I was a princess in ancient times

Huo Yu suddenly exploded with great strength, cut off the long sword blocking him with the treasured knife, strode to Yu Heng's side, and helped the man who was limp on the ground, "Jun Wang?"

Yu Heng leaned weakly on Huo Yu's shoulder, endured the unspeakable pain in his chest and said, "Tell them, I'm fine."

Before the words fell completely, Yu Heng suddenly raised his hand to cover his mouth and let out several muffled coughs.Traces of bright red flowed down the dusty fingers and dripped onto the skirt of the clothes that had been stained dark red for a long time.

Huo Yu yelled 'Protect the King', picked up the feathered arrow under his feet and threw it viciously at the rushing assassin.

He looked at Yu Heng's chest. Although the skirt of his clothes was badly torn, only the freshly dripped blood was bright red.

He didn't even hit the arrow!

Seeing Yu Heng standing up with Huo Yu's support, the panic-stricken Guannei Army suddenly boosted their morale and completely suppressed the Turkic Army and the Mohe Army.

Yu Heng used his last strength to pick up the enamel peacock that fell from his chest. The movement of reaching out caused a dull pain in his chest, and the strong smell of rust came out of his mouth again.

Huo Yu saw the palm-sized enamel peacock and the sharp pit at the peacock's ornate tail feathers. While solving the doubts in his heart, he also had indistinguishable complex emotions.

Faced with the situation of being pinched by feather arrows at the same time just now, the best choice is to use the only time to adjust the position and avoid the vital point.

This is the simplest and most important common sense when encountering fatal danger.

Xianglin County King can think of the existence of enamel peacocks and make a choice between fire and light stones.The extreme calmness shown is far better than the so-called martial arts talent.

Not to mention the nobles who grew up in Chang'an, even the Junwu and Waiwu in the Jinwu Guard, and even most of the Neiwu, it is difficult to balance rationality and decisiveness between life and death.

Huo Yu immediately took out the pill and brought it to Yu Heng's mouth. Although his tone was still calm, he spoke much faster than usual.

He whispered, "The king of the county was hurt by the feather arrow. This is the unique secret medicine of the Jinwu Guard. It can relieve the injury immediately and make the healing process longer."

Hearing this, Yu Heng bit the pill into his mouth without hesitation.

As long as he is alive, he has plenty of time to heal his wounds slowly.

There were fewer and fewer assassins around, and Jin Wuwei became calmer in his response.However, Yu Heng's complexion became worse and worse, and his sharp eyes gradually turned hollow.

Huo Yu suddenly said, "You are very lucky."

Hearing the voice close at hand, Yu Heng's eyes barely focused, "Huh?"

"If the flying arrows in front came from archers, the county king's internal injuries would have been more severe, and the battle might not be over."

Huo Yu could think of attracting Yu Heng's attention in a way of speaking, so as to prevent Yu Heng from losing consciousness and falling into a more dangerous situation, which is already beyond his thoughtfulness.

As for whether what he said was auspicious, whether it would make the wounded think wildly, it was completely out of Huo Yu's consideration.

Fortunately, Yu Heng has never been a sensitive and thoughtful person. His voice was so weak that it was almost inaudible, but the look in his eyes slowly recovered, "Because I have the luck of two people."

He took a silent breath and insisted on finishing the sentence, "Axue, tell me, share his luck with me."

Huo Yu suddenly looked in the opposite direction to the Great Wall of Yanzhou, and out of joy, he said what he thought was a compliment, "You and the princess are very lucky, the King Ling is here."

Not only did Yu Heng raise the corners of his mouth silently, but the Jinwu guards who heard Huo Yu's words also heaved a sigh of relief.

Only a few breaths passed, and the sound of the horn, which was completely different from that at the Yanzhou Great Wall, followed the sound of the wind and rang in everyone's ears from far to near.

August [-]th is the Longevity Festival of Emperor Changping.

Emperor Changping never liked to spend his life in a cumbersome way.

Therefore, in the first few years of his ascension to the throne, he always said, "The bones of the late emperor are not yet cold, so as a son of man, we should not celebrate wildly." 'For the reason, reduce the scale of the Longevity Festival.

It wasn't until the second year of Changping, when the period of filial piety was completely over, that Emperor Changping reluctantly held a birthday celebration to show the prestige of the country at the request of his courtiers.

Since then, Longevity Festival has become an ordinary palace banquet.

Not to mention the scale compared with the New Year's Eve palace banquet, even the occasional flower banquet held by the Empress Dowager Su and the Royal Concubine on a whim is more grand than Emperor Changping's birthday banquet.

In the past two years, there have been constant wars in northern Xinjiang, and frequent turmoil in the court because of the New Deal, so Emperor Changping began to pay attention to the Longevity Festival.

Ji Xinxue is either randomly checking tax account books in various places, or predicting the next stage of taxation, and has no time to take care of other things.

Ji Minyan sits in the military department and the household department for Emperor Changping, watching the luggage sent to northern Xinjiang.

As the most promising person to get married in a short period of time, Ji Jingrou had to attend various birthday banquets, flower banquets, and wedding banquets every now and then... She couldn't find anyone who was pleasing to the eye, but the booklets recording various secrets became thicker and thicker, and even Can be praised by Emperor Changping.

Ji Mingtong didn't want to go to banquets with Ji Jingrou everywhere, so he could only accept the errand of preparing for the Longevity Festival.

She arrested Ji Baoshan, who was only 13 years old, as a young man on the grounds that she was teaching her younger sister to run errands.Leave the negotiation with the Ministry of Rites and Taifu Temple to Ji Baoshan, and run to Qinghe County Prince's Mansion all day long.

The Wanshou Festival, nicknamed Emperor Changping, is a major event for the clan, and the King of Qinghe County and Princess Qinghe County should be consulted.

The King of Qinghe County and the Princess of Qinghe County liked the juniors of the clan very much, and Ji Mingtong was the character who was best at playing coquettishly with the elders.

In only half a month, Ji Mingtong was loved by the king and concubine of Qinghe County, the prince and concubine of Qinghe County, and the brothers and sisters of Ji Cheng's generation. Group favorite.

Poor Concubine Su and Emperor Changping didn't notice Ji Mingtong's careful thinking, and they actually thought that Ji Mingtong's mingling with Qinghe County Prince's Palace was a sign of success.

Ji Xinxue, who knew all the inside information, could only smile wryly.

He never expected that the fire would burn on him first.

However, in the face of Ji Mingtong's begging, Ji Xinxue finally gave up resistance and was dragged into the fire pit.

He began to take Ji Cheng to frequently brush his face in front of Emperor Changping, and watched Ji Cheng as if he wanted to grab Songnian and Jingzhe's jobs, and he was so courteous to Emperor Changping, at least ten times more filial than his own son.

Emperor Changping has always been perceptive, even if he did not associate Ji Mingtong with Changing and Ji Cheng's hospitality for the time being, he would not completely ignore Ji Cheng's abnormality.

He asked Ji Xinxue privately if Ji Cheng had made a big mistake and was afraid of being punished by the prince of Qinghe County, so he tried his best to please him.

Ji Xinxue didn't want to be implicated by Ji Mingtong and Ji Cheng, who were about to end sooner or later, and said euphemistically that he was just a good person who wanted to help others and knew nothing.

Emperor Changping smiled, and gladly accepted Ji Cheng's meticulous filial piety, and was too lazy to delve into the younger generation's little thoughts.

Ji Xinxue not only sympathized with Emperor Changping who was destined to be hurt by anger, but also worried about Ji Cheng and Ji Mingtong who were going crazy to death, and felt sorry for herself who was implicated in this incident for no reason.

I thought of Yu Heng's letter implying that he would 'be sure to have good news in northern Xinjiang before the end of the year'.

He privately reminded Ji Mingtong and Ji Cheng to be smart, at least not to give Changping Emperor eye drops around the Longevity Festival.

Because of their age, Ji Cheng and Ji Mingtong are always urged to marry, and they suddenly have a sense of crisis that it is impossible to hide their relationship forever.He just behaved instinctively to please Emperor Changping and Prince Qinghe and his wife, and there was no specific confession plan yet.

Hearing Ji Xinxue's hint, they immediately nodded.Not only deliberately reduce the frequency of meeting in the palace, but also go to the 'blind date banquet' together to have fun, trying to deceive the elders.

On August [-]th, Ji Xinxue opened her eyes at dawn, staring blankly at the bed curtain in a daze.

He seems to have seen Yu Heng in the dream last night, but unfortunately he has forgotten the specific content of the dream.

Not long after, Caishi and Qingyun entered the door lightly, calling out cautiously, "Master, it's time to get up, and I'm going to put on big makeup today."

"Yeah..." Ji Xinxue raised her hand and lifted the curtain of the bed, suppressing all the chaotic thoughts in her heart.

With the growth of age, Ji Xinxue's figure has gradually transitioned from a boy to a youth.

It's a pity that he only grew tall, almost no bones, and he was still tall and slender, not at all like Changping Emperor with broad shoulders and waist.

It is precisely because of this that Ji Xinxue can continue to play the role of a woman after putting on makeup, and her gender has never been questioned.

He straddled the wide chair with a big horse and a golden knife, staring at the person in the bronze mirror with scrutiny.

In recent years, for the convenience of traveling, he has seldom dressed in such a formal attire, and usually goes out with a light gauze to cover his face.

The aggressive beauty in the mirror made him feel a little strange.

Ji Xinxue personally picked up the Bu Yao with a red jade tassel and inserted it into her bun, with a bright smile on her lips.The mood that had been dull for several days suddenly became clear.

As soon as she stepped into the main hall of Anfu Palace, Ji Xinxue felt the eyes of a "benevolent father" from her superiors.

The courtiers who had been waiting for a long time rushed to Ji Xinxue, just standing between Ji Xinxue and Emperor Changping, "I send my greetings to the princess."

Ji Xinxue, with her head full of gold jewelry inlaid with gemstones, could only nod her head reservedly and gracefully, "Mr. Liu"

Ever since Ji Jingyu, who was taken by Emperor Changping's side and taught by him, left Chang'an, Ji Xinxue and Ji Minyan have become Emperor Changping's right-hand men.

Ji Xinxue not only sits in the household department, but also mobilizes the Jinwu Guard and Habayashi Guard. He is undoubtedly the most powerful emperor's heir.

Even if he insisted on implementing the New Deal and made the courtiers hate him, there were still a steady stream of courtiers trying to curry favor with Ji Xinxue.

Liu Xin, a household doctor who blocked Ji Xinxue's way, was one of them.

Facing Shang Ji Xinxue's black and white eyes, Liu Langzhong's heart skipped a beat, he didn't remember what he wanted to say at all, only shame remained in his mind.

He actually hinted to Princess Anwu several times on the grounds that his son was very handsome, and he was willing to dedicate his son to Princess Anwu as a noodle...

Ji Xinxue walked around Liu Langzhong, who suddenly stared straight, with a normal expression, too lazy to speculate on the other party's thoughts.

It's just a person with mediocre ability who thinks about taking shortcuts to get promoted all day long.

If one day he couldn't even do his job well, he would just be demoted directly, and it wasn't worth his effort.

From the entrance of the main hall to the seats, Ji Xinxue walked for nearly two quarters of an hour in just a few dozen steps.

Not just like Liu Langzhong, those who want to curry favor with Ji Xinxue will try their best to stop him.

Even the old fox who confronted him tit for tat in the court would take the initiative to greet him.

Fortunately, Zhang Siyi rushed to Ji Xinxue's side in time, and lightly blocked all unnecessary people for Ji Xinxue.Ji Xinxue didn't let Jin Wuwei arrest and imprison someone at Emperor Changping's birthday banquet because of exhaustion of patience.

Yu Heng was not there, so Ji Xinxue asked someone to reserve Zhang Siyi and Yan Meng's seats at his seat so that they could gossip and pass the time during the meeting.

Zhang Siyi looked at Ji Xinxue with a strange expression, and said in a low voice, "Recently there are rumors among the people that you are a prince instead of a princess."

"Huh?" Ji Xinxue withdrew her hand reaching for the teacup, and the corner of her mouth curled up in a mocking arc, "Does anyone believe it?"

Zhang Siyi shook her head honestly, and her face became even weirder.

No one believes it.

Since Ji Xinxue went to the fief for the second time four years ago, the same rumors have been circulating in Chang'an periodically.

At the beginning, because the courtiers were competing with Emperor Changping, they took it for granted that the rumors were that Emperor Changping was fishing to enforce the law. Not only did they refuse to believe the rumors, they also strictly prohibited people related to them from talking about the rumors.

As the rumors spread more and more widely, they still left traces in the courtiers' hearts after all.

Because of Zhang Siyi's friendship with Ji Xinxue since childhood and her status as a companion, she was fortunate to guess the truth through the details that Ji Xinxue revealed intentionally or unintentionally.

As a smart person, he never thought of telling the Zhang family about this.

Therefore, Zhang Siyi witnessed the process of the Zhang family first approaching the truth infinitely, and then running farther and farther in the direction diametrically opposite to the truth.

The first turning point that made the Zhang family change their minds was when Ji Xinxue returned to Chang'an in the fourth year of Changping.

Ji Xinxue first became the "No. [-] Beauty in Chang'an" in the hearts of countless people outside Chang'an City, and then surprised everyone at the New Year's Eve palace banquet that year.

From then on, the 'Chang'an No. [-] Beauty', who was replaced almost every ten days, suddenly had a regular owner.

Because Ji Xinxue and Emperor Changping had almost identical facial features, the courtiers firmly believed that if Ji Xinxue was a prince instead of a princess, Emperor Changping would definitely not allow Ji Xinxue to have the title of "the most beautiful woman in Chang'an".

The courtiers who had doubts about Ji Xinxue's gender laughed at themselves as fools in their hearts.

The Zhang family was almost wiped out here, only Zhang Siyi's grandfather still had doubts in his heart.

Ji Jingyu left Chang'an.When Emperor Changping entrusted Ji Xinxue with an important task and taught Ji Xinxue how to handle political affairs, the courtiers once again had doubts about Ji Xinxue's gender.

However, the New Deal originally started from Anye and Shangluo, the fiefs of Princess Anwu, so it is understandable to entrust Princess Anwu with the heavy responsibility of implementing the New Deal.

Besides, although King Ling left Chang'an, Princess Huai'an and Princess Jinming, who were compatriots with King Ling and his mother, were still in Chang'an.

Princess Jinming is delicate and naive, and has a close relationship with Princess Anwu since she was a child, so let's ignore it for now.

Princess Huai'an has never been easy to fool, how could she tolerate her half-brother threatening her younger brother's position as the crown prince, without any reaction?

Ever since Emperor Changping ascended the throne, he has firmly supported Ji Jingyu as a courtier of the crown prince, and repeatedly asked Princess Huaian to determine whether to regard Princess Anwu as a political enemy, but each time she got a negative answer.

They firmly believed that Princess Anwu was a princess, and the folk rumors were just nonsense.

Seeing this, the rest of the courtiers also denied the doubts in their hearts.

Zhang Siyi's grandfather fell here.

Now four years after Changping, it was rumored that 'Princess Anwu is the prince, and she grew up pretending to be a princess for special reasons. ' have been rumored for more than four years.

Most of the courtiers have experienced 'impossible, doubt, dispel doubt...something is wrong, Princess Anwu must be a princess! ' During the process, I firmly believed that Ji Xinxue was a girl.

As one of the few insiders, Zhang Siyi really didn't know how to face this "interesting incident" of "cleverness was mistaken by cleverness".

After all, the grandfather and father he has always respected also... ahem.

Ji Xinxue supported her side face with her hands, and looked at Zhang Siyi quietly.

Zhang Siyi, who was full of complexities, sat upright under the eyes of envy and jealousy from all directions, and the tension on her face became more and more obvious, "Princess?"

The lips painted with vermilion lipstick opened and closed slightly, and Zhang Siyi said something that shocked Zhang Siyi and hadn't recovered from it for a long time, "It's good to be a princess forever, isn't it?"

Ji Xinxue just wanted to express the thoughts that had been lingering in his heart recently, and didn't really want to ask Zhang Siyi's opinion.

Before Zhang Siyi could respond, he had already turned his head to look opposite.

Ji Mingtong and Ji Cheng were 'quarreling' across the ashen-faced Princess Huayang.

Princess or Prince, what's the difference?

Ji Xinxue could only think of the trouble this change would cause him.

First of all, the courtiers certainly cannot easily accept that he is a prince instead of a princess, especially those who have already put their wealth on Ji Jingyu.

If Emperor Changping wanted to give him a justifiable prince, he would definitely have to play hard with his courtiers.

Now that he is just a princess, people who don't understand human language will come to him and pledge their allegiance to him.It implies that he tries to win as much power from Emperor Changping as possible, and then finds a way to disqualify Ji Jingyu from becoming the prince.Even if he is only the princess, there is no chance of being a 'regent' in the future.

Ji Xinxue can only say that the other party was lucky, and he didn't catch up with the time when he was affected by Feisi grass lip balm and Bifilaria powder, otherwise...hehe.

In short, the status of the prince represents endless troubles.

Think about it the other way around, if he's just a princess.

Ji Xinxue immediately thought of his engagement with Yu Heng.

He couldn't be sure if Yu Heng had delusions about him, but he was confident that if he brought up the original engagement, Yu Heng would not be indifferent.

During the two years of separation, although Ji Xinxue had never tested Yu Heng in letters, she had thought about his and Yu Heng's future countless times.

Ji Xinxue felt that he and Yu Heng had at least a half chance of getting what he wanted.

In this case, the status of the princess is far more beneficial to him and Yu Heng than the status of the prince.

Only consider the possibility that he and Yu Heng can grow old together.

He is a princess, and the only pressure he and Yu Heng have to face is not being able to have children.

As long as an adoptive child inherits the title of Xianglin County King, he and Yu Heng can get out of trouble.

He is a prince, and he and Yu Heng have to face it... It's too difficult, Ji Xinxue doesn't bother to think about it.

Yan Meng, who came late, entered the table silently, the panic between her brows was particularly obvious in the eyes of those who knew her well, "Princess, Brother Zhang."

Zhang Siyi suddenly recovered from the shock, and immediately moved away from Ji Xinxue.

If he had known that Ji Xinxue would say such a thing to him, he would rather be sick and miss His Majesty's Longevity Festival!

Ji Xinxue turned to look at Yan Meng, and asked casually, "What's wrong with you?"

Yan Meng did not hesitate to say something that made her lose her mind, "My mother is pregnant."

Zhang Siyi's body froze suddenly, and she looked sadly at Yan Meng, who happened to stop between him and Ji Xinxue before she had time to sit down.

He didn't want to hear secrets from the deep palace!

Ji Xinxue was no less shocked by this incident than Zhang Siyi, "Concubine Yan?"

If he remembered correctly, Concubine Yan's age should be between 35 and [-]. In this era, she is definitely an elderly woman.

Yan Meng lowered her head in frustration, "Aniang wants to abort this child, but the imperial doctor said that her body can't bear the abortion, so she might as well give birth, and the godmother also persuaded Aniang to give birth to the child."

Zhang Siyi silently covered her mouth.

Yan Meng's godmother...the queen mother?

Help, he really wants to know whose child is in Concubine Yan's belly.

No, you can't ask!

Although she stopped her mouth in time, Zhang Siyi couldn't completely conceal the curiosity in her eyes.

He looked at Ji Xinxue with a urging that he didn't even notice, and he almost engraved the word "quickly ask" in his eyes.

Ji Xinxue looked around and made sure no one could suddenly approach them before asking in a low voice, "Whose child?"

When Yan Meng heard this, the frustration in her eyes gradually turned into bewilderment, "I don't know."

She was only concerned about being shocked by Concubine Yan's pregnancy, she never thought about who the father of the child was.

Zhang Siyi swallowed, and quietly looked at Ji Xinxue.

Concubine Yan has always lived in the palace, it can't be...

Ji Xinxue turned her head suddenly, accurately caught Zhang Siyi's gaze, and asked with a half-smile, "What are you looking at?"

Zhang Siyi immediately sensed the anger in Ji Xinxue's tone, and said sincerely, "The princess has an outstanding beauty, which makes my ministers admire."

Yan Meng looked at Zhang Siyi in disbelief, the shock in her eyes was no less than when Zhang Siyi heard that Concubine Yan was pregnant.

When the three of them fell into a weird silence, Mo Yao quietly appeared at the door.

He walked straight to Emperor Changping, his usual steady steps revealing a barely visible eagerness.

"Your Majesty, a great victory in Northern Xinjiang."

Mo Yao clung to Emperor Changping's ear, and although he spoke fast, he was able to catch the syllables of each word accurately.

"The king of Xianglin County ambushed the Turkic and Mohe coalition forces in Baichi City, Yanzhou, and delayed 10 people with 15 people. King Ling led [-] internal troops to arrive in time, and kept all the foreign coalition forces inside the Great Wall."

"The Hebei army took the initiative to attack and swept the Mohe royal court. Abu Hanbing captured Ah Buhanzhen and his family alive, and the Mohe royal family was captured by him."

The loud laugh that suddenly sounded at the top successfully broke the eerie silence in the corner.

Ji Xinxue heard the reputation and went.

Emperor Changping got up and patted Mo Yao on the shoulder, and loudly told Song Nian to get the wine, and he wanted to drink three big bowls with Mo Yao.

Seeing the heartfelt smile on Emperor Changping's face, Ji Xinxue's heartbeat suddenly became faster.

The last time I saw Emperor Changping so happy was in October of the sixth year of Changping when the Guannei Army and the Hebei Army reported success.

Emperor Changping seemed to have sensed Ji Xinxue's gaze.

He suddenly turned his head to look at Ji Xinxue's position, and whispered a few words to Songnian.

Song Nian nodded, and strode up to Ji Xinxue, "Your Majesty asked this servant to take you to change clothes."

Ji Xinxue left with Songnian without hesitation, and the moment she walked out of the hall, she couldn't wait to ask, "What is it that makes Aye so happy?"

"You change your clothes first, then the servant can tell you the answer." Song Nian said with a smile.

Ji Xinxue barely resisted the idea of ​​lifting her skirt and running wildly, wishing to combine five steps into two. When she walked into the dressing room, there was already obvious gasping around her mouth.

He had a hunch that what made Emperor Changping happy was the news he had been thinking about for a long time.

Song Nian picked up the wooden box on the top of the Eight Treasures Stand, and solemnly handed it to Ji Xinxue.

Ji Xinxue was eager to hear the happy news, and almost couldn't wait to open the wooden box.

Eight dragons playing with pearls and golden crowns.

The prince with vermilion base wears it regularly.

Moccasin boots with dragons embroidered with gold thread.

Panlong jade pendants, mutton fat jade fingers, and even a box of eyebrow powder.

Ji Xinxue took half a step back and asked in disbelief, "Did you take it right?"