"Your highness, I apologize to you on behalf of our lord. The lord recently stayed up late into the night, hurrying the journey, which has made him physically and mentally exhausted, so perhaps his mood is not very good. If there was any offense, I beg you not to blame him."
Ming Shu waved her hand indifferently. "Thank you for sending me back."
She didn't care about the so-called "offense." It was up to him whether or not to give her a ride.
Ye Cong, the guard, was a little surprised. He thought she would be angry at the lord's attitude.
Even if she wasn't very angry, she might say a few words about it.
At least, all the princesses and misses he had encountered were like that.
But she didn't seem to care about it at all. And she even expressed a polite thank you. This was not like a princess, not to mention her identity was much nobler than the usual princess.
She was the royal princess from the Heavenly Temple...
Ye Cong came back to himself and said hurriedly, "This is as it should be, but Your Highness, may I beg for your understanding: we can't find a carriage nearby. Your Highness has to ride on horseback by herself."
"That's okay."
Ye Cong ordered a subordinate to lead a horse over in a hurry and helped Ming Shu to get on its back. "There is still a distance to the capital, Your Highness. I have sent people to inform His Majesty. Someone should come to pick up Your Highness soon."
Ming Shu smiled slightly. "Well, let's go."
Hurry back to eat.
I'm too hungry!
...
Ming Shu thought that based on her powerful skill, horse-riding must not a problem at all. But she didn't expect her weak body to be so vulnerable, and the feeling of suffocation just made her very helpless. Ming Shu had to slow down.
If Ming Shu went slow, then Ye Cong could only slow down as well.
Clip-clop...
The clatters of rapid hoof beats came from ahead, causing Ye Cong to become alert immediately. But soon figures appeared: it was their own people. Ye Cong greeted them with a sigh of relief.
"What happened?"
"Guard Ye, the front road was blocked due to debris, the lord is going to take another road."
"Debris?"
"There was a heavy rain a few days ago, it should have happened at that time."
As they were speaking, King Huai and several others also appeared riding on horses.
King Huai squinted at Ming Shu coldly, who was biting into a fruit calmly on her horse, and he rode straight past her without any hesitation.
"Lord..." Wouldn't you wait for your subordinate?
Ming Shu continued chewing on the fruit as if nothing had happened.
The debris blocked the way so they had to change course with King Huai. But this alternate route would take more time. They could have been in the city before dark, but now it looked like they had to stay overnight in the suburbs.
King Huai and Ming Shu each kept to one side, not bothering each other.
Their resting place was close to a river. Ye Cong was trying to catch some fish while Ming Shu squatted by the river, holding her chin and watching. It seemed that the fish here was smarter, for Ye Cong caught nothing for a long time.
