The princess is killing like crazy again

When being pulled by Xiao Yurong, Cui Ci Ning was not careful for a moment, and his hands and the things in his hands were exposed to Xiao Yurong's sight.

Cui Ci Ning's hands were clenched, and one or two white things could be vaguely seen in them.

"What is this?" Xiao Yurong became even more curious.

Now that things had come to this, Cui Ci Ning could only carefully observe Xiao Yurong's expression and open his palms.

In his broad, lightly calloused, scarred palm lay a delicate white magnolia.

The magnolia flowers are soft but very beautiful, bright white.

In Cui Ci Ning's hands, which were weathered and soaked in the blood of enemies, the magnolia flowers looked so out of place.

The edges of the petals were a little curled up, and it was obvious that even though Cui Ci Ning was extremely careful, they were inevitably damaged. But they looked very fresh, as if they had just been picked not long ago.

While Xiao Yurong was looking at the flowers, Cui Ci Ning was also carefully observing Xiao Yurong's expression.

However, there was no expression on Xiao Yurong's face.

"That...flower." Cui Ci Ning spread out his palm and held the flower in front of Xiao Yurong, feeling a little hesitant and embarrassed.

"Magnolia." Xiao Yurong asked, "Where did it come from?"

Cui Ci Ning racked his brains to think of many reasons, but if he told the truth, it would be too embarrassing.

Could it be said that he ran to the garden happily, picked the tallest and most beautiful magnolia flower, then ran all the way here with it in his arms, wanting to give it to Xiao Yurong?

"I, I picked it casually. It looked nice on the roadside." Cui Ci Ning said.

Magnolia flowers are delicate and exquisite. They grow on high branches, but easily begin to turn yellow and wither once they are picked.

The flower that Cui Ci Ning brought to Xiao Yurong was as white as a snowflake. It was obvious that he had just picked it not long ago and ran over.

No wonder Cui Ci Ning was sweating just now. Xiao Yurong thought he had just finished playing with swords, guns, sticks, axes, hooks and forks, and then came over.

Since Cui Ci Ning said so, Xiao Yurong did not expose him. He took the flowers and looked down at them. "Is it for me?"

"I picked it for you." Cui Ci Ning nodded.

"I don't want this." Xiao Yurong threw the flower back into his arms.

Cui Ci Ning was stunned for a moment, his eyes dimmed, and he hung his head dejectedly.

Does she not like it? Does she still prefer jewelry? Or does she prefer Li Yaozhi's gift?

Xiao Yurong tilted her head back and said, "I want the one on the highest branch."

Cui Ci Ning's eyes lit up, "You like flowers."

"Of course I like it. I want the best one." Xiao Yurong bossily ordered Cui Ci Ning to take her to pick another one.

"Okay, okay, I'll take you there right away!" Cui Ci Ning smiled and took Xiao Yurong's hand. Together they climbed on the horse and ran out of the princess's mansion.

It was a time of great joy and pride. Cui Ci Ning laughed loudly as he rode his horse along the long street, while Xiao Yurong rode side by side with him.

Xiao Yurong asked loudly: "Where did you pick the flowers?"

"In the Shizhong Mansion!" Cui Ci Ning responded just as loudly.

"Ah? Why?" Xiao Yurong asked.

But this did remind her that she was so busy all day long, and after the ban was lifted, she was even busier with work, and almost forgot to settle the account later.

It was because of the Minister that she was captured before she even left the palace. Ning Rou really found a good husband.

Cui Ci Ning replied: "Didn't the Minister of the Court report you to His Majesty? I have reported him several times this month. Besides, his magnolia flowers are very famous in the capital, and they are blooming for the second time."

"You steal people's flowers just because they look pretty?" Xiao Yurong found it funny.

"If you like it, I can get it for you from anywhere." Cui Ci Ning said in a clear voice. Under the sunlight, the young man looked bright.

"Whoa--" When the horse stopped outside the wall of the Shizhong Mansion, the branches of the white magnolia could be seen extending out of the wall.

Cui Ci Ning climbed up the wall and said, "Wait for me to pick it for you."

Xiao Yurong sat on his horse and watched Cui Qining climb over the wall. He laughed, "You look like a girl lying on the wall looking at her lover."

"Then you are my lover?" Cui Ci Ning looked down at her with a smile.

"If I were a man, I would bring all the beauties in Yujing home. How could you have the chance to have sex with me?" Xiao Yurong responded.

Xiao Yurong was smiling with her face upturned, illuminated and enveloped by the sunlight, as if she was blessed by God.

The jet-black hair and dark blue eyelashes were all faintly haloed under the light, and then fell into her eyes, as if they were sprinkled with jewels and golden colors.

She smiled, her eyes like peach blossoms.

Until a long, long time later, Cui Ci Ning still remembered this scene and Xiao Yurong's smile.

Even though there were so many things between them later, deep blood feud, old grudges, love and hatred, even so, Cui Ci Ning could not forget it.

Until someone shook his shoulders and asked him: "Do you really have to leave your life in the South?"

It was then that he realized that he seemed to have been living for that moment.

So in the nights that followed, he tossed and turned, and told himself countless times not to waver again, not to trust again, and not to make the same mistakes again.

You can’t live in that moment forever either.

"Cui Mingyang, why are you staring at me so stupidly?" Xiao Yurong was charming and immediately waved at Cui Qining, "What's the matter? Am I too beautiful? You look more like a young girl who is obsessed with love."

Cui Ci Ning was lying on the wall and Xiao Yurong was riding on a horse. They really looked like a young boy and girl waiting to elope, except that their positions were swapped.

They immediately looked at each other from afar, and their hearts broke as soon as they saw Zhijun.

It turns out that when we first met, we felt like we had known each other for a long time.

This story was about a real old friend. Cui Ci Ning recalled that they had clearly met once when they were young.

The young boy was led by his father, riding a newly acquired pony, and followed his father into the palace for the banquet.

He was riding his pony with great pride, wishing that everyone would see his horse, but all he saw was Li Yaozhi, who acted like a little adult at such a young age.

Li Yaozhi, wearing green and tender clothes, looked like a newly-plucked bamboo shoot. He stood under the tree worriedly and urged: "Your Highness, please come down quickly! It's very dangerous! I'll catch you down there, I'll get it for you!"

Cui Ci Ning knew Li Yaozhi. After all, they had been compared together for a long time, and they had also met each other at gatherings among aristocratic families.

The petite Xiao Yurong was standing on a tree branch, hugging the trunk, no one knew how she climbed up there.

Judging from the half shoe print on Li Yaozhi's shoulder, it seems that the person was carried up there by someone stepping on him.

Facing Li Yaozhi's request, Xiao Yurong turned a deaf ear to him, stretched out his hand to reach for the kite hanging on the branch, and leaned against the wall.

Cui Ci Ning looked up, while Xiao Yurong lowered his head.

Just because he glanced at Cui Ci Ning, Xiao Yurong slipped and fell down.

Cui Ci Ning was so frightened that he almost screamed, but fortunately Xiao Yurong was not seriously injured. She fell on Li Yaozhi.

This was the first time. Then they met again, when they had grown up. Cui Ci Ning won a great victory in the first battle and made great contributions.

The young genius, the young general who conquered the Wolf's Lair, was at the peak of his career. He led the triumphant Cui family army back to the capital to report on his work.

The father commander and the elders were all guarding the border. The only ones who came to report on their work were Cui Ci Ning and a team of Cui family soldiers who had just returned from the battlefield. This was because Emperor Xiao said he would reward Cui Ci Ning well.

Having accomplished great deeds, but without anyone who could discipline him, Cui Ci Ning, who was at an age when he could act on impulse, quite enjoyed the exclamations and cheers of the people along the way.

After all, they went straight back to the capital without even taking care of themselves, and many of their armors were covered in blood and dust.

However, what he encountered head-on was a sedan chair carried by several strong guards. The sedan chair was covered with crimson gauze, golden bells jingled, and was decorated with gold threads and rubies, making it extremely luxurious.

There were people coming and going on the street, some in carriages, some on horseback, and some walking. However, it was extremely rare to see people going out in sedan chairs, after all, this was an act that only appeared in the palace.

Judging from the attire of the people carrying the sedan chair, the size of the entourage, and the splendor of the sedan chair, it is enough to prove that the person sitting inside must be some priceless noblewoman.

The most important thing is, the person accompanying the sedan chair is clearly Li Yaozhi, right?

Isn’t this just perfect?

Cui Ci Ning just won his first victory and became famous in one battle. Now he has to show off against this old rival who has been tacitly compared with him since childhood, right?

The two pairs of carriages and horses met head-on, but neither of them had any intention of avoiding each other and they all stopped where they were.

"Li Yaozhi." Cui Ci Ning held the reins and called out Li Yaozhi's name with full confidence.

He looked like he was looking for trouble. Li Yaozhi didn't want to have a head-on conflict, and there was no need to stir up trouble.

But this team belongs to Xiao Yurong. If she gives way, Xiao Yurong will be unhappy and it will also be a loss of face for her.

The son of an aristocratic family who has been immersed in power struggles since childhood is very good at dealing with people and never makes any mistakes.

Li Yaozhi smiled and said, "The young general has returned to the court, and Yaozhi is impressed."

"Stop pretending. Hey, who is it that would make you go through the trouble of escorting this person?" Cui Ci Ning pointed his long sword at the sedan chair with an arrogant tone.

There was dried blood on his sword, and the red tassel on his armor was dazzling.

Inside the scarlet sedan chair, through the fluttering gauze curtains, the hem of the person's red satin skirt could be vaguely seen. It was equally bright, so bright that it could kill the pomegranate flowers with envy.

It is so red that it is blinding.

Li Yaozhi's face changed, and he stood in front of the knife tip, "Young General, please respect yourself and don't offend the nobles in the palace."

"Tsk." Cui Ci Ning knew that if his action just now offended some nobleman, he would be labeled as disrespectful, so he retracted the sword.

Those royal family members who live in high walls and golden houses and enjoy the fine clothes and delicious food, don't they rely on the military generals like them to fight in the battlefields outside?

Without the Cui family to pacify the country, could the Xiao family remain in power?

But after thinking about it, he decided not to act bravely and bring shame to the Cui family and make his father worried. After all, when he was away from home, his every word and action represented the face of the Cui family.

Thinking about it this way, although he felt aggrieved, Cui Ci Ning decided that he should just swallow his anger.

"Let's go! Turn around and take another route!" Cui Ci Ning pulled the reins and turned the horse's head.

The Cui family army behind him immediately turned around and followed him.

Li Yaozhi stood where he was, watching the Cui family army gradually go away with a complicated expression.

He turned around and bowed to the sedan chair, "It was General Cui who just returned from the campaign. I'm afraid I disturbed Your Highness. Please don't blame me."

The gauze curtain was lifted by a white and slender hand. Xiao Yurong looked over and saw only a few soldiers at the end of the Cui family army. From a distance, he could also see the proud red tassels on their helmets.

The golden hairpin on Xiao Yurong's head swayed, and the tassels flickered, casting a golden shadow on the scarlet gauze curtain.

"You took so long just to quarrel with him?" Xiao Yurong frowned. "My father said that he is a genius who can conquer the world with his martial arts skills. How can he be so unreasonable? He has no respect for me at all."

Li Yaozhi said: "From the looks of it, the young general didn't know that the person in the sedan chair was a princess. He just simply didn't like Shao Yan."

"Don't like you? Shao Yan, it turns out that there is someone in Yujing who doesn't like you?" Xiao Yurong was surprised and raised his eyebrows.

Li Yaozhi smiled helplessly: "Your Highness, you are joking. Humans are not plants or trees. Naturally, we like and hate. I am not a saint. No one is perfect. It is natural."

Xiao Yurong waved her hand, "Forget it, forget it. I'm in a good mood today. I won't argue with him. Let's go."

"Yes." Li Yaozhi responded.

After meeting and parting like this, forgetting each other was just a matter of a moment, and they turned around and forgot about the matter completely.

But it takes many days, months, and years to get to know each other.

After many years, we met again without even recognizing each other.

Until now, when Cui Ci Ning looked into Xiao Yurong's eyes, he felt his heart beating with an inexplicable noise.

"You are indeed very beautiful. I thought you were pretty the first time I saw you." Cui Ci Ning said, although his face was still red.

Xiao Yurong was surprised by Cui Ci Ning's honesty, "Stop talking nonsense, why don't you pick the flowers? I want the tallest one!"

"Okay!" Cui Ci Ning responded loudly.

They made so much noise that it attracted all the servants in the Shizhong Mansion.

The servants thought it was a thief climbing over the wall to steal something. Before they could see who it was, they shouted shrilly, "Help! Help! There's a thief!"

"Hahaha! We caught the thief!" Xiao Yurong pointed at Cui Ci Ning who was caught red-handed and laughed.

Cui Ci Ning, who was originally a little embarrassed, suddenly felt relieved when he saw Xiao Yurong smile, and he picked a white magnolia from the highest branch.

"What thief are you arresting? A flower thief?" Cui Qining asked, "I can't do that. How can they arrest me and report me to the police just for a flower?"

Because of the shouting of the servants in the Shizhong Mansion, more and more people came running over, and Ning Rou, who was in the backyard, also came out after hearing the news.

She stood far behind the crowd and looked over, her face looking extremely ugly.

Others might not have recognized it, but could she not recognize it?

The person on the tree was clearly Cui Ci Ning. What was he doing here? To vent Xiao Yurong's anger? It was Xiao Yurong again! He was against her everywhere!

Ning Rou twisted the handkerchief in her hand tightly and clenched her teeth.

Cui Ci Ning jumped from the branch onto the horse and put the magnolia flower in his hand on Xiao Yurong's temples.

He smiled and tightened the reins, shouting, "Let's go! Go!"

"Gee!" Xiao Yurong touched the magnolia flower on his temple, curled the corners of his lips, turned the reins and followed Cui Ci Ning.