Ten days later, Fang Jinyi and his party came to the border of Dongli Kingdom, looking at the row of soldiers standing in front, Fang Jinyi did not look a little surprised.

"Subordinates, see the county lord."

Fang Jinyi looked at the person who saluted him expressionlessly, and said in a cold tone: "Get up." ”

The man got up and glanced at the three people behind Fang Jinyi, and then said, "County Lord, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ordered his subordinates to wait for you here, saying that he would let his subordinates take you to meet him. ”

"Where is Your Highness?"

The reason why Fang Jinyi asked this is because the princes of ordinary countries live in the palace, and only the princes of Dongli can be their own residences. And Liyang has three residences in Dongli State, one is the Imperial Palace, one is Shengyue Garden, and one is still unknown.

"In the palace."

Fang Jinyi nodded, turned his head to look at Sheng Sheng, and then said, "My maids are injured, please send someone to send them back to rest, I can just go to see His Highness alone." ”

"Please rest assured, the subordinates will send someone to send a few girls back."

When Fang Jinyi got into the carriage, he suddenly turned his head and said, "Xiao Tao, you come with me." ”

At this moment, Xiao Tao definitely couldn't go against Fang Jinyi's intentions, although she guessed that Fang Jinyi asked her to go with her, and it was very likely that she was asking Sheng Sheng and the woman named Ziyi to do something. But Liyang once told her that she only needed to stay by Fang Jinyi's side, and she didn't have to worry about other things.

When Fang Jinyi and Xiao Tao got into the carriage, Sheng Sheng and Ziyi also got into another carriage, and after arriving in the capital, the two carriages parted ways.

Sheng Sheng and Ziyi went back to the courtyard where Fang Jinyi lived, and along the way, neither of them spoke much, and even if anyone spoke, they couldn't talk in two or three sentences.

After sending off the soldiers, Sheng Sheng took Ziyi to the hall to rest, and then asked the maid to clean Ziyi's room.

The two of them simply ate something, and then Sheng Sheng took Zi Yi to the room where she lived.

"You have a good rest first, and if you lack anything, tell your subordinates, you don't have to be polite."

Ziyi nodded silently, and after Sheng Sheng left, he immediately closed the door, and then found pen and ink to write a letter.

It was not the first time that Fang Jinyi had come to the palace of Dongli Kingdom, but this time was obviously different from the previous times. The last few times she came to the palace, she had a dull and breathless feeling, but this time, that oppressive feeling disappeared.

followed the man all the way to a courtyard, Fang Jinyi used to come to the palace for a purpose, and every time he was taken directly to the place, he had not walked around in other places in the palace, so looking at the prosperous courtyard at this moment, Fang Jinyi was a little apprehensive.

"Xiaoyue, you're back."

Suddenly a voice came from beside him, Fang Jinyi was stunned, turned around and stretched out his head to look, only to see Liyang squatting on the ground.

"What are you doing?"

Fang Jinyi frowned and looked at him, and as soon as the words came out, he remembered that it was in the palace at this moment, Liyang was still His Royal Highness the Prince, and he couldn't help but be a little overwhelmed for a while.

But Liyang didn't seem to blame her for this, but waved the small hoe in his hand with a smile on his face and said, "I'm loosening the soil." ”

"Loose soil?" Fang Jinyi looked at the hoe in his hand, his brows furrowed slightly, "Do you still have to bother His Highness to do such a trivial matter?" ”

Liyang looked at her with a smile and said, "Sometimes it's a different taste to do something that you don't often do. ”

Don't do it often?

"But you have a point." Liyang said suddenly, and then before Fang Jinyi could react, he took her hand and stuffed the small hoe into her hand, "Then it's up to you to loosen the soil." ”

Fang Jinyi looked at the small hoe with soil in his hand, and looked up at Liyang, "I won't." ”

"It's simple."

Liyang looked at her with a light smile, although his tone sounded light, but there was an irresistible majesty in it.

There was no way, Fang Jinyi had to roll up her sleeves, and then half-squatted on the ground and began to loosen the soil, it was the first time she had done this kind of thing, and she didn't know what to do for a while, so she didn't start with a hoe.

"Avoid the roots of the flower and loosen the soil around it." Liyang kindly reminded and bent down to stand beside Fang Jinyi and looked at her.

Fang Jinyi tightened the hoe in his hand, and then began to move, at first it was indeed a little ...... I don't know how to start, but fortunately, Liyang is guiding by the side, so I gradually began to feel a little easier.

"You slow down a little bit, don't hurt the roots."

"Raise your hands too high so you'll hit the branches."

"It's a little bud that grows, not grass, you have to be careful to avoid it."

Fang Jinyi was a little easy to use and thought it was interesting, but Liyang's nagging kept coming from her ears, and she slowly became a little upset.

"With a little more force, how long will you be able to finish this loosening? You've got to ......."

Liyang's voice stopped abruptly, he looked at the hoe that had sunk into the branch and was stunned, then looked at Fang Jinyi, who was looking up at him, and sneered: "You did it on purpose." ”

This can be wronged Fang Jinyi, she was just annoyed by Liyang's quarrel, and when she heard him say that she wanted to work hard, she obediently increased her strength, who knows......

But Fang Jinyi would not admit her mistake like this, she threw away the small hoe in her hand, stood up and said with a displeased face: "I said I wouldn't." Besides, I'm not left-handed, so I can't get along with my hands for a while. ”

Liyang looked at the person who suddenly played tricks, and felt a little funny, helplessly picked up the hoe on the ground, looked at her and said, "Are you blaming me for hurting your right hand?" ”

Fang Jinyi didn't reply, but the expression on her face said it all, she couldn't figure out what Liyang was thinking at the moment, so she could only act carefully.

"Don't worry, I do things in a measured way, and I won't really waste your hands." Liyang said lightly, then handed the hoe to the eunuch standing next to him, and then took the scissors and began to prune the branches and leaves of the bonsai.

Fang Jinyi looked at the person who was concentrating on pruning flowers and plants, and suddenly felt that this person was not the Liyang she knew, she had never seen such a gentle and calm appearance in Liyang as at this moment.

"Don't you want to go back to the Southland? Why did you suddenly come back again? Liyang asked without raising his head, looking intently at the branch in his hand.

Liyang seems to have a lot of experience in pruning flowers and plants, as long as the flowers pass through his hands, they immediately become very ...... Pretty. Fang Jinyi can only be described by the word 'good-looking', she doesn't know anything about these things, even Sheng Sheng said that although she is good-looking, she doesn't look like a woman.

"I heard the news that His Highness is about to ascend the throne, so I'm back." Fang Jinyi did not shy away from saying, anyway, Liyang must have guessed the reason for her return, so there is no need to tell a senseless lie.

Liyang glanced up at her, the corners of his mouth slightly hooked, "Then did you rush back to congratulate me?" ”

"Your Highness, there should be no shortage of people to say congratulations."

Fang Jinyi looked at him calmly, Liyang at this moment gave her a strange feeling, but this feeling made her feel ...... Very comfortable.

"Those people are just flattering, and I want to hear sincere congratulations." Liyang stopped pruning and looked up into Fang Jinyi's eyes, "For example, relatives." ”

"Since the Holy Lord has passed the throne to His Highness, it can be regarded as a congratulations from relatives."

Liyang was slightly stunned, then looked at Fang Jinyi and shook his head with a smile, lowered his head and continued the movements in his hands.

Fang Jinyi didn't understand what this meant, but she didn't continue to explore, and only asked, "Since Your Highness has ascended the throne, then I want to ask what Your Highness wants to do with me and my sister." ”

"You are worthy of being sisters, when Du Mo heard the news that I was about to ascend the throne, the first thing he said was to ask this question." Liyang said calmly, and then, the movements in his hands stopped, he looked at the budding flowers, and suddenly said softly: "She never knew, in fact, what I wanted to hear was ......"

Fang Jinyi looked at Liyang, who was suddenly silent, suspiciously, what did he want to hear? How to listen to the meaning of his words, as well as the expression on his face at the moment, are a little ...... Odd?

Liyang seemed to be trapped in a memory, until Fang Jinyi waited for a while and couldn't wait for him to speak, and called him out loud, then he came back to his senses.

"Actually, Du and I were good friends many years ago." The previous smile appeared on Liyang's face again, and her tone also had a hint of evil charm, "But she is forgetful, and she probably has long forgotten the past between me and her." ”

Fang Jinyi felt more and more strange about Liyang, speaking strangely, and also felt that there was a faint sadness exuding from him.

Sadness? He got what he wanted, so why be sad?

Liyang handed the scissors to the eunuch, took the handkerchief and wiped his hands, then looked at Fang Jinyi and said, "That's it, come back and come back, you can live in Shengyue Garden during this time, your sister misses you very much." ”

Fang Jinyi looked at him in surprise, and it took a while to react, and immediately bowed to him, "Your Highness Xie." ”

"Let's go back."

Liyang looked at her with real eyes, and when he saw her turn around, he suddenly shouted, "Jinyi." ”

Fang Jinyi paused, turned to look at him, only to see him looking at himself with a smile, and said, "I think you should like this name more than Du Yue." ”

Fang Jinyi didn't explain, only asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Be good to your sister, she has suffered a lot since she was a child." Liyang looked at her and said, the expression on her face was calm, but her tone revealed a deep sadness.

Fang Jinyi didn't know how to face such a strange Liyang, so she only nodded to him, and then turned around and left.

When passing by Xiao Tao's side, Xiao Tao suddenly saluted Fang Jinyi, and Fang Jinyi looked at her puzzled.

"The slave and maid will not go back with the county master, during this time, the slave and the maid have made the county lord angry a lot, thank you for the magnanimity of the county lord and did not punish the slave and maid. Please take care. ”

Fang Jinyi looked back behind her, Liyang stood in place and looked at her, the expression on her face was very different from before, but after a closer look, she felt that it was the same as before.

"Take care, too."

Fang Jinyi smiled and patted her shoulder, then turned to leave, not to mention anything else, Xiao Tao is indeed a very loyal person, but her allegiance is to Liyang, which makes her unable to believe her.