30. Li Rui

The place where we live now is the Daming Palace, which is called "Dongnei", which was originally built by the first emperor in order to serve the emperor. Before the palace was built, the emperor had died, and my cheap grandfather was grief-stricken, and ordered to stop all the construction of the amusement and the imperial mausoleum. Tubo repeatedly violated the border, the state funds were empty, so it has not been continued, only as a small royal garden, his father had placed his mother here, he himself often lived here under the pretext of hunting or feasting, and his mother was living a husband and wife life, for the mother, the father ordered people to continue to build some residences and scenery here, and the Ayaqi Palace was built at that time.

My mother loved this place very much, even after being established as the queen, she was unwilling to live in the Taiji Palace, but on the grounds that her father had paralysis, she tried her best to persuade her father to expand the east into a huge palace and live in the Daming Palace for a long time. For example, there is a Yeting Palace on the west side of Taiji Palace, where palace servants live, and Yongxiang on the west side of Daming Palace, where close palace people live in their entourage. For example, there are no in the west, and most of them are in the east, such as all kinds of inheritance in the palace, and such as the current emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the queen of heaven, Li Rui and me.

Logically speaking, the west is the real big inside, and it should be more valuable than the east inside, but the truth is that everyone at the time is proud of being on duty in the east and suffering from the west.

Therefore, since I learned that Yang Niangzi moved from Yongxiang to Yeting again, I gradually suspected that there was something invisible here, and since I remembered it today, I immediately ordered someone to lead me to Yeting.

When I arrived at the place, the sky was already a little dark, usually where I went, there were people who informed the people of the place in advance, and guided the avoidance in front of the road, I think this may not be able to see the real situation, so they are not allowed to go out first, and today I am followed by the people of Zichen Palace, and I don't know where Yang Niangzi is, Wang Xu because I waited for a while, sent someone to inquire.

I looked up at the Yeting Palace while waiting, and it was different from what I imagined, this area was not cold compared to other palaces, there was an official office in the southwest, and the eunuchs and palace people in it were constantly coming and going, and there were many large and small eaves in the middle, and some palace people explained to me that it was the residence of the palace people and the officials and slaves, and each room was actually divided into many rooms, and each room was full of palace people.

I looked good at the appearance of these dwellings, and bowed my head slightly, when the man who had gone to ask for directions had arrived, and led me through a few huts in a twist and turn, and stopped outside a moderately pompous house.

Wang Xu helped me to get off, pointed to the back, and said, "From this past." "But because I said not to be alarmed, I specially let the guard of honor stop in the previous room.

I smiled at him when I saw that he was interested, and he became more and more humble, and led me all the way to the back, but it was a house the size of the Ayaki Palace, which looked quite like a palace, with thick pillars, The corridor is gorgeous, there is a small palace person standing listlessly at the door, when I stand and look, it seems to call her inside, and I see her walking in as quickly as if she woke up from a dream, I hurriedly leaned against the wall, looked inside, and found that this room is only separated from the inside and outside of two rooms, and these two rooms do not look like two people's residences at all, but a person's home living and hospitality.

After the small palace people at the door entered, another person came out, and as soon as he stepped out, he saw me, exclaimed, knelt on the ground, and said loudly, "Princess".

Inside, Yang Niangzi and the small palace people hurriedly ran out, and when Yang Niangzi saw me, her face was first happy, but then she was relieved, and leaned over and said, "Concubine Yang has seen the princess." ”

I saw that her words were unfamiliar, and I felt uncomfortable, so I stepped forward and took her hand and said, "Ah Yang, what kind of illness do you have?

She said: "It's not a serious illness, it's just that the wind is blowing, I have a headache, and I'm afraid of giving it to the princess, so I moved out." ”

I asked her, "Do you have any medicine?" and if you don't need it, just ask someone to get it from me." ”

She didn't have a happy expression, but said: "Princess Xie is worried, the concubine is much better now, and the princess doesn't have to worry." ”

As soon as I heard this, I said, "If it's all right, come back quickly." ”

She coughed deliberately and said, "It's better to ask the princess to forgive the loan for a few more days, and once she is well, the concubine will go back to serve the princess." ”

I was not happy to hear this, and wanted to go in and sit down to see what the place where she lived, but she said that it was messy inside, and refused to let me in, and said that it was late, and she was afraid that the palace door would be locked, so she told me to hurry back to the palace, and pushed me away, so I had to turn back in five steps.

As soon as I returned to Penglai Palace, I saw many eunuchs outside, including father, mother, Li Sheng, and Li Rui.

My father said that I was young and reasonable, long and Huiyi, and the food was sealed one hundred and fifty households, and my mother said that I could be close to each other, and gave me silk satin, utensils, and treasures, Li Sheng said that he had been absent for a long time, and he came back to see me so sensible, and his brother was very relieved, and he gave me a number of Luodu specialties, hoping to talk to me about his brother and sister love another day.

I thanked the rewards one by one, and the eunuchs who passed the decree rushed to greet me and convey to me the love of my parents and brothers, I was impatient, but I could only perfunctory with them for a while, and it was easy to send people away, but I turned my head and saw Wang Yuanqi sent by Li Rui probing his brain outside the door, laughing and scolding a "little minion", beckoning him to come in, and asked: "Liulang has taken a fancy to me again, and asked you to take it?"

Wang Yuanqi rubbed his hands and smiled: "Look at what the princess said, our king has always been the most friendly with the princess, how can he take the princess......'s things? The marshal of the Liangzhou Road march, with the king as the marshal of the Taozhou Road march, sent the Sanzhou soldiers to immediately conquer Tubo, the king said, he must beat those dogs and rats, so that they know that those who dare to ask for his sister will not end well!"

He learned Li Rui's tone vividly, and I couldn't help but laugh when I heard it, and the depression of the day dissipated a lot, and deliberately teased him: "Liulang said so arrogantly, when will he go on the expedition? If he wants to fight Hu Ren for me, I will definitely send him off well." "In this dynasty's clan, there are many people who go out to fight in name, but in fact, I live in Chang'an, and I don't even know where the state I lead is, and most of Li Sheng and Li Rui are also in this kind of false name.

Wang Yuanqi rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "The body of the king's daughter, naturally he will not do those kung fu with guns and swords like those village men and reckless men, he is an old man, he only needs to strategize and plan and make decisions in Beijing, he doesn't have to go out of battle, but it is better than going out of battle, and there is no way back to discipline those who kill!"

I said: "Get out of you, return him to the old man, how old is Liulang! You go back, sue Li Rui for me, just talk and don't practice, I don't believe in his heart, and besides, what is not with relatives, this kind of thing is so good for you to talk about?"

Wang Yuanqi said with a smile: "The villain is not talented, only one loyalty is desirable, and the king will also take the villain's loyalty, so dare to call the villain any word, the princess don't underestimate the villain, as soon as the villain's mouth is closed, no one wants to probe from the villain." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Li Rui laugh behind him: "I asked you to pass on a message, you are good, and you are still selling it in front of Erniang, Erniang is not better tempered than me, she is angry, and she can be killed with a cane at every turn, you can be careful." ”

Wang Yuan saw Li Rui coming, bowed again and again, the smile on his face was as bright as Jin Qiu Yanju, and said: "The villain greets the king, the villain doesn't dare to agree with the king's words, who in the palace doesn't know that Princess Changle has the kindest heart and the smartest person?"

Li Rui pointed at him and smiled at me: "Son, look, this dog thing hasn't taught you for three days, and it's all started to talk about you, and you still don't beat him?"

I saw that although he was smiling, his eyes were only looking at me, and I knew that he was deliberately making me happy, and my heart warmed, and I smiled: "He is obviously praising me, but you tell me to beat him, what kind of heart? ”

When Li Rui saw me laughing, he also laughed stupidly, and Wang Yuanqi's master and servant sang and harmonized there, pretending to be stupid and coaxing me, coaxing me to reward Wang Yuanqi with a lot of silk satin, and waved his hand: "I know, you master and servant clearly said that they would calculate me together, but poor A-Niang rewarded me with so much silk, and I still have to keep the clothes, so I will coax you away, and I will not talk to you anymore." ”

Li Ruifang smiled and asked Wang Yuanqi to go out, turned his head and said to me: "Son, I have something to tell you." ”

I saw that he had a solemn face, as if he had something serious to do, and he was also busy waiting for him, and said, "Liulang is like this, didn't Aya A-Niang tell you something later?"

Li Rui was stunned for a moment and said, "Aya A-Niang left us there just to count, and nothing else." ”

I was also stunned and said, "Then what do you want to tell me?"

Li Rui said: "I originally wanted to say that I was going to leave the palace tomorrow, and I wanted you to cover it up for me in front of my grandmother, so I just said that I would read a book in Zhujing Hall with you, and don't let others find out." ”

I said strangely: "You came out of the palace, why do you want me to cover it up?"

Li Rui hurriedly said: "I asked you to cover up, naturally I have my reason." ”

I also hurriedly said, "I'll do what you tell me to do?" Then haven't I already written a lot of remarks for you! If you don't tell me what I'm going to do, I won't help you. ”

Seeing that I was stubborn, Li Rui was so angry that he stomped his feet and said, "Just say it, it's not a big deal, I... A few of us heard that the Tibetan envoy will leave Beijing tomorrow, and we plan to stop them, so that they know that my princess of the Tang Dynasty is not something that anyone can ask forβ€”I did this for you, and you still refuse to help me, hum!"