Chapter 140 Carriage Kiss
Lan Yi entered the carriage wearing a bamboo hat and said, "Master, the Crown Prince asked his subordinates to rescue a man. I saw that man in the examination room. His name seemed to be Li Jinglan."
Ye Hanting's eyes darkened. It was because of Li Jinglan that Chu Li was angry with him today.
This woman was also unlucky. She first dropped from first place to third place, and then when she returned home, her family members wanted to drown her in the pond.
Not far from Ye Hanting's carriage, Yun Wanying watched Ye Hanting chasing a man out of the mansion. She saw the man's face clearly.
It was Prince Chu Li whom she had met in the examination room.
Why was Brother Han Ting chasing the prince on a rainy day?
Chu Li was in the carriage, and told Huan Yan, "Take Miss Li to live in a private residence."
"Thank you, Your Highness." Li Jinglan's eyes were full of gratitude.
Chu Li curled his lips and smiled, "Don't show up until the palace examination. It's just right to see which of your family members are human and which are ghosts."
"Yes." Li Jinglan's tears welled up in her eyes, but she stubbornly refused to let them fall.
She suddenly thought of something, "Can Your Highness do me one more favor?"
Chu Li nodded, and Li Jinglan pleaded, "My maid Qingzhu was knocked unconscious just now. Qin will definitely not let her go. Can you help rescue her?"
Chu Li looked at Huan Yan and said, "Go and save them."
"Yes, Your Highness."
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At Li Jinglan's home, stepmother Qin looked at the two soaked women. She slammed her hand on the table, clenched her fist, and gritted her teeth, saying, "We actually let that bitch escape!"
"Maybe she hooked up with some strange man and they eloped!" Li Tangluo was depressed because he couldn't take part in the palace examination, and his words were extremely unpleasant.
The maid Qingzhu, who was beaten all over by the guards, collapsed to the ground.
Qin sneered and stepped on Qingzhu's hand, causing Qingzhu to cry out in pain.
Facing Qin's beating, she remained neither humble nor arrogant. She grabbed Qin's skirt and asked, "Where did you take the young lady?"
Qin kicked Qingzhu away, "Bitch!"
Qingzhu vomited blood from her mouth and stopped resisting. She wanted to hold on for the master to come back and tell him the truth.
Li Tangluo sneered, "That bitch's maid is loyal, so let her disappear with Li Jinglan!"
Qingzhu was shocked. Qin glanced at the two maids and said, "Go and sell her to a low-class brothel."
"No!" Qingzhu was terrified. She hadn't let the master know the truth yet!
The two old women were about to fight, but suddenly, Huanyan knocked them out with a punch.
Qin and Li Tangluo were horrified, and they shouted to the guards outside the door, "Help!"
Huanyan kicked each of them, knocking them to the ground.
The mother and daughter wailed and covered their stomachs.
Huanyan helped Qingzhu up and took her out of the house. After shooting a dart and injuring the guard, she took Qingzhu away.
"Thank you for saving my life. May I ask your name, young lady?" Qingzhu asked weakly.
Huanyan said three words, "Li Jinglan."
Qingzhu's eyes brightened, and he endured the severe pain, quickened his pace, and left the Li Mansion with Huanyan.
When she arrived at Chu Li's carriage and saw her young lady, she exclaimed, "Young lady!"
"Qingzhu!" Li Jinglan hugged Qingzhu tightly, crying.
Qingzhu was excited, "Miss, you are fine, that's great!"
Li Jinglan supported her and said, "Hurry, it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who saved us!"
Qingzhu then realized that there was a very handsome man sitting in the car. Her heart almost stopped beating. A lowly servant like her actually met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!
She wanted to kneel down to Chu Li, but Chu Li raised his hand and said, "No need. Your injury is quite serious and needs treatment as soon as possible. I will help you stop the bleeding first."
She took out the needle bag and took out the silver needles, and inserted the needles into several acupuncture points on Qingzhu under Li Jinglan's surprised gaze.
After finishing the treatment, Chu Li looked at Huan Yan and said, "Take them to the clinic first!"
"Yes, Your Highness!"
After Chu Li finished his instructions, he got off the carriage holding an umbrella. Li Jinglan was extremely surprised, "How can His Highness be allowed to sit in the carriage in the rain?"
Chu Li frowned, "Your maid's injury is quite serious. She needs to see a doctor as soon as possible."
After Huanyan and Kongwu exchanged positions, she grabbed the reins and looked at Li Jinglan, "Miss Li, don't delay any longer, hurry up!"
Li Jinglan was so grateful that she could only do as she was told.
Chu Li stood in the rain, Kong Wu held an umbrella for her behind her.
Ye Hanting saw this scene in the carriage and immediately got out of the carriage with an umbrella.
The rain hit the ground, and mist appeared in the air. Chu Li suddenly saw a man walking towards her with an umbrella.
She looked carefully and saw Ye Hanting had already walked in front of her.
His umbrella moved closer to Chu Li and completely covered her, so Kong Wu's umbrella could only move back.
The two people who shared an umbrella looked at each other, and Ye Hanting explained: "I just happened to pass by."
"Your Highness, where is your carriage?" Ye Hanting asked knowingly.
Lan Yi watched from afar as his master's half body was exposed to the rain. The umbrella was almost entirely given to the prince, and he probably didn't even notice it himself.
Yun Wanying saw Ye Hanting holding an umbrella over the prince's head regardless of the rain. He had always been cold to others, so when did he become so caring?
Yun Wanying twisted the handkerchief with her fingers and exerted a little force on her palms. Could it be that Brother Han Ting did that just because of the prince's noble status?
When the prince was leaving the house, he could have just been given an umbrella. Then why did he follow him all the way?
This was the first time Yun Wanying was jealous of a man.
Chu Li answered Ye Hanting as if nothing had happened, "The car accidentally hit someone and sent the person to the hospital."
Ye Hanting looked at the carriage not far away and said, "It's just on the way, let's go back to the post house together."
"Okay, thank you." Chu Li did not refuse. After all, it would take her half a day to wait for the carriage in the heavy rain. She originally wanted to sit in the teahouse opposite and wait for Huanyan.
Lan Yi and Kong Wu were driving the car outside wearing straw raincoats and bamboo hats, while Chu Li and Ye Hanting were in the carriage.
The carriage was driving on the empty long street. Chu Li sat beside Ye Hanting. Through what happened between Xia Nishang and Li Jinglan, she began to hate Emperor Qingyuan.
Ye Hanting saw that she was absent-minded and looked at her sideways, "Are you still angry about Li Jinglan's matter?"
Chu Li shook his head. "There are too many unfair things in this world, and I just happened to encounter them. Maybe I haven't seen enough, so I still can't calm down."
Ye Hanting comforted her, "Each of us has times when we are powerless, so there is no need to blame yourself."
Chu Li gave a perfunctory smile.
This alien world has a strict hierarchy, and people in high positions can never empathize with the suffering of those at the bottom.
Including Ye Hanting, if he hadn't helped his father do something against his will, he wouldn't have been able to sit in the position of Grand Tutor.
Ye Hanting could see clearly that Chu Li was a kind-hearted woman at heart. She had a conscience, which he had gradually lost.
The two men were silent along the way, when suddenly one of the wheels of the carriage sank into a puddle.
As the car was bumpy, Chu Li subconsciously protected the baby in her belly, and her body fell uncontrollably towards Ye Hanting.
Ye Hanting subconsciously raised his arms to protect her, their bodies pressed against each other, and there was another round of turbulence.
While shaking, Chu Li's body suddenly moved forward, and her lips touched Ye Hanting's lips.
The soft touch and the breath so close made both of their pupils dilate at the same time.