The Princess's Deadly Daily Life

Li Xi stood up and held her face in his hands. "Anyway, you think too much. Since she doesn't know you are Zhi'er, how can she treat you differently?"

Shan Luo was forced to look into Li Xi's eyes, feeling the slightly warm temperature of her palm with his chin. Her long, delicate and soft fingers rested on Shan Luo's temple, very close to her forehead.

Li Xiying's eyes were bright, like the sunshine breaking through the sky, and she seemed to be growing towards the sun at this moment, feeling the warmth transmitted to every part of her body.

She gradually became more clear-headed, but she still pondered for a long time, until Li Xiying withdrew her hand. Shan Luo came to her senses and shook her head, "I haven't thought it through yet, and I'm worried. I'd better wait for some time. As long as I know that the mansion has my parents who gave birth to me and I know that I'm not an orphan, I'm satisfied... I still want to go back to the embroidery workshop."

Go back to the embroidery workshop...be self-sufficient, self-reliant, and don't cause trouble to others.

Since the real owner thinks so, Li Xiying shouldn't be too anxious to help her make a decision. Being alone is her choice, and it may not be a bad thing.

For example, although she is a princess, she has her grandfather and uncle watching over her. She has to weigh whether it is right or not, whether it will upset them, or whether the worst result can be tolerated by them, so that it will not affect their lives. After all, her family is concerned about her, and she can't be too selfish and just do it.

Thinking of this, she became even more worried. Her fourth uncle now had more people guarding outside the door, fearing that she would escape again.

She was afraid that her grandfather would issue an imperial decree and immediately decide to let her choose a date to get married at her fourth uncle's residence. Then not only would her way to escape be blocked, but she would also have to marry obediently... marry!

Shan Luo also stood up and looked at the princess who seemed to be in a trance. She didn't dare to guess what the princess was thinking, but she could guess a little.

She became more and more confused. Even a princess had endless troubles, and who could be immune to it?

But once she had made up her mind, she kept the secret deep in her heart forever.

Suddenly, Li Xiying said, "Go back to the embroidery workshop. I will personally take you back to the embroidery workshop tomorrow."

Outside the house, the moonlight was bright and beautiful, flowing down the roof and over the branches, and it was mottled and drifting like a veil. Two maids stood guard outside the door, and several soldiers stood outside the courtyard, silently, taking turns to change shifts all night long.

What a waste of manpower. Even if no one was guarding her, she wouldn't run around at night. But she will have her own way to deal with it tomorrow, Li Xiying thought as she lay on the bed.

The next morning, after Li Xiying washed and dressed, she opened the door to see her fourth uncle watering the flowers and plants he had planted outside the yard.

These exotic flowers and plants really caught Fourth Uncle's eye and were to his taste, so each one was taken care of delicately, washing them with running water and lightly brushing the leaves with his fingertips, more gently than he would treat a beautiful woman. Perhaps this was the reason why he did not need a beautiful woman by his side. He was too busy taking care of the flowers and plants to have time to think about his lifelong affairs.

Li Xiying pretended to pace and came quietly, "Fourth Uncle, I have something to tell you."

Li Jian glanced at her, holding the watering can in one hand, still standing upright with a solemn expression, "What's the matter?"

She grabbed the watering can and threw it aside. She pushed him to the stone table next to her with great effort and sat him down. She massaged his shoulders and back, "Fourth Uncle~"

He gathered his sleeves and looked at her with the same mature and dignified look, "If someone is being attentive to you for no reason, he is either a traitor or a thief."

His niece was still the same as in previous years. She would not easily accept her hospitality. If she acted out of character, it was because she had something to ask for.

"Hehe, Fourth Uncle, it's not easy for me to meet you, so I want to chat with you about some daily life."

Li Xuan ruthlessly retorted, "Why were you unwilling to talk to me about daily life yesterday? Don't forget that before I could say a few more words, you closed the door and left me, your fourth uncle, in the cold."

"Yesterday... I don't remember what happened yesterday. It seems that Fourth Uncle doesn't want to talk to me, so forget it." She stepped back, and then saw Li Xuan was about to get up to water the flowers again, so she hurried back and held him down. She had overestimated Fourth Uncle's patience. "Fourth Uncle, look, the sun is shining today, the weather is really great!"

"I know, what do you want to say?"

Fourth Uncle is still the same Fourth Uncle, he hasn't changed at all. She didn't beat around the bush and asked directly, "Fourth Uncle, did you contact my grandfather yesterday?"

"It's not too late yet." Li Xuan replied.

An idea flashed in her eyes, and she muttered, "Fourth Uncle, can you give me some time to relax? Grandpa asked the Queen to select the portraits of the prince consort. The Queen must be satisfied with it. She also asked someone to try out marriage for me." She said it with great emotion and grievance, and wiped her nose with Li Xuan's sleeve, "I really don't want to get married so hastily. Just think about it: if you want to get married, and the former Emperor Taizong finds a woman you have never met for you, will you accept..."

Before she could finish her words, Li Jian cut off the rest of her words and said concisely, "Okay."

Li Xi was quite surprised that he agreed without saying anything. "Really?"

He continued, "But your grandfather is still worried about you. I have already sent someone to tell him that you are safe here. But I want to ask you something. You took the maid and fled the palace overnight just because you were dissatisfied with your grandfather's arrangement? In your mind, is your grandfather such an unreasonable emperor?"

"My fourth uncle is right," she said softly.

Li Xuan had very sharp ears, and he softened his tone when he heard it, "It's good that you know you're wrong. But you were in the Prime Minister's residence these days. Did you have enough food and clothes to eat and suffer any injustice?"

Li Xi said: "I didn't feel wronged. The prime minister's wife treated me very well. I thought she treated me so well because she knew my status."

Li Xuan asked: "Then why does she treat you well?"

Seeing that Fourth Uncle actually took the initiative to open up the conversation, she also thought about how to slowly turn the topic in a favorable direction. "You don't know this. The Prime Minister's wife had four sons and one daughter, and the youngest daughter was lost in her early years. She regretted it and was depressed for many years. Until I came to her house, she insisted that I looked like her youngest daughter, and she made clothes for me and held a banquet. I just sat back and enjoyed the treat. She also showed me the portrait of the daughter, but it was just the appearance of a three-year-old child, how could it be half a resemblance. But do you know how outrageous it is?"

Li Xuan frowned, "You say."

She said, "You know she thought I looked like her daughter just by looking at a mole. I was wondering when I got that mole. It turns out she looked at my face more carefully than I did, even the small mole hidden between my eyebrows."

Li Jian glanced at her eyebrows and said, "I guess your grandfather didn't notice it either."

Li Xixiao laughed and said, "Not only that, there's something even more outrageous. Guess who the young lady who came with me is?"

"Isn't she the maid you brought from the farm?" Li Xuan asked.

Li Xiying shook her head and corrected him, "The maid I brought from the manor is called Amber. She should have returned to the manor. And you should have guessed who the one in the room is."

Li Xuan saw that the answer was on the riddle and said, "Could it be the youngest daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion who was lost?"

She answered, "Yes. It's really a coincidence that she didn't recognize her own daughter right under her nose, but instead wanted to recognize me, who is completely unrelated to her..."

"Then why did you bring her back?" Li Xuan frowned. This little girl has always been nosy. She has nothing to do and is busier than an official all day long. She always has something to think about.

The question hit the point, and she said with a twitch of her lips: "Because the Prime Minister's Mansion didn't recognize who she was, she also wanted to work as an embroidery lady in the embroidery workshop, not caring about worldly affairs and being self-reliant. If she wants to be an embroidery lady, then she'll be an embroidery lady. I said, I will personally send her to the embroidery workshop today."

Li Jian finally saw through her intentions, "Why are you joining in the fun?"

She said calmly, "I have known her for many days and we are like sisters. It won't hurt to send her off."

"After all this going around in circles, you just want to leave the house, right?" Li Xuan stood up, picked up the watering can, walked to the flower bed and continued what he was doing before.

She followed him closely, watching him watering the flowers and plants. She spotted a weed and helped pull it out, throwing it away and brushing off the dust. "Now that we've talked, Fourth Uncle, please be flexible. I promise not to run around."

Li Jian glanced at the "weeds" on the ground, then glanced at her, his face as pale as gold paper, "You can talk, but why are you pulling my herbs?"

"Medicine...herbs?"