Her Royal Highness the Princess is leaving, what reason does Li Yi have to be unhappy?
There won't be anyone who is trying to squeeze out the remaining value of his ------- every day and try to come up with something good, and she won't be snatched away by her right away without even paying for her hard work...
In the days without His Highness the Princess, he was like a bird that had escaped from the cage, a wild horse that had escaped from the reins. In short, his life was as comfortable as he wanted.
Who wants to live a life of being stared at every day?
Li Yi looked at her expectantly and said: "Being a stranger in a foreign land, I miss my family even more during the festive season. Seeing that the New Year is coming, it's time to go back and have a look... By the way, I'm leaving this time.
Will you come back in the future?"
Li Mingzhu silently recited the two lines of the poem he just said, and said: "If nothing unexpected happens, I will come back after the New Year."
"Come back..." The expression on Li Yi's face could not conceal his disappointment.
Li Mingzhu raised her eyes and looked at him, "You hope I never come back?"
Li Yi quickly shook his head, "No, no, there's still one month left before the New Year's Eve, so there's no need to be in such a hurry to go back. It's still enough to stay a few more days."
"Then stay a few more days." Li Mingzhu nodded and said, "Shen Liang has made some improvements to the formula of "Heavenly Punishment" and is going to test it outside the city in the afternoon. You can come with us."
After Li Mingzhu finished speaking, she turned around and left. Li Yi wanted to slap himself in the mouth.
Okay, why do you have to say one more word?
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Li Mingzhu has to leave after all. It is impossible for the dignified princess to live outside during the Chinese New Year. Regardless of whether she will come back or not, at least Li Yi can have some peace and quiet for a while.
In Ruyifang, Li Yi personally cooked eight dishes and one soup. Before the last dish was served, Li Xuan was already sitting there and devouring it, without any royal demeanor.
Li Mingzhu didn't move her chopsticks, and drank one cup after another.
In the past, I would hold the wine jar with one hand and drink it with my head raised. I wonder if I was planning to leave a good impression before leaving. Today, my actions were much more elegant.
Li Yi was a little depressed. She was leaving. Instead of hosting a banquet to entertain old friends in a high-end place like Zuixianglou Qunyuyuan, what was the point of letting him cook in Ruyifang?
However, since I won't be able to see her happy event soon, I won't care about it with her.
For the sake of a better life in the future, why not work hard?
Before the last plate of sweet and sour pork was placed on the table, Li Xuan stretched out his chopsticks. When there were no outsiders, this guy didn't look like he had received royal etiquette at all. This was like being a guest in someone else's home, an ordinary home.
If those naughty children dared to do anything, they would have been beaten to death by their parents.
He still had some conscience, so he knew to leave some of the food on the table for him. He picked up a piece of freshly cooked tenderloin and chewed it carefully. He couldn't help but sigh that his cooking skills were getting better and better.
Li Xuan raised his glass of wine and said, "Mingzhu will leave tomorrow. This glass of wine will see you off!"
After that, he drank it all in one gulp.
His posture is very heroic, and he feels a bit like a hero in wine. I don't know how good his drinking capacity is, but in fact the alcohol content in the cup does not exceed ten degrees.
He gave Li Xuan a look of contempt, picked up his cup, took a sip of the sweet grape stuff, and continued eating.
Li Mingzhu is a real hero in wine. The wine jar next to her contains the highest alcohol liquor produced by Ruyifang. She can drink several glasses without blushing.
"Li Yi, what do you want to do in the future?" Li Mingzhu seemed to have had enough, put down the glass, looked at him, and said suddenly.
Li Yi was competing with Li Xuan for the last piece of sweet and sour pork. After gaining energy, his movements and reactions became much faster. Li Xuan was no match for him at all, and easily defeated him and put the piece of pork away.
In the bowl, he said without raising his head: "I never thought about it. It's good like this now. I'll just lie in the yard and bask in the sun, and go to Goulan to listen to the opera. In the future---maybe it will be like this too."
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To have a good meal, you have to talk about your life ideals. At this point, Li Yi has nothing to talk about with her.
Everyone's status is very different. Her Royal Highness Princess likes to eliminate violence and want peace in the world. Li Yi doesn't have such big ambitions. He just wants to have a yard with Ruyi and the others to bask in the sun. Although he has no ambitions, he is happy to live in peace.
He didn't snatch the last piece of sweet and sour pork from Li Yi. Li Xuan felt a little disappointed, but after hearing what he said, he felt a little envious.
I don’t envy him that he can bask in the sun in the yard, nor do I envy him that he can go to Goulan to listen to the opera. I envy him that he can do whatever he wants. Unlike me, basically whatever he wants to do will not be allowed.
His father no longer allowed him to throw stones on roofs or trees, nor did he throw leaves. He was not allowed to study those messy things anymore. After the masters left, he did not hire anyone to teach him anymore, but would let him teach him every day.
People sent books for him to read by himself. If it weren't for Mingzhu's reputation, he wouldn't be here now.
Li Yi's words made Li Mingzhu unable to say anything he had prepared. After a moment, she looked at him and asked: "What if the emperor father decrees that you join the court as an official?"
"You're not really going to do this, are you?" Li Yi looked at her warily. He had eight dishes and one soup. He worked so hard to give her a farewell, but in the end she was not only ungrateful, but repaid him with kindness. Princesses are always so ungrateful.
Does it make sense?
Li Yi put down his chopsticks, looked at her and said, "Please spare me. You know better than me how complicated and dark the court is. If I enter there, I will be swallowed to pieces within a few days."
There are none left, so I don’t need to trouble you to collect the bodies for me.”
Being a county captain is the limit he can accept. He has never entered the court, but China has thousands of years of history. How could Li Yi not know that it is a place that eats people? Li Yi doesn't think he can compare with those people there.
An old fox who has lived for decades is better off. Anyone who can climb to that position is not a human spirit. That is his bottom line. If the emperor really meant this, he would not hesitate and run away immediately.
Well, he doesn't have much sense of belonging to Jingguo. He can't live anywhere, and if it really doesn't work out, it would be a good choice to occupy a mountain top somewhere and become the king.
Anyway, my family has experience in doing that kind of thing, so I should go back to my old job. I heard that banditry is serious in the northwest. There are bandits and thieves everywhere in the deep mountains. The government's hands can't reach there at all. At worst, I can pack up and become the bandit king there.
, it can be regarded as not forgetting the original intention and pursuing the original ideal...
Li Mingzhu didn't know how to refute. She really wanted to say that the court was not as dark as he imagined, but saying this went against her conscience. Thinking about it carefully, with Li Yi's temperament, it was fine in the place, but once he entered the court, he might really be like him.
As he said, not even the bones were left after being eaten.
That place was the battlefield for wealthy families and nobles. The interests were competing for each other. There were no weapons in sight, but it was more tragic than the real battlefield. It involved so much that even the father had no choice but to let him go to the court to meet him -----
-Could it be that her initial idea was wrong?
Seeing Li Yi and Li Xuan fighting for the plate again, with a proud smile on their faces as they looked at the hands that were about to grab it, Li Mingzhu picked up the chopsticks and took away the last vegetable on the plate, falling into deep thought.
