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Chapter 30: The Princess Arrives (Part 2)

On April 18, the first year of Jingkang in the Song Dynasty, the weather was cloudy and sunny, and the air quality was excellent.

Liu Yixuan got up early. He was dancing and grabbing sticks in the yard. Although he had not mastered his marksmanship, he was also quite good. The young follower next to him was called Promoted. He sat in the pavilion in the backyard, staring blankly at their young master in the morning exercise, leaning against the pillars of the pavilion and drowsy. He obviously didn't sleep well last night.

Not only Liu Yixuan and the promotion were raised so early, but also Princess Shangbin Yuling from the Liu Mansion. She was very excited when she slept outside the palace for the first time. She was awakened by a few sparrows on the eaves of the house. She wrapped her quilt and stuck her head out to pull the curtain, but saw her maids still sleeping soundly on the bed outside.

"Life outside the palace is good. The eunuch who didn't knock on the update in the morning ran around. There was no need to run far to Ningshou Palace to pay tribute to his mother's queen. It's great!"

She felt that everything in life outside the palace was so fresh and everything was so free. She was also like the sparrow on the eaves, happily welcoming the new day.

Princess Yuling quietly took out a casual clothes because she planned to follow her brother Xuan to visit Bianliang City today. She grew up so old in the capital that she had never had the chance to play in this city. She was so excited that she put on her clothes herself, and her face was still smiling foolishly.

"Princess, you are awake!" A maid named Zhulian noticed the movement and hurriedly got up to look into the princess' bedroom.

"Oh, you scared me to death! Damn girl, there was no movement when she got up!" Ling'er didn't want to wake them up and let them sleep for a while, but she still woke up the alert maid.

"I deserve to die, I scared the princess!" She quickly pleaded guilty.

"It's okay. Seeing that you are still sleeping, I didn't ask you to sleep for a while!" Ling'er said with a smile.

"How can that work? We are serving His Highness the Princess. How can you not call us?" As he said that, he came over to help Ling'er put on her dress and shouted outside the curtain: "Huadong, the princess is awake, you can get up quickly, go and get water for washing your face!"

Several girls outside also got up when they heard the movement and served the princess to dress up. After a while of turmoil, the princess finished dressing up and walked to the yard to get some breath. She stood in front of the courtyard, stretched her waist, and gave the world a sweet smile, so that the pair of dimples were filled with the morning sunshine.

"Let's go to the front yard to find Brother Xuan!" She was so happy that she wanted to go to the front yard and greeted the girl beside her.

"Ah? Princess, let's go after breakfast. Young Master Liu probably hasn't gotten up yet!" Zhu Lian hurriedly advised her.

"I haven't gotten up yet? I have to wake him up even more. I'm so old and I'm still stuck in bed! Let's go and call him with me!" Then he ran out of the yard.

Several maids followed closely behind, and after passing the corner gate, they arrived at Liu Yixuan's courtyard. Seeing Liu Yixuan dancing in the courtyard and snatching sticks, they hurried to join in the fun.

"Brother Xuan, what are you doing, I'll play too!" The voice was as crisp as a lark on a tree.

"Hi, Xiaoling, why did you come?" Liu Yixuan was very happy to see this princess sister coming to play with her. She had a peer at home and was still a beautiful girl. How could she be unhappy?

"Xiao Ling? My name is not Xiao Ling, my name is Ling'er!" Ling'er is not very used to this title.

"Ling'er is called by those elders. I don't think you are used to it. It's so good to call Xiaoling, it looks kind!"

"Then why not call it 'big spirit'? It's called 'little spirit'!"

"Because you are younger than me, you are called 'Xiaoling'!"

"Oh, that's right, you can do whatever you want, you can take me out for a walk today. I really want to go out for fun!" Ling'er shouted and wanted to go out.

Liu Yixuan also wanted to take this sister out for a walk because he felt that a princess would be bored when she stayed in the palace all day long. Besides, he once promised to take Ling'er to the city to play, but now he didn't have the courage. He hurriedly pulled Ling'er over and whispered to her: "I want to take you out too, but you are a princess. If my father knows, I have to break my legs. It's better to have another day!"

"I'm not, I want to go today. What if my mother asks me to return to the palace in two days! Wouldn't I be in vain?" She refused and wanted to go out if she wanted to do so.

"Don't scream, just keep your voice down, don't let people hear it. If my parents know, they will definitely not let us go out. Do you really want to go out with me?"

"Yeah, yeah!" Ling'er nodded with bright eyes.

"Okay, I'll find a way. Don't tell your maids about this. Do you know? If my father knows, he will have to hit me again!" Liu Yixuan was cautious, and he was indeed guilty.

"Hehe!" Ling'er couldn't help laughing at him when she saw his timid appearance. "Are you so afraid of your uncle? Why do you look like a mouse and a cat?"

"Little brat, what do you know! This old man always hits me on the board and hits me to death. How can I not be afraid of him? I laugh at you, and I won't take you out if I smile!" Liu Yixuan threatened her in a low voice.

"Okay, okay, I won't laugh anymore, just take me out!" Ling'er begged.

"What are you anxious about? Have you not had breakfast yet? You can go to the back room to have breakfast first. Come and find me after dinner. Let's see if my father went to court today. If he went to court today, we will sneak out!"

"Okay, okay, then that's it. I'll go to where I can eat at my aunt. I'll come to you after dinner!"

After the two of them finished their discussion, Ling'er brought a few maids to Mrs. Fan's side. Mrs. Fan had already heard that the princess had finished washing up and was about to ask her family to pass the breakfast to the small courtyard in the east, but she saw the princess coming to the backyard.

A few girls and women hurriedly knelt down and took the horse. Ling'er asked them to get up and serve him, without any politeness. Mrs. Fan prepared a sumptuous breakfast banquet and served the princess for dinner. Ling'er had no intention of eating. After a few bites of randomness, she hurriedly bid farewell to Mrs. Fan and said, "Auntie, I want to go to Brother Xuan to play with him!" and left the backyard.

Liu Yixuan also had breakfast and was sure that Liu Anguo had gone to the court today and was not at home at this moment. Liu Yixuan said to the promotion: "Do you know what you are going to do today?"

The promotion smiled and said, "I know, the young master wants to take the princess out for fun, right?"

"Okay, you kid, you are worthy of being the worm in my belly!" Liu Yixuan said with a smile.

"But young master, the princess is our guest, and that is the emperor's real sister. Without the permission of the master and his wife, no one dares to let her go out. If there is a big deal, how can the master explain to the emperor and the queen mother? I think he should give up this idea, so that the master will not know and he will beat you again!" The promotion advised him with kind words, for fear of something unexpected.

"If anything is unexpected, I will take her out for a walk. I have agreed with her in the palace before. Besides, I have planned everything and found a few pieces of my clothes for me!"

"Young Master, why are you looking for clothes?"

"If you ask you to find it, you can find it. How come there is so much nonsense!" The promoted official was busy running to the inner room to find clothes, but Liu Yixuan saw Ling'er happily coming in from outside.

"Brother Xuan, after I've had dinner, we'll..." She hurriedly lowered her tone, afraid that the maids who had given birth would hear it, "Let's go out!"

Liu Yixuan whispered to her: "Why do you maids always follow you? How can you do this? Tell them to leave quickly!"

Ling'er turned around and said to her maids: "You guys go back first, don't always follow me, you guys go and play!"

The girl from Zhugui said hurriedly: "We still have to serve the princess, we can't go back!"

Ling'er said, "I don't want you to serve you anymore. You can go and play by yourself. I want to play with Brother Xuan. You are in the way, go back!"

"But, princess..."

"It's nothing, but you don't have time to play in the palace. This time you arrive at the aunt's mansion, you don't have to work so hard. Go and play, don't worry about me!" The girls were also happy after hearing this. Besides, this was in the prime minister's mansion, and there were still the girls and mothers in the mansion to take care of everything, so they no longer had to worry and took the order back. (To be continued)
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