Princess Shu'er of Hepu, who was facing the palace entrance, saw Li Shimin and his party coming in, and shouted happily, "Father."""""
Qing Niang collected the shuttlecock and followed Shuer, Chengyang and Li Zhi to come forward to present Li Shimin and Li Chengqian.
"No courtesy." Li Shimin waved his hands cheerfully and said.
"Father and the prince, why are you free to come to Shu'er Palace today?" Shu'er nodded to Fang Yiai, then stepped forward and took Li Shimin's arm towards the main hall, asking curiously.
"What? You don't welcome Father to see you so much?" Li Shimin said pretending to be angry.
"No way, Shu'er wishes that the father would come to see Shu'er every day." Shu'er pinched her nose and said prettyly, "It's just that the father was busy with affairs in the past, and it's rare for Shu'er to see her father once in a few days.
My brother is also very busy. So my father and the prince’s brother suddenly came to Shu’er, and Shu’er was very happy.”
"When you meet my father, tell Li Anyang directly to inform me. Is it possible that I haven't had time to see my baby yet?" Li Shimin patted Shu'er on the head and said dotingly.
"Shu'er and Sister Chengyang are afraid that their father will be busy in the previous court and disturb him, so they don't dare to report to Eunuch Li easily." Shu'er said coquettishly.
"You girl!" Li Shimin said with a smile, taking Shu'er to sit down at the stone table in the yard.
Fang Yiai and Li Zhi looked at each other fiercely, and defensively pulled Qing Niang, who had sweat on her head, to her side, took out a handkerchief from her sleeve, and carefully wiped Qing Niang's sweat.
"Second brother." Qing Niang saw Fang Yiai and Li Zhi looking at each other like cockfighters. She felt powerless and looked up at the sky, then glanced at the dissatisfied Li Zhi and Li Chengqian's teasing eyes.
, Xiuxian's face turned slightly red, she reached out and pulled Fang Yiai, who was wiping her sweat, and shouted softly.
"It's okay." Fang Yiai smiled gently at Qing Niang and said.
Putting the handkerchief back into her sleeve, Fang Yiai glanced dissatisfied at Li Chengqian who was looking at the show, and saw Li Chengqian mouthing "I don't know anything." Then he turned to Li Shimin lightly.
Walk around.
Fang Yiai glared at Li Chengqian's back, then looked provocatively at the uneasy and kind-hearted Li Zhi, stretched out his hand and pulled Qing Niang directly past the angry Li Zhi, and came to the side of Li Shimin and others.
Li Zhi snorted coldly, turned around and followed Qing Niang, and also came to the middle of the crowd.
The clever Aunt Fang had already had enough piles brought in, and she also arranged new tea, snacks and fruits on the stone table.
"The dim sum here at Seventeenth Sister tastes so good that it makes people want to eat it again." Li Chengqian acted like a normal person, picked up a piece of pastry, took a bite, and then said.
"Of course, this is the snack recipe that elder brother found specially for Shu'er. Father, please try it too, it's really good." Shu'er said proudly, picking up a small piece of mille-feuille.
It was delivered to Li Shimin's mouth.
"Well, it's not bad. He's really thoughtful." Li Shimin swallowed the snack in his mouth, glanced at Fang Yiai, and said.
When Li Zhi heard this, he rolled his eyes at Fang Yiai and saw that he was protecting Qingniang and what he was doing. He couldn't help but snorted dissatisfiedly.
Fang Yiai secretly glared at Li Zhi, then smiled naively at Li Shimin and said nothing.
Seeing all Li Zhi's little moves, and looking at the two siblings Fang Yiai and Fang Qingniang, Li Shimin took a sip of tea, then opened his mouth leisurely, and asked Fang Yiai and Li Chengqian, "That's right.
, you just said that Xiaojiu has no chance, but you haven’t said what chance Xiaojiu has had?”
Hearing this, Li Zhi rolled his eyes at Fang Yiai with dissatisfaction. Princess Chengyang and Shu'er looked back and forth at the few people in confusion, not knowing what they were talking about.
Qing Niang frowned slightly, sighed feebly in her heart, and lowered her head. She had roughly guessed what the emperor was asking about, but she couldn't help but glance at Li Zhi, who was glaring at her brother. She was 80% sure in her heart that it was...
Jin Wang Li Zhi sued his brother before the emperor, and he was somewhat dissatisfied with Li Zhi.
Li Chengqian looked at Fang Yiai inquiringly, as if to say, if it's not convenient for you to say it, I can just say it?
Fang Yiai couldn't help but secretly scolded Li Chengqian, "You love your brother, but you can't get my sister involved, right?" You even bothered to bring the emperor here and make it clear that he was plotting against our brothers and sisters! As expected, there are not many people in the royal family.
What a good bird!
Seeing that Fang Yiai had no intention of opening her mouth to tell the details, Li Chengqian cleared his throat and said, "This is what happened. That day..."
"The Queen is here!"
A song and shout outside the courtyard interrupted what Li Chengqian was about to say. When everyone stood up, Queen Changsun had already held Xiangcui's hand and walked into Shu'er's courtyard.
After the two groups of people greeted each other, Li Shimin and Empress Changsun sat side by side. Empress Changsun sat down with Chengyang and Shuer in turn, Li Shimin sat down with Li Chengqian and Li Zhi in turn, and Fang Yiai and Qingniang sat down.
The bottom.
"Why don't you have a good rest in the palace? You came all the way here under the sun? Xiangcui didn't stop the Queen!" Li Shimin said gently to Queen Changsun, and then sternly said the last sentence to Queen Changsun behind her.
The eldest palace maid Xiang Cui said.
"I don't blame Xiangcui. Moreover, Yun Niang said that although my body needs rest, I can't stay in the room all the time. I still have to move slowly and moderately, otherwise it will be difficult to take care of myself." Empress Changsun said with a smile.
He patted the back of Li Shimin's hand that was holding hers.
"Yi Ai also asked me for a pulse just now, and she said it was fine to walk around. Seeing that the little princess was asleep, I wanted to go out for a walk. I happened to hear that the emperor and Qian'er had come to Shu'er. I
So I came along, and everyone was having fun together." Empress Changsun said softly, looking at her children with a smile in her eyes.
"If the Queen Mother wants to see us, please let people know that after greeting her every day, she will spend more time with the Queen Mother, as long as the Queen Mother doesn't take too much energy." Chengyang looked at Empress Changsun with admiration and said with concern.
"In two years' time, it will be your turn to get married. Naturally, you must learn some things carefully, lest after you get married, if you don't know something, you will make a fool of yourself." Empress Changsun hugged her.
Chengyang stroked Shuer's cheek and said with a smile.
"Mother!" Princess Chengyang shyly leaned into Empress Changsun's arms.
"Mother," Shu'er cried out in disbelief, looking at the eldest grandson, the Queen, and said, "Shu'er won't get married so early. Shu'er should stay in the palace and spend more time with the queen mother and the emperor."
"The Queen Mother hopes that you can stay in the palace and spend more time with her, but that will only happen if your future consort agrees?" Queen Changsun looked at Shu'er teasingly, and glanced at Yiai in the palace.
"Mother." Shu'er followed Empress Changsun's line of sight and glanced at Fang Yiai. She suddenly blushed and coquettishly pulled Empress Changsun's arm and shook it back and forth while shouting in a long tone.
"Okay, if you two continue to make trouble, your mother will fall apart." Li Shimin looked at his daughter with some amusement. He could be tired of being in his wife's arms in broad daylight, and he hurriedly said.
"By the way, Your Majesty, what were you talking about just now?" Empress Changsun stretched out her hand to smooth Shuer's hair on her temples, and then arranged Chengyang's hair and clothes, and asked Li Shimin without looking back.
"What were Gan'er and Yiai talking about just now? Xiaojiu has no chance. Out of curiosity, I want to ask what happened that ruined Xiaojiu's chance." Li Shimin glanced at Fang Yiai and Li Chengqian, said.
"Xiaojiu has no chance?" Empress Changsun looked at Li Shimin strangely, then looked at Li Chengqian with a gentle smile, and Fang Yiai who had an innocent smile on her face. She glanced at Fang Yiai, who was sitting next to her with her head lowered, uneasily. The young lady playing with the embroidered handkerchief in her hand.
Finally, Queen Changsun looked at Li Zhi who looked at Fang Yiai with disapproval, raised her hand and waved away all the servants serving around her, and then asked strangely, "What is going on? Xiaojiu, do you know?" "
"Ah? Oh, Queen Mother, I..." Li Zhi stood up, opened his mouth and glanced at Qing Niang who lowered her head uneasily. He felt a little unsure, feeling that if he reported Fang Yiai's situation to her face, she might be in trouble. In the future, Qing Niang will ignore him, so we will just talk to each other for a long time without telling him the reason.
Empress Changsun followed Li Zhi's line of sight and looked at Qingniang, with a clear smile in her eyes. She exchanged glances with Li Shimin with a smile in her eyes, and saw Li Shimin gently twitching the corner of his mouth, signaling Empress Changsun to look at Qingniang. Sitting next to her was Fang Yiai.
What Li Shimin meant, how could Empress Changsun not understand it after being married for many years? It was obviously that although Li Zhi liked Qingniang, there was still Fang Yiai in the middle. Fang Yiai didn't know why, but she disagreed with Qingniang and Li Shimin. Manage two interactions.
Seeing Fang Yiai moving without leaving a trace, blocking Li Zhi's view of Qingniang, Queen Changsun was surprised, thinking that Fang Yiai really valued Qingniang as Shu'er and Chengyang said. .
Li Zhi also forgot to reply and stared angrily at Fang Yiai, who was blocking his view, and began to exchange eyes with Fang Yiai.
It's a pity that Fang Yiai didn't bask in him at all. She turned her gaze leisurely to the big tree next to her and watched the leaves swaying gently in the wind.
Looking at the expressions and movements of the few, Queen Changsun and Li Shimin looked at each other and turned their attention to Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian glared at Li Zhi who lacked courage, cleared his throat, attracted everyone's attention, and then opened his mouth to briefly explain the whole story.
"That's what happened. I was entrusted by my ninth brother to ask Yiai why I look down on my ninth brother so much." Li Chengqian said slowly, with the same smile on his face as always.
After listening to what Li Chengqian said, Shuer and Chengyang looked at each other, at their biological brothers, and then at their close friends. They couldn't help but sigh, and at the same time they couldn't help but blame Li Chengqian. Zhi, if you have the ability to like Qing Niang, pursue it yourself, just like Cheng Huailiang pursued sister Qing He. Why do you have to expose the matter to your father and mother? If your father and mother feel sorry for you, they will rashly issue an order, and Qing Niang What should I do if I don’t like you? Isn’t it like hurting sister Qingniang for the rest of her life?
Qing Niang had already sighed, her face flushed with embarrassment, and she hid behind Fang Yiai like an ostrich, pressing her forehead against Fang Yiai's back, blocking the sight of everyone who came to visit her.
"Fang Yiai, what is it about my Xiaojiu that you dislike? Are you so stubborn that you are preventing Xiaojiu from getting along with Qingniang?" Li Shimin asked Fang Yiai seriously.
"If you want to marry the daughter of my Fang family, you must be able to guarantee that you will be together for the rest of your life. In this life, you will not be able to have a wife, a concubine, or other messy women around you. This is my bottom line, and my sister is completely worthy of her."
It was about her sister's future, Fang Yiai raised her head and said without being humble or arrogant.
To be with one person for the rest of her life is almost a dream in a woman's mind.
She is as noble as the Changsun Queen. Although she has the favor of three thousand people, she still has to endure sharing a husband with other women. She has a generous smile on her face and feels comfortable in her heart even though those women are not worthy of her jealousy and anger.
, but what makes me angry is the injustice of the world.
Shuer and Chengyang deeply agreed with Fang Yiai's words and looked at Li Zhi to see his reply.
Empress Changsun looked at the two siblings Fang Yiai and Fang Qingniang with complicated eyes, not knowing what she was thinking.
"It is normal for a man in this world to have three wives and four concubines. Even the royal consorts do not all have only one wife, the princess. Your request is a bit too much." Li Shimin frowned in displeasure and said.
"How other people's daughters are, I can't control and have no control over. However, in my eyes, my sister is completely worthy of this sentence. If you can't do it, it's best not to provoke my sister." Fang Yiai had no intention of messing with her.
He said concessionally.
"I didn't intend to provoke Qing Niang's unexpected woman, either?" Li Zhi shouted aggrievedly.
"Humph!" Fang Yiai snorted, "A few days ago, when His Highness King Wu took in his concubine, I wonder how many girls of similar age His Highness provoked?"
"I, Qing Niang, I didn't provoke them, they provoked me themselves, I swear!" Li Zhi became anxious when he heard this, and ran to Qing Niang and said.
"Flies don't bite seamless eggs!" Fang Yiai said without giving any face, "Although the folk saying is unpleasant, it is also straightforward. If you don't go around trying to make people look at you, how can others stick to you for no reason?
Moreover, if they come up to you, you will be able to take advantage of them, right?"
"I, I, Qing Niang, I will never do it again. Really, if I do it again, let me..." Li Zhi was really anxious, and he would raise his hands to swear without hesitation.
"A wolf travels a thousand miles to eat meat, and a dog travels a thousand miles to eat shit. It's a dog, so it can't change its habit of eating shit." Fang Yiai whispered, cutting off Li Zhi's words, just loud enough for Qing Niang and Li Zhi to listen.
arrive.
Others only saw Fang Yiai's upper and lower lips colliding back and forth, but could not hear the sound. However, looking at Li Zhi's suppressed red face, they could guess that what Fang Yiai said was definitely not good.
"Second brother!" Although Qing Niang felt that her second brother was telling the truth, she said such words in front of the emperor and the queen, and she was talking about the emperor and the queen's legitimate son. It was a bit disrespectful, so she couldn't bear it.
The man who lived in the back pulled Fang Yiai's clothes and shouted softly.
Besides, she is still young and is not afraid that she will not be able to find someone like her father and mother who can stay with her for the rest of her life.