Zhang Shiqing likes to ride horses, on the way to Saiwai, she has to take a vehicle, sitting in the stuffy carriage in a regular manner, in addition to the colorful rings, there are two servants accompanied by her, an old man at home, a woman from He Rongbu, they sit at the door of the carriage like statues, never chat with each other, the princess occasionally moves, but the two will look at each other at the same time.

Zhang Shiqing is now a princess, on the first day of the new emperor's accession to the throne, he canonized his sister as the eldest princess, still adding the name Fangde, Zhang Shiqing didn't feel that there was any change, she was still her, and many of the princess's benefits were all the moon in the water, the flowers in the mirror, and even before she had time to accept the congratulations of many partners, she was sent to a carriage like a cage.

Before the trip, some people visited the eldest princess with different moods, and persuaded her to accept her fate in a roundabout way, Zhang Shiqing all smiled: "Are you worried that I will run away again?" No, I'll go wherever the court sends me, Saiwai, Huaizhou...... Even if it is an isolated island in the sea, I will not object, let alone run away. If that's what you call resignation, I think I'm accepting fate. In short, the world is important, the Zhang family is important, whoever is the emperor's sister will inevitably have such a fate, what is so special about me? ”

There was a trace of dissatisfaction hidden in these words, which made Feng Juniang sigh, the king of Jibei sneered, the new emperor smiled, and the princess cried bitterly.

Zhang Shiqing wanted to comfort his mother: "Don't cry anymore, maybe this is the trick, I will never see my mother again, at least let me remember your smile." ”

The princess cried even more sadly—although her son became the emperor and her daughter became the eldest princess, her honorific title had not changed, she was still the princess, and she could not obtain the corresponding status until the ministers discussed it repeatedly—she cried that her daughter told the truth, and it was probably a farewell.

The day before leaving, the news that the two kings had been captured came, and Zhang Shiqing had no choice.

Emperor Zhang Shiyu came to visit his sister again and said, "We all have to grow up, not as soon as possible, but immediately." Yecheng needed 100,000 cavalry, because the Zhang family had nowhere to retreat. When my sister gets over there, she has to work hard, even if not for me, but for my father. ”

"What if He Rongbu refuses to borrow troops, or has ill intentions, borrowing troops instead of luring wolves into the house? What am I going to do? ”

Zhang Shiyu couldn't answer his sister's question, so he could only smile and say: "Impossible, impossible, He Rongbu has been waiting for me to ascend the throne, and now everything is as expected, why do they have different hearts?" ”

Zhang Shiqing didn't ask any more, but after getting in the car, he kept thinking about it in his heart, and secretly wondered, if he asked Xu Ji, what kind of answer would he get? At least he doesn't blindly deny the existence of the problem.

When he stopped to rest in the evening of the first day, He Rong Pingshan came to visit his fiancée, there was no red tape outside, and Zhang Shiqing was not a shy princess, one of them stood outside, the other sat in the car, and looked at each other.

He Rongpingshan said: "The princess is not tired, right?" ”

"Why can't I ride a horse?" Zhang Shiqing asked, in fact, she felt very tired, more tired than walking, "It is said that everyone outside the Cypriot riding horses, even children who can just walk are no exception, why do I have to take a car?" ”

He Rongpingshan showed a hint of a smile, "Because you are a princess of Tiancheng." ”

"So what?"

"So you have to look like a princess, if you are no different from a woman outside the Saiwai, why should I go all the way to marry back? I've heard a lot about the princess, and I don't care about it, but I hope that the princess can get rid of the little problems on her body from today onwards, and behave politely, so that the Tiancheng court will have a light on her face, and I will have a light on my face. ”

"There's light on your face right now." Zhang Shiqing couldn't help but say.

He Rong Pingshan raised his hand and touched his cheek, "This is the oil on the face, the princess will see it in the future, but you must not have it." ”

The people of He Rongbu did not want to stay at the inn, so they set up tents and fed the horses on the roadside.

Entering the tent, the two servant women went to arrange food, there were no outsiders around, Zhang Shiqing's eyes were red, and he almost cried, forcibly held back, bit his lip, took a deep breath, and smiled on his face again.

Colorful understood the princess's mood best, and stepped forward and whispered: "The princess doesn't have to be sad, Xu Gongzi may ......"

"Don't mention him."

"Doesn't the princess believe him? Although Xu Gongzi didn't say it explicitly, I think he made a promise that he would definitely not watch the princess marry someone else. ”

He ...... He has done everything he can and taught me many useful things, especially watching the so-called general trend, I saw it, so I don't resist, he can't resist, no one can. I used to hate my brother and father, and I hated Huanyan, but now I just sympathize, they are also being chased by the general trend, desperately running, just to be able to take the first step, where is the spare time to take care of others? ”

"Ah...... This 'general trend' is really bad enough, but I think that the emperor, Lord Huanyan, and Prince Xu will still take care of the princess. Colorful didn't understand what the princess was saying.

"In today's world, no one can take care of others unless they protect themselves, and I don't need to take care of them."

"Am I still taking care of the princess?"

"We're not talking about the same thing." Zhang Shiqing smiled.

"Does the princess want to drink? The two old hens refused to offer wine, so I went and stole a bottle. Colorful became more and more unable to understand the princess's words, so she used the most effective means to please the princess.

Thinking of the short and fat figures of the two servants, Zhang Shiqing couldn't help but smile again, and his mood improved slightly, "If you don't drink, you've only been away from home for a day, what are you doing to provoke those idleness?" ”

The princess was unmoved by drinking, and Colorful was surprised, "It's just drinking, who is it that makes you angry?" ”

"Didn't you hear? The barbarian king wants me to look like a 'princess of heaven'...... I'm not in the mood anyway, so let's rest early after the meal and don't let the two old hens stay in the tent. ”

The two servants returned, and served the princess at dinner, and then slept in the tent.

Colorful came forward for the master and said to the two women: "You can't stay here, when you are in the car during the day, you will snore and make a lot of noise." The princess will have a good rest, and you will be on the road tomorrow, and you will sleep elsewhere. ”

"Oh, I haven't closed my eyes all day, and it's definitely not me who snores."

The two servants blamed each other, but in the end they were pushed out by Colorful and never dared to come in again.

Zhang Shiqing snickered, and suddenly thought that he would probably only be able to find some fun in this kind of trivial matter in the future, and he couldn't help but feel sad, unwilling to show it in front of the colorful, so he went to bed early and lay down.

She has been pampered since she was a child, she has slept anywhere after being drunk, and she does not feel uncomfortable with the hard bed under her, what makes her sad is that she is far away from her parents' homeland, and she is fine when she is awake, once she falls into a dream, it is full of scenes where she is abandoned by various people, no matter how she begs and shouts, she can't recall the figure that is far away.

"Princess! Princess! ”

Zhang Shiqing was woken up, and it was pitch black in front of her, and Colorful was pushing her.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Shiqing asked in a hoarse voice, still immersed in sadness, and reached out to touch it, his face and pillow were covered with tears.

"The princess has a nightmare, shouting loudly, I'm afraid...... attracted others, so the princess was woken up. Feeling the wet marks, she took out the silk handkerchief and carefully wiped the princess's cheeks.

"I ...... I dreamed of my parents. ”

"Really? The princess kept shouting 'Xu Ji'. ”

"Huh? Why am I calling him? He...... He didn't even see me off. ”

"I don't know, listening to the princess's shout, it seems to be complaining about him."

"It's even stranger, he doesn't owe me anything, what is there to complain about? You must have heard it wrong, go to sleep, I'm fine. ”

"Oh." Colorful walked away and left the silk handkerchief.

Zhang Shiqing lay quietly, and fell asleep again after a while, this time the dream was clearer, there were no outsiders, only Xu Ji, showing a boring smile, talking about boring clichés, even walking seemed boring, always unhurried, no matter how anxious Zhang Shiqing was, he didn't dare to speed up.

Even in a dream, Zhang Shiqing knew that he was crying, and tried not to make a sound, so as not to wake up Colorful again.

The next itinerary has not changed, Zhang Shiqing has to sit in the car every day, under the care and monitoring of two old women, He Rong Pingshan occasionally visited, saw the princess sitting still, he nodded to express satisfaction, if he saw that the princess was tired, or there were tears on his face, he would severely accuse the two servants and maids of Colorful, saying that they did not do their best.

Zhang Shiqing defended the three of them at first, but then she didn't bother to speak anymore, so she could only make her makeup impeccable, but at night, she still kept dreaming, with nightmares and sweet dreams, which could make her laugh out loud, and suddenly went back to the past.

She doesn't count the time, when she is really bored, she thinks about what Xu Ji said, and thinks about how to fight openly and secretly with the women of the Shen family after she arrives outside the Saiwai, although she has not calculated the same trick, but she thinks of a lot of winning scenes, and every time she leads her troops south and saves Yecheng.

Of course, she understood that this was impossible, even if He Rongbu sent troops south as promised, it would not be her turn to lead the troops.

What saddened her the most was that even if she really "won a big victory", she couldn't be happy.

It was raining that day, and the team set up camp early.

After nightfall, the rain didn't stop, knocking on the tent, Zhang Shiqing held a cup of hot tea, couldn't sleep, didn't want to chat, and sat on the bed silently in a daze.

Colorful in the eyes, blindly distressed, but I don't know how to persuade each other, only cut the candle from time to time to keep the candlelight bright.

A soldier of He Rong entered uninvited, and the rain on his body kept dripping, and soon he was soaking in his footsteps.

Except for He Rong Pingshan, no one from He Rong's department dared to approach the princess, but Zhang Shiqing was very happy, looked up, lowered his gaze and continued to be in a daze.

Colorful was startled, and immediately stood up and stood in front of the princess, "Who are you?" Who allowed you in? Don't know if this is the princess's residence? ”

The soldier spoke: "My name is Tian Jiang, and I have come to ask the county lord to go on the road." ”

"What fieldman?" Colorful inexplicable.

Zhang Shiqing knew the name, first surprised, and then ecstatic, threw away the teacup in his hand, didn't even wear shoes, stood up freely, and didn't ask for details, and said directly: "I've been waiting for you for a long time." ”

Tian Jiang was surprised, "The county lord knows that I will come?" Forget it, don't talk about this. The opportunity is rare, let's go now, and go to Yuyang to hide for a while. ”

"Good. Colorful come with me, right? ”

"Of course I'm going to follow the princess, but...... Who is this man? ”

"He is a good friend of Xu Ji and Sister Feng." Zhang Shiqing showed an irrepressible smile.

"Friends?" Tian Jiang was not very sure about this, he came here to ask the county lord's intentions first, but now seeing the county lord's expression, he felt that there was no need for this, "The county lord can ride a horse?" ”

"If you throw me ten steps away, count me as losing."

Tian Jiang also smiled.

"When is Xu Ji coming?" Zhang Shiqing asked.

"Xu Ji acted secretly, no one could guess, it is said that he went to see King Liang and did not go north."

Zhang Shiqing was a little disappointed, but immediately became happy again, and said in an affirmative tone that he had never had before: "He will definitely come." ”

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