Just as Feng Yunshu was about to leave the palace, she suddenly heard the angry roar of Crown Prince Dongfang Qi.
"Damn it! What did you say? That sickly Heran Yanting actually dared to touch someone of mine?!"
"Your Highness, please calm down..."
"That sickly wretch is nothing but a discarded pawn. What's he so arrogant about? How dare he fight against me? He doesn't even know his own place! He's just relying on the Third Prince backing him up. Hmph!"
"This sickly wretch must not be allowed to live any longer. He'll surely become a great threat sooner or later. Come, tomorrow, as soon as this sickly wretch's wedding holiday is over, he'll surely come to court for audience. At that time, you fellows..."
At this moment, Feng Yunshu was riding her mount and stopped right above the inner palace of the Eastern Palace, yet Dongfang Qi remained completely unaware.
After eavesdropping, Feng Yunshu couldn't help but curl her lips into a cold smile. Before leaving, she took out a small paper packet from her waist and then tossed it into the flowerbed in front of the Eastern Palace.
Xiaoling smelled a familiar scent. She looked at the paper packet in the flowerbed and then silently glanced at the main hall of the Eastern Palace.
"Master, as expected, no matter where you are, you're still the same as before. This familiar prank routine is so nostalgic!"
Feng Yunshu clapped her hands, raised her eyebrows, and smiled. "Xiaoling, what do you mean by that? So all these years I've only left you with this kind of impression?"
"Well, it's not like that. Master, you're also gluttonous and lazy. You always like to go against Master, and also, you always like to play tricks on other senior and junior brothers..."
"Stop stop stop! You'd better shut up right now, or I'll regret saving you. You ungrateful little thing. Look at the wound on my palm and the bump on my forehead just to save you..."
The master and the servant chatted and laughed all the way. You said one sentence and I said another. Soon they were back above the Heran Prince's Mansion.
"Master, I... I seem to be running out of spiritual energy. I may not be able to land smoothly..."
Just as Xiaoling finished saying this, before Feng Yunshu could react, the next second Xiaoling suddenly lost balance and fell from the high altitude. Naturally, she couldn't escape either. It seemed that they were about to fall to the ground.
"Ah! Help!"
Feng Yunshu closed her eyes tightly and quickly thought about how to make herself die not so embarrassingly!
Master, your disciple finally got reborn, but now I'm about to be smashed to death. How could you bear it?!
In a split - second, a figure in white gracefully leaped up using light - footed skills, firmly grabbed Feng Yunshu around the waist, and landed safely on the ground.
Seeing this, Xiaoling beside them was both shocked and heart - sore. This was real dog food! Her master had been saved in a heroic way. What about her? Didn't she, as a spiritual beast, deserve the romantic scene of being saved heroically?
The next second, Yan Qi leaped up, caught the spirit fox that was about to fall to the ground, and landed with it in his arms.
Feng Yunshu had already prepared herself to be smashed into a pulp, but unexpectedly, what awaited her was a strong arm and a warm embrace.
After landing safely, she finally let out a long sigh of relief and opened her eyes. The person in front of her was none other than her seemingly weak and sickly husband, Heran Yanting.
Seeing that it was Heran Yanting who had saved her, Feng Yunshu was extremely surprised. She scanned him up and down in disbelief.
"Your Highness, you know light - footed skills?"
Since she met this man, in Feng Yunshu's impression, this nominal husband had always seemed weak and sickly. She never expected that he could even use light - footed skills.
Heran Yanting nodded slightly. "I used to learn some martial arts. Firstly, it was to strengthen my body, and secondly, it could be used for self - defense when necessary."
Feng Yunshu nodded. "Well, I see..."
Heran Yanting looked at her. His gaze swept across the swelling bump on her forehead and then at her injured palm. His expression changed slightly.
Feng Yunshu noticed his gaze and subconsciously shrank the injured hand, trying to hide it in her wide sleeve.
However, she forgot that there was still the most obvious clue that had been exposed —
"Where did you go, Madam? Didn't you say you were going out to window - shop for jewelry and clothes? Why are you wearing a maid's clothes, and you're all bruised. What on earth happened?"
Feng Yunshu's heart skipped a beat. She looked down at her clothes and then remembered that she had changed clothes.
Oh no! She had forgotten about this! She should have changed back into her own clothes before coming back. She had been careless!
At this time, Yan Qi walked forward with Xiaoling in his arms and looked at Heran Yanting. "My Lord, what should we do with this fox that fell from the sky?"
Heran Yanting's gaze swept over Xiaoling's true form. Before he could say anything, Feng Yunshu got anxious beside him.
"Your Highness, this fox... I saved it on the roadside. I thought it was cute, so I wanted to adopt it. Your Highness shouldn't mind, right?"
Heran Yanting looked at Feng Yunshu again. "You still haven't answered my question just now. And one more thing, I clearly saw you and this fox falling from the sky. What's going on?"
"This..."
Feng Yunshu gave a silly smile and subconsciously wanted to scratch her forehead, but before she could touch it, Heran Yanting quickly reached out and grabbed her wrist.
"Your Highness, what's wrong?"
Feng Yunshu was startled. She thought Heran Yanting was going to attack her and subconsciously took a step back.
"Do I look that scary?"
Heran Yanting's face was not looking good. Feng Yunshu shook her head. "Not scary at all!"
"Then why did you take a step back?"
"I thought Your Highness was going to attack me..."
"How did you get the injuries on your forehead and hand? If you don't tell the truth, you don't need to have dinner tonight, Madam."
Feng Yunshu was a bit surprised. This was the first time since they met that he had spoken in such a somewhat threatening tone. Although the words he said were quite annoying, strangely enough, Feng Yunshu had an intuition that this was more like something he would say.
"Your Highness, please listen to my explanation. I was just strolling outside when I suddenly heard a cry for help. I saw a dying fox by the roadside. I couldn't bear it, so I stepped in to save it."
"But I didn't expect it to be a spirit fox. After it woke up, it carried me on its back and brought me back to the mansion. Since it had soiled my clothes, it gave me this maid's clothes. I don't know where this spirit fox got this maid's clothes from..."
Time was tight. This was all the excuse Feng Yunshu could come up with. She could only brace herself and didn't care whether he believed it or not.
Heran Yanting fell silent for a moment after listening. Feng Yunshu's heart was in her mouth.
Finally, he slowly said, "Yan Qi, go and find a doctor to come to the mansion to check where the Princess and this fox are injured."
Yan Qi nodded in agreement and carefully handed the fox to Feng Yunshu. "I'll go and do it right away."
Xiaoling in Feng Yunshu's arms opened her round eyes and looked at Yan Qi's departing back reluctantly.
"Master, who is this person? He's so handsome and kind. Xiaoling quite likes him."
At this time, Feng Yunshu heard Xiaoling's voice in her mind. Then she silently pinched the tip of Xiaoling's ear.
"Old flirt, wipe your drool quickly! You've soaked your master's clothes!"