Chapter 296 Father and Daughter Meet

The night was getting late.

Ling Ning had gone to rest. Yan Li leaned against the bedside of the inner hall alone, quietly thinking about her relationship with Mu Cang.

Suddenly, a strange sound came from outside the window, like a strong wind blowing the treetops.

Yan Li got up and walked over, opened the carved window, and the white eagle with its huge wings flapped grabbed the window frame and stretched out its hook-like mouth.

"Hungry?" Yan Li turned around and brought it some meat, patted its head lovingly, and then took the letter box off its feet.

After opening the letter and reading it, Yan Li turned around and put it in the incense burner. Watching the flames devour the note, she turned around and touched the white eagle's head, "I need your help with something recently, don't go too far."

The white eagle rubbed its head against her palm, flapped its wings a few times, turned around and flew into the sky.

Yan Li looked at its figure silently, standing alone in front of the window for a long time. The night outside the window was dark, the air was quiet, and a few stars in the night sky dotted a waning moon.

A dark hue flashed across his eyes, Yan Li frowned, turned around and went back to the inner hall to lie down.

The next day.

Ling Ning said goodbye to the queen in Taiji Hall. At the grand farewell banquet of the civil and military officials of Jin State, she led the envoys of Mu State to walk out of the hall and embarked on the return journey.

Yan Li escorted her to the outside of the imperial city with guards.

"Have a good trip." Yan Li got off the carriage and solemnly bid farewell to Ling Ning, "See you again if we are destined to meet."

Ling Ning nodded: "See you again if we are destined to meet."

The long team of envoys finally left Mu State. Ling Ning sat upright on the horseback, with a slender and upright figure, full of heroic spirit. Guards on both sides led the way, and several civil officials sat in carriages and were guarded in the middle. Behind the four carriages, two rows of elite guards stretched out.

Yan Li silently watched the team gradually go away, and a slight fluctuation passed through her cold and indifferent eyes.

Finally, she was left alone.

If her experience in Mu State was just an episode in her life, then at this moment, she probably had come to an end with that episode. In the following time, she would truly begin a task of planning and laying out for hegemony.

As for how long it would take...

Yan Li jumped on the horse and galloped towards the palace.

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After returning to the palace without any obstacles, Yan Li went directly to Fengyi Palace to meet Jiang Yi.

Jiang Yi was reviewing memorials. When he saw her come in, he only raised his head slightly and looked at it, then lowered his head to continue reading the memorials in his hand: "Recently, there have been more and more memorials in the palace requesting the establishment of a crown prince, and Yan Zheng has the highest voice, and he has become the best candidate for the crown prince."

Yan Li walked to a chair and sat down, not surprised by this.

"Yan Chen got into trouble and suffered heavy losses. Yan Yun has no power to compete. Yan Zheng and Yan Jin are brothers from the same mother. Yan Zheng is already the prince with the greatest advantage." Yan Li said calmly, "The ministers are all people with ideas. It is the wisest choice to ask Yan Zheng to be the crown prince at this time."

Choosing to support Yan Zheng at this time is not only the general trend, but also equivalent to showing goodwill to Yan Zheng in advance. The new emperor will naturally treat them well after ascending the throne.

Jiang Yi did not judge much and pondered for a moment: "Yan Chen was offended by you thoroughly. I think he will not let it go. What do you plan to do next?"

"I haven't thought about what to do yet." Yan Li said in a light tone, "I just came to Jin State and need to understand many things. It's too early to make any plans for the time being. I don't mind being a passive counterattack."

Yan Chen hates her, so he will naturally take action.

Yan Zheng is afraid of her, and it is impossible for him to do nothing.

Besides, Jin State is their territory. They will think that they have an absolute advantage and it is easy to deal with a little princess from Mu State.

Yan Li is just waiting to take the challenge.

"I'll finish reviewing these memorials and take you to see the emperor." Jiang Yi said, "If you don't want to call him father, you don't have to. Just treat him as a stranger."

Yan Li didn't say anything.

In fact, Emperor Wen was indeed a stranger to her. ŴŴŴ.

They had never met or spoken to each other, and had no feelings at all. What else could they be but strangers?

Although Yan Li had always known that Emperor Wen was in poor health, she didn't know that he was so weak.

When they arrived at the imperial palace, Concubine De had just served her a bowl of soup.

Hearing that the queen had arrived, Concubine De put down the soup bowl and stood up to greet her: "Your Highness, I pay my respects to the queen."

Jiang Yi said no need to be polite and walked straight to the inner hall.

Yan Li saw the soup bowl on the table at first sight, his eyes slightly fixed, and his voice was light: "Will this medicine work after drinking it?"

De Fei was looking at Yan Li, and smiled when she heard it: "The medicine that the emperor drinks is prescribed by the imperial physician, so it is naturally effective."

Although Yan Li has been back for a few days, De Fei has also heard a lot of news about her in the past few days, but she has been holding back her curiosity and desire to see her and waited until now.

Every day when she came to serve the sick, she would always meet her.

But De Fei still felt a little surprised, she didn't expect Yan Li to come today.

Looking at this obviously young girl at this time, her calmness was too unexpected, and she didn't feel awkward or restrained when meeting the emperor, let alone panic.

De Fei went out slightly, her eyebrows slightly frowned.

It is indeed as Yan Yun said, this little princess is not a woman who is not easy to deal with.

"Your Majesty." Jiang Yi bent down in front of the bed and looked at the pale and weak Emperor Wen with concern. "How do you feel today?"

Emperor Wen leaned against the head of the bed and looked at Yan Li: "Is this our daughter?"

Our daughter.

These five words made Concubine De's expression change slightly, and she tightened her hand holding the handkerchief.

It was as if he suddenly realized at this moment that Yan Li was not only the empress's daughter, but also the emperor's blood.

It was natural for the empress to favor her only biological daughter, but what about the emperor?

To this daughter whom he had not seen for fourteen years, did he feel guilty and wanted to make amends, or was he indifferent and ruthless and treated her as a stranger?

"Are you Li'er?" Emperor Wen raised his hand with difficulty and waved at her, "Come here, let me see."

Yan Li retracted her gaze from the medicine bowl, looked at Emperor Wen, and after a brief silence, walked to the edge of the bed and sat down.

De Fei's eyes widened.

Yan Li ignored the reactions of others and asked calmly, "How is the emperor's health?"

"I feel much better when I see you." Emperor Wen smiled and looked at Yan Li gently, "Do you hate me?"

Yan Li shook his head slowly, "No."

"Why?"

"Because there is no reason to hate you."

Emperor Wen suddenly felt sad. He stared at the girl in front of him without blinking - the daughter of him and Jiang Yi, whose eyebrows and eyes were so similar to her mother, with a firm demeanor and calmness, as if she was born to do great things.

Maybe it was the blood relationship, but when he saw her, Emperor Wen felt his tired body regain some energy, so much so that he couldn't help but say a few more words: "Are your brothers good to you?"

"When I was in Mu State, they were very good to me." Yan Li said with a smile, "The four brothers saw their sister whom they hadn't seen for more than ten years, and they all rushed to announce their identities, wishing to tell the world that they had a beautiful, innocent and lovely sister."

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