Arina didn't expect that Gu Beichen would come here at night, and the strength in her hands relaxed for a moment. Gu Beichen then let go of his hands and immediately protected An Ruowan behind him.
"Why is Brother Beichen here?"
The moment she saw Gu Beichen clearly, Arina's attention fell entirely on him, and she could no longer pay attention to An Ruowan who was standing aside.
"Come to find the princess."
Gu Beichen didn't give her any chance to think wildly. After finishing his words, he took An Ruowan back.
Seeing the two people turning away, Arina reluctantly prepared to catch up, but was stopped by the maid.
However, when Arina's eyes fell on An Ruowan's back, she felt even more hateful.
The two of them had walked a short distance before Gu Beichen slowed down and said, "If you don't want to be entangled with her anymore, you can move out."
How could Gu Beichen not feel Arina's targeting of An Ruowan? He knew even more clearly that these things were all because of him, so he specifically said these words to An Ruowan.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."
An Ruowan bowed her hands to Gu Beichen and went back to rest.
Finally, there was no more noise during the night. Early the next morning, the team continued to move forward, but this time a new situation arose not long after.
In front of everyone, a dozen figures dressed as refugees suddenly appeared. I thought I could avoid them. Unexpectedly, these people stepped forward and kept talking to the big guys, "We have been hungry for many days. Thank you for your kindness." Give people something to eat.”
Originally, An Ruowan would never let others come forward when encountering such a thing, but this time she did not take any action.
Even Gu Beichen was a little surprised when he saw Arina getting off the carriage, as if she had been prepared early in the morning, and handed the things in her hands to those people.
"Thank you princess, she really has the heart of a bodhisattva!"
After taking two bites, everyone knelt on the ground, as if they were afraid that they would be punished if they knelt too slowly.
However, the words coming out of these people's mouths seemed to be the same, but it was Arina's frequent turning back that made Gu Beichen's eyes a little more surprised.
"You're welcome. Everyone, please get up quickly. We are all poor people. Although I am a princess from another country, I will never watch everyone starve to death."
As soon as she finished speaking, Arina turned her eyes to An Ruowan, "It's not like some people just want to show off in front of everyone, but not long after they walked out, their true face was revealed."
Listening to her meaningful words, An Ruowan sneered, "So, what do you think, princess, how should we arrange these people?"
This sentence made Arina freeze in place. How could she know that such a thing existed? Couldn't it be better to just give them some food and send them away.
After a while, Arina came back to her senses and said, "How to deal with it depends on the prince's wishes."
Gu Beichen's eyes fell on the people kneeling on the ground. They didn't look like refugees who had been hungry for too long. It was no wonder that An Ruo suddenly asked about this in the evening party.
Unexpectedly, Arina wanted to blame this matter on him, which immediately made Gu Beichen sneer.
"Princess, please watch carefully. Don't treat anyone as a refugee."
As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions suddenly changed. After all, Gu Beichen's words were somewhat probing, and the meaning was self-evident.
"How is it possible? These people are dressed in such rags. Looking at them gobbling up food, I will not be mistaken. Besides, these are your subjects of Daqi. Is this how you speculate on their identities?"
It would have been better if Arina had not spoken, but she was so eager to defend herself. This scene fell into the eyes of others, but they believed Gu Beichen's words even more.
Seeing that Arina was still so stubborn, Gu Beichen had no intention of saving face for her, so he immediately stepped forward and opened the clothes of these so-called refugees.
"I dare to ask who would wear clothes made of silk and satin when they can't even satisfy their appetites?"
From the very beginning, Gu Beichen sensed that there was something wrong with the identities of these people. He thought that Arzina was going to cause trouble again, but he could turn a blind eye and close one eye, not wanting Arzina to be so messy.
Seeing this, Arina couldn't even say a word of defense.
After all, these people were hired by her with money. When she saw Gu Beichen that day, she liked to see An Ruowan's philanthropic act. She thought that doing so would make Gu Beichen look at her with admiration.
But Arina didn't expect that everything that was going smoothly would end up causing Gu Beichen to become suspicious of her because of An Ruowan's words, and expose her little tricks in public.
"It's such a self-directed and self-acted drama. I hope the princess will pay more attention to it in the future."
Gu Beichen didn't intend to embarrass Arina too much. After all, it was business to return to Beijing as soon as possible at this moment.
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Beichen got on his horse and ordered everyone to move forward at full speed.
Seeing this, Arina could only return to the carriage angrily, but she didn't understand where she exposed her flaw for Gu Beichen to notice?
The group of them started walking forward again. This time, Arina didn't make any noise, and finally had a smoother journey.
That night, Gu Beichen saw the tiredness on everyone's faces, so he specifically ordered him to rest for a while. However, he turned around and called Qingfeng over and told him to be more vigilant.
"Let Qingying protect her."
Even though Gu Beichen didn't say who that person was, Qingfeng still retreated instantly.
In the dark night, they settled down in the woods, but the guards on the side were constantly patrolling back and forth.
Even Bai Yu landed near An Ruowan's carriage because he had a feeling that tonight was destined to be a sleepless night.
Sure enough, as everyone was gradually falling asleep, a scream suddenly pierced the sky, and the direction of the sound was exactly the direction of Arina.
At first, everyone thought that Arina was deliberately making noise, but soon they noticed something was wrong, and Qingfeng walked up and down to Arina's carriage.
Only then did they see that Arzina's entourage was brutally killed and their bodies dumped near the carriage.
The scream just now was made by the maid in the carriage after seeing the corpses on the ground.
When Qingfeng raised his head, he happened to see a figure sneaking towards the carriage and took action immediately!
Soon the men in black were fighting with the soldiers. No one knew where these men in black came from or when they appeared, but seeing them heading straight towards Arzina's carriage to besiege Gu Beichen. His face darkened.
"Protect the princess!"
In any case, Arina came to Daqi on behalf of the Tuoba Kingdom to actively seek peace. If Arina made any mistakes on the land of Daqi, Emperor Tuoba would never give up!
