The Prince’s Beloved is Aiming for Someone Else - Chapter 21

Chapter 21: Danger in the Carriage

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

He said in an emotionless voice, “Remove them.”

Later, the maids of the imperial court maids went inside, and in a short time, the table was cleared off.

Outside the hall.

Li Baojia was so confused that she didn’t recover when she went out.

It was only when Taotao called her that she came to her senses. “Hmm? What’s wrong?”

Taotao repeated what she had just said, “Miss, what happened just now?”

Li Baojia said listlessly, “I don’t know. I think I was told to come back tomorrow?”

She thought it was so incredible!

This was not the same case as in the previous life…

She wasn’t narcissistic enough to think that Zhao Yi would suddenly show interest in her, but she didn’t figure out his intentions for doing so either.

The sudden affection for her… Had the matter of being a shield happened in advance?

She got on the carriage with questions in her mind and traveled smoothly back to the Li family.

Suddenly, a chaotic sound came from the front. It was the cries of children and screams of women mixed with the sound of heavy objects falling. It sounded like men and horses were thrown off their feet.

Li Baojia lifted the carriage curtain and saw a horse rushing straight at them!

The man on the horse didn’t look sober. His face was flushed and his eyes were glazed.

He strangled the reins tightly. The horse was breathing heavily with its nose snorting. Its speed was breakneck. In a flash, it was in front of them.

Li Baojia’s eyes widened as the coachman in front of them shouted, “Miss, hold on!”

He pulled the horse hard to the right. The horse’s front hooves left the ground and the right leg fell. The horse rushed toward them. It brushed their carriage and bumped against it, bringing a gust of wind. Their carriage tilted to the right.

Li Baojia and Taotao clutched the armrests in the carriage, their face white with fear. Taotao screamed while still protecting Li Baojia with the other hand.

The carriage was spinning. They were utterly unable to see the situation in front of the carriage. People on the right side of the carriage fled with a scream when the carriage tilted toward the right, causing another burst of commotion.

However, the carriage stopped before hitting the ground, maintaining a strange position in the air. Li Baojia and Taotao glued together because of the accident. Li Baojia peeked with an eye. How… it stopped?

The carriage not only stopped spinning, but it was also slowly tilted back to the left.

Not long after, the carriage was put stable. Li Baojia lifted the curtain of the carriage and met with a pair of amorous eyes.

The man with amorous eyes was surprised for a moment. “It’s you?”

Li Baojia was also surprised. He just pulled the carriage by himself?

He must be so strong!

Next came a neat man in black, arching his hand to him. “Mr. Ji’nan, the man has been controlled.”

Zhou Ji’nan nodded. “Send him to the General Government Office.”

Li Baojia poked her little head out of the window and looked back. The horse had fallen to the ground, and several people were pressing the man in brocade robes who had ridden the horse.

Zhou Ji’nan looked at the furry head in front of him and moved his hand a little, feeling like touching it.

After looking at the scene, Li Baojia retracted her head and straightened her clothes before stepping out of the carriage. “Thank you, Mr. Ji’nan. We might have been on the ground if it wasn’t for you.”

A heavy carriage could press a person to death or injure him.

Taotao had not even reacted. She was still dumbfoundedly gazing at them.

Zhou Ji’nan wondered. “How do you know that I’m Duke Jing’an’s son?”

He was surprised. “You still remember me?”

Taotao finally recovered herself. “He… he is the playboy we met at the temple?”

Li Baojia replied, “Few people in the Imperial City don’t know the son of Duke Jing’an.”

He was dressed in a fancy robe with an ink-blue background of purple and gold flowers, a boxwood hairpin on his head, and a jade plaque around his waist. His face was like the moon in mid-autumn, his complexions like spring flowers, his sideburns like a knife cut, his eyebrows like ink painting, and his eyes like peach blossoms. What a handsome young man with a graceful posture!

The son of Duke Jing’an was well-known in the Imperial City by his appearance, let alone his family background.

After all, the title of the first handsome man of the Imperial City was not called for nothing.

Zhou Ji’nan nodded. “That’s true.”

It was hard to find people in the Imperial City who didn’t know about him.

His forehead was slightly sweaty because he had just pulled the carriage hard. Li Baojia took a handkerchief from her sleeve and handed it to him. “Mr. Ji’nan, please use this.”

Zhou Ji’nan responded quickly. “Thanks.”

He casually took the handkerchief to wipe his sweat. As soon as he put it closer to him, he smelled a faint fragrance like the smell of orchids or green fruits.

His hand paused, and he somehow clutched the handkerchief in his palm and wiped the sweat with his sleeve.

Li Baojia did not notice his movements. She shook her head and said, “I should thank you. I’ll visit your house with gifts to show my appreciation tomorrow. By the way, who is the one running the horse today?”

Zhou Ji’nan naturally put the handkerchief into his sleeve and said, “It’s the eldest son of Duke Wei, Wei Jiang.”

He was Wei Jiang?

Li Baojia vaguely remembered such an incident in her previous life. It seemed that the eldest son of Duke Wei, Wei Jiang, rode a horse in the street and killed two people sitting in the carriage. He was accused of murder in the imperial court. Duke Wei righteously sent him to the Ministry of Punishment and ordered the execution.

At that time, the incident was quite a big deal. Li Baojia thought for a long time but failed to remember who were the two people killed.

She only remembered that they seemed to be from a strong background.

A carriage was coming steadily and slowly behind them. Seeing several people and horses blocking the way completely, the coachman turned his head to the carriage and said, “Princess, crown prince, the road is blocked.”

A somewhat indulgent voice inside the carriage rang out. “Tell them to get out of the way.”

The coachman shouted, “Who is in front? Our princess needs to pass. Please go away first!”

Li Baojia turned her head and saw that the carriage coming from the back was twice the size of an ordinary one and the horse in front was brownish red, without a trace of miscellaneous colors. With just a glance, it could be told that it was not an ordinary family.

The carriage sedan was square with four curved corners. Some unknown flowers were carved on it and an antique copper-colored metal plaque was falling under the sharp corner on the left front with the beautifully designed word “Liang” engraved on it.

Zhou Ji’nan frowned. “Mr. Jinyang, it’s the Crown Prince and his sister Princess Min’an who just arrived at the Imperial City today.”

Ooh!

The lost memory just came back to her mind.

The unlucky people who were run over in the previous life were these two.

So, it’s because she had run into Zhou Ji’nan in this life, and they happened to prevent the disaster for the two?

Seeing that they did not move, the person inside the carriage was becoming impatient. The curtain was opened at once, and a woman wearing a long yellow embroidered robe with a narrow waist was seen.

Her costume was different from that of noblewomen in the Imperial City and her sleeves were not the current popular broad sleeves but were tightly wrapped around her wrists. Her waist was tied around with a colorful rope of unknown origin. Her ears were pierced with two rather large disc-shaped silver ornaments and her hair was turned into wisps, with colorful silk ropes in the middle.

At this moment, she glared. “I told you to get out of the way! Are you deaf?”