Shen Yu was silent for a moment, "Find someone to keep an eye on Jiang Lianzhi. If he does anything strange, come and report to me immediately."
Xiao Chuan nodded, "The guard next to him is pretty good at it. When the princess put a knife on his neck before, the guard still wanted to take action."
"His attendant is named Gao Jin, and his sword skills are pretty good."
Xiao Chuan didn't ask her why she knew so clearly.
"By the way." Shen Yu said again: "Before, the farthest point where you shot the arrow was five meters back. If the northwest wind comes, are you sure you can shoot to that place?"
Xiao Chuan thought for a while, "I haven't tried it, but it should work. Is the princess planning to dig a trench there? Or use kerosene?"
"There's no rush yet." Shen Yu hasn't made up her mind yet. The ditch has to be dug. Sooner or later, it's a matter of time. "Let's take a look. Come with me to order the armaments later."
Not long after, Cao Guangjin sent someone to invite them to a banquet.
Today, Jiang Lianzhi arrived, and Cao Guangjin held a banquet in his mansion. However, he was afraid of neglecting Shen Yu by inviting Jiang Lianzhi alone. The main reason was that he could not offend anyone, and he did not want to offend anyone.
This is the disadvantage of being a wallflower. Before the decision is made, if he doesn't want to take sides, he has to coax both sides to pretend to be a grandson.
There was still something to do, Cao Guangjin thought that Shen Yu would probably not come, but when it was time to eat, Shen Yu and Xiao Chuan actually came.
Cao Guangjin didn't know what to do for a while, fearing that he would cause trouble later during dinner.
"Princess, Mr. Xiao is here to invite you." The butler led the way, "Today my master will host the banquet on the waterside pavilion. Opposite the waterside pavilion is the stage. You two can drink and listen to the play."
Xiao Chuan has a bad temper, "You adults really know how to enjoy it."
The butler didn't know how to answer this, so he reminded with a dry smile, "Be careful of the steps."
After passing through the Moon Cave Gate, the waterside pavilion is not far away.
But they saw the maids filing out, holding trays, and taking the prepared banquet out of the waterside pavilion.
The housekeeper was confused and said, "You two will wait a moment," and then stepped forward to ask.
The housekeeper came back after a while and led the two of them to another place.
"What's the point of changing places?" Xiao Chuan bit a piece of grass pulled from nowhere.
The housekeeper hurriedly said: "Forgive me, Mr. Xiao. It was Mr. Jiang who ordered us to change the place. I heard that Mr. Jiang's first wife drowned in the lake, which has caused Mr. Jiang to still feel..."
"You must be fooling me." Xiao Chuan mocked, "Isn't Jiang Ji not married? How could he find a wife?"
Shen Yu couldn't hear anything from behind.
She felt a basin of cold water pouring down on her head, making her shiver all over.
"Princess, princess?"
"Huh?" Shen Yu didn't know how many times she called Xiao Chuan before she came back to her senses.
Xiao Chuan's expression was a little surprised, "The princess doesn't look well. Is she feeling unwell?"
Shen Yu tried her best to calm her breathing, but she still felt cold sweat coming out layer after layer.
"Nothing, I just suddenly remembered that there are still some things that I haven't arranged." Shen Yu calmed down and said, "Can you please tell your master that I will not attend today's banquet."
Shen Yu turned around and left. Xiao Chuan did not stop, "Tell your adults that I won't go either."
Shen Yu and Xiao Chuan's horses had not yet been brought into the stables. They stepped on the horses a few times before they could get on. It was Xiao Chuan who helped her onto the horse's back.
Xiao Chuan was worried and followed her on horseback. He saw her staring ahead blankly, her eyes wandering.
"Huh?" Changliu was eating noodles, "Princess, why are you back?"
Shen Yu looked past him with dull eyes and ducked into the room.
Seeing that something was wrong, Changliu put down his bowl and rushed to the door. Xiao Chuan was also walking in.
"What's wrong with the princess?" Chang Liu asked, "Aren't you going to the banquet? Did Cao Guangjin and the man named Jiang bully her?"
Xiao Chuan hasn't figured out the situation yet, "How did I know? The princess said she wanted to come back as soon as we arrived."
Xiao Chuan thought about it for a moment, "It seems like..."
"Wait a minute." Changliu ran into the room, took out the pen and paper, and slapped the paper against the wall.
"You say it and I write it."
Xiao Chuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "What are you doing?"
Changliu looked solemn and said, "I have to write it down and report it to the prince later." "
"..." Xiao Chuan was speechless for a moment.
"Speak quickly." Changliu urged anxiously, holding a pen. "My ink is almost dry."
Xiao Chuan gave a general description of the situation at that time, and Chang Liu wrote quickly until he finished writing.
"I see."
"what do you know?"
Changliu blew the ink on the paper and said, "The prince told me before I left. The princess is afraid of water and has fallen into the water before. She was probably frightened when she heard that Jiang's daughter-in-law drowned from nowhere."
It sounded reasonable, but Xiao Chuan felt that it was unreasonable to put it on Shen Yu, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong.
He stared at the door for a moment and said, "You guard your master, I will go on patrol. If anything happens, ask someone to come to me."
Shen Yu was sitting in the room, her posture not changing for a long time.
It was already dark outside, and there was no light in the room, so it was pitch black.
There were light footsteps outside, and someone lit a lantern.
As the wind lantern moved, the snarling tree shadows circled the wall, and her nightmares strangely gathered together at Yanliang Pass.
If she can be reborn, what about Jiang Lianzhi? Is the same possible?
At first, when she came back from rebirth, she thought it was a gift from fate. But when tragedy happened again, she gradually understood that some trajectories could not be changed by her alone.
Fate never shows mercy to people, and it still follows the old path.
Those trajectories that are different from those in the previous life must have a hand fiddling with them behind their backs.
Jiang Lianzhi's letter asking for help to Xie Tingzhou and the inexplicable words he said on the city wall all have reasonable explanations.
She initially ignored Jiang Lianzhi. Perhaps it should be said that Jiang Lianzhi's first move after his rebirth misled her.
Jiang Lian didn't like her in his previous life. If he were Jiang Lianzhi in his previous life, how could he come to propose marriage.
So when was he reborn?
Shen Yu's head hurt and her mind was in a mess.
She hoped that Xie Tingzhou could be by her side at this moment, so she wouldn't have to think about anything.
Xie Tingzhou is her refuge, her comfort zone, the light in the dark night, and the lone boat she docks in during her desperate journey.
At this moment, Jiang Lianzhi and his men knocked on the courtyard door, and it was Xi Xi who opened the door.
"Hey, it's Mr. Jiang." Xi Xi held on to the doorframe and said respectfully, but she didn't mean to let anyone in. "Mr. Jiang is here late at night. What's the matter?"
"I heard that the princess was unwell, so I brought the doctor over."
Jiang Lianzhi was followed by guards and an old doctor carrying a medicine box.
Hearing this, the old doctor cupped his hands and stepped forward, "I am the doctor from the Huichun Hall in the city. I am always the one who treats patients in Mr. Cao's house."
Xi Xi was a tactful person and nodded with a smile, "Then she must have great medical skills. However, our princess is not sick. There is no need to look at her. It's getting late and it's cold outside. Master Jiang should go back."
