A warm and soft thing pressed against his lips, bringing with it a faint aroma of basil.
Even if it was separated at a touch.
After that, the sour smell dispersed, and the sweet sugar coating and sweet taste of the candied haws dispersed in his mouth.
Ji Wenyuan touched his lips.
There seemed to be the residual warmth of a woman's lips on it.
He looked at the woman in front of him.
She was wearing men's clothing and biting the candied haws. Her expression was calm, but it also seemed as if she hadn't done anything.
If it weren't for the strange gazes of the surrounding guards, Ji Wenyuan would definitely have been fooled by her appearance, thinking that it was just an illusion.
His eyes were shining as he looked at Ji Wenyuan, his ears slightly red.
Xia Ling smiled and lowered her voice. "Are the candied haws delicious?"
Ji Wenyuan: "..."
Even if he was extremely shrewd, he wouldn't be able to withstand her teasing in broad daylight.
Just now, her actions were very fast, and they were surrounded by guards. Only the candied haws vendor saw the scene just now.
In the hawker's eyes, Ji Wenyuan saw some fear.
The two of them, in the hawker's eyes, were two men.
Although he was now the emperor, in the hawker's eyes, a man was still at home to look after his wife and educate his children.
To be able to show his face in public, and the two of them were still so close, it was really shocking.
Ji Wenyuan glanced to the side, and immediately a guard went over to the hawker and berated him.
"Hurry up and stop looking at him!"
He looked carefully at Xia Ling and Ji Wenyuan, and from the guard's murderous aura, he could tell that they were people who should not be provoked.
The hawker did not dare to look, afraid that he would jeopardize his own life.
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When they arrived at the market, Xia Ling was like a bird released from a cage.
Ji Wenyuan followed behind her, looking at her relaxed appearance, a smile unconsciously appeared on his face.
Along the way, he bought many beautiful pastries. They might not be as delicious as those in the palace or as good-looking as those in the palace.
However, for the sake of novelty, Xia Ling also bought a lot.
All the way to the four guards behind her, their hands were filled with all kinds of snacks.
Xia Ling took a fancy to a porcelain hairpin with a jade hairpin flower. Although the workmanship was not that exquisite, it was also very wild and interesting.
"Hey, second brother, do you think this hairpin flower looks good?"
She took the hairpin and looked back.
Behind her, Ji Wenyuan and the four guards who had been following her all the way disappeared without a trace.
"Your Majesty, please follow me."
Next to her, a woman wearing coarse cloth approached. Taking advantage of the fact that no one was looking around, she took out a jade token and showed it to Xia Ling.
This jade token was...
Xia Ling thought for a while, and then she remembered that this jade token seemed to belong to a cousin of Neon Phoenix. She had been conferred the title of Princess Zhao Ning, and she was a particularly gentle person.
Would a gentle woman do something like contacting Xia Ling behind Ji Wenyuan's back?
She was probably scheming, but not very smart.
She dared to go forward for such an obvious matter like leaving the palace. She was clearly tired of living.
"I'm not going." Xia Ling replied very directly.
Going to see Zhao Ning wouldn't do her any good.
If Zhao Ning could push her to the throne again, she wouldn't be so sneaky and wait for her to come out.
When Ji Wenyuan was rebelling and the regime was unstable, was it such a good time to fight against Ji Wenyuan in the name of saving the monarch?
Most likely, he was looking for her to do something to Ji Wenyuan and wanted her to be an insider.
"Your Majesty! What are you...?" the woman was anxious. She didn't expect Xia Ling to refuse.
It was rare for her people to distract Ji Wenyuan and the guards!