Xiao Jin spoke naturally.
The girls who were watching from the side were stunned when they heard her words.
It was well known throughout Qi that the Prince of Yan had developed a leg ailment after returning from her military campaign.
She normally used a wheelchair and had limited mobility.
Compared to before, she didn't wander around aimlessly as much and traveled less frequently.
However, at this moment, the Prince of Yan led a team of guards and drove to the Yuhua Building just to pick up the Yan Princess(Chu Shao)
This was too...
Too what?
Even the young ladies from wealthy families who had spent a few years studying at private schools were amazed and could not find suitable words to describe the scene they saw.
Their eyes shone with envy as they tried to catch a glimpse of the Great Yao Dynasty's number one beauty, rumored to be peerless and stunning.
Meanwhile, the Yan Princess, who was being watched by the crowd, seemed stunned and stood still for a long time.
No one knew what Chu Shao was thinking.
All they knew was that after a while, the Yan Princess suddenly smiled and gently placed her hand, adorned with a white jade ring, on the hand of the Prince of Yan.
Although the Yan Princess did not say a word during the entire process, a simple gesture was worth a thousand words.
...
In the eyes of the onlookers, this scene was extremely beautiful.
However, in reality, Xiao Jin's hand trembled. And this was a physical tremble.
When she met Chu Shao's gaze just now, Xiao Jin didn't know how to react for a moment.
However, perhaps because she was accustomed to showing off, she forgot that her arm was still in a disabled state.
Xiao Jin, who was weak, sick, and disabled, only managed to lift the curtain and reach out her hand by a strange impulse.
By the time she realized what she had done, it was too late.
A painful sensation of torn muscles came from her arm.
But since she had reached out her hand, there was no reason to retreat halfway.
So Xiao Jin held a calm expression, endured the most unjust pain, and forced herself to complete this self-imposed challenge.
Fortunately, Chu Shao seemed to notice something was wrong, so she acted gently, and Xiao Jin's hand was not injured again.
Chu Shao was already holding a black box and had sat down beside her.
Xiao Jin stared at Chu Shao and still felt a sense of unreality.
It was like a child she had seen just a few days ago suddenly grew up into a beautiful girl with a smile on her face, looking like a painting. And this girl was her nominal wife. She was playing a game of stacking buffs here.
The carriage moved slowly forward. Xiao Jin leaned back on a soft pillow and fixed her gaze on Chu Shao.
She always felt that Chu Shao was different from before, but she couldn't quite figure out what was wrong.
Adult Princess Shao turned her head and looked at her. Her black eyelashes fluttered as she smiled and asked, "Why has Your Highness been staring at me?"
The address of "Your Highness" made Xiao Jin trance for a moment.
Chu Shao was indeed a female lead in a melodramatic novel, and she was very good at flirting with people.
After falling into Chu Shao's trap, Xiao Jin wanted to say something but hesitated. Couldn't she just look at her? Was it not allowed?
However, Xiao Jin felt ashamed to say such words. She closed her mouth and just stared at Chu Shao, waiting for her to speak first.
After a moment, Chu Shao did speak. She smiled and asked softly, "Why is Your Highness not speaking?"
As she spoke, she leaned slightly closer.
Being so close, Xiao Jin could smell the faint and pure pine fragrance from Chu Shao's body, and she stiffened for a moment.
It was like the end of winter and the beginning of spring, where everything had yet to come back to life, with no tender green or bright colors. Only a bright and pure white could be seen everywhere. The shallow golden sunlight penetrated the snow-covered ground, and pine and cypress trees formed a forest. With the cold wind, a refreshing fragrance wafted around.
Xiao Jin was in the midst of it and couldn't help but hold her breath. Even though she lowered her gaze in time, her mind was still captivated.
But smelling this fragrance, she always couldn't help but want to get closer and closer, to get a few more inches closer and get close to the person whose sleeve was scented.
Seeing that Xiao Jin moved her gaze away and no longer looked at her, Chu Shao felt a little disappointed.
Instead, Chu Shao persisted in teasing her and reached out to hold the jade belt that tightly hugged Xiao Jin's waist and moved it upwards with her slender fingers, gently covering the silver-threaded edge of her clothes. It happened to stop at her heart.
Xiao Jin stiffened again, and Chu Shao's lips curled up even more: "Your Highness, what's with the stiff expression? Can't handle the closeness of the princess?"
Xiao Jin took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down before speaking in fragments: "Because... the princess is too close."
Hearing this, Chu Shao smiled: "So, it's because you can't handle the princess's closeness?"
Xiao Jin replied, "Of course not."
Chu Shao seemed to understand something: "I was curious just now, why Your Highness's heart was beating so fast."
"It turns out that it's because you can't handle my closeness," she said with a chuckle.
For a long time, Xiao Jin didn't answer Chu Shao's words. She tried to calm herself down and steady her heartbeat, but her treacherous heart kept betraying her.
Xiao Jin felt annoyed and took a deep breath, hoping to make it behave. But today, it seemed to have a mind of its own.
Forget it, let it be.
Then, as if testing the waters, Xiao Jin reached out and paused in front of Chu Shao's face.
She hesitated for a long time under her gaze before gently laying her hand on her fingertips, which felt soft and warm, like silk.
Having lived for so many years, Xiao Jin had never had such a strange thought that didn't seem like her own.
She wanted to put her hand on someone else's because that warmth was so cozy, even causing her to have a strange feeling.
As if holding the other person's hand could make her walk confidently and without regrets, and she would never be like a lonely bird trapped in a cage in this unfamiliar world again. If someone held her tightly, even if she fell into a trap, it didn't seem like such a big deal.
This idea lasted only for a moment because Xiao Jin quickly came to her senses.
How could she be held tightly by someone else? That was impossible.
She could only be the one to hold onto others.
Chu Shao had no idea that in just a few short moments, Xiao Jin had so many thoughts.
She just smiled and watched as the emotions in Xiao Jin's eyes changed again and again.
Until they couldn't change anymore, Xiao Jin raised her head and looked at her.
After looking for a while, Xiao Jin gently placed her hand on Chu Shao's finger.
At the same time, it was also on her heart.
Chu Shao was slightly stunned.
While Chu Shao was still stunned, Xiao Jin decided to take the initiative and speak.
Probably because there was a slight warmth in the palm of her hand, even the words that came out of her mouth became light without her realizing it: "Princess, you're right. I really can't stand being so close."
"This makes me feel like the scent from your sleeves smells good, and the warmth on my heart is also very comforting."
After a moment of hesitation, Chu Shao came back to her senses and asked with a smile, "And then what, Your Highness?"
Looking at the teardrop mole under Chu Shao's eye, Xiao Jin said, "Then, people always have endless desires. Once they grasp something, it's hard to let go when it's time to loosen their grip."
There was a moment of silence in the carriage.
Although it was just a moment, it was enough for Xiao Jin to snap out of it.
Indeed, she had lost consciousness twice, finished two memories while asleep, and had a dream that lasted for years.
She had also wandered in the dream for many years and watched the little princess of Yao Country. But in reality, only two days had passed.
In the end, she was only immersed in her memories. Chu Shao was not there.
Xiao Jin rarely felt embarrassed for herself, but in the time after waking up, she had already felt embarrassed several times.
In this way, the words she had just said seemed unreasonable, sudden, and impulsive.
At the same time, Xiao Jin also noticed that, aside from the fragrance on her body, there was also a faint smell of blood coming from the box beside Chu Shao.
This indicated something.
It showed that Chu Shao's visit to Yuhua Tower might not have been intentional to provoke Blood Rain Pavilion because of her fainting incident.
There was also another possibility that Chu Shao herself knew someone from Blood Rain Pavilion and only wanted to make a deal.
The box contained something that Blood Rain Pavilion had sent to Chu Shao.
This made things even more embarrassing.
At this point, Xiao Jin was embarrassed to the extreme and felt like she wanted to give up.
She even thought about putting on a show and saying a few words: "The Princess need not worry. This Prince was just possessed by the Taoist invited by Ye Suyu, so I acted unreasonably and went crazy here."
Just crazy talk.
The Princess need not mind.
Unexpectedly, Chu Shao looked at Xiao Jin with a smile on her lips and said softly, "Although this Princess does not know why you shouted the names of strangers while unconscious, I also do not quite understand why, after you called out those names, you held my hand and said some very pleasant things."
Now it was Xiao Jin's turn to be stunned.
Shouting out the names of strangers and saying pleasant things.
What did that mean?
Chu Shao did not know that Xiao Jin's heart was filled with shock and continued to smile, saying, "Although this Princess cannot be sure if the things you said were meant for me, since I have vaguely heard my name, even if it is just a misunderstanding, I am willing to continue misunderstanding like this."
At this point, Chu Shao reached out her hand and held Xiao Jin's fingers that were resting on her hand.
She then bent her eyebrows and eyes, smiled and said, "So, you have already caught on, and there is no need to let go."
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Translator's note: Damn! It's too sweet again and again! 🤧
TO BE CONTINUE...