Queen Jeonghui's "Pleasure Grounds"

  Queen Jeonghyeon's "amusement park"

  "Come quickly! The King of Rui has fallen into the water!"

  The originally serene and joyful scene on the lake was suddenly disrupted by a shrill scream. People on nearby boats were stunned to see a tall figure tumble out of a large, beautifully decorated boat and plunge into the water with a loud splash. When they finally realized what had happened, everyone was shocked: Li Wang had fallen into the water! Nearby boats quickly gathered around, some people who had grudges against Li Wang found a spot to watch the commotion, while those who were on good terms with him hastily ordered their servants to jump in and rescue him.

  Such a big commotion, the people outside the cabin naturally heard it too. Murong Ting and Leng Haoyu rushed in first, "A Lian, A Lian, are you okay?" Murong Ting pulled Ye Lian's face tight with anxiety, and only after confirming that Ye Lian was fine did she let out a dissatisfied sigh: "What's going on with this King Li? A Lian, did he bully you?" Ye Lian smiled with a hint of lingering fear: "I'm fine... it's King Li. He... somehow fell into the lake."

  "Your Highness?!" Ye Ying and Qi Xia princess were shocked, and they rushed to the window to look. There were already many people in the lake rescuing someone, but Mo Jing Lei's figure was not seen yet. Ye Ying anxiously said: "How did Your Highness fall into the lake? He...he can't swim. Third sister..." This time Ye Ying didn't suspect Ye Li, after all, Mo Jing Lei was still a man who excelled in both literature and martial arts in her heart, it was impossible for him to be thrown into the water by Ye Li without making a sound. Ye Li also didn't care about comforting her frightened younger sister at this time, "Don't worry, there are so many people rescuing Mo Jing Lei. He will definitely be fine." Ye Ying stared at the people in the lake with tears in her eyes, and she couldn't bear to say anything else to Ye Li. Qi Xia princess looked around at the crowd in the boat cabin, then turned around to leave. Ye Li calmly said: "Miss, where are you going?"

  "I'm going to save the king, what's it to you!" Princess Qixia knew that Ye Li had recognized her. Thinking of how Ye Li had seen her in such a sorry state, Princess Qixia felt uneasy looking at Ye Li and didn't want to stay in the same cabin with her. Ye Li pulled Ye Ying over: "Fourth sister, take this young lady back to your ship. As the wife of the king of Lei, you should take good care of your guest, don't let anything happen."

  "But..." Ye Ying hesitated, she disliked the Xi Xia princess, and now with the King of Li's life or death still uncertain, how could she have the mood to care about these things?

  "Alright, don't forget your identity." Ye Li frowned and said, "King Lei won't have any problems, you shouldn't be the one to mess things up first."

  Ye Lian was persuaded to leave, and Ye Li smiled at the other three people and sat down leisurely to watch the salvage work below. After a while, Li Wang was finally rescued from the water surface, and under the sunlight, on the lake surface, one could clearly see that Mo Jing Li's usual cold face had a big bruise on his forehead, probably because he had been in the water for too long, but his nose didn't seem to be badly hurt. The crowd sent the person onto the boat of the Li Wang Fu which was parked not far away, and the people who came to watch the commotion also gradually gathered around Ye Li's side, which became much quieter.

  Leng Hao Yu gazed thoughtfully at Ye Li who was leaning against the window in a leisurely manner and said, "Isn't the princess worried at all?"

  Ye Li smiled shallowly: "What's there to worry about? Don't worry, Cold young master. Li Wang has a big fortune and a long life, nothing will happen to him. Just now, you also saw that he's still alive, didn't you?"

  Murong Ting supported her chin, curiously saying: "How could the normally steady King of Lei fall into the lake?" Every year during the golden period of boating on the lake, there would always be one or two people who fell in, but generally they were either mischievous children or weak-bodied young ladies. How could King of Lei, a man who had practiced martial arts since childhood, fall into the lake? Ye Li answered seriously: "People can slip and horses can stumble, King of Lei... probably stood up suddenly because the boat was unstable and fell in headfirst."

  Was the boat unstable? Mu Rongting, who had been standing outside all along, wondered in her heart, "His lightness kung fu should be pretty good, right?"

  "The king of Lei was afraid of water, and probably forgot for a moment." Ye Li replied with an unchanged expression. Lightness kung fu wasn't omnipotent, especially when one leg suddenly went numb. Unless he had someone's skill to fly without using his legs at all. However... next time wanting to trick Mo Jing Lei would not be so easy. Ye Li silently thought in her heart that she must be careful when seeing Mo Jing Lei again.

  Hua Tian Xiang was uninterested in how Mo Jing Lei fell, and worriedly said: "Li'er, the king of Lei had an accident on your boat, the empress dowager and Empress Zhaosheng...". Ye Li innocently blinked her eyes, "The boat occasionally being unstable is a common occurrence, does the king of Lei drinking wine and not holding steady also need me to take responsibility? Alright... not closing the window properly seems to be my fault."

  Leng Huan Yu's gaze swept into the cabin where only two windows were open, smiling: "Although it's still early summer, but on the lake surface it's a bit hot. The queen forgetting to close the windows properly is probably something everyone can understand."

  "Thank you for understanding, Mr. Leng." Ye Li smiled and said.

  Hu Tianxiang shook her head and said, "Lier, we naturally don't have anything to do with each other. But Li Wang has always been at odds with Ding Wang, and you also had a run-in with him before. Even if nothing's wrong, he can still find fault, so be careful." Ye Lier smiled and said, "Thanks, Tianxiang, I'll be careful." If Mo Jingli really dared to tell everyone that he was beaten by a woman, then she wouldn't mind having a good argument with him either. She wasn't one to act rashly without thinking things through. Remembering Mo Jingli's pale face from earlier, Ye Lier suddenly felt her fist itching and secretly regretted not hitting him a few more times.

  Li Wang Fu

  Mo Jingli was woken up by a burst of sobbing, and his whole body felt unbearably uncomfortable. The intermittent crying made his head feel like it had been blown up, "Shut...shut up!"

  "Prince Wang, you've finally woken up..." Ye Ying excitedly rushed over. Meanwhile, Princess Qi Xia also hurriedly squeezed over, "Brother Jing Lei, how are you? Is there anywhere uncomfortable?"

  Mo Jing Lei closed his eyes, finally remembering what had happened to him. A mouthful of air was stuck in his chest and couldn't come out, and another earth-shaking cough came. Ye Ying hurriedly supported Mo Jing Lei and helped him catch his breath, "Prince Wang, are you feeling better?" Looking at Ye Ying's tear-stained face, thinking back to that detestable woman's cold and expressionless face, Mo Jing Lei felt a wave of annoyance, "Don't cry, I'm not dead yet. Where's Ye Li?" Princess Qi Xia snorted, "Brother Jing Lei, what are you talking about? Ye Li naturally returned to her Ding Wang Fu. She didn't even come to see you once when you were in her bed and something happened." Ye Ying glared at Princess Qi Xia, "Third sister is still more polite than some people. Men and women have their differences, how could Third Sister come visit the Prince while he's on his sickbed?" Ye Ying wasn't stupid; she knew that Princess Qi Xia would enter the Lei Wang Fu even if her own father couldn't stop her. Although Ye Li had been at odds with herself since childhood, she also had a grudge against Princess Qi Xia and was definitely standing on her side as a sister. Thinking back to how Ye Li reminded her to keep an eye on Princess Qi Xia so she wouldn't run wild, after returning, even the Empress Dowager who usually looked down on her praised her twice, Ye Ying felt that sometimes listening to Third Sister's words wasn't wrong either. After all, Second Sister was powerful and intelligent but couldn't help herself in the palace. Her grandmother had said it right; sisters should support each other after they got married.

  "Her!" Princess Qixia was furious, that one thing would make her unable to hold her head up among the noblewomen in the capital. Even her identity as the Princess of Nanzhao would be lost. Although she could put everything down and return to Nanzhao, even if she wasn't Princess Qixia, she would still be the high-and-mighty Princess of Nanzhao. But she really loved Brother Jing Lei, even without her royal status, she wanted to be with Brother Jing Lei forever. "Brother Jing Lei, look at her..."

  "That's enough, Xiaya Ying'er, you two can leave first. I'm tired!" Mo Jingli said impatiently. The two women, although they were not usually timid, still obeyed Mo Jingli's words very submissively. Seeing him frown, they had no choice but to quietly get up and leave with a reluctant expression on their faces.

  "Li'er." Just as the room had quieted down for a moment, Empress Dowager Xianzhao walked in. Mo Jingli hastily tried to get up, but Empress Dowager Xianzhao took a step ahead and pressed his shoulder, sitting down beside him on the bed with a furrowed brow. "How could you be so careless?" Mo Jingli replied in a low voice, "Your son has worried you." Empress Dowager Xianzhao continued to stare at him unyieldingly, asking, "What were you doing falling into the water for no reason? And it was on the boat at Ding Wangfu. I've told you countless times not to provoke Ye Li again. Tell me, was it Ye Li who pushed you into the lake?"

  Mo Jingli's face turned black, and he remained silent for a moment before saying, "It was me who accidentally dropped it."

  "Careless? What time is it now and you're still careless?" Empress Xianzhao scolded in dissatisfaction, "This time, I won't ask you what's going on. But... from now on, stay away from the people of Ding Wangfu. And don't go provoking Ding Wang either, do you understand?"

  Mo Jingli raised an eyebrow disdainfully and said, "Empress Dowager, you and Empress are overestimating Mo Xiuyao."

  Looking at his disdainful expression, Empress Xianzhao let out a light sigh and said, "You've been fighting with Ding Wang since childhood, I know you don't take him seriously. But remember this clearly: you can ignore Mo Xiuyao, but you absolutely cannot ignore the Ding Guo Kingdom's royal family. The Ding Guo Kingdom and the Xu family are currently people we cannot afford to offend or alienate. So, I won't investigate today's matter. Even if you really suffered a loss, you'll have to swallow it for me!"

  Mo Jing Lei fell silent for a moment before speaking in a low voice: "I've worried Mother. I know."

  Xian Zhao Tai Fei nodded and looked at Mo Jing Lei with a soft voice: "Mother knows you're a good child. Sometimes, things can't be done according to one's own preferences. When you get everything, what you want to do is still up to your heart's desire? Before that, you must endure."

  "Thank you, Your Majesty, for teaching me," Mo Jingli said respectfully with a bow.

  Ye Li spent a lot of time making clothes and gave them to Mo Xiu Yao as a birthday gift. However, considering her not-so-good impression of Jia Ren Hu and the possibility that Mo Xiu Yao might have someone else in his heart, Ye Li did not accept Hua Tian Xiang's suggestion to invite Mo Xiu Yao to visit the lake. Although she was curious about where Mo Xiu Yao's mysterious lover came from, since he seemed to never leave the house all year round. If he already had someone in his heart, why would he want to marry her? Or did he only develop feelings for someone after marrying her? Either way, it made Ye Li feel very unhappy. She didn't know which was more unfortunate - being married as a shield or having her husband cheat on her less than a month after the wedding. As a result, all the servants in the Ding Wang Fu were confused about why the relationship between their master and mistress seemed to have returned to how it was when they first got married. It seemed like the mistress was intentionally keeping her distance from the master - had they gotten into a fight? But looking at how calm and peaceful they still interacted with each other, it didn't seem like that either.

  Mo Xiu Yao also knew that Ye Li was subtly distancing himself from him. It shouldn't be said to be distant, but rather, he was subtly letting their relationship return to its original state. However, it didn't seem to be very successful. Because not only did Mo Xiu Yao discover it, but even Ye Li's servants and usually busy Sun servant also discovered it. But for the time being, Mo Xiu Yao couldn't figure out why. It seemed... to have started from that afternoon when Yang Xuan Ru came to give birthday gifts. Alone in his study, Mo Xiu Yao silently pondered. He didn't think Ye Li was angry because of Yang Xuan Ru's matter, not only because they both knew Yang Xuan Ru wasn't anything important, but also because with Ye Li's personality, he wouldn't get angry over a woman like that. So... was it because of their conversation? Mo Xiu Yao held his book but didn't look at it, instead silently recalling every sentence from that day's conversation...

  Mo Xiu Yao was lost in thought in the study when Ye Li had already changed into men's clothing with Qing Luan and Qing Shuang and left the mansion. As the wife of the Crown Prince, her identity made it impossible for her to go unnoticed wherever she went, so Ye Li also learned to disguise herself. Fortunately, Ye Li's makeup skills were still quite good. Of course, it wasn't about making a human skin mask or anything like that, but just slightly modifying her skin tone, eyebrows, and other details, as well as taking care of minor issues such as Adam's apple and ear piercings. A slightly darker-skinned handsome young man was created. Adding to this, Ye Li's temperament, which was different from the weak and delicate nature of women in this era, made it difficult for people who didn't know her to recognize her unless they looked closely. So, under Qing Luan and Qing Xia's surprised gaze, Ye Li left them at Cang Zhen Pavilion to settle accounts, shaking a folding fan she had picked up along the way as she swaggered out of the mansion.

  Following Ye Li's two dark guards, who were secretly worried about their own king, they quietly wiped away sweat. What kind of queen did the king marry? If it weren't for them keeping a close eye on the queen as she entered the room, and then seeing that handsome young man come out from inside... They almost lost sight of the queen! They are the most senior dark guards in the Dingguo Kingdom's palace, if they lose the queen, how can they still show their faces in the dark guard? They might as well return to the military camp for retraining. But... looking at the elegant young man strolling ahead, Ah San, does he look like a woman?

  It's completely invisible, Xiao Si.

  Since she could practice martial arts freely and without restraint, Ye Li felt that she seemed to dislike her previous life more and more. After all, pretending was still pretending, and she had never had the temperament of a gentle lady from a good family. Of course, she couldn't be considered lively and active either. However, satisfying normal human desires for entertainment and leisure was necessary. As for Mo Xiu Yao's problem, after thinking about it for two or three days, Ye Li threw it to the back of her mind. If Mo Xiu Yao really had someone he liked and decided to break up with her peacefully, she could accept it. After all, she had money, and she believed that Mo Xiu Yao wouldn't be stingy about alimony either. However, this meant that cultivating feelings and having children in the future would have to be put on hold. Ye Li didn't have the habit of knowing that someone else had feelings for her and still wanting to have children with them. So, thinking that she didn't need to cultivate feelings anymore, Ye Li decided to go out more often during her free time. Married women didn't need to be locked at home every day.

  "Ah San, where is the princess going?" asked An Wei quietly, following closely behind.

  "How would I know? The princess seems to want to leave the city." An Wei San replied.

  "Does it seem like the king and queen are having a falling out? Is the queen planning to run away from home?" The dark guard suddenly remembered that one of his colleagues had mentioned yesterday during shift change that the relationship between the king and queen had been a bit strange these past few days.

  "This... shouldn't be, right?" An Wei San hesitated, "Or I'll follow the princess, and you go back to report to the king for now?"

  "What if the princess really runs away from home, can you stop her? What to do if she gets lost?" Although they haven't personally tested the princess's combat power yet, it's definitely not like those fancy but useless moves.

  "This... has already been lost!" An Wei San exclaimed, they had just left the city, where did the princess go? Was it because they were too engrossed in their conversation earlier?

  "Cut the nonsense, find her quickly!" Two dark guards emerged from the shadows, looking around for the princess's whereabouts. Although they didn't dare to follow too closely earlier, they also didn't stray too far away. In just a short while, it was impossible for the princess to have gone too far.

  Ye Li sat on the tree trunk, looking at the two dark guards chattering below. Their ability to hide their tracks was not bad, but their personalities were a bit offbeat. "I'm saying... do you guys never look up?" The two passing dark guards looked embarrassed, gazing at the handsome young man leaning against the tree. It was because the Ding Wang Fu had never appeared with a princess who could climb trees, and they had been walking around below for half a day without hearing even a hint of breathing. "Princess... Princess..." The two dark guards silently shed tears, having already decided to report to their leader as soon as they returned today. They were not worthy of being dark guards; they needed to retrain themselves.

  Ye Li lightly jumped down from the tree and landed in front of the two people, "Thanks for your hard work."

  "I dare not."

  "I didn't plan on running away from home." Ye Li smiled as she looked at the two dark guards, who were both tense. The third guard quietly let out a sigh of relief and carefully asked: "Then... Your Highness, what are you doing leaving the city?"

  "I just want to see how long you can keep up with me." Ye Li smiled and nodded in approval: "Generally speaking, it's not bad. However, if you could control your eyes a bit more, it would be even better. We've only just left the Cang Zhen Pavilion and are less than one li away, but your gaze has already made me want to pretend I don't know." "Thank you for your guidance, Princess." Being discovered in less than one li of road, is this considered a compliment?

  Ye Li looked at the two depressed-looking guards with a pleasant expression and said, "You can follow me, but... I'm sure you won't tell anyone else what I do every day, right?" The two guards were overjoyed: "Thank you, Princess. Since the king and princess's wedding day, we four have been exclusively assigned to serve the princess. Unless the princess is in danger of losing her life, we will not reveal any of the princess's affairs to anyone, including the king." Ye Li nodded, Mo Xiu had told her about the guards' situation in the Dingguo Kingdom, and she had confirmed that they hadn't revealed anything about her to Mo Xiu. But it didn't matter if they did, because she would only let them see things that weren't secrets anyway. "Just right, I need some laborers, follow me."

  An Wei and Si faced each other, didn't they say they were An Wei?

  The title of Queen finally transcended the word "woman" on this day. Can the queen ride a horse? No big deal. Most women in Xiling and Beirong can ride horses. Can the queen do martial arts? That's nothing, they already knew that in the mansion. But who could tell them why the queen would bring two people to bravely raid the bandit lair? Okay, there are no more bandits now, on the night the queen was kidnapped, Feng San Gongzi led the Black Cloud Riders to wipe out this bandit lair called Black Cloud Peak. The brothers of the Black Cloud Riders were very depressed, those blind bandits dared to name themselves Black Cloud Peak and provoke the king, isn't that a smear against them?

  Watching Ye Li ride for hundreds of miles on horseback and then walk up the mountain with a steady pace, without feeling any fatigue. The three or four former dark guards who had become light guards were extremely depressed. Ye Li turned her head, looking at them with raised eyebrows, "Why aren't you walking? Are you tired?"

  The two of them shook their heads like a rattle drum, and the dark guard plucked up his courage to ask: "Princess, what are we doing here?"

  Ye Li turned back and smiled at the two of them, "Hiking, taking a stroll, going on an outing, clearing your mind... are you two going to be slaughtered and sold?" "Your Highness..."

  An Wei and San Si had been to Hei Yun Peak before, but when they went up the mountain, they found that it was completely different from last time. The original stronghold on the mountain was not damaged at all, and the mechanisms and traps that were originally set up for climbing the mountain had all been dismantled, making the road much easier to walk. Although this didn't mean much to these highly skilled martial artists, it made a big difference for ordinary people. Moreover, there were actually people living in the stronghold. From afar, they could see smoke rising from cooking fires. Would the princess want to become an outlaw? Or had Hei Yun Peak gained another group of bandits, and the princess planned to bring these two to suppress them?

  As the three of them approached the front of the village, a burst of barking dogs was heard. Before long, a spirited old man in his sixties, accompanied by several elderly people and children, came to greet them. Seeing Ye Li's face, he smiled and said, "Chu Gongzi."

  Ye Li nodded, "Wang Lao, come in."

  The old man leaned on his cane and nodded repeatedly: "I'm doing well, thanks to your care. Please come in."

  Ye Li asked the old man to lead the way, walking in front of him and asking: "I can't come here often, is Wang Lao's life going smoothly here?"

  The old man said: "This place is not far from the capital, everything is fine. The young master's instructions have been followed accordingly. Would you like to take a look first? Ah... it's almost time for lunch, and the young master must be hungry after traveling so far. If you don't mind the humble surroundings, why not have lunch first?" Ye Li had indeed not eaten lunch yet, so he nodded in agreement. The old man was overjoyed and ordered someone to prepare lunch, personally inviting Ye Li to rest in a simple but very clean room.

  "Your Highness... this place is... how..." The dark guard San asked hastily as soon as the old man left, but couldn't think of what to ask for half a day.

  Ye Li sat comfortably in the chair, saying: "You want to ask about this place? I thought it was quite good when I came here last time, so I found a way to buy it." "This place is not far from the capital city, and it's not an uninhabited area. These mountains and forests all have owners, but because of the bandits lurking around, ordinary people don't dare to manage them." An Wei didn't understand and said: "What does the princess want to buy this mountain for? It doesn't seem like there's anything valuable here..." Neither the trees on the mountain nor the plants had particularly high value, and the mountain itself didn't appear to have any gold or silver mines.

  Ye Li blinked her eyes, "I didn't plan to get any additional value from it anyway, this is just an ordinary mountain. It's just that there are a few more houses and residents on the mountain and at the foot of the mountain." "At the foot of the mountain?" An Wei San suddenly remembered that not far from the foot of the mountain, there was indeed a fairly large manor.

  The Dark Guards were not fools, they knew that even if the villa at the foot of the mountain belonged to the princess, what she valued was still something on the mountain. Otherwise, she wouldn't have come all the way up here. Two pairs of eyes silently stared at the handsome young man in front of them, Ye Li closed his elegantly designed fan with a sigh and said: "Alright, I'll take you there after dinner. I don't believe you understand the professional ethics of being a Dark Guard, if not, this young master will personally teach you until you do." The three or four Dark Guards shivered involuntarily, responding almost instinctively: "Understood."

  After having a simple lunch, Ye Li thanked the old man and left with two bodyguards for the back mountain.

  It wasn't long before An Wei and Si finally understood why the princess had told them she needed labor. From the back mountain's cliff, they climbed down into an extremely large valley, where towering trees grew everywhere. Although it was daytime, the sound of wolves howling could be heard from afar. How could such a place exist near the capital? Ye Li led them in a circle through the gloomy forest for a while before finally finding a group of people busily working. These people were busy building some simple houses and some things they had seen in the martial arts arena at the mansion, as well as many more things they completely didn't understand. What struck them as strange was that all these days they had been following the princess, they had never seen her do anything, so what was going on here?

  The one who came forward to greet them was a robust man in his thirties. Upon seeing Ye Li, he immediately stepped forward and said, "Chu Gongzi."

  Ye Li nodded and said: "How's it going?"

  The sturdy man's face was full of silly smiles, saying: "Young master, don't worry, we won't dare to make any mistakes. We're doing everything according to your instructions. How is it?" Ye Li nodded in satisfaction and smiled: "I've already looked at it, you guys did a great job." The sturdy man scratched his head and smiled: "Although we don't know what these things are for, but Chu young master has been kind to us and gave us work to do, so we'll definitely do our best." Ye Li smiled: "No need to be polite, you guys are also earning a living with your own strength. Today I brought new drawings, take a look if there's anything you don't understand, it's just right for discussing carefully." Ye Li took out a thick stack of drawings and handed them over to him, the sturdy man opened them up and looked through, smiling: "Young master's drawings are all clear, I'll take them to show the other masters. Do you want to go together?" "I'll look at it first, and then go over when they're done."

  That man walked away with a smile on his face, holding the blueprint. Only then did Ye Li turn to the two of them with an expressionless face and say: "You can ask whatever you want now."

  An Si looked around and said: "The princess... is the princess building a martial arts arena? There are many things that are similar to those in the mansion."

  Ye Li nodded in satisfaction and smiled: "You have a good eye for things. You can say that I'm working on a fun game scene."

  The princess, your hobby is really special.

  "How did the princess find this place?" asked An San.

  "Ah, I asked someone if there were any fun and secluded places near Beijing, and they recommended this place. I've been here once before and thought it was a pretty good spot."

  An San furrowed his brow and looked up, saying: "Isn't it easy for people to intrude here?" They had just come down from the cliff earlier. Moreover, Tianyi Pavilion's master had escaped from below last time, indicating that there was more than one way in and out. Ye Li smiled and said: "If you're referring to the exit route below, I've already sealed it off. If you want to leave or enter through this forest, I've investigated and found that the edge of this forest is over 50 miles away, with some areas even farther away. One side has an even deeper cliff, and there are swamps, poisonous plants, flying birds, and beasts within the forest. Haven't you seen the snake-repelling medicine laid out everywhere nearby? It's simply a unique hunting ground! Finding such a place near the capital is truly not easy. If you plan to come down from above like we did earlier... once this place is repaired, the route going up will also disappear, and... those who aren't afraid of death can try jumping down with lightness skills."

  Subconsciously, he leaned in closer to the other person, and from the tone of Wang Fei's voice, the consequences of jumping down from above might be more severe than rushing in from the forest.

  "What is this place... doing?" An San swallowed hard and asked with some difficulty.

  Ye Li smiled and said, "I told you, it's just for fun. The conditions in the mansion are too limited and boring. Once it's fixed up, if I get bored, I'll come here to take a stroll around, my mood will definitely improve." An San and An Si were shocked, they should have known that the princess with such unusual interests was not a normal person. Everyone in the capital had been deceived by the princess... even if the old king were to come back to life, he would be scared of such an impressive daughter-in-law.

  Satisfied with the surroundings, Ye Li's smiling eyes dimmed slightly. The days won't always be this peaceful, so she can't really pretend to know nothing and be a carefree Crown Princess of Dingguo. Her elder brother went to Nanjiang, her third brother went to the military camp... If it weren't for anticipating the unavoidable crisis in the future, her uncle wouldn't have let her elder brother intervene in court affairs. Qingchen Gongzi's reputation is too prominent and the Xu family doesn't need more fame. So... before things happen, she also needs to make her own preparations, so that in the future, she can protect her family in her own way.