It started to snow lightly outside at some point. Princess Rong Zhao's sedan chair was replaced by a carriage. The Seventh Prince's carriage led the way, Princess Rong Zhao's followed behind, and Liang Cicheng followed the carriage.
The guards followed around with swords in hand.
The group of people marched toward the palace.
The slow pace of the carriage was hypnotic, and Princess Rong Zhao drank a lot of wine. Although she was not drunk after drinking the sobering soup, her body felt warm and warm, and she soon felt sleepy.
She leaned on the table with one hand and fell asleep in a short while. She didn't know when the carriage stopped.
The surroundings were very quiet. Rong Zhao frowned, feeling something was wrong. Just as he was about to open his eyes, the door of the carriage suddenly opened, and a cool breeze came in through the gap.
She suddenly woke up, raised her eyes, and saw Liang Ci straddling the carriage with his long legs. When he met her gaze, he immediately lowered the curtain and asked warmly, "Is it cold?"
Rong Zhao woke up from his sleep, still a little confused, and his attitude was much gentler than usual, "Why did you come up here? Where are the others?"
Liang Ci was surprised and happy when he saw her, and felt infinite love in his heart.
"They were separated by me, who wanted to be alone with the princess for a while."
He moved closer to Rong Zhao and looked at her intently, his eyes eager and greedy, but he made no move.
Rong Zhao slowly straightened up, his face slightly red, "What do you want to do by looking at me like this? Just to look at me when you are alone with me?"
"I want to do a lot, but I'm afraid it will taint the princess's ears if I say it." Liang Ci laughed softly, with a gentle but dangerous tone.
Rong Zhao raised his eyebrows and raised his eyes slightly, which was indescribably confusing, "You dare to think about it."
She looked at Liang Ci's handsome eyebrows, reached out and gently pressed his eyebrows, and touched both sides little by little.
His fingertips swept across Liang Ci's eyelashes. Liang Ci closed his eyes and held her wrist.
Rong Zhao trembled as soon as the hot palm came up against him, as if he had been burned. When their eyes met, Liang Ci whispered: "Your Highness, please feel sorry for me."
"Why does it hurt?" Rong Zhao slowly approached, and her warm breath gently brushed Liang Ci's face.
Liang Ci's Adam's apple rolled rapidly and his voice became hoarse, "Your Highness..."
Rong Zhao suddenly held his face, kissed him on the lips, and chuckled: "Is this so?"
Liang Ci's breath suddenly sank, his hands instantly wrapped around her waist and pressed her against him. He bit her lip and said, "Your Highness, you recruited me."
The cold wind is howling outside the carriage, and the spring breeze is blooming inside the carriage.
After the kiss ended, the two leaned together to calm their breathing. Rong Zhao pushed Liang Ci's shoulder and said, "It's time for you to go. Yangdu is not a place to stay for a long time. Go back to where you should go."
"What about you?" Liang Ci frowned and asked, "When I go back, will I hear news of your marriage in a while?"
"Liang Ci, I thought you knew this question well."
Rong Zhao came out of his arms, calmed down his emotions, and looked at him calmly, "You are a general with a heavy army, and I am a princess with a golden branch and jade leaf. If I marry you, what will happen to your military power? Will you hand it over? ?Then become a wealthy and idle man in Yangdu?"
Liang Ci fell silent.
This is the gap that has never been bridged between him and Rong Zhao.
"I'm not saying this to force you to make a choice. I don't want to be your choice at all." Rong Zhao lowered his eyes, looked at his hands, and smiled: "If I can leave Yangdu, I might as well go to the border with you. Since then I have settled down and no longer care about trivial matters in Yangdu, but my mother is here and my two brothers are here. The eldest brother is unreliable and the seventh brother has a weird temperament and is soft-hearted. If I don't keep an eye on them, something will happen to them sooner or later."
Liang Ci was silent for a moment and sneered, "It's so sad that two men have to rely on their own sisters for help."
Rong Zhao said nothing.
Liang Ci looked at her deeply, stood up and said, "I will find a way. Your Highness, give me some more time."
"Go ahead." Rong Zhao waved his hand, neither agreeing nor rejecting.
*
After sending away the guests, Shen Lansui immediately took off his makeup, wrapped himself in a thin blanket and lay motionless on the couch.
Lu Xingyue changed into loose clothes, sat down next to her in a funny manner, and scratched the side of her fair face with his thumb, "Are you sleepy?"
Shen Lansui tilted her head and rubbed his hand, muttering: "A little, mainly because I'm tired."
As she spoke, she looked over lazily and added: "I'm tired."
Lu Xingyue smiled, "I didn't expect them to come either."
Shen Lansui lifted up the blanket and patted the place next to her, then hooked her fingers at him. Lu Xingyue smiled, took off his shoes and went to the bed, lay down next to her, pulled the blanket and held her in his arms.
"These princes are really annoying." Shen Lansui leaned against his chest and said, "It's okay to come uninvited. I don't want to pick up any pot. A person has eight hundred tricks, and I'm afraid to talk to them. , for fear that I would fall into their trap if I didn’t say anything right.”
"By the way." Shen Lansui looked up at him, "Did the Crown Prince and the Fifth Prince say anything to you? I feel like you are not in a good mood."
Lu Xingyue paused for a moment, and then told her their plans in a gentle voice.
After hearing this, Shen Lansui became more and more disgusted, "How did the prince's brain grow? If it hadn't been for a good fetal transfer, the prince would really not be in his turn. I'm really worried that if he ascends the throne in the future, we will not have a good life. .”
She opened her hands and counted them: "The prince is stupid, the fifth prince is bad, and the other princes are either from bad backgrounds or have no desire to fight for power. It seems that none of them are qualified to be a wise king."
Lu Xingyue nodded, "If it could be changed, Your Majesty would have already thought about deposing the crown prince, and allowed him to sit in this position for so long, firstly, for the sake of the queen, and secondly, because there is really no good candidate."
Shen Lansui frowned. She didn't think about it that much at first. She just felt that she would leave the Duke's Mansion sooner or later. Who would be the emperor was not in her mind at all. No matter who sat on the throne, she would still be alive. ?
However, it turns out that she really has to think about it. Husband and wife are one, and their future depends on the emperor. Jin Yiwei is a high-risk profession.
"The Seventh Prince... The Seventh Prince is also the Queen's direct descendant. What do you think of him?" Shen Lansui whispered: "After meeting him today, I think he is pretty good."
Lu Xingyue narrowed his eyes, the seventh prince...
He didn't have much contact with him. He had been unknown before. The fifth prince's power was divided and he only came to prominence a little. In terms of his behavior, he was relatively reliable and his temper was relatively gentle.
After entering the door today, the prince and the fifth prince have been holding it. However, the seventh prince does not have the prince's airs at all, and his words are sincere and will not offend others.
I just don’t know if this affinity is real or just fake.
Just as he was talking, Guan Chun suddenly came in in a hurry.
"Master Marquis, madam, General Liang is here again."
Shen Lansui was startled, "Huh?"
