Ten years later

When Li Lian lamented that it was really not suitable to travel today, Li Yuan was standing at the gate of Guozixue, with the beauty beside him, and Li Yuan was in a much better mood than usual.

When he first came out of Yongchangfang, Lin Ziqing was still worried that Li Yuan would not know the way, so he insisted on calling another person to follow him.

The proposal was naturally rejected by Li Yuan, and Li Yuan expressed quite confidently that even if he closed his eyes, he knew how to walk this road.

This is indeed the case. Li Yuan studied at Guozixue since he was a child.He has walked the road from Yongchangfang to Guozixue thousands of times, even after many years, he is still familiar with it.

Along the way, he also told Lin Ziqing about the various features of Chang'an.Lin Ziqing listened silently, as if she wanted to hear through these words and glimpse the youthful years of the people around her.

Seeing Li Yuan staring at the main entrance of Guozixue in a daze, Lin Ziqing asked him: "Do you want to go in and have a look, Mr. Lang?"

"No, just walk around the outside." Li Yuan shook his head and rejected him.The students in Guozixue will not slack off because of Xiu Mu, he will definitely disturb them if he enters so rashly.

When he reached a forest in the northwest corner, Li Yuan searched around, and sighed with some regret: "Sure enough, it's gone."

Lin Ziqing walked up to him and asked him: "What is Mr. Lang looking for? In May of the second year of Jiaping, the Imperial Academy, Taixue, and Simenxue were ordered to be repaired. Even if they were not repaired, after so many years, they should be repaired." Something is different."

Li Yuan nodded, indicating that he knew.He walked to the fence of the Guozijian, stood still very close to the fence, and explained to Lin Ziqing: "It turns out that there are a few big rocks outside. Back then, they always sneaked out and sat around when no one was watching. here."

Lin Ziqing stood beside him, grasping the point of what he said just now, and asked: "They? Isn't Mr. Lang among them?"

Li Yuan smiled nostalgicly, and said softly: "Not here. At that time, I was very well-behaved, and at most I looked around a few times."

At that time, he was the grandson of the eldest son of Cheng Guogong's mansion, and he was the heir of Cheng.The family has very strict requirements on him, and he never dared to leave his homework and escape to have fun.But when teenagers love to play, they always involuntarily slow down when they pass by.

He couldn't remember clearly what those people were doing there at that time.It seems that there are those who play chess, those who review books, and those who simply don't want to stay in Guozixue.

After a while, Marquis Wu, who was on patrol, spotted the two of them.When they were walking this way, Lin Ziqing stepped in front of them and revealed his identity.That team of Marquis Wu was afraid that they would also run into the nobleman, so after Lin Ziqing signaled, they didn't stay for a moment longer.

As soon as Lin Ziqing turned around, he met Li Yuan's smiling eyes, which were so bright that they could capture one's heart and soul.The moment they looked at each other, Lin Ziqing felt his heart skip a beat, and soon he avoided the scorching gaze, walked quickly to Li Yuan's side, and pretended to complain: "Mr. Come out, if something happens on the way..."

Li Yuan didn't take it seriously: "At the feet of the Son of Heaven, it's so easy to get into trouble. Besides, I wear a sword, so don't worry." His tone was as conceited as ever, but Li Yuan's swordsmanship is indeed powerful, and there are very few people who can beat him .

Lin Ziqing stopped persuading him and stood silently aside.

Li Yuan tilted his head and looked at Lin Ziqing with a smile: "You talk a lot today."

Lin Ziqing was about to apologise immediately: "Ziqing was rude, please punish me." He just wanted to take this opportunity to get closer to Li Yuan, but he forgot that Li Yuan never liked the chatter of the people around him.The joy of regaining it was so great that it got carried away.

"Don't be like this, I didn't mean to blame you." Li Yuan took a step to the side, getting closer to Lin Ziqing, "Say a few more words, so that I can feel more at ease."

Li Yuan suddenly suffered drastic changes, and it is a lie to say that he has no fear in his heart.

In the first few days, he was still in the process of testing the surrounding environment, his heart was always tense, and he dared not show the slightest panic.Later, when he learned that Li Lian had ascended the throne, not only was he not in danger, but he was also in the best situation he could think of, his heart fell.

But what followed was another kind of anxiety.

Everything around is different from the past.His mother and wife died, and Li Lian was the only family member left.Li Lian was respectful enough to him, but firstly, there was a big age difference between the two of them, and secondly, Li Lian, as the emperor and the founding king of the country, couldn't get close as before.

His old friends are gone, and the only one who can talk to him in Beijing is Shen Huan, a former classmate.But after all, times have changed, and Shen Huan has changed a lot.He also complained to himself, "It's hard for a foreign relative to do." At that time, Li Yuan only thought in his heart, it's not like your Shen family has never been a foreign relative.But now the two princes in the palace are both born of Shen Liuniang. According to Li Lian's appearance, it is estimated that there will be no other children in the future.It's really difficult to be the only foreign relative.

The rest, former colleagues and old departments, are now scattered where they don't know.Even if he could find them, he wasn't close to them at all.

The world is vast, but he is alone, and he doesn't know where he should belong.

After seeing Lin Ziqing today, he realized that there was another person, who had hardly changed from the one he remembered.With such a person by his side, he can feel a little more at ease.

Lin Ziqing was suddenly at a loss for words.He didn't know what else to say to be worthy of Li Yuan's "peace of mind".

Li Yuan took another step to the side. At this moment, he and Lin Ziqing were very close, and their shoulders were almost touching each other.

He didn't speak again, just stood side by side with Lin Ziqing silently.

After the cuckoo on the branch croaked several times, they set off again.Li Yuan, with an optimistic expression on his face, asked Lin Ziqing to visit Anping Hou's mansion, and said in a high-sounding way: "You helped Dou Sanniang, so naturally you have to tell her, and mention a few things about the young master by the way. "Mrs. Anping Hou's wife, Dou's family, is the third, and the young master is the only son of Dou Sanniang who is letting Yiyang out.

As he said, Lin Ziqing should visit the Hou's mansion.But since Lin Ziqing came to Beijing, he had been waiting in the post house to be summoned, and he didn't care about it.

So knowing that Li Yuan wanted to watch the excitement, Lin Ziqing still agreed to his proposal

The Marquis of Anping's Mansion is not too far from here, so the two simply walked over there.Lin Ziqing always followed half a step behind Li Yuan, not daring to speak.

Lin Ziqing has endured for so many years, and now he is almost reaching his limit.It is said that patience can make gold, but now that he sees a bright possibility, he feels that his full affection is like a flood stored in a dam, and it is about to spew out.

But he didn't dare to show it at all, for fear that his affection would be like a torrential flood, which would bring endless disasters to himself and Li Yuan.He can only try his best to build the dam higher and higher until one day, the huge waves submerge him.

After walking for a while, Li Yuan suddenly stopped, turned to look at Lin Ziqing, waited for Lin Ziqing to stand shoulder to shoulder with him, and then continued to move forward.But not long after, Lin Ziqing fell half a step behind him again, and Li Yuan repeated the series of actions just now.After repeating this, Lin Ziqing finally stopped deliberately lagging behind.

Suddenly, Li Yuan reached out to embrace Lin Ziqing and took him aside.

As soon as he walked to the street, there was the sound of people screaming in fright in the middle of the street, and a person galloped northward on a fine horse.

"Racing horses in the street," he turned around to avoid the dust rolled up by the horseshoes. After a while, Li Yuan turned around and looked at the end of the road thoughtfully. Lin Ziqing explained next to him: "It looks like it should be Documents sent directly to the Political Affairs Hall."

Li Yuan teased him: "Teacher Lin is amazing."

Lin Ziqing glanced at him, but didn't speak, but Li Yuan laughed first.

Arriving in front of the Anping Marquis Mansion, as soon as Lin Ziqing handed in the post, the concierge said that the master had invited him.

A curtain was erected in the center of the room, through which a graceful figure could be seen, which was Mrs. Dou, Anpinghou's wife.

After the two exchanged greetings, Lin Ziqing told about what he had seen and heard in Yiyang. In order to reassure his wife, he also told about the recent situation of the young master.

Mrs. Dou smiled happily: "Mr. Lin is so kind, I can't repay you,"

Li Yuan looked at the eyes of the two people through a curtain, and couldn't help but answer: "Promise with your body?"

Hearing this, Dou directly lifted the curtain and stepped out.Shocked, he asked, "Cousin?"

"It's really you." Seeing Li Yuan nodding, Dou couldn't care about Lin Ziqing next to him.She ordered the maid to take Lin Ziqing to sit in the side room for a while, and she removed the bead curtain to sit and talk with Li Yuan.

She stared at Li Yuan with a pair of almond eyes, and sighed in disbelief: "Ah, someone said it before, but I still don't believe it."

"Who did you hear that from? Ziqing told me just now that you have no choice but to turn to him for your Dalang's affairs." Li Yuan paused, then continued, "Jiulang also said, if you are really helpless door, you can go directly to him."

Dou covered her lips with a low smile, and said bluntly: "How can there be no way. It's just that if I don't say that, how can I let Xiao Qing'er take care of me."

"Do you really want to make a promise with your body?" Li Yuan raised his eyebrows and asked.

Dou looked at him reproachfully: "What's the matter, can't you? He's not married yet, why can't I marry him again?"

The first marriage is by the father, and the second marriage is by oneself.Nowadays, remarriage is prevalent, and most of them are widowed women who remarry. It is no wonder that Mrs. Dou wants to marry Lin Ziqing.

"I didn't say no, it's just," Li Yuan frowned, expressing his dissatisfaction, "You're still interested in Ziqing." When Dou was in Lingzhou, she liked to be by Lin Ziqing's side for nothing, and now it's been so many years It's over, but she still hasn't given up.

"There is no word for 'return'. Before that, I was devoted to my deceased husband." Dou immediately refuted his statement.At that time, she was young and ignorant, but she had been married for so many years, and her son had grown up, so how could she still miss Lin Ziqing.It's just that now that her husband passed away, Lin Ziqing came into contact with him again when she was in Beijing, so she wanted to marry him again.

She smiled at Li Yuan and begged, "Cousin, help me."

"Okay." It happened that Li Yuan also wanted Lin Ziqing to have a family. He was familiar with Dou's personality and family background, and he was a good candidate, so he said to Dou, "Let me help you with a few words. But his temper has become stubborn. , I can’t persuade you either.”

Dou chatted with Li Yuan for a while, then went to entertain Lin Ziqing.She originally wanted to stay with Lin Ziqing for a while longer, but Lin Ziqing always watched her remove the bead curtain, but he behaved politely and refused to even look her in the face, for fear of ruining her reputation.Seeing Lin Ziqing's serious look, she hesitated to speak, and finally compromised and asked the maid to move a screen and put it between the two of them.

She is from Xianbei, and she is not as strict about etiquette as the Han people, but the person opposite is so!

On the one hand, he complained in his heart, feeling that Lin Ziqing was becoming more and more like an old master and was puzzled, but on the other hand, he felt that he was such an upright gentleman, so he taught himself to like it.

About half an hour later, seeing the sun approaching noon, Lin Ziqing hurriedly bid farewell to Mrs. Dou, and fled out of the Marquis of Anping.Seeing him like this, Li Yuan's smile didn't disappear all the way.