In early summer, when Li Chen and Taiping went to the East Palace to visit the sick Li Hong, they made an appointment with Li Hong to wait until the lotus seeds in the lake in the Buxian Garden could be picked, so they went to the Buxian Garden to pick the lotus seeds together, and the prince Li Hong at that time agreed. As soon as he heard that the prince was going to Buxian Garden, the idea of going out of the palace also surged in his heart, so he said to his queen: "Mei Niang, speaking of Yongchang's Buxian Garden, or the name I gave you to mention, Taiping and Yongchang ran to Buxian Garden in three days, but we don't know what is good about Buxian Garden." ”

As soon as Wu Zetian heard this, he knew Li Zhi's thoughts, smiled slightly, looked at Li Zhi gently, and said: "Buxian Garden is the place that the Lord personally chose for Yongchang, don't you know what's good?" ”

Li Zhi raised his eyebrows, smiled, and said, "But I didn't go to see it in person after all." ”

Seeing this, Wu Zetian walked towards Li Zhi and said with a smile: "Since that's the case, what are you waiting for?" The concubine also wants to see Yongchang's Buxian Garden. ”

Li Chen and Taiping arrived at Buxian Garden three days ago, and the sisters also invited several princes to the county lords, and also invited Li Yanxi, the sister of the current British Duke Li Jingye, of course, the most important person Li Chen still remembers, that is, the future crown princess Pei. No matter who they forget, they can't forget Pei's, since Li Chen and Taiping knew who the future sister-in-law was, they thought about seeing the future sister-in-law every day, and just happened to have a good opportunity to escape the summer, they invited Pei's to play in the garden.

The peach is dying, scorching its glory.

This was the first sentence that came to Li Chen's heart when he saw Pei Shi for the first time. At that time, her mother said that Pei was a very good match for the prince's brother, and Li Chen agreed very much, at least, the two of them were very compatible in appearance and temperament.

"Sister Pei is so good-looking!" Li Chen looked at Pei Shi in front of her, and did not hesitate to show her good impression of Pei Shi.

Pei Shi was stunned and looked at Li Chen. I had long heard that Princess Yongchang was favored by the saint and Her Royal Highness the Queen, and she thought that she would see a spoiled little princess, with a high posture and no one in her eyes. But the two little princesses in front of them, whether they are Taiping or Yongchang, are naturally noble, and their words and deeds will inadvertently reveal the pride of the daughter of the heavenly family, but they do not have the slightest sense of arrogance.

In fact, the people who came to the garden together this time also included Li Xian and others.

Now that the prince is getting older, Pei Wang Li Xian has already officially participated in politics, Li Xian is a child who has not had much heart to learn, and has not yet reached the age of participating in politics, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian see that he gives the teacher a headache every day in the Chongxian Pavilion, and they sometimes feel a headache, seeing that he said that he wanted to accompany Taiping and Yongchang's two sisters to Buxian Garden, it happened that Li Zhi had a headache again, out of sight and out of mind, so he was simply approved. Li Xian left the palace, naturally Li Dan was also with him, and Xue Shaona, who was studying with them, had to go together, and Li Jingye, as a personal guard, was also ordered to accompany him.

Buxian Garden covers an area of tens of thousands of acres, a few teenagers are also like fish in water in Buxian Garden, Li Xian's knowledge is not good, but horseback archery is not bad, a few teenagers ride horses along the back mountain of Buxian Garden and the road to the tea mountain, dozens of miles of road, but also enough for these teenagers to entertain.

Li Chen, Pei Shi and others were waiting for a few teenagers on a pavilion in the back mountain.

The palace maids and guards brought out from the palace had already been well trained, and the green grass had already laid out the mats, while Shangguan Wan'er was fiddling with pen, ink, paper, and inkstone on the stone table in the pavilion, and on the stone table on the other side was a game of Go, and a small stove was burning on the side. Li Chen got up early today and said that he would make tea in Houshan to learn characters, and Taiping also said that he would watch the fourth brother Li Dan and his cousin Xue Shao fight chess in Houshan.

Pei's eyes fell on Shangguan Wan'er, who was fiddling with pen and ink, and her eyes unconsciously felt a little more sympathetic, she had heard her father say that Shangguan Yi was punished, and she also knew that this Shangguan Wan'er was the granddaughter of Shangguan Yi, the waiter of Xitai.

Li Chen didn't pay attention, and while gossiping with Pei Shi, he walked to the other side of the pavilion with Pei Shi, where he could see the road down the mountain, and several teenagers were galloping up the road on horseback, raising dust all the way.

Li Chen smiled as he asked Li Xin to pour out a glass of water from a white porcelain jar, and handed it to Pei Shi with a smile, "Sister Pei, you can taste it, this is the lotus dew water that Lu Sicheng collected this summer." ”

Pei Shi didn't answer, and said with a smile: "This is specially used by Lu Sicheng to make tea for you." ”

Taiping said: "It's just a cup, this kind of lotus dew water, Ah Mei still has a lot, even if there is no lotus dew water, Lu Sicheng still has a lot of various kinds of water, what plum blossom snow water, spring pear water, too much to don't want, Sister Pei, don't be polite." ”

Pei Shi couldn't help but smile when she was amused by Taiping's words, took the cup that Li Chen handed her, took a few sips, and said in admiration: "The entrance is crisp and the taste is very comfortable." ”

Li Chen and Taiping looked at each other and smiled, took Pei's hand and sat down, Pei's is much older, they are big sisters in a group of girls, and they also consciously have to take care of these little sisters, seeing that Li Chen is sitting close to the stove, he changed places with her.

The little girls get together, nothing more than eating and drinking, talking and laughing, Li Chen's tea is not delicious, but it is not difficult to drink, not to mention that she is a princess, she wants to make tea for her friends to drink, even if she feels that it is difficult to drink, those little nobles have to cheer. So, the girls all sat on the grass covered with mats to drink tea and eat snacks, Pei Shi said a few words with a group of little girls, and saw that Li Chen lost the tea and ran to practice calligraphy, so he went to accompany her.

When Li Chen was practicing calligraphy, Shangguan Wan'er had been waiting beside her, and when she saw Pei Shi coming over, she saluted her.

Pei Shi smiled slightly, looked at Li Chen, who was sweating a little at the tip of his nose, and his eyes fell on her words again, and he was a little surprised that this little princess's words were quite stylish. Li Chen noticed Pei's gaze, raised his head and smiled at her, and said, "Sister Pei, do you also learn calligraphy?" ”

Pei shook his head, "I'm not good at learning words." ”

"Then what is Sister Pei good at?"

"I used to learn to draw from my grandfather."

"Drawing?" Li Chen's eyes widened and he looked at Pei.

Pei Shi smiled and nodded, with a light smile on her face, she looked at Li Chen, and only felt that this little princess had a very cute temperament, and she also felt very fond of it in her heart, so she said: "If the princess doesn't dislike it, how about I paint a portrait of the princess?" ”

Li Chen readily agreed, "Okay." ”

Li Chen and others played for a while in the pavilion in the back mountain after Li Xian and them came back from horseback, Li Dan and Xue Shao were fighting chess in the pavilion, Taiping watched with relish on the side, Li Chen stood under an apricot tree as Pei's model, not too tired, and smiled. Li Yanxi saw her brother Li Jingye, so she pestered her brother Li Jingye to accompany her to pick wild fruits, Li Jingye used to follow Li Ji to sleep and hunt outside, and recognized many wild fruits and vegetables, Li Chen saw this, and wanted to go together, but he wanted to see how his sister-in-law's painting skills were in the future, so he had to follow the small impulse in his heart and obediently become a model.

When the group returned to the courtyard of Buxian Garden, they found that not only His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Li Xian, the King of Pei, had left the palace, but even His Royal Highness the Saint and the Queen had also come.

Li Zhi was dressed in civilian clothes and said in a good mood: "It's all my own family, so I don't have to be polite, I don't have to be polite." As he spoke, his eyes fell on Taiping and Li Chen, and he asked with a smile: "How many days are you fun?" ”

The prince's brother was willing to go to Buxian Garden, which was originally a surprise to Li Chen, and now that her parents are also here, she is even more happy, she nodded happily to her father, "It's fun, the third brother they raced horses on the road from Houshan to Chashan, and the fourth brother later fought chess with Cousin Xue Shao, and the fourth brother won." Sister Pei also painted for me. As she spoke, she asked Shangguan Wan'er to take out the portrait and show it to her parents.

"Like me?" Li Chen stood beside his mother, looked up at his father and asked.

The little girl in the painting stands under an apricot tree, her big eyes bent like a crescent moon in the sky, and her smile is innocent and lovely.

Li Chen pointed to the apricot tree and said, "Next to the apricot tree is the gazebo. ”

Wu Zetian looked at Pei Shi with approval in his tone: "It's so good to draw." ”

A smile appeared on Pei's face, and he bowed his head slightly, "Thank you, Your Highness the Empress." "The gesture is gentle and generous

Seeing this, Li Zhi couldn't help but bow his head slightly, and looked at the crown prince Li Hong, only to see Li Hong's gaze at Pei Shi with a bit of surprise, although the expression on his face was calm, but the reddened ears betrayed him. Li Zhi couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, the prince's emotions were exposed, and it could be seen that he was also very satisfied with the future crown princess candidate.

Li Chen sat down beside her mother, "Sister Pei said that there is a lotus in the pond in the backyard of her house, which is very beautiful, but unfortunately it has not bloomed, and when it blooms in the future, she will draw a picture of the lotus and give it to me." ”

Seeing this, Taiping couldn't help but embarrass her, "Obviously, Ah Mei saw the portrait painted by Sister Pei and liked it very much, she not only asked Sister Pei for a portrait of Tilian, but also wanted Sister Pei to paint a picture for her in spring, summer, autumn and winter!" ”

Li Chen retorted with a smile: "As long as Sister Pei is willing, what's not to do?" Sister Ah obviously didn't get Sister Pei's portrait, and she didn't feel good in her heart. ”

The two sisters come and go, as if they are arguing, but they are giggling, and there is no unhappiness at all, while the saint and Her Royal Highness the Queen and others look at this pair of daughters with a conniving face, which shows that such a scene is very common. Pei Shi was still very apprehensive when he came to Buxian Garden, but when he saw Taiping and Li Chen, he felt that the two little princesses were cute and not difficult to get along with, so he finally settled down slightly. Now I see the saint and Her Royal Highness the Queen coming to the Garden of Envy in person, and when the people of the heavenly family are together, they are not as old-fashioned and ruthless as others imagined, but they are full of warmth.

Seeing this, Pei Shi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, raised his eyes, and inadvertently met Li Hong's eyes, and couldn't help but be stunned, and then lowered his eyes, but his heartbeat was so fast that it seemed to be able to jump out.

The gentleman is square, warm as jade.

It turned out that it was her future husband, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince today.