The Proud Daughter of Heaven 010. Seeking Guidance

  "Oh." Although Secretary Chen did not believe her excuse, he still looked away in disappointment.

  The matter of selecting a husband for Princess Gaoyang had already been put on the agenda by Your Majesty, but Baili Qingfeng just returned to the palace and hadn't had a chance to discuss it with her yet.

  At this thought, a hint of sadness suddenly appeared in the eyes of Chen Gonggong. Time flies, and unknowingly, Gao Yang Bao Bei has grown up to be a young adult, which also means that Empress Si Kong has been gone for fifteen years.

  Time is the easiest thing in the world to destroy everything. Whether you like it or not, it will turn over past events and cover them with new ones.

  Just like the girl in front of me, ruthlessly took away her radiant smile as bright as sunshine, branding her heart with hard cast iron, leaving only a cold and proud demeanor.

  He was well aware of the nature of Ba Li Si Qing, considering her feelings, and did not want to reveal the emperor's plans, so he vaguely said: "I don't know either."

  What's the use of deceiving her anyway? Life has to go on, and girls will eventually get married and have children. If possible, Chen Gonggong would rather she forget the past and focus on other people, just like how she suddenly became interested in that second prince.

  As for other reasons, he didn't want to pursue them.

  Baili Siqing never thought about herself, and after hearing what Chen Gonggong said, she just nodded calmly. After all, he was a eunuch and couldn't interfere with state affairs. As for why Chuli Yao came to see her, she wasn't very interested in knowing either. "Alright, you can go now."

  "Ah!" replied Chen Gonggong, recalling the private report of the little eunuch during the day, his smile deepened to the point where it almost embedded into his flesh.

  This palace is not short of sycophants, and in the past he has reminded them several times, even jumping out to say a sentence "with ulterior motives" in front of everyone. His little princess still sticks to that Empress one-sidedly.

  For this, he was worried for a long time and didn't know what kind of soul-searching medicine Wan Qian Yao had taken, so that Gao Yang Bao Bei removed all his guard and wholeheartedly wanted to let His Majesty support her to the throne!

  This finally put his mind at ease. Tomorrow, he will definitely go to Lai Mountain to pay his respects and thank the mountain spirits for purifying the evil spirits that were oppressing his master.

  Baili Siqing gave him a sideways glance, unable to guess where his sudden self-satisfaction came from.

  Die Xiang and Die Yi had picked out almost all the goods, smiling as they handed a string of Buddhist beads to Chen Gonggong, which was his "running fee" for not refusing to work hard.

  "You still have a conscience, thinking of our family!" Minister Chen smiled and took the things away, throwing the twenty slaps he had mentioned earlier far behind his mind. Although Baili Qi let him "roll" out of the South Study, didn't he still have to "roll" back to the Chongzheng Hall to serve?

  "Get down, all of you!" Ba Li Si Qing put away his book and stood up from the precious chair, turning around to order people to extinguish the candles in the entire hall.

  The moonlight pours in through the window, its radiance spreading out, a crystal curtain sways gently, and the room is filled with glittering light.

  Yunfu Hall was different from the outer palace hotel, it was a special place to entertain the royal family of a big country. The whole hall, except for the main hall, was divided into east and west sides, with each room in order, can accommodate hundreds of people. After sending away the attending palace staff, the envoys and attendants of Jin State all went down to rest on their own initiative.

  Inside the main hall, a guard in green armor stood dutifully behind Chu Liuyue. As he gently lifted his sleeve, a faint pink mark gradually appeared on his jade-like skin with the advancement of the white sleeve.

  The guard had never seen such a mark on Chu Lijian's arm, as if someone had bitten him with great force and left teeth marks.

  He recalled the eunuch's suspicious probing earlier and suddenly realized what was going on. But he didn't dare say more, so he automatically turned himself into an invisible man, letting his master stare blankly at his arm.

  The candlelight casts a faint pink glow, overlaid with a layer of hazy yellow, reflected in Chu Li's eyes, where brightness and darkness alternate, as if the vast ocean had transformed into mulberry fields, and the changes on the distant horizon had left behind the traces of countless years.

  A land that had not been set foot on for two years, a person who had not been seen for two years, brought about feelings of shyness or excitement, only Chu Liye himself knew.

  ……

  The sun rises again, and a new day arrives. The concubines and princesses of the various palaces have just started having their breakfast, but Baili Qingyun has already gone to the imperial training grounds.

  One hundred meters away, you can see the fluttering flags, yellow silk fabrics lined up in a row, inserted in the four directions of east, south, west and north. Entering from the circular arch gate, although the entire venue is not as spacious and solid as the martial arts arena at the foot of the western mountain, it shows more majestic and imperial atmosphere. Each training department is neat and clear, with a high platform and a horse racing field separated by several meters, and various spears, swords, longbows and arrows are placed on the central soldier's halberd.

  The masters of the training grounds were mostly former martial arts champions who took charge of supervising and promoting the martial arts skills of the imperial princes. As for the legitimate sons of the aristocratic families who accompanied them in their practice, they harbored a sense of reverence and restraint, making an effort to hold back their own abilities in order to highlight the superior innate qualities of the imperial family.

  The Crown Prince Baili Ming and the Fourth Prince Baili Yan were warming up when they suddenly caught sight of Baili Si Qing's figure, and both froze in place.

  The princes of the Great Yan Empire, under the influence of Emperor Jing'an's military achievements, all admired martial arts. They didn't need to master all eighteen types of weapons, but they could conquer one or two. Unlike other princesses, Baili Siqing had been practicing martial arts with them since childhood and came to this training ground every day.

  At the moment Baili Qing appeared, Baili Ming's face was slightly gloomy, but in an instant he recovered as usual. "Gaoyang, I didn't expect you to go to Lai Mountain for two years and still be as diligent as before!"

  The people around who were still training in archery and horse riding all turned their eyes to him, and when they saw Bailing Siqing, they hurried over to pay their respects.

  A hundred miles of bright laughter, who would have thought that the delicate and pampered princess who loved to skip class would be unmoved by thunder and come here to practice martial arts with them? Or is it that the women of the Sikuang family are all extraordinary in this way?

  Just like the previous empress, she was dissatisfied with managing the harem but enjoyed going to battle alongside the army, how strange!

  Baili Siqing ignored his sarcastic words and stepped up onto the high platform.

  On the side, Baili Yu chuckled and said: "Big brother Huang, you are still our High Sun's defeated general!"

  Upon hearing such obvious provocation, Baili Ming's face turned black in an instant. "Fourth Brother, the 'brother is fat and the younger brother is thin' that Father Emperor has taught you many times, have you forgotten it in your mother's womb?"

  Under the prestige of Baili Ming as the eldest prince, Baili Yun was dissatisfied but unwilling to confront him, and could only smile wryly, "That's right, Gaoyang is Father Emperor's treasure, so the elder brother naturally has to give in to her."

  Baili Ming's expression eased slightly, acknowledging Baili Yun's words, and continued in a conciliatory tone: "In this world, which man would stoop to compete with a woman?"

  Baili Siqing's eyebrows didn't even twitch, swiftly drawing a long sword from the scabbard. Without warning, he charged towards Baili Ming, "Is that so? Then I'll come and exchange pointers with Big Brother!"