Chapter 401 Are You My Sister?

The two of them walked outside the palace, and a palace official handed Yan Li a mink fur cloak: "It's cold outside, please put on the cloak to keep warm, eldest princess."

Yan Li took the cloak and tied it on: "Thank you."

The two of them went to the Royal Garden together, and the maids behind them automatically held umbrellas for them.

Snow flakes are flying outside the hall, and even though it is cooling down, it still has a beautiful artistic conception.

"You said you are sixteen years old this year?" Yan Li spoke first, with a familiar and intimate tone, "You just celebrated your sixteenth birthday?"

"Yes." Xuanyuan Jiahe nodded subconsciously, then frowned, "How do you know my birthday?"

Yan Li said: "I heard King Feng mentioned it."

"I don't believe it." Xuanyuan Jiahe was obviously not that easy to fool, "Why did the eldest brother tell you my birthday? And the twelfth lunar month has not yet passed, how do you know that my birthday has passed?"

Yan Li said warmly: "As the eldest princess of the Jin Dynasty, it is not difficult to know your birthday. Besides, the princess's birthday banquet must be celebrated, and the official ladies will be invited to the palace to participate in the palace banquet. Mu Cang and I entered the imperial city After that, if you ask casually, anyone with a little bit of identity will know about it.”

Xuanyuan Jiahe felt that what she said made sense and did not ask any more questions.

"Sorry." Yan Li apologized, "I should have given you a birthday gift."

"No need to be sorry." Xuanyuan Jiahe glanced at her, "You can even come empty-handed to form an alliance between the two countries, and you still bring me a gift?"

Yan Li was silent, shook his head and chuckled: "That's different."

Xuanyuan Jiahe asked: "Why is it different?"

Yan Li said: "The treasury of the Southern Kingdom is rich. It doesn't make any difference whether I give you a gift or not, but on your birthday, I should give my best."

Xuanyuan Jiahe curled his lips: "I don't need it either."

A smile flashed across Yan Li's eyes: "Is there someone you like?"

"No." Xuanyuan Jiahe shook his head, "There are not many reliable men in the world, and I don't want to get married."

"Then recruit a consort." Yan Li said in a matter-of-fact tone, "Just a person with a gentle temperament, good temper, personable demeanor, and understanding."

"I don't want to recruit a consort either." Xuanyuan Jiahe frowned slightly, with a hint of worry hidden in his eyes, "Good men are rare in the world, and I look down on those who are not outstanding."

"Rarely?" Yan Li raised an eyebrow.

Xuanyuan Jiahe nodded slowly: "Except for the Ninth Prince of Mu Kingdom, the Crown Prince of Zhao Kingdom, and the Emperor of Yong Kingdom, I think there are not many outstanding men in the Nine Kingdoms."

"Then your standards are quite high." Yan Li laughed, "But that's not right."

Xuanyuan Jiahe frowned: "What's wrong?"

"Whether a man is good or not cannot be judged by his reputation." Yan Li said in a calm and gentle tone, as if he was teaching, "You rarely see men from other countries, so no matter what they are like first. As far as the Southern Kingdom is concerned, "Feng Wang and Yu Wang among the royal family are both good, but they are your brothers and cannot be judged by the standards of husbands."

Xuanyuan Jiahe narrowed his eyes and turned to look at her calmly.

"Recently speaking, Feng Mingqi, Lu Chuan, Rong Xiao, and Shen Yanshu are all very outstanding people——"

"Wait a minute." Xuanyuan Jiahe interrupted her suddenly. When he looked at Yan Li, a look of caution and thoughtfulness appeared in his eyes, "Why are you so familiar with them? Have you met Lu Chuan and Shen Yanshu?"

When did you meet?

Yan Li smiled calmly: "I have indeed met Rong Xiao and Feng Mingqi, and I have also spoken to them. I had contact with them when I was in the Mu Kingdom. Lu Chuan and Shen Yanshu heard them mentioned by King Yu."

Xuanyuan Jiahe looked suspicious, and after a moment, he slowly shook his head: "That's not right."

Yan Li raised his eyebrows: "What's wrong?"

"Even if you have met them, can you conclude that they are good people based on just a few words or a limited understanding?" Xuanyuan Jiahe frowned, with doubt in his eyes, "Are you prepared?"

"Come prepared?" Yan Li laughed, "Prepared for what? Is it possible to capture all of them back to the Jin Kingdom and be my prince-in-law's servants?"

"You have a beautiful idea." Xuanyuan Jiahe said this, but his tone was a bit coquettish unconsciously, "I have many outstanding men in the southern country, but they are not my type, and they are not likely to marry other countries."

Yan Li was always calm and calm: "Really?"

Xuanyuan Jiahe was silent for a moment: "Um... you are the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom, and Mu Cang is the ninth prince of the Mu Kingdom. How will you get together in the future? Should you get married, or should he marry into the Jin Kingdom?"

"you guess."

"I think that with the name of the God of War, the Ninth Prince will not marry into the Jin Kingdom." Xuanyuan Jiahe thought, "It is impossible for their emperor to agree. The departure of the God of War is a huge loss for the country and also means a risk."

Yan Li nodded: "Yes."

"But you probably won't marry to Mu State." Xuanyuan Jiahe sighed, "It's a bit of a dilemma."

After all, judging from what Yan Li did after returning to Jin, she should not be content with mediocrity and simply be a princess.

If she marries and goes to the Mu Kingdom, everything she has done before will be in vain.

Yan Li reached out and touched the top of her head: "It's not difficult."

Xuanyuan Jiahe was slightly stunned, a little surprised by her intimacy.

Lifting her eyes slightly, she looked at Yan Li's delicate and beautiful face, and suddenly realized that apart from being younger than Miss Huang, and having different appearance from her, in other aspects - whether it was the tone of speaking, the way she looked at her, she was affectionate. Her movements, gentle smile, and even the demeanor between her brows are almost the same as those of the imperial sister.

Xuanyuan Jiahe looked at her blankly: "Sister Huang?"

Yan Li was startled for a moment, then smiled slightly and calmly retracted his hand: "Don't you want to call me sister?"

"You are my sister?" Xuanyuan Jiahe frowned and stared at Yan Li without blinking, "Are you my sister?"

Yan Li smiled and said, "You can treat me as your sister."

Xuanyuan Jiahe was silent.

Although she wanted to refute, for some reason, she couldn't say a word of rebuttal at this time.

She really saw the shadow of her sister in Yan Li, which made her a little happy and a little nervous.

"The plum blossoms in the garden are so beautiful." Yan Li walked into the plum garden, raised her hand to touch the white snow on the branches, and the coldness penetrated into her fingertips, "The plum blossoms in the south are better than those in Jin and Mu."

Xuanyuan Jiahe didn't say anything, just looked at her quietly. The more he looked, the more familiar he felt. In a trance, he seemed to see the gentleness of the sister with a bit of coldness and majesty.

"What are you daydreaming about?" Yan Li stretched out his finger and gently tapped her forehead, "I'm so beautiful, you can't take your eyes off me?"

Xuanyuan Jiahe came back to his senses, and gradually a look of entanglement, hesitation, shock and disbelief appeared on his face: "I... I think you look a lot like my sister..."

Yan Li looked at her steadily, and the corners of his lips slightly raised: "How similar are they?"