Ruge narrowed her eyes and reacted instinctively. She twisted her arm and caught the braised fish that flew towards his face. She also supported the servant who was about to fall. "What happened?"
The servant raised his finger and pointed at Ji Lingxue, "It was that girl who bumped into me first..."
Opposite Ji Lingxue stood a woman in a blue dress with her hands on her hips. She had a snow-white oval face and her eyes were wide open. Her long black hair was tied up with silk inlaid with jade and a jade hairpin with gold flowers was pinned diagonally on her head, making her look pretty and charming.
The woman in the blue skirt glared at Ji Lingxue and said, "How do you walk? You broke my flower. Do you know that this flower is not an ordinary flower? It is very important to me!"
Ji Lingxue had an innocent look on her face. It was obvious that the other party was careless when walking and bumped into her, causing the series of accidents. Now he was the first to accuse her of wrongdoings. She was absolutely not as innocent as Dou E.
Ji Lingxue pointed at the snow fruits scattered on the ground and said, "I'm sorry, you also broke my snow fruits. We are even now."
When the woman in the blue skirt saw Ji Lingxue preparing to leave, she hurriedly grabbed Ji Lingxue's sleeve, and her long nails dug into the fabric. With a crisp tearing sound, Ji Lingxue's sleeve broke into two pieces.
The woman in the blue skirt was also startled by the sudden change in front of her. She was holding a piece of cloth in her hand and looked at Ji Lingxue with an apologetic look on her face, "I... didn't know it would be like this..."
Ji Lingxue frowned and said angrily, "If your flower is broken, just buy another one. I just apologized to you, but you still won't let go. Now you tear my sleeves. What do you want?"
The woman in the blue skirt pouted and said, "I didn't mean to tear your clothes. If you want to blame someone, blame your clothes for being too fragile. They tore apart as soon as I pulled them..."
Ji Lingxue laughed angrily. This was the first time she encountered such a difficult person.
Ruge put the braised fish in her hand back into the tray held by the servant, walked to Ji Lingxue, took off her coat and put it on her, and asked softly, "Are you okay?"
Ji Lingxue shook her head, she was very unhappy because her mood was messed up by a certain woman.
"It's you!" The woman in the blue dress looked at Ruge with joy, blinking her long eyelashes, and all her aggressive look just now disappeared.
Ruge then set her sights on the woman in the blue skirt, looking at her with a puzzled look on her face, her eyes fell on the tilted flower in her hand, and she instantly realized that these were all the flowers in Ji Lingxue's snowflake basket. How come they were all in this girl's hands
Ji Lingxue asked: "Do you know each other?" Ruge is not Xiao Yichen, and she has limited connections in the capital, so how could she possibly know this girl in a blue skirt.
The girl in the blue skirt blushed and smiled: "My name is Ruyi, may I know what your name is, sir?"
Ruyi? What a tacky name! Ji Lingxue complained in her heart.
Ruyi's eyes and heart were filled with Ruge, and flowers were almost coming out of her eyes.
Ruge did not answer Ruyi's question. She took Ji Lingxue's arm and said, "Come on, I'll take you to pick out another piece of clothing."
Ruyi blocked Ruge's way and said with the intention of making peace with her: "It's all my fault. My family runs a silk shop. Come with me and I'll give you any piece you choose for free!"
Ruge shook her head, "No need." After that, she turned around and left with Ji Lingxue, leaving Ruyi holding the flowers and watching them walk away.
"Princess!" A maid dressed in green called out, bringing Ruyi's thoughts back to reality.
Ruyi walked out of the post station and asked, "Have you found out?"
The maid nodded and said, "That person is the second prince of Dayan who came to marry, and the one next to him is his sister."
Ruyi nodded, "I see. If I had known that she was his sister, I should have been more polite to her just now... By the way, how come such a handsome man has white hair?"
The maid said, "I heard that someone poisoned her."
Ruyi nodded and walked forward muttering, "So that's how it is. It's so pitiful. I have to find a recipe to turn his white hair back to black..." As she spoke, she pulled the white horse aside, turned over and sat on it, tightened the reins, and the horse rushed forward with its hooves wide open.
The maid behind her shouted in panic: "Princess, where are you going? Princess, you just returned to the capital today, you should go to the palace to pay your respects to the emperor!"
The sound of horse hooves responded to her.
On the other side, Ji Lingxue held Ruge's arm, looked at him with shining eyes and said, "Brother, were the flowers in that girl's hand just now given by you?" Why do they look so much like the basket of flowers she bought
Ruge was very serious. She thought for a while and shook her head. "I don't remember. Don't those flowers all look the same? How can you be sure that I gave them to her? Besides, I don't even know who she is..."
Ji Lingxue stretched out a finger and shook it, saying, "She said her name is Ruyi, and she seemed to be getting along with you just now. Maybe you have met her somewhere before, but you have forgotten her..."
Ruge: “…” It would be better for him to remain silent, lest if he continued talking, Ji Lingxue would make up some story about him and the woman named Ruyi.
As they were talking, they came to a fine satin shop. Ruge walked in quickly. The waiter in the shop came forward to introduce how good and exquisite their satin was.
Ji Lingxue pointed at a piece of apricot pink brocade and said, "This piece of cloth is very good, I want it!"
The servant said with embarrassment: "Miss, this piece of cloth has been ordered, can you take a look at the others?"
Ji Lingxue raised her eyebrows. Who was it that had the same taste as her
Seeing Ji Lingxue’s unhappy face, Ruge said, “Since the person who ordered the cloth hasn’t come yet, I’ll make a dress for my sister first.”
"This..." The servant scratched his head, "I can't make the decision on this. Please wait a moment. I'll go ask the boss for instructions."
Ruge nodded and waved her hand to signal the servant to go quickly.
Ji Lingxue, wearing Ruge's coat, walked to a shelf and touched an apricot pink wide-sleeved narrow waist skirt hanging on it. Ji Lingxue stretched out her hand to measure her waist and said with a smile: "Wow, this waist is exactly the same as mine. If you don't know, you would think it was tailor-made for me."
Ruge asked, "Didn't they say that someone had already ordered this fabric? How come there is still a ready-made garment here?"
The servant came out and said with a smile: "My boss said that if the girl likes this ready-made dress, he will give it to you."
Ji Lingxue smiled, "Thank you!" Then she took the ready-made clothes and went into the inner room.
When Ji Lingxue changed her clothes and came out, Ruge was no longer outside. After asking the servant, she found out that Ruge had left in advance because of something.
Ji Lingxue said "Oh" and muttered, "What's so important that you don't even give me time to change my clothes?" She lifted her skirt and went out.
Just as Ji Lingxue's figure disappeared at the door, the door to the inner room was pushed open by a big hand. Bai Mo came out waving a fan and stood at the door and whistled, "Everything is ready, Xiao Yichen, I wish you good luck."
Ji Lingxue walked back along the same path she came from. The originally bustling street was now deserted. Ji Lingxue paused, and the sound of swords clashing came from not far away.
Ji Lingxue thought that she was not a person who liked to watch the excitement. Some excitement required a life to watch. She turned and ran in the opposite direction. After running a few steps, she was startled and stopped by a voice.
"Dog Emperor, give me your life!"
Xiao Yichen?! Shouldn't he be in the palace? Why is he being chased on the street? Xiao Yichen, you better pray for the best.
Ji Lingxue quickened her pace and ran out of a street in a blink of an eye. She leaned against a wall and gasped for breath. Her mind was filled with images of swords and bloody killings. Ji Lingxue shook her head to clear the fantasy in her mind.
Ji Lingxue, what are you thinking about? Even if Xiao Yichen leaves the palace, he is protected by expert secret guards. At worst, Xiao Yichen is an expert, so you'd better not cause trouble with your mediocre skills.
Xiao Yichen himself could not have imagined that he had originally set up a fake assassination for Bai Mo, but he did not expect to encounter a real assassination. What he did not expect was that the person who came to save him was Ruge instead of Ji Lingxue who was passing by.
Ruge fought off a black-clad assassin and stood beside Xiao Yichen, saying with a smile, "I never thought that I would have the honor of becoming the emperor of Dongqi."
Xiao Yichen twitched the corner of his mouth, raised his hand and swept the sword in the hand of the man in black who was attacking him to the ground. He raised his foot and grabbed the sword with his backhand and stabbed it into the man in black's chest.
Although they were engaged in a bloody battle, Xiao Yichen's voice was very calm, "I didn't expect that it would be you who came to rescue me."
The two men looked at each other and laughed silently, then they split up and killed the black-clad men who were besieging them one by one, while also chatting for a while.
Ruge asked: "Where are the guards around you? Why aren't there any?"
Xiao Yichen said: "Maybe they lured the tiger away from the mountain."
When the two of them knocked down the last assassin, Ji Lingxue ran over quickly. When she saw Xiao Yichen and Ruge with blood on their clothes, she was stunned, "Are you okay?"
Ruge asked, "Xue'er, why are you here?"
Xiao Yichen beside him frowned. This name always reminded him of Ji Lingxue, but he couldn't figure out whether the woman in front of him was her no matter how many times he tried.
"I'm worried about you!" Ji Lingxue circled around Ruge, "Are you injured?"
Ruge shook her head, "The blood on the clothes belongs to someone else."
Xiao Yichen smiled bitterly. He felt a kind of lonely feeling, as if no one cared about him.
Ji Lingxue seemed to have just remembered him and asked, "Your Majesty, are you okay?"
Xiao Yichen shook his head and was about to say something when the guards patrolling the city hurried over, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to apologize: "Your Majesty, I am late in coming to your rescue. Please forgive me!"
Xiao Yichen waved his hand and said, "It's okay, everyone get up." His gaze turned to Ji Lingxue's direction. Ji Lingxue was talking to Ruge and took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his forehead. An inexplicable heartache surged in his heart. He covered his chest with his hands and was supported by the arm by the commander of the guard.
Xiao Yichen waved his hand and said, "I'm fine, let's go back to the palace." Then he turned and left.
Ruge took the handkerchief from Ji Lingxue and said, "I can do it myself."
Ji Lingxue asked: "What's going on? Why are you with the emperor?" She glanced in the direction of Xiao Yichen from the corner of her eye. The guards surrounded him and walked away.
(End of this chapter)