"It's getting late today, and you should take a break from your boat work. Let's start again tomorrow morning. I am also lacking, you should not be anxious, you can only do the things at hand with energy. Bei Yuliang was also dressed in a moon-white brocade robe, lacking a little bit of the majesty of a king, and the moon-white color lined his almost pale face like a fairy.

"Your Majesty." Everyone said in unison.

Some bamboo buildings have been built on the South Mountain due to the topography, quiet and lonely, although not as luxurious as the palace, but also comfortable and comfortable, the most suitable for self-cultivation. Due to the large number of people, the bamboo tower could only be assigned to people of higher rank, and the guards camped on the spot to keep vigil to protect the safety of the emperor's ministers. After waiting for Mu Han to freshen up, she still didn't sleep, and I knew that she was still waiting for him, so I stayed aside to accompany her.

Seeing that I was still on the side, she stopped fiddling with her hairpin and asked, "Why don't you go to sleep yet?" ”

"The master has not slept, and the slave and maid dare not leave their posts without permission."

Mu Han bit his lower lip and held my hands, his eyes were full of poignant, "I thought that I would be able to live a better life if I became the master, but I was very afraid of the hard life of being a subordinate before, but fortunately, you helped me." Although there are Li Concubine pressing step by step, it is much better than before sending people under the fence, but I feel that the sisterhood between you and me is getting weaker and weaker, and the distance between us is getting farther and farther. Su Jin, are you blaming me? ”

I smiled bitterly, withdrew my hands without a trace, took the cloak and draped it for her, tied the belt, and then slowly spoke: "I just helped you push the boat down the river, you are so good-looking, even if I don't have an idea, I will be noticed by others one day, it's just a matter of time." I still treat you as a sister, because you think too much. It's getting late, the wind is cold and the dew is heavy, it's better to rest early, I'm outside, if there is something to call. ”

Only by saying this will she not feel that I am double-minded, and she will not want to deal with me. The so-called sisters have disappeared on the day she became a beauty, and we are two people after all.

Lying on the bed, tossing and turning, I don't know if Mu Han, who is sleeping inside, is also like this.

Outside the window, there are occasionally a few autumn cicadas, accompanied by the sound of rustling bamboo leaves, which is annoying. When you open the window, you can see the earthy smell of the mountains mixed with the fragrance of plants, and the breeze blowing on your face makes you feel more comfortable than lying on the bed.

Pick up the coat next to the bed, drape your long hair, put on a veil, and go out for a walk with a lantern at random.

Whispering and walking softly, the guards stood quietly, I passed through them, wandered among the bamboo forests not far away, and frightened a few guards, all of whom scolded bad luck, yes, a little maidservant, whose position was not much higher than them, should be scolded.

In a trance, he crashed into a person's arms, and the lantern fell to the ground. Raising his eyes, he saw the man's detached and indifferent expression, and felt a little uneasy in his heart.

lowered his head and picked up the lantern and turned around to leave, but heard his cold voice: "When I first saw him, even if my life was at stake, I was calm, and now I have fled from the wilderness?" ”

With a sense of teasing, it made me stop alive. Turning around to look at him, I don't know why he has to be involved with me, a little palace maid, I saved him in the garden, and he saved me last time about Concubine Lian, this should be a matter of not owing each other.

calmed his mood, paused for a long time before saying: "The adult is the master, Su Jin is the slave, naturally can't be as leisurely as the adult, the slave has very little leisure time, our mother should also call me, if you find that Su Jin sneaked out, at least five times, is it possible that the adult wants to bear for Su Jin?" ”

He didn't get angry, he chuckled, and his words contained frost, "It's just five slaps, which should be nothing to you compared to the knife wounds of that day." ”

He stared, and I pulled my collar close to cover the scar on my neck. "If the adults are fine, Su Jin will retire first."

"Tomorrow's hunt, the emperor is going to marry Princess Nata, and most of the palace maids can rest, are you willing to join me?"

I was a little surprised, what was going on in this cold mind, and what good was it for me to be with him. "If the princess chooses an adult, the adult will dare to take Su Jin to hunt?"

Rin Yan approached me, leaned over and whispered, word by word: "She, no, will." ”

As the chill deepened, he brushed by, watching his back as he left, always wondering why he was so sure that Qiyan Nata would not choose him. When I got back to my room, I blamed myself for thinking too much, even if Nata chose him or not, what did it matter to me.

The next day, although the air was still a little cold, the sunlight had already refracted through the thin clouds and sprinkled on the ground.

On this day, Mu Han somehow contracted the wind cold and couldn't leave the house, I wanted to stay and take care of her, but she kicked me out to join in the fun.

In desperation, I walked out of the bamboo building and heard Nata's hearty and pleasant voice from a distance.

"I'm a daughter of the grassland, so I won't be as weak as you Beiyan women, I don't want to be with you guards, and I don't need anyone to take care of me, just a horse, a crossbow, and ten scissors, I can definitely defeat you."

Bei Yuliang also nodded, "Since the princess has decided, then I will allow you." How is it that whoever overcomes you today will be your husband? ”

Nata rolled her eyes, glanced at the people around her, said hello, and quickly got on horseback and galloped, sure enough, she was a girl on the prairie, with a refreshing temperament, and even I couldn't help but like her.

Bei Yuliang also played with the delicate crossbow in his hand and said, "I said yesterday that there should be some new ways to play to be interesting, what do you ministers think?" ”

King Yongyi agreed heartily and said: "What the emperor said is reasonable, as the saying goes, heroes should have a red face company, it is better to let the minister bring his wife, so that the minister is more majestic." ”

King Ling Ran said: "The fourth brother is a person who has a wife, so what can we do if we don't have a wife?" ”

King Yongyi pulled a few servant girls around him, "Just use them to make up these little ladies to be boring, if you have a friendship today, it doesn't hurt to take a concubine." The princess is so generous, she shouldn't mind, right? What's more, our men in Beiyan, three wives and four concubines are the most common things. ”

Bei Yuliang frowned without a trace, he must have found that the handmaidens brought by King Yongyi were all beautiful and eye-catching, they could never be ordinary palace maids, but they seemed to have been carefully selected, I don't know which play this is singing.

"King Yongyi's method is indeed good, but the princess has a strong temperament, and her husband takes a concubine before she marries into the main family, but it is a little unfair. It is better to give him a reward except for the people chosen by the princess, except for the people chosen by the princess, these handmaidens. ”

Although I know that there is an indescribable weirdness in this, it is really sad to be rewarded as an object to others as a palace maid.

"Your Majesty." The crowd echoed in unison.

"I heard that Mu Meiren has an archery expert who can make tea, can the minister borrow it?" Beiyu Jinchen said lightly, and everyone discussed it like a pot.

Rin Yan looked at me, and Beiyu Jinchen also looked in this direction intentionally or unintentionally. I hate this kind of thing the most, but Beiyu Jinchen seems to have deliberately pushed me to the cusp, does he want to see how I am in the catastrophe?

"Back to the emperor, this maid is the deacon palace maid Su Jin in the Mumeiren Palace, and it was she who the eldest princess mentioned to you last time." The father-in-law beside Bei Yuliang replied unhurriedly, I looked carefully, it was the eunuch who led me to the Longcheng Hall when I danced a month ago, if I remember correctly, he was the chief eunuch of the Empress Dowager who pointed out to Bei Yuliangyi to wait for - Li Mingquan, even a prince like Beiyu Jinchen had to sell him a few thin noodles. From this, it can be seen that this person's reputation is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Since I offered tea to Concubine Li, there have been many palace maids in the palace who have heard about it, and later they don't know who leaked the news, so that everyone in the palace knows the story of Su Jin's strategy and the palace slave sealing the beauty. But unexpectedly, even Li Mingquan knew my name, no wonder Concubine Li was so resentful of me.

Bei Yuliang also smiled lightly: "Li Mingquan, I also know that there is a person in Han'er Palace who can make tea, why haven't I heard that she can also do archery?" ”

"The emperor has a lot of opportunities, how can the trivial matters of the harem disturb the emperor? These are also rumors, Rao is slave has never seen this real person in all directions, if it weren't for the prince mentioning it today, the slave would have forgotten. If the emperor is interested, why not summon her to face the saint? Li Mingquan said as he glanced at the little eunuch on the side.

The little eunuch understood and flattered and ran to Mu Han's bamboo building.

I lifted my skirt and walked to the middle of the crowd, came to Beiyu Liangyi, knelt down, bowed, and said loudly: "Slave Sujin, kneel to the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor." ”

Beiyu Liangyi's smile paused for a moment, obviously he didn't expect me to rush out so boldly, at least he hadn't summoned the palace maid to worship on his own, it was against the palace rules.

The people around whispered, curious about what it looked like under the veil.

"Prince Xuan begged me for help, but I had no reason to refuse. There's a crossbow here, an arrow, and if you can hit this ring, I'll grant you the right to participate, and if you can't, if you rush and don't obey the rules of the palace with veils, I'll be able to dispose of you for any reason. He took out a ring Lantian jade pendant, decorated with tassels, which looked like he had been carrying with him for a long time and was a little old.

It is necessary to shoot through the hole in the middle of the ring, and it cannot crack the jade ring, which is simply impossible to reach with the strength of ordinary people.

It's not uncommon, but it's the most difficult I've ever seen.

"Can Su Jin borrow a ribbon from the emperor?"

"Exactly."

Li Mingquan handed over the ribbon, I covered it over my eyes, the cold satin seemed to make me go back to two years ago, my aunt said, I pretended not to see if I couldn't put my mind to it. When I practiced my unique archery skills, the sisters who used to get along day and night were also sent by me to Huangquan Road to see the broken intestines and tears on the Nai He Bridge.

"She's crazy, how can she shoot like this?"

The voice of contempt gradually rose, but my heart was as clear as ever.

A lot of times it's not your eyes, it's your heart.

This is also the most difficult truth in archery.