kingnovel Chapter 124: The Gap
Chapter 124: The Gap
Seeing Princess Tianning fall into the water, everyone panicked.
Even Huarong, who had not reacted until now, ran to the pond and shouted "Princess! Princess!", trying to pull the princess up. Die'er followed closely behind. Baoguifei was so anxious that her eyebrows were furrowed. After shaking her head at Yunzhen, she rushed to the pond to help.
Yizhen was timid and didn't know what to do after being frightened, so she subconsciously leaned towards Ji Anni.
Ji Anni was the one who was in a daze the longest among all the people, and she only came back to her senses when Yizhen pushed her anxiously.
After she came to her senses, the person she noticed was not Tian Ning who was struggling in the water, but Yun Zhen who was still standing silently in the pavilion.
She didn't believe that Yun Zhen, who looked gentle and had no temper at all, dared to hit Princess Tianning, who even the emperor didn't dare to hit. Although if Yun Zhen hadn't stopped her just now, she would have probably hit her.
But it was normal for Yun Zhen to stop her from beating Tian Ning, but it was very unexpected that Yun Zhen helped her teach Tian Ning a lesson.
Maybe Yun Zhen couldn't bear it anymore, but maybe - for some reason, Ji Anni suddenly had such an idea - maybe Yun Zhen was also protecting himself.
Because if Ji Anni slapped her, it would definitely cause another storm. But on the other hand, Tian Ning's drunken nonsense really deserved a beating. Yun Zhen wanted to vent his anger for Baogui Fei on the one hand, and to protect Ji Anni on the other, so he chose to take action himself on impulse.
But does he know the consequences of his actions?
Ji Anni's heartbeat was faster than when she and Tian Ning had a big fight. She was so panicked that her mind went blank, not knowing whether to save Tian Ning or to blame Yun Zhen.
Compared to the panic of the crowd, Yun Zhen was very calm. There was no trace of regret in his calm eyes. Not only was there no regret, there was even a hint of anger hidden in it.
Maybe he had wanted to give this slap for a long time, but today he finally got the chance.
At this time, only the sound of water could be heard in the pool, and Princess Tianning was finally pulled ashore by everyone's concerted efforts.
Fortunately, it was summer now. The water in the pond had been exposed to the sun all day, so it was not cold at night. In fact, it was warmer than the ground. Princess Tianning did not catch a cold in the water, but after being pulled ashore by the crowd, she shivered in the night wind. Her lips, which were originally bright in color, were now blue-black due to the cold. Baogui Fei and Huarong were all scared.
"Princess, Princess..." Concubine Baogui sighed repeatedly, and hurriedly took out a silk handkerchief to wipe the water off Tianning's face. Then she immediately handed Tianning to Huarong and said, "Huarong, quickly accompany the princess into the house to wash up and change into clean clothes."
"No need!" Tian Ning pushed Hua Rong and Baogui Fei away with one palm, and the sound was so loud that it almost lifted the pavilion up.
She was already quite drunk, but after being soaked in water, she was completely sober again.
The place on her face where she was hit was still burning with pain. She gritted her teeth and glared at Yun Zhen who was five or six steps away, raising her hand in hatred. It seemed that she wanted to say something fierce, curse and warn him, but because she was so angry, she couldn't say anything. In addition, her whole body was extremely cold, and her tongue had been frozen stiff. Not to mention talking, I'm afraid that if she opened her mouth now, the first thing that would come out was a loud sneeze.
"Princess..." Seeing that she was shivering from the cold, Concubine Baogui hugged her shoulders worriedly.
"Get out!" Tian Ning pushed her away angrily, rushed across the small wooden bridge over the pond, and ran straight out of the gate.
"Princess!" Concubine Guigui was afraid that something might happen to her, so she shouted and hurriedly followed her.
Although Dier couldn't make any sound, she hurriedly chased after him.
Only Hua Rong paused for a moment and looked back at Ji Anni, but it was only a very hasty glance. It was so hasty that before Ji Anni could respond, Hua Rong followed Baogui Fei and Die'er to chase Tian Ning.
It was supposed to be a happy birthday party, but it ended in a bad way.
The courtyard was bustling just now, but in the blink of an eye, only Ji Anni, Yun Zhen and Yi Zhen were left, along with a pile of unfinished food and a simple barbecue grill by the pond. With such a commotion, no one was in the mood to eat anymore.
"Yizhen, I'll ask the palace maid to take you back." Ji Anni sighed and finally recovered from her previous dazed state.
"Xiao Zhao, you'd better have less contact with Princess Tianning. She is like a pot of water that is simmering with a lid on. You never know when it will boil. When the water boils so much that it breaks through the lid, the whole pot of water will splash out, and all the people standing near the pot will suffer. In the mildest case, they will be scalded, and in the worst case, they will be scalded to death. Xiao Zhao, avoid her if you can in the future." Yizhen had also suffered a lot from Princess Tianning and had long wanted to remind Ji Anni.
"If I could hide, I would have done so long ago. You saw that she came here on her own today." Ji Anni was also troubled by the mention of Princess Tianning. Although she admitted that Tianning was not bad by nature, her bad temper was her temper. She was spoiled since she was a child, and she only considered things from her own perspective, completely disregarding the feelings of others. In fact, just as she yelled out a bunch of nonsense when she was drunk just now, she was the only daughter of the Queen Mother, and she inherited the most noble bloodline of the Tianyou Holy Dynasty. She had every right to be arrogant.
Ji Anni and Princess Tianning had been getting along well for the past few days, and she thought everything was getting better, but she accidentally poked Tianning's hornet's nest and got stung. She couldn't put Princess Tianning under house arrest, so what else could she do with Tianning?
Ji Anni was feeling dizzy with worry when she suddenly heard Yizhen whisper, "Xiao Zhao, there is actually a solution..."
"What method?" Ji Anni asked subconsciously.
Yizhen said, "Just ask the emperor to arrange a marriage for the princess and marry her out of the palace. Then you will have a lot more peace and quiet around you in the future."
When Ji Anni heard this, it was as if she had suddenly been enlightened, and everything in front of her became clear.
This is amazing, I didn’t expect there is such a trick!
But then he thought again, just to keep quiet, he hastily ended the important matter that affected Tianning's life. Isn't it too impulsive and too rash? Besides, Princess Tianning is the apple of the Queen Mother's eye, and it may not be easy for her to marry off.
Thinking of the Queen Mother...
An image of a furious spotted tigress wearing gorgeous clothes and a double phoenix crown on her head suddenly appeared in Ji Annie's mind.
Putting aside the matter of arranging a marriage for Princess Tianning for the moment, Ji Anni looked at Yun Zhen worriedly and said, "Yun Zhen, you beat Princess Tianning today. What if the Queen Mother investigates?"
Yun Zhen said: "Your Majesty, don't worry. The princess dare not make this matter public."
"why?"
"Because the Queen Mother has never allowed her to drink."
So even though Tianning suffered a great humiliation this time, he could only swallow it in silence and dared not complain to the empress dowager.
So that's how it is. Ji Anni finally understood why Yun Zhen dared to hit Tian Ning. In fact, it was not an impulse at all, but he had already seen that the princess would not dare to complain. Thinking of this, Ji Anni couldn't help but sigh.
"Why is your Majesty sighing?" Yun Zhen asked.
Ji Anni thought about it, but she couldn't really explain it. She just suddenly felt a sense of distance. She tried to describe her thoughts at this moment: "It's like I see a ditch at my feet. Across the ditch are Concubine Baogui, Yizhen, Yunzhen, and even everyone I've seen since entering the palace. But on this side of the ditch, standing with me, is only Princess Tianning. Maybe this is why I can't really hate Tianning. I often feel that Tianning is ignorant, but maybe I'm just like her... I don't understand anything."
Even Ji Anni herself didn't know what she was saying, but Yun Zhen seemed to understand. She smiled calmly and whispered, "My queen, you can see this ditch, which is the first step for you to cross it."
Yun Zhen's words seemed to make some philosophical sense, and Ji Anni was stunned for a moment.