Pour the glass

In the early morning, the warblers are singing willows, and the willow trees in the imperial city are like smoke, and the sparse cicadas can be faintly heard.

The lotus flowers in the pool of the imperial garden are just showing their tips, and they are covered with a little morning dew. Now standing in the daylight, they look dripping with water, which is inexplicably pleasing to the eye.

This is the first time that the Captain's Grand Ceremony is held in two days. The two school lieutenants in the final competition this time are also young talents in the imperial guard camp. After yesterday's battle, they are already well-known in Lin'an.Therefore, the result of today's competition is not only concerned about Emperor Yunhui himself, but also those people in and out of the palace who have their own thoughts.

Princess Ye Lingxi of Chushan ran all night, but couldn't find Ziyuan's whereabouts. This morning, she hurried back to the imperial city. Hearing that Qi Ziyuan had arrived at the competition field safely, she could finally let go of her worry.

"Since Lieutenant Qi has arrived at the competition field safely, Your Highness the Princess didn't sleep last night, why not go back to the palace to rest first." Jinnu couldn't help persuading Ye Lingxi, looking at the tiredness in Ye Lingxi's eyes.

Ye Lingxi just shook her head lightly, and said with a smile: "I don't care, I'm just curious about where Qi Ziyuan hid last night?"

Jin Nu knew that although Ye Lingxi didn't expressly said that she wanted to see if Qi Ziyuan was okay quickly, so she gave such an unsatisfactory reason, but it was not good to point out the princess again, so she could only bow her head and say, "Then the servant girl will be fine first." Go and order the imperial dining room to prepare some ginseng tea for the princess, and it would be good for the princess to drink a few sips in the competition venue."

"Yeah." Ye Lingxi nodded to indicate that Jin Nu could step back. After all, in this imperial city, her father's guards could still protect her. In the final analysis, this is her home after all.

Ye Lingxi sighed softly, quickened her pace, and walked straight along the palace corridor to the competition field.

"Third Sister!"

When the slightly childish and delicate voice sounded behind Ye Lingxi, Ye Lingxi had no choice but to stop, and looked back at the man in amazement.

Wearing a bright red brocade dress, with many golden hairpins adorned with coiled blue silk, who else is the one who dresses so festively in the palace all year round, except for the fourth princess Jing Rou?

Ye Lingxi frowned and said with a smile: "Why is Si Huangmei here?"

"Sister Sanhuang wants to watch the final competition of the Captain's Grand Ceremony?" Princess Jingrou stepped forward and hugged Ye Lingxi's arm, gently shaking it from side to side, and begged, "My concubine wants me to stay in the palace obediently." I said that this kind of fighting and killing scenes is really not suitable to watch, but I am really curious. I heard that the two captains who won this time can be regarded as young talents in the Imperial Guard camp, and they are not old men after all. .”

"Hehe, the Fourth Imperial Sister has grown up." Ye Lingxi gently scratched the tip of Princess Jingrou's nose dotingly, "Seeing that my father and I have neglected our little Jingrou, we can already choose a son-in-law! "

"Sister Sanhuang!" Princess Jingrou pursed her lips, her cheeks blushing with shame, "You are laughing at me! You are stronger than me. I saw today today. If you want to choose a son-in-law, it should be Sister Sanhuang who chooses first. !"

Ye Lingxi just smiled lightly, took Princess Jingrou's arm, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, can't the third sister admit defeat? I'll take you to see it today, let's go."

"En!" Princess Jingrou nodded her head heavily, leaning on Ye Lingxi, followed Sister Huang out of the palace corridor, and stepped into the competition arena.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

After three drum beats, the servants invited Ziyuan and the winning Captain Shen to the ring, ready to start today's competition.

Ye Lingxi walked past the arena, her eyes fixed on Ziyuan, but she bumped into Ziyuan's usual sly smile, she couldn't help raising the corner of her mouth slightly, and gave Ziyuan a reassuring smile.

"Sister Sanhuang, I think that skinny kid will definitely lose today!" Princess Jingrou glanced at the two people on the stage, and immediately came to a conclusion.

Ye Lingxi came back to her senses and said with a smile, "Oh?"

Princess Jing Rou nodded her head and said seriously: "Look at that skinny boy, he is very feminine. How could a martial arts practitioner look so fair and refined? If he was a civil servant, it would make sense, but if he was a military officer, he would be too...too... Feminine..."

"Femininity?" Ye Lingxi was stunned for a moment, then raised her eyes to look at Qi Ziyuan thoughtfully, then shook her head again, and said inwardly, "How can there be such a person in this world who is not afraid of death?" A woman? Dare to fight that evil snake in the national temple, and there is Su Zhexue, the Huakui of Lin'an who loves her outside the palace, and now she dares to commit the crime of deceiving the emperor, and openly appears here to compete... No... No... No Will do……"

"You look at the other one much more pleasing to the eye. Look, this man has red lips and white teeth, and he looks much more handsome." Jing Rou's eyes fell on Xiaowei Shen's face, seeing Xiaowei Shen's eyes looking this way, She couldn't help avoiding Colonel Shen's gaze in a panic, lowered her head in shame, grabbed Ye Lingxi's clothes, and asked in a low voice, "Sister Sanhuang, what's his name?"

"Him?" Ye Lingxi thought for a while, then smiled, "This man's name is Shen Zhihuai, and he is the number one capturer in the imperial guard camp."

"Shen Zhihuai...Zhihuai..." Princess Jingrou said a few words, then fell silent, and hurriedly dragged Ye Lingxi up the palace steps and entered the banquet.

"I didn't expect even my Jingrou to come today." Emperor Yunhui saw Princess Jingrou, couldn't help laughing, waved to Princess Jingrou, and motioned for Princess Jingrou to sit beside her, "Come here .”

Princess Jingrou shook her head tenderly, "Father, my son wants to sit with Third Sister Huang."

Emperor Yunhui smiled and gave up, "Okay, okay, you can do whatever you think is good." After finishing speaking, Emperor Yunhui looked at the [-]-year-old Cao Ya who was silent, "Cao Qing's family, today's The Wei Grand Ceremony is about to start, and I was worried that the sun would be too strong for a while, which would hurt Aiqing's body, so I ordered the imperial dining room to make some refreshing imperial porridge, and I would like to drink more later."

Cao Ya looked at Emperor Yunhui, smiled, but did not bow, but looked at Ye Lingxi, "I thank you for the emperor's gift, but it is Princess Chushan. I see that her complexion today is not as good as yesterday, could it be?" Didn't you rest well last night?"

Ye Lingxi's face turned cold, and she met Cao Ya's smiling eyes calmly. How could she fail to understand Cao Ya's implication, "Nine thousand years old has a heart, and my body is as usual, and I don't have a good rest."

Cao Yaqian laughed twice, "That's good, I will go back in a while, and I will tell the dog so that he can feel at ease."

"..." Ye Lingxi froze for an instant, this was not the first time Cao Ya said such words in front of all the officials, as if she had regarded Chu Shan as his daughter-in-law.

Emperor Yunhui coughed twice, forced a smile, and said, "It's not too early now, so I should appoint the captain of the imperial guard earlier, so that I can share my worries."

"What the emperor said is very true." Cao Ya then got up and said to the servant on the ring, "The captain's grand ceremony competition can begin."

Ye Lingxi frowned, looked at Cao Ya's back, and thought over and over what Cao Ya said just now - if Cao Ya really sent an assassin to assassinate Qi Ziyuan last night, seeing Qi Ziyuan appearing safely today, she will surely There will be a few traces of dejection, but he is still able to take her into the army, showing that he knows that Ye Lingxi sent people to look for Qi Ziyuan last night, and wants to protect Qi Ziyuan.

"What did he do last night?" Ye Lingxi really couldn't figure out what the old fox had done, her heart that had been let go was suspended again at this moment, and her eyes moved to Qi Ziyuan on the ring.

Ziyuan glanced at Ye Lingxi from a distance, always felt that Ye Lingxi looked at her at this moment seemed a little weird, "It's strange..."

"Xiao Qi, you can't be merciful in today's competition." Shen Zhihuai's voice suddenly sounded.

Ziyuan was stunned, then smiled and said, "I know, Brother Shen doesn't need to say any more."

"Hmm." Shen Zhihuai's eyes were a bit strange, looking at Ziyuan so quietly made Ziyuan feel a little inexplicably chilly.

Although in the imperial guard camp, there are quite a few people who can be called brothers and sisters by Ziyuan, but this Shen Zhihuai is a master that Ziyuan admires from the bottom of her heart. At least she has been in the imperial guard camp for three years, and she has never seen Shen Zhihuai catch an innocent person by mistake , let alone see him bowing his head because of money or power.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

"The last test of the Imperial Guard Ceremony is for Xiaowei Shen to lieutenant Qi!" When the servant said this, before Zi Yuan had time to perform the most basic clasping salute to Shen Zhihuai, Shen Zhihuai's grasping hand had already moved towards her face. Come.

"You..." Qi Ziyuan was startled, and quickly caught a glimpse of the murderous look in Shen Zhihuai's eyes, and couldn't help but be shocked. It was clear that during the competition yesterday, he did not show enthusiasm for the position of captain of the imperial guards. Pretend?

The purpose is to preserve strength and confuse Ziyuan to underestimate the enemy, but fortunately, we can take down Qi Ziyuan today!

Ziyuan was pushed to the corner of the ring by Shen Zhihuai's offensive, she knew that if she didn't concentrate on meeting the enemy, everything she promised would be in vain after all.

At that moment, Ziyuan's figure flickered, relying on her dexterous footsteps, she dodged Shen Zhihuai's offensive again and again, and slightly recovered a little bit of the decline. For a while, the battle situation was stalemate, and it was difficult to distinguish who was superior.

"Sister Sanhuang, look, I told you that the skinny boy will definitely lose!" Princess Jingrou said proudly, feeling that her guess today was really good, when her eyes fell on Shen Zhihuai's vigorous figure again, she looked at him all the time. The sprouting heart couldn't help beating violently.

Ye Lingxi was secretly startled, Colonel Shen last night would never use such a fierce move to attack his opponent, at least Captain Shen yesterday, even if he won, would keep his moves everywhere, winning in a fair and convincing way oral.

Why did he seem to be a different person overnight?

Ye Lingxi suddenly realized, and turned her eyes to look at the calm Cao Ya, as if everything was under his control—could it be that the person he was looking for last night was not Qi Ziyuan, but Shen Zhihuai?

Thinking of this, Ye Lingxi only felt a chill in her vest.

If Qi Ziyuan can't attend today, then the nine thousand year old Cao Ya is the most suspect. If Qi Ziyuan shows up and loses again, then...then everything has nothing to do with Cao Ya!

But... but... this Shen Zhihuai has always kept a distance from the dignitaries in the court and has a reputation of incorruptibility. How could he become Cao Ya's pawn overnight?

Ye Lingxi was puzzled, and all the suspicion on his face fell into Jiu Qiansui's eyes. He twirled his beard and said with deep meaning: "Princess Chushan, really don't you want to take a rest? My minister looks at the princess. His face is very pale, if he is really exhausted, it's not a big deal for the dog to be sad, but the emperor will be sad too."

"Bengong... very good." Ye Lingxi gritted her teeth and answered Cao Ya, turned her eyes to look at Qi Ziyuan again, clenched her fists secretly, and said anxiously in her heart, "Qi Ziyuan, you won't let Bengong Disappointing, aren't you?"