The morning sun sprinkled on Xiao Yi's face, like a new life. Last night she had eaten well and slept deeply, with a sense of pleasure that put life and death aside.

Su Qin practiced hard a few days ago, for fear of making a fool of herself in front of the new monarch of the Song Kingdom. Yesterday she thought she was going to be thrown into prison and executed as an accomplice to the Assassins. She was so nervous that she didn't sleep all night, endured her headache, and threw a bunch of questions to the assassin in front of her, who was a hundred times more energetic: "Liu Yuan, you are actually the princess of Qi Kingdom?" How dare you openly assassinate the King of Song? We weren't sent to prison? We...... Where is this? ”

Xiao Yi said helplessly: "I'm sorry, I hid it from you." ”

Song Yun saw that Xiao Yi didn't explain, and was a little angry: "Miss Liu, what should we call you now?" Her Royal Highness the Princess? ”

Yan Xiao kept looking Xiao Yi up and down with his eyes open, as if he had seen someone who had admired the name for a long time but had never met.

Xiao Yi glanced at Yan Xiao and explained: "I have only been Xiao Yi for nine years, but I have been a willow waist for ten years. The kingdom of Qi has been destroyed, and I am no longer a princess. ”

At this time, Yan Xiao suddenly pulled up Xiao Yi's sleeves and said admiringly: "You are Princess Yi of Qi Kingdom!" I didn't expect us to be able to eat and live with the princess of Qi for so many days, and we are also the famous Princess Yi!"

Xiao Yi is well-known among the people of various countries, firstly, because she is indeed good at the piano at the age of five and reciting poems at the age of seven, and secondly, because she happened to be absent from the jade capital when the Song State captured the jade capital of the Qi State, so she became the only Qi royal family who blatantly escaped the catastrophe. Over the years, the literati and writers have pinned their thoughts on the former Qi Kingdom to this princess of the Qi Kingdom who was in exile but was nowhere to be found. And her name is "Xiao Yi", a word "memory", carrying remembrance, so the world calls her "Princess Yi".

There is a folk poem: "Xiao Xiao twilight rain across the sky, mourning the king to kill himself in Peach Blossom Creek." Since then, the white jade has cried blood red, and the children of the old country have reminisced. The title is "Xiao Yi", I don't know who wrote it.

There is also a poem: "The golden sword and iron horse went south, wanting to win the Kyushu chess in the world." Stepping through the land of Qi and Wei, the jade did not see the mourning princess. "Untitled, and I don't know who wrote it.

Xiao Yi smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid that after today, I will become more famous." ”

Su Qin and Song Yun felt tired and bored, and sat aside noncommittal. Yan Xiao joked to them: "Why are you so sad and miserable! I think that Song Wang is very good, even the assassin who assassinated him can be spared, and he will not involve us. ”

Song Yun said: "King Song didn't kill Liu Waist yesterday because she is Princess Yi of Qi Kingdom. In front of the envoys of various countries, he must want to show the image of Renjun. We are the civilians of the Chen State, and the King of Song was assassinated by the people sent by the Chen State, so he may send troops to the Chen State in a fit of rage, and we happen to be hostages of the Chen State in the palace of the Song State. ”

Yan Xiao shook his head and said, "If he sends troops to crusade against Chen Guo, won't he destroy the image of 'Renjun'?" Besides, how can we a few insignificant civilian women be qualified to be hostages of Chen Guo? “

Song Yun said: "This is different. He can let go of the princess of the Qi Kingdom, because the Qi Kingdom has been destroyed anyway, and there is nothing to crusade against. He will not spare our Chen Guo easily, because the assassination just gave him the opportunity to crusade against Chen Guo. Chen is the only country within the five kingdoms of Kyushu that can compete with the Song State, and if Chen is defeated, the Song State can dominate the world. “

Su Qin said: "Princess Yi, our Chen Kingdom and your Qi Kingdom have been friends since ancient times, why do you want to pretend to be Chen Guoren to assassinate?" If Song and Chen were at war, wouldn't you want to use Chen's hand to avenge the enmity between your Qi State and Song State? ”

Xiao Yi lowered his head. She did owe them something, and would even cost the lives of three of their innocent people. She did have the intention of provoking the war between Chen and Song, and used the hand of Chen Guo to avenge the revenge of her homeland.

Yan Xiao stood in front of Xiao Yi and said, "Have you forgotten the fact that the four of us are worshipping in Fanjing?" At that time, we said that life and death are shared, honor and disgrace coexist, and we must take care of each other and trust each other when we arrive in the Song Kingdom......"

Su Qin said: "It is Fanjing's dancing girl Liu Waist who worships us, not Xiao Yi, the princess of Qi Kingdom!" ”

Yan Xiao said: "Is there a difference? The country of Qi is gone, what princess are you talking about! Her surname is Liu or Xiao, they are all our good sisters! In all fairness, if Chen Guo is gone, will you dare to assassinate him? Do you have what it takes? I have never admired anyone in my life, but today I do admire her! I feel that marrying such a woman is the most meaningful decision in my life! ”

Su Qin and Song Yun were speechless by Yan Xiao's impassioned tone.

Xiao Yi said: "Actually, you don't have to worry, yesterday the King of Song told me that he would let us leave the Song Kingdom safely." ”

Su Qin asked in surprise, "Why?" ”

Xiao Yi relayed what King Song had said to her yesterday to her sworn sisters. Yan Xiao clapped his hands and praised: "The new Song King is really interesting!" It's much better than the rumored old Song King! Maybe Chen and Song will not fight at all! ”

Su Qin sighed, and seemed not satisfied with being able to leave the Song Kingdom safely. Yan Xiao asked her: "It's good that you can leave safely, what are you sighing about?" ”

Su Qin said: "In this way, the king of Song is a reasonable king. ”

Yan Xiao quipped: "Did you fall in love with him?" Can't afford to leave? ”

Su Qin blushed and whispered, "I am the person Chen Guo dedicated to him. ”

Yan Xiao laughed, pointed at Su Qin and said, "I didn't expect that our eyes are above the top of Maung Cheng Su Qin will be able to fall in love with a man one day!" Princess Yi, you can help her tell King Song about it, and see if you can include her in the harem and seal her a Sumei! ”

Xiao Yi rarely smiled, nodded and said, "Okay." ”

Song Yun also clapped her hands and laughed on the side. The four sisters laughed together, as if they had returned to the days when they were rehearsing songs and dances together in Chen Guo.

Song Yun asked Xiao Yi: "Did you live in this White Jade Palace when you were a child?" ”

Xiao Yi said, "Yes." I live in Changxi Palace with my mother, and my father lives in Yong'an Palace. This is the Prayer Palace, the legendary Cold Palace, I have never been here, and I don't know if it was so dilapidated during my father's reign, or if it became like this later. ”

Yan Xiao asked, "Do you have any brothers and sisters?" ”

Xiao Yi said: "I have a biological brother who is one year older than me and two half-brothers. When the state of Qi was broken, his father was thirty years old. Because my father is still young, and my brother and younger brothers are also young, there is no prince, but I think that if the Qi country is not destroyed, and my brothers and brothers are still alive, I will probably make my brother Xiao Xun the prince, because he is the eldest son. ”

Su Qin asked, "Are they still alive?" ”

Xiao Yi shook his head and said, "I have never heard from them. Maybe no news is good. ”

The four were silent. They worship because they are orphans.

Yan Xiao grew up with her grandmother, in order to bury her grandmother, she sold herself to the dance hall in Jiu County, if she didn't practice dancing hard, the master saw that she was in excellent shape, maybe she was like other dancing girls in the dance hall, and was sold to dignitaries as concubines.

Song Yun was originally an orphan adopted by the troupe, but when the troupe broke up, she went to the song and dance workshop to make a living.

Su Qin was born in a large family in Chen Guo, and was trained as the daughter of a rich family when she was a child, and she dabbled in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but because of the decline of her family, she went to the song and dance workshop to play the piano.

The three girls knew the pain of losing their loved ones, so they became more and more sympathetic to Princess Yi. She fell from the palace to the people, and how much glory and wealth she has enjoyed, how many folk sufferings she has tasted.

Yan smiled and said: "If you come, you will be safe." The four of us sisters can live well in the song and dance workshop of Chen State, and we can also live well in the cold palace of Song Kingdom. Let's go find something to eat! ”

As soon as the four sisters walked to the gate of the Qihe Palace, an elderly palace maid came up alone with a small car and said, "The four girls have rested in this simple Qihe Palace for one night. The slave maid is called Tingfang, and she is the palace person of the Yong'an Palace. The king said that he would grieve the girls to rest here for a few days, and not to walk around the palace and attract attention, and when the time was right, he would send someone to send the girls out of the Song Kingdom. She pointed to the cart covered with coarse cloth and said, "This is some food, clothing, and the piano that Miss Suqin left in the Ning Guo Palace, if the girls still lack anything, you can tell me." There are no palace people in the Prayer Palace, so I will come over twice a day to bring you some food. ”

Yan Xiao said: "There is Miss Lao Tingfang." You go back and tell you King Song, and say that we think he is a good man, and thank him...... The grace of not killing! ”

Tingfang saluted and said goodbye, and the four sisters pushed a cart of food and clothing, and settled down in Qihe Palace.

The days are unusual, except for Tingfang of Yong'an Hall who comes to Qihe Palace every morning and evening to send some food, no one else comes to Qihe Palace, and Tingfang doesn't talk much, and only says a few words back and forth: "If the food is not the appetite of the girls, I can tell the dining room to change the taste." If there's anything the girls don't like or want to eat, just tell me and I can let the dining room do it. Qihe Palace is remote, but it is very safe, and the girls can live with peace of mind. ”

Five or six days passed, and Tingfang came again. Yan Xiao has been bored these past few days, and just teased Tingfang: "Sister Tingfang, can I ask you a question?" ”

Tingfang saw the little girl's smiling expression, and felt that it was definitely not a serious problem. She looked at Yan Xiao noncommittally. Yan Xiao asked, "How many women are there in your Song King's harem?" ”

Tingfang said: "There are two beauties in the palace, and there are many palace maids. ”

Yan Xiao asked: "I haven't heard that there is a queen in the Song Kingdom, is there really no queen in your palace?" ”

Tingfang said: "The king has not yet been established. ”

Yan Xiao continued to ask curiously: "I heard that there are hundreds of beauties in the harem of the king of Chu, and there are two queens, the sons of the king of Chu are all lining up to grab the fief, and the land of the state of Chu can't be sealed, how can your king have two beauties?" ”

Tingfang continued to look at Yan Xiao noncommittally. Yan Xiaogan laughed twice and continued to ask, "How many children does your king have?" ”

Su Qin glared at Yan Xiao and said, "I'll leave the Song Kingdom in a few days, what's the use of you asking so many people about things in the harem?" ”

Yan Xiao saw that Su Qin finally answered, and felt even more interesting. "Didn't I ask for you! We don't want to stay, but the people who want to stay, people don't want to blow them away, right? Didn't King Song still say 'laughing'? ”

Su Qin blushed and snorted: "Don't talk nonsense. Let Sister Tingfang get busy. ”

Tingfang handed over a large delicate wooden box and said, "The king is afraid that you will be bored in this remote place, so he specially asked me to send some piano scores, paper and pencils, and Go. The king also said that the girls might not be able to return to the Chen Kingdom after leaving the Song Kingdom. He hopes that you can think carefully about it in the next few days, where do you want to go in Kyushu, and the king will send someone to send you safely. ”

Yan Xiao generously took the wooden box and said with a smile: "Your king is really considerate!" You tell him that three of the four of us are not assassins, they are the women selected by Chen Guo, and if he takes a fancy to which one and let him stay, it will also be beneficial for Song and Chen to make friends. ”

Su Qin smiled and walked away. Xiao Yi looked at the delicate wooden box and was silent.

After another eight or nine days, Su Qin had already practiced the score sent by Tingfang, and his fingertips plucked lightly on the strings. She thought happily that King Song had noticed my fallen piano and had specially sent me a score, and he had ...... to me Just thinking about it, Yan Xiao came over and said, "Our Chen Guo is originally a beauty, and you Su Qin is one of the best beauties in Chen Guo, no wonder King Song sent you a piano and a score!" I see, a few of us have to think carefully about which country we want to wander to, and you, you have to study which palace in the White Jade Palace is the best! ”

Su Qin gave her a blank look and continued to play the piano. Yan Xiao went to play Xiao Yi, who was listening to the piano again, and said, "Liu Yuan, tell Su Qin, which palace is good in this white jade palace?" ”

Song Yun also listened with interest and said, "I've grown so big, it's the first time I've entered the palace." I heard that in Kyushu, the White Jade Palace of Qi is the most beautiful, but unfortunately I can't move around at will when I come in, except for the Ningguo Palace and the Qihe Palace, I haven't been anywhere. Liu Yuan, tell us, what does the White Jade Palace look like? ”

In the past few days, everyone has returned to the way they used to get along, and no one calls her "Princess Yi" anymore, but still calls her willow waist closer.

Xiao Yi calmly recounted the White Jade Palace in her memory. These days, she was very calm, as if she was waiting for something.

She described to them the atmosphere of Yong'an Palace, the magnificence of Changxi Palace, the blossoming flowers of Yiren Garden, and the ingenuity of Ningxiang Pavilion. She spoke eloquently and delicately, and they listened with bated breath and fascinated by it.

In the end, Xiao Yi said: "The white jade is produced in the Qi country, and my favorite place in this white jade palace is not those pavilions, small bridges and flowing water, but the ninety-nine white jade steps of the stargazing platform. The pure white jade is added to the crystal clear white jade, and each step is an illusion. When I was a child, my brother and I used to play at the Stargazing Terrace. At that time, climbing the ninety-nine white jade steps was like being able to pick up stars. ”

She was slowly speaking, when she suddenly heard someone behind her clapping her hands and saying, "What a stargazing platform that can pick up stars." Xiao Yi turned his head to look, and saw that it was not the King of Song, who was Liu Ying?

King Song said: "Last autumn, the plaque of the stargazing platform fell due to the decay of the wood, and I always wanted to have people renovate it, but I have forgotten to make a decree, so it is better to change the name to 'Xingtai'." Liu Ying, like an ordinary rich son, actually saluted the four girls of Chen Guo, and said softly: "It's really not that I, Liu Ying, am stingy, but I have no choice but to bother the girls who came all the way from Chen Guo to live in such a remote and desolate palace." ”

Yan Xiao immediately waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter! Not giving us a big jail is already a favor! But she immediately realized that she had said the wrong thing, and glanced at the Assassin Xiao Yi with regret.

Liu Ying smiled and said: "In fact, the prison of the Song Kingdom is also a scene. The Song State rarely had the death penalty, and instead it was torture that was worse than death. Have you ever heard that the torture instruments of the Song Kingdom are the most famous in Kyushu? ”

Yan Xiao was so frightened that she hid behind Su Qin. Liu Ying laughed and explained: "However, I, Song Guo, treat women, children, and children lightly. ”

Su Qin looked at King Song and couldn't believe that the young man in front of her who was smiling and talking casually was actually the new monarch of the most powerful Song Kingdom in Kyushu. She stammered and asked, "Song...... King, we ...... When can I get out of here? ”

Liu Ying said: "Actually, I let you stay here for more than ten days, I want to wait for the envoys of Chen State to arrive safely at the border of Chen State, and also wait for the envoys of various countries to disperse, so that this assassination storm will be a little lesser, and when everyone ignores your existence, they will quietly send you away." After all, I said in front of the envoys of all countries that I should laugh at King Chen's generous gifts, which can be regarded as making peace between Chen and Song to all countries. If they knew about it, I suspected that you were all assassins, so I hurriedly sent you out of the palace and passed it to King Chen, which would not be beneficial to the relationship between Chen and Song. And I also hope that after you leave, you can stay incognito and don't return to Chen, which is also good for you. Otherwise, King Chen will definitely punish you if he knows that you have escaped from the Song Kingdom without permission and have not completed the mission he gave you. ”

Su Qin said softly: "The king...... In fact, it is easy for you to kill us, but it is not easy to let us go. ”

Liu Ying didn't seem to hear Su Qin's words, just looked at Xiao Yi and said, "Death is sometimes a relief, but living is even more difficult." But as long as you survive some difficulties, it's more fun to live. ”

Yan Xiao saw that Liu Ying was not high-minded, so she returned to her nature of talking a lot. "King Song, in fact, Su Qin is saying that it is not easy for you to let us go, and there are many things to arrange, so there is an easier way, which is to let the people who want to leave go, and let the people who want to stay stay. In this way, Chen Guo's 'generous gift' to Song Guo can also be regarded as 'laughing'. ”

Liu Ying looked at her with a smile and asked, "Oh? Anything else you don't want to go? Want to stay and assassinate the king? ”

Yan Xiao hurriedly explained: "No, a few of us, except for Liu Waist is the princess of Qi Kingdom, the rest are really ordinary people of Chen State, Chen Guosheng, Chen Guochang, and Song Guo have no grudges." ”

Liu Ying asked with a smile: "So you want to stay and serve this king?" ”

Yan Xiao hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no, I don't want to stay!" Yesterday, Liu Waist was still describing to me the idyllic scenery of Zhao and the vast smoke of Chu, and I also plan to go to Chu to make wine and open a tavern! ”

Liu Ying looked at Song Yun again and asked, "The girl wants to stay?" ”

Song Yun hurriedly shook his head and said, "I just want to marry the son of an ordinary official eunuch, and I can't afford to enjoy the glory in the palace." ”

Yan Xiao helped explain: "Actually, Song Yun already has a sweetheart. ”

Liu Ying smiled and asked, "Is it Chen Guo's rich son?" ”

Song Yun bowed her head and said, "Yes." ”

Liu Ying nodded and said, "If you can make the girl take a fancy to her, she must be a good person." He went to ask Su Qin again: "The girl wants to stay in the Song Kingdom?" ”

Su Qin felt that since Yan Xiao and Song Yun had confessed their hearts to King Song, she should also be more cheerful. And what King Song asked was "staying in the Song Kingdom", not "staying in the palace to serve the King of Song", so she nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Liu Ying said: "Okay. Finally, he looked at Xiao Yi, but didn't ask anything.

Xiao Yi asked, "When does King Song plan to send us away?" ”

Liu Ying said: "Three days later. ”

Xiao Yi said: "Send us to Chu State." ”

Liu Ying said: "Okay. ”

Xiao Yi stopped talking and lowered his head.

Liu Ying said: "Princess Yi, I came to take you to visit the White Jade Palace before you leave." ”

Xiao Yi's heart suddenly moved. White Jade Palace, this is the home she has been thinking about for a long time. All the happy and carefree memories in her life belong to the White Jade Palace. At that time, she had her father, mother, elder brother, and younger brother, and the family was happy, and their laughter seemed to echo in every corner of the White Jade Palace. She really wanted to revisit the same place before leaving. In this way, she has no regrets in this life. She looked up at King Song, there was a trace of attachment and gratitude in her eyes, but more of it was dark and rich sadness.

Liu Ying said gently: "Come with me." So he turned and set out to walk.

Xiao Yi took a step silently, only to hear Yan Xiao ask hopefully, "That...... King Song, can you also let us see the famous White Jade Palace in Kyushu? ”

Liu Ying replied with a smile: "Suddenly there are four more beauties in the palace, you walk together, don't you let the fish in the pond sink and the flowers in the garden fall?" You guys change into the clothes of the palace people first, and follow Antai around. He also instructed Antai to say, "You take them around the harem, and Princess Yi and I will go first." ”

The three sisters of Chen Guo were overjoyed by the praise and immediately went to change their clothes. Xiao Yi and Liu Ying walked out of the Qihe Palace first.

Liu Ying said: "Today, the ladies of the harem have all gone to the Nuwa Temple to worship God, and they are very clean. You can go wherever you want. ”

Xiao Yi suppressed the excitement in her heart: "I want to go and see the Changxi Palace where I lived with my mother. ”

Liu Ying nodded and said, "Okay." ”