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Chapter 557 The princess always pretends to be a little white rabbit, and the prince vows to learn from Tan Lang [Additional update 3/5, please vote for me! ]

"What? The Chrysanthemum and Teacher's Notes were submitted by the Little Princess and Dalang at their suggestion?"

"That's right. Gu'er really likes Tan Lang's "On Chrysanthemums" and named it the best poem of the Juhua Poetry Society so far. He is ready to make Tan Lang famous, so he sent someone to copy it and send it to Luoyang for everyone to browse and appreciate.

"Da Lang also took out his favorite "On Teachers", which was given to him by Tan Lang in Longcheng. He copied a batch of it and sent it to the capital together with "On Chrysanthemums", and handed it to the Master, Prince Xiang, Changle and others..."

Xunyang Palace, the back garden of the inner house.

A joyful family dinner is going on. On the open-air banquet, a table is decorated with exquisite gold and silver utensils: clusters of food and plates, vases of flowers, fruit plates, wine jugs, wine cups... The bowls, chopsticks and dishes are all made of silver.

Everyone gathered around the table, with most of their attention focused on Li Xian, who was dressed in a black silk python robe. When Xie Lingjiang heard him mention something, he asked with some curiosity, and Li Xian answered with a smile.

In front of Zhen Shuyuan and other outsiders, the ladylike and quiet Li Guoer paused for a moment while picking up the bowl and food, and corrected herself:
"I didn't say I liked him very much. I just recommended him to the capital city out of consideration for your kindness. It was just a favor."

"Okay, okay, I'm just helping."

Li Xian looked at the little girl lovingly and changed his tone to accommodate her. Zhen Shuyuan couldn't help but take a few more glances at the face of the little princess with plum blossom makeup who was not covered with veil today, and couldn't help but think to herself:
So handsome! It seems that all the family in this palace are good-looking, handsome men and beautiful women, especially this little princess in the boudoir. She looks well-educated, virtuous and well-behaved, not inferior to Xianxian... I don’t know which man will be so lucky in the future. This person’s family background is considered the best in the world. There are not many who can surpass her...

No one knows the woman's delicate thoughts.

"That's it."

Li Guoer snorted, as if she noticed Zhen Shuyuan's gaze inadvertently. She smiled softly, continued to lower her head, and took small bites of a cabbage, like a little white rabbit.

The details of this gentle lady's eating manner made Zhen Shuyuan take a second look.

Ouyang Rong did not notice the little interaction between Zhen Shuyuan and Li Guoer. After listening to Li Xian and his junior sister's chat and praises, his expression remained calm.

Zhen Shuyuan and Yan Liulang, who were standing by, were the happiest for Ouyang Rong and their faces showed their joy.

Yan Liulang said with admiration:

"In addition to the recommendation of Dalang and Her Royal Highness the Princess, Mr. Ming is also very capable and outstanding in literary talent. Gold will always shine. Mr. Ming was admitted to Xiuwenguan with only two poems and essays."

Wei Mei said in a reproachful tone: "Tan Lang is just too low-key."

"Hahaha, ma'am, you are absolutely right." Li Xian laughed heartily.

Wei Mei didn't even look at him.

Ouyang Rong, Yan Liulang and others couldn't help but take a few more glances at Li Xian's face, but without further ado, they quickly turned their gaze back to the food.

Li Guoer and Xie Lingjiang ate their food in small bites as if they were used to it, their attention seemed to be on other things.

Only Li Dalang was laughing foolishly, unaware of the atmosphere at the dinner table.

Zhen Shuyuan, who was here for the first time, took a look at the purple eye circles and a few red marks on Li Xian's face and couldn't help but say:

"Is your Highness alright? Do you want some medicine on your face?"

Li Xian shook his head like a rattle and waved his hands casually:

"It's okay, it's okay. Mei Niang has already healed my wound. Mei Niang is so good." He looked touched.

Zhen Shuyuan asked with a worried look on her face, "How did the prince get injured? It's on his face."

"I'm ashamed to say that the grape trellis in the yard collapsed. I was walking past it after dinner last night and got some bruises on my face... Madam Zhen, please forgive me for making fun of you."

"Grape trellis?" Zhen Shuyuan asked herself curiously.

Wei Mei lowered his head and picked up a dish for Li Xian, and said calmly:

"Qi Lang, be careful next time and don't go there when you have nothing to do. You won't listen no matter how many times I tell you."

"Yes, yes, Mei Niang is right." Li Xian nodded rapidly.

Wei Mei ignored him, put down the long silver chopsticks she used to pick up food, picked up a pair of short sandalwood chopsticks, continued to eat, smiled, and gestured to Zhen Shuyuan:

"Madam Zhen, please try this plum blossom soup pancake. I heard that you are from Luling, so I specially asked someone to make this dish. It should suit your light taste..."

"Hey, you're welcome, Princess."

After drinking and eating to their heart's content, everyone left the table.

In the back garden, Princess Wei Mei took Zhen Shuyuan to the side to admire the flowers in a vase. Flower arrangement is now popular among the noble ladies of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Li Xian was nowhere to be seen, but there was a high probability that he had slipped back into the house to apply an ice pack.

Ouyang Rong, Xie Lingjiang, and the siblings Li Dalang and Li Guoer went to the waterside pavilion to chat. Yan Liulang took a plate of out-of-season fruits and followed them to serve as a background.

Just after sitting down, Li Dalang looked around, put it down to Ouyang Rong, and quietly covered his mouth with his palm and said:
"My father got hurt at the dinner table yesterday. Halfway through the meal, he suddenly suggested that we take in the concubines and their brothers so that the family can have a good reunion. After all, the palace is now on the right track and it is no longer the time to worry and be afraid."

Ouyang Rong nodded and commented: "Not unfair."

"..." Li Dalang.

As the former crown prince of Daqian, Li Xian naturally had more than one woman. Wei Mei was his principal wife, and he also had several concubines and side concubines, as well as two illegitimate children.

However, after being exiled to Jiangzhou, these concubines either stayed in the Luoyang Palace or returned to their parents' homes for refuge, taking their children with them. The ones who really followed Li Xian through the bumpy and difficult journey were his first wife Wei Mei, Li Dalang, and Li Guoer.

Even Li Guer was born by Wei Mei on the way to exile after she was demoted to a commoner. She was hastily wrapped in a piece of rag, so she was nicknamed "Guer".

After all, Dalang was the eldest grandson of the emperor for a few days and "bullied men and women" in the palace, but the young daughter Gu'er had to suffer since she was born. Naturally, the Li Xian couple doted on her and that's how she developed such a willful and sinister character.

However, no matter how miserable the exile of this family is, they can still live a carefree and wealthy life in the remote Longcheng County after settling down.

Anyway, Ouyang Rong was not like some old officials in Luoyang who felt guilty and sympathetic. He imagined the suffering of the deposed prince's family and blamed himself. Then he frowned while eating the delicacies of Luojing, while secretly resolutely restoring Daqian. However, what Ouyang Rong recognized was that the remote Jiangnan landscape was indeed gentle and nourishing, and the "Su family" were all kind, except Li Guoer.

Dalang, in particular, is kind and generous, has great sympathy for the people, and is a blank slate, very malleable and has great potential.

After all, when he was in the Su Mansion in Longcheng before, he was forced by the Lixian couple and the old-fashioned Mr. Yuan to study in the study, preparing for some possible competition for a job in the future. As a result, Juxian Garden was full of middle-aged women, and he was still a unshaven little virgin in his twenties. He was not like those children from wealthy families who had opened a door prematurely before their hair grew fully grown.

Now Dalang has finally come to Jiangzhou, and has left the dim little dark room where he was accompanied by his study bed and served by his aunt. He feels a little more relaxed. He thought he had finally made it, but his parents and sister forced him to go out on a blind date, and the only option was success, not failure.

Ouyang Rong still felt quite sympathetic towards Li Dalang. After all, not everyone was like him. After failing in his first blind date, he was able to win the resurrection match and directly win over the approachable little junior sister with long legs.

After listening to the stories of Li Xian's concubines, Ouyang Rong looked at the expressions of Li Dalang and Li Guoer and found that they did not show any signs of vigilance or worry.

That's true, they are still the real legitimate sons and daughters.

Li Dalang was directly appointed by the Empress Dowager in Luoyang and was given the title of Jiangzhou Beijia in advance, which was almost a clear indication that he was designated as the successor to the Xunyang Palace.

The status of Wei Mei, the principal wife, and their son and one daughter became increasingly solid, not to mention that Li Xian was still dominated by his own wife.

It is better not to talk about other people's private family affairs. Ouyang Rong changed the subject:

"I heard from Liu Lang that from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, Da Lang always showed up on time, and Yuan Changshi was impressed by you."

Yan Liulang wanted to say, who wouldn't be impressed by Yuan Changshi? In the lobby of Jiangzhou, as long as you report on time every day, he will admire you as a good man and treat you differently.

Yan Liulang sighed:
"Ming Fu, Da Lang has really transformed. His mental state is completely different and he walks with great vigor. When you asked us to renovate the city gate, he went to inspect and help.

"The most important thing is to invite him to go to Yunshui Pavilion to drink... ahem, anyway, all these were rejected. Mr. Ming, you don't know that Dalang's decisive and resolute look, in your words, is quite handsome..."

As he spoke, Yan Liulang's tone sounded a little melancholy. After all, his buddy had changed too quickly and he didn't even wait for him. He always felt a little empty and uncomfortable in his heart.

Ouyang Rong couldn't help but glance at Li Dalang, who was scratching his head embarrassedly, and wondered if the dodging figure he bumped into at Wei Shaoqi's funeral hall last time was just an illusion?
Li Dalang brought a fruit plate to Ah Mei, turned around, and said in a serious tone with thick eyebrows and big eyes:
"Liu Lang, you're too kind. Hey, Tan Lang, don't look at me like that. I just suddenly felt that tea and other things are meaningless. People can't just be a body, they need something else. This is the key to what makes people human..."

Ouyang Rong didn't finish listening, and nodded: "That's progress. You used to say this after drinking tea."

"..." Li Dalang.

He coughed and reiterated one point in front of everyone:
"Tan Lang, please don't say that. If I use the words Tan Lang used before, I am now pure love, a person with pure love and locked heart, who has emerged from the mud without being stained, and has washed away the lead ..."

"Pure...love?"

Everyone stopped eating their fruit plates and looked sideways.

Especially Xie Lingjiang, who looked at Li Dalang with a strange look.

"Da Lang, you don't act like a pure love at all. All your energy is focused on those crooked ways."

Ouyang Rong asked curiously: "What do you mean?"

Not noticing Li Dalang's pleading look, Xie Lingjiang stared at Ouyang Rong and muttered:

"He came to me a few days ago and asked me about some of the things we had experienced together in the past. He was particularly interested in the oil-paper umbrellas that you, my senior brother, had given me before. He insisted on taking a look at them, and after taking out a small notebook to write them down, he left in a hurry..."

Li Guoer also turned around, a little confused:
"I was wondering why you came to my yard so early in the morning to cut bamboo. You made so much noise that I couldn't sleep. Caishou and the others also complained in private, saying that you stripped off all the tough paper and silk from their fans, leaving only the bare fan bones..."

Ouyang Rong, Xie Lingjiang, Li Guoer and others all turned to look at Li Dalang.

Captain Xiaoyan, who is good at catching thieves and solving cases, immediately splashed water on the filter, touched his chin, and looked at his suspicious friend with suspicious eyes:

"Da Lang, are you imitating the Ming Mansion and pursuing a young lady from a different family? Wait, could it be... uh uh."

Before he could finish his words, Li Dalang pounced on him and covered his mouth.

Ouyang Rong had a blank expression on his face: "Can this be stolen?"

Li Dalang looked embarrassed: "For reference, just for reference."

Ouyang Rong said in an unhappy tone: "Go ask your sister for advice, she knows a lot, and this is not the way to take advantage of others. Isn't this bullying an honest person?"

Li Dalang grumbled a little aggrieved:

"I asked my sister for help, but...but my sister told me to turn left and learn from you. She said I really didn't know how to do it, so she asked you to help me. I'm sure you can do it easily. My sister said you are the best."

Ouyang Rong:?

Under the resentful gaze of his junior sister, Ouyang Rong slowly turned his head and looked expressionlessly at the little princess with plum blossom makeup who was eating fruits and vegetables like a little white rabbit next to him.

Under the gaze of every eye.

Li Guoer put down the fruit, wiped her fingers with a handkerchief, and looked away as if nothing had happened, looking at the night view of the lake outside the pavilion.

Everyone looked at her, she looked at the scenery, and soon she spoke without looking away:

"Isn't it? Why are you looking at me? I am also pure in love."

Ouyang Rong:......

Everyone:...

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(PS: I accidentally fell asleep on the table at 5 a.m., sob, here are the third update, 11,000 words, I've done it, there will be more updates in the evening, I beg for a guaranteed monthly ticket!)

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