Chapter 1554: Will the Princess Still Love Me When She Comes Back?
want……
Shi Li raised her head and subconsciously reached out her hand to touch her hair. Halfway through her hand, she remembered that she was not wearing her silver hairpin today, so she dropped her hand in disappointment.
Looking at the emperor who was waiting for her to speak, she couldn't help but shook her head and smiled.
"Father, I want to go to the West."
In the past, she was not sure how the emperor would view her thoughts, but after living with the emperor and empress in Changning for eight years, Shi Li no longer had any scruples and finally revealed everything she was thinking.
She was speaking happily, but she didn't care whether the emperor could bear this sudden news.
For eight years, the emperor has always trusted Shi Li. He also knew that she had been exchanging letters with her old friend from Xifan. He thought that the Son of God was Shi Li's mentor and friend. Now that he knew Shi Li's thoughts, he felt like he was struck by lightning.
Then the emperor remembered his previous bold words.
He wanted his daughter to marry a prince consort, but... he didn't expect his daughter's idea would reach this Western country, ah...
Shi Li was not in a hurry, waiting for the emperor to come back to his senses, and then continued: "Father, I like Qizhou very much."
At this point, the emperor naturally understood why Shi Li had insisted on making Qizhou her fiefdom, and he looked at her with great resentment.
"Is there no good man in my Yu Dynasty? The Changning family has millions of men, as long as you like them..." The emperor couldn't continue speaking and sighed helplessly.
Shi Li is now 22 years old. In ordinary families, she would have been married and had children long ago, but she has always been single.
As an old father, he even thought of picking a few good-looking boys to keep around her, but who knew that his daughter's thoughts were so hard to guess.
After expressing his feelings, the emperor could not help but say, "He is the son of God in Xifan. If you are in love with him..."
Shi Li glared at the emperor. It was the first time she felt that this old father's words could be so disappointing. As for unrequited love...
As her fingers brushed through her hair, Shi Li thought of the silver hairpin she wore every day. She didn't think she was in love with him... She had to be careful of Ming Shi, and she actually wanted to conquer Xifan directly by force.
With the current national strength of the Yu Dynasty, Xifan has no strength to fight back.
But Shi Li can't.
The emperor looked at the smile on Shi Li's face, and felt even more sad, even sadder than when he saw Shi Su relying on Shi Li. But he couldn't say anything else, and sighed deeply again.
"Anyway, you're grown up now and have more ideas. I can't control you. Just do whatever you want." He believed in his daughter, but as an old father, he felt really bad.
Shi Li could still somewhat understand the emperor's feelings, so he didn't say anything more to provoke him. Instead, he took a step back and saluted the emperor solemnly.
"Thank you, Father."
At this time, Shi Li naively thought that after passing the emperor's test, no one would "hinder" her. However, she did not expect that the real "hinder" was not the emperor at all.
At this time, there were still three years before the historical unrest in the Western Regions, so Shi Li was not in a hurry.
But I don’t know where the butterfly effect comes from.
The peach blossoms in Changning had just withered and early summer had not yet arrived when Xunli received an urgent report from Xifan that a plague had occurred in Xifan.
History has changed quietly again.
Shi Li was caught off guard, but soon calmed down. Once the plague broke out, there would inevitably be unrest in the Western Regions, and there would definitely be refugees fleeing to the nearest Qizhou.
So she didn't hesitate for almost a quarter of an hour, and immediately went to the study to ask for an audience with the emperor and rush to Qizhou.
When he entered the study, he saw a gentle and handsome young man talking to the emperor.
Seeing Shi Li come in, the young man took a step back and saluted respectfully.
"I have met Her Highness the Princess."
This young man is Wen Ruyu, the eldest son of the head of the Wen family in Jinghe.
At this critical juncture, Shi Li didn't want to guess Wen Ruyu's purpose of appearing here, but just looked at the emperor.
"Father, I want to go to Qizhou."
The emperor glanced at her, but said to Wen Ruyu first: "You step aside first. I will talk to the princess."
Wen Ruyu nodded and retreated very obediently.
When only the father and daughter were left in the study, the emperor sighed and said, "I guessed you would come. Let Wen Ruyu go to Qizhou with you."