Chapter 59: Euphemistically Called the 38th Parallel

"Princess, General Ji is leading the troops, and she rides a horse, not a carriage."

Su Yunyao: ...

"What about Lu Mingfeng? Why not let Lu Mingfeng go? Since it's a war, naturally we should let someone who knows martial arts go. He can help when the time comes." Su Yunyao said angrily.

Zhenzhu was helpless. "Princess, Shengjing has been unstable these days, and the Dali Temple is extremely busy all day long. How could the emperor send him to the border?"

Yes, yes, yes, that’s why we sent the most idle person, Chen Qiu Nian.

Su Yunyao clapped her hands in applause, looking hopeless.

My royal brother! My royal brother!

You really are good at tricking me!

"Pearl, prepare some water. This princess needs to take a bath."

When Su Yunyao heard that she would have to ride in the same carriage with Chen Qiu Nian, every cell in her body rejected it.

However, the journey from Shengjing City to the border is neither short nor far.

But if they were traveling with the army, such a large force would probably not enter the city.

Camping outside in such a cold weather, there would be no chance for her to take a bath.

Corals, pearls, and agates followed her into the bathroom. Someone helped her take a bath, and Su Yunyao continued to close her eyes and drowsy.

Right at this moment.

Shanhu thought Su Yunyao had fallen asleep again, so she lowered her voice and said, "Manou, how about we switch places? You stay in the princess's mansion to take care of the chores, and I'll accompany the princess to the border."

"Why? Didn't you say last night that there were too many trivial matters in the princess's mansion, and many of them were only half-finished, and we couldn't do it without you? Only one night later, you finished all of them." Agate was surprised.

"No." Shanhu's face was stained with shame. "No matter how big the matter of the princess's mansion is, it's not as big as the princess's matter. Zhenzhu has some skills on her. If the princess is going on a long journey, she must be taken with her. As for the two of us, how about I go this time and you go next time?"

"But I have packed all my things." Agate looked embarrassed.

"Didn't you say last time that you liked the silver hairpin on my head? If you let me go, I'll give it to you."

Agate's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Really?"

"Of course it's real. I'll give it to you when the princess finishes her bath."

"Then..." Agate hesitated for a moment, "Then I'll let you go first this time. The next time the princess goes on a long journey, I'll have to go."

Coral nodded repeatedly, "Okay, okay, Agate, you are so kind."

Su Yunyao heard this and slowly opened her eyes. Seeing Shanhu's face full of joy, she narrowed her eyes and said, "You are so good, Manju, you sold me out for a silver hairpin. If you say you don't want to go, then don't go."

Agate and Coral looked at each other and both knelt on the ground. "I know I was wrong, princess, please forgive me."

Su Yunyao didn't say anything, she just scooped up some water and splashed it on her arms.

Coral looked like she was struggling for a while.

In fact, she didn't have to say these words in front of the princess, but the princess was about to leave after taking a bath, and she hadn't packed her things yet. If she didn't say it now, she was afraid that she would not have the chance to say it after the princess gave the next order.

"Princess, this is all my fault. Please punish me alone." Shanhu knelt on the ground and kowtowed. "Princess, if you are going on a long journey with only Pearl, I'm afraid there will be no one to look after her on the road. Please punish me alone."

The whole bathroom was so quiet you could see a pin drop.

After a while, Su Yunyao suddenly laughed out loud, "What are you doing? I'm just asking casually."

Coral's expression remained unchanged, and she continued to kneel on the ground with her head lowered.

"Okay, get up." Su Yunyao smiled calmly, "Help this princess change her clothes."

Coral glanced at Agate and stood up with lingering fear.

She carefully helped the princess dress. After Su Yunyao was dressed, she glanced at her sideways and said, "I'll give you a cup of tea. Go and pack your things."

Shanhu was stunned when she heard this. With tears in her eyes, she bowed and said, "Yes, Princess. Thank you very much."

After Shanhu left, Su Yunyao said to Manju, "I'm not at the Princess's Mansion these days, so you have to be extra careful about everything. Send the clothes you made for Lu Mingfeng yesterday to the Dali Temple."

Paused.

She continued, "If there really is something wrong, or if there are suspicious people, and if there is no time to go to the palace to find the emperor, then have the guards take the princess's palace badge and go to the Dali Temple to find Lu Mingfeng."

Manju nodded solemnly, "Princess, don't worry, I have servants in the mansion."

After making sure there was nothing to explain, Coral packed up her things and came over.

Su Yunyao put on the fox fur cloak and left the princess's mansion.

The carriage stopped at the main gate of the princess's mansion. Zhenzhu lifted the curtain and saw that there was a charcoal fire burning in the carriage, and a warm feeling came towards her.

Chen Qiu Nian sat on one side of the carriage with his eyes closed. He was wearing a snow-blue satin robe with black bamboo patterns visible on the hem. He was holding an ivory bone fan and a jade hairpin in his hair. He looked like a banished immortal in a painting, a completely aloof and noble young man.

One has to admit that the original owner was completely fascinated by him, and he indeed had such a good-looking appearance.

Hearing the voice, Chen Qiu Nian slowly opened his eyes. He moved his lips, but before he could open his mouth to greet them, he...

Su Yunyao took out a brush and drew a line in the middle of the carriage, from one end to the other.

"Although we have been forced to ride in the same carriage these days, this princess doesn't want to, and neither do you. So let's take this as a warning and call it the 38th Parallel. No one should cross it."

38th parallel?

In a nice name?

Shen Qiunian stared at the black line drawn by Su Yunyao, his eyebrows twitching slightly, "Princess, what do you mean?"

"Since we've already made it clear last time, from that day on, perfume doesn't bother me with floral water. It's best to pretend I don't know you."

After Su Yunyao finished speaking, she asked Zhenzhu to take a bed sheet and a rope from her bag and hang a curtain directly above the line she had drawn.

Shen Qiunian: ...

The carriage was split into two, and Su Yunyao felt at ease and let Zhenzhuzi help her make the bed. She took off her cloak, lay down on it, took out the sketchbook and started reading.

Chen Qiu Nian stared at the cloth curtain, although he didn't quite understand what Su Yunyao had just said.

But it seems that everyone has guessed that the 38th parallel drawn by this stroke is probably the boundary between Chu and Han.

His heart skipped a beat and he slowly closed his eyes again.

At the same time, the border.

Huo Xiao was dressed in military uniform, holding a spear, and standing tall. He had a lazy smile on his face, but his eyes were so cold that people dared not look at him directly.

"Huo Xiao, you coward, you are so afraid of your dog emperor that you dare not take a single step forward without Su Yunyan's order."

Huo Xiao looked indifferently at the second prince of Xijing, Sang Ye, who was shouting in front of him.

He held the reins and looked over lazily, as cynical as ever, with contempt clearly in his eyes.

"Five years ago, your brother was defeated by me. Today, you are asking for death again. If you can only send the eldest princess of Daxia here for my father to play with, I can still keep your body intact. Did Huo Kang tell you how he was..."