Ji Lingxuan was unaware of how she walked into the gate of Prince Chu's Mansion. She only knew that there was a person beside her who was constantly pulling her to go here and there. Her brain did not respond, but her body did follow the man's instructions mechanically.
I don't know how long she walked before the man left. She stayed there for a long time as if she had lost her soul, and then she slowly recovered.
She looked around, and to her right was a bathtub filled with hot water that was emitting white smoke.
On her left hand side is a huge screen with lotus flowers.
She was very familiar with this place. Isn't this the room where she and Chu Yingyi stayed after the Chu Prince's Mansion was completely renovated?
Ji Lingxuan was slightly in a daze. She had no relationship with Chu Yingyi for a long time. She was just following Chu Yingyi as a maid. Why did she bring her to this room now?
Is it Chu Yingyi's order, or is it the result of those servants being ignorant and making arbitrary decisions?
Ji Lingxuan glanced at the hot water in the tub, then looked down at her body.
There was no dry place left on the body that had been soaked by the heavy rain. Standing still at this moment, a large pool of water stains had already appeared on the ground.
She was in a daze before and didn't feel it. Now that she realized what she was doing, Ji Lingxuan suddenly felt the chill coming from her body.
She shuddered subconsciously, and her palms moved slightly, but they were already a little sluggish.
She looked at the hot water, hesitated for a moment, and finally slowly reached out and untied her clothes.
However, before the belt could be untied, she stopped.
Because, she thought, this tub might not be prepared for her.
This was originally the master's room, but at the moment she was just Chu Yingyi's personal maid. The hot water in the tub was probably prepared by the servant for Chu Yingyi. Maybe she was brought here just to serve Chu Yingyi to bathe.
Thinking of this, Ji Lingxuan felt a little sad, but she was lucky that she didn't take a shower directly, otherwise Chu Yingyi would have made another sarcastic comment when she saw it.
Her heart was as hard as a rock when it came to other things, but when it came to Chu Yingyi, her heart was extremely soft. Whenever he spoke in a slightly colder tone, she would feel uncomfortable.
Ji Lingxuan looked at the wet clothes on her body again. It was really uncomfortable that the clothes were sticking to her body.
She hesitated for a moment, looked in the direction of the door, and saw that it was still closed.
Then, she quickly changed into a set of dry clothes in the space.
Although the most ideal thing now is to take a hot bath to get rid of the cold, but conditions don't allow it, so it would be nice to change clothes.
Ji Lingxuan put the wet clothes into the space, took out a dry cloth and wiped her hair clean, and then wiped away all the water stains on the floor.
By the time she finished handling everything, the hot water in the tub had already lost its heat.
Ji Lingxuan was a little confused. Why didn't Chu Yingyi come to take a bath? He couldn't have forgotten, right?
Ji Lingxuan waited in the room for a while, but still no one showed up. She thought about it, then got up and walked out, intending to ask others.
However, she had just opened the door, and before she had time to ask anyone, a maid greeted her respectfully and said, "Miss Ji, the prince is in the study."
Ji Lingxuan was stunned for a moment, then realized that this meant that she was asked to go to the study to serve Chu Yingyi.
"I understand." Ji Lingxuan lowered her eyebrows and spoke calmly, then turned around and went to the study.
She is very familiar with Prince Chu's Mansion and doesn't need anyone to guide her.
At this moment, the clouds have cleared up and the sky has become bluer.
After being covered by dark clouds and watered by rain, the sky becomes cleaner and more empty, making people feel physically and mentally comfortable just looking at it.
To the east, there is a looming rainbow bridge spanning the sky, adding a lot of color to the sky and adding a sense of charm.
Ji Lingxuan raised her head and looked at the sky, and couldn't help but feel confused. Is life really like this weather? No matter how unpredictable it is, no matter how it makes waves, there are also days when the clouds roll and relax, and there are thousands of miles of dark clouds? It's even clearer and cleaner than before?
Bright colors?
Ji Lingxuan smiled calmly. Although she didn't get the answer in her heart, seeing the beautiful scenery like the rainbow after the rain still made her depressed mood feel much better.
She walked towards the study again, but her steps were much lighter than before.
The servants of Prince Chu's Mansion whom she met along the way all greeted her with friendly expressions, but Ji Lingxuan turned a blind eye because those people called her Princess Chu...
The bedroom is not far from the study, and Ji Lingxuan only walked for a quarter of an hour to get there.
Chu Yingyi's study was heavily guarded outside the courtyard, and there were many secret guards hiding behind the scenes.
Except for Chu Yingyi, no one else is allowed to get close here.
If something happens, others need to go through it one by one to report it.
However, Ji Lingxuan has always been special. No matter when she came or what she came for, she always came without hindrance.
However, that was in the past. At that time, she was still the Princess of Chu, and she had such privileges only because of Chu Yingyi's favor.
Now, she is just a maid, how can she have such special qualifications?
Therefore, outside the courtyard of the study, she stopped, looked at the guard outside the door, and said softly, "Brother guard, can you please inform me and ask the prince if he needs my service. If you need me, I will go in. No need.
I retreated."
Ji Lingxuan had a smile on her face, but no one knew how she was feeling.
"Princess, please go in directly. Why do you need to inform me?" The guard was immediately frightened and answered respectfully, even making a gesture of invitation.
If they were really stupid enough to report it, the prince would have killed them on the spot.
The hearts of the shrimp soldiers and crab generals are full of sorrow. The host and hostess are quarreling and so on. It is really difficult for their subordinates to deal with it and they are suffering very much!
"I am no longer your princess. My current identity is just that of the prince. Please don't call me princess. Just call me by my name, or call me maid." Ji Lingxuan calmly explained the title of the guard.
Correct it.
She didn't feel the slightest bit proud or honored that everyone in the Chu Palace still regarded her as a princess, but she just found it ironic.
"Princess, please don't make things difficult for me..." The guard looked at Ji Lingxuan with a bitter face full of begging for mercy.
If he becomes impatient, he can call Ji Lingxuan by his first name, so that he can summon their Royal Highness the King of Chu and send him back to the west.
As for calling Ji Lingxuan a maid, he didn't even have the courage.
If he had eaten the courage of a bear and acted like a leopard, then he probably wouldn’t have returned to the West alone, but the whole family would have climbed to Paradise together!
The more the guard thought about it, the more frightened he felt. He was afraid that if Ji Lingxuan did not go in again and stayed at the door for too long, the prince would mistakenly think that they were deliberately blocking her and not allowing her to enter, thus angering them.
Therefore, the guard immediately knelt on the ground with a thud, and the surrounding guards also followed suit, "Princess, just go in directly. Don't make it difficult for your subordinates. If you don't go in, your subordinates will not be able to kneel down!"
Ji Lingxuan's lips curved slightly, and she looked at the guards with an indifferent expression.
Do they think that by deliberately putting pressure on her like this, she will feel guilty and take advantage of them to get what they want?