Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

Looking at her tearful appearance, Fang Zheng Yi felt a pang of guilt.

Perhaps he should have come earlier, but he was afraid of having too many things to deal with, so he delayed it for a few days.

"Your Highness, let's go to a quieter place to talk."

Li Miaohan nodded gently, then lifted her skirt and walked towards the back garden.

Fang Zheng Yi silently walked beside her, neither of them speaking until they sat down in the familiar pavilion.

Fang Zheng Yi looked at the surrounding palace maids and waved his hands vigorously behind Li Miaohan's back.

The palace maids tacitly retreated a little further.

Fang Zheng Yi had already bribed these people!

The palace maids were not worried, after all, after so many times, he was not a stranger....

Only the two of them were left in the pavilion, and the atmosphere was slightly awkward, after all, it had been a while since they had last met.

Fang Zheng Yi stepped forward to take Li Miaohan's hand. Li Miaohan instinctively wanted to pull back, but Fang Zheng Yi forcibly grabbed it!

As soon as he took her hand, he felt that it had become rough, not as smooth and tender as before.

Fang Zheng Yi rubbed it a few more times, and shamelessly asked, "Did Your Highness miss me?"

"No," Li Miaohan said in a muffled voice, looking down.

"Then I'm different! I miss you every day and every night!" Fang Zheng Yi said shamelessly, and stepped forward to hug her.

As his arm went around her, he felt Li Miaohan's whole body stiffen.

"I probably won't be leaving again this time. How has Your Highness been in the palace? You seem to have lost weight."

Li Miaohan still kept her head down, her pretty face flushed: "I heard that you came back a few days ago?"

She's angry that I came back without seeing her?

Fang Zheng Yi thought to himself.

"Your Highness, I haven't been back to the capital for a long time, and there are still many important things to deal with, so I was a little late. Your Highness isn't angry, is she?"

Li Miaohan shook her head gently and snuggled into his arms: "I'm not angry, I heard that you were missing, and I was very scared..."

Fang Zheng Yi took the opportunity to hug her tightly and sighed: "I didn't have any official documents with me when I was outside, and I didn't have a suitable identity, so even if I wrote a letter, it couldn't be delivered."

"It's a little embarrassing to say, I was working as a servant in a merchant's house..." Fang Zheng Yi began to tell the story of his arduous journey in the folk.

Li Miaohan raised her pretty face, her eyes full of disbelief, obviously hearing this news for the first time.

"You were working as a servant for someone?" She said a few words and then lowered her head, murmuring: "I didn't expect you to have suffered so much."

"Yes, the food and lodging were a little worse, but it's nothing, I'm used to hardship. But when I think of His Majesty, when I think of you, I feel hope again," Fang Zheng Yi puffed out his chest.

He looked down and saw that Li Miaohan's eyes were vacant, not knowing what she was thinking.

He sighed in his heart.

The atmosphere hasn't warmed up yet. The little girl is shy, so I have to take the initiative. Thinking of this, Fang Zheng Yi cupped Li Miaohan's face...

"Ah.. um.... um!"

Li Miaohan was still imagining Fang Zheng Yi's tragic experience in the folk, but she didn't expect this unexpected scene to happen.

Just as she was about to scream, her mouth was completely blocked.

After a long while, Fang Zheng Yi raised his head and let out a long breath.

Li Miaohan then stuffed her delicate face into Fang Zheng Yi's arms, and asked in a muffled voice, "What are you doing?"

"Huh? What are you saying? I don't know," Fang Zheng Yi smiled cheekily.

Li Miaohan was greatly ashamed, and then the two fell silent again.

The weather was clear and sunny, and the two of them sat silently in the pavilion, listening to the rustling of the leaves in the garden.

Fang Zheng Yi didn't want to talk either, he always enjoyed this warm atmosphere.

Leaning against the pillar, holding the beauty in his arms, feeling the breeze blowing, all his worries disappeared.

After an unknown amount of time, Li Miaohan got up and gently pushed him away. Fang Zheng Yi just opened his mouth to ask.

Li Miaohan turned her head and gave him a smile, signaling him to stay where he was, then lifted her skirt and ran away with lotus steps.

Before long, she came back with something in her arms, holding it in both hands and presenting it to Fang Zheng Yi.

She said with a slightly shy expression: "This is for you, I made it myself."

Fang Zheng Yi blinked and took the thing. He shook it open and saw that it was a piece of clothing.

However, this piece of clothing was pure white, and the stitches were extremely rough. Such a thing would definitely be despised if it were taken to the market.

If a big "prisoner" character were added in the center, the quality would immediately increase a lot.

However, Fang Zheng Yi was very pleasantly surprised! Besides Xiao Tao, no one else had ever made clothes for him.

Fang Zheng Yi was about to put it on as if he had found a treasure, but Li Miaohan reached out to stop him and whispered:

"Try it on when you get home, we're outside...."

Fang Zheng Yi thought for a moment, refolded the clothes, and once again put Li Miaohan in his arms.

Only this time it was much smoother, and her body was not as stiff as before.

Li Miaohan hugged his waist with her backhand, and whispered proactively: "During the time you were away, I asked people about you, but there was no news."

"Imperial Brother kept telling me that you were dead... I was worried every day. When I heard that you were back, I wanted to go out and find you, but...."

Listening to Li Miaohan pouring out her heart, Fang Zheng Yi felt not only moved but also ashamed.

However, he still asked with a smile on his face, "Did His Highness the Crown Prince really tell you that I was dead?"

"Really! More than once!" Li Miaohan nodded heavily.

"Well, I'll go tear his mouth apart when I leave the palace!"

Li Miaohan smiled, her beautiful eyes turned into two crescent moons.

Seeing her happy appearance, Fang Zheng Yi's conscience was severely condemned....

He wanted to tell her that he had already proposed to Emperor Jing, but the words wouldn't come out of his mouth.

He rehearsed it over and over in his mind several times, and finally said: "Miaohan, I have a friend... cough!"

"He fell in love with a woman, and that woman also has feelings for him. But... my friend has three wives and four concubines outside, and the woman doesn't know about this. The woman's father loves his daughter very much, and if he knew about this, he would definitely chop up my friend."

"Cough... what do you think my friend should do?"

Li Miaohan blinked her beautiful eyes and said: "What else can he do? He shouldn't marry her. He already has three wives and four concubines outside, so it doesn't matter if he doesn't marry this one."

"No! He must marry her, if he doesn't marry her, he will feel as uncomfortable as if he were dead!"

"Then marry her! Since her father loves his daughter so much, can he really chop up her husband?"

Fang Zheng Yi's face turned red: "What if the woman doesn't know that my friend has three wives and four concubines outside, and then she finds out later?"

Li Miaohan looked at Fang Zheng Yi in confusion: "Isn't it normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines? What's the problem with that?"

"Cough... cough! But can't a驸马 only marry one?"

Li Miaohan covered her mouth and smiled: "How can the royal family be the same as the common people? Besides, actually, many things are not what you think. I heard my sisters say that those駙馬 are secretly keeping concubines outside."

"Father also knows, he's angry but he hasn't really done anything about it, he can't control it all."

"Why are you asking me this? How old is your friend, can't he solve this little thing himself?"

Fang Zheng Yi swallowed and felt his throat tighten.

He put his hands on Li Miaohan's shoulders, turned her to face him, and said nervously: "Miaohan, let's not worry about my friend, I'm just asking."

"I want to tell you... I proposed marriage to His Majesty."

Instantly, Li Miaohan felt her mind go blank, and her heart was filled with a burst of panic.

The next second, her face turned pale, and she stared at Fang Zheng Yi and said: "You... you..."

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Starting tomorrow, I'll be updating more! Brothers, I'm posting this early today so I can hoard drafts.