Li Zhi and Wu Zetian planned to stay in Buxian Garden for a few days, and Li Hong and the others naturally stayed in Buxian Garden. Li Chen saw that his father was rarely idle for a few days, and pestered his father to accompany her on horseback every day for a walk, and Li Hong, who cared about political affairs, did not seize the opportunity to talk to his father for several days, and was depressed.

Seeing this, Li Chen bent his eyes towards the prince's brother, "Brother, it's rare to come to the garden, what do you want to do so much?" You forgot that you promised to accompany me to the lake to pick lotus seeds. ”

It is difficult for her father to get out of the palace, which means that there is nothing important now, and she has made up her mind to let her father put down political affairs in the past few days and relax for a few days. For this, her father said that he would find a luthier for her to learn the piano in two months, and she agreed very obediently. In short, Li Chen felt that he had worked hard to make his father relax, and he couldn't let the prince's brother conceive her good deeds.

So, Li Chen caught the fact that Li Hong had promised her to accompany her to pick lotus seeds, and insisted that Li Hong go boating in the lake with her. So, a few pages of flat boats sailed into the depths of the lotus flowers. Li Chen and Li Hong are on the same page, and it is Li Jingye who is holding the bamboo pole. And Taiping, Li Xian and others were on the other two pages, and they were waiting for a competition to see who picked more lotus seeds.

Wu Zetian and Li Zhi were on the rockery in the lake, walking slowly around the plank road, looking around, only to see a few pages of flat boats sailing in different directions, and then submerged into the lotus bushes.

Li Zhi smiled, "It's been a long time since the prince has played like this, and only Taiping and Yongchang dare to ask Hong'er to play with them like this." ”

"The crown prince is young and calm, and he began to supervise the country when he left Chang'an at the age of nine, and his heart naturally pretended to be more about state affairs and less about these leisure and entertainment things." Wu Zetian accompanied Li Zhi to the observation deck of the rockery and stopped, looking at the mountains in the distance and the clear water.

Li Zhi smiled and was about to speak, when suddenly countless birds flew into the sky from the lotus flowers not far away. Then came Li Chen's cheerful laughter and the voice of the crown prince Li Hong, who was a little angry.

The emperor and his wife couldn't help but be stunned, and then looked at each other and smiled.

Since the closure of Mount Tai, they have never tried to be as relaxed and leisurely as now. Even the crown prince rarely sees him so uncalm and calm.

Li Zhi and Wu Zetian in that compartment were enjoying this rare leisure time, and Li Hong in this compartment didn't enjoy picking lotus seeds with Li Chen very much.

Li Hong is more than ten years older than Li Chen, whether it is Taiping or Li Chen, Li Hong is very fond of him, and he will think of his two younger sisters if he has any good things. But probably Li Hong has been pinned on by his parents since he was a child, and his health is not very good, so he does not spend as much time with his two younger sisters as Li Xian and others, and he naturally has few younger brothers who have a good understanding of the temperament of his two younger sisters.

He was □□ quiet, and now he was caught by his sister to play, so he thought that he would have fun with his sister. Who knew that Li Chen looked quiet and well-behaved in the palace, and when he arrived in Buxian Garden, he seemed to have changed his temperament, both lively and active. She stood on the boat, except for Li Jingye, there was no one looking at her, she stretched out her hand to play in the water for a while, and then leaned out of the boat with her whole body, and wanted to pick lotus seeds herself.

Seeing that Li Hong pinched a handful of sweat, he hurriedly said: "Yongchang, which lotus seed do you want to pick, tell Brother, Brother will pick it for you." ”

Li Chen, who just wanted to pick lotus seeds again, stopped his movements and glanced back at Li Hong, "Brother Prince, you are so nervous." ”

The boat shuttled across the lake full of lotus leaves, Li Chen stood on the boat, dressed in light pink civilian clothes, her hair was combed into two buns, and the buns were tied with water-green hairbands.

Li Hong: "...... That's because Brother is worried that you will fall into the lake. His original intention should have been to Yongchang not to be messing around, but when faced with her cute appearance, he couldn't bear to be harsh.

Li Chen pointed at Li Jingye fearlessly, and said with a smile: "What are you afraid of? Li Qinwei's martial arts are very good, and he can swim, and he will definitely not let me fall into the lake. ”

Li Hong looked at Li Jingye and saw him standing at the end of the boat, holding the bamboo raft in an orderly manner. Li Ji used to be the crown prince, is Li Hong's teacher, when Li Ji was seriously ill, Li Hong often visited the British government to visit the teacher, and later the teacher was seriously ill, and died, his father ordered Li Ji to accompany the burial of Zhaoling, at that time Li Hong was still in Chang'an at the lookout to see the teacher's coffin leave.

Li Ji's family style is very strict, the eldest grandson Li Jingye's riding and archery is also taught by him personally, Li Hong is no stranger to Li Jingye, sometimes when the teacher chats, he will also mention his son in the British mansion, in addition to Li Ji's funeral on the day to see Li Jingye, this time in the garden, it is Li Hong's first contact with Li Jingye.

The young man in front of him was dressed in a royal blue robe, tall, handsome, and his eyes were shining and seemed to be smiling, and when he heard Li Chen's words, he didn't even mean to be modest, and he was still very calmly supporting the bamboo raft.

Li Hong likes confident people, especially confident teenagers. Li Jingye seems to be calm and calm, but it is difficult to hide the youthful spirit in his words and deeds. In addition, he was the heir of the prince's teacher Li Ji, and Li Hong naturally had a good eye for him. He looked at Li Jingye and said with a smile: "I have heard the British Duke talk about you before, and I didn't bother to talk to you at the funeral of the British Prince, but now when I see it, I really have the demeanor of the British Princess." ”

He had long heard that Li Jingye often accompanied the third and fourth brothers in the palace to ride horses and shoot arrows, and a while ago, Yongchang also said that he wanted him to accompany him to watch the second brother Li Xian and Li Jingye's horse riding and archery competition. Now that Yongchang and others are out of the palace, his father actually asked Li Jingye to accompany him, which shows that this personal guard is relied on by his father. Whether he relies on Zuyin or his own ability, he will have an unlimited future in the future.

Li Jingye smiled and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a good reputation. ”

As the two were talking, Li Chen suddenly cheered, "Brother, have you seen it?" There are white geese on the small continent ahead! ”

Li Hong was stunned, "White goose? "What's wrong with the white geese?

"When my brother gets married, I want to use white geese, and now I can meet white geese in the lake, which shows that God is beautiful." Li Chen smiled and looked at Li Jingye, "Can we catch that white goose?" ”

Li Jingye bowed his head, met the starry eyes, looked at the wild geese in front of him, put down the bamboo pole in his hand with a smile, and said, "Naturally, the princess and His Royal Highness the crown prince will wait for a while." ”

As he spoke, he took out the bow and arrows that he had carried behind his back.

Li Chen told uneasily: "You must not hurt it." ”

Li Jingye nodded, slowly pulled the bow and wound it, the young man's narrow eyes narrowed slightly, the bow was full of aiming, and the blue mountains and green waters behind him made his facial features very handsome and good-looking.

Li Hong looked at Li Jingye's posture, his hands did not move at all, steady as a rock, this young man's archery kung fu was probably above his younger brothers.

Li Chen looked at the white goose in front of him, and when he saw that it was about to fly away, he couldn't help but be a little anxious, "Ah, it's going to fly away!" ”

At this moment, the arrow in Li Jingye's hand had flown out, and the arrow swept across the lake like a white rainbow through the sun, accurately brushing the white goose that had spread its wings and flying, and the castration of the arrow was unabated, and it flew straight over the lake in the middle of the lake before falling, and the white goose had fallen on the small island.

Li Chen looked back at Li Jingye, "Is it injured?" ”

Li Jingye: "It's just that the wings are a little injured, and it's not in the way." ”

Li Hong looked at the small island in front of him and sighed: "Do unto others what you don't want to do to others, even if it is a white goose, you should let it be free in this lake." ”

Li Chen asked Li Jingye to go to Xiaozhou to pick up the white goose, and said to Li Hong: "Brother, don't worry, after you and your future sister-in-law get married, I will put the white goose back into the lake." ”

When Li Hong heard this, he nodded approvingly and said: "In fact, the principle of governing the country is also like this, before implementing a new policy, we must first think about it, is this what we want, if we don't even want it, how can the people want it?" ”

Li Chen was sweating when he heard this, how could the prince's brother go from the freedom of a white goose to the way of governing the country? However, since the prince's brother wants to say a few words, Li Chen is also very face-saving.

"But I heard my father say that there are no rules, and the policies implemented by the state cannot take into account everyone. There are things that everyone wants, but they have to be done. ”

At this time, Li Jingye, who came back with the white goose in his arms, heard Li Chen's words, and couldn't help but smile and said, "What the princess said is even, but the law is nothing more than human feelings, and sometimes blindly paying attention to policy laws may not be good." ”

When Li Hong heard Li Jingye's words, he nodded approvingly, and echoed loudly: "Jingye said it well!" The reason why the law exists is to let the people understand what cannot be done, but there are also many times when the law cannot be changed and it is inevitable to kill innocent people by mistake, so we need a little more humanity. ”

When Li Chen heard the people of the prince's brother, he couldn't help but look at him.

Under the sun, Li Hongjunya's facial features seemed to light up, and his black eyes were also shining, he met Li Chen's gaze and said with a smile: "Yongchang, the law is not close to human feelings, and it is inevitable that there will be unjust, false and wrongful cases." When there is a time of war and chaos, the law can restrain the people, and when the four seas are stable, the government of benevolence should be implemented. If everyone has benevolence in their hearts, they will be well aware of the principle that they should not do to others what they do not want to be done to them, and if the government and the people love each other, the country will naturally be strong. Our soldiers do not have to defend the border and no one dares to come to the border, the people have enough food and clothing, everyone has something to do, and then the law may be in vain, and each of our people can live with dignity. ”