The warmth in his arms, which he could feel through the quilt, was burning him like a furnace. He wanted to throw it away, but the moment he stretched out his hand, he was inexplicably reluctant to do so.
But he has always been a law-abiding person, and reason finally overcame his reluctance. He handed the quilt and the person in his arms to Qu Jingze, but before Qu Jingze could reach out to take it, he withdrew his hand.
Qu Jingze looked at Murong Kai awkwardly, but he didn't expect Murong Kai to say, "It's inappropriate for a minister like you to hug the princess and for a man outside to hug a woman."
Qu Jingze wanted to say that he had nothing but awe for the princess, but he could not change the reality that he was a foreigner.
Qu Jingze could only withdraw his hand awkwardly and motioned the maid who had served Ah Man to come forward, but he didn't expect that Chu Nanfeng had already taken the lead and stretched out his hand to take Ah Man.
"I am Ah Man's cousin. Please give her to me, Third Prince."
Murong Kai looked up at Chu Nanfeng and asked, "Then you are not a stranger?"
Chu Nanfeng was about to speak when he heard movement in the quilt that Murong Kai was holding. Murong Kai instinctively tried to tighten his arms, but the person in the quilt moved violently and struggled out before he could hold her tightly.
Ah Man just felt very stuffy, as if the surroundings were on fire. She struggled to escape the heat wave, so her movements were quite large.
She felt herself falling, but someone caught her steadily. She didn't dare to move, but she heard a cry of pain in her ears.
Ah Man couldn't help but raise his hand to push away the quilt wrapped around him. When he opened his eyes, he saw a pair of concerned eyes. Those eyes, bright as stars, stared straight at him.
"Murong Kai, let me go." Although she didn't know why Murong Kai appeared here, she had already realized that he was hugging her in public.
Ah Man didn't know that Murong Kai was half squatting and hugging her at the moment, so when Murong Kai obediently let go of her, she fell to the ground.
Even though I was wrapped in a quilt, it still... hurt.
"Murong Kai, you did it on purpose, you..." Rubbing his aching butt, Ah Man had long forgotten that people were watching him and just questioned angrily.
Murong Kai still maintained a half-squatting position, but did not react at all.
"It's no use pretending to be dumb, you did it on purpose." Seeing Murong Kai didn't say anything, Ah Man became even more annoyed.
Murong Kai still did not answer, still half-squatting in a somewhat strange posture, but stretched out his hand towards Ah Man.
“Murong Kai, you still want to attack me? You are really…” Ah Man wanted to say that Murong Kai was really… abominable.
But before she could finish her words, Qu Jingze hurriedly told her that the house they lived in was on fire and it was Murong Kai who rescued her.
"Murong Kai, even if you saved me you can't throw me down, you..." Ah Man was a little embarrassed, but still warned in a timid tone.
Murong Kai didn't say anything, but just stretched out his hand to Ah Man and tried harder to get closer to Ah Man.
Just as Ah Man was about to ask him what he was doing, he fell towards her.
Ah Man dodged instinctively and Murong Kai fell to the ground.
"You are so self-aware, we are even now."
Ah Man was a little confused. What was Murong Kai doing
But Murong Kai did not stand up again. When he looked up, beads of sweat the size of beans fell from his forehead. Against the backdrop of the fire in the distance, they pierced into Ah Man's heart like needles.
"you… "
It was only a moment before Ah Man remembered that his leg was injured and the imperial physician had told him to take good care of it.
He should have been in the palace now, but he appeared here and saved himself from the fire.
"I can't get up, help me."
While Ah Man was in a daze, Murong Kai spoke softly. As soon as he finished speaking, Ah Man's body moved ahead of his reasoning, and he stepped forward and supported him.
He smiled, held Ah Man's arm, and stood up, but the moment he stood up, his breathing became heavy.
Ah Man held his hand tightly, with thousands of words in her heart, but she couldn't say a word.
(End of this chapter)