This queen is not too curly

Where have you seen it?

Yan Yuan really couldn't remember.

But this is obviously not the top priority, her first priority right now is to find out the guards around Princess Yuerong.

Yan Yuan poured a glass of wine for herself, and looked around the princess calmly: that day when she met a chariot on the street, she had nine layers of guards, but today her guards seemed to be only four people standing behind her, so Ji Fei was obviously not among the four.

Will it be in the dark?

Yan Yuan quickly denied this conjecture.

There are a lot of people in the imperial garden, although it is not difficult to get people to hide, but this is the imperial court of the Yan Kingdom after all, if it is easy to be ambushed in the dark by the hidden guards of the Jin Kingdom, then what's the matter?

But if it's not in the dark...

That could be in the open.

In a place where most people can't see it, but it's aboveboard.

Amidst the sound of silk and bamboo, Yan Yuan quietly looked around Princess Yuerong, but unexpectedly her eyes intersected with her again.

This time, Princess Yuerong raised the wine glass in her hand, and made a toast gesture from afar.

Yan Yuan: "..."

That eerie familiarity rose again.

She forcibly ignored the weird feeling, avoided Princess Yuerong's eyes, and turned her head to look at other places at the banquet.

This reception banquet was very grand, and the children of civil and military officials gathered in the court. She was just looking around casually, but suddenly found a familiar face in the crowd.

Xuan Wang Chu Jing Yu.

Wasn't he packed and sent back to the territory?
Yan Yuan turned her head in doubt, and looked at Chen Lingchen beside her.

Chen Ling said calmly: "He invited himself to Beijing a few days ago, brought his two-year-old son with him, and said he wanted to sit on the lap of Empress Dowager Cheng Huan."

Yan Yuan was surprised: "The queen mother agreed?"

Chu Jingyu is not an ordinary prince.

He was the one who was punished to return to the territory not long ago because his horse stepped on the imperial mausoleum.It hasn't been too long now, and it's actually possible to return to the imperial capital in such a grand manner?Did the Queen Mother really not take Chen Lingshen seriously?
Yan Yuan frowned secretly annoyed.

Suddenly there was a cold touch from the fingertips.

Yan Yuan was startled, and soon discovered that it was Chen Lingchen's hand, quietly holding her fingertips where no one could see.

Yan Yuan: "..."

Yan Yuan turned to look at him.

Chen Lingshen was sitting upright at the moment, staring straight ahead, without a trace of strangeness on his face.

But the hand under the table was holding Yan Yuan's fingertips, the thin phalanx slipped into her fingertips, and slowly intertwined with his fingers.

Yan Yuan's breath paused, because she could feel Chen Lingchen's fingertips moving slightly, gently touching the old scar on her palm.

The slightly cool touch arouses the itch of old wounds.

Like the ripples of a boat.

Yan Yuan's heartbeat suddenly became chaotic.

She turned to look at Chen Lingchen again.

Chen Ling raised his glass with his left hand. He had just returned a toast from a courtier. His indifferent face was expressionless, except for a slight wetness on his eyelashes, which revealed his true emotions at the moment.

—he was holding back a laugh.

This dog clearly wants to see her make a fool of himself.

Yan Yuan was slightly annoyed, and tried to pull back her restrained hands with a little force.

But it was unsuccessful.

Under the table, Chen Ling's fingertips clasped her hand.

Yan Yuan didn't dare to make too much movement, so she could only whisper: "Let go."

Chen Ling said calmly, "Don't let go."

Yan Yuan gritted her teeth angrily: "What exactly does Your Majesty want?"

Chen Ling's deep gaze finally fell on Yan Yuan: "I should be asking you alone, what does the queen want to do?"

Yan Yuan: "?"

Chen Ling said calmly, "Aren't you going to tell Gu about what you've been planning since you sat down?"

Yan Yuan: "???"

The sound of silk and bamboo slowly fades away.

Yan Yuan's heart fluttered, and she wasn't sure for a while whether Chen Lingchen knew something or just cheated her.

She was in a stalemate with him for a while, and seeing the time was passing by, and the thing she wanted to do hadn't started yet, she suddenly became more and more anxious.

Yan Yuan whispered: "Obviously?"

With a deep smile, Chen Ling gently rubbed the scar on Yan Yuan's palm with her fingertips.

She probably didn't know what she looked like just now.Mushroom, who is lazy on weekdays, looks wary just now, as alert as a rabbit, and doesn't even take a bite of the dishes on the table. It would be a fantasy to say that she has no plans in mind.

Yan Yuan took a heavy breath, and said softly: "Chenqie... I want to try this princess' guard."

Chen Ling said seriously: "How to try?"

Yan Yuan then moved her wine glass from the right hand side to the left hand side, turned the wine glass upside down: "That's it."

……

A wine glass is a signal.

Qiu Yu had already been buried in the shadow of the trees in the imperial garden, and when he saw the wine cup, he received an order, raised the crossbow on his wrist, and shot three small arrows towards the center of the banquet.

The little arrow landed right in front of Princess Yuerong, piercing the ground more than half an inch.

The four guards behind the princess pulled out their blades instantly, surrounded her layer by layer, and said sharply

"Who dares to assassinate the princess?!"

"Come on! Catch the assassin—!"

For a while, there was chaos at the banquet, and the dancers fled in all directions.

In the midst of this chaos, three more small arrows struck and pierced into Princess Yuerong's seat.

The little arrow was obviously aiming at Princess Yuerong.The princess guards were facing a big enemy, they retreated to the princess's side from all sides: "Protect the princess and retreat!"

They protected Princess Yuerong and retreated in the direction where Chen Lingchen was.

What Yan Yuan wants to seize is this opportunity - as long as the princess moves, both the bright and dark guards need to move with her, in order to protect their master in all the dead spots.

Yan Yuan's gaze flicked back and forth among the crowd, and sure enough, she found a few suspicious-looking people among the figures.

They weren't considered secret guards, but they were hiding in the crowd, and they didn't seem to have much to do with Princess Yuerong, but instead looked like the attendants of some minister.There was a commotion at the moment, only they followed Princess Yuerong's position and changed their positions precisely.

Yan Yuan secretly counted in her heart.

What can be seen is...

Seven people!

But they are still too far away.

The night was too dark, she could only roughly see their figures, but she couldn't be sure if Ji Fei was inside.

How to do?
Thin beads of sweat appeared on Yan Yuan's forehead.

Qiu Yu should have left now, and the commotion will subside soon. If he can't see clearly this time, it may be difficult to have such an opportunity.

Yan Yuan was restless and her breathing was slightly chaotic.

At that time, Chen Lingchen was sitting next to her, seeing her nervously looking around like a rabbit, slightly curled the corners of her mouth.

Although he didn't know what she was doing for, he could probably guess what she wanted to see.

If she wants to see it, it's not difficult.

Chen Lingshen let go of her hand and waved behind him. The eunuch beside him leaned over to Chen Lingshen.

Not long after, the high-spirited voice of the commander of the imperial guards sounded: "Your Majesty has an order! Thoroughly investigate suspicious persons and others! Everyone stay in place and don't move!"

Yan Yuan: "..."

For a moment, the guards moved together.

Not only the imperial guards, but even Chen Lingchen's personal guards appeared from the shadows.

They outflanked Princess Yuerong from far and near, pulled out all the guards hidden by Princess Yuerong, and politely "invited" them to Princess Yuerong's side, that is, in front of Chen Lingchen.

Yan Yuan was dumbfounded.

Turning out the hidden guard and putting it next to the master is like taking off a person's clothes and covering his head.

Not an insult, more than an insult.

Sure enough, Princess Yuerong's face became gloomy: "What's your majesty's intention? Do you suspect that my country Jin secretly shot a hidden arrow, and the thief shouted to catch the thief?"

Chen Ling said calmly: "Princess misunderstood, Gu is just worried about her safety."

She turned pale with anger, but suppressed her anger when she wanted to explode: "Then what happened, what did His Majesty find out?"

Chen Ling said calmly, "Not yet."

Princess Yuerong was anxious: "You!"

Yan Yuan: "..."

As expected of him, Chen Lingchen.

Yan Yuan stared at Chen Ling's heavy side face and thought, she simply doesn't talk about martial ethics.

But Chen Lingshen's move was a great help to her.

All the guards of Princess Yuerong were close in front of her eyes, Yan Yuan held her breath, her eyes slowly passed over the faces of each of them, her excited heartbeat gradually stagnated.

Among those guards, there were indeed a few Confucian robes and swords.

But it's not Ji Fei.

Yan Yuan's heart slowly sank into the deep pool, and her huge loss capsized her boat full of hope.

Could it be that day was really wrong?
……

The atmosphere of stalemate at the banquet gradually became stronger.

The Queen Mother's gentle voice sounded at the right time: "It's a misunderstanding, Princess Yuerong, don't be impatient, why don't you take a look at the meeting gift prepared by Aijia for the princess."

The queen mother glanced at Chen Ling and said in a deep voice: "The emperor might as well let people expand the search area and arrest the assassins, instead of checking the Jin guards."

Chen Ling said calmly, "Yes, Queen Mother."

A farce ended quietly.

The welcome banquet continues.

Perhaps it was the queen mother's protection just now, which made Princess Yuerong feel close to her.

When she was in a happy mood, her eyelashes curled up, her neck curled up slightly, she looked comfortable and gentle, and when she was happy, she ran to the Empress Dowager.

After half a day of drinking, Chu Jingyu brought his two-year-old child forward, and the empress dowager's eyes suddenly shone with kindness, and she teased the little prince with Princess Yuerong.

Everything looks harmonious and harmonious, a family happiness.

Only Chen Lingshen sat quietly on the top, looking at everything in front of him calmly, as if he had nothing to do with this world.

Yan Yuan suddenly felt bored in her heart, even worse than not finding Ji Fei.

So her fingertips moved slightly, and she found Chen Lingchen's hand under the table, clasped his hand, and squeezed it lightly.

Chen Ling's breathing also stagnated.

Yan Yuan smiled at him, and asked him in a low voice, "Do you want to eat grapes?"

Chen Lingchen was still a little distracted, and he was stunned for a moment before he lowered his head and gave a soft "um".

……

At the end of the banquet, the crowd finally dispersed.

The guard escorted Princess Yuerong to her residence.

Under the moonlight, the figure of the princess swayed Pingting, and stopped at a corner of the imperial garden. After a while, a slender figure came out of the dense forest and quietly joined her escort.

He hadn't approached the banquet just now, so naturally he wasn't searched.

At this moment, the moonlight illuminates his figure.

Princess Yuerong looked up at his handsome face, and said softly, "I saw her."

The man's breathing paused slightly.

Princess Yuerong approached the man while talking, stood on tiptoes, and clinged to the man with her soft body: "Although I look a little bit alike, I'm still prettier, right?"

The man retreated some distance in silence, and said coldly: "No."

Princess Yuerong froze for a moment, but soon burst out laughing.She stretched her arms around the man's neck, and her soft voice was about to melt into the wind: "If you keep hating me like this, I'll like it even more."

Under the moonlight, the tip of Princess Yuerong's lips almost touched the man's chin: "So this is not the right way, if you want to get rid of me as soon as possible, try coaxing me next time, okay?"

In the silence, the man's breathing stopped suddenly, as if he suddenly thought of something: "Where is she?"

Princess Yuerong said: "If you can't find anyone suspicious, you will naturally give up. I'm afraid you have already returned to the bedroom."

The man frowned: "Did you see her leave with your own eyes?"

Princess Yuerong said: "That's not true."

The moonlight was like frost, and only insects were left in the imperial garden.The man's gaze slowly crossed the tree shadow, and said coldly: "Come out."

Princess Yuerong's eyes widened, and she looked sideways in disbelief. Sure enough, she saw two figures standing in the dark shadows of trees, watching them silently.

when were they there !
Princess Yuerong was terrified.

There was a stalemate like this for a moment.

The two came out from behind the shadow of the tree.

The moonlight illuminated their eyebrows and eyes, and it turned out to be the emperor who had been silent at the table, and Yan Yuan who was following him.

Princess Yuerong hesitated: "When did you follow me?"

The guards with her are all very skilled, how could she not be aware of being followed?

This is impossible……

This is absolutely impossible.

Under the moonlit night, Ji Fei had already calmed down. He walked past the princess slowly, walked up to Chen Lingchen, and bowed to salute:

"Grassman Ji Fei, I have met His Majesty."