The prince was so anxious that he turned around and grabbed her arm.

Lin Yan looked back at her grabbed arm, then at the prince's face, and motioned for him to let go with her eyes.

Xiao Tai looked at him with expectant eyes, with some pleading in his voice, and said in a low voice: "Yuan Yuan, don't marry your father, you know that I like ......"

It's just that before the words fell, there was a sound of "dang" in the air, and then a jade bracelet appeared on the ground. The bracelet was shattered and lay on the ground in pieces.

Lin Yan said regretfully: "This is what my grandmother only put on me this morning, but it was broken like this." It can be seen that this bracelet is not suitable for me to wear, so it fell to the ground, which is a waste of my grandmother's heart. As he spoke, he raised his head again, looked at the prince and said, "Oh, by the way, what did the prince just say?" ”

Xiao Tai knew that she did it on purpose, but he never had the courage to say it a second time. He looked at her, kept looking at her, but refused to let go. Just like when she was a child, every time she left the palace and returned to the Lin family, he grabbed her hand trickily.

Lin Yan reached out to pluck his hand, and said to him: "The prince is the prince, and he has grown up, so he should know what he can and can't do······."

"His Royal Highness the Prince, Miss Lin Si, why are you two here." It was the eunuch's shrill and soft voice.

It was Gonggong Wan who came over from the other side. He looked at the prince's hand on Lin Yan's arm, and his face looked a little puzzled.

The prince's face darkened, and then he let go of his hand.

Lin Yan pulled her wrinkled sleeves, then walked over and bowed slightly to Gonggong Wan, explaining: "I got lost in the palace and accidentally walked here, and I happened to meet His Royal Highness the Prince, so I want His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to take me out." ”

It's a flawed explanation, but it doesn't have to be perfect, it's just easy to use.

Wan Gong said: "This palace is indeed bigger, and there are many forks in the road, but fortunately, it is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." It seems that he really believed Lin Yan's words.

The prince suddenly broke the jar and said: "Yes, fortunately, I met Lone, who may not have seen my cousin for many years, and they talked very happily when they met, so they stayed here for a long time." ”

He accentuated the tone of "Talking very happily". He smiled strangely, and continued in a meaningful tone: "Grandpa Wan appeared earlier, and Gu and Cousin still have a lot to say." ”

Lin Yan frowned.

Gonggong Wan's expression remained unchanged, and he said: "Miss Lin Si will be the queen in the future, and you will be your future queen mother, and it is a blessing for the royal family and the minions to talk to the fourth young lady." But the emperor wants to see the fourth miss now, His Royal Highness has something to say, and after the fourth miss and the emperor get married, it is not too late to wait for the fourth miss to enter the palace. ”

A "queen mother" and a "big wedding" made Xiao Tai's entire arrogance drop, and then his face returned to that kind of sparkling look.

Gonggong Wan bowed to the prince and said, "The slave took the fourth lady to see the emperor, the weather is cold, His Royal Highness has recovered from a serious illness, and he will return to the palace to rest early." After speaking, he glanced at Lin Yan, lowered his head and said, "Fourth Miss, please." ”

Gonggong Wan did not take Lin Yan to see the emperor, but took her out of the palace directly. Neither of them said a word about what happened just now, but they seemed to have a tacit understanding.

When they arrived at the gate of the palace, Zhuang, who had been walking around worriedly, and Lin Ying, who was standing next to the carriage with a somewhat serious expression, walked up together.

Zhuang took Lin Yan's hand and called eagerly: "Yuan Yuan." As he spoke, he looked at her whole body, for fear that she would be wronged in the palace. As she spoke, she looked at Gonggong Wan who sent her out, as if he believed that it was really the emperor who wanted to see her.

Father-in-law Wan said to Lin Yan: "Fourth Miss Lin, the slave will send you here, Fourth Miss and General Lin and Mrs. Lin have a safe journey." As he spoke, he turned around and went to the palace.

After Zhuang watched him leave, he asked Lin Yan, "Is it really the emperor who wants to see you?" ”

Lin Yan nodded and smiled "um".

Lin Ying looked at Gonggong Wan's back, then looked at Lin Yan, and did not speak.

At this time, the Li family and the Qi family had also walked up, looked at Gonggong Wan, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Li said: "Since you have come out, let's go home." ”

Although it was confirmed that it was indeed the emperor who wanted to see Lin Yan made the Zhuang family breathe a sigh of relief, but then she was dissatisfied with the emperor's behavior, and said while holding her daughter away: "The emperor is really, when will he not see him after the wedding, why do you have to do this." Although it is royal, it cannot be ignored with courtesy. ”

Lin Yan bent the corners of her mouth and did not speak.

Lin Yan sat in the carriage and looked at the patterns on the hand stove.

What the prince told her, she didn't say to anyone in the Lin family and didn't plan to say it to anyone in the Lin family, saying it couldn't change anything except to worry the family.

Thinking of the crown prince, Lin Yan felt a little more disappointed in her heart.

Time has changed a lot of people and things, and it is no longer the soft and cute younger brother she once grew up with in her hands.

His father entered the palace from the palace, and he became the crown prince; And she is betrothed to his father, and she will marry his father and become his mother.

It wasn't that she hadn't discovered the prince's affection for her before, but even now she still thinks that he is just a child's admiration for her older sister, and when he grows up and meets the girl he likes, he will know that it is not the love between men and women. Just like when she was a child, she also liked her second cousin who often gave her snacks to eat, thinking that she would marry this brother when she grew up, so that she would have delicious snacks for the rest of her life.

It's just that for this cousin who is in the second stage of middle school and is about to become her stepson, Lin Yan really feels a headache, and she doesn't know what kind of attitude to treat him after entering the palace.

Lin Yan was thinking about it, and the carriage had stopped at the Wuguo Mansion. The servant took the pedals, lifted the curtain and helped them down.

When he entered the mansion, Li said to Lin Yan: "I'm tired today, you go back to your yard, you don't have to accompany me." As he spoke, he said to Zhuang, who wanted to go back with his daughter: "Don't ask the child questions, let the child rest first." ”

Lin Yan really felt tired, said yes, and then said goodbye to the Li family, the Zhuang family, and the others.

Mu Qing stood at the gate of her courtyard and waited for her, and when she saw her come in, she smiled at her and said, "The slave maid has asked people to prepare hot water, and the young lady will soak it first to get rid of fatigue." ”

Being waited for is indeed a happy thing, and Lin Yan also smiled at Mu Qing.

Lin Yan lay comfortably in the bathtub, smiled at Mu Qing and complained: "Living in the palace must be a tiring thing. ”

Mu Qing smiled at her, poured water on her shoulder with a scoop, and said: "Where is life not tired, the high-ranking families outside the palace also have to worry about the mother-in-law, the difficult sister-in-law, and the poor family have to worry about their livelihood." But think about the relatives outside the palace, if the young lady has a child in the future, then think about her own children, if the young lady still has the emperor in her heart, then think about the emperor, think about these people you care about, maybe you won't feel tired. ”