C15 (2/2)

”Pretty much!” Huai Jin stuck her tongue out mischievously, making the empress dowager laugh.

”Master of Intelligence has good intentions too, girl!” The empress dowager let go of Huai Jin's arms that were wrapped around her as she stood up to support Yang mama. ”Since this Master of Intelligence is fated to be with you, I'll get a protective talisman for you before I leave.”

Huai Jin blinked her eyes and did not refuse.

Just like that, the group of people arrived at the front of Master of Intelligence's courtyard. Little Sha Mi put down the broom in his hand and stepped forward to say the name of the Buddha.

”Young master!” Huai Jin called out.

Xiao Sha Mi raised his head and saw that Huai Jin was looking at him with eyes full of ridicule, her face was red again, and as if she could smell the nice smell from the tip of her nose, she ran into the courtyard. The female benefactor is here! ”

Hui could hear the little Shamil's voice. When he came out of the temple, he saw the empress dowager and the others waiting at the courtyard entrance.

”Master of Intelligence, don't think too much! I won't be your disciple, not even a home disciple! I'm just here to ask for a talisman! ” Huai Jin made people laugh with a look of being afraid of being pulled by Hui Ran to become a monk.

”Don't be rude!” The empress dowager reprimanded Huai Jin softly, then said to Hui Nong, ”Master of Intelligence doesn't need to be blamed. It is her fortune that the master has set his sights on this child.

Hui Nong looked at Huai Jin, and said a Buddhist prayer to the empress, then said to the empress, ”The princess is intelligent, it is something that the old monk and the princess are not fated to meet. The old monk often wears Buddhist beads, so I'll give them to the princess as a talisman.”

Yang mama received it on Huai Jin's behalf and thanked him. Huai Jin unwillingly went up to thank them and only then did everyone walk out of the backyard and leave the Mianan Temple.

On the way, Huai Jin held the buddhist beads in her hands, and let out a cold laugh, as she always said that her family did not use words, but she never knew that a monk's lies were the most convincing. After instructing Ran Mei to keep the Buddha beads properly, Huai Jin started to doze in the carriage.

The coachman drove the carriage through the glowing door into the palace, where he met another carriage leaving the palace. The gate was narrow, and was not wide enough to accommodate two carriages at the same time. The coachmen on both sides of the palace stopped in their tracks.

Just as the carriage stopped, Huai Jin woke up.

”Pu Xin pays his respects to the empress dowager.”

A gentle voice came out from outside the carriage, Huai Jin opened the curtain and looked out.

That person was standing at the entrance of the palace. He was tall and slender, with an extraordinary demeanor. The dark red walls of the palace reflected the pearly green robe on his body. The two colors had originally clashed against each other, but now it looked especially harmonious.

”Rise.”

After the Empress Dowager agreed, the man retreated to the side and waited quietly. As he stood there, he felt that everything around him had become a foil, leaving behind only a hint of green. It was as if he was standing amidst a forest of bamboo, quiet and serene.

”There are bandits and noblemen who fight as if they were sparring, or as if they were sculpting.” Like gold and tin, or jade and jade. ” Looking at the person in front of him, Huai Jin could not help but mutter out loud. So there was actually such a person in this world, such a gentleman. After seeing him today, she felt that there was no one else in the world who was more suited to his green clothes than her.

That person's gaze, that was initially floating in the air, landed on Huai Jin's body after hearing what was said. His ink-black eyes reflected the sunlight, and he looked like a pool of lake water, causing people to sink into deep thought. The person gently nodded, his gentle voice flowing through Huai Jin's heart like a stream of water: ”Pu Xin thanks Princess Anping for the praise.”

After hearing his words, Huai Jin did not seem to be embarrassed at all. She smiled back at him and prepared to put down the curtain.

”I wonder if Princess is in good health?”

Huai Jin's hand that was on the curtain paused, then said: ”Thank you Xibo Marquis for your concern, everything is well.”

”The weather is going to change in the near future. Princess, you must be careful.”

Huai Jin looked at Pu Xin in shock, but Pu Xin remained at the side, as if she had casually asked this question. Nodding her head, Huai Jin lowered the curtain in her hands.