"Princess, Prince Yuwen has arrived."
Yang Zaien walked up the corridor, bowed and spoke softly.
Xuyu turned around, glanced at the figure standing at the steps of the corridor, and ordered everyone to leave.
Yang Zaien agreed, called away the people standing nearby, and stopped at a distance.
Yuwen Zhi raised his head slightly, with a look of excitement and disbelief on his face, and stared at Xuyu who was walking towards him on her own initiative. It was not until she stopped in front of him and nodded and smiled at him that he came to his senses and hurriedly bowed down to pay his respects.
Xuyu asked him to get up.
"The moon is beautiful tonight. How about you come up and walk with me?" she asked.
"good!"
Yuwen Zhi was almost flattered, and he took a few steps at a time up the corridor steps. With the last step, he almost jumped down beside her.
Xuyu looked at him, who was as happy as a naughty boy, and seemed to want to laugh. A faint smile appeared in her eyes, but soon, the smile disappeared. She paused, turned around, and walked slowly forward along the corridor.
The water corridor is built along the lake, with red pillars and green tiles, and carved and painted eaves. From a distance, it looks like a long dragon coiled by the lake. During the day, people can watch the lake and cranes in the corridor, which is an excellent place to cool off in the summer heat.
It is late at night now, and the view is certainly not as good as during the day, and there is not much scenery to see, but the mountains on the opposite bank are as dark as ink, and the moonlight is like silver water pouring down from the sky, causing patches of glitter on the lake. This scene is also refreshing.
Not to mention, the person walking beside him at this moment was actually her!
Xuyu walked along the corridor, not saying anything at first. From her back, she seemed to be worried. Yuwen Zhi did not dare to speak either, but followed her quietly.
Even when they reached the center of the corridor, they still felt a bit unreal, as if they were in a dream.
It has been two months. Ever since she suddenly appeared in front of him as a princess during the military parade the day after she arrived, he has never had the chance to get close to her, let alone at this moment, with no one else around, just her and him, walking in this deserted lakeside corridor late at night.
Although he knew that she couldn't have asked him to come here to walk with her and admire the moon out of thin air, he couldn't help but feel a secret joy until she slowly stopped in front of a pillar, turned around, and looked over again.
Yuwen Zhi hesitated for a moment and asked, "Princess, did you tell me something?"
Xuyu nodded.
"There is indeed something I want to discuss with you. It's about tomorrow's archery ceremony."
Yuwen Zhi paused and said, "May I ask, Princess, what about the Grand Archery Ceremony?"
He suddenly felt a little nervous, and after asking, he stared at her without blinking.
"Prince, I would like to ask you to withdraw from tomorrow's archery ceremony." She said this in a calm and clear tone.
Yuwen Zhi's figure suddenly turned into a stone statue. He stood still in the corridor for a moment, gritted his teeth, lowered his voice, and said stiffly: "Why?"
"You know, Prince." Xuyu spoke again after a moment of silence.
The moonlight shone in from the eaves carved into the shape of cirrus clouds above her head, dimly reflecting her picturesque face in the night. Yuwen Zhi stared at this face, and slowly, a hint of anger emerged on his face. At first, he closed his lips tightly and said nothing. After a moment, he suddenly said, "Forgive me for being stupid and not understanding what the princess meant. Let me ask you one more question, was what the princess just said an order?"