"Ning Xiang, you said that if I marry to Liao, will I be like Shang Meiren, guarding a small courtyard every day, waiting for my husband to come and visit?" Princess Baoshou said, the mist in her eyes rising rapidly, blurring her vision.

"How? The princess has golden branches and jade leaves, marrying into the Liao State is marrying, how dare they snub the princess? Ning Xiang comforted.

Princess Baoshou smiled bitterly and said, "You girl, you are telling lies again to comfort me." ”

Ning Xiang bowed her head and was silent.

Although Princess Baoshou is kept outside the palace, she is not ignorant of the affairs of the palace.

What about the princess, and what about the royal relatives?

If you get married, you are an ordinary wife, and you must do your duty as a wife.

What's more, the person she wants to marry is the third prince of Liao, and the new khan of Liaoguo in the future, the khan of a country, just like the emperor of the Song State, has three palaces and six courts, and each of them has an extraordinary status, how can she favor a princess of a foreign country?

I'm afraid that the three princes are willing, and the ministers under them will also be unwilling.

Moreover, the peace between the two countries is just a ritual similar to the exchange of tokens, and it is necessary to break off the marriage with the powerful.

Presumably, for the sake of the government, the Liao State categorically would not let Princess Baoshou give birth to a prince.

Otherwise, a child with the blood of the Song people in his body can hardly guarantee that he will not face the Song people in the future, and the great rivers and mountains of the Liao country will not be given away in vain?

Therefore, Princess Baoshou herself understands what it means to be close to her.

It's just a different place, and it still has a noble status that others envy, but it still lives like a caged bird, although it doesn't worry about eating and drinking, but it doesn't have freedom.

When would it be good to be able to live a free life like an ordinary person, find an ordinary husband, and live an ordinary life of a man and a woman?

Princess Baoshou shook the veil and thought stupidly.

Seeing that Princess Baoshou lost her mind, Ning Xiang reminded: "Princess, let's go back quickly, the Queen Mother will give you dinner in the evening, you can arrive early." ”

"Well, let's go." Princess Baoshou nodded, straightened her hair, which was slightly messy from the wind, and lifted her steps.

It had snowed a lot in the past few days, and it was about three inches thick, and everywhere there was a white expanse, covering the blue tiles and red walls.

And the days are like a white horse passing by, swishing past him.

Look, it's Laba.

On this day, it is customary to eat Laba porridge.

Therefore, Ru Xuan, Pan Xia, Qiu Ling and others soaked red beans, peanuts, walnuts and other things the night before, and waited for the porridge to be boiled the next morning.

Qiu Ling followed Ru Xuan to learn cooking skills for a few days, and she has made great progress, no longer cooking those strange things, and finally being able to make food that can be swallowed.

For this reason, Qiu Ling was elated, sticking to Ru Xuan all day long, and the master called.

No, before dawn, Qiu Ling's cold little hands were attached to Ru Xuan's face, waking Ru Xuan up from her sleep.

Ru Xuan was so clever that she almost didn't jump out of the bed, she fixed her eyes and saw that it was Qiu Ling, and said angrily: "Why don't you sleep?" ”

"Master, isn't the apprentice waiting to see how you cook laba porridge?" Qiu Ling's face was full of flattering smiles.

Just for this, you're going to drag people out of the warm bed?

Ru Xuan's face was suddenly full of black lines, but it was not easy to attack, so she just pointed to the dark sky outside and said, "How many days is this?" ”

"Four watches." Qiu Ling said nonchalantly.

There were a few more black lines on Ru Xuan's face, and she was very depressed.

The fourth watch day, but it's only three o'clock now, which is still very early from dawn, start boiling porridge now, and are you really not afraid of boiling porridge into rice cereal?

"Let's go to sleep again, and get up again on the fifth watch!" Ru Xuan rolled up the quilt and said.

"But......" Qiuling was very unrelenting and wanted to argue a few more words.

"Go, I'll call you on the fifth watch, if you don't obey, I won't let you see how to boil laba porridge!" Ru Xuan saw that the persuasion was fruitless, so she simply took a "fierce medicine".

Sure enough, Qiu Ling, who was fiercely threatened, pouted, said "okay", and got back into his bed.

I just tossed and turned, and I couldn't sleep, so I had to stare at the roof and count the rafters.

Ru Xuan was not disturbed too much by Qiu Ling, turned over, and continued to fall asleep.

is talking about dreamland, which is indeed worthy of the name, because Ru Xuan is dreaming again.

One of the few dreams.

The place in the dream is beautiful, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, the breeze is gusting, quiet and leisurely.

The grass under his feet seems to be emitting a faint fragrance, swaying in the wind, and a piece of greenery.

After taking a deep breath of fresh air, she felt refreshed, Ru Xuan closed her eyes, feeling the pleasure that she hadn't felt for a long time.

"Ru Xuan, Ru Xuan......"

The voice was soft, as if someone was whispering to her from behind.

Ru Xuan turned to look and saw Shi Qi, who was in aura, standing opposite her, with a gentle smile on his face, warm as jade.

"Shiqi!" Ru Xuan's eyes widened in shock, and her hands subconsciously covered her mouth.

Shi Qi stepped forward, couldn't help but say, and took Ru Xuan into his arms.

Familiar taste, familiar arms, familiar shape......

Ru Xuan, who was lying on her chest, was moved to tears in an instant.

"After waiting so long, looking forward to it for so long, you're finally back." Ru Xuan hugged Shiqi's waist tightly and muttered.

"Fool ......" Shiqi gently stroked Ru Xuan's hair and smiled: "I ......"

The words seemed to stop abruptly before they could finish speaking, and the palm of the hand caressing the hair paused for a moment before hanging limply.

It seemed that one or two drops of water had fallen on the wing of Ru Xuan's nose, warm and hot, with a sweet smell.

At the same time, Shiqi's body seemed to soften, almost collapsing.

"Shiqi?" Ru Xuan realized that something was wrong and looked up.

A sharp arrow pierced Shiqi's forehead, and blood gushed out and ran down his cheek.

"Shiqi!" Ru Xuan exclaimed.

The blood flowed faster, more, and couldn't stop, Shiqi seemed to have lost consciousness, and his body slowly fell backwards, unable to hold on.

"Shiqi!"

Ru Xuan exclaimed again, teary eyes.

Tears came down from the corners of his eyes, moist, and soon, they became cold.

"Shiqi ......" Ru Xuan muttered to herself, and her hands subconsciously grabbed Shiqi's body, but what she caught back was the corner of the quilt.

Suddenly sobered up, Ru Xuan realized that the qiē just now was just another nightmare.

The warm feeling and sweet smell of blood falling on the wings of her nose seemed to be still there, Ru Xuan touched her nose, and it was empty.

Such a nightmare, when she first arrived at Chunhui Palace, she also had it, and she also saw Shi Qi injured and collapsed in front of her, and her life and death were unknown. R1152