With magical powers, I can quietly meditate on sutras for hundreds of years and become an immortal.

Chapter 18
  When I saw her this time, she was very different from before.

His eyes no longer had the clear look that once revealed a bit of stupidity.

Instead, it was solemn and lifeless.

It gives people an indescribable sense of dissonance.

"Xiaodao has met Her Highness the Princess."

Suppressing the doubts in his heart, Li Zhen saluted.

Zhao Qing looked cold and ignored him.

Go straight into the library.

Unusually, I didn't go to the second floor.

Instead, he sat in his original position and flipped through the books on the table.

See her acting like this.

Guess what might have happened to cause her to be in a bad mood.

But he didn’t join in to seek trouble.

He just smiled calmly and walked out of here.

After all, you don't have to guess what a young girl is thinking.

Just like thunderstorms in the sky, no one knows when it will rain.

In order not to affect yourself, it is better to stay away.

Help Eunuch Yu clean the yard.

Take a walk and ponder the newly acquired "The Walking of God and Ghost Steps".

learn from mistakes.

After what happened with the maid, he stopped practicing martial arts in front of outsiders.

Even Tai Chi, which looks like aerobics, is not exposed.

Lest someone discover something and come to your door again.

Occasionally, I would accidentally look at the reactions of Zhao Qing's maids.

Want to discover something.

But it turned out that he was overthinking it.

The eyes of these people looking at him were not only wary but also curious.

Nothing else.

Just go about your business like this, as if Zhao Qing doesn't exist.

with the passage of time.

The atmosphere in the courtyard gradually became a little stagnant.

Eunuch Yu, who didn't want to get into trouble, always came to visit Zhao Qing.

They just met once and hid in the house without coming out.

Li Zhen usually handles it alone, but nothing goes wrong.

But today, he felt a little cold in his back.

It always felt like someone was staring at him coldly.

"Little Taoist priest, this princess is leaving."

Just when Li Zhen suppressed the restlessness in his heart, a calm voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Walk?"

He froze for a moment.

Wherever you go!

Zhao Qing is a princess, and she is not a prince who has been granted the title of king. She wants to become a vassal.

What's more, her father, King Huainan, is still staying in the capital.

"Are you getting married?"

"Who is so unlucky?"

An idea flashed in his head, and an idea popped into his head.

The next moment, Zhao Qing's faint voice came:
  "The envoy from Dabai Gaoguo came to Beijing to celebrate the birthday of the emperor's grandmother, and at the same time requested peace between the two countries."

"My father is here to recommend it to me."

"After my birthday, we will leave the capital together."

Li Zhen stopped what he was doing and turned around.

A look of sympathy flashed across his lowered eyebrows.

Dabai Gaoguo.

It is a neighboring country bordering the Great Zhou Dynasty to the west and has a vast territory.

Although the Zhou Dynasty has been regarded as the suzerain state for hundreds of years, its national strength is not outstanding and should not be underestimated.

But although its land area is large, it is full of deserts and snow-capped mountains.

The natural environment is harsh and ordinary people live a difficult life.

In addition, it is located on the border and often faces invasions from barbaric alien tribes beyond the Great Wall.

War breaks out from time to time in the country throughout the year.

Zhao Qing is younger than herself, only fourteen years old.

We have to go to a foreign country, a bitter and cold place.

Marry a man you have never met and whose true identity you don’t know.

This is for a little girl who yearns for the love of a talented man and a beautiful woman.

It's nothing short of a huge blow. but
  Think about it another way.

This is certainly because King Huainan wants to gain some off-site support by marrying his daughter.

But for Zhao Qing, it might not be a bad thing.

The fight for the throne was too cruel.

Once he fails, he will be buried with King Huainan.

Even if she does, she is still just a princess.

There is still no so-called freedom of love.

Who you want to marry depends on the face of King Huainan.

But things are different now.

If you marry far away from the Great White Kingdom, your life will be rich and you will have no worries.

As a princess of the Zhou clan, she would definitely not get married.

There is a high probability that she will marry the emperor opposite and become the queen.

If you think about it this way, it becomes much more acceptable.

It’s also an arranged marriage.

Going to another country to be a queen is much more comfortable than staying in the Zhou Dynasty and being an ordinary princess.

Although no princess in Da Zhou would be willing to do this.

But when there is no choice, a smart person will figure it out.

Although Li Zhen often teases Zhao Qing in his heart for not being very smart.

But in fact, she is much smarter and smarter than her peers.

He looked at him sitting upright in his seat from the corner of his eye.

Zhao Qing seemed to be flipping through the book in his hand, but his actual attention was not on it.

Li Zhen understood that she should think so too.

I just had anger in my heart and nowhere to release it, so I came to him to vent my anger.

After saying it, he became calm.

After that, Zhao Qing said nothing more.

Just before leaving, I asked him if he had any dreams.

Li Zhen made a seal in his hand and made a bow.

I cursed in my heart, I am just a little transparent, what kind of dreams can I have?

Eat well, sleep well, and be strong enough to get out of the big fire pit of the palace as soon as possible.

"Xiaodao is a mediocre person with no dreams."

"In this life, I just want to fulfill my mentor's last wish and be satisfied by completing the Taoist scriptures that he did not complete during his lifetime."

This reply was too much to say, so he just blurted it out.

Visible to the naked eye, Zhao Qing's face became a little gloomier.

Obviously, he was very dissatisfied with his answer.

Li Zhen also knew her thoughts, but she really didn't have the courage.

Think about it.
  Although I despise her as a troublemaker, I don't want to have too much contact with her.

But after all, we met once, and I'm afraid there will be no chance to meet again in the future.

After a slight hesitation, he asked Zhao Qing to wait for a while.

I turned around and went to the second floor of the library and took down a very new book.

"This is what Xiaodao found and copied from ancient books recently."

"I originally wanted to please His Highness, but now it seems there is no chance."

"However, if Your Highness doesn't mind it, why don't you take it. This trip is far away, and it can relieve your boredom on the way."

Zhao Qing was a little impatient at first, but after hearing his words.

His expression moved, and a smile suddenly appeared.

"Little Taoist priest, I will remember you."

He took the book from his hand and took a look.

"The Sun and the Moon in the Sky"

Some inexplicable names.

He whirled around and handed it to the maid aside without paying attention.

Leave as quietly as you came.

Looking at her back, Li Zhen straightened up and rolled his eyes.

Just knowing how to draw a cake, there is nothing substantial about it.

What's the use of remembering it?
  In this world, the cheapest thing is a person's self-righteous memory.

"Do you think so, Xiao Chunzi?"

He shook his head slightly and sighed.

Li Zhen understood that from now on, Zhao Qing was a person.

Just like Xiao Chunzi, she "died" in his world.

"It happened!"

"I forgot to ask, when will the elder princess return the book to me?"

He patted his forehead and realized that he had forgotten something important.

(End of this chapter)