The nine princesses of the East Palace

"Aweng, what do you think I should do?" I was in a mess, so I asked Aweng.

A Weng looked at me with deep eyes, making it impossible to understand his emotions.After a long time, he said: "It can be seen that you like him very much. If you like him, then go. My little princess has always been brave. Even if the future is full of difficulties and dangers, Ah Weng believes that you will be able to deal with it."

A Weng said, the deepness in his eyes disappeared, replaced by a gentle smile, I don't know if he wanted to understand something, or what.

A day later, I bid farewell to A Weng, He Shi, A Du and my cousin, and followed Pei Zhao back to Xizhou.

Before I knew it, I had left Xizhou for more than a month.Wangcheng has not changed much.What Pei Zhao meant was that he wanted me to go to the Anhu Mansion in the Western Territory first, where their crown prince was.I hesitated for a long time, didn't nod, but went back to the palace.

The closer I get to the palace, the more I miss Father, Mother, and Mistress Mingyuan.My father must be angry with me, because I run around, and my mother will also be angry with me, because I have to go around in circles, and I still have to marry to the N Dynasty, and I still have to be separated from her by thousands of miles.

Before I entered the palace, I heard the death knell ringing in the palace, one after another, as if knocking on the soul of a person, it was so sad to the bone.

The death knell in the palace is only rung when the king or a certain empress dies.

At this time...could it be Empress Mingyuan?

When they heard the death knell, the palace people stopped to mourn in silence, and I also stayed where I was, silently watching the direction of Mingyuan's empress' palace.A Niang doesn't like Empress Mingyuan because she thinks Empress Mingyuan is loved by her father.In fact, Empress Mingyuan is also a poor person. She is a princess from the N Dynasty. She came to Xizhou to marry her. When she first came here, she married my uncle. Married to my father, she is gentle and virtuous, and treats people kindly. She often tells me some interesting things about the Central Plains.It can be seen that she really wants to go back to Beijing again, but it is too late.

Empress Mingyuan has no children, so she always treats me as her daughter.Because she is a foreigner, there are not many people in the palace who really care about her, maybe except me and Dad, no one really wishes her well.She seems to accept her fate calmly and never complains. She has been married for more than ten years, and she has devoted herself to the stability of the Western Territory and the Central Plains every year. Now, she can finally rest well.

I am not as great as her, I just want to be with the person I like, if Gu Xiaowu is not the prince of the Central Plains, I don't want to marry to the Central Plains.

In the next few days, the entire royal city was shrouded in the sadness of Mingyuan's funeral. My brothers and sisters and I paid homage to Mingyuan and sent her off for the last time.

Gu Xiaowu also came, oh, no, he should be called Li Chengyin, he was dressed in plain clothes and tied his hair with a jade crown, he was noble and cold, completely different from Gu Xiaowu.

His name was told to me by Master, who said that he was the fifth son of the Emperor of Central Plains, and his biological mother was named Gu, so his alias was Gu Xiaowu.

Li Chengyin's injury is still not healed, and he can't stand for a long time, it was Pei Zhao who came with him.In front of Empress Mingyuan's mourning hall, I saw his eyes turn red.I haven't seen him for a long time, he seems to have lost a lot of weight, and his expression is not good. He was originally fair, but now he is even paler. After standing for a while, he coughed, looking very pitiful.

We didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, we just looked at each other from a distance for a moment across the crowd.In fact, because of the injuries on his body, he only stayed for a while. After he walked out of the mourning hall, I discovered that the belt on his waist was still the one I tied for him when he was in Danchi.

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Because of the sudden death of Empress Mingyuan, everyone in the palace has to pay attention to vegetarianism, this period of time is not suitable for marriage, my marriage with Li Chengyin has been postponed to seventy-seven forty-nine days.

Dad agrees to marry the Central Plains, and he has broken his face with Shuo Bo. Although Shuo Bo was defeated in the battle with Dan Chi, he is still living on his last breath.

Li Chengyin is about to go out again, Shuobo is too rampant, the emperor of Central Plains has issued an order to encircle and suppress Shuobo, Li Chengyin, as the commander, must go to the scene to supervise the battle.But, I don't know how his injury is recovering.I have been staying in the palace since I came back, and he has been recuperating in the Anhu Mansion in the Western Territory. Since we met on the day of Mingyuan's funeral, we haven't seen each other for more than ten days.

It's not that I don't want to see him, I just don't know what to say when I meet him.What about him?I don't know what he's thinking, maybe he's busy calming down the chaos, maybe he's just recuperating, or maybe he doesn't want to see me...

The battlefield is dangerous, and when I heard the news that he was going to fight, I became anxious again.I took out the cloth strip he left when I first met him, and I was in a daze.

"The princess is worried about His Royal Highness, so it's better to go to him." Di Mo came out of nowhere and startled me.

"I'm not worried. He's the prince, and there are so many experts around him. I don't need to worry." I immediately retorted.

Di Mo put down the snack plate in his hand, "Princess, since you don't want to see him, I'll go report to him and let him leave on his own."

"Wait, what did you just say?" I stopped Timo.

Di Mo said: "His Royal Highness's chariot is parked outside the palace, and he wants to see the princess..."

"Li Chengyin is here?" I couldn't sit still, I pulled Timo's sleeve and asked, "Do you think it's appropriate for me to pretend to go out of the palace?"

Di Mo looked at me with a strange look: "Princess wants to wear pajamas to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

I looked down and saw that I was indeed still wearing pajamas, and I hadn't even dressed yet. With a hot face, I said to Di Mo, "Di Mo, help me tidy up quickly."

Timo gave me an inscrutable smile, and then got me dressed, which took me two quarters of an hour.I put on my shoes and ran, and when I reached the gate of the palace, I slowed down, thinking: Why should I run, I am so ashamed, I am not in a hurry to see him.I hope he didn't see me like this, otherwise, he might be making fun of me in his heart.

I saw a magnificent carriage parked on the left side of the palace gate, so I walked over slowly.Unexpectedly, when I opened the curtain, I saw that it was empty inside.As soon as I turned around, I met Li Chengyin, I was so frightened that I was scared out of my wits, why is he walking silently?I puffed up my cheeks angrily, "Li Chengyin!"

He seemed to be smiling, with a hint of cunning in his eyes, and said softly: "You are really timid. I thought you were not afraid of anything."

He seems to be different from what I thought, not so high above.

"Go, get in the car." As he said, he took my hand and pushed me into the car, and then he also sat in.The chariot was not big, but it seemed crowded as soon as he entered, and we were almost shoulder to shoulder.I wanted to move away uncomfortably, but he put his arms around my shoulders and said, "If you go over again, you'll hit the railing."

I had to sit still.

The groom came back at some point, and drove the carriage forward slowly.I don't like to ride in a carriage at all, I walk staggeringly, either on the carriage or on Li Chengyin's body, I'm ashamed to death.

Li Chengyin seemed to be in a good mood, he laughed at me and grinned, I really didn't know what was so funny.