After a long time, Shangguan Jiyang finally calmed down slowly, regained his light and calm appearance, and said lightly: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, the Nanchi Dynasty has been in chaos in recent years, and the royal family has been jealous of my Protectorate Mansion for a long time, how can my father not know?" Otherwise, why do you think he has been idle at home all these years and no longer leads troops? In fact, before you wrote that letter, my father had already decided to quit the court. Therefore, on the day of the Yuexi Festival, my father borrowed the hand of the eldest brother and gave the only purple gold Wurong gun of our Shangguan family to the third sister as a birthday gift. Originally, I planned that as soon as the moon festival passed, my father would submit his resignation, hand over the military power, and we would move our family south. From then on, he no longer paid attention to the political affairs of the court, no longer cared about the disputes in the world, coarse cloth and plain clothes, and returned to the mountains. I just didn't expect ......"

There was silence in the room, except for the flickering candles on the high candelabra, and the occasional small "crackling" sound from within the thin veil. After a long time, Huangfu Jin slowly spoke: "Since you know that the letter was written by this king, do you hate this king?" ”

"Hate? It's more than hate! Shangguan Jiyang smiled desolately, his pale lips pursed into a straight line like steel, and he said in a dumb voice, "But I hate the Nanchi royal family even more!" ”

"Then why did you still come to this king to intercede for the Shangguan girl?"

"Because I know that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince feels guilty about my superiors. Because I know that in Beicang, looking at the entire court, except for His Royal Highness the Prince, no one is as important as your dignified prince, the prince of a country. ”

When Huangfu Jin heard this, he laughed self-deprecatingly: "You are not in good health, just rest in the house these days, the maids are outside the door, you only need to shout if you have something, and they will come in to serve." The king took his leave. ”

When he walked to the door, Shangguan Jiyang's cold voice came from behind him: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, although the Nanchi royal family and I share the sky, I, Shangguan Jiyang, will never join the Beicang camp and slaughter the people of Nanchi, and it is useless for you to leave me here!" ”

Huangfu Jin paused, and froze there as he stretched out his hand to open the door. For a long time, he didn't turn around, his eyelashes drooped slightly, and he said lightly: "You think too much." ”

After speaking, he opened the door without hesitation and strode out of the door. After a while, the figure of Wei An disappeared around the corner of the corridor.

At this time, in the dim candlelight of the east wing, there were bursts of violent coughing, which persisted for a long time in the silent night......

Following.

Shangguan Jiyue's greeting post was handed to the prince's mansion.

Huangfu Jin looked down at the delicate handwriting on the prayer note with a trace of elegant handwriting, remembering the clear and slender figure, his heartbeat suddenly beat faster uncontrollably.

"Mo Ling! Go to the gate of the mansion and welcome General Qi to the flower hall, and the king will change his clothes and come immediately! ”

"Yes! His Royal Highness the Prince! ”

Mo Ling left in response, just took a few steps, and turned around. Looking at the back of his master running back to the dormitory like the wind, he scratched the back of his head with some wonder: Didn't His Royal Highness the Prince's clothes just change this morning? Why do you want to change it again?

In the carriage in front of the mansion, Shangguan Jiyue was wearing a moon-white dress and a snow-colored fox fur collar cape. She lightly lifted the side curtain of the carriage with her bare hands, and a pair of deep eyes narrowed slightly, looking at the towering mansion with a plaque hanging in front of her, the light in her eyes was bright and dark.

After looking at it for a moment, she gently lowered the side curtain, slowly closed her eyes, and sat silently.

After a while, I heard a sound of footsteps outside from far and near, stopped five steps in front of the car, and then a clear male voice sounded: "Subordinate Mo Ling, come to welcome General Qi into the mansion!" ”

"There are Ramo guards!" Feige jumped out of the carriage, bowed back, and then turned around and bowed to the carriage with the curtain lowered and shouted, "General Qi, the prince is invited." ”

Shangguan Jiyue in the carriage slowly opened her eyes, stretched out her bare hand, lifted the curtain, and jumped out of the carriage.

Mo Ling hurriedly stepped forward to pay respects, but forgot to salute the moment he raised his head, and stared straight at Shangguan Jiyue with a pair of eyes, and couldn't take his eyes off it for a while.

Oh, my God! This delicate woman who looks three points better than the fairy in the painting is really the famous General Qi who fought bloody battles on the battlefield? He didn't recognize the wrong person, did he?

Seeing this, Shangguan Jiyue took a step forward, met Mo Ling's gaze, smiled coldly, and said, "Guard Mo looks at General Ben like this, has Guard Mo seen me before?" ”

"Mo Ling, see General Qi!"

Mo Ling was stabbed by Shangguan Jiyue's cold gaze, only to feel a chill in her heart, and instantly relieved herself, and hurriedly bowed. As for what Shangguan Jiyue said, he didn't hear it at all.

"Then the Raumo guards will lead the way." Shangguan Jiyue's eyes narrowed slightly, and she looked at Mo Ling and said slowly.

"General Qi, please!" Mo Ling stretched out her hand and made a gesture of invitation, and moved forward.

A group of three people entered the gate of the prince's mansion, walked through the corridor, passed the arch, and walked all the way to the warm pavilion of the main hall.

"Guard Mo, you're not from Jian'an, right?" Shangguan Jiyue suddenly stared at Mo Ling, who was leading the way in front of her, and asked. Although the question was asked, the tone was extremely affirmative.

"General Qi has good eyesight, and his subordinates are from Huaiyang." Mo Ling led the way in front and didn't forget to add a sentence, "It's the Huaiyang where General Qi is stationed." ”

"Oh, Na Mo's guard is on an errand in the Prince's Mansion, and he is in an important position, so he must be entangled in affairs, and he will return to his hometown to visit relatives without flawlessness." Shangguan Jiyue suddenly regretted when she said this, "I knew that Guard Mo was from Huaiyang, so I brought some Huaiyang specialties this time." ”

Mo Ling was a little flattered by Shangguan Jiyue's sudden concern, and said with a sneer: "Thank you, General Qi." This year, the prince specially allowed me a half-month vacation, let me go home for the New Year, accompany my parents, and Mo Ling also came back to Jian'an after the Shangyuan Festival. ”

"So that's the case," Shangguan Jiyue said with a smile, "It seems that the people praise the prince as a virtuous and generous king, and he is really true, even he is so sympathetic to his subordinates, he really deserves to be the prince of a country, and he can be an example for the prince." ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince treats people very well, and he is also humble and ......polite," Mo Ling said as he walked, his tone extremely brisk.

If Mo Ling turned around at this time, he would definitely be able to see that although Shangguan Jiyue was smiling, that smile was covered with a layer of frost in the depths of his eyes, and it was cold.

Feige quietly followed behind the two, listening to the conversation between the two, his brows were slightly twisted, his eyes were lowered, and he didn't say a word from beginning to end.

Soon, the three of them arrived outside the flower hall, Mo Ling stopped, turned to look at Shangguan Jiyue, and said respectfully: "General Qi, you wait in the flower hall for a while, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will arrive immediately." ”

"There's a Raumo guard." Shangguan Jiyue said kind words, and didn't forget to say to Feige who was standing on the side, "Feige, you see that the layout of this prince's mansion is elegant and good, the rockery and flowing water complement each other, you also go to study, let's go back and decorate the dark courtyard of your master, and you can feel more comfortable when you look at it." ”

"Yes, my subordinates will go."

Feige took the order with an expressionless face and left, but Mo Ling looked embarrassed, and just wanted to find an excuse to excuse himself, he heard a very magnetic voice coming from the left front: "If General Qi thinks that this king's courtyard is comfortable, how about this king accompany you for a walk?" ”

Shangguan Jiyue looked for prestige, and saw Huangfu Jin wearing a purple brocade robe, and Yushu was walking towards her from the corridor, with a faint smile on her handsome face, which looked like a spring breeze.