In the afternoon, the quiet summer sun falls on the courtyard, and the fragrance of flowers is bursting. In the Han-style flower hall, the furnishings are elegant.

"Your Highness, please." Shi Yuhua sat in the main Nanmu official hat chair under the plaque, and stretched out his hand to invite Prince Qiaoli, who was seated in the two rows of chairs in the hall, to drink tea.

After Princess Yuanshuang mentioned the matter of Prince Jori, she sent someone to invite Prince Jory to the wing room and let the butler entertain him. At this time, in the afternoon, she and Princess Yuanshuang had lunch and said goodbye, and then met Prince Jory again.

I have to say that the atmosphere is slightly awkward.

Prince Jory took care of her in the river, and she couldn't help but see it. Otherwise, what has become of her? However, even if she has a grudge against Jia Huan in her heart, she wants to return to Middle-earth. It's not appropriate to see Prince Jory now.

She said to Jia Huan: You seem to be affectionate and ruthless, why praise me? Yuhua's heart, tortured by you! After saying that, she met her suitors. What will Jia Huan think of her?

With a pleasant smile on his face, the depression of the past few days was swept away. Eager to arouse a topic, but afraid of the abrupt beauty, he drank tea elegantly.

Shi Yuhua sighed softly and said, "Your Highness's kindness, Yuhua remembers it in her heart. It's just that Yuhua is not a good match for His Royal Highness, and His Highness puts his feelings on Yuhua, which is really unbearable for Yuhua. I hope that His Royal Highness will meet a beautiful woman early and be good for a hundred years. ”

Prince Qiao Li looked at Shi Yuhua's charming and beautiful face, looked at her dreamy beautiful eyes, and confessed affectionately: "As long as I see everyone in Yuhua every day in my life, it is enough." ”

Shi Yuhua couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Why is Your Highness so bothered?" "She didn't have a problem with Prince Jory.

After a cup of tea, Shi Yuhua left the main hall. In the way of favor, she had to meet Prince Jory. But since he is rejected, he will not sit with him for a long time. It's not good for her, for Prince Jory.

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At about four o'clock in the afternoon, Prince Chory, accompanied by six retinues, returned to his house in Yankang Fang, with a mixture of joy and sorrow.

In the mansion covering an area of half an acre, the main house is extremely owned by Princess Min. Prince Jory lives in the remote area to the east.

In the middle of summer, the courtyard is full of trees and greenery. Tranquil setting.

As soon as Prince Jory walked into the courtyard, he saw Princess Min, dressed in white, sitting in the living room waiting. Several maids waited on the side, each holding utensils. The room was cool, and ice cubes were obviously used.

Prince Jory was slightly surprised, stepped into the threshold, and arched his hand: "Why did Princess Min come to me?" While talking, he couldn't hide the good mood in his heart.

He borrowed wine to drown his sorrows in Juzhan Ti, and was persuaded by Bahule to come to Broken Leaves, and saw that Yuhua's family was not successful, but fortunately, Princess Yuanshuang sent an envoy to Broken Leaves, and he was able to see Yuhua's family. In this way, he is sufficient. What more could you ask for?

He is familiar with Bahule, but he is not familiar with this princess Min. It's a little strange at this point. Until this time, Jori Hamadnadi did not know that this beautiful princess Min was the beloved daughter of the famous Yili Khan on the Mobei grassland: Princess Wanguo.

Princess Namin is nineteen years old, and her female companion is dressed in men's clothes, wearing a moon-white scribe's robe, but she is still graceful as a flower. The beautiful eyes that were clear as water looked at Prince Qiaoli, smiled, and said, "It seems that His Royal Highness the Prince has got what he wanted, and he has seen the Shi family." ”

Prince Jory laughed, with a happy look on his face, and said, "Yes." ”

Princess Namin smiled slightly, made a gesture, and had an indescribable elegant demeanor, so that the maids around her withdrew, and then said in a crisp voice: "And then?" ”

"And then...?" Prince Jory froze, he didn't think that far ahead.

A faint smile appeared on the corner of Princess Namin's lips, and she said, "Then, you watched the Shi family being taken into the room by Jia Huan and becoming his woman." Fly in Broken Leaf City Double Accommodation Double (Harmony)?

Your Royal Highness the Prince, have you not returned to Achu City, do you know what kind of poor life your father and mother are living now? The hundred-year-old savings of the Yue royal family were wiped out by the Zhou army, and the newly established King Mahmoudi, who is a distant branch of your royal family, suppressed your father in many ways. In order to win the hearts of the Zhou people. ”

Prince Chory is very qualified as a nobleman and second ancestor, but when it comes to power and scheming, he is only a middle-class person. He vaguely grasped something, and felt that Princess Min seemed to be about to say something.

Glancing at him, Princess Namin said with a smile: "What if Jia Huan is dead?" ”

Prince Jory looked at Princess Namin with a shocked expression, and his body unconsciously took two steps back. He came to Broken Leaves just to see Yuhua's family and pursue love. I didn't ask about the purpose of Bahule and Min to break the leaves at all.

Now, when he looks at Princess Min again, he feels cold in his heart! What a beautiful, poisonous woman!

Regardless of whether the assassination of Jia Huan is successful or not, will they be able to escape? Was the Zhou army stationed outside the city vegetarian?

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Fung Lok Place. In the middle of the night, Jia Huan's study was still brightly lit.

He stayed behind for the Western Regions and governed the entire Western Regions in the name of the Governor's Office. There is no such thing as personal time. Even if he returned to the palace from the governor's palace, there were still a lot of affairs that he needed to deal with.

The message of the envoy of Kangguo, Princess Yuanshuang, he has already received. These days, he was thinking about the Persian invasion of the river. He had already sent a letter to Ju Zhan and summoned Zhang Sishui back to Broken Leaf to discuss. Until then, he will not see the messenger of Kangguo.

The pretty maid brought in a bowl of bird's nest porridge and reminded in a coquettish voice: "Third master, it's late at night." Jia Huan nodded. After two bites, he put it down. Tasteless in the mouth. Called in Qian Huai, who was waiting outside, "Say it again." ”

Qian Huai has followed Jia Huan for almost ten years. Although it was a clueless sentence, he knew what the third master was asking. Bowing his head, he said, "After the prince of the Yue Clan, Jory Hamadnadi, came to the Broken Leaves, he went to the Shi Family's Mansion every day to ask for a meeting. The Shi family would take a cup of tea to see him every day. It's been eleven days in a row..."

Jia Huan pursed his lips vigorously and waved his hand to let Qian Huai out, what happened later, he didn't want to hear it. In the exquisite study room, Jia Huan walked out from behind the desk, gently rubbed his eyebrows, and groaned in front of the window.

Bitterness in my heart.

Is this a common problem for men? When Yuhua cared about him, he was reluctant to accept her. In addition to the fact that he and Yuhua have no emotional foundation, there are too many concerns. What do Weiwei and Shishi think?

Even if he admires Yuhua a lot. Compared with the time in the capital, she has more style and connotation. But he can't give Yuhua any promises, even if it's just a concubine, he probably won't be able to give it. So what is he still teasing Yuhua for?

However, at this time, when he heard that Yuhua was close to other men, he was very uncomfortable, lost, and melancholy in his heart! And it's not as relieved as imagined.

It seems that he is not a saint, but a layman, a layman: when he meets a beautiful and excellent woman, he will also appreciate and be moved. When the two of them missed out on life. The melancholy in my heart is inexplicable!

There are many concerns, which means that people are mature. However, Yuhua's matter, is he too hypocritical? Don't you regret appreciating the beauty of Yuhua in your memories?

He didn't know.

Examining and dissecting the heart, it is profound and sharp. Jia Huan smiled bitterly, "Alas...", he walked back to his desk and continued to deal with government affairs. Qin Hongtu of Shule has a letter to come.

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Ten days later, on the fifth day of the fifth month of May, the Dragon Boat Festival.

The Dragon Boat Festival is one of the three major festivals that Chinese people attach the most importance to. In the city of broken leaves, because of the governance of Jia Huan, he vigorously advocated the people to spend the festival together and promote Han customs. To this end, the government has launched various celebrations.

The customs of the Dragon Boat Festival are different in various places, and the main customs are: the daughter returns to her parents' home, hangs the statue of the clock, hangs the calamus, wormwood, wears a sachet, races dragon boats, flies a kite, competes, hits the ball, takes a bitter herb and wheat medicine bath, drinks realgar wine, calamus wine, and eats zongzi.

The most famous, and still preserved in later generations, are undoubtedly dragon boat races, eating zongzi, and hanging wormwood.

Atami, just outside Shatterleaf Castle, is not suitable as a location for dragon boat racing. Jia Huan holds a polo match in the Broken Leaf area.

Nowadays, the most popular game in Beijing is the polo match. The Ministry of Internal Affairs also issues football lottery tickets to make money. It also publishes a football lottery newspaper to provide a variety of information. There is a polo league in Beijing with twelve teams.

Shattered Leaf didn't have tall, imposing walls. In front of artillery, no matter how strong the city wall is, it is just an ornament. Instead, the brick wall is used as a barrier to plan out a block area. The polo match is played in a stadium inside the Yanping Gate.

It is said to be a stadium, but it is actually a solid loess flatland. There are grandstands. A two-metre-high brick wall surrounds the pitch. Access is available. Better facilities need to be built.

At about eight o'clock in the morning, Jia Huan took the civil officials in the city, as well as the invited princes and nobles, wealthy merchants from all over the country, local celebrities and scribes from the Yamen of the Governor's Palace, and went to the stadium along Suzaku Street.

On Suzaku Street, the long queue is more than ten miles long.

In the team, Jia Huan rode on his jujube red horse, chatting with Master Wang who came to Broken Leaves, and a few wealthy businessmen.

At this moment, in the blazing summer sun, a black dot was rapidly getting bigger. It was an iron arrow, shooting at Jia Huan's front door.

"There are assassins!"