"Uh... I haven't provoked you again since I arrived in Fengyuan, right?"
"snort!"
"That's weird, princess. You must have very few friends with your temperament."
"you!"
"..."
On the way to Dafeng Palace, Wei Changtian tried several times to find out why Li Wutong was angry, but the latter still maintained her Riddler persona and never gave him a good look from the beginning to the end.
Good guy.
In Dafeng, you are a princess, but in my case, you are just a bastard!
Wei Changtian was also not a good person. After a few sarcastic words, he stopped asking.
The two of them stared at each other all the way until the carriage entered the palace. After getting off the carriage, they were led down to a garden by a young eunuch.
"Her Royal Highness the Princess, Mr. Wei, the Emperor and the bachelor are discussing matters over there."
The little eunuch bowed and stopped, and Wei Changtian also turned his attention to the two people walking casually on the bluestone path not far away.
There is no doubt that the tall and thin man wearing a white dragon-embroidered robe is the Dafeng Emperor, Li Qi.
"father!"
Instead of calling Li Qi "Father" as usual, Li Wutong finally showed a smile on his face. After shouting, he picked up the hem of his skirt and ran towards the two of them.
"Hahaha, Tong'er."
The tall and thin man turned around after hearing this, his expression also somewhat happy.
He first responded lovingly, and then looked happily at Wei Changtian who was following behind.
"Mr. Wei, you have come a long way. It's been a hard journey."
"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I'm scared."
He folded his hands up and down and bowed in a neither humble nor overbearing manner. Wei Changtian raised his head and calmly looked at the Emperor Feng in front of him.
Strictly speaking, this was the first time he saw a living emperor.
Although he and Ning Yongnian had secretly met several times before, they never really met even at the Spring Dragon Poetry Club.
However, Wei Changtian has seen Ning Yongnian's portrait, and apart from the "beautiful face", he can see that the latter is definitely the kind of image of a powerful person with a strong body and a very dignified figure.
To be honest, Ning Yongnian's appearance is in line with Wei Changtian's standard for an "emperor".
As for Li Qi in front of me...
To put it mildly, he is an approachable, gentle and elegant Confucian monarch.
To put it bluntly, he is the kind of coward who is indecisive and has no ambition.
Of course, whether in his past or present life, Wei Changtian has long understood the principle of "don't judge people by their superficial appearance", so he does not have any contempt for Li Qi at this moment.
After all, if he was really a coward, he would not take the initiative to provoke this national war.
"..."
"Master Wei, this is Ye Guangyi, the bachelor of our cabinet."
Li Qi also looked Wei Changtian up and down and said with a smile: "Ye Aiqing likes your poems very much. He didn't hear that you were going to the palace, so he immediately came to me to discuss matters, but in fact he just wanted to see you."
"Your Majesty, you are making fun of me again."
There is no such strict distinction between monarch and minister. The old man with white hair and beard next to him glanced helplessly at Li Qi, then raised his hands to Wei Changtian and said: "I, Ye Guangyi, I have heard about Mr. Wei for a long time, and today I saw that he is indeed a great talent.
posture."
The surname is Ye!
This surname is very dangerous!
"Master Ye is so complimentary."
Wei Changtian was greatly alert and at the same time returned the gift respectfully.
I thought the two of them were just chatting casually, but who would have thought that the old man shook his head seriously.
"No, I never lie."
"A poem about a spring river with flowers and a moonlit night, and a sentence about how life is endless from generation to generation, but the river and the moon are only the same every year."
"It is never an exaggeration to praise a person who can create such a masterpiece that will last forever."
"..."
You old man...you are quite good at getting things done!
If you can speak, speak more!
Wei Changtian felt secretly happy in his heart, and he couldn't help but say another round of polite words like "Master Ye, you're a bad boy".
However, during the banter between the two of them, Wei Changtian also noticed that Li Qi was standing next to him happily, with a smile on his face.
Good guy, can the king of a country be so easy-going?
For a time, Wei Changtian could not help but conjure up the image of a smiling tiger who was "approachable on the outside but ruthless on the inside".
At this moment, "Smiling Tiger" Li Qi finally spoke again.
"OK OK."
"Ye Aiqing, since Mr. Wei will live in Fengyuan for some time anyway, if you really like Mr. Wei's talent, you can prepare a few jugs of good wine and invite Mr. Wei to have a chat alone."
"Tong'er, please accompany Ye Aiqing for a walk. I want to talk to Mr. Wei alone for a while."
"..."
A few simple words finally put an end to Wei Changtian and Ye Guangyi's endless courtesy.
The latter and Li Wutong quickly walked away, and Wei Changtian's expression gradually became serious.
After pushing the others away, Li Qi undoubtedly wanted to talk to him about business.
I just don't know whether I want to test the Wei family's attitude towards the "Fengning National War", or whether I am going to tell myself what I want to do in Fengyuan, or whether I am going to invite myself to "surrender"...
Looking at Li Qi's slightly open mouth, Wei Changtian's nerves were highly tense, and at the same time he quickly recalled in his mind the various situations that Chu Xianping had imagined for him.
Then he heard Li Qi slowly say:
"Mr. Wei, what do you think of Tong'er?"
"..."
"???"
...
the other side.
The breeze slipped through a few small white petals, carrying the fragrance of jasmine and fluttering the corners of Li Wutong's skirt.
She glanced at two figures, one black and one white, in the distance, and then asked Ye Guangyi beside her in a low voice.
"Master Ye, how did that incident go in the past month?"
"well."
The relief on his face disappeared in an instant, and Ye Guangyi sighed deeply: "There is still no progress. I have seen the monster several times, but in the end I still can't do anything to him."
"Is it?"
Although Li Wutong had expected this answer, his expression was still a little disappointed: "It seems there are only two months left..."
"Yes, but princess, don't worry too much."
Ye Guangyi consoled him: "Since Mr. Wei can defeat Meng Shi with one move, he can also kill that monster."
"I hope so."
Li Wutong whispered to himself: "I just don't know if he is willing to take action."
"Princess, you can rest assured about this."
Ye Guangyi smiled slightly: "The emperor will definitely give him an offer he cannot refuse."
An irresistible condition.
Li Wutong stopped by a small pool, looking at his shadowy reflection in the water, and suddenly an unconfident idea came to his mind.
Maybe he doesn't have such conditions...
Subconsciously looking at the figure walking side by side with his father again, Li Wutong suddenly remembered something and suddenly turned around and asked:
"Sir Ye, have you ever heard the poem "Sentiment has been full of regrets since ancient times, and good dreams are the easiest to wake up from"?
"Um?"
Ye Guangyi was stunned for a moment, then muttered this sentence several times, and finally the expression on his face became more and more excited, and his voice was no longer calm.
"Princess, who wrote this poem?!"
"..."
Looking at Ye Guangyi, whose eyes were shining as if he had found a treasure, Li Wutong now certainly knew that this poem was "original" by Wei Changtian.
Humph! He even lied to himself that he couldn’t write poetry!
"Plop~"
He viciously kicked a small stone into the pool and cursed in a low voice as if he was talking to himself: