The princess is killing like crazy again

Xiao Yurong nodded with satisfaction and warned indifferently: "I know that you went to the master's place just to establish a connection, so that you can at least change jobs if there is any trouble in the future."

Gongsun Qian was startled and looked at Xiao Yurong with wide eyes.

"I can just pretend I don't know and turn a blind eye to it." She smiled particularly kindly.

"Princess, you are so generous. I..." Gongsun Qin forced a smile.

Xiao Yurong interrupted him, "But if you still have this kind of thought in the future and go to find Liu Pinjue or someone else, I will regard it as a betrayal and break your legs."

"I dare not." Gongsun Qin quickly lowered his head.

It seems that he really underestimated Princess Zhaoyang, and he will have to be fully prepared to deal with this new master in the future.

"I don't want you to do anything else. You just need to write articles praising me and criticizing my enemies. When I need you, you will be my mouthpiece and stir up public opinion." Xiao Yurong said, "The rest of the time, you can do whatever you want."

The conditions offered by Xiao Yurong were indeed generous, and Gongsun Qin secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He covered his leg which was still aching, and returned to his usual carefree attitude, "The little one will be used by the princess from now on."

"Yeah." Xiao Yurong responded with dignity.

Gongsun Qian looked at Xiao Yurong and suddenly asked, "Even if the Grand Tutor is the princess's master, is he still an enemy in the princess's eyes?"

Xiao Yurong raised her eyebrows and suddenly smiled.

This smile is like the frost on thousands of mountains turning into spring sunshine and the sudden appearance of a blooming flower.

She said: "Today's master and disciple, tomorrow's mortal enemy. Today's mortal enemy, tomorrow's ally. Whether it is an enemy or a friend, it will naturally change according to the time."

Gongsun Qin was amazed in his heart, this Princess Zhaoyang was indeed cold and heartless.

"You just said that you owed money for wine. How much did you owe?" Xiao Yurong changed the subject.

Gongsun Qian felt embarrassed when he mentioned this. He scratched his head, showing his white teeth, and said shyly in a low voice: "Five hundred taels of silver."

"Five hundred taels?" Xiao Yurong glanced at him.

Gongsun Qin lowered his head even lower.

Five hundred taels of silver was nothing to Xiao Yurong, who was rich, but it was not a small amount either.

If Gongsun Qian continued to spend a lot of money on drinking, few lords would be able to afford to support him.

Xiao Yurong turned to Yu Shu and said, "Go and take him to pay for the wine, and then find a royal doctor to cure his drinking problem. Don't let him die of drunkenness in my princess mansion before he can write a few articles."

Yu Shu clasped his fists and said, "Yes."

He always listened to Xiao Yurong's words, and after receiving the order, he took Gongsun Qin out to pay back the wine money.

As soon as Yu Shu left, the maid who had been waiting for a long time came over to report: "Princess, General Cui is here."

Since they parted in the palace, Xiao Yurong hasn't seen Cui Ci Ning for a month.

Cui Ci Ning helped her deal with the funeral, but was stopped again and persuaded by Xiao Yuxie to leave the palace.

Thinking about it now, I wonder if the meeting would be awkward. Cui Ci Ning also completely understands what kind of person she is.

"Let's go." Xiao Yurong said after pondering for a moment.

Cui Ci Ning was admiring the boxes of gold and silver jewelry and rare treasures that were almost filling up the yard.

Princess Zhaoyang's mansion was extremely luxurious. Any good things Xiao Yurong's father and brother saw were piled here.

The magnificent palace with its carved beams, painted rafters, golden nails and red doors is dazzling enough, not to mention the gifts piled up in the courtyard.

As soon as he entered the room, he was almost blinded by the sight of gold and silver. He asked in a daze, "So many treasures?"

"The princess' birthday is approaching, and everyone in Chule has sent gifts. That's why it is so." Cuicui replied.

As a lady-in-waiting of the princess, she temporarily entertained Cui Ci Ning on behalf of Xiao Yurong. "The princess is noble, and has made many friends among famous people. Therefore, there are more gifts."

The most eye-catching thing is the coral placed in the center. The coral is huge, green and intertwined, and it is so precious and dazzling that it makes people feel extremely rich just by looking at it.

It is clearly and obviously expensive.

"This must be the most expensive one here, right?" Cui Ci Ning pointed at the coral.

"That's not entirely true." Cuicui said. She had seen countless treasures by Xiao Yurong's side and had also seen the world. "Some treasures may not look so dazzling, but they are actually very valuable. For example, this black crystal, it may not look impressive, but it is also very valuable."

She looked at the coral and said, "But this coral is indeed priceless and rare."

Cui Ci Ning sighed with emotion and asked casually, "Who sent these? They are so rich."

"The coral was given by the head of the Wang family." Cuicui replied in a serious tone, "The Wang family is rich enough to rival a country, and their generosity is extraordinary."

"Tsk." Cui Ci Ning couldn't help but sigh.

Cuicui said: "The black crystal was created by the princess' uncle, Marquis Huo."

Cui Ci Ning remembered that Huo Zhao was Xiao Yurong's uncle. Although he was called uncle, he was actually not much older than Xiao Yurong, and he doted on his niece very much.

"Marquis Huo is really generous." Cui Qining glanced at the large circle of jewels around the black crystal, and knew at a glance that the small piece was made by the Huo family. "Does the Huo family send all the good things they find to the princess's mansion?"

"The Huo family has many members, so naturally there are many gifts." Cuicui explained, "It's normal for aristocratic families to have many members. The Huo family, the princess's mother's family, has seven branches, and the Empress's branch alone has two branches."

There is no doubt that these two are the late Queen Huo and the other is Huo Zhao.

There are countless houses and branches in the clan's genealogy, which is one of the reasons why the clan is so powerful.

Cuicui said: "A famous family can flourish and prosper, and naturally all prosper and suffer together. In this way, the financial strength is also greater."

"Cui Cui, why are you telling these to the young general?" A woman's contemptuous voice came from not far away.

Cui Ci Ning turned his head and saw Xiao Yurong approaching.

Cuicui bowed to Xiao Yurong and went to take care of other things. She was very busy just with the matter of the princess's gift.

Xiao Yurong saw Cui Ci Ning with one hand behind his back, and he didn't know what he was hiding.

Cui Ci Ning smiled when he saw Xiao Yurong, as if he had never experienced that in the palace. "Cuicui? Why did your maid have such a name? It's even more casual than my father's name. He named my cousin Ah Hu."

"Cui Cui, again Cuicui, flying together and stopping together." Xiao Yurong said dissatisfiedly, "It's so catchy, how can it not sound good? How can it be so casual?"

Cui Ci Ning had no idea that he could come up with a poem. He was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head, a little depressed, "I... I don't know this. Don't be angry. I haven't learned much poetry."

Cui Ci Ning learned martial arts since he was young, and went on expeditions at a young age. He made many outstanding achievements and learned everything he should learn, but he really did not have much time to learn poetry.

Because for Cui Ci Ning and the Cui family, perhaps swords, spears, and sticks are more appropriate than romantic poems and essays.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yurong softened her heart and changed the subject: "Your father named your cousin Ah Hu, why did he give you a good name?"

"My name? My name was given by a fortune teller." Cui Qining said, "The Cui family's generation name is Ci when it comes to me, and my mother gave my brother the name An. The fortune teller said that my eldest brother and I just happened to have the two characters An Ning, which has a good meaning. Combined with the generation name, it also means being loyal to the emperor and serving the country at the expense of one's own family."

Loyal to the emperor and serve the country...these four words are really ironic.

Xiao Yurong was slightly startled, with a complicated look in his eyes.

It was really funny that she and Cui Ci Ningke were loyal to the emperor and the country, but they rebelled. And their Xiao family was not a good emperor either. The emperor was suspicious, and the emperor forced the ministers to rebel, which was an unprovoked disaster.

Cui Ci Ning seemed to have remembered something interesting, and said with a smile: "Originally, my father named my eldest brother Li Zi and named me Lang Nu. He thought that lowly lives were easy to raise, which made my mother very angry."

"It seems that your mother was the better one in the end. She not only gave your elder brother a name, but also asked a fortune teller to name you." Xiao Yurong said.

"Of course. Although my father is very powerful on the battlefield, he is afraid of my mother getting angry. The rest of my brothers and sisters were all named by my mother." Cui Ci Ning nodded.

"Princess, this is a gift from the young master." Cuicui brought a carved and gold-inlaid box and presented it to Xiao Yurong.

Li Yaozhi? Cui Ci Ning paid more attention to him.

Because they are of similar age and one is a scholar while the other is a warrior, Cui Ci Ning has been compared with Li Yaozhi many times since he was a child.

After all, Li Yaozhi has always been a good child in the eyes of his elders. He is sensible, reasonable, knows when to advance and when to retreat, is smart, polite, and knows gains and losses.

For quite a long time, the names of Cui Ci Ning and Li Yao Zhi were mentioned together because they were both sons of Kang Zong, a man of outstanding talents of their generation.

Emperor Xiao was also happy to see the two families come to fruition, and often mentioned the two of them together, praising them for their ability to secure the country with their literary skills and to stabilize the country with their military skills. In fact, his intention was to make the Cui and Li clans restrain each other.

The situation did not begin to improve until Cui Ci Ning made military achievements and became famous in one battle.

The elders began to boast that military generals were better. Although military merits meant life and death, they could be promoted quickly.

However, civil servants do not know how many years of experience they need to endure before they can reach the same rank.

"Military generals are still better. My Cui family has been marching for generations. We are not like the weak and fragile civil officials." Cui Ci Ning could no longer remember which elder in the family patted him on the shoulder and said this.

But Li Yaozhi was not a weak person, he was clearly a man of both civil and military talents.

Cui Ci Ning knew that his elders must love their children, so he shouldn't take their words of comparison to heart.

Li Yaozhi is good at both literature and martial arts, but what about him? Apart from martial arts and military tactics, he is not good at writing.

Xiao Yurong had already opened the box, inside which lay a set of golden-red head ornaments, with red jade as the main decoration. It was obvious that the red jade was a rare treasure.

Top hairpins, side hairpins, long hairpins, center-picked hairpins, center-split hairpins, side-covering hairpins, earrings, bracelets, rings, flower ornaments, small hairpins... the more the number of hair accessories, the more exquisite and luxurious they are. This set of 19 styles is enough to show the real deal.

Especially the red jade eyebrow pendant. Xiao Yurong took out the eyebrow pendant and examined it carefully.

The gilded red jade is soft at first but becomes sharp and seductive, with rippling water light, extremely moving. The teardrop-shaped red jade hangs on the center of the eyebrows, like a drop of blood.

"It's really beautiful." Xiao Yurong seemed very satisfied with this birthday gift. He put the eyebrow pendant back into the box and closed the lid. "Put it away. I want to wear this on my birthday."

Cuicui smiled and said, "Yes, I will go and collect it for the princess right away. Your care and consideration is obvious to all."

Xiao Yurong nodded and raised the corners of his lips, "Shao Yan knows my heart, it has always been like this."

These words made Cui Ci Ning feel even more uncomfortable. He knew that Li Yaozhi and Xiao Yurong had been childhood sweethearts. Now it seemed that everyone in the princess's mansion liked Li Yaozhi very much.

Humph, you are good at winning people's hearts.

"What about you?" Xiao Yurong turned around and looked at Cui Qining, "What gift did you prepare for me?"

Cui Ci Ning was stunned for a moment, "My gift is not ready yet, I will present it to you on your birthday."

Xiao Yurong said, "Didn't you go to Xuancheng to guard against King Wen on my birthday? My father urged you several times, aren't you anxious?"

"It's urgent. My eldest brother and several brothers and sisters in the clan have already led a Cui family army to Xuancheng." Cui Qining said, "So, I asked for grace from His Majesty, and His Majesty allowed me to leave after your birthday banquet."

"Oh~ So you want to stay and celebrate my birthday party with me." Xiao Yurong raised his eyebrows and smiled, turning his face away with a hint of mischief.

Xiao Yurong had fair skin and cloud-like hair, and although her face was pale, her eyes and brows were calm when she smiled, and she looked extremely charming.

Cui Ci Ning felt his heart beating inexplicably just by looking at her.

Xiao Yurong was different from all the girls he had met. Most girls from the south were gentle, while most girls from the north were cheerful. Xiao Yurong was a combination of both.

She grew up in luxury, with luxurious cars and jade curtains, and she lived in luxurious houses, drinking and singing with friends. She was always bossy and extravagant, and logically, she was the girl Cui Qining hated the most.

At first sight, Cui Ci Ning could tell himself that maybe he fell in love at first sight because of beauty, or maybe he saw a beauty who could symbolize the scenery of the South. After all, Xiao Yurong was extremely beautiful and had a stunning appearance.

But later, even though he knew that Xiao Yurong was not the woman he imagined, he still lost his mind in front of Xiao Yurong.

“I, I, I…” Cui Ci Ning’s entire neck to ears turned red again, and he stammered and couldn’t speak.

Xiao Yurong raised his eyebrows and looked at the mature Cui Ci Ning with some curiosity.

From this perspective, Cui Ci Ningke is really innocent. In the previous life, I only saw his eyes red, but never his face red.

"Okay, I'll wait and see what your birthday gift is." Xiao Yurong patted Cui Qining's shoulder, but his eyes passed over his shoulder, "It's just... I just saw you with one hand behind your back, what good things are you hiding?"

Cui Ci Ning's attempt to hide his mistake only made it more obvious. He subconsciously turned sideways and hid the hand that was behind his back even further.

Not only that, he stuttered even more: "No, nothing."

Li Yaozhi had given such a gift before, how could he possibly give another one?

Xiao Yurong knew he would do this. As soon as he hid, Xiao Yurong leaned to the other side and pulled out the hand he had hidden.