Princess Jinyang of the Tang Dynasty

"It's the first time I've seen so many Kongming lanterns go up at the same time, it's so beautiful!" Tian Hanshan said excitedly.

Cheng Chubi nervously clutched the saber at his waist, warning his subordinates to be vigilant.The sudden appearance of so many bright lanterns was so strange that Cheng Chubi felt that someone might be trying to make a fuss.The number of people protecting the princess must be guaranteed, and another seven or eight people will be sent down the mountain to check the situation in the west where the Kongming lanterns are placed.

It was only then that Tian Hanshan noticed that there seemed to be tears on the face of the princess with folded hands. He panicked and quickly took out a silk handkerchief to wipe away the tears for the princess.

"My lord, this is..."

"I don't know if you have heard a saying that if three thousand Kongming lanterns are placed in the western sky, the wish will come true." Li Mingda quickly wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief, and said to Tian Hanshan and Cheng Chubi.

Tian Hanshan shook his head.

Cheng Chubi thought for a while, and replied to Li Mingda: "Seven or eight years ago, my subordinates heard this kind of talk, but they said that the Kongming Lantern had to be obtained from thousands of households. It is too difficult to ask for new lamps in the twelfth lunar month."

"It looks like there are three thousand lamps in the sky, but I don't know if they came from different families. But Plum Blossom Temple is a blessed place, and the incense is very efficacious. No matter what, the wish just made by your lord will definitely come true." Tian Hanshan said. sweet way.

Li Mingda nodded happily.

Cheng Chubi was still thinking about the strangeness of this matter, if the truth is not complete, why did some villain deliberately do this to distract the princess' attention.He thought for a while and couldn't let go, so he immediately handed over his hands and asked Li Mingda to go back to the house, so it was safer.

"Such beautiful scenery, if you don't look at it now, it won't be there any other time. Cheng Shiwei, don't spoil the scenery at such a good time." Tian Hanshan also guessed in his heart who put up these Kongming lanterns, but he couldn't break them. I can only hate Cheng Chubi for being an elm-headed person.

Cheng Chubi was stunned, and looked at Tian Hanshan puzzledly: "There are thousands of Kongming lanterns in the sky for no reason, so you don't wonder where they come from? Is there any danger?"

Tian Hanshi pursed his lips, feeling that he had no way to talk to him properly, so he sent him off: "Since guard Cheng is worried, he should take people on patrol outside to check out whether there are suspicious people outside, your lord's safety I'll trouble you to worry about it."

Cheng Chubi nodded seriously, then cupped his hands and told Li Mingda that he would have to personally lead someone to patrol around the yard in order to feel at ease.

Li Mingda raised his head and still looked at the Kongming Lantern in the sky, then waved his hand to send Cheng Chubi away.

As soon as Cheng Chubi left, Tian Hanshan approached Li Mingda and sighed with emotion, "My lord, do you think the person who put up the lantern is Fang Shizi?"

Li Mingda glanced at him sideways, but still looked up at the sky without saying a word.But the corners of her mouth that she unconsciously pulled up revealed her joyful mood.

When he was five years old, Li Mingda once followed Li Shimin out of the palace to a certain minister's mansion.At that time, she fell asleep on the road with Li Shimin in the car, and was carried into the mansion after getting off the car, so she didn't quite remember which family it was.She was naughty at that time, and she could play wherever she had.Seeing his father talking endlessly with several ministers, he went out to play hide-and-seek with the palace people.I just remember that there was a big garden in the backyard of the minister's house. When Li Mingda was hiding in the fake cave, he saw a boy in his early ten years walking and crying. He was quite pretty.At that time, Li Mingda's thinking was relatively simple, and she was easily attracted by seeing beautiful people, so she took the opportunity to follow that young gentleman.At that time, Li Mingda wanted to ask why he was crying, and then continued to stimulate and bully him, trying to make him cry harder.When she was a child, she had a strange preference, perhaps because she had been with Li Shimin in the court for a long time, and she was tired of seeing the solemn and serious faces of the ministers, so she especially thought it was fun for boys to cry.

Li Mingda followed the boy, and finally saw him sitting under a small tree crying, she put her hands behind her back in a dignified manner, and took the opportunity to go over to ask him why.When the young man raised his eyes, the crystal clear eyes made her heart tremble.When he learned that she was sad because of his father's reprimand, Li Mingda became playful, reasoned with him like a little adult, and taught him a lesson.Originally, he thought that he would be shocked to see that he was more sensible than him at such a young age.But he didn't expect that the young man not only listened to her opinion humbly, put away his tears, but also stood up and thanked her solemnly.

Neither of them asked each other's name, but they chatted well.Accidentally mentioning wishes, Li Mingda talked about a saying she had recently heard from a Taoist priest, that is, on the day of Shangyuan Festival, she asked for a brand-new Kongming lantern from [-] families and flew it westward, so she could Make a wish so that her mother under the nine springs can hear her heart.

Since Li Mingda was sensible, what he envied the most was that his peers had mothers.She didn't, and could only imagine the appearance of Empress Changsun from her father's few words.She herself has a lot to say to Empress Changsun, but it's a pity that she can't hear it.

Li Mingda let his mother under Jiuquan hear his heartfelt feelings, and let Empress Changsun know that he has been thinking about her.But it was too much effort to ask for the three thousand Kongming Lanterns. Even though she was a princess, she was actually restrained in her actions, and she didn't even have the chance to go out of the palace alone.She could actually fulfill her wish by begging Li Shimin, but that would seem to be not sincere enough, and it would spoil the good things.

To this day, she never expected that someone would help her achieve it.What's more, she didn't expect that what she said casually to the boy when she was a child would be remembered for so many years.

Li Mingda still remembered that she was chatting speculatively with the young man, and was called away by the maid, so she didn't have time to ask his name.But he didn't expect that there was such a fate, the boy crying under the tree that day was Fang Yizhi.

Li Mingda calmed down a little, and then accepted the truth.But Li Mingda was very curious about what happened to Fang Yizhi in these years, making a young man who looked so innocent at the beginning become the one who is now deep in the city.I remember that Fang Yizhi's face was still childish at that time, which made people feel completely different from his current appearance.

What a coincidence, this is probably called fate.

Li Mingda looked at the Kongming lanterns that were so far away in the sky that there were only dots of light left, and he couldn't help but feel emotional.

The sentence written on the Kongming Lantern was not very touching, it was a real sentence, but it moved her more than all the compliments and sweet words she had heard before.

"If you can make a wish, it will surely come true."

Now that Li Mingda thinks of this sentence, he still feels sour in his heart and is very moved.

A good gift is not so expensive, but just enough to meet people's needs.Fang Yizhi is truly unrivaled in grabbing people's hearts.

The snow had stopped and the wind was bitterly cold.

Tian Hanshan saw that the several charcoal basins placed beside the princess were almost burned, so he hurriedly asked someone to add new ones.

"No, go back." Li Mingda looked at the Kongming Lantern that had almost disappeared, and smiled.

The princess's smile is the sweetest. After seeing it, people will forget their worries, and Tian Hanshan can't help but also feel happy.

After Li Mingda returned to the house, he still drank a bowl of ginger soup to drive away the cold before changing his clothes and going to bed.

That night she had a dream, and she actually dreamed about Empress Changsun.

Early in the morning, when Li Mingda woke up, he blamed himself for waking up too early, and wanted to continue to meet his mother in his dream, so he turned over to continue sleeping.Tian Hanshan and Biyun had a pair of pointed ears in this regard, and they came over immediately to help her wash and change her clothes.

"I'll sleep again." Li Mingda demanded.

"Your lord, the saint asked you to go back earlier." Bi Yun persuaded softly.

"I'll explain to him when I turn back. Everyone back off, I want to sleep." Li Mingda covered his head with the quilt.

Tian Hanshan and Biyun glanced at each other, but had no choice but to back away quietly.

An hour later, Li Shimin from Tai Chi Palace didn't wait for his daughter to come back, so he sent someone over to inquire.Knowing that Princess Jinyang was still sleeping, the guard who came to pass the message didn't know whether to leave or stay.If he immediately turned around and went back to report to the saint, he might not only offend Princess Jinyang, but also the saint would be unhappy.

Tian Hanxiu said: "Why don't you wait? Your lord will wake up soon."

Sure enough, as soon as Tian Hanshu finished speaking, Biyun said that the princess was awake.

The guard who sent the message immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Biyun smiled and waited for Li Mingda to change, and asked by the way: "Did your lord sleep well just now?"

Li Mingda said resentfully: "I can't sleep."

When she closed her eyes again, her ears were filled with noises from outside, muttering, footsteps, chopping vegetables...

At this time, Tian Hanshan told Li Mingda the news that he quietly inquired yesterday, "There are some rumors, saying that the prince and Wei Erniang walked in the plum forest in the back mountain, and someone also saw them at the altar."

Li Mingda's face became gloomy, and after hearing Tian Hanshan waited for my report, he didn't say any more, leaving only two people to observe Wei Wanshu's situation, and then boarded the carriage back to Chang'an City.

When the carriage drove away from the foot of Meihua Temple, I heard the sound of horseshoes in front of me.Li Mingda opened the curtain to look, and found that Chang Huaiyuan was coming towards him with thirty or forty guards.

After Chang Huaiyuan arrived, he led all the guards off their horses and saluted Li Mingda.

"Why are there so many people here?"

"Your Majesty is worried about the princess, so he sent officials to escort the princess back to Chang'an City." Chang Huaiyuan said.

Li Mingda felt that something was wrong, even if she went back a little later, she wouldn't be so nervous.

"Did something happen in the palace?" Li Mingda asked.

Chang Huaiyuan's face darkened, showing a look of indescribable words, he said: "Something happened, your lord will understand after returning to the palace."

Li Mingda lowered the curtain and asked the coachman to rush to Tai Chi Palace as quickly as possible.

After arriving at the Lizheng Hall, Li Mingda immediately went to see Li Shimin.

After Li Shimin saw Li Mingda, he got up quickly, looked her up, down, left, and right, and heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that everything was fine.

"Aye, what's the matter? What happened?" Li Mingda asked puzzled.

"Princess Kangping went crazy last night during the Lantern Festival." Li Shimin sighed.

"Crazy? What are you crazy about?" Li Mingda was the same age as Princess Kangping, and they had always had a good relationship. When he heard that she was ill, Li Mingda was very nervous and asked immediately.

Li Shimin frowned, motioning for Fang Qirui to explain to Li Mingda.

"Concubine Wei took the women's family to hold a banquet at the Wangyun Hall by the Xihai Pool. Kangping County and Princess Changle were at the same table. They were originally good people. For some reason, they suddenly went crazy and arrested Princess Changle. Seeing this, everyone rushed to stop her. I didn't want Kangping Jun to be drooling and full of brute force. When the girls came forward to stop her, she resisted crazily and bit. Zuo Shanggong saw this , Immediately shouted everyone to disperse, and then asked someone to tie a rope to Princess Kangping and gag her, and then she was subdued."

"Why did she go crazy and bite people suddenly?" Li Mingda asked puzzledly.

"Bite bite disease." Li Shimin said, "When Zuo Qingmei discovered it, she suspected it was this disease. Later, after carefully questioning the people in Zhou Palace, Kang Ping was indeed bitten by a puppy he raised ten days ago. Acupuncture and moxibustion treatment Seeing that there is no serious problem after the wound, she didn't take it seriously, but she fell ill in the palace last night."

Li Mingda remembered that he had read in the book before that once the bite disease occurs, it is almost impossible to cure.

"How is Princess Kangping now? Princess Changle was also bitten? How many people did she bite?" Li Mingda asked nervously.

"Kang Ping has a fever and is in a coma now. Fortunately, it is cold winter, and the others were not bitten because they were wearing thick clothes. But Chang Le was bitten on the hand, and he has not fallen ill yet." Li Shimin sighed.

"Is Princess Changle's wound treated well? I hope she is fine and can survive a month safely." Li Mingda suggested.

Li Shimin turned his eyes to look at her, his eyes were full of concern, "You still have the heart to care about others? You know, if you were there last night, you were the person next to Kang Ping at that time, and Chang Le's original position should be you of."

Li Mingda thought for a while, and patted his chest, "It's dangerous to hear what Aye said. But I'm fine, okay, but Kang Ping and Chang Le have something to do."

"Aye knows that you have always been compassionate. But there are too many dangers that have happened to you recently. Aye thought you would be safe in the palace. Unexpectedly, you are not safe anywhere. Fortunately, you went to the palace yesterday. Plum Blossom Temple. No, I have to find a Taoist priest later, and I will go to get rid of bad luck for you."

"I dreamed about my mother last night." Li Mingda said.

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, and then he was full of emotion, "It seems that your mother under the nine springs protected you and saved your life."

Li Shimin once again recalled the good fortune of Empress Changsun, and felt that Empress Changsun was the lucky star of their Li family, "It's a pity that she left too early, and we haven't seen our cute son grow up yet."

"Aye, don't be sad. I already talked a lot with Auntie in Plum Blossom Nunnery yesterday. She already knows our current situation and knows that everything is fine. Auntie will definitely feel at ease under the Nine Springs." Li Mingda smiled Comfort Li Shimin said.

Li Shimin was very relieved, these words were just ordinary comforting words, but Li Shimin saw Li Mingda's expression of believing and telling him seriously, Li Shimin really believed it unconsciously.

"Aye, I want to see Kang Ping and Chang Le." Li Mingda said.

"Don't go." Li Shimin sternly said, "You just stay in the palace for a few days, just stay in the Lizheng Palace, you are not allowed to go anywhere, it is too unsafe to leave in other places."

Li Shimin immediately ordered that all the dogs in Chang'an City be captured and killed immediately, and if any dogs were found to be drooling madly, they would also be carefully captured and held separately.There is a complete ban in the Zhou Palace. While investigating the bitten people, it is strict that no one in the Zhou Palace will go out within three months.Princess Changle is also held alone, and she is not allowed to come in and out at will, and even the family members of Princess Changle are not allowed to visit closely.

Seeing Li Shimin's resolute attitude, Li Mingda couldn't say anything more.After retiring, Li Mingda sent Tian Hanshan to inquire more about the situation of Princess Kangping and Princess Changle.Then it was known that because of the Xihaichi incident last night, people were in panic, and Zuo Qingmei was leading people to conduct wound investigations on all the palace people who attended the banquet that day.

"This matter is quite serious, your lord, fortunately we are out of the palace, so we didn't get involved in this matter." Tian Hanshan heaved a sigh of relief and said with some fear.

Li Mingda thought for a while, put down the book in his hand, and turned to Tian Hanshan, "How could it be such a coincidence, I just left on the Lantern Festival, and something happened in the palace."

"That's Empress Changsun protecting your lord, and it's also your lord who is blessed with the protection of dragon energy. Your lord, don't forget that when you fell off the cliff last time, you escaped because of the protection of dragon energy. "Tian Hanshan reminded.

"After you say that, I feel really blessed."

Li Mingda lingered on Fang Yizhi's name in his head, always thinking that this incident was a bit of a coincidence, whether it had something to do with Fang Yizhi.But after thinking about it, the Kongming Lantern was supposed to be released in time for the Shangyuan Festival to be effective.Naturally, it is not easy to do this in the palace, and it is reasonable for him to ask him to leave the palace earlier.Furthermore, how could Fang Yizhi have predicted that Princess Kangping was bitten by a dog and fell ill again.

Li Mingda couldn't think of a reason, so he simply didn't think about it, he just felt that it was boring to want to doubt this or that.

Now because Aye is worried about herself, she is afraid that it is not feasible to get out of the palace in a short time, and it is even more impossible to talk about seeking officials.It's better to take the opportunity to read a lot at home to increase your knowledge, in case you need it.Li Mingda sent Tian Hansan to look for a small official in the Hongwen Museum to ask for some medical books and miscellaneous books about poisoning and autopsy in the past.

After two days of passing the time like this, the news of Princess Kangping's death came from outside the palace.

After another two days, Princess Le fell ill, but after a day's work, the lady went away.

As a result, the entire Chang'an city was under martial law, and even the troops of the imperial army were used to hunt and kill all the dogs in the city.

Afterwards, two patients with seizures of flat bite were found in the city. After the government officials dealt with them in time, after two months, there was no related incident in Chang'an City.

At this point, the ban is considered to be over, and the gates of Chang'an City are wide open, and the people can enter freely as usual.

March [-]th is Empress Changsun's birthday, Li Mingda and Li Shimin had a private discussion last night, and would leave for Plum Blossom Temple on this day to burn incense and paper for Empress Changsun.Early in the morning, Li Mingda put on plain clothes and came to Lizheng Hall to meet Li Shimin.Li Shimin quickly disposed of the urgent memorial in his hand, tied on his cloak, and was about to go out with Li Mingda when suddenly a guard came and hurried into the Lizheng Hall without reporting. Two words were whispered in his ear.

Li Mingda looked at them, his heart beating faster and faster.She tried her best not to show surprise, Jinjiang was not discovered by Li Shimin, but her palms were already full of sweat.

Li Shimin looked cold, but like Li Mingda, he was trying his best to control his emotions.He immediately smiled at Li Mingda, "There is something urgent today, I'm afraid I won't be able to go to the Plum Blossom Temple with you, so I ask Brother Ninth to go with me."

Li Mingda hesitated for a while, and Li Shimin noticed the clue.

"Why, are you unhappy without Aye to accompany you?"

Li Mingda shook his head, "Of course that's not the case. I'm just worried that Aye, you are working too hard for the country's affairs. Aye wants to promise Sizi, don't tire yourself out."

Li Shimin's heart warmed up when he heard this, and he felt even more sad.He sighed, nodded, turned his head away from Li Mingda, and waved her to leave quickly.

Li Mingda agreed, and said goodbye with courtesy.

Li Shimin frowned fiercely when he heard Li Mingda's footsteps going away, and knocked half of the things on the table to the ground.

In February, his fifth son, Li You, had just rebelled against Qizhou, but the rebellion was quickly quelled immediately. Xiao Yu was reused by Li Shimin because of his meritorious service in the case, and he was named a special advancer.

Not long after the rebellion of his five sons, Li Shimin knew that his most beloved son-in-law, who he had planned to rebel against, the son-in-law who had been forgiven by him once, and he was going to plot against him again, how could he? Not sad?

Li Shimin was sullen, wandering in the center of the Lizheng Hall with his hands behind his back.The news that the prince intends to rebel is nothing new to him.From Su's case, Li Shimin became wary of Donggong, and later helped each other in the case, seeing Li Chengqian repent and admit his mistake, begging and crying to himself, just like a poor child who made a mistake.This reminded Li Shimin of his first son, when the soft little baby was sent to his arms, the feeling of being a new father, which is hard to describe in complicated words.

After Li Chengqian admitted his mistake, it seemed that he had rectified his mistakes and had a complete understanding.On the one hand, Li Shimin wanted to give Li Chengqian a chance to repent, and on the other hand, he also wanted to test whether the father-son relationship between himself and Li Chengqian could withstand the temptation of power.

Li Shimin wanted to wait until the last moment, until the day when he really launched an attack on himself and the evidence was conclusive.Because Li Shimin knew very well that only when this day came would he force himself to deal with Li Chengqian ruthlessly.

Li Shimin did not expect this day to come so soon.

Not long after, a young eunuch from the East Palace hurriedly came to the Lizheng Hall to tell Li Shimin that the prince had not slept because he had been chanting scriptures all night in honor of the deceased eldest grandson queen, but he fainted this morning when he was having dinner.

After Li Shimin heard the news, he raised the corners of his mouth and asked the eunuch: "Then can you invite the imperial physician?"

"Please, I should be on my way to the East Palace at this moment." The little eunuch said.

"Then wait for the imperial doctor to diagnose the pulse, and then report back." Li Shimin said.

The little eunuch agreed, and then stepped back to pass on the message.Not long after, the little eunuch came to report again, saying that the crown prince had been exhausted for days and had a serious loss of energy and blood. "The imperial physician asked His Highness to rest in bed, but His Highness refused. He forced himself to get up and went to the Plum Blossom Temple to burn incense for the eldest grandson Empress."

"Then I'm really going to take a good look at him." Li Shimin finished with a sneer, but didn't get up. Such a son is no longer worthy of him risking his life, so he made a special trip to the East Palace.Li Shimin immediately ordered someone to capture the eunuch who had passed on the news, and ordered Chang Huaiyuan to lead his troops to surround the East Palace and arrest the prince and all the officials who conspired with the prince in the East Palace.

Li Shimin then appointed eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Xiao Yu, and Minister of War Li Shiji, together with Dali, Zhongshu, and Menxia Province, to investigate and interrogate Prince Li Chengqian's conspiracy.

Even after such a long period of surveillance of the East Palace, and even knowing that Li Chengqian had long wanted to rebel, Li Shimin still had a slight thought that he might be framed and wronged by someone during Li Chengqian's censorship.So he summoned his most trusted officials at the time to conduct detailed interrogations on Li Chengqian and his subordinate Du He and others.Severe torture to extract confessions is strictly prohibited, and the evidence must be conclusive.

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In early spring and March, the weather has turned warm.

Li Mingda and Li Zhi rode out of the palace in a low-key manner. After offering incense to Empress Changsun in Plum Blossom Nunnery, the two of them copied some words they wanted to say to Empress Changsun in the meditation room. Empress Changsun.

After the work was over, the siblings were about to leave, but when they were going out, they happened to meet Fang Yizhi, Yuchi Baoqi and Di Renjie.

As soon as Li Zhi saw Fang Yizhi, he immediately went forward to greet them happily, and asked why they came here.

"Today is the [-]th day, let's burn a stick of incense." Yuchi Baoqi said, turned to look at Fang Yizhi, and said with a smile, "Actually, he was the one who asked to come, and Huaiying and I followed."

Li Zhi looked at Fang Yizhi.

Fangyi Naogata took his eyes away from Li Mingda, and smiled at Li Zhi, "The plum blossom forest on the mountain behind the Plum Blossom Temple has bloomed for the second time. Taking the opportunity of offering incense and asking Zen, I will ask for a few more plum blossoms to go back to honor my mother."

"Yes, I followed Brother Yizhi to see Mei." Di Renjie hastily corrected Yuchi Baoqi's words before, he didn't follow blindly, he came here to "pursue" in a serious way.

Li Zhi couldn't help laughing, looked at Di Renjie's eyes, and sighed: "I like this temperament, what's your name?"

Although Di Renjie had met Li Zhi several times before, Di Renjie didn't mind that Li Zhi didn't remember him, so he quickly saluted and introduced himself again humbly.

In normal times, Li Mingda would definitely make fun of Li Zhi with this, saying that his memory is too bad to be embarrassing.But today Li Mingda didn't have these interests at all, her eyes were dull, and except for the superficial greetings, she was almost distracted most of the time.

Li Zhi heard that there were plum blossoms to see, so he naturally called everyone to go to the plum forest in the back mountain.

Appreciating plum blossoms in this warm spring season is quite unique.

When Li Zhi arrived at the plum grove in the back mountain, he was very surprised, "But I didn't expect this plum blossom nunnery to have such a beautiful scene. I thought it was just a few plum blossom trees in the nunnery. I thought it was nothing more than that. I don't understand why it happened." So many people came here admiringly. Now that I see this place, I understand."

"Going up the mountain, looking down from the top of the mountain, the good times are hard to come by." Yuchi Baoqi introduced.

Li Zhi nodded repeatedly, indicating that he was going, Yuchi Baoqi happily led the way, and Di Renjie also followed.

Li Mingda was not interested, "I'm a little tired, waiting for you at the foot of the mountain."

"But don't be like this. Although it's spring, people are most likely to catch cold and get sick because of the changing weather. You go back to the meditation room and wait for us. We will go to you when we are done." Li Zhi said.

Li Mingda nodded, then turned around with deep eyes.

Fang Yizhi also bowed his hands, expressing that he could not go.

"Why?" Li Zhi asked.

Yuchi Baoqi hurriedly said: "He has made an appointment with Master Yong'an, if you want to listen to his Zen lectures, let him."

"In that case, let's go up the mountain first." Li Zhi gave Fang Yizhi a friendly smile, and went up the mountain together with Yuchi Baoqi and Di Renjie, talking and laughing.

Only then did Fang Yi turn around and leave, looking at Li Mingda's back from a distance, his brows gradually frowned.

At this time, a little nun came to report and told Fang Yizhi that Mrs. Yong'an was not feeling well today and could not come to give him a Zen lecture.Fang Yi responded directly, but his eyes were still aimed at Li Mingda's direction.

At this time, Li Mingda heard Fang Yizhi's words, stopped his feet, turned his head, and the eyes of the two sides collided like this.

"You still want to cut plums for Mrs. Lu?" Li Mingda turned around and walked up to Fang Yi, seeing him nodding, Li Mingda blinked his eyelids and said, "Your eyesight is too bad, let me cut it for you."

Fang Yi hastened to warmly salute and thank you.

Li Mingda sent all the attendants to wait for orders at the same place, and she, Tian Hanshan, went straight to Meilin with Fang Yi.

Fang Yizhi immediately said that there was a good place to go, because Li Mingda went to a cave, and the words "Bieyoudongtian" were engraved on that cave. The cave has a square mouth, is very short, and is not dark.After passing through, it is the other side of the mountain, but there are no red plums, but a yellow spring on one side of the slope.The flowers are blooming enthusiastically, and under the warm sun in early spring, people can't help but feel a sense of warmth in their hearts.

Li Mingda's mood at this time did not improve because of these beautiful and delicate flowers.She lowered her eyes, looked at the flowers, squatted down, and wanted to cry a little.

Seeing this, Tian Hanxi wanted to help his noble lord, but was stopped by Fang Yizhi with winks.

Fang Yi told Tian Hanshan: "If your noble lord wants to cry, you can't stop it. It's better to let it out than to keep it in your heart. I'm afraid she wants to save face and doesn't want people to find out after crying."

Tian Hanshu nodded, "That's right, your lord has been in a bad mood since parting with the saint in the morning. I think she has been holding back, and she must not want people to see her sad, thanks to Fang Shizi's reminder."

Tian Hanshan asked Fang Yizhi again what he could do at the moment.

"Go fetch a basin of cold water."

Tian Hanshu was startled, and then realized that Fang Yi asked for cold water to put the princess's eyes in a while, so as not to turn around and get swollen eyes, which would be spotted by others, especially the saint.

Tian Hanshan immediately agreed to do it, and asked Fang Yizhi to help take care of their lord during this time.

Fang Yizhi then reached out to Li Mingda, "Did something happen to the East Palace?"

Li Mingda was still holding back her tears, but after hearing Fang Yizhi's words, she raised her eyes to look at him, tears streaming down her face.She immediately grabbed Fang Yizhi's hand and got up.

"I thought that if my father gave him a chance, he would change his past. When my fourth brother went to Dingzhou to take office, he really felt remorse, felt moved, and wanted to start all over again. Why did this happen suddenly?"

"The crown prince is not the only one who lives in the East Palace. He originally had a foot disease and was not in the right mind. After the incident was revealed, he felt that giving someone a handle would inevitably worry him about the danger. Although he repented for a moment, he calmed down and listened to others After several rounds of lobbying, you will definitely feel that 'it is better to fight hard than to sit and wait for death'. After all, if he wins, he will reach the sky and be omnipotent."

Fang Yi saw Li Mingda shaking his body after hearing his explanation, tears streaming down his cheeks.Fang Yizhi stretched out his hand, and wiped away the hot tears on Li Mingda's cheeks with his warm fingers.

Li Mingda was stunned for a moment, blinked her tearful eyes, sniffled and looked at Fang Yizhi.

Fang Yi held Li Mingda's hand tightly, couldn't help pulling her into his arms, and patted Li Mingda's back slowly.He looked at the winter jasmine flowers on the hillside, raised the corners of his mouth, and coaxed Li Mingda softly, "People have to go through some things before they grow up. Just like the winter jasmines all over the hillside, how could there be any winter without going through the cold winter?" Spring is beautiful?"

Li Mingda frowned, glanced at the flowers, and felt aggrieved and just wanted to say to Fang Yi willfully, "Why do I have to grow up, I don't want to grow up."

Fang Yizhi didn't speak anymore, hugged Li Mingda in his arms, and patted her on the back lightly from time to time.

Tian Hanshan brought water at this time, and suddenly heard crying, he was very nervous, and hurriedly quickened his pace, but when he passed through the cave and saw the two hugging each other, he was stunned and didn't know how to react.

At this time, Fang Yi turned his eyes straight, and looked at Tian Hanshan calmly.On the contrary, Tian Hanshan felt embarrassed, and criticized himself for disturbing the two of them ignorantly, bowed his head guiltily, and retreated from the cave.

After leaving the cave, after Tian Hanshan put the water on the ground, the more he thought about it, the more wrong he became. It should not be him, but Fang Shizi.But just now when he looked at him so confidently, it made him feel like he had done something wrong.

No, Tian Hanshan felt that he couldn't be so cowardly, your lord was in a sad moment, what would he do if he was bullied by Fang Yizhi.After a while, Fang Yizhi would do anything other than hugging and kissing the princess, but his princess had no one to protect her.

Tian Hanshan thought for a while, and bravely entered the cave again, but after a while he rubbed his hands and came out, blushing deeply.

After half a column of incense.

After Fang Yi wiped away the tears on Li Mingda's face with a handkerchief, he soaked the handkerchief with cold water, then wrung it dry, and asked Li Mingda to raise his head a little.

Li Mingda still opened his eyes and blinked, his eyelashes were long and thick.

"Close your eyes." Fang Yizhi instructed softly.

"Oh." Li Mingda closed his eyes and felt a little stupid.Knowing that Fang Yi was going to cover her eyes, she didn't close them.

Fang Yizhi put the folded handkerchief on Li Mingda's eyes, and pressed it lightly a few times.

Immediately, Fang Yizhi's deep voice rang in Li Mingda's ear, "Wait a little longer."

"Last time I saw you crying, but this time it was me, we were even." Li Mingda mentioned the incident in his childhood.Then she obviously felt Fang Yizhi's hand stiffen, and then she heard a sigh mixed with emotion.

"You finally remembered me."