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Delight appearing on her face, Lin Tong replied, “This is for the best, since the Princess was not happy in Southern Chu Although I dislike people froht and proper”

wang Ji s after the Princess returned to Great Yong, the King of Southern Chu was allowed to return to Southern Chu, dying on the journey back As a result, the then Yong Emperor wanted to select another husband for the Princess At the ti Emperor had chosen three candidates One was the son of Qin Yi, the General Who Suppresses Distant Lands, Qin Qing One was the son of Pri The last candidate was the Vice Supervisor of the I Of these three, one was a general, one was a civil official, and Xiahou Yuanfeng was skilled with both brush and sword, having the reputation as the handsoardless of how high the Princess’s eyes, she should have taken a fancy to one of the asked, “Then who did the Princess choose?”

wang Ji answered, shaking his head, “The Princess did not take a liking to any of the inquired, “She did not fancy any of them? Could it be that she would only fancy someone of my brother-in-law’s caliber?”

“Howin this world?” asked wang Ji rhetorically with a grin “This co for a towering figure like General Long However, the then Yong E to ardless of that individual’s identity”

With curiosity, Lin Tong asked, “Then who did Princess Changle ultimately choose?”

“How could an e Ji, heaving a sigh “Regardless of the dynasty, an ireatly honored existence However, it would be extreain happiness They would either be used as a tool to ensure the loyalty of a subject who has performed meritorious service or becole was sacrificed when she was sent to forh she had the good fortune of returning ho Eh it was said that the Princess would be given the right to choose her husband, it is likely that if Princess Changle truly had so Emperor or would be stabbed in the back by the three candidates Moreover, while lory and honor to a true, towering hero, it is likely a path for them to eventually be buried under kindness and tenderness As a result, ulti her teeth and refusing to re Ele to Wei Ying However, Princess Changle would rather beco Emperor could only allow her to remain as aand not rele was grateful to the deep affection fro of Southern Chu, and desired to be faithful to his h disapproval showed in her eyes wang Ji understood that, with Northern Han existing on the northern frontier and the ease at which strong young men died, in order to ed for s to re Ji did not lay this bare, continuing, “Afterwards, people guessed that the Princess’s vision was like a torch, able to see through an individual’s loyalty or treachery, as well as future prospects As a result, she was unwilling to becould not help but ask, “How so?”

“Princess has probably forgotten what happened in the twenty-first year of Rongsheng,” replied wang Ji with a s once experienced internal strife At the time, Crown Prince Li An committed treason and rebelled Then he was forced to co nodded her head “I reed to brother-in-laever, brother-in-laas busy attacking Great Yong, causing the wedding to be delayed even until today”

“That son of the Pri, participated in the rebellion,” added wang Ji, “Afterwards, he escaped with the reyi Sect, his current whereabouts unknown He i Wei Guan to co E in mind Wei Guan’s contributions, the Wei family likely would have suffered the nine fa, General Qin, he , Li Hanyou, was a treasonous rebel She even tried to assassinate Princess Changle, though unsuccessful This General Qin was ultimately killed by his wife In addition, it is said that the near success of the Fengyi Sect’s coup d’état is because that General Qin was tricked by his wife”

wang Ji paused Picking up the waterskin hanging fro seized this opportunity to ask, “Then what about that Xiahou Yuanfeng’s character?”

After collecting his thoughts, wang Ji responded, “How should I put it? This hly favored by the new Eh he is still the Vice Supervisor of the I has established a new departht Inspection Departned control of this new department This coht Inspection Depart’s civil andthat departardless of what he actually does, Xiahou Yuanfeng is not a good candidate to be the Princess’s husband”

Hearing this, Lin Tong expressed, “So that is the case … Princess Changle is truly intelligent However, how can she be compared with my older sister just based upon this? I cannot accept it!”

Just as wang Ji was about to respond, his expression suddenly changed He stated, “Princess, behind, there are …”

Lin Tong was alar back A dozen or so ht of a horseworeen attire with a yellow, e at her The horsewoe Her appearance was extre’s The differences were that her long eyebrows extended to her temples Her eyes were like that of a phoenix’s and had a naturalthat was far above that of Lin Tong’s Soht other riders, four men and four women All of them did notthat Lin Tong had discovered her, the leading fe’er, did you sneak out again?”

Lin Tong cried out in fear and shouted, “Elder sister …” before ju herself into the embrace of the horsewoman The horsewo onto Lin Tong’s delicate hands Borrowing her older sister’s strength, Lin Tong juracefully seating herself in Lin Bi’s erin on her face, Lin Tong said, “Elder sister, Tong’er only wishes to go see the crowds”

The horsewo flashi+ng across her phoenix eyes Afterwards, her eyes fell upon wang Ji

Frightened, wang Ji proround, he saluted, “This cohness, the Princess”

The horsewo, Lin Bi, stretched her hands out and gestured for wang Ji to get up In an amiable tone, she asked, “The rites are excused Presu to learn about Princess Changle froant and refined words, as if you were personally familiar with this matter⁸ It may be assumed that you are also who knows the inside story, correct?”

Pulling on her older sister’s ar said, “Elder sister, he is the man whose stories abound aled him up with questions Earlier, he even saved ly”

Hearing Lin Tong’s words, Lin Bi’s eyes softened considerably, though still filled with sohtly on her horse, she said, “So it is Divine Doctor wang! I have heard that Divine Doctor wang is skilled at treating horses We have long heard of your fah the net, We have already captured thee of the bustling activity of theJi respectfully replied, “This cohness’s thanks It was only the slightest of efforts and not worthelse, please per somewhat anxiously pulled on her older sister’s sleeves Without batting an eye, Lin Bi stated, “Sir wang, just now, I heard you speak of the affairs of Princess Changle We are also very interested There is no har Us to also listen”

wang Ji smiled wryly What identity did Lin Bi have? It was likely that she ell aware of Princess Changle’s story However, since she had asked in such a ree? Without any other options at the moment, he leapt back onto his horse The retinue continued unhurriedly towards Daizhou

Note:

In China, there are e, a typical salute involvesthe left hand to wrap around the right fist or the right fist is held against the open left palm Females switch this around It's also switched around to denote the start of an argu the two pal somewhat

Footnotes:

<ol><li>代州, Daizhou –gongzhu – Princess of Anqing, lit Princess of Peaceful Celebration</li><li>嘉平公主, jiaping gongzhu – Princess of Jiaping, lit Princess of Auspicious Peace</li><li>才貌双全, caiquan – idio be both beautiful and acco – idio difficult and rare cases</li><li>以讹传讹, yi’echuan’e – idioly distort the truth</li><li>荣盛, rongsheng – lit lory</li><li>如数家珍, rushujiazhen – idio to be very familiar with a matter</li></ol>