It has been a week since Shen Lanxin returned to the palace, and on this day, the sky was cloudless, the wind was beautiful, and there was an intermittent sound of the piano in the Tongxiang Palace.

"I don't think I'm the material for practicing, I always feel a little hard." Shen Lanxin sat in the courtyard and chatted with Princess Yuanli while practicing.

Whether it is Li Yuanli or Li Yuanshi, or other princes and princesses, as royal children, they are all proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but Shen Lan is not good at it, so if she continues like this, she will not only make others laugh and lose her big teeth, but also lose the royal face, so she has been practicing her piano skills hard in the past few days.

Li Yuanli shook his head but didn't think so, "Don't worry, sister, practicing the piano is not something that can be practiced in one or two days."

Shen Lanxin sighed deeply, a trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes, "Hey...... I really envy you, you want to be talented, you want to be beautiful, look at me again, although my appearance is passable, but the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are all incompetent, it's really nerve-wracking. ”

Princess Yuanli said disapprerovingly: "What about beautiful appearance, my heart is not beautiful, and I am not an empty skin." She clearly meant something.

Shen Lan laughed in her heart, and naturally she could hear what she meant, she stopped playing the piano and said, "Are you talking about Princess Yuanjing?" You don't seem to like her? ”

Princess Yuanli sat up suddenly, pouted and said, "I just don't like her arrogant appearance because she has the favor of her father." ”

Seeing that Princess Yuanli looked angry, as if she had suffered a lot of grievances from her, Shen Lan asked with great interest, "Oh? What's wrong with her? ”

Princess Yuanli said: "She, when she is angry, she will be angry with the palace maids, and the palace maids of Xinyang Hall have been beaten all over by her." ”

Shen Lanxin's mind couldn't help flashing the scene when Princess Yen Jing beat the palace maid, a weak woman, extremely vicious, I don't feel cold in my heart, a little princess, arrogant and domineering, abusing palace people as commonplace, without kindness, her mother is Qi Guifei, who is deeply favored by her father, but her father is busy with government all day long, so he naturally has no time to care about these sesame mung beans, even the queen mother has to give her mother Qi Guifei three points of thin noodles, but now there is not even a person to suppress her, if it continues like this, will it be a big disaster sooner or later.

When Shen Lan was distracted, he heard Princess Yuanli muttering there: "It's strange that my cousin likes her!" ”

Shen Lanxin raised his eyes and glanced at her, but didn't say anything more.

Princess Yuanli watched Shen Lanxin bow her head and puff the strings, and she didn't make a sound for a long time, and felt that her sister was probably a little boring in practicing, so she said with great interest: "Sister, the weather is so good today, why don't we go to the eldest brother to practice riding and shooting?" ”

Shen Lanxin's movements stopped, "Riding and shooting? But I haven't finished my piano yet? ”

"Practicing the piano is not as fun as archery and horseback riding, let's go, sister." Princess Yuanli tugged at her sleeve and pleaded.

To be honest, Lan Xin has been practicing the piano for so long, and he feels very tired, so it's good to go and relax. Shen Lanxin scratched her nose and smiled, "Okay." ”

Princess Yuanli pulled her sleeve and rubbed it on her shoulder, and said coquettishly: "Sister, you are so good." ”

So the two went to Showa Palace together, and when they got there, they saw King Yue and Princess Yuanjing watching Jiang Yuan and Prince Li Yuanshi play chess.

Jiang Yuan glanced at it and saw that Princess Yuanli was passing through the Moon Cave Gate, and when he looked again, he was followed by Shen Lanxin.

Just when I lost my mind......

"You've lost." At this time, the prince ate almost all of his sunspots.

"I was going to lose." Jiang Yuan smiled calmly, put the chess pieces in his hand back into the box, he glanced not far away, and said with a smile: "Your two sisters are coming to you." ”

Everyone turned around and saw Princess Yuanxin and Princess Yuanli walking towards this side.

"Big brother." Shen Lanxin shouted, her eyes looked at Jiang Yuan again, and she smiled politely at him.

Jiang Yuan would also give her a smile, and his smile was brighter than Lan Xin's.

Shen Lanxin's gaze suddenly fell on Princess Yuan Jing, smiled sweetly at her, and greeted politely: "Yuan Jing." ”

Princess Yuanjing is a narrow-minded person, so when she sees Shen Lan, she can't help but feel disgusted, and now in front of Jiang Yuan, she can't show it, so she can only pretend to be very polite

said with a smile: "Sister Huang is good." ”

Although he said so, he wished that she was far away from him.

Shen Lanxin smiled faintly, and she could see that her gaze was full of disdain for herself.

She looked at King Yue again, who had a somewhat unfamiliar face, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, looking like he was about twenty, presumably it was Li Yuanhui, the son of Concubine Qi.

Shen Lanxin stepped forward and smiled slightly: "I guessed right, this should be Li Yuanhui, the king of Yue, right?" ”

King Yue smiled slightly: "Sister Yuanxin's eyes are really poisonous, and she knows who I am if you don't say it." ”

Shen Lanxin smiled faintly and said: "How can my eyes be so poisonous, the people in the palace say that King Yue is beautiful and gentle, besides, I heard that Concubine Chen's child is only fifteen years old, and you don't look like fifteen years old, so I guessed seven or eight points." ”

King Yue couldn't help but laugh when he heard this.

Shen Lanxin couldn't help but smile and said, "It seems that I really guessed right." ”

Seeing Princess Yuanli affectionately holding Shen Lanxin, the prince couldn't help but tease: "It seems that I am finally liberated." ”

Princess Yuanli was puzzled: "What do you mean?" ”

The prince smiled and looked at Shen Lanxin, "In the past, Yuan Li always pestered me and asked me to accompany her, but now I have finally changed people." ”

"Isn't that annoying?" He suddenly leaned into Lan Xin's ear and whispered.

With a snort, Shen Lanxin couldn't help laughing.

Princess Yuanli snorted, stared at the prince with a small face, and said, "Who do you say is annoying?" My sister won't bother me! After speaking, he pulled Lan Xin's arm, "Isn't it sister?" ”

Shen Lanxin smiled like a flower, and playfully scraped Princess Yuanli's nose.

Princess Yuanli smiled, turned her head and said, "Big brother, we are here to find you to ride and shoot, it just so happens that everyone is here, why don't we go together." ”

When the prince heard this, he immediately said, "Okay, I haven't been there for a long time." ”

He looked at Jiang Yuan, "Let's go together." ”

Jiang Yuan nodded and said, "Okay, I haven't been there for a long time." ”

After a while, everyone came to the riding range.

Princess Yuanli picked up a bow and arrow, opened the bow and shot it towards the center of the target, and shot out of the red heart with a whoosh.

"Yes, Yuan Li, your archery skills seem to have improved again." Jiang Yuan couldn't help but praise.

Princess Yuanli said disapprerovingly: "Where is this, I have to be at the same level as King Qing." ”

Shen Lanxin smiled slightly.

Jiang Yuan opened his bow and aimed at the bull's-eye and was just about to shoot out, so he took it back and looked at Princess Yuanli, looked slightly suspicious, and asked, "King Qing?" ”

At this time, the crown prince answered, "She is talking about King Nanling Qing, and his archery skills are indeed above me." ”

Jiang Yuan suddenly shot the arrow out, hitting the red heart. At this time, he said: "Archery can be above Yuan Shi, that is indeed very powerful." ”

"That King Qing is not only powerful in archery, but also powerful in martial arts, but also handsome, and his appearance is not below you!"

Princess Yuanli praised King Qing vigorously, which made Jiang Yuan, the first beautiful man, feel a little apprehensive! "Look at you, you all praise him to heaven."

Princess Yuanli smiled and stuck out her tongue at him again.

Princess Yuanjing was fiddling with arrows beside her, and when she heard this, she was immediately unhappy, and couldn't help but say: "That's it, how can anyone talk to outsiders, Yuan Li, you are growing the ambition of others and destroying your own prestige." ”

Everyone knows that Princess Yuanjing likes Jiang Yuan, so she is naturally unhappy when she hears Princess Yuanli constantly praising others.

Princess Yuanli glanced at her and said, "What, don't you want to listen?" ”

Princess Yuanjing also glanced at her and said, "Jiang Gongzi is your cousin, of course I don't want to listen to you praise an outsider like this in front of him." ”

Princess Yuanli was not to be outdone: "If you don't like to listen, you can cover your ears, no one tells you to listen." ”

At this time, the prince glanced at the stable, turned back and said, "Why don't we come to the horse race?" ”

Princess Yuanjing just opened her mouth to refute, but was interrupted by the prince's words.

Li Yuanhui, the king of Yue, said: "Okay, then I'll pick a horse." With that, the first one walked towards the stable.

Shen Lan hurriedly said, "I don't know how to ride a horse." ”

All of them can ride horses, but she can't.

Princess Yuan Jing sneered, and said in a strange manner, "What are you doing not how to ride a horse?" See the scenery? ”

In the face of Princess Yuanjing's cynicism, Shen Lanxin didn't say anything, but felt a little embarrassed.

Princess Yuanli naturally couldn't look past her sister when she was teased, so she replied to her without hesitation: "What's wrong with the scenery, isn't the scenery of the shooting range bad?" ”

Don't look at Princess Yuanli's young age, this mouthful of kung fu is first-class, and she never suffers.

Princess Yuanjing glanced at her disdainfully and ignored her.

At this time, Jiang Yuan suddenly said to her: "It's okay, I can teach you if you don't know how to ride!" ”

Shen Lanxin was just about to say something when Princess Yuanjing took the first step to speak: "No, you can't teach her." ”

Yuan Li rushed to Princess Yuan Jing and said arrogantly: "Why can't my cousin teach my sister." ”

Princess Yuanjing glanced at her and said, "She won't just let her eldest brother teach, why let Jiang Gongzi teach?" ”

Yuan Li sneered, "It's really interesting, she is my cousin and my sister's cousin, is there a problem with letting my cousin teach, when will it be your turn to take care of our family affairs!" After speaking, he threw a sentence to Jiang Yuan, "Cousin, that sister will be handed over to you." ”

Shen Lanxin's original intention was to refuse, but the two girls didn't give her a chance to speak at all, and now that she wanted to speak, Princess Yuanli had already run away.

The two were silent for a while, and Jiang Yuan looked at the stable not far away.

turned his head sideways and said to Shen Lanxin: "Let's go, I'll take you to pick a horse." ”

Shen Lanxin hesitated, forget it, since he wants to teach, then she will learn well, seeing that Jiang Yuan has already left, Shen Lanxin stubbornly followed.

Everyone went to the stables, but Princess Yuanjing was left in the same place, her face was flushed with anger, and she looked at Shen Lanxin with unwilling hatred.

"Don't be too complacent, one day I'll make you look good."

When he came to the stable, Shen Lanxin picked a jujube red horse, this horse's hair color is very uniform, and its appearance is also beautiful.

"With vision, this horse is good." Jiang Yuan immediately smiled slightly, "This horse is the most expensive horse in the stable." ”

The reason why Shen Lanxin chose this one was because this horse looked very docile, which made her look very pleasing to the eye.

Jiang Yuan carefully helped her onto the horse, and then turned over and sat behind him.

The two rode the same horse.

Shen Lanxin sat in front of Jiang Yuan, his arms around her and holding the reins, the horse walked very slowly, he was afraid that Shen Lanxin would be afraid.

Shen Lan's heart lowered his eyes, the two were close together, Lan Xin could feel Jiang Yuan's strong heartbeat and the sound of breathing, and couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable.

Jiang Yuan is two years younger than the prince, and he has the same kind of bohemian and uninhibited temperament as the prince, so the two get along very well on weekdays, but Li Yuanshi is more calm than him, so Jiang Yuan is not only good-looking, but also very popular.

Jiang Yao suddenly spoke: "Aren't you scared?" ”

Shen Lan turned his head and said lightly: "How do you know that I am afraid?" ”

"People who don't know how to ride a horse are scared for the first time they ride a horse, especially women." Jiang Yuan's tone was very determined.

Shen Lanxin sneered, this person is really ......, "It's just riding a horse, there's nothing to be afraid of." ”

It's not like she hasn't ridden before.

Jiang Yuan smiled, "You have a lot of guts. ”

Shen Lanxin couldn't see his expression, so he could only say lightly: "Cousin is right, my courage is indeed not small. ”

Jiang Yuan said in a natural tone, "If it was an ordinary girl, I'm afraid I would have trembled with fright." ”

Shen Lan said disdainfully: "The ordinary girl my cousin said should be the kind of lady who doesn't go out of the door, right?" It's a pity I'm not. ”

Jiang Yuan raised his eyebrows, "Why do you always refuse people to be thousands of miles away?" ”

Shen Lan's heart and mind also turned quickly, and said, "Where did my cousin start with this?" You are my cousin, after all, we are a family, why refuse you to say thousands of miles away? ”

He laughed dryly, thinking that this cousin was really smart, and choked him speechless in three or two sentences.

He smiled dumbly: "You are really sharp-toothed! ”

Shen Lanxin said lightly: "My cousin is falsely praised, I don't dare to be it." ”

Jiang Yuan looked ahead, a hint of excitement flashed in his eyes, "To be honest, I'm very interested in your cousin. ”

"Interested?" Shen Lanxin didn't expect him to say so simply and directly, he only felt that this word was too frivolous, and said with a hint of contempt in his faint tone: "After interest, it is boring." ”

"Seriously, I do have a crush on you." Jiang Yuan's expression was extremely serious, but Shen Lanxin couldn't see it.

Shen Lanxin lowered his eyes and said coldly: "I appreciate my cousin's kindness, but I am used to it alone, so I have to live up to my cousin's kindness." ”

No one will refuse his courtship, and if there is, either they are psychologically abnormal or the other party already has someone in their hearts.

Shen Lanxin in front of her doesn't look like a mentally ill person, the only possibility is that she already has a preconceived idea in her heart.

Jiang Yuan decided to test her, "I'm afraid you're not used to being alone, but you have someone in your heart, right?" ”

He was right, because there was already a person living in her heart, so he wanted to squeeze into her heart, I was afraid that there was no door, but she was not afraid that he would know, so she simply admitted it, so he was so desperate. She smiled slightly: "My cousin is smart and wise, and he can guess well." ”

He guessed right, she really had someone in her heart, and Jiang Yuan couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

"Do you really have someone in your heart?" Jiang Yuan didn't seem to believe it, and confirmed it again.

Shen Lanxin frowned slightly, and seemed unwilling to continue to dwell on this topic, so he said impatiently: "That's right, cousin, you are a smart person, you not only have a good family background and good looks, but you are also both civil and military, what kind of woman do you want, so don't waste time on me in the future." ”

"I'm going to get off the horse."

Jiang Yuan confessed to people with enthusiasm, and was instantly extinguished by a splash of cold water, the taste of rejection was really uncomfortable, his mind was a little upset at the moment, he had never failed to confess, no, he should have never confessed to anyone, this is the first time.

Shen Lanxin thought he hadn't heard, so he said it again.

A smile slipped from the corner of Jiang Yuan's lips, as if he hadn't heard it, and he couldn't help but speed up the horse.

Shen Lanxin shouted: "Jiang Yuan, what are you doing?" ”

"Teach you how to ride a horse! You forgot? A hint of sly trick crossed the corners of his mouth.

The horse began to gallop wildly, and Shen Lanxin's heart also became flustered, and his two hands also grasped the reins tightly, for fear of being thrown out by the horse.

"He also said that he was not afraid, but he was clearly afraid to die." Jiang Yuan's words revealed a hint of ridicule.

Why are you women always duplicitous?

Shen Lan was a little annoyed, "I'm going to get off the horse, did you hear it!" Stop it. ”

The horse's hooves are trampling, and the people on their backs are dancing with streamers.

Jiang Yuan said proudly: "I won't stop, didn't you say that you are bold?" Do you have the ability to jump? ”

He didn't provoke her, he was sure that she didn't have the guts.

Seeing that she didn't speak, he thought she was scared, but then her actions shocked him deeply.

Shen Lanxin suddenly bit his left hand, biting kung fu, Shen Lanxin did not retreat at all, Jiang Yuan was in pain, and immediately loosened the reins, Shen Lanxin jumped sideways, and jumped off the horse.

Suddenly, her body turned over several times, Jiang Yuan was shocked, immediately tightened the reins, turned over and dismounted.

Shen Lan's heart was full of grass clippings, and although he looked embarrassed, there was a look of success on his face.

Jiang Yuan hurriedly ran to her side and scolded angrily: "Are you crazy? How dare you vault? You are not afraid ....... ”

Shen Lanxin couldn't help but laugh when he looked at his panicked appearance, "Afraid of death, right?" ”

Jiang Yuan looked at her in surprise.

The corners of Shen Lan's heart hooked, and his eyes were full of disdain, "I've experienced even the most thrilling things, just a vault, will I be afraid?" ”

Jiang Yuan couldn't help but be stunned, now he really couldn't understand, what kind of woman was she? Thinking of this......

Shen Lanxin suddenly got up, dusted the grass clippings on his head, smiled at him, and turned to leave.

Today's Shen Lan's heart really made his heart flutter, and at the same time strengthened his heart, this cousin who made her fall in love at first sight.

On the way back, Jiang Yuan walked very slowly, and the prince glanced back at him, and when he saw that his gaze was locked on Shen Lanxin, he suddenly showed a trace of unease.

Without a trace, he stepped back to his side and left, "Are you ......?" ”

Jiang Yuan looked at Shen Lanxin, who was greeting Princess Yuanli in front of him, his eyes gradually deepened, and he couldn't help asking, "What do you say?" ”

"Do you really like Xin'er?" The prince thought this was incredible, he didn't expect Jiang Yuan to like a girl like Shen Lanxin, when did he change his vision?

Jiang Yuan glanced at him and said meaningfully: "You and my brother have been friends for many years, don't you know me, for so many years, have you ever seen me so attentive to other women?" ”

The prince couldn't help but be surprised, "You better give up, my sister won't like you." "To tell the truth, Jiang Yuan's woman popularity is very good, and there are a lot of wild bees and butterflies around him, but he has a very high vision, those are just plays, he has always been very clean, but the prince feels that the two of them are not suitable for being together, and Shen Lanxin will not like a man like her.

Jiang Yuan raised his eyebrows and asked rhetorically, "You're not her, how do you know that she won't like me?" ”

Li Yuanshi frowned slightly, a trace of worry flashed in his eyes, "Who are you Jiang Yuan?" If you don't have any beautiful women, you can go outside and choose one you like, why do you have to waste time on my sister? Don't say I didn't warn you, you'll regret it. ”

Jiang Yuan ignored his words, but a meaningless smile crossed the corner of his mouth, "I, Jiang Yuan, have never been people who give up easily, and I will not regret it." After speaking, he didn't even say hello, and left without hesitation.

Looking at Jiang Yuan's back, the prince shook his head secretly and sighed helplessly, he knew that Jiang Yuan was not a person who gave up easily.

Princess Yuanjing saw Jiang Yuan leaving in a hurry, so she shouted, but Jiang Yuan didn't pay attention to her, and walked farther and farther.

"Why are you in such a hurry!" Princess Yuan Jing couldn't help but mutter.

Shen Lan subconsciously looked back at the prince, and the two looked at each other very tacitly, and Shen Lan was at ease.

In the evening, Shen Lanxin took out the silk handkerchief of the day, and took out the sachet given to her by Qi Guifei, regardless of the color, texture, touch, embroidery, it was exactly the same, there was no difference, she concluded that it was from the same person.

If the mastermind behind it is Qi Guifei, then who is that man? Why did he hide this silk handkerchief on his body? This silk handkerchief is embroidered with a flower and a lotus, the meaning is clear, could it be that Qi Guifei had an affair with that man? Thinking of this, Shen Lan couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.

But why did Concubine Qi send someone to kill herself? Back then, she was just an infant baby, and she was still ...... The person she wants to kill is the queen mother? But why did she kill her mother? Because jealousy is going to take its place? Or what is the reason? And what about that man? The concubine's fornication is a capital crime, it happened when it happened in the palace, more than 20 years have passed, and a bold idea suddenly appeared in Shen Lan's mind, and then she denied it again, no, this is a bit too incredible...... At this time, Qiuyue knocked on the door outside the door and came in .......

Shen Lan's expression flashed with vigilance, and he hurriedly put away the silk handkerchief.

Qiu Yue walked in with a basin of water and said, "Princess, it's not early, you can wash and sleep!" ”

Shen Lanxin glanced at the hour, it was already late in the morning, and she decided to visit Concubine Qi early tomorrow morning.