Yutai Bi

Chapter 243 Parting 2
Yuchi Baozhu got up, took Cen Sanniang's hand and said apologetically: "I knew I would write a letter to tell you quietly and ask the Duke to accompany you. In this way, we still have time to talk more alone. Now The prince is here, so it's not good to leave him alone."

Cen Sanniang smiled and said, "Didn't I have a cup of tea with you and talk to you? I'm relieved to see you are well."

Yuchi Baozhu glanced at her and said: "You clearly wanted to ride horses with me in a different uniform, but unfortunately I thought you saw me riding a horse too often, and I wanted you to see how gentle I am after learning the rules. Note If you follow me, you must tell my father."

"Okay, I got it. Let all the noble ladies in Chang'an City know that the third lady of Yuchi Mansion is now a princess." Cen Sanniang joked.

After the two entered the tent, King Teng took a scroll to read, and asked indifferently, "What did you talk about? See how happy you are today."

"I'm not saying you don't know. All your maids have clairvoyant ears." Yuchi Baozhu said angrily.

King Teng looked at Cen Sanniang with deep eyes.

Cen Sanniang's heart skipped a beat, and she said with a smile: "Talk about the days when I was a girl. Fighting cocks, riding horses and archery. At that time, the princess was proficient in everything, but I couldn't do anything."

King Teng didn't continue to ask, but clapped his hands.

Outside the tent, a maid came in with trays of dishes.

"The guards were hunting in the woods. Ziyi wore a Hu suit, and took the guards to the woods to relax in the afternoon." Teng Wang said calmly.

Cen Sanniang quickly refused: "I think it's easy to wear Hu clothes when going up the mountain, and I'm too lazy to ride a horse on a hot day, and it's uncomfortable to sweat all over."

Yuchi Baozhu said apologetically: "It's all my fault for wearing this dress. I want to sleep in the afternoon, San Niang, you just go and play."

"I also have a habit of resting in the afternoon, so I won't go. The house is packing my luggage, and I'll go home after dinner." Cen Sanniang took the opportunity to say goodbye after lunch.

"The sunset at Jinping is extremely beautiful, Sanniang, how about you accompany me to see it before leaving? Once you leave, I will never see you again." Yuchi Baozhu asked to stay, with a bit of pleading in his eyes.

Cen Sanniang sighed inwardly, and said with a smile, "That's fine."

Looking over quietly, Teng Wang was eating in a gentle manner, as if he had a great appetite and didn't pay much attention to the conversation between the two.Maybe, he really just wanted to take advantage of the quietness here to bid farewell to her and Du Yansui.Maybe, she thought too much.

After dinner, Cen Sanniang took Ah Qiu Fengchun to the tent he had set up for herself.Mantou brought guards to guard outside the tent.

She was still a little worried, so she called Mantou and said, "You call a guard to report back to the mansion, and just say that I will accompany the princess to dinner before going back to the mansion."

The buns are gone.After a while, he came back and reported that he saw the guard riding down the mountain.

Meaning no one is in the way.Only then did Cen Sanniang feel relieved.

After a nap, Yuchi Baozhu also woke up.

She didn't let Cen Sanniang accompany her and told her to play by herself, and joked that she could count on her for dinner.

Cen Sanniang saw that King Teng was still sitting in the tent reading a book, as if he didn't intend to go hunting.Staying with Yuchi Baozhu, the three of them sat in the tent, they all felt weird.It should be.

"Bring my bow and arrow." Yuchi Baozhu ordered the maid beside her.

She picked up the bow and arrow and handed it to Qiu, and said with a smile to Cen Sanniang: "I brought it for you specially. I have been using the bow I am used to since I was a child, and it is most suitable for girls. You come a thousand miles, I think about it, It’s better to give this to you.”

That bow was half the size of a man's bow, with a phoenix carved on both sides, and a bead in its head.Very well maintained.It fits just right in your hand.

Cen Sanniang pulled it down and said with a smile: "I happen to not have my own bow and arrow. Thank you very much. I will cherish it."

She got on the horse and left Fengchun behind.With Aqiu, Mantou and others who also changed into Hu clothes, they rode into the woods.

After walking for a while, she turned her head, and she could see the white camp under the cliff from a distance, but she couldn't see anyone.Only then did the horse stop and said in a low voice: "Mantou, you send two people around to see what's going on."

Mantou was very clever, seeing that her expression was not right, he called two guards to watch the wind, approached Cen Sanniang and said, "Young Madam, is there something wrong?"

Cen Sanniang handed him the bow in her hand, and said softly: "My concubine's expression and behavior are abnormal today. This bow is not what she is used to since she was a child. It was given to her by my second uncle. Take a closer look, what's wrong with this bow?" Is it abnormal?"

Mantou picked up the bow and twisted it in his hand, touched it from head to tail, shook his head and said, "No."

"Where do you see this pot of arrows?" Cen Sanniang untied the quiver beside the saddle and handed it over.

Mantou only glanced at it and said, "One branch is missing." He picked up another branch and looked at it, emptied the arrow, picked up the quiver and looked at it carefully, still shook his head, "There is nothing."

"Maybe she just wants me to return to the original owner." Cen Sanniang sighed, walked to a clearing in the forest, and dismounted, "Just let the two of you go hunt some pheasants and hares or something."

Ah Qiu spread a blanket on the ground, and Cen Sanniang sat down and waited.

About an hour later, the two guards came back with five or six wild game.Gather in the clearing and wait.

It was estimated that the time was almost up, so Cen Sanniang got on the horse again and led the crowd out of the woods.

The tent under the cliff has been dismantled and moved to the top of the cliff.

A guard was waiting there, leading her up the cliff.

A cloth fence was built around the edge of the cliff, and the guard said: "The princess said that the sunset here is very beautiful, and there are so many people that it loses its taste. Please Madam Du go alone."

A bonfire was lit outside Buwei, and several small tents were set up.

Cen Sanniang saw that it was only a few feet away from the big tent inside, and the nuns, ladies, officials and maids of the palace were all standing by the cloth enclosure.So he ordered Ah Qiu and Feng Chun to stay outside, gave Mantou a wink, and walked in.

Bypassing the tent set up by the crowd, Cen Sanniang saw King Teng standing on the edge of the cliff with his hands behind his back.She stopped and found no one around, she poked her head into the tent and saw that Yuchi Baozhu was not there either.Cen Sanniang took a deep breath, looked at King Teng's back and didn't move any more.

"She is in good health, but she is tired. I asked someone to take her back home." Hearing her footsteps, Prince Teng said without turning his head, "Come here, watch the sunset at Jinping with me."

Yuchi Baozhu would not leave without saying hello.It must be King Teng's idea.

As long as he thinks, he will do everything possible.Cen Sanniang moved a few steps forward and stopped a foot away from King Teng: "I am here to accompany the princess today. The princess is not feeling well and has returned to the palace. It is not convenient for the concubine to be alone with the prince. Let me leave."

"I can kill everyone you brought with me, take you captive, and tell Du Yansui that you went hunting in the woods, but were chased away by wolves." King Teng turned around slowly, and said calmly.

"Why?" Cen Sanniang didn't believe it, nor said she didn't believe it.There was no fear in his eyes, and he looked at him calmly.

King Teng turned around and raised his face to feel the sunshine and wind: "I want you to watch the sunset with me."

The setting sun moved to the west mountain, and the last light spread all over the rolling valley.The sunset in the west is brilliant, and the blue sky has already hung a faint moon shadow.

He stood motionless on the top of the mountain, letting the night wind blow his clothes.

She didn't seem to care whether Cen Sanniang left quietly or not.

Cen Sanniang's footsteps took root, she dared not gamble.She still can't figure out Prince Teng's temperament.She considered the possibilities in his words.It was sad to find out later that he really did this, and he was able to arrange the scene perfectly.

The sunlight disappeared little by little, leaving only a piece of bright orange in the west, which silently turned into a piece of deep purple.King Teng's figure gradually turned into a silhouette from the sunlight.

Cen Sanniang changed her right foot when her left foot was tired, standing behind him was not in the mood to look at the scenery at all.

"I left the Tai Chi Palace to go to the fiefdom. When I drove past Leyouyuan, I raised the curtain and looked back. The sun was shining on the roof of the Tai Chi Palace, and it was brilliant. Tell me, why can some people live under the light and overlook the world? Someone But you can only stand in the darkness, yearning for that piece of light?"

King Teng's voice came along with the wind.No sorrow and no joy.

Cen Sanniang replied very sincerely: "In the world, there are rich and powerful, and there are also traffickers and pawns. Each has its own destiny."

"you're lying."

Three words made Cen Sanniang want to roll her eyes.So what should she say?Do you think princes and generals are kind to each other?It is said that fate is in your own hands, it depends on whether you work hard or not?Whether you have fought or not, it is a matter of ability and luck.Don't argue, it's your own problem.

Any of these words is treason.

She said lightly: "I am a concubine who lives in a family. I only know that some people enjoy happiness and some suffer poverty. It's just fate."

"Really?" King Teng approached her slowly, and sneered, "Since it was fate, why did you jump into the river and escape? Since you accepted your fate, why did you help Zhaoyi bring down the queen? Cen Sanniang, you said you accepted your fate, but in fact You don't believe in fate at all. What can you use to convince me to let you go?"

Cen Sanniang looked at him. King Teng, who was close at hand, was as handsome as before in the twilight.For some reason, she was no longer afraid.She smiled softly: "Yes, I'm lying. Why should I tell you what I think? Whether I die or not has nothing to do with you. You let me go? I'm not an ant you pinch in the palm of your hand. You try to kill all the people I brought, and see if Du Yansui believes what you say, or goes to Prince Teng's mansion with a knife."

King Teng looked at her, and a low laugh came from his throat: "If you were not afraid, would you still stand impatiently but dare not leave?"

Cen Sanniang also lost her patience: "Well, what do you really want? If you like it, I'll tell you. I can answer you, but it's a pity that I don't like you. What's the point of lying, scaring, and making fun?"

"I like you. How about you also become a monk, and I will take you into the palace?"

Teng Wang said seriously.

(End of this chapter)