The queen is usually gentle and accustomed to it, and it is rare to have such a fierce speech. Qin Yining felt strange watching the queen behave like this from the sidelines.

What do you think the queen means, does she want to let Xiao Xiao help her go up the mountain?

Qin Yining smiled and said, "Niangniang, you are a precious woman, this mountain road is dangerous, since the guards can't touch you, the palace people can't do it." In the past, you have asked Huichuan County to stop the heavy rain in the Buddha Hall, and the weather is clear, as long as you are sincere, the gods and Buddhas do not care where you are, this mountain road is dangerous, very dangerous, and the courtiers feel that you should not take risks. ”

The queen looked at Qin Yining suddenly, only to feel that her sweaty face was white and red, her complexion was better, and her whole person was as fresh as a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl. The queen is close to the age of not being confused, she is old and yellow, she originally saw Qin Yining with her today, and she could only stare dryly, and she was already a little jealous in her heart, and when she saw her like this, her heart became more and more panicked.

"What the princess said is reasonable, but the palace has now come here, and people say that the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple is very effective, if the palace gives up halfway, I don't know if it will be punished? Who can say for sure? If the heavy rain comes again because of the temporary retreat of the main palace, who can be held responsible? ”

When Qin Yining heard the queen say this, she knew that she had already made up her mind, and if she forcibly persuaded her, she might turn the resistance into hatred.

Thinking of this, Qin Yining didn't say anything more, and handed over the decision to Xiao Xiao.

Xiao Xiao's sword eyebrows were already frowning, and he said disapprovingly: "The queen's sincere worship of the Buddha is really admirable, but it may not be a good thing to be too risky." ”

The queen was persuaded repeatedly, and she had accumulated anger, but she was still able to suppress it in the face of the little uncle, "The palace has made up its mind." ”

"Okay." Xiao Xiao sighed, "In this case, Niangniang will go with her ministers." ”

The queen nodded when she saw Xiao Xiao, and then her expression eased a little, and her mood eased a little.

Xiao Xiao took Qin Yining's hand and walked to the steps that were not steps, stepped forward on a stone with long legs, turned around and took Qin Yining's hand, and smiled softly: "Sister Yi'er, are you coming up?" ”

"Come up." Qin Yining was born tall and tall, and in the early years, he had many years of experience in the mountains, both in terms of physical strength and experience, far beyond ordinary women, although he was tired at this time, he was not even able to take a step.

She took Xiao Xiao's hand and jumped up the stone steps with a dexterous leap, because the space of the stone steps was limited, she let go of her hand, climbed the next step made of logs, leaned over and held it with her hands, and climbed another big rock.

The four of them followed Qin Yining closely, walking left and right in front of her.

She climbed up so dexterously, the queen standing below looked up, and there was a little confidence in her heart, so she also raised her leg and stepped up, but just stepped on it, and the other foot hit the ground, she felt that her foot was also painful, and her leg was sore, and she had no strength, and almost fell backwards.

"!" The guards who followed closely behind were about to come forward to help, but they didn't dare to touch her jade body because of the queen's words.

The owl quickly grabbed the queen's sleeve and lifted the person up.

The queen was shocked, patted her chest with a white face, and turned her head to thank the majestic man beside her, who was much taller than herself: "Thank you." ”

Since Xiao Xiao had already agreed to help, he naturally wouldn't put on a stinky face for the queen to see, and smiled: "Niang Niang is polite." ”

He has a beautiful appearance, sword eyebrows and phoenix eyes, and the curvature of the corners of his eyes and eyebrows is a little soft when he laughs. The two of them stood on the same stone steps, so close that the queen could even smell the faint scent of honey locust and an elegant and light fragrance of jasmine.

She knew that it was the aroma of Qin Yining's commonly used rouge paste and hair oil, which must have been contaminated when she hugged Qin Yining.

The queen's cheeks were hot, her heartbeat accelerated inexplicably, and she turned her face away and went to the next step.

Xiao Xiao had to walk behind, protecting the queen and Qin Yining.

Sun Mama was in a hurry on the gentle slope, she was old and frail, she couldn't climb the top of the mountain at all, the guards guarded the queen tightly, and couldn't help her, she had to salute the owl: "Prince, please protect the princess for a good life, the slave and maid thank you here." ”

Xiao Xiao turned around and said condescendingly: "Grandma Sun don't worry, the guards brought by this king will walk behind, and they will take you up the mountain later." ”

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Mama Sun was overjoyed and knelt down to salute the owl.

Xiao Xiao bowed slightly, and followed the queen's footsteps.

He was worried about Qin Yining, who was in the lead, and wanted to be next to her, but he couldn't leave the queen, so he was very close to the queen.

The queen could even feel the heat coming from the strong, tall man beside her.

"Sister Yi'er, be careful, the piece of soil on it is a little loose, don't step on it. Yes, you step on the piece next to it. ”

Worried that Qin Yining would not be able to step on it steadily, he jumped in front of Qin Yining with a deep leap and easily, leaned down on the stable boulder, and hugged Qin Yining directly with both hands.

Qin Yining put his arms around Xiao Xiao's neck, and he gently put it down, and the queen behind him was looking at the two of them, her eyes were a little weird, and her cheeks couldn't help but get hot.

"I'm fine." She gasped a little, touched a handful of sweat, and continued to climb upwards.

At this time, the queen had already climbed above where Qin Yining was standing, looked up at Xiao Xiao, and stretched out her hand.

He stretched out his hand and pulled the man up with the strength of his arm. But he was respectful, and he didn't touch the queen's other places, and he couldn't directly pick people up as he was worried about her bumping like he was protecting Qin Yining. The queen's leg scraped against the stone, and it hurt hotly.

The queen was a little disappointed in her heart, and sighed softly.

The group is moving forward with such difficulty.

At this time, Bingtang and Jiyun also began to walk the last steep road with Huzi and Tang Xiu, and when Mama Sun saw Huzi and Tang Xiu, she begged them for help.

Huzi smiled: "Mama, don't be anxious, the guards arranged by the prince will escort the elders behind, and we will be able to come here later, the two of us will protect the two sisters around the princess, it is inconvenient to take you, you can just take a short rest here, and the other guards will take Mama up the mountain when they arrive." ”

Mama Sun couldn't, so she had to nod and continue to wait.

At this time, the sting had already gone up to the top of the mountain, and climbed down again to greet Qin Yining, "Princess, it's very close to the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple, bypass this section of the road and walk across the wooden bridge in front of you." ”

Qin Yining nodded, hanging his sore thighs and panting.

"My body is not as good as before, I can't imagine that a mountain has not been climbed to be tired like this, I used to run all day in the mountain, collecting medicine and hunting, and often encountered wild beasts, if the physical strength was poor like this, I am afraid that I would have been eaten by wolves." Wiping a handful of sweat, Qin Yining smiled and asked in surprise, "Go back or I'll get up early with you to practice, right?" You can also teach me both hands. ”

He smiled and said, "The princess wants to learn martial arts, isn't there the best master here?" ”

Looking back at the stunned gaze, I saw the face of the owl expressionlessly pulling the red-faced queen up a log made of steps.

Xiao Xiao had already heard Qin Yining's words, let go of the queen's hand, and said to Qin Yining gently: "If you want to learn, I can teach you at any time." ”

Qin Yining nodded: "That's naturally good." ”

The queen panted and clenched her palms, as if holding the residual temperature when Fang Cai was pulling her. Looking up at the lady who was talking softly to Qin Yining, the queen couldn't help but think about what Li Qitian looked like to her on weekdays.

How long has it been since she had seen Li Qitian gently chatting with her?

Even the sleeping on the first and fifteenth days of junior high school is a routine, they don't even know how to chat, and she can't find a common topic that she can talk about with Li Qitian now.

This is their current day, Li Qitian is dedicated to affairs, and has a little other thoughts, and he is also with those young and beautiful concubines, and she is the queen, but she is just dregs.

is not like Xiao Xiao and Qin Yining.

Their affection is not an illusion, but a sincere love from the heart, which makes the queen feel envious when she looks at it, and there is a sour taste permeating, which gradually transforms into more obvious jealousy.

"Mother?"

The sudden voice pulled back the queen's consciousness, and she looked up blankly, only to find that the owl had jumped up and down the stairs and was looking down at her, and the person she was jealous of should have climbed higher lightly.

The queen bit her lower lip and stretched out her hand to the owl.

The group finally reached the top of the mountain, with a bridge made of logs at their feet, a large stretch of dense forests and mountains not far from the right hand side, and a half hour walk on the left hand side, but a large lake, and the sound of the water splashing in the distance.

"So there's a waterfall here?" Qin Yining said in surprise.

"Yes, this is where the water for the mountain comes from." He laughed in surprise.

Qin Yining opened his arms and took a deep breath, happily looking at the green-soaked mountains and the clear lake like a piece of jasper under the blue sky.

The fragrance of flowers and trees in the air can already smell the faint sandalwood, the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple stands in this beautiful scenery, the tall two-storey Bodhisattva statue stands compassionately in the courtyard of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple, adjacent to the tower, compassionately looking at the vast mountains and rivers.

"It's worth it."

"yes." At this time, Xiao Xiao had already walked to Qin Yining's side, wiping her sweat with his cuffs, "Are you tired?" Or I'll carry you on my back. The log bridge ahead is not easy to walk. ”

The log bridge is made of three thick logs tied with thick hemp rope, and it is built in the middle of a crack at random, although it is only a few steps away, but there are no handrails on both sides, if you accidentally fall into the crack, it will fall directly into the flowing water below the mountain.

Qin Yining was not reckless, and said with a smile: "Okay, my legs have already gone sore." ”

Xiao Xiao chuckled, not carrying the person, but holding the person horizontally with both hands, and turning it upside down: "Look at your thinness." ”

He walked to the log bridge step by step, and whispered close to Qin Yining's ear: "Huzi and Tang Xiuke will have fun later." ”

Thinking of Huzi's words when he was playing rock candy under the mountain, Qin Yining couldn't help laughing and slapped Xiao Xiao's shoulder, "Why is it so bad." ”

He laughed.

Hearty and cheerful laughter echoed in the mountains, attracting the faint look of the queen who was sitting on the ground panting.