Although Qingqiu is the country that produces the most jade in the Great Wilderness, not all jade production is very high, among which there is one of the rarest white jade, the appearance is translucent, you can see countless fine crystal particles in the jade, like crushed diamond powder, these particles will emit a silver-white halo in the dark, like a cold autumn frost under the moonlight, so it is called "cold frost jade".

But the name comes not only from its peculiar appearance, but also because it does have the function of absorbing heat and cooling down, which is especially popular in the hot climate of Qingqiu in the south.

However, even in a country like Qingqiu, where commoners are all clothed, the price of cold frost jade is still prohibitive for countless people, and only the highest-ranking princes and nobles or the richest top rich people in the local area can use a few pieces of cold frost jade to decorate their most luxurious buildings.

However, in the Qingqiu Palace, there is a small building called "Cold Frost Pavilion".

In the whole world, it is the only one that deserves to be called the Cold Frost Pavilion, because the four walls of the eaves of this small building are fully inlaid with nine hundred and ninety-nine pieces of cold frost jade, which is only more than the cold frost jade in all the other houses in the entire Great Wilderness combined!

This small building is located in the courtyard of Yuqiong Palace, the bedroom of Nangong Yue, the princess of Qingqiu Kingdom. On a bright spring afternoon, the melodious sound of the piano came from the small building, as well as the soft and agile singing voice of the woman:

Thousands of sails race across the river and the moon is small,

Thousands of miles of clear waves and haze,

clouds rise and fog rise,

Sparkling grass.

In March, the spring showers disappeared,

A new word Lan Zhou shakes,

Qu stop the cup,

Curling like a fairy flute.

Whoever passes by here will be intoxicated by the beautiful and romantic pictures and heavenly sounds.

Ying Tianjiao is no exception.

He has often come here these days, but the palace ladies always tell him that the princess has gone out, and they do not say where she went, and today his luck seems to be better than usual, and when he comes, he hears this song, and he stops to look at this attic, and looks at his expression, which seems to be a little stupid.

At the end of the song, he stood there in a daze, and he did not come to his senses until the woman from the upper floor came down to call him.

But it was as if he had just woken up from one dream, and immediately fell into another—he had seen the woman's face many times, but every time he saw her again, he could not help but be intoxicated by her beautiful eyes and slim figure.

He muttered dreamily, "You sing so beautifully." ”

She smiled, her smile was as bright as a hibiscus out of the water, and her voice was as graceful as a lark, but what she said made Ying Tianjiao feel inexplicably alienated: "Thank you Ying Ling Hou for complimenting, is there something wrong with Hou Ye looking for me?"

"Yue'er, what's wrong with you today?" Ying Tianjiao felt a little strange, this Moon Princess had always had an ambiguous relationship with him, why did she seem to be a different person today.

"Don't call me Yue'er anymore. Nangong Yue's smile was fleeting, and her eyes suddenly became very indifferent, "Call me princess." ”

"What did you say?" Ying Tianqi had a bad premonition, and his whole body was trembling slightly.

At this time, if Yun Luochen was present, he would definitely be surprised, because Ying Tianjiao's embarrassed appearance now was simply the same as when he was in the court before.

His previous guess was right, Ying Tianjiao did have a relationship with the Qingqiu royal family, his father Ying Pan was the queen's brother and the only duke of Qingqiu Kingdom, after Yun Qing's death, he was in charge of the military on behalf of him, and he was in the limelight for a while.

And Ying Tianjiao, as the son of the duke, was also made a marquis early, and he was young and famous.

Not only that, but he himself does have some skills, and he has a good martial arts to beat the top ten guards of the Qingqiu King's Palace, but none of them are his opponents.

Because of this, Ying Tianjiao has a posture of no one in front of anyone, even in front of Nangong Yu, the king of a country, he rarely restrains himself.

But in front of Nangong Yue, the proudest young man in Qingqiu seemed to have lost all his arrogant edges and corners all at once, and became extremely humble. Those palace maids all said behind their backs that this is one thing and one thing.

Unfortunately, not all infatuation can be rewarded. Everyone knows that this Marquis Ying Ling only revolves around Princess Yue, but Princess Yue is not the only son of a family by his side.

Ying Tianqi tried his best to get a little response from this princess, but it seemed that overnight, all his previous efforts turned into a bamboo basket for water.

"My father has decided to marry me to Gao Fei, the new monarch of the Southern Chu Kingdom, what are you still pestering me for?" Nangong Yue said coldly.

"How is this possible?" Ying Tianqi said in a lost voice: "A few days ago, I was discussing this matter in the court, and the king obviously hasn't made a decision yet!"

He shook his head vigorously, "I don't believe it!

Nangong Yue glanced at him with some annoyance, "What's the use if you don't believe it, my father sent someone to tell me about this the night before yesterday and asked me to prepare in advance." ”

Ying Tianqi was a little anxious, he was at a loss and wanted to pull Nangong Yu's hand, "Yue'er, I know that you will not be willing to marry to the Southern Chu Kingdom, I will find a way, I will definitely find a way to make the king change his mind!"

Who knew that Nangong Yue was very dexterous and dodged his hand, and her voice became colder and colder: "What are you doing here?"

Ying Tianjiao was stunned, he still didn't want to believe that this girl who was with him a few days ago suddenly became like this today, he yelled a little hysterically: "I'll help you kill Gao Fei!"

Nangong Yue stared at him with wide eyes, "You're crazy!"

"I'm not crazy, I can do anything for you!

Nangong Yue suddenly laughed, she was always so beautiful when she laughed, Ying Tianjiao looked at her stupidly, as if the familiar her was back, but she didn't notice that there was a trace of mockery in this smile at all.

Nangong Yue smiled and said, "For me, are you really willing to do anything?"

Ying Tianjiao's eyes flashed, and he nodded eagerly.

"So, what if I told you that I really wanted to marry Goofy, and would you help me?"

Nangong Yue was still smiling, but this smile suddenly became cruel in Ying Tianjiao's eyes, and his eyes widened in disbelief, "How is it possible? How could you be willing to marry him? You have never seen him before!"

"Can't you marry him if you haven't seen him?" Nangong Yue asked lightly.

Ying Tian's words were stopped.

Nangong Yue looked at him with a strange gaze, and suddenly asked, "Do you like to listen to me sing?"

Although Ying Tianjiao felt a little inexplicable, he was eager to express his heart and nodded earnestly: "Of course, of course!"

Nangong Yue then asked, "Then you also heard the song I just sang?"

Ying Tianqi said, "I heard it. ”

Nangong Yue asked again, "Do you like it?"

"I like it, of course I like it, as long as it's a song you sing, I like it. Ying Tian hurriedly said that although he couldn't understand these trivial words, he did have a deep love for Nangong Yue, and he was also deeply intoxicated by her singing.

But Nangong Yue said, "You won't like it." ”

"Why?"

"Because ......" she smiled slyly and paused deliberately, however, at this pause, her gaze met Ying Tianjiao's fiery and urgent gaze, and she suddenly felt a little unbearable, because this answer was really a little cruel to the man in front of her who had been infatuated with her for so many years.

So she kept silent.

"Why?" Ying Tianqi grabbed her arm with both hands, and this time she didn't have time to avoid it.

She sighed, "You really want to know?"

The uneasiness in Ying Tianjiao's heart became stronger and stronger, but he still did not hesitate to say: "I want to know!"

"Because ......" Nangong Yue turned her head and stopped looking at him, her voice was as small as a mosquito, "These are the words written by Gao Fei. ”

Although her voice was very small, Ying Tianjiao still heard it clearly, he grabbed Nangong Yue's hand and involuntarily let it go, this proud young man seemed to be drained of blood all over his body in an instant, his face turned pale and he took a few steps backwards, and fell to the ground.

The look of pity on Nangong Yue's face flashed, she didn't look at him again, and turned back to the Cold Frost Pavilion.

When she walked on the attic steps, she was still humming the song she had just played, and now her heart was not sorry, because her heart was filled with joy - she had heard the name of this talented man from Nan Chu for a long time, and although she had never met him, she had indeed admired him for a long time.

A princess with a noble status like her, how can she be more than a wealthy nobleman who pursues her? Before reluctantly agreeing to him to get along with him for a while, it was just to play with him, and only the young genius Gao Fei of the Southern Chu Kingdom who was worthy of her.

It's just that she doesn't know that there is an unknown secret to this song, this secret is hidden between the lines of this word, if she knows this secret, I'm afraid she won't be so happy.

Because the Goofy she admires already has her own sweetheart, and it is that person's name hidden in this poem.

At the foot of Qingqiu Mountain.

Zhu Lan is now walking back with the mission, he remembered the secret conversation with his father in the study of the Guogong Mansion that night, although he still has no bottom on the result of the completion of this mission, but he sincerely admires his father's plan, everything that happened in the court is exactly what Zhu Ning said that night.

"You checked the matter of Mingfeng Hall at the north gate of the city last time. ”

That night, in the dim study, the candle flame reflected Zhu Ning's ravine-ravine face, looking at this face, Zhu Lan felt fear and bitterness.

"I've checked, but Gao Fei doesn't seem to have any connection with those Mingfeng Hall helmsmen. ”

"They have nothing to do with Gao Fei, but what about the rest of the Mingfeng Hall?" Zhu Ning asked again.

"Erchen also checked, several important people in Mingfeng Hall, in addition to the twelve helmsmen, there is only the hall master Lin Yuebai, and his only daughter, Lin Qianyuan. ”

Gao Fei once wrote a song that was widely circulated in the folk music workshop, and it is said that he wrote it a year ago when he was swimming with a woman, and it was written about the scenery of the Chunhua River when the fishing boats left the port in the early morning. Zhu Ning said slowly, as if he was talking about something irrelevant.

The song composed of this song was widely circulated in Southern Chu, and even spread to the neighboring countries of Qingqiu and Wuxian. Zhu Lan knew that his father would not talk nonsense, so he could only answer seriously and wait for his father to continue.

Zhu Ning nodded and said, "Since you are about to memorize it, what is it that the first word of the first sentence of this poem is connected with the first word of the last sentence?"

Zhu Lan recalled this poem in his mind, and finally realized it, but he still felt incredulous, "Could it be that the woman who swam in the lake with Gao Fei ......?"

Zhu Ning nodded, "Not bad." ”

Zhu Lan still hadn't recovered from the shock, "Could this be just a coincidence?

"If Goofy becomes king, it may not be impossible. Zhu Ning said.

"But even if he becomes a king, in order to balance the forces of all parties, or for other political factors, he may not have the right to choose......

But Goofy doesn't necessarily think so, especially when he's just finished a big win and he feels like he's taking his fate into his own hands. ”

"So we will propose to Qingqiu Country for him, once he rejects Qingqiu Country, he will inevitably offend Qingqiu Country!" Zhu Lan seemed to understand his father's intentions, and began to be slightly excited in his words, once Qingqiu Kingdom joined the war, the balance of this war would be tilted to his side again.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Ning shook his head, "No, Qingqiu Country has always kept a close eye on us, it is unreasonable for you to propose marriage for Gao Fei, don't forget, Gao Cheng is still in Qingqiu Kingdom." ”

"Then we ......"

"As we said before, you just have to propose marriage for your eldest brother. Zhu Ning paused, and then said: "But your attitude must be humble enough, the more humble the better, even flattery, let them humiliate you, the more they humiliate you, the greater the possibility of success in this matter." ”

Zhu Lan nodded, and asked a little curiously: "It's just a folk woman, how can she be compared to the princess of a country, and Gao Fei, such a smart person, would he not hesitate to offend Qingqiu Country at such a time for a woman?"

"The smarter the person, the more proud he is, maybe he will feel that if he offends Qingqiu Kingdom, he can also defeat us. ”

He was still a little worried, "But what if he really marries the princess of Qingqiu Kingdom, then they will become an alliance, won't we shoot ourselves in the foot?"

Zhu Ning smiled and said, "If he really wants to marry the princess of Qingqiu Kingdom, his heart will be in turmoil." He stroked his yellow beard lightly and said confidently, "If a wise man is distracted, he may do something more foolish than a foolish person." ”

"It's just a woman, even if that woman is as beautiful as a fairy, there are so many beautiful women in the world, can she really influence Goofy's decision-making?"

Who knew that Zhu Ning said with a straight face: "Child, you have to remember that for things you don't understand, don't make assertions, because if you don't agree, it doesn't necessarily mean that it's wrong, it's more likely because you don't understand." ”

Zhu Lan really didn't understand, now he was riding a horse on the way back to his homeland, thinking back that since the day of the coup, he always seemed to be played by Gao Fei, he couldn't understand, such a smart person, with literary talent, good martial arts, and the art of war, would really be defeated by the word "love"?