The clouds that had accumulated all night were suffocating, and finally when the day was about to dawn, it turned into a torrential downpour.

And thinking of what Mei Zijin said to her yesterday, as well as the warmth and sweetness of his meeting with Yun'er later, Shui Qingqing's heart that had been suppressed for a long time was as happy as this heavy rain.

It was as if the haze and pain accumulated in her heart before fell from her heart into the dust like this heavy rain, making her whole body feel relieved and happy.

But she didn't know that the tribulation was coming to her again......

Shui Qingqing didn't know that Mei Zijin had left the house to go to the barracks.

She didn't care about the rain-soaked uppers, and was about to send him the one she bought for Mei Zijin early, but the door of the treasury was pushed open, and Princess Leyi appeared in front of her with a cold face with a group of subordinates.

Looking at Princess Leyi, who came to the treasury abruptly, Shui Qingqing's heart tightened, and she had a bad premonition.

Sure enough, without waiting for her to speak, Princess Leyi didn't say a word, and coldly ordered: "Come on, tie up this slut and throw it into the yard!"

As soon as the words fell, Dew Drop personally led two grandmothers with thick waists and broad shoulders to come forward, set up Shui Qingqing, who was stunned, one left and one right, and threw them into the heavy rain outside like chickens.

However, Shui Qingqing's thin summer clothes were soaked by the heavy rain.

She got up from the muddy water in a panic and knelt in the courtyard, her head desperately lowered, in order to protect her face from being washed away by the heavy rain.

Princess Leyi led everyone to stand under the porch, looking at Shui Qingqing who was kneeling in the yard with cold eyes, trembling like a water dog, and said coldly word by word: "Peel off the camouflage on her face, beat her to death and throw it out to feed the dog!"

Several stout grandmothers immediately stepped forward in the rain, holding sticks and walking towards Shui Qingqing......

From the moment she heard Princess Leyi say that she had picked the disguise on her face, Shui Qingqing understood that her identity was discovered by Princess Leyi.

Sure enough, Princess Leyi looked at her and said angrily and proudly: "Slut, you dare to seduce Master Hou in front of this princess." Do you know that this princess and Hou Ye are married by their father, and Hou Ye is going to be the princess's concubine after all, how can you let a slut like you hook up casually - I have to kill you today to solve the hatred in my princess's heart! ”

Hearing this, Shui Qingqing's whole body trembled-

She has already learned Princess Leyi's ruthless methods and brutality.

On the day of Yun'er's 100-day banquet last year, in order to save Yun'er, she killed Princess Leyi's snow wolf dog in a hurry, and she pushed her into the yard and asked to be beaten to death.

In the end, it was Mei Zijin who came out to save her life.

But today, looking at this situation, she dared to be an opponent in Mei Zijin's mansion, and she didn't have to think that Shui Qingqing would guess that Mei Zijin must not be in the mansion at this time.

So, who is here to save her today?!

Thinking of this, Shui Qingqing's expression froze, and a cold glow flashed in panic!

The next moment, she got up from the ground, but before those grandmothers could do anything to herself, she reached out and removed the human skin mask on her face—

Since there is no one to save her, then she has to save herself!

As her true appearance was exposed, Princess Le Yi and the palace people behind her were dumbfounded.

Even the fierce gods and vicious mothers who came towards her were stunned.

At a glance, everyone recognized her as the county lord of Guanqing who retired from his relatives with the Third Highness, eloped with the guards, and disturbed the situation in the capital!

"It's you!?"

Princess Leyi couldn't believe her eyes, her pointed fingers at her tremblingly, and her face looked like a ghost.

Shui Qingqing stood in the heavy rain with her head held high, hooked her lips and said with a cold smile: "Fifth princess, say goodbye in the palace, but I haven't seen you for a long time!"

Looking at her indifferent and casual appearance, Princess Le Yi finally recovered from the shock.

Shui Qingqing, who was embarrassed with cold eyes, thinking back to the past few days, Princess Leyi smiled angrily, gritted her teeth and scolded: "You are really a shameless slut - not to mention eloping with the guards, now you are dressed like this and sneaked to Hou Ye's side, what about your face?" It's really worse than a shameless prostitute......"

In the face of Princess Leyi's blatant humiliation, Shui Qingqing didn't blink, reached out to wipe the rain on her face, and said coldly: "It doesn't matter if the princess scolds me, but don't insult the identity of the royal princess - I don't know, I thought it was a shrew on the street scolding the street!"

Anyway, ignore the dizzy Princess Leyi, and walk away, not wanting to entangle with the unruly princess here.

Shui Qingqing didn't want to make a big deal out of it, so as not to let the subordinates in the house see the jokes. However, how could the dizzy Princess Leyi be willing to be willing, let alone let her go like this!

She shouted at the stunned grandmother: "What are you doing like a wooden person stunned, why don't you catch her quickly and beat her to death!"

It stands to reason that although Princess Le Yi's status is higher than Shui Qingqing's, Shui Qingqing is also the identity of the county lord, and she is also the niece of Queen Chen, the cousin of the third prince, and her father is also a well-known minister.

Although she has a bad relationship with the three princes of Empress Chen, in the eyes of uninformed outsiders, she can be regarded as a royal relative with a head and a face, and with this relationship in it, Princess Leyi does not dare to touch her easily, let alone kill her.

This is also the reason why Shui Qingqing unveiled her face, that is, to make Princess Leyi have scruples about her identity and will not be willful.

However, she still underestimated this unruly princess too much.

Seeing that Shui Qingqing was leaving, Princess Leyi actually ordered Mama to come forward and catch her again.

These people in the Mama Palace were all brought to the border by Princess Leyi from the capital, and they were not her loyal servants. Therefore, after listening to her words, although those grandmothers were a little timid in their hearts, they still rushed forward with the order, blocked Shui Qingqing's way, and caught her again.

Shui Qingqing turned her head and glared at Princess Leyi, who had a distorted and smug face, and said coldly: "I didn't make a mistake, why did the princess arrest me?"

After that, he angrily scolded the grandmother who was about to do it to her: "I am the county lord of the emperor's own title, which of you dares to do it!"

The grandmothers were frightened by her awe-inspiring expression, and unconsciously stopped the movements in their hands, and looked hesitantly at Princess Leyi under the corridor.

At that time, the heavy rain finally stopped, and the backyard was full of potholes and water stains.

Princess Leyi ignored the muddy water on the ground and soiled her shoes, walked down the steps to Shui Qingqing, raised her hand and pinched her neck, and said fiercely: "It's up to you to seduce Hou Ye and destroy the relationship between this princess and Hou Ye!"

"Don't think I don't know, it was you who instigated Hou Ye to drive us away, so that you could stay alone with Hou Ye - why, why are you occupying Brother Zijin alone?! Don't forget, this princess is the real Mrs. Hou, without the permission of this princess, you are not qualified to be with Lord Hou - not to mention, you still owe this princess Xue'er a life! ”

Thinking of the snow wolf dog that was killed by Shui Qingqing before, Princess Le Yi felt more and more resentment in her heart, and the sharp nails on her fingers pinched Shui Qingqing's neck with a pain, not only pinching out red marks, but also overflowing blood stains.

Shui Qingqing's body was grabbed by Mama and couldn't move, so she could only endure the hot pain in her neck, and said coldly: "I have never destroyed the relationship between the princess and the marquis." But I won't let go of my relationship with Lord Hou just because the princess is the future Mrs. Hou...... The relationship between Master Hou and me is a matter between the two of us, and it is not hindered by anything......"

"Smack!"

Shui Qingqing's uncompromising words completely angered the high-flying Princess Leyi, and she raised her hand and slapped Shui Qingqing in the face.

"Slut, are you going to challenge me?! Do you really think that you are the lord of the county, and this princess will not dare to ask for your life - last time there was a Hou Ye in the Hou Mansion to save you, this time this princess will see who will save you! ”

After that, Princess Leyi ordered in a cold voice: "Come on, tie her hands and feet, gag her mouth and stuff her into a wooden box - hasn't the third brother been catching this **?" When the princess returned to Beijing this time, she brought him back a big gift, which should be regarded as congratulating the third brother on becoming the prince as he wished! ”

Hearing this, Shui Qingqing's whole body trembled violently, she didn't expect Le Yi to arrest her back to the capital, and she didn't expect Li You to really become the prince.

She couldn't care about her own crisis, her eyes looked at Princess Leyi with a smug face, and she was shocked: "What did you just say? Li You has become the crown prince?! ”

Regarding this news, Princess Le Yi also learned from Chen Zijin when she summoned him last night.

Indeed, as Mei Zijin expected, on the side of the capital, Empress Chen and the Queen Mother, as well as the courtiers who supported Li You, such as Bai Haoqing, all took advantage of the crisis of the border war to advise Emperor Jin Ming, and for the sake of the country, asked Emperor Jin Ming to set up the next prince as soon as possible.

And Li You has always let Chen Zijin suppress the battle at the border pass, only defending and not attacking, which can't help but make Emperor Jin Ming worry about this battle.

In the end, he couldn't resist the persuasion of the Queen Mother and others, and set up Li You as the crown prince.

At the same time, Empress Chen personally selected the grandniece of the Queen Mother's family, Lin Rou, as the crown princess......

Looking at Shui Qingqing's stunned and incredulous appearance, Princess Leyi thought that she had heard that Li You had become the prince and regretted her resignation that day, and couldn't help but mock proudly: "Do you regret hearing that the third brother became the prince?" Oh, it's fortunate that the third brother finally quit with you, otherwise, with your virtue, would you be worthy of being the crown princess?! ”

Shui Qingqing's heart was cold.

She doesn't regret retiring from her family, let alone the position of the crown princess, what she is afraid of is that Li You, who has been thinking of ways to deal with Mei Zijin, has now become the crown prince, and when he succeeds to the throne and becomes the new emperor in the future, how can he let Mei Zijin go!

Thinking of this, Shui Qingqing couldn't help but think of what Li You said to Mei Zijin on the day she set out on the expedition. The phrase 'dying man' has always been engraved in her heart like a terrible curse, and it makes her shudder......

and Yun'er, Li You also refuses to let go of Yun'er!

Shui Qingqing, who was panicked and messy in her heart, was worried that Li You would deal with Mei Zijin and Yun'er after she gained power, but she even forgot her current dangerous situation, and was dragged to Princess Leyi's courtyard by her mother without any struggle, tied her hands and feet, sealed her mouth and put it in a wooden box......

Princess Le Yi looked at Shui Qingqing who was packed into the wooden box, and said with a smug smile: "Well, since it's all ready, let's go immediately."

In this way, Princess Le Yi actually took advantage of Mei Zijin's return before she came back, hid Shui Qingqing in her luggage box and took it away......

By the time Mei Zijin came back from the barracks, it was already evening.

In fact, from the time he left the barracks, he received a report that something had happened in the house.

Without thinking about it, Mei Zijin guessed that it was Shui Qingqing who had an accident.

Immediately, he didn't care that the injuries on his body had not healed, so he gave up the carriage and rode back to his house on horseback.

When he arrived at the warehouse, Shui Qingqing had already disappeared inside.

The blood in her whole body froze in an instant, and Mei Zijin rushed towards Princess Leyi's courtyard with a dark and calm face, but was told that Princess Leyi and her two aunts had set off to return to the capital as early as this morning after the rain stopped.

Mei Zijin's face was gloomy and dripping water, looking at the servant who was kneeling on the ground, gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "What about people? Where is she? ”

When he went out in the morning, Sanshi went to the barracks with Mei Zijin, and Lu Lin mostly stayed in the barracks every day to see the soldiers, so at that time, in the house, except for Princess Leyi and the two aunts, they were the subordinates of the house.

The steward was so frightened by Mei Zijin's appearance that his whole body trembled like chaff, and he knelt forward and said in a trembling voice: "At that time...... At that time, the princess led people into the treasury, and the princess's palace maid surrounded the entire backyard, strictly ordering that no one else was allowed to approach the treasury courtyard without the permission of the princess...... So, so the little ones don't know where the princess took Mama Qin? ”

Hearing this, Mei Zijin's whole body sank, and he already understood it in his heart.

And Lu Lin also thought about it, and said in disbelief: "Could it be that the princess actually brought her back to the capital?"

Mei Zijin's whole body was cold and awe-inspiring, and he went out of the house again without stopping, rode out of Tonggu Pass, and chased forward at night......

Princess Leyi and her entourage, because of the slippery road in the rain, did not walk fast, rushed for a day, and arrived at Zhangcheng, which is adjacent to Tongguguan, before dark.

Since deliberately instigating Princess Le Yi to come forward to expose Shui Qingqing's true face, Tang Qianqian and Lan Qin were happy on the one hand, but they were uneasy on the other-

They originally thought that Princess Leyi would just teach Shui Qingqing a hard lesson and drive her out of the Shuai Mansion.

Unexpectedly, this rude and daring princess disregarded the identity of the county lord of Shui Qingqing, and after beating and scolding, she was tied up and locked in a box, and was going to be arrested and returned to the capital......

In the Laihong Inn, the largest inn in Tongcheng, looking at Princess Leyi who was leisurely soaking in the flower bath, and Tang Lan, who was waiting outside, looked at each other silently, both with a look of helplessness and worry.

It stands to reason that Princess Leyi captured the county lord of Guanqing, in case the Hou Ye caught up with the dignitaries, she should hurry up.

But this precious princess, only a morning of the road, I think the journey is hard, sweat is uncomfortable, after arriving in Zhangcheng, I took a bag of Hong Inn, comfortably soaked in the bath, it seems that I did not take the trouble in my heart at all.

waited until they rested in the evening, and did not see Mei Zijin catching up, Tang Qianqian and Lan Qin were relieved.

However, they had just fallen asleep, but there was a sudden sound in the quiet inn, and the next moment, they heard the sound of exclamation and crying from Princess Leyi's room.

When everyone rushed over to take a look, they were surprised to find that Mei Zijin appeared in the inn like a descending from the sky, and the long sword in her hand was pointing at Princess Le Yi who was panicked on the bed, and asked her with a dark face Where is Shui Qingqing?

Princess Leyi, who slept sweetly, suddenly saw the Sen Leng long sword that appeared in front of her, and was so frightened that the three souls lost their seven souls, and looked at Mei Zijin with a gloomy face and a dull face, and was so frightened that she couldn't speak.

"Where is Guan Qing? Hand her over! ”

Mei Zijin's voice was cold to the bone, and his eyes were even more fire-breathing, eager to kill the woman in front of him with a sword.

Although Princess Le Yi was frightened by his terrifying appearance, she said forcefully: "What Guanqing? Princess Ben doesn't know ......"

"Whoa!"

Without waiting for Le Yi to finish speaking, Mei Zijin, who was furious, raised his hand, and the sword qi in his hand slashed towards the bedpost, and the Nanmu bedpost fell in response, and with a bang on the bed tent, she smashed her head and face on Princess Leyi, smashing her to the point that her nose was blue and her face was swollen, and tears flowed.

"You...... Daring! ”

In any case, Princess Leyi is a royal princess, even if she marries into the Hou Mansion in the future, Mei Zijin is just a courtier in front of her, and she doesn't dare to do this to her.

However, Mei Zijin, who was furious, had already lost her mind when she thought of Shui Qingqing, who had not heard from her for a day.

"If the princess doesn't hand over Guan Qing, Ben Hou can't guarantee who the long sword in his hand will cut at the next moment?!"

Mei Zijin's terrifying appearance not only frightened Princess Leyi, but also frightened a room of palace people.

Dew Drop wanted to step forward several times to save Princess Leyi under Mei Zijin's sword, but Mei Zijin's momentum was too scary, and Dewdrop's legs were weak, and she didn't dare to come close to her.

And Tang Qianqian and Lan Qin, who rushed over when they heard the sound, were also frightened by the scene in the house, and stood at the door tremblingly.

Princess Leyi saw that Mei Zijin was threatening and intimidating herself in front of so many people, and she didn't care about her feelings at all, not only angry, but also sad.

She never expected that for the sake of a county lord of Guanqing, he would treat herself like this......

Did he forget that she was his wife, the future Mrs. Hou?

Thinking of this, Princess Le Yi's eyes lit up, raised her red eyes and glared at Mei Zijin, gritted her teeth and said: "If you want me to let that slut go, it's absolutely impossible - if you kill this princess, your father and the prince's brother will ask for your life for this princess, and with your Hou Mansion and that slut to compensate for the burial of this princess, this princess will not lose!"

Hearing this, Mei Zijin's eyebrows and eyes suddenly condensed a fierce murderous aura, the hand holding the long sword was bruised, and his teeth were almost bitten out with hatred.

And Tang Qianqian and Lan Qin, who were guarding the door, were also frightened by Princess Leyi's words-

Yes, if Mei Zijin really didn't hold back and killed the princess, the entire Hou Mansion would not be able to escape the great crime of the Nine Clans......

Lan Qin's whole body trembled with fear.

She knew that she had provoked the whole thing, and if things really got out of control in the end, she would be the one who died the most.

Thinking of this, she didn't dare to hesitate any longer, and quickly walked quietly to Lu Lin's side, and whispered a few words in his ear while everyone was not paying attention.

Lu Lin listened to her words, his heart froze, and the next moment he hurriedly stepped into the house, stopped the long sword in Mei Zijin's hand, and said urgently: "The county lord was locked in her luggage wooden box by the princess, let's go to the wooden box to find it, we can find it."

Hearing Lu Lin's words, Mei Zijin's whole body relaxed, and she no longer paid attention to the angry Princess Leyi, and coldly ordered Sanshi: "Immediately take someone to open all the princess's suitcases, search carefully, and don't miss any of them!"

After receiving the order, Sanshi immediately led people to rummage through it, and in an instant, in Princess Leyi's room and in the lobby downstairs where the luggage was stacked, all the wooden boxes were turned out, and there was a messy and noisy sound.

Princess Leyi was pulled out of the collapsed bedpost by the dewdrops, and watching her things being turned over everywhere, her face was pale with anger, her whole body trembled, and she couldn't stand steadily.

From childhood to adulthood, Mo said that she was threatened with a sword and searched for luggage in public, even if her father didn't scold her seriously, so how could she stand such shame and grievances?

Seeing Mei Zijin personally pick open the wooden box in her house with a sword, Princess Leyi finally broke down and cried, sad and desperate: "Today's matter, I will definitely ask my father to seek justice for me when I go back......"

Mei Zijin, who was about to leave the room, heard Princess Leyi's words, and said coldly without looking back: "It's best - the princess had better go back and talk to the emperor, so that the emperor can find out about the relationship between the princess and Benhou - Benhou can't afford it!"

With that, he threw off his robe and went downstairs......

Princess Leyi couldn't believe that he would say such a thing, and her body went limp, and she collapsed to the ground......

However, I searched all the boxes of Princess Leyi, but I didn't see Shui Qingqing.

At this moment, not only Mei Zijin and Lu Lin were panicked, but Lan Qin was even more like falling into an ice cave.

She risked offending Princess Leyi and quietly told Mei Zijin.

But now she can't find anyone in the box, how can she explain to Mei Zijin?!

At this time, Princess Leyi had come back to her senses, and with the support of the dewdrops, she appeared on the railing on the second floor, her eyes were cold and crossed over Tang Lan's two aunts, and finally condescendingly looked at Mei Zijin downstairs with an anxious face, pressed the hatred and heartache in her heart, and sneered: "I don't know if Master Hou listened to that slut chewing his tongue and slandering this princess for hiding the county lord of Guanqing in a wooden box." Heh, now that Hou Ye has personally led someone to look for him, can he find someone? ”

Hearing this, Mei Zijin raised her head coldly, and looked at Princess Leyi with a smug look in her eyes.

Without waiting for him to speak, Princess Leyi said triumphantly: "Since Hou Ye has not listened to the slander and slandered this princess without evidence, and now that he can't find anyone, Hou Ye has to give this princess an explanation...... Ah......h

Before Princess Leyi's words fell, she saw a figure flashing in front of her. In the next breath, she felt a chill on her neck, and the long sword in Mei Zijin's hand was actually on her neck!

"Since I can't find her here, I can only ask the princess to go back to Tongguguan until I find her!"

With that, Mei Zijin grabbed Princess Leyi's hand and dragged her downstairs.

Princess Leyi screamed in panic and struggled: "I won't go back with you, you let me go......"

The others were also frightened by this incident, and watched in amazement as Mei Zijin threw Princess Leyi on horseback like a chicken.

Turning around, Mei Zijin looked back at the stunned Sanshi and the others, and said coldly: "Go back to Tong Guguan"

After that, drive a horse to Tonggu Pass.

Sanshi and the others, who came back to their senses, hurriedly rode horses to catch up.

And when Dew Drop and the palace people saw that the princess was taken away by the Hou Ye, they were also so frightened that they hurriedly chased after her.

After everyone left, only Tang Qianqian, Lan Qin and their maids were left in the inn.

Tang Qianqian looked at Lan Qin, who had a miserable face, and said without a master: "Sister, the princess was captured by the Hou Ye, so we ...... What are we going to do? ”

Lan Qin's whole body trembled all the time, but she calmed down in her heart, and knew that she should flee back to the capital before Princess Leyi and Hou Ye discovered her.

She helped Tang Qianqian to walk into the house, and said in a trembling voice: "Sister, let's set off back to the capital overnight...... lest the matter between the princess and the princess affect us......"

Tang Qianqian had already been frightened by Fang Cai's matter, and agreed with Lan Qin's words, and the two aunts left Zhangcheng and returned to the capital with their maids overnight......

On the other side, Mei Zijin and his entourage, who were rushing to Tongguguan, walked halfway, but saw a little red light in the dark night sky in front of them, and disappeared in a flash.

In his ears, there was a faint rumbling sound, as if the ground was cracked by a landslide, and even the ground trembled slightly.

Mei Zijin sensitively sensed that something was wrong, stopped his horse, and looked in the direction of Tonggu Pass with suspicious eyes.

At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves sounded in the darkness, and when he approached, it was an adjutant general beside Chen Zijin.

When the deputy general saw Mei Zijin, he rolled off the horse, and before he could stand firmly, he said urgently: "Hou Ye is not good, Da Chu suddenly attacked the city at night, and the general asked the last general to ask Hou Ye to go back - Tonggu Pass will be lost immediately!"