"It's so fragrant, I've already learned Captain Li's cooking skills, but when you're at home, you don't cook by yourself every day, right?" After chatting a few words, Princess Pingyang suddenly twitched her small nose and smiled.

"Hehe, I'm not so diligent, in fact, today is the first day of Qi Niang's coming, so I made some dishes to celebrate, if the princess doesn't dislike it, why don't you eat together?" Li Xiu also smiled at this time, it's been this hour, and Princess Pingyang also took the initiative to mention the fragrance of the food, so he naturally had to be polite.

"That's great, since I came back, except for the Lantern Festival on the day of the Shangyuan Festival, I haven't tasted Captain Li's craftsmanship for a long time!" Princess Pingyang was not polite at all, and agreed happily, which made Li Xiu suddenly a little suspicious, she came to visit at this point, wouldn't it be just to eat?

However, as soon as the idea of rubbing rice appeared, Li Xiu immediately shook his head and threw it aside, she is a princess of a dignified country, and she is usually so gentle and virtuous, how could she do such a tasteless thing as rubbing rice?

The dishes have been almost done, and the rest can also be taken over by Yuechan, so under his instructions, Liu'er began to serve the dishes in the same way, and finally set up a big table, originally Li Xiu planned to let Yuechan and Liu'er eat together, but now that the princess is here, it is obviously rude to do so, fortunately, he made enough of these home-cooked dishes, so he asked Liu'er to divide some dishes, and then eat them in the yard with Yuechan.

Seeing that Li Xiulian was so careful, Princess Pingyang couldn't help but smile and said: "The maid of Captain Li's family is probably the happiest maid in my Tang Dynasty, and she can be treated so carefully by the master, I'm afraid others won't believe it." ”

"Hehe, there are few people in the family, and there are no rules, but it makes His Highness laugh." Li Xiu smiled and explained, and then beckoned Princess Pingyang to eat vegetables, some of these dishes he had made for Princess Pingyang on the road, but most of them she definitely hadn't tasted yet, so Li Xiu kept helping her introduce them.

Many of the dishes are made of pork, but Li Xiu has no taboos, and he also points out the ingredients for cooking very directly, because he knows that Princess Pingyang also eats pork, and when he cooks on the way back, he uses a lot of pork, and Princess Pingyang is also very happy to eat, in fact, she is not so squeamish in the army all the year round, and she eats pork as she is, and will not disdain pork like ordinary nobles.

With Li Xiu's introduction, Princess Pingyang's chopsticks have not stopped, she and Qi Niang, a big beauty and a small beauty, have become very excited because of the food in front of them, the two of them eat non-stop as if they were competing, Princess Pingyang prefers sweet and sour tenderloin, a large plate is almost eaten by her, Qi Niang prefers fish-flavored eggplant, and the little face is full of oil.

Seeing that Princess Pingyang had no image, Li Xiu finally determined in his heart that Her Royal Highness the princess was here to eat, which made him a little speechless, but the dishes he made could be loved by others, which was also a compliment to him, not to mention that watching beautiful women eat was also a rare enjoyment.

While eating, Princess Pingyang also found that Li Xiu looked at herself from time to time, which made her face a little red, in fact, she also knew that her performance was a little rude, but the dishes made by Li Xiu were indeed delicious, especially when she was on the road before, her appetite was nourished by Li Xiu, and now she has not eaten for a long time, and she really misses it very much, and she can finally eat it today, and she can't stop it for a while.

After the family banquet, Princess Pingyang took Qi Niang's little hand and chatted, perhaps because of the revolutionary friendship at the dinner table, which made Qi Niang a little let go at this time, but chatted happily with Princess Pingyang.

After chatting for a while, Qi Niang was pulled away by Xiao San biting her trouser leg, Liu Er and Yuechan cleaned up the table and retreated, at this time Princess Pingyang pondered for a moment, and then said slightly solemnly: "I heard Uncle Ma say yesterday, Captain Li, are you okay?" ”

"Hehe, why does Her Royal Highness the princess ask this, aren't I pretty good now?" Li Xiu asked with a smile when he heard this.

"Although I didn't witness what happened yesterday, I know very well that Captain Li is a person with heavy feelings, and I can make you say the words of the father-son relationship, presumably General Li does make you very sad and disappointed, but our background is not to choose by ourselves, but we can choose what kind of road to take next, since Captain Li has come out, then we have to live a good life, especially with such a lovely sister as Qi Niang to take care of, so don't worry too much about the past!"

As soon as Princess Pingyang's words came out, Li Xiu couldn't help but look at her in surprise, from yesterday to now, everyone thought that he was too reckless to go out of the house, and even persuaded him to go back and admit his mistake to Li Jing, so that there was a chance to make amends, but no one cared about Li Xiu's own feelings, and now this person finally appeared, but Li Xiu never thought that this person would be Princess Pingyang anyway.

Li Xiu looked at Princess Pingyang for a long time without speaking, which made Princess Pingyang also bow her head a little shyly, for so many years, there had never been a young man who dared to stare at her like this.

"Your Highness, the weather is good today, how about we go for a walk by the river together?" Seeing that Princess Pingyang was shy, Li Xiu came to his senses at this time, and immediately opened his mouth to propose, he suddenly found that he didn't seem to really see Princess Pingyang, a strange woman.

"It's okay, I didn't go out for many days, and I didn't find out that it was spring until I came just now!" Princess Pingyang also nodded at this time, there were only two of them in the room, and it was always a little ambiguous for a lonely man and a widow to be in the same room.

At that moment, Li Xiu pushed Princess Pingyang to the small river outside the door, and the princess's maids only followed far behind, Qi Niang saw Li Xiu and Princess Pingyang going out, so she also followed with Xiao San, playing on the grass by the river, and having fun.

Looking at Qi Niang who was playing not far away, Li Xiu took a long breath and said slowly: "Thank you Your Highness for your concern, from yesterday to now, you are the first person to care about my own feelings, but Your Highness can rest assured that at the moment I left the Li Mansion, I was actually not very uncomfortable, but I also felt very relaxed, as if I had unloaded a heavy burden." ”

"I'm relieved that Captain Li can think like this, but I envy Captain Li very much, he has such courage to break the shackles on his body!" When Princess Pingyang said the end, she suddenly sighed, and her eyes also showed a bit of gloomy look, as if she thought of something unhappy.

Seeing the lonely expression on Princess Pingyang's face, Li Xiu's heart was also moved, originally because of the huge gap in the identities of the two, he didn't dare to say some things, but today's words of Princess Pingyang made Li Xiu feel like a confidant, so he already regarded Princess Pingyang as his friend, not the princess who was on top.

Thinking of this, I saw that Li Xiu finally breathed a sigh of relief and said slowly: "Your Highness, I have also heard Uncle Ma about you and Chai Shao, but what I can't understand is that since Chai Shao is responsible for you first, why don't you ask Your Majesty to end the relationship between you as husband and wife, so that Your Highness can also find someone you like to spend your life with, instead of being as lonely and miserable as now?" ”

Li Xiu's words can be described as very bold, I'm afraid that even Ma Ye didn't dare to ask this in front of Princess Pingyang, and it is estimated that only Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, brothers in this world, are qualified to ask Princess Pingyang this question.

Hearing Li Xiu's question, Princess Pingyang was not angry, but showed a sad expression, which made Li Xiu also breathe a sigh of relief, it seems that she was not mistaken, Princess Pingyang is indeed a gentle and demure woman, even if such a woman is offended by her words, she will not take it too seriously.

I saw Princess Pingyang silent for a moment, and finally suddenly sighed and said: "I have thought about Captain Li's proposal before, but some things are not as simple as they seem on the surface, I used to be just an ordinary woman, I just wanted to marry a good husband, and then live a life of husband and children, but I didn't expect that I would have a future encounter at all." ”

When she said this, Princess Pingyang looked ahead in a daze, and then said again: "When Chai Shao left me and fled alone, I used to want to kill him with my own hands, but then my father founded the country, and Datang needs stability in all aspects, as a princess, I need to set an example for women in the world, let alone kill Chai Shao at that time, even if I reconciled with him, I am afraid that there are people who talk nonsense behind my back......"

"But...... But now that Datang has stabilized, the princess doesn't have to sacrifice her happiness for the sake of the country? Without waiting for Princess Pingyang to finish speaking, Li Xiu asked again.

When Princess Pingyang heard Li Xiu's words, she showed an extremely bitter expression on her face and said: "Captain Li listened to me, what I said just now is only some secondary reasons, and there are also some secrets that are inconvenient to speak to people, and it is these secrets, so even if my father knows that Chai Shao abandoned me and fled, it is not easy to blame him, plus Chai Shao also made a lot of contributions to Datang later, so my father's attitude towards Chai Shao has also changed, and he began to try his best to match me and Chai Shao, but it ......"

When it came to the end, Princess Pingyang shook her head again and sighed, she is a soft person on the outside and strong on the inside, as long as she believes in something, no matter who she is, she can't change it, so it is impossible for her to forgive Chai Shao in this life, let alone become husband and wife with him.

Li Xiu was also very curious about the secret in Princess Pingyang's words, but since she didn't want to say it, Li Xiu didn't ask, and he also knew that it was superfluous to say anything at this time, so he pushed her silently and walked slowly along the river.

After a long while, Princess Pingyang got rid of this depressed mood, raised her head and smiled at Li Xiu, and then changed the topic and said: "Captain Li, I heard that you made a bet with your second brother yesterday, if you lose, are you really at the mercy of my second brother?" ”