After His Majesty was reborn, the poor little girl in his previous life was spoiled to death

Alone in this quiet forest, Ning'er was startled when she suddenly heard someone talking behind her and subconsciously wanted to move forward.

The man behind him said quickly: "Don't go forward, it's dangerous there!"

The anxiety in that voice didn't seem fake. Ning'er calmed down after hearing this. There were no footsteps behind her. The man seemed to be afraid of startling her and stopped where he was.

After a breath, he said to Ning'er, who had calmed down, "Try to walk back three steps and then turn around."

At this moment, the sound was like the sound of jade springs hitting rocks, clear and melodious, very pleasant to the ear and convincing. Ning'er could not help but follow his instructions.

One step, two steps, three steps... Ning'er turned around and looked back, and saw a man standing in the wind.

The spring chill was still there, but he was only wearing a jade-white cloud-patterned gauze Taoist robe and a dark green double-breasted crane cloak. He had almost no decorations, only a lotus jade crown.

At this time, the mountain wind was howling, the sky was blue and boundless, and the man's wide sleeves fluttered in the wind, making him look like an immortal in the mountains.

Ning Er was so taken aback by his appearance that she was stunned for a moment. She didn't even notice that he had walked to her side and pointed at the stone pavilion and said, "Look there."

Ning'er looked over and was immediately shocked.

It turned out that the place where she was before was only one step away from the stone pavilion built in the air. However, she was distracted before and did not notice that there was a crack several meters long and more than half an inch wide at the connection of the stone foundation!

Ning'er stared at the crack and couldn't help feeling a little scared. Then she heard the man say softly, "I just made a noise to disturb you, but it was unavoidable. I hope you won't blame me."

She hadn't noticed it when she saw him from a distance before, but when he came to her side, Ning'er realized that this man was extremely tall and slender, and was actually several inches taller than the Marquis.

His appearance was outstanding, and he clearly looked like a young man, but his eyes were as calm as deep pools, making it difficult to guess his age.

She wanted to thank him quickly but didn't know how to address him. The man was dressed in formal attire and didn't look like an official, so it was not appropriate to call him "Sir". He looked very young, so it was not appropriate to call him "Master" either. As for calling him brother or elder, they had never met before and it seemed like she was trying to get close to him.

While Ning'er was hesitating, the man continued to explain: "The Shen family handled this matter in a crude way. Since they were going to hold a banquet here, how could they allow such a hidden danger to occur?"

When Ning Er heard this, she subconsciously defended Shen Chongyao: "There was no one here, I came up here by myself."

After hearing this, she realized that he was also a guest at the banquet at the Marquis' Mansion.

She felt relieved, but asked naturally. Ning Er used a slightly awkward way of saying, "This... noble man, are you here for the Flower Festival as well? Why don't you go downstairs and have some fun?"

When the man heard her calling him like that, he couldn't help but smile and said, "I found this on the stone path. I was wondering if someone had left it there, so I came here to look for it."

Then he handed over something.

Ning'er blushed immediately when she saw it... Such a fairy-like beauty was holding a light blue shawl embroidered with beads in her hand.

When she looked again, the stone bench where she had placed the shawl was empty.

She was greatly embarrassed, and then she realized that the wind was blowing loudly, and her shawl might have been blown up by the wind and fell down, so that this noble person could have picked it up, and then he could have found her all the way up and happened to save her.

She bowed deeply to him, feeling very embarrassed: "I was too reckless. I really appreciate your help."

The man laughed softly when he heard that. Ning'er looked at him and couldn't help but sigh that this man's appearance was probably the best among anyone she had ever seen in her life.

But he said: "You don't need to thank me. Even if you are alone, you should still be careful and cautious." This was referring to what Ning'er had explained earlier on behalf of the Marquis' Mansion.

Ning Er nodded and said seriously, "I accept your teachings."

The man laughed again and asked her, "Why do you call me your honorable lady?"

Ning Er was speechless for a moment, not knowing how to answer, but she heard him say, "My name is Chu Huan."

Ning Er repeated: "Ring?"

Chu Huan broke off a willow branch in his hand and asked her for confirmation: "Can you read?"

Ning Er nodded hesitantly: "I only recognize a few words."

Then he wrote the word "Huan" on the ground with a willow branch and explained, "It's the word Huan in the universe." He tilted his head to look at Ning'er and asked naturally, "What about you?"

Being looked at like this, Ning'er blurted out inexplicably: "My name is Chao Ning." She took the willow branch and imitated Chu Huan, drawing it across the ground.

Chu Huan watched her movements quietly, with a hint of joy in his clear voice, and sighed softly, "So it's the word 'chao' in 'chaochaomumu'."

Ning Er had never expected him to say this. Before she could respond, she heard him ask again:

"Today is the Flower Festival, which is in line with your name, but you are dressed solemnly, with a worried look on your face, climbing a high place and looking far away alone. Is there any reason for this?"

To be precise, this was just their first meeting, but the question was a bit profound.

Ning Er didn't feel offended at all, she just said: "It's just because I miss my old friend."

Chu Huan handed the willow branch to Ning Er and said, "The spring breeze blows and the willows turn green. Why don't you give me this willow branch as a gift?"

Ning'er took the willow branch swaying in the wind in a trance and said, "Mother, spring is here. Are you watching over your daughter in heaven?"

She seemed to have just woken up from the heavy snow yesterday. It turned out that spring had already come to her.

Ning'er suddenly threw the willow branch off the cliff, vowing to never forget it.

Just as she was feeling melancholy, she suddenly heard Chu Huan smiling and reminding her: "Perhaps there is nothing going on down the mountain, so Miss Chao can stay here."

Ning'er came to her senses when she heard this. She said to herself, "Oh no!" She forgot herself and stayed on the mountain for too long. She was afraid that Chuncao must be going crazy down there!

She bowed hastily and said, "Thank you so much for today." Then she folded the shawl around her arm, turned around and walked down the stone steps in a hurry.

Seeing her panic, Chu Huan smiled and shook his head. He didn't move until the slender figure disappeared into the woods. Then he shook his sleeves and slowly walked towards the stone pavilion.

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Half an hour ago, Shen Chongyao looked around the gardens and houses one by one, and checked the arrangement of utensils for lunch and many miscellaneous matters in the kitchen. He felt that nothing was missed, and seeing the magnificent scenery in the garden, he was inspired to recite a poem.

So he strolled in the garden, admiring the scenery, and at the same time looked for the winding and secluded places.

As he was walking, he suddenly saw Miss Ning's personal maid wandering alone at the foot of the mountain path, looking very anxious.

When he saw that it was him, he was overjoyed and said, "Second Master, it's you!"

Shen Chongyao asked: "Where is your young lady?"

Because Shen Chongyao had helped her in times of trouble, Chuncao trusted him very much, so she told him everything: "The girl went up the mountain alone along the stone path. She just told me to wait here and she would be back soon, but I waited for a long time and there was no sign of the girl. I was so anxious, but I didn't dare to go up to her for fear of getting lost."

At this point, she looked at him with sparkling eyes, and the implication was clear: "I'm going to trouble the Second Master again!"

When Shen Chongyao heard this, his eyes went dark. Why was it that every time he met this master and servant, something bad happened?

But it happened that it was Miss Ning, whom he dared not neglect in the slightest. He only looked at the time and told Chuncao, "I will go up to look for your girl, you go to the entrance to guard her, in case she comes down from the other side and you can't see anyone."

He added, "Don't miss the time." As he spoke, he lifted the corner of his robe and walked in two steps towards the direction Chuncao said.

After walking up about twenty meters, Shen Chongyao's heart suddenly sank. He saw a gust of strong wind coming and brushed past his ear before he could react!

"Zheng!"

Shen Chongyao looked in horror, and saw a dark iron arrow deeply embedded in the tree trunk beside him. Only the eagle feather at the tail of the arrow was still shaking!