Chapter 40: A Pleasant Surprise

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“Be prepared? What do you mean...”

“Take it easy, Miss Ruan. I heard that you are the orphan of General Ruan, so do you have any relatives?” Mu Rong interrupted her directly.

Ruan Jiujiu paused, because she needed to think about it for a while, “My parents have passed, and there is no one left except a cousin, who is a foe to me.”

Recalling what Ruan Qingqing had done to her, she gnashed her teeth.

“Do you look like you mother, Miss Ruan?” Mu Rong added, and stared at her with great interest.

She darted a fierce look at him. He looked like trying to find something from her, as if there were something secret on her face.

Mother? The General’s wife? She didn’t have any memory for that, nor the original owner of the former infanta’s body,

She looked at him with the eyes of a skeptic, “Why you ask this?”

Mu Rong smiled and replied, “Just ask.”

Just ask?

Somehow, Rang Jiujiu sensed that something was weird. First was the Mu Rong’s unexpected visit today, then was his inexplicable warning, and now he even talked about her looks suddenly.

This gentle and kind man in front of her was very suspicious.

“Well, it’s a bit late, and I need to go back to pack for the journey tomorrow. I have to be off now.”He suddenly seemed to be hiding from something, stood up and left, but turned back after two steps, “Be prepared, Miss Ruan.”

He seemed to be seeing a ghost and “running away”, left her with a baffling face. What did you mean?

But the next day, Ruan Jiujiu became thankful for Mu Rong’s warning yesterday, because it reminded her of taking three meat buns as breakfast in her inner pocket.

Beiming Xuan set off for the capital, but he even left her going with the ranks from the morning to the noon without any rest, which made her hungry and exhausted.

You ruthless jerk!

Ruan Jiujiu muttered, with her mouth full of the meat buns.

She was looking around. In fact, it was very easy for her to escape, because she had felt out the guards around her, and she could easily defeat them.

So here was the question: escape or not?

She checked her pocket, and sadly found out that she was penniless.

If she decided to run away, the first problem she needed to solve was her stomach. She became confused after recalling the taste of those delicious meat buns she ate just now.

“MissRuan! Miss Ruan!”

All of a sudden, a familiar yelling burst out, she looked up, and then her face turned black.

It was Zou Meng, who was riding toward her on a big horse.

Even he had a horse to ride. How poor she was!

“My Little Meng, are you my Prince Charming?”

Seeing her eyes fixed on him with enthusiasm, Zou Meng gave a violent shudder, and took a step back before he said, “Well, Miss Ruan, it’s my lord who want you.”

Beiming Xuan?

When she climbed into Beiming Xuan’s seat, a seemingly big low-key coach but very comfortable inside, she was grateful for not running away.

Otherwise she could never have chance to enjoy such a comfortable coach.

Thinking of her miserable experience that she had exposed under the sun while Beiming Xuan was drinking tea on this comfortable coach, she clenched her teeth in anger.

Fine, since she was here, she would try her best to enjoy and relax.

She came forward, poured a cup of tea for herself, then grasped the snacks on the table and ate them like a real master.

Eating and drinking without limitation, Ruan Jiujiu was enjoying the most comfortable moment of her life.

“Ruan Jiuiu.”

The air grew thick suddenly. Beiming Xuan was very angry when seeing Ruan Jiujiu eating and drinking like being in her own room. This silly girl was so rude, and even dared to ignore him.

“My lord, these snacks are yummy! Can I borrow your chief next time? He is amazing!”

“......”Beiming Xuan was speechless.

After almost finishing the whole plate of snacks, Ruan Jiujiu too a sip of tea and heaved a sign of relief with satisfaction. Then she raised her head and looked at him, asked, “So my lord, what do you want?”

At least I didn’t want you to come here for those snacks, you idiot! He was mad at this moment, but he tried not to show it, and asked, “Didn’t you think of escaping from here just now?”

“Never.”Ruan Jiujiu replied straightforwardly, but also blinked, “What will happen if I escape?”

“Die by arrows.”

Really?

Was he crazy?

It seemed that this man deliberately let her in the troops see if she would escape or not, and fortunately she didn’t.

“OK, it’s time, come in!”

Beiming Xuan suddenly called out, which astonished Run Jiujiu and made her think that he intended to ask somebody to punish her, but then here came in two maids.

What?

She turned to Beiming Xuan , but he just ignored her, and motioned them to start with his hand waving.

Without a word, the two maids unfolded something in their hands , and tied it like a screen at both ends of the coach, which cut the place into two parts.

“Please.”One of the maids said to Ruan Jiujiu, who was in a daze.

She gazed blankly, and asked, “What do you mean?”

“Please come in to change your clothes.”

To change my clothes? She became more confused.

However, without waiting for her to ask again, they came to carry her behind the screen. Although they looked thin and delicate, they were strong enough to carry Ruan Jiujiu there.

Beiming Xuan’s coach was really big, although it was divided into two parts inside, there was quite enough room for the two maids to help Ran Jiujiu to change her clothes.

Behind the screen, Ruan Jiujiu calmed down. Without a single word, she let the maids change her clothes and make up.

Beiming Xuan, sitting outside the screen, was a little worried and begun to think if Ruan Jiuiu had escaped.

“Have you finished?”His impatient tone was to test if she was still there.

“Yes, my lord.”

It was the voice of the maids. He raised his eyebrows, and looked up. At the same time, the screen was opened, and he found Ruan Jiujiu was sitting there.

A slightly slender girl was in a lavender dress, but this soft color made her look a little bit handsome.

Beiming Xuan was surprised, he had never expected that the dress was so suitable.

But when he looked up, he stopped.

Ruan Jiujiu was the most normal girl in his eyes, and the only highlight package she had was her beautiful eyes. This advantage was also ruined by her sallow face in his mind.

But she had an abundant life in the Yun Palace these day, and had put on some weights, which made her face no more sallow. Although she could not become buxom in seconds, it was true that she had become more pretty than before.

Of course, her prettiness was still nothing in Beiming Xuan’s eyes, but the difference between her coming in and out the screen still left an impression in his mind.

Surprisingly, Beiming Xuan was a bit impressed by the effect Ruan Jiujiu had presented.