On the way, Jiang Changning asked King Jin, "Where are you taking me?"
"You'll know when you get there." King Jin remained mysterious.
Jiang Changning did not ask any more questions, but secretly wondered where Prince Jin would take her.
But without any hints or clues, she couldn't guess it and had to give up.
The carriage stopped and King Jin smiled, "We're here."
He got off the carriage first and turned around to help Jiang Changning get off.
Jiang Changning looked up and saw a seven-story brick building next to him. "The Star Observation Building."
It was a bit unexpected. She didn't expect Prince Jin to take her to see the stars.
As they had already negotiated in advance, the couple went straight upstairs.
The seven-story building is quite high. When Jiang Changning climbed to the fifth floor, he was a little out of breath.
She is not a sports expert. She usually just does yoga and takes walks. Today's exercise volume exceeded the limit.
"Can't walk anymore?" King Jin asked with concern.
"Take a break." Jiang Changning leaned on the handrail of the stairs, two blushes on her fair cheeks, her cherry lips slightly parted, her chest heaving, and she breathing rapidly.
For a moment, Prince Jin felt that bringing Jiang Changning to the Observatory to watch the stars was a wrong decision, and he should have taken her to Zhangya Villa.
But now that it has come to this, Prince Jin stepped forward and picked up Jiang Changning.
After Jiang Changning exclaimed, he naturally put his arms around his neck, "No, I can walk up. You're too tired."
"I'm not tired. You're so light, I can carry you." Prince Jin walked up one flight of stairs. "Ningning, don't underestimate your husband."
"I never looked down on you." Jiang Changning tried hard to smile and hugged him tightly with both hands. He was really afraid that he would fall down halfway because he couldn't hold him anymore.
The Prince of Jin was indeed a man of both civil and military talents, a brave general who could ride a horse and kill the enemy. He held Jiang Changning in his arms without any pressure at all.
Step by step, they carried the person steadily to the seventh floor. The seventh floor was half sloped roof and half terrace, and ancient astronomical instruments were placed on the terrace.
You don't need these instruments for stargazing. Just look up at the sky and you will see a sea of stars.
Standing on this tall building, close to the sky, it feels like the building is hundreds of feet high and you can pick the stars with your hands.
"As expected, to watch the stars, you still have to stand on a high place. The stars are much more beautiful from here than in the yard." Jiang Changning smiled, "I regret not having read enough books when I need them. I don't know how to describe the beauty before my eyes."
"The big stars shine, and the small stars make a fuss."
"Okay." Jiang Changning smiled and glanced at the person next to him.
I don’t know if it was because the man’s handsome profile was too charming, or the vast starry sky was too beautiful, but it was so beautiful that Jiang Changning, who was already a little drunk, was in a trance and blurted out, "Tonight is better than spending time with you, watching the stars together."
This almost confessional poem delighted the King of Jin. He stretched out his arms, embraced her in his arms, lowered his head and whispered softly in Jiang Changning's ear: "We share the same pillow tonight, and from now on, every night I will be with you."
The warm breath sprayed on her ears, and the confusion in Jiang Changning's eyes dissipated at once. She wanted to break free from Prince Jin's arms, but Prince Jin held him very tightly. She couldn't do it forcefully, so she had to soften her body and let him hold her.
Among the four seasons of the year, the starry sky in winter is the most magnificent, and winter is also the season with the most bright stars.
The Milky Way is vast and the stars are shining.
Orion is the symbol of the winter starry sky. Jiang Changning found it quickly and used it as coordinates to find more bright stars.
Jiang Changning sighed and said, "Orion is indeed the most prominent and gorgeous constellation in the winter night sky."
"Orion, what is that?" asked King Jin.
Hearing his question, Jiang Changning remembered that Orion was a Western term.
"That's Cangxiu." Jiang Changning stretched out his right hand and pointed at the starry sky. "If you connect those stars together, don't you think they look like a person holding a bow and arrow?"
"Generals also hold bows and arrows, so they are not necessarily hunters." King Jin laughed.
"Then it's the General Constellation." Jiang Changning renamed the Orion constellation without any burden.
"This is not my imagination. I heard it from others. There is also a beautiful legend about this constellation." Jiang Changning said with a smile.
"I'm all ears." Prince Jin pecked her lips again.
"The son of Poseidon often boasted that there was nothing in the world he could not hunt. The Queen of Heaven thought he was too arrogant, so she sent a poisonous scorpion to punish him. The son of Poseidon and the scorpion died together. The son of Poseidon became Orion, and the scorpion became Scorpio."
"Where is Scorpio?" King Jin asked with a smile.
"You can't see Scorpio in the winter. Scorpio is the Shang star, the brightest star in the summer night sky. If you don't see it in your life, you will be as moving as Shang and Shang."
"Ningning also knows this about Xingchen."
“I like to read miscellaneous books.”
"It seems that I should read more miscellaneous books in the future."
At this moment, a gust of wind blew over, Jiang Changning turned his head away and sneezed.
"It's windy, let's go down." Prince Jin said as he was about to pick up Jiang Changning again.
"I've rested well and can walk on my own." Jiang Changning stepped back resistingly.
"Tell me if you can't walk." King Jin held out his hand, "I'll hold your hand."
I just rejected him once. If I reject him again, will he be angry
Jiang Changning stretched out his hand and let him lead the way downstairs.
At this time in Prince Jin's Mansion, Qiao was sitting alone on the big kang by the window, staring at the oil lamp on the kang table, wondering what she was thinking.
The dim light shone on her lonely face, and her whole body exuded a heavy aura of death.
A maid came in from outside. Qiao sat up straight and asked anxiously, "Is the prince back?"
"Not yet." The maid replied.
Qiao became listless again, "I've been out for a day. Where can I play for so long?"
This question did not require the maid to answer. Qiao waved her hand to let the maid go out, and she continued to stare at the lamp in a daze.
When Prince Jin and Jiang Changning returned to the palace, it was already three quarters past midnight, which was past curfew.
The couple got off the carriage and got into the sedan chair back to Rujingyuan.
After being out for a day, Jiang Changning, who did not take a nap at noon, was exhausted. He leaned back in the sedan chair and dozed off with his eyes half closed.
Suddenly Cao Jiang shouted coldly: "Who is it?"
Jiang Changning suddenly came to his senses. No way, there are assassins even after we enter the palace
It is not impossible for an assassin to sneak into the palace, but the person Cao Jiang picked out was not an assassin, but a maid.
The maid sneezed because of the cold wind, and the sharp-eyed and sharp-eared Cao Jiang heard it.
"Who are you? What are you doing hiding there?" Cao Jiang asked sternly.
"I work in Ronghua Courtyard. I was just passing by. I was not hiding there," the maid argued.
Ronghuayuan is the courtyard of the Qiao family. It is located relatively inner in the backyard of the entire palace and is the second to last large courtyard on the west wing.
Is it possible that I am working at Ronghuayuan and passing by here
"Take him away for interrogation." Prince Jin's voice was cold.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Cao Jiang accepted the order.
"Your Highness, please spare me." Before the maid could finish her words, her mouth was covered and she was dragged away.
(End of this chapter)