The four princes did not speak again, and lay down with their own hearts.

And their father, Emperor Li Chong, only fell asleep for a while and then woke up again.

He was thinking about the current situation in his country.

The continuous invasion of the Japanese at sea has greatly damaged the vitality of the country, so the country has been in turmoil in the past few years, and now there is another neighboring country eyeing them, so the only one he can ask for help now is another neighboring country - the side of the Ming Kingdom.

It could not be more accurate to describe his mood in the past five years in power.

He knew that his four sons could not really feel this anxiety in his heart now, but he was a person with a strong sense of distress, and now he came to a country with much stronger overall national strength than the country he ruled, and his feelings were complicated, a bit like a lonely orphan looking for his mother's warmth and shelter.

Ah, it was a very unpleasant feeling, and he didn't want his heir to have to endure all that he was going through.

The next day, in the reception hall, Li Chong and his four sons met the eight princes and princesses of the Ming Kingdom, some of the princes brought their children, some did not, Li Chong's father and son saluted them respectfully.

After greeting each other, they sat down to talk.

Since they had received an explanation from their father last night, the four princes quietly observed the county lords present.

Some are in their early teens, and they look like they are carved in pink. Some are twelve or thirteen years old, with a faint shyness on their childish faces. Some of them seem to have a bold temperament, and some of them behave naturally as if they were going to a normal banquet.

They swept over their faces, not feeling anything that could tempt them. It's not too dead-hearted, and after a while, I quietly swept it again, and I didn't feel anything special. So there was no interest in scanning it a third time.

For them, who have grown up in the palace since childhood, they have seen a lot of beauties. Therefore, in the face of this group of delicate and lovely county lords, he naturally did not feel particularly amazing.

There are many beauties in this world, but there are not many that match their eyes.

Li Chong also keenly saw from the looks of his four sons that there was no girl in this hall that his sons liked, and he was suddenly a little lost. But he is also a temperamental, and he doesn't want to force his sons to marry girls he doesn't like, so he has to give up.

With a few sighs in his heart, Li Zhong adjusted his mood and chatted with the princes.

Soon. I was told that breakfast was ready.

So the people got up and went to the dining room.

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Zhu Qingmei got permission from the Queen Mother yesterday -- today she can follow her parents into the palace to meet the father and son of the king of the Joseon Kingdom.

But when she went back last night, the Ninth Prince said to her, "You have a marriage contract." Inconvenient to go. Besides, the other princes only take the county lords who have not yet decided on their marriage. ”

In just one sentence, he simply rejected her request.

She lay in bed tossing and turning, unable to sleep. For the first time, I seriously thought about her family business.

This family affair was decided when she was four years old, and now it has been ten years, what has she gained from it in these ten years?

After thinking about it, I realized that I didn't actually get anything.

Yan Jinxuan was not someone she could understand, and she was unwilling to understand him.

When he met her, she would always lose her temper for no apparent reason. On the one hand, in addition to hating him and always being good-natured to face her, on the other hand, he also subconsciously resents him.

If it weren't for the marriage contract with him, her childhood would have been more colorful. Because she can have more opportunities to attend banquets, she can meet more friends.

And because of the marriage contract, she was strictly restricted.

However, she is unrestrained and enthusiastic by nature. Like a fiery horse, how can it survive such a day?

When I was young, I was willing to be obedient, but now I have grown up. With a certain amount of judgment, there is gradually a sense of resistance in my heart.

Hum. If you don't let me enter the palace, I want to enter the palace. She said secretly in her heart.

Anyway, I just don't do anything, I'm just going to go into the palace to have a look.

Aren't other county lords at my age playing? Why do I have to learn to be a good wife and mother every day?

The more Zhu Qingmei thought about it, the more angry she became, and decided to make a small resistance.

So soon after her parents went out, she asked the butler to arrange a carriage for her, accompanied by two maids and two housekeepers, into the palace.

When she entered the palace, it was time for everyone to have breakfast, and she didn't dare to go directly to the dining room, so she walked around the next hall.

She knew that they would go to the Great Wall after breakfast, so she planned to lie to her parents so that they would take her with them.

Seriously, she hadn't been out for too long.

And for her at only 14 years old, having fun is the most important thing.

After a few turns in the empty hall, Zhu Qingmei felt bored and walked out.

I don't want to walk out of the dining room next door at this time, a man who is dressed differently from the man on the side of Daming Kingdom, is walking towards this side with a respectful demeanor.

Zhu Qingmei didn't shy away from suspicion, just stared at him straightly.

But seeing his handsome facial features and picturesque eyebrows, he suddenly felt as if something touched him, and then thought that he was already Yan Jinxuan's fiancée, and no matter how handsome the young man was, it had nothing to do with her, and his chest was suffocating, so he wanted to play a prank on him.

It was Li Jing, the second prince of the Joseon Kingdom, who was about to go to the official room here.

Seeing a delicate girl staring at him, and there was no shyness or fear in his expression, and suddenly he felt that this woman was a little different from the county lords he had seen today, so he thought about getting to know him, so he stepped forward and asked respectfully in broken Chinese, "May I ask where the man's official room is going?" ”

He only listened to others pointing the way and said that he was going straight to the corridor on the left, but now he looked at it and saw that there were forks on both sides of the corridor, and he didn't know which side to go after arriving at the forked road.

Although Zhu Qingmei had never learned Korean, she could guess from his question, and she wanted to play tricks on him, so she smiled and pointed to the corridor on the right.

Although Li Jing had some doubts in her heart, she still decided to believe her words, so she smiled and walked to the corridor on the right.

Zhu Qingmei kept staring at his figure, smiling secretly in her heart.

Sure enough, she soon noticed that he realized that the road was wrong, because there were women in and out there, so he hurriedly trotted from the side of the path in the direction of the left corridor.

He was already anxious to urinate, and this toss made him almost wet his pants.

So when he came back, he decided to play a trick on the bad girl.

It's a pity that when he turned back to the original questioning place, Zhu Qingmei had already run away.

However, on the way to visit the Great Wall, he saw her again.

"I'm going to have to play a good trick on her this time." Li Jing thought to herself, and quietly approached her side. (To be continued)

ps: Dear friends, the second shift is here. Tomorrow's first shift will be around 12 a.m. This plot is very important to the direction of the whole novel, so it is necessary to write it with pen and ink.