Since the news of Tian Lin's death came, rumors spread all over the city outside, saying that the eldest princess had a hard life, and she killed the whole family at birth, and later killed three fiancés. After the news of Tian Lin's death spread, the emperor and the queen broke their hearts in order to recruit a horse for this righteous daughter who was almost twenty-five years old.

Except for the weakness of Meng Xu's body and bones, everything else is good. Born in a famous family, he has been a scholar for generations, and he is also a talent, full of poetry and books, and his temperament is famous. It's hard to find someone better than him. The most rare thing is that Meng Xu is willing, and he is not hypocritical for Princess Shang to climb wealth.

"It's harder not to get married." Empress Cao asked her, "Did you learn Mrs. Zhu's poems in the study?" ”

"Learned."

"Mrs. Zhu has never married, she has been guarding all her life, do you think she is doing well?"

Liu Yan shook his head simply: "It's not good." ”

Mrs. Zhu's husband died in January, her in-laws did not allow her, her mother-in-law only wanted to take back the dowry and let her enter the nunnery, Mrs. Zhu resisted, and lived most of her life alone, and wrote a lot of famous poems, which have been passed down to this day. This hardness has a price, she donated most of her property to the clan school and the house school, and she has been a vegetarian all her life. All relatives turned against each other, no children, no friends, living alone, dying alone.

"It's very difficult to get married, but in this world, it's also very difficult to live without marrying, and it's even harder. So most people will still get married, and some even marry more than once. Empress Cao understood the panic in her daughter's heart, and said softly: "But you are princesses, with your father and queen mother, and your brother and their protection, you will live better than others, don't worry about this." ”

Anyway, the second sister and the third sister haven't married yet, and it's not her turn yet.

Liu Yan yawned reassuringly and asked in a low voice: "Mother, how did my father and you get married?" ”

Empress Cao smiled: "Why did you think of asking this?" At that time, your father was not the emperor. His family is poor, and his brothers have many fields and few acres, so they can't study for two or three years. The matchmaker was my cousin's aunt, and she said yes to it, and she brought your father to my house to see him......"

Empress Cao still remembered her mood when she peeked at the young man of the Liu family behind the door, her face was so hot that she seemed to be able to burn, her chest was pounding and beating urgently and heavily, and she didn't dare to pant loudly for people to hear. Although the Liu family is not well-off, the brothers all have good looks, especially Liu Tianbao was born the most handsome.

went to the door to let people look at each other, how could a teenager not panic in his heart, and he almost tripped when he crossed the threshold. Knowing that someone was peeking next to him, he sat there motionless and didn't dare to move.

Liu Yan didn't know that Queen Cao thought of the blind date at this time, she was tired and pan, yawned again, and was so sleepy that she couldn't open her eyes.

I always feel as if I have forgotten something......

When Liu Yan woke up, the sky was bright, and as soon as she opened her eyes, she remembered what she had forgotten yesterday.

She forgot to ask about Tian Lin! This person is obviously dead, the Tian family buried everyone, and last year there was a funeral and a lot of trouble.

But how did this man come back to life?

She had nowhere to inquire about this, and the eldest sister said that she couldn't make a noise first. The father must know, but how can the father have the kung fu to pay attention to her.

I still have to ask the queen mother.

It just so happened that Queen Cao had something serious today, and the signs she invited to see were all lined up in the evening, Liu Yanyang told Yingluo, and finally found a gap in the stitches, Queen Cao stretched out her finger and poked her head: "You just make trouble for me." ”

"Don't add to the mess, don't add to the mess, I'll rub your shoulders?"

Queen Cao didn't dare to let her pinch it, her shoulder was a little sore last time, Liu Yan wanted to show her filial piety, but after letting her pinch it, her arm hurt so much that she couldn't lift it.

"Sit well, I only have a cup of tea, and I can't let Mrs. Shao and them wait all the time."

Liu Yan hurriedly got to the point: "Queen Mother, why didn't Tian Lin die?" Didn't you say you were dead? ”

Only two people came back, saying that they encountered a landslide near Liangzhou and were stoned to death on the spot. The corpse brought back by the Hou Mansion was incomplete, and even the gold buckle on his body was smashed and deformed. Anything as hard as a buckle has become like that, let alone a person.

Thinking about it, Liu Yan felt that maybe the problem was that there was no dead body, since the person smashed it to pieces, then he would admit his mistake if he couldn't keep it.

But! Here comes the problem again. The person looking for the corpse recognized the wrong person, what about Tian Lin himself? If he didn't die, why didn't he show up for a year, and he didn't even have a message? If he hadn't died, his father and the emperor wouldn't have found another in-law for his eldest sister.

"Your father is not available, I only heard him mention two sentences. Tian Lin went to Liangzhou to receive an errand from the pastoral superintendent, and he found out that the pastoral superintendent's accounts were wrong, and those people wanted to kill people when he was on his return trip. ”

But that's not all, of course. How much oil and water can a pastoral supervisor in Liangzhou, the reason why Tian Lin caused the disaster of killing was because he found a local private gold mine, which was the wealth of the sky. However, this matter is widely implicated, and Queen Cao naturally will not mention these to her daughter.

"That's how it is." Liu Yan asked again: "Then it's been a year, and he hasn't found anyone to send a letter back?" ”

"He sent it, but someone in Tianfu concealed the news, and he almost died at the hands of his own family."

"Huh?" Liu Yan's eyes widened: "Their family wants to kill him?" ”

"The other people in the Tian family also interfered in the matter of the pastoral supervisor. Besides, none of the Tian brothers were born to the same mother, so the relationship was not very good. ”

That's right, Liu Yan also knows. It's still polite to say that the relationship is not very good, to be precise, it's the same as the enemy.

Seriously, the Tian family is really a mess. The eldest of the Tian family was born in the original match, Tian Lin was born in the stepfamily, and the third to the sixth were all born to concubines, they have never been harmonious since they were children, and they have not eased up when they grew up, and they have become more and more distant and hostile to each other.

"This matter is very widely implicated, your father is going to investigate to the end, so don't inquire more, anyway, sooner or later it will be clear."

Empress Cao didn't have time to accompany her daughter anymore, so she hurriedly got up to change her clothes, and then went to the front hall to meet the guests, leaving Liu Yan alone and not wondering.

I don't like to hear the phrase "sooner or later" the most. What will be known sooner or later, will be given to you sooner or later, and sooner or later you will get married......

Sooner or later, she will be able to make her own decisions and no longer be sent away by such a coping?

Liu Yan held back his stomach and had no one to say. I'm afraid the big sister doesn't know about this in the middle, right? Gotta tell her sooner.

But when she heard that she was going out of the palace now, Yingluo Ke didn't dare to respond, and persuaded her with painstaking efforts: "The princess went out for a whole day yesterday, and it is impossible to say that she will go out again today." Besides, the eldest princess just got married yesterday, so you should go over and disturb today, which is not polite. Niangniang is busy at this time, and the slave doesn't dare to go in to tell him. Even if she told her, she couldn't agree. ”

Liu Yan was angry, and he also knew that Yingluo was telling the truth. I really haven't heard of anyone's bride getting married, and the mother's family ran to see it the next day.

But she wanted to get out of the palace too much, let her endure it, she had to suffocate to death.

Empress Cao shouldn't be here, she will find another way.

Longan and Doutang saw their princess throw off her braids, spread her legs and ran away like smoke.

"Princess, princess, slow down......"

Liu Yan squatted under the stone steps of Xifeng Hall, looking up at the closed door of the study from time to time. The guards on duty not far away turned a blind eye to such a conspicuous person as her, and their faces looked like clay wood carvings.

Liu Yan always felt that they were dummies.

Many people in this palace look like dummies, unable to cry, laugh, or speak.

The shadow of the sun shifted, Liu Yan moved his feet, dodged the scorching sun, and sat under the shadow of the eaves. The door of the study finally opened, and the first to come out was a white-bearded old gentleman, who didn't seem to see Liu Yan at all, straightened his sleeves, coughed, and left with the book.

Liu Yan didn't pay attention to him, he spotted the person who came out of the door later, pounced quickly and ruthlessly, and grabbed the third prince Liu Bai.

"Oops, grandma." Liu Bai almost made her stumble, and then looked at the smiling expressions of the people before and after, and felt even more irritable.

He pulled the placket back from Liu Yan's hand, it was hot in summer, Liu Yan had sweat on her hands, and the placket made her wrinkle when she pulled it, Liu Bai squeezed it twice with his hand, and it didn't look much smoother.

"Third brother, will you take me out of the palace?"

Liu Bai didn't want to take care of this matter, Liu Yan was stubborn and stubborn, and if she took her out and turned back, she would be reprimanded by Queen Cao, which was not good for Liu Bai himself. What is he doing with thankless work? It's so hot to run out, what's the hot thief trying to die? It's not good for him to do something with this kung fu.

"I have something to do in the afternoon, you go to find the fourth."

Liu Yan was not so easy to dismiss: "What's the matter with you?" I inquired, aren't you going to eat and drink? ”

Liu Bai was sweating on his back, his underwear was sticky and uncomfortable, he was anxious to go back to shower and change clothes, and he was even more impatient to entangle with Liu Yan.

"Who said I was going to drink? I'm going to ask people about it. Don't pester people here anymore, let the queen mother know and punish you for grounding. The girl's house has to look like a girl's house, how can you want to run out all day long. ”

Liu Yan didn't expect him to suddenly raise his voice and was startled. Liu Bai was afraid that she would find trouble again, so he hurriedly took this opportunity to slip away, he couldn't run away in the palace, he looked very embarrassed with a small step.

Liu Yan came back to his senses and said hatefully: "Liar." ”

Where does he love to learn? Obviously it's just to play.

When she turned around and wanted to find someone else, the corridor was empty, and the four princes had already left, maybe they hid when they saw her.

It's not about righteousness.

If Empress Cao hadn't spoken and didn't ask her to leave the palace alone, Liu Yan wouldn't have come to beg them.

The people in the library were almost gone, but there were still people left behind. Liu Yan saw a young man in a round-necked robe come out of the study hall carrying a half-used bookbag. Everyone else is in a hurry, as if he is about to be forced to stay by the study hall one step later, but he is unhurried, as if he is not in a hurry to leave the palace and return home.

This person Liu Yan still recognizes.