"It's good if you don't have it, it's good if you don't have Zhu Ajiao smiled ignorantly, "But, why are you so nervous?" People who don't know still think that you have done something unseemly, and your heart is empty. ”

Tingqin was anxious, "No, no." He also knelt in front of Li Yuankang.

Li Yuankang said: "Forget about this matter, Gillian, don't be embarrassed anymore." ”

"Okay." Zhu Ajiao hugged Li Yuankang's hand and said with a smile, "Brother Prince, I am so obedient, what reward do you have?" ”

Li Yuankang said with a blushing face: "I have asked the kitchen to make spring flower cakes for you." With the fragrance of spring flowers, you must like it. ”

Zhu Ajiao jumped up happily, "It's still the prince's brother who knows me best!" He also patted the head of the piano and said, "You have to learn a little bit in the future." ”

"But I have one condition." Li Yuankang said, "In the future, you will accompany the Seventh Princess to study every day, you must not slack off, you must study hard, and you must pass the exam next month." ”

"What's this? And exams? Zhu Ajiao was so stunned that her mouth was wide open.

The seventh princess said, "Brother Prince, why do you need to embarrass Gillian? It's good if she's happy to go to school, this exam is just for us normal people. ”

The implication is that Zhu Ajiao is a fool and doesn't need to study, let alone take exams.

Li Yuankang said with a smile: "Seventh sister, don't worry, Gillian can pass the exam smoothly." After speaking, he glanced at Zhu Ajiao, her eyes were dark, and she turned around and left with a smile.

"This ......," the seventh princess was stunned, "the crown prince and brother are really getting more and more strange." Gillian, do you think you can? ”

Zhu Ajiao said: "I don't want to talk to you anymore!" I'm going to eat Spring Festival Cake! ”

And so the days passed slowly.

Exams are coming up soon.

In Yin Jiayao's yard, cherry blossoms bloom, one by one, blooming branches, like smoke and fog, like a dream.

Yin Jiayao was dressed in a dark blue robe and sat in a wheelchair.

Li Yuankang sat opposite Yin Jiayao, dressed in purple, with gold threads embroidered on auspicious cloud patterns. Refreshed.

In the middle of the two, there is a chess game.

It was a dead end.

Li Yuankang is a white son, and Yin Jiayao is a black son. The white son has forced the sunspot into a dead corner, and the sunspot is mourning.

"Prince, my skills are not as good as others, and I am willing to admit defeat." Yin Jiayao said with a smile.

Li Yuankang raised his eyebrows and smiled, as beautiful as a rainbow, "That's Brother Jiayao, you deliberately let Lonely." ”

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, I didn't let you." Yin Jiayao said.

"No, Lone knows. You've been letting Lone grow up, don't you think Lone hasn't known all along? Li Yuankang suddenly sighed and slowly stood up, "The fire back then was really miserable. I'm also lonely and sorry for you. Otherwise, these feet of yours ......"

Yin Jiayao smiled and said, "Prince, you are outside." These feet of mine are willing, and they have nothing to do with the prince. Besides, even if I lose my feet, there's nothing wrong with me, I'm better now than before, and I have such a good wheelchair, I'm a blessing to be out of luck. ”

Li Yuankang said: "You really don't feel sad and don't regret it? ”

Yin Jiayao pushed the wheelchair over, patted Li Yuankang on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "I have this confidant in life, what do I have to be sad and regretful?" ”

"But this game ...... chess"

"It's just a game of chess, why is the prince so angry?"

Li Yuankang's gaze drifted into the distance, "Brother Jiayao, I received a letter from the former ministers of the Empress Dowager of Beiyan. ”

Yin Jiayao breathed heavily.

Yin Jiayao, who was the crown prince of the Northern Yan Kingdom, lived in the Great Chu Dynasty as a hostage.

After Beiyan was destroyed by Da Chu, Yin Jiayao was not executed under the intercession of the former empress. However, the price is that you can't leave the capital for the rest of your life, and you can't hold real power.

"What does the letter say?" Yin Jiayao said.

Li Yuankang was about to say, when suddenly, the little monkey came over, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the emperor is invited." ”

Li Yuankang sighed and said, "Brother Jiayao, go first." ”

"Okay." Yin Jiayao sat down again and said with a smile, "When you come back, maybe, I have already thought of the way to win this game of chess." ”

Li Yuankang walked a few steps, turned around, and saw that the cherry blossoms fell, and a few fell on Yin Jiayao's hair.

The boy was lonely in the cherry blossom rain.

Li Yuankang suddenly regretted a little, perhaps, he shouldn't have told Yin Jiayao about that letter, why bother to disturb the quiet time?

In the main hall, the everlasting lamp has been extinguished. A few palace maids, sweeping the ashes on the ground.

The emperor was dressed in a yellow robe, sitting lazily, his eyes were majestic, "Kang'er, you have also passed the weak crown." It's time for someone to have a crown princess. ”

Li Yuankang looked at him for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Father, the emperor's grandmother has just left for less than half a year, if she makes a big celebration, I am afraid she will be ......."

The emperor said sharply: "Do I want you to do a happy event immediately?" However, the candidates for the crown princess must be decided, including the candidate for the princess of Yunze. This is also a major event entrusted to me by the Queen Mother when she was dying. ”

Li Yuankang sighed and said, "Then the sons and daughters are all up to their fathers." ”

The emperor shook his head, "This is your marriage, I can't make the decision for you, although the queen mother has something to say on her deathbed, and she designates Zhu Ajiao to be your crown princess, but everyone also knows that Gillian is stupid, if she really becomes the crown princess, I am afraid that she will be ashamed of the countrymen, but if you have a real favorite, and the talent and virtue are also worthy of the crown princess, you can bring it up, and I will think of a way for you." ”

Li Yuankang knew that the emperor was tempting, "Father, the emperor's grandmother's last words, the sons and daughters dare not disobey, and they dare not think of other talented and virtuous women." ”

The emperor said: "Recently, the courtiers have been recommending me to make a new queen, but I have a deep affection for your mother, so naturally I don't want to make any more queens. Therefore, I proposed to first select the crown princess and the three princesses, and then decide on the queen's affairs. ”

It turned out that the emperor was forced into the palace by the ministers and had no choice, so he used the election of the crown princess as a shield.

If Li Yuankang said that he didn't need to choose, wouldn't he help the emperor with this?

When the time comes, the emperor will also go to Li Yunze.

This is the emperor who gave Li Yuankang a chance first.

Zhu Ajiao is a fool, everyone knows that even if Li Yuankang finally makes Zhu Ajiao a side concubine, no one will oppose anything with the Queen Mother's last words. After all, this is the crown princess.

Li Yuankang smiled slightly, "Father, it's better to choose a day than to hit the day, today, you can prepare for the selection of the crown princess." ”

The emperor nodded with a smile and said, "Kang'er, you are becoming more and more sensible." ”

When the news of Li Yuankang's choice of the crown princess reached Zhu Ajiao, Zhu Ajiao was cutting a pair of mandarin ducks for the prince.