The Queen of Romance: A Summer of Sweet Classics

Chapter 283 The Theory of Jealousy——It is not acceptable to accept a side concubine
In fact, I always think that there is some truth in the saying that brothers work together to cut gold.For example, tonight, if the gift of the three princes could be done with a little ingenuity, it would not have caused such great anger and resentment from the Holy Majesty.If the gifts of the three princes were exchanged, what the first prince presented to the sage would be a Qingguan opera that cost a lot of time and money, what the second prince would present to the sage would be a dignified beauty bamboo branch dance, and what the third prince would present to the sage It is a Mei Tu who has put in a lot of thought and patience, which will definitely make the Sacred Heart happy.

However, the most distinctive feature of the royal family is that internal strife comes first and family affection comes second.There is no way.It is said that the four formed a bond when they were still studying when they were young, and they get along well until now, with a harmony like honey on the surface, but a coldness like frost in their hearts.

Sister Su Zi once said: "Fortunately, our country of Su doesn't have this tradition, Su Qi is only a man, if he doesn't want to be a prince, he has to be a prince."

Su Qidao: "You speak as if I have too much..."

I said: "Then if my brother accidentally breaks his leg or something, wouldn't our future emperor be crippled?"

Su Qidao: "Ah bah bah bah. Can't you say something nice?"

I said leisurely, "Who asked you to let me copy scriptures for you?"

Su Qi said angrily: "If you are capable, don't ask me to give you that jade pendant!"

I followed Ah Ji, and the two of them walked around the huge imperial garden for a while, seeing that they were getting farther and farther away from the banquet place, Ah Ji said: "Princess, it's been a long time, you should go back."

So, sometimes it is not good to have a subordinate who is too conscientious.I said, "You have to mention that place..."

Ah Ji said: "That servant shut up, princess, please walk slowly."

"..." I waved my hand weakly, "Okay, go back, I'll go back right away."

Ah Ji said again: "Is the princess not going shopping?"

I said: "There are too many mosquitoes in the garden, so let's not disturb their cleanliness..."

However, when I went back, I was blocked by two people not far away.A pair of bright and dark figures are standing in a small pavilion, one is tall and thin, the other is delicate and weak, one is wearing a blue robe and the other is wearing a yellow shirt. Objectively speaking, the pair of silhouettes are actually very beautiful. It's a good match.

It's just that no matter how good the match is, I can't say it's a good match as a princess, because the man turned his face the moment I focused on it, so that I, who was hiding behind the bushes, could see clearly and was stunned for a moment. I wanted to praise him That man was handsome and elegant, and when he saw that it was Qin Lian, he swallowed all his words embarrassingly.

And before I could figure out how I should react at this moment, I saw that pretty girl quickly threw herself into Qin Lian's arms, and the girl's whining voice echoed in the surrounding air: "Qin Lian elder brother……"

To be honest, I really can't tell whether she is calling "Brother Qin" or "Brother Qing", but there are four princes surnamed Qin, if she calls them "Brother Qin", wouldn't each call have a Four people should agree?But if it's Brother Qing, it doesn't seem to be very appropriate. It seems that I have been in the Southern Dynasty for so long, and I have never heard that he has a little green plum who is as affectionate as the sea, except that I have heard that he is flirtatious.

Qin Lian was talking, but the voice was no louder than a girl, so I couldn't hear it.All I saw was that he patted her on the back quite tenderly, and there was a faint smile on the corner of his lips.The shadows of the two are entangled together, looking very close.I poked my cheek with my index finger, and unconsciously said, "Aji, what do you think I should do now?"

Ah Ji quickly made a sound, but he didn't answer me: "His Royal Highness, Third Prince."

I turned around and saw that it was Qin Chu who was standing behind me at some point, with a smile on his face, and answered me instead of Ah Ji: "You should rush up now and express your filial piety to that Miss Zhao family." Righteousness, let her die to marry Qin Lian."

I said: "Your Highness Third Prince, shouldn't you already..."

"Should I go back and copy the Five Classics?" Qin Chu shook his fan, and said with a pair of peach blossom eyes at me, "Don't be in a hurry. By the way, Your Royal Highness, don't you want to know who that little girl over there is?" ?”

I said, "Who is it?"

Qin Chu smiled unfathomably, shook his head twice, and finally opened his mouth halfway, but his eyes suddenly fixed on Ah Ji's side face, and his mouth and eyes did not move.

After a while he turned the angle again, bent down to take a closer look at Ah Ji's face, and after a while he murmured: "You are so beautiful..."

Ah Ji kept his face cold and motionless, and I said, "His Royal Highness the Third Prince?"

"what……"

I continued: "His Royal Highness, Third Prince."

Qin Chu's eyes were still glued to Ah Ji's body and refused to take them off: "Ah..."

I cleared my throat and said, "Your Majesty, your lord, drive here."

"Ah! My son kowtowed..." Qin Chu bent halfway, finally came to his senses, glared at me with the same angry expression, and said, "Why are you like this?"

"Xi'er has always been like this. She usually treats me more than she treats third brother." Before I could speak, another light voice came out from behind me.My shoulders trembled from the numbness of the word "Xi'er" that had never been called before, and soon a shadow blocked the light behind me, and someone hugged my waist from behind, Qin Lian used unprecedented He tapped the tip of my nose with affection, smiled like a bright moon in his arms, turned his head and said to Qin Chu: "Let the third brother see the joke."

Qin Chu said "Ah" again, waved his hands and didn't have time to care about the two of us, pointing at Ah Ji and asked, "What's your name?"

Ah Ji lowered his head and said neither humble nor overbearing: "The slave is called Ah Ji."

"Even the voice is nice." Qin Chu sighed quite like a playboy, knocked on the handle of the fan, and said to Ah Ji in an extremely gentle tone, "You come with me to King Kang's Mansion, and I will guarantee you forever How do you like being well-fed and well-loved?"

I was held by Qin Lian's hands, and I was also suppressed by Qin Lian's legs. I couldn't hit him or kick this third prince, who was famous outside, and I could only stare at him fiercely.Then I heard Ah Ji say calmly and calmly: "Your servant will let the princess arrange everything."

I stared into Qin Lian's eyes, gritted my teeth, and said threateningly: "I will follow His Royal Highness's arrangement."

I secretly pinched Qin Lian's palm with my fingernails, and he finally took a look at me. I stared at him with wide eyes, trying to express with my eyes, "If you dare to send Ah Ji out, I will dare to be here tonight." You put poison in your wine" meaning. Fortunately, Qin Lian is not good at all, and finally he is a smart person who cherishes life and knows how to judge the situation. He quickly understood what I meant, and turned his head to Qin Chu with a smile and said: " Ah Ji is Xi'er's eyeball. If you dig her treasure, she will not fight you desperately, but will spoil me. A woman cries, makes trouble, hangs herself, and the third brother must be familiar with these tricks. If you really want to make trouble Get up, it will really kill people."

I:"……"

Qin Chu laughed twice, his eyes were still glued to Ah Ji's body reluctantly, and said: "Speaking so seriously, I have never done anything to rob people's girls. If this is the case, let's talk about it later, I will go back first house."

After Qin Chu walked away from our sight step by step, I immediately glared at Qin Lian fiercely and said, "You're the one who's messing around! You're messing around all the time from morning till night!"

Qin Lian said indifferently: "Didn't you just say that you wanted to change clothes, but you ran to the Royal Garden."

As soon as he opened his mouth and said, half of my arrogance was dispelled immediately.But I quickly thought of the little girl who was quite close to him just now, so I said: "You still talk about me, why did you run out?"

Qin Lian glanced at me, flicked my forehead with his fingers, and said naturally, "Of course I came looking for you."

He didn't play very hard, but it freaked me out.I raised my face and tried to express a kind of spiritual condescension to overwhelm him with my contemptuous eyes, and said, "No, I seemed to see a little girl staying with you just now..."

Qin Lian slightly lowered his head and looked at me with a smile: "Little girl? Are there any girls younger than you at this banquet?"

I said solemnly, "Don't change the subject."

"Want to interrogate me?" Qin Lian looked down at me with a little smile, "You said you saw the little girl, then what?"

"She still calls you Brother Qing."

Qin Lian interrupted me: "That's Qin, isn't it love? Next time, your ears can hear better."

I said: "Okay, then why did she call you Brother Qin and not Brother Lian? Or just call you Brother Lian."

"Zhao Youyi is not my own sister, how can I call you brother." Qin Lian's face became a little dark, "Also, do you think brother Lian sounds nice?"

I thought for a while and said, "It's not particularly unpleasant..."

Qin Lian suddenly grabbed my waist and twisted my chin, then his face suddenly enlarged in front of my eyes, his smile was half a smile, the corners of his eyes raised, and said: "Then Xi'er, come and listen? "

I got goosebumps from his words, and stammered: "Forget it, forget it..."

His unpredictable bad mood seemed to be aroused somehow, I tried my best to withdraw from his claws, struggling: "A Ji is still..."

"Your maidservant knows more than you." Qin Lian snorted and finally let me go mercifully. I immediately looked back and found that there was no one at the place where Ah Ji was standing just now.Turning his head back again, Qin Lian was still looking at me with research spirit.

I was horrified by him, so I said, "Let's go back to the banquet..."

"The banquet has already ended." Qin Lian said casually, squeezed his cuffs and still looked at me. After a while, he suddenly showed a faint smile, as if he was talking to himself, "Sure enough, it's better to be in a semi-dark place. Look better."

I calmly said, "Thank you, His Royal Highness, for your compliment."

"Not at all modest." Qin Lian twisted my earlobe, dragged my wrist and began to walk, and said, "Go back to the East Palace."

When I got back to the East Palace and lay on the bed, Qin Lian leaned against the bed to read a book, and when I huddled in the corner of the bed and looked at the top of the tent, I remembered about the little girl in the pavilion. Qin Lian told me that her name was Zhao Youyi Nothing else was revealed.Generally speaking, Su Zi tends to ask more questions and make more mistakes when a man intentionally wears a veil to cover up the intention halfway. The reason is that when the other party wants to say something, they will naturally say that the relationship between men and women is a spring relationship, which is severely suppressed. It will only lead to greater backlash; and Su Qi's suggestion is to break the casserole and ask the end. The reason is that a man's inferiority is a natural residual instinct. The relationship between a man and a woman is indeed a spring relationship, but if you are strong, it will be weak , You are weak and it is strong.

I very much agree with Su Qi's point of view, and I think that as a prince, he has such a willingness to uphold justice for women. He is really a rare and unprecedented wise prince.But I also think his ideas are too advanced, so advanced that it is a bit like a mirage, which can only be seen from a distance, but it is difficult to play close up.Theories always do not conform to reality when people are most looking forward to it. For people like Qin Lian who cannot be deduced by common sense, you have to analyze the specific situation.Don't say I dare not break the casserole, I dare not even knock it.At present, there is only one person in the whole world who dares to question him face to face, and that is his father.

But thinking too much about these things is more likely to hurt people's self-confidence, so I simply closed my eyes and went to sleep.It's just that the light in the room was a bit bright, but I still felt it was bright when I turned over, so I tugged at Qin Lian's sleeve, and said very politely: "His Royal Highness..."

Qin Lian let out a casual "hmm", and then I said sincerely, "You've been tired all day, should you go to rest early?"

He raised his eyelids to look at me, and said nonchalantly, "You walked around the Imperial Garden tonight, and you haven't been possessed by a ghost? Why are you so considerate all of a sudden?"

I said confidently, "I've always been considerate, okay?"

He looked at me again, laughed suddenly, then threw the book aside, put out the candle, and lay down with me.He hugged me from behind, gently kneaded my lower abdomen with his hands, and said leisurely: "I will play around with me in the future, just once a day."

I feel a little wronged, obviously he has more tricks than me, but now he starts to criticize me.And even if he didn't do it once a day, but adding up the total number of times in half a month and dividing it by fifteen, the calculation is actually not much different from once a day.

But I have long been a fish under Qin Lian's hands, and I have no choice but to close both eyes except for his way of turning black and white.But Qin Lian was still dissatisfied with my silence, the hand pinching my lower abdomen suddenly pinched, and I immediately said "ah".

Qin Lian said: "Are you sure you have nothing to ask me tonight? Can you sleep if you can't finish asking?"

"Should be able to sleep..." I was pinched by Qin Lian before I finished my sentence, I took a deep breath quickly, and then heard Qin Lian laughing softly behind me, he seemed to be in a good mood , was still willing to tease me at night, and said in a very relaxed and cheerful tone: "Don't tell me?"

I gritted my teeth, and once again said in my heart, "The Master of Shameless", once again reminded myself that I am a kind and generous girl, and then said: "His Royal Highness, will you marry that Zhao Youyi?"

Qin Lian didn't answer, but asked instead: "Do you think I should marry her?"

I thought for a moment, and said seriously: "Accordingly, you shouldn't marry her right now."

Qin Lian's kneading strength finally withdrew. I just breathed a sigh of relief when I heard him say, "Oh? Why?"

I asked truthfully: "In terms of national relations, I have just been married to you for half a month, and you are going to accept a side concubine, which will have a great negative impact on the relationship between the Southern Dynasty and Su."

"Anymore?"

I continued [-]: "Also, if you need to rely on marriage to strengthen your heart, you also need to consider whether you want to marry her. I see that Miss Zhao's dress is not the most beautiful tonight." , and you can only accept three more side concubines in total. If Zhao Youyi’s family is not powerful, then you will only have two side concubines left, which means you can only marry two of them politically. The other two powerful women, then Ms. Zhao will definitely be a little angry. So if you don't like her very much, then don't marry her. "

Qin Lian quietly listened to me, and then smiled inexplicably: "You think too far."

I said solemnly, "Your Highness has given you too much credit. This is my responsibility as a princess."

Qin Lian then said nonchalantly: "So early on, you are sure that I will marry all four concubines? You yourself are not afraid of being angry with other concubines."

I thought to myself that no one would give me more anger than you did.But these words must not be said, so I continued to search in my heart for the right words to say at this moment, but before I could speak, Qin Lian said again: "I will not be reduced to the point where I use marriage to consolidate my position. That's fine, Go to sleep."

After he finished speaking, he hugged me even tighter, his chin rested in the socket of my shoulder, and the pointy bones were not comfortable at all.I looked at the ceiling in the dark, look, even Qin Lian has to give orders for sleeping, and he has to dictate the sleeping position himself.It can be seen from this that such a man can be seen from a distance, but it is really unbearable to get along with him.So from this point alone, that Zhao Youyi still doesn't want to marry him.She will definitely regret marrying her.

One morning, I was awakened by a shrill bird cry outside the window.Sitting up all of a sudden, I realized that it was already daylight.The intuition at the first moment was that my starling should have been crowing like a dog catching a mouse at this time, why did it suddenly rest today.The reaction in the second moment was the tragic bird call just now, and my heart shuddered, could it be that starling's?
Immediately I crawled under the bed, only to get caught in a leg.Then I found out that there was not only one bird that was abnormal this morning, but also a person.At this time, Qin Lian was lying on the bed just like me, only wearing a middle coat, his black hair was loose, and he was reading a book in his hand, noticing that I was restless. Wanting to get out of bed, she put her legs up to block my way, slightly raised her eyelids to look at me, and said, "So what's the matter?"

"Did you hear mynah barking?"

Qin Lian fished me back, stuffed me back into the quilt, and said, "No."

I glanced at him suspiciously, and out of the corner of my eye, I saw the pages of the book he had casually spread out on the bed. The contents on them were not words, but small maps, with only a few words attached at the footer of the pages—— The eastern border of Mu country.

As the prince of the Southern Dynasty, Hao Duanduan suddenly noticed the borders of other countries, which was simply Sima Zhao's heart, and everyone knew it.But he doesn't study such books in the study, but he has to take them to the bedroom to read on the bed, and they are piled up with my few historical scripts. If this book has feelings, I don't know if it will be wrong. It will feel that Qin Lian has insulted its dignity.

I glanced at the book, forgot my purpose of getting out of bed for a moment, and asked, "Are you going to attack Mu country?"

Qin Lian gave a "hmm" and pointed to the place above which marked the town, and said, "I heard that the number of silks in Mu Kingdom is the best here. When I go, I can bring you some silk back."

I said, "You didn't attack Mu country for its silk, did you?"

Qin Lian said: "The question you should ask at this time, isn't it why I just got married and am about to go to war?"

I said "ah" and quickly changed my words: "Then when are you going to go to war?"

Qin Lian glanced at me with a bland smile, and said, "It sounds like you really want me to go to war?"

I laughed dryly, and said, "Where is it? When I see you every day, I feel like I don't see you every day, let alone when I don't see you."

After I finished speaking, I quickly avoided him, quickly put on my shoes, and quickly ran away from the bed, saying, "I'm going to see that starling."

The starling's situation is really bad.Half of the feathers on one wing were bald, and two or three were dirty on the ground.When the starling saw me, he yelled in a vicissitudes and aggrieved way, and then curled up in a ball with his head curled up and stopped moving.

My feelings about this situation are more surprising.Because this starling has a very tough temper, domineering and defiant, if there is a starling competition in this world, I doubt that this bird may not win the number one prize, but there is no problem with the second place or the third place.

Soon Ah Ji stepped forward and explained: "Just now a cat came from somewhere, so..."

I understand.It is estimated that those few feathers were ripped off the starling by the cat with its mouth.This is a typical Monkey King meets Tathagata Buddha, and the starlings locked by chains are not as good as cats.Then I thought of my relationship with Qin Lian very associatively.Immediately, there was a kind of sympathy with the starling bird.

I lightly touched the still intact head of myna bird, and heard another miserable cry.I was so stimulated by the not-so-pleasant voice, I turned my head and said to Ah Ji: "Ah Ji, tell me, cats can't fly, why do they still like to eat birds? Besides, cats are afraid of water, so why do they like to eat birds? Where's the fish?"

Ah Ji said: "The slave doesn't know."

I have asked Su Qi this question before.At that time, Su Xing said to me in a very philosophical tone: "Because what you can't get is the best."

Su Qi's words are really meaningful.For example, in the current Southern Dynasty, the frontier is already vast enough, but apart from not provoking the Su State, which is of comparable strength, the Southern Dynasty treats other surrounding countries with the same attitude as a cat treats a starling bird.

However, I really can't understand what is the use of the Southern Dynasty's conquest of Mu Guoguo, just like I couldn't understand that the father insisted on attacking Wei State, raised troops for a year after capturing Wei State, and then insisted on attacking Sheng State.

However, in the eyes of Father Huang and Qin Lian, this way of expanding the frontier is nothing more than normal.Not only did Su Qi feel that this was normal, but he would also say: "You said it was wrong for me to attack the Wei Kingdom. But the Wei Kingdom borders the Southern Dynasties on the east and the Su Kingdom on the north. Every year, a large number of tributes are paid to the two countries in order to obtain the gap between them. Survival. If the Wei Kingdom perishes and the people belong to the Su Kingdom, then the people will no longer suffer from paying tribute, and can also receive relatively peaceful and stable treatment under the big country. Losing a royal family and saving a country is also There's nothing wrong with that."

I always feel that there is something wrong with such a theory, but I can't find any mistakes when I study it carefully.I thought about it for three days and still couldn't think of anything that could refute Su Qi, so I finally had to give up.

And Qin Lian probably also had the same condescending attitude.Perhaps in the eyes of Qin Lian and Su Qi, there is no difference between the royal families of those small countries and the courtiers of their own countries, and whether to subdue or not, when to subdue, and in what form to subdue, is just a political game, which depends entirely on The momentary preference of the monarch.

It is said that Qin Lian once traveled around the world and knew the dialects of many places.However, when I mentioned this matter last night, his answer was "nothing to say".

This is clearly perfunctory.When I first came to the Southern Dynasties, I encountered a lot of things to talk about, such as the food in the Southern Dynasties, the way of speaking in the Southern Dynasties, the clothes and makeup in the Southern Dynasties, the buildings in the Southern Dynasties, etc., all of which were very different from those in Su.The most similar thing is that the etiquette in the palace is as complicated as ever, and Qin Lian, who is His Royal Highness, is as insidious and cunning as my brother Su Qi, who is also His Royal Highness.

When I was in Su, I didn't live in the palace most of the time.Because when I was a child, the imperial doctors said that the disease was too complicated and needed rest, and there were too many things to pay attention to in rest, so after picking around, I was finally placed in a courtyard in the western suburbs of the imperial city.

I was only five years old when I left the palace, and the people I saw the most every day were Ah Ji and the imperial physician.Except for the crying and panic in the first few days, I gradually got used to it.Because where I stay seems to be the same, because three seasons of the year I can't go out of the house because of illness, the only summer when I can go out, the places I can go are also very strict.Do not go to crowded places, wet places, or places exposed to the sun.In short, at that time, the farthest distance I traveled was only five laps around the yard.

Of course, these are all things that happened when I was a child. At that time, I was the smallest in the other courtyard, and I couldn’t get out of the gate. The other courtyard was heavily protected, and there were no cat holes or dog holes for me to drill, so I had to accept my fate. He stayed in the house and drank medicine for many years.When I finally grew up to be a teenager, and I had already caught up with the smallest maid in the other courtyard, I couldn't sit still anymore, and started to want to hang out with Ah Ji from time to time.Although eight or nine out of ten times I would be recognized on the spot and be respectfully invited back to the house, but at least once or twice were successful. This time, the two times greatly boosted my confidence. Dressing up as a maidservant and raiding the gate three times a day in the morning, noon and evening, in this way, I can go out at least once every three or five days.Although Su Qi who came here after hearing the news quickly caught him back every time, but anyway, I finally stepped out of that small courtyard, which is enough to satisfy me.

When I have to stay in the house, the only thing that comforts me is that Su Zi and Su Qi often visit me.They come here much more often than father and queen, especially Su Qi, since I left the palace, he has lost a lot of convenience and fun, not to mention there are many people restraining him in the palace, it's not like I'm free here, yes In the name of Su Qi often coming to the other courtyard to talk, it's actually a tease.

And Su Zi gradually reached the age when she was about to get married. Under my enthusiastic gossip spirit, at least five times out of ten times when we chatted, we would mention the handsome young man in the world, and at least three times out of these five times, we would not. Avoid mentioning Qin Lian.

Northern Su Qin Nan Qin Lian.The two crown princes of Southern Dynasties and Su Kingdom enjoy the same high reputation among the countries, and they are so high that the princes of other countries are overwhelmed.And if a person has a high reputation at a young age, the right time, place and people must be indispensable.

Troubled times make heroes.Objectively speaking, in this era when big fish eat small fish and small fish eat shrimp, Su Qi and Qin Lian's prestige is actually mostly built on gold and iron horses.These two people have already mastered the methods of fabricating the reasons for sending troops, but the treacherous use of troops, the proficiency in 36 strategies, and the design of people's hearts often make the attackers lose themselves without fighting.

However, these two princes also have a handsome face that is not compatible with sinister.Taking Qin Lian as an example, it is said that he is "as bright as a jade tree before the wind", "successful and beautiful, enlightened like a god", "talking and laughing with spring, walking like a breeze under a pine tree", in short, the descriptions of the two people's appearances in the rumors are different. It has reached the extreme, and all the poems and words that can be found in ancient poems and literati's minds to describe men's noble character and handsome appearance can be used to stack on the two of them.There are countless storytelling novels and biographies written with these two male protagonists. Many women who are waiting to marry will send their maids to buy painting fans with two people on one side, Su Qi on the other side, and Qin Lian on the other side; The naughty boy's parents will send someone to buy the biographies of Su Qi and Qin Lian, with Qin Lian on the left and Su Qi on the right.

However, given that Su Qi has been used to bullying me since he was a child, he is especially good at getting what he wants by any means, and putting all the things he doesn't want on me, so even if I read countless biographical novels, I can't treat him well. What so-called feelings of admiration and admiration arise.However, Qin Lian was different.Distance is beauty. If we only talk about when I was still in Su, ever since I knew the name Qin Lian, and since I knew the legend brought by the name Qin Lian, my affection for him is like that of Guo Luohe of Su. The river is generally continuous, and occasionally there will be a flood during the flood season.

At that time, my imagination and longing for Qin Lian were as luxuriant and splendid as the spring flowers all over the mountains and plains. During those days when I didn't worry about it, I often dragged Su Zi, who was free to move around, to talk about Qin Lian.For such a person imagined in my heart, I insisted on reading half of the military books in Su Qi's study in one year, just because I simply think that such an outstanding man should marry a woman who is especially beautiful and talented.And even if I can't marry him, even if I can only admire him from a distance for the rest of my life, even if he will never hear my name for the rest of my life, I still hope that I can work hard to reach half of the woman I imagined in my heart who can match him style.

Of course, after seeing Qin Lian's true face, all these fantasies of mine burst like bubbles, so I won't mention it any more.

But when it comes to the country of Mu, it can be regarded as a country with a very delicate geographical situation.Surrounded by mountains on three sides and arable land on one side, it is a place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.Probably because of this advantage, the newly enthroned Mu Kingdom dared to challenge the neighboring Southern Dynasty.

However, in my opinion, it would be a lonely thing for him to dare to confront Nanchao based on this alone.After the recuperation policy in the past few years, the soldiers of the Southern Dynasty are now numerous and skilled, and one person can flood the entire capital of the Mu Kingdom with one scoop of water.This is obviously a confrontation with a disparity in strength and a clear winner.

So after much deliberation, I only thought of one possibility.That is, the state of Mu had reached some kind of agreement with the state of Su, so that the monarch of the state of Mu thought that he could temporarily protect himself with the power of the state of Su.

It's just that what Mu Guoguo doesn't know is that this agreement may have expired now.Su Xi, the princess of Su, married Qin Lian, the prince of the Southern Dynasty. This is the current mainstream trend - the tacit understanding between the two countries has been silently reached in the political marriage, and any other agreements will become pale.If I guessed correctly, Su and Nanchao should live in peace for a year.And this time when Mu State asked Su State for help, Emperor Father would never agree to send troops.

The starling was frightened and didn't eat all day.In addition, it will suddenly wake up when squinting, and make a rather hoarse and frightened hiss.I am very worried about this, and I always feel that going on like this is not good for myna's health.However, Qin Lian was very relieved, and thought that the bird resembled its master, and with an indomitable master like me, the starling bird would never fail, and perhaps it could use this to curb its former arrogance.

This is a typical example of him using the art of controlling people to control birds.I couldn't agree with him and was very angry, but I didn't have time to reason with him, because he changed his clothes and went to the masquerade soon.

In the evening, it rained lightly, because it was already autumn, and a rain meant a coolness.This kind of coolness is even more desolate when there is no one around. I touched mynah's head, hoping it would let out a cry to break the silence, but it kept shrinking its neck and ignoring me.After a while, Ah Ji came over and said in a low voice, "Princess."

"what?"

"Soul Drunk has been prepared."

"understood."

When Qin Lian came back, there was no umbrella, and there were thin, clear raindrops on his eyebrows.He pulled me up who was squatting in front of the door playing in the muddy water, stopped for a moment when he was about to scold me, then paused, and said, "...are you crying?"

I said harshly: "You're crying! Didn't you see that it's raining?"

Qin Lian glanced at me indifferently, stretched out his index finger to wipe the corners of my eyes, then rubbed them with his thumbs, and said, "It's the first time I know that the rain is still warm."

I said: "Unless you are not alive, the rain on your face is also warm."

"..." Qin Lian said again, "The eye sockets are red."

I said: "Just now there was a gust of wind, I lost my eyes..."

Qin Lian closed his eyes, rubbed his forehead, pushed me back into the room, and continued, "Are you homesick, or do you want to leave the palace?"

I looked at him sincerely: "I just think of you going to war, I am very reluctant..."

Qin Lian glanced at me and said, "Really. Didn't you just say you didn't cry?"

I:"……"

You said, he is a majestic prince of the Southern Dynasty, why can't he give up a little bit of his tongue?Hate, really hate.

Qin Lian couldn't hear the resentment in my heart, and said again: "I will go to Mu Country in three days."

I said casually: "Oh..."

Qin Lian folded his arms and looked at me, as if he was studying some newly mutated monster.I looked back very carefully, but he started rubbing his forehead again: "Shouldn't you at this time... that's all. Pass the dinner, I'm hungry."

Because Qin Lian was about to travel, I was able to meet his legendary hidden guard.

High-level people in every country have more or less dead soldiers, which is a long-standing tradition.And because the king and the prince are the most important, the guards trained are even more cautious.Generally, they are selected by themselves, adopting the extremely tragic principle of natural selection, so in the end all the ones who compete are masters who can defeat a hundred with one.And because these guards usually hide in the dark and try to avoid being noticed, they are called dark guards.I once asked Su Qi: "In other words, where are you, where is your hidden guard?"

Su Qi shook his fan and said, "Of course."

I then asked: "Then you went to the brothel two days ago, and they followed?"

The fan Su Qi was shaking stopped for a while, and then started shaking it briskly after a while, but the wind was a little stronger than before, and said: "Of course."

"Then if you get married in the future, will the guards still watch you and your future wife in the bridal chamber?"

Su Qi looked at me dumbly: "..."

After dinner, Qin Lian and one of the hidden guards stayed in the study for a long time to discuss. I only saw the figure in the study reflected on the window due to the candlelight, and Qin Lian's slender figure became more and more slender.I went back to the bedroom and lay down on the table to count the flowers on one side of the screen. I felt that this was a waste of time, so I got up and did a set of embroidered legs in the room.

After a while, the door was pushed open, and I swung my fist, but it was quickly caught easily, and then it was cut behind my back. I soon had to puff up my chest and knit my eyebrows to beg for mercy: "It hurts, it hurts!" ..."

Qin Lian didn't let go of me, but stuck closer to me. He grabbed my waist with a hand from behind and said lightly, "You're so abnormal today."

"Let me go first..."

"No." He chuckled, picked me up and threw me directly onto the bed, his intentions were obvious, I quickly rolled myself into the quilt, looked up at him hopelessly and said, "Well, you don't know what to do today. I've been tired all day, look..."

He patted my head and said: "Then you tell me first, what is the reason for crying and punching again today?"

I said, "Did I tell you that you don't have that anymore?"

Qin Lian said "Well", "You only have one chance, you have to tell the truth."

I tried my best to interpret my eyes and tone more sincerely, and said, "I just can't bear to part with you..."

Then Qin Lian said: "Then it seems that we should continue."

And then he really ignored my protest and begging for mercy, and tossed me over and over again.Halfway through, I was exhausted and weak, lying on the bed and wailing in my heart.Qin Lian leaned down and pulled out the quilt from my mouth, saying: "Call out when it hurts."

If I made a sound, it would definitely be in line with his bad taste.This His Highness has been coercing and coaxing me to shout out, and the chance of success is basically more than [-]%.But now I'm so tired that I almost don't even have the strength to speak. I turned my head and looked at him pitifully and said, "Can you hurry up when I call out?"

Qin Lian said, "I can't."

So I bit the quilt tighter again.

Qin Lian: "..."

In the morning of the next day, Qin Lian was not there, but there were some rare visitors.At that time, His Royal Highness the Third Prince went to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, and when he arrived, his eyes kept circling Ah Ji.I could see that Ah Ji was quite forbearing standing in the back, because her fingers were tucked into her sleeves. I thought that if it wasn't for Qin Chu's status, the Bai Lian in her sleeves would have already flown away. go out.

But Qin Chu obviously didn't see it.He is dressed very well today, the jade crown is simple but not simple, the hair is long and smooth sliding down the back, the clothes are royal blue, the jade pendant on the waist and the jade wrench on the thumb are the same color of suet, and he is holding tea in both hands. It has a very royal demeanor.

In fact, it can be said that any one of the four princes of the Southern Dynasty dressed like this would have a royal demeanor.The four princes obviously took the best of their parents' appearance and discarded the dross. Even if they were wearing ordinary clothes, any of them stood out in the crowd.

It's a pity that the appearance is determined by the sky, but the temperament is acquired.Qin Chu made no secret of his wolfish ambitions, and did a good job of obliterating the royal demeanor that the little clothes set off.The meaning of the smile on his face was too straightforward, he probably wanted to knock Ah Ji and me unconscious with one elbow, and then carry the latter back to King Kang's mansion.

I glanced at him worriedly, but Qin Chu obviously didn't have time to pay attention to my glance.He rubbed his chin, the words were meant for me, but his eyes were still fixed on Ah Ji, and he said leisurely: "His Royal Highness, I know that Miss A Ji followed you all the way from Su, and you two have been together for a long time. , very emotional, it is not easy to separate. But this is the first time I have fallen in love with a girl so much. These days, my mind is full of the voice and smile of A Ji girl. I think about it sooner or later. When I go to court, I always Thinking. Smiling sweetly, looking forward to beautiful eyes, you see, Miss Aji made me suffer from insomnia until dark circles appeared under my eyes. If I say that I am willing to give up the whole forest for such a tree, Kangwang Mansion will be hers from now on , can you give me Aji?"

I looked at him brightly, and really wanted to ask him where he saw Ah Ji's smiling face and beautiful eyes looking forward to him.I have lived for 17 years, and I have never seen Ah Ji grinning once.Therefore, it can be deduced from this that if Qin Chu described Ah Ji like this, if he was not lying, then he was dreaming; if he was not dreaming, then he had seen a ghost for no reason.

But if it is said that Qin Chu is really willing to give up a small forest for Ah Ji, I find it hard to believe it.A good example of this can be found in Su Qi.When he and his first love, Lian Qingqing, started to get together, the two of them swore to each other, saying that if they wanted to know each other, they would live forever, and only when they were in harmony would they dare to break up with you.However, half a year later, when Su Guo was still in good times, the two broke up.Then three years later, I once met a woman who looked exactly like Lian Qingqing on the busiest street in the capital city of Su, and I dragged Su Qi and said, "Ah, that sister over there, you look like her..." Unlike Lian Qingqing?"

Su Qi squinted his eyes and said, "She looks pretty...but who is Lian Qingqing?"

I:"……"

Based on the above, I said: "Your Highness, Third Prince, let's discuss this matter again. Look..."

Qin Chu waved his hand, resting his chin on the back of his hand and said, "How can there be so many things to discuss? Let me state my thoughts clearly here. I would rather hang myself on a magnolia tree like Ah Ji. Let me I’m willing to go up the mountain of swords and go down to the sea of ​​fire. Whatever I have, after the engagement, I’ll share it equally with Ah Ji. That’s what I’m talking about, Ah Ji, what do you mean?”

I immediately turned to look at Aji.Ah Ji raised his eyelids, and said with his usual respectful and indifferent expression: "This servant believes that His Royal Highness the Third Prince should share the political affairs for His Majesty. This tree with a crooked neck and branches scattered, this servant may not be able to bear His Royal Highness's golden body."

"So, that's why I don't particularly like to go to A Lian's place. Everyone speaks politely, and it's uncomfortable if you don't get people in a cloud. Even people who just entered the door have also learned this bad habit. "Qin Chu sighed, "Politics is too brain-intensive, so it's not suitable for me. I just like beautiful and fresh people and things, cute women, pure white jade, landscape calligraphy and paintings, etc. How funny, politics is a tough nut to crack, so pedantic and corny."

He took a sip of tea, and continued: "But politics and antiques are very similar. Politics, like antiques, are not all for playing with. People, if you want to play with small things, then Just search for antiques. If you want to play big, then go to collect people's hearts. Whoever plays the most handy will be the biggest winner."

I looked at him deeply, and after a while I said: "Your Highness, Third Prince, it's a pity that you don't go to the bookstore to say it..."

"Prince Princess is absurd." Qin Chu grinned, "So you see, I have already spoken out such a long string of my heart, Miss Ah Ji..."

I made an attitude of comprehension and apology, and immediately said: "His Highness the Third Prince means that he is thirsty after talking too much, Ah Ji, go and pour a cup of tea."

Qin Chu: "..."

Ah Ji went out and never returned. I brought a chessboard from the inner room and played chess with Qin Chu to pass the time.But Qin Chu's chess skills are really bad, it can be said that the smell has reached the point of utter misery, even if I allow him to regret three moves, he still loses.

After a few quick games, Qin Chu pressed the pieces on the board with a "click" and said, "I don't want to play anymore. This is too exhausting."

After he finished speaking, he stretched his neck and looked towards the door: "Why did Ah Ji take so long to pour tea?"

I thought that Ah Ji would not come back before you left, so I couldn’t say it directly, so I opened my eyes and said nonsense: “But when Ah Ji is free, his favorite thing to do is to play chess... ..."

Qin Chu let out an "ah", and hastily turned his head to set up the chessboard again, and said, "Why didn't you mention such an important matter earlier, come again!"

So three more games were played, and Qin Chu's IQ index revealed from the chessboard was so low that it was horrible to look at.I can win by lying on the table and playing chess intuitively, which makes me particularly unfulfilling.An hour later, I yawned and used my pawns to eat his handsome one bite at a time, and then said: "I won again. How many moves are you going to regret this time?"

With his knuckles resting on his chin, Qin Chu concentrated on studying the chessboard, then raised his head and said solemnly, "Ten moves."

"..." I said silently, "We didn't even take ten steps..."

Qin Chu was very excited, ignored my hints, and put the soldiers, horses and elephant chariots that I had eaten one by one back on the chessboard, saying, "Come again!"

I had no choice but to keep going, and Qin Chu was about to follow, when suddenly a pampered and well-boned hand stretched out from the side, changing the direction of the chess Qin Chu was going to play, the situation changed immediately, and I was eaten by a piece in the blink of an eye only horse.

I watched Qin Lian pick my horse out of his palm, and my heart ached so much.I stared at him resentfully, Qin Lian looked back at me with a very calm attitude, and said calmly: "It's your turn."

I was crazy, obviously I should win, his sudden change of style of chess disrupted my train of thought, which made me crazy: "Do you know what it means to be a real gentleman who watches chess without speaking! "

Qin Lian said, "I've never heard of it."

"..." I turned my head to Qin Chu and said, "Qin Lian secretly played your chess, do you feel very angry?"

"I don't think so." Qin Chu smiled brightly, "It's fine if you win. It doesn't matter who plays."

"..." I cried, "How can you do this..."

Qin Lian tapped the chess piece on the table, and listened to my trembling crying, still sitting firmly, with the same indifferent look in his eyes and eyebrows, and said: "Why do you want to win?"

"Counting this game, I won ten games. From now on, I can tell people that my chess skills have been so good that I have won ten consecutive championships. You have ruined all my plans..."

"..." Qin Lian rubbed his forehead and said, "Why do you have to win ten consecutive championships? Nine consecutive championships are also good."

I said confidently: "How can nine consecutive championships sound better than ten consecutive championships? When you say nine consecutive championships, people will definitely say why not ten consecutive championships. This implies that you must have lost in the tenth game. But if If you say you have won ten consecutive championships, people won’t ask why you don’t say you have won eleven consecutive championships.”

Qin Lian: "..."

After Qin Chu left, Qin Lian turned to me and said, "Do you want to go out of the palace?"

My eyes lit up, but I quickly recalled it, and said vigilantly: "You are going out of the palace, are you with you?"

Qin Lian had an expression of "you are asking the question knowingly", I lowered my head silently and tried to bargain with him: "Can I go out with Ah Ji alone..."

"I can't." Qin Lian folded his arms and looked at me coolly, "Either you can stay with me, or you can stay in the palace by yourself and not run around, you choose one."

Mynah squeaked at the window at the right time, stared at me with round eyes, and scratched the feathers on his face with his paws.I struggled for a while in my heart, and then I said pitifully and aggrievedly: "Then I'd better stay in the palace by myself..."

Qin Lian raised his eyebrows, pinched his cuffs and said, "Yes."

Qin Lian turned around and left, and I followed him into the bedroom with one small step and one big stride.He stood behind the screen and changed his casual clothes. After untiing the two collars, he stopped, turned to me and said, "Instead of standing there dryly, you might as well come over and help me change."

I had to go over and help him change his clothes.Qin Lian's breath brushed against my forehead like a light feather, and I said, "Your Highness, you are leaving the palace now, when are you going to come back?"

"I'm not sure yet. But I probably won't be back for dinner." Qin Lian wrote lightly, "There is a new restaurant on Pingmen Road, and I heard from others that the food is not bad. And today happens to be the tenth day of the month, and that restaurant is on the tenth day of every month There will always be a quyi competition."

I finally finished changing his clothes slowly, and stood on tiptoe to help him straighten his hair crown.In the end, Qin Lian just glanced at me expressionlessly, turned around without being polite at all, and was about to leave.

But he only took one leg, so he had to stop, first looked down at the corner of the clothes that I was holding tightly in my palm, then turned his head and raised his eyes to look at me.

Qin Lian's dark eyes were silent: "What are you doing?"

I grabbed the hem of his clothes and did not let go, and looked at him pitifully: "I'd better go out of the palace with you..."

Qin Lian said, "Didn't you just say that you wanted to stay in the palace?"

I immediately said: "I was wrong. I'd better go out of the palace with you..."

Qin Lian pinched my chin, carefully studied my expression with great interest, and said, "Oh? Then tell me, what's wrong with you?"

I closed my eyes and said, "I was wrong because I shouldn't have said the three words 'I was wrong'..."

Qin Lian snorted, turned around and left.I quickly said: "I was wrong, I was wrong, I was wrong in my heart, I really wanted to go out of the palace with you, but I don't know why I still say I won't go with you."

Qin Lian gave a "hmm" and said, "What else?"

My face suddenly collapsed: "What else? What else?"

Qin Lian turned around to leave again, I quickly grabbed his hem and followed.He walked faster and faster, and I ended up trotting all the way.Finally he stopped, and I looked up at him tearfully: "Qin Lian..."

As a result, my eyes went dark, and a suit of clothes covered my head.Qin Lian's voice came through the cloth without any ups and downs: "Change clothes."

When I followed Qin Lian out of the palace, I realized that I might as well save those words and stay in the palace obediently.When Qin Lian left the palace, he didn't go straight to the restaurant I was most interested in, nor did he go straight to the market I was most interested in. Instead, he went directly to a teahouse with a lot of people, and sat down at a remote table. After drinking the tea, I didn't do anything, just dragged me to listen to other people's speeches with him.

After careful observation, I found that most of the people sitting and standing here are young people.The expression on his face is very vivid, and what he talks about is national affairs. From time to time, he pats the table and stamps his shoes. At the end of the talk, he becomes more and more excited, and he will raise his arms and shout slogans. The high-ranking courtiers of the bones have different feelings of worrying about the country and the people.

But the politics they talked about had a lot of idealism and deceitfulness, and they were very serious, without any romantic affairs. When I came in, I was very energetic, but I became dizzy after sitting for a cup of tea. sleepy.However, the table in this teahouse is very low, and it must be uncomfortable to sleep on your stomach.I tilted my head to look, and became very coveted about Qin Lian's shoulder.From a purely objective point of view, that place must be more comfortable than a table; but from a subjective point of view, it grows on Qin Lian, and Qin Lian is a sinister and cunning person, and it is always difficult to take advantage of a sinister and cunning person. If you want to get it, you have to exchange it at a higher price, and I generally can't afford it based on experience.So I struggled for a while, and finally gave up.

I tried very hard to open my eyes and sit upright.However, I slept too late yesterday, and I couldn't resist the drowsiness in the end, and fell asleep without knowing it.I woke up because I don't know which young man mentioned my name, and if you insist on linking Princess Su Xi with politics, there is only one thing, and that is the marriage with Qin Lian.

I have heard this topic a lot since before I married Qin Lian, but today is the first time I mentioned our marriage in such an objective and fair manner without any personal feelings.I quickly opened my eyes and listened carefully.

The man said: "The marriage between Princess Su Xi and my Royal Highness the Crown Prince means that the Su Kingdom and the Southern Dynasty will coexist harmoniously for at least a period of time. However, the monarchs of the two countries and the two princes are both ambitious. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is about to personally conquer the State of Mu. When the territory of the State of Mu is included in the Southern Dynasty, and Su Qi, the crown prince of the State of Su, conquers the State of Qi, then the border between the Southern Dynasty and the State of Su will be adjacent. It is unknown how many troubles will arise at that time. "

I sighed, the words were not much different from what I heard from Su Qi.There is no fresh information at all.So I tilted my head and planned to continue to sleep, and suddenly felt that the fabric on the pillow was very smooth, and even the pillow was very comfortable. It is really a strange thing to have such a comfortable pillow in this teahouse... After a short pause, I finally noticed it What, I quickly turned my head to see that it was indeed a pillow on Qin Lian's shoulder.

I resentfully sat up straight again.Qin Lian lowered his eyes, bent his fingers and tapped on the table, tilted his head and glanced at me, and said, "Are you finally awake?"

There was no wave of emotion in his eyes, I peeked out the window, and sure enough the sun was already covered with sunset glow.When I fell asleep just now, it was still slightly westward in the middle.

I said honestly: "Wake up..."

Qin Lian hit me mercilessly: "I can't wake up even if I scream. I sleep motionless, like a pig."

I was immediately angry, and I gritted my teeth in a low voice: "If it wasn't for the fact that someone had to toss it late last night, would I have been able to sleep for so long?"

Qin Lian propped his chin with one hand and looked at me: "Who is that person?"

"...Shameless!"

When the sun was setting, we finally left the teahouse and went to the restaurant that Qin Lian mentioned had a quyi competition.

Actually, I am not very interested in Quyi.Because I have seen too much since I was a child, and now I see these things, I will involuntarily make comparisons.This is like a person who keeps a leopard as a pet and thinks he is unparalleled in the world. At this time, if a passer-by also brings a more beautiful and mighty leopard to him, he will be hit hard; If a passer-by B brings a thin and small pheasant to him, he will be very arrogant and don't even want to pay attention to it.And no matter how you look at it, it is not beneficial to others or yourself.

But Qin Lian obviously didn't hear my heart, and there were no stalls where we walked all the way for me to stall for a while, so we finally arrived at the restaurant at sunset, and sat in the best front row .

Qin Lian ordered, and after I ordered, I looked at him in surprise: "There's Su Guo's Furong Yulu Cake here..."

Speaking of the rather charming name of the pastry, Su Qi should also be mentioned.Obviously it was just a few white sesame seeds on the lotus-shaped rice cake, but Su Qi happened to be in a good mood that day, and when he was in a good mood, he would do so many unexpected things, and what he did that time The unexpected thing is that a plaque was inscribed for the biscuit Xishi who sells this pastry.In fact, it’s fine if it’s just a plaque, which is a good thing after all, but he wrote such an arty and sour plaque, so I have to express my contempt.

However, whether I despise it or not, because this pastry has been tasted by the most famous celebrities in Su, and it has been named and even inscribed on a plaque, so it is destined to be popular all over the world.This is extremely simple and extremely powerful celebrity effect.

I used to ask Su Qi: "Why did you choose such a... um, name?"

"What's wrong with the name?"

I said: "I don't know when you also got such a sour literati atmosphere. Didn't you like going to the east of the Yangtze River to go day and night, and the stormy waves hit the shore with thousands of piles of snow? Now it has become a courtyard deep How deep is it, once you enter Houmen, it is as deep as the sea?"

Su Qi glanced at me, a little bit like "the way is different and you don't want to seek it", but he endured it and said: "Do you know what strategy is? This is called strategy. It's like a willow tree standing by the lake, No matter how beautiful it is, it is just a willow tree standing by the lake. However, if one day it is planted in the royal garden, and only such a willow tree is planted, then it will no longer be a willow tree in the ordinary sense .you understood?"

"It seems that I don't quite understand..."

Su Qi couldn't bear it anymore: "If I named it Lotus Sesame Cake, do you think it will be as popular as it is now? This time you finally understand?"

"..."

But if you look at it from the other side, this is probably a big difference between Su Qi and Qin Lian's handling styles.Su Qi is the best at fooling around. If he is asked to use 36 tricks, then his favorite is probably the tricks of blooming on a tree out of nothing and stealing beams and changing pillars into an empty city. Qin Lian is more pragmatic, and in the Pragmatically, he strives to be insidious. If he is asked to use 36 tricks, then his favorite is probably the tricks that make people regret as much as they are proud of at the beginning.In short, these two people are born to play politics.

And I always feel that Qin Lian is now addicted to taking advantage of others. For example, after I finished expressing my feelings, he propped his chin with one hand and glanced at me, saying, "I thought you would thank me first before you sighed."

I said: "Since the great kindness does not say thank you, then there is no need to worry about the little kindness..."

The corners of Qin Lian's lips curled up, he turned his face and said to Xiao Er who was pouring tea, "That lotus jade dew cake just now..."

I quickly hugged Qin Lian's arm, looked at him with very sincere eyes, and said in a very sincere tone: "Thank you, thank you very much, I really thank you very very much."

Qin Lian glanced at me lightly, took the rest of the words, and waited for Xiaoer to leave, and said lightly: "You..."

His voice was cut off halfway, because a surprised girl's voice that was more sincere and earnest than I was just now came from behind us: "Brother Qin, you are here!"

Accompanied by these words, Zhao Youyi's wrist arrived. I just felt that she had hugged Qin Lian's other arm in a short time, and half of her body was leaning towards it. Soon, the golden hairpin on her head stepped There was a rattling sound, and then I heard her say in a brisk tone: "When did you arrive? I'm so happy, I saw you right away when I arrived."

I finally got a clear look at this Miss Zhao family today.Brocade clothes, from head to toe, have the characteristics of a noble girl, both arrogant and squeamish, but the appearance is indeed worthy of such arrogance and squeamishness, with watery eyes, delicate lips, and pink cheeks, at this moment to please Qin With a restrained appearance, one looks at someone's desire to be pinched.

However, I always feel that Qin Lian is not a human being in the final analysis, he can only be regarded as a wolf with a human face and a beast heart, so he didn't even have the idea of ​​pinching Zhao Youyi. His eyes have not changed since just now, and he just said flatly: "Just yourself? Where's your brother?"

"He won't come to see this with me." Zhao Youyi picked up a chair on Qin Lian's right and sat down familiarly, tilting her head and said softly, "I didn't expect you to come to see this."

Qin Lian said, "Come here for a stroll. I'll be back in a while."

I silently retracted the arm that was holding Qin Lian just now, picked up the teacup and drank tea carefully.I thought that Qin Lian would chat with Zhao Youyi very familiarly for a long time, but in the blink of an eye, his face was aimed at me, he forced my tea cup down, and stuffed me with another piece of hibiscus jade dew cake, saying: "Try it this."

I stared at the pastry for a while, and said, "This..."

Qin Lian said, "This?"

I raised my eyes and looked at him: "Will the Furong Yulu Cake also be unaccustomed to the environment? Or, the lotus in the Southern Dynasties looks the same as the rose?"

"..."

As the saying goes, if three people walk together, there must be my teacher.But this threesome must at least talk about willingness and unwillingness.For example, now, I really don't want to sit at the same table with Zhao Youyi, let alone borrow and learn from her.She talked non-stop, all about the funny stories about her and Qin Lian when they were young, but I have no interest in how the two of them grew up to what they are now and their personalities, so I am even more dizzy now than I was in the teahouse just now sleepy.

When the quyi competition started, I continued to rest on my chin with one hand and fell asleep, but Zhao Youyi finally stopped telling interesting stories and turned her eyes to the stage, but after a while she couldn't stay idle anymore, and turned her head to grab Qin Lian's sleeve Said: "I don't think this dance is very beautiful..."

I buried my head on the table, facing the ground and moaning silently.Then I heard Qin Lian laugh, and then he stroked the hair on the back of my head, and said leisurely: "What do you think of Xi'er?"

Every time he calls me that, I get chills all over my body.However, there seemed to be someone more terrified than me. As soon as I looked up, I saw Zhao Youyi staring at me with wide open eyes, as if I was some invincible and invincible monster.

I avoided her gaze and decided to tell the truth: "Actually, I didn't take a good look..."

Qin Lian said, "You have at least read the beginning."

"...Well, I read the beginning." I gritted my teeth and said, "But I'm not very educated, so I don't want to criticize others."

Qin Lian clasped his hands and said thoughtfully, "I remember that when the second princess of the Su Kingdom was 15 years old, she seemed to have written an article about dance music, and she was used as an example by the dancers of the Su Kingdom to learn from."

"..." I resisted the thought of wanting to bite him to death, and said, "This dancer's clothes are quite gorgeous..."

The corners of Qin Lian's mouth curled into an arc, his eyes looked like a smile but not a smile, he squeezed the folding fan in his hand, and leaned towards me slightly, before he could say anything, I immediately closed my eyes and said: "This dancer has more skills than love, but It has a great potential for plasticity, and if you practice it in the future, you will definitely achieve something. So it should be okay, right?"

Before I finished my last word, a small piece of something was stuffed into my mouth. After chewing it carefully, it tasted like a very authentic Furong Yulu Cake. Going to see the stage, Zhao Youyi was nowhere to be seen.

I said "Hey": "Where is the person?"

Qin Lian didn't turn his head back: "In the stands. Don't worry about what's there or not."

"..."

In the final analysis, the holding of this kind of folk art competition is just a gimmick, and the real purpose is obviously to make these dignitaries and nobles pay money willingly.Therefore, it is not the most important thing to sing well, but the most important thing is to be beautiful.And the beauties are obviously well versed in this way, all of them whet the appetite of the spectators, their eyes are full of autumn water but they are half-covered, the collar of the clothes is extremely low but there are strings of jewels hanging on their chests, and the amorous feelings spread from the corners of their eyes To the fingertips, everything is intoxicating.

However, this only attracts men after all.For me, looking at these beauties is not as attractive as looking at Qin Lian.

In terms of appearance and temperament alone, Qin Lian's looks are not annoying at all.Especially when he raised his brows and eyes and no longer had a half-smile.The ivory jade crown, the emerald waist, the eyebrows, eyes, nose and lips are exquisitely crafted, and the gestures are calm and calm, with a kind of natural splendor.

Although I can't agree with other things about him, I can't deny that Qin Lian is the most beautiful and elegant man I have ever seen.

I stared at Qin Lian's face unknowingly, until he turned his face and asked me coldly: "What are you thinking?"

His voice was so deep that I didn't feel any sense of vigilance for a moment.I was still looking at him with my hands on my chin, and unconsciously blurted out: "I was thinking that you are more attractive..."

After I finished speaking, I woke up, my heart almost jumped out of my throat, and I regretted why reason is always half a beat slower than intuition.He quickly sat upright and looked at him carefully. Qin Lian's movements really paused, his eyelids twitched, and he raised his eyes to catch my wrist, but I quickly hid him under the table. He glanced at me enthusiastically, pinched the folding fan, and said calmly, "Put out your hand."

I tucked my fingers under the table into my sleeves, and whispered, "You can't hit people..."

He raised the corners of his eyes and said, "What will happen if you hit me?"

I took a deep breath, and finally stretched out my hand, then closed my eyes hard, and made the last chance to struggle: "Beating someone in this place will damage your status as the crown prince."

After a while, I heard Qin Lian laugh softly.His chuckle spread into my ears, like a few feathers brushing against the tip of my heart, which made my whole body tremble slightly.I opened my right eye a little, and saw that he was leaning his head, looking at me with interest, and the corner of his lips returned to a half-smile, but obviously he didn't intend to hit me.He co-authored me again just now.

I simply opened my eyes and folded my arms on the table to count the mother-of-pearl and tortoiseshell fans on his folding fan. Unexpectedly, Qin Lian also leaned over and said, "Is this quyi competition so boring?"

I said angrily: "It's so boring that the birds will fly in the sky."

Qin Lian glanced at the stands, and said, "Then let's go."

I let out a "hey" and said, "I've just sung two songs, and you're leaving? It's good to appreciate such a beautiful beauty a few more times. Look at this one on stage now. Her bright eyes are bright, her lips are red, her teeth are white, her waist is like a spring." Willow hands are soft like catkins..."

Qin Lian glanced at me: "I didn't come to see the beauty."

I said: "Could it be that there are other things to see here besides beauties?"

"The words are hurtful enough." He laughed lowly, picked me up from the chair, and was about to walk out without any explanation, while saying, "I'm here to wait for someone."

"Did that person leave without waiting for you?"

Qin Lian smiled slightly: "I think the person should be arriving soon."

As soon as he finished speaking, the people at the tables who had been sitting well all the time stood up suddenly, and within the blink of an eye, I had already drawn out a gleaming dagger, stabbing towards Qin Lian directly and swiftly.

This is the first time I have encountered such a thing as an assassination.Su Qi was also assassinated when he was in Su country, but it's a pity that I didn't have the chance to see it with my own eyes.I just remember that according to Su Qi's later comments, the single-handed assassin was really a bit unintelligent, and he must have judged people too much by their appearance, thinking that Su Qi must be thin and weak because he must not be good at martial arts, but in fact, although Su Qi looks like a scholar But his martial arts are very good, and none of his hidden guards are vegetarians, and Su Qi is a young man with quick reflexes, so after dodging the first knife, the next outcome is obvious, Su Qi He was safe and sound, the assassin was captured alive on the spot, tortured and interrogated to no avail, he was quartered by five horses, and carried to the gate of the city and hung on a beam for a month.

If the main character of today's assassination is not my husband, and I who brought trouble to Chi Yu, I'd really like to watch from the sidelines.It's a pity that I was one of the parties involved, and this time the assassins did not single-handedly, but attacked in groups, and everyone had a clear goal, quietly, and decisive blades. From my point of view, this is really a group of assassins. A very good professional killer; and Qin Lian has me in his arms who only understands the theory of martial arts but not practice, which becomes another big trouble.If he abandons me, then with the rumored swordsmanship strength, it should be no problem to escape this catastrophe, but there will be many sequelae after abandoning me. However, if he insists on dragging his family, the outcome will be difficult to tell the truth. It is not impossible for Qin Lian and I to be killed on the spot like this.

It was only afterward that I realized that I was able to objectively and calmly think about such a long-term issue when my life was in danger. I admire myself very much.

The aftermath of the assassination was that my head was pressed in Qin Lian's arms, and there was nothing in front of me except his light blue gown, and my back was tightly pressed by his elbows, and I had to ring Hold his waist, because his footsteps are moving; the folding fan in his hand has played a big role, I can feel him exerting force, the wind of the folding fan in my ear is as sharp as the wind of a sword, I really want to see how he uses it A folding fan was one against ten, but unfortunately I couldn't move; and when he finally let go of me, the assassination incident was over, and Qin Lian was breathing steadily, unharmed and calm, obviously the winner.

I could smell blood without opening my eyes.The restaurant was in chaos just now, but now it is surprisingly quiet.I looked back and found that the restaurant was indeed in a mess, the tables and chairs were overturned, the plates were broken all over the floor, and there was no one else present except the assassin's dark guard Qin Lian and me.If I were the owner of this restaurant, I would probably almost cry.

Numerous assassin corpses were strewn across the ground, and there was another alive under the knife of a hidden guard.It's just that although this one is alive, it's not complete. The face is dripping with blood, and the whole body is bloody, which is really horrible.

I looked around again, only to find that besides Qin Lian and me, everyone standing at the moment had more or less blood on their bodies.So I wondered whether Qin Lian and the dark guard had a division of labor like this: Qin Lian was in charge of knocking the assassin unconscious with a folding fan like a cucumber, and the dark guard was in charge of cutting the assassin down like a watermelon.

The scene was so tragic that I covered my eyes with my hands and couldn't bear to watch it any longer.Then I felt Qin Lian retracting his hand around my waist, and then the rustling of footsteps leaving.I opened my fingertips a little, and the light penetrated into my eyes. I saw Qin Lian stop in front of the assassin, and asked in a low voice, "Who is responsible?"

The assassin's eyes were full of hatred, which was understandable.No one can still have a good mood when their companions are hacked to death and they are captured alive.He struggled very hard, trying to break free from the knife on his neck by the hidden guard, and fought desperately with Qin Lian who was less than a foot away in front of him, but he failed in the end, and in the end he could only stare at him bitterly. .

Qin Lian stood on the spot and smiled softly: "It's okay not to say. I was still worrying, but now I should thank Lord Mu, for daring to assassinate the prince of the Southern Dynasty in broad daylight. This crime is enough to send troops."

So, Qin Lian is really annoying.If you don't know what's good, you just accept it, and you have to make an inch of it.The assassin was obviously stimulated by him, his pupils widened suddenly, and he wanted to fight Qin Lian desperately.

But of course he failed again.Soon he was kicked by the hidden guard again, his chin hit the ground, and the bleeding on his face became even worse.

I once heard Su Qi say that as a qualified assassin, if unfortunately he is captured alive, the most important thing for him to do is to smash his head against the wall like a captured sparrow and die.Judging from the eyes and expression of this assassin, he should be a qualified assassin.And soon he also verified my thoughts, he finally accepted his fate, and changed his mind, straightened up, and moved to the edge of the knife with lightning speed, closed his eyes and tried to kill himself by wiping his neck, but...it failed again.

The hidden guard behind him slashed at the back of his neck with a hand knife, and he passed out quickly.

We finally left the restaurant and went back to the palace.In the carriage, Qin Lian resumed his closed eyes and dozing off.I was forced to sit on his lap again like last time, one of his hands was loosely wrapped around my waist, the other bent his elbow to support his forehead, his long eyelashes were curled up one by one, his posture Lazy and relaxed, it seemed that the assassination just now had gone away like floating clouds.

I watched his hand very carefully.The wrist is thin and the fingers are slender. At this moment, the knuckles of the index finger and middle finger are touching the forehead, and the ring finger and the little finger are curved in a lazy arc.Objectively speaking, they are really beautiful hands.

But apart from elegance, I really can't connect it with strength and speed.I can imagine Qin Lian slowly shaking his folding fan with a smile on his lips, and I can also imagine him putting away the fan handle and knocking on the top of my head, but I can't imagine him presiding over the killing with a folding fan.

However, according to the law of the script, since Qin Lian is a well-known and handsome young man, no matter what he does, he is chic and wonderful, let alone using a folding fan to deal with assassins. thing.Therefore, his performance at that time must have been impeccable, his face must have been calm and calm, if he did not shoot, he would have been shocked, blood would be seen when he shot, and corpse would be seen when he saw blood.

It's just that in the final analysis, I still have no chance to see it, so the more I think about it, the more regretful I feel.I looked at his hand, then at mine, and suddenly my hand was grasped, and the palm of my hand was squeezed. When I looked up, Qin Lian had opened his eyes, and returned to his usual smile that was half a smile.

Nothing good happened when he woke up, he began to knead my hands over and over again like dough, I took a breath, resisted the idea of ​​having a fit, and said, "Those assassins just now..."

"Ok?"

"Are those assassins really sent by Mu Guojun?"

Qin Lian said casually, "There will be no mistakes."

I said weakly: "But you have so many enemies, how can you be sure..." Qin Lian raised his eyelids and gave me a lukewarm look, and I immediately changed my words, "Okay, then how do you know that there will be someone lying in ambush in the restaurant today? kill you?"

Qin Lian looked at me funny: "I just know."

He obviously refused to answer directly, so I gave up the desire to continue asking, turned around and lifted the curtain of the carriage, he snatched it back, and said: "We will be at the palace gate soon."

After his words fell, more than a dozen horseshoes sounded, and then there was the sound of the palace door creaking open through the curtain of the car.Qin Lian squeezed my palm vigorously, I said "ah", and turned to glared at him, he said calmly, "Your Highness wants to know the inside story?"

I said in no hurry: "Your Highness the Princess doesn't want to know the inside story. Your Highness the Princess just wants to know that His Highness the Crown Prince clearly knows that there are assassins there, so why do you have to drag along a Highness Princess who doesn't understand martial arts at all to be a motivator?" bottle."

Qin Lian then said in a leisurely manner: "Your Highness, the Princess, is serious. Isn't Your Highness doing well now?"

I held my breath in my chest, unable to go up or down.With a heavy "hum", he straightened his neck and looked up at the roof of the car, only to be pushed back by Qin Lian holding his cheek again.

I continued to glare at him, but Qin Lian started to unbutton my neckline. His fingers were so dexterous. He had already unbuttoned two of them just by opening my eyes. I stammered, "You, what do you want?" What are you doing..."

Qin Lian glanced at me, took a step closer, and said with a faint smile on his lips, "What do you think I want to do?"

I leaned back desperately: "This, this is a carriage..."

Qin Lian suddenly took out something the size of a copper coin out of nowhere, and spread it out in the palm of his hand, but he took it back before I saw it clearly, and then he suddenly let go of his hand grabbing my back, and I lost my balance. She was so scared that she immediately hugged his neck, and soon heard muffled laughter.

My eyes blurred, and then my neck felt a chill, which made me immediately lower my head and fish out the thing Qin Lian stuffed into my neck.It is a piece of jade pendant, translucent, bright and warm green, with the pattern of Baifu Liuyun, embedded in a silver lotus frame, just looking at it makes people want to touch it.

Qin Lian looked at me with one hand resting on his forehead, his eyes slightly bent: "Not bad." After saying that, he leaned over to help me re-fasten the button, and said, "Don't take it off again."

He did this set of movements in a smooth and flowing way, as naturally as his heartbeat and breathing.My mouth opened, he looked at me and said, "What do you want to say?"

I don't know what I want to say.I just instinctively feel that since the old saying goes, "it's indecent to come and not go", then I should also express it at this time.But this jade pendant was given to me by Qin Lian, and Qin Lian is my husband in terms of identity. This is different from ordinary friends exchanging gifts or rewards from the emperor, so how to reciprocate has become another matter. Difficult.Although the old saying goes, "Throw me a peach and repay it with Qiongyao", but after all, there are two other sentences behind it, "The bandit repays it, and I always think it is good."

However, so far, Qin Lian and I should only be called "it's good for a bandit, and I think it's rewarding".In view of this, I still can't use this old saying, so I have to search for keywords related to "male, female, gift" from the books I have read and even the royal etiquette. However, I have searched for a long time, but there is still no result. .

So from this alone, it can be seen that reading dead books is really a hopeless thing.

Qin Lian was still waiting for my answer, so I glanced at him and said honestly, "I'm sorry, I can't think of anything to give you."

I really can't describe the expression on his face, it looks like he is holding back a smile, he seems to be gnashing his teeth, and he seems to be helpless.But I think there must be something wrong with my eyes, because any of these three expressions appearing on Qin Lian's face should be regarded as a miracle.Qin Lian usually has a three-foot-frozen face, and he seldom bends the corners of his mouth to really smile, let alone hold back a smile; A woman who makes half of the Southern Dynasty women drunk with a slight smile will never do such a disgraceful thing as gnashing of teeth; moreover, Qin Lian has always known how to convince others with virtue and intimidate others with law. Being cunning and cunning is what he is best at, so the least likely thing to show is a helpless expression.

He looked down at me for a long while, and he said with a half-sigh: "You are quite honest...that's all."

On the third day, Qin Lian went out to fight.The Holy Majesty and the Empress saw him off in person.

I also stood on the wall and looked at him.Qin Lian was wearing armor and riding on a tall horse. The hand that used to hold the fan in the past was now loosely holding the rein. Hold it neatly in your hand.

His appearance was very different from the past, but what remained the same was that he was still calm and calm.

In theory, this will not be a very difficult battle.The soldiers of the Southern Dynasties oppressed the border, and it was only a matter of time before Mu became a possession.Although the terrain of Mu country is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the mountains are rugged, for the people of the Southern Dynasty who are used to waterways and flat land, this is really not a happy thing.And if I remember correctly, this is probably Qin Lian's first time leading an army in a mountainous area.But Qin Lian told me last night that he would come back within twenty days.

Father Huang once commented on Qin Lian, saying that he is a person with a clear goal, a firm will, a calm mind and a wise mind, and he is also a person who can do well no matter what he does.It was his good fortune to be born a prince, and it probably counted as the royal family's good fortune.And if God's will was not like this, if Qin Lian was born as a relative, then the chaos in the Southern Dynasty is not impossible.

Father seldom makes mistakes in seeing people.Well, since Qin Lian said he would be back within [-] days, it must be believed that he would be back within [-] days.

The night before Qin Lian set off for the expedition, he hugged me from behind, stroking my skin inch by inch with his fingers, and would stop and pick and twist slowly when he encountered a fleshy place. I wanted to hide, but instead stuck to his back more and more and his breath brushed my hair and the back of my neck, warm and even, although I was very drowsy, all this made me unable to sleep.

I complained endlessly in my heart, but I didn't dare to resist, because what he was doing was obviously punishment in disguise.It's all because he asked too much before going to bed, "Will you miss me when I go out to Mu country", and I replied even more too much, "Probably not", so Qin Lian began to toss about the whole night .

When dawn was approaching, he was about to go to battle, and I was so sleepy that I couldn't open my eyelids, I grabbed his hand and whispered: "His Royal Highness..."

Qin Lian lazily replied, "Huh?"

I turned over, tried to open my eyes wide, looked at him sincerely, and said to him sincerely: "You go to Mu country, I will miss you, I will definitely miss you. I will do what I said. "

Qin Lian hadn't slept all night, his eyes were still clear and clear. At this time, he propped up his forehead with one hand, curled my hair with his fingers, and said casually: "Then why are you going to miss me?"

I thought for a while and said, "I will pray to the Buddha day and night, praying for your safe return as soon as possible."

Qin Lian laughed: "Don't talk about Buddha with me, I don't believe in that. Change to another one."

I thought about it again, and said: "About your husband going out to war, if your wife misses you at home, you should burn incense and pray to Buddha every day to look forward to your return. That's what it says in the scriptures. Nuhong, unfortunately I don’t know how to be a nunhong, so I can’t weave brocade robes for you. There’s no other way.”

Qin Lian glanced at me, slightly surprised: "You don't know how to be a female celebrity?"

"It's not a big deal if you don't know how to be a female celebrity and you're not within the seven outs..." I said confidently, "It's a long story. I think we'd better skip it."

Qin Lian looked at me and remained silent, and I continued to insist: "Oh, you heard a rooster crowing outside, you have to get up."

Qin Lian glanced at me and said, "There are no chickens in the palace."

I:"……"

I thought this topic would be discussed until that night, but I didn't expect Qin Lian to be so persistent. On the second day after he left for the expedition, I received a letter from Qin Lian tied around his ankle. The calm and introverted beautiful handwriting and the few words in the whole letter are all used to ask me to copy the Four Books and Five Classics carefully to express my longing for him that I promised.

I can't imagine any connection between copying the Four Books and Five Classics and missing Qin Lian. After thinking for a long time, the only thing I can come up with is that these two things are things I don't want to do.Also, I find it very strange that the memorials Qin Lian presented to the Holy Majesty thousands of miles away traveled eight hundred miles by land, so why couldn't he also hand over the letters for me to Xinyi, and why did he return them? Additional airways such as homing pigeons should be entrusted.

And I have always thought that homing pigeons are a very magical species, so when I wrote a reply, I never mentioned the Four Books and Five Classics, but the whole article was full of questions about homing pigeons: Does this homing pigeon feel hungry after flying for so long?How does it know where to fly?Can it recognize you from a crowd like a dog and hand you the letter if you change your mask and mask? ...

I wrote a whole page like this, and after I asked the pigeon to send it back, Qin Lian was probably caught off guard by my behavior, and didn't send another letter back for five consecutive days.

(End of this chapter)