He Linwan recalled the young man with a hooked nose who had just passed, and was stunned.

Yuan Xiang lowered his head and said, "I heard that he was sent by His Majesty to serve in the Ministry of Rites not long ago. ”

He Linwan sat next to Yuan Xiang, "Are you afraid of him?"

Yuan Xiang thought about it and sighed: "It's not that I'm afraid, it's just ......."

Yuan Xiang couldn't live for a while.

He Linwan nodded thoughtfully.

After Zhao Qingqing came back, the three of them didn't talk about the four princes anymore. After having lunch in the teahouse, Zhao Qingqing sent He Linwan and Yuan Xiang downstairs, and the three of them separated at the door of the teahouse.

Yuan Xiang's carriage went first, and when He Linwan said goodbye to Zhao Qingqing, he suddenly remembered something, took out a seal from his purse and handed it to Zhao Qingqing, "This is what you gave me when I left Beijing, and now it is returned to its original owner." ”

Zhao Qingqing took the seal and smiled, "Well, the carriage is here, let's go up." ”

He Linwan thought for a while and asked, "By the way, hasn't Brother Zhao come back yet?"

He Linwan has not heard from Zhao Yingchuan for several years, and thought he had returned to the capital.

Zhao Qingqing glanced at He Linwan, lowered his head and rubbed the seal, the smile on the corner of his mouth remained unchanged, "He is still in the east, do you have something to do with him?" I can tell him. ”

He Linwan shook his head and said with a smile: "It's okay, if you communicate with Brother Zhao, help me say hello to him." When I first arrived in Donglin, I was taken care of by him a lot, and I never had a chance to thank him. ”

Zhao Qingqing nodded casually, "Okay, I see." ”

He Lin got into his carriage in the evening.

Not long after the carriage traveled, I heard the coachman say outside: "Huh, girl, Miss Yuan's carriage is ahead, and it seems that someone has stopped it." ”

When He Linwan heard this, he lifted the curtain and looked out, and sure enough, he saw Yuan Xiang's carriage parked on the side of the road not far in front, and the man who stopped in front of her carriage was a man leading a horse.

"Stop in front!" He Linwan instructed the coachman.

The coachman received the order and slowly parked the carriage next to the Yuan family's carriage.

"Sister Yuan, are you in the car? What's wrong?" He Linwan pretended not to see the fourth prince in front of the carriage, and asked in a loud voice.

Yuan Xiang heard He Linwan's voice and immediately said, "Sister He, I'm fine." ”

He Linwan heard the nervousness in Yuan Xiang's voice, thought about it, lifted the curtain and got out of the car, and before leaving, he hid a horsewhip that Xiaohuzi had left on the carriage in his sleeve.

The four princes with a cold face looked at He Linwan, and after He Linwan met his gaze, he pretended not to know his identity, and bent his knees and blessed, "This lord, I don't know if the car was stopped because it was injured by the carriage? Not far in front is the palace of the deputy capital of the Inspectorate, if you are injured, I will send someone to the palace of the king to borrow a few people to accompany you to see the doctor." ”

The fourth prince's face became even more gloomy when he heard this, "Are you threatening me with a speech official?"

He Linwan's face remained unchanged, "My lord, where are you talking about this, I just look at the narrow road here, and I am afraid that the stalemate will hinder pedestrians." ”

"I don't know if I'm alive or dead!" the fourth prince didn't look at He Linwan, but said in a cold tone.

Hearing this, He Linwan sneered in his heart, sure enough, the emperor's son did not have a good thing.

At this time, Yuan Xiang hurriedly got out of the carriage, she pulled He Linwan to her side, and said to the fourth prince: "Your Royal Highness is angry, Sister He, she just wants to relieve me from the siege." She doesn't know who you are, and she doesn't mean to be offended. ”

The fourth prince looked at Yuan Xiang and didn't speak with a cold face.

Yuan Xiang saw that it was not a way to persevere, so he plucked up his courage and said, "Your Highness, I wonder if you can let our carriage pass?"

The fourth prince stood still, only staring at Yuan Xiang with a pair of eyes, "No." ”

Yuan Xiang: "......"

Yuan Xiang was a little anxious and angry, but it was the prince or her fiancé standing in front of her, and she didn't know how to deal with it.

"Sister He, this matter has nothing to do with you, you can go first. Yuan Xiang had no choice but to whisper to He Lin.

Of course, He Linwan couldn't let Yuan Xiang face the four princes who were not good people at first glance here, she just wanted to speak, but the four princes opened their mouths first.

"You are not allowed to go this way if you go any other way!"

When He Linwan heard this, he suddenly felt a little inexplicable, there was nothing wrong with the brains of these four princes.

Yuan Xiang also felt that the four princes were deliberately embarrassed, and hesitated: "Fourth Highness, it is much closer to go back from this road, and if you take other roads, you have to go around a little more." ”

"Then go around. The four princes were unmoved, "Not only are you not allowed to take this road today, but you are also not allowed to walk in the future!"

Yuan Xiang: "......"

Seeing that Yuan Xiang didn't answer, the fourth prince's face became even colder, "Don't agree?"

Yuan Xiang was so angry that her eyes were red, but looking at the appearance of the fourth prince, she knew that there would be no result if the dispute continued, so she could only say aggrievedly: "I know, let's just go another way!"

Only then did the fourth prince nod with satisfaction.

He Linwan touched the horsewhip in his sleeve and felt a little itchy.

Yuan Xiang was also angry, and he didn't want to pay attention to this fourth prince who was finding fault for no reason, so he couldn't do anything and pulled He Linwan away.

"Wait!" the fourth prince called out to her.

Yuan Xiang paused, held his breath and said, "What else does the Fourth Highness have to order!"

The fourth prince slowly walked in front of Yuan Xiang, he couldn't see it when he was sitting on the horse before, but when he walked around at this moment, he could still see that his left foot was a little lame, but the lame was not very strong.

He Linwan clenched the horsewhip in his hand, with defensiveness in his eyes.

The four princes didn't even glance at He Linwan, as if there was no such person in front of him, he took out something from his clothes and handed it to Yuan Xiang.

Yuan Xiang looked down and was so frightened that he almost screamed.

He Lin saw that Yuan Xiang's face was not right, and he also glanced at it, and saw a poisonous scorpion with teeth and claws in the hands of the fourth prince.

He Linwan was about to change her face, and she noticed that something was wrong, she looked carefully again, and found that the scorpion was not alive, but was condensed in a pale yellow object, which was a ...... Amber?

The fourth prince frowned, "You don't like it?"

Yuan Xiang also saw clearly that the thing in the hands of the fourth prince was amber at this time, and she stammered, "No, it's not." ”

The fourth prince nodded and threw the amber into Yuan Xiang's arms, "Here you go, take it to set jewelry." ”

Yuan Xiang: "......"

He Linwan, who witnessed the whole process: "......"

Amber can be set with jewelry, yes, but what girl would use a palm-sized scorpion-sized amber to set jewelry?

Yuan Xiang looked at the amber in his arms tremblingly, it was wrong to keep it, and he didn't dare to go back, and he suddenly wanted to cry without tears.

The fourth prince saw that the goal was achieved and got on the horse, although his legs and feet were inconvenient, and the posture of getting on the horse was also proficient, but he didn't leave when he got on the horse, so he rode the horse to the side and stared at Yuan Xiang.

As soon as Yuan Xiang wanted to ask him if there was anything else, the four princes drove them away with expressionless faces.

"Let's go!"