Golden Branch

Wang Heng was wearing a Qiuxiang-colored Hu costume, with her thick long hair tied into a high ponytail.

Her fair and delicate little face was filled with excitement and eagerness for the upcoming journey.

Why don’t you want to marry?

What is this fight of a trapped beast?

All the busyness of the past few days was nothing more than "repairing the plank road in public and marching through Chencang in secret".

Wang Heng never thought about getting married.

Xie Yanzhi, Lu Jue and others are nothing more than smokescreens used by Wang Heng to conceal her true purpose.

The crisis of marriage alliance is indeed approaching.

Once it breaks out, Concubine Jiang may not be able to protect her.

However, this problem cannot be resolved by simply getting married.

She can leave the capital temporarily.

In just a few months, she would be able to avoid this disaster and make a contribution, thus earning the capital to "not get married".

"A Mian, finding the Treasure Island on the sea for the Saint, and being able to obtain an endless supply of gold and silver, I think it is also a merit."

Wang Heng's eyes were shining. She was very glad that she had such a "well-informed" best friend.

Amian always knows rare things that many learned people don't know.

Amian can always create "magic weapons" that impress the world.

This time, Wang Heng was able to successfully hide the truth from Lou Yu, and Wang Mian also helped her a lot.

Wang Heng stretched out a pair of slender white hands and firmly grasped Wang Mian's: "If this succeeds, you will take the primary credit."

"A Mian, thank you!"

Wang Mian was still a little worried: "Ajiu, have you really thought it through?"

"Although our fleet has been exploring the sea for years, we have also determined the location of the 'Treasure Island'."

"But the sea is different from the land. There are too many dangers."

Not to mention the ancient times when technology was backward, shipwrecks also happen in modern times.

"The ocean is unfathomable, and there are natural disasters like hurricanes and tsunamis."

"Even if the journey is smooth, there are still dangers such as getting lost."

"Apart from these, there are too many inconveniences in going to sea."

"Ajiu, you've lived a life of luxury since childhood and have never suffered hardship. Even with adequate preparation, ocean voyages are far less comfortable than those on land."

"There are no fresh fruits and vegetables, no sufficient fresh water. We are tossed and floating all day long, without the sense of being able to feel stable and grounded..."

The more Wang Mian spoke, the more he felt that it was not a wise choice for Wang Heng to rashly go to sea.

After Wang Mian traveled through time, he had been trying every possible means to build a treasure ship and organize a fleet for deep-sea voyages.

In addition to going overseas to look for "new worlds" and searching for seeds of novel crops such as corn and peppers, he also planned to prepare a retreat for himself.

This time and space is an imaginary feudal dynasty, where there is no human rights or freedom.

Wang Mian always had a sense of crisis, always worried that if he angered the imperial power, he might lose his life.

The islands in the East China Sea and the South China Sea are Wang Mian’s last retreat.

Whenever she encountered an unsolvable danger on land, she would board a treasure ship and flee far overseas.

Whether it is a beautiful island or a simple life, you can always find a place there if you take your people with you.

However, this is the last step we have to take when we can no longer survive in the inland!

Wang Heng, it hasn’t reached that point yet.

The crisis of marriage alliance seems urgent, but it is not completely unsolvable.

Lou Yu is indeed strong and a little perverted, but they have been in love for ten years.

Wang Mian had a hunch that if Wang Heng married Lou Yu, she might not be really unhappy.

There are so many dangers at sea.

Wang Mian didn't think that Wang Heng had reached the critical point where she had to take risks.

"I know, you've said this many times!"

“But I still want to try.”

Wang Heng was very determined.

Danger?

There is no absolute safety in this world.

To be honest, even if you ride a horse on a normal day, you may still stumble and fall off the horse.

Wang Heng knew that she had not yet reached the point of "no way out".

But she endured for so many years because she wanted to completely control her own destiny.

Lou Yu was indeed very good to her, but he also always restrained her.

In fact, in Lou Yu's opinion, she, Wang Heng, had no other choice except him.

Wang Heng felt a lump in her chest. She wanted to tell Lou Yu with her actions:

Lou Yu, I don’t have to be with you.

My world is not just about marriage and love.

It can also be the sea of ​​stars.

As Amian said, this world is big and wonderful.

Wang Heng wanted to go out for a walk and have a look, instead of being confined to a corner!

"Besides, I don't have to do this or that!"

"When I go out to sea, it's mostly an experiment. It would be great if I could find Treasure Island. If I can't find it, I'll be satisfied just to experience the joy of going out to sea."

And during the time she is away, she can avoid the so-called marriage.

Wang Heng did have the idea of ​​going out and trying her luck, but she would not really risk her life or safety.

You don’t have to go too far to go out to sea.

If there are too many unsafe factors at sea and various conditions do not allow it, Wang Heng will choose to let the fleet stroll along the inland coastline.

The fleet has long been familiar with this sea route, so at least they won't make low-level mistakes like getting lost.

Wang Heng quickly expressed her thoughts.

Wang Mian nodded slowly, "It seems that you have indeed considered it carefully!"

Wang Mian could conclude from Wang Heng's words that Di Zhanggui had indeed thought things through and had indeed not taken any risk out of spite.

Come to think of it, Ajiu has been cautious and pampered since he was a child.

She will not take risks easily, nor will she suffer hardships easily.

Even if she is "escaping", she will make the best of her life!

"So, don't worry!"

Wang Heng looked at Wang Mian deeply. "In a few months at the earliest, or a year or two at the slowest, I will be back!"

"A Mian, take care!"

Wang Mian is already engaged, and her husband Xiao Wuzhi is not a useless and irresponsible person.

Even when facing the furious Lou Yu, Xiao Wuzhi was able to protect A Mian.

That's why Wang Heng was so confident in asking Wang Mian for help.

"Ajiu, take care!"

Wang Mian held Wang Heng's hand and said goodbye to her.

……

Wang Heng, accompanied by several personal guards, rode fast horses and took a detour through a narrow path, heading towards Qi.

She was going to Dengzhou and sailing there.

Her fleet and the hundreds of private soldiers she had secretly trained over the years were also waiting for her at the dock in Dengzhou.

Sufficient food, medicine, weapons and other supplies had already been prepared on the ship.

Everything is ready, just waiting for her master to arrive.

As long as she arrives in Dengzhou and gets on the boat, she can set sail.

From then on, the sky is high and the sea is vast, allowing her to soar freely.

"Drive! Drive!"

Perhaps thinking of the upcoming free life, Wang Heng, who has always been pampered, did not care about the pain of her thigh being rubbed.

She squeezed the saddle tightly, allowing the Dayuan horse under her crotch to fully unleash its true strength.

Wang Heng couldn't walk 800 meters a day.

However, she could still grit her teeth and hold on by marching two or three hundred miles every day.

In just one day, Wang Heng left the capital area.

"I just hope that my brother won't react so quickly. In just two or three days, he won't be able to catch up with me!"

Wang Heng galloped on her horse while praying silently.

……

Princess Langya's four-wheeled carriage moved slowly all the way and arrived at the farm in Mount Li at dark.

Tangquan Villa, which has already started construction, is still under construction in full swing.

After receiving the news from Beijing, the manager of the farm temporarily put aside his work at the construction site and hurried to clean up the yard for his master.

Zheng Shisan, Bai Zhi and others wrapped themselves tightly with veils.

People who are not familiar with them can only identify them by their clothing and other factors.

Moreover, the sky was dark and the light was insufficient, and it was difficult to see the true faces of the "noble people" through a layer of white gauze.

Zheng Shisan and a few others successfully hid the truth from the farm manager by relying on disguise and their superior aura.

Once you enter the main courtyard, outsiders are not allowed to approach.

Zheng Shisan and others can continue to cover up for Wang Heng.

Wang Heng's "lazy" nature also played a huge role at this time.

She stays at home and doesn't like to go out.

Even when I come to the farm, I like to stay in the house.

As long as she doesn't go out, it will be difficult for people outside to see the "Princess Langya" and they will have no way of telling whether she is real or fake.

So, for two whole days, no one noticed anything unusual.

until--

"No! If Ah Heng was really angry, she should have gone to Mount Li to vent her anger by riding horses and climbing mountains instead of hiding in the yard!"

"And Wang Mian! She's always been inseparable from Ah Heng, and now that Ah Heng wants to go out and relax, Wang Mian isn't accompanying her? Instead, she's still busy with her business?"

And this is not the most important thing.

The most important point: "Aheng isn't really stupid or incompetent! It's just a marriage, and she won't force you into a corner!"

She is a rebellious person!

What she is best at is pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger!

This girl knew how to act ugly and hide her incompetence when she was only six years old.

Now, she is fifteen years old and has the status of a princess. How could she "give up" so easily?

When Lou Yu reacted, his whole body exuded a cold aura.

Without delaying for a moment, he rode to Mount Li.

Lou Yu rushed all the way to Wang Heng's farm at a speed that was reckless for his life.

"Lou, Lou Langjun?"

The farm manager was frightened when he saw Lou Yu, whose face was as cold as frosty and looked like an evil spirit.

He is still the gentle and handsome Yulang of the Lou family, but, he is filled with such murderous aura that he is like the King of Hell.

My dear, what happened?

Why is he so ferocious?

Lou Yu didn't even look at the manager, nor did he ask any questions.

He strode into the villa and headed straight towards the main courtyard.

When they walked to the corridor, Fu's mother, Bai Wei, Bai Shao and other servants saw Lou Yu, and they all felt relieved, thinking, "As expected, he's here."

They did not argue or beg for mercy, but knelt down and prostrated themselves on the ground.

Lou Yu did not stop walking. When he glanced at the actions of these people, his already sinking heart fell to the bottom.

Ah Heng, she is not here after all!

She ran away!

In the main bedroom on the east side of the main hall, Zheng Shisan, wearing Wang Heng's clothes, was lying on the couch pretending to be sick.

Hearing the thumping footsteps and feeling the increasing pressure, her face turned pale, and she rolled over and fell to the ground.

She knelt down hurriedly, her slender figure trembling slightly, but she still managed to hold on and not faint.

Lou Yu kicked open the door and saw this scene.

"Zheng Shisan?"

Lou Yu walked two or three steps closer, bent down, and lifted Zheng Shisan's head with his whip.

Sure enough it was her!

"Great! You are indeed loyal to Ah Heng!"

And this loyalty was tested by Lou Yu himself——

To Zheng Shisan, himself as the "lord" is far less important than Wang Heng as the "mistress".

Therefore, even though he knew that Lou Yu would be furious and punish him severely if he helped Wang Heng escape, Zheng Shisan still chose to stand on Wang Heng's side.

First he concealed it, then he became her substitute.

Now that Lou Yu has come to his senses, he can sort out the whole thing clearly—

From the beginning to the end, Aheng never considered getting married.

All her previous performances were just smokescreens to cover up her true intentions.

Wang Mian, Zheng Shisan and others are her helpers.

Concubine Jiang and even the saint may have been involved.

After all, Wang Heng was no longer an ordinary court lady, she was a princess and a member of the royal family.

Without the saint's tacit consent, she could not travel far.

You can enter and leave the capital city freely, but to go to other prefectures, you need a pass and other items.

Wang Heng obtained these without being noticed by Lou Yu and not through formal channels.

Then it can only be the "permission" of the saint.

"As expected of Concubine Jiang, she is the Saint's favorite woman. Even though she lives deep in the harem, even when she is about to give birth, she is still able to make plans for her daughter!"

The veins on Lou Yu's hand, which was holding the whip, were bulging.

He knew that, with Concubine Jiang's status, she might not be able to influence the political affairs of the court (such as the marriage alliance), but she could indulge her daughter's willfulness.

The marriage arrangements hadn't been finalized, and Princess Langya wasn't actually a princess married to a foreign emperor. As a noblewoman born to a favored concubine, she simply wanted to leave the capital and travel somewhere. How could she not be allowed to go?!

"..." Zheng Shisan felt Lou Yu's powerful aura and sinister aura up close, and his whole body trembled even more violently.

The fear in her heart made her unable to speak.

"Tell me! Where did Ah Heng go?"

Lou Yu's heart was filled with dark energy, but his expression became increasingly calm.

He asked in a deep voice, his tone even calm, without any trace of anger or cruelty in it.

“…Thirteen doesn’t know!”

Zheng Shisan gritted his teeth and was even prepared to be killed by Lou Yu in the next second.

Lou Yu laughed, "You're her stand-in, but you don't know her plans?"

What a liar!

Zheng Shisan mustered up his courage and looked straight at Lou Yu: "My dear, my dear, Jiu Niang said that it is safest for me to know nothing!"

The corners of Lou Yu's eyes turned red, and his deep gaze was sinister and cold. "The safest? You did this, and you still want to be 'safe'?"

"Jiu-Jiu Niang said that she'll be out for a few months and will be back by the end of the year at the earliest..."

Zheng Shisan's voice trembled, but he still insisted on finishing his words.

Her meaning was very clear, Wang Heng was not gone forever, she would return to Beijing.

If she returns to Beijing and finds out that Zheng Shisan is dead or disabled, there will be no possibility of reconciliation between her and Lou Yu!

She was just leaving temporarily, not really going to become enemies with Lou Yu.

If Lou Yu still wants to "reconcile" with her, he must not hurt her people.

Lou Yu: ...

After Zheng Shisan finished his "threat," he threw out another provocative "provoking" remark: "Also, Jiuniang, Jiuniang believes in your ability. Even if you can't get a confession, there are ways to track her down..."