Sister Li Xian and Li Zhao talked for a while in the hall before they both retreated.
Standing at the door of the main hall, Li Zhu was in a good mood, and looked at Li Xian with a cheerful smile: "Sister, I think the royal father will agree to this."
Li Xian just smiled faintly, looking at the palace wall in the distance without speaking.
"What's wrong with my sister? Are you unhappy?" Li Zhu asked cautiously.
"No, I just feel that time flies so fast, and the mother has left us for so long."
Hearing Li Xian mention Empress Wen Huiduan, Li Zhu also fell silent.
The two brothers and sisters stood side by side at the door of the hall, each with their own thoughts.
"Pearl, my sister is tired, so I'll go home first."
"Pearl for sister."
"No need, at the end of the year, I think the East Palace has a lot of things to do. You go back to the palace to review your homework, maybe one day the father and the emperor are interested and will check."
"This... Okay, elder sister, walk slowly." Li Zhu raised her sleeves and bowed to Li Xian. Li Xian nodded and called Xiao Ci, who had been waiting for a long time, and the two left.
Inside the hall
Li Zhao put down Li Mu's memorial and rubbed his temples: "Shun Xi."
"The servant is here." The steward eunuch who had been standing behind Li Zhao immediately stepped forward and bowed to wait for Li Zhao's order.
"From your point of view... Xian'er has been thinking about him just now. What is the reason for him? Could it be that he is reluctant to bear that Li Zhong? Or is there something unspeakable?"
"The slaves dare not speculate on the thoughts of Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess."
"You old man, the widow will atone for you. The daughter is grown up! Even if she has her own thoughts, she will not talk to the father of the widow; but Pearl is right, the widow cannot watch love. The woman jumped into the fire pit; the widow didn’t like Li Zhong very much, but Xuan’er kept recommending him, thinking that the foundation of the Marquis of Pingyang was not deep, and the wealth and honor were only two generations; that Li Zhong was only Xian’er since he was a child, Xian'er is always the priority, and the widow thinks that Xian'er will not be bullied when she gets married, hey... Although the widow is the emperor, but marrying the husband, the widow can't stretch his hand too far! Now this little beast is out This kind of thing, this concubine is absolutely impossible for him to do."
"Your Majesty's words are very true." Shunxi lowered his eyes, with a submissive look on his face, blindly agreeing with Li Zhao.
Li Zhao also seemed to be used to the people around him not thinking, only flattering everything, not taking it seriously, he continued to take care of himself and said: "Xian'er is not too young, after this year, she will be nineteen, and she is a widow. I was negligent for a while, thinking of staying by my side for a few more years. In the blink of an eye, the widow's most beloved princess was kept as an old girl. Seeing that the wedding was imminent, but such a thing happened, Yu Xianer's reputation was not good after all; The widow also wants to ask Xianer if there are other suitable candidates besides Li Zhong, so that the wedding can be carried out as scheduled, to make up for it; but why doesn't Xianer say anything?"
"Your Majesty... According to this old slave, this matter is related to the honor of Her Royal Highness. Your Majesty, if you ask this question, even if Her Highness has something in her heart, it is impossible to say it."
Hearing the eunuch's reminder, Li Zhao patted his forehead angrily, causing the bead curtain in front of his forehead to make a "crashing" sound: "Hey, the widow is confused! You shouldn't have asked Xian'er that question."
"Old slave sees it very clearly. Your Majesty, you truly love His Highness the Eldest Princess, but it is human nature not to say it. Her Highness, the Eldest Princess, has the most temperament like the Empress, being kind and knowledgeable."
"Hey... Although this child is from a heavenly family, the widow is also her father behind closed doors. What can't she say to her own father? Shunxi, do you think Xian'er's true favorite person is not the widow? In the list provided, so she could only choose Li Zhong?"
"Minions don't dare to lie." After speaking, Shunxi retreated behind Li Zhao again, as if silence did not exist.
'Your Majesty, Mu Wuzi, I know that my life is not long; my sister passed away early, and now Li's family is all withered, and I pray to your Majesty to think twice about the wedding of the eldest princess, women are no better than men, if you enter the wrong door , will be a lifelong regret, if Your Majesty agrees, the old minister will smile Jiuquan. ' Li Zhao scanned Li Mu's memorial again, and his heart was heavy; as Li Xian's biological father, he actually asked an "outsider" to ask him to fulfill his biological daughter's lifelong happiness...
Li Xian and Xiaoci got into the carriage, and Xiaoci asked softly, "Your Highness, is everything going well?"
Li Xian nodded: "Yes"
"Then why is Your Highness so unhappy?"
"Ben Gong... I'm just thinking that there may be other ways."
"Why did His Highness suddenly change his mind? Now that the time is so tight, didn't His Highness have already made an order? It was planned step by step, why suddenly..."
Li Xian didn't answer, she just looked out the window quietly, she would never tell anyone else, because Lin Feixing's glance touched her heart; so, even though she had already made a plan, she would suddenly give birth to a An uneasy feeling; this strange and unfamiliar feeling made her instinctively want to run away.
"His Royal Highness, please forgive me for talking too much. It will change if it is late. I hope Your Highness will think twice."
"This palace knows."
On the second day of returning to Beijing, Lin Wanyue did not wait for Li Zhao's summons, but Xiao Ci, the female official in charge of the eldest princess' residence, came.
"I've seen General Lin, is General Lin resting okay?"
"Thank you for your concern, Sister Xiaoci. I don't know what happened to Sister Xiaoci who came to find Feixing in person?"
"It's not that I'm looking for you, it's our highness looking for the general to talk to the mansion."
"Then please wait a moment for Sister Xiaoci, and Feixing will come to change her clothes."
"General Lin just go."
Lin Wanyue returned to her room, found a navy blue robe from among the clothes that Li Xian had brought over, and put it on, pushed open the door and walked out.
Xiaoci looked Lin Feixing up and down and said with emotion, "It's true that people rely on clothes and horses rely on saddles. Our Highness's vision is good, and General Lin wears it just right."
Lin Wanyue smiled: "Sister Xiaoci, shall we go by carriage or shall I pass the sedan chair?"
"Hey, no, the princess' mansion is not far away. His Highness said that he wanted to eat the sweet-scented osmanthus cake from Qian's shop. It happened to be on the way. Let's walk."
"it is good."
Lin Feixing and Xiaoci went out of the inn and went straight to Qian's shop. Xiaoci bought two packets of sweet-scented osmanthus cakes, and picked out a few fresh and delicate cakes for the boss to pack, and then handed the package to Lin Feixing very naturally. .
Lin Wanyue took the cake with a smile, and the two continued to walk towards the Princess eldest mansion.
"Have you heard about General Lin?"
"what?"
"After the imperial doctor's diagnosis, he said that Prince Zhong is probably not good enough."
"Oh… "
"Thanks to our Highness's commitment to marry, this fellow really doesn't know what to do."
…
"Yesterday, His Majesty called His Highness into the palace, saying that he wanted to dissolve the engagement."
"Oh." Lin Wanyue nodded stiffly.
Xiaoci turned her face and gave Lin Feixing a fierce look, and asked, "You have nothing to say?"
Lin Wanyue smiled bitterly: "What can I say?"
"Hey, it's good that our Highness has a good eye for you, even if it is a good idea! After this year, our Highness will be nineteen; being delayed by Li Zhong, I am afraid that I will become an old girl, what Your Majesty means. It is to dissolve the engagement with Li Zhong, and the wedding will continue as usual, and select young talents who are unmarried of the right age to marry His Royal Highness."
"… Oh."
"But it's easy to say that His Highness is already nineteen. At this age, there are very few outstanding men who have not yet married, even if there are any; if you marry someone who doesn't know the bottom line, I'm afraid His Highness will be wronged!"
Lin Wanyue listened to Xiaoci's complaint in silence, her chest was full of pain.
Lin Wanyue's feet followed Xiaoci mechanically, but Xiaoci's voice became increasingly blurred. At this time, Lin Wanyue's mind was full of only one thought: is she going to marry a stranger to spend her life together
Xiaoci stood still at the entrance of the eldest princess' mansion, seeing that Lin Feixing was still walking forward, she called out, "Hey! General Lin! He's gone!"
"Oh, it's here." Lin Wanyue recovered from her thoughts and hurriedly ran back to Xiaoci with the cake.
"What are you thinking?" Xiaoci gave Lin Feixing an angry look. From the corner of her eyes, she saw the figure who had followed her all the way disappeared at the corner of the street, and smiled.
Entering the Princess Mansion, Li Xian was sitting on the stone bench in the back garden, looking at the dying scenery in front of her.
"Princess, General Lin is here."
"Well, sit down."
Lin Wanyue sat down opposite Li Xian, Li Xian smiled at Lin Wanyue, and then instructed Xiaoci, "Put the cakes on."
"Here!"
The cakes in the Qian family shop were delicious, but neither of them seemed to have much appetite. Li Xian saw that Lin Feixing was not very useful, so she summoned the palace maid to remove the cakes.
"Can Feixing play chess?"
"Playing chess? When I was a kid... Dad taught me some things and knew the rules..."
"That's good, Feixing would like to accompany me to discuss a game?"
"Of course! If the princess doesn't dislike Fei Xing's poor chess skills..."
Li Xian smiled lightly, and after a short while, some servants from the palace set up a chessboard on the stone table and burned incense.
"Fei Xing, please."
Lin Wanyue was not polite, and insisted that Bai Zi was placed in the constellation.
In the blink of an eye, Li Xian smiled faintly at Lin Feixing's messy layout.
"Pada!" Li Xian casually dropped a slap and looked up at the person in front of her.
Seeing that he was holding Bai Zi, his eyebrows were furrowed, it was obviously difficult for him.
Li Xian didn't rush, just waited quietly, and finally, with a "click", Lin Feixing thought about it for a long time and then fell silent.
Li Xian looked down and finally couldn't help laughing: This person thought about it for a long time, but he made the worst move.
Lin Wanyue just saw Li Xian's smile, her heart skipped a beat, the temperature of her cheeks rose, and she asked in a low voice, "Princess... Am I doing something bad?"
Li Xian casually dropped a child and replied with a smile, "There is a sequence of hearings, and there are specialties in the field of surgery. In the middle of the game, surgery is just a pediatric department. How can it be worth a flying star to raise thousands of troops?"
Lin Wanyue felt warm when she knew that Li Xian was deliberately protecting her self-esteem.
"If Feixing wants to learn, can I teach you?"
Lin Wanyue stared straight at Li Xian, grinning to reveal a row of white teeth: "Okay!"
As a result, the game of chess was knocked down and started again. Li Xian opened the explanation as he went down. Lin Wanyue listened carefully.
Li Xian is a good teacher. She is patient and does not hide her secrets, and she does not deliberately show off. After a while, Lin Wanyue's interest in learning chess was aroused.
This game of guidance chess was played for two hours, and in the end, Li Xian only defeated Lin Wanyue by two eyes.
Lin Wanyue was invited to have dinner at the eldest princess' mansion. Before leaving, Li Xian gave Lin Feixing a set of simple chess recipes, and the two made an appointment to fight again tomorrow.
Lin Wanyue happily went with the chess sheet.