Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 521 - 519

Chapter 521: Chapter 519

Given what had happened, everyone dispersed from the Lingcang Tower. Xiao’er no longer felt like exploring, so they all returned to the sightseeing boat the way they came.

On the way back, someone suggested playing Truth or Dare, but Shangguan Wanru declined. She took out her Western instruments and played them one by one, asking Xiao’er for guidance on each.

Xiao’er was not proficient in everything but was highly skilled in what she knew.

So all the way back, Shangguan Wanru played a piece and then Xiao’er played a piece in turn. The same pieces of music, played by these two, made completely different impressions, allowing the audience to deeply understand how exceptional was the talent of Miss Rui’an County. Her skills made people feel they were merely chasing after dust!

Shangguan Wanru was not the type to get upset when someone else outperforms her; on the contrary, knowing how talented Xiao’er was, she decided to stick with Xiao’er until she could someday play pieces with such perfection.

When they disembarked, Shangguan Wanru disregarded the cold and dark face of a certain someone, taking Xiao’er’s hand tightly and not allowing her to pull it away: "Miss Rui’an County, I will visit the Marquis Shengping Mansion to see you tomorrow. Remember not to go out, and wait for me in the mansion!"

Tomorrow? She had to paint a picture for her as a birthday gift tomorrow! Hearing this, Xiao’er quickly said, "Princess Wanru, I will be busy tomorrow. I’ll be in the Imperial Capital, let’s meet another day! After your birthday, we can make arrangements again."

Shangguan Wanru was fairly disappointed to hear this, but nodded: "OK then."

Xiao’er sighed in relief.

After the boat docked, everyone disembarked.

Zhao Yong was waiting in the carriage on the side, and Yang Liu, who was following behind them, saw and said, "Miss, our carriage is parked over there."

Xiao’er looked over and did see their family’s carriage. She said to Shangguan Wanru, who was clinging to her arm and not willing to let go, "Princess, excuse me, I will see you the day after tomorrow."

"Why are you in such a hurry to leave? My carriage is comfortable, why don’t you ride in mine?" said Shangguan Wanru, tightening her grip on Xiao’er’s arm and then forcefully pulling her towards the carriage of Prince An’s Mansion.

Naturally, the carriage of the Marquis Shengping Mansion could not be compared to that of the Prince An’s Mansion. Nevertheless, that was just on the outside. Xiao’er’s carriage was very comfortable on the inside.

Shangguan Xuanyi could not let this happen. He tapped Shangguan Wanru’s hand with his folding fan, and she quickly retracted her hand.

Ignoring the gazes of everyone around, Shangguan Xuanyi carried Xiao’er towards the carriage of the Marquis Shengping Mansion.

Shangguan Wanru wanted to follow them and ride in Xiao’er’s carriage.

Fu Ranhui went over to Shangguan Wanru and stopped her: "Let’s go, you don’t want to be kicked out of the carriage halfway by the Sixth Prince, do you?"

Shangguan Wanru thought of Shangguan Xuanyi’s extremely dark face and realized that it was highly unlikely, so she finally gave up.

Watching Shangguan Xuanyi carry Xiao’er away, Princess Ling’er could not help but curse, "Shameless!"

"Sour grapes!" Fu Ranhui commented indifferently.

Princess Ling’er felt very agitated upon hearing these words. She gave Fu Ranhui a fierce look and walked off angrily towards her own carriage.

Shangguan Xuanyi, carrying Xiao’er, got into the carriage together. Yang Liu sat next to Zhao Yong. With Shangguan Xuanyi around, Yang Liu always kept her distance, waiting for orders.

In the carriage, Xiao’er took out a bottle of medicinal pills and handed it to him, "Brother Shangguan, does your hand still hurt?"

Shangguan Xuanyi shook his head, "It doesn’t hurt anymore. Keep the medicinal pills and don’t use them arbitrarily. When I return home, I’ll have Xiao Fuzi rub some medicinal wine on it, and that will be fine."

The girl’s medicinal pills could be life-saving at critical moments, Shangguan Xuanyi had experienced that. After the incident where she almost lost her life due to a lack of medicine, he had become reluctant to use the pills unless absolutely necessary.

Xiao’er understood his thoughts. She also had medicinal wine, but its effects were not as immediate, requiring two or three days to heal.

Xiao’er took out a small bottle of medicinal wine and a piece of ginger: "Take off your clothes, and I will apply the medicinal wine."

If Xiao’er was willing to apply the medicine, why would Shangguan Xuanyi prefer to have Xiao Fuzi do it instead? However:

"I can’t take off my clothes myself because my hand hurts."

"Who just said a moment ago that it didn’t hurt? And now you can’t even take off your clothes!" His skin was getting thicker in front of her, and it was increasingly overbearing.

"Things change over time." He didn’t want her to worry a moment ago, but now she was willing to apply the medicine for him, and he was greatly anticipating it. Of course, he was no longer coy about it. On the contrary, he had to say that it hurts even if it didn’t.

Knowing that his hand must have been strained when he saved her, although Xiao’er talked like this, she still helped him undo his clothes, revealing an arm and half a shoulder.

"You shouldn’t have carried me just now! What if the injury gets worse?" Xiao’er complained.

"No, it won’t happen." Even if he got hurt, he had to hold her.

As Xiao’er applied the medicinal wine, Shangguan Xuanyi’s lips curved up slightly, his eyes full of deep affection. He felt extremely satisfied watching her help him.

Not knowing where he was hurt, Xiao’er decided to help him apply the medicinal wine to his left side as well after she finished with his right side, and then helped him adjust his clothes.

"Okay, have Xiao Fuzi apply it again for you after you’ve taken a bath in the evening. It should be much better by tomorrow. Actually, you can apply it yourself!"

Was he afraid of applying medicine when he wasn’t afraid of carrying her?

Shangguan Xuanyi didn’t reply. He decided to ask her to apply the medicine for him again that night.

"Did Princess Ling’er do it on purpose just now?" Shangguan Xuanyi had been occupied with shooting the rat with darts at the time and hadn’t scrutinized Princess Ling’er’s expression.

Xiao’er shook her head: "I don’t know, I don’t think so. She couldn’t have known that the guardrail would break."

"But she could have used the chance to wave her hand and intentionally hit you or push you. In that case, you could have fallen as well."

"Princess Ling’er might take a little advantage of me because she is angry that I ’stole’ you from her, but she wouldn’t dare intentionally push me off. She doesn’t have that kind of nerve."

Shangguan Xuanyi didn’t say anything. Who knows if she had the nerve or not? Among these palace women and noble daughters, there were certainly those with malicious intent.

People who could disregard their family and country for their own self-interest were not nonexistent.

"It’s because you’re so good that she can’t let go and keeps nagging you. Since you ignore her, she has no choice but to vent her anger on me, the person who ’stole’ you from her." Xiao’er continued.

"Nonsense! I don’t belong to her! There’s no need to talk about ’stealing’ anything! Besides, it wasn’t you who ’stole’ me, I chose to be with you! You don’t have to worry about her. If she makes you uncomfortable, I will find a way to keep her from appearing in front of you forever."

"Keep her from appearing in front of me forever?" Xiao’er was taken aback.

"I won the deal. Sometimes it isn’t necessary to take her actions seriously. The more she tries to make me uncomfortable, the more upset she’ll feel inside. As long as I show her how happy and content I am, she can just go mad."

It didn’t concern him whether Princess Ling’er felt upset or not. But if it turned out that Xiao’er’s near-fall from the tower had something to do with her, he would find a way to get her to marry someone.

Then she wouldn’t need to appear in front of them anymore.

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