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One and a half years ago, by the Moonlight Lake on a summer night, at the junction of Qiang Kingdom and Roulan.

Yong Chen took the only remaining thirteen guards, disguised as businessmen, and temporarily repaired by the lake.Three days ago, they just escaped from a team of Roulan's ambush cavalry. Everyone had not closed their eyes for two days and two nights.

Only Yongchen leaned against a huge poplar tree alone, looking at the bright reflection of the moon in the black lake.His eyes flicked slowly across familiar faces, all of whom had followed him through life and death for the past year; now their faces were full of exhaustion and anxiety.Traveling through Roulan all the way, watching the brothers who fought together die one by one, avoiding one ambush and ushering in the next one, this feeling of fatigue and fear is enough to destroy anyone.

The smallest one among the soldiers is not enough. His name is Zhang Laoshi, and everyone jokingly calls him "Zhang Laoshi"; Head, as if it would be safer this way.The night breeze by the lake was slightly cool, and a gust of wind blew by. Zhao Laoshi shivered while half asleep, but still closed his eyes tightly, too tired to wake up.

Yongchen got up silently, put his cloak on Zhang Laoshi, walked gently to the lake, staring at the dark lake water in a trance.

Qin Baiyu followed, without saying a word, accompanied him for a while, hesitantly said: "Master, you should also close your eyes for a while. There are three cities to go from here to the Yellow Tower of the Qiang Kingdom."

Huanglou is the capital of the Qiang Kingdom.Even in Huanglou, how to win the trust of the Lord of the Qiang Kingdom and persuade him to send troops—although Yong Chen has already made plans, but he is still afraid of what happens.

After all, this eventuality is related to the lives of Huiyuan's [-] troops, and even half of Xia's land.

Yong Chen's mind was heavy, and his voice was hoarse due to lack of water: "You rest."

The originally bright boy's voice turned hoarse like a sound made by rubbing sandpaper.

Qin Baiyu pursed his lips, and said in a low voice: "It would be great if I brought Lianxi here, he will always forgive me."

"Lianxi doesn't know martial arts, so take him with you, I'm afraid that the first ambush encountered three months ago will kill him." Yong Chen said indifferently: "If you want to protect me, you have given away several of them in vain. Life; add another Lianxi, and we will never reach the Yellow Tower."

Although Yongchen has high martial arts skills, he is the leader of the army. When encountering an ambush, the opponent's primary target is him, and he is also the one who desperately protects him.

Seeing the feeling of others laying down their lives for oneself, I'm afraid it's not as enjoyable as dying for real.

Suddenly Qin Baiyu's face changed, and he said in a low voice: "Someone is coming!" He lay down on the ground, his ears pressed against the grass, and after hearing it, he jumped up and called softly: "There are hundreds of cavalry, they are from the Qiang Kingdom. over there."

Yong Chen ordered: "Let's avoid it, see who it is, and then act according to the camera."

However it was too late.

The hundred riders came so quickly, like a flash of lightning in the dark night, the leader was a young man in a wolf robe and golden crown, with a gloomy face, galloped to the lake, glanced at it, then waved his hand and spoke a Qiang dialect.

Yong Chen saw that he was wearing a wolf robe and a golden crown, so he expected to be the prince of the Qiang king, but he didn't know why the prince of the Qiang king suddenly appeared here late at night.At this time, he was exhausted and outnumbered, so he held back for the time being and wanted to see what happened.

Yongchen and Shisanqi were tied hands and feet, and strung together with a hemp rope to form an outward circle.

Riding on the horse, the shady young man circled around slowly, carefully scanning everyone's faces; his gaze was as cold and biting as a water snake.

A close attendant reported something to him, pointing to the bound people.

Yongchen glanced at the direction he pointed, but saw that it was Zhang Laoshi——Zhang Laoshi wearing his cloak.His heart sank.

The shady young man drove his horse up to Zhang Laoshi, looked at him with a frown, then glanced at his cloak, smiled contemptuously, and shook his head.He pinched his legs lightly, circled around again, and stopped in front of Yong Chen this time.

"Where is the man?" the shady young man asked in jerky Chinese.

Yongchen was stunned for a moment, seeing the one-eared black wolf flag raised by the attendant behind him, he already knew that this must be Yueluo, the eldest prince of the Qiang Kingdom.He said in poor Qiang Kingdom dialect: "I am the seventeenth prince of the Xia Dynasty. I came from Huiyuan and passed through Roulan. I have important matters to discuss with the Lord of the Qiang Kingdom. I hope the Eldest Prince will make it easier for me."

This was beyond Yue Luo's expectation, he squinted his eyes, looked at Yong Chen, whipped his palm lightly with the horsewhip, after a while, gritted his teeth and smiled coldly, and still asked: "Where is the man?" He didn't believe it at all.

"who?"

With a sound of "pa", accompanied by the sound of the wind, the horsewhip swung towards Yong Chen.

Yong Chen's hands and feet were bound, there was no way to avoid it, after eating this, his face felt cold, followed by the fire and the pain began to burn.

With a sound of "tick", the dripping blood merged into a large drop and landed on the hemp rope binding his hands, smudged into a cloud of dark color.

Seeing the major general being humiliated, the thirteen riders all stared angrily, and they were about to break free from the hemp rope and fight the Qiang people desperately.

Yong Chen stretched out his tongue to lick the blood on his cheeks, and said in a low voice, "Don't do anything."

The purpose of coming to the Qiang Kingdom was to pinch Roulan, not to seek revenge.

If the Qiang Kingdom was to send troops in exchange for his life, then he could only "deserve his death".

This is his mission.

Seeing him stop his subordinates, Yue Luo raised her eyebrows, slowly folded up the whip, as if to give him another chance, and asked in a cold voice: "Where is the man?"

"I really don't know who the eldest prince is looking for." Yong Chen said gently, neither angry nor angry, calmly said: "The eldest prince may as well tell me, maybe we will meet the person you are looking for on the way."

Yue Luo seemed to be convinced by his calm attitude, squinted at him, and didn't move for a while.

For a moment, Yue Luo seemed to believe his words, and his expression eased a little, before he was about to speak, he saw the accompanying attendant running back from under the poplar tree, holding a golden hairpin in his hand.

When Yue Luo saw the gold hairpin, his expression changed drastically, he grabbed the gold hairpin with one hand, and with the other hand he whipped at Yong Chen again.

This time the whip was so hard that the clothes were torn, and blood was seen every time.

Yong Chen gritted his teeth and endured the most painful period, but his tone was still calm, "Is what the eldest prince is looking for a female relative?"

Yue Luosen said coldly: "Hand over the person, and keep your whole body."

Qin Baiyu understood the Qiang dialect a little, so he shouted: "We have come all this way, but we have never seen any female relatives."

"Lie! Liar!" Yue Luo tightened his grip on the horsewhip, and whipped Yong Chen to pieces.

More than a hundred cavalry with hounds scattered around looking for people, all of which looked dangerous and weird in the dark night.

Yong Chen said in a short Qiang language: "Prince, the most important thing now is to find someone. If you want to punish someone, you can wait until you find someone."

Yue Luo said coldly: "Hand over the person."

Yongchen didn't know why the Qiang prince believed that he had robbed someone, but this was not a good time to defend himself, he just said: "I came all the way from Roulan, I have gone through hundreds of battles, and I am good at finding traces of escapees. The eldest prince may as well Let me know the details, maybe I can relieve the eldest prince's worries."

Yue Luo squinted at him.The young man in front of him was covered in blood from his pumping, but his tone was always calm, his straight back never bent, even if he was beaten to death, he would not confide a word.He swung the horsewhip vigorously again, but this time he split the hemp rope tied around Yong Chen's hands and feet.

Yong Chen intuitively felt a golden light flash in front of his eyes, and the golden hairpin had been thrown into his arms.

"Look for someone." Yue Luo stared at him with a ferocious expression, and he beckoned his servants to come forward.

The servant understood, and jiliwala spoke a lot of Qiang dialect.

Qin Baiyu listened hard, and translated to Yongchen: "He said, their eldest prince is looking for the second princess. This gold hairpin is the second princess's favorite thing. He also said...their second princess is witty, smart, courageous and resourceful. If If you can't find the second princess before dawn, then you won't be able to find her again. And...if you really can't find it, then, just kill us..."

Yong Chen said in his heart, what kind of witty, intelligent, courageous and cunning, just look at the cannibalistic face of the eldest prince, you can know that the second princess is definitely not a good person, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are big and troublesome.He carefully looked at the nobile hairpin, a star was outlined on the head of the hairpin, and the workmanship was exquisite - since it was the second princess's favorite, he had to take it with him when he fled, maybe it was accidentally left behind.

He glanced around and saw that most of the centaurs following the eldest prince had scattered into the night, leading their hounds to search around but found nothing, so he began to think.

They came from the only mountain road from Roulan to the Qiang Kingdom, and they never met the female relatives. The two princesses must still be in the Qiang Kingdom; the gold hairpin was left under the Populus euphratica tree by the Moon Spring Lake, which shows that the two princesses have indeed been here; Since the eldest prince only ordered people to search around here, he was obviously convinced that the second princess was nearby—but he didn't know where she was hiding, and even the hounds couldn't find her.

Able to mask the smell...

Yong Chen's eyes scanned, from the lush poplar trees to the bright and clear moon in the night sky, and then fell down—on the dark lake.

unless……

While thinking, he walked slowly towards the lake.

As soon as he moved, the eldest prince's attendants followed to prevent him from escaping or jumping into the lake to seek death.

"Ask him, how deep is this lake?" Yongchen asked Qin Baiyu.

Qin Baiyu asked the attendant in the Qiang dialect, got an answer, and translated it to Yongchen, saying: "The heart of the lake is thousands of feet deep, and the lakeside is a little shallower, the shallowest part reaches half a person's waist."

Yongchen walked slowly around the lake, staring at the lake.

There was no wind at this time, and the lake was calm, like a polished mirror.

The attendant said in jerky Chinese: "How can people hide under the water? The water got into the mouth, into the stomach..." He suddenly stopped, because he saw Yong Chen and stopped - as if he had discovered something.

There is a thin emerald green hollow pole hidden among the water plants, only a little above the water surface.

Even if the moonlight is as bright as silver, on this huge lake, if you don't look for it carefully, you will definitely not find this short and thin pole - which is almost the same color as the surrounding aquatic plants.

Aquatic plants cover one another, making it difficult to see the underwater situation clearly.

Yong Chen leaned forward and watched, for a long time, he gently stretched out his hand, blocked the small hole at the top of the thin rod, and counted a few in his heart.

Hearing the sound of "crash" breaking the water, a woman jumped up from under the water, and stretched out her hand to attack Yongchen's neck.

Yongchen took two steps back, and saw a girl in red glaring at him under the bright moonlight.

The clothes on the girl's body were already wrinkled by blisters, and the bright red had also turned dark red; her cheeks were rosy and plump, and she looked coquettish even when she was angry.She failed to grab Yong Chen, and caught up again, before making another move, she stopped suddenly, froze for a moment, trembled all over, and sneezed loudly.

Yue Luo had already jumped off the horse, walked quickly to the girl, took off her wolf robe and wrapped it tightly around her, held her by the shoulders, and spoke a long string of Qiang dialect excitedly and sternly.

The girl twisted her body and snorted, but she spoke in fluent Chinese, "I'm not going to marry that idiot Chimu!" ​​As she spoke, she grabbed the whip from Yueluo's hand, pointed at Yongchen, and shouted: " Are you good at finding people?" As he spoke, he swung his whip.

It was inconvenient for Yong Chen to fight her, so he retreated and dodged again and again.

The girl couldn't hit him, and couldn't catch up with him. She became annoyed and shouted, "Hide again! If you take another step back, I'll kill one of your warriors." Then she turned her head and gave an order in Qiang dialect.

Her words were as majestic as that of the eldest prince Yueluo, and immediately a servant from the Qiang Kingdom stepped forward with a knife and put it on Qin Baiyu's neck.

Yong Chen had no choice but to fight - but he was bound before and had no weapons in his hands; he had been running around for a month, so far he was at the end of his strength; besides, he had just given Yue Luo a heavy blow, although it didn't hurt the muscles and bones, it also took a lot of energy.The most difficult part is that he must not hurt the second princess of the Qiang Kingdom at this moment.

Yong Chen is bound up everywhere, but the second princess of the Qiang Kingdom is free and unscrupulous.

For a while, Yong Chen was at a disadvantage, and he almost put a horsewhip around his neck for the second princess several times - judging by the strength of her strikes, it was obvious that she wanted to kill him.

Yong Chen looked around and saw Yue Luo standing aside, just watching with a frown, not intending to stop his sister; it is obviously not good for him to continue fighting like this.

"Ugly! Why don't you fight back? Are you looking down on me?" The second princess shouted, whipping her whip fiercely.

Yong Chen was taken aback, it was the first time he was called an "ugly monster" in his life; the plan was made, he stepped forward, took aim at the second princess' weakness, and brought her into his arms with his right arm and strangled her neck , the gold hairpin in his left hand was already aimed at her throat.

"Offended." Yong Chen whispered, his voice was rough and hoarse.

The second princess struggled to break free, took two steps forward, turned around and stared at him angrily, suddenly her wrist trembled slightly, and the small end of the horsewhip lightly brushed the back of Yong Chen's hand, drawing a shallow bloodstain.

Yong Chen realized that this attack was not vicious, and thought that this was an act of venting her anger after losing, so she did not dodge, took this blow, and did not speak.

Yue Luo spoke to the second princess again, with a heavy tone.

The second princess just said: "I won't go back."

Yue Luo's tone became severe.

The second princess actually burst into tears with a "wow". She threw the whip and was about to jump into the lake, saying in her mouth, "You all bully me."

Yue Luo hurriedly stepped forward and clasped her shoulders.

The second princess took him by the arm, turned her face and smiled slyly, and threw Yueluo into the lake; while the servants were in chaos, she grabbed the horse and wanted to escape.

If she is allowed to escape, then Yue Luo will definitely find someone important in Yong Chen.

Yong Chen took a few steps to catch up, and stretched out his hand to hold the horse's rein tightly, so as not to let the second princess escape.

"Let go!" The girl on the horse's eyes widened, seeing the ugly monster as if deaf, knowing that she couldn't beat him, she bit his hand with hatred.

Yong Chen flinched in pain, but still didn't let go.

Slowly, Yue Luo over there has been scooped up by the servants.He walked over covered in water, his face extremely gloomy, staring at the girl as if he wanted to eat people.

He gave a brief order, and immediately someone stepped forward and arrested both Yong'an and the second princess—if so, the second princess was still biting the back of Yong'an's hand, refusing to let go.The two were finally pulled apart, each blindfolded, and tied to the same horse from left to right.

Yong Chen hung upside down on the horse, his eyes were dazed, and the second princess beside him even kicked him from time to time and called him ugly; he walked for an unknown amount of time, and finally stopped; he was pushed and pushed for a while, Then the blindfold was removed, and before he could adapt to the light, he heard a "crack", like the sound of a lock being locked, followed by several people walking away, and the sound of footsteps gradually became inaudible.

He knelt and sat up slowly, and saw that there were even moss growing in the dark and damp parts of the walls, and there was not even a small window in the dark stone walls.

It turned out to be locked in a cell.

He smiled wryly, he didn't expect to come to Qiang country, he didn't see the king, and went into the cell first.This smile pulled the scar on his face, and this trace of pain seemed to awaken the consciousness of the body - for a while, the body that was beaten to pieces by Yue Luo felt pain everywhere.

Yong Chen couldn't help but snort.

Then someone on the opposite side laughed and shouted: "It turns out that ugly monsters can also scream pain." It was the second princess who was also imprisoned by her brother in the cell opposite Yong Chen.

Yong Chen followed the prestige, and saw that the two prison cells were no more than two arms away; he was physically and mentally exhausted at the moment, he simply leaned against the stone wall, closed his eyes and rested his mind, and ignored it.

The second princess was in good spirits, and she was bored in the lockup. She wanted to tease him, "Hey, ugly monster, where are you from? Look at the businessman dressed like Roulan, how can you speak Chinese? You want to lie, You can't fool me, the horse your warrior rides doesn't look like a Roulan horse, let alone one from our Qiang Kingdom. Hey, ugly, are you asleep?"

Yong Chen's brain hurts from being called out by her, so he simply turned his back to her.

This time the second princess understood, and said with a sneer, "So you don't want to talk to me."

Yong Chen's heart is heavy, although he and the second princess are locked in the cell, the situation is very different; seeing the attitude of the eldest prince towards the second princess, it is clear that he loves her very much, and she is locked up now, just to see her It's just a little punishment for making a fuss too much; it's different for him, it is possible to take his life by a mistake.

Considering these, and hearing the carefree words of the second princess on the opposite side, Yong Chen felt even more disturbed.

"You don't talk to me, okay, I'll let big brother cut off your head when I go out."

Yong Chen remained silent.

The second princess was quiet for a while, and couldn't help teasing him again, calling out, "Ugly, what are you hiding my gold hairpin for? Could it be that you thought I was good-looking and had bad intentions? That silly boy Chimu is prettier than you." A hundred times, I don't even like it, so you don't have to wishful thinking..."

Overwhelmed by anger, Yong took out the gold hairpin from his bosom, threw it backhanded, passed through the cell railing, and landed on the straw mat in front of the second princess.

The second princess choked, guessing the identity of this ugly monster.

Although this place is a cell, it is the safest stone prison in the Qiang Kingdom. People inside cannot escape, and people outside—unless they have a letter from the king or the eldest prince—can't enter either.This ugly monster is dressed in Roulan's clothes, but he can speak Xia Guo's Han dialect. It seems that he is definitely not from Roulan - Roulan and the Qiang Kingdom have been in war for generations. If they were from Roulan, they would have been killed by her elder brother at the Moonlight Lake. Not to mention bringing them to the Yellow Tower.

That is the Xia people.

The second princess touched the golden hairpin, and said softly: "You are from Xia, aren't you? My mother's queen is also from Xia." She laughed, her voice was clear and lively, and asked: "Everyone in Xia is beautiful, how can you be so beautiful?" But an ugly monster?"

Yong Chen's heart moved.The two princesses stopped shouting and cursing, and spoke with a smile. They were indeed heart-warming girls.He thought that it would be hard to offend the second princess if he wanted the Qiang Kingdom to send troops; because he turned around, he said in a low voice, "I'm born ugly, there's nothing I can do about it."

The second princess chuckled and said softly, "My name is Yue Cancan, what's your name?"

"Forever angry."

Yue Cancan tilted her head and thought for a while, but she didn't really care about the ugly name, and said again: "Since you are from the Xia Kingdom, you must have seen many beauties—then look at me, those people are more beautiful." Or am I more beautiful?"

The girl's narcissism is so straightforward and innocent, it's hard to hate.

Yong Chen looked up, but saw that under the candlelight inserted obliquely on the two walls of the stone prison, that Yue Cancan had removed his outer shirt at some point, exposing a pair of white and young lotus root-like arms, smiling at him Yong Chen lowered his head in a panic, but bumped into the slightly exposed milky white gully on her chest, and coughed in surprise.

Yue Cancan laughed out loud.

Yong Chen looked away, suddenly felt itching on the back of his hand, he thought it was just because of his wandering mind, but gradually felt the itching became more and more real, couldn't help but look down - but saw that the itching place was precisely the place where the itch was made. The circle where Cancan bites the tooth marks.

Yue Cancan's soft question seemed to come close to his ears, "Tell me, are those people more beautiful, or am I more beautiful?"

Yong Chen knew it was weird, he felt tightness in his chest, his blood surged up, as if he was in a sweltering afternoon after a heavy rain.

Two tubes of wet fluid flowed down his nostrils.

Yue Cancan put on her outer shirt, walked to the railing, and stared at him through the cell door; her ruddy young girl's cheeks showed that angry look again, "Aren't you very good at finding people? It's not your eyes." Shili, seeing that I was about to leave, did you pull the rein immediately? Why, what else can you do at this moment?"

Yongchen pressed his heart, his blood surged up and he couldn't speak.

Yue Cancan grinned, "There is poison hidden in my teeth, which is colorless and tasteless. There is only one antidote for this poison in the whole world."

Yongchen was already limp on the straw mat, staring at the bright moon with only one pair of eyes, but it also dimmed little by little.

Yue Cancan looked into his eyes, and suddenly sighed, "Such beautiful eyes are born on an ugly face." She reached out to take the candle outside, and lit up the cell she was in.

It was only then that Yong Chen saw clearly that the cell she was in was like a lady's room, with brocade quilts and mattresses, and a crystal mirror that was as tall as a person was hung on the wall.

He saw himself in the mirror, unkempt, with green stubble, several horrific bloodstains on his face, two tubes of dark blood hanging under his nose, so thin that he almost lost his human shape—it was like in a tomb It's no wonder that the second princess kept calling him "ugly monster".

He stared at himself in the mirror, seeing that he was walking towards death little by little, and felt his blood turn cold.

"Hey, ugly, what are you in a daze for?" The address in memory overlapped with reality.

Yongchen was stunned for a moment, then realized that he had returned to Xia Kingdom, and was following the prince's elder brother on the way into the palace.

The warm spring sun fell on him, and he was still alive.

Beside him, Yue Cancan stared at him coquettishly, "I'm asking you something, ugly! Why didn't you answer? Did I tell you the truth? Are you afraid that I will go to your prince brother's side and poison him to death as soon as we meet? "

Yongchen has returned to his normal state, and said with a smile: "You only have one grain of poison, and I tasted it. Others don't have such blessings."

Yue Cancan chuckled, laughed and cursed: "Slick tongue."

"Yongchen hasn't visited the new house yet, has he?" Crown Prince Yongzhan suddenly turned around and said with a smile, "Father will definitely ask you about the state banquet tonight. It's time for Chang Qing to take you to have a look first."

"New house?" Yong Chen thought in his heart that this time, like before, he was going to stay in the East Palace.

"It's the new house." Chang Qing, the eunuch next to Yuan Yong'an, hurried forward and said with a smile, "Your Highness doesn't know something, the emperor ordered people to prepare it two years ago..."

What Chang Qing said, Yong Chen could only hear it vaguely, and he met the prince's elder brother only once, without saying a word, they wanted to part, couldn't help but feel sad; stood at the same place, looked at the prince, and didn't speak for a while .

Seeing his unwilling eyes, Prince Yongzhan knew his intentions, reached out and patted him on the shoulder, comfortingly said: "Go. See you again at the state banquet tonight."

Only then did Yong Chen laugh, and followed Chang Qing to the new house.

Yue Cancan wanted to follow, but Yue Luo stopped drinking.They are foreign princes and princesses, and they have their own accommodation in Kyoto.

Seeing that Yong'an was reluctant to leave just now, Yue Luo couldn't help sighing: "The relationship between the prince and the brothers is good. Although I have three younger brothers, I don't have one, so I am so attached to me."

Prince Yongzhan just smiled, diverted it with other words, and didn't mention these things.

In fact, Yongchen was very tired along the way, just wanted to find a place to sleep for a while, when he arrived at the new house, he looked up and saw the four huge red letters "Yongjun Wangfu" on the plaque.

The prince brother let him see that the new house is fake, let him see the plaque is the real one.

Father, this is to make him the king of the county - the house has been renamed, and there is only one decree missing.Now among the eighteen princes, apart from the elder brother of the crown prince, there is none who can be crowned as the county king. Yong Chen thought for a while and asked: "Which elder brother has also been crowned?"

Chang Qing said: "The other masters don't have this honor any more - but the sixteenth master also got it, he was named 'king of Zhongjun', the plaque was changed in the mansion, but there is no decree yet. The emperor is waiting for you I'm back, let's announce together." Listening to his tone, it seemed that in the eyes of the emperor, he valued his Seventeenth Lord more than the Sixteenth Prince.

Yong Chen sneered, raised his leg and stepped into the gate of the mansion, when he saw a young man in brocade clothes rushing out, hugging his thigh and crying.

"Okay, my master, you've come back alive!" Crying like this, there is no one else but Lianxi.

Yong Chen kicked him on the shoulder and scolded with a smile: "Nian Da Da is like a bitch, Master came back alive, you are howling in mourning! Hurry up and get out!"

Lianxi burst into laughter immediately, and said cheerfully: "It's good that the master is back! This slave has been worrying day and night for more than a year." At the beginning, Yongchen insisted not to let him go to the Qiang country, and before leaving, he asked People tied him up and locked him in a tent, making Lianxi so anxious that he shed tears when he was tied up.

Now when master and servant meet, no one mentions those heavy words.

Lianxi walked in facing Yong Chen, and at the same time assigned someone, "Bring hot water to wipe the master's face. Then fix a table of hot soup and hot dishes..."

Yong Chen said a little tiredly: "It's serious to find a place to sleep for Grandpa."

"Yes, yes," Lianxi hurriedly agreed, hesitated for a moment, and said, "However, Lord——you are coming back, and there are many people waiting to see you. The other people are just fine, a few have to go first Let me tell you."

"Say."

"Last night, a blind gentleman came and said he was from the sixteenth master's mansion, and he must wait to see you. The slave couldn't help it, and let him wait at the corner gate, and no one else would know. If Mr. Su knows you To come back, I went to Beijing half a month earlier, and now I am waiting in the side hall..."

The blind man in Brother Sixteen's residence must be the counselor Zou Tingyan who followed him to Huiyuan.

This blind counselor didn't know what medicine he took wrongly. At the beginning, he asked for his order to go to the Qiang country, but at night he was smeared and asked to surrender - no longer with sixteenth brother, but to follow him forever.

Unexpectedly, after a year and a half, the blind counselor would still be sticky.

Yongchen frowned, he didn't want to get involved with Sixteenth Brother's people, because he said: "Let that blind man go back, just say that I don't see him."

Lianxi saw that the blind man was so persistent in looking for him, maybe it was because he had an agreement with his master, so he didn't know, so when he reported an important matter, but who knew that he refused, he could not help but blame the blind man in his heart, and agreed.

"Su Zimo is here? Let him come to see me."

This Su Zimo was the same Su Zimo who had identified the fifth prince's subordinates in charge, was bitten out about the theft of spring and palace pictures, and touched the pole in court.

Later, Yong Chen ordered him to go to Gusu to take care of the properties of the Yongping Hou Mansion in the south of the Yangtze River. He also bought a manor for him and became a steward. The people around him still respectfully called him "Mr. Su".

Su Zimo was wearing a straight blue cloth shirt and looked even thinner.This thinness did not detract from his beauty in the slightest, on the contrary, it made his slightly frowning brows even more delicate, so beautiful that it was impossible to distinguish between male and female.

He was led to Yong Chen before he wanted to bow down, but Yong Chen held his arm and helped him up.

"How is it? How is the Peach Blossom Garden in Gusu, Mr. Su?" Yong Chen joked with him cordially.

Su Zimo said in a trembling voice: "Don't dare to be called His Majesty, I brought the construction blueprint of Taohuayuan..." As he spoke, he took out the precious blueprint from his bosom, and was about to unfold it to Yong Chen in detail.

Yong Chen waved his hand with a smile and asked him to put it away, "I don't have time today, I'll listen to Mr. in detail some other day. Have you been doing well in the past two years?" He looked at Su Zimo's expression—although Su Zimo was better than him Older, but a person who can't hide things, like a glazed person.Seeing Su Zimo's hesitant expression at this moment, Yongchen smiled and said, "Sir, do you want to ask for something?"

Su Zimo was stunned for a moment, his face turned red, he lowered his head and murmured: "I am ashamed, I have a heartless request..."

"Just say what you say, sir."

"I have a nephew, sixteen years old, who was left by my deceased elder sister. He was born in Gusu. He has passed the examination for a scholar, and his name is Chai Liyu. A few years ago, by chance, he met Mr. Lin Ruhai, the censor of salt, and since then The little nephew couldn't forget it, and he wanted to find a job in the government..."

"What's so difficult about this." Yong Chen said with a smile, "Is your nephew in the capital?" Seeing Su Zimo nodding, he said, "You bring him to me tomorrow."

This is what it means to take over the matter.

Su Zimo was overjoyed, with tears in his eyes, and said in a trembling voice: "I thought... I was white..." He always felt inferior, thinking that he would harm his nephew.

Yong Chen said with a smile: "Sir, you think too much."

As soon as the hot water and dishes came up, Su Zi silently stepped back, and Yong Chen was washing up, then he heard Lianxi say: "Just now Mr. Su mentioned Mrs. Lin Ruhai, but this slave remembered a big event - almost forgot. A few days ago Mr. Jia Zheng from the Rijia Mansion came in person and sent an invitation, saying that it was Miss Lin’s birthday, and it happened that Mr. Lin also came to Beijing to report on his duties. If His Highness returns, I would like to see you soon.”

Yongchen listened, just wondering, isn't Daiyu's birthday in February of Huachao Festival?How come the invitations are sent only in March?

There was a burst of ghosts and wolves howling outside, and the bright and clear voice of the moon shouted outside the window: "Who dares to stop me?" She opened the window, stared at Yong Chen, and asked angrily: "What Miss Lin? She celebrates her birthday. Why should I ask you?"

Yongchen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he asked Qin Baiyu to spread the word outside so that the guards wouldn't get hurt again.

Yue Cancan simply jumped in through the window, looked left and right, and shouted: "Your place is much better than my place, it's bigger and nicer. I don't care, I'll just live here."

Yong Chen said: "Okay, you live here, I will live with you."

Yue Cancan choked, stared at him, thought for a while and asked, "Who is that Miss Lin?"

Yong Chen laughed and said: "It's my master's daughter, and she's a girl, not half as tall as you." This is not a lie, in his impression, Daiyu still looks like that five or six-year-old girl.

Yue Cancan saw that she was jealous, but she was not ashamed, and said with a smile: "Okay, then on her birthday, I will go too—to accompany you." She knew that for the Xia people, the master is the most important thing. The most important person, almost like a father.

Yongchen didn't know why, but he felt a little embarrassed about being alone with the second princess of the Qiang Kingdom, so he changed the subject and said, "It's time to go to the palace, the state banquet is no different than anything else, it's not good to be late." After going out, I didn't care if I wanted to take a nap just now.

Yue Cancan hurriedly chased him out.

When we arrived at the palace, the state banquet hadn't started yet, and the palace people came and went to prepare for various matters.

Prince Yongzhan was standing under the corridor beside him, looking at the flowers and trees in the garden, as if in a daze.

Yue Cancan called her elder sister Yue Jiaojiao to talk to her, and Yong Chen was able to get away, so she walked down the corridor and said with a smile: "The flowers in this garden are blooming well."

Having said that, others are looking at Prince Yongzhan.

The crown prince Yongzhan came back to his senses, smiled and said: "The few new flowers that General Qin brought back from overseas are all alive this year."

"So it was General Qin's handwriting? The Clivia that he brought back at the beginning are indeed not ordinary." Yong Chen smiled and wanted to continue this topic.

The crown prince Yongzhan glanced at the two princesses of the Qiang kingdom not far away, and said softly: "You must have a plan in your heart for your own affairs. If your father mentions it tonight, don't embarrass him."

"My own business?" Yong Chen was stunned for a moment before realizing it, and said irritably: "After winning the battle, I still have to be thrown out to make a kiss. It's so boring."

"It's not all bad." Prince Yongzhan said calmly: "You are also eighteen. Originally, according to the old rule, I was afraid that you would not see the new princess before getting married. Now that there is such a person, not only have you met, but also get along with each other. not only got along, but also got along well with each other - besides, the father is also satisfied, it is really rare."

"Don't say it."

Prince Yong Zhan was not annoyed, he said with a quiet smile, "You know what I said, you are going to be angry, but you still have to say it." He stared at Yong Chen with warm eyes, and instantly removed the invisible armor on Yong Chen, "Xiao Shiqi, tell brother. If this one can't satisfy you, what kind of princess can satisfy you?"

Yong Chen sighed, "I don't know either."

"Then listen to brother."

Once the crown prince Yong Zhan became tough, Yong Chen couldn't help but feel soft. Hearing the words, he didn't refute any more. He just looked down at the flowers and trees in the garden, feeling that the originally bright and eye-catching flowers were dimmed.He is good at arranging soldiers and fighting, but when it comes to love between men and women, he is really confused.

Yue Luo came with her attendants and gifts.

Prince Yongzhan patted Yongchen's shoulder again, and stepped forward to meet him.

Willow shoots on the moon, the state banquet begins.

Emperor Jinglong sat in the middle, Crown Prince Yong Zhan and Yue Luo sat on the left and right respectively, and Yong Chen sat next to Prince Yong Zhan—Yue Cancan disregarded the arranged seats and sat down next to Yong Chen.

First, the envoys of the Qiang Kingdom sang the list of gifts, including jade, amber, gold, silver, copper, salt, pepper, wine, horses, buffaloes, lions, etc. - the sincerity of friendship is not insufficient.

When the wine was half drunk, Yue Luo raised his glass to Emperor Jing Long and said, "I would like to use the two most beautiful pearls of the Qiang Kingdom to form a friendship between the two countries with the Emperor."

The eldest princess Yue Jiaojiao blushed and lowered her head quietly; Yue Cancan just stared at Yongchen with a smile in her almond eyes.

"Oh?" This is what should be in the question, and Emperor Jinglong was surprised politely, "This is really a great fortune in the summer, I don't know which of my two sons have this honor." He sat on the top and moved the bottom The person's eyebrows and eyes are very clear, and he said with a smile: "I see, the whereabouts of the second princess does not bother the two of us."