Chapter 199: The Silent, Unnoticed Appearance of a Peerless Hero

"You......!!"

"Ang Ang, I I I," Chen Yan replied perfunctorily: "Never mind you; everyone has left, let's go too."

By the way, I truly think you should properly enrich your mind, don't go out still being so clueless, neglect my affairs, lest people think the royal princess lacks culture, which would be bad.

Gao Yang: "......"

Watching Chen Yan's back as he left holding Xiao Sizi, Gao Yang stamped his foot hard, his chest heaving with anger.

She may not match that erudite elder, nor those contemporary great scholars, but she still considers herself not inferior to most scholars in the world.

She is uncultured.

Ridiculous!

"What are you still daydreaming about?" Chen Yan was about to go downstairs when he saw Gao Yang hadn't followed, "Hurry up, there's nothing today, I'll take you and Xiao Sizi for a walk."

Gao Yang's eyes instantly brightened, the anger in his heart vanished without a trace.

She tilted her head slightly, clearly thrilled yet pretended to be demure: "Fine, seeing how you have devoted yourself to Weinan County, I'll grant your wish."

Having said that, Gao Yang maintained a dignified demeanor and expression, and gracefully walked past Chen Yan.

When descending, she saw Chen Yan motionless and asked in puzzlement, "Going? Why aren't you going?"

"....... Do you eat fried dough?"

"......"

In the blink of an eye, dusk spread across the sky. Li Chengqian, his wife, and Li Lizhi, having spent a day touring Weinan County, sat in a carriage nearing Chang'an City. Curious, Li Chengqian couldn't help asking, "Lizhi, why didn't you stay there today and talk more with Zi Anxiong?"

"You could actually spend more time with Zi Anxiong; we'll naturally inform you when we return."

Li Lizhi shook her head, gazing at the receding scenery beyond the carriage curtains and the bustling Chang'an City in the distance, and whispered, "There's nothing much to say; seeing him once is enough for me."

"Thank you this time, Imperial brother."

Li Chengqian was momentarily at a loss for words and fell silent; he actually couldn't quite grasp Li Lizhi's thoughts.

After all, for people of their status, marriages are mostly alliances.

Including himself and the Crown Princess, it's the same.

Before they were married, they hadn't even met once.

Their first meeting was in the bridal chamber, and the affection was essentially zero.

For a period he even quite disliked the Crown Princess, but later, after Chen Yan's reminder, he gradually recognized her virtues and slowly developed feelings.

And Li Lizhi stared at him for so long; after finally waiting for him to go to Weinan County, traveling so far, just to see Chen Yan once...

Li Chengqian truly found it hard to understand.

But he expressed respect.

Perhaps this is the kind of beautiful, idealized love from the storybook tales Empress Changsun told him in childhood.

Su Wan'er smiled at this moment and said, "I thought you stayed back because Gao Yang was present, so you left with us without hesitation."

"So you only ran with us this time just to see Young Master Chen once."

She teased, "If outsiders learned that our Princess Changle is so infatuated with a man, they might die of jealousy."

"Tsk," Li Chengqian recalled how, upon first arriving at Weinan County, he couldn't find Chen Yan, so he went to Chen Yan's house and witnessed that scene with Gao Yang.

"Moreover, Zi Anxiong not only made Lizhi fall for him, but also caused the usually formidable Gao Yang to retreat; that's what I truly admire."

Li Lizhi listened silently, and after they finished, she slowly spoke, "I think the Imperial sister-in-law is wrong."

Su Wan'er was slightly startled, "What is wrong?"

Li Lizhi said seriously, "It's because outsiders are jealous of me that it's true."

"Besides the status and looks my birth gave me, I truly have nothing I can showcase."

"So I've always felt that having a chance to marry young master Chen is very fortunate; even if it's just a chance and I don't know when it might happen, I already feel very happy."

She paused, then continued to herself, "I've often heard Father Emperor, Mother Empress, Imperial brother, and many others say that young master Chen is an Exiled Immortal Appears in the World."

"Although most of the time it's a joke, a pretext to rationalize young master Chen's astonishing talent, I still think, so what if he's an immortal? So what if he's a god?"

"Even his hypothetical can't match him."

Li Chengqian and Su Wan'er exchanged glances, each seeing a smile in the other's eyes.

Li Chengqian cheerfully asked, "What was that saying called again?"

"Oh~ right, a beauty in a lover's eyes, perhaps, in Lizhi's eyes, all the men in the world combined still can't match a single finger of Zi Anxiong."

"Wan'er, you really misspoke, you deserve a slap, hahaha!"

"Alright, alright, Imperial sister-in-law was wrong, your young master Chen is the best," Su Wan'er smacked her lips, teasingly looking at Li Lizhi.

Li Lizhi: "......"

If it were before, hearing others tease her like that would make her face turn bright red now.

It stems from a girl's shyness.

But today, Li Lizhi unusually remained calm, continuing, "When I was little, Mother Empress often joked that I and Gao Yang should each be matched with a good husband, one with overflowing talent and also a peerless hero."

"At that time Gao Yang was delighted, constantly envisioning his future husband as a person both immensely talented and a peerless hero."

"But I felt puzzled, because throughout history, how many have been both immensely talented and a peerless hero?"

"Perhaps only one per dynasty can produce such a figure; for example, Father Emperor—finding a second is far too difficult, practically impossible."

"Then I asked Mother Empress, and she merely smiled without answering my question."

"For a period I often felt confused about this, until I grew up and met young master Chen."

"Through my interactions with him, I gradually understood Mother Empress's words: overflowing talent doesn't have to be expressed eloquently; various dilemmas can be solved effortlessly."

"Rather, he happens to touch your heart; each meeting makes you relax, a smile unconsciously spreading across your cheeks."

"And it doesn't necessarily require battling the battlefield; a hundred victories don't define a peerless hero."

"He appears at the right moment, silently and unnoticed, solving all your difficulties and worries without you realizing, allowing you to be a carefree, freely fluttering butterfly."

There may be men in the world better than Chen Lang, but to me, Chen Lang is the best.

He is the person who can always make me laugh, and also the peerless hero who appears silently.

Li Lizhi kept speaking in a very plain tone, as if recounting an insignificant trivial matter, but Li Chengqian and Su Wan'er heard and felt within it an utterly sincere emotion.

The carriage compartment fell into a moment of silent stillness.

Their carriage entered Chang'an City, and Li Lizhi recalled that after she left the tavern, she turned back and met a gaze equally full of longing; on her breathtakingly beautiful cheek a smile appeared.

Happiness, and also sweetness.