Jinglu Pavilion is the residence of the emperor to entertain foreign guests, only one street away from the Chong'an Palace, the architectural style is very similar to the Chong'an Palace, and the scale is only one circle smaller than the palace.

Lord Zhao's Ministry of Rites is responsible for the diplomatic affairs of Jinguo, and in order to welcome Princess Xingran this time, many officials of the Ministry of Rites are making preparations for the Jinglu Pavilion. This Shoufu accompanied Princess Xingran into the pavilion, and was caught off guard and met the new waiter of the Ministry of Rites who came to greet him, Chen Lanzhou.

He had a spring breeze on his face and a clear voice, and he bowed to us one by one-

"Princess Xingran, Lord Wan Qi, Qin Shoufu, Lord Zhao."

You say why there is such a son in the world, he has obviously suffered countless foul language and contempt, has seen the drunken dreams and decay of this world, and has suffered incredible betrayal, abandonment and bitter injury, but he can still maintain cleanliness, purity, and gentleness and brightness, without a single dust, nor a trace of resentment.

I was still calm, but when I heard the sound of "Qin Shoufu", I was a little in a trance. Some distant and flickering pictures came to mind, it was the brightly lit and sparkling lake, there was an ice blue shirt waiting for the boat, his face was covered with crystal clear tears, when he heard the footsteps and saw the comer, he suddenly raised his head, and showed me a bright spring smile in front of the bright moon:

"Childe is going to board my ship?"

Seeing that I was standing in front of the door of the hall for a long time, Zhao Mengqing beside me gently pinched my wrist through his sleeve.

"Princess, please." I withdrew my gaze from Chen Lanzhou and said to Princess Xingran beside me.

When I received the news that Princess Xingran was about to visit Jinguo, I thought that her trip would bring some changes to the situation in Jinguo, and Lord Zhao obviously judged from this that he had not received foreign guests for many years and did not even want to go to court, so he received her so earnestly and solemnly today, and even pulled out all the horses of the Ministry of Rites for this matter.

But for some reason, after seeing this princess, I became more and more anxious about this matter, and several doubts in my heart became stronger and stronger-

First, Zhao Mengqing wrote so many letters that never moved her at all, and now she has almost cut off contact, why did Princess Xingran suddenly come to Jinguo with her husband?

Second, Dongqi is almost the most powerful country on this continent now, and such a country will not do unpaid transactions, if she really plans to lend troops to Jinguo, then what will be the conditions for her to borrow troops?

Third...... It was the shock from the first sight of her, this princess was thirty-one years old, and she had gone to the arduous battlefield to fight the enemy and kill the thief, but she had no trace of wind and sun on her face, and there was no sign of color decay of a girl over thirty years old, and her skin was as delicate as a cardamom girl, how did she do it?

Thinking like this, the four of us were already sitting in the tea room of the pavilion, and the tea cup in front of me was also filled with hot tea.

Someone has to make a start, and when I saw Lord Zhao pinching the tea lid and silently brushing Biluochun in the teacup, as if he was making a draft, I took out a brocade box from my sleeve pocket and took the lead in speaking: "The princess can come to Jinguo, and I feel honored to be with all my colleagues in the court." Because the mountains are high and the rivers are long, I know very little about the princess's preferences, and I only heard that the princess got married on the first day of September, and I prepared a pair of gold branches and jade bracelets, hoping that the princess and Lord Wan Qi would have a good relationship with each other. ”

Princess Xingran smiled brightly, took the brocade box, rolled her jade-like eyes slyly, and said, "Thank you, Lord Qin, I like this bracelet very much." But you and I don't have to be so polite, it's better to ask me directly why I came to Jinguo," after that, he looked at Zhao Mengqing, and finally looked at Wan Qishu beside her, "Xiaoshu, why don't you explain to Lord Qin and Lord Zhao?" ”

Wan Qishu is still the same as when he first saw him, the whole person seems to be shrouded in a layer of cold mist, so that people don't know how to get close, but when he looks at Xing Ran, his eyes are slightly warmer, but even if there is a difference between Xing Ran, it has never been much better, for example, at this moment, he put down the tea cup in his hand, and said to Xing Ran in that lazy and cool tone: "I've talked to you many times, don't call me Xiaoshu." ”

Xing Ran smiled and said, "Okay, that husband, could you please explain to the two adults why we came to Jinguo?" ”

Wan Qishu looked at Zhao Mengqing and said in a calm tone that almost had nothing to do with him: "I came down to Jinguo for Lord Zhao, and the princess came to Jinguo for Lord Qin." The two of us don't have the same purpose, it's just that we are on the same boat. ”

Wan Qishu's answer made Ben Shoufu stunned, and also made Zhao Mengqing, who had been drinking tea silently, raise his head-

Between this couple, it seems that ...... There seems to be something suspicious, so that the relationship between the two people is not very harmonious.

But Princess Xingran didn't seem to care much when she heard this, she still had a bright smile on her face, and her voice still had a cheerful tone: "Husband is right." The purpose of our trip is different, so it is better to separate here, how about I talk to Lord Qin in another place? ”

Wan Qishu said coldly: "The princess doesn't have to bother, it's better to change places with Lord Zhao below." As soon as the words fell, he got up and walked out, leaving Ben Shoufu and Lord Zhao looking at each other, not knowing why.

"Then please ask Lord Shoufu to take care of Princess Xingran, and go with Lord Wan Qi in the next place." Zhao Mengqing got up and said.

The tearoom was quiet again, and the light and smile on Princess Xingran's face slowly dissipated.

She leaned over, her shoulders resting on the soft pillow next to her, and she looked like she was tired a lot, but she still had her usual bright smile when she spoke: "It's time for Lord Qin to see the joke." ”

"Where is the princess, there is anger and joy between husband and wife, and it is almost impossible to get along without being awkward in a lifetime."

"But if you become a family for more than a month, you can't be like this, and it shouldn't exist." She smiled lightly, and when she turned her head to look out the window, her eyes happened to pass by the pair of brocade boxes containing gold branches and jade bracelets, so she poked out her slender fingers like green onions and pinched the brocade box, put the bracelet on her fingertips to watch, and after a long time, she suddenly overflowed with a smile like a silver bell: "This bracelet is so beautiful, I will keep this one of mine, and the other one will be brought back by Lord Qin." ”

"Princess, this bracelet is a pair, how can it be opened?"

"Then throw it away for the princess," she said, looking at me, and speaking to me for the first time with the word "princess," for it should be an order rather than a consultation, "and throw it anywhere, as long as it doesn't show up with me." How can there be so many pairs in this world, and more often you need to be alone and take charge alone. I understood this when I was thirteen. She laughed.

I took back the other bracelet and put it in my sleeve pocket: "What does the princess want to see me alone?" ”

She supported her jaw with her hands and looked at me with crooked eyebrows: "Lord Qin is about the same age as me, right?" I saw your portrait in Dongqi five years ago, and it hasn't changed at all from today, and I am even younger and more agile than the one five years ago. ”

This sentence made my eyebrows skip a beat, and even my body stiffened: "What do you mean princess?" ”

"It's nothing, it's just a sigh, from ancient times to the present, princes and generals, nobles and ministers, jade tree elegance, and sinking fish posture, all can't escape the years carved on the face one after another," she mistook the corners of her lips, through the curling tea mist, looked at me with a sympathetic and lonely look, and said word by word, "'Life is not 100 years old, how about a hundred years old?'" The heroes of ancient times have returned to the mountains and rivers. ’”

"Princess, what do you want to say?" I pinched the teacup and tried to look as relaxed as possible, but no one would know that this sentence had caused a lot of sweat on my back.

"As smart as Lord Qin, you should have understood it from the first time you saw this princess."

I seemed to follow her words to find out who she was, but I really didn't want to believe that she was such a person, "The princess looked down and didn't understand what the princess meant. As he spoke, he slowly lifted the lid of the tea.

The dark red sour plum tea soup inside comes into view.

"Lord Qin, do you feel tired of the life and death in this world, the entanglement of love and hate?"

The tea cup fell to the ground suddenly, and the sour plum tea soup was sprinkled on my clothes.

The voice of the little boy of Lanzhou passed through thousands of mountains and rivers and instantly entered his ears - "I got off the boat a few days ago and bought sour plum tea and put it in the room in my painting boat, which has plums and hawthorn, sweet and sour, which can be used to consume food. ”

I straightened up in a daze, looked into her eyes and said, "Who are you, what are you doing in Jinguo?" ”

"Princess Ben wants to entrust you with something." She seemed pleased with my performance and laughed merrily.

"I don't want to help." I said to her in a cold voice.

"Then what if this princess uses this thing to ask Lord Qin for help?"

She took out a jade pendant from her sleeve pocket, which was four fingers wide and three inches long, with a black jade background, silver patterns, and a bronze coin firmly inlaid in the center—

Seeing the immortal order is like seeing the door owner, seeing that the commission can be persuaded but cannot be refused.