Phoenix City, as the capital, holds a lantern festival every year during the Lantern Festival, on this day, you can make various bird-shaped lanterns and hang them at the door and on the street.

There are many stories related to the Lantern Festival in the capital, and most of them are talented and beautiful. Liu Ye discussed with Xia Yibai whether he wanted to go shopping too.

Xia Yibai hesitated for a moment, he was not afraid that his legs and feet would be inconvenient, but because he was afraid that he would not be able to protect the willow leaves.

"Okay, but you have to pay attention to safety, I'm afraid I won't be able to protect you." Xia Yibai said very directly.

Liu Ye likes him for this, what do you say, don't engage in that set of bitter dramas of sacrifice and forbearance.

"Don't worry, in addition to martial arts masters, my current skills don't talk about myself, it's more than enough to protect you!" Liu Ye patted his chest and said.

Xia Yibai nodded and smiled: "Okay, then please ask Liu Nuxia to protect me!" ”

"No problem!"

The tall and thin man on the beam of the house didn't roll his eyes, but he deeply understood the helplessness of Tadaji sometimes, what is the need for this kind of surveillance task?

He was deeply skeptical.

Moreover, he is very helpless, and Ei will glare at him every time he comes.

Although he belonged to Aoki's jurisdiction, he still knew what Ei's identity was, and he also knew a little bit about the boss, so as soon as Ei came, he hurried away.

On the thirteenth day of the first month, Xia Yibai knew that Liu Ye would go out on patrol with the prince in a few days after getting along, and Xia Yibai's worries deepened.

When asked, Liu Ye could only smirk, only saying that everything has a master, and she was just a maid who served people.

Xia Yibai had guessed from Liu Ye's actions that someone had been watching him for the past few days, and he didn't know if this person was trustworthy, but for Liu Ye, he had to do some homework.

He took the willow leaves out of the city and went to an open place, and the two of them rode their horses and walked slowly.

The tall and thin man felt that the two of them must be going to fall in love again, so he flashed in the distance.

"Alright, Ye'er." Xia Yibai still had a smile on his face, but his voice was already very serious, "From now on, you have to remember what I said carefully, but don't have a special reaction, just like we usually talk." ”

"Oh, okay, you say." Liu Ye was surprised and hurriedly cooperated, still looking relaxed and comfortable.

Xia Yibai appreciated it in his heart, a tenderness crossed his eyes, and then said: "The crown prince is the ninth prince of the emperor, and it was not easy to be established as the crown prince at the beginning, and now there are only four princes who are still alive, namely the eldest prince, the second prince, the sixth prince and the crown prince. ”

Xia Yibai told Liu Ye about the inside story of the royal family.

Today's emperor has a queen with eight concubines and more than a dozen nobles, among whom Concubine Rong, who gave birth to the current crown prince, that is, the Nine Emperors, was canonized as the queen because of her son.

There is also Concubine De, who gave birth to the eldest prince, Concubine You, who gave birth to the second prince, and Concubine Yi, who gave birth to the sixth prince. Among them, the eldest prince himself is excellent and is known as the virtuous king. And the second prince is the mother concubine's mother's family.

The rest of the princes either died young or were not valued at all and were not competitive.

"The eldest prince has the support of the Rong Wangfu behind him, and you still found out this from the Han family. King Rong's Mansion may not have anything else, but there is no shortage of silver, and the second prince is also well-connected. The Six Princes... The silver is not as good as the eldest prince, the connections are not as good as the second prince, and the identity is not as good as the prince, there is only one thing, there are people from the Su family by his side. Xia Yibai turned his head and said, "Do you know the legendary Su family?" ”

"The Su family that is both civil and military?" Liu Ye asked in surprise.

"Oh, you know that too?" Xia Yibai was very surprised.

"Well, I just heard about it not long ago, you go ahead."

"Among these people, the weakest power is the crown prince." Xia Yibai was worried: "The prince's current strength and manpower are basically given by the emperor, and the only people he recruits are those people from other courtyards." ”

The crown prince didn't have the strength to win the heir at the beginning, but the emperor didn't know why he took a special fancy to him, and even canonized his mother as the queen directly for him!

At this moment, the queen was forced to become the target of public criticism.

The prince was clever enough to hide, and he announced that he would go to his grandfather's house to recuperate and stay for a long time. ，

Although the prince's forbearance allowed them to gain respite and grow up calmly, it also allowed the opponent's power to further stabilize and develop. ”

"Among them, the eldest prince has a ruthless personality, he has been trying to keep the prince from returning to the capital all these years, but the emperor is very satisfied with this prince who was elected by himself without the will of the people, and he sent people to protect it early."

The eldest prince did not succeed once, but he never gave up.

The second prince had hoped that the eldest prince would be able to succeed earlier, so as to avoid the risk of doing it himself, but who knew that the eldest prince's people were such a waste of firewood, and they had not succeeded once in a few years.

So he held back his anger, the six princes seemed to be the most featureless and harmless of all of them, but he suddenly began to emerge two years ago, and his words and deeds suddenly won the hearts of the people, and they all said that he had won the allegiance of the legendary family.

Belch.

Liu Ye didn't know if each of the Su family's descendants would choose one person to be loyal to, and then finally duel to decide who was most qualified to be the head of the family?

Is it this kind of bull-breaking family is such an assessment task: you can't choose Mingjun, the person who assists Mingjun on the throne, no one inherits our family!

So much so...

Xia Yibai gently tapped the top of Liu Ye's head: "Off topic!" ”

Liu Ye touched the top of his head embarrassedly: "You continue." ”

"Okay, I won't say much about the superfluous," Xia Yibai said with a helpless face: "You just need to know that this tour is a rare opportunity for other princes in a hundred years, and it is nothing less than a difficult test for the crown prince!" ”

A test of life and death!

Liu Ye became serious, it turned out that this departure was so dangerous, the prince was really dissatisfied with himself, otherwise such a difficult task full of variables and dangers, how could he drag himself into the water!

"I say this to tell you, don't take it lightly! The prince will naturally be fully prepared, but he will not take you into account. So you have to pay attention to any subtle changes and arrangements on your side, and work hard to make a way for yourself to survive! Xia Yibai said solemnly

"Hmm!" Feeling the danger, Liu Ye cheered up and began to wonder if he was not prepared enough.

"Also, you don't passively accept the task assigned to you by the prince, you are already on the prince's ship, whether you want to or not, the world already sees it this way, you can no longer be alone, no one will believe that you are forced to take refuge."

Liu Ye looked at Xia Yibai in shock: "You really understand me." ”

Xia Yibai sighed: "Originally, as long as you are in the capital, you will not encounter too much danger, after all, the people who monitor you also have to protect you." But this trip is not enough, as long as you encounter danger, all of you may be used as cannon fodder! ”

As soon as he said this, Xia Yibai felt very nervous and uncomfortable.

Why is he not a hero who is both civil and military, at this time he can secretly follow her, at least to ensure her safety.

However, he is not an overly entangled person, since he can't do what he wants, then do his best to catch up and make up for it.

There is nothing wrong with Liu Ye's lazy personality itself, even the previous prince acquiesced and did not force her to change.

However, this trip is not trivial, the prince himself is also a lamb being watched, he does not have the ability to protect or connive at anyone, and any slightest mistake will cause irreparable disaster.

So even if she knows and cherishes Liu Ye's character and appreciates her indifference, but in order to let her survive and come back alive, Xia Yibai can only let her change herself and try to contact the core and darkness that she has been unwilling to touch, and find her most suitable position in it.

also let her take the initiative to find her own value, the value that can share the prince's worries instead of being a dispensable cannon fodder.

So he must wake up Liu Ye today, he can't go on like this freely, she must prove her own value, so that she will not be abandoned and given up at a critical moment.

Liu Ye also understood Xia Yibai's hard work, she took his hand and said seriously: "Don't worry, I understand, I won't be like a shrinking turtle anymore, shrinking my head in my shell, thinking that this will make the world peaceful." ”

Liu Ye made a gesture of sticking out his head: "Look, I'm out!" ”

Xia Yibai was amused, and the hearty laughter came far away, and the tall and thin man who was extremely bored sighed helplessly when he heard it, and said in his heart: I really guessed right!

Putting away his smile, Xia Yibai said again: "I know you are smart, but I still want to tell you: you must be careful!" ”

Liu Ye squeezed his hand movingly: "I understand." ”

"Hmm." Xia Yibai couldn't help but say: "Be good! ”

Liu Ye almost laughed out loud, Xia Yibai regarded himself as a child.

"Actually, I don't want to say such serious things, but I think it's better to do some things sooner rather than later." Xia Yibai said: "Actually, I think Ye'er, you should be glad that it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who found you, not the eldest prince and others." ”

"Why?"

"Because the crown prince is orthodox after all, when you listen to orders, it is completely based on the orders of someone who is the legitimate heir to the royal family. But if it is the eldest prince, what he wants to do and what he will let you do is to deviate from the norm and overthrow orthodoxy, which is fundamentally different. ”

Liu Ye thought about it seriously and nodded involuntarily.

Indeed, orthodoxy is still the dominant idea.

"So, under the premise of not the worst, can your resistance to the prince be reduced a little?"

Xia Yibai asked cautiously, this is what he observed and felt, Liu Ye's true attitude towards the prince, he only dared to say it in this situation, as for admitting it or not, ignoring it... He won't mention it again.

"You..."How do you know the depths of my heart?

Liu Ye was shocked again, and couldn't help shouting: "Xia Yibai!" ”

"How?" Xia Yibai was surprised.

"You must not treat me badly!" Liu Ye's eyes were moist: "Because you know me too well!" ”

Because you understand, so when you want to hurt me, you will definitely hit the bull's-eye and seal your throat with one arrow!

"Don't worry, I never will!" Only good for you!

However, the world is impermanent... Your words today, tomorrow... Will it still be complied with?