A Si had cured Princess Fuqing’s eyes, rendering a great service. It was understandable for the Empress to want to reward her heavily, but wasn’t bestowing the Lingxiao bracelet too much?
Hearing that the breathing beside him was not even, Yu Jin spoke, “A Si, do you like the bracelet bestowed by the Empress?”
Jiang Si turned to face him.
They were lying on the same bed, extremely close.
She could count the few stubbles on his chin; he could see the fine down on her cheeks.
Jiang Si raised her hand, and as the snow-white sleeve fell back, it revealed a stretch of fair wrist adorned with the jade-green Lingxiao bracelet.
“The bracelet is indeed quite beautiful,” Jiang Si said sincerely.
Yu Jin’s thin lips pursed slightly as he reminded her, “The Empress’s intentions are somewhat unfathomable. In the future, unless necessary, don’t go to the palace.”
Thinking shallowly, the Empress was too grateful and thus took out her most precious item to reward Prince Yan’s wife. Thinking deeply, who knows if the Empress wanted to drag them into that murky water?
Yu Jin felt that the habit of thinking the worst of everyone wasn’t very good, but he had no intention of changing it.
Jiang Si nodded, “I naturally understand this. A Jin, don’t worry. Since I married you, I’ve prepared myself. I won’t let myself fall into a desperate situation again.”
The word “again” caught Yu Jin’s attention.
“Again?”
From A Si’s words, had she fallen into a desperate situation before?
Jiang Si realized her slip of the tongue and covered it with a smile, “At the beginning of the year, I attended the flower banquet held by the Marquis of Yongchang’s mansion and heard some rumors. At that time, I still had a childish temper and a big temper. I was sick for a long time before I figured it out.”
She had been reborn at the end of that spring. Truly speaking, the previous Jiang Si, who was proud and looked down on everyone, had died at that time.
She had died from a man’s casual comment, died under the girls’ teasing gazes.
Thinking about it now, it wasn’t worth it.
Yu Jin’s eyes suddenly turned cold, “A Si, do you want to vent your anger?”
Jiang Si shook her head, “Irrelevant people, even getting angry is a waste of time. Let’s sleep.”
“Mm.”
It quickly became quiet inside the curtains.
When Jiang Si woke up and opened her eyes, the space beside her was empty.
“Where is the Prince?” she asked A Qiao while putting on her outer garments.
“The Prince woke up earlier than you and went to practice swordsmanship.”
Jiang Si wasn’t surprised.
Yu Qi had always been self-disciplined in this regard and had never slacked off.
It was originally just an afternoon nap, but she had slept for quite a while. It was indeed an aftereffect of last night’s exertions.
Jiang Si rubbed her throbbing temples, washed her face, and walked out.
Yu Qi would practice swordsmanship in the training ground, so she might as well go take a look at the study.
As she walked forward, the servants she encountered all bowed in greeting, “Princess Consort.”
Jiang Si nodded slightly and, accompanied by A Man, passed through several moon gates to reach the front courtyard study.
Outside the study, there were pageboys on guard. Seeing Jiang Si, they were startled for a moment before hurriedly paying their respects.