"Princess, why haven't you slept so late?" Just as she was thinking, she suddenly heard a woman's voice coming from the other end of the corridor. Zheng Yuegui turned her head curiously, only to see Xiang Hongyu walking towards her with a smile on her face, saying as she walked
: "The princess is feeling ill. She should stay in bed and have a good rest. It's cold outside, so be careful of freezing her body."
"It turns out it's the princess. Thank you for your concern, princess. I'm just catching the cold. It doesn't matter." Zheng Yuegui took a few steps forward with a smile on her face. She smiled calmly and said, "I took a nap on the carriage during the day. Now,
I don’t feel sleepy at all, so I want to go out for a walk. By the way, Princess, it’s already getting late, why haven’t you slept yet?”
Xiang Hongyu was startled for a moment, and said cheerfully: "Like you, I couldn't sleep. I wanted to stroll around the back garden, but I never wanted to hear someone reciting poetry here, so I followed here."
Zheng Yuegui's face turned red and she said with shame: "Yuegui did not intend to disturb the princess, please forgive me."
Xiang Hongyu chuckled and said: "Why do you forgive me? Princess, you are too harsh. Although I don't understand poetry, I am very envious of those poets, especially talented women like you. To be honest, you just said
The few lines of poetry I recited are really beautiful.”
Zheng Yuegui said shyly: "The princess is joking, Yue Gui is so virtuous and capable, how can she call herself a 'talented girl'?"
"Princess sister, please stop being modest." Xiang Hongyu sighed and said with melancholy: "It's a pity that I don't have enough brains, otherwise I would have to worship you as my teacher, and then I can show off in front of some people.
I'll save him from saying that I'm a little girl who won't grow up."
Seeing this girl frowning for a while and laughing again when she spoke, Zheng Yuegui was immediately confused and said in surprise: "When the princess said certain people, she meant...?"
"It's that Shishan. I get angry when I mention this bad guy."
"Shishan?" Zheng Yuegui felt that this name was very unfamiliar.
"Yes, it's him, this heartless villain. If it weren't for my sister, I wouldn't be too lazy to help him," Xiang Hongyu said plausibly.
Although Zheng Yuegui didn't know who the 'Shishan' she was talking about was, she could tell from the girl's angry and happy expression that this person named 'Shishan' held a very important position in the girl's mind.
Originally this was someone else's private matter, so she couldn't intervene, but when she saw this girl complaining in front of her, she had no choice but to agree: "So, that Shi Shan is a heinous person who even dares to offend the princess. Princess,
In my opinion, why don’t you send someone to lock him up directly?”
"Lock him up?" Xiang Hongyu was startled. Although she was angry and resentful of Shao Yan's lukewarm attitude, she had never thought of using any means to retaliate against him. She had never done so before, and she would never do so in the future.
Seeing the surprised look on her face, Zheng Yuegui couldn't help but cover her lips and chuckle, and then said solemnly: "Yes, doesn't the princess like him? You like him, but he doesn't like you, so just tie him up and wait until
When did he agree to marry you and then let him go?"
"Do I like him?" Xiang Hongyu pointed to her nose in surprise and snorted: "Sister Princess, please don't make fun of me. So, even if all the men in the world die, I won't
Whoever married him, in my heart, he is a complete and utter bad guy, besides -" She did not continue, but said in her heart, besides, he is my sister's favorite, how can I argue with my sister?
Zheng Yuegui noticed her helpless expression, patted her shoulder gently, and said comfortingly: "Princess, please don't blame me for talking too much. I can see that you like the person named 'Shishan' very much. Since you
If you like someone, you should tell them your true thoughts, otherwise how will they know? You must know that an opportunity cannot be missed, and it will never come back again. Don't miss a rare opportunity just because you can't save your face."
Xiang Hongyu was very thin-skinned, and Zheng Yuegui's words spoke directly to her heart, making her face flush and ears burning. She didn't know what to do for a while. She had never expressed her love to Shao Yan, but he just didn't know what to do.
I am indifferent to myself. If I continue to beg him shamelessly at this time, wouldn't it appear that I don't love myself too much? No, I will never let this bad guy look down on me. Thinking of this, Xiang Hongyu deliberately avoided the topic and asked casually.
: "Sister Princess, from what you say, could it be that you have also fallen in love vigorously?"
Zheng Yuegui was left speechless by the question. She felt that the word 'love' was too far away from her, let alone the word 'vigorous'. She who was in the royal family looked so noble, elegant, gentle and dignified to outsiders.
, but no one knows that she is just an object in front of the ruler, and she has no right to choose her own 'love'
Her parents died young, and she was locked up in the palace like a little bird with broken wings. First, she was given to Sima Jun by the emperor's brother because of political needs. After Sima Jun's death, she was now given to Jin Dingguo as a gift.
, she doesn’t know when such days will end. Maybe everything will be over when she truly becomes the wife of the Jin family, but if she is asked to marry someone who has no feelings for her, she would rather choose to live alone for the rest of her life.
, but she couldn't make any protest, otherwise the Zheng family would soon be replaced by the traitor Wang Boyan.
"Princess, what's wrong with you?" Xiang Hongyu saw that her eyes were dull and she looked worried, so she called out twice in a hurry.
Zheng Yuegui subconsciously regained consciousness and said with a smile: "The princess just asked me if I have ever had a passionate love. My answer is - I have." When she said this, Shao Yan's story suddenly appeared in her mind.
That smiling face, as well as the two people meeting in the imperial garden, falling into the sacred well, and then climbing mountains and wading out of the sacred well... Until that scene of parting in the forest, everything seemed so far away, but yet so clear.
So unforgettable
Xiang Hongyu thought she was talking about Jin Dingguo, so she couldn't help but shook her head and sighed: "Thankfully, the princess treats him like this, but this guy doesn't appreciate it at all. Look at you, you are sick, and he still leaves you alone. Such a man is really unacceptable."
Worthy of your love”
Zheng Yuegui smiled sweetly: "It's rare for a princess to be so generous, but I'm not talking about him."
"Not him? Who could that be?" Xiang Hongyu frowned slightly and said in confusion: "Didn't you say that the princess voluntarily married Fatty Jin?"
Zheng Yuegui nodded and said helplessly: "It is clear that two people who love each other cannot be together due to various reasons. This is our royal family. Two people who clearly have no feelings at all, but insist on being together because of many unreasonable excuses.
Let's get together, Princess, do you think I have any other choice?"
Xiang Hongyu shook her head in confusion. At that time, all marriage matters were decided by her parents, but she had no room for resistance. Fortunately, King Changle was an enlightened man and never interfered with his daughter's personal issues. This made
Xiang Hongyu felt very lucky, but for Zheng Yuegui's misfortune, she had to show a hint of sympathy and comforted her: "Sister Princess, don't think too much about it. There is a saying that lovers will live forever."
"
"Lovers will eventually get married"
"That's right, that's it." A ghostly smile appeared on the corner of Xiang Hongyu's mouth, "In this case, you tell me the name of the person you like, and I promise to help you find him. As for Fatty Jin, please ask us for instructions when I return to China.
Your emperor, ask him to send a special envoy to tell your emperor that you don’t like Jin Dingguo and ask your emperor to terminate the engagement directly. I think your emperor brother will not even give the emperor the face of Dachu."
"Of course not. Brother Huang has always admired the emperor of your country." Zheng Yuegui is a smart girl. Although Chu and Liang are cooperating now, sooner or later they will turn friends into enemies. Although she has heard that Chu
The emperor of the country is an unprincipled and ignorant king, but in order to ease the relationship between the two countries, she can only say that
"That's easy, princess sister, just tell me, what's the name of your husband? Is he from Donglin or from Liang?" Xiang Hongyu waved her hand cheerfully and said: "Now most of Donglin is from Donglin.
We have people in the country. As long as you tell your name, I will dig deep into the ground to find him."
Zheng Yuegui chuckled and said: "Dig three feet into the ground, haha, that's not necessary. I think if he knew I was here, he would definitely come to find me."
"Sister Princess, are you really that confident?"
Zheng Yuegui hummed and didn't continue. Xiang Hongyu saw that she refused to tell the person's name, so she couldn't ask any more questions. Just when she was at a loss what to do, a slight step suddenly came from the corridor behind her.
Voice
There were only a few servants in the princess's mansion, so Xiang Hongyu could tell the names of the servants just by listening to the footsteps, and said without looking back: "Qiu Ju, is that you?"
It was indeed a maid who came, but she saw her holding a square wooden plate with a large bowl on it. She could smell the fragrant chicken soup from a distance. She walked to the two of them respectfully,
"Slave Qiu Ju has met the princess and the princess."
Xiang Hongyu pointed to the bowl of chicken soup and asked: "It's so late, where are you going to send this bowl of chicken soup?"
Qiu Ju said: "Reporting to the princess, this bowl of chicken soup is for Princess Yuegui."
"Give, give it to me?" Zheng Yuegui was very surprised. After thinking about it, in this princess's mansion, apart from the maid Xiaoxiang, the only one who cares about her is Princess Changle.
Seeing her staring at him, Xiang Hongyu quickly waved her hand and said: "Sister Princess, don't think too much, this is not what I arranged."
"That's strange." Zheng Yuegui said in confusion: "I didn't ask the kitchen for this either? Who could it be?"
"Could it be your maid Xiaoxiang?"
"No, it's impossible, she's still sleeping."
Seeing that the two of them couldn't figure out the reason after guessing, Qiu Ju chuckled and said: "Masters, there is no need to guess. This bowl of chicken soup was made by Mr. Shi, and he asked his slave to bring it to the princess."
Xiang Hongyu was taken aback and said, "What did you say? Did Mr. Shi ask you to send it here? Or did he do it with his own hands?" He couldn't help complaining in his heart, what did this bad guy want to do? Did he see it?
You want to curry favor with a beautiful princess? Humph, you big bad guy, the princess is my guest, if you dare to have any inappropriate thoughts about her, I will never spare you.
Zheng Yuegui felt doubly puzzled, thinking that she only knew Princess Changle here, and didn't know Shishan at all. She just heard Princess Changle mention this person, but it was this person who never wanted to make chicken soup for herself.
Qiu Ju did not speak, but carefully placed the entire wooden tray on the stone pier beside the corridor. She freed her hand to take out something wrapped in cloth, handed it to Zheng Yuegui respectfully, and said: "Princess
, Mr. Shi asked the slave to give it to you."
Zheng Yuegui took it in her hand and opened it, only to see a bright earring appearing in front of her eyes. She immediately recognized that this jade pendant was the one she had thrown down from the carriage not long ago. She remembered Shao Shao at that time.
Yan picked it up, why did it appear here again? Could it be——? She suddenly became excited and hurriedly took Xiang Hongyu's hand and said: "Princess, is the real name of the person named Shishan Shao?"
rock?"
Xiang Hongyu was confused. She didn't know Shao Yan at all, she only knew a rogue named Shi Shan.
Zheng Yuegui took the earrings into her arms and murmured: "It must be, it must be Brother Shao, I knew Brother Shao would come to see me."
Seeing a happy smile on her face, Xiang Hongyu knew that the 'Shao Yan' she was talking about was her sweetheart, so she said: "Sister Princess, you may have misunderstood. Qiu Ju just said it very clearly, for you
The person who made the chicken soup is Shishan, not Shaoyan, so please don’t think too wildly.”
Zheng Yuegui shook his head and said: "No, Shishan is Brother Shao."
"Why is Sister Princess so sure?" Xiang Hongyu was very surprised.
Zheng Yuegui thought for a while and then said: "Princess, why don't you turn the word 'Shishan' upside down and then stack them together, what word is it?"
Xiang Hongyu did as she asked, and finally came up with the word "rock". She was really shocked. Oh my God, could Brother Shi really be the princess's lover Shao Yan? Thinking of this, she was angry and hated this big bad guy.
, He, is he lying to me again? It's clearly Shao Yan, but he can figure it out. Even though the princess helped him so much, he still refused to tell me the truth.
"Qiu Ju, where is Mr. Shi now? Could you please take me to see him?" Zheng Yuegui was so excited that she wished she could fly to Shao Yan right away.
Qiu Ju hesitated and said: "If I go back to the princess, Mr. Shi has already led his team out of the city."
Zheng Yuegui was greatly disappointed, her nose was sour, and she felt like crying. She had finally looked forward to this moment, but the two sides were once again blocked. How could she not be sad?
Xiang Hongyu became even more angry. She raised her eyebrows and said: "This bad guy wants to leave without even telling me the princess. He doesn't even think about it. Without me, what will they do to get out of the city? Qiu Ju,
Go call Xiang Long over immediately."
"Yes" Qiu Ju put down the things in her hands and walked out quickly.
Zheng Yuegui thought she was going to harm Shao Yan and hurriedly begged: "Princess, please calm down. I know that Brother Shao is the general of Donglin Kingdom. Please, for my sake, don't hurt him, okay?"
Xiang Hongyu couldn't help but giggle and said happily: "Where are you thinking, princess? If I wanted to harm him, I wouldn't have waited until now. Don't worry, I was afraid that he wouldn't be able to pass the first few checkpoints, so I went over to help him.
"
"Then I will go with you. I have a few words to say to him face to face."
"That won't work. Your health has just improved and you shouldn't suffer from the cold anymore. Otherwise, how will you ask me to explain to Jin Fuma then?" Xiang Hongyu secretly thought, what else can you say? Brother Shi has already made up his mind.
I've returned the token to you, but you still have to give up.
Zheng Yuegui said anxiously: "What time has it been? You still have the heart to joke with me. Anyway, no matter what, I must see Brother Shao tonight."
Seeing her stubborn temper, Xiang Hongyu didn't want to act like a villain, so she nodded cheerfully and said: "Okay, I'll ask the princess to ride a horse with me later."
"Um"
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Soon, Xiang Hongyu asked Xiang Hu to pick a fast horse from the camp, carry Zheng Yuegui on it, and chase him out of the city under the protection of more than a dozen guards...
There were no streetlights on both sides of the ancient road, and everything was dark. Occasionally, you could only hear the cries of horses and the sound of people talking.
"Your Majesty, you have already met the princess, why don't you go and tell her your identity?" It was Zhang Huaide who spoke, and he sighed: "We are being chased now, maybe she can help us."
"Help? How to help?" Shao Yan smiled coldly and said: "Even if the emperor of Nanliang is here, he has no right to make the decision. Do we still expect a princess? Besides, war is a man's business. Don't take advantage of women at every turn.