C20 Go to the Hot Spring Together!

“If His Royal Highness doesn’t marry her now, he might marry her in two days. Look at the previous Emperor Shunping, he had been guarding the Empress Dowager all these years, yet he was able to marry hundreds of concubines in the blink of an eye! And look at our current Emperor, he is only eighteen years old, yet he already has over a hundred concubines! The current Empress is being suppressed by the Empress Dowager, and she is being bullied by everyone!”

Lan Qingqian recalled the past Imperial Nephew Hui Min, and she was often bullied by the Empress Dowager’s sister-in-law. Moreover, the Imperial Nephew’s beautiful women also liked to bully her. They even broke her hairpin and complained about it, and they intentionally refused to give her any good food.

She immediately felt her heart tighten. Could it be that she was like Empress Hui Min?

Thus, she couldn’t squat down any longer, and she immediately threw away the vegetable leaves and ran to the Seven Lake Courtyard.

“Old Marquis, Old Marquis!”

San Qi saw her rushing over and waved his hand. “Your Royal Highness isn’t here, he went to the courtyard’s small mountain to bathe in the hot spring.” The Seven Duke’s residence wasn’t considered luxurious in the Imperial Family, but it was better for it to be quiet and elegant. There was also a small mountain rock at the back of the courtyard that was covered in green trees and red flowers all year round. There was also a hot spring, and this was something that the other Duke Palaces didn’t have.

When Lan Qingqian heard this, she immediately turned around and ran out.

San Qi shouted from behind, “Sigh, Your Highness, Your Royal Highness is bathing, what are you going to do?”

“What do you care about me!” A voice sounded from afar, and her figure had already disappeared.

The mist slowly spread out under the dark sky. Under the moonlight, there were four lanterns hanging on the walls of the fake mountain on the tree. It was like the moonlight was soft, and it was shining on a strong body.

Gu Jun’an was sitting in the hot spring. Her hair was wet and hanging on her shoulders. Her eyes were cold and her ears were slightly moving as if she had heard something.

She gently raised her hand and threw the jade wine cup to the side. Suddenly, there was a loud wail.

“Ow!” It was from Qing Qian’s butt.

Gu Jun’an heard the familiar voice and relaxed. A little figure came out from the dark bush behind her. She rubbed her butt and held the jade wine cup as she complained, “Old Prince Consort, you bad guy, you smashed my butt with the cup!”

“How would I know that you are the one who is sneaking around? If you dare to do it again, I will smash your head!” Gu Jun’an didn’t expect it to be her. The guards in the mansion were very strict. It was either an assassin or someone from the mansion. However, if it was an assassin with a high level of martial arts, he wouldn’t show up in such a late night. That was why Gu Jun’an didn’t hit her too hard.

“I am not a dog. I just want to see if you are here…” Qing Qian hadn’t even finished her studies. She didn’t know what it meant to be a dog. She just thought it meant that she was bad. She threw the cup to the side and came over to touch the hot spring water.

“Wow! So warm! I want to take a bath too!” She didn’t need to take a bath in the wooden tub every night if she knew there was such a place.

Gu Jun’an was about to take off her clothes and go into the water when he frowned. “Don’t take off your clothes. You’ll be naked if you do!”

“You’ll be naked? Can’t you kiss me if you are fat?” Lan Qingqian didn’t understand what he meant. She tilted her head and asked, “How can I take a bath if I don’t take off my clothes?”

“You’ll be naked in public. A little girl like you shouldn’t take off your clothes!” Gu Jun’an felt a headache. He couldn’t explain the difference between men and women to her. He could only scare her. “If you want to take off your clothes, go back to your wooden tub!”

“Okay!” Lan Qingqian had no choice but to compromise. She took off her outer clothes and went into the water.

She swam around for a while and smiled. “Wow! So comfortable!”

Gu Jun’an saw her swam so skillfully and asked, “Do you know how to swim?”

“Of course! Aunt Yan Qiu taught me! I even dared to catch fish in the lake!”

Gu Jun’an immediately remembered the fish she put in the lake in the Imperial Residence. He warned her loudly, “Don’t go into the water. Otherwise, your butt will be opened!”