The Princess's Deadly Daily Life

Long Qi followed Li Xiying's back on horseback, and sure enough, they arrived at the villa in less than an hour.

The maids were originally in the manor, but when they heard the sound of horse hooves and saw the princess coming back, they all came out to greet her. They chatted with each other in the sweet voices of orioles and the mixed sounds were like chirping...

Among them was Chu Yiyi, who looked at her with a smile. Li Xixiao nodded and smiled. After not seeing her for many days, she didn't look as thin as before.

Since Amber was not seen, he was afraid that she had not returned to the village yet, so he asked everyone.

Daimao replied, "Amber came back two months ago, but her heel bone hasn't healed yet, so she walks with a limp. She spends most of her time hiding in her room doing needlework."

After hearing this, Li Xiying sighed slightly.

"Princess!" Grandma was overjoyed to hear the princess' voice, and then she looked over to see the maids crowding out of the manor gate.

Seeing this, grandma couldn't help but scold the maids: "The princess is back, she has been tired from riding a horse, why are you all standing outside like an idiot? Leave tortoise, pearl and jade to serve, the rest of you should do whatever you want!"

The maids then dispersed. Li Xi was silent for a while, and she and her grandmother went into the manor and asked, "Grandma, how is the manor these days?"

Grandma replied, "Everything is the same as before, except that the princess arrived just in time. The emperor's uncle sent a letter, but I didn't dare to open it and left it there for many days."

Li Xizhen listened and smiled: "It's okay if Fourth Uncle's letter comes. As long as the person doesn't come, at least there won't be any flaws."

"Fortunately, the princess returned safely!" Grandma said with a smile.

"Don't forget to bring it over later and let me see it." After Li Xiying said this, grandma nodded and said yes.

Long Qi sent the person there, then said goodbye and was about to leave on his horse.

"Wait!" Li Xixiao saw that the sun was getting darker, so he led the horse and asked the servant to take the reins. He said, "My dear, why don't you take a rest and have lunch before going?"

Last time, she left him at the farm and went to Luoyang Palace. She did not fulfill her duties as host and neglected their life-and-death friendship. This time, she was escorting him back to the farm, so it was reasonable for her to keep him for a meal before leaving.

Then he asked Zhenzhu to order his men to prepare more wine and food.

Because she was at Cui's house yesterday to celebrate Sanlang's return home, she couldn't take over the show by borrowing flowers from others and thus, as the host today, she must warm up the wine for the guest personally.

The weather was getting colder and colder. At noon, the sky was covered with dark clouds and snow started to fall from time to time.

Li Xiqi took Long Qi to the inner hall and ordered people to prepare heaters, incense burners and other things. He then left for a while to go see Amber.

After leaving the hall, she walked into Amber's room from time to time, gently lifted the curtain beside the door, and saw her leaning against the couch doing needlework, with her back facing the door.

Li Xiying pretended to knock on the door.

Amber ignored the knock on the door and said, "If you want to come in, just come in. Why are you knocking like this? Are you playing a prank on me again?"

Li Xiying smiled without saying anything. Seeing that she had no other reaction, she knocked again.

Amber sighed and continued embroidering the pattern in her hand. "Just say what you want to say, don't delay me from embroidering the brocade bag! The princess may come back in a few days, and this can be used to hold the dagger for her. Fortunately, my legs and feet are not good recently, so I can't follow her. I can't be idle if I have nothing to do, so I embroidered this bag for the princess, and then see what else I can embroider..."

"Have you asked a doctor to check your leg?" Li Xi asked with concern. She knew that if she continued to knock, Amber would not even turn her head or even lift her eyelids to look, and she would just drop the curtain and walk in.

Amber listened to the voice and quickly put down her needlework. "Princess... Princess? Damn it, why did I keep asking the princess to stay at the door in such a cold day!"

Li Xiying held her down, and seeing that she had difficulty in getting up, she said, "Just sit down. But your leg has been injured for more than 60 days. Can't it be healed yet?"

Amber saw the princess sitting beside the couch and playing with her embroidery pattern, so she replied, "I asked the doctor to check. She can walk, but she limps. They say it takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone. It will probably take another month to heal."

"What is this pattern?" Li Xi recalled the pattern on the dagger his father gave him. "It's amazing that you remember the pattern so clearly."

Amber waved her hand and said with a smile: "It's not a problem. The princess is so clever when she comes back. It will probably take half a day to finish the embroidery."

Li Xixiao said softly, "Take good care of yourself. Tell them if you need anything. If anyone dares to mess with you, just complain to grandma. This is not the time to play around like in the past. If your muscles and bones are not well taken care of, it will not be fun!"

Amber nodded obediently. "Although Jade loves to tease me, it's not out of ill intention. She even takes care of me a lot." Then she hesitated to speak.

Li Xiying hated stuttering the most, so she just let her speak whatever she wanted to say.

Amber said with red eyes: "Princess, I'm glad you're back!"

Li Xi was slightly stunned, "Silly girl!"

At this time, there were people talking and laughing by the window, and the laughter never stopped.

She looked out the window and saw several maids outside playing with snow under the eaves. They brought the snowflakes to the window to show her, but they melted in their hands in an instant.

This was the first snow of the year. The ground and the eaves were covered with a light layer of white. Several maids were happily catching the snow, which was very funny. Li Xiying looked at this scene, and it was as if nothing had happened...

At this time, grandma personally delivered Li Xuan's letter, "Princess, the letter from the royal uncle is here." Li Xixuan took the letter and let her go and do her own thing.

She opened the letter and took a quick look. It was nothing more than that her fourth uncle had sent someone to Yanqi Village to pick her up. He learned that she had returned to Luoyang on her own and was worried. However, she calculated that if she took a carriage back to Muyan Villa, it would take about five or six days, traveling day and night and stopping frequently. Therefore, he wrote to ask if she had arrived at the villa.

Li Xi looked at the date on the letter and found it was from three days ago. It seemed that the person he sent was delayed on the way, and the letter was delayed again. It was already two months since she left Yanqi Village and came to Luoyang.

At this time, Daimao said, "Princess, the lunch and hot wine for the banquet are ready. Should we set the table now?"

Li Xiying came back to her senses and said, "Let's do it."

Normally, she should have a couple of drinks today, but she was more sensitive to alcohol than most people. If she got drunk after just one glass, she would be making a fool of herself, so she ordered Daimao to prepare some fresh fruit drink for her. It would be okay to use fruit juice instead of alcohol at the beginning.

It would not be a bad idea for her to wait until he had eaten and drunk his fill and then offer him some real wine.

Fortunately, these were discussed in advance so that the maids could be prepared. In case she got drunk and slept in the pavilion, they would not be caught off guard again.

Arriving at the inner hall, Long Qi knelt beside the table, which was filled with steaming food and wine. Li Xi asked the maids to step aside, and personally took the wine jar and filled a cup of warm wine for him, and also poured herself a glass of fruit drink.

"My dear, you have helped me a lot. Without saying anything else, I will use this fruit juice instead of wine to toast you!" Li Xiying sat opposite and drank the cup.

Long Qi also raised his cup, toasted, and drank it all. Li Xiying poured her another cup, "Eat some food first, and put the wine aside for now, don't let the food get cold!"

Long Qi listened and picked up his chopsticks to pick up some food. He had never been served like this before and was not used to it.

"The weather is cold and we have to ride a horse, so we can't drink too much. It would be bad if we get drunk halfway through the journey. It's better to eat more vegetables!" Li Xiying said, and picked up a lot of vegetables for him even though he didn't eat himself.

His features were picturesque, and his hands holding the cup were white with distinct joints. After drinking some wine, his face became rosy.

Li Xi asked him, "How was the meal?"

He said, “Almost.”

Li Xiying immediately poured herself a glass of wine. Long Qi was quick-witted and quickly reached out to stop her, "You poured the wrong glass!"

She smiled, "That's right. Although I can't drink much, don't forget that this is my home. I can drink as much as I want here. But if I can't offer you a few glasses of real wine, what kind of host would I be? I can't let my poor drinking capacity ruin your fun!"

Long Qi felt that what she said made sense. After all, this was her home, the safest place.

She clinked glasses with him and drank it all in one gulp. "This wine is still so good. I'll toast you a few more glasses before you get drunk!"

As soon as the wine went down her throat, she trembled all over and said immediately: "This first cup is for you who was injured in the fight with Zhu Wen when the capital was moved, and saved me from danger! The second cup is for you who came out of Yanqi Village to drive away wild dogs for me, escorted me to Luoyang from a thousand miles away, and escorted me back to the village today!"