As night falls, the lights come on.

Ning Shu held her cheek with one hand, looking at the blue-black sky, her thoughts flying far away.

The words of the Four Princes hovered in her ears like a spell.

He said it casually, but Ning Shu knew that he was serious.

Seriously treat getting her as a game chip.

He won, toying with her in the palm of his hand.

If he loses, it would be a beautiful delusion for the Ning family to return to the border town.

"Hey."

Sighing, Ning Shu had to seriously consider Xie Yunyan's words.

On the side, Long Shan was teaching Shuang'er to read and write, and when he heard Ning Shu's sigh, his eyes shifted.

The three of them were in the same room, but she sat alone in the city of sorrow.

Long Shan poured a glass of water for Ning Shu, "Why is the girl worried?" ”

Ning Shu took the water, glanced at Shuang'er, who was immersed in writing, and told Long Shan to sit down.

"Long Shan, what do you think of Lord Xie?"

Long Shan was silent, carefully searching for the words in his mind, but the Yuan Wu on the roof was in a hurry.

After a while, Long Shan said quietly: "Lord Xie is a talent, and the scenery is beautiful, but he is very compatible with the girl." ”

Yuan Wu was speechless, and with satisfaction, he raised Erlang's legs with his arms on his pillow, admiring the moonlight in a beautiful mood.

Ning Shu smiled, "Why did you tie me up with him?" ”

"The slave maid just thinks that the girl is beautiful, and Lord Xie Qiongzhi Yushu, not to mention the temperament for the time being, but in terms of appearance, the girl and Lord Xie are really a good match."

Long Shan keenly noticed that Ning Shu seemed to be worried about the affairs of the four princes.

At present, the candidate who can be considered for attachment, looking at the whole of Kyoto, may be only Xie Yunshen.

In fact, from the first time she met Xie Yunyan in the small town, she vaguely felt that he seemed to have a subtle affection for her.

I just don't understand why Ning Shu can't see through it.

Ning Shu put down the teacup and muttered for a moment, her expression suddenly relaxed.

She called softly, "Yuanwu Guard, are you there?" ”

Yuan Wu was intoxicated by the clear night, and suddenly heard someone calling his name, thinking that it was a hallucination, and couldn't help but pluck out his ears.

"Yuanwu Guard?"

The voice of Qing Lingling sounded again, and Yuan Wucai jumped to the ground with a smile, and said respectfully outside the door:

"Girl, are you looking for me?"

Ning Shu had long suspected that Xie Yunyan had arranged someone to protect her.

It's just this heart-if it weren't for the fear of her sudden death, it would be better if it didn't cost him a thousand taels of gold.

Her eyebrows were bent, as striking as the first quarter moon hanging high in the night sky.

"I want to go to the Guogong Mansion, do you have a way to take me away from people's eyes and ears?"

"Wrap it up on your subordinates."

Yuan Wu patted his chest and reassured.

There are many guards hidden in the shadows in the palace.

But those people are all Yuan Wu's subordinates, Yuan Wu personally brought people in, how could anyone dare to stop them?

From the back door of the Guogong Mansion all the way around and around, avoiding the maids and guards who came and went, Yuan Wu had an indescribable excitement in his heart when he came to the door of the study.

He whispered to Ning Shu, "Girl, please wait a moment." ”

Ning Shu nodded, uninvited, it was still a study place, so naturally she needed to report it first.

She waited quietly outside the door, and there was something on her mind that prevented her from going to the Guogong Mansion for the first time

Yuan Wu had just stepped into the study for a few breaths, and Xie Yunyan actually walked out.

When he saw the figure hiding under the black cloak, he was surprised for a moment, and then smiled gently: "Why are you here?" ”

The wide cloak covered half of her face, and she raised her hand to pull it, and she looked up at him: "Can you go in and say?" ”

"Okay." Xie Yunyan smiled very brightly in his eyes, and turned sideways to let Ning Shu into the study.

He said to Yuan Wu: "You go out and guard, and no one is allowed to enter." ”

"Yes!" Yuan Wu made a loud noise.

Entering the study, Ning Shu found that his study was particularly large.

There are more than a dozen bookshelves made of sandalwood.

Each layer of bookshelves is full of books, neat and not half of the dust, which shows how strict the owner of the book usually is.

"Sit down."

Xie Yunyan sat at the table and asked puzzledly, "Something?" ”

Ning Shu untied her cloak and put it on the back of her chair, she took a deep breath, but she still didn't dare to look into Xie Yunyan's eyes, so she lowered her head and stared at her hand and said, "What the adults said that day-"

Xie Yunyan looked at her quietly, waiting for her next step.

God knows how hard his heart is beating at the moment.

Unable to wait for the voice he wanted to hear for a long time, Xie Yunyan snorted lightly: "Huh? ”

A gust of wind slammed into the candle flame on the table through the window, and the halo swayed, causing the girl's shadow to shake on the wall.

Ning Shu had originally made a decision, but when she saw Xie Yunyan, she realized how unspeakable those words were.

The firm heart is like a shadow, and it is a little shaken.

Xie Yunyan couldn't help but ask, "But the matter of getting married?" ”

Ning Shu's body was stunned, she was already nervous enough, and after hearing his words, the hands on her lap kept twisting their fingers with each other.

"Hmm-"

Xie Yunyan looked at her excitedly, and wanted to laugh, he had never seen her so shy when he was intimate.

For a while, there was a lot of fun to play with her.

He leaned back in his chair and sighed slightly, "Since the girl doesn't want to, then I'm not good at being strong." It's just between you and me—"

"No, I do." Ning Shu suddenly raised his head to intercept his words, and only after seeing the smile on his face that was both righteous and evil through the flickering candle flame, did he realize that he had been tricked.

However, the words have been spoken, the first step has been taken in the big event, and Ning Shu suddenly found that it is not so difficult.

She said in a flat tone: "As the adults said, the princess and the fourth highness are both difficult characters, I think it's not a good thing for us to get married." ”

Xie Yunyan smiled kindly, with a hint of incomprehensible tenderness in his eyes.

"Okay."

As he spoke, he got up and walked to a bookshelf, picked up a long wooden box and handed it to Ning Shu.

"Xie Mansion's dowry, my mother will carry it to Ning Mansion tomorrow, and here is the dowry I prepared."

Ning Shu's nervous thoughts dispersed in a hurry, and she looked at him suspiciously: "It's ready so soon - two dowry gifts?" ”

"More than two." The corners of Xie Yunyan's lips rose unconsciously, it seems that today is really a double happiness.

Ning Shu guessed what was inside, and refused: "Is that IOU?" ”

Xie Yunyan's brows furrowed inadvertently.

An IOU of a thousand taels of gold is also considered a dowry? She also looks down on him too much!

Simply brought a chair to sit in front of her, the long wooden box was placed on her lap, and Xie Yunyan gently opened the lock on it.

Ning Shu stared closely at the movements in his hand, and after the wooden box was opened, two dark cyan holy decrees appeared in front of him.

"What is this?"

Xie Yunyan smiled proudly, picked up one of the holy decrees and handed it to Ning Shu, "No one knows yet, you are the first." ”

"This is the holy decree of His Majesty personally to raid the Hou Mansion of Shu'an."

Ning Shuxing's eyes were round: "Why?" ”

Xie Yunyan looked into her eyes and smiled with a rare sincerity: "Because he offended someone who shouldn't be offended!" I once said that it would be difficult to solve the hatred in my heart if I didn't raze the Shu'an Hou Mansion to the ground, and now I have done it. Is this holy decree a dowry for you by myself? ”