Xiao Xia climbed into the carriage and sat next to the third prince, and the third prince looked her up and down again: "You...... Is it the dumb girl that the abbot master of Huguo Temple entrusted to Liang Chenjing before his death? ”

Xiao Xia smiled and nodded.

"You really can't speak?"

Xiao Xia nodded again, opened her mouth and pointed at her throat and gestured again, indicating that she could not pronounce at all.

The third prince stared at her thoughtfully: "Your eyes ...... It looks familiar. ”

Xiao Xia smiled, took out a pen and paper, and wrote a few words: "Because I am an old acquaintance with the third prince!" ”

The third prince looked at her in surprise: "Old acquaintance? Did we know each other before? ”

Natsu nodded.

"When? Why doesn't this prince remember? ”

"Because you are a nobleman, how forgetful you are!" Xiao Xia wrote, and unfolded it to show him.

The corners of the third prince's mouth were slightly raised, and he even laughed with a fairy spirit, and the more he looked at it, the more he looked at it.

"Although you little girl can't speak, she is quite pleasing to people, what's your name?"

Natsu wrote her name.

"Yu ~ small ~ summer! It's good to remember, you came here alone, did you hide it from your family? Aren't you afraid that your family will worry? ”

Xiao Xia thought about it and wrote a sentence: "I'm more worried about the second brother." ”

"Oh? You have a good relationship with him? ”

"He is my second brother, so I naturally have to care about him."

The third prince's eyes flashed slightly, he stopped talking, the carriage stopped at the entrance after entering, and the third prince got off the carriage lightly, he glanced back at Yu Xiaoxia, and stretched out his hand with a smile.

Xiao Xia paused slightly, and noticed that many pairs of eyes around her were looking at her, especially the young ladies who were dressed up.

"Who is this? Dressed so shabby. Are you embarrassed to come? ”

"The third prince also helped her, could it be the new love of the third prince?"

"No, the last princess of the third prince has only been there for a long time, and she has a new love?"

"Impossible, right? Even if you want to find a new love, you should find someone who can get on the table, what is such a shabby girl? ”

These discussions can be heard in Xiao Xia. Not to mention the three princes who have practiced martial arts and are smart and clear-sighted. Unexpectedly, the reputation of the three princes is well known in your circle, and those who say that the three princes are wives have a clear sense of jealousy in their words.

Do you want to enter the arena with the three princes? It's bound to attract more gossip, right?

When Xiao Xia hesitated, the elegant smile of the third prince had changed somewhat. Seeing that disappointment gradually rose in his eyes, and when he was about to withdraw his hand, Xiao Xia was anxious and wanted to shout: "Don't talk nonsense!" ”

She held out her hand to him. But he didn't pay attention to his feet and tripped over a small stool that got out of the car. The whole person was stunned and threw himself down.

"Miss be careful!" With an exclamation, Xiao Xia closed her eyes in fright, feeling that she was going to fall badly, she blinked and fell into a warm embrace. She opened her eyes wide in surprise and saw the elegant and handsome face of the third prince in front of her.

The corners of the third prince's mouth were raised even higher. Even grinning, he whispered, "Don't be in such a hurry, we just met." ”

Xiao Xia was stunned for a moment. He was put on the ground to stand firm, and he took the hand and walked into the field unhurriedly. Only then did Xiao Xia react, and he actually teased me!

No, no, he's holding my hand now! Do you want to bring me into the scene like this in front of the Manchu civil and military forces? That...... Then wouldn't I jump into the Yellow River and couldn't wash it away?

Xiao Xia was worried about how to refuse, and there was an earth-shattering cheer in front of him: "Liang Chenjing!" Liang Chenjing! Liang Chenjing! ……”

People shouted these three words rhythmically, just like the loud shouts of excitement when they suddenly saw their idol to cheer him on.

Could it be that Liang Chenjing has already appeared? Is the competition about to start so soon? Xiao Xia didn't have time to think about anything else, she just wanted to go in quickly and see if Liang Chenjing had entered? What kind of person is his opponent, etc.?

After walking through a few feet deep and somewhat dark passage, my eyes suddenly opened up. There is a large open space in front of him, and there are high stands on the three sides around him, which are already full of people, and they should all be rich and noble people in the capital.

There is a vacancy on the opposite side of the stand, facing a large wide and flat grassland, and there is a large dense forest dozens of zhang ahead, which is the royal hunting ground, and it is also the place where Liang Chenjing competes for the martial champion today.

"Third prince, you are here, the emperor asks you to come over quickly."

The third prince nodded, "Don't worry, take this prince to the seat first." ”

The maid who led the way glanced at Yu Xiaoxia, and there was obviously a suspicious look in her eyes, but she didn't ask much, and led the way in front, and walked up to the stands step by step with yellow stalls on the side.

And in this process, the third prince always held Xiao Xia's hand, Xiao Xia once wanted to break away a few points, but found that the other party was holding it very tightly and couldn't break free at all.

At the same time, countless pairs of eyes in the stands were brushing on Xiao Xia, some curious, suspicious, inquiring, disdainful, envious, all kinds of entanglements and complexities, which made Xiao Xia, who was not afraid of it, a little creepy.

"Hey, look, who is the woman that the third prince is leading? Do you know each other? Does anyone know each other? ”

As everyone asked each other, the people who were originally concerned about the situation in the field turned back and cast their eyes on Yu Xiaoxia, including Liang Guogong and Liang Chenyu, who had already entered the table, and Su Linglong, who secretly ran over to sit with the Su family.

"Hey, Sister Linglong, look at that woman, dressed like that, she was actually led to the stand by the third prince, what a scene! You see, everyone is looking at her! ”

Su Linglong pursed his lips disdainfully: "What's there to see?" No matter how beautiful it is, my husband won't win the scenery of Wu Zhuangyuan. ”

"Oh, Sister Linglong, take a look! Look at the woman, she looks shy, as if she has never seen a big scene, she looks good, she is quiet, but she is still a little worse with the third prince.

Sister Linglong, whose lady is that woman? How come I've never seen one? ”

Su Linglong muttered and muttered, which made Su Linglong upset, she couldn't help but ask, and glanced back hastily. The position where they sat was not too far from the position of the third prince, at most three or four zhang away.

The third prince took the woman by the hand and asked her to sit down, whispering a few words in her ear. Then he got up and left, leaving the woman blushing and shyly facing the inquiring gaze of everyone.

The woman was obviously a little at a loss, and turned her head blankly to sweep around, but unfortunately she happened to meet Su Linglong's gaze, she was stunned for a moment, her face was red and white, and she turned her eyes away. Eyes swept downward. Seems to be looking for something.

Su Linglong was startled, yes, she recognized it at a glance. It turned out to be Yu Xiaoxia's stinky girl, when did she get in touch with the third prince? How did she sit next to the third prince?

Hum! Cheap woman, I pasted my husband before, and when I saw that I was in charge, I went to find my eldest brother. The eldest brother is in charge of the sister-in-law, and she can't see the benefits of old age. Did you find a better one?

Oh, the status of the third prince is indeed higher than that of ordinary people, but the reputation of his wife is well known, and anyone who marries him will die of a violent illness before passing the door.

Damn girl. Do you think you've found a good backer for this? It's that easy, huh! I'm afraid I don't know how I died in the end, so that's fine. Save me a lot of work.

Su Linglong sneered and glanced at her contemptuously. Snorted coldly and turned away.

Seeing her expression, Su Lingyu was surprised: "Sister Linglong, do you know that woman?" ”

Lingyu's voice was not small, and the women around her stretched their necks to listen, seeing that Su Linglong didn't speak, a curious woman next to her spoke and asked.

Linglong didn't plan to pay attention to it, but after a closer look, she saw that the other party was actually wearing the court clothes of the second-grade lady, her stiff face immediately smiled, and replied casually: "You ask her, oh, of course I know, she is a homeless mute orphan girl, my mother pitied her and regarded her as a righteous daughter." ”

The other party's preface lit up: "Oh? This is the new lady of the Liang Mansion? It's the first time I've seen it, so it's no wonder I'm so angry. ”

Su Linglong twitched the corners of her eyes, and wanted to say: What kind of young lady is this? It's just a dumb orphan girl of unknown origin and no one wants. It's a pity that the other party didn't listen to her explanation, and Xiao Xia's identity quickly spread among the crowd in the stands.

The people sitting on this side are all female dependents, and as soon as it is rumored, almost all the ladies and ladies in the capital recognize Xiao Xia.

And all the men sitting opposite were men, either old or young, all of them were officials. Obviously, he also saw Xiao Xia and was curious about Xiao Xia's identity, but after all, men can't be as cheeky as women, gossiping and asking, just casually mentioning to people who are close to him: "Is there a new candidate for the third princess?" ”

Liang Chenyu, who heard the discussion, glanced over and saw the third prince leaning over to talk to Xiao Xia, from his point of view, it was like the third prince kissing Xiao Xia on the face.

As soon as the third prince walked away, revealing Xiao Xia's small and delicate face, her face was crimson, and her shyness at a loss shocked Liang Chenyu, and he looked at Xiao Xia in surprise and couldn't speak.

Liang Guogong didn't answer when he talked to him, and when he saw Xiao Xia along his line of sight, he was also startled, and frowned: "Yu'er, is that your sister-in-law Xiao Xia?" ”

Liang Chenyu came back to his senses: "This ...... Probably! ”

"Why is she here? Shouldn't she be in the house? Why did you go to the stands over there? It's really unusual, Yu'er, you go and take her down the stands. ”

"Father, you don't have to, do you? I just saw that she was personally taken to the stands by the third prince, and it should have been the third prince who asked her to sit in that position. ”

"What? The Three Princes? How did they meet? ”

"This ...... I don't know. ”

Liang Guogong stared at Xiao Xia and frowned for a long time: "Okay! That's fine! ”

"Father, what did you say?"

"Shhhh Pay attention to it later, and see if the third prince is interested in Xiao Xia. ”

Liang Chenyu was taken aback: "Father, what do you mean ......?" ”

"One is unmarried and the other is unmarried, if they are in love, why not?"

Liang Chenyu was stunned, opened his mouth to explain, but he didn't know what to say, he looked up again and saw that the third prince had returned to his seat, sat next to Xiao Xia, and talked to Xiao Xia with a smile.

Although Xiaoxue doesn't know everything about everyone's opinion of herself, she can think of one or two. Fang Cai actually looked at Su Linglong squarely, which frightened herself, originally thought that Su Linglong didn't care too much about this competition, but she didn't expect her to sneak away!

Xiao Xia glanced over there again, and saw that Su Linglong's mother Song, younger sisters Lingfeng and Lingxia were sitting next to her, her second aunt Jin, her cousin Lingyu, her second aunt and two cousins, etc.

They are all familiar people, and after a few months, things are different from people, and they no longer recognize themselves!

"What are you looking at?" The third prince asked in a low voice, and Xiao Xia turned around and smiled at him and shook his head slightly.

"It's coming, it's coming! One of the candidates has entered! There was a commotion in the crowd.

Below, a strong man in golden armor, tall, with rough facial features and a bearded face slowly walked into the door dragging a heavy large knife.

He walked slowly, every step was so heavy that it felt like the earth was shaking with every step he landed.

He walked to the wooden platform that had been temporarily erected in the middle of the field, and waited for the big bull's-eyed eyes to slowly look around, and everyone around him quieted down, looking at the rough man steadily.

Suddenly, he picked up the big knife and played a few tricks lightly on the wooden platform, obviously looking so heavy with the big knife in his hand like a light branch, there was the sound of whirring wind in the air, away from such a distance, Xiao Xia could still feel a thick murderous aura.

After a few moves, the strong man held the big knife and slashed heavily on the platform, clicking, and the platform that looked hard and sturdy was actually split in half by him.

The strong man raised his eyebrows, lifted the big knife and thrust it aside, and arched his hand directly above: "Your Majesty, your platform is not strong!" ”

Xiao Xia looked back, and sure enough, there was a thin and pale old man in his fifties sitting above the side, he looked very unwell, and it seemed that he could go at any time, but he was indeed wearing a dragon robe.

Could this be the legendary emperor? The emperor who recruited Lingman and Lingxuan and other young girls into the palace as concubines last year? Too old, right? He...... Will it work?

Although the emperor's body was weak, his eyes were shining, and he whispered a few words to the eunuch beside him, and the eunuch stepped forward: "The emperor has an order, remove the platform and compete directly in the venue." ”

On the other side, a young man dressed as a prince laughed: "Father is wise, no matter how powerful this Situ warrior is, he can't make a few holes in this place, right?" ”

The emperor nodded and smiled, the concubines laughed, the princes also laughed, and the people in the surrounding stands all laughed along.

Isn't that funny? How do I not think? Xiao Xia turned around to look at the third prince, fortunately he didn't smile, the third prince raised his eyes to look at her, and his lips were slightly raised: "What's wrong?" Think these mediocre people are funny, don't you? ”

This time Xiao Xia also smiled, she nodded in agreement, and there seemed to be a little more light in the eyes of the third prince.

"Look, look, Liang Ergongzi has appeared!" The commotion of the crowd was even worse than the last time, and everyone's eyes turned to the lean man in the center of the field who was wearing silver armor and holding a long sword, and Xiao Xia was no exception.

Nervous, she secretly clenched her fists, and followed Liang Chenjing's figure without blinking. (To be continued.) )