Chapter 472: Chapter 453: She Sleepwalks
The next morning, Nangong Siyu woke up to find Yun Ran absent and immediately went to Nangong Mo’s courtyard.
At that time, he was seated with his eyes closed under the plum tree. The morning sunlight gently shone on his figure, giving his snow-white robes a faint golden glow, making him look all the more picturesque and noble.
Nangong Siyu stood there for a long time, staring at him dazedly, with an unmistakable look of amazement and infatuation in his eyes.
It was Yue Ying who passed by with a tray of tea and water and asked curiously, "Little Princess, why are you standing here and not going in?"
Nangong Siyu, unabashed, smiled and said, "My brother is too handsome! He looks like an immortal stepped out of a painting, and I accidentally got transfixed."
Yue Ying couldn’t help but chuckle, glancing at the plum tree, "Little Princess, why are you up so early? Did you rest well last night?"
Nangong Siyu felt a bit embarrassed, playfully sticking out her tongue, "Huh? Early? Aren’t I the one who wakes up the latest in the manor? Brother Mo and Sister Princess wake up even earlier!"
"His Highness and the Princess... woke up... very early..."
Yue Ying’s expression turned a bit peculiar...
However, Nangong Siyu was looking around with her head tilted, not noticing her odd expression, muttering, "Huh? Where’s Sister Princess? Why haven’t I seen her?"
Yue Ying thought: This Little Princess seems quite attached to the Princess?
"The Little Princess really likes our Princess, but the Princess hasn’t woken up yet!"
"What?"
Nangong Siyu looked surprised, shaking her head decisively, "Impossible! Sister Princess is already up! I saw her with my own eyes!"
"But the Princess..." Yue Ying was about to explain when a cool, indifferent voice drifted over with the wind.
"Yue Ying, you may leave now."
"Yes, sir!"
Without hesitation, Yue Ying retreated, and Nangong Siyu cheerfully ran over to Nangong Mo, "Brother Mo, are you sunbathing? Where’s Sister Princess? I haven’t seen her since I woke up! Where did she go?"
"And, and, when are we going to the palace? Grandmother has been missing you! She thought of you every day when you weren’t in the capital! If we visit her earlier, she would surely be very happy!"
Nangong Siyu babbled on, but Nangong Mo only replied with, "We’ll go in the afternoon."
"What? Why so late? Can’t we go now?"
Nangong Siyu pouted, feeling a bit confused, but seeing Nangong Mo’s aloof demeanor, she didn’t expect him to change his mind and immediately got an idea.
"Where’s Sister Princess? I want to talk to Sister Princess!"
Nangong Mo raised his hand to catch a petal fluttering down from the wind, his expression calm and composed as he slowly said, "She was sleepwalking last night and fell into the water, caught a cold, and is still resting."
"What? What?! Sleepwalking? Fell into the water? No way?!"
Nangong Siyu’s eyes widened, filled with shock and incredulity, and it took her a while to slowly accept this fact.
She grabbed Nangong Mo’s sleeve anxiously, "Is Sister Princess okay? How is she now? Is her illness serious? Should we call the Imperial Physician to have a look?"
At this moment, Yun Ran, who was sleeping, sneezed several times in a row, drowsily rubbed her eyes, and muttered to herself, "What time is it? Ugh... winter mornings are so cold! Not suitable for getting up early, I’ll sleep a bit more!"
