The news from the palace finally reached the Yan Palace.

Ruo Su looked at Xiao Xi leaning slightly on the couch, staring silently at the candlestick next to him, and didn't speak for a long time, so he couldn't help but step forward and persuade, "Princess, you have done your best in this matter." You're heavy now, so don't think too much about it. ”

Xiao Xi turned his face slightly to look at Ruo Su and smiled lightly, "Auntie, I know." ”

It seemed that he was surprised that he persuaded Xiao Xiwei so easily, and a slight surprise flashed on Ruosu's face.

"Princess, you ...... Really figured it out? Afraid that Xiao Xiwei's words were perfunctory to her, Ruosu couldn't help but ask again.

"Otherwise, my aunt thinks so?" Xiao Xi tugged the corners of his mouth slightly, and his voice sounded faintly, "Human nature is selfish after all. With that, she slowly closed her eyes.

The corners of Ruosu's lips moved, but Xiao Xiwei's expression was a little weak, and he didn't say anything. She stretched out her hand to tuck the quilt for Xiao Xiwei, and finally quietly retreated.

After Ruosu left, Xiao Xi on the soft couch slowly opened his eyes.

After a while, Purple Smoke quietly entered the room.

"Princess."

Xiao Xiwei sat up, "How is it?" Is it all arranged? ”

Ziyan raised her head and frowned at Xiao Xiwei, and was silent for a while before nodding lightly.

"Alright, let's go." Xiao Xi lifted the quilt slightly and sat up.

Ziyan reached out and pressed Xiao Xiwei's hand, looked at her worriedly with a frown, and said, "Princess, do you really want to do this?" Don't you think it's too risky? Is it worth taking such a big risk just for a ninth princess? ”

Xiao Xiwei looked at Ziyan, gently grabbed Ziyan's fingertips with his backhand, and said softly, "Ziyan, there are many things in this world that cannot be measured by whether they are worth it or not, and there are always some people in this world that we have to protect at any cost." Do you understand? ”

Ziyan lowered her head and sighed, "The slave doesn't understand what's important, the important thing is that you have already made a decision, princess." ”

Looking at Ziyan's helpless and obedient appearance, Xiao Xi smiled, "Since you know, don't take me to see him soon." ”

Ziyan raised her eyes and glanced at Xiao Xiwei, and finally sighed heavily, reached out and picked up the cloak on the shelf, glanced at Xiao Xiwei helplessly, and said, "Then princess, please." ”

It's already early days, and the shops on the street have long since closed down.

It is located in the splendid square on East Street.

From the moment he came in, Lu Haichuan's anxious heart had not been calm for a moment.

As soon as he came out of the palace, Xiao Xiwei asked people to bring him to this splendid workshop, did she know so quickly that the marriage proposal was messed up? Calling him here at this time, is it possible to scold him? The more he thought about it, the more irritated he felt, and he couldn't sit still, so he got up and walked around the room.

"Shizi, you take a sip of tea first, this is the Biluo Spring that was just picked this year, you can taste it." Seeing Lu Haichuan's restless appearance, Ah Liang picked up the teapot and poured him a cup of tea.

Lu Haichuan glanced at Ah Liang, finally sat back in the chair, picked up the teacup, raised his head and poured the tea in the cup into his mouth.

"Tea is to taste one bite at a time, in order to taste the taste, the son of the world is like a cow drinking water, is it not in vain to waste the beauty of this Biluo Spring." A clear voice sounded with the crisp sound of the bead curtain in front of him.

Lu Haichuan raised his head and saw Xiao Xiwei wearing a light cyan collared skirt and walking in, and a silver and white embroidered plum cloak was also draped on his face, and he hurriedly stood up.

"Princess." Seeing Xiao Xiwei, Ah Liang said hello happily.

Xiao Xi smiled, raised his hand, and said to Lu Haichuan, "Shizi, please take a seat." ”

Lu Haichuan hugged her fists and sat back in silence.

"Princess, this tea is a little cold, the little one will make you a pot." Ah Liang smiled and said to Xiao Xiwei.

"Okay." Xiao Xi smiled and nodded.

After Xiao Xiwei's words, Ah Liang withdrew the tea on the table, and did not forget to close the door when he went out.

"Princess, I've done my best to ask for marriage." After hesitating for a long time, Lu Haichuan still stood up and hugged Xiao Xiwei and said, "I'm sorry." ”

"The son of the world doesn't have to be like this, and the son of the world can't be blamed for this." Xiao Xi got up slightly and reached out to help Lu Haichuan's hand.

The cold and smooth fingertips touched his skin, Lu Haichuan only felt a tremor in his heart, and he hurriedly took two steps back, "Since I promised the princess this matter, it was my fault that I didn't do it." ”

Hearing Lu Haichuan's words, Xiao Xi smiled, and the original prejudice against Lu Haichuan in his heart dissipated a lot.

I didn't know before, but it turned out that the prince of Lu was also a responsible person.

"As I said, I can't blame the prince for this, because I knew from the beginning that the emperor would not agree to the prince's proposal." Xiao Xiwei looked at Lu Haichuan and said calmly.

"You, what do you mean?" Lu Haichuan raised his head and frowned at Xiao Xi and said slightly.

Xiao Xi smiled and sat back in the chair with Ziyan's hand.

"Didn't the prince just come back from the dinner? Can't you see it clearly? Xiao Xi looked at Qian Haichuan with a slight smile.

Lu Haichuan sat back in his chair and didn't speak for a long time.

How could he not see that the emperor had no intention of pushing off the Northern Desert at all, and even more or less contributed to the troubles and completely implemented this marriage. It's just that what he can't understand is, what reason does the emperor have to marry the ninth princess to the Northern Desert? Just for the sake of friendship between Da Viet and Bei Mo? However, according to the state of Dayue, there is really no need to sacrifice the princess of a country in order to befriend a country in the center of the desert. Not only is it not necessary, but it will also have a reputation for Da Yue.

Thinking of this, Lu Haichuan frowned and subconsciously looked at Xiao Xiwei, "The princess seems to know the reason for this?" ”

"Presumably, the prince already knows that the emperor's actual favorite son is actually King Shen." Xiao Xiwei looked at Lu Haichuan and said calmly.

Lu Haichuan sneered, "Is there anyone else who doesn't know about this now?" ”

Who would have thought that King Yan, who seemed to be favored by the emperor on the surface, was actually just a pawn used by the emperor to deal with the prince?

"Since you know this, then it is not difficult to guess the emperor's intentions." Xiao Xi lowered his eyes slightly and smiled, "Does the prince know what is the most lacking in the Northern Desert?" ”

Lu Haichuan frowned, "You said gold?" ”

"Not bad." Xiao Xi nodded slightly, "The Northern Desert is rich in gold mines, and the most important thing is gold. ”

"But what does he want so much gold for?" Lu Haichuan was still puzzled.

"Raising soldiers, raising war horses, making weapons, buying people's hearts, which do not use silver. You also know that years of conquest and famine have exhausted the treasury, and so much silver cannot be taken out of the treasury, so you have to think of another way. Xiao Xi said slightly.

From Zheng Lin's return to Beijing, the prince died suddenly, and it was impossible for the Zheng family to turn back to Chu Yanzhi. Although he has the support of the emperor, he has quietly cultivated a lot of forces in Beijing over the years, even if the emperor has repeatedly hinted at the candidate for the prince, there are still people in the court who support him. This made the emperor and Chu Yanzhi have to make another plan to send Chu Zuizhi to the Northern Desert and relatives, firstly, they can get the support of the King of the Northern Desert, and secondly, because the relationship between Chu Zuizhi and Chu Xizhi is deeper than Chu Yanzhi, plus Chu Zuizhi's favorite person is her brother, and a few days ago, news just came from Wucheng that Mrs. Xiao Lin Yushi was seriously ill, thinking that they were afraid that Lin Yushi would die, and if Chu Zuizhi married her brother, would it make the relationship between the Yan Wangfu and the Xiao family closer and closer, yes, the emperor and Chu Yanzhi would bent on sending Chu Zuizhi to the Northern Desert and relatives. For them, Chu Zuizhi is not their daughter and sister, but just a chess piece, and the most important thing is not to let this chess piece be used by the opponent first.

"Since the princess thought of this early in the morning, why did she ask me to go to the palace to ask for marriage." Lu Haichuan asked another question in his heart.

"If I don't do anything, do you think they will be suspicious?" Speaking of this, Xiao Xi lowered his head slightly and smiled, "Everyone knows that the Ninth Princess locked herself in Yuli Palace for my brother and saw no one, if I am indifferent to her affairs, do you think they will be at ease?" ”

"Peace of mind?" Lu Haichuan quickly grasped the key point from Xiao Xiwei's long list of words.

Why do you have to give them peace of mind?

Xiao Xi raised his eyes slightly and looked at Lu Haichuan again, and the smile in his eyes deepened a little, "It seems that the son of the world has experienced a lot of things during this time." ”

After three days of separation, if it was really impressive, who would have thought that the prince of Lu Guo, who used to be like a reckless martial artist, would suddenly hear the point of her words.

"Is the princess making fun of her stupidity?" Lu Haichuan's eyebrows twisted slightly, and he said without some displeasure.

In the past six months, he has been ridiculed by people in the house, and even the girls in the house have laughed at him behind his back, he has long been used to learning to forbear, but why did this come out of Xiao Xiwei's mouth, he felt inexplicably embarrassed and unhappy.

"The prince didn't say it, it was from the past. In the current world, how can there be a little bit of stupidity. Looking at the displeasure in Lu Haichuan's eyes, Xiao Xi smiled. Seeing that Lu Haichuan didn't snort, Xiao Xi sighed slightly, got up and simply blessed Lu Haichuan, "The concubine said the wrong thing, and I ask the prince to forgive me." ”

"You...... What are you doing, I, I, I didn't say anything......" The voice that spoke got lower and lower, and Lu Haichuan stood up at a loss, with a suspicious flush and embarrassment floating on his dark face.

Seeing that such a big man in front of him was at a loss in front of the princess, the purple smoke beside Xiao Xiwei covered his mouth and laughed.

"Does the prince blame the concubine?" Xiao Xi raised his eyes slightly, tilted his head slightly and looked at Lu Haichuandao.

The white jade lotus tassel on her head hung down to her ears, lining the two pear vortices on her cheeks as moving as water. Lu Haichuan's heart jumped suddenly, and he shook his head hurriedly, "No...... Not to blame, not to blame. ”

"Since the prince is not to blame, then let's talk about business." Xiao Xi smiled slightly and sat back in the chair.

Lu Haichuan sat back on the chair stiffly, but he didn't dare to look at Xiao Xiwei next to him, "What is the princess going to do?" ”

"I think the prince of the world has also heard about my brother and the ninth princess. Don't hide it from the world, I want to send the ninth princess to Wucheng. Xiao Xiwei went straight to the point and cut straight to the point.