Tsuma followed the servant to the screen door of the inner house, frowning and pausing.

Even if he is from a foreign country, he still understands the basic customs of the Great Zhou, and knows that for foreign men, under normal circumstances, the inner house is not suitable for entry, although he has been invited to the princess's mansion many times, the place he goes to is only limited to the outer courtyard and the garden, and the servant who let him give away the medicine today is already a face-to-face person, and this servant is not the princess's close attendant, but intends to take him into the inner house, in case it is intentional by the ill-intentioned person to anger Princess Tong'an, there is a risk of damaging the diplomatic relations between the two countries.

But he followed and saw the maid beside Tong'an, and walked out of the screen door.

"Prince, please, your lord has been waiting for a long time."

As the maid pointed inward, Cima raised his eyes and saw that twenty or thirty steps away, the princess was indeed sitting under the magnolia tree, looking like she had just woken up drunk, although he was suspicious in his heart, but it was impossible to refuse this invitation from the princess.

"There is labor." Tsuma was as polite as ever, and bowed to the maid and maidservant, and followed behind him.

After seeing the ceremony again, he sat down, and Tong'an had no intention of talking to Cima, and said straight to the point: "I heard that the prince intends to marry my Da Zhou?" But he didn't want to listen to Tsima at all, and raised his eyebrows slightly: "The prince doesn't need to say those gentlemen's excuses, I know that for the prince, the stability of diplomatic relations between the two countries is the first priority, but the prince also attaches too much importance to Tong'an, although I am the emperor, it seems to be noble, but the weight is far from enough to meet the prince's expectations, the current queen, although I am my uncle, but I am like a nail in the eye, I wish I was married to a foreign country, so even if I am with Tibet, it is also a chess piece that can be discarded at any time, one day, maybe the prince will be disappointed." ”

Since they met, Tsima had always thought that Tong'an was a carefree golden branch and jade leaf, no different from his sisters, so when he heard this, he was shocked and can be imagined, and for a while, he really didn't know how to deal with it.

I also heard Tong'an say: "So if the prince wants to achieve his goal, it is better to ask to marry the eldest granddaughter of the prince of Yuanping County, his father Liu Yan, is a close minister of the Son of Heaven, although he is only the cousin of the current queen, but he has always been more friendly than his compatriots. ”

It was only then that Tsima could insert a single word - "Oh? ”

"The maid who handed over the prince's note earlier was not a servant of the princess's mansion, but the maid of Little Lady Liu." Tong An was quite satisfied with Tsema's reaction and continued to elaborate on her plan.

——

When Qinglan realized that the conspiracy was inevitable, it was because Liu Qiniang returned to Shangshantai.

At this moment, the banquet has been withdrawn, the rhyme of the poetry meeting has been limited, and the ladies who went to the meeting either sat quietly or wandered, all of them were considering the words and sentences, and wanted to combine the music they had heard earlier, combined with this situation, and then express their feelings - today's poetry meeting is not simple, it is judged by Liu's daughter, if the test is excellent, maybe you can get the luck of reporting to the queen, the queen not only has the world's nobility, her own talent has also been famous in Kyoto, and she can be praised by the queen, which is of course a great honor for the lady.

Therefore, most of them were attentive to their poems at this time, and they didn't pay much attention to Liu Qiniang's return and whispering with Qinglan.

"Your lord is sober at this time?" Qinglan asked.

"Yes, Prince Tsema's pill does have a miraculous effect, after your lord took it, he rested for half an hour, as if he was fine, but his mood was very sad, and he went to the star-picking tower alone, and he didn't let the servants follow, so even I was not allowed to get close, and I was really worried in my heart, for fear that something would happen again...... Ah Lan, you better take a trip, it is best to persuade your lord to still come to the good platform, and don't stay on the high place again. ”

Qinglan often accompanies the princess to talk about poetry and piano, eight out of ten/nine are on the star picking building, knowing that going out to the corner gate on the side of this garden, and then walking along a path to the south can be reached, and she does not need the servants of the princess's mansion to guide the way, and she has already felt that the conspiracy is ongoing, and the servants of the princess's mansion are more unfavorable to follow her, so she only takes her maidservant, while walking to the star picking tower, while combing through today's experience carefully, and has seven or eight guesses in her heart, so she is not surprised by this way, until the star is downstairs, I didn't even see a single figure.

As soon as I entered the Star Picking Tower, I saw a man standing at the top of the stairs, wearing a royal blue hakama robe, his hair was tied with a black hate, and his clothes were no different from those of the Zhou people, but his physique was obviously more imposing, under a pair of sword eyebrows, his eyes were bright and clear as if the sky was cloudless, his complexion was slightly dark, but it was not called rough, it was more similar to wheat color, the bridge of his nose was as tall as a peak, and his face was more shaved than that of the Zhou people.

Sure enough, she heard a short whisper from the maidservant and reminded her in a low voice: "This is the prince of Tubo." ”

Qinglan's expression remained unchanged, and she stepped forward to salute.

Cima is also looking at the Da Zhou lady in front of her, of course, her clothes and makeup are different from him in the market, common those noble ladies who hug each other, without heavy makeup, only lightly depicting deep eyebrows, natural soft and long eye corners, as if with a smile, she has smart and clear eyes, really like March spring water, but she doesn't wait for people to look closely, so she lightly hangs down the black eyelashes to hide, the eyelashes are too thick, thick and regrettable, because it completely covers the bright and amazing eyes.

Wearing a full-breasted skirt of gouache and white cherry blossoms, the woman's figure is particularly slender and slender, wearing a blue and blue collared shirt, which is very strictly covered under the neck, but it makes Cima feel that this kind of dress is more amorous than those noble ladies who have an open embroidered collar and calmly expose their collarbones.

Of course, what shocked Cima even more was that the woman should have come to comfort your lord, but suddenly saw that he was such a strange man present, but she was not alarmed, did she still not realize that she had been calculated? Tsuma didn't believe that the woman would be so sluggish, he had already made up his mind, and he wouldn't hesitate at this time.

Returning the salute, it is simply a sentence: "Please let the little lady move down." ”

Cima finally saw Qing Lan raise his eyelashes again, and then saw the refreshing clear eyes, all the anxiety brought by the damp and stuffy summer of Chang'an City seemed to be washed away, he suddenly felt that today's encounter made him very happy, but he wanted to tease the woman in front of him a little for no reason, wanted to see her embarrassed and panicked appearance, and wanted to see if she could always remain downright and generous.

It's not sure whether he wants to witness the panic, or whether he hopes that the person in front of him will really show off his wisdom, and blurted out a rather narrow sentence: "If the little lady doesn't move, then maybe she can only be with Tibet." ”

Even the servant girl listened to this ridiculous remark, and she showed a look of annoyance and anger but dared not speak, but what Tsuma saw was still the smile that seemed to be naturally generated in the corner of the woman's eyes...... No, it's not his delusion, the woman is indeed smiling, not caring about his rather frivolous jokes, it seems that she is in a relieved mood, she leans slightly to the side, the blue skirt is swept by the breeze, she says "please".

He must have been aware of the conspiracy, and he must have sensed that he had no ill intentions—Tsema thought happily.

Out of the Star Picking Building, turn into a path, but did not leave too far, just to a hundred steps away, green bamboo forest, fake stone dotted place, behind the flower barrier, there is a bamboo house, here is Tong'an occasionally entertain guests to cook tea and tea place, Cima and Qinglan are not strangers, they know here, people sit in front of the window, vaguely can see the path outside the Star Picking Building through the flower barrier Qingzhu, but the people outside the building, but can not see the scene in the window house.

Bamboo leaves and green ke, singing in the midsummer breeze, the sun is still shining between heaven and earth outside the window, but it is quiet for a while.

The maidservant girl was staring at Ci Ma carelessly, but Qing Lan looked calm, of course they didn't cook tea and taste tea, but just sat opposite each other across the tea table.

"The little lady seems to be aware of today's incident?" Tsuma couldn't help but ask.

"Guess." Qinglan also had no intention of going around in circles, she swept the tea set on the table, held a handful of tea, and knocked out a few rhythms on the green glaze water side, of course ordinary people couldn't understand the mystery between the rhythms, but Qinglan obviously believed that Cima would not be strange - if she guessed correctly, that song Tansheng was composed by the person in front of her.

When a rhythm ran out, Qinglan asked, "Can this song be a masterpiece for the prince?" ”

"It's just not clumsy." Tsema admitted.

"This song was originally given by the prince to your lord, but your lord did not inform you in advance, by your lord's instructions, a certain song with lyrics, and played in public, perhaps after today's banquet of music and poetry, everyone knows that a certain masterpiece is a masterpiece, and the prince secretly admires."

Qinglan put down the tea, her expression was still calm: "Today, the prince borrowed the field, a certain person at the banquet and all the guests have heard that your lord is drunk, everyone should believe that it is my persuasion to drink, and then ask for an antidote pill, the maid of a certain went to the field to contact the prince, you can take this opportunity to instruct the maid to pretend to pass on the message of your lord, in the name of your lord, invite the prince to come to the star tower to meet, but it happened that the seventh aunt of a certain saw that your lord was no longer drinking, and came to assist a certain presiding over the poetry meeting, and I just took advantage of the excuse to get out." ”

Qinglan spoke, looking out the window: "If what I expected, after a while, the seventh aunt who didn't know what I was trying to do would lead the guests to come to the Star Picking Tower to look for it, when I came all the way, I didn't see the servants of the Princess's Mansion, but then there will be servants who will appear, reminding everyone to witness me hurrying to the Star Picking Tower." ”

At that time, everyone saw that Qinglan and Cima were "tryst" on the Star Picking Tower, thinking of those clues, and even the promotion of Princess Tong'an, what rumors would be generated?

"The prince and your lord were at first sight, there is the sincerity of marriage, in order to move the heart of the lord, the party gave a good song, but in case of a certain intention to snatch love, take advantage of today's appreciation, persuade the lord, so that the prince is invited to pour out his feelings of admiration, then the lord only needs to explain to the saint that she only has friendship with the prince, and has no children's feelings, and intends to fulfill a certain wish, even if the queen thinks that I am innocent, and will not be so despicable, but as long as the seventh aunt and the prince are witnesses, the queen is also indisputable, and then, of course, the saint can only promote this marriage, and will despise the lust of a certain person for himself, and calculate and use your lord. ”

Qinglan retracted her gaze and looked at Cima: "If the expectation is correct, the prince should have met with your lord before coming to the Star Picking Tower, and your lord persuaded the prince that he only needs to find a way to keep me in the Star Picking Tower and be witnessed by everyone on the spot, so that the purpose of marriage can be achieved, which is conducive to the eternal alliance between your state and our country." ”