I didn't become a princess today

Chapter 358
Shen Yuan hooked the corners of her lips, with coolness in her eyes, she smiled at Chu Xiu and said, "Are you going to tell Chu Xu?"

"I don't have such a plan. I'm not the one who's crazy like my brother." Ever since returning to southern Xinjiang, Chu Xiu has never met someone like Shen Yuan Qing'er who can be said to be a girl. Talking friends.

"If the concubine wants to save the son, I will do my best to help." This can be regarded as a kind of atonement. If she had known Chu Xu's purpose for Wei Yan earlier, she would never have helped Chu Xu save Wei Yan. Yan brought it to southern Xinjiang.

Perhaps Shen Yuan has been listening carefully to what she said, and Chu Xiu has opened up the conversation box. She no longer has to keep all kinds of secrets like Liu Su before, and now she can talk about her past with Shen Yuan calmly. , "Although I am a princess of the southern Xinjiang royal family, I was selected to be trained as a southern border master since I was born, so I don't even have a name, and there is no record of my existence in the royal family tree."

"When I was five years old, Nanjiang released a batch of secret works to infiltrate Daming. I was the youngest among them, but I was the best. I found an opportunity to get close to the King of Qin, followed him, and pretended to show my talent unintentionally. I was then brought back to Prince Qin's Mansion for training."

"Actually, for the past 20 years, I have lived in fear. Otherwise, I would not have worn a human skin mask every day and dared not show my true face. I was afraid that if one day I was exposed because of my appearance, and then I would be in Daming She lost her life in the territory." During the 20 years in the Qin Palace, she was happy, but as she grew older, pressure also followed.

She had thought about killing herself more than once, but she didn't want to die in a foreign country, she wanted to go back to southern Xinjiang in this life, so she kept telling herself, live another day, live another day...

In the blink of an eye for 20 years, Chu Xiu grew up in such an environment, stealing countless information for Southern Xinjiang without anyone noticing.

Chu Xiu is loyal, but she is loyal to Nanjiang, not Daming.

The outside light leaked in from the hollow carved fan next to it, bright and warm, Chu Xiu rested her chin in one hand, looked at the lively scene in the palace, her gaze was soft, Shen Yuan heard her murmur: "If Daming and Nan Jiang Neng will never go to war."

There will be a day.Shen Yuan lowered her eyes and echoed Chu Xiu's words in her heart.

After Chu Xiu and Shen Yuan finished their meal, the maids outside told Chu Xiu that several concubines were waiting at the gate of Yuehua Palace, waiting for them to go out.

Chu Xiu and Chu Xu are indeed brothers and sisters. Even if they didn't grow up together, they still have many similarities in temperament.

For example, neither of them likes wasting time on meaningless things.

So Chu Xiu took Shen Yuan to the side door of Yuehua Palace, walked through a few palace roads, and came to Xuanzhen Palace with ease.

Xuanzhen Hall was heavily guarded by soldiers, but Chu Xiu was able to pass through unimpeded, so she explained to the chief guard and let her and Shen Yuan in.

"I don't need it, I'll wait for you outside." Whether it was Xiao Nanshan or the Seventh Prince, Chu Xiu had nothing to say.

Shen Yuan pursed her lips, glanced at Chu Xiu, and then walked in alone.

The Xuanzhen Hall was almost the same age as Xiao Nanshan, and it was built after Xiao Nanshan was enshrined as the National Teacher of Southern Border. A faint scent of sandalwood wafted from the hall.

Shen Yuan pushed open the heavy door, and the shadow was reflected on the ground. The candlesticks were not lit in the hall, so she could only see the scene clearly by the sunlight.

I don't know what kind of stone the ground is made of. The coolness rushes up from the soles of the feet, but it doesn't give people a creepy feeling. It's more like a clean breath rushing into the body to remove the dirt in the body. .

There is a pool in the main hall, and lotus lanterns are placed in the pool to form a Tai Chi pattern. Walking through the pool, there is a high platform made of bluestone, and a stone statue is placed on the high platform.The roof on the stone statue is designed to leak light. Whenever the sun shines, the sunlight will shine on the stone statue.

That was Chu Yi, the second generation Southern Border King, and it was he who refined Xiao Nanshan into a medicine man. After his death, Xiao Nanshan lived alone in the world for more than two hundred years.

Shen Yuan knelt on the futon and bowed to Chu Yi's stone statue three times. Whether it was her or Wei Li, when they saw this stone statue, they would kneel down and pay respects.

And this stone statue was carved by her master.

Shen Yuan didn't know how much time Xiao Nanshan spent sculpting, and she didn't know why he still remembered Chu Yi after he became a medicine man.Even after 200 years, he will still remember and let every one of his disciples come to pay homage.

After Shen Yuan finished her worship, she got up and went into the inner hall, "Master, the apprentice is back."

Shen Yuan thought that Xiao Nanshan was resting in the inner hall, but he didn't want the inner hall to be empty.

However, in front of the bookshelf, a pile of books moved.

"Senior sister, save me, I'm going to suffocate to death!" The childish voice came from under the pile of books.

Shen Yuan was slightly stunned, and then hurriedly went to dig up the mountain of books, and a chubby little face appeared, with ink stains all over her face, like a cat.

"Really senior sister, I thought I was dreaming." Xiao Qi cried when she saw Shen Yuan, "Senior sister, you can be regarded as coming back, do you know how much homework Master gave me before leaving? ..."

Shen Yuan carried Xiao Qi out of the pile of books, Xiao Qi, who was one year older, sank a lot, Shen Yuan almost couldn't stand holding him and fell to the ground.

Shen Yuan took out a handkerchief to wipe Xiao Qi's face, and asked, "Master has gone out?"

Xiao Qi pouted unhappily, and said, "Yeah, I just left suddenly a few days ago without saying where I was going. When I woke up, I saw the homework that Master left me on the table."

Shen Yuan wiped Xiaoqi's face carefully, but found that it was getting dirtier and dirtier, so she put her hands down guiltily, "Then do your homework well, and I will come to see you when Master comes back."

"Wow! Sister, don't go! Help me with my homework, Senior Sister!" Xiao Qi hugged Shen Yuan's thigh tightly, not wanting to let Shen Yuan leave like this, "I still have a lot to say to you Woolen cloth!"

"This Xuanzhen Hall is too big, Xiaoqi is afraid to sleep alone!"

"Master left a lot of homework, I was so scared to see it!"

Xiao Qi acted like a baby with Shen Yuan, and Shen Yuan rarely showed a sincere smile, and looked at Xiao Qi with a bit of helplessness.

"Senior sister is in a special situation now, you can't do whatever you want in the palace, you have to be good, you know?" Shen Yuan knelt down and comforted Xiaoqi well.

Xiao Qi nodded, "I have always been very good, and I have never been out of the Xuanzhen Palace. It is very noisy and dangerous outside..."

"Well, don't be afraid. You may be sent to Chang'an after a while, and you have to go alone. Master and I will not be with you, but the senior brother will wait for you in Chang'an City." Chu Xu did not let Chu Xiu enter Chang'an, then Xiao Qi became the most suitable candidate.

(End of this chapter)