Shen Shu slept until midnight and found that her pillow was empty. She tossed and turned for a long time and couldn't fall asleep. She was afraid that Lin Zhi would harm himself, so she simply got up and waited for him.
It was clearly early spring, but the cold wind was still howling outside. Shen Shu listened to the sound of the wind for a while, and finally decided to get up and go out to find Lin Zhi.
She put on her coat, picked up a lamp and walked out. There was a strong wind outside, and the lamp in her hand was blown crookedly by the wind. The fire inside was almost blown out several times, but she finally stood up strong.
Shen Shu raised the lantern and said, "Your Majesty?"
She called several times, but no one answered her, so she simply called, "Changfeng? Changsheng? Changlan?"
Today was Chang Lan's night watch. When she heard Shen Shu calling her, she jumped down from the tree branch, "Miss Shen."
"Where is the prince?"
As soon as Shen Shu finished asking, she saw Chang Lan's expression suddenly change, and then he stepped forward and knocked her down.
Shen Shu dropped her head and screamed in pain. When she raised her head again, she found that an arrow had been inserted into the place where she was standing.
She was so frightened that she broke out in a cold sweat. This was the first time she was so close to death.
She knew Chang Lan could protect her, so she subconsciously grabbed Chang Lan's sleeves. Chang Lan listened carefully to the situation around her for a while, and then said, "The person has left."
She helped Shen Shu up. The lamp that Shen Shu originally carried had fallen to the ground and went out. Through the moonlight, Chang Lan could see Shen Shu's face.
The other person was born with a captivating talent, and even though his face was filled with fear, it was still pleasing to the eye.
Chang Lan subconsciously comforted her, "Miss Shen, everything is fine."
Shen Shu said "hmm", but there was still some lingering fear on her face. As soon as Chang Lan lowered her head, she saw some dirt on her skirt. She intuitively felt that such a person who was relegated to an immortal should not be covered in dust, so Subconsciously, she knelt down and brushed the dirt off her skirt.
Shen Shu frowned and asked, "Who is here to assassinate?"
"I don't know," Chang Lan replied quickly.
In fact, she lied. If she had chased him, she could have caught him. Unfortunately, she was only thinking about protecting Shen Shu's safety at that time and missed the best opportunity. Now it is too late to chase him.
She knelt down and pulled out the arrow on the ground, "Bring this arrow to Changfeng for investigation tomorrow. We can always find out."
Shen Shu nodded and smiled at Chang Lan, "Thank you, sister Chang Lan."
Chang Lan's face turned red again, and then Shen Shu saw Lin Zhi approaching in the distance and immediately walked towards Lin Zhi.
Lin Zhi had just visited the woman's cemetery, and his face was still full of anger. When he saw Shen Shu, he subconsciously made himself look more relaxed, and then he hugged her in his arms, fearing that she would be cold, and led her into the house.
Chang Lan witnessed the changes in her prince not far away. At first, she didn't understand why her prince was so kind to Shen Shu. Just now, she understood.
When she knocked Shen Shu down just now, she could feel...
Soft...so soft.
And...it's soft and gentle.
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After returning to the house, Shen Shu told him about the assassination. Lin Zhi said "hmm" and then suddenly raised his hand to stand up and ruffle Shen Shu's hair.
Sure enough, Shen Shu was knocked down by Chang Lan just now, her head had been bruised and there was some blood.
He went to get the medicine, and then suddenly thought of something. He pressed Shen Shu into his arms, raised his hand to lift her collar and look at her back.
Sure enough, her fair and tender back was also bruised and turned purple.
He pursed his lips, and Shen Shu comforted him, "It's okay, just rest for two days and you'll be fine."
Lin Zhi suddenly became unhappy and said, "Take off your clothes."
Seeing Lin Zhi's persistence, Shen Shu knew that she couldn't resist, so she could only slowly raise her hands and take off her clothes, leaving only a bellyband.
Lin Zhi first applied medicine to her head, and then carefully applied medicine to her white and tender back.
The ointment was already a little cold, and Lin Zhi's hand was even colder. But as soon as he touched it, Shen Shu's body shivered.
He then let her go and turned to warm herself by the fire.
He deliberately turned his back to Shen Shu, so Shen Shu didn't know that in order to keep his hands from getting cold, he deliberately stayed very close to the stove. It wasn't until the flames burned his fingers for a long time that he raised his hands. Go give her medicine.
After taking the medicine, the two lay down to sleep again. They slept until the next morning, when they entered the palace together again.
Today, Usman still set up a ring in the palace. Before the ring, he specially smiled at Shen Shu.
Lin Zhi thought of what Shen Shu had said to him yesterday, and resisted the urge to cover her face with his hands so that no one could see her, and only stretched out his hand to hold her hand.
Shen Shu was a little nervous today and didn't pay attention to Lin Zhi's little moves. She only took a closer look and found that Jing Ninghou had indeed brought Shen Xiao with him.
She breathed a sigh of relief.
Usman defeated three more Yan warriors one after another. At this time, the emperor's face became more and more ugly. On the surface, the Nanman people came to pay tribute respectfully, but in fact they were openly and covertly trying to undermine Yan's spirit.
At this moment, Usman defeated a fourth person and then said, "Is there anyone else?"
The whole place was silent. Usman was so brave and no one wanted to embarrass himself.
In this battle, Yan Guo lost first in terms of momentum.
The emperor's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. Shen Shu was sure that if no one could defeat Usman, he would soon become furious.
At this moment, a young voice sounded, "I'm coming!"
Shen Shu looked over there, and it turned out to be Shen Xiao. She smiled at him to encourage him. Just as the military minister next to Shen Xiao was about to give advice, Shen Xiao had already rushed forward.
Usman saw that he was just a boy of twelve or thirteen years old, so he gave in a little bit. Although the boy was knocked down as soon as he came up, he was so powerful that after being knocked down several times, he stood up, which made everyone around him pinch. A sweat.
Everyone present was very nervous, but Lin Zhi only raised his hand to play with Shen Shu's white and tender fingers.
The moment he saw Shen Xiao rushing up, he knew why Shen Shu used spices yesterday.
He was in a good mood, and even the movements of stroking Shen Shu's fingers were much gentler. No one was looking at him at this time anyway. He lowered his head and kissed her fingertips, and licked them a little.
Tsk, so sultry, even the fingertips are so sweet.
He wanted to bite her hard a few times and swallow her into his belly, but he was afraid of her pain, so he could only kiss her fingertips more gently.
Shen Xiao on the stage had been beaten to a bloody head, but he still stood up stubbornly. Then he raised his eyes and saw Lin Zhi kissing his sister's fingertips.
He felt that a certain string in his heart was suddenly broken.
He began to attack Usman like crazy. Usman was still very good at it, but it became more and more difficult for him under the young man's repeated attacks.
The emperor on the side saw that there was only a child going up, and he couldn't bear to look at it for a moment. However, the time of burning incense had passed, and the child was not defeated yet, so he couldn't help but look towards the stage.
At this glance, he saw the child's face.
He was stunned.
Usman felt that he was getting weaker and weaker against Shen Xiao. Finally, when Shen Xiao attacked for the last time, he couldn't bear it and fell to the ground.
Everyone was silent, but the emperor stood up first and applauded, and then the others applauded in turn.
Usman was defeated, and there was no resentment on his face. He just bowed to everyone and then left the stage.
The arena was finally over. Before leaving, Shen Shu felt relieved when she saw Shen Xiao being called over by the emperor.
She has done everything she needs to do, and the next thing is up to fate.
She followed Lin Zhi back to the carriage. Just when she was about to rest for a while, Lin Zhi suddenly came over, hugged her whole body, and then went to smell her body.
He sniffed for a while but could only smell the smell of medicinal bath, so he said in her ear in disappointment, "Why don't you use spices on me?"