The night was getting deeper, the snow was still flying, and the soldiers guarding were covered with snow, like snowmen. Feng Linsese stood outside the tent, with a look of tears on his face.
Xiaozhu's eyes were slightly closed, and she was practicing silently. The rising heat could be vaguely seen above her head. Among all the people standing outside, she was the only one without snowflakes accumulating on her body.
In the prince's tent, Liu Fan was leaning on the cushions, letting the maids beat his legs and rub his shoulders. He half-closed his eyes lazily, as if he was taking a nap, but he still didn't lie down to sleep. When the last drop of sandalwood in the incense burner fell,
With a drop of dust, he sat up straight and listened outside.
"Ahem." Xiaozhu coughed lightly from outside the tent. He exhaled, glanced at the maids, and said calmly: "Everyone, please go down."
"Yes." The maids lowered their eyebrows and bowed their heads, then stepped back one by one.
Liu Fan took out the "Nanhua Sutra" and read a section, then he sat upright and used his internal energy according to the instructions in the book. After a while, he entered the state of selflessness.
Outside the tent, Xiaozhu's eyes were fixed on the prince's camp. Her lips were pursed and her face was solemn, as if she was afraid of missing something even if she blinked. The snowflakes were still flying, and time passed quietly, until the east gradually turned white and the candles in the prince's camp were extinguished.
, Xiaozhu’s expression softened.
"Miss Xiaozhu! Feng Lin fainted!" A soldier ran over to report.
Xiaozhu raised his eyes and hurriedly ran over after the soldier. Luo Lianyi woke up in the tent, hurriedly got up, put on her clothes, and ran out of the tent.
"Brother Feng Lin! Brother Feng Lin! What's wrong with Brother Feng Lin?" She saw Xiaozhu picking up Feng Lin and walking into the tent. She shouted and ran in after him.
The men in the tent quickly lowered their heads and retreated quietly. No one dared to look at the future princess.
"Brother Feng Lin!" Luo Lianyi ran to Feng Lin and Xiao Zhu, squatted down and hugged Feng Lin.
"Don't worry, Princess, he's just frozen, I'll help him." Xiaozhu said softly, then sat cross-legged and took Feng Lin's pulse with one hand.
Luo Lianyi looked at her and then at Feng Lin, and saw that the ice on Feng Lin's face slowly turned into water, and Feng Lin woke up and turned around.
"Brother Feng Lin!" Luo Lianyi hugged him and called.
"Princess, am I not dead yet?" Feng Lin was as angry as a gossamer.
"go out!"
Just as Luo Lianyi was about to answer, a muffled roar frightened her. She looked up and saw Liu Fan, with an angry look on his face, standing condescendingly in front of them.
"Please get out! This is not the place you came from!" Liu Fan said in a muffled voice.
"Didn't you see that Brother Feng Lin fainted? He has no martial arts skills. If you ask him to be a guard, he will freeze to death sooner or later! Can I ask you to be more humane? Otherwise, you can stay out for one night. Try
What a taste! A pampered parasite, a guy who doesn’t know the sufferings of the people!" Luo Lianyi stood up and shouted at Liu Fan.
"Princess!" Xiaozhu had finished his exercise and jumped up to hold her hand.
"Human nature? Parasite?" Liu Fan frowned and stared at Luo Lianyi's face in silence for a while, then said: "You go out first, a dignified future imperial concubine, don't run around, let alone be so close to men!"
"You're so perverted! He's my cousin! Also, since I'm the future imperial concubine, please use honorifics instead of your own!" Luo Lianyi rolled her eyes at him, straightened up and said.
Liu Fan's brows furrowed even more tightly, he raised his hands and clasped his fists, and said coldly: "Please get out!"
Luo Lianyi turned around to see that Feng Lin was okay, raised her head and said "hum" to Liu Fan, squeezed past him, and strode out of the tent.
Liu Fan looked at her back with a complicated expression.
"Your Highness, Feng Lin does not have the physique to be a bodyguard. If he stays outside the camp any longer, he will probably freeze to death." Xiaozhu came over and reported softly.
Liu Fan's eyes moved towards Feng Lin, who was so frightened that he turned over and knelt down.
"It doesn't work on the left, it doesn't work on the right, why should he be allowed to dress up as a woman and follow the princess? How unbecoming is this?"
"Your Highness, then let him stay with you." Xiaozhu smiled slightly.
Liu Fan looked at Feng Lin and finally nodded. He turned around and walked out. When he reached the door, he turned back to Feng Xing and said, "Although you have a delicate face and smooth skin, and even your Adam's apple is not obvious, you can't tell that you are a man to the casual observer.
You forgot that your ears are not pierced." He flicked his fingers, and two silver needles flew out, piercing Feng Lin's ears one on the left and the other on the right.
"Hahaha, wear an earring. You are not allowed to approach the princess privately in the future, otherwise -" He laughed, glanced meaningfully at Feng Lin's lower body, turned around and went out.
"Yes!" Feng Lin covered his lower abdomen with both hands and nodded cautiously.
"Sister Feng Lin, let me put on your earrings." Xiao Zhu took out a pair of jade earrings from his body with a smile and walked to Feng Lin.
"The male will be the female, and the female will be the male." Feng Lin looked at Xiao Zhu dressed in men's clothing and said with a sad face.
"Hey, Sister Feng Lin, don't worry about so much. It's important to save your life. Go change back to your palace clothes and serve the Crown Prince in His Majesty's tent." Xiaozhu was amused by his appearance and laughed.
"Poor princess, there's no one around her to talk to," Feng Lin muttered.
The two of them left the tent together and dispersed. After a while, Fengxing changed into palace clothes and entered the prince's tent, followed by many palace maids, to serve the prince for breakfast.
After daybreak, everyone dressed up and continued on their way. Luo Lianyi sat alone in the carriage, pouting and opening a little of the curtain to look out the window.
Traveling day and night, I didn't realize that it was more than half a month, and there was no danger along the way. I crossed the Linghe River that day and crossed the border of Dongling and entered the jurisdiction of Xiling.
"Finally we have set foot on our land of Daxiling!" Liu Fan waited for the carriage to get off the bridge, then got out of the car, stood on the empty road, and looked around, the corners of his glazed white clothes swaying in the wind, and his hair flying in the wind.
, there was a smile on his handsome face.
Luo Lianyi looked at him in the carriage, and then at the rolling mountains and fields in the distance. She felt nothing. Whether it was east or west, it was a strange world to her.
The convoy continued walking, and in the evening, they arrived at a county town called Xihe. Liu Fan ordered the soldiers to station outside the city, and only brought the palace maids and personal guards into the city. The local county magistrate did not dare to neglect, as he had already prepared a mansion for them
stay.
Luo Lianyi lay down on the bed early after dinner. The eunuchs and maids who came from Dongling had been very considerate to her since her heart-warming words that day. Several leading maids and eunuchs were already familiar with her.
Luo Lianyi knew that they were only doing things for the queen and could not blame them, so she no longer harbored hostility toward them.
When she saw Eunuch Wu, Eunuch An and the palace maids Liu Ye and Huamei standing at the door, she asked, "Have you given me the antidote?"
"I've already taken it," the palace maid Liu Ye replied.
Luo Lianyi looked at her and asked tentatively: "Do you have the antidote in your hand?"
Liu Ye hurriedly shook his head: "No, no."
"Princess, please don't embarrass your servants." Eunuch An lowered his head and said.
Luo Lianyi looked at them, nodded, and said, "Then you all go and have a rest. Everyone is tired."
"Thank you, Princess." The four of them bowed their heads and retreated.