Chapter 1550: Will the Princess Still Love Me When She Comes Back?
The emperor suddenly realized that he was beginning to not understand the daughter he had raised.
After three years in Xifan, has the impact been so great?
Shi Li met the emperor's inquiring and puzzled gaze, and thought of a sentence from later generations -
“When prosperity comes, the people suffer; when decline comes, the people suffer (from Shanpoyang: Tongguan Nostalgia, by Zhang Yanghao of the Yuan Dynasty)”
Those in power, out of their own selfish desires, wantonly provoke wars, disregard the safety of their people, and cause countless people to be separated from their families.
When the emperor heard this sentence for the first time, he pondered for a while and then looked at Shi Li again.
"So what are you going to do?"
"Everyone yearns for light and beauty. I have the patience to work towards it step by step."
Shi Li smiled brightly.
She had spent three years in Xifan. The people there did not live a bad life, but compared to the Yu Dynasty, their lives were actually much worse.
So, she can wait for the opportunity and change everything without losing a single soldier.
At the end of the conversation with the emperor, Shi Li asked for a fiefdom adjacent to Xifan as a gift for her coming of age.
The emperor didn't care how much land he gave her, but his expression was a little strange. "I thought you were disgusted with Xifan. After all, you were not happy there for three years."
The emperor and empress respected Shi Li and did not take the initiative to inquire about what she had experienced in those three years. They just thought that she had lived a hard life for three years. They could never imagine that the Son of God, who was worshipped as a god by the Xifan, had never broken off contact with their daughter.
Shi Li smiled but said nothing. Instead, he said to the emperor, "Axun and Asu should both start to learn. I have never been idle since I was three years old."
If Shi Xun and Shi Su heard her say this, they would definitely think that their elder sister is a very nice person!
Shi Li's fiefdom was in Qizhou. After her coming-of-age ceremony, Shi Li led a group of people to inspect her fiefdom. Before she left, the queen was very reluctant to let her go and didn't understand why she had to travel so far.
But no matter how much the Queen tried to persuade Shi Li, she could not change her mind. She could only make a purse to see her off.
What she didn't expect was that after the Tenth Prince knew about this, he insisted on going to Qizhou with her, and said that he had been in Changning for too long and it was time for him to go out and see the world.
The Empress refused to agree, so he moved out Concubine Jing. Concubine Jing actually thought it was a good idea for him to go out with Shi Li to broaden his horizons, so Shi Li took this nine-year-old "burden" with him.
Fortunately, both of them were proficient in riding and shooting, so they did not delay anything on the road. It was the first time for the Tenth Prince to go on a long journey, and he was very tough. He never complained of being tired even after riding all day. He just fell asleep as soon as he arrived at the inn, which made Shi Li laugh at him several times.
A few days later, the group finally arrived at Qizhou City.
Nowadays, the relationship between the Yu Dynasty and Xifan is relatively harmonious, and the two places trade with each other. Qizhou is close to Xifan, and the local people dress half like the Yu Dynasty and half like Xifan, which is quite interesting.
Seeing that the Tenth Prince was interested in everything, Shi Li asked a few reliable people to take him around, while he first went to find the officials in Qizhou City.
Her trip was not made with much fanfare, but the officials in Qizhou City had already received Changning's letter in advance and were ready to receive her.
When he met Shi Li, he conscientiously explained the major and minor matters of Qizhou City in the past few years. Shi Li listened carefully, and secretly investigated on his own, but found nothing wrong. He was very satisfied with these officials and rewarded them well.
After dealing with these important matters, Shi Li looked at the date and found that it was already the Xifan's pilgrimage day.
She couldn't help but look up at the bright moonlight outside the window. The soft and bright full moon hung high in the night sky.
Now that she is no longer in Changning, she is very close to Mingshi.
【If you want to go, go~】
[We will go quietly, no one should shoot! ]
[The anchor has done a great job in recent years, you can reward yourself appropriately! ]
The comments on the forum saw through her thoughts and encouraged her.
Shi Li's already wavering mind became even more shaken.
"How shameful!" She still tried to refuse hypocritically.
[Are you really not going? What a pity...]
[If you don’t want to go, forget it. We don’t really want to see it either~]
[Yes, yes, yes, if you don’t want to go, we don’t really want to see it either, forget it! ]
Shi Li: ...
She didn't dare to refuse anymore and coughed lightly.
"Forget it, we haven't seen each other for so long, I'll just treat it as meeting an old friend."
【hehe. 】