Although Fengling is not here, Su Rong still has the ability to protect herself, and her secret guards have also entered the Chengguo Palace to protect her. It is not easy to harm her. What's more, she was protected by several mansions, which was well known to everyone. It would not be good for Duke Chengguo's mansion to cause death.
Therefore, Su Rong is not worried!
When Lu Mingran saw what Su Rong said, he also smiled. He led Su Rong to a yard, twisting and turning, as if deliberately avoiding people.
At the door of the courtyard, stood a young man with good looks and a calm and restrained temperament. Lu Mingran apologized softly, "I'm sorry, Miss Su Qi, I lied to you. It wasn't my grandmother who wanted to see you, it was my eldest brother."
Su Rong had already guessed that if the old lady of Chengguo Palace wanted to see her, there was no need to avoid people and walk around in circles. When she got here, she stopped, looked at the young man in front of her, and tested He asked, "Prince Lu?"
Lu Weiran, the eldest son of Duke Chengguo, had heard Duan Hua mention that there were many descendants of Duke Chengguo, including legitimate sons and daughters, but the most outstanding one among them was Lu Weiran, the eldest son of Duke Chengguo.
This man is indeed much more outstanding than the two young men who are greeting guests at the door today.
Seeing that his sister had invited someone over, Lu Weiran seemed relieved and bowed his hands to Su Rong, "Miss Su Qi, Haihan, I'm down here, Lu Weiran."
Su Rong nodded, "Prince Lu has gone to great lengths to find me here, but is there something important?"
Lu Weiran nodded, "Miss Seventh, please."
Su Rong didn't say much and followed him inside calmly.
Lu Mingran quickly followed in.
When he reached the door, Lu Weiran stopped and stopped Lu Mingran behind him, "Miss Qi, go in by yourself. Someone wants to see you. I am just entrusted by others to be a guide."
Su Rong had already expected it, but she didn't expect that she had just entered Chengguo Duke's mansion. Everyone inside couldn't wait to see her. She smiled, nodded, opened the door, and entered the house.
As the door closed, Lu Mingran looked at Lu Weiran and hesitated to speak.
Lu Weiran lowered his voice and said, "Let's go, let's go guard the yard. No one is allowed to come in here today. I'm sorry to trouble my sister."
Lu Mingran understood and walked out with Lu Weiran until he reached the door and then whispered, "Brother, the person inside who wants to see Miss Su Qi is Cousin Ye?"
Lu Weiran didn't answer, but touched Lu Mingran's head, "It's better to know less about things you shouldn't know."
In the room, there was a very young man sitting, who looked like he had never reached his prime.
The man is wearing a sky-blue brocade with a jade belt around his waist. His eyebrows are thick and bright, which is very eye-catching.
Su Rong remembered that on that day, Fengling came back from inquiring and mentioned Ye Guixue to her and Duan Hua, saying that if compared with Young Master Zhou, it would be difficult for the two of them to tell the difference. Planting spring flowers are like the scorching sun shining on them, and Ye Ergongzi is like the sea of red plum blossoms blooming all over the mountain in the winter snow. They are all beautiful colors that are eye-catching at first sight.
When Su Rong saw Ye Guixue today, she realized that Fengling's words were half-hearted.
Such a bright and beautiful color is really worthy of the sea of red plum blossoms blooming all over the mountain. However, his whole person's temperament is a bit cold and distant. Isn't it just the red plum blossoms in full bloom in the winter snow?
Su Rong was looking at Ye Guixue, and Ye Guixue was also looking at Su Rong.
That day on the long street, when he first entered the capital and was sitting in a carriage, he suddenly felt something. He opened the curtain and saw the girl in the distance. At that time, the girl was walking slowly on the street, step by step. Scattered and careless, the sun was rising in the morning. At that moment, although she could not see her outline clearly, she could see the sun shining all over her body, which was extremely bright.
Later, when he entered the Duke Cheng's Mansion, he asked his men to inquire, saying that the little girl's name was Su Rong. When he met her, she was going to the Duke Protector's Mansion to cancel her engagement, but in the short time he sent people to inquire In less than an hour, she had already broken off the engagement.
He thought that he came at the right time.
"Miss Su Qi, I'm going to Xia Nan Chu Ye Guixue." Ye Guixue was sitting, slowly stood up, cupped her hands in greeting, her voice was very nice, like clusters of snowflakes falling on the branches in winter.
"Second Young Master Ye, I am Su Rong." Su Rong smiled lightly but did not salute.
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"Miss Seven, please sit down." Ye Guixue made a gesture of invitation.
Su Rong saw the tea set on the table. Ye Guixue seemed to be making tea with her own hands before she came. She walked over and sat across from him.
Ye Guixue was not in a hurry to speak, but continued her tea art. It was obvious that before she came, she had completed the process of scalding the pot, setting the tea, warming the cup, high brewing, and low brewing, and now only the tea was left. He rolled up his sleeves with graceful movements. After sharing the tea, he rolled his sleeves with one hand and pushed the tea cup in front of Su Rong with the other hand, "Miss Seven, please."
Su Rong said "Thank you", thinking that she was a fastidious and elegant person. She had not had this patience since she was a child. She would either scoop a bowl of cold water and pour it directly into her stomach, or grab a handful of tea leaves and throw them into the pot. Then I poured hot water and finished it.
The eldest lady often scolded her for drinking peony, but Uncle Xie laughed and said, "It's just a way to drink it."
Su Rong tasted the tea slowly, and felt that it was very fragrant to drink tea like this, but she could not tell how to make the fragrance. During her stay in the East Palace and Princess Mansion, the maids always made tea, and the tea was of the highest quality. She didn’t know how she made it, but it tasted really good. This was the first time she saw someone making tea in person.
This was probably the highest treatment Ye Guixue could give her when she met her at Chengguo Duke's Mansion.
Su Rong finished a cup of tea, put down the cup, and looked at Ye Guixue, "If I disappear for too long, people might be worried. Second Young Master Ye, please just say what you want!"
Ye Guixue nodded, reached into her arms, took out a token, and handed it to Su Rong respectfully, "This is a token entrusted to the princess by my king's order. Please keep it."
Su Rong did not answer immediately, but raised her eyebrows, "What does this token represent?"
"It represents the identity of the princess." Ye Guixue said: "If you accept this token, from now on, you will be the daughter of the king of Nanchu."
"Is there any benefit?" Su Rong said in a lazy tone, "After all, my mother's favor is my mother's, and the su's favor is my family's. The King of Southern Chu suddenly came to pick peaches after I grew up. If there is no benefit, how can I recognize it?"
Ye Guixue was silent for a moment, "Of course there are benefits, the throne of Nanchu. And whatever conditions the Su family wants, just ask for it."
Su Rong chuckled, "In the eyes of King Nanchu, is the throne of Nanchu the benefit he promised me? This is really the funniest joke I have ever heard in my life."
She slightly raised her eyebrows and asked Ye Guixue, "Does the King of Nanchu think that he alone has the final say in Nanchu? If he gives me the throne, I can hold it as surely as a cabbage? Or does it? Say, he will clear the obstacles for me? And then give me that position?"
Ye Guixue pursed her lips, "You are the princess, the king's only heir. Even if there are many obstacles in the Southern Chu Dynasty, the Ye family is loyal to the royal family and will definitely support the king's decision and support the princess to ascend the throne."
Su Rong propped up her chin and looked at Ye Guixue, "The Queen of Nanchu has been sending people to kill me for many years. Does your king know?"
Ye Guixue nodded slowly, "The king knows."
"Oh? When did you first know about it?" Su Rong asked.
"five years ago."
Su Rong suddenly laughed, "It turned out to be so early. Let me think about it. I was ten years old at that time. Queen Nanchu should have sent people to assassinate me for three years. Your king knew it but kept pretending not to know. It's quite capable. Bear it!"
This surprised her. She thought her biological father was a fool and a fool. She never knew about his existence or that his queen sent someone to kill her.
Ye Guixue paused for a moment, "When the king learned that Princess Zhenmin was dead, he vomited blood and fell into a coma. He was ill for three months. Later, he became too grief-stricken and neglected government affairs, which led to the decline of the Southern Chu Dynasty. The burden has never been eradicated, but has become more and more serious. It was not until five years ago that the king learned of your existence, and he began to take care of his body and cure the old illness in the court. But since it is an old illness, how can it be easy? Therefore, after the princess returns to Southern Chu, she naturally needs to spend a lot of time. It’s a lot of hard work, but don’t worry, with the king and the Ye family around, the princess won’t have to work too hard.”
"I heard that the Ye family is going to marry the Nangong family?"
"It's just a temporary submission of power." Ye Guixue reiterated, "The Ye family of Nanchu is loyal to the royal family." He handed the token to Su Rong again, "Princess, please accept it!"
Su Rong still didn't answer, looking at Ye Guixue, looking directly into his eyes, "Nan
What benefits did the King of Chu promise to the Ye family? Don't tell me about loyalty. Loyalty must have enough benefits to show its weight. The Ye family is loyal to the King of Nan Chu, and the King of Nan Chu must give the Ye family something so that the king and his ministers can be united, right? "
Ye Guixue held the token in her hand and kept it straight, but seemed to dare not look directly into Su Rong's eyes for a moment. She lowered her eyes and paused for a while before speaking: "Master Guixue, I would like to be the wife of the king. "
"Ha!" Su Rong laughed.
The tips of Ye Guixue's ears gradually turned red.
Su Rong looked at the person in front of him with his eyes lowered, moved his body, and asked with a casual smile: "The King of Nanchu should know that I have a fiancé that my mother made for me before she died, right?"
"Yes." The blush on the tips of Ye Guixue's ears faded, she raised her head, her eyes clear, "The king expected that you would break off the engagement."
Su Rong twitched the corner of her mouth, "You, the King of Nanchu, are so powerful. You are in Nanchu, but you know everything about my thoughts?"
Ye Guixue shook his head, "The king has not dared to act rashly in these years. Firstly, he knew that if he took you back to Nanchu, he would be afraid that he would not be able to protect you and expose you prematurely, so he endured it. Secondly, the Southern Chu Dynasty Bureau was keeping an eye on the throne. All those who are ready to make a move, you are not willing to accept someone who is weak and can be bullied. If you don’t want to be a prey to others, you can only choose to go back and take over the throne. The Duke Protector’s Palace is no longer what it used to be, where Young Master Zhou was born, raised, taught and desired. They all run counter to you, have different paths, and are not conspiring with each other. This is something that is easy to infer."
Su Rong nodded and reached out to take the token that he had stretched out for a long time. The token was very heavy and made of black iron. It was engraved with dragon patterns using a special process. There were three small characters on the token, "Prince's Order", and in the lower corner was the auspicious symbol on the flag of Nanchu. Animal patterns.
Su Rong weighed it in her hands and put it on the table casually. Seeing Ye Guixue looking at her, she pointed to her tea cup and motioned for him to pour water.
Ye Guixue immediately reached out and refilled the empty tea cup for her with graceful movements.
Su Rong took the tea to drink, took a sip, and asked him, "Do you have a favorite cousin or a childhood sweetheart from a family friend?"
Ye Guixue was startled, and immediately understood what Su Rong was asking, and shook her head, "No."
"There's none?"
Ye Guixue shook her head affirmatively, "No, the Ye family has a pure family tradition and does not want to give or take things privately. Five years ago, the king found me, when I was thirteen. From the day I agreed to the Lord Wang, Guixue became three Please save yourself and keep yourself clean. Not only do you not have what the princess said, there are no maids in the house, let alone concubines, so please rest assured."
"Five years ago, so early." Su Rong sighed softly and looked at Ye Guixue, "You should have come earlier."
Ye Guixue was stunned, and suddenly understood something, her face turned slightly pale, and she whispered: "I was supposed to come to Daliang three months ago, but at that time there was a difficult matter in the royal court, which related to the army, so I came late. Three months."
Su Rong stopped talking.
Just three months later, her mother wrote a letter to the old protector. Who would have thought that the old protector would send Zhou Guqin to Jiangning County?
At that time, she didn't know her identity and didn't want to break off the engagement, so the relationship was somewhat involved.
Ye Guixue pursed her lips, took out another object from her sleeve, and handed it to Su Rong, "Just for this, Guixue came three months late. Can you please forgive me for the weight of this object?"
Su Rong looked at the thing in his hand and asked, "What is this?"
"Nanchu rebelled in Xijing, and Guixue quelled the chaos. This is the tiger talisman of Xijing's one hundred thousand soldiers." Ye Guixue said softly: "The king said that it was my contribution to quell the chaos. He gave the tiger talisman to Guixue. Guixue is sincere. Can I use this as a betrothal gift to marry the princess? Gui Xue is willing to work with the princess to conspire with the Southern Chu State, eliminate the sycophants of women, and prosper all people."
Su Rong paused, "The tiger talisman of a hundred thousand troops!"
She smiled and said, "How many soldiers and horses does Nanchu have in total now?"
"Three hundred thousand."
"Whose hands are they all in?"
"There are 100,000 soldiers and horses at the foot of Beijing, in the hands of the king. The 100,000 soldiers and horses in Xijing were originally in the hands of the general Sun Xiaoyuan, but Sun Xiaoyuan died suddenly and the deputy general rebelled. After the rebellion in Xijing, Guixue served the king's secret edict, It took three months to go to Xijing. After the chaos was quelled, the troops and horses of Xijing fell into Gui Xue's hands." Ye Guixue did not mention the process of quelling the chaos, but simply said:
"The remaining 100,000 soldiers and horses, the Nangong family controls 50,000, and the other 50,000 are scattered throughout the country."
Su Rong nodded. Although Ye Guixue didn't say anything about this tiger talisman of one hundred thousand soldiers, she also knew that it was hard to come by. If she accepted the tiger talisman today, she would have agreed to Ye Guixue's betrothal gift, and the engagement would be completed. .
But is there any reason for her not to answer?
Su Rong felt that she didn't. It was a foregone conclusion that she would go to Nanchu to seize the throne, and a hundred thousand soldiers and horses were exactly what she needed. The king of Nanchu, Ye Guixue, who was trained by her own father, really stepped on her in every possible way. In my heart, her appearance, talent, ability, and allure are truly top-notch.
Compared with him, Zhou Gu is still a piece of rough jade!
Although I came to find her three months late, what does it matter? Such little emotion has long been fed to dogs by her.
She immediately smiled and reached out to take the tiger talisman, "I promise you!"
Ye Guixue raised her head suddenly, as if she didn't expect her to be so cheerful and straightforward, and was stunned for a moment.
Su Rong touched his body and saw that he was not wearing any token. He simply pulled out a hairpin from his head and handed it to Ye Guixue, "I will keep it as a token for now and I will exchange it for you with a better one another day."
Ye Guixue hurriedly reached out and took it, seeming a little at a loss, her face was slightly red, and her clear eyes seemed a little confused. Although he was well prepared and came prepared, he did not expect that she would be so cooperative. , he thought that it would take more effort, just like conquering those 100,000 soldiers and horses, which would take a lot of time and effort and almost cost him his life.
"What? What's your expression?" Su Rong looked at him interestingly.
Ye Guixue clenched the hairpin in her hand, unable to calm down for a moment. Fortunately, years of training allowed him to remain steady and said calmly, "I thought the princess should consider it carefully."
"There is nothing to consider. Second Young Master Ye is famous all over the world. If you are willing to be my Qingyun Ladder, I am willing to accept your betrothal gift and share the Southern Chu State with you." Su Rong curled her lips and smiled, picking up the token and the tiger charm. , stuffed it into her arms, and stood up to leave. Seeing Ye Guixue looking at her blankly, she turned around again, bent down, approached him, reached out and patted his shoulder, lazily and casually, "I'm leaving, your tea maker It’s very good, I’ll drink it another day.”
Monthly ticket, hmm! See you tomorrow!
