Surely they can't afford to support all these people.
It now seems that it wasn't that the King of Lingnan didn't want to have multiple wives or take several concubines; it's highly likely that he didn't dare to.
Meanwhile, the princess they were talking about stood pale-faced in the study, looking at the sword on the bookshelf.
Sitting behind her mother, Meng Xingyun couldn't help but ask.
"Mother, why did you call me here?"
"Yun'er," the princess said slowly, "how much do you know about that Mr. Li?"
Meng Xingyun pondered for a moment: "I only know that his name is Li Chang'an. He should be a reclusive master from the mountains of Lingnan who has only recently come out of the mountains and met Eunuch Wang and Lord Zhang."
Oh, right, I heard him mention his name before, something like "Bloody Hand Butcher."
The princess closed her eyes, thought for a moment, and then turned to say, "Yun'er, from now on, you should spend more time with him and try to make him feel good about my Meng family. If necessary, you can try to curry favor with him."
"Why, Mother?" Although Meng Xingyun was very grateful to Li Chang'an, it was far from the point of fawning over him. After all, the Meng family was a prominent family, and it was enough to show respect to some experts and hermits.
The princess said, "He is probably not some reclusive master, but an immortal who came from heaven."
"Ah!" Meng Xingyun exclaimed in surprise, "How is that possible?"
"When I saw you in pain just now, I was so angry that I wanted to grab him. As soon as I had this thought, it was as if I was being watched by a pair of eyes in the sky. If I really made a move, I was afraid that I would die without a burial place."
The princess recalled the feeling from earlier and couldn't help but turn pale again: "And did you notice that he has a layer of fluorescence on his body? As long as he is there, there are no flying insects."
Moreover, it remained spotless; his white clothes were never dirty.
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