Pushi River is the boundary river between Nanling and Dongling, Shen Lanxin, Gao Xu, and Ashin made a boat on the river for three days and three nights, and finally arrived in the territory of Tanglin, and took another day of carriage to reach Dongyang, the capital of Tanglin State.

The carriage stopped at an inn in Dongyang, Gao Xu got out of the carriage, and then helped Lan Xin down.

"This is Dongyang?" Shen Lanxin is like discovering a new continent, and everything he sees is very novel. "I think it's similar to Fengcheng."

Gao Xu was also here for the first time, and he also looked around and said, "Every country is pretty much the same, let's go in quickly." ”

Gao Xu asked for three upper rooms, Shen Lanxin returned to the room, and after a while, Xiao Er brought bath water.

After Shen Lanxin took a bath, he was called to his room by Gao Xu, and Gao Xu's room was next to his.

When she came in, Gao Xu was already sitting at the table drinking tea and waiting for her.

"Put this dress on!" He said.

Shen Lanxin glanced at the clothes on the table, took them back to the room with a sigh, and then went downstairs with Gao Xu to eat.

The three of them found a place to sit down, and asked for three dishes and three bowls of rice.

Shen Lanxin looked at his dress, and said with a slightly suspicious expression: "You won't let me dress up as your little servant and enter the palace with you, right?" ”

The three of them chatted while eating.

Gao Xu said lightly: "That's right, it's the king's little servant!" Tomorrow morning, you will enter the palace with this king. ”

"Enter the palace early tomorrow morning?" Shen Lan didn't know why, and his mood suddenly became nervous. "So fast!"

Gao Xu raised his eyebrows and said, "Are you too fast?" ”

Shen Lan hurriedly said, "No, no, I'm just a little apprehensive." With that, she continued to eat.

Gao Xu was puzzled: "Worried? ”

Shen Lanxin nodded. "Well, I don't know why, it's just a very nervous feeling."

Gao Xu smiled faintly and said, "Maybe you will feel this way when you enter the palace for the first time." ”

Shen Lan didn't think so, this was completely different from the mood she had when she entered the palace for the first time before.

She didn't speak, probably thinking that she was going to the palace with a purpose this time, so she was nervous.

After eating, the two went back to their rooms to rest, and Shen Lanxin was really bored in the room, so he went to the street.

Lan Xin has never been to Tanglin, and he is very curious about everything in Tanglin, so he was very interested when he came out, but after walking on the street for a while, he was a little impatient, and it was the same as Fengcheng, except that prosperity is prosperity, there is no big difference.

She felt bored in the room, but she didn't expect the outside to be even more boring than the room.

When she remembered that she was originally born here, she couldn't help but sigh with emotion, this should have been her hometown, but now she feels that everything here is so strange.

Just when Lan Xin was pondering, a man with a dirty face suddenly bumped into her, Lan Xin's intuition immediately told her that this person was a thief, she hurriedly touched her waist, and sure enough, the silver was gone.

Just as the man was about to run, Lan Xin hurriedly grabbed him.

scolded: "Stinky boy, you are so fat, you dare to steal your aunt's silver." ”

The man shook his hand violently and ran away from her with a swish.

"Stealing my money and still trying to run? Stop! Saying that, Lan Xin pulled his legs and chased after him.

It had always been someone else chasing her before, and this was the first time she had chased a thief.

After Lan Xin chased a few streets, the man suddenly disappeared.

Lan was out of breath, looking forward and backward, looking left and right, but there was no trace of that person. Angry, she stomped her foot.

"I'm so that I'm stolen when I go out."

Lan Xin went back to the inn dejectedly, and as soon as he entered the inn, he saw Gao Xu hurriedly going downstairs.

"Where have you been?" His voice was a little anxious.

Lan Xin sighed and said, "I went around the street." He sat down on a chair next to him.

Gao Xu also sat down, looked at her depressed expression, and asked, "Why do you sigh?" ”

Lan Xin put his hands on his face and said with a loveless look: "My silver has been stolen!" ”

"Your silver has been stolen?" Gao Xu couldn't help but laugh.

Seeing him smile so proudly, Lan Xin felt even angrier.

Lan Xin glanced at him: "I was stolen silver, and you are still in the mood to laugh." ”

Gao Xu laughed: "Don't you think your words make people laugh?" It's never always you who steal from others? Someone stole it today? ”

Lan Xin pouted and ignored him.

"If it hadn't been for that man's sudden disappearance, I would have almost caught him."

"I'm so." She grunted.

"I know what it's like to be stolen this time!" Gao Xu's cynicism made Lan Xin bite her lip.

"Why am I a little gloating when I hear you say this?"

Gao Xu said seriously: "It is indeed a little. ”

Lan Xin glared at him: "I'm too lazy to pay attention to you." ”

Then she muttered again: "Don't steal the rich, but come to steal me, don't let me catch him, if you catch me, you have to teach him a lesson." ”

Early the next morning, Lan Xin and Gao Xu entered the palace.

Emperor Tanglin has been waiting outside the Taihe Palace, to say that the emperor of a country is actually waiting for a prince, this treatment is no one, it can be seen that Dongling attaches great importance to the relationship with Nanling.

At this moment, a sharp voice came from the palace gate of the Taihe Palace.

"His Royal Highness King Nanling Qing to ......"

"Weichen Gao Xu see the Tanglin Emperor, may the Tanglin Emperor live long live and long live!" Gao Xu knelt down and saluted.

Lan Xin and Ashin also knelt down behind them.

"No need to be polite.

Lan Xin secretly looked up at the Tanglin Emperor, although this emperor was over forty-five years old, he still looked very young due to good maintenance, and his whole body exuded a kingly aura.

Lan Xin suddenly felt that this emperor gave people a very cordial feeling.

Behind a rockery not far away, a girl about eighteen years old dressed in green clothes was climbing up.

The maid was terrified, and stood below looking at her, urging her constantly:

"All right, princess, come down quickly! Don't be discovered by the emperor! This is not an ordinary scene, the emperor is receiving VIPs! If the emperor finds out that we are peeking here, he will definitely punish the slaves and maids severely. ”

The girl in green looked desperately, very excited.

"You don't call me on such an interesting occasion, my father is not interesting enough."

The emperor said: "King Nanling Qing came from afar, I am very happy, please!" ”

King Qing bowed his knees and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

While talking and laughing, Emperor Tanglin and Gao Xu turned around and walked inside, while Lan Xin stayed outside the palace with Ashin.

At this time, the girl in green suddenly slipped her foot and fell.

"Huh." The princess snorted in pain.

The maid was almost frightened, and hurriedly helped the princess up.

"Princess, how are you?"

Fortunately, the rockery is not very high, and the princess just fell and hurt her buttocks.

The princess said, "It's okay, it scares you." ”

Maid: "Princess, if you break it, the slave's life will be lost, so let's go back quickly." ”

The princess said impatiently, "Okay, okay, let's go back." The princess was deflated, "It's boring." ”

Lan Xin saw that Gao Xu and the emperor had been in for a while and did not come out, so he said to Ashin: "I estimate that he won't be able to come out for a while, or let's walk around." ”

"No, Aunt Shen......"

"Shh Lan Xin made a silent gesture and looked around again. "Call me Shen Da in the future."

Ashin covered his mouth and nodded hurriedly.

"Anyway, he won't be able to get out for a while, so I'll just walk around here.

Ashin felt that it was right, anyway, it would take at least an hour to talk to the Tanglin Emperor, and it would be okay to walk around the neighborhood, so he agreed to her.

Just as Lan Xin turned around and walked out of the palace gate, a man wearing a goose yellow brocade dress with a hurried look on the opposite side walked over and bumped into Lan Xin.

Lan Xin was knocked straight back, if it weren't for Ashin holding him behind, he would have to fall down by such a rock.

The man's footsteps were as steady as Mount Tai, without the slightest movement.

Lan Xin straightened his body, and when he looked closely, this person was quite handsome, with handsome sword eyebrows and a slender figure, but his expression looked like a sense of bohemianism.

In particular, the star and moon pattern on his belt immediately attracted Lan's attention, which was very beautiful and special.

When I first saw the man, I thought it was like I had seen it somewhere, but on second thought, it seemed unlikely, she was here for the first time.

The man looked at her in surprise, and because of the urgency of time, he didn't speak, so he walked directly to the Taihe Palace.

It turned out that this man was the prince of Tanglin, Li Yuanshi.

Lan Xin looked at Li Yuanshi's back with a confused expression.

"Are you alright, Shen Da?" Ashin asked.

Lan Xin shook his head: "It's okay." ”

Fengyi Palace.

The queen is holding scissors to trim the flower branches, speaking of the queen of Tanglin, her name is Jiang Huiyi, is the emperor's first queen, she has been with the emperor since childhood, the same age as the emperor, married him when the emperor was eighteen years old, when the emperor was still the king of Pingyang, he competed for the throne with the king of Annan, the queen had a lot of strategies around him, and later the king of Annan was killed, after the king of Pingyang ascended the throne, she was named the queen, and the husband and wife were deeply in love.

"Niangniang, try the newly made lotus paste cake in the kitchen." Fang Hua came here

Fang Hua is the queen's personal maidservant and has been by her side for more than thirty years.

The queen asked, "Are the distinguished guests of Nanling here?" ”

Fang Hua said: "Niangniang, you are already here, you should talk to the emperor in the Taihe Hall at this moment!" ”

The queen put down the scissors, took a lotus paste cake and put it in her mouth, and said, "It's too sweet," the queen's brows moved slightly, "Li'er likes to eat these desserts the most, keep them for her." After thinking about it, he asked again: "What about Li'er?" Why haven't I seen her for a long time? ”

Fang Hua smiled at it, "I'm afraid the princess is going to see the excitement." ”

The queen suddenly said angrily: "This Li Er is really unreasonable, she goes around playing all day long." ”

As soon as the words fell, a playful voice came from behind him.

"How does the queen mother know that I am going to play?"

Princess Yuanli suddenly came in from outside the door, saw a plate of lotus paste cake on the table, picked one up and ate it.

"It's so sweet! Delicious. "A lotus paste cake was eaten by Princess Yuanli in two bites, and her small mouth was bulging.

The queen looked at her in disbelief, she looked like a princess, and the queen was stunned.

"What are you doing here? Why do you look so embarrassed? ”

After Princess Yuanli swallowed the thing, she pouted and replied angrily:

"It's all my father's fault."

"Blame your father?" The queen was even more amazed.

"Yes, if he hadn't let me go to the Taihe Palace, I wouldn't have fallen from it......"

Fang Hua, who was standing on the side, couldn't help but interject and ask, "Where did you fall from?" ”

Princess Yuanli said lightly: "On the rockery! My father wouldn't let me go, so I had to climb the rockery to peek, but my ass hurt so much. ”

The queen's face was incredible.

"You actually climbed the rockery to take a peek?" The queen glared at Princess Yuanli, a little angry: "Li'er, you are getting more and more bold now, as a princess, you don't know how important things to do, how many times has this palace told you, you are a princess, you have to behave dignifiedly, you actually go to climb the mountain, what kind of body do you look like." ”

The princess disagreed, "I just went to take a peek, and I didn't do anything with Yuan Li!" ”

Her indifferent look, the queen was speechless.

She can't be so indulgent anymore, and it seems that she won't be restrained if she is not punished.

"Come on, bring the princess back to Qingyang Palace, think about it behind closed doors, and don't go out of the palace gate for half a step without the permission of the palace."

"I didn't do anything wrong, why do you keep banning my feet?"

Yuan Li's back was straight, his mouth pursed, and he looked like he was not afraid of heaven and earth, indicating that he was very unconvinced.

Several palace maids received orders and were about to go out. Princess Yuanli waved her hand and said:

"I'll go by myself, huh." Princess Yuanli angrily turned around and left.

The queen looked at her with a ruffian look, and she was really angry.

"It's getting worse and worse." The queen sighed.

Fang Hua saw that the queen frowned and looked worried, so he persuaded: "Princess Yuanli is still young and uncertain, maybe it will be fine in a few years." ”

The queen said: "Still young? Bengong is already married at her age, and she blames Bengong for spoiling her too much! There are no rules at all. ”

Fang Hua: "The more you ask her, the more counterproductive it is, this matter is not in a hurry!" ”

The queen sighed helplessly.

An hour later, the conversation with the emperor finally ended, and Gao Xu walked out of the Taihe Hall with the prince of Tanglin.

Li Yuanshi said with a smile: "King Qing came to Tanglin for the first time, he must stay here for a longer time, the Jingyue Xuan in the palace has been cleaned out, and King Qing lives there." ”

Gao Xu bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Royal Highness the Prince." ”

The two came to Lan Xin's face, "This is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." ”

When the two of them heard this, they hurriedly leaned over and saluted, "See His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Li Yuanshi said: "No courtesy." ”

"His Royal Highness Prince Xie." The two got up, Lan Xin bowed his head.

Li Yuanshi looked at Shen Lanxin quietly.

At this time, Lan Xin inadvertently collided with Li Yuanshi's gaze, and in the face of the inquiring gaze of the Tanglin Prince, although Lan Xin did not have any expression on his face, he was very puzzled in his heart, and he couldn't help but feel a little disgusted.

In the evening, the emperor held a state banquet for Gao Xu, attended by some important ministers of the imperial court, and the topic naturally revolved around the issue of friendship between the two countries.

Poked Ashin, pointed to himself and pointed out, signaling that he was going out, Ashin understood and nodded.

Lan Xin quietly retreated, came to a bench and sat down, beating his legs, muttering: "These officials, it's really nonsense, it's nothing more than the two countries continue to be friendly!" I had to throw such a big bend and talk so much nonsense, and my legs were sore when I stood there. ”

"That's right, it's nonsense." Suddenly, a voice came from behind her.

"Who's eavesdropping there?" Lan Xin hurriedly looked back and saw that it was the crown prince Li Yuanshi.

Lan Xin got up and saluted him, then sat down again and continued to hammer her leg, as if he didn't take him seriously.

Li Yuanshi stood in front of her and looked at her with interest, and somehow when he saw her for the first time, he had a special feeling for her, and he couldn't tell what it was like.

Lan Xin raised his eyes and glanced at him, and said unhappily: "Your Royal Highness doesn't know that staring at people like this is a very impolite behavior?" ”

Li Yuanshi was amused by her words, "You're not a woman, aren't you afraid to see it?" ”

When Lan Xin heard this, she was a little weak, she cleared her throat and said, "What am I afraid of?" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can watch enough if you want to! After thinking about it, he asked again: "Could it be that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a habit of breaking sleeves?" ”

"Broken sleeves?" When Li Yuanshi heard this, he couldn't help laughing!

Lan Xin continued to rub her legs, ignoring him.

At this time, Li Yuanshi smiled, sat next to her and asked, "What's your name?" ”

Lan Xin moved to the side, "Why should I tell you?" ”

Li Yuanshi smiled again, "You are the second person who doesn't take me seriously!" ”

"The second? Lan Xin was puzzled. "Who's the first one?" She asked, stopping what she was doing.

Li Yuanshi said: "My sister! ”

Lan Xin sneered and continued to rub his legs.

"Shen Da ......" At this time, Ashin came out and beckoned to her.

When Li Yuanshi heard this, he said, "Your name is Shen Da? ”

Lan Xin laughed at him and hurriedly got up and returned to the banquet.

Li Yuanshi looked at her back and said thoughtfully: "Shen Da? …… He laughed dryly and muttered, "It's a fake name when you hear it." ”

Immediately returned to the banquet.

Lan Xin quietly returned to Gao Xu's back.

"Where have you been?" Gao Xu asked in a low voice.

Lan Xin replied in a low voice: "I didn't go anywhere, there was a wind blowing outside." ”

Gao Xu advised: "Don't run around if it's okay. ”

"Oh." Lan Xin said softly.

Lan Xin followed Gao Xu all day and didn't rest much, so after the banquet, Lan Xin couldn't wait to return to Jingyue Xuan.

Another tiring and boring day was over.

Since Gao Xu came to Tanglin, his itinerary has been full.

On this day, Li Yuanshi invited him to the riding shooting range in Tanglin.

Suddenly, a white-feathered arrow swooped down on him like lightning.

Lan Xin's heart suddenly hanged.

And Gao Xu's speed seemed to be faster than lightning, and he caught the white feather arrow with his bare hands in the blink of an eye.

Li Yuanshi exclaimed: "I have long heard that King Nanling Qing is extraordinary, and when I saw it today, it really deserved his reputation." ”

Gao Xu smiled faintly and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has won the award." ”

"How? How's my archery? Princess Yuanli came over with a smile in a man's outfit with a bow.

Gao Xu looked up and down and asked, "Who is this?" ……”

Li Yuanshi smiled: "Let me introduce you, he is Princess Yuanli." ”

Gao Xu listened, "It turned out to be Princess Yuanli, the princess's archery skills are like gods, and I admire them." ”

It turned out to be a princess, this little girl, what's not fun to shoot people off-right, Lan Xin was startled, it was really a false alarm.

Gao Xu said again: "But this kind of dangerous thing, it is better for my daughter's family to encounter it less." As he spoke, he returned the White Feather Arrow to her.

Princess Yuanli took it.

"King Qing's words are wrong, why can you men be able to ride and shoot, but we women can't, men can go to the battlefield, and we women can also go to the battlefield." The princess retorted to him mercilessly, and what she said seemed to make sense, so that Gao Xu was powerless to refute.

This little girl is really able to speak, and Gao Xu can't say a word for the first time when she is blocked by such a milky little girl.

Suddenly, he regretted that he shouldn't have said that.

Lan Xin snickered in her heart, "You really deserve it, let you look down on women, this princess is a little similar to her character." ”

Li Yuanshi said: "King Qing is right, my daughter's family should not dance and play with swords all day long, but should learn more piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and the future is to teach her husband and children." ”

Princess Yuanli was not happy when she heard this. "Big brother, don't look down on women so much, okay?"

Li Yuanshi raised his eyebrows, "Where do I look down on women?" ”

"Looking down on a woman is not born of a woman." Lan Xin muttered quietly.

Lan Xin thought that his voice was as small as a mosquito, and no one could hear it, but the princess heard it.

"Yes, it's not a woman who looks down on a woman."

Li Yuanshi: "......

Gao Xu: "......

Lan Xin frowned, knowing that he was speechless, so he slapped himself in the mouth and turned around.

Princess Yuanli ran over and said to her, "It's rare that you have said a fair word for us women. ”

Lan Xin laughed dryly at her.

Straight to the point.

At this time, Li Yuanshi looked at Gao Xu with a smile, "We have already seen King Qing's skills, I don't know how King Qing's riding and archery is?" ”

As he spoke, he picked up the bow and arrow beside him, aimed at the bull's-eye in front of him, and with a whoosh arrow, he hit the red heart.

Gao Xu exclaimed: "Good archery." ”

Li Yuanshi smiled and handed the bow and arrow to Gao Xu, "Are you interested in giving it a try?" ”

Gao Xu raised his eyebrows lightly, and said with a faint smile: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince invited, how dare you not comply?" ”

Gao Xu immediately smiled and took the bow and arrow, aimed at the bull's-eye, and tightened the bowstring.

Lan Xin gently pushed Ashin: "Ashin, do you say Gao Xu can do it?" Everyone hit the bull's-eye. ”

Ah Xindao stared at Gao Xu and said without squinting: "Don't worry, although His Royal Highness the Prince's archery skills are good, the son's archery skills are not bad!" ”

"If you can't shoot the heart, you'll be ashamed." Lan Xin had words in his mouth.

Hearing only a whoosh, the white feather arrow shot straight into the red heart, splitting Li Yuanshi's arrow into two pieces.

Everyone was stunned.

Princess Yuanli hurriedly ran forward to pick up the two-petaled white feather arrow on the ground.

exclaimed: "Oh my God, it's split from the middle, this prince, you are really amazing." ”

Even Li Yuanshi couldn't help but praise: "King Qing's archery skills are really amazing, which is really impressive." ”

Not to mention Lan Xin, he was dumbfounded, whether this Gao Xu was a human or not, he could use this kind of stunt.