Li Chang'an, how can you not betray his sincere heart, and how can you repay all the favors you owe him?
At this moment, she fell silent.
She asked herself the same question over and over again, but she couldn't find the answer.
"Chang'an, what are you thinking about? You seem so lost in thought."
Just then, Feng Beichuan suddenly spoke, interrupting Li Chang'an's soaring thoughts.
"Oh, it's nothing... Um, thank you."
Li Chang'an suddenly came to his senses, a dark and unfathomable look flashing in his eyes. He then nodded slightly to Feng Beichuan, his tone very gentle.
Feng Beichuan stared intently at the woman before him, wanting to tell her that everything he had done for her was done willingly, and that if she truly wanted to thank him, she should repay him with her body.
However, reason still dominated his mind, and Feng Beichuan suddenly sighed softly, a hint of sadness flashing in his eyes before he quickly composed himself. He smiled at Li Chang'an and said, "Your Highness, there's no need to be so polite."
The two parted ways outside the palace gates.
This time, Feng Beichuan didn't pester Li Chang'an with endless chatter like before.
Li Chang'an sat alone on horseback, looking at the layers of clouds on the distant horizon, his gaze suddenly becoming deep and lonely.
Three days later, the people in the capital city suddenly began to spread the story of Princess Chang'an of their Shengnan Kingdom, who argued with the emperor and officials in court to reduce the taxes levied on the people.
In no time, Li Chang'an became a remarkable woman praised by everyone in the community.
As a result, Li Chang'an became completely famous. Now she can be recognized anytime and anywhere on the street, and people are even unwilling to accept her money when she goes out to shop.
However, Li Chang'an eventually handed over all the money he was entitled to, and then deliberately reduced the number of times he left the general's mansion.
Meanwhile, Emperor Xingchang was also having a very difficult time.
For some unknown reason, ever since he appointed those civil officials to suppress the power of military officers in the Ministry of War, people from all over the country have spontaneously formed resistance groups.
This did not initially attract the attention of the officials, but later, spontaneous groups of ordinary people emerged to resist the suppression of military officers by civil officials, and even collectively beat up the civil officials.
Now, even the imperial court had to take this matter seriously.
For several days in a row, Emperor Xingchang received a constant stream of memorials from civil officials complaining about their misfortunes.
At first, Emperor Xingchang was very angry with those unruly people and planned to punish them severely. However, unexpectedly, more and more civil officials were beaten, and the ranks of those who spontaneously resisted the civil officials grew stronger and stronger.
Ultimately, Emperor Xingchang had no choice but to issue an edict to recall all the civil officials who had just been transferred to new positions.
Emperor Xingchang originally thought that he was already very merciful to make such a concession, but he did not expect that after only two days of peace, another minister submitted a memorial saying that the people were now criticizing his foolish behavior of valuing civil affairs over military affairs.
Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it.
Emperor Xingchang understood that he could not lose the support of the people for his own selfish desires, so he had no choice but to issue another decree to abolish the policy of withholding the salaries of military officers to subsidize military pay.
In less than half a month, some people's wishful thinking has completely failed.
As a result, not only did the national treasury continue to allocate silver and provisions to the army, but the annual revenue also decreased by at least 40% due to the reduction in taxes.
Li Chang'an naturally knew all of these things without missing a single detail.
Now that the people have their support, Emperor Xingchang can no longer act recklessly.
I just don't know why the situation suddenly changed so drastically.
Li Chang'an thought about it over and over but couldn't figure it out, so in the end he could only attribute it all to fate.
Perhaps the heavens are watching what I'm working hard for.
Thinking of this, Li Chang'an suddenly felt a sense of relief.
She finally understood what it meant to be sincere and capable of moving mountains, and what it meant that Heaven is watching what people do.
Although everything is within human control, we can never escape the dictates of fate.
At this moment, Li Chang'an was sitting at the stone table in the courtyard, looking up at two birds hopping around on the wall, lost in thought.
"Your Highness, you seem to be in a very good mood these past two days; even your appetite has improved..."
Zhuque walked into the courtyard from outside, then came to Li Chang'an and spoke calmly.
Upon hearing this, Li Chang'an raised his eyebrows slightly, then looked at the woman in red beside him and smiled, "I see you are the same, all radiant with happiness. You must have just returned from visiting Cang Yun again, right?"
Upon hearing this, Zhuque's cheeks flushed slightly. Then, she frowned and said reproachfully, "Who went to see him again? I see him every day, it's so annoying!"
"Oh, really? Since you're so bothered by this, then I won't allow you to leave the manor to see him at will anymore. What do you say?"
As he said this, a hint of mockery flashed involuntarily in Li Chang'an's eyes.
"Huh? This...this might not be a good idea. Cangyun...Cangyun definitely won't agree..."
Seeing Li Chang'an's serious expression, Zhuque took what she had just said seriously and immediately became a little anxious.
Seeing the woman's conflicted expression, Li Chang'an couldn't help but laugh. He then teased, "Is it him who disagrees or you who disagrees? Forget it, I don't want to hear your lovey-dovey stuff. I'm all alone, and hearing too much of this gives me a headache. When you have some free time, you should hurry up and get married to Cang Yun, so you don't have to keep coming out to see each other every day."
"Yes, who's doing this good deed? Sister Suzaku?"
Just as Zhuque was blushing and about to retort after Li Chang'an's words, Chuntao came out of the small kitchen carrying a tray.
Now, Suzaku felt even more embarrassed and wanted to disappear into the ground. So she stamped her foot and said anxiously, "Hey, don't talk nonsense! Who wants to get married! How annoying..."
After saying that, she covered her face and ran away.
Faced with this person's consistent hypocrisy, Li Chang'an could only shake his head helplessly while laughing.
How wonderful these days are!
They've become a couple, and it's so rare to have someone in your heart who you can think of and care about.
And for two people who care about each other to finally come together is such a rare thing.
"Madam, this is the lotus seed and lotus root starch soup I just cooked. Please eat it while it's hot."
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