It's raining.

The rain hit the river in a series of streams, and the waves surging, and the boat also swayed violently.

With such a big formation, Xu Roujia had already woken up, but she had nothing to do when she woke up. She continued to lie on the couch next to the window, listening blankly to the sound of rain outside the window. The wind blew in through the gaps of the bamboo curtains. The little woman's slightly messy hair whirled slightly, making her cheeks become whiter and her eyebrows and eyes look picturesque.

The boat was shaking left and right, and her body shook, depressed and lazy, as if the beautiful petals fell into the water. After countless struggles, she simply let the storm bully Ling.

I don't know how long it took, just as Xu Roujia's eyelids were getting heavier and about to fall asleep again, a thunder suddenly exploded in the sky. Xu Roujia suddenly shuddered, and subconsciously turned around to look for Xie Jin's figure.

But Xu Roujia was not found, the boat was empty, she was the only one.

"Don't be afraid of Roujia, I have everything."

"Rojia, don't cry, I swear, as long as I escape to a safe place, I will not let you suffer any more."

"Roujia..."

Xu Roujia closed her eyes and buried her head in the quilt.

The promises that Xie Jin made in her ears are probably never fulfilled again.

If I had known today, she...

Thinking of his former wealth and glory, Xu Roujia couldn't help crying.

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Xu Roujia has a prominent background. Her father, Pingxi Hou, was brave and good at fighting. Her mother was the eldest princess and was the capital. Emperor Yongjia, who was sitting on the dragon throne, was her uncle. Her parents died early, and her grandmother, Empress Dowager Xie, pity her for being lonely and brought her into the palace to raise her. When she was a child, Xu Roujia wanted to get the wind and rain, as if she was growing up in a honeypot.

Later, Empress Dowager Xie made the decision and gave her marriage to the prince of the Duke of England's palace Xie Jin.

Xie Jin was the nephew of Empress Dowager Xie's family. He often went to the palace to pay tribute. Xu Roujia and his childhood sweethearts were in love.

After marriage, Xie Jin treated Xu Roujia as flattered. The couple lived a sweet life of a few years. However, since his uncle Yongjia passed away, he ordered King Zhuang Zhou Qi to succeed the throne instead of the queen's legitimate son Huai, who has always been favored by ministers, Xie Jin stayed in the backyard less and less time.

It was not until Xie Jin and King Huai rebelled that Xu Roujia knew what Xie Jin was busy with during that period.

No matter how shocked he was, Xu Roujia was not very difficult to understand Xie Jin's rebellion. First, Xie Jin and King Huai were cousins ​​and had a deep relationship. Of course, he was willing to support King Huai. Second, Xie Jin was arrogant by nature. When he was young, he lost to Zhou Qi in a competition. It would be fine if others were not, but Zhou Qi's biological mother was humble and often ridiculed. Xie Jin was not ashamed to deal with the indifferent and taciturn Zhou Qi. This defeat worsened Xie Jin's dislike for Zhou Qi.

Unfortunately, the proud and conceited Xie Jin was defeated by Zhou Qi on the battlefield again. King Huai was in a different position, and Xie Jin took her to flee everywhere.

Five days ago, the couple were arrested and were both imprisoned on a boat, waiting to be transported to the capital and handed over to the new emperor Zhou Qi to clean up.

Xu Roujia was spoiled since childhood, and Jin Gui was so precious that Xie Jin was a little more relative, she could leave a little red mark on her body. But as Xie Jin was tired of running around, she could only wear rough cloth clothes that could rub meat, dried grains and food that could not be swallowed, no more rouge, water powder, silk, and satin, no more maids were serving her with diligent blisters, and her tender feet were covered with blisters...

If Xie Jinfei hadn't taken her to escape, Xu Roujia would have given up long ago and would have been caught by Zhou Qi. At worst, he would have died quickly, which would be better than living a life of stagnation.

Now that he has been really arrested, Xu Roujia only wants a decent way to die.

"I pay homage to the Emperor."

Suddenly, the guards salute came from outside the door. Xu Roujia was startled and looked at the door panel in disbelief.

Emperor... Zhou Qi is here?

This place is still one day away from the capital, so Zhou Qi can't wait for a day to deal with the couple?

Forget it, the ending is decided, what does it matter if it is early or late?

The prisoner must also have the dignity of the prisoner. He did not care whether it was thunder or not. Xu Roujia quickly got out of the bed, put on his shoes and stood on the ground as quickly as possible. There was a simple dressing table in the boat. Xu Roujia had no time to dress up carefully, so he grabbed the comb and simply fixed his black hair with a wooden hairpin.

Although there are no pearls and hairpins, they are dressed neatly and will not lose face.

As soon as he put down the comb, the boat door was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and the cold wind and rain whistled in. Then he stepped in. The man was wearing a long ink embroidered dragon robe and black boots. His outfit was filled with a heart-pounding murderous aura.

After entering the door, the man naturally raised his head and shot his eyes straight towards her.

When his eyes met, Xu Roujia shivered uncontrollably.

The new emperor Zhou Qi, the fourth son of the late emperor, Xu Roujia's fourth cousin.

It was clearly a cousin, but seeing you goodbye at this time, facing Zhou Qi's indifferent face without expression, and his cold black eyes that looked like a quiet spring in winter, Xu Roujia felt particularly strange.

Zhou Qi rarely enters the palace, and Xu Roujia meets him more often than Xie Jin. Since he has seen him less, there is no relationship between the two of them. No matter how afraid Xu Roujia is, he cannot be able to make friends with Zhou Qi as a cousin, and he does not expect Zhou Qi to spare her, a traitor.

The man was still looking at her, and Xu Roujia took the lead in looking away, turned out the window, and tried to make a fearless and awe-inspiring attitude.

Princess Roujia, who used to be a tribute silk and satin, and the British prince-in-law who was so beautiful that the beautiful and charming that made the British lady who was overshadowed by the ladies and young women in the capital were only wearing a gray dress and a wooden hairpin. At first glance, she looked like an ordinary country young woman, but her almond eyes and snow-skinned skin, a slender neck and a slender waist, like a phoenix falling into the dust, her peerless beauty could not be concealed.

Zhou Qi smiled, staring at Xu Roujia's black eyes but no gentleness: "I haven't seen you for many years, but my cousin's style remains the same."

cousin?

The intimate name came into my ears, and a small layer of bumps appeared uncontrollably. She had many royal cousins, and her cousin heard a lot, but she could no longer remember whether Zhou Qi called her like this. Now the two are in a hostile relationship. Zhou Qi suddenly called her so intimately and praised her style. What does it mean?

As a woman, especially a beautiful woman, Xu Roujia quickly made a guess, which made her panic. She could no longer maintain her calmness. Xu Roujia stared at Zhou Qi vigilantly, and her apricot eyes showed fear, as if a lonely young deer was facing the ferocious beast alone.

Zhou Qi raised his lips and turned around and ordered lightly: "Please go to the boat next door to use tea."

Before the voice fell, the emperor's figure had disappeared. Instead, the one who broke in was Lu Ding, who captured Xu Roujia and his wife that day. It is said that Lu Ding was Zhou Qi's confidant guard and a relative of Zhou Qi's mother tribe.

"Please move your way, Mrs.

Lu Ding looked at her coldly and said.

Xu Roujia raised her chin and said, "I won't go."

"The emperor has an order. If the wife is not tactful, don't blame me for being arrogant." Lu Ding's expression remained unchanged, and he only rolled up his sleeves.

Xu Roujia instinctively retreated.

Facing her panic-preventive almond eyes, Lu Ding approached a few times without saying anything, and directly grabbed Xu Roujia's arm.

Xu Roujia was shocked and angry: "Bold, do you know who I am?"

She is the treasure in the palm of the queen mother and the niece that the late emperor loves the most. Usually, princes and princesses dare not offend her openly!

Lu Ding sneered: "No matter who you are, I have caught you once, so I will naturally dare to catch you a second time."

Xu Roujia immediately turned pale. Last time Lu Ding caught her, he was very rude. Xu Roujia's wrist was almost broken by him.

Seeing that she was scared, Lu Ding turned sideways and made a gesture of inviting her.

Xu Roujia held her hands tightly. When Lu Ding frowned impatiently, as if she was about to take action, Xu Roujia gritted her teeth and strode out. Instead of being pushed and shoved by Lu Ding rudely, she would rather leave by herself.

A big boat was parked next to the boat, and the rain was raining heavily. Xu Roujia didn't care about getting wet, but Lu Ding held her high umbrella and sent her to the main cabin door of the big boat. On the way, Xu Roujia wanted to rush out of the umbrella with anger. Lu Ding was moving faster than her and never asked her to be reciprocated, as if sending her to Zhou Qi safely could prove that he was capable.

"The Prince, the Duke of England has arrived."

"Enter."

Lu Ding got the order and lowered his head to Xu Roujia's ear and said, "Don't play tricks, the emperor does not have my good temper."

Just Lu Ding is like this, he is still quite a good temper?

As soon as the thought fell, Lu Ding pushed open the boat door first and then went to the side, clearly not wanting to get entangled with her anymore.

Xu Roujia had no choice but to suppress her anger and stepped in with a complicated mood.

On the boat, Zhou Qi sat on the couch, with a low table in front of him, and the chessboard was ready.

"Cousin can play chess?" Zhou Qi asked the chessboard, his voice neither high nor low, with a kind of coldness.

Xu Roujia pursed her lips and said nothing.

"Sit." Zhou Qi still didn't look at her and pointed to the opposite position.

Xu Roujia stood at the door without moving. Lu Ding suddenly poked her back with a finger behind her, causing Xu Roujia to hide forward.

Lu Ding quickly brought it to the door.

Xu Roujia did not hear Lu Ding's footsteps leaving, and knew that he was just guarding outside. She gave up her hope of running away. Looking at Zhou Qi on the couch who seemed to only want to play chess with her, Xu Roujia gritted her teeth and walked over and asked Zhou Qi: "What do you want to do? If you want us to die, just do it, don't be mysterious."

Zhou Qi just knocked on the chessboard and said calmly: "I will know after playing chess with me."

Xu Roujia doesn't believe it.

Zhou Qi didn't make much promise, and looked at the chessboard quietly, as if he could keep watching like this.

Xu Roujia didn't have his patience, couldn't ask, and had no way out, so she finally sat opposite Zhou Qi with a tense face.

The little woman used to tidy up her skirt, her jade hands were as tender as the tips of bamboo shoots. The hands alone made people want to pity her.

But Zhou Qi ignored it.

He had no friendship with this cousin. He had never been close to him when he was a child and met even less when he was an adult. Zhou Qi's only impression of Xu Roujia was that he once followed his father to hunt in autumn. He rode a horse and wandered alone on the grassland. He saw Xie Jin and Xu Roujia together from afar. At that time, Xie Jin was standing in a stream holding Xu Roujia, pretending to throw Xu Roujia down. Xu Roujia tightly hooked his neck and shouted no.

The love between husband and wife is known to everyone in the city, but Zhou Qi is so unsatisfied in broad daylight.

Before the two of them discovered him, Zhou Qi turned around and left.
Chapter completed!