After ten days of travel, the carriage stopped again in front of the tall gatehouse of the imperial capital. When I left, the sun was declining, and the scenery was beautiful, but when I returned here, the scenery was vague, and my mood had several ups and downs.

There is still some light snow left on the willow tops of the roof, and when the sun shines, the small snowflakes reflect thousands of crystal lights.

Qingluan was obviously a lot happier, with a smile on the corners of his eyebrows and eyes, and hummed a song while driving the car. "Bean Mountain, playing tile drums. Yangping Mountain, sprinkling white rain ......"

Xiao Wu covered his ears in pain, eager to jump out of the carriage.

Qingluan glanced at him proudly, feeling that the resentment of eating here for so many days had finally returned. Gradually, they sang louder.

Ning Yan in the car shook her head amusedly, with these two people, it seems that the princess's mansion will be very lively in the future. She continued to flip through the books on the desk, ignoring them.

Qingluan sang and sang, suddenly thought of something, turned around and asked Ning Yan: "Princess, Xiao Wu is called Xiao Wu, but you forgot that there is also a Xiao Wu in our house." ”

"I did forget. Little Five, what was your original name? Ning Yan opened the curtain and asked Xiao Wu next to her.

Xiao Wu shook his head, looking confused and did not speak.

Ning Yan glanced at him meaningfully and smiled: "Qingqing just sang what Douzi Mountain, right?" Then you call it a bean, and it's very similar to you. ”

Xiao Wu's face darkened all of a sudden, and Qingluan next to him laughed gloatingly, and couldn't help but feel that Her Royal Highness the princess's name was really easy. "Little bean, little bean, haha."

Ning Yan sat back, and a cold voice came out, not angry and arrogant: "For a while, no matter what you see, just look at it, don't ask, and don't talk much." Outside the curtain, Bean's voice of promise came in a low voice.

Ning Yan glanced at his fat figure reflected on the curtain, then lowered her head and continued to read.

The carriage turned from Suzaku Street into an inconspicuous alley, and then stopped in front of a door with vermilion paint dropped. Qingluan jumped out of the carriage neatly and went to knock on the door. But after knocking for a long time, no one opened the door, so I slowly got up in a hurry and paced around the door.

"Qingqing, don't worry, there are few people in our house, and there are people who can't hear Ding Bo for a while." Ning Yan also got out of the car and comforted her.

After waiting for a while, I heard movement inside, and then the door crept open. revealed a delicate little face, and her eyes lit up suddenly when she saw Ning Yan.

"The princess is back! Dingbo, the princess is back! He pulled the door open and ran out in delight.

"Princess, Sister Qingluan, Xiao Wu misses you so much." As soon as Xiao Wu finished speaking, he heard a fat person not far away snort coldly. He turned his head and froze.

Qingluan put his arm around his shoulder and said with a smile: "Xiao Wu misses my sister, oops, don't pay attention to that bean." He was originally called Xiao Wu, but he had the same name as my cute Xiao Wu. So the princess showed mercy and changed his name. ”

Xiao Wu blushed a little, but still walked timidly in front of Douzi: "My name is Xiao Wu." ”

"Humph!" Who knew that Douzi's nostrils were about to rise to the sky, and then he was slapped down by Ning Yan.

"Speak well!"

While speaking, the white-bearded Ding Bo walked out and saw Ning Yan's old tears in his eyes.

"Princess, you can be regarded as back, the old slave is really worried about you."

Ning Yan took his hand into the mansion, and said with a smile as she walked: "There is nothing big in the mansion, right?" ”

"At first, they all announced that the princess went to Fahua Temple, but it was fine. Until the news of the princess's retreat from the enemy at Yuesanguan reached the imperial capital, the people were very excited. Some time ago, Cen Jia, who took refuge in Nanwu, was escorted back to Beijing, and he was thrown rotten eggs as soon as he entered the imperial capital gate, which was really happy. ”

Ning Yan smiled: "You deserve it!" ”

"But......" Dingbo paused, not knowing how to speak, "when you were away, once the emperor came......"

Ning Yan frowned and stopped: "If he doesn't study in the palace, what is he doing here?" ”

"As soon as the emperor came, he asked you where you deal with government affairs on weekdays, but the old slave really couldn't stop it, so the emperor broke into Tianyishui Pavilion. It seems that he was rummaging for something, and was later stopped by the secret guard on the order of the princess. But when the emperor left, his face was pale...... The old slave was afraid that the emperor would be unhappy, so he angered the princess......"

"What has Xing Ruan been doing lately? It's up to him! Ning Yan turned around and walked towards Tianyi Water Pavilion, her words were already a little angry.

Ding Bo followed behind and whispered, "Princess, there is one more thing. The old slave didn't know whether to say it or not. ”

"Say!"

"Last month, the imperial capital came to the tributary team of the Western Liang Kingdom. In your absence, the emperor personally received you. There was a Hu man in the team, and he didn't know what kind of demon magic he used, but he made the emperor have a blue eye on him. even kept him by his side as an internal servant, and he was greatly pampered, and he never left an inch in and out. Now the entire imperial capital is in an uproar, saying that the Son of Heaven is a good man...... "Ding Bo can't go on, and it's really difficult for him to be an old man.

Ning Yan held her forehead and said helplessly: "He really surprised me one by one!" "As he spoke, he had reached Tianyi Water Pavilion, and the begonia trees in the courtyard were bare. When I left, there were still writing leaves, but now all that was left was the bare trunk of the tree, and a little snow was piled up.

She was stunned, turned her head to Ding Bo and smiled, "Ding Bo, you arrange a room for the new Douzi." Let Aunt Gu cook some food for me, and I'll be hungry all the way. ”

Ding Bo smiled: "It's the old slave who didn't think about it, so I'll arrange it for the princess." With that, he walked out of the courtyard.

Seeing him leave, Ning Yan's face turned cold inch by inch. She beckoned to the void, and there was a slight movement from the eaves, and a dark shadow fell in an instant.

"Let the cup moon come to see me!"

Someone in the void whispered, and then the figure quietly disappeared.

She stood there again for a long time before pushing open the door and stepping inside. The incense of agarwood was burning in the furnace, and the desk in the middle of the water pavilion was neatly cleaned up by Ding Bo. She breathed a sigh of relief and slumped back in her chair. The heart, which has been adrift for so long, seems to have finally settled down.

I don't know how long later, when I looked up, I suddenly saw a delicate and small short knife hanging on the wall on the right. The scabbard is engraved with an intricate and quaint passion flower pattern, and each petal is carved with extra finesse. The hilt of the knife is inlaid with a bead of emerald green, emitting a flickering glow.

A strange feeling gradually rose in Ning Yan's heart, and the memories from many years ago came flooding up.

The purple-clothed and purple-eyed young man stood in the red dust, but there was no trace of fireworks. His lips are red and his teeth are white, and he smiles lightly, like an immortal who has come out of a painting. The bewitching color was on his body, without a trace of charm, and he only felt that the brilliance was scorching, dimming the heavens and the earth.

The first time she saw him, she said to Gu Mingxuan: "I'm afraid there is no one in the world who is more beautiful than him!" ”

He affectionately touched her long silky hair and replied with a smile, "I guess he doesn't want to hear you compliment him on being more beautiful than a woman." ”

Sure enough, the young man exploded as soon as he heard her words: "Lao Tzu is an iron-clad man!" It's not a wilting stinky! ”

Ning Yan was furious when she heard this: "Who do you say is a stinky girl?" ”

The man's face was flushed, and he held the short knife inlaid with green beads and shouted, "That's you!" ”

……

That's the first encounter.

After so many years, he should have been reincarnated.

Ming Xuan said that she had done nothing wrong, that they had just met him at that time, and that they were too busy to take care of themselves, how to save him. The children of the rivers and lakes are looking down on life and death. But she still felt guilty. She has promised it, and she should do it. It was she who broke her promise.

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When I woke up, it was already dawn. There was a faint sound of commotion in the courtyard.

She got up with a dress draped over and pushed the door open. A cool air greeted her, causing her to sneeze involuntarily.

"Douzi, Sister Qingluan doesn't have the good temper of a princess, hurry up!" Qingluan's crisp voice like a silver bell came from next door.

"No...... ......" followed by a muffled voice.

"Don't ...... No way! Then there was the sound of a whip flicking, "Our princess's mansion doesn't raise idlers, and you will have to get up early with me every day to practice!" Sister Qingluan's whip is not as good as the Lan people's dance, if you accidentally hurt you, don't blame me! ”

"Don't...... I get up...... It's not good to get up......" the voice was quite reluctant.

Ning Yan laughed when she heard this.

There was a movement in her ears, and a dark shadow fell lightly beside her, handing over a secret letter sealed with fire paint.