A group of girls in Chinese clothes walked up the road in front of them, those girls saw Xiao Yue and Gu Nian, they stepped forward to say goodbye, Xiao Yue looked at the lotus flowers in the distance impatiently, at this time, I saw the four princesses walking slowly from the left side of the lake, followed by a mighty group of people, there was a little girl holding an umbrella for her, she walked over slowly, and said to Xiao Yue, "Ninth brother." ”

Xiao Yue said, "Where is the fourth?" Didn't you say he's with you? Why don't you see him? ”

When the fourth princess heard this, her face couldn't help but sink, but she still smiled forcefully, "He is tired from going to court today, so he is resting in the backyard, let the steward take you there." ”

After speaking, he instructed the steward who had just led the way to take Xiao Yue to find the fourth prince.

She smiled and said to Gu Nian, "They talk to each other, let's swim in the lake." ”

This is the first time Gu Nian has seen the four princesses after the winter solstice banquet, if in the past the four princesses could be described with dignified and elegant temperament, then now, there is only one word to describe, that is, 'old'.

The four princesses were full of tiredness, their skin was loose, and the woman in the period of flowering was like a middle-aged woman, and the wrinkles on her face could not be covered with powder.

Gu Nian glanced at Xiao Yue and motioned for him to find the fourth prince, she could deal with it.

Xiao Yue said coldly to Astragalus and Qingye, "Take good care of the princess, if something goes wrong, be careful to peel your skin." ”

Astragalus and Qingye should be respectful, Xiao Yue's voice was cold, making the group of girls behind the four princesses tremble.

The one standing next to the four princesses was wearing a light pink cloud gauze dress, with an elegant and beautiful face, a square temperament, and a gesture showing everyone's beautiful bearing, Gu Nian had seen it in the Queen Mother's palace.

The Queen Mother said that she would give Xiao Yue one of the two concubines.

When Xiao Yue left, the fourth princess walked beside Gu Nian and continued to swim in the lake, she said in a low voice, "Wearing pink clothes, you must have seen it, the girls from Rong Enbo's Mansion, and the latter are all official ladies." ”

She paused and said, "It's a pity that the girl in Rong Enbo's Mansion is a concubine, otherwise, with her appearance and figure, even if she is a princess, I heard that the Queen Mother once wanted to give her to Xiao Jiu, if it wasn't for His Majesty's disagreement and change his mind, it would be ......"

"I heard that this girl is a determined person, and she seems to have decided to marry Xiao Jiu...... Fear...... Hey, you're worried......"

The tone of the fourth princess was full of pity.

If Xiao Yue hadn't come to see the excitement, she wouldn't have seen the fourth princess, she wouldn't have seen her, she smiled lightly, "What the imperial sister-in-law said, let's gossip between the concubines in private, naturally it's okay, but now there are many people, and people listen to it, isn't it going to hurt the reputation of this girl in Rong Enbo's Mansion?" ”

"Sister-in-law, don't say such things in the future. Don't say that this matter has not crossed the clear road, even if it has passed the clear road, it has also been canceled.

This is all in the past, and it would be boring to mention it again, not to mention, at that time, His Majesty said that the girl in Rongenbo's Mansion is very good, and it is very good to be a wife, so don't be a concubine, right? ”

"Or is the fourth sister-in-law more far-sighted than Your Majesty?"

The fourth princess's face turned red, and she only felt a little kind, but she let Gu Nian misinterpret it, her expression was a little aggrieved and annoyed, and her tone was authentic,

"Okay, good, good, just don't mention it in the future."

Gu Nian didn't seem to see her pig's liver-colored face, and the atmosphere between the two suddenly became a little awkward, but after a while, the fourth princess herself broke the weird atmosphere first, she said,

"It was my sister-in-law who said the wrong thing just now, in this way, last time you were in the Merlin of the Eldest Princess's Mansion, didn't you show your hand and write with both hands, this time, you should not show your hand again, let these girls see the demeanor of Princess Jin, come, let's go to the water pavilion to play together."

After speaking, he dragged Gu Nian and left.

There is a long lotus viewing path on the side of the lotus pond, go straight forward to the depths of the lotus, step across the wooden water bridge, all the way to the water pavilion in the center of the lake, the water pavilion is surrounded by the lotus flowers of infinite blue for several days, just like a fairyland on earth.

The table of the water pavilion has already been memorized with pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and there are unfinished words on the table, on which are written the flying white of the wild dance, but the font that should have been wild has a bit of restraint and does not look free and easy.

It's more like a sense of asking for but not getting.

I saw the fourth princess holding Gu Nian's hand and said, "You didn't come just now, we have been playing here for a while, this was written by Miss Zhang Wu just now, what do you think?" ”

Gu Nian felt in his heart that the words and words in this article were very delicate and in place, but there was no real essence of Feibai inside, this Zhang Wu girl was obviously dignified and rigorous, if she could practice these letters, she would probably be more suitable than Feibai.

It's just that in such a scene, she can't tell the truth, not to mention that this person is a girl from Rong Enbo's mansion, and she is a little implicated, if she wants to tell the truth, she will probably be said that she is mean and proud, and she hits people for ulterior purposes.

She smiled slightly, "Look at this foundation, I think I have been learning calligraphy since I was a child." ”

Miss Zhang Wu said softly, "Pei Wen learned calligraphy at the age of three, but she usually practices in block letters, and this Feibai is just what I like, and I pondered it myself according to the book, which made the princess smile." ”

She hesitated for a moment and said, "I heard that the princess has studied calligraphy, and I don't know if the princess is not hesitant to give advice, so I can't be more grateful if I write a piece here." ”

This was said sincerely, and it seemed to be sincere, but when she lowered her eyes, Gu Nian found that the haze flashed under her eyes, and the eyes were intertwined with resentment and jealousy, which was incompatible with that dignified face, which made people feel cold.

Gu Nian was a spirit, but the smile on his face did not change, "Feibai is free and easy, there is no fetters in my heart, so I can write freely, I haven't written Feibai for a long time, so, I'm sorry." ”

Because of a rain, the originally hot and dry weather, by the rain a shower, the heat is a little less, this lotus pond covers a wide area, the water waves flow, in the water pavilion with it, it is rare cool.

Coincidentally, the fourth princess also came from the palace, she was very happy to see Gu Nian, and took Gu Nian's arm and said, "Ninth sister-in-law, these things are too boring, it's boring to sit here, let's go on a cruise." ”

It is rare that the third princess was imprisoned in the temple, and no one was around to respond, although the four princes and the crown prince were hostile, but it did not prevent her from coming to the lake, after all, no matter how the four princes were, they had to do superficial work, and it was good to treat the younger brothers and sisters below.

The fourth princess has always released kindness, and in the Queen Mother's place, she helped her out of the siege, and Gu Nian, who didn't want to go, couldn't bear to brush her mind.

It's just that there are a lot of guests invited to the Four Princes' Mansion today, and this water pavilion is very close to the backyard, so those male guests will naturally not break in, but when they go on a cruise, they will definitely meet the living.

A married woman like her is always bad.

She thought about it, but still refused, and said, "You young girls go to have fun together, and I won't go." ”

The fourth princess refused, "Ninth sister-in-law, go, go, sister-in-law has always said that you are ruthless and calm, and the queen mother also asked me to learn more from you." ”

The fourth princess also stepped forward and said, "Go, you don't need to sit on anything, you can just accompany the princess to gossip." ”

Miss Zhang Wu also stepped forward to invite, and Gu Nian also wanted to know what kind of banquet was being held in the Four Princes' Mansion today, so she agreed, and the group quickly got on the boat.

Most of the boats that Gu Nian was on were girls, and the beauties were coquettish, and for a while, they attracted the attention of everyone on the other side and on another boat not far away.

Xiao Yue was naturally also present on the boat proposed by the fourth prince, along with Zhou Yuxuan, who had just returned from other places.

The fourth prince saw that many young men on the boat looked at the laughter frequently, and his heart moved, and he said with a smile, "It should be a few girls invited by the princess, and women are in trouble." ”

Zhou Yuxuan sat next to Xiao Yue, he knew very well that the four princes asked to marry Gu Nian, since Gu Shi'an returned to the royal family, Gu Nian married into the Jin Palace, Marquis An Yuan was already tied to the prince's boat, and he went out of Beijing this time to help the prince.

He knew that Xiao Yue was very capable and could protect Nian Nian, but he still wanted to be strong, so that Nian Nian would have an extra layer of protection and not have to worry about the harm of the four princes.

Yes, that's what he thinks, if he can't be her husband, he also has to be the man who guards her.

He hadn't seen Nian Nian for a long time, he had just seen Xiao Yue at the Fourth Prince, and looking at his lazy appearance, the tension around him that would explode at any time was something that a frail person like him could not have.

He couldn't say how he felt in his heart, while he was glad for Gu Nian, he was a little lost in his heart, and now, he was a little confused.

The boat of the fourth prince gradually approached the one where Gu Nian was, but because there was a maid at the bow of the boat, "Lord, the princess said that she and Princess Jin still have a few girls on the boat, and if you want to see the scenery here, the prince doesn't have to come over." ”

Because there was a married woman on the boat, it was naturally not good to continue to lean over, so the fourth prince ordered the boatman to prop the boat to the other side, and said, "The weather is rare and cool today, there is a pavilion in front, let's go over there and enjoy the scenery." ”

There was nothing wrong with the people on the boat, Zhou Yuxuan's gaze stayed on the boat in the distance, although it was a little far away, he still recognized the voice of Gu Nian in the crowd.

He didn't dare to look more, and after a while, he withdrew his eyes, and saw Xiao Yue looking at him with cold eyes, he smiled, lowered his head and picked up the teacup, and took a sip.

At this time, there was a sudden 'plop' sound on the opposite boat, as if something had fallen into the lotus pond, and then the girl's sharp exclamation was heard, "Princess Jin has fallen into the water." ”

Xiao Yue and Zhou Yuxuan stood up at the same time, and looked up, the boat not far away was shaking on the water, and many people were not at the bow of the boat, screaming and making a mess, but they didn't see the voice that he recognized at a glance just now.

Zhou Yuxuan's heart was shocked, his heart seemed to be deeply stabbed by a cold blade, it hurt so much that he couldn't help himself, his brain was instantly blank, he just wanted to jump into the water, but found that his arm was grabbed by someone.

He grew up in Jinling,

He just wanted to turn around and scold, but saw Xiao Yue looking at him with a gloomy face and shaking his head slightly.

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Gu Nian and the four princesses got on the boat together. Standing tall, the blue sky and floating clouds seemed to be within reach, the fourth princess had been standing beside Gu Nian and talking to her, originally Zhang Wu girl was a little away from the two of them, and slowly moved closer to the two.

Gu Nian was vigilant, and looked back at the astragalus vaguely.

After the boat of the four princes and others sailed over, the unmarried girls on the boat hung their heads shyly, and the four princesses ordered a maid to go up and shout.

Gu Nian saw the boat of the fourth prince going to the other side, but at that moment, a strong force suddenly came from behind him, Gu Nian was caught off guard, and when he was about to fall, he saw that the fifth girl Zhang on the side was unstable in her center of gravity, and the whole person fell forward, and this person pounced on Gu Nian.

She was stunned for a moment, and saw that Astragalus was as fast as lightning, and pulled Gu Nian's hand in.

Gu Nian felt two forces applied to her body, one from the astragalus, and she grabbed her arm tightly, saving her from falling into the water.

The other came from Miss Zhang Wu, who passed by her, and she tugged at Gu Nian's sleeve, and after a "hiss", this force suddenly disappeared.

Gu Nian was dragged up by the astragalus and the green leaves who caught up, but her foot still slammed hard, and the pain in her ankle made her gasp.

All this seemed to be a long time, but it was just a few breaths, and by the time everyone reacted, Miss Zhang Wu had already fallen into the water, and then the sound in her ears was, "Princess Jin has fallen into the water." Voice.

Huang Qi scolded, "Which girl is talking nonsense, our princess is fine, don't you have long eyes?" ”

Astragalus was a chill in her heart, and she took every precaution, but she didn't expect to almost hurt the princess.

The four princes, who were sitting opposite Xiao Yue and Zhou Yuxuan, leaned back on the chair, looking at Zhou Yuxuan, who was pale, and Xiao Yue, who was shocked, with a slight regret in his heart.

Why didn't Zhou Yuxuan jump into the water?

Since Zhou Yuxuan was able to be favored by the prince and let him do an errand secretly, his heart was naturally clear, just now he was just concerned about it, he looked at the girl who was rescued ashore not far away, and recognized at a glance that it was not Gu Nian.

His moist and good-looking lips couldn't help but tremble slightly, and the eyes mixed with shock, prayer, remorse and pain moved to Xiao Yue, who had already let go of his hand.

It was such a sunny weather, but he seemed to be in an ice cellar, cold to the marrow.

What if he did jump into the water just now?

If it wasn't Nian Nian who fell into the water, and he rescued people, then he must have a skin-to-skin relationship with that girl, and he would have to marry if he didn't marry when the time came.

If it was Nian Nian who fell into the water and he rescued him, what would people think of Nian Nian? They were once married.

That would be a scandal.

The capital knows that they have a lot of marriage contracts, if the news comes out that he saved him regardless of his identity, what will the people present here today think of her? How should she face King Jin?

How should I deal with myself in the palace? It's just that people who don't know see it, wet men and women hug each other, although it is to save people, in the end it is indecent.

His expression was in a trance, he felt that he was really too tender, he was like a puppet who had lost his soul, sitting on the chair blankly, and he turned a deaf ear to what the people next to him said.

Nian Nian didn't fall into the water, he should be happy, but why does his heart hurt so much, he always thought that he was a decent man, and today, he found out that he was not.

What exactly was he expecting?

He hated himself and hated his recklessness.

Thankfully, none of this happened.

Gu Nian stood aside, watching the boat lady stretch out a bamboo pole and rescue Miss Zhang, Miss Zhang Wu didn't know the nature of water, and fluttered in the water for a while, and after coming up, she fainted.

The fourth princess ordered the boat lady to quickly rock the boat to the shore, send Zhang Wu girl to the guest room, and ordered someone to ask for a doctor, the lake can no longer swim.

The fourth princess watched as someone carried Miss Zhang Wu to the guest room, turned around and slapped a maid with a woman's head beside her.

The maid was slapped by her, and knelt on the stone road with a 'plop', and on the way to watch the lotus, all the stones were sharp and small, and the girl knelt down and the sound was loud.

Gu Nianwei's feet felt painful, and he saw a person dressed as a grandmother next to the fourth princess stepped forward and reprimanded,

"I said young girl, don't think that you have been favored by the prince recently, so you don't take the princess in your eyes, look at you, you actually pushed the girl of Rong Enbo's Mansion to the water, and almost affected the princess of Jin, didn't you want to disturb the princess's birthday?"

The grandmother walked back and forth in front of the young girl, and raised the veil, "The princess has a kind heart, and originally wanted to punish you, but today is her birthday, you have to touch the mold, you are really dead." ”

The young girl argued in a low voice, "I was standing beside the princess at the time, far away from the princess of Jin and Miss Zhang Wu, I didn't push it, I had no grievances with them......"

Mama sneered, approached her, and said, "Then according to your meaning, the princess deliberately pinched you?" ”

The young girl's body trembled, and she hurriedly shook her head, "No, how dare I?" It's really not me......"

Mama interrupted her directly, "Young girl, don't think that if you have face in front of the prince, you won't put the princess in your eyes, but don't forget, you are still a slave and maid if you have face, and now you are standing in the clouds, but the princess can still make you fall to the bottom of the mud, and you don't know where to sell it." ”

The fourth princess was shocked and kept holding Gu Nian's hand, and when she saw that grandma teaching her subordinates such a domineering lesson, she said, "Fourth sister-in-law, what are you doing here?" Even if this person is wrong, shouldn't he go and see how the Zhang family girl is doing first? Why did you still learn a lesson? ”

"How ugly is it for so many people today to reprimand people so aggressively? I don't know, I thought there were no rules in the fourth brother's house. ”

It stands to reason that the fourth princess is the prince's own sister, and she should have watched the jokes on the side, but she was so pitiful to see the young girl, and she also remembered that the young girl was far away.

She couldn't help but say a few words.

The fourth princess looked at the fourth princess softly, and said, "Sister, you are wrong, if there are no rules, you must teach her the rules, otherwise it is the fault of the sister-in-law, the main mother, you don't understand, you should always set rules for the concubine." ”

She turned her head and sneered at the young girl, "I originally wanted to spare you, but who made Princess Jin frightened, obviously it wasn't Princess Jin who fell into the water, you panicked and screamed." You will be punished to kneel here for an hour. ”

The four princes and their wives have always been in love in front of outsiders, so she obviously wants to punish this concubine, but she wants to pull Gu Nian down, and when the fourth prince asks her why she wants to punish people, she can lightly push everything on Gu Nian and the four princesses.

In that case, even the four princes can't say anything.

How could Gu Nian be this wronged leader, the voice that screamed that she fell into the water just now was not like a young girl.

She sneered and glanced at the four princesses, and was about to speak to taunt back, when she saw the four princes turn out from behind the rockery with people.

He looked at the four princesses coldly, and regardless of how many guests there were behind him, he said directly, "Tell me, how did Qing'er offend you?" ”

The fourth princess didn't expect the fourth prince to give her so much face, she forced a smile and said, "You also saw it just now, Miss Zhang Wu fell into the water, and Xiaojiu's daughter-in-law almost fell into the water, all of which were caused by her accident, so I will punish her and let her have a long memory." ”

The fourth princess said with an indignant face, "What did the imperial sister-in-law say, listening to what the imperial sister-in-law meant, it was the same as me and the ninth sister-in-law who caused trouble." ”

She looked at the fourth prince and said with an innocent face, "Although I am a girl who has not left the cabinet, I also know that the fourth brother is the most pitiful and cherishing jade, in case something happens to his concubine because of me and the ninth sister-in-law, then do I still want to be famous?" Could it be that I interfered in the fourth brother's inner courtyard? ”

Gu Nian cheered for the fourth princess in her heart, but she didn't expect that the fourth princess with a delicate face could provoke such a fate, she pouted and looked aggrieved, but what she said seemed to be a joke, and no one could find fault with it.

The face of the four princesses sank, and she bit her lip and looked at the four princesses, and the four princes waved their hands and asked the entourage around them to help the young girl up, making it clear that they wanted to put down the faces of the four princesses.

The fingernails of the four princesses were almost broken, and she took a step forward and said, "Lord, the concubines and maids belong to the backyard, you don't know how hateful these people are, if you don't rectify it and let them remember the lesson, this time you accidentally get people into the water, and next time you can accidentally kill someone." How good is that? ”

The young girl had tears hanging in the corners of her eyes, and looked at the four princes timidly, and the four princes chuckled, "So, are you doing it for the sake of this king?" ”

He looked at the trembling white powder on the face of the fourth princess mockingly, because he was too hard, some of them had already fallen down, and said coldly,

"Not to mention this in advance, have you sent someone to ask the imperial doctor to come and treat the girl from the Rong Enbo Mansion??

"Also, it's clear that the imperial doctor said that your last madness was not complete, and you said that you wanted to have a birthday, and this king also depends on you, but if you look at what you do, have you left all the advice of the imperial doctor and this king behind? In this way, I bask in the heat outside, so that the next time the doctor will not use it. ”

"You keep telling you like this, what about your woman's virtue?"

These words, I almost didn't point the nose of the fourth princess and scolded her for not respecting the three subordinates and the four virtues, Gu Nian didn't expect that the four princes were all normal, and they didn't give half of face to the four princesses in front of so many people.

In the past, the two of them were very affectionate, but they were all fake, and such curiosity made Gu Nian can't help but raise his eyes and look at the four princes.

The four princes ignored the swollen faces of the four princesses, and said to the surrounding guests, "Let everyone see the joke, let's go to the front seat, everyone will not get drunk today." ”

Xiao Yue saw that Gu Nian's standing posture was a little wrong, frowned and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Gu Nian moved his feet, "I accidentally twisted it just now." ”

When Xiao Yue heard this, his brows immediately furrowed even more, and he said unhappily, "Why don't you let the imperial doctor take a look." After a pause, he said in a cold voice, "Go home." ”

Seeing this, the fourth prince hurriedly reprimanded the steward on the side loudly, "Why don't you go and ask the imperial doctor to come over?" Hurt Princess Jin? Something that doesn't look at it. What to do with you. ”

Xiao Yue wanted to pick Gu Nian up, but saw a few bright silver lights suddenly flashing in the rippling blue lake, and several figures suddenly jumped out of the water.

Those few people had already gone ashore, Xiao Yue held Gu Nian and retreated, his face was extremely gloomy, the crowd was already in chaos, everyone hugged their heads and scurried, screaming again and again for a while, at this time, an assassin rushed over with a lift, Xiao Yue raised his hand and pointed at the man's chest, the assassin's face turned pale, he took a few steps back, barely held on and did not kneel, and after standing still, he pounced again.

At the same time, another assassin rushed over together, two long knives staggered over, Gu Nian was in Xiao Yue's arms, before he had time to think about it, his body reacted first, and his hands wrapped around his waist, blocking in front of him......