My husband, please respect yourself. The princess is here to grab the bride.

After breakfast, Bai Shaoqiu forgot that his brother-in-law Dongfang Meng had promised to come to the Princess's Mansion to see him today.

He boarded the carriage prepared by Lao Huang and headed towards the eastern suburbs.

Qing'er did not go with them.

Because Mr. Si only invited Bai Shaoqiu!

When Bai Shaoqiu left the Princess's Mansion, the Ninth Princess Tang Xianxian also left Shangling Academy in a carriage!

She is going to the Princess's Mansion!

The reason is to read The Story of the Stone!

This was the most crucial factor in her agreeing to Bai Shaoqiu to set up this gambling game.

The girl was very happy sitting in the carriage.

Although she was still wearing a white face scarf, she couldn't hide the joy in her eyes.

An felt that His Highness had fallen.

Yesterday, when Bai Shaoqiu left the library, His Highness lay on the stone table in the watchtower pavilion, staring at the library opposite for a long time!

Until sunset.

Until the night is dark.

Until the lanterns in the pavilion light up.

Your Highness is hungry.

Only then did he regain his composure.

The first sentence he said was:

"Hey...why was I born into an imperial family?!"

An’s first thought when he heard this was: Your Highness is finished!

She had come to Xiling City to comfort Princess Changying. On the way here, His Highness had even solemnly declared that he would help Princess Changying escape from that sea of ​​suffering.

What if that son-in-law is really a waste!

If Princess Changying really doesn’t like it!

His Highness's idea is to go find his aunt after returning to Kyoto!

Your Highness’s aunt is the current eldest princess of Xingguo!

The emperor's only sister!

If the eldest princess came forward, the emperor would most likely revoke the imperial edict.

But now...

After meeting Bai Shaoqiu, His Highness discovered that Bai Shaoqiu was not the waste that people said he was!

After several contacts, His Highness actually believed that Bai Shaoqiu had profound talents!

Because of this, she actually fell in love with Bai Shaoqiu, a married man!

How great is this?

Just as An was feeling anxious and the Ninth Princess was expectant, the carriage arrived in front of the vermilion gate of the Princess's Mansion.

The two got off the carriage. Tang Xianxian took two steps happily, then suddenly stopped.

That door is open!

A burly man was sitting on the stone steps at the gate!

She knows him!

I've seen it in Kyoto!

The fourth son of the palace, Dongfang Meng!

The Princess of Zhenxi once took Dongfang Meng to Kyoto to find an imperial physician to cure his illness, but his disease was incurable!

Two years passed in a blink of an eye, and the boy had grown a lot bigger.

But his illness seemed to persist.

Drool was flowing from the corners of his mouth, and he would raise his arm from time to time to wipe his mouth.

His eyes were still distracted, still...lifeless!

"Sibaozi, why are you sitting here?"

Dongfang raised his head, his eyes a little confused. After ten breaths, he slapped his head hard, and a spring thunder suddenly exploded:

"Your Highness the Ninth Prince?!"

He stood up, patted his butt, and a silly smile appeared on his face:

"Why are you here? My sister is not at home."

Tang Xianxian was startled by his voice. She glared at Dongfang Meng and said, "I know your sister is not at home. Are you acting as her doorman?"

"no!"

Dongfang Meng waved his hand, his expression darkening again:

"Brother-in-law...he doesn't keep his word!"

Tang Xianxian was stunned, and then she remembered that the brother-in-law Dongfang Meng was talking about was Bai Shaoqiu.

"Why did he break his promise?"

"He promised to take me to the brothel last night! But when I got here early this morning, he had already left!"

Tang Xianxian widened her eyes in surprise.

"He promised to take you to the brothel?"

"...Not really, but I agreed to come here to play with him today!"

"He can't wield a sword, and I'm worried I'll kill him with one punch. How can we play then?"

"Then going to a brothel is definitely the best option!"

Tang Xianxian didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Why do you want to go to a brothel so much?"

Dongfang Meng looked around and lowered his voice, but his voice was still as loud as a bell:

"My second brother told me... he said it was really fun!"

"Ninth Prince, you didn't despise me in Kyoto. You are my friend. Don't tell anyone about this, otherwise... otherwise my second sister-in-law will hang up my second brother and beat him!"

"..."

Tang Xianxian didn’t know what kind of powerful person Dongfang Meng’s second sister-in-law was.

She didn't care too much, so she changed the subject:

"I definitely won't tell anyone. By the way, where did your brother-in-law go?"

"I don't know. The maid at the mansion just said that he left early in the morning."

Tang Xianxian was at a loss.

There is no reason for me to stay in the Princess's Mansion.

If the King of Zhenxi is alarmed, there will be another round of socializing.

It’s better to leave and go to Zhuxi!

"Then you wait here for him to come back. When he comes back, tell him that I came to look for him."

"……it is good!"

Dongfang Meng sat down on the steps again, grinned, wiped his mouth, and waved at Tang Xianxian.

Tang Xianxian gave Zhao Poshan some instructions, then took An on the carriage and headed for Zhuxi outside the city.

……

……

Bai Shaoqiu's carriage drove out of the east gate of Xiling City.

When I lifted the car curtain, I saw fields and scattered houses in the distance.

The place where this old scholar Si lives is quite interesting. He is an interesting old man.

Zhuxi is famous for its elegance.

You can listen to the stream, appreciate the bamboo, drink tea and meet friends.

Here... it is a completely pastoral scene.

Each has its own interest, but they all share the common characteristic of leisure.

The carriage left the official road and turned into a country road, bumping along like this for about half an hour before it finally stopped.

Bai Shaoqiu got off the carriage, and what appeared before him was a memorial archway made of bamboo and thatch.

Walk into this archway.

There is no road behind the archway for carriages to pass.

There is a ridge under your feet!

Of course, there are fields on both sides of the ridges.

Of course there are farmers working in the fields!

They are planting rice!

Looking at the farmers bending over to plant rice, Bai Shaoqiu smiled.

He is familiar with this job.

After all, I was born in the countryside and spent my youth in the countryside.

But later I left my hometown and never went back, and I never did this job again.

He walked leisurely, walked along the long ridge of the field, crossed a stone arch bridge, and what appeared in front of him was a huge pear orchard!

The pear blossoms are in full bloom.

My eyes are full of snow!

There was a wisp of smoke rising from the snow-covered pear trees.

There is a small courtyard!

He passed through the pear orchard.

She came to the gate of the courtyard covered with pear blossoms.

A casual plaque hangs on the lintel.

The words "Spring" are written on the plaque!

This is Chunman Cottage.

The door is ajar.

He pushed the door open and saw a screen wall.

After walking around the screen wall, he saw a pavilion in the courtyard.

A pot of tea on the stone table in the pavilion was emitting smoke, but there was no one in the pavilion.

He walked over, climbed up to the pavilion, stood in front of the stone table, and saw writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone on the table.

Bai Shaoqiu looked closely and saw a piece of paper with the words written on it:

'Last night the spring breeze blew, and the pear blossoms on the tree were covered with three feet of snow.'

The words are majestic and beautiful!

Bai Shaoqiu pondered for three breaths, picked up the brush, dipped it in ink, bent down, and was about to write...

A woman who looked like a village girl and was wearing moon-white linen clothes happened to come out of the kitchen carrying a fruit basket.

I just happened to come to the patio.

I happened to see a young man in white clothes writing in the pavilion!

She is Princess Changying Dongfang Changying!

Her beautiful eyes suddenly lit up!