After marriage and marriage, I became the favorite of the group

Ruan Jiu was sitting on the bed covered with a quilt, and the doctor with a gray beard was taking his pulse.

"Young master's pulse is calm, there is nothing wrong with it. I think it's caused by being too tired after playing polo three times in a row. You should rest for a while. If you want to take medicine, you can take it..."

Ruan Jiu shook his head quickly: "Don't eat, don't eat."

Ruan He pressed his head: "I was already dizzy, but I still shake my head like this."

The doctor said with a smile: "Then don't eat, just take a good rest."

Ruan Jiu heaved a sigh of relief, and Ruan He nodded: "Eighteen, I'm glad to send Dr. Wang back."

Shiba raised his hand: "Doctor Wang, please."

All the servants in the room followed suit.

"Do you still dare to play polo like this in the future?" Ruan He raised his hand to poke his forehead, but when he thought that he was dizzy, he withdrew his hand again.

Ruan Jiu smiled heartlessly, grabbed the quilt and lay down on the bed, then held his hand: "Brother, it's rare for me to get sick, why don't you accompany me for a while."

Ruan He wanted to ask him back, "What kind of illness is this?", but seeing his younger brother's bright eyes, he swallowed the sentence back.

"Okay." Ruan He helped him cover the quilt, "You sleep for a while, brother will accompany you."

On the other side, Shiba sent the doctor out of the mansion, and when he came back, he happened to meet Master Ruan's servant who was about to enter the courtyard.

Shiba recalled that in the confusion just now, when he went in with the dizzy Ruan Jiu on his back, Ruan Jiu whispered in his ear: "Don't let my father know."

Shiba thought, he must be afraid of being taught a lesson by Master Ruan.

So he quickly caught up with the boy.

They all know each other, they have a circle, and they can talk to each other.

Seeing him coming, the boy said, "Eighteen, master said..."

Shiba pulled him away, and explained in a low voice: "Young master went out to play polo early in the morning. He was exhausted after playing all morning. He is taking a nap with the eldest son at the moment. The master wants to shout, but it's okay to wake up the young master." , Eldest Young Master is not in good health, and it is rare for him to sleep for a while, so it is not our fault for waking him up?"

The boy also felt that what he said was reasonable, Shiba took the opportunity and said: "Why don't you go back and ask the master again? Wait for the eldest son to take a nap, and then come again."

"Okay, then I'll go back and ask, it's better for you to be more thoughtful."

Eighteen said goodbye to him and breathed a sigh of relief.

Successfully helping the young master avoid disaster, what a rare wit!

Ruan Jiu lay on the couch, pretending to sleep under Ruan He's eyes with his eyes closed, thinking about countermeasures.I don't know how long it took, but I fell asleep in a daze.

He had a dream, dreaming that his elder brother was chosen to marry at the banquet, but it didn't take long for his elder brother to be sent back.

It was exactly the same as last year when my elder brother went to the Northwest, and finally my father personally took people to the battlefield to bring him back.

Many doctors shook their heads and said that it might be impossible. At that time, Ruan Jiu was only 15 years old. He was afraid of hindering adults from doing things, so he shrank in the corner and didn't even dare to cry loudly.

The doctor said, we should buy the coffin first, or do a happy event first.Anyway, the Ruan family is so rich, there will always be...

They didn't say the last half of the sentence, but they were interrupted by Ruan Jiu who rushed out.

"You bullshit!"

Then Ruan Jiu woke up.

He opened his eyes, didn't see Ruan He, immediately became nervous, and got off the couch without even putting on his shoes: "Brother?"

Ruan He was not in the room, so Ruan Jiu pushed the door out, ran into the yard, and yelled several times.

A group of attendants were called out by him, urging him to go back and put on his shoes, but Ruan Jiu refused to listen, clamoring to find his elder brother, and when he was about to run out of the yard, Ruan He's voice came from behind: "Xiao Jiu?"

When Ruan Jiu heard his voice, he turned his head abruptly, and walked forward, almost crying in anger, "Where did you go?"

Ruan He entered without knowing it, and raised the food box in his hand: "Go and get you something to eat."

Ruan Jiu went back to the room with a flick of his sleeves: "I won't eat!"

In the next second, he was sitting in the room, holding the porridge bowl in one hand and a porcelain spoon in the other, stirring the shredded chicken porridge in the bowl, picking out the chicken inside to eat.

Ruan He didn't know what was wrong with him, so he sat quietly by the side to accompany him.

Ruan Jiu raised his eyes, looked at him quietly, and secretly made up his mind that Jiwu is a place that eats people, and he must never let his brother go there again. Can't.

And he is not a 15-year-old kid who just hides and cries.

He's... 16 years old.

After eating something, Ruan Jiu found an excuse and asked Ruan He to leave, then asked Shiba to go to the small kitchen to get two plates of snacks, and took them to his father's study.

He knocked on the door, and there was a reply from the study, before he opened the door and went in.

Master Ruan sat in front of the desk, picked up a book, and covered something on the table.

Ruan Jiu left Shiba outside the door, and went in with a snack by himself: "Father, this is a snack I made myself..."

Master Ruan frowned and looked at him: "Say it again."

Ruan Jiu choked: "This is a dessert I made myself."

That's more or less.

Master Ruan picked up a piece casually: "What's going on?" Ruan Jiu was puzzled, while Master Ruan ate his snacks, he asked more bluntly, "What's wrong with you?"

Ruan Jiu smiled, dragged a stool over, and sat down beside him: "Father, did the palace send invitations? There will be a banquet in a few days."

Master Ruan glanced at him: "How do you know?"

"Our family is never invited to banquets in the palace, don't you think it's a little strange, Dad?"

"It's a little bit. I sent someone to call your eldest brother at noon, but who knew that you pestered him to take a nap, and just sent someone to call again, and he will come later."

Ruan Jiu hurriedly said, "Don't, don't call him here."

"what happened?"

Ruan Jiu lowered his eyes: "A few days ago, I had dim sum with His Highness Eight at the Manchulou Building. Wei Xu said that it would be great if we could eat dim sum in the palace. He just said that casually, but I talked to His Highness Eight. Hurry up, I said that His Highness the Eighth Prince is still underage, so he will definitely not be able to be the master of the palace. The Eighth Prince insists that he can do it. I said, if he is really the master, then he will invite us into the palace for snacks in a few days gone."

Master Ruan sighed: "Then the Eighth Prince agreed like this?"

"Yes."

"Nonsense." Although he was talking nonsense, but Ruan Jiu did such a thing, Master Ruan was not surprised at all.

"I didn't pay much attention to it at first, but when I went out to play polo today, the Eighth Prince suddenly asked me if I had received the invitation, so I knew..." Ruan Jiu lowered his head and pointed his fingers correctly, "Father, I Did it cause you trouble?"

He admitted his mistake so quickly today, Master Ruan couldn't say much.Flick off the booklet that was just covered, and take out the post underneath.

He opened the post, and the post invited "Mr. Ruan".

Master Ruan didn't think he had much ties to the imperial court, and originally thought that even if he wanted to invite him, he shouldn't just invite "Mr. Ruan", instead he left "Master Ruan" aside.Now that Ruan Jiu said this, he felt that the explanation made sense.

The children gathered together to play, so naturally only "Mr. Ruan" was invited.

When the eunuchs came over in the morning, they surprised him, really.

Master Ruan read the invitation from beginning to end again, and felt that there was nothing wrong with it, so he patted the things in Ruan Jiu's arms: "Take it, remember to come to the banquet on time."

Ruan Jiu took the post and read it again.Sure enough, this is it.

It was also at this time that the servant outside the door announced: "Master, the Eldest Young Master has arrived."

Master Ruan glanced at Ruan Jiu: "I'll tell your brother about it, and see if your brother will scold you."

Ruan Jiu quickly hugged the old father's hand: "Father, don't! My brother will definitely be unhappy, don't tell him, I'll give you money!"

Master Ruan frowned and made a nasal sound: "Huh?"

"I forgot, dad is the richest man."

At this time Ruan He also came in, he stood still, bowed, called "Father", then saw Ruan Jiu, stepped forward and pinched his collar, and lifted him away.

"How did he make father angry?"

Master Ruan pointed to Ruan Jiu: "I've been outside with my cronies all day long..."

Ruan Jiu raised his hand and snapped: "Father, I have been with the Eighth Prince and Wei Xu. You are talking about the royal nobles like this. I am still with He Lianzhu. You... you are sabotaging diplomacy!"

Master Ruan picked up the scroll on the table to throw him, and said to Ruan He: "Nizi! Pull it out!"

Although he was scolded, Ruan Jiu still got what he wanted.

That night, he was lying on the bed, looking at the invitation card, and then eighteen came in to blow the lamp, and he stuffed the invitation card under the pillow, turned over and prepared to sleep.

He stroked the dark lines on the invitation paper with his fingers, and comforted himself in his heart that he was just going through the motions, and he would definitely not be selected.

He is lazy and greedy, if the Jiwu people want him to get married, wouldn't he have invited a little ancestor back?They are not that stupid.

Conversely, if the elder brother goes, the elder brother's celestial appearance, such as the clear spring in the mountain and the bright moon in the forest, will definitely be spotted by the people at a glance.

Therefore, it is extremely dangerous for the elder brother to enter the palace; it is absolutely safe for him to go to the banquet.

Ruan Jiu took it for granted, nodded, withdrew his hand, pulled up the quilt, and fell asleep.

Playing polo three times in a row, as expected, Ruan Jiu woke up in the morning feeling sore all over, as if he had been beaten up.

He was too lazy to go out, so he stayed at home for a few more days, and soon it was the day of the banquet.

Ruan Jiu was afraid that Ruan He would be suspicious, so he said early this morning that he was going out to find friends, so he went out early.

After wandering around outside for a few times, I found another place to listen to books, and I was ready to enter the palace when it was time.

Ruan Jiu has only been to a palace banquet once.The Ruan family is not a family of officials, and they have not been invited a few times in total. Every time they are invited, it is because the court is short of money. Every time, Master Ruan takes Ruan He to go, and Mrs. Ruan stays with Ruan Jiu at home.

Ruan He was injured last year, and the court invited him again to show his care for the Ruan family.At that time, Ruan He was still recuperating, so Master Ruan took Ruan Jiu there.

At that time, Ruan Jiu was not in the mood, he just felt that the food was unpalatable, and it was not as good as his own.No wonder Xiao Mingyuan always likes to run outside.

Come back today, Ruan Jiu will be alone.

The carriage was led to stop in the alley outside the palace wall, and those attending the banquet had to enter the palace on foot.

Ruan Jiu lifted the curtain of the carriage, stepped on the footstool and got out of the carriage.

Eighteen could only send him to the gate of the palace, added a cloak to him, and told him: "Young master, come out earlier. It's late to go back, and the master will talk again."

Ruan Jiu nodded: "I know."

Even Shiba didn't know what he was going to do.

Ruan Jiu waved his hand at him, and followed a group of princes attending the banquet into the palace gate.

The news of Ji Wu's marriage and the choice of a man to be married to the princess, Daliang and Ji Wu have been hiding it very well, even Xiao Mingyuan found out by accident.

The people who received the invitations were not considered dignitary, and the young masters rarely entered the palace once, so they all dressed brightly.

Ruan Jiu withdrew his gaze, followed the crowd, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar person—the old eunuch next to Xiao Mingyuan, the one who helped him deliver things to Ruan's residence last time.

The old eunuch was holding a white porcelain jar in his hand, the kind that held crickets. He didn't dare to run fast, so he could only chase after him tremblingly: "Your Highness? Your Highness!"

Then Ruan Jiu was dragged by someone.

Xiao Mingyuan tugged at his sleeve, pulled him out of the team, gritted his teeth and said, "Why are you here?"

It seems that he just bought crickets outside the palace and came back.

It's not convenient to talk here, so Xiao Mingyuan dragged him to the roof of a palace, where he happened to be able to see the people who entered the palace for a banquet today.

Xiao Mingyuan was a little annoyed: "Didn't I tell you not to enter the palace recently?"

"What's the use of what you said?" Ruan Jiu said, "The afternoon after you finished speaking, the palace sent a post to my family."

"Then you won't come?"

"If I don't come, my brother will come."

"I don't want to go now, just sit in my palace for a day, that's all right?"

"I don't know if I will nod my head."

Xiao Mingyuan felt restless, turned around and kicked the vermilion palace wall.

The two of them didn't speak, and they were in a stalemate like this. After an unknown amount of time, Xiao Mingyuan turned around and wanted to leave.

Ruan Jiu subconsciously asked, "Where are you going?"

Xiao Mingyuan turned around and said, "I'll help you clear it up and adjust your position to the back. Where can I go?" He said firmly, "You stay here for me, don't run around, understand?"

Xiao Mingyuan left the old eunuch to accompany Ruan Jiu, while he strode away.

The old eunuch held the cricket jar, smiled at Ruan Jiu, and comforted him, "Don't worry, young master, Your Highness will be back soon."

Ruan Jiu nodded: "Thank you."

The last time he entered the palace with his father, Ruan Jiu didn't pay much attention to the things in the palace.Xiao Mingyuan never invited them to play in the palace, he only said that there was nothing interesting here, and he would invite them over after he moved out of the palace and opened a mansion outside.

Now that Ruan Jiu came in alone, he realized that the palace is so big.

It's no wonder Xiao Mingyuan doesn't like it, he is loose and free by nature, how could he like such a place?

He wished he could be outside every day.

Not long after, Xiao Mingyuan came back, saw Ruan Jiu was still there, and said, "You're still obedient." He grabbed Ruan Jiu's hand, pulled him down the steps, and said, "Go."

As he walked, he said, "They're going in soon. I'll take you in from the apse. Your place is at the back. It's very inconspicuous. I've told you about the little palace lady who is serving wine. Put the wine in your glass. Change it to tea."

Soon he arrived outside another palace, Xiao Mingyuan led him around the front hall, and went straight to the back hall.

The chief eunuch saluted him, and then opened the door of the apse: "Your Highness."

Xiao Mingyuan nodded slightly: "You wait outside."

The door closed again.

The front and back of this kind of palace are connected. At this time, everyone has been seated and is waiting for the emperor to drive.

Xiao Mingyuan led him out through the side door to the most remote place in the corner.

Xiao Mingyuan pressed him on the soft cushion: "You just sit here, and when the time comes, you immediately follow the others."

Ruan Jiu nodded and whispered, "I see."

He wanted to thank Xiao Mingyuan, but the two of them had never been able to deal with each other, and it seemed that it was not so easy to say these words.

Xiao Mingyuan said: "I'll just stay outside in the watchtower all afternoon, let the little eunuch watch out, I'll definitely come over if I have something to do."

Ruan Jiu nodded again, deliberated several times, and finally said: "Thank you."

Xiao Mingyuan was taken aback for a moment, and then said: "Where is it? I haven't beaten you in polo yet."

Under the cover of the desk table, the two clapped hands like good brothers.

The palace banquet was about to start, Xiao Mingyuan got up, patted Ruan Jiu on the shoulder, said "Let's go", and left along the way he came.

Today, the eunuch in charge of the banquet was waiting outside the gate of the apse, going over the instructions of His Highness the Eighth Highness in his mind to make sure that nothing was missed.

He wasn't very famous in the palace, and he got such a job only when he was old.He thought that the banquet would be over, but he didn't want His Highness the Eighth Prince to come to him suddenly and ask him to do something.

To be able to win attention in front of His Highness the Eighth Prince, he naturally wants to serve him well.

At this time, a young eunuch came hurriedly from the front hall, saw the chief eunuch in the back hall, and hurried forward: "Eunuch, why are you here?"

The chief eunuch said: "What's the matter? Hurry up."

"Young Master of the Liu family sent some eunuchs to Eunuch a few days ago..." The little eunuch was inconvenient to say, "I beg Eunuch to let him take his place later, why did Eunuch forget and give the place reserved for him to someone else instead?"

It is a common practice in the palace, and it is also a way for these elderly eunuchs to save some pension money for themselves.

As soon as the little eunuch said this, the chief eunuch remembered that a few days ago, Mr. Liu asked someone to send some money in. He didn't want to move his position forward and show his face in front of His Majesty. Move the position back.

At that time, he felt that this person was so eccentric, but moving backwards was much safer than moving forwards, and it was not easy to be discovered. In addition, Mr. Liu gave a lot of money, so he arranged it conveniently.

But just now, the Eighth Highness came to look for him, and he forgot about it for a while, and gave the position to the Eighth Highness.

The chief eunuch was a little annoyed, but it wasn't easy to show it on the face, he just said: "Then give him the penultimate position."

The little eunuch said: "No, father-in-law, the rest of the people have already sat down, so we can't tell people that we made a mistake, right?"

Mistakes are made on the bright side, and the master can see them; secret dredging is done secretly, and it is expected that Mr. Liu would not dare to mention it on the bright side.The Chief Eunuch is clear on this point.

The little eunuch urged: "Now the only one left, Mr. Liu, has not gone in. Father-in-law, what should we do?"

The chief eunuch was also annoyed, and waved his hand: "The big deal is to return the money to him, can I not accept this job? Let him sit in the vacant seat. Why is that seat not good? From now on, he will win the favor in front of His Majesty." , and thank me too."

At this time, the voice of the old eunuch next to His Highness Eighth Highness came from the rear hall, the chief eunuch pushed the young eunuch: "Go, just tell him that I can't arrange it, don't hit the real nobleman here."

Soon, Xiao Mingyuan came out, and he hurried to meet him: "His Royal Highness."

Xiao Mingyuan glanced at him: "Well, don't make up your own mind, just let him be like everyone else. If there is anything wrong, send someone to report to me right away, and I'll be in the watchtower over there."

The chief eunuch bent over and nodded repeatedly: "Yes."

Ruan Jiuan sat peacefully in his seat, and after an unknown amount of time, he only heard a notification from outside the hall.

Afterwards, the people present hurriedly got up to salute, and Ruan Jiu also quickly stood up and bowed.

Ruan Jiu stood at the back with his head down, and he couldn't see clearly, only that it was Xiao Mingyuan's father who came in.

Then a sound of "Exemption" came from above his head, Ruan Jiu raised his head and glanced hastily.

I saw that the emperor in the main hall was dressed in ocher yellow robes, not very solemn.And He Lianzhu stood in the middle with a follower, and the follower saluted. He Lianzhu raised his right hand and pressed it on his shoulder, but he didn't bend down, and he didn't even lower his head.

Ruan Jiu was suddenly a little nervous, he should have thought of it earlier.

Jiwu selected people, and Jiwu's envoy would definitely come, but he and Helianzhu were still familiar. If Helianzhu suddenly remembered him and ordered him, it would be miserable.

He didn't want to fight at all.

Just as he was thinking about something, He Lianzhu sat down on the first seat on the emperor's right, facing Ruan Jiu diagonally.

Ruan Jiu dodged to the side, but luckily the young man in front of him was tall and burly, able to cover him.

After the envoys of Jiwu also took their seats, all the people sat down.Ruan Jiu followed suit, kneeling on the cushion, putting his hands on his knees, lowering his head and narrowing his eyes.

He had never been so disciplined in his life.

The emperor said: "Helian's envoys first came to Yong'an, they didn't understand the language, and they didn't often walk around outside. Today, I specially invited these buddies of similar age to come and walk around the palace, to play together, don't be restrained."

The emperor was over middle-aged, and he had a faint smile on his face when he spoke, which was kind.He is wearing regular clothes today, which makes him look more cordial.

As soon as he raised his wine glass, everyone in the hall also raised their wine glasses in front of them.

Ruan Jiu took a sip.Fortunately, Xiao Mingyuan took care of it for him, and there was tea in his cup.If you want him to drink, he really can't drink, I'm afraid he will make a fool of himself in public.

When everyone has a drink together, the banquet is officially opened.

The palace people hold delicacies in their hands, and enter one by one, their footsteps are silent, respectful of the rules.

Ruan Jiu concentrated on the changes in his surroundings, looked at the dishes on the table, and didn't dare to move too much, and then set down his chopsticks when he was sure.

After a while, the emperor raised his hand, and the eunuch beside him immediately understood and stepped forward to support him.

"Ashina, we are here, these young people are too restrained, let the envoy Helian play here, let's go to another place."

The entourage around Helian Zhu stood up.Ruan Jiu saw that he looked familiar, and only then did he realize that his name was Ashina.

The emperor got up and said to the crowd: "You take care of Helian's envoys on my behalf."

Everyone got up and said "yes".

The emperor and Ashina had left, and only young men of similar ages and servants were left in the palace.

Originally, the teenagers didn't dare to speak, and sat peacefully in their seats for a while, but later they all remembered what the emperor said before he left, and they felt a little fussy.

If they just let He Lianzhu hang around like this and didn't talk to him, it would be regarded as disobedience and disobedience, and it was really not in line with Daliang's way of hospitality, and he would lose Daliang's face.

They were all thinking this way, and the young master sitting in front of Ruan Jiu suddenly stood up, scaring Ruan Jiu into a fright.The young master picked up a plate of crab meat and walked towards He Lianzhu.

At that time, Helian Zhu was propping his head up and tapping the crabs on the table with his fingers.

There is no such thing on the grassland, so he doesn't know how to eat it.

Sensing someone walking towards him, He Lianzhu raised his head, and when he saw that person, he happened to see Ruan Jiu.

Ruan Jiu lowered his head, pretending that he didn't see him.

He Lianzhu's eyes lit up, and before he could say "Ruan Jiu", another person came up to him with crab meat in his hands: "Envoy, please use it."

Someone started, and everyone stood up and said, "Envoy."

He Lianzhu was instantly surrounded by the young masters, he turned his eyes to Ruan Jiu for help, he knew that Ruan Jiu had seen him, but Ruan Jiu still sat still and concentrated on eating.

He's pretending to be a little Chirp.

Anyway, He Lianzhu himself said that he is a little Jiujiu, so today he is a little Jiujiu, the kind who can't understand human speech.

All he could think about was eating, chirping and pecking.

He Lianzhu was surrounded by a group of people, holding chopsticks in his hands, his knuckles were a little white, and under the enthusiastic recommendation of everyone, he tried Liang Guo's dishes one by one.

Ruan Jiu sat diagonally across from him and far away, pretending that he could not receive the signal from He Lianzhu, and slowly ate the food on the table.There are already so many people around He Lianzhu, and he is not missing.

At this luncheon, only the two of them were eating.

When the banquet was about to end, the eunuchs around the emperor came to give flowers and passed the decree: "This is the peony flower that your majesty ordered to break, and share the happiness with you young masters. Your majesty also ordered someone to arrange some things in the back garden. The envoys If you and the young masters have finished eating, you can go to play."

It is a custom in Daliang to give and wear flowers at palace banquets, and the young masters immediately thanked each other, held flowers and hairpins on their temples, and invited them to go together.

Ruan Jiu stood in the corner, deliberately ignoring He Lianzhu's gaze, and waited until the young masters surrounded He Lianzhu to go out, then slowly took a flower and followed slowly.

He didn't dare to tell these sons that the chosen one was going to be the queen, otherwise Xiao Mingyuan would also be exposed.Xiao Mingyuan told him the news of the marriage with good intentions, but he turned around and told everyone, this is not right.

He couldn't stop it, and he didn't have the consciousness of "if I don't join the party, whoever joins the party", he just wanted to get through the palace banquet quickly, and then go home to have dinner with his parents and brothers.

When Ruan Jiu passed the watchtower, he saw Xiao Mingyuan watching him from above.He shook his head helplessly at Xiao Mingyuan, wondering if he saw it.

It is the time when it is warm and cold, and the bamboo trees in the back garden of the palace are undefeated, and the flowers are not in bloom, which is not a sight.

The little eunuchs stood with their hands down, and the utensils for throwing pots and archery and fighting horses for tea had already been set up, and the crowd surrounded Helian Zhu, bringing him to these things and letting him play with them.

On weekdays, Ruan Jiu would have been the first to rush forward to show off his skills.But today, he slipped behind the overlapping rockery while others were not paying attention.

The rockery faces the lake, if someone else finds it, he can still say that he is looking at the fish in the water.

The young masters played pitching pot with He Lianzhu, talking and laughing far away from Ruan Jiu.

The young masters all deliberately let He Lianzhu.If he made a hit, he would be humble, but if Helian Zhu made a hit, he would applaud and be kind.

He Lianzhu didn't like Liang Ren's behavior very much, and thought that Ruan Jiu was the best. Ruan Jiu was always competitive, so it must be very interesting to play with him.

But for some reason, Ruan Jiu ignored him today.

He wanted to look for Ruan Jiu several times, but Ruan Jiu pretended not to see him.Once he felt that a dish was delicious, and he wanted to go to find Ruan Jiu when he picked it up, but Ruan Jiu turned around and was about to leave, which made him very angry.

Why is he like this?Was it embarrassing for him to play with He Lianzhu?

He Lianzhu was a little depressed, thinking about it, he shouted in Chinese: "Ruan Jiu!"

The surroundings were silent, not knowing what he was going to do.

Ruan Jiu reluctantly came out from behind the rockery, and Helian Zhu gave him a rather resentful look, pinched the arrow used for throwing pots, broke off the wax arrowhead, and threw it at him.

He threw it accurately, and the throwing pot was almost a hundred hits. The arrow flew towards Ruan Jiu, and with a swish, he knocked off the Yulouchun, which was in full bloom on his temples, a white peony blooming like snow and jade.

Arrows and peonies crashed into the lake behind him.

Ruan Jiu was startled by him, his figure wobbled before he stood still, when he was suddenly pushed.

Before he could see who that person was, he was submerged in the cold lake water in a blink of an eye.