The seductive princess is no longer being pursued; the aloof prime minister is facing a crematorium.

Chapter 117 You Touched My Flower.

Jiang Jinshuang turned around and gently closed the door.

With his back to the meditation room, Jiang Jinshuang did not move.

In just a moment, Jiang Jinshuang twitched her ears, pursed her lips slightly, and then relaxed completely.

She lowered her eyes slightly and chuckled softly: "Your Excellency, breaking into someone else's bedroom at night is not the act of a gentleman."

She smelled the familiar sandalwood scent.

The not-so-long outer brick edge extended to the display table.

The sandalwood scent, infused with the fragrance of red iris, adds a touch of delicate elegance.

The man sitting at the low table did not speak.

The shimmering moonlight shone on half of the table, illuminating the red kite in the vase.

The pale blue of the moon and the fiery red of the flames mingled together, like a collision of ice and fire.

Jiang Jinshuang raised her eyebrows, finally chuckled, turned around, and leaned against the door.

She saw the man sitting at the table.

Pei Du wore a long black and silver robe, his brilliance understated, exuding unparalleled dignity.

The man sat upright behind the desk, his figure tall and slender, with black hair and black eyes, and a clear and unassuming face.

His face was exquisite and refined, with a coldness like that of a cold mountain in his beautiful dark eyes. His hands were neatly placed on his lap, with distinct knuckles, long and fair.

Jiang Jinshuang raised her chin, crossed her arms, and looked at him with a leisurely air.

"Lord Pei, when did you learn to do such bad things?"

Breaking into someone else's bedroom at night.

—It seems like something Jiang Jinshuang would do herself.

If Pei Du was angry with her and ignored her back then, he would lock the door to the side hall and not allow her to come in.

Jiang Jinshuang had no choice but to break in through the window at night and try her best to coax him.

—Could it be that she corrupted him?
As Jiang Jinshuang was lost in thought, the man sitting behind the low table finally spoke.

"You touched my flowers."

It carried a somewhat ambiguous emotion.

Jiang Jinshuang frowned slightly, her gaze following his words to the vase on the corner of the table.

She threw away the withering peach blossom branch and replaced it with a brightly colored red-tailed kite.

Without the slightest bit of lingering affection.

Jiang Jinshuang blinked, her eyes clear and innocent: "Oh? What are you saying, Lord Pei? This is the meditation room I live in. It's perfectly normal for me to throw away the withered flowers."

She knew this was Pei Du's usual meditation room.

—But it has nothing to do with her.

Now that she's living in this meditation room, she should throw away any furnishings or decorations she doesn't like.

At the desk, the man's fingers, hidden in his sleeves, paused slightly.

He looked up at Jiang Jinshuang, who was standing in the entryway, and said in a slightly hoarse voice, "I will change it."

He will replace the vase with brightly colored flowers.

Even if he can't come to Huguo Temple often, he will still change the flowers every now and then.

He will change it.

Jiang Jinshuang nodded as if she understood, but still smiled: "In that case, why don't you find another vase and put some flowers in it, Lord Pei? Why bother arguing with my meditation room?"

“That’s different,” Pei Du said in a deep voice.

He looked at Jiang Jinshuang and said in a hoarse voice, "Jiang Jinshuang, that's different."

This sentence sounds familiar.

Jiang Jinshuang frowned slightly as she recalled the events.

In the past, Pei Du was so handsome that many maids and servants would try to pour tea on him under the guise of serving tea, but Jiang Jinshuang always stopped them.

At that time, Pei Du told her that he could dodge it himself and that he would not let anyone fall on him.

She then said to him, "Pei Du, that's different."

That's different.

But what's different?

Jiang Jinshuang herself couldn't explain it.

Just like now.

Jiang Jinshuang frowned slightly: "What's different?"

Pei Du merely frowned at her, his gaze fixed: "Jiang Jinshuang, that's different." It was utterly baffling.

Jiang Jinshuang's expression turned cold, and her tone became even more somber: "Lord Pei, I need to rest. If you have nothing else to do, you may return now."

Didn't I say I'd come to Huguo Temple tomorrow?
How did it arrive so early?

They came, and then they broke into her bedroom at night. I don't know what they were thinking.

She had to get up early tomorrow to chant sutras and worship Buddha in the main hall, so she didn't want to get entangled with him.

As she spoke, Jiang Jinshuang removed the hairpin from her hair and calmly walked towards the inner room.

But before she could even get close to the bed...

The man's voice came again.

"Does Your Highness no longer like peach blossoms?"

Jiang Jinshuang stopped in her tracks.

The casual smile on his face also disappeared.

Jiang Jinshuang frowned slightly, turned around and looked down at the red kites blooming brightly on the table.

“I don’t like Pei Du anymore,” Jiang Jinshuang tilted her head, a smile appearing on her lips, “and by extension, I don’t like you either.”

The peach blossoms are very beautiful.

However, every time she sees peach blossoms, it reminds her of what happened three years ago.

—She shouldn't like it anymore.

She saw Pei Du's slightly clenched fingers.

He slowly stood up and turned to face her.

"Get some rest, we'll talk again tomorrow."

He seemed to subconsciously ignore her last words and pushed the door open to leave.

baffling.

Jiang Jinshuang muttered something to herself, but didn't think much of it and went to bed.

That night, Jiang Jinshuang dreamed of a little boy dressed in armor.

Despite being riddled with arrows, he plunged a spear into his foot, pinning him to the ground to prevent himself from falling.

He opened his mouth, and his mouth, which originally had tiger teeth, was full of blood.

He parted his lips and said something.

He smiled at her, but Jiang Jinshuang only felt a ringing in her ears and couldn't hear anything.

Suddenly, Jiang Jinshuang woke up from her dream!
A ray of sunlight shone into Jiang Jinshuang's eyes.

She wiped the sweat from her forehead; her back was also soaked.

—I was dreaming again.

It's almost time.

Jiang Jinshuang changed her clothes and walked towards the front hall.

But when they arrived at the main hall, they discovered that neither the Empress Dowager nor Xia Yurong and others had come to worship Buddha that day.

I asked the young monk who was offering prayers, and I learned that the Empress Dowager had given Xia Yurong a day to go outside the temple to greet Pei Du.

After hearing this, Jiang Jinshuang yawned. Since she didn't need to chant scriptures today, she went back to her meditation room to catch up on her sleep.

I slept until the sun was high in the sky.

Jiang Jinshuang was awakened by a knock on the door.

"Who?"

Jiang Jinshuang got up in a daze and opened the door, only to see Xiao Zhengze standing outside with his arms crossed.

"Oh?" Jiang Jinshuang chuckled, rubbing her eyes. "What brings you here, young master Zhengze?"

Zhengze scoffed, "Master said you must not have eaten this morning, so he wants you to have lunch at our place."

Jiang Jinshuang blinked, smiled, and said, "Oh? So, will Zhengze be cooking lunch? I love your cooking the most~"

Xiao Zhengze's ears turned red, and he turned to leave, saying, "You, you can come or not, it's up to you! Anyway, I've delivered all the messages Master asked me to convey!"

Jiang Jinshuang watched Xiao Zhengze's departing figure, chuckled, tidied her appearance, and followed after him.

It is said that the Grand Preceptor prefers tranquility, so neither the monks of Huguo Temple nor the people from the Empress Dowager's side ever come to disturb him in the meditation room on the back mountain.

But she comes here three to five times a day.

However, Jiang Jinshuang was not the only guest on the back mountain today.

Pei Du was also there.