"This slave is here to deliver fruits to General Jia on the order of the princess."
Outside Jia Lian's tent, the maid who came all the way to ask questions was stopped by the guards at the door.
"give it to me."
A female voice suddenly appeared, surprising the maid.
Looking up, I saw that the two guards wearing armor and swords in front of me were actually dressed as women.
Can women also wear armor and serve as soldiers?
"Um?"
"Oh fine."
The maid is a little regretful. She originally thought she could see this General Jia with her own eyes and see how heroic he is and how he can charm our princess!
Seeing that the female guard suddenly became suspicious, she reluctantly handed the plate to her.
In the tent, Jia Lian put the response to Miaoyu back into the paper tube she sent and sealed it.
He looked up and saw Ah Qin coming in with grapes, and asked, "Where did they come from?"
In front of Jia Lian, Ah Qin instantly returned to her daughterlike state and said with a smile: "Sir, these are the grapes specially given to you by the princess."
"Princess reward?"
Jia Lian was a little confused.
Taking a look at the fruit Ah Qin put in front of him, he found that there was still air-conditioning on it. Out of curiosity, Jia Lian reached out and touched the bottom of the plate, and it turned out to be ice cold.
Obviously, it should have just been taken out of the iceberg.
In such a hot weather, you are still on the road, so you can imagine how precious iced fruits like this are.
From this, Jia Lian's heart became more and more strange...
What does it mean to give him this? Grapes should have no other meaning, right?
Jia Lian, who had just tried his best to guess Miaoyu's thoughts, thought about it for a while, and then felt funny in his heart.
Princess Zhaoyang and Miaoyu are definitely different. The other party should just reward him with some fruits.
"Take this out and ask Zhang Yong to give it to the master."
"yes."
Ah Qin accepted the order, but did not move. Instead, he smiled and took a grape from the plate and put it into his mouth.
Noticing Jia Lian's surprised gaze, she smiled and said: "Last night, Second Mistress specially ordered us that anything of unknown origin should not be put into your mouth.
I am just following orders."
Jia Lian smiled, it seems that what happened with Yang made Wang Xifeng remember it deeply.
However, can the thing rewarded by the princess be called an object of unknown origin?
Why not……
Jia Lian took a deep breath. Sure enough, women were the easiest to make men put down their guard. Even he was no exception.
Speaking of which, there is not much friendship between him and Princess Zhaoyang. On the contrary, there is still some grudge!
But in his heart, he actually trusted Princess Zhaoyang very much!
Sometimes this kind of trust based only on feelings without the support of facts may put you in a disadvantageous situation.
For example, he still hasn't figured out why Princess Zhaoyang asked him to be the messenger to send off her bride.
After some reflection in his mind, Jia Lian said nothing, and then took out a map from the side to observe.
Ah Qin was a little confused by Jia Lian's behavior.
Are you angry?
Not very similar.
Feeling suspicious in my heart, I didn't dare to make another mistake and got up to carry out the order.
After a while she came back and reported back: "Zhao'er said that Mr. Xiang just sent someone to deliver a carriage. He said it was specially made for you to use it to protect you from the sun."
When Jia Lian heard this and was about to refuse, he suddenly remembered that such hot weather would last for at least half a month.
If you are riding a horse all the way, if nothing else, your face will definitely get tanned or even sunburned.
As a general, he naturally wants to share the joys and sorrows with his soldiers to enhance his prestige.
But besides his prestige, his face is actually one of his most important assets!
If you don't take care of it and destroy it at will, you will definitely regret it in the future.
If nothing else, a little nun like Miaoyu most likely values his appearance.
Therefore, if you are a little darker, you are not afraid. It can also be said to be more majestic. But it cannot be too dark.
"Since it is from Lord Xiang, then accept it."
After replying, Jia Lian casually picked up a grape and put it into his mouth while continuing to study the route map.
Suddenly, he felt the smell of a woman. It turned out that Ah Qin turned around and walked to him after washing her hands, peeled off a grape and put it to his mouth.
Although the thin armor, which can only be used for decoration and has no defensive power, covers most of the woman's voluptuous form, it cannot cover the slightly exposed collarbone of the neck and the ten slender jade fingers.
"No, you can go out."
Being rejected by Jia Lian, Ah Qin suddenly looked aggrieved and looked at Jia Lian sadly.
Jia Lian sighed helplessly: "Well, I'm just serving and eating. Remember what you promised me before leaving, you are not allowed to be naughty, let alone deliberately seduce this general.
Otherwise, I will send someone to send you back."
It's not that Jia Lian is being hypocritical. He originally only planned to take A Qi with him.
My elder sister, Aqi, is taciturn and agile. She is a good helper for home and travel without any side effects.
But my sister is much more naughty.
This trip is the most important one for image, and Jia Lian naturally doesn't want to cause unnecessary trouble because of a woman.
However, under Ah Qin's pleading and promise, Jia Lian reluctantly took her out.
"Ho ho." Ah Qin smiled and said, "Okay, okay, I will listen to you, sir, and I will never dare to seduce you."
Therefore, Jia Lian was doing business while enjoying Ah Qin's service.
After a while, Jia Lian noticed that Xiao Nizi was trying to break her promise, and rolled up the map with a wave of her hand.
"Well, don't you want to eat, sir?"
"If you don't want to eat, take the rest and share it with your sister."
With that said, Jia Lian strode out of the camp, called Zhang Yong and Zhao Sheng, and went to find Xiang He and others to discuss matters.
…
Princess Zhaoyang’s boudoir.
Princess Zhaoyang listened to the fourth prince's proposal quietly, and then looked at him, trying to see from the fourth prince's eyes whether he really had such a ridiculous idea, or whether he was just trying to make a quick statement.
After making the fourth prince look uneasy, she said calmly: "First, Jia Lian is in the Chinese army's tent, surrounded by thousands of soldiers. With just one or two hundred of your men, you can't attack the camp and kidnap him."
Without him, the chance is less than one in a hundred.
Second, even if you acted carefully, all your guards were highly skilled in martial arts and tied up Jia Lian.
How can you send me away with him and ensure that others will not doubt you?
Do you know that once you can't pick it out yourself, even if you send us away, it will be in vain.
By then, do you know how severely you will be punished?"
When the fourth prince heard this, he wanted to say that he was not afraid.
Princess Zhaoyang had already seen through it, "Even if you are not afraid of punishment, if the court threatens you or Jia Lian's family with life and death, do you think we will show up or not at that time?"
Third, even if you have great ability, you can hide it from others.
Are you sure that Jia Lian will be at the mercy of you and me?
Is it possible that you want me to keep his hands and feet tied up and wander around the world?
What if he insists on disobeying us and even reports you and me to the court?
kill him?
fourth……"
The fourth prince was left speechless by Princess Zhaoyang's question. He could not utter his cryptic words in front of the princess's calm face.
"Fourth, as the prince of the Wei Dynasty, when you act, you should put the interests of the country first.
Do you know that once you destroy the alliance between the imperial court and Oara, and if the Tatars, Oara and many foreign countries in the West Sea form a coalition to invade our country, then, not to mention you, I am afraid that my father will also
He was blamed and criticized for this.
Therefore, such ignorant and stupid words can be said by common people, but you, the prince of the Wei Dynasty, cannot say it.
I have a mission that belongs to me.
And the same goes for you."
Princess Zhaoyang looked at her younger brother in front of her deeply, feeling a little worried about his future.
The father did not have many sons, so compared to the previous dynasty, each prince received relatively higher attention.
She could see that the reason why her younger brother went further and further down the path of a dandy was that he might not have expressed to the eldest and third emperor brothers that he had no intention of being orthodox.
But since ancient times, the struggle for power in the Tian family has always been bloody and cruel.
Without a strategy, it is useless to hide one's stupidity and remain clumsy. Maybe it will be easier for others to take advantage of you and lose something that belongs to you.
Even life.
What he regretted was that she, the imperial sister, could not help him even if she had expected something.