Chapter 171

The night was like paint. On the mountain road near the cliff, a fast horse galloped by.

There was a faint sound of chasing behind him.

"In the front, right in the front, come on."

Suddenly there was a burst of thunder, and the rain became heavier.

A large group of people in black came with horses, bent their bows and arrows, and shot at the people in front.

The man on the horse fell off his horse and rolled down towards the cliff. Just above his head, a burst of bright lightning flashed across his head and lit up each other's cheeks.

"Elder brother..." Yun Xueyao cried out with a sharp pain in her heart.

The little girl on the night watch outside the screen heard the sound and ran in. She saw that Yun Xueyao had sat up and was sweating.

He asked with concern.

"Princess, what's the matter with you?"

The four eyes were opposite, and Yun Xueyao slowly returned to his mind for a long time. Fortunately, it was just a nightmare. When he thought about it, he closed his eyes and shook his head: "what time is it now?"

"It's three quarters of an hour." the little girl was relieved to see that she was sober. "Princess, are you okay? Do you want to ask the doctor to come and have a look."

"No, I just had a nightmare. It's okay." although I'm temporarily living in the East Palace, I'm actually just a prisoner. How can I make the whole family restless because of some small things.

"That..." the little girl looked at her face carefully and said carefully, "well, it's still early. Does the princess want to sleep again?"

Yun Xueyao reached out and rubbed some sore temples, listened to the movement outside, and said in a warm voice, "is it snowing outside? Listen to the sound of snow particles on the windowsill."

"No." the little girl smiled, got up and walked towards the window. "It never snows in Chengzhou... Ah, princess, it really snows outside."

As soon as the little girl opened the window, she cried out excitedly, "princess, you are really a good ear."

A cold wind came, and Yun Xueyao trembled instinctively. The little girl's happy smile suddenly solidified on her face. She hurriedly closed the window and ran over to apologize: "princess, forgive me. My maidservant just looked at the snow and ignored the princess."

Yun Xueyao smiled and reached out to help her up: "at your age, you should have been carefree. How can I blame you."

The other party was stunned and quickly stood up: "thank you, princess."

Yun Xueyao looked at her up and down and said softly, "what's your name and how old are you?"

"Maidservant Begonia, thirteen years old this year." the other party drooped his eyes.

Yunxueyao nodded and stood up. Haitang quickly stretched out his hand to hold her: "it's still early. Is the princess going to get up?"

"Don't you like watching snow? I'm also awake. Why don't we go to your wintersweet garden together." Yun Xueyao said and walked to the dressing table.

……

In the main hall, Cheng Yuan looked at the invitation in his hand and threw it on the ground with a sneer: "the imperial concubine is the mother of King Xin. This time, she even invited Princess Ding'an to enjoy the snow. What kind heart can it be?"

Shangguan Xiao Zaiban also frowned for a moment and nodded: "Your Highness is right, but the imperial concubine has already posted a post with the east palace. Is your highness going to refuse?"

"Just say the princess is unwell. What's the big deal." Cheng Yuan's face was cold.

"Your Highness." the senior official Xiao Heli looked at Chang Huan at the door, thought about it, and said cautiously, "the imperial concubine must have a purpose to invite the princess this time, but if the princess refuses, there must be another time in the imperial concubine's mind. Therefore, my subordinates think it's unnecessary to disturb them. We'd better be careful."

"Hum, the emperor suddenly rewarded the Wuling King's residence with the handwriting of the imperial concubine. Shaohua suddenly came to Chengzhou. I'm afraid it has something to do with her. We haven't learned this woman's means. We can see that she has a bad mind. Why should we connive at her." Cheng Yuan firmly disagreed with this matter.

Chang Huan ran towards the gate of the yard with a quick step.

Shangguan Xiao looked at the master's angry face and continued: "Your Highness, why did you leave Princess Ding'an in the residence? Is your highness going to leave her in the East Garden and not leave the residence for half a step all his life?"

Cheng Yuan was speechless when he heard the speech: "of course not, but now many things in the cloud country have not been decided. The princess is inevitably in a bad mood. At this time, the palace doesn't want anyone to take advantage of it."

"Your Highness is considerate for the princess, and the princess must understand it in her heart. But if the imperial concubine takes the opportunity to make trouble at the moment, I'm afraid your highness will do more harm to the princess." Shangguan Xiao carefully analyzed the situation at present, "Moreover, Princess Ding'an is not an ordinary deep palace woman. She must have nothing to say if she wants to come to such a scene. That is, now that she is in the East Palace, she has already planned everything in her heart."

Although Cheng Yuan understood what Shangguan Xiao said, he just wanted to do his best to preserve a pure land for her by leaving Yun Xueyao in the residence. As long as the East Palace could cover the wind and rain outside, he would not hesitate. When thinking about this, Cheng Yuan waved:

"You don't have to say more. I've made up my mind about it. Even if the princess is in my East Palace, I won't let others trample on me."

"Your Highness's kindness is greatly appreciated by Xueyao." as soon as Cheng Yuan's voice fell, Yun Xueyao crossed the threshold from the outside, "but Xueyao was in the East Palace and his highness was honored as a guest of honor. How can he put his highness in danger because of Xueyao."

"Why are you here in such a cold day?" Cheng Yuan saw Dayun Xueyao coming and hurriedly came forward to help her arm. A layer of snow particles had fallen on yunxueyao's temples.

His eyes fell on Changhuan's face not far away. Changhuan immediately shrunk his eyes and looked away.

"Your Highness doesn't have to blame general Changhuan. Your highness shouldn't hide Xueyao for such a thing." Yun Xueyao saw his mind, so he picked up the invitation from the ground and said.

"This imperial concubine is the mother of King Xin. She is famous in the harem. King Xin and I are now in the court and are tit for tat. This time, she posted a post. There must be nothing good." Cheng Yuan sighed, "that's why I rejected her for you."

Yun Xueyao looked up at him, turned his eyes to the direction of Shangguan Xiao and said with a smile: "really, your highness, have you forgotten that Xue Yao also grows in the deep palace. Although the cloud palace is not as numerous as the Chengguo palace, I have seen a lot of fights between women in the deep palace. I can cope with these things."

Cheng Yuan would like to say more. Yun Xueyao looked at the invitation carefully and said in surprise: "I think my mother must have invited Princess Shaohua for such a feast. It's good to go together and take care of her. Your highness can rest assured."

"What the princess said is true." Xiao, the senior official on the side, saw this and spoke in a timely manner, "Your Highness, or your subordinates will go out of the house and ask the princess to come to the residence and enter the palace together tomorrow, or you can take care of it."

"That's the best." Yun Xueyao nodded happily. "Just right, there are many rules of the country. I have to learn from Princess Shaohua."

Looking at the cloud Xueyao in front of her, Cheng Yuan was full of mixed feelings. Originally, he thought that in the East Palace, with the respect of the crown prince, she could preserve her pure land. Now it seems that he thinks too much of himself.

"That's not necessary. Cheng Yuan also has something to go into the Palace tomorrow. At that time, we'll go into the palace together." Cheng Yuan said after a long time.

……

Inside the Wuling palace, Wu Shaohua looked at the invitation in his hand and put it aside without speaking.

The little girl Mingyue said, "princess, what's the matter?"

"Have you inquired? Who else did you entertain?" Wu Shaohua looked up at his exquisite face in the mirror, picked up a comb and gently combed his hair.

"They are the golden ladies of some aristocratic families in Chengzhou city." Mingyue also looked at her and was very happy. "The princess can take this opportunity to make a world here in Chengzhou."

Wu Shaohua was not thinking about this. At this time, the emperor was happy to capture the cloud country, but yesterday, when his father mentioned it, it seemed that the border was unstable again, and the emperor lost his temper. At this time, the imperial concubine entertained the ladies wantonly, I'm afraid it was not so simple.

"Go and find out if there is a banquet for Princess Ding'an?"