigh of relief, he said, "Go and bring him here."
"Yes." Wen Zhi took the order and took a detour. In fact, he entered the concubine's courtyard through the side door.
After a while, he turned back again, and there was no one behind him.
Wen Zhi stepped forward and said, "Master, the concubine said she wanted to keep him for a little longer. She seems to be very happy for him. The little one is really..."
Ruan Yuyi noticed the word "toffee" and thought about it. If the concubine eats meals with the prince, why should she live separately from the prince? However, it is no wonder that she has rarely been seen in the past few days.
"Your Highness," Ruan Yuyi said proactively, "Second cousin usually listens to me and doesn't want me to bring him back. I have met the dowager before, and she is quite easy to talk to."
He glanced at her, turned around and said to Wen Zhi in a deep voice, "Go and talk to the concubine. Just say that he ran out blindly. His family doesn't know and they are already waiting impatiently."
Jiang Qi was so stubborn that he was detained here to fast with his grandmother. I'm afraid he wouldn't be allowed to move around as he pleased, and he might be inside right now.
If she is allowed in——
"Your Highness, is he really okay?" She was not aware of Jiang Huaiyang's actions that seemed to be blocking her. Instead, she was a little worried about whether Wen Zhi could successfully bring him back.
"nature."
If you were someone who could make a minister half-dead with a few words in the past, you still can't explain this clearly, and it really doesn't make sense.
This time, Wen Pheasant indeed brought the person back intact.
Cheng Rui held a piece of pastry in each hand and took a bite with each hand as he walked, as if he was afraid of someone competing with him.
When he saw Ruan Yuyi, he didn't realize that his disappearance would make the people around him anxious. He still had something in his mouth, so he smiled and shouted, "Sister Yi'er! Why are you here?"
Seeing this, Ruan Yuyi let out a sigh of relief, but it was good that she was okay. She turned around and said, "Thank you for your help this time, Your Highness. If it weren't for you, we probably wouldn't have known when to go."
Jiang Huaiyang's cold voice came from above her head, "Now that I've found it, what are you going to do to thank me?" If she hadn't figured out part of his temperament, this sentence would have sounded like a joke to her.
But his eyes were too straightforward, as if he could see her through at a glance. The tips of her ears were dyed reddish, and she stumbled and said, "Your Highness...if you give me more time to prepare, I won't let Your Highness help in vain."
Jiang Huaiyang stared at her retreating back until she disappeared around the corner.
He knew clearly that Ruan Yuyi had not done what he had done in the dream, and might not even have the same temperament as in the dream, but why did he still unconsciously get confused and start joking with her.
On the side of his clothes, his hanging hand gently pinched the soft flesh of his palm, feeling a little dazed.
The surrounding area was covered with dense trees and dense streets, and Ruan Yuyi was afraid that Cheng Rui would run around again, so even though it was inconvenient for him to have too much contact, she tugged on a small corner of his sleeve.
Cheng Ruirao had a long pace and adapted to her speed. He slowed down and walked, "Sister Yi'er, can I go to that grandma's place next time? The snacks she has there are really delicious. I'll give them to you."
Leave a little..."
As he said this, he raised his other hand that was not grasped by his sleeve, but when he saw that the hand was empty, he seemed to realize it and lowered his head in disappointment, "Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot to eat it just now."
The grandma he mentioned was a concubine? She was an idiot, so no one would care about this with him. Ruan Yuyi laughed a little. He was the most relaxed person among all living beings.
"Second cousin, you are not allowed to run around in the future, you know?" Ruan Yuyi said, "You don't know how worried your aunt is."
Her original intention was to talk casually, not to point out how much Cheng Rui, an idiot, could listen, but she shook her head without thinking and said, "I didn't run around, I came out to find Sister Fairy."
Ruan Yuyi found it funny, "Second cousin is talking nonsense. This is a temple, where does the fairy sister come from? If there is one, she should be the Buddha."
Cheng Rui looked very serious, "Her Royal Highness the Princess said so."
Hearing this, Ruan Yuyi paused and felt something was wrong. Maybe they all ignored it and saw that the courtyard door was unlocked, so they thought he ran out on his own, but in fact it might not be an accident.