I will only protect you for the rest of my life39

She tightened the veil with her fingers and replied in a hoarse voice.

"Princess, you are joking. Your Highness is not familiar with me."

The fifth princess rolled her eyes, feeling bored.

On the other hand, Princess Anping, who was watching the excitement from the side, half-smiled.

"How could you not be familiar with me? Didn't I take you away from my princess yesterday? I heard that your condition worsened because of this incident. That's really my fault. I have to compensate you no matter what."

Shen Nanqing sighed in her heart. She just felt tired about this scene. After returning home, she didn't want to take this concubine with her anymore. She was too trouble-making.

Now that she had clearly aroused public anger, if she had been smarter and lowered her profile, she would have let it go. After all, there was a banquet later, and it was not appropriate for this matter to cause a big fuss and let His Majesty know about it. However, Shen Yang refused to admit it and even made a move. She looked aggrieved and didn't think about the fact that there were all noble ladies here. Who would pity her for this?

It was not a problem to continue the stalemate. Shen Nanqing was frowning and thinking of a way to think of something when he heard a familiar and pleasant voice.

"Why are you all here?"

After hearing who it was, Shen Nanqing felt relieved.

I don't know why, the little girl is obviously younger than me, and she looks like an innocent and romantic little princess, but she feels extra safe.

Not only she looked over, but everyone shrank back unconsciously when they saw Gardenia wearing a red dress approaching.

It's over, it won't end so easily when you meet this guy.

The smarter lady saw that no one noticed her, so she turned around and left with her maid, muttering something in a low voice that she hadn't dressed up yet.

The maid holding her twitched her eyes with a complicated expression.

She wanted to say that the little princess didn't notice this, so the young lady didn't have to deceive herself so much, but in the end she didn't say anything out loud.

Even the fifth princess who was arrogant just now swallowed her saliva and tried to be brave.

"How did you come?"

Gardenia's eyes wandered around the field, and she handed the lotus pod in her hand to Shen Nanqing with a natural tone.

"Join in the fun."

Why don't you come over if there's a show?

Just as he was talking, he noticed an eager gaze falling on his hand.

The little girl raised her head blankly and met Princess Anping's averted gaze.

She looked down, understood, picked up one and threw it over.

After receiving the lotus pod she gave her, Princess Anping's expression gradually improved, but she still handed it to her maid to keep proudly.

She was just putting on a show, holding a piece of food in her hand and looking unattractive.

Of course, she was not prepared to let the little girl know what she had just done. After all, she did not want to help Shen Nanqing just now.

The fifth princess frowned, and finally decided to leave first to avoid a head-on conflict with the little girl.

"Then you see, this princess is too lazy to stay here, it's unlucky."

She took the lead to leave, and the remaining princesses naturally took the others away as if nothing had happened. In a blink of an eye, most of the crowd dispersed, and the rest were considering looking for opportunities to have a relationship with the little girl.

Gardenia wrinkled the tip of her nose as she watched this scene.

"Am I mean?"

She didn't even ask what was going on here, why did she run away when he saw her.

Shen Nanqing was silent for a moment after hearing this, and answered without changing his expression.

"I guess they have something to do. Isn't there a party tonight? It will take some time to dress up."

Gardenia asked casually and didn't care about the answer. After hearing the words, she nodded to herself and sat down aside, without even looking at Shen Yang.

"Do you have anything else to do here? Why don't you go back to my yard with me and go there together later."

(End of chapter)