Emperor Gan Wu sighed and felt a little depressed.
Even though Li Mingzhu has not been favored by him over the years, she is her own daughter after all, so how could she bear to send her to a marriage tribute?
Especially when his marriage partner was still a person who was about the same age as him, it made him feel very uncomfortable.
Moreover, how do you tell your daughter about this?
How to tell Concubine Lan?
So how to tell Li Changfeng?
He was so stubborn that he had reached the point of sending a marriage to discuss peace. How could he speak out?
Seeing Emperor Gan Wu sigh, Gao Dali couldn't help but sigh in his heart, but didn't say anything.
In his opinion, this is also the only option.
...
As usual, Li Changfeng slept until midnight before he woke up. After having sex with Bingbing and Xiaotong, he slowly got up and had lunch.
Then, as usual, I inspected the business situation of each store. After hearing the topics discussed by diners in the Beer and Barbecue City, I couldn't help but stop and listen.
"Those Southern Barbarians are too bold. They dare to invade me and do something. They are really seeking death!"
"You can do it. Now we are working hard on the national policy to maintain a high interest and tax burden. The court has no money to fight. What can we do with them?"
"It's so annoying when I talk about this. It's so embarrassing that I'm going to do a big fight and discuss peace with the previous dynasty!"
"Isn't it? It's just that there's nothing to do if you are embarrassed. Although His Highness the Ninth Prince got a lottery a while ago, earned a lot of silver for the treasury, and confiscated the second prince Li Shou's home, fighting a national war is still far from enough of."
"Yes, the sixth prince Li Ji proposed to let the thirteenth princess Li Mingzhu marry, and the court officials agreed to agree, and His Majesty did not object. I am afraid that the matter of sending the bride to negotiate peace is a foregone conclusion."
"It's a pity that the Thirteenth Princess Nian Fang Shiba wants to marry an old man, which is really sad and emotional!"
...
At this moment, Li Changfeng's face suddenly changed, and he walked forward quickly and asked, "Where did you get this news from me? Is it true?"
When the diners saw that it was Li Changfeng, they hurriedly knelt down to worship.
"Small people greet..."
Halfway through, he was interrupted by Li Changfeng: "There is no need to kneel down, please answer this prince's question!"
Although he was so soul-wrenching, he had no feelings for his mother and sister, and he had never even seen them after coming to the capital.
But no matter what, he is his own sister. He cannot ignore such things.
Moreover, Li Changfeng learned from the memories of his predecessor that his predecessor loved this sister so much that he was very attached to him since he was a child, and this memory also had some impact on him.
On the other hand, what he hates most is that his destiny is controlled by others and his marriage is arranged by others.
Although it is a feudal society now and Emperor Gan Wu has absolute authority, Li Changfeng doesn't care.
He would never allow such things as sending a bride to discuss peace, which would happen to his relatives.
Seeing that Li Changfeng was not aware, the diners said, "Your Highness, Xiaomin also heard it from others. It must have been heard from the ministers in the court. No one dared to talk nonsense about such things."
Li Changfeng didn't say much, and ordered to the people around him with a gloomy face: "Prepare the car and go to the palace!"
At this time, Li Changfeng was already filled with anger.
Li Ji, I originally planned to let you go, but I have to seek death by myself, so don’t blame me for being ruthless!
Please wait for this prince and see how I will kill you step by step!
Li Changfeng wished he could rush over and beat Li Ji up now, but he remained rational and planned to go to the palace first.
We have to stop this before Emperor Gan Wu issued an order. Otherwise, once the imperial edict is issued and announced to the world, it will be very difficult to stop it. Maybe we have to completely turn against Emperor Gan Wu.
Li Changfeng immediately walked out of the beer barbecue city, boarded the carriage and headed straight for the palace.
Because Emperor Gan Wu ordered Li Changfeng to enter the palace without reporting, the palace guards did not stop him.
When he entered the palace, Li Changfeng did not go to find Emperor Gan Wu at the first time, but went to the palace where Concubine Lan and her sister Li Mingzhu were.
He planned to calm down the emotions of Concubine Lan and Li Mingzhu first, and then go to find Emperor Gan Wu.
When he arrived at Jingren Palace, Li Changfeng learned from the little eunuch on duty that Concubine Lan was not there, and Li Mingzhu rested in the side hall.
When he arrived outside the side hall, he heard a low cry and couldn't help but stop.
Although the crying sound was low, it was heart-wrenching, like a cuckoo crying blood. Li Changfeng couldn't help but feel sad, and at the same time felt a little ashamed.
I have been back to Beijing for a long time and have entered the palace many times, but I have never visited Concubine Lan and this sister.
From this point of view, he is not a qualified ninth brother, and he is a little sorry for Li Mingzhu.
After wandering for a while, Li Changfeng sighed secretly and pushed open the gate of the side hall. Li Mingzhu inside was startled by him and quickly turned around and asked, "Who are you?!"
Seeing the sister in front of me, even those like Li Changfeng who have seen countless beautiful women, I was a little surprised.
I saw Li Mingzhu with a tall green hairpin, a green jade hairpin was inserted into a diagonal temple, a green shirt was covered with pleated skirt underneath, and a peach blossom, a beak of eyebrows like a willow, she was really a stunning beauty.
Such a look is a world of difference from the little slug I remembered that chasing his butt behind all day long.
However, thinking that the two had not seen each other for ten years, Li Mingzhu was only eight years old at that time, Li Changfeng felt relieved, and then he had to sigh that his daughter had changed a lot.
However, Li Mingzhu's eyes were red at this time, and her pretty face was covered with tears, looking pitiful, which made Li Changfeng feel a little distressed.
Seeing that she did not recognize her, Li Changfeng sighed and said, "Mingzhu, I am your ninth brother."
That's right, it's about Brother Ninth, not Brother Ninth.
This is the difference.
Only Li Mingzhu, who has a mother of compatriots, is qualified to call him Ninth Brother, rather than the cold and ruthless Ninth Brother.
Li Mingzhu was stunned for a moment, then looked at Li Changfeng up and down, and her eyes gradually showed a look of surprise: "Are you really Brother Jiu?"
Li Changfeng tried his best to show himself the gentlest smile: "Yes, don't you remember me?"
Li Mingzhu was stunned, and then she felt that the person in front of her and the dearest ninth brother in her memory gradually overlapped.
It seems...it's really Brother Jiu!
In the palace, no one dares to pretend to be a prince.
"Brother Ninth!"
Li Mingzhu was surprised and happy, called out softly, took two steps towards Li Changfeng, but stopped again, and there was a hint of strangeness and confusion in her eyes in addition to the surprise.
Brother Jiu has been back in the capital for so long, why don’t he come to visit me?
It would be fine if I didn’t come to visit me, but why didn’t even visit my mother?
Could it be that the ten-year separation made Brother Jiu no longer care about the relationship between mother and son and brotherhood?
Or, because my mother is the princess of the previous dynasty, can the Ninth Brother distance himself from them for his own future?
If this is the case, is the current Jiu Ge still the same Jiu Ge as before?
For a moment, Li Mingzhu was a little at a loss.
Li Changfeng naturally understood Li Mingzhu's mentality. If it were him, a relative who had not seen him for ten years came to the capital but never visited him and his mother, and would feel disappointed and suspicious.
With a little guilty feeling, Li Changfeng sighed secretly, trying to show the gentlest and sincere smile as much as possible and said: "Mingzhu, I'm sorry, Brother Jiu also wants to see you early, but after returning to Beijing, Brother Jiu was ordered to be managed.
The floods in Shangzhou were caused by the flood, and later they started welfare lottery, secretly trained artillery battalions, and did business in the capital to help his father make money. I really couldn't get rid of it!"
Li Changfeng knew that there were many loopholes in the reason for making up randomly, and it was not convincing at all, so it was difficult to convince people.
But now, he has no other way, so he can only say that.
Fortunately, Li Mingzhu lived in the deep palace for a long time, and was indifferent to the majesty of Emperor Qianwu. She thought that all this was Li Changfeng's helplessness, so she believed this remark.
"Brother Ninth!"
Thinking of her longing for Li Changfeng over the years and the news she received today that made her heartbroken, Li Mingzhu cried out with tears in her eyes.
Li Changfeng was also a little moved and said with a heartache: "Mingzhu, you have been wronged!"
Seeing Li Changfeng like this, Li Mingzhu could no longer hold back. She rushed into Li Changfeng's arms, hugged him almost with all her strength, and burst into tears: "Brother Jiu! Mingzhu misses you so much!"
"It's been ten years, and Mingzhu doesn't miss you for a day. My mother is worried about whether you are living in remote places like Baishi City every day!"
"Since I learned that you were back to Beijing, my mother and I have been standing at the palace gate every day, hoping that you will appear in front of you in the next moment, but why don't you come to see us?"
"My mother is crying every day, and Mingzhu has no choice but to cry with her mother. We really miss you!"
Hearing Li Mingzhu's heart-wrenching cry, Li Changfeng couldn't help but feel a little red, and he felt even more guilty.
Although he was not Li Mingzhu's real ninth brother or Lan Fei's real son, they devoted all their feelings to him without reservation.
At this moment, Li Changfeng became more determined to protect this sister and protect Concubine Lan.
He gently patted Li Mingzhu on the back and whispered to comfort him: "I'm sorry, it's all bad for Brother Jiu. Brother Jiu will come to see you often in the future."
I was so sleepy in the afternoon that I couldn't stand it and fell asleep. When I woke up, I quickly took a shower and wrote it when I was in high spirits. For this chapter, OK, I admit that I am not suitable for writing any emotional scenes, or other ones
Let's focus on the plot, just watch this paragraph. I'll try to write less of this later. Oh ~