"Even if you have long forgotten us in your eyes, we dare not slack off in the slightest."

Qiu Yue said a little helplessly, but she was very sincere, since he knew Zhu Zhitong's identity, he wouldn't know that she could distinguish between the fake and the fake, and it would be a self-defeating choice to conceal her.

"Your Highness, I will tell you everything about our Liuxia Kingdom, but can you also help us for the sake of the relationship between our two countries and the fact that we saved you?"

"Helping you guys? I don't even know what you want to do, how can I promise to help you? What if you're lying to me? What if you want to do something bad? ”

Zhu Zhitong felt that since his identity had been recognized, there was nothing to hide, and Su Rili's straightforward nature was revealed again.

Qiu Yue heard her ask like this, not only did she not feel angry at all, but comforted her:

"Your Highness, don't worry. First, you can use the technique of contemplation to look at me in everything I say, and if there is any nonsense, you can not help. Second, we have lost our land, and now we are just trying to find a way to survive, and we will not do anything that hurts nature and reason, and if there is a half-way violation of morality, you can not help. Finally, I will tell you my intentions, and if you don't want to, I won't force you, and I'll still send you to Nanhua Island to keep you safe. At the end of the day, everything is up to His Highness's wishes. ”

Zhu Zhitong listened to the first few and felt that it was okay, and when she heard that she was going to send herself to Nanhua Island, her scalp immediately became numb, and she snorted: "Can you not send me to Nanhua Island, any other island is fine." ”

"No, Your Highness has such a valuable identity, if there is a mistake, I will be uneasy. If you want to send it, it is safest to send it to Governor Liu. Qiu Yue smiled secretly in his heart, he had already sensed that Zhu Zhitong didn't want to meet Liu Mingyan, although he didn't know the reason, but it was not a violation of morality to force her a little bit with this trivial matter, so he deliberately said it categorically.

Zhu Zhitong was entangled for a while, and sighed: "Okay, okay, then I'll listen to the origin of your Liuxia Kingdom and our Bihai Kingdom first, and then see how to save you." But I can say it, although I am a member of the royal family, but it is my eldest sister and my mother who are in charge, and my words may not be of any use, and you can't blame me if you can't help you. ”

Qiu Yue saw that she was relieved, her face was happy, and she hurriedly said: "That's natural, I Qiu Yue really never likes to force people to do things." Well, it's hard in the middle of the night, so let's go to the cabin and talk slowly. ”

After speaking, his right hand flicked on the handle of the knife, and the blade of the knife made a clear sound, and suddenly a figure appeared behind Zhu Zhitong.

"Eagletail, go to the cabin and prepare tea, I want to talk to Her Royal Highness the princess over a drink."

"Yes." As soon as the voice of the eagle tail fell, the figure was gone, as if it had never appeared at all.

Freshly cook in a small oven and add to the soup to bring temperature.

In Qiuyue's room, Zhu Zhitong watched intently at the eagle tail in front of her, meticulously boiling water and making tea.

It's just that after a while, the eagle tail has been replaced with a gorgeous one

In the robe, with a little crimson on the lips and delicate eyes, it was hard to imagine that the ghostly figure on the deck could be such a beautiful person.

She leaned forward slightly, revealing a piece of snow muscle at the back of her neck, smooth as a biblio. There is not a strand of green silk hanging behind the ear, each line is carefully grasped out of the crescent-like arc and then coiled together, two small gilt bone combs left and right, bundled into a peony-sized lady's bun.

Qiu Yue saw that Zhu Zhitong looked at her carefully, and didn't bother her, but just smiled and asked:

"Eagletail, what kind of tea is it today?"

The tea whisk in Eagle Tail's hand did not stop, and he replied softly: "This bowl ordered by the slave maid is the wonderful wind of the Qianjia family of Xiaolu, and it is sweet in the throat, please taste it with Her Royal Highness Princess Qingyang." After speaking, the tea in his hand was completed, and the tea bowl was gently pushed to Zhu Zhitong.

Zhu Zhitong saw that the bowl was as deep as a cup, but only a shallow three-point tea soup was put into the bowl, the soup was rich like a wipe, and the emerald was as deep as a pool, which was very different from the tea she had drunk.

Just as he was looking closely, the eagle tail had already finished lighting another lamp and pushed it to the autumn moon.

"What is ordered by adults is still the white of the three friends of Xiangguo Temple."

When Qiu Yue heard this, she was a little melancholy, and sighed: "Yesterday the snow fell urgently, and the plum bones were secretly fragrant. Tonight, the cicadas are lazy, but they are yellow in the green leaves. I remembered that the last time I drank this tea was when I was enjoying the plum blossoms in Xiangguo Temple, and in a blink of an eye, things have changed."

Zhu Zhitong took a sip of the tea bowl, only to feel that the tea liquid was moistened between the teeth, at first it was a little bitter, but when it was drunk into the throat, it was indescribably mellow and thick, and it was still sweet back to the tip of the tongue when it was still in the aftertaste, and the cheeks were full of relish.

Such a good tea, she was about to say thank you, but Eagletail had already bowed and withdrew.

"This maid of yours looks like a slave, but like a young lady from a rich family." Zhu Zhitong muttered to Qiuyue.

"She's not like, she's be." Qiu Yue put down the tea bowl and said as if she didn't care: "Eagle Tail is a well-known talented woman in my country, and her father is Danzheng Shaobi, which is equivalent to your fourth-rank official, although the official rank is not high, but the family education is extremely strict." ”

"No wonder she behaves like an ordinary maid, I can't find anything like that among my maids." Zhu Zhitong suddenly felt a little envious.

Qiu Yue said with a smile: "You have a great land and great resources, do you still need to envy others?" ”

"Of course, I'm envious of your delicate furniture alone."

Qiu Yue squinted at her for a while: "If the princess likes, I have some skilled craftsmen on this ship, and it would be good to teach these skills to the craftsmen of Bihai in the future?" ”

"Yes, yes." When Zhu Zhitong just clapped her hands and said yes, she suddenly reacted: "How can there be such a cheap thing, you must want me to help you again, right?" ”

"It seems that my reputation for Qiuyue is not very good for you, so let you be so guarded."

"You are such a god, how do I know that you are so dedicated, will there be some strange purpose."

Qiu Yue sighed and said, "Actually, why do you have to guard against me. My great-grandmother is still a member of your royal family, and we are originally related to each other. ”

"Huh? How come I've never heard of it? ”

“

Originally, my Liuxia Kingdom was not called by this name, but more than 100 years ago, it was called Liuyi. At that time, when your Bihai Kingdom was first built, the surrounding small countries of Haibang paid tribute, including our Liuyi Kingdom. At that time, the lord of the Liuyi Kingdom was twenty years old, and it was the time when the young man was in his prime. His Majesty the Founding Emperor saw that he liked him very much, so he accepted him as a righteous son, and promised the noble daughter of the clan to marry him. In addition, His Majesty the Emperor Ming also gave him the golden seal of the lord of the country, and gave one of the words in his name to the country of Liuyi as the name of the country to show honor, so we later changed our name to the country of Liulan. ”

"Ryulan?" Zhu Zhitong suddenly remembered something, "I've heard this name." It seems that the emperor's great-grandmother did have this past, and her old man's name has the word Lan Chun, and she took the word Lan and gave it to the lord of the country, but I don't know why there is no afterword. ”

"The noble girl who was married at that time was my great-grandmother, she used the seven-pointed orchid pattern all her life, but she has always adhered to the rule of bordering the pattern, just because she is the blood of the sideline, so when I saw the orchid pattern on your body, I was suspicious when I heard you say that it was Liu Mingyan's sister."

"I see......"

"My great-grandmother gave birth to eleven princes and nine princesses in her lifetime, and there were twelve royal descendants except for a few who died before they were minors. These twelve royal descendants have taken the titles of twelve fiefdoms, and they have their own surnames. ”

"So your ancestors are the Qiuyue clan?"

"Yes, Akizuki is a long-standing surname on the Tsukushi Peninsula, and my grandfather changed this surname since he became the owner of the Tsukushi Peninsula, and it is said that this ancient surname has been passed down for twenty-seven generations."

"Twenty-seven generations, this is really a long time. But your royal family is so prosperous, why did you suddenly lose news with the Bihai Kingdom? ”

"This has to start with these twelve royal families, among these twelve royal families, in addition to my Qiuyue clan, there is another clan whose strength is not equal, that is the Lin clan, which is one of the best clans like my Qiuyue clan. Since the Lin family established their surname, they have always wanted to override my Qiuyue clan, and the two families have been in dispute for more than ten years, and they are both biological princes, and it is difficult to mediate even the lord of the country at that time. Later, the lord of the country collapsed, and the throne was assigned to the successor of the Lin family. In fact, no one can say whether it is true or not, although my Qiuyue clan's fief is larger than the Lin clan, it is in the northernmost part of the country, and their fief is near Gyeonggi. As soon as the bad news of the lord of the country came out, my grandfather immediately rode to the capital, but when he arrived, he was already a step too late......"

"Do you mean to say that the Lin clan took advantage of your lord's critical illness to control the situation?"

Qiu Yue smiled bitterly: "These things are no longer clear to the evidence, in short, according to the edict held by the Lin family, the throne is passed on to him Lin family." ”

"Imperial power, it's the most tiring. You see how good we are, my two sisters, one is studious and diligent in national politics, the other has no desire to marry a princess, and I am at ease and free, and there will be no intrigue and cannibalism at all. ”

Although Zhu Zhitong understands Qiu Yue's suffering, she doesn't think so, in her heart, her sister is the future heir, there is no doubt about it. So, the blue sea

Everyone in the royal family just needs to do their part. Of course, her part is to just be happy. Thinking of this, she felt that Qiu Yue was a little pitiful.

"Actually, my Qiuyue clan doesn't have the intention of fighting for imperial power, my grandfather is a very peaceful person...... So after the Lin family took the throne, he didn't say anything, just did his duty as a courtier. Unexpectedly, since the Lin clan took power, they have changed their attitude towards the Bihai Kingdom, and feel that they should not be the lord of the country who has been given the title, but the imperial power granted by God. Later, the lord of the Lin clan sent an envoy to break off diplomatic relations with your Bihai Kingdom, and discarded the blue character in the name of the country and changed it to Liuxia Kingdom, so as to show that it has nothing to do with Bihai Kingdom. ”

(End of chapter)