The nine princesses of the East Palace

On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, those banquets were finally over, so I hid myself and had a good sleep in Cheng'en Hall. Yong Niang probably knew that I was exhausted these days, so she didn't come to wake me up.

As soon as I fell asleep, I fell asleep for most of the day, and it was almost [-] o'clock, and Yong Niang finally came to wake me up.

I was trying not to think about it, Yong Niang was a little anxious: "Crown Princess, His Highness has set up lunch in the Lizheng Hall, and just waited for the Crown Princess to get up and go over."

I was a little confused, "Li Chengyin? He wants to have lunch with me?"

We haven't had lunch together for almost half a month, and he's going back to the East Palace right now?And it's only lunch now, isn't it a bit late?I actually miss him quite a bit, I want to have a good talk with him, and I want to listen to him coaxing me.

Tomorrow is the Lantern Festival, I am in a good mood, I got up quickly, washed up, changed my clothes casually, put on an upside-down bun, didn't even wear a pearl hairpin, and walked towards the Lizheng Hall with my face up to the sky.

I don't need to wear Zhai clothes or phoenix crowns, my whole person's steps are much lighter, and when I entered the hall, I saw Li Chengyin sitting by the dining table, tapping the table with his fingers intermittently, making a thumping sound, Again and again.

I haven't looked at him carefully for a long time, but now he seems to have lost weight again.

He also only wore simple ordinary clothes, and he didn't need to wear either a crown or a public uniform like the previous ten days.

"Are you up?" As soon as I came in, he raised his eyes and his eyes fell on me.

"Yeah." I whispered, with an unnaturally hot face.I seem to get up too late, and I don't know if he has been waiting for a long time.

"Sit next to me." He said looking at me.

I glanced beside him, how could there be any other chairs?I was about to move the chair, but he stretched out his long arms and pulled me over. I didn't notice it for a while, and almost fell on him.

I thought of the etiquette and rules that Yongniang and Fang Shangyi instilled in me on weekdays, and subconsciously struggled to get up... Sitting on him like this was too...

"Don't move." He clasped my waist tightly, not letting me move.

"Let people see..." I was so frightened that I looked around, I still wanted to see people, it would be fine if he messed around at night, but now it is broad daylight.

"No one dares to look at it." He said confidently, and the strength in his hands increased a little bit. He lowered his head and bit my earlobe, which made my whole body go numb.

"Li Chengyin!" I wanted to hit someone.

He was not afraid that I would attack him, instead of restraining himself, he intensified and bit him several times.I was so angry that I raised my fists, he let go of me and said, "Who told you to come so slowly, I've been sitting here waiting for almost two hours."

I was a little speechless, and stammered: "I didn't tell you to wait for me." As soon as he let go of me, I ran away, pulled out the chair, and sat directly opposite him, to see how he would offend me.

His mouth moved, as if he couldn't find words to refute me, he just said: "Eat, I'm starving to death!"

I ate as soon as I ate, and I happened to be starving to death.I didn't feel it before, but when I saw a table full of dishes, my stomach growled.

The food on the table is still hot, but it looks like it has been heated up several times, Li Chengyin must have waited for me for a long time, he probably couldn't bear it any longer before he asked Yong Niang to call me.

I'm actually a little sorry, thinking that he is so busy, will he delay something because of waiting for me...

"Watch me doing? Don't you want to eat?" He said suddenly.

I just realized that I was looking straight at him, and I forgot to pick up vegetables and grilled rice.

"No..." I quickly took a mouthful of rice, and said flatteringly, "I just think you are very handsome today, you are very different, and you have a good temper and are very approachable." After waiting for me for so long, I didn't have a bad face, and it was indeed easy to talk .

"You mean I'm usually ugly, bad-tempered and scary?" He stopped the chopsticks in his hand and glanced at me.

Probably because he is a prince, he grew up in the royal family, he was not angry and pretentious, a look made me a little timid, and I quickly said flatteringly: "No, I always think you are good-looking, just like the moon in the sky..." But his temper is really bad, and everyone in the East Palace is afraid of him.

"Nonsense." He glanced at me, "You don't want to eat?"

"I want to! Who said I don't want to anymore? I'm starving to death." I ate hastily, stuffed a few chopsticks of meat into my mouth, and chewed with puffed cheeks.However, what does my praise have to do with whether I want to eat or not?

Seeing that I was eating funny, he smiled slightly, "I was thinking just now, if you don't want to eat, we can do something else..."

The smug smirk on his face made me think wrongly, and I almost choked on the piece of meat just now.

"However, seeing how hungry you are, let's wait until you are full." He added.

I said anxiously, I can’t do it even if I’m full, His Royal Highness, it’s not dark yet.

"Tomorrow is the Lantern Festival." After being quiet for a while, he suddenly said.

"I know." I replied while eating.I slept until this time today, just to recharge my energy, so that I can watch the lights and play tomorrow, and see the grand scene in his mouth.

Seeing that I didn't respond, he said again: "Tomorrow night, I will go to the Zhuque Tower with my father, and have fun with the people."

"I know this, Yong Niang said it." Yong Niang said that every year on the Shangyuan Festival, the emperor and he would appear on the Chengtian Gate, wave to the people, and throw copper coins downstairs, saying that they are with the people. Le, in fact, is standing upstairs and blowing the cold wind for half the night.After hearing what Yong Niang said at the time, I felt very sorry for him. I stood there for half a night, and it would be strange if it didn’t freeze into an icicle. But Yong Niang later said, because I am the princess, so I will go to stand this year. Immediately I felt sorry for myself, and I didn't want to stand at all, otherwise I would delay watching the lights. If I missed it, wouldn't I have to wait another year?

I really want to pretend to be sick, so that I don't have to blow the cold wind tomorrow.

"Since you know, then you should also remember what you promised me." Li Chengyin's voice interrupted my thoughts.

"What did I promise you?" I have no memory at all, and I don't remember what I promised him at all, so I can only ask very guilty.

Seeing my blank face, he seemed very angry, and stared straight at me, "You really forgot! You clearly agreed to go to the brothel together!"

Hello!My Highness, can you say this out loud casually?

I dropped my chopsticks and rushed forward to cover his mouth: "Hush your voice!" I knocked his stool over.

When Yong Niang heard the movement, she was probably worried, worried that we might quarrel, she poked her head in to see us, as soon as she poked her head in, she saw that I threw Li Chengyin and the chair to the ground, and I was lying on Li Chengyin's hands and feet. On Cheng Yin's body, he was still tightly covering his mouth, and Li Cheng Yin was afraid that I would bump into the chair, so he held my waist with both hands. In short, our posture...is a bit unsightly.

When Yong Niang saw our situation, she shrank her head in fright and disappeared.