Tangled

Chapter 23
Although the scenery of Taoyuan is beautiful, you can meet Princess Changhua on the outside, and if you go inside, you may meet someone else.

Besides, the noble ladies are all here for him today, and all the noble ladies who just left are reluctant to part with looking at him. After they go back, they will definitely find a way to run into each other again.

After thinking and thinking, Shen Qiqi looked at Gu Tingshu, with resistance in her sparkling eyes.

Gu Tingshu rubbed the jade pendant on his waist, glanced at Jinbao and Yinbao, "Take the girl to the Huxin Pavilion to rest."

Princess Suyang has already arrived on the hillside. At this time, there is no one in the Huxin Pavilion, so it is just right for her to go.

"Thank you cousin, then Qiqi will go first."

Without waiting for Jin Bao to respond, Shen Qiqi spoke up first, and after paying a blessing to Mu Chengze, she called Yin Bao to take the food box.

The two of them ignored themselves just like that, Mu Chengze gritted his teeth, snorted coldly, his expression was half a smile but not a smile.

When Shen Qiqi walked away, he directly punched Gu Tingshu on the shoulder, "Ashu is getting more and more courageous, and he won't listen to Gu's words."

"My cousin is timid."

It's this sentence again, he has blocked himself several times with this sentence.

Mu Chengze put his shoulders on his shoulders and sighed, "Although you are a little disobedient, there is a reason for the incident, so let's leave it at that."

"But Ash, why didn't you say that your cousin is so beautiful? That delicate appearance is like a cat scratching her heart."

Although his words were frivolous, his expression was serious, as if he was just praising.

Gu Tingshu took a step to the side, flicked his clothes after avoiding his hand, and the word "dislike" was clearly written on his face.

"Your Highness's words are too frivolous."

"If my cousin hears about it, she will avoid you like a scourge when she sees you in the future."

Mu Chengze wanted to say that he didn't hear it, but seeing that he was very defensive, he changed the topic again.

"In the past two days, you have explained the matter well. After the private soldier's business is done, you have to go to Ningzhou by the way."

Although Ningzhou is not a border city, it is extremely far away from Kyoto, and the terrain is steep and easy to defend but difficult to attack. Over the years, the prefect of Ningzhou City has made some small moves in private.

There have been no natural and man-made disasters in the past few years, but the amount of silver and grain turned over to the state treasury has been decreasing year by year, and wolf ambitions must be guarded against.

The road to Ningzhou City is far away, and the official road near the city is full of stones, so the horses dare not run wildly, so the speed is even slower.

"This time, back and forth, it won't work without three or four months."

Gu Tingshu said flatly, and Mu Chengze chuckled, "If Ah Shu is reluctant to part with Cousin Shen, I can find someone to replace Ah Shu."

Although that is the case, if you want to find someone who can replace Zhenbeihou, it is as difficult as going to heaven.

Furthermore, if you encounter a dangerous situation, you can't guarantee that the person you bring will die to save you.

Seeing that Gu Tingshu was silent, Mu Chengze glanced at him and whispered, "Ah Shu can't be serious, right?"

"That can't be done. If Ashu doesn't go with him, Gu wouldn't dare to go to Ningzhou."

He exaggerated, Gu Tingshu said "um", and went forward on his own.

Knowing that he meant yes, Mu Chengze chuckled lightly, and strode forward to catch up again.

After leaving Taoyuan, Liu Qingyuan waited in place and asked the maid to call the carriage over.

Yaoxiang saw no one before, so she dared to ask the doubts in her heart, "Why does Miss Shen treat Miss Shen so well?"

The girl is a person who doesn't want to start a quarrel with others, and she just came forward for a girl Shen who only met once.

From the expressions on the faces of the people, one could tell that Princess Changhua was not easy to mess with. If the girl messed with her, it would be difficult for her to live in the capital city in the future.

"Father was favored by Shen's family when he was young, and he talked to me from time to time all these years. He just lamented that there was no chance to repay his kindness. Today I just said a few words for Miss Shen, which is nothing."

Compared with the guidance and teaching that Shen gave to her father, these few words of hers are not worth mentioning at all.

"If you run into Miss Shen in the future, you must give her convenience, and don't make things difficult for her."

"Yes, girl!"

Yaoshu came with the coachman, Liu Qingyuan stopped talking, and helped Yaoxiang's hand to get into the car.

After spending half a day in Taoyuan, Shen Qiqi ran into Gu Qingning and the others at the gate of Taoyuan on the way back.

She went up to say hello, but Gu Qingyun just rolled her eyes, and the rest of them threw up their sleeves and got into the car.

Look at their appearance, you don't need to ask to know that things are not going well today.

Shen Qiqi touched the purse in her sleeve, pursed her lips and smiled, and then followed.

On the way back to the city, without accident, they lost the Gu family's convoy again. No matter how slow Shen Qiqi was, she knew that they did it on purpose.

Anyway, she was lost, and she was not in a hurry to go back. After entering the city, she told Eleven to walk slowly, and lifted the curtain herself to let Jinbao go buy some food.

There are many small stalls on the side of the road, even Jinbao only buys a small amount of each item, and when he arrived at the side gate of Hou's mansion, the carriage was also full of snacks and snacks.

Jin Bao handed Shi Yi a lot, and only then did Shen Qiqi make room to go out.

After getting out of the carriage, she was about to enter the door only to find that the side door had been closed. Shen Qiqi pursed her lips and put away the smile on her face.

The gate of the Hou Mansion is usually closed, and ordinary people cannot enter through the gate, so the side door will be opened.

But now knowing that she is still behind, the cousin has someone close the door. Although it is not a big deal, it still feels uncomfortable.

Jin Bao took what was in Eleven's hand, winked at him, and beckoned him to call the door.

She is not very good at winking. Not only is she inflexible when she makes this movement, but her face is crooked, and she can't say anything when she looks at it.

Eleven turned away silently and left.

The boy guarding the door was originally ordered to let Shen Qiqi enter through the back door, but when he heard that it was Shi Shi who called the door, he was so frightened that he hurriedly opened the door.

"The adults are auspicious, but the small ones are not intentional."

The little servant didn't dare to raise his head, he saw people standing behind Eleven from the corner of his eye, thinking that Eleven always followed Gu Tingshu on weekdays, so he knelt down trembling.

"My lord, please spare my life. The young one is only acting like this under the orders of the second girl. I beg my lord to spare my life for the sake of the villain's years of guarding the gate."

As he spoke, he kowtowed his head, Shen Qiqi's pupils shrank slightly, and she hid aside in fright.

I knew earlier that my cousin had been in the mansion for a long time, but I didn't expect these people to be afraid of him like this.

Although I am also afraid, it is because I have seen the red-eyed side of my cousin, but they have never seen it, so why are they so afraid?

She was a little puzzled, and wanted to ask Eleven, but she could see his stern face, and silently put away his curiosity.

Although his cousin is fierce, he is his cousin after all, no matter how scary he is, he will not do anything to him, but Eleven is different, he has no relatives and no reason, he is more aggressive than his cousin.

"Okay, you quickly open the door, the cousin girl is back."

In front of Shen Qiqi, Eleven didn't want to say more, but told the boy to get out of the way quickly.

"Girl, this subordinate still has important matters to attend to, so he won't escort her back. I hope she will forgive me."

(End of this chapter)