TGP: LD's Smile

The empress was speechless of the lady's beauty for a while. Her mind got cut off when he heard his majesty's voice.

"We see. The lady that catches your attention has a peerless beauty. We will pick a date for your marriage this month."

His majesty's word gave another shock to the audience.

This month?! Was it too soon?!

The crown princess opened her mouth to reject.

But her husband at her side held her arm tightly, catching her attention.

"Can't you see what's happening? Father giving a marriage to that bastard is actually his last gift." The crown prince whispered.

The crown princess was stunned.

"What do you mean? " Last gift? The crown princess had a bad feeling.

The crown prince smiled evilly.

"That means that bastard is doom to die."

The crown princess's eyes went wide. She glanced at the Emperor who was receiving the bow of the three people.

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The banquet ended like that. However, before it ended. An additional main protagonist was given a lot of attention.

Li Amm was so tired in smiling and keeping up the etiquette. If it was in modern time, it would end just by, 'Hi , Hello, Nice to meet you' . But here, people have to act like a righteous person. And they need to return some praises if someone compliments them. She excused herself first because a lot of people were lining up to compliment her.

Li Amm was on her way to her palanquin. She was rubbing her face that had gone numb from smiling and singing praises to those noblemen and noblewomen.

She was about to step in her carriage when the servant who was anxious since earlier shouted in delight.

"Master is finally here-!" Then the servant covered his mouth like he just spilled out some huge secret.

Li Amm glanced at him then ignored him. She wanted to lie down and have a rest right now.

"Wangfei!" However, an arm stopped her from stepping in.

Her future husband, Ren Shou, circled his arm to her waist.

"You're leaving already? We haven't spent some time alone yet." Ren Shou was so near that his warm breath with a smell of alcohol hit Li Amm's face. Li Amm wondered again if this man knew teleportation.

She was given a bit of shock right there.

"Hey, my future husband. We will have a lot of time alone once we're married. So let me go for now. I'm really tired." Li Amm said with a heavy sigh. She just actually want to be served by her little servants with a good massage. She wanted to lay in her soft couch while they put grapes in her mouth.

"My wangfei is tired. Don't worry your husband prepared a good place for you to rest. You will like it."

"No-" -t really, I just wanted to go home'. These words were never said because Li Amm went flying, being dragged away by her dear future husband.

(a/n: its qingong. )

Ren Shou put down Li Amm on the seat in front of him. Li Amm put her hand on her head. She felt dizzy.

'Darn it! This man has done it again without giving any warning!'

"This place is good right?" Ren Shou had a warm smile for the first time in a while. He looked around and felt refreshed by the scene. He also glanced at Li Amm to check her reaction.

Li Amm actually wanted to complain but when she saw the beautiful surrounding she got speechless.

They were in the middle of the lake. They were currently in the boat that she saw earlier.

There was a huge flower lantern hanging on the roof of the boat. This was the only source of light on the lake.

However, from here, one could see the beautifully arranged lanterns from the pagodas and from the pathway.

From where Li Amm was standing, she could see clearly the reason behind why those lanterns from the pathway had two different colors, why there was some on the garden or the place that people may not walk to. It was because of this reason.

Li Amm could see that the yellow lanterns formed the character Li, while the blue ones were arranged to form the character, Ren.

"According to the book of Confucius, The character Li has five meanings. Reason, establish, dawn, power and beauty. Like the Li character, I want to know the different sides of you, Li Amm. " Ren Shou sincerely said.

He had never liked or dated any women. Since he met her, she was the only person he felt kinship to. Even though they only spent one day, one moment, for the young Ren Shou, those were special. He had been alone since his mother left- no since his mother was taken away from him. He promised himself that if her ever got to like someone or willingly choose someone to spent his life to, he would treat her with utmost care. And also, if it was this lady, maybe he could love her like how his father loved his mother.

Li Amm was stunned. This romantic way of confessing…

'Was it like when a man proposed to a woman, with a ring, candle lights and flower and all ?'

Li Amm could not help but ask Ren Shou.

"Are you sure you're not from modern times?"

"Mo- what time?" Ren Shou asked back with a question mark on his face.

Seeing his sincere reaction, Li Amm waved her hand.

"Never mind. These ideas of yours is very romantic. Hundred years from now this will be a trend between couples."

"…?" Ren Shou had no idea what her talking about.

Li Amm pointed out the Ren character.

"Then what Confucious said about Ren character?"

Ren Shou smiled at this.

'Does it mean she wanted to know about me too?'

Ren Shou seriously answered.

"Ren means 'to love others'".

Li Amm stayed quiet for a while. If the two character were combined, this scene in front of her meant: Ren loves Li.

"Since it is already been official that we are engaged, I hope we can learn about each other more." Ren Shou spoke again.

Li Amm looked at this boy who was ninety-four years younger than her. This boy who seemed afraid of women had unexpectedly had a romantic side like this. Probably, because the young man was still a teenager that he thought of this kind of cheesy thing. Li Amm seems to forget that fourteen in this world was already an adult.

She tiptoed and patted Ren Shou's head.

"Since you are so sincere, I will treat you kindly as well." Li Amm for the first time let out her genuine smile, the smile of Liam Drelavine.