In late summer, the scenery in the courtyard of Yuzhen Temple is beautiful.

It is rare for a garden in Guanzhong to have a small pond, and it is even rarer that there are lotus flowers planted on the pond, which are in full bloom.

Today, Xue Bai did not see Li Tengkong.

He came here seriously for the drama, and Li Jilan came directly from the front hall to see him.

The wind blew across the pond, bringing the fragrance of lotus flowers. Xue Bai stood by the pond and read two parts of the play, nodding his head repeatedly.

"Ji Lanzi returned to Chang'an for a short period of time, but he actually wrote another two folds."

"Um."

Xue Bai noticed something strange in Li Jilan's voice and looked around, only to see her tilting her head and her eyes were red.

"What's wrong?"

Li Jilan was still holding back, but when asked such a question, tears welled up in his eyes, and then flowed down like raindrops.

She can still cry.

The more she cried there, the sadder she became, and she hid behind a tree to prevent Xue Bai from coming to see her.

"Teacher, this is ridiculous... Wuwu..." Li Jilan choked and said, "Just now, Master asked me if I would like to be a concubine in Baisunyuan..."

"King Guangping? Did he force you?"

"But I'm not the kind of vain and frivolous woman. Grandpa thinks I'm frivolous since I was a child... Everyone thinks I'm frivolous... Wuwu... Why did I fall in love with him? I don't know who it is...

After all, she is from a wealthy family, so anyone who wants to be a concubine in Baisunyuan... thinks that the female crown is easy to bully and shameless..."

What he said later became more and more vague.

After waiting for a while, she gradually calmed down, turned around, and asked worriedly: "Sir, if he keeps pestering me, how can I get married if my reputation is ruined?"

"Um?"

Xue Bai was stunned.

She is clearly a female Taoist priest, but all she wants is to get married?

Li Jilan looked at Xue Bai with watery eyes. Seeing him so surprised, she blushed and turned away.

"King Guangping is a man who won't get entangled, so you can rest assured."

"Yes." Li Jilan whispered: "Sir, you...you are bleeding."

Xue Bai raised his hand and wiped it, knowing that he had drank too much ginseng soup recently.

Thinking again of what she said just now, "shameless", he couldn't help but secretly thought that there were too many right and wrongs in this Taoist temple, so it would be better to come less frequently in the future.

~~

Today, he originally planned to meet the Du sisters, but after leaving Yuzhen Temple, Xue Bai thought of Li Chu's incident, so he drove his horse to Mrs. Guo's house.

Yang Yuyao was playing polo in her backyard. When she heard that he was coming, she was quite surprised and went out to welcome him without changing her clothes.

She always wears no makeup and shows off her face. She usually likes to dress up in men's clothing. Today she wore a round-neck narrow-sleeved robe with her hair tied up. She is both beautiful and sassy.

Xue Bai had never seen her like this, so he couldn't help but take a second look.

"What are you looking at?"

"Your robe is even more beautiful."

"It shows that you don't understand me at all." Yang Yuyao gave him an angry look, "People in Chang'an are used to making rumors about me. Did you know that when I was in Sichuan and Shu, people called me 'Mr. Fox'?"

"A fight?"

"Okay, I won't lose to you on the polo field."

…

After playing polo, she was sweating all over, and the two of them took a bath together, making Yang Yuyao even more happy.

"It's not that the annual exams are about to come, but you have free time to come here to play polo today. You must have something to ask of me again."

"It's better to say it's a request than a discussion." Xue Bai asked, "King Guangping wants me to marry the head of Hezheng County. What does Yu Yao think?"

"no."

The smile on Yang Yuyao's face froze.

It was expected that she would be angry.

If Xue Bai didn't want to offend Li Chu, he shouldn't have told her about this matter. After all, if you don't hit the smiling person, you can just refuse him in a dignified manner. How can you complain and harm the other person?

Obviously, Yang Yuhuan did not tell her sister about this matter.

Xue Bai just said it, and then said: "I already refused this matter, but King Guangping was determined not to give up, so he asked Zhang Liangdi to come to the imperial court and speak."

"It would be troublesome if Lord Hezheng County came to the imperial court to discuss this matter." Yang Yuyao muttered: "King Guangping is the eldest sister's son-in-law. I ask the eldest sister to come forward and warn him not to cause trouble."

"I didn't know he had this relationship with the Yang family."

"Caiping has been married for more than two years and has given birth to two sons."

"Really?" Xue Bai was a little confused.

"What's wrong?"

"When I met King Guangping today, he was trying to take a concubine from Yuzhen Temple."

Yang Yuyao was still suppressing her anger at first, but when she heard this again, her face suddenly turned cold.

~~

Baisunyuan.

Early in the morning, Li Chu came to Cui Caiping's house.

The youngest son was still crying, and the palace officials couldn't coax him well. Cui Caiping was sitting there with an unhappy face and throwing a tantrum.

"Who made the princess angry again?"

"What? You think I have a bad temper? No matter how bad-tempered a girl with the fifth surname is, she will never be as hot-tempered as you, the princess of the Li family."

Cui Caiping does feel a little uncomfortable sometimes.

The famous families with the Five Surnames privately looked down upon even the royal family, thinking that they were pretending to be the Li family of Longxi. There are so many talented people in the world who do not want to marry a princess but want to marry a girl with the Five Surnames.

And she is the legitimate daughter of Boling Cui's family. Her mother is a Korean lady, and she is the noblest among the five surnames. When she grew up, the heroes of her famous family admired her like crucian carp crossing the river.

As a result, he was given a marriage to an imperial grandson, and he stayed in this hundred-grandson courtyard all day long. In addition to giving birth to a son, he also raised a son. How could he be happy?

But she only complained once at this time. She also knew that only by giving up could she get something. This marriage was about the future.

Although her natal family is powerful now, she is still willing to share the joys and sorrows with him as his legitimate wife, have children, and raise children. When he ascends the throne and becomes emperor, she will be the queen and her son will be the heir apparent.

No matter how much effort you put in, it's all worth it.

"Okay, I don't want to get angry with you." Cui Caiping softened her tone slightly and said, "Why is Mr. Lang here today?"

Li Chu said: "I heard from the palace people that your mother-in-law is going to the palace to meet the saint today?"

"Yes." Cui Caiping said, "The saint invited my mother-in-law to enjoy the music together."

"Then can you take Sanniang with you? Then ask your grandma to help ask the saint for marriage."

"Still not giving up?" Cui Caiping couldn't help but curled her lips.

"This matter is quite important to the East Palace." Li Chu whispered.

"Okay, wet nurse, would you like to go and talk to my mother-in-law?"

"Here."

Cui Caiping's nanny agreed, turned around and left, but rolled her eyes when her back was turned to the emperor's grandson.

~~

Li Chu convinced his wife and immediately called someone to bring Li Yuetu.

The brother and sister had some heart-to-heart talk in the hall.

"You also met Xue Bai in Zongsheng Palace. What do you think?"

"I don't care." Li Yuetu said: "My little sister knows that she can't decide her own marriage, so looking at her carefully will only cause trouble. It's all up to my grandfather and brother to arrange it."

Li Chu smiled and said: "Of course your thoughts are also important. If you don't like it, just drop the matter."

Li Yuetu felt warm in his heart. He looked at his brother and said, "Brother's words are enough. My little sister is willing to marry."

"That's good." Li Chu said: "I have confidence in my vision. Xue Bai is not only talented and handsome, but also an interesting person. You will not regret it. I am not just thinking about the prospects of the East Palace. Look at the sidelines

Those dandy boys are simply disgraceful."

"yes."

Li Yuetu knew that this was all true.

It has always been difficult to marry a princess of the Tang Dynasty. Now that Xue Baigang is famous, it can be easily arranged. But when he becomes a Jinshi in the future, he will be even less willing to marry her.

"When you get in front of the saint, you just need to say that you are willing to marry and ask the saint to grant marriage, okay?"
To be continued...