The bustling and bustling street market is filled with hawking sounds. Some people bring their families out to set up stalls, and the babbling children are lying in the old man's arms slowly wiggling on the rocking chairs. Watching their parents busy in front of the stalls, their white faces are smiling from time to time, revealing two front teeth as big as rice grains, making this originally a picture of working hard for a livelihood, giving them a sense of leisure for the family peace.

Three or five children were playing shuttlecocks in the open space, which caused laughter and joy. Cars and horses often passed by on the streets. The groom shouted twice, and the pedestrians were consciously giving way, leaving behind a series of horse hooves that were gradually moving away.

It was noon at this time, and the restaurants on the roadside were packed, with a strong smell of fireworks filling the streets and alleys. You could smell the aroma of food wherever you went.

A dirty figure shuttled through the streets and alleys, his clothes were dirty and torn, his hair was tied, his face was dirty, and he looked carefully at the body with many blood stains, but because it had been a long time, it had been mixed with a lot of mud, which looked more like pieces of soil.

The man walked through the street, heading in one direction, turning a deaf ear to the thick fireworks around him, and his eager momentum seemed incompatible with the harmonious atmosphere. People just thought that they were beggars from where they came from, and they avoided them from afar, and no one would take a look at them.

The figure walked through one street after another, and the people we met on the way became less and less. Finally, he stopped in front of a towering door and handed a lotus-shaped jade the size of a finger to the guards on both sides, "Take this to inform your prince, and say I'm here to see him."

This person is naturally Shen Ying. After ten days of trekking, she did not go to Tianji, but eventually came to the Western Land.

The guard did not recognize this lotus jade pendant. He only looked at the woman in front of him, although she was ragged and described as embarrassed, but she was full of proud posture. Facing the towering palace and the guards with swords, she was not afraid of shivering, and her eyes were firm and bright, unlike ordinary women.

"Dare you ask what's wrong with the girl when she sees the prince? We can also spread it." One of the guards asked politely. He saw a lot of things in this royal city every day, and he knew the truth that people should not behave like appearance.

The incident of her coming to the Western Land cannot be spread, even her own brother cannot know. Shen Ying thought for a moment and said to the guard, "Say that Miss Shen's family is passing by here and I'm here to pay a visit."

The guard said, "Please wait for a moment" and took Mo Yu to the royal city.

Si Yunxiu was reviewing the memorial. When he heard the guards coming to report, he was stunned for a moment. He searched in his mind for a long time and couldn't remember that he recognized the so-called "Miss Shen Family". When he saw the black jade in the guard's hand, he realized, put the jade in his arms, got up and strode towards the royal city gate.

Shen Ying was waiting anxiously at the door, stretching her neck to look at the palace gate from time to time. While waiting, she seemed to realize that she had lost her etiquette. She quickly tidied her hair and raised her sleeves to wipe her face. She couldn't be dirty, and even her face was unrecognizable. That was really embarrassing. However, this body could not be removed, and the most she could do was to tidy up her clothes as smoothly as possible.

After about three incense sticks, I finally saw a luxuriously dressed figure running towards this side.

Si Yunxiu rushed to the palace gate and saw a little beggar at the door stretching his head in, and he couldn't help but be stunned. The person in front of him had gray on his face, his hair was like a bird's nest, and he looked like a bunch of bird's nest, and he looked at it in a row. It was not an exaggeration to say that he could hide two eggs inside. Not only was the clothes on his body dirty and torn, but when the wind blew, the smell was tear-jerking. Looking down, a pair of snow-white shoes had long turned black, and a hole was broken on the toes, revealing half of the pink toes, and the crystal clear nails were filled with black mud.

"Ying, Princess Ying?" Si Yunxiu called out without any certainty, as if he couldn't believe that the woman in front of him, who was covered in black and smelly, like a beggar, was actually the weird and bright little princess of the past.

Perhaps because she had been alone for too long, Shen Ying somehow had two lines of tears suddenly burst out from her eyes when she heard the familiar name, and it flowed down her cheeks, and it immediately turned into two lines of mud. She herself felt embarrassed, and for a moment she was weak, she immediately covered her face and wiped away the tears in her eyes, suppressed the grief in her heart, and cultivated blessings against Si Yun, "I have seen Your Highness."

The guards around him looked at the nose and nose, and no one dared to look at the two of them again. Si Yunxiu took off the cloak behind him without saying a word and strode forward to wrap Shen Ying inside. The entourage behind him had already called the sedan chair in advance. Si Yunxiu led Shen Ying in and gave a few instructions to the entourage on one side. The man led the sedan chair first, and he himself went in another direction.

Shen Ying was taken to a bedroom, and a maid came forward to salute as soon as she got off the sedan chair and led her into the hall. The bathing soup had already been prepared in advance.

"I am named Tongyun, and I will take a bath and change clothes for the girl." The maid said respectfully.

When Shen Ying heard this claim, she knew that Si Yunxiu had not announced his identity to the public. She felt secretly grateful and said to the maid: "You go out, I'm used to coming by myself."

The maid didn't force her and bowed and retreated.

Shen Ying took off her dirty clothes and crawled into the bathtub. The temperature of the water was neither hot nor hot. There should be a lot of medicinal materials for bathing. She didn't stay in it for long before she felt that her fatigue on her body had decreased a lot.

She hadn't washed up for more than ten days, and was full of greasy thoughts and wanted to wash off a layer of skin. If she had to put it in normal times, she would have to soak it for a long time, but now she doesn't have the intention. She just cleans the dirty dirt on her body and changes into the clean clothes she had prepared, and then goes out after dressing neatly.

There was already food in the bedroom, and Si Yunxiu sat in front of the table. Shen Ying didn't expect him to come at this time. After being stunned, she quickly saluted and quietly looked at whether there was any disheveled area on her body. When she lowered her head, she saw the hair hanging down her shoulders, and a hint of embarrassment streaked across her face.

She couldn't tie her hair into a bun, so she simply tied it up, not even a hairpin. She looked like Si Yunxiu, which was a bit dissatisfied when she saw Si Yunxiu.

Si Yunxiu seemed to have not seen it, his face was usually cold, and his deep eyes were still deep. He waved to Shen Ying and said, "Come here to eat something first."

The maids around were sent down. Shen Ying sat opposite him as she spoke. The table was filled with light dishes and a few exquisite soups. She barely sucked by eating insects and wild vegetables from the mountains for more than ten days. After she arrived in the Western Land, she rushed to the capital without stopping. At this moment, she felt hungry when she saw these things, and she had no intention of hypocritical refusal. After thanking her, she started eating them openly.

After all, she was in front of Si Yunxiu. Even though she was hungry, she was embarrassed to eat. She only sipped in small mouthfuls, and her eating looked very elegant and elegant.

Si Yunxiu saw her uncomfortable appearance in his eyes, raised the corner of his lips gently, and a smile quickly passed through his eyes. When he spoke, he had recovered as usual, and said lightly: "I have something to do, eat slowly, and let the maid lead the way." After that, he stood up and left.

Seeing this, Shen Ying immediately put down her chopsticks, got up and chased him for two steps, "Your Highness, stay, Ying... Ying wants to discuss with Your Highness if you have something to do."

Si Yunxiu turned around and looked at her calmly, "I have heard of the matter of Tianji. Princess Ying must have something important to come here alone, and she is not in a hurry. Since you and I have a marriage contract first, Xiu will not stand by."

The sentence "Xing will not stand by and watch" made Shen Ying almost red. He didn't know about Tianji's affairs, and he was not curious when he saw her in a mess. He must have guessed seven or eight points about her intention to come here. He didn't ask any extra words from beginning to end, and only made thoughtful arrangements to let her clean her body first. At this moment, Shen Ying still couldn't understand his intention. She blessed her body and said gratefully: "Thank you, Your Highness."

Thanks for his thoughtful help, for her care for her face, and for him to leave room for her.

Si Yunxiu nodded slightly, then strode toward the hall. As soon as he left, Shen Ying's mind was relaxed a lot. Strictly speaking, this was her second time meeting him, but for some reason, facing the serious His Highness Xilu, she was more afraid than seeing the old-fashioned uncles in her family. He obviously had never scolded her at all.

Since Si Yunxiu had already said that, Shen Ying was so anxious that she couldn't chase her again. After the meal, she simply took a rest for a while. After the hard work for several days, she quickly rushed up after getting stuck in the bed. Shen Ying only remembered that she turned over with a blanket and she had no memory behind her.

When she woke up again, there was only a trace of afterglow left in the sunset outside the window. Shen Ying looked at the dim bed tent and seemed to be stunned. She was still trembling with insects in the mountains and forests yesterday, and now she has washed away all her fatigue. She doesn't have to worry that the killers in front and behind will take their lives at any time, and she slept peacefully. When she thought of this, she felt like she was a different life.

"I've seen Your Highness." Tongyun's speech outside the door came, "The girl has fallen asleep, probably because she is tired, and she has not woken up yet."

Si Yunxiu glanced at the closed door of the bedroom, nodded and was about to leave, Shen Ying opened the door from the hall, feeling a little embarrassed, "Ying just woke up and failed to meet you. Please forgive me."

Tongyun winked with a deafening look. The maids in the hall quietly left the door. Only Shen Ying and Si Yunxiu were left in the entire bedroom. The latter was fine and sat down calmly. Shen Ying felt that she was not so leisurely. She was neither standing nor sitting, nor being at ease.

"Are you going to stand there and talk to me?" Si Yunxiu poured a cup of tea, staring at the tea in his hand, and there was no expression on his face.

Shen Ying thought about it, sat down at the chair opposite him, and watched him sip tea leisurely, but he didn't want to speak for a while.

The two sat face to face, but neither spoke, and the atmosphere was a little awkward. Especially Shen Ying, after all, she was scruples and was inexplicably afraid of him. The more he didn't speak, the more guilty she felt.

However, since she has something to ask for, she should speak first even if she has something to do. But this kind of thing, if she is tactful and pretentious, if she is straightforward and eager for quick success, it will be difficult to end if she is not done well. Shen Ying's thoughts turned a few twists in an instant, but she still didn't know how to tell him her plans cleverly. In the end, she had to find a pretty natural thing: "Your Highness's previous words are counted?"

Si Yunxiu paused, and his eyes finally moved away from the tea and fell on him. His pupils were dark and he couldn't tell the difference between joy and anger, but he looked serious and said a word: "Count it."

"I haven't said anything yet." Shen Ying said.

"Everything is counted, and you must do what you say."

This time it was her turn to be stunned. Si Yunxiu spoke little, and Shen Ying didn't dare to say too much at will whenever she saw her. There were only a handful of things that the two of them said. He didn't expect that he was so straightforward and agreed without asking her request.

Shen Ying thought for a while and said, "Ying wants to make a contract with Your Highness."

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In the middle of the night, the door of Si Yunxiu's bedroom opened with a creaking sound, and he brought in with a tray as he saw since he was a child. He walked to the desk and placed the soup and a stack of mung bean cakes in his hand on the table. He felt a little unconcealed and heartache on his face, "Your Highness, it's very late, let's eat something."

After returning from Shen Ying, he returned to the bedroom silently without taking a bite of food. He saw the memorial at the moment.

"Do you think I should agree to her proposal?" Si Yunxiu put down his pen, rubbed his eyebrows and asked if she was there in the evening.

——I want to make a contract with you. In March, I will marry you and use this piece of black jade as the dowry.

Shen Ying opened her palm, and the black jade the size of her thumb jumped on her palm.

——You and I have an engagement, but your father promised me a dowry enough.

——That’s different. The father wants two countries to get married and value His Highness’s character more; but I want to buy time for my brother. We have different purposes, so I naturally have to give up a bigger dowry before I can live up to His Highness.

The ancestors of the five continents of Hailu and Land had an agreement that the country would not fight, and the country would not fight. Now that the mother has been buried for three months, the June period is only three months left. The vassal state is eyeing it and almost all their troops are besieging Tianji to surround Tianji. If she cannot buy him time, when the June period arrives, the waiting for Tianji will probably be a disaster. She has never been vain. Moreover, facing the deep-minded Si Yunxiu, any falsehood may be seen through by him. It is better to show her own purpose openly.

"I once said that she would get married with me after she had enough fun outside." Si Yunxiu said lightly, not knowing whether she was talking to her breasts or talking to herself.

How could he not know that before that meeting, Shen Ying had been listening to rumors, thinking that he was an ugly monster, and was thinking about the Zhongzhou man in her heart. But he still said that. Because the two countries had a marriage contract first, she could not abandon her identity as a princess, and she would come back sooner or later, and the Zhongzhou man was also happy.

Si Yunxiu could not tell whether he was disappointed or sad, but he could actually take out the lotus jade that Tianji regarded as a divine object as a dowry.

Kui Mo smiled, "I dare not say such a big thing. But I think that the princess will marry His Highness sooner or later, and it will be fine even if she agrees. Your Highness has a clear understanding of the princess's thoughts. If she responds at this time, she will still sell her kindness to the princess. The affection is maintained. The princess can never hide from His Highness at all times. As the saying goes, love will come back."

"Is that..." Si Yunxiu thought about it and then frowned, "But she doesn't really like me anyway."

"Your Highness, please forgive me for saying it bluntly. How can there be so many love between the royal family? Fortunately, Your Highness likes the princess, and this relationship is gradually cultivated. The princess can walk through the smoke and poisonous forest alone and endure the ordinary people's inability to endure it. Her courage and responsibility must be her own queen. This courage is worthy of being the queen of our Western Lu. As for her not feeling affection for Your Highness now, Your Highness can think of the emperor and empress back then..."

The emperor and empress in the Western Lu had a deep affection and were envied by the people of the world. However, the empress at that time was reluctant to marry the emperor.

Si Yunxiu didn't know what he thought of, sighed silently, picked up a memorial again, and said to Kumo: "It's very late, you go to bed first."

"Yes." Seeing his appearance, I had no choice but to agree.

Si Yunxiu stared at the memorials, but his mind was not on it. Throughout history, in order to stop the war, he was sent to the princesses in his own place, and there were countless cases of marriage between the royal family regardless of their relationship. But he never thought of having such a marriage.

Shen Ying was strong in nature, Tianji's country was strong, and Emperor and Empress Tianji were extremely fond of her. She had escaped from marriage before, saying that she did not want to marry, but he was angry at that time. Although he was His Highness of a country, he still wanted to love the people he loved, rather than mixing with other purposes to achieve a marriage. But now, she was willing to marry him, but she was helpless in compromise with reality.

What really married her was his supreme right in Xilu, and he couldn't express disappointment in his heart.

Little did she know that when she said that, she was not only used as a bargaining chip for the peace of the sky, but also her deep affection.

——Cultivate keeping your word. You and I have an engagement, but we cannot decide when to get married without authorization.

In the end, he answered like this.

A sudden turmoil in his heart. Si Yunxiu put the memorial aside, stepped back from the attendant, and left the bedroom alone.

There is no obvious four seasons in the Western Land, but it is much colder after night than during the day. Tonight, the wind blew outside, making the leaves rustle around. Si Yunxiu walked to Shen Ying's bedroom alone.

The maids and guards who were on duty outside seemed to have not expected that their highness would be welcomed at this time. They quickly saluted and wanted to prepare refreshments. It was late at night, and Shen Ying must have fallen asleep. Si Yunxiu had no intention of mobilizing all the troops and told them to do their own things, and he left the main gate.

Not far from the main entrance is a side door, connected to the inner courtyard of the bedroom, where the only tree that can bear fruit in the palace was planted. When he was a child, he often came here to pick fruits.

At this time, the fruits on the trees are almost ready to be eaten. Si Yunxiu stopped in place for a while, as if he was struggling whether to go in.

Although this is his own territory, Shen Ying lives there after all. If someone finds out that His Highness actually broke into the visitor's bedroom in the middle of the night, it would be bad, let alone this guest is still a princess from the neighboring country.

Just as he was thinking this, a sound of slow footsteps suddenly came from the park. Si Yunxiu looked solemn and immediately flashed to the side. His hand was already on the scabbard in the cloak, staring at the movements in the park without blinking.

Shen Ying walked very lightly and slowly step by step, as if she was afraid of disturbing others. Her long hair was draped behind her, and she must have woken up after sleeping. The night was dark, but she was only wearing a thin single dress, silently looking at the big moon above her head, unable to see the emotions in her eyes.

Si Yunxiu walked forward a few steps gently, but she didn't know what she was thinking so much that she didn't notice his existence.

Another gust of wind swept across the palace with the sound of the leaves rubbing. The cool air penetrated into Si Yunxiu's neck through the gaps in her clothes. When Shen Ying looked in front of her, she was still staring at the moon above her head, motionless like a sculpture.

Si Yunxiu frowned slightly. Sitting like this dry and cold will definitely cause wind and cold after sitting like this for a night.

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Tongyun had just served Shen Ying and washed and put on her clothes, and Si Yunxiu's figure appeared in the bedroom. Seeing Shen Ying wearing red and green, wearing gold, silver, pearls and jade jewelry, a trace of subtleness passed through her cold face.

Shen Ying changed her words to translate the meaning of the expression, which was roughly like this: My sister, what are you dressing up? Others wear jewelry, and you are just a person who is tied up in the pile of jewelry.

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