If Zhang Miaoyu hadn't mentioned it, Zhaoyang would have almost forgotten about Yan Yunting.
Back then, she loved Yan Yunting so much that she even put aside her noble status as a princess and competed for the affections of a girl from a small family.
Over the past few years, Zhaoyang has become very mature and is no longer obsessed with petty love affairs. Zhaoyang looked back on the past and realized how naive and ridiculous he was.
"I will never marry him." Zhaoyang said calmly.
Zhang Miaoyu tilted her head: "Didn't the princess insist on marrying him back then?"
Princess Zhaoyang is already 23 years old and still unmarried, which is really unbelievable. The emperor wanted to arrange a marriage for her several times and even picked out a husband, but Zhaoyang rejected every one of them.
It was rumored that Princess Zhaoyang was waiting for Yan Yunting to return, which was why she had not married yet.
Zhaoyang held his chin up, looking at the three little girls laughing in the garden, and said with a melancholy tone: "I think helping the people is more meaningful than getting married. Sometimes, I really want to stay single for the rest of my life."
Zhang Miaoyu was watching the show silently in her heart, thinking that the young master of the Yan family might have made a mistake in his wishful thinking.
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At Donghua Mountain, the sky was just getting light and white mist was rising among the mountains. At the royal villa on Mount Donghua, magnificent and luxurious royal carriages were lined up at the gate of the courtyard, and palace servants were busy loading boxes of luggage onto the carriages.
The golden morning sun seeped through the clouds, and Shen Wei got on the carriage.
The heavy carriage wheels moved, and the long team of horses slowly moved along the royal official road towards the direction of Yanjing City.
The royal official road is flat and the carriage runs smoothly. In the spacious carriage, Shen Wei and her two sons sat together. Le You was accompanied by the Queen Mother and sat in the carriage in front.
Shen Wei yawned. She had gotten up too early in the morning and her eyelids were too sleepy to open. Li Chengyou was sleeping on the soft couch next to him, lying on his back, like a little frog with its white belly exposed.
Chen Wei covered Chengyou with a soft quilt and prepared to take a light nap leaning on the soft pillow. Before taking a nap, Shen Wei asked her eldest son who was sitting next to her, "You've been traveling so long. Stop reading and take a rest with me, okay?"
Li Chengtai held a scroll of the Three Character Classic in his hand and shook his head, saying, "Mother, I am not sleepy."
Shen Wei didn't continue to persuade him, she knew her son was sensible, so she leaned back on the soft pillow and closed her eyes to rest. The carriage was shaking as it moved along, making people sleepy, and Shen Wei soon fell asleep.
Li Chengtai put down the Three Character Classic in his hand and gently put a thin wool blanket on Shen Wei.
Li Chengtai's face was filled with worry as he was about to return to the palace. His mother and brother, who had no sense of crisis, were actually still able to sleep.
The Qing Palace is a den of dragons and tigers, where people are eaten without leaving any bones.
Li Chengtai glared at his sleeping brother - how can you sleep! At your age and stage, can you sleep well? Have you achieved anything?
Li Chengtai was worried and quickly memorized two more pages of the book. There is no point in being anxious. You have to seize the time and study hard to make yourself strong so that you can protect your mother, sister and brother.
Shen Wei slept until noon and woke up when the convoy stopped for a rest. At this driving speed, we will return to the imperial city at dusk. She might sleep on the same bed with Li Yuanjing tonight.
She now had to hurry up and get some sleep to recharge her batteries so that she would have the energy to deal with the emperor at night.
"Master, lunch is here." Cai Lian put the prepared lunch into the carriage.
The space inside the carriage is very large, enough to accommodate a soft couch for resting as well as a small table for dining.
The mother and her two children had lunch together.
Shen Wei remembered one thing. When she returned to the palace this time, the emperor sent her a letter full of affection. But she has not been given the title of concubine yet, and even the palace where she lives has not been arranged.
Chen Wei asked Cai Lian, "Did you find out what title the emperor gave me?"
She gave birth to a daughter and two sons, and her brother was a general. I don’t ask for the position of imperial concubine for the time being, but I should at least have the position of concubine.
To be conferred a title as a concubine, one of the four characters "hui, shu, xian, de" was chosen as the title, such as Lu Xuan was conferred "Shu Fei"; or the emperor could personally bestow a title, such as Liu Ruyan was conferred "Mei Fei".
Cai Lian shook her head: "The Emperor has not yet issued an edict to confer the title."
Shen Wei touched her chin. Based on her understanding of Li Yuanjing, he was not such an inconsiderate person.
Shen Wei murmured to herself: "I guess they haven't figured out what account to ban me yet..."
Li Chengtai, who was eating egg custard, suddenly felt that the egg custard in the bowl was not fragrant. My father is so heartless. Even though my mother gave birth to three children for him, he didn't even give her a title.
And his simple-minded mother naively thought that his father had not yet decided on the title for the concubine.
"Brother, if you don't want to eat the egg custard, give it to me." Seeing that his brother didn't move the spoon for a long time, Li Chengyou, who was next to him, came over enthusiastically and wanted to help his brother eat the egg custard.
Li Chengtai glared at him angrily and scolded him in a childish voice: "Eat, eat, eat. All you do every day is eat! You haven't even finished reciting the Three Character Classic, and you still have the stomach to eat! And you still have the stomach to sleep!"
Li Chengyou lowered his head silently. His brother was so fierce.
The child is afraid.
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The royal carriage team had a safe journey. As dusk approached, we finally arrived at the bustling and lively city of Yanjing.
The Emperor attached great importance to the Empress Dowager's return to the palace. The imperial guards and ceremonial teams from the palace were already waiting on the royal official road at the East Gate. After the convoy entered the city, its speed gradually slowed down.
Chen Wei lifted the car curtain and saw the towering Daqing Palace not far away, with its green tiles and flying eaves, majestic and solemn. Chen Wei thought of the rolling Donghua Mountains again, with mountains like eyebrows and clear breezes blowing for thousands of miles.
Donghua Mountain is ultimately a memory of the past.
"Wow, mother, the palace is even bigger than in the picture books!" Li Chengyou lifted the curtain of the car and opened his mouth in surprise.
Li Chengtai grabbed his brother's arm and said, "Remember the etiquette that Nanny taught you. Don't run around later."
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