Things were as Shi Qingqian expected, King Ning was not angry with himself for beating him a few boards, he finally chose to suffer this dumb loss.

The weather was getting colder and colder, and in the blink of an eye, snow was falling from the sky - the winter banquet that had been brewing for a long time was finally coming.

Shi Yueran's post said that he could take Yao'er to participate with him, but considering that he was too young and it was the time to be naughty, not to mention the mixed fish and dragons at the banquet, Shi Qingqian still decided not to take him with him, and asked Mother Zheng and Mama Qiu to take Yao'er back to the Hou Mansion to live for two or three days.

The banquet venue is in the northern suburbs of the palace, so everyone will go and stay for one night, the first day is just an ordinary snow viewing, chatting, eating banquet, and the second day is preparing for winter hunting activities.

Such a setting made Shi Qingqian feel as if he had suddenly returned to a few years ago, when it was also on the winter hunting day, the prince named Shen Mo died, and she also saved Shen Ran's life in the northern suburbs of the palace.

Shi Qingqian knows that no one will remember the deceased for ten years, and the living will always have their own life to live and their own path to go on, although the northern suburbs palace has some bad image in Shi Qingqian's heart, but she will not let this matter affect her.

On the day of the banquet, Shi Qingqian and Shen Shu also prepared carefully - when the emperor was alive, there would be a relatively grand banquet every leap year, and Shen Mi had never had it since he succeeded to the throne, but there were many fewer ordinary banquets. This is the first time that they have used the Northern Suburbs Palace, so why are they coming to cheer.

Today, Shi Qingqian is wearing a lotus lotus-colored gourd double happiness pattern intertwined silk stand-up collar robe, mopping the floor of the dark purple three-inlaid gold entangled flower skirt, the hair is chic, but the hair accessories are not cumbersome, only a few small and chic cloud flowers red silver clips, and the ears are milky white jade earrings, the whole person looks fragrant and dazzling, but it does not look too extravagant when you look closely.

Shen Shu is also very well decorated, he is already well-proportioned, and after wearing a dark cloud brocade robe, he looks even more upright, and the waist is tied with a dark cloud pattern belt, and the dark lines on Shi Qingqi's clothes are from the hands of the same embroidered girl, his hair is pulled, not messy, his eyes are clear, and his appearance is dignified.

In addition to this outfit, Xue Ying also prepared a set of riding clothes for each of them, and when it came to the second day of winter hunting, not to mention whether they would participate, but they must always be dressed neatly.

The two of them took a carriage together to the northern suburbs of the palace, the boundary of the capital is not small, the northern suburbs are even more remote from the city, the two of them simply ate at noon before going out, on the road Shi Qing thought that the carriage was really boring, Shen Shu waited for her to ride a horse for a while, and then sit on the car for a while, this road does not seem to be so long.

It's just that the speed is a lot slower, but fortunately, there is no time set for this banquet, and those who arrive early are going to get together and talk first, as long as they arrive at the dinner in the evening.

After getting off the carriage at the side gate of the palace in the northern suburbs, someone immediately came forward to take the two of them to settle down at their accommodation for the night.

Shi Qingqian walked on the way to the second heroic hall of the inner courtyard, and there was a little emotion in his heart. I think that the last time she came to this palace, she was just a small princess, and she lived in a more remote palace with the people from the Hou Mansion, and this time she was the princess of Yan, and she wanted to live in a more central and luxurious place with Shen Shu.

What is it called? Time has passed, and things are not people.

As soon as the two of them settled down, Shen Shu sent someone to inquire that the person who came to the Hou Mansion had not yet arrived, but he was called by the emperor to eat and chat again, so he comforted Shi Qingqian a few words, asking her to take a good look in the garden first, and come back later.

Shi Qingqian is also used to it, there is no way, his own officials are called 'the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility', in addition to accompanying himself, the social interaction on weekdays is also indispensable, so he waved his hand and told him to talk to the people in the officialdom with peace of mind.

After cleaning up, the sky was already a little dark, it was already dark in winter, and Shi Qingqian couldn't bear to be lonely, so Xue Ying took a fox fur and put it on her, and went out to find his little sister in Beijing together.

It's just that she didn't expect that the road to the palace in the northern suburbs was really complicated, and she didn't recognize how to go at all, so she turned around and lost her way.

I don't know where I went, but I just watched the road become more and more remote, Shi Qingqian sighed helplessly, "Ying'er, we seem to be lost......

"I—I can see it." Xue Ying also had a bitter face, and followed behind Shi Qingqian aggrievedly.

Snow fell in the sky again, and a thin layer of snow had been paved on the road here, and suddenly Shi Qingqian seemed to hear something unusual in front of him, and suddenly pulled Xue Ying to the rockery, and covered her mouth with his hand, "Shhhh ”

Xue Ying was so frightened that he didn't dare to move, and the next second he heard a man's voice not far in front of him:

"Your master is really powerful, you dare to send a dog to follow me after all this?"

"My lord, my master doesn't mean anything else, I just think that my lord is ...... these days. Not 'good' anymore. ”

In the aisle in front of them stood two men, one in a pure black night coat, the other also wearing a cloak, but the breeze blew and could see the white clothes under his cloak.

Shi Qingqian looked through the gap in the rockery, and saw that the man in black had already taken out a dagger and dangled it in front of the cloaked man.

As soon as she saw that something was wrong, she secretly cursed in her heart why she was so unlucky forever, and hurriedly hooked her body and pushed Xue Ying: "Ying'er-run, be careful-"

The two people on the other side are obviously outlaws with stories behind them, Shi Qingqian no longer wants to let himself get involved in this unprovoked dispute, the best choice is to leave quietly and act as if nothing happened.

"Princess-" Xue Ying looked flustered, "I, let's go together." ”

Shi Qingqian nodded slightly, and gently pushed Xue Ying forward, both of them held their breath and were afraid, they didn't dare to take a breath at all, and the two of them brushed their waists together and wanted to leave, but the snowflakes on the ground accumulated a small layer, and the shoes made a 'squeak' sound when they stepped on it.

"Ying'er-you, you go and hide!" Shi Qingqian gasped and pushed Xue Ying violently.

After all, he still knows some martial arts, the two of them are lost, it is really not easy to find someone, not to mention that this person is strong in martial arts, if Xue Ying wants to run, the risk of being caught is too great.

The black-cloaked man behind him raised his eyebrows, and when he looked away, the man opposite waved his hand holding the dagger and stabbed it at the man in front of him—