Chapter 218: Chapter 172: Come Help Me Change My Bandages

Shen Jingxian left the General Mansion and on her way back to Yi Fen Palace, she suddenly thought of a serious question.

The initial reason she came to see Wen Ranchen was to find out if he was the one standing at her door last night and left a flower, but with this and that, she forgot.

So Shen Jingxian turned back halfway.

At this time, Wen Ranchen was putting on armor, he had to continue interrogating some people.

That straight back, that neat dressing style, showed no sign of weakness at all.

The servant who first led Shen Jingxian into the General Mansion, Lv Yang, grew up with Wen Ranchen and not only shares a master-servant relationship with him but is also a brother who has gone through hardships together. He knows the wounds on Wen Ranchen’s body are quite large and shows concern, saying, “General, why not rest for a day and go tomorrow.”

Wen Ranchen was indifferent, calmly saying, “Won’t die, it’s not a problem.”

Just at that moment, the person Wen Ranchen left at the door suddenly came in to report, “General, the Princess is heading towards the General Mansion.”

Wen Ranchen’s hand paused suddenly while wearing his sword, and with a clack, he placed the sword back on the table, saying to Lv Yang, “Let’s go tomorrow, you go to receive the Princess.”

Lv Yang went off with enthusiasm.

Indeed, only the Princess can command the General.

Shen Jingxian returned to the General Mansion, finding the same servant as before, thinking this servant is really diligent.

Xiao Qi looked at the General Mansion in front of her; her pathfinding trait made her somewhat confused. It was a familiar yet strange place, but it didn’t matter, it didn’t impede her from planning an escape route.

Xiao Qi once again started brainstorming.

Shen Jingxian entered Wen Ranchen’s bedroom once again.

At this time, Wen Ranchen was “weakly” lying on the bed. Seeing Shen Jingxian come, he struggled to sit up from the bed and asked softly, “Did Your Highness forget something?”

Shen Jingxian nodded, to prevent herself from forgetting again later, she got straight to the point, “I want to ask, did you come to Yi Fen Palace last night?”

Wen Ranchen was stunned for a moment, before responding after a while, “Yes.”

Shen Jingxian asked again, “Why didn’t you tell me when you came?”

“Your Highness was already asleep, I didn’t want to disturb Your Highness.”

“So how long did you stand outside the door?” Shen Jingxian recalled the maids chattering about that man standing at the door doing nothing, just standing there, and her mind automatically pictured Wen Ranchen covered in blood standing at her palace door, wanting to enter but not daring to.

Wen Ranchen smiled and pretended to speak casually, “Not long, it was… that time was very cold, I suddenly wanted to see the Princess. Even if I didn’t see her, just going to the place where the Princess is felt much better.”

Ugh.

Shen Jingxian couldn’t tell how she felt now, but she always felt like a wire in her brain was firmly pinched, preventing her from thinking properly.

“Next time when you come, don’t wait at the door, you can have someone wake me up.”

Upon hearing this, Wen Ranchen’s eyes lit up, wondering if this meant what he hoped it did.

Shen Jingxian felt uncomfortable under that gaze and remembered the flower outside the window this morning, she said, “That flower is beautiful, consider it my return gift.”

Wen Ranchen chuckled lightly, “Your Highness’s gift, Ranchen likes it very much.”

“Okay, I’ll go now.” Shen Jingxian felt like she had lost again, she needed to leave quickly.

But after taking a few steps, she heard Wen Ranchen’s voice again, “Will Your Highness come tomorrow?”

Shen Jingxian stopped, “Not tomorrow.”

Tomorrow is Sister Song Yan’s palace examination, she needs to watch over it carefully.

Wen Ranchen didn’t expect Shen Jingxian to refuse so bluntly, he couldn’t help but wonder who the Princess was abandoning him for.

He understood, he couldn’t wait for the Princess to make a choice, whatever the Princess chose, he needed to win back the Princess.

“I want to see Your Highness.” Wen Ranchen’s voice was soft, once again adopting a puppy mode.

Admittedly, Shen Jingxian fell for this easily, but… “Tomorrow won’t do.”

“Your Highness, my wound hurts so much.”

Shen Jingxian: …

“Your Highness, I’m so cold.”

Shen Jingxian: …

Seeing that Shen Jingxian wasn’t responding, Wen Ranchen lowered his head in distress, “Ranchen knows he’s no match for the Princess’s heart… just, still wants to hope to see Your Highness more.”

Shen Jingxian: ?

How did this happen, how did it jump to this?

Shen Jingxian suddenly felt that a man’s heart is like a needle in the sea, she couldn’t understand what Wen Ranchen was thinking at all, it was so difficult.

“What are you thinking? Tomorrow is Sister Song Yan’s palace examination, I have agreed with Father and Mother to accompany her.”

Wen Ranchen seemed still unhappy, looking at Shen Jingxian, insisting on an answer, “Then after the palace examination, can Your Highness come to help Ranchen change the dressing?”

Shen Jingxian: …She really didn’t want to see that somewhat frightening-looking wound.

“You can have a doctor change it for you.”

“I don’t trust them, I only trust Your Highness.”

Shen Jingxian was ultimately unable to resist being entangled and could only agree to Wen Ranchen, quickly leaving the General Mansion.

She felt like a big grievance, why did she have to go back again.

“Xiao Qi, let’s go.”

Xiao Qi immediately followed obediently, chatting with Shen Jingxian, saying she had memorized all the places in the General Mansion, next time the Princess wants to go anywhere, just let her know.

Shen Jingxian didn’t want to tell Xiao Qi that she really didn’t want to go to the General Mansion again, feeling that Wen Ranchen lying on the sickbed was even more terrifying than usual.

She ran away.

Shen Jingxian returned to Yi Fen Palace, unsurprisingly, was surrounded by chattering maids for quite a while.

Especially Xiao Qi, who was attacked by the group.

Shen Jingxian shamelessly took advantage of Xiao Qi attracting everyone’s attention to quietly run back into the sleeping chamber, slam! door closed!

But, escaping for a while doesn’t mean escaping forever. At night, the maids complained to the Empress, who solemnly lectured Shen Jingxian, instructing her to bring all the maids with her when she goes out, or she wouldn’t be allowed to watch the palace examination tomorrow.

Shen Jingxian thought of Song Yan’s hopeful success, and she bore it!

The next day, at the hour of Mao, Shen Jingxian was pulled out of bed by the maids, a set routine done, turning Shen Jingxian from an unkempt, closed-eyed princess into a well-dressed, closed-eyed princess.

Usually, once Shen Jingxian completes this routine, she would strongly open her eyes herself, but today she was too sleepy, she couldn’t open them, she even suspected this was the maids’ deliberate retaliation, getting her up so early, boo hoo.

“Your Highness, the tribute students are waiting at Yao Tian Gate, do you want to go take a look first?”

Shen Jingxian finally cleared her mind a bit, she briefly napped in the sedan chair, and under the maids’ reminder, she opened her eyes and saw Song Yan from afar.

She stood at the forefront of over three hundred tribute students.

She was the unequivocal top name.

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