The way back always felt like a fast walk, and by dusk, the prince's party had already walked half the way. The steppe is endless, there is very little shelter, and this road is the territory of Tatars, and for the prince, danger can come at any time.

"Prince, let's camp here tonight!" He Rui pointed to a row of mounds. Finally rushed to this mound before the dark, and He Rui breathed a sigh of relief. There was a forest next to the mound so that they could get firewood for a fire.

The prince nodded. This time, King Warat brought them two tents, and they were put on the backs of the two horses given by King Warat, and Ling Feng led people to set up tents. One of them was for the five girls, and the other was for the prince and the prince.

The soldiers lit bonfires, and although there was no wine or meat, the return from a victorious battle was always pleasant.

"You wake up tonight, we killed the King of Tatars, and now we are in the territory of Tatars." Ling Yun explained to his sister: "I'm just outside your tent, something to call me." ”

The elder brother went to the campfire, and the princess and the prince sat by the campfire, but the princess and her maid did not know where to go. Shuang'er walked around the two tents, but didn't find Yilan, so she had to go back to the tent and make the bed for the crown princess.

Xie Ruijiao pulled Haitang to stand up, "Let's look at the stars." The two left the campfire and headed out into the dark meadow.

There was no firelight, the surrounding was dark, and the sky was extraordinarily bright, and the dense stars, like shining pearls, were scattered on the deep seabed. Xie Ruijiao and Begonia were lying on the grass, and Begonia was wearing Xie Ruijiao's cloak under him.

"How many stars are there?" Xie Ruijiao put his arm under his head and asked Begonia with a smile.

Haitang smiled: "You don't know either!" Both of them laughed, remembering the starry sky on the roof of Yueling, as if they were in a different world.

"The one that looks like a scoop of water is the Big Dipper." Xie Ruijiao pointed to the empty road: "That one is very bright, it's the North Star." When you're lost, look at the North Star and think about where you wanted to go in the first place. If there is one, we don't want to get separated, don't be afraid, you stand under the North Star, and I will definitely find you. The two of them clasped their fingers, and the warmth of their palms slowly flowed into each other's hearts.

Lying quietly for a while, Haitang suddenly looked left and right: "Huh? Why can't you find the Cowherd and Vega? ”

"Let's not be a cowherd and weaver girl, let's be together, what are we looking for them." Xie Ruijiao reached over and took the begonia to his chest. The two of them laughed lightly and said nothing.

Ling Feng and Ling Xue were sitting not far away, the evening breeze was blowing, but there was a faint uneasiness. The two glanced at each other vigilantly, and quietly moved to the side of the prince again.

The soldiers lit a fire and heated the leftover roast mutton from yesterday. Milk tofu, the eleventh master is not used to eating it, and he always feels that there is a strange sour smell, which has already made people take it far away. But now, he smelled the smell of milk tofu in the wind.

He looked around, and in addition to the crown prince and princess, the prince and princess were not there. He stabbed the dark blue next to him who was wiping the vibrating bow: "Go to the prince, something is wrong." ”

Yan Shiyi said a few words to He Rui, He Rui nodded, and went over to explain to several generals. Eleven and Dark Green got up and walked in the direction the prince had just left.

Yan Shiyi didn't see the son, and Chu Yi and the ruthless and carefree didn't find the son either. There was a faint uneasiness in Chu Yi's heart. They walked towards the campfire, just in time to see Eleven and the prince returning with them.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the prince is gone!" Chu Yi said anxiously: "Princess Lingshuang Yilan is also gone, and her two maids are also looking for her." ”

"Let those women go back to the tent and don't run around, you look around, they may be together." The prince held Begonia's hand tightly and bowed his head to comfort her: "Don't be afraid, I'm here." ”

Haitang showed his sleeve arrow and smiled: "I'm not afraid, I'm a woman with three arrows!" ”

Before Xie Ruizhu left the fire with Begonia, Yu Shizi had already left. Seeing that Begonia was smiling skillfully, but the person he was looking at in his eyes was not himself, he felt sour, so he stood up and walked towards the edge of the woods. When Ilan saw the prince leaving, he followed.

Yu Shizi stood up, looking up at the starry sky, but his heart was empty, the loneliness accumulated in his heart over the years, like a hard shell wrapped in his heart, once knocked open a crack, and now it is about to close.

His heart was wandering, and suddenly a pair of female arms wrapped around his waist from behind, and the prince blurted out: "Begonia!" As soon as the name was called, he wanted to slap himself: How could Begonia come?

The hand holding him was released, and Yilan was aggrieved behind the son: "Can't you let go of her like that in your heart?" But she's married! ”

Shizi stared blankly at the bleak grassland under the starlight.

Yes, Begonia is already married, and she is no longer the girl who was confused with him in front of the rain curtain. Shizi turned his head, looked at the strange alien princess behind him, and asked, "What about you?" Have you ever liked anyone? If you have a sweetheart, this son can fulfill you and break the marriage contract with you. I've never liked to force people. ”

Yilan looked at him intently, walked up to him, and said firmly: "Ever since I saw you under the competition stage, I only have you in my heart, and you are my sweetheart." Are you still willing to fulfill me? ”

Shizi lowered his head and took a deep breath, "You know, I may need some more time. ”

"I'm willing to wait, no matter how long I wait." Ilan had tears in her eyes. That time King Duan rejected her, she only felt ashamed in her heart, but she was not sad; This time, Yu Shizi didn't have her in her heart, why did she feel like she had been stabbed, bloody pain?

"You ......" As soon as Shizi spoke, an arrow suddenly flew out of the woods and hit Shizi's vest. Shizi had his back to the arrow, but standing opposite him, Ilan saw the cold light of the arrow.

"Heart!" Ilan was about to push Shizi away, but he grabbed his wrist, pulled him into his arms, and rolled to the ground, dodging the arrow. The prince has no eyes behind him, but he has ears.

Shizi quickly took out the dagger in his boots, untied the short knife hanging from his waist and stuffed it into Yilan's hand, and said, "As soon as I jump up to attract their attention, you will run to the camp!" ”

"I don't! I'm going to be with you! Elan took the short knife, but it was categorical.

Shizi glanced at her: "Then you are lying on your stomach here, don't move!" As soon as he finished speaking, he jumped up and threw himself at a man who was slowly approaching them with a bow and arrow, and the dagger slashed at his throat and gave him a hard time.

As soon as there was movement on their side, more than a dozen people immediately came out of the woods, silently, and slowly surrounded him.

Princess Yilan was already standing beside Xie Yuanyu, she took Shizi's hand and muttered a few words to those people, those people didn't expect a girl to know their words, they were stunned, and looked at each other again, and one of them also asked Yilan two words.

In the middle of their brief Q&A, Ling Xue and Dark Qing who came out to look for them had already discovered them. The two silently drew their bows with arrows, and the two arrows tore through the air and went away.

In the afterglow, Shizi, who saw his accomplices in action, pushed Yilan back, volleyed himself into the air, and flew out with a dagger to stab one of them. The person who was talking to Yilan just now pounced on Yilan in annoyance, and the prince rolled around, grabbed Yilan's hand and stabbed it upward, and the short knife in Yilan's hand pierced into Narao's heart.

Ling Xue and Dark Qing also flew over, and the three of them and the rest of the people scuffled together. The sound quickly alarmed the others, Yan Shiyi commanded a group of soldiers to search in the woods, and He Rui led people to rush to Shizi. Soon, the heads of the few people hiding in the woods and the dozen or so people who rushed out all fell to the ground.

Shizi turned his head, pulled up Yilan, who was still lying on the ground in a daze, and asked softly, "Scared?" You okay? Ilan shook his head, "I'm fine." They were the people of the King of Tatar. ”

Shizi looked at her and said seriously: "Do you know that if you pushed me away just now, you would have been hit by an arrow." You are a woman, and you are not obliged to sacrifice yourself to protect anyone, and you should not do such a dangerous thing in the future. ”

"I don't care so much, I only care about you, I don't want you to have anything to do......" Ilan lowered his head and muttered.

All I care about is you. Shizi's heart moved.

Suddenly, he smiled lightly: "Stupid! ”