One afternoon, Li Mu's Prince's Mansion was quietly busy. Even though it was just a short outing, there was no shortage of food, clothing, housing and transportation.
Three carriages were prepared for the eleven people, and two large carriages were also filled with all kinds of things to accompany them.
Li Mu stood in the distance and just shook his head. It was so complicated, beyond his expectation.
Yang Zhao took care of everything and Li Mu didn't interfere. No one except Yang Zhao and Li Mu knew what they were going to do in such a big fight.
Xiao Chunzi and Xiao Huzi watched eagerly as the servants packed their things. They knew that Li Mu was planning to go on a long trip, but the good news of such a long trip would never be their turn.
As a eunuch, his tragic fate was doomed from the moment he cut off the most precious thing he carried with him.
Never leave this gate in your life and die in this limited yard. The two looked at each other, tears welling up in their eyes. They were at the age when their parents went out and had to find their way out.
Now, Li Mu is their bread and butter.
The two looked at each other for a long time, then retreated lonely and hid behind Li Mu.
Li Mu asked: "Are you two greedy?"
Xiao Chunzi said in a low voice: "Master, we know that you are traveling on business, and we cannot accompany you. We understand the rules. Even if the master goes out, he will not be used to it without me and Xiao Huzi to serve him, and we will be very bored at home."
Xiao Huzi also said: "That is, we eunuchs cannot go out casually. Master, we are not used to not seeing you for a day, and we feel that life is meaningless."
Li Mu looked at the two little guys and was also moved. No matter what they said was true or false, Li Mu was moved.
Li Mu asked: "Since you entered the palace, you have never left the capital?"
Xiaochunzi said: "How dare you leave the city? I have been in the palace for seven or eight years. Even if I have a chance to see my parents once a year, it is only in a designated place in the city. If I meet them briefly, I will be beaten to death if I go out of the city."
"Oh, so cruel." Li Mu sighed. Li Mu didn't know much about the management of eunuchs, and he was not even allowed to leave the city.
No wonder I asked my father for permission in the morning to bring a few entourage with me. When it came to the two young eunuchs, my father hesitated before reluctantly agreeing.
Li Mu asked: "You two, really want to go out?"
Xiao Huzi said: "Of course I want to, but we don't dare to cause trouble to the master. We are at home waiting for the master to come back."
Li Mu nodded and said: "Forget it, I know what is good and what is good, and I have made progress. Take good care of the house and bring you delicious food when I come back."
Li Mu didn't want the two of them to be too proud, so he suppressed them first and then took them with him before leaving tomorrow, so that there would be more surprises.
Besides, Li Tengkong, who had just returned home from Li Mu's house, rushed directly to Li Linfu's study. Li Linfu had just returned from the court and was closing his eyes in the study to rest.
Seeing Li Tengkong rushing in with an anxious look, Li Linfu asked in surprise: "Kong'er, you just came back. You didn't have a good rest and were in a hurry. Where did you go crazy?"
Li Tengkong threw himself into Li Linfu's arms and said coquettishly: "Father, I have been away for five or six years, and my father doesn't care about his daughter at all. He finally came back, and he didn't want to talk to his daughter much. Ask her what she is thinking about?"
Li Linfu was fierce and cold and arrogant in court, but he still doted on his children. Among his twenty-five sons, he especially loved Li Jia, and his twenty-five daughters doted on Li Tengkong.
When he was thirteen or fourteen years old, Li Tengkong was clamoring to become a monk and practice Taoism. Li Linfu did not stop him and sent dozens of people to escort Li Tengkong to Mount Lushan.
The love and affection is evident. It has been more than five years in a flash. Li Linfu was overjoyed when Li Tengkong came back unexpectedly yesterday. However, Li Linfu had his own unique way of expressing his feelings.
Indifference is another manifestation of Li Linfu's passionate emotions.
Li Linfu chuckled, stroked his daughter's hair, and asked: "Kong'er is absolutely right. It's my fault that my father ignored Kong'er's feelings. How old is Kong'er this year?"
Li Tengkong stroked Li Linfu's beard and said, "Dad, a girl's age is always a secret. Why do you still ask this? Have you forgotten my age too?"
Li Linfu giggled: "Even I can't ask. When you left home, you were more than thirteen years old. After five years, you are now eighteen years old. Hey, you are a big girl. How will it end?"
Li Tengkong said angrily: "What's the end? My daughter will never go anywhere in the future. She will just stay with her father and mother."
Li Linfu laughed and said: "You are talking nonsense again, don't you want to get married? Yes, eighteen years old is already past the best age for marriage. Kong'er, do you have someone you like in your heart?"
Li Tengkong stopped talking and rested his head silently on Li Linfu's neck. The father and daughter enjoyed the rare family happiness.
There is a person in my mind, but this guy seems to be a bit evasive towards me. Is it because I am older than him?
Li Tengkong was also a little dazed at the moment.
After a long time, Li Tengkong sighed and said: "Dad, you said that your daughter cannot get married when she is eighteen years old? Is age really that important?"
Li Linfu nodded and said: "It is naturally the most suitable age for girls to have hairpins. But at that time, you were so stubborn that your father couldn't bear to force you. Now that you are better, you can become a big girl. Don't worry, I will
Your mother and you are also worried about you."
Li Tengkong asked: "Dad, is it inappropriate if a daughter likes a man who is two or three years younger than her? Will dad object?"
Li Linfu looked at his daughter and asked: "Who is it? As long as my daughter likes it, I will run it. No matter whose child it is, let him break the rules and happily marry Kong'er."
Li Linfu was like a mirror in his mind. He had seen the situation between his daughter and Li Mu, and he guessed about it. He deliberately did not explain it to make his daughter happy.
Li Tengkong leaned close to Li Linfu's ear and asked softly: "What if it's a prince?"
"Ah, the prince?" Li Linfu pretended to be shocked, "The prince is in a bit of trouble. His Majesty needs to grant a marriage. Kong'er, which prince do you like?"
Li Tengkong said angrily: "Dad, you are making fun of your daughter knowingly. It has only been a day since my daughter came back. You have seen all the people she has met."
Li Linfu said: "But when you went out early this morning, I didn't follow you? Tell me, which prince is so lucky?"
Li Tengkong lowered his head shyly and said, "Who else can he be? It's the twenty-first prince Li Mu. My daughter fell in love with him the first time she saw him."
Li Linfu said with a smile: "It's him, so you two fell in love at first sight? Kong'er, this twenty-one, although he looks talented, handsome and free-spirited, but he is a little devil, very cunning, I'm afraid it will be difficult to control, so you are not afraid of him deliberately
Teasing without any intention?"
Li Tengkong pushed Li Linfu away and said displeasedly: "Father, if you don't help, forget it. Why are you talking bad about someone behind his back? I don't allow you to slander him?"
Li Linfu said with a smile: "What? I can't tell the truth? You talk to others so quickly, even your father dares to accuse you?"
Li Tengkong said: "I just think that Prince Li Mu is not like what you said. He is a brat and a cunning person. My daughter thinks that Prince Li Mu is pure and kind, has an open mind and sacrifices his life to save his second brother. Who can do that?"
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Of course, Li Linfu is not slandering Li Mu. Li Linfu truly admires and appreciates Li Mu, but deliberately setting up obstacles for his daughter is also a test of his daughter's heart.
Li Linfu stood up, took two steps, and said seriously: "Kong'er, the grace of saving my life is repayment. Your life-long event is not repayment of gratitude, but true love. From now on, we will grow old together in harmony with each other. This is not a trivial matter."
Li Tengkong said angrily: "I'll recognize him anyway. If the father cares about his daughter, he will go and tell His Majesty tomorrow and ask Your Majesty to grant a marriage. My daughter will not marry anyone except Prince Li Mu. That's it."
"What's the deal?" Suddenly a man came in and interrupted the argument between father and daughter.
The person who came was none other than Li Tengkong's biological mother, Mrs. Jiang. She was a standard middle-aged beautiful woman, with round beading features and kind eyes. As soon as she came in, she pulled Li Linfu to sit down and then put her arms around her daughter's back.
"What are you father and daughter talking about? You are talking so lively, can you let me listen to it?"
Li Tengkong hugged Ms. Jiang's arm tightly and said coquettishly: "Mom, do you care if dad bullies me?"
Li Linfu smiled innocently.
"Look, mother, father is still smiling?"
Mrs. Jiang said: "Daddy treats you like a treasure. It's too late to love you, so why bully you? Tell me, what did daddy say?"
Li Tengkong said: "Mom, dad forced me to marry an old, ugly, cunning old man. Do you think dad is bullying his daughter?"
Mrs. Jiang smiled and said: "Look at what you said, there are contradictions, old and ugly, and a kid. Could it be that they are the same person? Master, have you really found a family for Kong'er? Which prince's son is he?"
The prime minister's daughter naturally has to marry the prince's son, so that she can be considered a good match. Mrs. Jiang knows her man too well and will never marry her daughter off. As for being old and ugly, it is a complete joke.
Li Linfu said with a smile: "Madam, your daughter has very high standards, but no prince's family can afford to marry her. The prince she likes is a prince, who is a few years younger than her. She is obviously an old cow, haha,
How can I tell His Majesty this?"
Li Linfu blurted out, almost saying that old cows eat young grass.
Mrs. Jiang was pleasantly surprised: "Hello, prince, from now on Kong'er will be a member of the royal family, and we will have support. Female junior, holding a gold brick, which prince is this? How many years younger than you?"
