The nine princesses of the East Palace

The journey back to Shangjing went smoothly, and I arrived quickly in two days.

After entering the imperial city, Li Chengyin was immediately summoned by the emperor. I originally wanted to go back to Yufu Palace, but Aunt Rongshuang who was beside the empress said that the empress wanted to see me and told me to go immediately.

The empress seldom looks for me. I have been in the palace for almost two months, and the total number of times I saw her was no more than five times, and I only said a few words when I met her. This time she is looking for me, probably because I sneaked out of the palace thing.

I followed Rong Shuang to the central palace, the queen was sitting in the main hall, so I went forward to salute, "Xiaofeng has met the queen."

The queen glanced at me, picked up the tea on the side and drank it unhurriedly. After a while, she raised her eyes and asked, "Isn't Princess Ninth sick and recuperating in Yufu Palace? Why did she come back with the prince?"

"Empress, I..." Before I could say anything, I heard a loud shout, "The Empress Dowager is here".

The queen got up immediately and went forward to greet her, "Why is the emperor's grandmother free to come over today?"

The Empress Dowager took the seat and said: "I thought Shouning Palace was boring at first. I heard that girl Xiaofeng came back and wanted to talk to her. I never thought that the Queen would call her here first, so I had no choice but to come here." People are blocked."

The queen smiled and said: "Grandmother, I came to Xiaofeng because I have something to say."

"I know, you must want to ask her why she was not in the palace during this time." The Empress Dowager said, "You don't have to ask, I asked someone to take her out."

Not only the queen was taken aback, but even I was shocked. Didn't the empress dowager open her eyes and talk nonsense?It has nothing to do with me leaving the palace.

"Grandma..."

"Xiaofeng, I haven't finished talking yet, why did you interrupt me?" The Empress Dowager said, "I saw that these two children were having an awkward fight some time ago, and I was worried that they would hurt their feelings, so I asked someone to take Xiaofeng out. Well, don't people say that a friend in need is a friend, I just let them cultivate and cultivate their relationship, and after they get married, they can give me a great-great-grandson hug."

The empress dowager's words were too old and disrespectful, the empress seemed to be a little choked up, she only heard her say: "What the emperor's grandmother said is very true, Cheng Yin is indeed old, and it's time to start a family."

"Since the Queen wants to go with me, then I will take Xiaofeng away first." The Empress Dowager said.

"But, Grandmother..." The queen seemed to have something to say.

The Empress Dowager said again: "It's time for dinner soon, and my old problem is happening again. I don't have any appetite for food, so I want to talk to Xiaofeng to improve my mood. If you really have something serious to do with her, I will gone back."

In the end, the queen didn't make it difficult for me, and let me accompany the empress dowager well, and personally sent me and the empress dowager outside.

After leaving the middle palace, I asked, "Grandma, why are you here?"

The Empress Dowager said in a low voice: "You are used to being naive, you don't know how to turn corners when you think about things, and the Empress is always the most disciplined. If I don't come, you will suffer a lot."

"The empress is usually quite gentle..."

The Empress Dowager sighed: "You, there are some things, you should learn more, the royal family of the Central Plains is no better than your Xizhou."

She didn't say what she had to learn.

I went to Shouning Palace for dinner, and the Empress Dowager said a few words about me sneaking out of the palace, but she didn't punish me severely.

Before I returned to Yufu Palace, Li Chengyin came to pay his respects, he was still wearing his daytime riding uniform, he should have come directly from the emperor.He hadn't eaten yet, so the Empress Dowager asked someone to serve him a meal, and asked me to go over to eat with him.

I was already very full just now, so I just sat aside and watched him eat.

"The queen mother didn't make things difficult for you?" He was not in a hurry to eat, but asked.

I shook my head: "No, Grandma came and brought me to Shouning Palace."

"Well, it's not the best. In addition, you'd better not sneak out of the palace during this time. The queen mother wanted to punish you this time, but she was cut off by the grandma. I must be unhappy. If you go out of the palace again, you will be caught. You might really be punished."

How did he know that I slipped out of the palace?Didn't I sneak out once or twice?He wasn't in the palace at the time either.

"Did you hear that?" Seeing that I didn't speak, he asked again.

"I heard, you eat yours." I said.

In fact, I still want to go out of the palace to meet Sister Mingyue. She was the first girl in Mingyufang that I sneaked out of the palace last time. She is the top girl in Mingyufang. .I also want to drink in Mi Luo's shop. Mi Luo is a girl from our western state, and she owns a restaurant in Shangjing. The wine in her shop is delicious.

However, I am being watched by the empress now, in order not to be punished, I should calm down, if the empress finds out where I went to drink flower wine, I will definitely be miserable.

Li Cheng Yin ate a little, and then asked someone to clear the table.

We originally wanted to talk to the Empress Dowager, but she said that she was sleepy and was going to bed, so she drove us out of Shouning Palace.

Today's weather is fine, it's not cold at night, the evening wind is soft, and it's very comfortable to blow on the face.

"Li Chengyin, why don't we go for a walk to digest food." I said.

Li Chengyin looked at me with lowered eyebrows, nodded and said: "Okay."

He led me and walked to the leftmost path, "This path is the least crowded on weekdays, and hardly anyone comes at night."

"Why do we come to a place with few people?" I asked puzzled.

He said: "Father hopes that I will be a rational prince, and after succeeding to the throne in the future, I will govern the N Dynasty better..."

"Does that have anything to do with you bringing me here?" These two things don't seem to go hand in hand.

Li Chengyin went on to say: "Father doesn't want me to place too much importance on the relationship between my son and daughter. If someone sees us walking together often, maybe I will sue my father. If it doesn't work, my father will still treat you unfavorable."

"But, I came to the Central Plains to marry you. Wasn't it His Majesty's order at the beginning?" Hearing what he said, the emperor was really strange. He asked me to come to the Central Plains to get married, but he didn't want to see me and Li Chengyin too close.

"Yes, but for him, it's just a stopgap measure."

"What expedient?"

"It's nothing, you won't understand even if I tell you." Li Chengyin said, "You just stay here in peace, and it will be fine when I marry you and return to the East Palace."

Uh...how did you talk about this matter?I didn't know how to respond for a while, so I hung my head and said nothing.

After walking for a while, I suddenly heard a woman's scream coming from the rockery in front of me.

"Li Chengyin, there is someone in front." I whispered.

Li Chengyin seemed to have heard it too, and said to me: "You wait here, I'll go and have a look."

It's so dark here, and there's no one here, so I don't want to be told to wait here, so I immediately said, "No, I'm afraid of the dark, I want to go with you."

He froze for a moment, nodded and said, "Let's go together then."