At this moment, Xue Yujin said: "Zhiying, I see that person is about to be killed by them, please save him quickly."
Li Fan hurriedly advised: "Don't, those two are not very good-tempered. If we go and stop them, we might offend them."
"They have a bad temper? I also have a bad temper!" Xue Yujin said angrily, and led his white horse team to a small boat on the shore.
These boats were originally used for recreation, and the boatmen were also the servants of the palace.
After Xue Yujin got on the boat, she waved to Li Zhiying. Li Zhiying held up her dress and followed her on the boat with the help of Hong Ming.
Li Fan hesitated for a long time and then jumped on the boat.
"What are you doing here?" Xue Yujin glared.
Li Fan smiled and said: "Actually, I can't stand it, so I'm the one who saves people."
Xue Yujin rolled her eyes at him and did not chase him away. He ordered his men to paddle the boat towards the water polo man who was being strangled.
With the concerted efforts of the four members of the White Horse Team, the boat flew on the lake and caught up with the opponent in a short while, saving the general and supervisory craftsman.
On the big ship, the crown prince's concubine Ashnadiyaruo stood up abruptly and said angrily: "Who dares to ruin my good deeds!"
Although Princess Pei Zheng on the side did not stand up, there was a coldness in her eyes.
On the lake, the small boat rescued the people and headed towards the shore. The crown prince's concubine and Princess Pei unanimously gave orders for the big boat to chase them.
After Xue Yujin rescued the craftsman, he did not leave. He only let the craftsman go first while he stayed where he was, looking at the menacing ship on the lake.
After a while, the crown prince's concubine and Princess Pei got off the boat together. When they saw that the rescuers were Xue Yujin, Li Zhiying and Li Fan, they both frowned.
The prince's concubine snorted coldly and said: "I have not provoked you, so why do you want to ruin my good deeds?"
Half a year ago, Xue Yujin would not have dared to challenge the Crown Princess and Princess Pei face to face.
But now that his father has been granted the title of Duke and is favored by the emperor and empress, and he has the support of his best friend Li Zhiying, he immediately counterattacked: "You have gone too far. How can you abuse people like this!"
The prince's concubine said coldly: "That lowly thing bumped into me. Even if I kill him, it's not an exaggeration to kill him, let alone such a small punishment."
Li Zhiying frowned tightly. She had long heard that the prince's concubine from Turks was overbearing and domineering. Only when she saw it with her own eyes today did she know that the rumors were true.
Xue Yujin said angrily: "In accordance with the laws of the Tang Dynasty, princes who break the law are as guilty as the common people. If you kill someone, there will be laws to deal with you."
Li Fan followed: "Miss Yujin is right, the laws of our Tang Dynasty are very strict."
The prince's concubine glared at Li Fan. Li Fan couldn't stand her gaze and couldn't help but take two steps back.
The prince's concubine sneered and curled her lips and said: "That's all used to deceive the stupid people below. You are all nobles after all, but you actually believe such words?"
Xue Yujin was trembling with anger. At this moment, Li Zhiying patted her shoulder and said softly: "Let's go. She grew up in Turks and won't understand these principles. It's useless to talk more."
The prince's concubine suddenly became furious and said: "Who do you think is a barbarian?"
Xue Yujin chuckled and said: "No one says you are a barbarian, why do you have to admit it yourself?"
On the side, Princess Pei saw that the crown prince's concubine was under siege, so she quietly moved away from her, happily watching the show.
This Princess Pei is not only beautiful in appearance and full of nobility, but also quite scheming.
The moment she saw Li Zhiying and Xue Yujin, she knew the matter was over.
Behind these two women are Wu Chengsi and Xue Rengui. Even King Pei is not willing to provoke them easily, so she will naturally not cause more trouble to her husband.
Ashnadiyaruo is not as thoughtful as she is. She hates people calling her a barbarian. She immediately said angrily: "I know you are both daughters of generals. Do you dare to compete with me?"
"What do you want to compare?" Xue Yujin was about to teach her a lesson and asked immediately.
The prince's concubine glanced at the lake and sneered: "It's just like swimming in the lake, do you dare?"
Li Zhiying shook her head repeatedly. She wouldn't swim in the water in front of so many people to death. She pulled her friend and said, "Yu Jin, don't compare with her. It's too inappropriate."
Xue Yujin was also a little hesitant. Although she had always been bold, there were so many men present. Even if she was swimming with clothes on, it would be indecent when she got up.
The prince's concubine laughed and said: "I know you don't dare. If you don't dare, then get out!"
Xue Yujin gritted her silver teeth and said: "Let's compete, who is afraid of whom?"
"Yujin!" Li Zhiying said with a hint of reproach in her tone.
Xue Yujin grabbed her hand and begged: "Zhiying, just let me go. We can't let this Turkic woman underestimate us Tang Dynasty women, right?"
Li Zhiying looked at her steadily for a long time, sighed, and said: "Then go ahead and pay attention to your safety."
Xue Yujin said happily: "Don't worry, you don't know my swimming ability yet? Don't worry, I will definitely let this Turkic woman know how powerful I am."
Li Fan on the side looked at Xue Yujin's whole body without making a sound to stop him.
But then again, if he doesn't speak out, he won't have much influence on Xue Yujin.
The prince's concubine looked at Princess Pei again, raised her eyebrows and said, "Do you want to compete together?"
Zheng smiled and said: "You guys compete, I can't swim."
The prince's concubine snorted, raised her proud neck, and actually took off her clothes in front of everyone, revealing her white thighs and arms.
The followers on the side looked like they wanted to persuade, but didn't dare.
The eyes of many men present suddenly shone with light.
Seeing that Xue Yujin had not taken off her clothes, Yaruo frowned and said, "Why don't you take off your clothes?"
Xue Yujin sighed and said, "You are so shameless. I can win against you without taking off my clothes."
Yaruo said angrily: "Then let's try."
He stopped taking off his clothes, walked to the lake, pointed to the wooden stick that had been used as a goal, and said: "Whoever goes around the wooden stick first and returns to the shore will win!"
Xue Yujin walked up to her and said coldly: "Stop talking nonsense and just start."
The two of them were counting down the time together and getting ready to jump into the water. At this moment, a voice came from afar.
"stop!"
Everyone turned around and saw that it was Li Xian, King of Pei, who came.
Mrs. Zheng's face lit up and she ran towards him like a bird returning to its nest. Unexpectedly, King Pei pushed him away, walked over quickly and said to Yaruo and Xue Yujin, "What are you doing?"
Xue Yujin was slightly panicked and said: "I, we..."
Yaruo on the side was not afraid of King Pei. He put his hands on his hips and hummed: "We are competing in swimming competition."
When King Pei saw that her clothes were not covering her body, he immediately looked away. After glancing around the river bank, he said angrily:
"Do you know what time it is now? What a solemn event it is to be entrusted with Zen. How can I not allow you to wait here and mess around? Why don't you step aside? If I let this king know who comes here to play in the lake and boat again, I will not forgive you lightly!
"
King Pei became angry, and everyone was a little afraid, so they all immediately left and left, especially Li Fan, who almost ran away.
With the status of King Pei, few people dared to fight with him. Even Li Zhiying and Xue Yujin retreated to the carriage.
However, Yaruo happened to be one of the few people who dared to challenge King Pei.
She sneered and said: "Your Highness King Pei, among the people who come to swim in the lake, your princess is also among them. Don't you think it's a bit ridiculous that you look so selfless?"
King Pei suddenly turned around, walked up to Zheng, raised his hand and slapped her.
This turn of events not only stunned Zheng, but also Yaruo, Li Zhiying and Xue Yujin.
King Pei turned his head and looked at Ya Ruo coldly.
Yaruo gritted his teeth, put on a coat, got on his horse, and left with the people.
Li Zhiying and Xue Yujin did not dare to look any further, and hurriedly got on the carriage and left Yanwei Lake.
"Zhiying, it's a good thing you didn't marry King Pei. Look at the way Zheng was beaten. It's so miserable!" Xue Yujin sighed.
Li Zhiying thought for a while, frowned and said, "I always feel a little strange."
"What's weird?"
Li Zhiying supported her chin with her fingers and said, "King Pei is usually very calm when doing things, but just now I always felt that he was a little flustered, as if he was worried about something."
Xue Yujin smiled and said: "It's just a lake swim. What can he worry about? He can't be worried that we will fall into the lake and drown, right?"
The palace where King Pei lived was called Yuyang Palace, and the distance from Li Zhi's palace was second only to the queen and prince.
On the way back to Yuyang Palace, Princess Pei originally expected King Pei to comfort her with kind words, but King Pei turned out to be cold and silent.
After entering the lobby, Ms. Zheng saw her father Zheng Yuanning. She felt aggrieved immediately, big tears flowed out of her eyes, and she shouted: "Daddy."
Unexpectedly, Zheng Yuanning also pushed her away, his face as dark as the bottom of a pot, and angrily shouted: "Who asked you to go swimming in the lake?"
Zheng said blankly: "Dad, why do you..."
Zheng Yuanning said angrily: "You have to stay in the palace for the past few days and you are not allowed to go anywhere!"
Mrs. Zheng stamped her feet, covered her face and ran away in tears towards the corner door.
Zheng Yuanning bowed to King Pei and said, "Your Highness, it was my fault in teaching my daughter. Please punish her."
King Pei helped Zheng Yuanning up and sighed: "Actually, Rou'er can't be blamed for this. Even if she doesn't go, others will still go."
Zheng Yuanning blamed himself: "I was careless. I didn't expect those princes' sons to be so courageous and dare to go swimming in the lake on the day of Feng Chan."
King Pei shook his head and said: "I didn't expect it either, but at last we reacted quickly enough and we didn't make a big mistake."
While the two were talking, they walked towards the study and pushed the door open. They saw Li Zhen, the king of Yue, and Li Yuanjia, the king of Han, waiting in the study.
King Han stood up hurriedly and asked, "Is there anything wrong?"
King Pei nodded and said, "Fortunately, I got there in time." As he said that, he briefly described the situation of his trip to Yanwei Lake just now.
The King of Yue frowned and said, "The crown prince's concubine actually wants to ask to swim in the lake in front of a large audience?"
King Pei nodded and said, "Is there any problem?"
"I always feel that something is abnormal. Could it be that the prince deliberately instigated this?" King Yue said with narrowed eyes.
"His Royal Highness the King of Yue, you are worrying too much." Zheng Yuanning replied with a smile: "The concubine is a Turkic woman. She never does things without thinking. She is famous for her misdeeds in Chang'an City."
The King of Yue raised his eyebrows and said, "Then the prince didn't control her?"
"Not only is there no control over her, but the prince is becoming more and more doting on her."
The King of Yue frowned again, as if he thought there was another conspiracy here.
King Han said angrily: "Can you stop being so suspicious all the time? What's wrong with the prince being so cowardly?"
King Pei said softly: "Although Li Hong is stupid, he has many wise men around him. Uncle Wang is right to think more about it. We can't underestimate him too much."
The King of Yue smiled and said, "That's right if you think so."
Zheng Yuanning narrowed his eyes and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Yue, His Highness the King of Han, once the matter of Feng Chan is settled, we can start to deal with the prince, but Yang Sijian knows the plan to deal with him."
King Han smiled and said: "Actually, it is not difficult to silence Yang Sijian. Wu Chengsi did not protect Yang Sijian in any way. We could have killed Yang Sijian some time ago."
As he spoke, he glanced at the King of Yue and said: "It was because of your own caution that you, Uncle Wang, had to wait until Wu Chengsi left Yangzhou before taking action. Don't worry, my people will take action on the day he is granted the title of Chan. Yang Sijian will not survive that day."
Zheng Yuanning smiled and said: "As soon as Yang Sijian dies, we can sit back and relax."
King Pei frowned and said: "The Wu family has not been overthrown yet, let's not get too happy too early. The more critical the moment, the less careless we can be!"
Seeing that King Pei was now cautious, the King of Yue nodded secretly.
"Don't worry, Your Highness, I have been sending people to keep an eye on Wu Chengsi. Li Ji and Su Dingfang went to look for him in the morning, and he went to Princess Taiping's palace in the afternoon. There is no suspicious behavior so far." Zheng Yuanning said.
The wrinkles on the King of Yue's face wrinkled up and he said, "Why did he go to find Taiping as soon as he came?"
King Pei said softly: "Uncle Wang doesn't know. Ever since the proposal of Prince Tubo, Taiping has sided with Wu Chengsi wholeheartedly. Now the relationship between their cousins has reached the point of closeness."
King Han snorted: "This woman is really ignorant."
…
Jinrong Hall.
In the courtyard, Princess Taiping put on a red military uniform. There was a bit of heroism in her charm, making her even more charming than usual.
She held a woman's light bow in her left hand, drew the string fully with her right hand, and aimed it at a target five feet away.
After aiming for a while, he released his right hand and shot the long arrow towards the target, only one finger away from the red heart.
Princess Taiping turned her head proudly and said with a smile: "Second cousin, it's your turn."
While she was speaking, several guards moved the target back five feet.
Wu Chengsi picked up a heavy bow, nocked an arrow, and said: "If I win, you can't hide it from me anymore."
Princess Taiping smiled sweetly and said: "What if you lose?"
"It's up to you." Wu Chengsi smiled.
Princess Taiping tilted her head and thought for a while, then said: "Then I'll punish you to boil the bath water for me yourself."
Wu Chengsi nodded and said, "It's a deal."
As soon as he finished speaking, the long arrow shot out like lightning and hit the red heart.
Princess Taiping clapped her hands excitedly and said, "Second cousin, you are so awesome!"
"Okay, hurry up and tell me what's going on. I've been hesitant since just now. It's time to tell me now."
Princess Taiping had a troubled look on her face again. She lowered her head and glanced at Wu Chengsi from time to time, hesitatingly saying: "I can say yes, but you must not be angry after saying so."
"Okay, I'm not angry."
"Don't be impulsive." Princess Taiping added.
"Okay, I'm not impulsive."
Princess Taiping came over and took his hand and said, "This must not be allowed to be heard by others. Let's talk about it in another place."
Just as he was about to take Wu Chengsi to the bedroom, suddenly, his personal maid Zhili ran over and said, "Your Highness the Princess, Your Majesty, Your Highness the Queen has sent someone here."
Princess Taiping's face changed slightly and she said: "Is the queen mother looking for me or her second cousin?"
"I'm looking for the prince."
Wu Chengsi found that Princess Taiping's hand suddenly tightened, and the long nails pinched him a little painfully. He frowned and said, "Taiping, what's wrong?"
Princess Taiping was silent for a while and said: "Second cousin, we can't finish this matter in a while. You'd better go see your mother first."
After saying this, Wu Chengsi found that Princess Taiping held his hand tightly and did not let go.
Wu Chengsi was shocked. Could it be that there was some danger in him going to see Wu Mei? Princess Taiping had such a reaction.
After a long while, Princess Taiping finally let go, but she said with a serious expression that Wu Chengsi had never seen before: "Second cousin, you have to promise me that after you meet your mother, no matter what she says to you, you won't be impulsive.
!”
Wu Chengsi stared into her obsidian eyes, nodded and said, "I understand."
After leaving Jinrong Hall, Wu Chengsi saw Shangguan Wan'er again.
In the past six months, she has grown taller. Compared with the precocious and plump Princess Taiping, she has beautiful pink eyes and a slender waist.
Most importantly, her temperament has changed.
In the past, Wu Chengsi could always see some of the innocence and naivety in her when they first met, but now, he could no longer read her thoughts from her expression.
Although she was younger than Princess Taiping, Wu Chengsi felt that there was a bit of vicissitudes and depth in her eyes.
"This slave has met the prince and the princess."
Every time Shangguan Wan'er saw Wu Chengsi before, her eyes would show some joy, but this time she was only coldly polite.
Wu Chengsi taught her this. If she wanted to survive in the palace, she must learn to hide her thoughts.
However, when Shangguan Wan'er actually became like this, Wu Chengsi actually felt a little sad.
Princess Taiping didn't pay attention to Shangguan Wan'er's change, but she immediately noticed the change in Wu Chengsi's mood.
"Second cousin, you don't have to worry too much. As long as you stay calm and restrained, you will be fine." She thought it was her words that put pressure on Wu Chengsi.
Wu Chengsi nodded and said, "I'm going."
Wu Chengsi left Jinrong Palace very eagerly and got on the carriage, just to be alone with Shangguan Wan'er.
In the carriage, Wu Chengsi smiled and said, "Wan'er, how are you doing these days?"
"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I am doing well." Shangguan Wan'er replied with a smile.
Wu Chengsi felt a sting in his heart. Her smile was no different from the polite smile just now. It seemed that she had built a wall against herself.
How could this happen? Doesn't she know that he didn't let her get close to him before, all for her own good?
Wu Chengsi wanted to hold her back and ask her clearly, but his reason stopped him.
Now is not the time, especially since Princess Taiping's attitude was not right just now. Something seems to have happened to Wu Mei, and he must stabilize.
Wu Chengsi has experienced all kinds of things and situations in the past year or so, and his mentality is no longer the same as when he just time traveled.
He stopped looking at Shangguan Wan'er and closed his eyes. Shangguan Wan'er also lowered her head.
Not long after, the carriage stopped not far from Kunfeng Hall. Wu Chengsi entered the back hall and saw Wu Mei again.