"Say, what's your name?" Li Yuanhao didn't listen to Ayimu and Ning Lingge's words, and suddenly asked Ayimu. "Where are you from, do you have any family?"

"The people's daughter is called Haisha, who has no father or mother since she was a child, and her brother and sister, who are also orphans, have been living in the countryside of Liangzhou. ”

Brother Ning Ling said in his heart: "Yes, it turns out that his brother and sister are all orphans, sympathetic to each other, they have grown up together since childhood, and they have never been separated, and the relationship is closer than that of his own brothers and sisters." ”

"Are you really not called Ayimu?" Li Yuanhao was full of suspicion. "Do you have twin sisters?"

Ayimu said: "The folk girl has no twin sisters. ”

Brother Ning Ling said on the side: "Father, this Haiisha was discovered by Erchen from Gao Chongde yesterday, it is said that the three of them went to the city to find his portrait, and they were met by the captain of the ironclad team patrolling the city, so they were brought to Gao Painter. ”

Li Yuanhao's face was still full of suspicion, and he suddenly said: "Zina, help Ayimu get up." ”

Ayimu's heart shook violently, "Zina is still alive, and he actually recognized me as Ayimu?" But her mind turned sharply, "Yes, this must be Li Yuanhao testing me, and I must be steady." Her heart was like a calm sea, suddenly encountered a stormy sea, and threw up a huge wave, but her face was silent, kneeling on the ground and not moving.

On the contrary, it was Brother Ning Ling who spoke on the side: "Father, you are wrong, her name is not Ayimu, her name is Haisha, she must be too similar to the 'Xixia Princess' back then!." ”

Li Yuanhao saw that Ayimu was as calm as water, and he was not touched at all, and he didn't hesitate in his heart, but it was inconvenient to test her again, so he had to pretend to suddenly realize: "Oh, yes, I should be in a trance, I remember what happened three years ago." He stared into Ayimu's eyes again, stared straight at him for a long time, and suddenly said, "Haisha, you have taken off your veil, I want to see your face." ”

Ayimu said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, the women dare not take off their veils. ”

Li Yuanhao's doubts rose again: "What, do you dare not listen to my orders?"

Ayimu said: "Your Majesty, the people don't dare to disobey the holy will, it's just that the people have sworn that whoever is the first to see my face can only be the husband of the people's daughter, and the people's daughter has not yet married, but the emperor is the honor of the Ninety-Five, how dare the people commit it with a clumsy face." ”

Li Yuanhao laughed and said, "I want you to lift the veil and take a look, what kind of crime is this." Don't worry, I don't blame you. ”

Ayimu's heart was racing: "What if I take off the veil and he recognizes me as the 'Princess of Xixia' back then......?"

Li Yuanhao asked, "Just what?"

"It's just that the people's daughter wants to ask the emperor's promise, if the people's daughter takes off the veil, after the emperor sees my appearance, no matter how disgusted and disgusted he is, please be sure to marry the people's daughter, if the emperor does not have this heart, the people's daughter, the people's daughter will no longer have the face to see people, and she can't live in the world, so it's better to die head-on. ”

It turned out that Ayimu took the risk of sacrificing a strange trick, first, to make Li Yuanhao mistakenly think that he was eager to climb the dragon and the phoenix and ascend to the throne of the imperial concubine, and secondly, to make Li Yuanhao have to promise in public that he would marry his wife after seeing his appearance, and even coerce him with death, which is to make Li Yuanhao more suspicious and scruples.

Brother Ning Ling hurriedly said: "Haisha, you are so bold, are you threatening your father!"

When Li Yuanhao heard her say this, he was really stunned. Xin said: "I can't imagine that this woman can make such a request to enter the harem in order to cling to the powerful, which is really different from the high and refined Ayimu in the past." ”

It turned out that three years ago, he tried every means to please Ayimu and piled up all the treasures in the palace in front of her to give her, but Ayimu didn't look at it. Even if he wanted to give her the title of imperial concubine, Ayimu sternly refused, saying that if he wanted to make her a concubine, he would immediately stab his eyes and splash blood in the court.

And it is also a threat of death, the woman in front of her, called Haisha, is just begging herself to marry after seeing her face, and if she doesn't marry her, she will seek death.

"Could it be that this Haisha just has a pair of eyes that look very similar to Ayimu? The appearance is extremely ugly? I was originally looking for a fake 'Xixia Princess' to deal with the family affairs of the Tubo prince, if it is for this woman to lose the "Wujing General Essentials", wouldn't it be worth the loss!" At this moment, Li Yuanhao turned countless thoughts in his heart, and suddenly felt an indescribable disgust for this Haiisha in front of him, even if she had a pair of eyes exactly the same as the 'Xixia Princess', he didn't want to look at her again.

He was thinking about how to take back Chen's life, when he saw a chamberlain hurriedly approaching the front of the hall, and immediately asked, "What's the matter of panicking?"

The chamberlain hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down and said, "Weichen knocked on the emperor, it was the Tibetan messenger who had arrived, saying that there was an important matter to be submitted to the emperor urgently." ”

Li Yuanhao waved his hand to Brother Ning Ling and said, "You take her down first, and wait for me to see what Tubo has to say, and then make a decision." Then he said to the chamberlain, "If it is a request, then quickly present it." ”

Ayimu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and said to Li Yuanhao: "The people's daughter will retire for the time being." He returned with Brother Ning Ling, and when he walked out of the gate, he saw the two Tubo officers standing outside the main hall waiting for orders, which were the curly-bearded officers and elite officers he met in Qingtang City that day.

Fortunately, she had changed into a different dress than that day, and the two officers did not dare to turn a blind eye to the woman in Li Yuanhao's palace, so they did not notice and recognize her, but bowed to the crown prince Ning Lingge.

After following the prince for a few steps, Brother Ning Ling suddenly said to her: "Haisha, you are also a little bolder, do you want to enter the palace and want to go crazy or what, dare to disobey the emperor and threaten death!"

Ayimu said lightly: "Your Majesty the Prince, didn't you refuse to let me go back when you saw me? I was bent on going back to get together with my brothers and sisters, didn't you have to let me enter the palace to see the emperor." ”

Brother Ning Ling was speechless by her, and only after a while did he say: "The emperor wants to see your whole picture, so he won't have to die or live!"

Ayimu smiled: "If I have to do something unwillingly, the folk girl would rather die." "It's very calm. Brother Ning Ling felt a pang in his heart, and suddenly had some respect for her.

Brother Ning Lingge sent Ayimu to his residence and told her to wait with peace of mind, saying that the Holy Lord would summon her at any time, and he would promise her to the prince of Tubo in the near future, saying that since she had no father and no mother, then she would be allowed to be sent by her eldest brother and younger sister. Ayimu saluted and thanked him, and then sent Ning Lingge away.

That night, she asked the maid to call Hu Zhenbang and Mu Hanyi, and told her about the process of meeting Li Yuanhao in the house.

Mu Hanyi said: "Li Yuanhao actually called out Zina's name and sister's real name, it was definitely not what he said in a trance, it must be intentional temptation." ”

Hu Zhenbang said: "Although this Li Yuanhao is brave and belligerent, he is meticulous and suspicious, so he must be guarded against. However, the second sister was in a hurry, extremely calm and composed, and hid it at the time, and now he should not suspect that the second sister is the 'Xixia princess' back then. ”

Ayimu nodded yes, thinking of Zina, he didn't feel stunned. Hu Zhenbang guessed that she was thinking about her former confidant and sister, so she changed the conversation and said: "The second sister said that the messenger of Tubo has arrived today, and within ten days, Song Zanpu will rush here with the twelve volumes of "Wujing General Essentials". ”

Mu Hanyi said: "What the eldest brother said is that this Songzanpu has excellent martial arts, and if he has to escort important scriptures, he will definitely be guarded by heavy troops, and it is extremely difficult to stop the robbery on the way." But once it falls into the hands of Li Yuanhao, I am afraid it will not be easy to take this book away from him. ”

Hu Zhenbang said: "At the moment, we can't act rashly, otherwise it will not only arouse Li Yuanhao's suspicion, but also affect the second sister." Wait for tonight, I will go back to the inn and bring my three self-defense weapons first, little sister, you pay attention to the situation in the palace, especially the second sister, you accompany her more. ”

Mu Hanyi responded: "Big brother, don't worry, by the way, tell the innkeeper, don't feed my white dragon to lose weight." ”

It was night when Mu was dressed in cold clothes and went to bed in Ayimu's room, and the two of them talked at night, chatting a lot about themselves, and did not fall asleep until they were ugly.

The next morning, the two woke up and used the breakfast sent by the palace maid, so they went to Hu Zhenbang's residence and knocked on the door, Hu Zhenbang opened the door slowly, saw the two, yawned and said, "Why are the two sisters so early." ”

Ayimuqi said: "Big brother, you didn't ...... last night Sleep well?" It turned out that what she wanted to ask was, "Didn't you go to the inn last night?" and suddenly thought of guarding against people's eyes, so she changed the subject.

Hu Zhenbang rubbed his eyes and said, "I slept well, I slept well." He said to a few palace attendants outside the door: "Excuse me, you can help me deliver breakfast." The palace people answered and walked away. Hu Zhenbang pulled the two into the house and said, "I've brought them all, can you guess where I put them?"

Mu Hanyi and Ayimu looked left and right, flipped through the table, looked at the bed, and saw that there was nothing to hide in the house, and they were not surprised.

Hu Zhenbang smiled silently, walked to a wall on the west side, rolled up half of a galloping horse on the wall, inserted the two fingers of his right hand like pliers, pulled out a brick wall, and then reached in, took out a dagger, took out a pair of moth eyebrows, and finally took out his Changhong sword.

Mu Hanyi said with a smile: "Big brother, this thing is really cleverly hidden, in the palace, it is better to be careful, it is better to hide it here first." ”

Hu Zhenbang said: "What the little sister said is true. After saying that, he put the Changhong sword and the moth eyebrow thorn into the wall, and Ayimu took the dagger in his hand and said: "Big brother, this dagger is my father's heirloom, called 'Tiphonxi' means 'goddess of revenge', I want to carry it with me." ”

Hu Zhenbang said: "This can't be done, once Li Yuanhao finds out that you have a blade with you, it will definitely be unfavorable to you." ”

Mu Hanyi also said: "Yes, the eldest brother is right, sister, don't take risks." ”

Ayimu said: "It's okay, we Uighurs and Tanguts have the custom of carrying daggers with us, and it is normal to cut mutton and melons on weekdays. Although it is inconvenient to bring a knife when entering the palace, I will hide it close to my body, and I will never let people search and find it. ”

She saw that Hu Zhenbang and Mu Hanyi's eyes were full of care, and said with a smile: "Big brother and little sister, you really don't have to worry about me, although I have this revenge dagger, I will never take the risk of doing it, and I will only use it to assassinate Li Yuanhao for self-defense." ”

As he was talking, he heard a burst of laughter like silver bells from outside the house, and a voice said, "Where is the masked 'Xixia Princess', why haven't I seen anyone in the house?"

Another palace maid said: "Your Majesty the Crown Princess, this newcomer went to her eldest brother's house, and it was His Majesty the Crown Prince who gave her the grace and allowed her three brothers and sisters to reunite in the palace for a few more days." ”

Ayimu signaled to Hu Zhenbang and Mu Hanyi not to make a sound, and put the "Tifengxi" dagger into the placket. The three of them quietly walked to the window and looked out.

I saw a beautiful woman like a flower, standing outside the house and looking around, with a small almond face, wearing a beige embroidered brocade dress, a pale purple long skirt that dragged the floor, combing a flying cloud oblique bun, a pearl thorn hairpin inserted in the cloud temples, her skin was like clotted fat, and she was wearing a jade agate bracelet on her wrist, and she was a stunning beauty with a noble and outstanding temperament.