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

Chapter 120 "Little Bodhisattva" ~
Jiang Jinshuang stood frozen in place because of Xiao Zhengze's words.

She turned slightly and looked at Xiao Zhengze, who was still standing in the distance.

Zhengze bent down and squatted down to bandage the wild rabbit.

Jiang Jinshuang controlled the force of her throw and paid attention to the limits; otherwise, her hind leg would have been pierced long ago.

Xiao Zhengze took out a handkerchief he always carried and bandaged the rabbit's wound.

Jiang Jinshuang looked down at him and couldn't help but chuckle: "What's wrong? Did Zhao Yungui bully you?"

Xiao Zhengze frowned and retorted quite naturally, "Of course not."

He paused, then lowered his voice: "I just find you nagging. If I had a mother, she would probably be just like you."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Jinshuang laughed and teased, "Well, little Zhengze, I want to be your beautiful older sister, and you actually want me to be your master's wife?"

Zhengze had already bandaged his wound, and with wide eyes, he hurriedly retorted, "I didn't! Don't talk nonsense!"

The rabbit kicked its legs and disappeared in a flash.

He lowered his head, looking somewhat dejected, and walked to Jiang Jinshuang's side: "I just..."

"I just……"

Just what?

He hesitated for a long time, but didn't say a word.

Jiang Jinshuang smiled gently: "You just miss your mother, right?"

I don’t know why.

It was such a simple and ordinary sentence, but Zhengze's nose tingled and his eyes reddened.

He lowered his head somewhat flustered, his voice trembling slightly: "My master is very good to me."

"But sometimes I think, if my mother were here, someone would be nagging me to wear warm clothes in the cold weather and to eat meals at regular times every day."

He actually really wanted to be disciplined by his mother.

The love his master gave him was immense, but his master was very busy; he always had many things to do and had to deal with many people.

Jiang Jinshuang is different.

She always seemed to have endless things to say to him, and she never stopped nagging him.

Sometimes, due to his personality, he would say one thing but mean another, but she always seemed to see through his pretense and would smile as she presented him with the little trinkets he wanted.

She's not actually that annoying.

Just like now, he was only moved by a little pity; she clearly really wanted to eat that wild rabbit.

But she waved her hand and complied with him.

It was just to protect his little bit of compassion.

He thought that if he had a mother, she would probably love him just as much.

Looking down at the little boy in front of her, a gentle smile appeared in Jiang Jinshuang's eyes.

She's actually not very good at taking care of children. Just like back then, when she was struggling to protect herself and faced danger from every little thing, she still insisted on saving him.

To protect his safety and prevent him from being implicated by her, she had no choice but to entrust him to Zhao Yungui for upbringing.

Perhaps out of guilt for picking up the child but not taking care of him personally, Jiang Jinshuang was actually quite indulgent towards Xiao Zhengze.

Xiao Zhengze may look unruly, but he is actually very well-behaved and has been raised by Zhao Yungui.

Jiang Jinshuang smiled, reached out, and stroked the top of the boy's head.

“Xiao Zhengze, you will grow up to be a very remarkable adult,” Jiang Jinshuang said gently. “You will have a smooth life, and many, many people will love you.”

As the saying goes, an immortal touched my head.

Jiang Jinshuang gently rubbed the young boy's head, offering heartfelt blessings.

Zhengze kept his head down.

Jiang Jinshuang couldn't see his expression, but she saw him lean closer to her. After a short while, Jiang Jinshuang felt a warm dampness on her clothes.

She smiled, said nothing, and let Xiao Zheng cry silently.

I do not know how long it has been.

Xiao Zhengze's voice finally broke out awkwardly: "Let's go hunt some mountain birds and roast them."

Jiang Jinshuang readily agreed: "Okay."

...The sun was setting in the west.

As Jiang Jinshuang lit the fire, Xiao Zhengze carried the mountain bird he had shot in one hand and something wrapped in cloth in the other.

Jiang Jinshuang was near the river when she set up the fire. She took the mountain bird that Xiao Zhengze handed her with practiced ease and took it to the river to process it.

After cleaning all the feathers and internal organs, Jiang Jinshuang returned with the prepared prey. Xiao Zhengze was already stringing some mushrooms together and roasting them over the fire.

I glanced at the open cloth bag next to Xiao Zhengze; it was filled with wild fruits and mushrooms he had picked.

Looking at the crackling mushrooms above the fire, emitting a delicious aroma, Jiang Jinshuang couldn't help but joke, "Little Zhengze, do you know how to pick mushrooms? What if they poison me?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhengze scoffed, "My master taught me how to identify them, and besides, there are no mushrooms that can kill people in the back mountain of Huguo Temple. You wish!"

Jiang Jinshuang nodded, then strung the mountain bird on a wooden branch and roasted it over the fire.

Jiang Jinshuang and Xiao Zhengze enjoyed a delicious meal together in the back mountain.

The mushrooms that Xiao Zhengze brought were very delicious, and Jiang Jinshuang couldn't help but eat a few more bites.

Seeing that she loved to eat, Zhengze made an excuse that he didn't like mushrooms and gave them all to Jiang Jinshuang.

Jiang Jinshuang thoroughly enjoyed the wild game meal.

By the time Zhengze returned to Huguo Temple, it was already completely dark.

Jiang Jinshuang first escorted Xiao Zhengze back to his residence before heading towards her own meditation room.

She felt that she might have eaten too much tonight, as she felt warm all over and was even a little unsteady on her feet.

The scene before me was becoming somewhat bizarre and surreal.

Jiang Jinshuang seemed to see a beautiful peacock tail, which scratched the back of her hand repeatedly. She tried to grab it several times, but failed.

As if holding her breath, Jiang Jinshuang's gait became unsteady, but her movements became faster and faster.

Until the tail stopped moving in one place.

Jiang Jinshuang smiled and finally reached out to grab the beautiful peacock tail.

Pei Du didn't move even after his hair was pulled.

Jiang Jinshuang grasped the peacock's tail in her hand, but felt that something was wrong with the feel of it.

—Why does it look like it's in strands?

She frowned, squinted, and lowered her head slightly, wanting to examine it more closely.

“Strange,” she mumbled, “it feels more comfortable to touch than a peacock’s tail.”

Everything before her seemed even more bizarre. The entire world seemed to sway before her. She looked up slightly and saw the silhouette of the man in front of her.

"Has the Bodhisattva manifested?"

Jiang Jinshuang blinked and moved a little closer.

Stepping on his right foot with his left, he floated and fell towards the "Bodhisattva" in front of him.

It crashed into a solid chest.

Jiang Jinshuang then realized that the Bodhisattva's body was so tough!
She seemed to hear a low, hoarse voice, like that of a mountain, coming from above.

"Drinking?"

Jiang Jinshuang frowned: "No."

How can one drink alcohol in a forbidden Buddhist sanctuary?

She's not the kind of person who breaks the rules.

They all go to the back mountain to eat wild game.

“Bodhisattva,” Jiang Jinshuang looked up and reached out to touch his eyebrows and eyes, “why does your voice sound like a man’s?”

But upon further reflection, Jiang Jinshuang understood.

—It seems that in the storybooks, Bodhisattvas are described as having male bodies and female appearances.

The little Bodhisattva in front of me, although dressed in black, has a really pretty face.

"How much did Your Highness drink?"

Pei Du's voice was hoarse. He looked down at the girl with a dazed yet inexplicably determined gaze, then lowered his eyes slightly and picked her up in his arms.

"Let's go back to our room and rest first."