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Chapter 159 Meet Anping Princess
Choosing a day is worse than bumping into it. It just so happens that the public holiday this ten days is Duke Ye's birthday. He is a well-known teacher. After getting the palace's consent, Ye Chuan and Li Ci came to Anping County Lord's Mansion in a simple manner.

The Xie dynasty followed the old rule of the previous dynasty, and the princess, the princess, and the empress Ji bestowed marriages on meritorious officials.Marrying a princess or princess is a supreme honor for a courtier, and it also means that it is difficult for this man to make further progress in his official career.That's why princesses and princesses often marry the second son who is unable to inherit the title. Princess Linchuan will marry the eldest son of the Duke of Hua, but it is inseparable from Hua Jingrong's incompetence.

The princes and young princes who are truly talented and have a bright future are seldom willing to marry a noble daughter of the royal family to restrict their own future.

Therefore, Princess Kanghui is so noble, but was robbed of her husband by Duke Zhongsu's concubine's daughter. The world felt that Fu Lici was powerful, but they also understood Ye Chuan's choice.

Ye Chuan is just young and has won the trust of the monarch, how can his future be damaged because of marriage?Marrying Princess Kanghui is indeed not as cost-effective as marrying Fu Lici who has the benefits of the princess but does not have the restrictions of the princess.

Therefore, even though the folks have mixed opinions on this matter, the old officials who are well versed in strategy and know the inextricable relationship between Li Ci and the royal family all think that this is a match made in heaven.

It's a pity that not every courtier has such a special favor. It was a three-point honor and seven-point helplessness for Duke Ye to marry Princess Anping back then.

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After the Anping princess separated from Ye Jungong's yin and yang, the person who remarried was Mrs. Wu Dehou's uncle. After his meritorious service, he gave birth to his youngest son.

Duke Lin is a stable person with little achievements in politics. After marrying Princess Anping, he separated from his elder brother.

Ye Chuan had a good relationship with Wudehou's mansion, and although he was not very close to Princess Anping, he was familiar with this road. Not long after, a small team of dozens of people stopped in front of the princess's mansion.

Princess Anping got the news early in the morning, knowing that Ye Chuan was coming to the door with his wife, so he didn't dare to neglect, and together with Mrs. Wu Dehou, he personally brought a group of nuns in brocade clothes to wait in front of the door.

After Ye Chuan arrived, he immediately looked around, but he didn't see Duke Lin. He knew that he wanted to hide something, but he didn't say much. He opened the curtain, pulled Li Ci out, and they joined hands to bow to Princess Anping.

Princess Anping wanted to return to the Ye family. Seeing that Ye Chuan and his wife took the initiative to salute, she didn't dare to be arrogant, so she hurriedly stepped forward, helped Ye Chuan and Li Ci up, and said, "There is no need to be too polite."

Li Ci raised his head and said earnestly: "In front of the elders, there is no place for us juniors to stand." He insisted on serving the Princess Anping as a grandson's wife.

Princess Anping didn't dare to put on airs, and was about to evade with clever words, when Mrs. Wu Dehou observed her words, stepped forward to smooth things over, and pointed to the leaden sky and said: "It's light snow and it's clear today, when the cold wind is fierce, Li Ci's body I've always been weak, so I can't blow it."

Upon hearing this, Princess Anping immediately held Li Ci Weiliang's hand with concern, and blamed himself: "I was careless, but I didn't realize that you were dressed so thinly. I really regret it."

Li Ci hurriedly pointed to the fire mouse fur made of gold silk and said modestly: "Grandmother, don't blame yourself, this dress is made of fire mouse fur from the Dashi Kingdom, a thin piece can withstand the cold, wind and snow, it is a miracle in the world Jane, I don't feel cold."

"But looking thin, it always makes me worry."

The governor of Anping County spoke thoughtfully, and glanced at Ye Chuan, seeing that his face was neither happy nor unhappy, he couldn't help but froze for a moment, changed the subject at random, and said, "I'm so old-fashioned. Talk here, come, come, let's go to the Snapper to continue."

"Respect is worse than obedience."

Ye Chuan and his wife said humbly, and a group of people entered the palace of the princess surrounded by the servants.

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Princess Anping's title is Princess of the County, so she should not be able to enjoy this mansion which covers an area of ​​more than [-] acres. However, as a royal patriarch, she was wronged when she married Duke Ye for the first time. .When Ye Jungong died young, the main body of Anping County was docile and took the initiative to help the concubine inherit the title, which can be described as a rare virtuous.

For this move, Emperor Xuan really appreciated it, so when the funeral period expired, he proposed to marry Lord Lin. Although it was a remarriage, it was not as good as the first marriage, but because of the monarch's love, the Anping Princess Mansion was rewarded with the luxury of a royal princess.

Passing through many pavilions and entering the Nuan Pavilion, you will see a mother-of-pearl peony screen in front of you. On the purple-black sandalwood, the silver snails are exquisite and unparalleled, forming more than a hundred lifelike peonies. The dewdrops on the petals are made of glass. Shiny.

The most rare thing is that the inscription on the screen is the private seal of Emperor Xuan.Emperor Xuan's characters are naturally not first-class, but in the imperial society, it is the highest honor to have such a screen at home.

Because the screen is unusual, Li Ci couldn't help but take a second look. Princess Anping followed her line of sight to see the screen, but smiled indifferently, and said: "This thing was a reward from His Majesty when I remarried with Duke Lin. It is nothing more than I hope that I will get out of the grief soon and the peonies will bloom. It's a pity—"

There is not the slightest pride in the words, but with helplessness and resentment.

Because of Ye Chuan's inadvertent disclosure, Li Ci had already vaguely guessed the truth about Emperor Xuan's bestowing marriage on Princess Anping, and she was not unhappy with the faint resentment towards Princess Anping, on the contrary, she had a little understanding.

The status of Princess Anping is not insignificant, but she cannot escape the fate of being given to his courtiers by the emperor as an apology at will. Even if the person she is married to is a girl who loves her passionately, after knowing the truth, she can't help but mind.

What's more, after marriage, the deeper the love and the more you know, the more painful it will be.

Li Ci even suspected that remarrying Duke Lin might not be the sincerity of Princess Anping.But the imperial power of the Daxie Dynasty is supreme, she is a woman, what qualifications does she have to resist?It's just resignation to fate like duckweed.

That's why he hoped to be buried next to Duke Ye after his death. He knew that it was Nan Kemeng, but he would rather indulge in his dream.

Poor... and lamentable...

But Li Ci didn't blame Ye Chuan for being unreasonable. There are some things that the authorities are obsessed with but the onlookers know. What's more, even if they are sober, the authorities are unwilling to admit it.

Only Wen Wen said: "The only thing in the world is love, which is the most confusing. I once heard a poet make a song, in which there is a line 'Ask what love is in the world, and teach life and death'. It really touched my ears, and I burst into tears. "

"Ask what love is in the world, and teach life and death?" Princess Anping repeated calmly, her tone was as light as a breeze, and her elegant brows did not move, but there was a little bitterness in the depths of her eyes, and she groaned a few times After several times, she stopped, sighed, and said, "It really is a peerless sentence."

Li Ci knew how she was feeling, but he didn't say anything. He walked around the screen with Ye Chuan, waited for Princess Anping to sit in the middle, and asked Mrs. Wu Dehou to sit at the head. He took a seat at the side of Mrs. Wu Dehou.

Princess Anping also smiled, and ordered the servants to serve refreshments.

These are the eight postures of the lotus, from the first exposure of the lotus, to the slight blooming of the buds, to the full bloom, withering, and fruiting of the lotus seeds... Every shape is lifelike, delicate and delicate, like a work of art. Li Ci couldn't help but admire when she saw it: " This pastry is really delicate."

Princess Anping said: "I came up with the eight lotus scenes together with Lord Ye. He is an all-rounder, and he is proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. On a midsummer night, when the wind was cool, he suddenly saw the lotus in various forms in the lake. I got up and drew a picture of a thousand lotus flowers, with more than a hundred lotus flowers of various colors, which are beautiful and refined. I looked at Huanxi, and couldn't help but want to incorporate this lotus into the pastry, so I tried countless times and finally made the lotus eightfold Jing. Each type contains a kind of filling, and the thickness is also adjusted according to Ye Jungong's taste."

"Grandma has a heart."

Ye Chuan spoke lightly, picked up a pastry in the shape of a lotus flower in full bloom, took half a mouthful, and said, "It's indeed the taste of the past, but unfortunately...it's much stronger."

What he said was strong was not strong in taste.

Princess Anping understands his implication, but she doesn't mind, and said to Li: "My granddaughter-in-law has been in the house for a long time, but this is the first time for me, as a grandmother, to meet formally. It was given by Emperor Xuan when I got married, and today I borrowed flowers to present Buddha and gave it to my granddaughter-in-law as a meeting gift."

After finishing speaking, a servant girl immediately held a brocade box and opened the box carved with peonies, dragons and phoenixes, revealing a string of precious beads.

A necklace made of 81 beads, [-] of which are no bigger than a little finger, which is very ordinary, and only the middle one is as thick as a thumb, which is barely considered high-grade.

But Li Ci knew that this string of beads was unusual, although there was no beauty in it.

The color of the bead is different from the flawless crystal of an ordinary pearl, and the silvery white is covered with frost, as if the thousand years of ice and cold have shrouded it, and there is a faint fluorescence emitting from the inside of the bead, rippling with aura, which is rare in the world.

She stretched out her finger, and just about to touch it, a cold air hit her, and her fingertips were covered with hoarfrost.But when I really touched it, I only felt the tenderness of the spring water, and the warmth spread into the limbs, which was very magical.

"This is--"

Li Ci was not sure, and looked at Princess Anping suspiciously.

However, Ye Chuan knew the origin of this item, he only glanced at it, and said, "That's an honor."

Princess Anping waved her palace fan and said calmly: "This ice jade bead is what Emperor Xuan worked so hard to find for Lord Ye. It can restrain poisonous fire and prolong life. Now that the Duke has gone, I will keep this thing." It's useless... let's give it to my granddaughter-in-law."

It's really ice jade beads!

Rao was used to luxury all these years, and his fingers trembled when he saw such rare treasures.

When temporarily staying at the eldest princess's mansion, she borrowed some miscellaneous books from Jun Fengxi because she was bored. Among them was the "Strange Records of the World", which recorded the legendary treasures, and mentioned the ice jade beads.

This object comes from the coldest ice cave in the depths of the Arctic, where dripping water forms ice for thousands of years. There lives a hybrid of mirage and ice dragon, called ice mirage, which looks like a clam but is not a clam. For food, absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon, it took a hundred years to condense a gravel-sized ice jade bead, which is the inner alchemy of the ice mirage.If it takes thousands of years to raise the beads to the size of the little finger, the ice mirage can conceive spiritual wisdom and start to practice. When ten thousand years of hard work reaches the size of a thumb, the ice mirage can escape from the human form and turn into a spirit monster, absorbing the aura of heaven and earth, and enjoying the joy of longevity. .

There are actually 81 ice jade beads here, eighty of which are the size of little fingers and one is the size of a thumb. This... is so precious that even half of the capital cannot be worth it!
But I don't know how many blood debts and killings are behind this string of beads.

"It's really...too...thick."

She shied away, but Princess Anping glanced at Ye Chuan, and said, "It's just that the jade is returned to Zhao, and the granddaughter-in-law just accepts it. Your road ahead is much more difficult than mine. If you don't have such rare treasures by your side... I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to move forward." ..."

Hearing this, Li Ci also knew that Princess Anping knew more than he imagined, so he stopped delaying immediately, and accepted it carefully after saluting.

Seeing that she was not pretentious, Princess Anping also liked her, and nodded with a smile.

So a banquet was held in Ziyun Hall.

(End of this chapter)