Fengqi crabapple

Chapter 199

The way back always felt like going very fast. By dusk, the prince's team had already walked less than half the distance.The grassland stretches as far as the eye can see, with very few shelters, and all this way is Tatar territory. For the prince and the others, danger can come at any time.

"Prince, let's camp here tonight!" He Rui said, pointing to a row of mounds.He Rui breathed a sigh of relief as he finally reached the mound before dark.There was a forest next to the mound where they could get firewood for a fire.

The prince nodded.This time when they came out, King Wala brought them two small tents, which were carried on the backs of the two BMWs that King Wala had given them.One of them was given to five girls, and the other was only for the crown prince and elder son to live in.

The soldiers lit a bonfire. Although there was no food or wine, the return trip after a victorious battle was still pleasant.

"Please stay awake tonight. We killed the Tatar King and are now in Tatar territory." Ling Yun told his sister, "I'm just outside your tent. Call me if you need anything."

The brother went to the bonfire, and the princess and the prince were also sitting by the bonfire, but Princess Yilan and her maid disappeared somewhere.Shuang'er walked around the two tents but couldn't find Yilan, so she had to go back to the tent and make the bed for the princess.

Xie Ruitang pulled Haitang to stand up and said, "Let's go look at the stars." The two left the bonfire and walked toward the dark grassland.

Without the firelight, the surroundings were dark, but the sky became extraordinarily bright. The dense stars were like shining pearls scattered on the deep seabed.Xie Ruitang and Haitang were lying on the grass, with Xie Ruitang's cloak underneath Haitang.

"How many stars are there in the sky?" Xie Ruitang put his arms under his head and asked Haitang with a smile.

Haitang smiled and said, "You don't know either!" Both of them laughed, thinking of the starry sky on the roof of Yueling, as if they were in another world.

"The one that looks like a water ladle is the Big Dipper." Xie Ruitang pointed to the sky and said, "The very bright one is the North Star. When you lose your way, look at the North Star and think about where you wanted to go in the first place. If one day we accidentally get separated, don't be afraid, if you stand under the North Star, I will definitely find you." The two of them clasped their fingers together, and the warmth of their palms slowly flowed into each other's heart.

After lying quietly for a while, Haitang suddenly looked around: "Huh? Why can't you find Cowherd and Vega?"

"Let's not be the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, we are together every day, why do we need them." Xie Ruitang reached out and took Haitang to his chest.The two laughed lightly and stopped talking.

Ling Feng and Ling Xue were sitting not far away. The evening breeze blew, but they felt faintly uneasy.The two looked at each other warily, then quietly moved closer to the prince.

The soldiers lit a fire and heated the leftover roast mutton from yesterday.Mr. Shiyi couldn't get used to eating milk tofu. He always felt that it had a strange sour smell, so he had told people to keep it away.But now, he smelled the smell of milk tofu in the wind.

He looked around, except that the prince and princess were not there, and neither were the prince and the princess.He poked An Qing, who was wiping the Sky-shattering Bow next to him: "Go to the prince, something is wrong."

Yan Shishi said a few words to He Rui. He Rui nodded and went over to explain to several generals.Eleven and An Qing stood up and walked towards the direction the prince left just now.

Yan Shiyi did not see the crown prince, and Chu Yi, Qing Qing and Wuyou also failed to find the crown prince.There was a feeling of uneasiness in my heart on the first day of the new year.They walked towards the bonfire, and happened to see Eleven and Prince returning together.

"Your Highness, the prince is missing!" Chu Yi said anxiously: "Ling Shuang said that Princess Yilan is also missing, and her two maids are also looking for her."

"Tell those women to go back to the tent and stop running around. Look around. They may be together." The prince held Haitang's hand tightly and lowered his head to comfort her: "Don't be afraid, I'm here."

Haitang showed the arrows in her sleeve and said with a smile: "I'm not afraid, I'm a woman with three arrows!"

Before Xie Ruitang took Haitang away from the fire, Prince Chu had already left.Looking at Haitang Qiao's beautiful smile, but the person he was looking at was not him, he felt sour in his heart, so he stood up and walked towards the edge of the woods.Yilan saw the prince leaving and followed him.

Prince Chu stood tall, looking up at the stars, but his heart was empty. The loneliness accumulated in his heart over the years was like a hard shell covering his heart. It once opened a crack, and now it is closing again.

His mind was wandering, when suddenly a pair of women's arms hugged his waist from behind, and the prince blurted out: "Begonia!" As soon as his name came out, he wanted to slap himself: Why did Haitang come?The hand holding him loosened, and Yilan said aggrievedly from behind the prince: "Can't you let go of her in your heart? But she is already married!"

The prince stared blankly at the bleak grassland under the starlight.

Yes, Haitang is married and is no longer the girl who was confused with him in front of the rain.The prince turned his head, looked at the strange princess of a different race behind him, and asked, "What about you? Have you ever liked anyone? If you have a sweetheart, this prince can fulfill both of you and break off the engagement with you. I never like to force others."

Yilan looked at him intently, walked up to him, and said firmly: "Ever since I saw you under the competition stage, I have only had you in my heart, and you are my sweetheart. Then will you still be willing to help me?"

The prince lowered his head, took a deep breath and said, "You know, I may still need some time."

"I am willing to wait, no matter how long it takes." There were tears in Yilan's eyes.When King Duan rejected her that time, she only felt embarrassed, not sad. This time, Prince Chu didn't have her in his heart. Why did she feel like her heart had been stabbed, with bloody pain?

"You." Just as the prince spoke, an arrow suddenly flew out from the woods and hit the prince's vest directly.The prince's back was facing the arrow, but standing opposite him, Yilan saw the cold light of the arrow.

"Be careful!" Yilan was about to push the prince away, but he grabbed her wrist, pulled her into his arms, and rolled to the ground to avoid the arrow.The prince has no eyes behind his back, but he has ears.

The prince quickly took out the dagger from his boot, took off the short knife hanging on his waist and put it into Yilan's hand. He whispered: "As soon as I jump up to attract their attention, you run to the camp!"

"I don't! I want to be with you!" Yilan took the dagger and said firmly.

The prince glanced at her: "Then lie down here and don't move!" As soon as he finished speaking, he jumped up and rushed towards the person who was slowly approaching them with a bow and arrow. The dagger slit his throat. Gave him a good time.

As soon as there was any movement on their side, more than a dozen people immediately came out of the woods, quietly and slowly surrounding him.

Princess Yilan was already standing next to Xie Yuanqi. She held the prince's hand and murmured a few words to those people. Those few people did not expect that a girl would say what they said. They were stunned and looked at each other again. One of them also chirped and asked Yilan a few questions.

While they were having a brief question and answer, Ling Xue and An Qing, who came out to look for them, had already discovered them.The two of them silently nocked arrows and drew their bows, and the two arrows tore through the air and flew away in the wind.

In the peripheral vision, the prince saw his accomplices in action. He pushed Yilan back and rose into the air. A dagger flew out and struck down one of them.The man who was talking to Yilan just now jumped at Yilan from embarrassment, the prince rolled over, grabbed Yilan's hand and stabbed upwards, and the dagger in Yilan's hand pierced the man's heart.

Ling Xue and An Qing also flew over, and the three of them got into a melee with the remaining people.The sound quickly alerted the others. Yan Shiyi commanded a group of soldiers to search in the woods, and He Rui led the people towards the prince.Soon, the heads of the few people hiding in the woods and the dozen or so people who rushed out fell to the ground.

The prince turned around, pulled up Yilan who was still lying on the ground, and asked softly: "Are you scared? Are you okay?" Yilan shook his head and said, "I'm okay. They are the people of the King of Tartar."

The prince looked at her and said seriously: "Did you know that if you pushed me away just now, you would be hit by an arrow. You are a woman and you have no obligation to sacrifice yourself to protect anyone. Don't do such dangerous things in the future. .”

"I can't care about that much. I only care about you and don't want anything to happen to you." Yilan lowered her head and murmured.

I only care about you.The prince's heart moved.

Suddenly, he smiled softly: "Silly!"

(End of this chapter)