This night, when Li Yao came out of the Zichen Palace, it was already past the time for dinner, and he saw Wei Nanyan and Si Qing standing outside the palace gate, so he stepped forward and said, "Concubine Xian." ”

"His Royal Highness the Prince. Wei Nanyan returned the salute and said with a smile: "This palace came to send ginseng soup to His Majesty, and I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was discussing with His Royal Highness inside, so I waited here - may I ask His Royal Highness the Prince, is the discussion finished at this moment?"

"Yes, it's all over, and it's not a court affair, but I've just talked to my father. The hard work of the virtuous concubine Niangniang is waiting here, Niangniang thinks she has been waiting for a while, right?"

"It's okay, it's okay. There are many things in the previous dynasty, and His Majesty and the crown prince are working hard - by the way, this hour is not too late, is the prince going to the queen's palace? The concubine has been at the queen's mother in the afternoon, and the mother heard that His Royal Highness entered the palace today, but she prepared a table of His Royal Highness's favorite dishes. ”

Li Yao smiled and nodded, and said goodbye to Wei Nanyan: "Concubine Xie Xian told her that the palace is about to go to Yongyang Palace, so she will go first." ”

"Okay, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince walks slowly. ”

The two of them just nodded and left, but in the short moment when they started, it seemed that no one looked at anyone, no one spoke, and the afterglow of that moment met and their lips moved slightly, but the two had exchanged information, understood that each other's goal for today had been achieved, and they were all sure that everyone could proceed smoothly to the next step.

At this time, Lin Yuebai had lived in the Jiao family's courtyard for some days, and it seemed that she was afraid that she would be bored in the house, so Mrs. Jiao would come over every day, or chat and eat tea, or invite the stage team to sing in the house, and take her to the Daci'an Temple to incense, go to the suburbs of Beijing to play, and go to all the places where the rich and noble officials and young ladies in the capital often go. In fact, even Mrs. Jiao herself has not been to many places, according to her words, it is not interesting to go without a daughter at home, these days with Lin Yuebai by her side, she is happy to visit these places. On this day, the two of them returned from a trip to the West Mountain, and sat in the carriage and bumped upside down, Lin Yuebai was a little sleepy, and saw Mrs. Jiao sitting next to her in good spirits and looking at her, she was embarrassed, so she said: "I have climbed the mountain for so long today, and my aunt is still in such good spirits, Yuebai is really ashamed." ”

"You, you should really go riding with me, move more, and your body will naturally be better. Mrs. Jiao lovingly took Lin Yuebai's hand over, "In the past, your father had to send you to this West Mountain for upbringing, but your uncle and I were against it, and I didn't even want to come over with this West Mountain." Now it's okay, Buyunguan has already been blown up in an accident, let's come back at this moment, that is, take a look at the scenery and take a walk, and then don't have to go to the Daoist Hall of Nalaoshzi. ”

Lin Yuebai wanted to start the cloud view master Li Daoran, since returning to Beijing, he has not had the opportunity to contact him, I heard that he and Li Yao had dealings before, and now I don't know what the situation is; she has been back to Beijing for so long, and she has never seen Li Yao once, although she has also plucked up the courage to ask Jiao Ran, but the answer she gets is only to let her recuperate at ease, and don't ask about other things; Yao Jin wrote to say that everything is fine in Nanguo Mansion, but Wang Xiang's wife Lu Tao is sick, she wrote back to greet her, and now she doesn't know if it is better...... There were thousands of thoughts in her mind for a while, thinking about it, Lin Yuebai couldn't help but look out of the car window, until she arrived at the front door of Jiao's mansion, she heard Mrs. Jiao's voice coming from outside the car, and then she suddenly came back to her senses.

"Ah Qing, is this the car of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

"Yes, eldest lady, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come to our house in person, my lord has been waiting here for a long time, and it has been half an hour since I went in!"

When Lin Yuebai heard the word "prince", her heart trembled suddenly, and she wanted to get out of the car immediately, but she knew that she was outside the mansion at the moment, there were many people, and she was a deep lady who had not left the cabinet, so she should not be so casual. Lin Yuebai took a deep breath, tried her best to control her tone, and leaned out of the curtain with half of her face and asked, "Uncle, shall we enter the house through the front door?"

Because the female dependents have always walked through the door of the backyard, Lin Yuebai's question was not abrupt, Mrs. Jiao heard her voice, turned her head and said happily: "Let's go from behind! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived, and my aunt will dress you up and go to see the prince again!"

Hearing this, Yao Jin's face turned red and he was a little embarrassed, and the person retracted into the carriage. She only felt her heart pounding, so she pressed her hand to her heart, was silent for a moment, and muttered: "It's been three years, finally, finally ......"

Li Yao came, firstly, because he really wanted to see Lin Yuebai, and secondly, he finally persuaded the emperor to agree to retry the case of the Yuan family's rebellion, and specially wanted to inform Jiao Ran of this news. Jiao Ran has always been steady, but when he heard the news, he was so excited that he didn't know what to do, so he didn't stop pacing in the hall, and said again and again: "Okay, good, it's time to retry, it's long overdue......!"

It wasn't until the little servant reported outside the door that Mrs. Jiao and Lin Yuebai were waiting outside the door to greet the prince, that Jiao Ran realized that he had lost his temper, and hurriedly confessed to Li Yao: "Chen Shicai was excited for a while, he is really out of shape, please forgive His Royal Highness the Prince!"

Li Yao smiled and patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Lord Jiao is willing to show his true temperament in front of this palace, and this palace is also very happy, how can you mind this." ”

"Yes, yes!" Jiao Ran glanced at the door and said with a smile: "The inner man took his niece out to play today, and he only came back at this moment, knowing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come down, and I have come to greet His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Li Yao looked at the two figures, one white and one purple, outside the door, the white figure was so familiar but so distant, somewhere in his heart seemed to suddenly hurt, he lowered his head and was silent for a moment, and finally raised his head and said: "Lord Jiao, this palace, I want to see the Lin family girl alone." ”

Although it is in his own house, Jiao Ran attaches great importance to the innocence of Lin Yuebai's daughter's family, even though Li Yao said "see you alone", after discussing with Mrs. Jiao, he still arranged for the two to meet in a pavilion in the back garden, the pavilion is empty on all sides, it is not closed, although it is built on the water, but only one passage passes, and the maid and the maid are left at the end of the passage to wait, according to Mrs. Jiao, this is an open meeting, not a private meeting.

Lin Yuebai in the pavilion saw Li Yao coming from the porch from a distance, and she wanted to be calm, but the closer he got there, the more mixed her heart became, and all kinds of thoughts came to her heart, and her eyes were red for a while, and she couldn't help crying.

Seeing her crying, Li Yao was a little sad, standing in front of her, but he knew that here and now, he couldn't reach out and take her into his arms, so he had to comfort: "Look, I'm fine, don't cry." ”

"It's been three years......" Lin Yuebai said a thousand words, but she didn't know where to start, her throat choked, and she couldn't say anything for a while, a pair of teary eyes looked at Li Yao carefully from head to toe, and saw that Li Yao also turned around very cooperatively so that she could see more clearly, so she burst into tears and laughed: "Should I call you His Royal Highness the Prince?"

"A name is a code, as long as you're still you, I'm still me, so what's the matter. Li Yao smiled softly, seeing that Lin Yuebai's face was more ruddy than when he left Nanguo Mansion, and said: "I learned that you had experienced life and death on Chasing Mountain Island before, and at that time I hated to go and save you immediately, and I was angry that Yao Jin always put you in danger - now it seems that your body has recovered." ”

"On the trip to Chasing Mountain Island, Ah Yao was unwilling, I had to go. At the mention of Yao Jin, Lin Yuebai suddenly remembered the letter again, frowned slightly, twisted the handkerchief in his hand tightly, bowed his head for a moment, and suddenly said without a head: "You promised me." ”

Li Yao's smile was a little faint, staring at the handkerchief in Lin Yuebai's hand, and he let out a heavy "um".

Hearing such an affirmative answer, Lin Yuebai's heart was at ease, and she mustered up the courage to say: "I know that it is not easy for you to work now, and I can't help anything." But if you want me to do something, I'll do it. In the past three years in Caiyun City, Yao Jin has told me a lot, and I have thought a lot, you have been moving forward, I should, should match you...... I will try to be a good princess!"

"You don't have to work hard, you just need to walk into the palace with me, stand in front of the emperor with me, as long as you don't shake your head, everything, with me. ”