Chapter 23: bitten by a bug
Chapter 23 Bitten by Bugs
Ruan Youqing cherishes being able to live a new life. Therefore, since she opened her eyes and accepted her rebirth, she carefully planned all her future actions.
So, she doesn't want to expose her ability and strength easily.
But now it is very expected, if she still does nothing and pretends to be weak, then they will all be buried in the lion's mouth today.
Fortunately, she figured out a way not to expose herself too much in time. After all, she is really afraid that revealing her strength too early will cause too much trouble.
So when the lion jumped in front of Li Ange just now, what Ruan Youqing thought was to use Li Ange's hand to deal with the lion, which not only protected her, but also hid herself. So she carefully calculated the angle and distance, and controlled the force to throw a small stone somewhere on Li Ange's arm.
And the stinging pain at that position will make the opponent subconsciously throw away the hand holding the dagger.
Ruan Youqing calculated the angle so that the dagger could directly penetrate the lion's eyes.
The moment the lion stopped eating the pain, Ruan Youqing had already arrived behind Li Ange, holding her tightly.
Next, what Ruan Youqing has to do is to pretend to be a person who is terrified and loses his mind.
So, Ruan Youqing said in horror that he was afraid, while staring at the crazier lion, using the reason of his fear to get confused, and intentionally controlled the direction of Li Ange's avoidance.
Fortunately, before Li Ange realized how he dodged the lion's attack, the rescuers arrived.
After a group of people beat the lion to death with great effort, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Ruan Youqing was panting heavily, his face was bloodless.
And Li Ange even slumped on the ground with exhaustion, how could she care about her image as a princess.
Su Yuan, who had been far away, saw that the two had successfully escaped, and immediately brought a group of people over to help Ruan Youqing and Li Ange up.
"You two little girls! It's really..." Su Yuan's face was full of worry and fear, her eyes were still red, and she looked like she had just cried. Originally, as an elder, she still wanted to reprimand the two for how appalling their actions were just now, but after seeing the weak appearance of the girls, she took back what she was going to say and sighed a few times in distress.
Seeing this, Ruan Youqing said in a low voice with some shame: "I'm sorry, Empress, I surprised you."
Seeing that the other party took the blame on her, Su Yuan immediately said: "This palace is much better than you, you are the ones who were surprised."
The dangerous situation just now, if Li Ange hadn't stood behind them as if facing death, and if Ruan Youqing hadn't desperately pulled her forward, she might have been swallowed by a lion today.
It's just that Su Yuan, who has always been kind, didn't blame anything because the lion was furious because of Li Ange.
And Li Ange looked at Ruan Youqing's pale face, and also looked like he wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to say it.
Although Ruan Youqing just dragged her desperately to affect her actions, but she ran back out of worry about herself. Normally, she would have planned to scold the other party a few times, but now she knows that she is not qualified of.
after all…
This innocent disaster was caused by her.
Thinking of this, Li Ange bit her lip hard, feeling so uncomfortable that she wanted to cry.
Amidst the commotion, another group of people came from a distance.
It was the queen and queen mother who came here after hearing the news, as well as the emperor and Gu Changan who had been with him all along.
"What's going on! Why did the lion run out!" The emperor looked cold and stern at this time, and just arrived, he reprimanded the chief guard who was waiting to be punished.
The queen had already walked in front of Li Ange, and before Li Ange could speak, the queen reprimanded him: "Look at what you look like! This palace once told you that no matter what happens, you must always remember Your status as a princess, don’t lose face! And you, sitting on the ground in disheveled clothes, let others spread the word, and I will lose face as well!”
Li Ange originally thought that his mother would help her up worriedly, but in the end...he scolded her for embarrassment.
On the other hand, the queen mother, who was going towards Ruan Youqing, embraced her, looked up and down to see if she was injured, and said nothing more.
It wasn't until she heard the movement from Li Ange's side that the Queen Mother frowned and said sharply: "Queen, what time is it now, An Ge is your biological daughter!"
The queen was a little dissatisfied: "The concubine knows that An Ge is the concubine's daughter, and the concubine was worried on the way here just now. But now that she is safe, the concubine feels relieved to criticize her."
The emperor on the side saw that the atmosphere between the mother and the queen was not right, and immediately said in a deep voice: "Okay! Now is not the time to quarrel and accuse."
Su Yuan couldn't stand the queen's reaction at this time, she stood up and spoke for Li Ange: "Thanks to An Ge just now, otherwise...the concubine and Miss Ruan are afraid..."
Ruan Youqing also hurriedly said: "Yes, if it wasn't for the princess who stabbed the lion in the eye and made it stop for a while in pain, we would have been in danger."
"Oh?" Gu Changan, who had been silent until now, finally let out a low question to show his existence, and then continued with dark eyes: "The princess... actually stabbed the lion's eye?"
Ruan Youqing: "..."
She really digs a hole for herself!
Li Ange's expression was a little dazed: "I...I don't know...how did I get stabbed? It was...sudden...ah! Exactly! My arm suddenly hurt! My hand went out!"
When the other party finished speaking, Gu Changan narrowed his eyes thoughtfully.
Ruan Youqing tightened her body vigilantly. The queen mother thought she was still afraid, so she patted her shoulder and said softly:
"do not be afraid."
Ruan Youqing finally realized that he must not react too much.
But someone has already set his sights on himself!
Sure enough, Gu Changan suddenly gave a low laugh, and then said slowly: "I must have... the princess got help..."
Ruan Youqing looked at Gu Changan angrily.
Just when she thought the other party would push her out, Gu Changan hooked her lips and continued:
"It should be...a bug happened to bite a certain acupuncture point of the princess, and the princess subconsciously...moved that hand after suffering the pain. The time and place were right, and it stabbed the lion's eye just like that."
Listening to Gu Changan's serious nonsense, Ruan Youqing then looked away, completely relieved.
As long as...don't speak out about yourself...
Whatever else you say, just let him go!
The emperor laughed loudly after hearing this: "My princess is really very human."
Li Ange felt a little ashamed and lowered his head.
Afterwards, the emperor turned his head and ordered that he must investigate clearly, how could there be cracks in the rings that lock the cage.
Until now, this matter is considered to be over.
…
Li Ange had already been taken back to his own palace, so only Ruan Youqing followed the Queen Mother back to the Longevity Palace.
In the next few days, Ruan Youqing was closely watched by the queen mother, who ordered her to take various supplements.
It wasn't until she saw Ruan Youqing's small face gradually rounded up that the queen mother was willing to let her go back to the palace.
It's just that Ruan Youqing, who had just left the palace, didn't know that, as soon as she left the palace, she went to two waves of people to mention the matter to the emperor one after another.
This matter...is all related to Ruan Youqing.
(end of this chapter)