The Song Dynasty was the king for thirteen years before he knew that he was Tianlong.

Chapter 182 Beauty is like jade
Zhao Ti walked towards Mu Wanqing, changed back to his original voice, and said with a smile: "Miss Mu, you just said that you don't want the horses in my house. You can't regret this."

Mu Wanqing's body trembled, and behind the veil she looked incredulous: "You, you...Mr. Zhao?"

Zhao Ti walked closer and said, "The last time you left Dali, you ran into the crowd to meet your mother without waiting for me to tell you your address. Otherwise, you would have found me long ago."

Mu Wanqing was in a state of confusion: "Mr. Zhao, is it really... is it really you?"

Zhao Ti smiled and said, "Of course it's me. You've come to my house, so why are you doubting me? I'm standing right in front of you."

Mu Wanqing's eyes were filled with panic and she was a little dazed at the moment. She couldn't help but take two steps back.

Zhao Ti said, "You probably didn't tell your father my name, otherwise he would have guessed it. You looked for it in the city before, right? It was a waste of effort."

Mu Wanqing looked at him and suddenly thought of his identity. She said in a trembling voice, "Master Zhao, are you the Prince of Yan of the Song Dynasty?"

Zhao Ti smiled and said, "Of course it is this king."

"I, I..." Mu Wanqing suddenly turned around and was about to run outside.

She was at a loss at this moment. The other person was actually the Prince of Song Dynasty, a great man with such high status that she could only look up to from afar. Even her father had to look up to him. She, she...

I am just a girl from the mountains and rivers, a woman from the rivers and lakes, with an indescribable origin. All the things I thought, thought and thought before were all fanciful and unrealistic fantasies without self-awareness. They were all illusions in my dreams...

She wanted to run away, to stay far away from this palace, she couldn't let him laugh at her, look down on her, not take her seriously, and let him know that she was thinking about him, thinking about him, and missing him...

She would never be able to see him again. When she thought of this, Mu Wanqing couldn't help herself and two lines of crystal tears slid down her cheeks...

Zhao Ti saw her suddenly turn around, as if she wanted to escape, and asked, "Miss Mu, are you going to run away now?"

He stretched out his hand and grabbed the other person's arm. Mu Wanqing struggled frantically, and his palm slipped and grasped the jade-white wrist.

Mu Wanqing felt as if struck by lightning. At this moment, she couldn't help but recall what Qin Hongmian had said, that most men would lie to women and could not be trusted.

She remembered how Zhao Ti had concealed his identity at first, saying that his family was engaged in business, and just now he pretended to be ignorant, high and mighty, and even asked her to repay him. She could not help but feel ashamed and angry. She turned around with tears in her eyes and said, "You, Your Highness the King of Yan, what are you doing with me?"

Zhao Ti looked at her pitiful yet stubborn appearance and said with a smile, "You haven't even repaid me yet and you want to run away. Are you trying to cheat?"

"I dare not..." Mu Wanqing struggled a few times, but couldn't get rid of the other party's hand. Her heart was full of contradictions and her mind was going around in circles, but she no longer had the strength to take a step outside.

"Why are you running away if you don't dare?" Zhao Ti held her wrist, which was as white as snow, and smiled slightly: "Have you thought about how to repay me?"

Mu Wanqing couldn't help but look up at him, her clear eyes misty: "I, I'm just a country girl, you, you..."

At this moment, Zhao Ti smelled the fragrance on her body, which was like orchid but not orchid, like musk but not musk, faint and deep, sweet and sticky. He couldn't help but be moved in his heart. He exerted a little force with his arms and pulled her over, and with his other hand he embraced her slender waist.

Mu Wanqing was suddenly startled and wanted to dodge, but she felt the other person's palm was very strong and she couldn't break free at all. When she struggled, her body couldn't help but become limp.

Zhao Ti saw tears rolling down her eyes. Her skin revealed through the black veil was as crystal clear as snow, like jade bearing pearls, or flowers covered with morning dew. After a moment's thought, he let go of her fair wrist and raised his hand towards the veil.

Mu Wanqing suddenly opened her eyes wide and said in a weak voice: "You, what are you going to do..." Although she spoke in panic, she was unable to raise her arms to stop it.

Zhao Ti didn't say anything. He gently went to the back of her hair, unfastened the black gauze buckle, and then lifted it forward.

Just look at a stunning face before your eyes, pure and elegant, unparalleled in beauty, like a crescent moon in the light, like a jade tree piled with snow, eyebrows like distant mountains in black, eyes like stars in the night sky, a blush on her cheeks, a look of panic and a hint of shyness.

Zhao Ti felt that she was pitiful, delicate and gentle, and could not help but hug her in his arms.

"No need to wear a veil anymore."

Mu Wanqing's heart started pounding when she heard that. She pressed herself against Zhao Ti, feeling that she had no strength at all. She murmured, "You, you don't know that I once swore that if any man saw my appearance, I would marry him..."

Zhao Ti said, "When we met the South Sea Crocodile God in that courtyard that day, didn't the crocodile say it once?"

"You know..." Mu Wanqing's eyelashes trembled as she looked at Zhao Ti.

Zhao Ti smiled and said, "Isn't this a good way to repay me?"

Mu Wanqing said in a low voice: "But I am just an ordinary girl of low status. How can I, how can I..."

Zhao Ti smiled and said, "This is my business, no one else dares to say anything, not to mention that you have walked into this trap, how could I let you escape."

Upon hearing the words "walk into a trap", Mu Wanqing felt her body burning hot, as if she was about to melt into water. She murmured, "I, I don't believe you. You lied to me about your identity at first, and you just lied to me. I can't beat you, so I can only run away in the end."

Zhao Ti asked, "Where can you escape to? Don't you want to repay me?"

Upon hearing the word "repay a favor", Mu Wanqing's face became more charming: "I... I want to go see Black Rose. I want to take Black Rose away. Mother said that men are never wrong when they flatter you. You are in a high position with great power and an extraordinary identity. You must be the same as my father. In the end, you will be ruthlessly abandoned and sad for the rest of your life..." Zhao Ti gently let her go and said, "Then go see Black Rose and see if it is willing to leave with you and go back to live in the mountains."

Mu Wanqing only felt her heart beating faster and faster. Now she was no longer in the other person's arms and dared not look up. She only felt extremely shy and quite embarrassed.

She whispered, "I raised Black Rose since she was a child, how could she not go with me?"

Zhao Ti smiled slightly and walked out the door: "Follow me."

Mu Wanqing followed and arrived at the stable soon after. She saw a big eagle flapping its wings and playing nearby. When it saw the two people coming, it quickly stopped and looked around curiously.

Zhao Ti ignored it and walked over to Black Rose. Black Rose also saw the two of them at this time. She stared at Mu Wanqing with her big, gem-like eyes and raised her neck to let out a neigh.

Mu Wanqing was delighted to hear that, and the tension in her heart was relieved a lot. She took a few steps forward into the stable and reached out to hug Black Rose.

Black Rose kicked a few times, then rubbed her head against Mu Wanqing desperately, obviously very happy.

Mu Wanqing said, "Ma'er, Ma'er, come with me. I'm here to take you back."

Although Black Rose could not understand human language, it seemed to be aware of something. When it saw Zhao Ti standing outside the stable with his arms folded, its gem-like eyes flickered, and then it raised its head and called out again.

Zhao Ti smiled and walked into the stable, saying, "Miss Mu, untie the black rose and see if it is willing to leave with you."

Mu Wanqing felt sad when she heard this, thinking to herself, are they going to chase me away? It turns out that the horse is a good excuse, and there is no need to say something hurtful. Or am I too naive and ignorant? The mansion of a noble is like a deep sea, not to mention the residence of a royal prince. This is definitely not a place where I can stay...

She silently untied Black Rose's reins, stroked the horse's head, and said in a somewhat sad voice: "Horse, come home with me. Let's go back to the mountains and never come out again."

She took two steps leading Black Rose and was about to leave the stable when she saw Black Rose suddenly struggle, break free from the reins, and actually ran directly behind Zhao Ti.

Mu Wanqing was stunned. After a moment, she said, "Ma'er, you..."

She stepped forward and tried to lead Black Rose again, but the horse seemed to know where she was taking it, and kept dodging behind Zhao Ti to avoid being caught.

Zhao Ti smiled and said, "Forget it. The horse doesn't even want to go. How can Miss Mu go?"

"I, I..." Mu Wanqing was a little confused. Although Black Rose was a wild horse, she had raised it since it was a child. The monks of Kufan Temple also said that it would not like to stay in the secular world. But now it did not listen to her and seemed even more unwilling to go back to the mountains.

Zhao Ti waved his hand behind him, and Black Rose immediately came to the front. He stroked her twice and said, "This horse is already mine. Miss Mu, don't think about taking it back. Miss Mu, don't leave yet. Stay here for the time being."

"Stay?" Mu Wanqing blushed when she heard that. Suddenly she thought of something and her face turned pale again. "Your Highness, you have women in your house. It's not appropriate for me to stay..."

Zhao Ti thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "Miss Mu, you are talking about Ah Zhu, right? I will introduce you to each other later. My mansion is not like the Zhennan Palace in Dali. Your father is slow in his actions, his words are not reliable, and he cannot keep happy people."

Upon hearing this, Mu Wanqing couldn't help but lower her head. For some reason, she felt both happy and worried. Suddenly, she thought of Black Rose. She didn't know why she didn't listen to her and was even closer to her than she was.

Zhao Ti walked out of the stable without even tying Black Rose's reins. Black Rose ran to the side holding the rope in her mouth, looking at the two of them, not knowing what she was thinking.

Zhao Ti saw Tong Guan looking over here from a distance and waved his hand. Tong Guan came running over with a beaming look on his face, "What do you want, Your Highness?"

Zhao Ti said, "Go prepare a banquet, call Ah Zhu over, and introduce Miss Mu to each other."

Tong Guan was delighted to hear this. He glanced at Mu Wanqing and hurried over to pass on the message.

Zhao Ti walked forward with his hands behind his back: "Miss Mu, follow me around and get familiar with the mansion so that you don't get lost when you walk."

Mu Wanqing nodded, and the two of them walked slowly while talking in the mansion.

Zhao Ti asked more about the situation in Dali and the circumstances of the past two years. When he heard Mu Wanqing mention that she often went to the Kufan Temple in the mountains to burn incense and learned to recite the Great Wisdom Sutra, he couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

At this moment, Ah Zhu came over. Mu Wanqing saw that it was the girl who got off the car outside the mansion before. At this moment, she was still holding the transparent bottle in her arms.

Zhao Ti told the two of them to recognize each other, then laughed and said, "I wouldn't have noticed until we stood together, but now they look a bit alike."

Ah Zhu was lively and clever. She pulled Mu Wanqing to talk. Mu Wanqing had a cold personality to begin with. She felt nervous and reserved after entering the mansion, but under Ah Zhu's witty remarks, she couldn't help but say a lot.

After a while, the banquet was set out, but there were only three of them. When they were about to finish eating, a servant suddenly came to report that Cai You was outside the mansion gate asking to see them.

Cai You is the eldest son of Cai Jing. Some time ago, he asked Cai Jing to help him check how many high-ranking officials with the surname Jiao were in the court since the founding of the dynasty, in order to determine whether they were related to the abbot Lingde of Daxiangguo Temple. He thought he had some news, so he asked his son to come and report.

He nodded and said, "Call him in and wait in the front hall."

(End of this chapter)