"Drive."

The sound of horses' hooves came and sounded quickly, accompanied by a loud shout of "get out of the way, get out of the way", and the crowd in the street only had time to glance at it in a hurry, and began to flee in all directions.

"Get out of the way."

At an intersection, a man suddenly appeared on the right.

The fifth prince who ran at the front immediately grabbed the reins: "Huh." ”

The horse raised its front hooves, neighed, and stopped as it spun.

The person who came out was none other than Xiao Chu, the fourth-generation eldest grandson of the Xiao family.

"Childe, are you alright?" Wen Li ran to Xiao Chu's side and helped him stand up.

Xiao Chu glanced at the worn sleeves, his arm ached faintly, and there was a little wet feeling, it should be bleeding.

"I'm fine..."

"Hey, boy, have you grown your eyes? Didn't you see the horse of the Five Princes coming? Deli, the attendant beside the fifth prince, yelled at Xiao Chu.

Hearing that it was the Fifth Prince, Wen Li, who originally wanted to scold, was suddenly silenced and stood aside honestly.

Xiao Chu first respectfully bowed to the five princes: "I've seen the five princes." ”

Then he straightened his waist and said, "This is Suzaku Street, and His Majesty has ordered that no one is allowed to ride on horseback except for emergency military situations."

"Dare to ask the fifth prince, are you coming back from the border pass? Or do you have an urgent military situation in your hand and want to rush into the palace to present it to Your Majesty? ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Chu paused, looked behind him, and said, "No, looking at your direction, you are going outside the city, could it be that Your Majesty is also outside the city?" ”

Deli scolded: "Boy, don't tell me about those who have and don't, it's not your turn to talk more about what our five princes want to do." ”

Xiao Chu sneered when he heard this: "The Son of Heaven is guilty of the same crime as the common people, not to mention the prince, you have gone to the streets, how many people's things have been destroyed, and how many people have been injured, just this is enough to put you in prison, I will go to the Yushitai to sue you." ”

The kid in front of him is only a teenager, and his outfit is not yet the age of the weak crown, but he didn't expect that in the face of the most powerful five princes, he is neither humble nor arrogant, and seeks justice for the people with reason and evidence.

Deli was a little out of words, and he looked at the fifth prince as if asking for help.

"Shhhhh

The horses under the seat of the five princes suddenly went berserk and kept twisting their bodies.

"Your Highness..."

The attendants were shocked and hurriedly stepped forward to help, but the mount of the fifth prince was a first-class horse, and ordinary people could not enter at all, so everyone could only stare dryly.

"Bang."

The fifth prince was thrown off his horse by his mount and fell heavily to the ground, and the horse took the opportunity to run out of the crowd.

"Your Highness."

Everyone was busy helping the five princes.

The fifth prince's face turned pale, and he slowly stretched out his finger and pointed at Xiao Chu: "This person... He frightened my horse, threw me down, and took him back, and I will punish him. ”

When Deli heard this, he rushed forward and clasped Xiao Chu's hands, "Okay, kid, it turns out that you have premeditated, and you dare to assassinate the fifth prince, you are doomed." ”

"I didn't, you wronged me, obviously he himself was thrown off the horse." Xiao Chu was not convinced, and defended loudly.

Unfortunately, no one listened to him, and he was still tied up.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Wen Li turned around and ran.

Deli wanted to chase after him, but he heard the fifth prince shouting "ouch", he immediately turned his steps and returned to the fifth prince: "Your Highness, bear with me, I will send you back to the house immediately." ”

"Hurry up and go to the Imperial Doctor."

......

"Oh no, no," Wen Li ran to the Evergreen Temple out of breath.

Mama Gao scolded: "Panicked, no rules, don't go down quickly, don't alarm the old lady." ”

Wen Li knelt on the ground, panting, unable to say a word.

Seeing that Mama Gao wanted to reprimand again, Mrs. Xiao waved her hand to stop her: "Forget it, let him take a breath and say it." ”

Wen Li took two deep breaths, calmed his heartbeat, and quickly said, "Young Master Chu was captured by the Fifth Prince..."

"What?"

Old Madam Xiao was so shocked that she got up from the couch and stared at Wen Li tightly: "What the hell is going on......

"Cousin!!"

Seeing Tong Mokang, Ganlu's eyes lit up, her face was dyed crimson with excitement, and she ran towards Tong Mokang, her steps light and cheerful.

Tong Mokang was stunned for a moment, then avoided her outstretched hand, stepped aside, and made way: "Cousin." ”

Ganlu looked at her hand in a daze, her expression became lost, and after a moment of silence, she mustered up the courage to ask, "Is it true that my mother said that my cousin wants to break off the marriage contract with me?" ”

Tong Mokang felt a trace of discomfort in his heart, and said calmly on his face: "Cousin, at that time, it was only a verbal agreement between my mother and my aunt, and there was no exchange of Geng posts and tokens, and we did not have a marriage contract.

"What's more, I've always regarded you as a sister since I was a child, and I haven't had other ideas.

"I'm sorry if some of my actions in the past caused my cousin to misunderstand.

"I'm sorry, cousin."

This has been said very clearly, no matter how unwilling Ganlu is to accept the reality, she must face it, her tears suddenly welled up in her eyes, flashing and turning, and her slender eyelashes seemed to be about to bear the weight of tears, and they were about to fall.

Finally, an eyeball rolled down, crossed the face, and landed on the bluestone slab with a crisp sound, hitting the hearts of the two of them.

The pursed lips finally let go, and through the blurred vision, she asked Tong Mokang, "Is it because of Xiao Lingwei?" It's because of her that you don't want to marry me, do you? ”

This sentence was very sharp, and the discomfort in Tong Mokang's heart deepened again, he pondered for a moment and said: "These are two different things, I don't want to marry you purely because I have no love for you, and it has nothing to do with Sister Xiao." ”

"Sister Xiao, Sister Xiao." Ganlu wiped a handful of tears violently, and her eyes became sharp: "You also call her Sister Xiao, that is, treat her as a sister?" ”

Tong Mokang explained without thinking: "I called her Sister Xiao purely out of politeness and respect, which is different from you. ”

"That means, do you like Xiao Lingwei?" Manna asked him reluctantly.

Tong Mokang was silent for a moment, and said in a firm tone: "Yes, I like her." ”

Manna wet her eyes again: "You want to marry her?" ”

"Yes."

What a firm answer, but when this word reached Ganlu's ears, she only felt that all thoughts were lost, the heavens and the earth were about to collapse, and her body was shaky, and there was no support at all.

Tong Mokang looked at her like this, stretched out his hand to help her, but he didn't know what he thought, and when his hand was about to touch the nectar, he took it back.

When Tong Mokang's hand was just stretched out, Ganlu's eyes lit up, and my cousin still cared about me, she thought to herself. But as soon as her idea arose, she saw Tong Mokang's hand retracted, and the light in her eyes was suddenly extinguished.

Fortunately, the maid ring on the side helped her in time, so that she was saved from intimate contact with the earth.

"Miss, are you alright?"