Li Yi walked out of the Imperial Garden with the brocade box in his arms. He passed by Changde and the middle-aged Taoist priest.
The Taoist priest was not his focus, but the monk.
The monk was too rich, which made the old emperor very unhappy. The court officials had money, the nobles had money, and the monk had money. He was the only one who should be the richest person in the Jing Kingdom. Without money, no one would feel happy.
So the monk was out of luck.
These days, he had to make more Buddha statues and Guanyin statues. The old emperor would not give up until he got enough money from the temples near the capital.
He still had some friendship with the old monk Tan Yin. He had to remind him to make use of this time to attract believers and to hold a ceremony to show off the glazed Guanyin statue. Otherwise, in a few days, he would not dare to say which temple he came from if he did not have a few glazed statues. He was afraid of embarrassing himself …
The most important thing at the moment was to send the thing in his arms to the Eldest Princess.
He could find the way to the Morning Dew Hall with his eyes closed. He might just fall a few more times and hit the wall a few more times.
Today was the birthday banquet of the Eldest Princess. As the leader of the women in the capital, her influence was second only to the Empress. Naturally, she knew many women from officials and noble families. Therefore, the Morning Dew Hall was especially lively today.
The cheers and laughter inside could be heard from outside the hall.
"Greetings, County Uncle Li." The maidservant who was guarding the door saluted.
"Xiao Lan, is the princess inside?" Li Yi handed the gift box to her and asked casually.
The maid smiled and said, "Yes, Her Highness is inside. His Royal Highness just came."
"Sir, sir, you are here!" The proud Lolita ran out holding Yong Ning's hand and said, "Sir, what gift did you bring for my sister? I want to see it, I want to see it."
Li Yi slapped away her hand that was reaching for the gift box and said, "Stop fooling around. You can look at it later."
The noise at the door immediately attracted the attention of many people in the hall.
"That's County Uncle Li, the one who is as famous as Her Royal Highness and Her Royal Highness?"
"It's him, it's him. That time in Yingcui Hall, Noble Consort Cui's personal maid framed Madam Li. County Uncle Li didn't even give face to Noble Consort Cui. At that time, I was standing behind Madam Li …"
"He doesn't look too bad. My brother said that County Magistrate Li is very strict with his students. I don't think so …"
"He is the dean of the Mathematics School, so what's wrong with being strict with the students? I think it's good. My good-for-nothing brother has changed after staying in the Mathematics School for so many days. He never liked to study before, but now, every time he goes home, he will read until late at night. He also said that if he can't finish his homework, he will be punished by Prince Jin. How old is Prince Jin? How can he scare him like that? I think it's because of County Uncle Li …"
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In the corner, Li Xuan, who was sitting alone at a table, raised his head and glanced at the door. After a moment of surprise, he stood up as if he had seen his savior and walked over with large strides.
"Why did you come so late?" When he finally calmed down the arrogant Lolita and took Yongning's hand to walk inside, he saw Li Xuan coming over.
"I was called by His Majesty just now."
Li Yi replied and was about to walk forward. But after taking a glance, he didn't take another step.
"Give the gift to the princess later. I still have something to do, so I'll go first."
He turned around without hesitation, but he was pulled by Li Xuan and directly dragged to a corner in the hall.
"If you are a friend, stay and accompany me." Li Xuan poured a cup of tea and handed it over. If Li Yi left, he will be the only man left in the hall. This kind of feeling was very gloomy. If he came, at least he can share some of his burden.
"Why don't we go …"
Li Yi could feel countless gazes falling on him. They were blatant and undisguised. He raised his head and glanced at them from the corner of his eye. They were really looking at him in the open …
What do they mean by looking and nodding …
Li Xuan curled his lips disdainfully and said, "If I leave now, doesn't it mean that I'm afraid? I, Li Xuan, am a dignified prince and have seen all kinds of scenes. Why would I be afraid of a few women?"
Li Yi glanced at him and pointed at his legs. "Why are you shaking if you're not afraid?"
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"Miss, Miss, look who that is!"
Beside a table, a young girl who was looking around in the hall glanced at a corner and was suddenly stunned. After wiping her eyes, she hurriedly pulled the pretty girl beside her and said.
The girl was talking to someone in a low voice. Hearing this, she turned around and asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
"Miss, look over there!" The young girl pointed to a corner in the hall and said.
The girl looked over with a puzzled look and saw a figure. The next moment, her expression suddenly changed. "It's him!"
Seeing her abnormal expression, the slightly older girl was stunned. She looked in that direction and said, "What's wrong? Su Su, do you know County Uncle Li and Prince Li Xuan?"
"County Uncle Li?" Hearing this, the girl was stunned. It seemed that she didn't expect that the person was County Uncle Li, Li Yi, who was famous in the capital city.
"Yes, the one on the left is the famous County Uncle Li," the older girl explained.
The girl slightly moved her eyes and asked, "Then the one beside County Uncle Li …"
"That's Li Xuan, the eldest son of Prince Ning, who is also the president of the Academy of Sciences that is about to open."
"Li Xuan, the eldest son of Prince Ning, Li Xuan …"
The girl clenched her teeth and spat out these few words with difficulty.
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Li Xuan looked back in surprise and didn't find anything unusual. He shook his head and said, "I don't care about the Academy of Sciences. I'll leave it to my subordinates. Save a place for me in the School of Mathematics. I think if I want to develop science, I must learn mathematics well first … Well, anyway, you are always lazy at home. There is Han in the School of Mathematics. How about you help me manage the Academy of Sciences?"
Too lazy to pay attention to this delusional guy, MIngzhu talked with several people over there. When she finished her work, she said goodbye and left. When she came out, the soup was still cooking at home.
On the other side, the proud Lolita sneakily walked to the place where the gifts were piled up and whispered, "I want to see what gifts they brought for my sister."
She picked up the box, untied the ribbon, and carefully opened the lid.
The next moment, a ray of light flashed across her face.
The proud Lolita's expression froze. She opened her mouth wide and the gift box fell from her hand to the ground.
A white hand reached out from the side and caught the gift box. MIngzhu patted her head and said, "Be careful."
She took the glass statue out of the box and saw the familiar face on the statue. After being stunned for a while, an expression of disbelief appeared on her face.
As for the surrounding women, they had already covered their mouths and exclaimed. They stared at the statue in shock.
"Gulp …"
Li Xuan, who had just walked over, swallowed a mouthful of saliva. He turned his head and looked at Li Yi with bright eyes.
Li Yi thought for a while and took the gift box from the Princess Royal. After fastening it, he handed it to Li Xuan with both hands.
"Happy birthday!"
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"Sir, I want it too!"
The proud Lolita hugged his leg and refused to let go.
Li Yi had no choice but to take out two bracelets made of beads of different colors. He gave one to her and put the other on Yong Ning's wrist. However, Yong Ning's wrist was too thin, so the bracelet was too loose on her wrist.
The beads used to make the bracelet were extremely small. There were dozens of them on the bracelet. They were dazzling under the sunlight and were very eye-catching.
The proud Lolita raised her wrist proudly. The sunlight shone through and left a stream of light on the ground.
At a certain moment, Li Yi suddenly felt that the atmosphere around him was not right.
He looked back and saw that the eyes of the women behind him were fixed on the statue in the Princess Royal's hand and the bracelet on the proud Lolita's wrist. In the end, they looked at him and his breathing became heavy …
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