Several carriages galloped along the official road, and the coachman seemed to feel that he was not fast enough, and he was still urging the horses with his whip. A few fast horses followed closely behind the car, and the dust on the official road covered the Qianling County, which was gradually distant.

"Xianggong, slow down, I can't stand it." Wanyo held on to the car window, her hair was scattered by the bumps, and her arms were sore.

Yuanhang and Yilan sat on the other side of the carriage, also dizzy, the muscles on their faces trembled up and down, and they accidentally bit their tongues.

"Stop, stop." Yuanhang slapped the carriage hard, and the carriage finally came to a slow stop. After getting out of the carriage, Yilan felt uncomfortable in her stomach and squatted on the side of the road and vomited.

Qinghe was supported by Liqiu, got down in another carriage, held the carriage, and said weakly: "Xianggong, take a rest, it's too fast." ”

Yuanhang looked back at the way he came, looked at Dao Zi, and said, "How far have we come?" ”

"Young master, it's not less than twenty miles away." Dao Zi got off the horse and led the horse over and replied.

"Okay, take a break." Yuanhang sat on the side of the road and felt dizzy.

"Young master, thirty miles away, there will be a post station, let's go slowly." Ah Jin looked at the sun, and he would be able to reach the post station before dusk.

"Hmm." Yuanhang nodded in response.

After a short break, everyone slowed down and moved on.

Liqiu and Qinghe also squeezed into this car, the car was not spacious, if it was just two or three people, now the five people were crowded, and Yuanhang had to sit on the floor of the carriage.

"Xianggong, why are we hiding from that princess?" Yilan sat on the side of the door and asked with her head down.

Yuanhang had a bitter face and replied: "The ninth princess will go to the mansion tomorrow to see her grandfather, and she will take me back to the back hall, if I don't run, I'm afraid I won't have a chance." ”

"Xianggong, are we going to Jingzhou now?" Liqiu's eyes flashed wide, and he looked over in a flash.

"Well, all the way." After speaking, he raised his head and instructed: "You don't want to cause trouble, if it weren't for you, He Ji would have to go after resting in Qianling for two days and hurrying." ”

"Oh, got it." Liqiu pursed his mouth and stopped making a sound.

Seeing that a few people were silent, Yuantu knew that Fang had just made a hurry, and the weather was hot, and all the women were uncomfortable. He grinned and said, "Can you bet with me?" ”

The girls looked at him curiously, and asked quickly, "Why bet?" ”

Yuanhang was mysterious, and said with a smile: "I see that the atmosphere is dull, and I want to make you laugh, bet on which one will laugh first, and sleep with my husband tonight." ”

"Phew! No shame. Liqiu scolded and twisted his head to the other side.

"What if we don't laugh?" Although Yilan knew that he was funny, he still refused to admit defeat.

"If you don't laugh, then I'll sleep with you." After Yuanhang finished speaking, he laughed first.

Wanyue's face turned slightly red, and said: "How can this be considered a gambling contract, both positive and negative are cheap for you." ”

"That's it, if you don't laugh, stay in Jingzhou, and the prime minister will buy a pure gold phoenix hairpin for each of you." Yuanhang put away his smile and said.

The eyes of the women flashed, Qinghe understood him best, pondered for a while, and said with a smile: "If you gamble, you need to meet our conditions." ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say it." Yuanhang said.

"If the Xianggong only laughs at us within five words, we will follow the Xianggong, and if one of them does not laugh, it will be counted as the Xianggong loses." Qinghe winked at Yuanhang after speaking, revealing a smug look.

"Okay, my sister's words are exactly what I want." Yilan admired Qinghe, and the five characters made the four of them laugh, almost an unfinishable thing.

"Within five words......" Yuanhang secretly glared at Qinghe, who only snickered there and ignored him.

After thinking for a while, he said: "It's okay, you don't need five words, since you wait for four people, then I will have four words." After speaking, he paused, looked around at the women, and said, "Listen to it, I'm going to speak." The women hurriedly put away their smiles, closed their lips, and turned on their faces.

Yuanhang took a deep breath, tightened his eyebrows, covered his abdomen, and said slowly: "I...... Pregnant. ”

Several people were puzzled when they saw him move like this, and suddenly heard him say these four words slowly, and they were instinctively startled, but they couldn't help laughing, snorted, and laughed.

The girls had long forgotten about the gambling contract, and only laughed, and Liqiu even more exaggeratedly covered her stomach, pointed to the voyage, and laughed: "You...... Are you pregnant? ”

Yuanhang didn't have a smile on his face, and said lightly: "The four of them have already laughed, Wanyue is the first to laugh, and you will accompany Xianggong tonight." ”

Wanyue was still laughing, raised her hand to wipe her tears with a sweat towel, and did not answer.

After Liqiu heard what Yuanhang said, he reacted and complained: "Why are you laughing, Fengchai is gone." ”

Yilan leaned on the carriage and bent over with a smile, and said intermittently: "I also said, you laughed very happily just now, giggles." ”

"Haha." Yuanhang pulled Liqiu over, hugged him in his arms, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'll buy it for you when I get to Jingzhou." ”

Ah Jin and the others were guarding both sides of the carriage, and when they heard the continuous laughter in the car, several people looked at each other, and they also smiled at the corners of their mouths.

The next day, Princess Yanjiu waited left and right in front of the yamen and did not see the voyage coming, and she watched anxiously from time to time, but she did not know that the voyage had run out of the territory of Qianling at this time.

"Li Shoubei, you quickly mobilize soldiers to come and search for Ye Yuanhang in the city." The ninth princess was a little annoyed and worried, could it be that something happened to him?

"Princess." Guan Chundu took a step forward, bent over and said, "You don't have to work hard to mobilize the people, the lower officials know where he is?" ”

Princess Yanjiu looked sideways at him and asked, "How did you know?" ”

Guan Chundu hurriedly replied: "Xiaguan and him are righteous brothers, and he will live in Lord Situ's mansion when he comes to Qianling." Guan Chundu saw that the princess had a good impression of Yuanhang, so he was anxious to show his relationship with Yuanhang, maybe after the princess knew, he could also rise to a higher level.

"Live in Situ Zhongda Mansion?" The Ninth Princess was surprised, how could he live in Situ Mansion.

"Yes, princess." Guan Chundu nodded in response, and then said: "Situ Zhongda's granddaughter Situ Yilan was given to Ye Yuanhang by the emperor as his wife, how could he not live in Situ Mansion when he came to Qianling. ”

The ninth princess was even more surprised, and secretly hated the voyage in her heart, hating him for hiding it from herself. Not only did he not tell that he knew Master Situ, but now he also coaxed himself to wait for him here. At that moment, he raised his phoenix eyes, turned around and scolded: "Since you know, why didn't you say it earlier, so that I would have waited here for a long time." ”

Guan Chundu was so frightened that his legs weakened, knelt down, and hurriedly replied: "The princess forgives me, the lower official doesn't know that you are waiting for him." "I secretly blame myself for talking too much, and I have a good relationship.

The Ninth Princess pondered for a moment and said, "Lead the way ahead and go to Situ Mansion." ”

"Yes, yes." Guan Chundu hurriedly got up, led the princess to warm the sedan chair in front, and walked towards Situ Mansion.

Someone had already gone to announce that Situ Zhongda led his wife to stand outside the mansion and wait for the princess.

"Old minister Situ Zhongda, welcome the princess." Situ Zhongda and his wife saw that the princess's sedan chair had arrived, and knelt down in front of the house.

The ninth princess was helped off the sedan chair by the palace maid, took a few steps forward, personally helped him up, and said: "My lord, please get up quickly, Lord Situ is the elder of my Liang Three Dynasties, the minister of the humerus, and there is no need to make this big gift." ”

Situ Zhongda and his wife got up, looked at the nine princesses with a handsome appearance, and spoke respectfully, and couldn't help but feel good. Lang Sheng laughed and said: "The gift of the monarch and the minister is inevitable, the princess is honored to drive to the old minister, the princess please come in quickly." After saying that, turn sideways and get out of the way.

Princess Yanjiu smiled lightly, didn't say much, and stepped into the mansion.

Above the hall, the subordinates served fragrant tea. The princess sat in the first place, Situ Zhongda accompanied the first, Li Mo and Guan Chundu did not dare to sit down, so they had to stand on one side.

"Lord Situ has always been in good health? This time, the imperial brother advised me and ordered me to come to visit. The Ninth Princess nodded slightly and said with a smile.

Situ Zhongda hurriedly got up, arched his hand to the east, and said: "Thank you to the emperor for thinking about the old minister, and I wish my emperor long live." ”

The Ninth Princess hurriedly said, "Lord Situ, please take a seat." ”

After Situ Zhongda sat down, the ninth princess said: "When my father is alive, my lord will assist you and set the world. Now the imperial brother is firmly seated in the upper echelons, and there is General Situ Hao as his unifying beam, and the Situ family is really the first hero of my Liang. After a pause, he asked with a smile: "I don't know who in the Situ clan can continue to replace the imperial brother?" ”

Situ Zhongda smiled and replied, "Thank you princess for your praise, as the minister of the Great Liang, the Situ family should be loyal." It's just that there is only one daughter in the next generation, and she can't participate in politics. ”

The Ninth Princess nodded and asked, "But the person who gave the imperial brother to marry Ye Yuanhang?" ”

"It's Situ Yilan, the granddaughter of the old minister." Situ Zhongda nodded.

The Ninth Princess's face changed slightly, but she was still smiling, and said, "I don't know if the adults can invite them out and meet them." ”

Situ Zhongda leaned over and replied: "Princess, Yilan left yesterday and is no longer in the mansion. ”

After hearing this, the ninth princess urged, "Has Ye Yuanhang also left?" ”

"Yes, princess."

"Where did they go?" The ninth princess already has resentment in her heart, good you guy, and promised me to see you today, but she didn't say goodbye and left yesterday.

Situ Zhongda replied: "This old minister doesn't know, he should have something important, and he left in a little hurry, but the princess has something to do and wants to sail away?" ”

"Oh, nothing." The ninth princess smiled reluctantly.

After chatting with Situ Zhongda, the ninth princess returned to the county guard yamen. Called Li Mo and ordered him to go to the city gates to investigate, after returning from Longyin Temple yesterday, there was a carriage driving out of the city gate.

Li Mo didn't dare to slack off, and after asking, he came back to report that three carriages went out of the West Gate and headed in the direction of Jingzhou. Princess Yanjiu pondered for a while, looked at Li Mo, and asked, "Li Shoubei, let me ask you, do you know why Ye Yuanhang was removed from his official position?" ”

Li Mo bent over and replied: "Back to the princess, Ye Yuanhang escorted the two princes back to the back hall from Guzhou, and the four princes were assassinated on the way, and the emperor was angry that he was not properly guarded and removed from his post as governor of Yizhou. ”

"Ahh After hearing this, the ninth princess shouted out in a lost voice. Slowly got up, stood in front of the window, and said in his heart: The death of the fourth brother turned out to be escorted by him, could it be that he was afraid that I would blame him after I found out, so he dodged with me and escaped?