After Fu Yi came back from the poetry meeting, he was strange, dull and quiet, and still not as obedient to the princess as before. The princess knew that he was still calcuting his methods, but she felt that this child was a little bit stubborn. People who achieve great things don't care about trivial matters. It's really unwise to quarrel with an outsider just for such a small matter.

  Everything else is easy to say, but Fu Yi refused to do anything the princess asked him to do about Lu Qingyun, which made the princess very unhappy.

  She called Lu Qingyun to ask, Lu Qingyun hung his head and stammered, "Maybe... my cousin heard the rumors outside and felt that it was inappropriate."

  "That child is just too thin-skinned. It doesn't matter if a grown man is criticized?"

  The princess sighed, took Lu Qingyun's hand, and softened her tone, "Don't be sad, I raised Yier, I know him best, he is just shy, you and he have been childhood sweethearts, auntie also knows your thoughts, and will definitely make the decision for you."

  Lu Qingyun showed a light and shy smile, and was hugged by the princess, "I have no daughter, and I have long regarded you as my own daughter. Originally, I thought that I might have to let you wait for a while, but now it seems that it is not necessary. Just let the rumor be true."

  "Aunt..."

  The princess touched her soft hair and smiled sweetly, "I am afraid you will change your mind after a few days."

  The two of them were having a good time here, but Fu Yi was standing in front of Prince Ping, and the atmosphere was very solemn.

  "The emperor has been unclear recently. He mentioned several things that happened a long time ago, and summoned me and the Duke of Engnd. It reminded me of the days when they fought outside to resist the enemy. So many years have passed..."

  Prince Ping sighed, and changed the subject, "How are you and the daughter of the Bai family? When I fought side by side with Bai Jinghuai, I joked about getting married. I didn't expect that after so many years, your mother would find you the daughter of the Bai family. It is really a rare fate."

  Fu Yi was silent for a while, "My mother has a lot of compints about Bai Qingqing and wants me to marry Lu Qingyun."

  Prince Ping's face changed, "Absurd! I think she is confused. It's okay to keep someone else's daughter by her side all day long, but how can you treat your lifelong event like a joke?"

  "There are rumors about me and Lu Qingyun outside. My mother treats her very well. I... can't defend myself."

  Fu Yi seemed helpless, Prince Ping gred at him, "Can't you solve this little problem? I know you are filial, but I won't let you be filial foolishly! The whole pace will be handed over to you in the future, and you will just let it go?"

  He walked around the study twice, "Tomorrow I will have someone send Lu Qingyun away. She has been eating and living in the pace for so many years. Now she is old, and it is not convenient for a grown-up girl to continue to stay."

  The matter was settled, and Prince Ping would not care about the princess's opinion. "According to the news from the pace, Princess Huaifu will also attend the Xiali Festival this year. If you behave well, I will talk to Bai Jinghuai about it, and maybe this matter can be settled."

  "By the way, Concubine Xian sent someone to send a box of incense over. You can take it to your mother on the way. She asked Princess Huaifu for it. She thought it smelled very good, so she left some for your mother. It can be regarded as a little compensation for sending Lu Qingyun away."

  Fu Yi took the incense box and looked at it casually, but he froze as if he had been electrocuted.

  The name of the incense was written on the box, "Long-sting Like Water".

  Like Long-sting Like Water... In a trance, he saw Bai Qingqing in his previous life showing him the newly made incense with great interest, leaning on his shoulder with delicate anticipation, begging him to give the incense a name.

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