Cabinet Li University Scholar's Office.

The old eunuch in the palace handed a letter to Grand Scholar Li. Although Li Ping was very surprised, he remained calm and signaled his servants to hand over the money.

The eunuch smiled and pretended to evade: "You're welcome, sir. You are the grandfather of the second princess. I will be happy to do something for you."

Li Ping smiled gently and waved his hand, and the eunuch received a few more taels of silver.

The eunuch resigned with satisfaction.

Chang Sui, who had just handed over the money, had a look of disdain on his face: "Shameless eunuch, greedy for money."

Li Ping looked worried about the country and the people: "The royal court of the Wei Dynasty was corrupt, and the atmosphere had been completely ruined for a long time. The Xie family reused eunuchs, and the twenty-four yamen were full of chaos. The people's livelihood was very difficult, and the people's livelihood was very difficult!"

At this moment, he held the letter in his hand, picked it up several times, and put it down hesitantly.

Chang Sui was also deeply curious: "The second princess doesn't have much contact with our family on weekdays. Why did a family letter suddenly arrive today?"

Li Ping also had doubts in his heart. His granddaughter was favored by the emperor in the palace. She was innocent and kind, but also intelligent. She came here once that year, so she must have been aware of his intentional alienation. Since then,

I have never been close to the Li family again.

Due to this level of divine favor, he had wavered countless times. The emperor would never treat the emperor's most favored little princess in the empire badly if she came out of the palace to serve as his consort. If the Li family could be protected by such a noble princess, they would definitely become more powerful.

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Over the years, other members of the Li family have become increasingly critical of his decision to alienate Fu Ying. The Li family has been on a downward trend. In this case, it is even more inappropriate to alienate the second princess.

However, who among them can understand his painstaking efforts?

Being close to Fuying may bring benefits in the moment, but in the long run and the price the Li family may pay in the future, those benefits will seem worthless.

As the leader of the Li family, he is responsible for the prosperity of the Li family and must not let the family suffer the slightest risk. Fu Ying is the second most beloved princess of the Holy Emperor, but the Li family is only the Li family. The Holy Emperor can not be angry about what happened back then.

My beloved little daughter, but there is no guarantee that my heart will be open to a family that deliberately raises people to go crazy.

The Holy See saw the Xie family becoming more and more powerful, but did not stop it at all. However, when it was the Li family's turn, they would hit them hard even if they showed up. If the Li family often appeared in Ning'an Hall, the Holy See would know about it.

I remember back then, when Lan Zhaoyi went crazy and burned down the palace, she even wanted to throw her newborn daughter into the sea of ​​fire.

Where should his Li family go?

Moreover, no matter how favored Fuying was, she was just a princess. Taking risks for a princess who could not inherit the throne was not worthwhile. He felt that it was not worthwhile to cut off all relations with Fuying and Lan Zhaoyi and do his best to serve the court.

The only way out.

Thinking of this, he threw the letter to Chang Sui casually, without a trace of ripples in his voice: "If it's nothing important, just write a reply for me."

Chang Suixin understood the meaning. After reading the letter, he hesitated and said: "Sir, the second princess said in the letter, did Lan Zhaoyi have brothers and sisters, and were there any lost children among them?"

Li Ping raised his eyelids and was slightly startled: "A lost child?"

"Would you like me to write a letter to ask the second princess why she is suddenly concerned about this matter?" Chang Sui saw Li Ping frowning and asked tentatively.

Li Ping was silent for a long time, but an unrelated thing from many years ago suddenly appeared in his mind...

"My lord, my lord?"

Li Ping's thoughts were interrupted by Chang Sui. For some reason, he had a bad premonition after hearing Fu Ying say that he was looking for a child related to Lan Zhaoyi.

After a pause, he realized that he was overly suspicious, so he said casually: "It's better that she is old and has no way to verify her."

After a while, it became involved again. It would be better to stop thinking about it at the beginning. Then, the letter was thrown aside, and Li Ping didn't think about it anymore.

**

Inside a small house at the west end of Willow Lane in the eastern suburbs.

The maid Wenwen had just returned from shopping for groceries. She rolled up her sleeves and was about to cook when she heard a knock on the door from outside. It was an unhurried sound and no shouting.

Wenwen stepped forward hesitantly. She had been taking care of Granny Qi for a while, but she had never met a guest at home before. So she quietly looked through the crack of the door. There was a tall and straight young man standing outside. He looked like that.

Handsome, isn't he the young master she has only met briefly once?

The girl's cheeks were slightly red, her heart was beating fast, and she opened the door in a panic. She peeked at the young master from time to time with some excitement: "Lang, Langjun, you are back."

Pei Yan didn't care about her inexplicable excitement at the moment, and went to the back room without even looking at her.

Wenwen followed cautiously, but just as she was about to enter the house, the man in front of her suddenly turned around and looked at her with cold and unemotional eyes. The girl was so frightened that she stopped and did not dare to follow.

But my heart is beating faster.

Inside the dormitory, Granny Qi was embroidering some patterns.

Her condition has improved greatly, and her formerly withered face has become rosy and shiny again. When she was not sick before, she would embroider patterns for a tailor shop while knitting some handmade things to sell. Although now Yan Ge every day

Yue sent a lot of money from the palace, but after she recovered from her illness, she had no time to spare.

As the most ordinary old woman among the people, she is familiar with all kinds of embroidery techniques. Even the chief producer in the palace is well versed in the stitching techniques. The embroidery looks exquisite and beautiful, and she can always sell a few more coins than others.

Silver.

Although it wasn't much, Qi Po tried her best to save it for Brother Yan. This was her sincere thought and it was also a way of repaying Lan Zhaoyi's kindness.

While embroidering the hibiscus flowers in her hands, she hummed old songs from the Daming Palace Liyuan many years ago. Her thoughts returned to the magnificent palace unknowingly. Between the vermilion palace walls, there was an innocent and innocent girl.

The little palace maid, she shuttles among them like a bird, ignorant and happy.

Later, the little palace maid who was framed and fell into the water was rescued by a fairy-like woman. Her voice was more beautiful than the voice of the most popular singer in Liyuan. She said: "I am Lan Zhaoyi, you will follow me from now on.

No one will dare to bully you again."

The little palace maid burst into tears with gratitude, and knelt on the ground to thank this noble and kind-hearted man.

Thinking of this, a nostalgic smile appeared in those withered and old eyes, which gradually turned into a huge sadness. She was sorry for Lan Zhaoyi, and even more sorry for Brother Yan.

Back then, Lan Zhaoyi threatened her with death and told her never to bring Brother Yan into Chang'an. To show her loyalty, she swore a poisonous oath. However, she completely violated her oath and not only brought Brother Yan to Chang'an.
Chapter completed!