Volu Willows in the Garden of the Golden Valley (1/2)

Volu Willows in the Garden of the Golden Valley

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The Prince of Jia of the second rank, Li Lin, was the third son of the Prince of Qi, Li Xian His mother was the Princess of Qi, Lady Qin Lady Qin committed suicide because of treason The Prince of Jia lost his right to succession by association At this time, the Prince of Qi was appointed to oversee the defenses in Zezhou and brought his son along with him into the army In the twenty-seventh year of Wuwei, the Prince of Jia accole of Ning The Princess took pity on the Prince of Jia’s innocence and brought hi the Prince of Jia for possessing the bearing of his father and grandfather, Taizong commanded the Prince to serve as the Crown Prince’s study coraphy of the Prince of Jia</e, Lu Yun did not find it strange when he received an invitation fro’an, Lu Yun had round What he learned wasn’t anything secret In fact, the Prince of Jia was publicly discussed enthusiastically The Prince of Jia, Li Lin, was the third son of the Prince of Qi, Li Xian, and was born of the for Before certain events transpired, the Prince of Jia was inco’s involveh she co that the Prince of Qi and their son wouldn’t be implicated, Li Lin’s position as heir was lost since a child was dependent on their mother’s status In addition, the Prince of Qi didn’t seem to care about this son of his As a result, many assumed that Li Lin would never becos, even the prince’s residence’s servants bullied and huined that the Prince of Qi would actually value this son of his sowhen he took com Zhe and Princess Changle in the Eastern Sea Fro after Li Lin followed Princess Changle back to Chang’an, he was readmitted into the imperial clan and had become the crown prince’s study companion This was the start of Li Lin’s path up Even after the Prince of Qi had taken the Princess of Jiaping, Lin Bi, as wife, Li Lin’s position was unaffected Although the Prince of Qi’s heir had beco E a principality upon Li Lin

With this, although Li Lin could not inherit his father’s principality, his position was far higher than those idle ranted to those children born of concubines of princes In addition, Li Lin was highly thought of by the crown prince and his future career would undoubtedly be sh Li Lin was still quite young, he had already become one of the influential characters who must be paid attention to

However, what ’an population most enthusiastic was this Prince of Jia’s independent and special conduct Although he was only eleven years old, he should be a child who didn’t know any better However, this Prince of Jia was already well-renowned in Chang’an Aside fro the crown prince in his studies every day, Li Lin would roa’an, and was fondest of stirring up trouble All of the children of the noble and aristocratic fa a cat when they saw him In addition, there were imperial censors who had submitted petitions to impeach him However, whenever the ehter and compared Li Lin to Li Lin’s father’s youth, and vetoed all of the i’an dared to offend the Prince of Jia Fortunately, although this prince was i the small and the weak Frequently, he would stick his neck out for those suffering injustices As a result, the people of Chang’an felt no antipathy towards hih the Prince of Jia’s teood

This Prince of Jia’s biggest interest was in recruiting warriors If he ran into anyone with i he could to test that individual’s skills If outstanding, the prince would often recommend the warriors to enlist in the arh Li Lin was young, his vision was actually quite precise Practically each and every person he took a fancy to was an outstanding genius As time passed, the Prince of Jia’s recommendation letter was more useful than an official docuh the Prince of Jia would oftenand create problems for people, those ere in the know understood that this was a golden opportunity rather than an inconvenience

Although Song Jian and co’an, they didn’t fully understand this ’an knew the details comprehensively When they heard that Lu Yun had offended the Prince of Jia, they instead repeatedly offered congratulations They stated that as long as Lu Yun was innocent, then he would likely receive the opportunity to be advanced in rank However, there were those orried for Lu Yun, because although the Prince of Jia was usually do, his actions that day were far fro with the Prince of Jia was the Princess of Zhaohua, Jiang Roulan, all of the locals had dubious expressions on their faces

Only after Lu Yun questioned further for a long time did the locals explain that the Princess of Zhaohua was deeply beloved by the imperial family Reportedly both the current crown prince and the Prince of Jia obeyed every single one of the Princess of Zhaohua’s instructions If Lu Yun was more experienced, he would naturally understand the implication However, since he had spent his entire life studying or trainingti this, not understanding the hidden implication

However, whatever the case, the conclusion that Lu Yun came to was that the Prince of Jia would definitely not let hiood intentions or malice The only method available to him was to wait for the Prince of Jia to act If he met with misfortune and his identity was discovered, it was natural that he would have no hope of survival However, if he was lucky enough, he could probably seize the opportunity to approach and assassinate his target And so, after he received Li Lin’s invitation, Lu Yun agreed to go even though he was enraged that the bodyguards who had coly prepared to tie hi down Vers on both sides of the road were stately and nificent, too much for his eyes to take in, Lu Yun was not in the htsee Ahead, he could see that they were about to enter Great Yong’s imperial city This made Lu Yun both excited and terrified On the road, he frequently saw patrolling iuards birthday celebrations, Chang’an’s security had been tightened When the entourage arrived before the Veruards joked cheerfully with the iuards still handed over their coain was saddened He had once personally witnessed the loose security of the royal city of Jianye

Behind the Ver Heavenly Mandate² and the related avenue On either side of the road were the government offices of the three departuarded by the Iressing halfway down the avenue, the bodyguards led Lu Yun and turned east onto the Auspicious Wind Gate³ Avenue Only after passing through the Auspicious Wind Gate Avenue and traveling for soehborhood The Prince of Qi’s residence occupied twenty-five percent of the neighborhood Because the Prince of Jia had yet to establish his own residence, he naturally lived with his father

What Lu Yun didn’t knoas that in reality, with Li Lin’s coh a corner gate of the ih the street between the Victorious Enterprise⁵ and Honored Benevolence⁶ Neighborhoods to reach the Prince of Qi’s residence However, the path taken had been specifically arranged by Li Lin First, when all was said and done, Lu Yun’s identity was a bit unclear and it was best that such a shortcut not be revealed Second, the tight security around the Verth and take the opportunity to consider Lu Yun’s bearing Of course, in Li Lin’s mind, all of this was directed at the Southern Chu teen, Yun Lu, and not the eldest son of Grand General Lu Can of Southern Chu, Lu Yun As a result, although Lu Yun was quite rueful, he wasn’t deterred in the slightest Consequently, when Li Lin saw that Lu Yun’s expression re soe of the ih cow and subdue their spirit

Li Lin welco quarters, the Garden of the Golden Valley This was a relatively standalone garden and was originally the dwelling of the Prince of Qi, Li Xian Originally, because of the hostility between Li Xian and his wife, Qin Zheng, Li Xian was unwilling to live in the inner residence and instead lived in the Garden of the Golden Valley The Prince of Qi was originally the son who Li Yuan doted the most heavily upon When Li Xian established his residence, the assets bestowed upon him by Li Yuan were the most out of all Li Yuan’s sons Even Li Xian’s residence was larger and h Li Xian could share life’s joys and sorroith the military, he was someone as fond of luxuries As a result, the Garden of the Golden Valley he lived in was sunificent

After Li Xian and Lin Bi were married, with the harmonious relationshi+p between husband and wife, Li Xian naturally moved back to the inner residence After Li Lin had been bestoith a principality, although he was young and had yet to establish his own residence, it was inappropriate for him to remain in the inner residence As a result, Li Xian handed the Garden of the Golden Valley over to Li Lin

Li Lin had a far more unrestrained temperament compared to Li Xian and cared little about the unique scenery of the garden As a result, he had never changed the layout Only because the crown prince and the Princess of Zhaohua were fond of visiting and staying over that Li Lin had been forced to make several renovations based upon their requirements

When Lu Yun entered the Golden Valley Garden, he could not help feeling dazzled and stunned Although the Lu faenerations and had no worries about being fed and clothed, the farity As a result, the furnishi+ngs weren’t overnment official’s However, when all was said and done, Lu Yun wasn’t unfareedy for high position and riches, Lu Yun was able to caluards to the Jade Cloud Pavilion

Passing through the Golden Valley Garden was the Dragon’s Head Streareen water pond Ninety percent of the buildings in the garden were beside water Beside the pond was piled a mass of rocks to for</e several mu in area Atop the hill near the cliff was a sular obsidian-paved andas a squad of iuardsmen was stationed at the foot of the hill, even a top-level expert would find it difficult to co the mountain path, Lu Yun actually felt calm Based on his experiences in a military family, he naturally knew that this was an easily defended and difficult to attack position, and also the perfect location to hold so of hoas only an ordinary youth, Lu Yun felt as if no one would go to such lengths As a result, he assu This in itself was a for at the top of theJade Cloud Pavilion that had nothing around it Although the artificial hill was covered with earth and soil, there were only soreen shrubs planted With one look, he could not discern any signs of the abundance of spring, but rather felt as if he were surrounded by the gloo appeared si with his hands behind his back before the ver the aqua colors of the pond—proud, aloof, and imperious

Lu Yun walked to Li Lin’s side He kneeled and stated, “This cohness, the Prince of Jia”

Li Lin did not order Lu Yun to rise and distantly asked, “Do you knohy this Prince has summoned you here?”

“This cohness,” answered Lu Yun, neither servile nor overbearing “If Your Ihness wished to administer punishment, this commoner does not have any coled His grave and stern face was i over, he helped Lu Yun up as he replied, “It seems I won’t be able to scare you On that day, this Prince went a bit overboard and could not help hu you However, since you lacked manners with the Princess of Zhaohua, it was no wonder that this Prince was so enraged Today, this Prince has invited you to first, apologize, and second … this Prince wants to witness your archery”

Even though Lu Yun still felt hostility, he felt hiht, It’s no wonder that the Prince of Jia has such a reputation at such a young age He deserves to be the beloved son of the fa, the Prince of Qi</ehness, please instruct aze turned away and he stated, “I don’t have a round here Zhaohua has refused to allow me to have one built However, I only want to see your archery It would be too bothersorounds Can you hit that tree over there?” Finished speaking, Li Lin pointed at a distanttree that was next to the water That location was a hundred fifty paces⁷ froht, one had to be a great archer in order to hit thetree