After returning to the Shen family villa with Qingrou, the butler came to report that the emperor had rewarded many items and placed them in the hall. After Shen Mengdie heard this, she slowly walked towards the hall with the maid, and what caught her eye was a row of large boxes.

After taking the list of items handed to him by the housekeeper, Shen Mengdie ordered someone to come and receive it in the warehouse after checking it roughly.

Looking at the housekeeper who was still standing beside him, Shen Mengdie asked suspiciously, "What else is there to do with the housekeeper?" ”

"Miss, Prince Li sent someone to send an invitation to invite you to the palace for a small gathering in two days."

"Prince Li?" Hearing this title, Shen Mengdie frowned suspiciously.

"Yes."

"Who is this Prince Li, I shouldn't have been in contact with him, right?" Shen Mengdie said with some uncertainty, and at the same time secretly guessed who it was in her heart.

As soon as the housekeeper saw the young lady's appearance, he knew that she was not very clear about the various powers in Kyoto, so he had to explain to her in detail: "Miss, Prince Li's real name is Xuanyuan Zichen, and he is the youngest child of the former emperor, and the former emperor favored him and handed over half of the military power of the Xuanyuan Dynasty to him. ”

"That's ......" Shen Mengdie nodded, sat back on the chair next to her, and waited for the housekeeper to popularize it.

After waving off the rest of the subordinates, the butler looked at the closed door and was very cautious. "It is said that Prince Li has a heavy army in his hands, and he is suspected of plotting to usurp the throne. And now the saint is old and frail, and the prince under his knees does not have the momentum to stand alone......"

Speaking of this, the housekeeper sighed heavily, and the look on his face looked very helpless. "I'm afraid the world is going to be chaotic this day."

"Butler, I shouldn't have seen this prince before, right?" Shen Mengdie recalled that the person she had met recently seemed to be the only one prince. "Could it be his ......?"

"Did Miss remember something?"

"I met a prince when I entered the palace yesterday, and the other party was about the age of his establishment, with tough facial features and sharp eyes, and he was very majestic."

The butler listened to her words and nodded. "Then the one you met should be Prince Li, there is only one Prince Li in Kyoto."

"But I've only talked to him twice, so why did he suddenly think of inviting me?" For this sudden invitation, Shen Mengdie was a little confused for a while.

"Prince Li is already in his prime, but he has not married a wife, and the current saint has urged him three or four times, but in the end he died because of no illness."

Hearing this, Shen Mengdie had a general understanding of this prince, the other party was a prince with real power, and his identity was extremely noble. "It seems that this is a good opportunity, with the help of the prince, the main quest is not yet available."

Shen Mengdie silently planned the itinerary in two days in her heart, took the maid to her study, and began to be busy with the next things.

Time flies, and the time of two days flies by.

Early this morning, Shen Mengdie woke up early, because the other party made it clear on the invitation that she was inviting her to enjoy the flowers, so she decided to bring Mo Tianxin with her, just to let her see the world and have a long insight.

Put on a white dress and pull your hair lightly, and there is no other extra clothing on your body. The dress is deceptively simple, but it is made of silk, and the sleeves and skirts are embroidered with gold and silver threads with dark flowers, and when you walk in the sun, the light on them will be reflected.

After dressing up, Shen Mengdie took the sedan chair arranged by the housekeeper and took Mo Qingxin to the Liwang Mansion together. Sitting in the rickety sedan chair, she felt very novel for a while, and the first time she tried this kind of transportation tool, she kept lifting the curtains to look at the situation outside the sedan chair.

"Falling off the sedan ......"

When she arrived at her destination, the person who received her in the palace seemed to have been waiting for a long time, and after welcoming her in, he led the way ahead with a smile on his face.

After taking a general look at the layout of the palace, Shen Mengdie withdrew her gaze and slowly followed the leader. Just after arriving at a garden, she was brought to a pavilion and stopped.

"Lord Wang, Miss Shen is here."

"Come on." With the sound coming from the pavilion, Shen Mengdie saw that the prince she saw yesterday was slowly walking towards her, looking directly into the other party's gaze, and she felt a panic.

Trying not to show her panic, Shen Mengdie smiled gently at the other party and stepped forward to salute. "The folk girl greets the prince."

"No need to be polite, I invite you here today because this king has something he wants to talk to you about."

"I don't know what the prince is for?" Shen Mengdie was also curious about why this person, who should have had nothing to do with her, suddenly thought of inviting her to come to a small gathering, looking at the flowers competing to bloom around her, and smelling the faint fragrance of flowers in the wind, her mood at the moment was never more relaxed.

"You may be seated."

At the other party's suggestion, Shen Mengdie sat down at the table where the pavilion was located. Looking at the scroll hanging on the pillar, she looked at it with some confusion for a moment, just because although the scroll was hanging on it, it was rolled up.

"You go down first."

"Yes."

With Xuanyuan Zichen's orders, the palace maids who were serving in the pavilion retreated one after another.

"I have something important to talk about with you, but I don't know ......"

Looking at the other party's eyes looking behind him, Shen Mengdie said, "Since this is the case, I will let them wait outside." Looking at Xuanyuan Zichen, who nodded, she said to the two people behind her, "You guys go out first." ”

"This ......"

Looking at Mo Tianxin's somewhat tangled expression, Shen Mengdie signaled, "Go ahead." ”

It wasn't until everyone retreated that Shen Mengdie looked at each other's faces and didn't know what to say for a while.

After a moment of silence, Xuanyuan Zichen slowly walked in front of her, and after staring at her deeply for a moment, he untied the rope tied to the scroll.

"Whoa......

As the scroll unfolded, Shen Mengdie stood up in surprise, with an unbelievable look on her face. "It's ......"

With some hesitation, she stepped forward and reached out to touch the cheek of the person in the painting, who was obviously herself, but ......

"Lord Wang, what is your painting?" Shen Mengdie couldn't help but start to guess where the other party got this painting, because judging from the brushwork of the scroll, it didn't look like it had been made in recent days.

"This is what this king painted a long time ago."

"A long time ago?" Hearing the other party's words, Shen Mengdie was a little confused for a while, and couldn't help but doubt in her heart. "Could it be that it was worn on someone else's body at this time, otherwise how could there be this painting......"

Just as she was puzzled by this, the person standing behind her slowly approached her side.

"You should be able to recognize who this is."

The person above "I ......" was obviously herself, and she couldn't say that she didn't know her, and after opening her mouth, she suddenly didn't know what to say.

At this moment, Xuanyuan Zichen stepped forward, gently hugged her into his arms, and sighed after sniffing the fragrance on her hair: "I finally found you." ”