The survival rule of an illegitimate daughter 85 Can a kiss really save someone?

  With a nervous heart, I passed through the rows of standing guards on both sides, only to see many maids and young ladies standing around the pavilion, each wearing gold and silver, looking very majestic.

  The shallow purple small vertical collar is all over the golden branch, and the silk collar is scattered with rich and noble peony. The King of Jingtao Wangfei sits in a pavilion, looking at Ruoxi with a gentle face.

  Like a feeling beforehand, slightly lifting the hem of her skirt, she knelt down and respectfully kowtowed, shouting: "Ru Qing has seen the imperial consort, may the imperial consort have good fortune and safety."

  The Empress Dowager gently waved her hands and said softly, "Good child, get up quickly, no need for so many empty courtesies."

  Song Jiang's family busied themselves, helping Ruhua to her feet. After she stood up straight, Empress Jing waved at her. Ruhua stepped forward two steps, and the empress grasped her hand, looking her up and down with a warm gaze: "I've been hearing about your troubled marriage for some time now, my heart has been anxious like anything. Now it's finally settled. I can finally rest easy."

  Ruqin replied softly, "What the imperial consort said is that Ruqin is incompetent and cannot let the Xiang family look down on her. What does it have to do with the imperial consort? The imperial consort must not blame herself. Ruqin will be very resentful."

  The King's wife, Jing Tai, chuckled and said, "You're such a humble child. However, the He family has been renowned for their noble character throughout generations, and the young master of the He family is also quite responsible. Having such a husband wouldn't be a shame to the Fang family either."

  As usual, she spoke in a soft and gentle tone, "Thanks to the empress's praise, even the empress herself praised her like that, it must be the best."

  The princess of Jing Tai Wang and Song Jiang's wife exchanged a glance, and Song Jiang's wife understood. With a sleight of hand, she produced a silver copper plate, on top of which was covered with a bright red embroidered gold silk handkerchief. The princess lifted the handkerchief, revealing a jade pendant that shone with a quiet beauty on the red cloth.

  The Empress Dowager handed over the cane to Ruqing, and said with a warm smile: "Here, take it. This is my wedding gift to you, accept it."

  "Your Highness, such a precious gift, I beg your pardon but I dare not accept it."

  The Empress Dowager Jing Tai grabbed her hand without warning, stuffed it into hers, and said, "Good child, don't be polite to me. Here, take it."

  How can I dare to want it, who knows if this will be someone else's sugar-coated cannonball.

  "This hairpin may be expensive, but it's not more precious than a person's heart. You're a good one, and you can afford to receive it. Come on, take it, or I'll get angry." The Empress Dowager pretended to be angry, and seeing that she was determined, Jing also had no choice but to put aside her nervousness and accept the hairpin. "The Empress Dowager's kindness is like a command, I dare not disobey," she said as she took the heavy, cool-to-the-touch jade hairpin with its warm, pale green color. It was truly a rare treasure in this world, whether in terms of craftsmanship or design, every detail was exquisite and refined. Even if one had money, it would be hard to buy something like this on the market; it must have been an imperial tribute."

  As if reluctant to part with her hand, she didn't want to just take the thing and leave. Stiffening her legs, she chatted with the imperial consort for a while, "Is the imperial consort also here to burn incense?"

  "Yes, staying in the palace is suffocating, so I came out for a walk. But as a woman of virtue, I have nowhere to go and can only stay in the temple for half a day."

  According to the customs of various families, Mid-Autumn Festival is a time for diverse celebrations. People eat mooncakes, listen to the sheng and flute, and hold banquets to admire the moon with guests. So why isn't this person celebrating in the palace, but instead has run off to the temple?

  Although she was puzzled in her heart, she cleverly said: "The temple is quiet and peaceful, the scenery is unique, and the imperial concubine is really good at choosing a place."

  The princess smiled and said: "You just came the other day. This time you're here again, but I haven't seen much of you. However, it's rare for my unruly son to be willing to come, so I'll join him."

  What a big surprise, looking around, Li Xiu has also arrived? That's not good, I'd better hurry up and leave.

  The King's wife looked at Jingtao with a mixture of surprise and panic on her face, but in her heart, she was thinking to herself. However, she said: "Last time, Xiao Er suddenly proposed to you unexpectedly, I was really surprised. But thinking about it, having you as my daughter-in-law wouldn't be bad either. Unfortunately, the He family got ahead of us first. Sigh, what a pity."

  As the feelings are in my heart, previously when the Fu family rejected the Jing Wangfu's proposal, the reason was just that they didn't dare to aim high. But how did it become "He family got ahead" in the mouth of Queen Dowager Jing? However, I suppose with Queen Dowager Jing's thoughts, this wouldn't be a regret, but rather something to be happy about. Look at her smiling like that, without any embarrassment or anger from her son's proposal being rejected.

  Ruqin made a humble and fearful appearance, "Thanks to the kindness of the Grand Princess, Ruqin is not worthy. The Wang family has a high status, how can Ruqin dare to climb so high? Ruqin is unrefined and unworthy, coming from a small family, and is afraid of not being able to fulfill the duties of the main wife. The Grand Princess should help the Prince choose another virtuous woman instead."

  The Empress Dowager Jing Tai murmured softly, her eyes wandering around, and suddenly saw a certain place, smiling and saying, "Hehe, Xiao Er is back."

  Her heart racing like thunder, she hastily said: "Your Highness, I've been out for a long time and fear that my family will be looking for me. I dare not linger any longer, so I bid you farewell." With that, she bowed to the queen and turned to leave without waiting for her response, hurrying out of the pavilion.

  Fortunately, Li Xiu was coming from another way, and there were still many tall and majestic guards blocking the view. Moreover, there were also many maidservants surrounding the pavilion, so they couldn't see each other for the time being.

  Her heart racing like a drum, she hastily left the pavilion, taking quick small steps with her delicate feet. Behind her, she heard the high and low voices saying "We've seen the prince, we've seen Miss Xu."

  Suddenly, as if she had lost her breath, it turned out that Jing Wang was accompanying the beauty to the temple to burn incense. With the beauty by his side, how could he notice this unremarkable little pebble... So, Ruoxi's footsteps became calm and unhurried.

  ……

  Li Xian had his hands behind his back, carelessly glancing at the backs of several girls in front of him. Xu Erniang looked curiously and asked the servant standing outside the pavilion: "Hey, that girl looks unfamiliar, I wonder which family's daughter she is."

  The old woman replied respectfully, "It's Fourth Miss of Fang Manor."

  "Which Fang's residence?"

  "That..." The old woman didn't know how to respond, and after thinking for a moment, she said: "It's the Fang Manor that lost its official position two years ago due to the case of selling poisonous rice." She paused, then continued: "The young lady just now is the youngest daughter of the master of Fang Manor."

  Xu Niang uttered an "oh", but she was just a young woman from a poor family, not worth worrying about. Just as she was about to turn her head and speak softly to Li Xiu, she saw Li Xiu instructing one of the guards beside him, "You, go forward and stop that girl."

  The guard was taken aback for a moment, then hastily bowed and led the way out.

  Miss Xu was taken aback, "Your Highness, you..."

  Li Xiao gave her a faint glance and said, "It's getting late, I'll have someone escort you back."

  "Xu said: "It's not too late now, we just had lunch, and this time is just right for tasting tea and appreciating flowers..."

  "But I don't like drinking tea, nor do I enjoy admiring flowers." Li Xiao crossed his arms and gazed at the stiff, pale green figure being blocked by the guards in front of him. Rarely in a good mood, he gave a gentle order to another guard beside him, "Xu's safety is now in your hands. If anything happens to Xu, come find me immediately."

  The guard hastily obeyed and bowed to Xu Niang, saying: "Miss Xu, please!"

  Xu's face turned pale with anger, and she looked at Li Xiao with a mixture of grievance and indignation. Seeing that he didn't react at all, she could only helplessly look towards the pavilion where Princess Jing was.

  The King's wife, Jing Tai, who had seen everything just now, sighed silently, got up and walked out of the pavilion slowly. She said to Xu Niang in a gentle tone: "I suddenly remembered that I have something important to attend to later, so it's not convenient for me to keep guests. Yuanyuan, let Wang Huwei send you back first."

  The young lady of the Lǐnguó Duke's household knew that she had been given a dismissive order, and her heart was filled with shame and annoyance. She didn't dare to linger any longer, so she bid farewell to the Crown Princess Chéng and Li Xīao, curtsied elegantly, and walked past Rúqíng with an air of pride. Her footsteps paused for a moment, and she couldn't help but glance up and down at Rúqíng, who smiled politely at her with a hint of a smile and a slight nod, as if greeting her. The young lady of the Lǐnguó Duke's household also nodded and smiled in response, but a flash of envy flickered in her eyes before turning into a bitter smile. In the end, she straightened her back and departed elegantly once again.

  Unlike the shame and anger of being a national prostitute, Yu Rou's emotions at this time were tense, anxious, and indignant, but in front of the powerful, she could only pretend to be honest and fearful. With heavy footsteps, she came to Li Xiu's side five steps away, according to usual etiquette, ordinary officials' wives also had to follow formal etiquette in front of the emperor.

  But this courtesy was all in vain, for the reason was simple: the Daqing imperial court had strict rules of propriety, and women were not allowed to meet with men who were not close relatives. As a noble prince, it was impossible for him to meet with an official's family members. So, as if he had found an opportunity, and also to vent his anger at Li Xiao, he slightly bent his knees and said in a low voice: "What instructions does Your Highness have?"

  The golden autumn sunlight was bright but not scorching, casting dappled shadows through the cypress branches on either side of the road. Some of the light fell on the pale face of the girl in front of him, making her skin appear unusually translucent. Li Xiao's keen eyesight, honed from years of archery practice, allowed him to see clearly from five paces away that the girl's thick eyelashes under her slender eyebrows were trembling like a fan, like the gentle fluttering of a butterfly's wings - an appearance that seemed calm and serene but was actually on the verge of erupting in anger.

  Li Xī was quite certain in his conclusion.

  But what right does she have to be angry with him? It should be him who is angry instead.

  After waiting for a long time, there was still no response, and her heart felt even more distressed. This hateful guy, he's been staring at her with an ulterior motive, is he trying to give her a warning or show off his dignity as the prince?

  "Your Highness," Ru Qing raised her eyes, staring at Li Xiao who was wearing a dazzling golden purple dark embroidered chest and abdomen robe with ink green thread embroidery of mountains and rivers patterns. He wore a purple gold double dragon crown on his head, a jade belt around his waist, and a natural emerald green jade pendant hanging from the palace ribbon on his waistband. With his hands behind his back, he stood in front of her, surrounded by standing guards, while the mountain wind blew fiercely but not gently at his robe... Although she disliked this person, she had to admit that he was indeed born to be a clothes rack.

  Compared to Jiang Yunran, who is known as the number one handsome man in the capital for his elegant and refined appearance, this person has a more heroic bearing of a martial artist; Zhi Shu Da Li's shy and melancholic Xiang Yunhan, standing in front of him, was instantly overshadowed.

  In front of Jiang Yunran, as Qingyuan can do it with ease and poise, in front of Xiang Yunhan, he is even more at ease, but only in front of this person, must be on high alert.

  "The king if there is nothing to instruct, please allow the slave family to retire first." As the situation was about to be resolved and the bodyguard was about to leave, Li Xiong spoke up, "You come here, I have something to ask you." This time his tone was somewhat softer.

  "As if he had made up his mind, 'Alright, listen carefully.' Staring at Li Xiong's somewhat gloomy face, he sneered inwardly, guessing that it was probably due to the previous proposal to the Fang family being rejected. However, with so many people around, she didn't believe that His Highness's dignity would allow him to ask such a thing openly."

  The girl in front of him had a look that was as fearless as a dead pig being scalded, which shocked Li Xiao. He gritted his teeth and stared at her slightly raised chin, his hands clenched behind his back, struggling to restrain himself from pinching her slender neck.

  At this time, Jing Tai's wife finally couldn't bear it and stepped forward a few steps, frowning at her son, "Xiao Er, what's the point of stopping Miss Fang? If this gets out, you'll be known as reckless. Disregarding etiquette, let Miss Fang go back."

  Li Xiang pursed his lips and said in a low voice: "Mother, please take the servants and leave for a while. I have something to say to... Fang Niang."

  The King's wife furrowed her brow again and said in a low voice: "Xiao Er, you..."

  Li Xiu turned around and ordered the guards on either side of him, "All of you retreat to the front and guard it. No one is allowed to take another step closer."

  The eunuch looked at Princess Jing and then glanced at Li Xiong, finally bowing his head to accept the order. Before long, the guards withdrew cleanly, about twenty steps away from the pavilion, but they subtly surrounded the pavilion, making it impossible to escape.

  After seeing this scene, although Queen Jing was displeased in her heart, she couldn't stop it anymore. She still gently advised, "Other people's delicate and weak girls can't stand being frightened. If there's anything to say, say it properly, don't scare them, understand?" She knew that her son had finally taken a liking to a girl, and the other party had come to their doorstep with proper etiquette, but unexpectedly rejected him. This tone was still stuck in his throat, and as his mother, she knew him best - such a proud person couldn't swallow this tone. Today, he must ask clearly before leaving. However, she also feared that the young girl who hadn't seen the world would be scared by her son's fierce demeanor, so she could only warn him with a glare, "If you scare the little girl, watch me not go back and tell your father."

  Li Xiao said impatiently, "Mother, it's just a few questions, and he won't eat her. Alright, Mother, you can leave now. It won't take too long."

  ……

  With a tense heart, she came to the pavilion, and even her personal maid was pushed away five steps from the pavilion. Now there were only she and Li Xiao in the pavilion, with six or seven steps between them.

  With a sullen expression, he muttered to himself "Namo Amitabha Buddha", although not entirely sincere in his devotion. He implored the various deities to take pity on him for momentarily clinging to Buddhism, and to please look out for him. After all, when faced with a critical situation, he hadn't thought of the Western Jesus or the Greek sun god Apollo, but rather the deities here, who although not particularly good-looking, he sincerely believed in, having abandoned even the handsome Apollo, so they must show their divine power...

  Li Xiu slowly turned around, looking at her little mouth opening and closing, wondering what she was muttering to herself, and couldn't help but smile, guessing that she was scolding him again.

  He coughed lightly and said with a straight face, "Why must you refuse my proposal?" Seeing Lu Qing's bewildered eyes, he added another sentence, "Could it be that I, the king, am not even comparable to He Zhi Cheng?"

  She measured her words and said, "Thanks to the king's appreciation of our humble family... However, my father is a scholar who values propriety... Before Madame Fu arrived, the He family had already... The king has come a step too late." Originally she also wanted to put on an official tone, but this guy was indeed not easy to intimidate, and after just starting, he was stared at by him, and finally could only muddle through.

  Li Xiang let out a cold snort, knowing that this girl was good at speaking clever words and telling lies, but couldn't think of a better retort. Swallowing the discomfort in his heart, he said: "So, it seems that the marriage between the Li family and the He family is already set in stone?"

  As if nodding in agreement.

  Li Xiao was silent for a while, then asked: "When will you get married?"

  It's infuriating that he would even dare ask such private questions, it's really outrageous.

  But what's even more unbelievable is her response, knowing it was against the rules, yet she still answered truthfully: "This January."

  Li Xiang this time completely stopped talking again.

  The Mid-Autumn Festival's atmosphere has already become somewhat chilly, but today the sun is shining brightly, so I'm wearing thin clothes. The pavilion is cool and refreshing, with sunlight unable to penetrate inside, while outside there's a vast lake with water that carries a hint of chilliness, making me feel quite cold indeed.

  She looked around, the sun had already begun to set in the west, and she was secretly anxious. She exchanged a sly glance with the three maids outside the pavilion. Linglong suddenly clutched her belly and cried out, "Oh no, my stomach hurts so much! Miss, I need to go relieve myself, what should I do?"

  As if he secretly admired this girl's quick reaction in his heart, he hastily said: "Then hurry up and go, but don't suffocate."

  Linglong looked at Li Xiao again, but unexpectedly Li Xiao seemed to smile and glance at her, looking like a sentiment, "There must be a master and a servant. You're the same, used to pretending to be crazy and silly."

  "In her heart, she felt a pang of anger and silently cursed the guy for being so difficult to deal with. But on the surface, she said: 'Your Highness, this servant girl must have eaten too much at noon and is now having stomach trouble. Please spare her and let her go relieve herself.'"

  Li Xiao hummed softly and waved his hand, "Go."

  Linglong looked at Ruqing with a pitiful expression, "Miss, I couldn't find the restroom."

  Chen Xiang nodded in agreement, as if he had made up his mind. "I can find it," he said hastily. "Let me take you there." Then, holding up his skirt, he rushed out.

  Just as the four masters and servants were secretly rejoicing at their impending escape, Li Xiao suddenly shouted, "Wang Hu!"

  A guard in armor suddenly appeared before Ru Xiang and said, "Take Fang's maid to the latrine."

  Wang Hu bowed with his fists together, "Yes, I will follow your orders." Then he said to Linglong, "Miss, please come with me."

  Linglong was blinded by love, just like she was blind to everything else... But, circumstances were stronger than people, and in the end, Linglong followed Wang Hu with a three-step backward glance into the thatched cottage...

  Ruan Qing could no longer bear it and glared at Li Xiao, cursing his ancestors for eighteen generations in her heart.

  For some reason, Li Xiu really couldn't stand the gentle and clever appearance of Yu Qiong, always wanting to force out her true face. But at this time, with a round and wide-eyed gaze, she dared not speak, looking like a little pig that had its tail stepped on, which inexplicably delighted him.

  "In fact, in front of me, there's no need to pretend to be a dignified lady." Li Xue relaxed her mood, lifted the hem of her skirt and sat down on the stone bench where Jing Tai Wangfei had just sat, which was padded with thick silk cushions, making it exceptionally comfortable.

  He gazed at Ru Zhou with a smile in his eyes, "Having seen too many so-called virtuous women who never change, I'm really fed up. In front of me, there's no need to be like that."

  "Does the king want me to reveal my true nature? But I'm afraid the king can't handle my true nature."

  Li Xiao burst out laughing, "What, you still want to beat me up?"

  With a clenched fist and gritted teeth, she said: "If Master Wang doesn't pursue the matter of my previous offense, not only will I beat you up, but I'll also make sure you're left crawling on the ground to pick up your teeth."

  It seemed like he had heard a huge joke, and Li Xiao laughed even louder, "I won't fight back, you come and hit me."

  As if he knew she didn't dare hit him... This rascal!

  Suddenly, Li Xiao suddenly stood up, as if frightened, and retreated continuously, staring at him in horror, "You, what do you want to do?"

  Li Xuli stood one step ahead of her, and at such a close distance, he could only notice that the girl in front of him was really petite, with a height that only reached his chin, and a slender body. Such a small body, yet she always loved to pretend to be mature, especially to act like a lady. He thought back to those years in Qizhou's Fang Manor, when he saw a little servant girl who used to walk around without any elegance, suddenly came out of the courtyard, muttered to herself "I'm a lady, I'm a lady", and then pretended to be a lady with small steps, her face squeezed into a calm expression, yet it was completely unconvincing. From that time on, the image of this hypocritical servant girl would always flash in his mind.

  Now, time flies, and the little girl who used to react quickly to pick up a broken pot lid from the ground to block in front of her when she saw him fighting with Zhiyi, and found that Zhiyi was at a disadvantage, and still wanted to throw the pot at him, has grown into a slender and elegant young woman, like a flower about to bloom, born bright and moving.

  But this little girl, in the ups and downs of marriage changes, can be calm and composed, and even dare to refuse his proposal, I don't know whether to say she has courage or the Fang family really has backbone.

  The rejection of the proposal did not make him feel ashamed, but only felt very regretful. The little girl who had been in his mind for a long time, with her changing and rich appearance, was about to marry another man and call him husband, and give birth to children... As soon as he thought of this scene, Li Xiang only felt a sour heart, and couldn't help but feel jealous from the bottom of his heart. He stared at her slightly bulging chest with a sly and insidious look, "Just eating melons won't make you grow into a big bun from Shandong, it's better to drink more water to have a good appearance."

  "Ah, you, you, what do you mean? Ah... how did you know..." She didn't react slowly, immediately guessing the embarrassing matter, hurriedly covering her chest with both hands, feeling anxious, embarrassed and angry, with tears of frustration welling up in her eyes...

  So angry that the face, which was as pale as a ghost, turned bright red, and it looked good, just like the peach blossoms in the backyard of the Wang's mansion.

  Li Xiao added viciously, "I not only know, but also know that the place where the arrow egg passed through the water became a lotus seed pod."

  It was as if a thunderclap had struck the ground, and she was so startled that her face turned pale. She subconsciously took a step back, unaware that behind her was a knee-high railing. She retreated too hastily, causing one of her heels to slip off the edge of the pavilion's wall, and her body began to fall backwards. Before she could even cry out in alarm, her body was already airborne, and with her legs pointing towards the sky, she tumbled into the lake below the pavilion.

  The icy lake water made her suddenly sober, and the suffocating cold air in her mind made her recall the scene of being forced into the lake by the mountain bandits. Fortunately, this time she knew how to swim, puffed out her chest, held in her abdomen, and after three or five strokes, she swam up to the surface of the lake.

  Li Xiao in the pavilion saw Ruo Xin fall into the water, and didn't even have time to grab her. Just as he was about to jump into the water to rescue her, he suddenly remembered that this girl knew how to swim. So he just stood on the pavilion watching Ruo Xin, who looked like a drowned chicken, with her thin cotton clothes clinging tightly to her delicate figure. When his eyes landed on a certain bulging spot, his expression darkened...

  While outside, several people heard the commotion and rushed into the pavilion, seeing Ruoqing fall into the water. Everyone was so anxious that they jumped in surprise. Linglong had already taken off her green jacket and was preparing to jump into the water to rescue Ruoqing, when Ruoqing shouted from below, "Don't come down, I can swim up myself!"

  "Lingyue anxiously said: 'Miss, you have to be careful, quickly swim to the shore and I'll come to meet you.' Saying that, she pulled Xiang Yuqin out of the pavilion in a hurry, rushing towards the lake."

  The Empress Dowager Jing Tai also heard the sound and hurried to the pavilion, seeing Lu Qing like this, she was so anxious that she couldn't help but instruct the guards who knew how to swim to dive in and rescue him. "Oh, how did it become like this? The lake is cold, quickly save him! What if he catches a chill... Ruo Xi, you're really something, how could you..."

  The guards waiting by the water saw that the emperor had already floated to the surface and were hesitating about whether or not to jump in and rescue him.

  But as I walked along the shore, I slowed down and approached the edge of the water. However, all around me were thick clusters of tall grass that reached up to my shoulders. I wondered if there might be snakes or insects hiding in them...

  While looking around, suddenly, as if a foot had cramps, she exclaimed in her heart and her body fell straight down to the bottom of the lake, "Help, help..."

  Li Xiao, who was standing on the shore, saw clearly and her face changed greatly. She jumped up to jump into the water to rescue people, but Jing Tai Wangfei held her tightly and said sternly: "Xiaoer, don't forget, you can't get in the water..."

  Li Xiao's eyes were bloodshot, "Let me go!"

  Don't look at Princess Jingtao's weak body, but this time she had endless strength. Li Xiao was caught by her and his arm hurt, Song Jiang's wife and several other women also came forward and hugged Li Xiao tightly, shouting: "Your Majesty, don't go into the water, Master Yuanshan said you have a water calamity."

  Li Xiu kicked a foot onto an old woman's body, and the old woman was kicked in the abdomen, so painful that she gasped for air. However, Li Xiu hated her even more but didn't dare to really kick his own mother. The Empress Dowager Jing held Li Xiu tightly while sternly ordering those stunned guards, "What are you still standing there for? Why don't you quickly go into the water and rescue people? If Fang's daughter has any accidents, I will make all of your heads fall to the ground."

  The guards suddenly came to their senses and jumped into the water to rescue people.

  This time, Ruqing was not as lucky as last time. Last time, she tried to hold on to her composure, so she didn't swallow much water. This time, due to cramps in her legs and fear in her heart, when the guards rescued her onto the shore, she had already fainted. Xiangxiang cried as she crawled over, patting her face and pressing on her abdomen, and a lot of water was squeezed out of Ruqing's mouth and nose, but she still didn't wake up. Several maids were so anxious that they ran around in circles. Li Xiao, who had finally gained his freedom, stumbled to the shore, trembling as he felt for her breath. Suddenly, he fell to the ground with a thud, his mind going blank...

  The Empress Dowager Jing almost fell over, and Song Jiang's family quickly supported her, comforting her: "Your Highness, don't worry, someone has already been sent to fetch the imperial physician on horseback. I believe Miss Fang is a lucky person with a good destiny, nothing will happen to her..." The rest of his words were left unsaid, as the imperial physicians usually served in the palace, and even if they rode a thousand-li fine steed, it would still take more than an hour to fetch them from the palace...

  "Impossible, my daughter has suffered so much hardship and difficulty to get where she is today, it can't end like this, there must be a way to save her, there must be a way to save her." As he spoke, he frantically pressed on her abdomen and slapped her face.

  "...kiss...mouth to mouth..."

  Chen Xiang frantically pressed against Ruyi's belly, not listening at all, while Linglong, who had been stunned, suddenly heard the words "kiss" and suddenly pushed Chen Xiang away, shouting: "I have a way, let go." Then she pinched Ruyi's mouth, leaned down, and trembled her lips onto Ruyi's already icy cold lips.

  The Empress Dowager of Jing Tai was stunned, some guards were also wide-eyed, but others exclaimed in surprise: "Kiss, right, kiss can save people, how did I not think of it?"

  One person started booing, and some guards followed suit, saying: "Yes, yes, kissing can save people. Didn't Fang Niang do the same to save Wang Ye back then?" Suddenly, the guard who spoke was pinched by someone and immediately shut up. He subconsciously looked at Li Xiao, who was staring intently at Ru Qing, who was lying on the ground motionless. Ling Long was also staring at Ru Qing with wide eyes, kissing her lips repeatedly, sometimes pinching her nose, sometimes lifting her head, and then continuing to kiss her. In his mind, he thought: Could it be that kissing really can save people? But this girl is too heavy-handed, why pinch the nose so hard? And why pinch Ru Qing's cheeks while kissing her, isn't that painful? So he pushed Ling Long away, "Let me do it."

  Digression

  Old rules, haha, want double updates, depends on everyone's performance, hehe