The crowd was in chaos for a moment, shouting to avoid the two crazy horses, and someone shouted, "Princess, save the princess." ”

Poor Princess Shuya and her maid were shaken and thrown up again and again in the carriage, and let out bursts of screams and screams.

Seeing that the carriage was about to fall down a dirt slope, in a hurry, Duanmu Rui made a move, jumped on the carriage, climbed the carriage, rescued the princess and the maid in the continuous shaking, and jumped off the carriage before the carriage overturned down the dirt slope.

After everyone calmed down, the leader of the envoys, the Ministry of Rites of the Nanyuan Kingdom, came out to ask why the carriage had an accident.

Just now, when they were resting, the two horses were taken to graze by the special guards, and the guards said that everything was normal as before, and that the horses were still fine when they were tied to the frame.

Duanmu Rui thought for a while, stood up and asked, "Dare to ask where the horse was put just now?" ”

The guard pointed to a place, Duanmu Rui walked over and took a closer look, pulled out a weed from the grass, exchanged a few words with his subordinates, and said: "This is a broken intestine grass, horses will have abdominal pain after eating it for a quarter of an hour, uncontrollable, the horse just now should have eaten this grass." ”

Nanyuan Country also has this kind of weed, and it is usually very careful not to let the horses touch, it may be that the guards were negligent just now.

Jin Shangshu was about to kill the two guards, and Princess Shuya stood up and said: "This palace came to make peace, and I only saw your prince today, how can I kill people and see blood immediately, how unlucky is this." ”

The princess had lost her hat at this time, and had just recovered a little from her frightening, her face was still white, she took a fancy to Duanmu Rui, and just now he came to the rescue, and at this time he seemed to regard him as the backbone, and actually cast a look at him for help.

Duanmu Rui didn't realize it, and this was someone else's business, he didn't want to talk at all.

Another messenger echoed the princess, and Jin Shangshu did not insist anymore.

In the evening of the same day, I arrived in the capital, and the palace set up a banquet in the Taihe Hall to receive the wind and wash the dust for the Nanyuan State Mission, because Princess Shuya came, so the emperor took the queen to attend together, and many ministers accompanied him.

There is still dancing and music, first a group of friendly cups to change the lamp, Jin Shangshu officially explained the intention and introduced Princess Shuya to everyone.

"This is the third princess of the emperor of our country, the most loved by her father, she has been smart since she was a child, she is well-read, and she is ...... in dance and music."

Princess Shuya came out to greet the emperor and the queen, the emperor looked carefully, the queen praised it, and the emperor handed over the matter to the queen on the spot, and asked her to find a candidate for Princess Shuya.

The queen is too busy with her own affairs every day, and she has to find a husband for others, she is reluctant, but this is her duty as the mother of a country, so she has to respond with a smile on her face.

At this time, the princess bowed shyly and timidly, and said, "Niangniang, in fact, there is already a candidate in the heart of this palace. ”

The queen smiled and exchanged glances, and the queen asked her, "But isn't it the first time you've come?" Who captured your heart so quickly? ”

"Yes, it's the prince, there is an emergency in the carriage of the palace today, and it is the prince who saved the palace, which can be regarded as repaying him for saving his life." Princess Shu Ya said and turned her head slightly to glance at Duanmu Rui, who was sitting precariously and expressionlessly.

When the emperor heard this, he laughed, "It turns out that there is such a paragraph, and it just so happens that my imperial brother's marriage has not yet been settled, so it might as well become this good thing." ”

Duanmu Rui got up and clenched his fists, and said loudly: "Imperial brother, imperial sister-in-law, the younger brother has no plans to marry now, so let's choose someone else for the princess." ”

"You are not young anymore, you are the same age as the prince, and the prince now has a concubine and a side concubine, why don't you have any plans to get married?" The queen didn't really care about his thoughts, and asked pretending to be curious.

"The younger brother has no ambitions, he just wants to find the woman he likes and spend his life with her, but the princess is meeting for the first time today, and the younger brother doesn't know her at all, so I forgive the younger brother."

"This is easy to do, I feel that this Princess Shuya is good-looking, knowledgeable, and talented, as long as you understand more. Let the princess live in the palace tonight, and it will not be too late to get married after the relationship is enhanced. ”

The emperor decided the matter in such a hasty manner, and Duanmu Rui could no longer refuse in front of the ministers and the embassy, so he reluctantly agreed.

The princess took a carriage and went back to the house with Duanmu Rui, Duanmu Rui asked the palace to equip the palace, and the female official, who was usually useless, came forward to arrange the princess's residence.

As soon as Duanmu Rui wanted to rest, he heard the voice of a maid calling in a hurry outside, "Lord, Lord, Princess Shuya is here." ”

What is she doing on this big night? Duanmu Rui was puzzled, put on his outer robe again, and walked out of the inner room. Because he was afraid of the dark, there were candlesticks everywhere in his residence, and at a glance he saw Princess Shuya neat and tidy, standing in the courtyard with her maids.

He stood at the door and asked, "What is the princess doing here to find this king so late?" ”

Princess Shuya followed the customs of the countryside and made a blessing gift, "It's just a gift for the prince from Nanyuan Kingdom, and the first day's meeting gift will be meaningless if it is given tomorrow, so it will disturb the prince." ”

As she spoke, she landed a box.

"In that case, then the king will take it." Duanmu Rui took the delicate box.

Princess Shuya glanced at the lights everywhere, thinking that Duanmu Rui hadn't planned to sleep yet, so she said, "Won't the prince invite this palace to come in and sit down?" ”

Duanmu Rui didn't expect that it was late at night, and she was still thinking about entering a strange man's room, and a cold smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, but he was standing in the dark, and Princess Shuya didn't see it.

"It's too late, so I won't invite the princess in, let's talk about it tomorrow."

Shu Ya saw that he refused without hesitation, her face sank, and then she left with the maid, and returned to the residence, she turned around in front of the maid and asked the maid: "Isn't this palace beautiful?" Why didn't he invite me in. ”

She wore a gauze dress on her upper body, her complexion loomed in the light, she wore a red full-breasted gauze skirt with a towering chest, the petticoat inside was only below the knee, and her slender calves were also looming in the gauze skirt.

"The princess is very beautiful, it's just that the slave maid was taught by the female officer before the princess went on an envoy, and the people of the Central Plains are very polite, and the princess dresses a little too much, only the women of the Qinlou Chu Pavilion wear it like this." The maid said bluntly.

"You, why do you say that about this palace." Shu Ya scolded, and then smiled, "I'm going to wear it like this, you can't care about it." ”

"It's better for the princess to be more restrained, otherwise the slave will write a letter to report to the lord of the country, saying that you are not up to the task, and the lord of the country will definitely recruit you to return to China. You are already notorious in Nanyuan, and you will not be able to gain a foothold when you go back, and you will have no way to survive when the time comes. The maid did not look cautious at all at this time, her face was cold, and her momentum was more than Shu Ya.

"Hmph, what do you know, this palace is doing this to complete the task. Isn't your purpose to divide people's homes so that they can take advantage of the opportunity to attack? The main palace hooked Duanmu Rui's heart and asked him to turn against Nanyuan, making their brothers turn against each other, isn't this it. ”

The maid looked angry, "What do you know? Duanmu Rui has no real power, just an idle prince, obviously the emperor doesn't trust him at all, if he is hooked up by you, it is with the emperor's will that the emperor will have a legitimate reason to get rid of him. So which goal have you achieved, so that the family has achieved the goal. ”

"You're saying we're being taken advantage of?" Only then did Shu Ya understand.

"What did I tell you before I set off, your target is the emperor, and nothing else."

"But the emperor is already a bad old man." Shuya blinked her big eyes.

She is not as stupid as the maid thought, when she arrived in the capital today, Jin Shangshu was going to tell the emperor tomorrow that she wanted to fill Shu Ya into his harem, because the emperor did not necessarily agree to this, if he told him in private, even if he did not agree, he could save his face.

But Shuya directly said in the main hall that she had taken a fancy to Duanmu Rui, as long as Duanmu Rui also took a fancy to her, so that the emperor would not be able to take away the love of her brothers, she could marry Duanmu Rui without having to endure a bad old man.

But the current situation is that Duanmu Rui didn't even take a fancy to her, if she didn't catch his heart as soon as possible, she might still be pushed to the emperor.

"For the sake of the country, what is it if you are wronged? When it's done, what kind of man do you want? ”

After the maid finished speaking, she said in a deep voice: "Princess, don't think nonsense, we will enter the palace tomorrow, you should rest early." ”

The next day, Shu Ya followed Jin Shangshu and others into the palace again, the purpose of this trip was to let her shake more under the emperor's nose, if the emperor took a fancy to her, wouldn't it be simple.

However, the emperor is not stupid, how dare he easily contact a foreign woman, Jin Shangshu came, and asked the ministers to negotiate a contract of peace with him, and threw Princess Shuya to the queen for hospitality.

In the evening, Shu Ya returned to the palace, and she sneaked out of the courtyard alone to find Duanmu Rui, Duanmu Rui was not good at looking too rude, and looked at Shi Chen, who had already invited her to drink tea in the courtyard.

Shu Ya is a person with strong communication skills, and when she talked about Nanyuan Kingdom with Duanmu Rui and what she saw and heard along the way, it made Duanmu Rui look a little different, so she sat with her for a while.

During this time, the servants came to look for him, he left his seat for a while, and when he came back, he felt uncomfortable after a few sips of tea, his body quickly became hot, his heart beat fast, and there was an impulse in his abdomen, and he immediately understood that he was on the road.

At this time, Shu Ya came to help him and said in a coquettish voice: "Lord Wang, if you feel unwell, Shu Ya will take you into the back room to rest." ”

Duanmu Rui secretly adjusted his breath, feeling that his body was not so hotly agitated, he opened his eyes, his eyes were full of coldness, and he scolded Shu Ya: "Get out!" Get your hands off me! ”

Shu Ya was frightened by his momentum, and immediately took away the hand that was on his shoulder, feeling that this man was so terrible at this time, completely different from his usual elegant appearance, as if he had provoked someone who should not be provoked.

Duanmu Rui entered the inner room and continued to breathe, but this medicine was too domineering and he couldn't meditate for a long time.

He thought of a person in his mind, she was gentle and handsome, with picturesque eyebrows, a smile like a flower, often prickly when she spoke, and her personality was so strong that it made people feel distressed, she was a little hedgehog, and like a beautiful red rose.

He got up without hesitation, and when he went to the courtyard and saw that Shu Ya had left, he flew on the roof, and quickly rushed to Su Mansion, thinking of the figure of that girl, he couldn't calm the restlessness in his heart, and it took him twice as long as usual to get to the courtyard where Su Wanyan lived.

At this time, it was late at night, and the moon in the sky was only a crooked corner, and he landed lightly and accurately in Su Wanyan's courtyard, which had been here many times, and he would not make a mistake even if he closed his eyes now.

Jumping in from the window, Su Wanyan had already woken up, and just as she wanted to make a sound, he stepped forward and covered her mouth.

"It's me." He gasped for breath and felt like he was covered in sweat.

"You, why are you here again?" Duanmu Rui let go of his hand, and this sentence blurted out, and then Su Wanyan regretted that he shouldn't have spoken too much.

Duanmu Rui's mind was not clear enough at this time, unlike the last time Su Wanyan said this, he also asked rhetorically, saying whether she didn't welcome him, at this moment he couldn't speak at all, he just wanted to hug the woman in his arms tightly.

"Why are you so hot, and your heart is beating abnormally." Su Wanyan was hugged by him, originally angry that he was so abrupt to himself, and wanted to open him with his hands, but immediately felt that something was wrong with him.