When Li Sui helped Chen to sit down, the soft curtain behind him was lifted again, and Li Zhang, who was standing tall, walked in quietly under the leadership of Huichun, but his expression was somewhat indescribable.

of complexity.

"Huichun, just tell people to serve food."

"Ai--"

Hearing Chen's calm instructions, Huichun and Li Sui looked at each other, smiled, and hurriedly responded. When they exited, they could not conceal their joy and bowed to Li Zhang.

"I haven't seen you in these days, why have you lost weight——"

Mrs. Chen pulled Li Sui to sit beside her. After looking at her carefully, she couldn't help but caress her daughter's face gently. Thinking of Queen Yang's death in childbirth, although she didn't mention it, she understood in her heart that the daughter in front of her and Yang

The queen has grown up together and loves her fellow sisters, so how could she not be worried and sad about her.

Li Sui saw Mr. Chen's increasingly sad eyes, and turned to look at his father, who was sitting alone under the window without saying a word. He was obviously here, but he was still alone and could not hide his desolate look.

Everyone admires the great-looking man of the Li family in Longxi, outstanding literary talent, good at calligraphy and music, governing the world with Confucianism, and being popular in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Because of the extraordinary background of the eldest son of the Longxi family, everyone affectionately calls him "Li Lang"

.

But who would have thought that his father, who was always as gentle as jade and treated others well, would now be so shy and cautious in front of his mother.

"When Aye saw me when he came out of the palace just now, he said the same thing as Aniang——"

Hearing his daughter's words mentioning him, Li Zhang couldn't help but look over. However, Mrs. Chen, who was sitting next to Li Sui, just paused and did not look over, as if she had already ignored the other person in the room.

Sensing Chen's indifference, Li Zhang's originally complicated and uneasy eyes gradually turned calm and gloomy. At this moment, footsteps gradually sounded outside, and Hui Chunzhong walked in again carrying tea and snacks, while helping Li Zhang and

Li Sui served tea and looked at the strange silence in the room before finally speaking.

"Princess, Erlang is here to say hello to you."

After hearing Huichun's words, Mrs. Chen's eyes moved slightly, and she looked at the person under the window silently, and her eyes became colder in an instant.

"Let them come in."

After the words fell, Li Sui glanced at his silent father, and the next moment the wet nurse walked in with the little baby in her arms.

Almost instantly, when he noticed the person walking in, Li Zhang's expression under the window became a little gloomy, but at the same time, Chen's cold expression had already faded, revealing a gentleness that Li Zhang had not seen for a long time.

"Erlang came to say hello to the princess. I hope the princess is safe and well. I want to say hello to the princess. I hope the princess will continue to live well."

Listening to the nurse's words, the little child bowed politely to Chen and Li Sui with their hands crossed. Chen immediately happily took Erlang into her arms and handed over the easy-to-treat snacks on the table beside her.

Go to Erlang.

Seeing the child holding the snacks like a treasure and refusing to let go, Li Sui smiled and held Erlang on his lap and sat down. Then he took the lucky money that had been prepared from Nian Nu and gave it to the wet nurse: "You can take these for me."

Erlang, just keep it."

Seeing the wet nurse's eyes bowed respectfully, Mrs. Chen slowly said, "Ling Erlang has met the Duke."

Hearing this, the wet nurse followed Mrs. Chen's gaze and looked at Li Zhang under the window. Just then she realized the identity of the visitor. Her relaxed smile suddenly faded away. When she walked over with Erlang in her arms, her face was more serious and nervous than ever before.

.

"The Duke."

Seeing the wet nurse carefully holding a small human being, when Li Zhang met those innocent and clear eyes, he couldn't help but think of the killing in his mind.

He knew that if Qinghe wanted to prevent him from meeting this child, she would have found various ways. But at this moment, she clearly wanted to tell him clearly with these clean eyes and the young and innocent life in front of her that the relationship between him and her was

What lies between them is not only family rivalry, but also endless killing and bloodshed.

When it was time to eat, the wet nurse had already left with Erlang, and everyone in the room was called out by Huichun, leaving only Niannu, Yunu and her serving dishes.

"I know you like to eat soup cakes. Huichun got up early this morning and got busy. Come and try her handiwork."

Looking at the delicious food on the table, Mrs. Chen smiled and gestured to Li Sui. Seeing Huichun coming forward to share the soup cakes, Li Sui smiled and glanced at Li Zhang, who was sitting next to Mr. Chen, and then said coquettishly.

: "Aniang, today is New Year's Eve, and Chun Niang and the others are being detained here to accompany us for dinner. Why not teach them to have fun on their own."

Hearing Li Sui's words, Mrs. Chen paused, but Niannu had already received the signal from Li Sui's eyes, winked with Yunu, and then saluted Li Sui and the others while joking, and pulled Huichun back.

When the room fell into silence again, how could Mrs. Chen not understand Li Sui's intentions? At this moment, seeing the meaningful look in his daughter's eyes, Li Zhang finally coughed lightly and stretched out his hand with a smile in his eyes.

He gently rolled up his sleeves and personally served Chen and Li Sui a bowl of hot soup cakes.

Li Sui looked at Mrs. Chen whose expression changed silently, smiled and lowered his head to take a bite, then looked at Mrs. Chen and Li Zhang and urged: "The soup cakes made by Chun Niang are still delicious, and they are no less good than those in the palace.

"

Seeing her daughter's rare childish look in front of her, Ms. Chen couldn't help but laugh out loud. She shook her head helplessly, but did not sink her face in the end. She lowered her head and looked at the bowl of steaming soup cake.

Mrs. Chen lowered her head and picked some with chopsticks and put it into her mouth. In the mist, Ms. Chen saw Li Zhang and A Man beside her who were engrossed in eating soup cakes with her. A tiny hole seemed to suddenly open in her heart, and it was hard time after time.

The warm current that she noticed but couldn't stop slowly overflowed from it, making her couldn't help but lower her head even more, and her eyes gradually became filled with warmth.

The moment she married him and gave birth to Aman, she thought she was the happiest and most perfect person in the world.

A doting husband and a lovely and filial daughter.

If she keeps going like this all her life, she will not be the most perfect princess in Zhou Dynasty.

But no one had thought, not even herself, that all this happiness would collapse so quickly, so quickly that she was caught off guard.

After a few years, she seemed to have forgotten how long it had been since she had eaten a meal like this.

Over the years, she has unconsciously gotten used to it. She is used to guarding this table alone, eating porridge and vegetarian food, day after day.

When the meal was over, Li Zhang knew that Mrs. Chen had something to say to her daughter, so he had already taken the opportunity to leave, leaving a short time alone for the mother and daughter in the house.

In silence, Mrs. Chen quietly looked at the pretty girl in front of her. With a smile, she gently raised her hand to touch Li Sui's temples, but did not speak.

"Auntie, do you have something to say?"

Sensing the meaningful smile in Chen's eyes, Li Sui asked about the gentle stroking hand.

Mrs. Chen smiled when she heard this, then gently rubbed the girl Ruxue's fragrant cheeks and said: "In the past, I couldn't help but worry about you, but now, I know that my worries are unnecessary."

Hearing Chen's vague words, Li Sui looked over in surprise, only to see Chen's rare smile getting deeper.

"Zhao Yi came here a few days ago."

Zhao Yi?

Li Sui was even more puzzled when he heard this name.

Zhao Yi came to Yuqing Temple?

Seeing the rare surprise in the girl's eyes, Mrs. Chen smiled and put down her hand, gently held Li Sui's hand and said every word, as if to reassure her, looking at her seriously and saying: "Auntie can see

Come out, he is not coming to see me as a king or minister, but as your husband, he is coming to see me as your mother."

"Do you know what he told me?"

Seeing Li Sui shaking his head silently, Chen's smile was full of gentleness, but his words became deeper and deeper.

"His father died when he was three years old, and it was his mother Zhang who raised him alone. However, Zhang became ill from overwork and passed away when he was only eight years old. In order to find a coffin for her mother, she

He sold all his belongings and went to a Taoist temple to work as a Taoist boy in order to survive. With the blessing of an old immortal, he only grew up to the age of twelve, but he resolutely entered the battlefield."

"Now he holds great power and is in a high position. Everyone is afraid and envious of him, but he has never been able to sit together with his family and have a meal."

"If there are flowers that can be broken, you must break them off. Don't wait until there are no flowers and branches. This is what he asked me, and he was also asking your father."

Hearing Chen's words, Li Sui's hands tingled slightly. She had never thought of what Chen said.

Looking at the stunned Li Sui, Mrs. Chen gradually recalled that day, with the face of the charming girl in front of her, when the lonely and lonely young figure came to her in a majestic manner and asked her if she could do it again.

Words that can’t be calmed——

"The princess resolutely left Chang'an for Princess Yongning. The Duke sent her to the Taiwei Mansion for several years for the princess, and she was alone. You think this is your plan for her, but have you ever thought that it is just what you think is good?

But I never asked her what she wanted?"

"No matter how dignified and steady the princess is, she is only a sixteen-year-old lady in the boudoir. Everyone in this world thinks that she was born with countless honors and favors, but in this world a daughter can act coquettishly and madly in front of her father.

, whispering in her mother's arms, what does the princess have? Gorgeous clothes? Dazzling vermillion? Is it more important than the company of the princess and the Duke of the country - "

"The next time I saw the princess who was unjustly accused and didn't bother to argue, I also saw the princess walking alone in the crowd on the Chinese Valentine's Day night. The princess and Mr. Guo were the closest people to the princess. Have you ever thought about it?

The princess's current temperament is the fruit of her childhood. She seems to be prosperous and unrestrained in the world, but in fact she is sensitive and suspicious, but never believes everything around her. It's not that she is unwilling, but that she dares not. Have these things ever happened to the princess and the Duke?

Thought about it."

"I took the liberty to come here today. I just took it for granted that I would like to express my gratitude to the princess. I ask for your forgiveness, princess -"

"Aniang——"

Hearing Chen's words and noticing the choking in her words, Li Sui could no longer suppress the fluctuations in his heart. He suddenly fell into Chen's warm embrace, but gradually closed his eyes and shed tears.

At this moment, Mrs. Chen didn't say anything else, and she didn't know what to say before she could face this daughter who had always loved them deeply and never resented them.

Holding the person in her arms tightly, Chen felt that all her emotions were overflowing, but they were stuck in her throat like thorns, unable to swallow them.

As she lowered her head, looking at her daughter who was hiding in her arms and crying silently for the first time, Chen choked with sobs, but a happy and reassuring smile appeared on her face.

"Then, I would like to express my gratitude to the princess and the duke for marrying the princess to me. In the past, I was alone when I returned home, but in the future my family will be waiting for me. Please rest assured, the princess and the duke. In this life, I, Zhao Yi, will only have the county.

The master is one person, King Yuling

The concubine is only the princess, and she will only be the princess. She is my wife, and the person I, Zhao Yi, will work with for life. No matter how the world changes in the future, I, Zhao Yi, will never let her go and will never let her be alone again.
Chapter completed!