The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 1959

Chapter 1959: Chapter 977: Her Pursuit (Xinyang vs. Xiao Ji Extra)

Even though Princess Xinyang has become a mother, she is less experienced in matters of the heart compared to Gu Jiao. After all, Gu Jiao has shared joys and sorrows with Xiao Hen for four or five years, seeing each other day and night, growing closer with each passing moment.

When it comes to this aspect, she was almost a blank slate.

In the past, she couldn’t bring herself to like any man, so she didn’t understand what the feelings between a man and a woman felt like.

Xiao Ji, looking at her tense figure through the ink-black night, said, "Qin Fengwan, are you having another episode?"

"I..." Princess Xinyang clutched her pounding heart, feeling as if it would leap out of her throat. The closer he got to her, the more he spoke to her, the more she felt this way.

Is this really having an episode?

Why does it seem even more severe than before?

Her heart felt like it was burning anxiously.

Xiao Ji’s eyes darkened slightly, and he released her arm, putting some distance between them.

Princess Xinyang instinctively said, "You don’t—"

Touch me!

Go away!

These words that almost always came out whenever he approached her flashed through Xiao Ji’s mind, and he finally withdrew even the fingers that had been resting on her waist.

The fervor in his blood slowly cooled, and he returned to the loneliness and coldness he felt before the battle.

Princess Xinyang sensed his intentional retreat, just like on their wedding night when she held a dagger to his chest and said those hurtful words, and he responded the same way.

Did he just think she wanted him to go away?

No.

She took a deep breath and decided to say what she was about to: "You don’t..."

"Lord!"

A sentinel’s voice suddenly sounded from outside the barracks.

Xiao Ji’s gaze sharpened, and he sat up. His movements as he lifted the quilt were light and swift, hardly letting any cold wind inside.

He casually pressed the quilt down, closing the gap between her and the quilt.

He stepped out of the barracks in his thin clothes and spoke in a low voice, "What’s the matter?"

"An urgent report has arrived from the front lines, the situation has changed, the Dongyi people..."

Princess Xinyang heard this much, but the rest seemed to be intentionally lowered by the sentinel on Xiao Ji’s instructions, rendering her unable to hear it clearly.

In no time, Xiao Ji turned back into the barracks and began dressing and tying up his hair.

"Move out!"

His sharp, authoritative voice echoed in the cold wind, and five hundred iron cavalry charged toward Donglin Pass, Zhan’s last line of defense in the eastern frontier, with a fearless resolve.

"Princess!"

Yujin lifted the curtain and entered the tent. She first took a fire starter from her bosom, lighting the oil lamp on the table.

Then she came to the bedside, looking at Princess Xinyang who was staring blankly at the entrance, and gently helped her lie down: "Don’t catch a cold."

"He’s gone," Princess Xinyang said blankly.

Yujin removed her cloak. She had only walked a few steps, yet was covered with snow. How much colder might Lord Xiao and his men be, rushing through the snow?

She hung the cloak and sat by the bed, tucking in the corner of the quilt for Princess Xinyang and softly comforting her, "The Lord has been through countless battles; he will certainly come back safely."

Princess Xinyang murmured softly, "Hopefully so."

...

Xiao Ji’s departure lasted several days.

Princess Xinyang did not reveal her identity, and Little Princess Dongyi, possibly instructed by Xiao Ji, also didn’t disclose who she was to the outside world.

Moreover, Little Princess Dongyi treated her with much more respect, which must have been specially instructed by Xiao Ji before he left.