A delicate laughter came from the back garden of the Prince-Consort's Mansion. Princess Lechang smiled and said to her husband: "Please, it seems that the two friends you brought with you have a very harmonious relationship with your little sister."

Princess Lechang is in her ten years of life, with her eyebrows as crescent moon and a cherry mouth. She was as beautiful as a flower when she was fifteen or sixteen years old. After marrying for a few years, her young woman's style was more beautiful than when she was a girl. Fortunately, Princess Lechang is low-key and rarely goes out of the house except for often visiting the palace to pay homage to her mother. Even so, there are countless people behind her who are extremely jealous of Xu Deyan's blessings.

"Yes, these two are much better than the children of other aristocratic families in Jiankang, especially Xiao Jing, who is not only talented in civil and military affairs, but also has a good appearance. No wonder the younger sister who has always been above the top will play with them." Xu Deyan sighed.

The little Shufang they mentioned is Chen Wan. She is the youngest sister of Princess Lechang. She is only twelve years old this year and is named Princess Leyi. Although Chen Wan is young, she is a natural beauty and has a tendency to be more beautiful than her sister when she was younger. Since last year, many ministers in the court have wanted to propose marriage to Princess Leyi for their son. Although Princess Leyi is young, she has a very opinion and refuses all the playboys she doesn't like. Chen Shubao also loves this youngest sister. In addition, Princess Leyi is not old after all, so she lets her go.

As a princess, Chen Wan is extremely beautiful and has no many playmates. In addition, she has refused countless officials' proposals, and the only playmates rarely interact. She has been kind to Princess Lechang since she was a child and often goes out of the palace to play at the Princess's Mansion. Unexpectedly, she became familiar with Li Jing and Han Shiyi after meeting once.

"What a pity!" Xu Deyan sighed.

Princess Lechang widened her beautiful eyes and asked, "Is it a pity that the prince consort is a man of Liang?"

Xu Deyan shook his head: "It's not because they are from Liang, but they have tested them for their husbands these days. They have no intention of becoming an official. Such talent cannot be used by the country. It's a pity that Wan'er is willing to date them, even if she is willing to date them, the two of them will still leave after a few days."

Xiao Yan and Xiao Xian were members of the Liang Kingdom, and they were threatened with more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians. Although Chen State took them in, they were not at ease with them. Chen Shubao has appointed Xiao Yan as the governor of Yangzhou (Yangzhou in Southern Chen is today Shaoxing), and Xiao Xian is the governor of Wuzhou. The subordinates they brought were evacuated to a distance. On the one hand, they were to dismantle them and their subordinates, and on the other hand, they were also to let the two resist the invasion of the Sui Dynasty for Chen State. In Xu Deyan's view, since Xiao Jing and Xiao Yi refused to stay in Jiankang as officials, they would immediately evacuate to a place far away from Jiankang with the others.

Princess Lechang fell silent. Although their husband and wife were noble, they did not have much power. The situation in Chen State is already very dangerous. They can see clearly but are unable to change, so they can only count on a day.

"Don't worry about being attached to the horse. They are still young and may have a chance in the future." Princess Lechang said with a forced smile.

"I hope in the future." Xu Deyan sighed in his heart. If the emperor was still addicted to the harem every day, he didn't know how long the Chen Kingdom could last. He also thought that even though these two people were really talented, they would not be able to change much when they entered the court as officials. Well, let them go.

Princess Leyi was sitting on a swing at this time, and Li Jing and Han Shiyi were pushing each other one at a time. Seeing the swing swing higher and higher, Princess Leyi was both scared and excited. Both sides held the ropes on both sides tightly, but shouted, and there was no princess's elegant and gentle appearance.

After swinging a few more times, Li Jing winked at Han Shiyi. The two of them slowly reduced the speed of the swing. Princess Leyi immediately felt it and shouted in dissatisfaction: "High point, swing the higher point again."

The two who usually obeyed her words seemed to have not heard it. Instead, the swing stopped completely. Princess Leyi turned her head to look at the two of them in dissatisfaction and reprimanded: "What's wrong with you two? I don't listen to the words of this princess."

Li Jing coughed and said, "Princess, we have something to say to the princess!"

"Then you talk." Princess Leyi said with a smile. Since Princess Leyi came to her brother-in-law's house more than ten days ago, she felt that the two were different. In the palace, she was the emperor's sister and the queen mother's favorite little daughter. There were a lot of palace maids and eunuchs around her. When facing her, these people either tried hard to please her or rely on her seniority, and used the excuse of her princess' identity to restrict her left and right.

There were only a few female princes who could enter the palace ministers, and they did not have a simple purpose when playing with her. They asked her about the various situations in the palace from time to time, and sometimes they even mentioned their brothers intentionally or unintentionally and said good things about their brothers. Although Princess Leyi was young, she was smart, so she naturally knew their plans and gradually alienated them.

Only these two people would not be afraid of her if they didn't ask her about the things in the palace. Some of the two people who used to be able to play with her can also play with her, which made her very happy for the past ten days.

"Princess, that's right, we're leaving tomorrow." Li Jing said hesitantly.

"Why are you leaving?" Princess Leyi asked in confusion, and the smile on her face suddenly dimmed. She finally found two familiar playmates, hoping that these two could play with her every day. This does not necessarily mean that Princess Leyi is loving to the two. In fact, although the woman was precocious at this time, for Princess Leyi, who was only twelve years old, these are still vague after all, and she subconsciously didn't want the two teenagers who had finally played together to leave.

Seeing Princess Leyi's face darkened, Li Jing and Han Shiyi felt a sudden sting in their hearts. If they hadn't seen Princess Leyi in the Princess' Mansion and provoked the hearts of the two young men, they would have said goodbye long ago. Now more than 100,000 people from Liang State have been scattered from Chen State to various places. If most of them left Jiankang, their identities would have been easily exposed. Moreover, they have been in Chen State for more than 20 days and they have known what they should know. It's time to go back.

"Princess, there is a banquet that will last forever in the world. We should go home for so long, otherwise my father and mother would be anxious. Maybe we will meet again soon." Li Jing comforted.

"Yes, it's our happiest thing to meet a princess." Han Shiyi also quickly interrupted.

"Okay, then you won't come back if you leave. I want you to play with me." Princess Leyi became happy again.

Of course, we will definitely come back, but if you know that the next time you meet, maybe your country will be destroyed, will you rather never see us? Li Jing and Han Shiqi looked at each other and saw the helplessness in each other's eyes.

On that day, the two of them specially played with Princess Leyi for a whole day. It was almost dark and Princess Leyi had to return to the palace before giving up. When she sent Princess Leyi back to the palace, Princess Leyi waved her hand and said that she would leave the palace tomorrow to see them off for them.

...

It was New Year's Day soon, and the cold wind blew over the Yangtze River, and small snowflakes floated. Although this level of coldness was common to the soldiers in the north, they could not stand the feeling of humid air hitting their bodies. Unlike the dry and cold in the north, the cold in the south was even more mixed with a lot of moisture. After winter, the navy from both the north and the south would minimize its actions.

In the Jiankang Palace, the annual New Year's Day celebration is in full swing. Hundreds of eunuchs and ministers are busy in and out, and they are busy. Inside and outside the palace, red lanterns are hanging, and there is a sense of joy everywhere.

Shi Wenqing, who was in charge of the entire celebration, has been very busy these days. In order to celebrate New Year's Day, the gift lists presented by the prefectures have piled up several feet thick in Wenhua Hall. This year is the first year of the emperor's name to the Zhenming year. With the passing of the first year of Zhenming, the second year of Zhenming is about to come.

Blessed by our ancestors, although Dachen did not expand its territory this year, at least it did not lose its territory, and more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians of the Liang Kingdom were added. Although the Sui Court in the north had been fighting and killing for more than half a year, there was no big noise. The training of troops was also some dilapidated small boats, which did not pose any threat to the Chen Kingdom. The great Chen Kingdom was forever, so naturally it should be celebrated.

As Shi Wenqing was in trouble, the tributes from all over the country came, the warehouses in the palace were no longer enough. The various fine wines and wines just piled up the yards in the palace like hills, not to mention the chickens, ducks, fish, eggs, and various vegetables and fruits needed for the emperor to feast all officials.

"Report, Ren Zhong urgently asked for a meeting with the Lord." A guard on duty came to Shi Wenqing to report.

"Ren Zhong? He, a martial artist, came to cause trouble at this time. Didn't he see that he was so busy that he couldn't get out of his body? He didn't see him." Shi Wenqing said without thinking.

"Sir, General Ren seems to have an emergency military situation."

"What kind of emergency military information? As long as a Sui army goes down the river, these martial artists can report an emergency military information. The more urgent they say the military information, the better they will be to seek credit in the future. The only way for me to not make the emperor angry for them at this time."

"This... how should the villain reply to General Ren?"

Shi Wenying's eyes rolled: "You just say that as a general, he should stand up when the military situation is urgent to share the worries of the emperor. Otherwise, what else would the court want these generals to do?"
Chapter completed!