Emperatriz viuda Xiaoxuan

Capítulo 24

Young and naive, unaware of sorrow (Part 2) Emperor Xuanlong tightly closed his eyes, a single tear sliding down from the corner of his eye, landing on his bright yellow robe, turning into a water stain and disappearing: "Summon the three princes." His voice was weary and weak.

After the banquet, everyone was once again captivated by the beautiful sunset over the lake. As night fell, the surrounding scenery gradually disappeared from sight. Everyone felt the urge to return home, but without Emperor Xuanlong's permission, who could suggest leaving?

Just then, Emperor Xuanlong summoned his three princes to the second floor. The rest of the people were even more idle, except for Zi Jin, who was filled with trepidation and would occasionally steal glances at the stunningly beautiful Princess Chen in the distance.

After Jun Chi left, Zi Jin was left alone. Princess Xi Le walked up to Zi Jin with ill intentions and sat down gracefully.

Zi Jin swallowed hard, nervously moving further and further away.

"Little mute, why have you moved so far? Are you trying to let someone hear what I'm saying?"

Zi Jin glanced at Princess Xi Le in surprise, then moved back in a fawning manner.

Princess Xile turned her head to the side, gently playing with the strands of hair by her ear, and said with a smile, "What an obedient little mute, it's no wonder I've always thought of you."

Upon hearing this, Zi Jin stared at Princess Xi Le in utter astonishment: "My beautiful lady... can't you remember things better? Why are you thinking about such a lowly person?"

“Dumb girl, if I were to tell the Emperor of the Moon Kingdom what you can say… do you think he would believe me… or you?” Princess Xile whispered in Zi Jin’s ear, as if discussing the weather.

Zi Jin stared nervously into Princess west Le's beautiful eyes: Threatening me?

Princess Xile's smile deepened: "Don't panic. If I wanted to speak, I wouldn't have waited until now. If you obediently listen to me from now on, I'll keep this matter buried deep inside and won't utter a single word. But if you don't obey me, I have plenty of ways to make you..."

Before Princess Xile could finish speaking, three splashes of water were heard, attracting the attention of the crowd, Xile, and Zijin.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw Jun Lin, Jun An, and Jun Chi struggling in the water.

Without thinking, Zi Jin jumped into the water. Xi Le reached out to grab her, but was too late.

Princess Xile awkwardly withdrew her hand, as if she hadn't seen the three princes fall into the water, and returned to her seat to leisurely sip her tea.

Zi Feng, Zi Feng, and Qi Yongyue anxiously watched the water, then saw Princess Xi Le enjoying her tea, and secretly blamed her. But no matter what, the three of them couldn't let the princess jump in to save someone, so they could only anxiously watch how Zi Jin, who had jumped into the water, would save the person.

As the saying goes, concern leads to confusion. Zi Feng, Zi Feng, and Qi Yongyue did not notice that, apart from Zi Jin who had just jumped in, not a single guard responded and went into the water.

Seeing the three people struggling in the water, Zi Jin grabbed Jun Chi without thinking and swam towards the boat. She pushed Jun Chi onto the boat with all her might, then swam towards Jun An. She pulled Jun An out of the water, panting, and slowly swam towards the side of the boat. With all her strength, she finally pushed Jun An onto the boat.

Zi Jin wanted to get on the boat, but then she heard the sound of people splashing water vigorously in the distance.

Jun Lin, exhausted, thrashed about a few times before slowly sinking into the water. Without thinking, Zi Jin gritted her teeth and jumped into the water again, swimming towards Jun Lin.

Upon seeing this, Emperor Xuanlong immediately ordered his men to go into the water. He anxiously looked in the direction where Crown Prince Junlin had sunk, secretly blaming Zi Jin for not being careful enough in saving him.

With a sudden plunge, Zi Jin pulled Jun Lin, who had stopped struggling and sunk into the water, to the surface. Jun Lin opened his eyes groggily, and upon seeing Zi Jin, he seemed relieved and leaned against her, his hands tightly gripping her clothes.

Unable to pull him away, Zi Jin slowly and laboriously led Jun Lin onto the ship.

Jun An and Jun Chi were escorted back to their cabin by the crowd to change out of their wet clothes. The imperial physician and the others were already waiting at the spot where Zi Jin had come ashore. With the help of the crowd, Zi Jin and Crown Prince Jun Lin finally managed to climb ashore with difficulty. Once ashore, Jun Lin released his grip on Zi Jin's clothes.

Zi Jin lay on the deck, her face pale and limp, gasping for fresh air. She had almost become fish food with this pig-headed prince. How pathetic...

"Oh no! The Crown Prince has stopped breathing!" The imperial physician's expression changed repeatedly as he touched Jun Lin, who was no longer breathing, and exclaimed in shock.

The accompanying eunuch immediately went to report back to Emperor Xuanlong.

Emperor Xuanlong glared fiercely at Zi Jin, who was lying in the distance panting heavily, and said in shock and anger, "If anything happens to the Crown Prince, I will make everyone on this boat pay with their lives!" After saying this, he hurriedly went down to the second floor of the painted boat and walked towards where Jun Lin had disembarked.

Zi Jin looked around at the crowd again and again, then helplessly pushed them away astonished onlookers. The crowd exclaimed in bewilderment: "So tacky! So tacky! God, save me..."

Zi Jin stopped everyone from approaching and pressed hard on Jun Lin's chest. Seeing that Jun Lin didn't react, Zi Jin placed her right palm on Jun Lin's heart and used her left hand to forcefully pull down her right hand again and again. Everyone wanted to stop her, but the imperial physician held them back.

Then, seeing that Jun Lin still had no reaction, Zi Jin gritted her teeth and took a deep breath as if she were going to her death, and slowly breathed into Jun Lin's thin, cool lips, repeating this process.

Everyone stared in astonishment. Jun Lin's personal eunuch, Xiao Wu, tried to stop him, but was pulled back by the accompanying imperial physician.

Emperor Xuanlong arrived at this spot and witnessed the scene. He waved his hand to prevent anyone from disturbing Zi Jin, who was rescuing Jun Lin, and looked thoughtful.

Princess Xile, who was enjoying her tea in the distance, saw this and threw down her teacup, a flicker of emotion in her beautiful eyes.

"Cough!...cough cough..." Jun Lin slowly opened his phoenix eyes, staring blankly at Zi Jin above him.

Seeing that Jun Lin was out of danger, Emperor Xuanlong returned to the second floor without disturbing the people who had treated him.

Zi Jin knew that Jun Lin was not dead, so she breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly ran out of the crowd towards the cabin inside the ship.

Princess Xile, however, saw all of this from afar.

Zi Jin was heartbroken! She would never have given her first kiss to this idiot and moron (a complete fool) unless absolutely necessary. Why did such a clichéd time-travel story have to happen to her?! And to make matters worse, the male protagonist of this clichéd story wasn't the peerless, independent beauty of her dreams! Instead, he was a pig-headed prince!!!

Zi Jin tried to justify her lost first kiss by making various excuses: Luckily, she saved this idiot; if anything had happened to him, who knows how many people on this ship would have been killed. Although she lost her first kiss, she had done a great deed.

Zi Jin changed her clothes, and the boat had already docked. After this incident, Emperor Xuanlong had lost all interest in enjoying the scenery at night, and everyone hurriedly packed up to return to the palace.

Jun Lin, still weak from being in the water for so long, lay on the soft couch. As the couch passed Zi Jin, Jun Lin gestured for everyone to stop and waved to Zi Jin.

Jun Lin's personal eunuch, Xiao Wu, immediately ran over to invite Zi Jin over.

Zi Jin thought to herself: Could this idiot be trying to repent and change his ways? If so, she would reluctantly forgive his past ignorance.

Zi Jin had just stood up next to Jun Lin when Jun Lin weakly sat up.

Zi Jin wanted to go over and help him lie down, since apologizing while lying down would be just as good. Before she could even get there, she heard a loud "slap" and a big slap landed on her face.

"As the Crown Prince, you disregard my safety and save others first in this perilous situation!" Jun Lin said, his face flushed and panting as he lay down.

Zi Jin covered her injured face, staring at Jun Lin with wide eyes in disbelief. When she came to her senses, she roared in her heart: I, f***, your, ancestors, eighteen, generations!

Upon seeing this, Jun Chi was startled, and a look of heartache appeared on her delicate face.