Reborn to marry a playboy, the scumbag kneels down and calls me aunt

Su Xuqing groaned and shook his head.

“Since we are here, even if we can’t pray, we can still enjoy the scenery on the mountain.”

Su Xuqing smiled and looked at the little Taoist boy. "Little Taoist, my friend is in a bad mood today, so he came to the mountain to relax. I wonder if you can lend us some cooking utensils so that we can have a picnic on the mountain."

The young Taoist priest looked at the guards in armor and guessed that the woman in front of him was probably the wife of an official, so he nodded obediently.

"Follow me to the kitchen, and take whatever you need."

Su Xuqing asked the eldest princess to wait at the door, and then she and Yinhuan followed the little Taoist priest to get kitchen utensils.

In the courtyard of the Taoist temple, there is a huge bronze tripod with a lot of incense ashes inside, which is enough to show how popular the temple is on weekdays.

Following the young Taoist priest, Su Xuqing asked curiously, "I passed by the foot of the mountain a few days ago and saw many pilgrims going to and from the Taoist temple. Why did your temple master close the temple and travel around?"

The little Taoist adjusted his hat, his face looking miserable.

"My master told me a fortune a few days ago that there will be a bloody disaster in the temple. He said he was traveling, but he was actually trying to avoid the limelight."

Pushing open the kitchen door, the young Taoist priest shrugged his shoulders and said, "Our Taoist temple is located on a mountain near the capital, and all the visitors are good men and women. There are no evil bandits or bad people. We usually don't fight with others. We practice tranquility and inaction. How could there be a bloody disaster out of nowhere?"

When it comes to fortune-telling, Su Xuqing is clueless and can only laugh it off.

Yinhuan quickly prepared the pots, pans, and other things. The little Taoist priest considerately found her a basket and put all these miscellaneous things in it.

After preparing the kitchen utensils, Su Xuqing left the gym and planned to find an open place with water for a picnic with the little princess Tang Xue.

Before leaving, the young Taoist priest told Su Xuqing that there was a clear spring on the back mountain, which was suitable for a picnic.

So Su Xuqing dragged the little princess into the dense forest at the back of the mountain, looking for the clear spring that the little Taoist priest had mentioned. At this time, the guards in armor drew their swords and cut off all the thatched grass that was in the way as they walked in front of them.

The mountains and woods were lush and green. The little princess looked at them and felt relaxed and happy. The depression that had been weighing on her heart disappeared.

She looked at Su Xuqing's profile and felt grateful.

Not long after the group walked in the woods, they heard the sound of gurgling spring water.

Su Xuqing found a flat place near the spring, asked Yinhuan to build a bonfire there, and then took the little princess to fish in the spring. The guards stayed nearby to keep watch in case any ignorant wild beasts came running over.

Tang Xue grew up in the capital and seldom left the city. Even if she had the chance to go up the mountain, the eldest princess would not allow her to go into the woods to play.

This is the first time in my life that I stand barefoot in a spring.

The cold spring water brushed across her skin, and the cool feeling made her shiver.

"Little Princess, there's a fish! Catch it!"

"Where! Where!"

When Tang Xue heard Su Xuqing's voice, she looked around in panic, and then found a palm-sized fish next to the stone at her feet.

The little princess made claws with her hands and pounced forward, but she didn't catch the fish and half of her sleeves were wet.

Seeing that she was angry, Su Xuqing held her stomach and laughed.

Tang Xue was a little angry and was about to say something, but when she looked at Su Xuqing's legs, she was so scared that she stepped back and went ashore.

"Sister Su, there is a snake next to your leg!"

Su Xuqing lowered her eyes and saw a small dark red snake swimming by her calf.

If others saw the snake, they would definitely be scared and panic, but Su Xuqing was thinking...

The venom of the red-tailed snake can be used as medicine and is very beneficial for rheumatic bone diseases.

"nice one."

Su Xuqing calmly took out some medicine powder from her sleeve and sprinkled it into the water. The red-tailed snake, which was swimming happily, suddenly began to stagger as if it was drunk.

Seeing this, Su Xuqing picked it up and then reached out to fiddle with the snake's head a few times.

When Tang Xue saw this scene, her eyes almost fell out.

"Sister Su, aren't you afraid it will bite you?"

Su Xuqing smiled slightly, "Don't be afraid, it's already tamed."

The two were talking when something strange happened!

From the dense treetops, a man in black swooped down like an arrow, and stabbed Su Xuqing's neck with the sword in his hand.

"Sister Su, be careful!"

Tang Xue was horrified and shouted quickly.

The man in black sneered, but it was too late to react now!

Su Xuqing seemed to sense danger instinctively, and goose bumps appeared on her snow-white neck.

"die!"

The assassin shouted loudly and was about to succeed.

"call out--"

A small dark red snake suddenly jumped out from Su Xuqing's collar and flew straight to his face.

The assassin was horrified and instinctively swung his sword, cutting the red-tailed snake into two halves.

If he failed to hit the target in one strike, he would have lost his chance, and all the guards from the princess's mansion rushed over at this moment.

The assassin reacted quickly, running away and throwing a dart with his backhand.

But the target of this dart was not Su Xuqing, but Tang Xue.

Su Xuqing was startled and raised her hand to eject a silver needle. The dart and the silver needle collided in mid-air, but because the silver needle was too small, it was knocked away the moment they came into contact.

But even so, the dart was still affected, deviated from its original trajectory, and pierced heavily into the tree trunk next to Tang Xue.

Tang Xue was so scared that her face turned pale and she hid behind a tree in panic.

"Leave two of you to protect the Crown Prince's Consort, and the others follow me!"

Among the guards, a man with a resolute face spoke, drew his sword and chased after him.

The remaining guards clasped their fists and said, "Princess, it is not appropriate to stay here for long. Shall I escort you back?"

Su Xuqing's eyes were deep as she stared at the moment when the creature jumped away, her face solemn.

After walking a few steps, Su Xuqing felt a little distressed when she saw the red-tailed snake broken into two sections, so she picked up the snake's head, squeezed out the venom from the snake's fangs, and ate it along with some unknown herbs in full view of everyone.

Several guards were stunned.

However, after a long time, Su Xuqing looked back to normal, and the guards finally felt relieved, thinking that the snake was probably not poisonous.

Back in the Taoist temple, Tang Xue was still in shock. "Sister Su, did you offend someone? How could someone assassinate you in broad daylight?"

Su Xuqing's face was cold. The only person in the capital who dared to attack her was probably the Third Prince, but...

Thinking back to what happened in a split second, Su Xuqing began to feel suspicious. It was not surprising that the Third Prince sent someone to kill her, but it was really strange that the killer gave Tang Xue a dart before leaving.

The Third Prince wouldn't want to kill Tang Xue as well, right?

"I don't know either. Anyway, let's hide in the Taoist temple now. When the guards come back, we will go down the mountain immediately."

Su Xuqing's eyes were full of apology as she spoke, "I'm sorry, little princess. I wanted to take you out to play, but this happened."