After eating the crabs, Su Bi and Ning Xihua got off the boat and walked towards the maple forest west of Yanhuang Lake.

Now is a good time to enjoy the maple leaves. The entire maple forest is dyed with different shades of red. When the wind blows, the layers of red leaves rustle, and many of them swirl and fall down.

Ning Xihua took the red leaf that fell on her shoulder and carefully put it into the purse she was carrying.

"This maple leaf is beautiful. You can take it back and make book covers."

Upon hearing this, Su Bi also handed over a maple leaf and said gently, "Then I'd like to trouble the princess to make an extra book cover for me."

Ning Xihua looked up at Su Bi, reached out to take it, and agreed generously with a smile.

But in his heart he was thinking, he had taken her out to boat around the lake to eat crabs, to admire the maple trees and the scenery, and now he wanted her to make book covers for him. It felt like they were out on a date.

If she was not mistaken, was Su Bi... pursuing her?

Ning Xihua was so surprised by the idea that she shrank back suddenly, feeling a little excited and a little awkward.

Having a big guy bend down and chase someone...it's a little scary no matter how you think about it.

But Ning Xihua didn't like deceiving herself, and didn't like guessing, so she just asked Su Bi directly.

"Your Highness, are you going to ask me out today?"

Before she could finish her words, a gentle female voice interrupted her.

"cousin!"

Ning Xihua turned around and saw a young girl in a dark indigo dress walking towards them.

Indigo clothes are always picky, and if you are not careful, they will make people look old and pale. But the girl in front of me has a beautiful face and a dignified demeanor. The indigo dress makes her skin look white as snow and her temperament elegant.

Every step of the girl seemed to be measured, her shoes were not visible under her skirt, and her head did not move. She was dignified and elegant, yet extremely beautiful. At first glance, she was a lady from a wealthy family who had received extremely strict etiquette training.

The girl walked up to the two of them, bowed gracefully to Su Bi, and said softly, "Que Yue has met my cousin."

Then he turned around and knelt down to half-salute Ning Xihua, smiling and saying, "I guess this must be Princess Yue Xi."

Ning Xihua turned to look at Su Bi, raised her eyebrows and smiled, her eyes meaningful.

Cousins ​​have always been a dangerous relationship that is difficult to explain in novels. Judging from the performance of Su Bi's cousin, it doesn't seem like a simple cousin relationship.

Ning Xihua looked at her cousin with interest. She had just performed a full bow to Su Bi, but only a half bow to her.

You know, women perform half-courtesy between each other. Apart from being of equal status or having a very close relationship, there is also another type of half-courtesy where a concubine performs half-courtesy to the wife.

Ning Xihua was only equal to a few princesses in the palace, and she had never met her cousin Su Bi, so naturally they were not close. Her half-courtesy was quite interesting.

Su Bi was very cold to Bai Queyue, "Why are you here?"

Bai Queyue replied generously, "This is a great place to enjoy maple trees in autumn. I thought my cousin would never let down such beautiful scenery, so I wanted to try my luck and see if I could run into him."

She lowered her head and smiled, her eyes looking at Su Bi softly, "It seems that I have good luck today."

Su Bi became even more indifferent after hearing this, "Really?"

Ning Xihua shook her head secretly.

Although Miss Bai's words were clever and she expressed her affection for Su Bi in a tactful way, she forgot Su Bi's identity.

Today, Su Bi came to Yandang Lake with her. No one except the people in Linhua Palace knew about it. When they came, they took an ordinary-looking carriage to avoid being seen.

Bai Queyue just happened to meet them at Yanhuang Lake, but it would be too much of a coincidence to say that it was a coincidence.

For ordinary lovers, this kind of thing might be a girl's desire to find out the whereabouts of her lover. But for Su Bi, it was that someone knew his whereabouts even though he deliberately concealed it.

If you think about it more deeply, everyone around him may have been spied on.

Bai Queyue was not discouraged when she saw Su Bi's cold attitude. Instead, she turned to look at Ning Xihua.

"I heard that Princess Yuexi risked her life to save my cousin during the autumn hunt. Seeing her today, I can see that she is indeed a heroine. Queyue would like to thank the Princess for saving my cousin's life."

Ning Xihua felt very upset when she heard this. She saved Su Bi, so why should she thank her cousin? She was not Su Bi's biological sister. Who was Bai Queyue to Su Bi? Why did she thank her?

Ning Xihua was originally watching the show with a joking attitude, but now his expression turned cold.

In the past, I would just ignore her when I met her like this, but today, I don’t know what happened. Looking at Bai Queyue’s face that looked like a virtuous wife and loving mother, I felt very irritated and even too lazy to be polite.

"Excuse me, young lady, what is your name?"

Bai Queyue froze for a moment, but quickly reacted and replied softly, "I forgot to introduce myself to the princess. My surname is Bai, my name is Queyue, and I am your cousin. My uncle took pity on me because I lost my father at a young age, so he took me to the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion to be raised."

Ning Xihua nodded and said calmly, "I see. I thought your last name was Su."

It turns out that she is just the granddaughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's brother and a distant cousin. With her behavior, you would think she is Su Bi's biological sister.

Bai Queyue heard the sarcasm in Ning Xihua's voice and looked at Su Bi with grievance.

But Su Bi just looked at Ning Xihua tenderly, with a permissive smile on her face that she had never seen before.

She could only lower her head, hiding the jealousy on her face in the shadow of the tree, and replied awkwardly, "The princess is joking."

Su Bi didn't want to waste any more words with this cousin whom she had only met a few times, and was about to leave with Ning Xihua when Huaichuan showed up.

Huaichuan obviously had something important to report, otherwise he wouldn't have come here at this time.

Su Bi never avoided Ning Xihua, but it was very inconvenient with Bai Queyue present, so he turned to Ning Xihua and said, "Wait for me here for a while, I'll be back soon."

After he finished speaking, he saw Ning Xihua nod, then he turned around and left with Huaichuan, leaving behind only the Linhua Palace secret guards who had been following them from a distance. He didn't even look at Bai Queyue the whole time, as if this person didn't exist.

After Su Bi left, Ning Xihua didn't want to see Bai Queyue making trouble anymore, so she was preparing to find a reason to send her away. Unexpectedly, Bai Queyue changed her dignified and ladylike demeanor and her expression suddenly became sharp.

"Does the princess want to be the crown princess?"

Ning Xihua was a little surprised by her directness, but still very impatient.

"What does it have to do with you?"

Bai Queyue was not annoyed. She curled her lips and smiled, which made her look more charming.

"Does the princess know the cruel heart hidden under the gentle face of my cousin?"

Ning Xihua couldn't help but roll her eyes when she heard that. Well, this was another player who wanted to use Su Bi's ruthlessness to persuade her to quit.

Tsk, she has experienced this once before with that detail, so this cousin's trick doesn't work.

Bai Queyue was not discouraged when he saw Ning Xihua's disapproving expression.

"It seems the princess knows."

She smiled again, her eyes mocking, but her voice still gentle, "My cousin, although he is physically weak, he has great ambitions. How do you know that he is so gentle to you now, not for the three hundred thousand troops in your father's hands?"