The corners of Qi Ziruo's mouth hooked a good-looking arc, wiped his palms with a handkerchief, lowered his eyebrows, and said casually: "It's all polite, this princess didn't receive the poetry post in advance today, and it seems a little abrupt to come uninvited, I hope you will forgive me, don't worry about this princess." ”

As a princess of the dynasty, the rivers and mountains follow her surname, where she wants to go, except for the emperor and the crown prince who can stop her, the rest of the people are not qualified to put their beaks at all.

Qi Changrong knew that no one would blame, at least on the bright side, no one would dare to say bad things about her.

But he just wanted to ask, as Ka said before, since he was here to support Zhao Yueqiu, then he had to block all their mouths before these people blocked themselves.

The smile on most people's faces was a little unbearable, the corners of their mouths were reluctantly torn apart, and they didn't dare to say anything in their mouths, but they didn't dare to say anything.

Pu Xinmin bit her lip and took a breath and said sarcastically: "With His Royal Highness the Crown Prince behind his back, who doesn't dare to deal with the thirteen princesses with long eyes?" ”

As we all know, the thirteenth princess and the twelfth princess had a conflict before, and in the end, the prince chose to protect the thirteenth princess.

It is enough to see that the prince is even closer to the thirteen princesses who are raised under the knee of Concubine Qin.

Hearing this, Qi Changrong frowned, and the rest of the people were taken aback by Pu Xinmin's words that he didn't know whether he was alive or dead.

dared to deliberately go against the princess of the dynasty, looking at the circle of noble women, only Pu Xinmin had such courage.

They instinctively looked at Qi Ziruo, thinking that the thirteenth princess would be angry, but the truth was unexpected.

I saw Qi Ziruo's expression calm, his brows were only furrowed for a moment before he loosened again, and a soft smile was put on his face again.

She tilted her head and looked at Pu Xinmin suspiciously, like an innocent child: "Since you know that behind this princess is His Royal Highness the Prince, why did you deliberately provoke?" ”

"Did you not take this princess in your eyes, or did you not take His Royal Highness the crown prince in your eyes?"

As he spoke, a huge hat was buttoned down.

Disrespectful to the prince and princess, if it falls into the hands of Qin Yushi, it is enough to make him not strict with the goddaughter of Puting.

Under Pu Ting's ears and eyes, Pu Xinmin naturally knew how sharp the literati's pen was, her face changed, and she immediately retorted, and said in a stiff voice: "Her Royal Highness the princess said that she laughed, as a citizen of the Great Jin Dynasty, who dares to disrespect the prince and princess of the dynasty?" Xinmin's heart is respectful, but it is not good to describe it in words, and I hope that Her Royal Highness the princess will be reasonable. ”

"Really?" Qi Ziruo's expression was calm, and he raised his eyes to look at her again: "In this case, you will do what you should do, the princess of the poetry club has no intention of participating, and this princess has no ink in her belly, this time she is just here to gain a long insight." ”

The implication is that you don't have to care about her existence, you can do whatever you have to do, it's best to ignore her directly, and everyone is happy.

"You ......" Pu Xinmin was angry, looking at Qi Ziruo's mouth and ignoring her words, but occupying the most central and conspicuous position, she couldn't help but stomp her feet, and said angrily: "Thirteenth princess, you have your own light, and you are about to blind our eyes, how can you not exist?" ”

"How?" Qi Ziruo blinked innocently, took a step back and said, "It's a big deal that this princess doesn't speak when you speak, so that even though you are in the same pavilion, you can not interfere with each other, isn't it good?" ”

Strong words, cheeky ......

After listening to her, everyone turned their backs and rolled their eyes in unison.

It is said that the thirteenth princess has a gentle and shy temperament, and she is the best princess in the royal family, but today, it seems that the rumors are wrong......

They don't know if they are gentle or not, but they are good at making trouble unreasonably.

Looking at everyone speechless, and looking at Qi Ziruo's shoulders that were calm on the surface, but actually trembling with nervousness, Zhao Yueqiu was speechless for a while.

She has been the companion of the thirteenth princess since she was a child, of course she knows how timid this princess is, she never causes trouble for no reason on weekdays, and she jumps three steps away when she encounters trouble, and she does not get into trouble.

Today, her style has changed from normal, completely different from the past.

not only stood here to shield her from the wind and rain, but also lost Pu Xinmin's face, but also blatantly offended half of the nobles in Beijing......

If there was no one in this who instructed her, she would not believe it anyway.

Someone who can advise Qi Ziruo......

Thinking of who that person was, Zhao Yueqiu couldn't help but feel a gloom on his face.

I don't want to marry, why bother so much with her?

This question, until the boat left, Zhao Yueqiu still did not think clearly.

At this time, Qi Ziruo was covered in sweat, as if he had been fished out of the water, and he shrugged aside.

What she had just done on the gazebo had consumed all her energy.

"The princess is afraid, why do you want to stand up for me?"

Sensing the scrutiny in Zhao Yueqiu's eyes, Qi Ziruo immediately understood that he couldn't hide it, and he didn't hide it anymore, revealing today's conversation with Qi Changrong thoroughly.

While speaking, he also carefully observed Zhao Yueqiu's expression, and there was a tendency to stop immediately when she saw that she was displeased.

After all, even if Sister Zhao can't become her sister-in-law in the future, the friendship between the two of them is real, and she doesn't want to make the two estranged because of this incident.

Speaking of the end, she deliberately smiled haha, and euphemistically mentioned: "Brother Prince probably treats you as his own sister, I think when I quarreled with the Twelfth Emperor Sister, Brother Prince was also desperate to protect me." ”

Qi Ziruo said it implicitly, but Zhao Yueqiu was smart, how could he not hear the meaning of her words?

She obviously wanted to tell herself that since the prince treated her as a sister, it was best for her not to think about the position of the crown princess.

So as not to be sad and embarrassed at the end.

The corners of Zhao Yueqiu's mouth twitched, her heart hurt slightly, and she pretended to be relaxed: "Yes, if I have His Royal Highness the Crown Prince as my brother, it will be a blessing from eight lifetimes of cultivation." ”

Pity......

Qi Ziruo's eyes were bright, but she couldn't figure out whether Zhao Yueqiu's performance at this moment was really unconcerned or pretending not to care.

If you don't care, you are silent along the way.

If you care, you don't see the slightest sadness on your face.

Just when Qi Ziruo was puzzled, there was a sudden tremor from the boat, and the bodies of the two of them turned to the side uncontrollably.

With a 'bang', Qi Ziruo's forehead hit the board heavily.

The boat was still shaking, Zhao Yueqiu's expression tightened, she struggled to grab the spare handle, and asked nervously, "Princess, are you okay?" ”

"No problem." Qi Ziruo waved his hand, covering his injured forehead with one hand, and holding the wooden table next to him tightly with the other: "It's just a little painful." ”

As she spoke, she gasped in pain, where was the pain, it was obviously very painful!

She was sure that there must be a mark on her forehead now.

Zhao Yueqiu stabilized her body and raised her voice to ask outside, "What's wrong?" ”

During the interrogation, a commotion came from outside, mixed with the screams of women and the sound of falling water.

After questioning, no response was received.

On the board, the boat was left in the water, and at the bow of the boat, two black-clothed men were in full swing.

The man in charge of the boat hid in the fence and did not dare to move.

Of course he heard the girl in the cabin asking, but at the moment he did not dare or could not answer.

Just now, when he controlled the boat to the middle of the lake, a guy dressed in black suddenly crossed the water, and came straight to his door with murderous vigour, and almost broke his neck.

If it hadn't been for another person jumping out at a critical time, maybe his little life would have been saved a long time ago!

Recalling the feeling of powerlessness at that time, the boatman couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, staring ahead with his eyes unblinking, unable to speak.

I don't know how long it took, the sharp blade flashed, and the blood light slashed in front of his eyes, and one of the black-clothed men suddenly let out a terrible scream.

The bloody severed arm fell in front of the boatman's eyes, and the splatters of blood fell on his face.

The boatman's eyes widened in horror: "Ahhhhhhh

There was another scream, followed by a 'poof' sound.

When the boatman looked up again, there was no one at the bow.

He lay on the side of the railing, watching the clear, pale blue water stained red.

The man in black with a broken arm dived and fled without knowing whether he was alive or dead, and the hero who came to the rescue later tapped the water on tiptoe and quietly walked away, leaving no words.

The boat swaying from side to side gradually returned to stability, and Zhao Yueqiu helped Qi Ziruo to rush out of the cabin.

Before the man could approach, the voice came from afar.

"What happened?"

As he approached, the severed limb came into view.

The marks of a fight were evident on the plank, and red blood spread from the steps to the canvas.

Qi Ziruo's face was as pale as paper, and he took a few steps back in horror: "This ......"

In contrast, although Zhao Yueqiu was also shocked and gasped, she forced herself to suppress her intentions, gently patted Qi Ziruo's back, and while trying to comfort her, she calmly asked the boatman:

"What's going on?"

Thinking back to the previous events, it seemed that there was still a cool breeze blowing through his neck, and the boatman's back was cold, staring at a certain place, and he replied with a nail: "A thief jumped on the boat and wanted to do something wrong, but I had no power to resist it, and I almost died at his hands." ”

"The Broken Arm ......"

"There was a hero in black who came to his aid when he saw injustice, and when they fought, the thief was cut off and jumped into the water and fled without a trace."

Zhao Yueqiu squinted her eyes, and her expression became more and more condensed: "Where is the person who saved us?" ”

"I don't know." The boatman shook his head and raised his hand to point weakly into the distance: "When I came back to my senses, he was already gone, and he didn't say anything." ”

Do good deeds and don't want to leave a name?

Hearing this, Zhao Yueqiu was speechless for a long time.

There are many ships here, and they did not deliberately hide their identities, so the people in the shadows may have already investigated and there is no possibility of getting on the wrong ship.

According to the boatman's description, the people who came were ruthless, and they must have been well-trained killers who had come to take their lives.

But who saved them later?

Looking at the panic on the pavilion along the lake, Zhao Yueqiu thought for a long time, but still couldn't figure it out.