The night is getting deeper, and the fragrance of the surrounding flowers and trees carries the unique damp and hot breath of Nanping, condensed into night dew, wetting the clothes and staining the fragrance of flowers.

Five or six tents were scattered around the clear pool, patrolled dutifully by the guards in charge of the vigil, and even the rustle of the soles of their boots against the grass could be heard.

The moon rose and set quietly on the water, quiet and peaceful. An unknown insect chirped and sang a nocturne, breaking the silence but becoming more and more peaceful.

It's like a paradise.

Xue'er is still wearing the clothes of a guard, or rather, she has always been a guard's outfit since she met Zhong Limo, and she has never changed.

Today, during the day, they passed by those quiet villages, and Cher saw the girls in their clothes by the stream.

They wore cardigans embroidered with intricate patterns, shiny headdresses, and naturally exposed half-cut wrists and slender and graceful half-cut calves, which were crystal white in the stream, and looked so bright and lively that people's hearts couldn't help but jump to try.

Xue'er's heart suddenly became curious, and she couldn't help but imagine if she could be as carefree and free from the world as they were if she wore such exquisite clothes.

However, Zhong Limo's envious and curious look at Xue'er was completely blind, and a team of people galloped by!

Thinking of this, Xue'er smiled bitterly, she and Zhong Limo can only be said to be strangers anymore, not to mention that she is asking for others, so she naturally won't care about such trivial things.

Breathing in the scent of flowers on the edge of the pond, people seem to be intoxicated by it.

There was a soft sound of footsteps behind him, and it seemed that with some hesitation, it suddenly stopped. There was a moment of silence all around, and even the insect singing seemed to stop for a moment, and only the sound of deep breathing was left quietly.

Xue'er remained silent, and continued to look at the bright and cold moon shadow in the water, but her ears were pricked up, refusing to let go of the slightest sound.

There is no need to look back, Xue'er can hear it only from the sound of footsteps, the person who came is Zhong Limo, and it can be regarded as the result of getting along in the past few days.

"Your Highness came late at night, but you have something to tell Xue'er?" Cher's gaze continued to fall on the water, and a voice that seemed colder than the moonlight finally broke the silence of the night.

The expression on the face of the man behind him stiffened for a moment, and then he pulled out a wordless wry smile: "Miss Shen......"

Zhong Limo hesitated again, paused, and the words came to his lips: "Sure enough, Bing Xue is smart, Zhong Limo admires it!" ”

Xue'er lowered her eyelids, noncommittal, of course she knew that the words she said were not what Zhong Limo really wanted to say, but they suddenly changed for some reason.

Naturally, she won't get to the bottom of it, after all, she can only be regarded as no stranger to the other party now. And she didn't plan to become familiar with each other.

Zhong Limo sighed again, stepped forward, sat down next to Xue'er, and followed Xue'er's line of sight to see the reflection of the moon in the water from an arm's length.

The two men remained silent.

"Miss Shen," it wasn't until a cloud covered the moon and the heavens and the earth instantly darkened that Zhong Limo seemed to have the courage to speak, "By tomorrow evening at the latest, the team will be able to reach Ruiyang." ”

Xue'er didn't speak, since entering the territory of Nanping Kingdom, if it weren't for Zhong Limo's insistence, the itinerary of this envoy team would have slowed down a lot.

But that's it, day and night, there will be a fixed time to rest every day, which is a lot more relaxed than when I was in the Western Desert.

For this, Xue'er was still very grateful to Zhong Limo in her heart, because among these people, except for her who was worried about Black Hawk's voodoo, no one was willing to rush away in a hurry.

However, in the evening of this day, Zhong Limo said that they were still one day away from Ruiyang, the capital of Nanping. Then I suddenly decided to find a place to camp tonight and rest on the spot for a night.

This made Xue'er feel very strange, after all, they had just passed through a relatively prosperous county town, Zhong Limo didn't go in to find the local officials, and the post inn didn't mention it, and he didn't even enter the city gate, so he went around directly, which made Xue'er very suspicious, whether he, the sixth prince, was a fake, why didn't even a local official dare to meet him?

She was thinking like this, when she heard Zhong Limo suddenly say: "I won't enter the city today, and I won't even notify the local officials to greet you, do you feel very puzzled?" ”

Xue'er pursed her lips, and suddenly felt that this man was terrifying, as if he could see through all her thoughts!

Zhong Limo seemed to just want to talk, and didn't want Xue'er's answer: "I just want to be back to the identity of the Sixth Prince later, even if it's just to relax for one night." ”

Nanping has a special area, the population is not as good as Dongling, and the land is not as good as the Western Desert, but it seems that no matter where the royal family is, it is inevitable that there will be many factions and intrigues.

Zhong Limo said that Nanping is no exception.

There are three royal brothers in front of him, two imperial sisters, and four younger brothers and sisters below, the eldest royal brother is already close to the age and is not confused, and the third imperial brother has his own faction, and the youngest imperial sister is less than three years old. Among them, the eldest imperial sister is not in the Ruiyang Palace, but has entered the Shadow Moon Divine Palace and has become an elder, and the older imperial sister is looking at her everywhere, as if she is her spokesperson in the Nanping Dynasty.

The two royal brothers, the older of them, just turned twenty this year, that is, the seventh, likes to travel the world, and does not see anyone all year round, and the other is only seventeen or eighteen years old, but he follows the second emperor brother and opposes the eldest emperor brother everywhere.

The intricacies in the process made Xue'er suddenly feel that in fact, the Dongling where Xuanyuan Yu was located was relatively simple!

A British king is not a weapon, and he is also the body of a county king, and his identity qualifications are always so poor, which is probably one of the reasons why Xuanyuande, the emperor of Dongling, can accept Xuanyuan's identity recklessly, right?

This night, Zhong Limo talked a lot, and Xue'er quietly became a listener, listening to him talk about the two imperial brothers forming a gang and attacking each other; Listen to him say that the eldest sister has the support of the shadow moon behind her back, and she is flying in the court; I heard him say that the second emperor sister was slave to the national teacher, and she had no princess dignity, just to be able to compete with the eldest princess; I also heard him talk about the youngest royal sister who is innocent and cute, and the royal brother who travels outside is chic and uninhibited, and unrestrained......

The moon in the sky loomed in the clouds, and the sky and the earth were bright and dark, dark and bright, Xue'er never thought that the relationship between a small Nanping country was so complicated, more complicated than the East Spirit and the West Desert.

She suddenly understood Zhong Limo a little, if she was to be herself, I was afraid that she would not want to go back to such a "home", right?

Xue'er asked, "What about you, Your Highness?" Whose side is it on, or is it in its own right? ”

"I'm on the Nanping side." Zhong Limo sighed and shook his head, "As long as I am Nanping Guotai Junan, I can do anything, such as——"

He suddenly turned his head to look at Xue'er: "You! ”

"Me?" Xue'er was stunned for a moment, and looked at each other puzzled, "What does Your Highness mean by this?" ”

Zhong Limo lowered his head, and a touch of complexity flashed in his eyes: "Now that the East Spirit and the West Desert have been fighting for dozens of days, but look at it, over Luoxia Mountain, have you ever seen me dispatch an army in Nanping?" ”

Xue'er was stunned for a while, since she crossed Luoxia Mountain, she felt as if she had entered a paradise, peaceful and tranquil, without quarrel with the world, and even forgot about the war outside and the displaced people of the Western Desert.

But at this moment, Zhong Limo brought it up, and she also felt a little strange, it would take at least half a month for Dongling to attack Ximo!

She didn't believe it, in the past half a month, Zhong Limo didn't send someone to report the news in advance, and she didn't believe that Nanping would not notice anything abnormal!

But why is it that it seems that it is not your business, and you don't even have the most basic defense?

"Weird, isn't it?" Zhong Limo smiled bitterly, "Then let me tell you, in fact, this is the normal reaction of my imperial brothers!" ”

Xue'er was stunned for a moment, normal? Dongling's army may change direction at any time, hit the doorstep of Nanping, do not take any defensive measures, and say normal?

Of course, she was too embarrassed to say this, but the expression on her face couldn't be more obvious.

Zhong Limo continued to smile bitterly: "My father is now very old, and he basically doesn't ask about political affairs, and everything is left to the eldest brother who is the crown prince to handle everything. However, the eldest brother is too dependent on the national teacher, or the Shadow Moon Divine Palace behind the national teacher, he must be begging the national teacher to come up with ideas at this moment......"

"And the Second Emperor Brother and his people must be busy disagreeing with the Great Emperor Brother, questioning and opposing all the decisions of the Great Emperor Brother, and may even pull in the Seventh Emperor Sister, so that she can balance the decisions of the Shadow Moon Divine Palace through the Great Emperor Sister in the Shadow Moon Divine Palace......"

Xue'er only heard that her head was as big as a fight, and she only felt that Zhong Limo's many brothers and sisters were like eight immortals crossing the sea, each showing their magical powers. But they just hinder each other, resulting in difficulties even for the issuance of a will!

She asked Zhong Limo, "Since you know that they will fight each other, why don't you go back quickly and stay outside for one more night?" ”

Zhong Limo sighed: "You just want me to steal the floating life for half a day!" ”

He smiled bitterly: "Once I go back, I will either be co-opted by the eldest and second emperor brothers at the same time, and I will be in a dilemma at that time, or I will be attacked by them until the suppression can no longer have any opinions......"

Xue'er was dumbfounded when she heard this, is this still a sibling? It's just a natural rival, all of them only think about their own selfish interests, and they don't even care about the safety of the country?

But after all, this is Zhong Limo's "housework", compared to Nanping, her identity is more sensitive, it is really difficult to put her beak, and she can only listen silently.

"And ......" Unexpectedly, Zhong Limo quickly turned the topic to her, "I said so much, just to tell you that the water in Nanping is deep and muddy, and the relationship is even more complicated." After entering Ruiyang City tomorrow, I may have to wronged you in terms of identity......"

Xue'er was stunned for a moment, but then reacted, whether it was her relationship with Xuanyuan Yu in Dongling, or the identity of Our Lady of Amaterasu in the Western Desert, she was very sensitive at this moment, and it was really not suitable to put it in front of the royal family in Nanping!

Probably, this is what Zhong Limo really wants to say to himself tonight!

Raise your head again to look at the sky, the moon has already set, the sky is dark, it is the darkest period before dawn, it turns out that she unknowingly sat by the pond with Zhong Limo for most of the night!

Seeing that Zhong Limo didn't say anything again, obviously saying everything that should have been said, Xue'er was ready to get up and go back to the tent to make up for sleep.

As a result, she had just stood up, and before she could speak, she heard a soft sneer from behind the pile of rubble not far away!