Zhao Yan walked along the familiar corridor towards her bedroom with light steps.

Along the way, many maids and servants stopped what they were doing and bowed to her.

Zhao Yan smiled and bowed her head to them mechanically.

But there was no focus in her eyes, and her thoughts had already flown out of the nine heavens.

"What kind of feelings do I have for Gu Xu?"

She asked herself over and over again in her mind.

But the specific answer to this question is difficult for her to describe in words.

She remembered that the first time she met Gu Xu was in the "Heavenly Dragon Secret Realm", and the other party's outstanding appearance like a fairy really made her eyes shine.

Of course, Zhao Yan, who has a prominent background and has been on the battlefield for many years, will not be like ordinary girls, her heart beats faster when she sees a beautiful man, and she can't walk.

She just thought the man was familiar, as if they had known each other for a long time.

But that doesn't stop her from treating the other party as a fierce rival.

The two deceived me and fought in the dark.

Next is what happened to Curry in the royal family.

When the cracked "flint" appeared in front of her, she felt that the faith in her heart was also torn apart along with the black stone.

It's like she's wearing her prettiest dress and makeup, and she's going to go hiking in the countryside on a sunny afternoon.

Suddenly, my feet slipped and I fell into the stinking gutter.

The skirt was dirty, the makeup was gone, and the whole plan was ruined.

But when she was most lost, a handsome man in green clothes appeared in front of her, stretched out his hand to her, and said to her, "Maybe I can help you." ”

At that time, she only felt that his smile was very warm, and the temperature of his palms was also warm.

"Maybe it's from that moment!"

Zhao Yan took a deep breath and thought to herself silently.

I have to say that the feeling of "heartbeat" is really wonderful, and it often quietly plants seeds in a person's heart, and slowly grows under the watering of time - by the time you perceive its existence, it has grown into a leafy tree.

At the end of the corridor, she pushed open the door and entered her room.

Qiu Yan, the personal maid, knew her habits very well, and filled the wooden bathtub behind the screen with hot water early and poured in flower petals and spices.

For a while, the fragrance in the house was pervasive, which was refreshing.

Zhao Yan ordered Qiu Yan to close the doors and windows, close the curtains, and then take off the loose red robe, belly pocket and bottoms on her body, and stepped into the bathtub with Qiu Yan's support.

The tub was wide enough to fit two people. Zhao Yan stretched her limbs and lay in it alone, only feeling that it was more than enough.

The orchid soup with floating petals lined her skin as white and delicate as milk.

She gently swayed her long, well-proportioned legs, creating a ripple on the water's surface.

When Qiu Yan was washing her hair next to her, she couldn't help asking, "Qiu Yan, have you ever liked anyone?" ”

Qiu Yan couldn't understand why the young lady, who had never been interested in love, would suddenly ask her such a question.

But she replied truthfully, "Yes, Your Highness." A few years ago, I liked a soldier in the Frontier Legion. ”

"Why do you like him?" Zhao Yan asked.

"Uh...... I can't say it clearly, maybe it's because he's tall and handsome," Qiu Yan replied after a moment's thought, "The first time I saw him, he happened to have returned from the frontier in triumph. He was riding a red horse, his silver armor glistening in the sun, and the people on the side of the road cheered for him.

"That's when I thought, I'm going to marry someone like him in the future."

"And then?"

"Then let's ...... Actually, Your Highness, he didn't know my existence at all, and I didn't know what his name was. Even when he went out and came back, I would go to the city gate to see him. As soon as his gaze was on me, my heart would pound.

In this way, I secretly watched him for more than a year.

But then I heard from others that he was engaged to a girl from his neighbor's family. When I heard the news, I hid under the covers and cried all night, never to see him again.

"Doesn't that sound ridiculous, Your Highness?"

Zhao Yan shook her head slightly.

"I just want to ask, how are you sure you like someone?"

Qiu Yan glanced out the window and pondered for a while: "When you see him, your attention will be unconsciously attracted to him, all his movements will be slowed down, and they will be taken into your eyes one by one, and the hair that the wind blows inadvertently can be counted clearly."

"I want to be with him all the time, I rejoice when he laughs, I feel sorry for him when he hurts, as if the wound was on my body; If he talks and laughs with other members of the opposite sex, his heart will be sour and he will be very disappointed. ”

"I see." Zhao Yan was silent for a few seconds and sat up slightly straight.

She closed her eyes and felt the hot water lick at her skin. The temperature of the bath water is extremely high, enough to burn an ordinary person instantly. But Zhao Yan stayed inside unharmed, and even felt very comfortable and comfortable.

The scenes of practicing together with Gu Xu in the "Xianyun Residence", watching the sunrise together, and crossing the border of Daqi together uncontrollably appeared in her mind.

Zhao Changying's words were like a catalyst.

She originally felt that the relationship between her and Gu Xu was just pure friendship.

But after listening to my father's words today, every scene and every action that the two got along with in the past seemed to have a little more ambiguous flavor.

Even unconsciously, she imagined the hot water in the bath bucket as his embrace—Gu Xu was sitting behind her, stroking her, hugging her, and clinging to her.

After perceiving her subconscious fantasies, she pursed her lips and folded her legs, ashamed and inexplicably faintly expectant.

When the water temperature cooled, she wrapped herself in a bath towel and walked out of the tub, her skin slightly reddened, and transparent water beads rolled down her crystal and jade legs.

"Bring me a dress," she instructed Qiu Yan, "and get something pretty." ”

Qiu Yan obeyed her order and took a long red dress with exquisite workmanship embroidered with a golden phoenix feather pattern.

After getting dressed neatly, Zhao Yan sat down in front of the dresser again, picked up the incense powder and rouge that she hadn't touched for a long time, and carefully wiped them on her face and lips.

Zhao Yan has always acted neatly, pursues convenience on weekdays, and rarely dresses up seriously. However, she is naturally beautiful, even if she is plain and facing the sky, it is enough to amaze all beings.

Trying makeup today, she's still a little unskilled.

Her right hand, which is accustomed to holding the spear, will tremble slightly uncontrollably when she picks up the eyebrow pencil at this moment. In the end, with the help of Qiu Yan, the whole set of makeup was completed.

"Your Highness is really picturesque!" Qiu Yan looked at her face and exclaimed in an envious tone.

Zhao Yan stared at herself in the mirror for a while, beauty is beautiful, but she always felt that there was still something missing.

After a few seconds, with a look of realization, she took out a bottle of Crimson Kodan from the cabinet, bent down, and seriously dye it on the tips of her toes.

Zhao Yan's pair of jade feet are moderately slender, white and flawless, and her nails are also trimmed round and neat, like beautiful handicrafts.

At this time, it is painted with kodan, like white porcelain dyed with enamel glaze, and red plums bloom on the snow.

After doing this, she stood barefoot on the red carpet, turned around the dressing mirror a few times, and then asked Qiu Yan, "Is it good-looking?" ”

Qiu Yan stood in a daze for a long time before she came back to her senses and sighed from the bottom of her heart: "Your Highness is even more beautiful than the goblin in the story, even I was almost tempted just now." ”

"Can you speak?" Zhao Yan clasped her hands in front of her chest and glanced at her.

Qiu Yan immediately changed her words: "Your Highness is simply a fairy descending to earth." ”

Zhao Yan nodded with satisfaction.

Looking at His Highness who was shining in front of him, Qiu Yan hesitated for a while, but couldn't help but ask: "Your Highness said these words to me today...... Could it be that you are attracted to a certain man? ”

"yes."

Zhao Yan is not an ordinary woman after all, she has always done things freely and freely, and she does not let her eyebrows go. After recognizing his emotions, he didn't squirm like a little woman, but admitted it generously.

Qiu Yan looked at her with surprised eyes, quite incredible, thought about it, and then asked: "With the status of His Royal Highness, what man in the world can't get it?" As long as His Highness waved his hand, the entire men of Dayan would come here and line up obediently. Why ......"

Speaking of this, Qiu Yan closed her mouth and didn't dare to say the "why bother to please him" in the back.

Zhao Yan sighed lightly and smiled: "He's different." ”

Then she paused for a moment and looked at Qiu Yan: "If you are given another chance, will you catch up with that border soldier before he gets engaged?" ”

Qiu Yan was stunned for a while, not expecting His Highness to ask such a question.

"I ...... I do not know. Well...... But at the very least, I'll take the initiative to say hi to him. Like now...... I liked him unilaterally, but he didn't even know I existed, and I felt so stupid. ”

"So I don't want to repeat your mistakes," Zhao Yan patted her on the shoulder, "I not only want him to know my thoughts, but also snatch him from another woman's hand." ”

Qiu Yan's eyes widened, suspecting that she had misheard. She never imagined that His Royal Highness, who was noble and beautiful, would also go to grab men with other women.

Zhao Yan didn't notice the maid's expression.

Her mind once again flashed the appearance of Gu Xu being seriously injured in Jing Cheng and falling from a high altitude like a broken kite, and she felt more and more distressed.

"Fool," she murmured to herself, "I will protect you well in the future, and will never leave you in your most dangerous moments, let alone sell your whereabouts to the enemy." ”

…………

At the same time, Gu Xu was in the Fire God Temple, listening to Chongli and the gods complaining to him.