Hua Qingxue couldn't help but be stunned, completely confused.
Is this some special etiquette? Why are you staring at her
Hua Qingxue hesitated whether to get up or not. She didn't know whether she should salute Wu Xinyao at this time. She knew nothing about these ancient etiquettes.
"Mrs. Si Bing is very young." Wu Xinyao suddenly spoke, with a faint smile on her face, "It's very different from the rumors."
Hua Qingxue was a little embarrassed and replied with a blushing face: "Let the princess laugh."
Wu Xinyao smiled, walked sideways to her seat, and then sat down.
Hua Qingxue felt strange in her heart and asked Fu Tingye in a low voice: "Did I be rude just now? How should I greet the princess?"
"You have been granted the title of wife by the emperor, and your rank is similar to that of a princess. There is no need to salute." Fu Tingye replied casually.
Hua Qingxue believed it and nodded.
In fact, Fu Tingye was talking nonsense. Even the first-rank ministers still had to salute when they saw the emperor's relatives, so Hua Qingxue believed him casually.
The rest of the party was uneventful.
Everyone ate meat and drank heavily, and the program tended to be more male-oriented, with some people performing sword dances. After all, this was a banquet held in a military camp, so there wouldn't be too many graceful songs and dances.
Although there was no lively atmosphere at the banquet, it was still enjoyable.
It's just that the style of food is a bit too rough for Hua Qingxue. She doesn't know how to eat such a large piece of barbecue. She glanced at the others quietly and found that they were tearing into it generously.
Wouldn't that make your hands full of oil? Maybe they don't care...
She looked at Princess Nanzhao on the other side - well, she had a maid, holding a silver knife and cutting into small pieces.
Hua Qingxue also had a knife on her body, which was... a token of love.
But when she thought about how that thing had cut people's heads, she couldn't do it anyway.
While she was struggling, the barbecue in front of her was suddenly taken away by Fu Tingye with a knife and fork—
The sharp knife sliced the roast into thin slices, and the tender meat juice inside spilled out, and then returned to her plate.
Hua Qingxue smiled sweetly, picked up the pieces of meat with chopsticks and ate them.
"I don't see how General Fu can be so considerate." Wu Xinyao suddenly spoke and turned to look over with a smile.
When Hua Qingxue heard Wu Xinyao's words suddenly, she was immediately embarrassed. She had meat in her mouth, and she didn't know whether to spit it out or swallow it...
"I am a few years older than her, so I should take care of her." Fu Tingye replied calmly.
Wu Xinyao smiled, "That's what the general said."
Is it an illusion? Why do you feel that the tone of this Princess Nanzhao is a bit strange
Hua Qingxue reluctantly chewed a few mouthfuls, struggling with how to deal with this princess. When she looked up again, she found that she was already watching the song and dance, and didn't even spare her a glance.
what happened…
She shouldn't have offended the other party, right
"Eat less barbecue. There will be other dishes later." Fu Tingye whispered beside her.
Hua Qingxue came back to her senses, said "hmm" softly, and put away the strange thoughts in her heart...
Before the banquet ended, the people from Nanzhao also came out to perform a dance in return. It is said that it was a drumbeat unique to their nation.
Hua Qingxue didn't see much of it, but it sounded quite enjoyable.
She drank some fruit wine and became slightly drunk. Fu Tingye asked someone to send her back to the camp to rest.
Ice had been placed in the tent in advance, so the temperature was cool and comfortable.
Hua Qingxue forced herself to freshen up and quickly fell asleep...
While sleeping, she was thinking vaguely, this fruit wine has great staying power...
…
She didn't sleep well, and kept having messy dreams. Her eyelids were so heavy that she felt like she was about to wake up, but couldn't.
In her confusion, she vaguely saw two women dressed in Nanzhao, who looked like the maids of the princess.
They spoke softly, and their voices reached Hua Qingxue's ears—
"I see that the princess is not very happy."
"How can you be happy? General Fu has not been married for so many years. The princess always thought that General Fu was waiting for her, but... suddenly she got engaged to this soldier's wife. Did you hear about it? Everyone in the Daqi military camp seems to know about it. ”
"Yes, it's really strange. I think this woman looks quite ordinary. In terms of appearance, she is far worse than a princess..."
"Is there anything strange? He must have taken a fancy to those weapons! Otherwise, why would a dignified general of a country marry such a woman with no status?"
"That's right... If you ask me, General Fu is the best match for our princess. Both of them are good at marching and fighting. It's great..."
"Keep your voice down, don't let the princess hear you..."
Hua Qingxue began to feel something was wrong.
If this was a dream, it would be too real...
She tried hard to see her situation clearly, and found that not only her eyelids were heavy, but her body and limbs were also heavy and she couldn't use her strength.
How is this going? ... Could it be that Fu Tingye asked Princess Nanzhao's maid to serve her when he saw her drunk
This is illogical! He could have asked the mother-in-law who used to serve her to come over!
Hua Qingxue finally opened her eyes and was surprised to see the two maids. One of them was actually wearing her clothes? !
Hua Qingxue then looked down - her clothes were gone! It turned into short clothes and narrow skirts worn by women in Nanzhao!
Why did you change your clothes
Hua Qingxue was shocked in her heart, but she didn't have any strength to struggle. In fact, just opening her eyes exhausted her strength—
She closed her eyes again and immediately thought about how to escape.
All this is too unbelievable. What does Princess Nanzhao want to do? Abduct her under Fu Tingye's nose? !
Maybe... This is not impossible, because Princess Nanzhao's return carriage will definitely not be blocked or inspected, and on her side, because she is drunk, Fu Tingye will only tell others not to disturb her to rest, even if If you don't get up very late, no one will suspect you.
But what happens after that
Isn't it possible that Princess Nanzhao is not afraid that the matter will be exposed, and Fu Tingye will be angry and send troops to Nanzhao after knowing it
… etc!
No, she thought wrong!
Princess Nanzhao kidnapped her not for weapons! But to dedicate her to Daliao!
In this way, the Liao soldiers will naturally withdraw their troops after benefiting from it, and Da Qi's advantage will be lost. Fu Tingye will put all his thoughts on guarding against the Liao soldiers, and will have no time to argue with Nanzhao!
What a trick to divert disaster to the east...
Hua Qingxue was shocked and amazed in her heart. It was really unimaginable that the seemingly young princess could come up with such a sophisticated strategy.
"Are you ready?" a female voice said.
Hua Qingxue recognized this voice, it was Wu Xinyao.
"It's ready, Your Highness," the maid replied.
"Do you know what to do next?"
"Yes, after the princess leaves, the slaves will wait for an opportunity to leave the military camp and arrange to leave traces of being kidnapped by Liao soldiers."
If the kidnapped person was not Hua Qingxue, Hua Qingxue would really want to applaud them now! —This plan is awesome! What a perfect frame-up!
When Nanzhao offered her to Liao again, and she was found guilty of kidnapping the Liao soldiers, Nanzhao was able to get out of danger without any effort, and the hatred between Liao and Qi was stabilized! Take care of yourself!
This princess is so calculating!
"Let's go." Wu Xinyao ordered.
Hua Qingxue's heart skipped a beat, right? ! About to leave now
Where are the guards assigned to her by Fu Tingye? Where are people? ! Where have they all gone? !
She was so anxious that she tried desperately to struggle, but she couldn't even move a finger!
Suddenly there was the sound of footsteps rushing outside, and the sound of metal clashing with armor as they walked.
Someone walked in quietly.
Hua Qingxue suddenly felt at ease...
She recognized Fu Tingye's footsteps.
"You're not drunk?!" Wu Xinyao blurted out in surprise.
Fu Tingye replied indifferently: "You have already played the same trick ten years ago, Your Highness."
Wu Xinyao said angrily: "... So you pretended to be drunk on purpose! You lied to me!"
"I don't dare. If the princess hadn't taught me this ten years ago, I wouldn't be so vigilant."
"Have you always remembered that incident? Have you been hating me for all these years?!"
"Your Highness the Princess made a serious statement. There is no talk of holding grudges. It's just a lesson." Fu Tingye said lightly and chuckled, "I didn't expect that after so many years, the Princess has not changed at all, and she still likes to steal so much. , stole my map ten years ago, and tried to steal my fiancée ten years later... "
Wu Xinyao shouted: "Fu Tingye! You don't need to humiliate me here! I fell into your hands, it's up to you how to deal with it!"
"How dare I deal with Her Royal Highness the Princess?" Fu Tingye said calmly, looking away and looking at the soldiers outside the tent, "Princess, please come back, my people will definitely send you out of Daqi safe and sound."
Wu Xinyao was stunned.
She didn't expect that Fu Tingye would let her go after this incident was exposed? !
After thinking about it, I quickly realized that Fu Tingye didn't want to let her go! He just wanted to use her to lure away the Liao soldiers!
After all, if Nanzhao was without her, Daliao's army would be even more unstoppable!
This man only had a plan for her from beginning to end!
Wu Xinyao secretly hated her, bit her lip and glared at Fu Tingye, but in the end she didn't say anything more and decisively turned around and walked out of the tent!
Fragmented footsteps walked out and walked in. Hua Qingxue reluctantly listened to the general idea, and also heard what the two said about ten years ago.
Ten years ago...
Hua Qingxue thought with sadness in her heart that she was only ten years old ten years ago, but he had already started to make mistakes...
After a while, the camp became completely quiet.
Hua Qingxue lay motionless on her bed, her hands and feet still numb, and she didn't know when she would be able to move.
Someone helped her sit up.
She felt the familiar scent, the scent of soap and fruit wine, and the unique smell of men mingling together, making her slightly drunk.
Fu Tingye brought a glass of water and fed her slowly.
Hua Qingxue swallowed subconsciously, drank the whole glass, and lay on the bed for a while before her body finally recovered.
She opened her eyes and saw Fu Tingye sitting by the bed. She gasped and said, "I was scared to death just now."
I almost thought I would really be kidnapped.
A trace of disdain flashed in Fu Tingye's eyes, "She only knows that I arranged guards for you, but she doesn't know that I also arranged shadow guards for you."
"Shadow guard?" Hua Qingxue's eyes lit up, "The one who can become invisible? Where is he?"
Fu Tingye said angrily: "So how many times have I told you! You should pay attention to how you dress! Did you take off your clothes again after you returned to the account last night?!"
Hua Qingxue was speechless. He was afraid that the shadow guard would take advantage of him...