Both worlds are like dreams

Xue Huang saw him leaving and hurried to check on Mo Xingyue. Fortunately, Xu Yao just knocked her out and threw her on the ground.

"Hey." Xue Huang shook her awake, "Don't sleep."

Mo Xingyue opened her eyes and sat up confusedly, "Why did I fall asleep?"

"I don't know," Xue Huang shrugged, "I saw you lying here when I got here."

Mo Xingyue stood up, rubbed his neck with his hand, and asked in confusion: "My neck hurts so much!"

"How can it not hurt to lie on the rocks?" Xue Huang helped her straighten her sleeves that were stained with leaves. "How long have you been waiting?"

"Who's waiting for you?" Mo Xingyue said stubbornly. "I just thought the scenery here is nice, so I came here... to admire the moon."

Just as a cold wind blew, and a few shrill bird calls came from somewhere, the atmosphere suddenly became a little gloomy.

Xue Huang raised her eyebrows, tilted her head and stared at her, smiling, "Are you sure?"

"Watching the moon in the cold palace is a different experience." Mo Xingyue raised her chin, "Why? You don't dare?"

Xue Huang sat down at the table, took the wine pot and poured herself a glass of wine. She took a sniff and said, "Are you kidding? I'm afraid of this? But you, don't cry later."

"This princess won't be scared." Mo Xingyue also sat opposite her. When she saw that one of the cups had been touched, she said dissatisfiedly: "I haven't arrived yet, and you actually drank secretly."

Xue Huang looked at the cup that Xu Yao had touched and said calmly, "The wine is so fragrant that I can't help but taste it first."

Mo Xingyue showed a suspicious look, glanced at the broken cup on the ground, and said: "Don't be perfunctory to me. I have also secretly practiced martial arts. It is clear that someone knocked me out with this neck. Was it you or someone else?"

"Does it look like there's anyone else here?" Xue Huang smiled and took out an oil-paper bag and placed it on the table. "Don't worry about it. I brought you something delicious."

"What is it?" Mo Xingyue asked.

Xue Huang opened the oil paper package, and immediately a scent of barbecue wafted out. "This is called roasted lamb, a popular snack in the market, which came from the outer vassal. Recently, a new spice has been introduced. After it is sprinkled on, the taste is extremely unique."

"Can you eat mutton like this?" Mo Xingyue couldn't wait to pick it up and taste it. The mutton was fat and lean, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, sprinkled with the unique spices, it was really delicious. At this time, Mo Xingyue felt like there were two villains fighting in her heart. One villain said: No, she is my rival in love, I can't be bribed by her. The other villain said: I don't want to either. Who asked her to tempt me with delicious food?

"Is it delicious?" Xue Huang said with a smile. "Then I'll bring you more next time."

"These are snacks from the palace. Consider them your thanks for bringing me the mutton."

"Didn't you prepare this specially?" Xue Huang raised her eyebrows.

"Who prepared this specially for you?"

"Then why did you ask me to come here? And what's the code word?"

"Of course I came here to challenge you. My brother didn't allow me to cause you any trouble, so of course I can't let him know."

Xue Huang said while eating snacks: "What do you want to compete in?"

Mo Xingyue pointed at the wooden mechanical objects on the table and said, "This is the Nine Linked Rings and the Luban Lock. My brother brought them back from the market. Apart from my brother and Brother Lan, I am the only one in the palace who can unlock them."

Xue Huang picked it up and took a look at it, saying disapprovingly, "How long did it take you to untie them?"

"Ten days."

Xue Huang took it directly and said, "Believe it or not, I can untie them after you finish eating the mutton."

"Of course I don't believe it." Mo Xingyue said.

"Try it." Xue Huang started to dismantle them directly. Under Mo Xingyue's shocked eyes, she untied them effortlessly.

"You...how did you do it?" Mo Xingyue looked at her in disbelief.

"This thing is indeed quite complicated," Xue Huang said calmly, "but I played with it when I was ten years old. It only took me three days." When Xue Huang was ten years old, her junior uncle Su Linjin became her apprentice. At that time, Su Linjin was just a boy one year older than her. He was playful by nature and loved these strange things. He brought more than a dozen difficult mechanical objects. Xue Huang had never left Guigu and was very interested in these things, so she studied them all day and accidentally solved them all.

Mo Xingyue was depressed, and sat on the stool with a wronged look on her face. "How can this be? How come you know everything? I finally thought of something I'm proud of, but I didn't expect to lose to you again."

Xue Huang smiled and said, "Are you going to cry? I don't know how to comfort you!"

"I won't."

"You really want to beat me?"

"Why should Brother Lan be so nice to you when you've only been here for such a short time? I don't accept it."

"Everyone has their own strengths," Xue Huang said, "What's more, you are the most favored princess in Beiling, which is something that many girls in this world envy."

"What's the use?" Mo Xingyue sighed. "So what if my father loves me? I can't even choose my own life. I might as well be an ordinary person."

"tell me the story."

"As a princess, I don't even have the right to choose who I want to marry. My fate is either to marry another country and maintain diplomatic relations, or to marry the son of an important minister and win over a good general. But the person I want to marry is Brother Lan, but even if I ask my father to grant me the marriage, he will not agree. His first choice must be General Dingguo and King Hanxi's party. How can my father be so cruel? Doesn't he love me very much?"

"Because he is the emperor of Beiling first, and then your father." Xue Huang said.

Mo Xingyue was stunned for a moment, then lowered her eyes and said, "I know that it has been difficult for my father these years, but I really don't want to marry a foreign princess. The Xiyue envoys will be arriving soon, and there will definitely be people in the court who will advise us to marry a princess to a foreign princess to stabilize diplomatic relations."

"Your father has so many daughters, and it may not be you." Xue Huang said.

"Even if we can avoid the marriage, there are still Shen Congfeng and Mo Yunchen. Their power has been growing stronger and stronger over the years. Father has always been very wary of them. If they ask, I'm afraid it will be difficult for Father to refuse."

Xue Huang frowned, "Shen Congfeng is already old, not much older than your father. If he asks to marry you, it would be too shameless. And King Han Xi, although he is of suitable age, he is so cold-blooded. Your life is in danger!"

"I don't want to choose either path anyway."

"In that case, why don't you ask your father to let you marry Brother Qinglan? Fifth brother is quite influential in the court now, and your father loves you, so maybe he will agree." Xuehuang raised her eyebrows.

"Just as I would be unhappy if I married someone I didn't like, if I forced Brother Lan to marry someone he didn't like, he would certainly be unhappy too."

"Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you. You are very upright." Xue Huang said with a smile.

"Hey!" Mo Xingyue frowned and looked at her, "Don't you like Brother Lan? Why are you still instigating me to snatch him away?"

"I like him, but if he is willing to marry you, I will respect his choice."

"What if he is not willing?" Mo Xingyue asked.

"If not, then I will go and grab the marriage, elope with him, and wander around the world from now on, living a carefree and happy life." Xue Huang said with a smile.