18 Chapter 18
Shen Ruolian secretly grinded her back molars, pinched her nails into the dead branches in her hands, and silently calmed down in her heart for a long time before she re-hung a big smile, her eyebrows and eyes were crooked, and her voice was soft and sweet:
"It's good-looking, Sister Sun is sinking into the fish and geese, and she looks good when she wears anything."
She deliberately ignored what Sun Jingchu said, this is the sentence sent by His Royal Highness the Prince.
But that person just didn't open which pot to mention, hearing her say this, Sun Jingchu said again:
"The princess laughed, mainly because of the hairpin sent by Her Royal Highness."
As she spoke, without waiting for Shen Ruolian to speak, she suddenly changed her words, a thin layer of sorrow between her eyebrows and eyes, and said softly:
"But this hairpin is carved with a peony, it's too high-profile, I didn't want to wear it, but today His Royal Highness the Prince asked me to come to Hanshan Temple, and I thought about ......it."
Sun Jingchu's words were not finished, but Shen Ruolian didn't care about what kind of hairpin her hairpin was at the moment, and she was more concerned about the sentence behind her.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? Yan Wen? Are you coming to Hanshan Temple today?
He came to Hanshan Temple, why didn't she know any news?
"Huh? Didn't the princess know that Her Highness was coming? β
Shen Ruolian came back to her senses when she heard this, glanced at Sun Jingchu, and saw a trace of surprise on her face, Shen Ruolian pursed her lips and pretended not to care:
"I'm going back to the palace tomorrow, so I guess the prince's brother doesn't think there's any need to tell me."
Sun Jingchu stepped forward with a smile and grabbed her arm, completely looking like a confidant big sister, both gentle and caring, and said softly and comfortingly:
"How can it, His Royal Highness loves the princess so much, he must have wanted to surprise the princess, so he didn't tell the princess, maybe this time he came to take the princess back to the palace."
After Shen Ruolian was held by her, that feeling of being uncomfortable came again.
She frowned, tried to twitch her arm a few times, but didn't pull it out, a little upset, and her tone also rushed up, "Miss Sun, can you-"
"Princess?"
Before he finished speaking, he was suddenly interrupted by Pei Ci'an's voice not far away.
Shen Ruolian was overjoyed, hurriedly turned around, and happened to see Pei Ci'an walking towards this side, so she took advantage of the situation and pulled out her arm and greeted her, "Why are you here?" β
Pei Ci'an walked to the two of them, greeted each other with Sun Jingchu, and then continued to talk to Shen Ruolian, "I am accompanying my mother to incense today." β
Shen Ruolian followed his gaze and happened to see the back of a woman who was supported by a servant woman into the main hall.
Thinking about it, Pei Ci'an didn't tell his mother that he was here to see her, otherwise, according to the rules, Pei's mother would definitely come over to give her a gift, Pei Ci'an knew her relationship with him now, and he would be embarrassed to see his mother, so he didn't tell his mother.
Pei Ci'an said again:
"I just saw that the cafeteria has been opened, why is the princess still here? The temple is different from the capital, and there is no small stove if you miss a meal. β
He said this to Shen Ruolian, but his eyes glanced at Sun Jingchu intentionally or unintentionally.
Sun Jingchu covered her lower lip with a handkerchief, and said softly with a slight apology:
"Ah, it's my fault, I was happy to see the princess, and I pulled the princess to say a few more words for a while, if it wasn't for Pei Gongzi's reminder, I almost missed the princess's meal."
Shen Ruolian secretly rolled her eyes in her heart, she didn't have the patience to deal with her, and said, "It's okay, Sister Sun will wait for my brother slowly", and then pulled Pei Ci'an away.
After leaving, Pei Ci'an went to accompany his mother to incense first, and Shen Ruolian went to the back canteen to eat.
After eating the meal slowly, Shen Ruolian deliberately rubbed in the cafeteria for a while before leaving.
I thought that this would avoid meeting Sun Jingchu again, but who expected that when she passed by a garden behind the temple, she still ran into her.
Sun Jingchu was sitting on a stone bench by the lake feeding the fish, obviously waiting for Yan Wen.
Seeing her coming, she stopped her, "The princess has just eaten, why don't you sit here together and go back?" β
Shen Ruolian didn't want to go, who knew that Sun Jingchu actually came over directly, without saying a word, he stuffed half a steamed bun in her hand, and pulled her by the arm and pulled her over.
Shen Ruolian: ......
It's annoying, it's annoying.
What the hell is it to refuse her.
"Look, princess, after you came here, there were more fish in this lake."
Sun Jingchu obviously didn't notice the impatience on Shen Ruolian's face, but stood by the lake, smiled and beckoned to Shen Ruolian, "Princess, come and see, this koi fish here is so beautiful!" The tail is actually blue! It's so unusual! β
Shen Ruolian was originally pulled over by her, and she was upset, thinking that the steamed bun in her hand was Sun Jingchu's head, pinching it back and forth, but when she heard Sun Jingchu's words, she couldn't help but feel a burst of curiosity in her heart.
She hadn't seen a blue koi yet.
But she didn't want to talk to Sun Jingchu, otherwise wouldn't she think she was very deceitful.
But what if there really is a koi with a blue tail over there? It must be beautiful, or just take a look, and when you look at her, she will excuse herself to go back and pack her things and leave immediately.
Shen Ruolian struggled in her heart for a long time, but finally couldn't resist the temptation of curiosity and walked over, "Where?" β
Sun Jingchu pulled her, "It's there, the princess is standing a little further, right there, do you see?" β
Shen Ruolian leaned forward and looked around the lake, "No, where is it?" β
Sun Jingchu took her arm, pushed her forward again, and pointed to the lake not far away, "It's there, princess, look carefully, it's inβah!" β
Before Sun Jingchu finished speaking, the stone that Shen Ruolian was originally stepping on suddenly loosened, her feet slipped, and she fell into the lake with Sun Jingchu and the two of them.
The icy water of the lake instantly poured in from all directions.
Shen Ruolian has never seen much water since she was a child, she is a landlubber, and the sky has changed in the past two days, she is wearing thick clothes, and the heavy wet clothes drag her, causing her to struggle on the water for a few moments, and then she completely submerge below the surface of the lake.
She threw her arms hard, trying to grab something, and her heart was so flustered that the lake water kept pouring in from her mouth and nose.
Shen Ruolian felt that Sun Jingchu beside her seemed to be panicked, she didn't have to sink herself, but she had to pull her, but the two of them sank faster.
Are you going to die?!
Shen Ruolian's lungs seemed to explode, her mouth and nose kept spitting bubbles, and she could even open her eyes and see clearly in the gloomy water of the lake that she was about to sink into the mud at the bottom of the lake.
I don't know how long she struggled, Shen Ruolian's mind became more and more chaotic, her vision gradually withdrew, her struggling movements gradually became weak, and the sense of fear gradually moved away with the blankness of consciousness.
That's it, she thought suddenly.
Tired.
Her parents and younger brother flashed in her mind, the queen, the four princes, Pei Ci'an, and finally, the picture was fixed on Yan Wen's gentle appearance of reaching out to her.
"Jiaojiao, don't be afraid."
She heard his voice, calm and calm, reassuring.
The pain in her lungs suddenly lessened, and Shen Ruolian felt that her body was unusually light, and her surroundings became so quiet, as if she had fallen into a long and quiet night.
She slowly closed her eyes, and there was even a hint of a smile on her lips.
I don't know how long it took, but suddenly I had some consciousness in my head, and an anxious call came from my ears, "Princess, princess, wake up!" β
Shen Ruolian opened her eyes violently and coughed frantically for a long time, until she almost coughed out her lungs, and she barely managed to breathe.
The sounds around me returned to my ears, and the tingling sensation in my lungs returned.
She realized that she was still soaked in the water, but she had been taken out of the water by Pei Ci'an, and he was leading her to swim towards the shore.
Shen Ruolian subconsciously looked towards the lake, wanting to see how Sun Jingchu was doing, but she saw that not far from them, Yan Wen was holding Sun Jingchu, who was still unconscious, and was swimming towards the shore like them.
His expression was terrifyingly gloomy, and his brow furrowed.
Shen Ruolian's heart suddenly stabbed sharply, and her body suddenly became very cold, and the cold lake seemed to have penetrated into the cracks of her bones.
Pei Ci'an was still calling her, and when she woke up, she paddled harder and harder, and asked her eagerly, "How does the princess feel, can she breathe?" I'll take you ashore right away and hold on a little longer. β
Shen Ruolian came back to her senses, nodded blankly, and obediently let Pei Ci'an hug her, no longer looking over there.
It didn't take long for Pei Ci'an to hug Shen Ruolian ashore.
As soon as her body touched the hard ground, she was immediately wrapped in a coat with warm body temperature.
Shen Ruolian glanced at it, it was Pei Ci'an's coat, and it was obvious that before he went down to save her, he took off his coat and put it on the shore.
The weather is not very cold in spring, and the man is already hot, Pei Ci'an wears less, and after giving her the coat, he only has a water-stained moon-white middle coat left.
Shen Ruolian wanted to open her mouth to return the clothes to him, but thinking that after she fell into the water, her clothes were all attached to her body, and it was really not appropriate to expose her body, so after thinking about it, she only thanked him softly.
Pei Ci'an didn't care about the wetness on his body at all, smiled at her comfortingly, and before he could speak, Yan Wen and the others also swam over.
Pei Ci'an saw it and hurriedly went over to take a hand.
Shen Ruolian also looked at the past, and her heart was sour.
She sniffed, tightened Pei Ci'an's clothes on her body, and turned her head away from looking at them.
The people in this vicinity had already been sent away by Yan Wen and Li Fuan.
Before Sun Jingchu woke up, Yan Wen took the coat handed by Li Fu'an, wrapped it around her, handed her into Li Fu'an's arms, and walked quickly towards the back wing room with him.
When passing by Shen Ruolian, he paused, glanced at her, said "take care of her" to Pei Ci'an who followed behind him, and hurriedly accompanied Sun Jingchu to leave.
Shen Ruolian looked back at them, and saw Li Fuan holding Sun Jingchu in his arms, and looked back at himself worriedly, with an expression of wanting to say something.
Yan Wen's dripping clothes rubbed against the outer clothes she was wrapping in, and a small patch of dark color appeared, Shen Ruolian lowered her head, and tears suddenly dripped down.
Fortunately, she quickly adjusted her mood, and when Pei Ci'an came over, her expression had returned to normal.
Pei Ci'an thought that there were water droplets on her face, so she gently wiped it off for her and asked softly:
"Princess, can you go?"
Shen Ruolian nodded and was helped up by Pei Ci'an.
The two took two steps, Pei Ci'an suddenly paused, and Shen Ruolian looked at him with some confusion.
only to find that he was wrinkling his eyebrows and looking at his hand, and hesitated to speak, "Princess...... Steamed buns, is there any special significance? β
Shen Ruolian was stunned for a moment, followed his line of sight and looked at his hand, only to find that she was too nervous to fall into the water, and she was still holding the half of the steamed bun in her hand before falling into the water.
Bai Huahua's steamed buns have already absorbed enough water, and they have become white and fat, and their fingers are sinking into that soft lump.
Shen Ruolian: ......
When he passed by her, he must have seen her holding a steamed bun.
Sun Jingchu looked sad and weak when she was rescued, unconscious and was carried away, and she was as strong as a cow, she woke up before she went ashore, and she still held half a steamed bun at the moment of life and death.
Forget the dead.
Shen Ruolian looked down at the steamed buns.
I looked at it again.
Suddenly, I couldn't hold back, laughed out loud, and accidentally blew a big snot bubble.
After laughing, she felt that she was useless again, thought about it, reached out and threw the steamed bun at the position where Yan Wen had stood.
"Let's go." β