When Song Ran came out of Xiyun Palace, it was getting late.
Zhaohua took her and Zhao Meiren and asked about Mu Ling for a while.
This beautiful lady Zhao had only met Mu Ling twice, and she couldn't give an answer.
Naturally, Song Ran only said some superficial words, such as being brave and good at fighting.
In the end, Chen Chaoci sent his young father-in-law to look for Zhao Meiren, and Zhaohua let them go.
Walking to the palace gate, Song Ran unexpectedly saw Chen Chaobai's carriage. Bai Qi stood beside the carriage, as if he had been waiting for her for a long time?
"Princess, the prince knew that you were entering the palace today, so he came out of the imperial study and was waiting for you here."
After saying that, Bai Qi opened the curtain and made a gesture to welcome her into the carriage.
Song Ran glanced at him a few times, and although hesitant, she still got on the carriage.
Chen Chaobai sat inside with his eyes closed.
When the carriage was halfway through, he said, "Have you met Zhao Meiren?"
"Why is the prince also interested?"
Chen Chaobai raised his eyebrows: "The princess is always thinking about arranging a woman for her husband."
Song Ran's voice was cold and she looked sideways at Chen Chaobai: "Your Majesty, please respect yourself before we get married."
"Do you think I am waiting for you here today just to ask you about meeting Zhao Meiren?" Chen Chaobai said unhurriedly and handed Song Ran a cup of tea.
"What do you mean?" Song Ran hesitated for a moment.
"Today, the imperial brother summoned me to the imperial study. He specifically mentioned that the Empress Dowager asked us to get married as soon as possible after her birthday." After saying this, he did not forget to follow up: "Today, your brother Qi is also here."
"Cough cough - cough cough -" The tea that was brought to his mouth was so frightened that he coughed out and wet a large piece of his clothes.
The corners of Chen Chaobai's mouth raised, he shook his head with a smile and sighed: "The princess is so scared, is she afraid that I will eat you?". Then he took out the handkerchief from his pocket and reached out to wipe Song Ran.
Song Ran raised her hand to refuse, took the handkerchief from his hand, and lowered her head to straighten her clothes.
"Are you so unwilling?"
Song Ran didn't answer, snorted coldly, leaned against the window, and ignored Chen Chaobai again.
Chen Chaobai only felt that the person in front of him was particularly cute, with doting smiles in his eyes.
The carriage stopped at the door of the Song family's old house.
Bai Qi stretched out his arm for Song Ran to help him. Song Ran glanced at him viciously and shook off his hand.
"Your Majesty, what's wrong with the princess?" Bai Qi touched his head and looked innocent in the face of Song Ran's attitude.
"The princess will be thinking of ways to escape from the marriage."
The light was very dim, and when looking into the carriage from the outside, one could only see an unpredictable smile on Chen Chaobai's mouth.
"ah--"
"Have you done everything I asked you to tell Xia Chun?"
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. Before Mr. Liu can pursue the investigation further, I have ordered Xia Chun to avoid the limelight for the time being."
After returning to the house, Song Ran locked herself in the room.
Hongqu and Bai Ting were carrying dinner, but they couldn't knock on her door.
Song Ran's mind was very confused, and she had been depressed for several days since then. Seeing that the Queen Mother's birthday was approaching, she was not happy at all.
It was three days before I saw Zhaohua again.
Song Ran thought about it over and over again in the house, thinking that she should go to Liu Yunqi to discuss how to delay her marriage to Chen Chaobai.
As soon as he changed into a boy's clothes and wanted to sneak out by himself, he heard a servant coming to report that there was a handsome young man outside asking to see him.
When he arrived at the front hall, Zhaohua held his hands behind his back and turned his back to her.
With a jade crown on his head, he looked like the young man who had his wallet stolen by a thief that night. It's just that the robe fits him a lot better.
"My little ancestor, why did you sneak out on your own again?"
Let the princess know that Her Royal Highness sneaked here alone and must not faint.
Zhaohua turned around and saw Song Ran. He smiled and put his whole body on Song Ran's arm. Zhaohua took her arm and blinked: "Good sister, please accompany me to the inn to find General Mu to express my gratitude in person!"
"Why did you come out today?" Song Ran didn't answer her words, but she just felt that it shouldn't be done! After hearing about that, the Empress Dowager ordered people to seal the cave tightly.
How did this ancestor sneak out?
"Jinxiang went to see the queen today. I disguised myself and slipped out next to her." Zhaohua patted his chest and smiled proudly.
"Miss Lu? Then why didn't the princess ask her to accompany you?"
"I asked her to stay on the carriage outside the door. She was also curious about what kind of general would let this princess—" Zhaohua said a little embarrassed, and buried his red face in Song Ran's arms.
Although she didn't hear the last few words clearly, Song Ran generally understood.
She understands how Zhaohua feels. A girl who has just begun to have a love affair harbors curiosity about a man. No matter how hard I try, I can't suppress the throbbing and longing in my heart.
She must have been like this at first.
Song Ran let out a long sigh.
They are all a group of careless masters. If he takes them to the inn and is discovered by the emperor and the empress dowager, not only Lu Jinxiang will have to be punished, but she will also be punished.
If he didn't take them with him, Zhaohua would never give up easily.
Song Ran only felt a tight headache.
In the end, Zhaohua couldn't defeat him and went with them to the inn.
Before leaving, Song Ran asked Hong Xiu to go to Prince Xuan's Mansion to inform him, and then Chen Chaobai would send her back to the palace.
The gate of the inn is heavily guarded. The soldiers of the State of Wei and the soldiers of the State of Chen strictly questioned anyone who lingered at the door.
When the carriage stopped, soldiers came forward. Just as Lu Jinxiang wanted to show his identity by showing his temper, he was stopped by Song Ran.
Song Ran slowly got out of the car, expressed his intention to the leading soldier, and handed over his name card.
Naturally, she was talking about Princess Anyang of the Chen Kingdom requesting an audience with the third princess of the Wei Kingdom. I'm afraid it would be inappropriate to go directly to see Mu Ling as any of the three of them.
Soon someone welcomed them in.
Today, Wei Yu took off her male clothes. She was dressed in gold and jade, with a handsome face and an elegant appearance. Her eyes still showed a sense of arrogance.
"Princess Chen is still dressed in men's clothing today? She couldn't have slipped out again, right?"
"My princess came here today to find General Mu from your country and thank him for his help in getting the purse back." Song Ran really couldn't stop Lu Jinxiang's temper. Before she could think of how to reply to Wei Yu, she rushed out first.
Wei Yu suddenly sneered, making Song Ran feel chilled.
Perhaps it was Song Ran's misunderstanding. She felt that Wei Yu today was very different from that day. That day she looked forward and backward, afraid of losing Mu Ling. Today, when Zhaohua came to visit him in person, he didn't take it seriously.
Just a few days.
"Zhiqua——"
The wooden door was pushed open, and Zhaohua's eyes that had just lit up dimmed again. A maid came in bringing tea.
Song Ran took it from the hand of the maid, and instead of looking away from each other, he could clearly feel the murderous look in her eyes.
The maid handed Zhaohua tea again, and Song Ran felt a sharp light in her sleeve.
not good! It's a dagger!
Song Ran smashed the tea cup on the ground, "There is an assassin!"
Then he pulled Zhaohua to block her behind, and kicked the maid in the stomach, but she cleverly dodged it. The maid rushed towards Song Ran, and the sharp dagger passed across Song Ran's neck. Fortunately, she leaned back first and then took a few steps back. The dagger only picked off a few strands of hair on the side of her body.
Zhaohua and Lu Jinxiang, who had regained their composure, suddenly screamed in fear. In order to let Song Ran fight without any worries, Wei Yu pulled her behind her.
Wei Yu obviously did not expect that someone would attack the princess of Chen State at the inn of Chen State: "Someone is coming! Someone is coming quickly!"
Song Ran punched the dagger out of the hand of the maid, strangled her neck with his backhand, and tied the other hands behind her. She struggled to resist.
Song Ran stretched out her leg and kicked the maid's calf hard. The hand that was originally squeezing her neck had moved up to her chin, fearing that she would bite her tongue and commit suicide.
When Mu Ling rushed in with people, Song Ran had already subdued the assassin who was pretending to be a maid.
"Are you okay?" Mu Ling rushed straight to Song Ran and asked eagerly.
In the eyes of others, he, a general of Wei State, did not care about his own princess at the first time. Instead, he went to ask other people's princesses if anything was okay, and whether he cared too much about Song Ran.
However, Zhaohua and Lu Jinxiang didn't notice this at all. They were so scared that they almost huddled behind Wei Yu, tears welling up in their eyes, and they stretched out their heads tremblingly to look at the assassin.
"General Mu, find a piece of cloth. I suspect she is going to bite her tongue and commit suicide."
Mu Ling took the rag-like cloth from his subordinates, plugged the assassin's mouth himself, grabbed the assassin's hands, and asked others to tie her up.
Song Ran searched the female assassin from top to bottom again. I never saw any other weapons except this dagger.
"Mr. Mu, please send your men to ask the government officials to come again." Song Ran said to Mu Ling, "Such bad things can happen under the feet of the emperor of Chen State. We must investigate thoroughly."
In less than a cup of tea, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture came with Chen Chaobai.
When they arrived, the place had been cleaned. The assassin was kneeling on the ground. Zhaohua regained some sense and thought about the business of today's visit. He acted like a shy little girl and asked Mu Ling to compose and thank him again and again.
Faced with Princess Chen's show of kindness, Mu Ling was nervous and at a loss as to what to do, so she quickly possessed her.
Zhaohua saw Chen Chaobai coming in with someone, and immediately jumped to his side, gesticulating and telling what happened today.
Chen Chaobai's face was extremely ugly and he subconsciously looked at Song Ran.
Song Ran spread her hands to express that she was fine.
Chen Chaobai looked at Wei Yu and Mu Ling again, "The third princess is frightened. Where is the assassin? Can it be handed over to Shuntian Mansion? I promise to give Wei an explanation."
"My lord, you may have made a mistake about one thing. The target of the assassin is not this princess, but your own princess in Chen Kingdom."
Chen Chaobai looked surprised and looked at Zhaohua beside him in disbelief. He cast an inquiring look at Song Ran again. Song Ran nodded to him.
"Zhaohua slipped out today. Does anyone besides you know about it?"
