Pregnant with His Highness' cub before becoming a monk

What the queen asked was the prince's thoughts. Although Shi Fang was worried, he would not talk too much at this moment.

Especially when the prince himself has not expressed his position, it would be presumptuous for him to say too much.

The prince withdrew his gaze, remained silent for a long time, and said, "I don't have any ideas, but let the emperor and queen make arrangements."

His answer carried a somewhat negative sense of "resignation to fate". Shi Fang heard it, and felt very uncomfortable in his heart.

The queen raised her eyebrows when she heard the words, and subconsciously turned to look at the emperor.

The emperor also raised his eyebrows at the queen, which meant that he would not express his opinion and let the queen decide.

"Cough..." The queen coughed lightly and said, "Does the crown prince like men or women?"

The national style of the banquet is relatively open, and it is common for men to marry men.Since the queen wants to discuss marriage for Li Yi, she must first ask him whether he likes men or women.

Shifang looked at Li Yi upon hearing the words, and saw Li Yi slightly lowered his head, and said, "My son... I don't know."

As soon as he said this, the queen and the emperor looked at each other again, obviously not very satisfied with the answer.

The Great Banquet Kingdom does not have the habit of getting married early, and the emperor only got married when he was close to the crown.

If they were placed in other dynasties, most of the princes would be arranged to "serve" by their close people as soon as they entered their teenage years, and learn how to be humane.But the Great Banquet Dynasty is different.Just because the emperor himself is relatively dedicated, there are no concubines in the palace, so naturally he will not arrange "servants" around the prince.

When Li Yi was young, he was arranged by the empress to read some books "about a certain aspect of enlightenment", so it is not completely unreasonable about love/love.But listening to his tone today, he doesn't even know whether he likes a man or a woman, which is a bit outrageous.

But Li Yi had already spoken, and the empress could not continue to force him to express his opinion.

"Since this is the case, let's discuss with a few senior ministers and draw up two lists. Let them report any marriageable sons and daughters in any mansion in the capital. How to make a decision at that time... let's talk about it. "The queen said.

Li Yi heard the words and said: "All the sons and ministers listen to the queen father."

Shifang on the side frowned upon hearing the words, but said nothing.

When the two came out of the imperial study room, it was already dark.

The prince walked forward without saying a word, but Shi Fang finally couldn't hold back and grabbed his arm.

"Why should His Majesty and the Empress decide on such an important matter as marriage?" Shi Fang asked.

Li Yi said: "Marriage is an important matter, it is the order of parents..."

"Your Majesty and His Royal Highness are very open-minded, and will not force you on this kind of matter. As long as you are willing, they will definitely allow you to find someone you like to marry." Shi Fang said.

Hearing this, Li Yi turned his head to look at Shifang, with some unpredictable emotions in his eyes.

"Brother thinks that Gudang can really find someone he likes to marry?" Li Yi asked.

"Why not?" Shi Fang said, "You are handsome, talented, and skilled in martial arts...is there any man in this capital who can match you? There must be countless sons and girls in the capital who like you. "

"But Gu doesn't like them." Li Yi said.

"You..." Shi Fang only thought that Li Yi was on the tip of his horns, and persuaded him: "Fate is always uncertain. You are only eighteen. Even if you don't like someone right now, you may not have one in the future."

But once Li Yi got married in a daze, it would be too late to regret it in the future.

How can I be happy if I delay others for a lifetime and don't talk about it?

Li Yi looked at Shifang, and asked in a soft voice, "Is there anyone you like, brother?"

"I... I am a practitioner, my six sense organs are pure, how can I have worldly thoughts?" Shifang said with a wry smile.

In the night, Li Yi's eyes dimmed, and he didn't speak for a while.

Shifang sensed that he was lonely, and only thought he was worried about getting married, so he dragged him to the gazebo outside Jiyue Residence.It is midsummer now, Jiyue Residence is surrounded by water on three sides, and there is a pavilion outside for people to fish and enjoy the moon. It is very cool and comfortable to stay there in summer.

Li Yi ordered people to set up wine and dishes, and sat in the pavilion to drink with Li Yi.

It's just that what Li Yi drinks is wine, and what Shi Fang drinks is tea.

Li Yi probably didn't hold enough alcohol, and he became drunk after three glasses of wine.

He leaned on Shifang, with his head resting on Shifang's shoulder, his slender and straight body seemed a little "suffocated" because of this posture.Shi Fang reached out and patted Li Yi's back, coaxing: "If you're sleepy, go to sleep. I'll have someone help you in later. Let's rest in Jiyueju tonight."

"Yeah." Li Yi sniffed, and said with a nasal voice: "I remember when I was very young, I was not in good health... In order to save my life, my father and queen had to send me to I went to recuperate in Zhuangzi. At that time, I was very young... I often didn’t see them for a long time, only you were by my side every day.”

Shi Fang reached out and touched Li Yi's head, but said nothing.

Li Yi said again: "Father later asked me to be the prince, even though I didn't understand anything at that time... But because I am the eldest son, this status can only fall on my head."

"Later... suddenly one day, you said that you were going out of the palace." Li Yi murmured: "I beg you desperately, don't go, beg father and queen, let them keep you... for I won't let you go, I'm making a mess... What about you?"

Li Yi asked with a choked voice.

Shifang frowned slightly, remembering the past five years ago.

At that time, he was determined to leave the palace, and he had expected that Li Yi would not agree easily.They grew up together when they were young, and Li Yi was too dependent on him.Because he knew that Li Yi would not agree, Shi Fang had no intention of persuading him at all, but knelt in the Buddhist hall for three days and three nights without water...

Later, it was Li Yi who took the initiative to find the queen and asked the queen to send Shifang out of the palace.

"Brother, what is your heart made of?" Li Yi asked, "How can you be so cruel?"

Shi Fang's heart was suffocated, and he was speechless for a long time after being questioned by Li Yi.

Shi Fang thinks of that past now, and feels that his heart was too cruel back then.

Li Yi was only 13 years old at that time, and he used such a method to leave the other party...

"Brother, I can't even keep you..." Li Yi said: "You said that in this world, what else can I ask for extravagantly? You said that I can find someone I like and marry him. Coax me, or a promise? Can you answer it yourself?"

Shifang was left speechless by Li Yi's question, and only felt that there was a place in his heart that was uncomfortable.

In the past few days since returning to the palace, Li Yi has been "respectful" with him. He naively thought that Li Yi had put aside the things of the year, but now he could see Li Yi's thoughts clearly through the drunkenness.

The boy never forgave him...

"Yi'er..." Shifang said hoarsely.

Li Yi grabbed his wrist with one hand, stood up and looked at him with his strength, and asked with drunkenness in his eyes, "Brother, you are leaving tomorrow, right?"

Shi Fang looked at the young man, and saw tears in his eyes, his aggrieved expression was almost exactly the same as before.

"I..." Shi Fang had mixed feelings in his heart, but he couldn't say the word "yes" no matter what.

Li Yi's questioning tonight was like a sharp knife, cutting a small hole in his heart, drawing out all the guilt he had buried for many years.

For the past five years, he has practiced devoutly in Qingyin Temple, thinking that he has nothing to worry about.

But he never really let go of the guilt towards the boy in his heart...

This is probably why he had such a dream the night before he became a monk.

The boy in the dream had red eyes, standing in the ruins of the Qingyin Temple and questioning him...

Is he really unaccompanied?

"Let's go, Gu will personally send you out of the palace tomorrow morning..." Li Yi smiled wryly and lowered his head.

Shifang felt the back of his hand get hot, and it took a while to realize that it was Li Yi's tears.

"This time... I won't make trouble..." Li Yi leaned over after speaking, and leaned his head on Shifang's shoulder.

Shi Fang was afraid that he would fall, so he quickly reached out to hug him, and Li Yi fell into Shi Fang's arms and fell asleep...

Shifang took care of Li Yi for half the night that night, and he didn't rest until Li Yi's drunkenness faded away in the second half of the night and he slept soundly.

After such a toss, it was noon when Shifang woke up.

He had been waking up before dawn for a long time, and it was the first time that he slept until the sun was shining like this today.

"Master Shifang, the crown prince got up early this morning and went to court early, and ordered someone to prepare breakfast for you before leaving." Yuxing came over and waited on Shifang to wash, and said.

Shi Fang nodded, remembering what Li Yi said last night that he was going to send him out of the palace today, he wondered if Li Yi still remembered today, maybe he would have forgotten it long after he was hungover.

"Has Your Highness come down?" Shi Fang asked.

"Today...cough..." Yuxing coughed lightly, and said with a slightly unnatural expression: "The court is late today because...to discuss His Highness's marriage...cough cough..."

Shifang's face changed slightly when he heard the words, he was only thinking about Li Yi's "marriage", but he didn't notice how unnatural Yuxing's expression was.

"At this moment, His Highness is probably about to descend..." Yu Xing said.

"Let's go, let's go to the East Palace to have a look." Shi Fang said.

Seeing this, Yuxing hurriedly said: "Master Shifang, you haven't had breakfast yet."

"Let's talk about it later." Shi Fang said and walked out of the hall.

When Shifang arrived at the East Palace, Huo Yansheng was guarding the door of Li Yi's study.

After Shifang asked, he found out that Li Yi had just returned from court.

"Your Highness said that Master Shifang doesn't need to pass on information when he enters." Huo Yansheng made a gesture of invitation to Shifang.

This was what Li Yi had ordered earlier, that Shifang could move around in the East Palace at will, without having to communicate or ask for instructions.

Upon hearing this, Shi Fang pushed the door open and entered Li Yi's study room. The windows in the hall were all closed, so the light was a little dark.Shi Fang took a glance, only to catch a glimpse of Li Yi sitting in a corner of the low couch, with his hands hugging his knees, and his head buried...

"Your Highness?" Shi Fang called softly.

Hearing this, Li Yi raised his head, wiped his eyes with his hand, got up and said, "The carriage has already been prepared, so let's... send brother out of the palace."

Shi Fang was taken aback, unexpectedly, Li Yi still remembered the drunken words of last night.

But he hasn't confessed to Li Yi that he became a monk, and Li Yi's current state is obviously not right... How could he just walk away?

"What happened?" Shi Fang asked.

"It's okay." Li Yi smiled at Shifang, that smile was very forced.

Shi Fang felt sour, and secretly thought that His Highness the Crown Prince had really grown up, but learned to be brave.

Then out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the two lists on the table next to him. He took a closer look, and at the top of the list was Ling Zhiyuan, the eldest son of the Marquis of Ding'an... There was a string of names at the back of the list, but Shifang was no longer in the mood to read them. up.

"This is..." Shi Fang looked at Li Yi and asked, "Why is there Ling Zhiyuan here?"

"Little Hou Ye Ling has a prominent family background and is of a moderate age. Isn't it a matter of course for him to be on this list?" Li Yi said.

Shifang frowned and said, "These people who propose marriage to you are people like Ling Zhiyuan? It's still written in the first one... It can be seen that the people behind it are also..." He has practiced for many years, and the second half of the sentence is not good He swallowed the words back, but he was very unhappy in his heart.

"Brother, why bother with these mundane matters... It's getting late, let's go." Li Yi folded the two pieces of paper and put them away, and said to Shifang: "The road to Qingyin Temple is not too short, so start early to avoid the road Delayed."

Shi Fang sighed, sat down on the low couch, and said, "I'll leave after your marriage is settled."

A trace of complicated emotions flashed in Li Yi's eyes, but he quickly covered it up, and then said with some worry: "I'm afraid I won't be able to settle down for a while, but it will delay my brother's return."

"It doesn't matter." Shi Fang said: "A person's life is only a few inches, where you delay is not delay, you don't have to care."

Li Yi sniffed when he heard the words, and said, "In this world, only brother really loves Gu."