As soon as Li Zhiyun came over from the front hall, Yahuan greeted him with a smile, saying that the young lady was already waiting for him in the room. She led Li Zhiyun to the young lady's boudoir, made tea for the two of them, and then went out.

Li Zhiyun and Liu Yinglian sat facing each other, looking at each other, staring at each other with big eyes and small eyes. I haven't seen her for half a year, I don't know if it's because of excitement, Liu Yinglian's face is red, and even her neck seems to be coated with a layer of rouge. Her peach cheeks are like congealed jade, her naturally charming eyes, and her eyebrows and fan-shaped eyelashes show beautiful curves, which are breathtakingly beautiful.

Li Zhiyun felt a burst of impulse in his heart, if it was placed in the future life, the two of them had not seen each other for so long, once they met, they would inevitably hug and kiss. However, this is in ancient times, do not move if you are incivil, and no matter how much desire he has in his heart, he can only suppress it.

Liu Yinglian's cheeks were hot because of his direct gaze, and she lowered her head in shame. According to common sense, the young lady's boudoir, men outside are not allowed to enter casually. But Li Zhiyun is different, firstly, his status is noble, and secondly, although the Li family did not give a big gift and officially proposed marriage, but his father has verbally agreed to this family business, and he can be regarded as his future beloved, so she made an exception to let Li Zhiyun enter her boudoir.

Li Zhiyun saw that he was staring at Liu Yinglian shyly, so he had to look away and tear up the idle article without saying anything. The two chatted for a while, Li Zhiyun suddenly remembered the conversation with Liu Hong just now, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he hurriedly said: "Ah Lian, in two days, I will go to Pizhou with your father to find a rich businessman to negotiate business, why don't you go with us too?" ”

"Going to Pizhou? So far? ”

"What are you afraid of from afar? Anyway, it's a carriage ride. Besides, we can walk slowly, encounter beautiful places, and visit them. ”

Liu Yinglian thought for a while and said, "Okay, then let me think about it." ”

"Don't think about it, the weather is neither hot nor cold now, don't you get stuffy and panic when you stay at home? It's better to go out and travel......"

After convincing Liu Yinglian, Li Zhiyun asked Abba to play, saying that he would leave Chang'an for a period of time and go out to inspect government affairs. Who let him still have the name of Yongzhou Mu? Abba couldn't object, so he agreed.

When the prince goes out on patrol, he naturally has to have a guard of honor. However, Li Zhiyun's trip was mainly a private matter, and the official business was just a cover and carried it out, so the battle should not be too big. Now that the Haiyan River is clear in the Guanzhong region, there are no remnants of the Sui Dynasty or bandits, so there is no need to bring the new army. In addition to bringing two subordinate officials, Li Zhiyun also selected a hundred guards in the family affairs mansion and the tent mansion of the Chu Wangfu to form an honor guard and guard.

Liu Hong took ten nurses and drove a carriage. Liu Yinglian took a close-fitting maid ring and rode in her father's carriage. The two groups met at Yanping Gate, left Chang'an City together, and headed all the way to the northwest.

The procession marched along the official road, Li Zhiyun and the guards were all riding horses, and several carriages were followed by the procession, which were not used to sit on people, but were used to pull things.

The road to Pizhou is far away, although there are post stations along the way, but the distance between the two post stations is not close. The post station was mainly for the accommodation and food of the messengers and officials who went out on business, and most of these messengers and officials were one person and one horse, at most two or three people accompanied by them. They rode for a day's journey, stayed at the inn for the night, and then changed horses the next day. Therefore, the distance between the two stations is set according to the distance traveled by a fast horse for a day. And Li Zhiyun has more than 100 people, and there are not so many horses for them to exchange at the post station, if they also ride forward all day, then, in a few days, the horses will be exhausted one by one, then they will have no leg strength. Therefore, they had to ride their horses for half a day and lead their horses for half a day, so that the speed of the march was greatly reduced, and it was often dark in the middle of the way, so they had to camp in the wilderness, and the wagons were loaded with tents, cooking utensils, and food for the camping in the wilderness.

After a day's march, the sun had sunk in the west, and Li Zhiyun saw a small river in front of him, and the terrain beside the river was flat and suitable for camping, so he asked Liu Hong, who was sitting in the carriage in front, to inform him.

The team stopped and set up camp on a flat field. The retinue was busy setting up their tents and cooking in pots, while others led their horses to the river and let them eat grass and drink. The guards of Liu's mansion also untied the horses from the carriage and led them to the bank of the river.

After dinner, Li Zhiyun saw that Liu Yinglian was going to the tent, so he called out to her and said, "It's not dark yet, it's too early to go to bed, let's go to the river for a walk?" Liu Yinglian thought about it and nodded.

The two men walked along an overgrown path toward the river, with Yahuan following six or seven paces away. Li Zhiyun glanced back, this girl ring combed the double bun that represented Yun Ying's unmarried. When he first met Liu Yinglian in the backyard of Guitang Villa, Liu Yinglian was asking her to pick a kite hanging on a tree branch with a bamboo pole. Later, the three of them went to Pyeongchang Town together.

Seeing Yahuan walking alone, Li Zhiyun regretted not bringing Aunt Ying, otherwise, they could also be companions. This time, if he hadn't traveled with Liu Yinglian, he would have taken Aunt Ying with him. The reason why he didn't bring it was not because he was afraid that Liu Yinglian would be too careful, but because he didn't want her to see that he brought a maid ring with him wherever he went, but he was like a child who didn't grow up, so much faceless? He wants to make Liu Yinglian feel that he is a man who bravely enters the world.

Liu Yinglian probably also noticed the loneliness of the little girl, so she stopped, turned to her and said, "Cui'er, the prince and I just went to the river for a walk, you go back." Yahuan hesitated for a moment and said, "Then, miss, you have to go back early, otherwise the master will be in a hurry." ”

"Got it."

After Yahuan returned, the two continued to walk forward, and after a while, they reached the river. This river is probably a tributary of Weishui, the river surface is not too wide, about seven or eight zhang, the river surface is very calm, and the flow of the river water is not visible.

On the other side of the river is an endless field, which is fertile for thousands of miles, and occasionally one or two farmers and cattle are still working hard in the fields. Qingming has passed, the day has been elongated, at this time, the last touch of sunset is still burning in the sky, brilliant and gorgeous, like a thick and colorful oil painting.

"What a beautiful view!" Li Zhiyun couldn't help but sigh.

However, what is more beautiful than the sunset is the woman next to her, her black hair is only held by a white bell jacquard hairpin, her face is like a peach blossom eye like a clear spring, her firm nose is like a greasy jade, and her extremely graceful and delicate appearance makes Li Zhiyun so intoxicated that she can't help but kiss her on the cheek.

Liu Yinglian was startled, touched her cheek with her hand, looked around again, and then said angrily, "What are you doing?" ”

"It's nothing, just a kiss."

Liu Yinglian frowned and said, "When I go back to the tent in a while, I have to take a knife and dig out the meat on my face." ”

"Why?" Li Zhiyun was puzzled.

"You don't see it written in the biography of the daughters, there was a woman who had no husband, and one day she was washing clothes by the river, and she rolled up one of her cuffs to reveal an arm, and was unfortunately seen by a man passing by, and when she came home, she chopped off the arm with a machete. If she was kissed by a man like me, wouldn't she plunge into the water and drown? ”

"Don't, don't," Li Zhiyun smiled, "You must not dig out the flesh on your face, what if it doesn't grow?" It's just to grow out, leaving a scar on the boss, let me see it at night, and don't scare me to death? Besides, I don't want you to be a martyr, I just want you to be a queen and give me a lot of little princes in the future. ”

"You're not serious again, forget it, I won't tell you, I'll go back." Liu Yinglian was really angry and turned around to leave.

Li Zhiyun hurriedly stopped her and said, "Okay, okay, let's not talk about it, let's talk about something else." What to say? He thought for a moment and said, "Let me tell you about a scholar who was once crazy." So, he told Xu Zisheng's story again, Liu Yinglian listened to it, and exclaimed: "He is really a man with affection and righteousness, if all men in the world are like him, it would be good." ”

"He is indeed a good person, thanks to him, we were able to eradicate Lu Chongmao, defeat Xia County, and rescue my cousin and them from prison......

After an overnight stay in the field, the team continued the next day. After a tiring day's journey, they arrived at Yunyang County in the evening. The team entered the city from the south gate, although it was not like the emperor to go out on patrol, the momentum was huge, the ground shook the mountains, but it was also a fresh cloth and angry horse, the honor guard was a card, the gong was sounded to open the way, and the people on the street stopped to watch and pointed.

There is an inn of the King of Chu in the county, but Li Zhiyun is patrolling under the banner of examining the achievements of officials, as long as it is within the boundaries of Yongzhou, he can live in the post station in a grand manner, and the post is not only hospitalized, but also does not have to spend a penny of his own money.

After staying at the post station for one night, the next day, the county commander led the county magistrate and the county lieutenant to come to meet him, and then respectfully invited him to the county office and made a report to him in person. Li Zhiyun pretended to ask some questions, and spent another hour looking at all the places that should be seen.

In the afternoon, Li Zhiyun and Liu Hong went to the inn and the winery to inspect the operation and check the accounts. When they came out of the Chu King Wine Workshop, it was already sunset. The two walked side by side in the direction of the inn, and in order not to disturb their conversation, the guards and guards who followed them distanced themselves from them.

Liu Hong has long wanted to talk to Li Zhiyun about his daughter's marriage. The daughter has reached the age of eighteen and has already reached the age of leaving the cabinet, but because the official eunuchs in Chang'an City know that their daughter was favored by the king of Chu, no one dares to come to the door to propose marriage. Of course, Liu Hong also wished that his daughter could marry into the Chu Palace. The stomachs of his two concubines were quite angry, and one of them gave birth to a fat boy for him, and finally didn't let him cut off the incense. If he can marry the royal family, then the good future of his two precious sons is guaranteed.

Because of Li Zhiyun's age and frequent wars, Li Zhiyun went to the front line for half a year, and Liu Hong never urged this marriage. However, the girl's youth has passed in a flash, so the daughter must marry next year at the latest. Liu Hong is not too worried about this, because Li Zhiyun will be seventeen years old next year. When it was time for a man to marry a wife and start a family, his only concern was that Li Yuan would not agree.

Because of the matter of "fame should be true", Liu Hong offended the current emperor ruthlessly. Although Li Zhiyun is the king of Chu, but the marriage is a major event, which requires the orders of his parents and the words of the matchmaker, how can he be his own master as a child? Moreover, marrying with the royal family is not a simple matter. Therefore, this matter has always been a piece of Liu Hong's heart.