Chapter 68
Zhou Xian Yang was disturbed by the tingling of the Princess’ hair on his face.
He took the handkerchief and wiped his face, but inadvertently saw a half-rounded black cat’s head staring at him.
His fingertips tingled for no reason, and he spread the handkerchief out, revealing a black cat on the back and an orchid on the front.
Zhou Xian Yang heard his own voice, so tight that it was almost out of shape: “Your handkerchief, the pattern is quite chic.”
Rong Xiangshi brought it back, re-washed it, and showed it to him, “This is embroidered by Wei Mama, isn’t it great?”
“Wei mom?”
“Yes, that’s my wet nurse. Her embroidery is the best in the family, and her mind is also clever, the black cat and the Jianlan flower that we have at home, she embroidered them as if they were real! Look ……,” she flipped up a corner of the handkerchief, “there’s even my name embroidered here.”
Zhou Xian Yang looked at the gold threaded “see”, and the great and inexplicable joy that had risen in his heart suddenly fell away.
“Then …… shouldn’t your big brother have the word ‘Gu’.”
“How do you know? Mother Wei embroidered one for each of the six siblings in our family, all with the last character of each of our names.”
Zhou Xian Yang felt ridiculous. The handkerchief embroidered with the word “Zhi” had been burned by him in the study, and he had almost thought that it was the handkerchief he had treasured.
Or rather, he wished it was.
Seeing that he looked different, Rong Xiangyang asked, “What’s wrong, Your Highness?”
Zhou Xian Yang looked at her concerned eyes, and said, “If only it was you,” but did not say it after all. It was too unfair to her.
He felt that he should sober up a bit, and pretended to smile easily, “If Your Highness wants to cool off, there is a better way.”
“Huh?”
When Rong Xiangmian did not understand what he meant, he saw King Yu directly lie down, his entire body submerged in the river. Although the water wasn’t deep, the way he was lying down, he was soaked from head to toe.
He stayed in the water for a long time, but didn’t come out.
At first, Sagami was still in the mindset of watching the fun, seeing how long he could hold his breath. Then a bit of panic set in, this was completely beyond the length of time one could dive into the water.
She leans down and pushes King Yu, he only raises his hand and pats the bottom of the river next to him, meaning for Rong Xiangmian to come down and compete.
Who is this looking down on?
Rong Xiangmian took a big breath and laid down.
The world around him was like a film, isolating all the clamor on the water, quiet and safe.
Rong Xiangmian lay quietly, observing the reaction next to him, but Yu Wang remained leisurely and unmoving. Gradually, Rong Xiangmian felt that she couldn’t hold it in anymore, but she didn’t want to admit defeat so quickly, and held on for a while longer.
The sudden discomfort at her heart and lungs makes her feel as if she is back to the moment she was poisoned, she inexplicably chokes on the water and struggles in the water, but it’s just like a nightmare, how can she not get up.
In the midst of panic and despair, King Yu suddenly rolled over and picked her upper body up from under the water. Rong Xiangmian crouches on his shoulder, coughing desperately and breathing heavily.
King Yu holds her face and looks at her, “What’s wrong with you? I’ll go find the eunuch.”
Rong Xiangmian slows down to take a breath and pulls him, “It’s okay, I just choked on a mouthful of water.”
“I shouldn’t have pulled you to play this.”
Rong Xiangmian shook his head, got next to King Yu, took several deep breaths, and said, “It’s really cool in the river! I’ve never tried it before!”
Everyone’s thousands of gold, how have they ever had this experience of swimming in wild water.
King Yu recalled, “In the past in Western Qin, when I had nothing to do, I liked to dip in the river in the summer. This river is small, but it’s better than nothing.”
“Do you miss Qinzhou?”
King Yu leaned back and propped his hands in the river, raising his eyes to the sky, “Well, the mountains and forests there are extremely beautiful, with giant trees towering into the clouds and all sorts of brightly colored vegetation. The lake there is also extremely clear, a piece of jade green, translucent blue, like the jewels on the earth. If you have the chance, take you to Qinzhou to take a look.”
“Qinzhou?” Rong Xiangxian’s eyes looked into the distance, seemingly seeing the place that he had never reached before, “The farthest place I’ve traveled in my life is the Western Mountains. When you go to Qinzhou, you must remember to bring me along.”
King Yu looked at her and nodded. And then, his line of sight suddenly slipped downward for a split second, and then immediately skimmed away.
Rong Xiangshi looked down and saw that her thin summer shirt, after being soaked in water, was sticking to her body in a translucent form. The curves of her body, her skin, were almost exposed to the daylight.
She immediately protects her chest with both hands, embarrassed to no end.
King Yu coughed and stood up, taking off his own clothes and draping them over her, his own upper body naked.
“Your Highness, let’s go back.”
Rong Xiangshi refuses, “What will people say if they see this!”
King Yu: “Then go wait in the pavilion first, I’ll go get you some clean clothes.”
Rong Xiangmian nods her head, she is wrapped in Yup King’s clothes, the slightest movement will reveal her spring light, her actions are extremely awkward. Yü Wang simply picked her up in his arms and traveled across the river.
Rong Xiangyang’s entire body is taut and plastered against his body, the person is almost ripe for the picking.
Zhou Xian Yang couldn’t avoid it any more, but he couldn’t walk with his eyes closed. Then, it was hard to avoid seeing the princess’s white and red skin and feeling her soft muscles.
Just after going ashore, Xiao Nan ran over and shouted, “Master, the long house officer has an urgent …… matter.”
She was originally worried about Xiao Bei entering the garden, in case he bumped into something, it would make the princess embarrassed, so she told him to guard outside and not allow a person to enter. But she did not expect to see such a charming and ambiguous scene.
She immediately paused in her steps and laughed, “Master, it won’t be like this to hold the Wangfei back to her room, right?”
Heavens, she wouldn’t think they did something in the river, would she?
Rong Xiangyang immediately hid her face, her breath gently brushing against the inside of Yu Wang’s neck.
Zhou Xian Yang pauses for a split second and forces himself to calmly say to Xiao Nan, “Your Highness fell, go find Fei Yun Fei Xue, bring some replacement clothes and shoes and socks over, and don’t let anyone into the garden.”
Xiao Nan stifles her laughter and nods her head to leave.
Yu Wang carried the crown princess into the Fei Lai Pavilion, and her entire body immediately curled up in a corner of the pavilion, leaning against the porch pillar. It looked pitiful, funny, and …… made people want to bully.
Zhou Xian Yang wiped his face and turned his back, “Don’t worry, Xiao Nan’s mouth is very tight.”
Xiao Nan quickly came back with clean clothes and shoes and socks for the two of them, and went to guard the garden entrance again. Wangfei was still cowering there motionless. Zhou Xian Yang put the clothes down, then consciously turned around and waited for Rong Xiangmian to change into them.
There was a rustling behind him, Rong Xiangmian finished changing in a blaze of speed, and when he saw that King Yu was still shirtless, he shook off his clothes: “Your Highness, change your clothes.”
Zhou Xian Yang has never been completely undressed in front of the king’s consort, and is momentarily at a loss, finally saying, “You go over first, I’ll change myself.”
Rong Xiangyang nodded and left the garden as if he had fled.
When the governor saw Zhou Xianyang arrive late, his hair still wet, he asked him what was wrong.
Zhou Xian Yang said, “It was too hot, so I just took a shower in the river.”
Officer Changfu froze for a moment and said, “Your Highness, someone is coming from the palace.”
A young and handsome inner official is drinking tea in the front hall, and when he sees King Yüeh coming, he immediately passes on His Majesty’s oracle: “The day after tomorrow, the old prince of the Dan Kingdom will come with the young prince and the young princess to pay his respects. His Majesty ordered His Highness King Qing to welcome the guests and host a banquet at the Daming Palace for all the Highnesses and Princesses to attend.”
“My son receives the order.”
After sending the inner officer away, the Changfu official muttered, “The old minister finds it strange. This kind of greeting of ambassadors has always been officiated by the Third Highness. How come this time, it has been replaced by the Second Highness?”
Zhou Xian Yang smiled, “It’s probably because he’s done something wrong recently.”
When Rong Xiangmian heard that she could leave the palace, she wore her long hair loose and jumped up and down happily in the backyard, “Finally, I can get out of jail.”
Zhou Xian Yang made it a point to explain, “The Emperor has not yet decreed to lift the confinement, and this time it just happens to be in time for the big day of the twentieth anniversary of the Dan Kingdom’s return to the State Dynasty and the conclusion of the covenant.”
“I understand,” Rong Xiangmian recalled his last life, hearing that the emperor had been upset when he brushed off his face in front of the Dan Kingdom because of the unusual riding and shooting of all the emperors.
Then he said, “I heard that the young county king and the young county princess of Danguo are the most playful age, this time, they must have arranged a lot of bow and horse riding and archery, martial arts and bow shooting and other programs. The old prince of Dan has been gaining momentum lately due to the pacification and integration of the northwestern ministries. If His Highness shows off his majesty and shocks his two children, the Emperor will be very happy and may release us from our confinement.”
Zhou Xian Yang wondered, “Your Highness is in the royal residence, but you are so perceptive of the world’s affairs?”
Rong Xiangmian harrumphed to cover it up, seeing that he didn’t look pleased, he suddenly realized, “You know that we’re grounded until this day, and then we’ll get out?”
Zhou Xian Yang smiled and did not deny it. Rong Xiangyang thought to herself, why didn’t she say so earlier, making herself wait.
As if guessing the words in her heart, Zhou Xian Yang explained, “There is no nail in the coffin, so I’m afraid to say it out loud for fear of it falling through and making you happy.”
“Why are you so cautious?”
“It’s a habit.” Zhou Xian Yang didn’t know when he became like this. When he was a child, his mother used to say that he was a cat caught on fire, full of nonsense, which didn’t go well with the word cautious.