12dz Chapter 157 Old Love
Chapter 157 Old Love
Not long after Jiang Xing left, Lu Xuan woke up.
A bittersweet taste spread in her mouth. She opened her mouth and spat out a piece of whitish ginseng slice.
"Princess, you are finally awake!"
When Xiao Kui saw Lu Xuan wake up, her nose felt sore and she began to cry.
Lu Xuan felt light all over, not because he was weak, but because he was hungry.
"Xiao Kui, how many days have I slept?"
Xiao Kui's face was almost wrinkled: "Three days."
Lu Xuan smiled faintly: "It seems that I have been taking a lot of supplements these three days, and my body feels much better now."
Seeing that Lu Xuan looked much better despite being unconscious for a few days, Xiao Kui immediately wiped away the tears from her face. "The prince gives the princess ginseng slices every day! Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something?"
Lu Xuan nodded: "I do feel an emptiness in my stomach."
Xiao Kui smiled brightly: "Princess, please wait, the food will be here soon!"
After eating some porridge, Lu Xuan noticed that Jiang Xing was not at home. It was the end of the month, and she thought of Wu Garden. "Has Zhiyi come to see me these past two days?"
Xiao Kui answered while she was dressing her, "She came yesterday, but the princess was unconscious at the time, so the prince sent Miss Zhiyi back."
Lu Xuan took out a gold hairpin and handed it to Xiao Kui: "Then let's go find her. It's time to check the accounts."
It has been exactly one month since Zhiyi took over Wuyuan's affairs. I took the opportunity to see how she has learned.
At this time, Jiang Xing and Ji Qingyan were sitting opposite each other in the Qingyi Pavilion Teahouse.
Jiang Xing took a sip of tea, his arms clasped behind his head, and he looked at the person opposite him with a half-smile: "It's been many years. I didn't expect Miss Ji to recover so well."
Ji Qingyan calmed down her rapidly beating heart, raised her eyes and looked back: "Thanks to my own good fortune, I have survived this great disaster."
She knew what Jiang Xing was talking about. This was the story of this body named Ji Qingyan and King Jin.
Sixteen years ago, the owner of this body followed Madam Ji to Xuanyuan Temple. Coincidentally, Prince Jin also went there with the then Crown Princess on the same day. Unexpectedly, a series of mistakes led to a change in this body in this life. It was also Jiang Xing who gave her the opportunity to come to this world.
At that time, Madam Ji had taken Ji Qingyan to see Taoist Master Baopuzi. The main reason was because the Taoist master had previously said that Ji Qingyan would not live past the age of thirteen and was destined to face a great calamity that could only be suppressed with a talisman infused with dragon blood ink. The talisman was unique and extremely valuable, so he had asked them to come and retrieve it that day.
After taking the talisman, they met Lu Siyu and Jiang Xing as soon as they came out.
Seeing the Crown Princess and Jiang Xing, who was still a prince at the time, Madam Ji naturally had to bow and greet them, and then she waited on the side for the Crown Princess and Prince Jin to come out.
However, he didn't expect that as soon as Prince Jin followed him in, Taoist Baopuzi drove him out and asked him to wait outside.
Jiang Xing was only eleven or twelve years old at the time, at the age when he loved to play. Moreover, he had been spoiled by the late emperor and the empress dowager since he was a child, so naturally he dared to go anywhere.
He was bored, so he went to the nearby Xuanyuan Garden alone. He saw a bird's nest on a tree in the back garden, with two beautiful colorful finches in it. He had to go up and catch them.
After Jiang Xing went up, he was about to catch the bird, but unexpectedly, with a "snap", the branch under his feet broke, and he fell headfirst into the pond below.
This scene happened to be seen by the original body Ji Qingyan who came out to take a breath.
There was no one around, and Ji Qingyan's heart was beating fast with fear.
If she hadn't seen it, it would be fine, but now that she saw it, if she tried to save him, she wouldn't give up. But if she didn't save him, what if something happened to Prince Jin and it was traced back to her?
After much thought, I had no choice but to bite the bullet and go to rescue him with a bamboo pole.
But she didn't expect that Jiang Xing grabbed the bamboo pole and pulled her down instead, causing her to swallow several gulps of water and then continue to sink.
In a panic, Jiang Xing tried hard to catch her, but failed and instead pulled the sachet off her body.
The sachet contains the talisman that the Taoist priest just gave to him.
When the Taoist priest gave the original body to him, he repeatedly warned him not to get it wet. Unexpectedly, the talisman got wet so quickly that it quickly turned into a pile of ash.
The original body choked on the water and kept falling down.
It was not until Jiang Xing finally floated up with the help of her bamboo pole and called for help that the two were finally rescued.
But it was winter, the water in the pond was already cold, and since she was a girl in the boudoir, she fell seriously ill.
The illness lasted for more than half a year. Later, Mrs. Ji went to the Taoist priest to ask for a talisman, but the dragon blood ink was rare in a century and the only bit left in the world had been used up last time, so he told her that the cause and effect had been established and there was no way to change the situation.
The original body couldn't bear it and eventually died after more than half a year.
On that day, she chose to commit suicide by jumping off a building in another world because her family urged her to get married and have children. Unexpectedly, she came to this world after her death.
Seeing Ji Qingyan's eyes fixed on him, Jiang Xing couldn't help but wave his hand in front of her: "Second Miss Ji?"
Ji Qingyan came back to her senses.
She had always thought Jiang Xing looked just like the original in her memory, but she never expected that after sixteen years, he would look like this? Was he actually so handsome?
She had never been in love in her previous life because she had never met someone she could fall in love with.
But in this life, she felt that she was attracted to Jiang Xing.
Jiang Xing still had that cynical look on his face: "After not seeing you for over ten years, Miss Ji has matured a lot."
He could not forget that Ji Qingyan had been sending people to ask him to compensate her for her priceless talisman, and she had also spread his bad reputation everywhere because of it.
But at that time he thought that Ji Qingyan had indeed caused this incident in order to save him, so he later went to the Marquis' Mansion to see her with a valuable gift.
At that time, she was barely breathing and gasped heavily when she saw him. I thought she really wouldn't live long.
Ji Qingyan tucked the hair behind her ear and smiled faintly: "It's been many years since we last met. Your Highness looks so handsome and vigorous."
Jiang Xing raised his eyebrows but didn't pay attention to her words.
I wondered in my heart which miracle doctor had such a good effect in treating Ji Qingyan. Even though she was wearing a soft girl's dress, she still looked heroic and imposing.
You can tell at a glance that he's in great shape!
Seeing that Jiang Xing didn't answer her, Ji Qingyan took a sip of tea and asked, "How does your Highness think about his relationship with the Princess?"
Jiang Xing didn't understand why she asked about his relationship with Ah Xuan right away. He curled his fingers and said nonchalantly, "My king and Ah Xuan are naturally in perfect harmony and deeply in love. Second Miss, haven't you heard about the fame and deeds of my king and the princess outside?"
Ji Qingyan raised her eyebrows: "Did you gain this reputation by harming the Ji family?"
Jiang Xing remained noncommittal. "Did I harm the Ji family, or did the Ji family harm me and the people first? I hope someone from the Ji family can come forward so we can talk about it!"
Seeing that Ji Qingyan was also a person who confused right and wrong and only cared about the interests of the Ji family, Jiang Xing even lowered his voice.
"Don't worry, my lord!"
Ji Qingyan smiled and said, "Who said I don't understand? I didn't come here today for the Ji family's affairs."
Jiang Xing looked at her suspiciously, his eyes dark. "Not for the Ji family? Then is Second Miss Ji still thinking about what happened back then?"
There was really no way to compensate her for that broken talisman back then.
But now that I have a princess, with her ability, maybe I can draw one for her!
"Back then? I was just a reckless child. Those things have long been forgotten. Don't worry, Your Highness. I no longer hold a grudge against you."
She pondered for a moment, then said boredly, "Today I just wanted to come and reminisce with the prince, and share with him what happened to the princess during the years you were away from the capital, as well as what happened to the princess in the Ji family. Let's see if you still think that the current princess is someone you can hold in your hands."