Jiang Ningyao followed Shen Xunzhou to his piano room.
In addition to delivering food, Jiang Ningyao also asked Shen Xunzhou to teach her piano skills.
Shen Xunzhou was proficient in music theory, and with a few suggestions, Jiang Ningyao's piano skills, which had been languishing for a long time, suddenly improved by leaps and bounds.
Jiang Ningyao played a song, then turned to ask Shen Xunzhou's comments: "Master Shen, how are you? Is there any progress?"
Shen Xunzhou smiled and said, without talking about his piano skills, "Is there any happy event in the princess's residence today?"
Jiang Ningyao looked confused.
Shen Xunzhou said slowly: "The sound I hear from your piano is not as deep as the past few days. It has the sound of spring breeze blowing willows, fish emerging from the water, and swallows returning to the forest."
Jiang Ningyao's heartstrings trembled slightly. Shen Xunzhou did understand her music, and it was always very suitable to talk to him.
This is why when the queen mother asked Shen Xunzhou to be her consort, she didn't object.
One cannot hang herself from a tree. If she can find a close friend like Shen Xunzhou, her destiny will not be too bad.
"It's nothing, but a cat that was wandering around finally came back. I was a little happy when I saw it, but who knows if it will run away again."
Jiang Ningyao smiled at Shen Xunzhou: "Cats are always a little wilder."
"Princess likes cats?" Shen Xunzhou asked.
Jiang Ningyao was noncommittal and just said: "I had one when I was a child, but it got lost later."
In fact, he was not lost, but was beaten to death by Concubine Lu.
Their eyes were gouged out, their skin was peeled off, and they died miserably.
Just because it was black, Concubine Lu thought it was unlucky.
She cried very sadly, but her father didn't take it seriously and said he would get her another one, one that would be more auspicious.
He said this, but turned around and went to Concubine Lu's palace, and forgot about it the next day.
Father is like this, you have to cry in front of him so that he will occasionally think of you.
She had no choice but to be born into the royal family. The most indispensable thing in the palace was women and all kinds of princes and princesses. She would have new younger brothers and sisters almost every year, but not many of them would survive.
When she was a child, she envied her imperial brother for being able to escape from the deep palace, and even wanted to go to Huaizhou.
In order to realize her dream, my mother would always be sick for several months.
As soon as her mother became ill, Concubine Lu wanted to seize power and had no time to take care of her.
Concubine Lu was very favored, and for a while, she even saw her father taking Concubine Lu to the Golden Palace.
The emperor was in front of the court, and Concubine Lu was resting in the back hall, reluctant to leave for a moment.
However, the queen mother is obviously more beautiful and dignified, and everyone in the harem says so.
Her cat died, and her father did not give her a second cat. Only her mother remembered and made a new one for her out of cloth and cotton, and let her hold it to sleep every night.
With that ragdoll cat, she no longer envies the emperor brother.
Although the emperor's brother is in Huaizhou, he is more free, but he does not have the embrace of his mother, and he does not have the little dolls made by her.
Only when she grew older did she understand that when her cat died, the queen would be the saddest.
She didn't want a second one either.
"Meow--"
Jiang Ningyao was immersed in memories of the past when a cat meow suddenly came from the door of the piano room.
A black cat with only white paws on the west side, like a kitten that had just returned from walking in the snow, stretched out at the door.
Jiang Ningyao was stunned: Is she dreaming?
The cat was exactly like the one she had as a child.
Xie Ren was hiding in the corner and when he saw Jiang Ningyao walking out of the piano room, a trace of pride flashed in his eyes.
He thought to himself: Queen, he didn’t disturb their relationship, it was Jiang Ningyao who came out on her own.
"ah--"
Xie Ren was feeling proud when suddenly Jiang Ningyao's cry of pain came from the piano room, and Xie Ren subconsciously rushed over.
However, before he could step forward, Shen Xunzhou had already stood in front of him and protected Jiang Ningyao.
"Come on, come and call the doctor. The princess is injured."
Shen Xunzhou looked nervous and immediately ordered someone to call the doctor.
Xie Ren looked at the bloody wound on the back of Jiang Ningyao's hand, feeling as if he had been crushed by a boulder.
Why didn't he trim the cat's claws when he brought it over?
Just like that year, he asked her to go to the woods to compete. Why not make sure it was safe first?
If it were the eldest brother, Jiang Huailu, or even Shen Xunzhou in front of them, they would definitely check carefully first and never let her get hurt at all.
Unlike him, who always does reckless things.
So he always accomplishes nothing.
……
"I'm fine. Take me back to the princess's mansion."
"We can't take it lightly. It's better to ask the doctor from the Imperial Hospital to take a look at it again."
The cat was tame and very gentle, but Jiang Ningyao was too excited, walked too fast, and had incense on her body, which scared the cat.
The wound was not serious, but Shen Xunzhou was very nervous. After seeing the doctor, he still felt uneasy, so he reported it to the Tai Hospital.
When Uncle Xie came to see it in person for the first time, he said there was no serious problem, and Shen Xunzhou felt relieved.
Just after such a toss, it was already dark when Jiang Ningyao returned to the princess mansion.
And her captain of the guard was nowhere to be seen all afternoon.
Ah.
Speaking of which, Xie Ren still owed her a cat.
The ragdoll cat her mother made for her was lost in Huaizhou.
Xie Ren found it ridiculous when he saw her showing off her power every day and sleeping with her toys at night, so he sneaked into her room and threw away her things.
After the Dong Chuang incident, his father almost broke his hand.
Xie Ren is really resistant to beatings. At the age of ten, he doesn't even frown when greeted by such a thick ruler.
I heard from the servants of the Xie family that the rulers in the Xie family ancestral hall had to be replaced every month, and each batch was eventually broken and thrown into the kitchen for fire.
How could there be such an unruly person in the world?
Jiang Ningyao pretended to be worried and fell asleep, but she didn't sleep deeply. She woke up when the slight footsteps approached her.
She quietly opened her eyes, just in time to see her guard chief Song Yun sitting on the ground beside her bed.
He just sat on the ground casually, without any formality.
Then she lay on the edge of the bed with her upper body, lowered her head, and looked at her hand outside the quilt, applying something carefully.
There was a chill on the back of his hand. He must have applied medicine to her and blew on it again.
But then, there was a warm touch on my fingertips.
Jiang Ningyao opened her eyes and saw the man beside the bed, lowered her head and kissed her fingertips.
And a very light sentence: "I'm sorry."
This was the second time he said sorry to her.
A coward doesn't even dare to apologize out loud.
……
Xie Ren spent the entire afternoon looking for scar removal medicine, rummaging through almost all drug stores in the capital.
After searching for several ointments, he was afraid of making another mistake, so he scraped his own skin to confirm which ointment was the mildest before he dared to use it on Jiang Ningyao.
After secretly giving Jiang Ningyao the medicine, he returned to his room and fell asleep. He was sleeping soundly when suddenly a call came from his ears:
"Huanhuan——"
