I didn't expect that Li Rui, who has always been careless, would go to stand up for me, my heart warmed, and then I became nervous, and asked repeatedly: "How many of you... Who are you? Brother, don't do anything stupid. ”

Li Rui grinned at me: "Don't worry about it, just cover it up for me." ”

I was so anxious that I stepped forward and grabbed him and said, "Don't go! Diplomatic relations between the two countries are not a trivial matter, what if you are recognized when you go? What if you are not recognized, what if they hurt you?"

Li Rui got up and left, saying as he walked: "Naturally, we won't be stupid enough to reveal our identities, I have already asked someone to prepare the clothes of the Turks, and tomorrow I will beat them and plant them over there." ”

I followed him step by step, and then I wanted to persuade him, but when I raised my eyes and saw a figure in front of me, I quickly stopped, and kept glancing at Li Rui. Li Rui didn't know it, and was still boasting there: "Just wait, when the time comes, not only will you be angry, but also call the Tubo and the Turks to fight, it is killing two birds with one stone... What do you mean by those looks? Don't you believe you, brother, and I'll tell you..."

I saw that he really didn't look like him, so he deliberately stomped his foot and coughed fiercely, Li Rui felt that something was wrong, and he didn't dare to look back, so he only smiled and said, "I still have something to do, let's go first." As soon as he turned around and was about to slip away, he heard his mother's voice coming from afar: "Liulang, don't you want to say something to your son? Why are you leaving without finishing speaking?"

Li Rui turned around with a smile, leaned in front of his mother, and said with a smile: "Back to A-Niang, the new subordinates are not familiar with me, so I will think of a seat and get to know them well, at this time they are all waiting for me, it's not good not to go." ”

Mother said: "At this time, most of them are going to stay in the palace?

Li Rui said hesitantly: "It's a place to borrow Cui Zhixun's house..."

His mother raised her eyebrows to look at him, and Li Rui said, "Just go sit down and come back before curfew." Seeing that her mother didn't answer for a long time, she changed her words and said: "Actually, it's not a big deal, if A-Niang doesn't like it, I will ask Wang Yuanqi to talk to them, and invite them in the Wude Hall another day." Glancing at his mother, Fang said, "What does A-Niang think?"

Mother said: "You have been crowned the king and built a mansion, you should know what you can do and what you can't do, why is such a big person still asking me everything?"

Li Rui and I didn't know whether my mother agreed or disagreed, Li Rui looked at me, I shook my head at him, he had to answer "yes" randomly, and said: "Auntie, let me leave first." ”

The mother waved her hand casually and said, "Go ahead." When Li Rui was about to leave, he said: "Recently, the Tubo people have been wantonly chaotic in Beijing, and a lot of county orders have been arrested in Chang'an and Wannian. ”

Li Rui was stunned for a moment, and immediately said, "Yes." Arched his hands and withdrew.

Mother waited for him to leave, Fang walked slowly towards the inner hall step by step, I saw that she looked very tired, hurriedly reached out to help her, my mother smiled at me, put her hand on my hand, and asked as she walked: "What is the official position of Yongzhou Mu, do you know?"

This didn't bother me, I said: "Yongzhou is the capital, and Yongzhou Mu is the official in charge of the capital, and the prince is the prince." ”

Mother nodded and said, "How many products are that, where should I stand?"

I rolled my eyes and said, "Standing in accordance with this product, Liulang is the prince, and the rank is in the first product." ”

My mother glanced at me with a smile and said, "You are clever, then let me ask you, where is the state set up the pastor, and where is the state set up the history of the assassin?"

I said: "Jingshi is a pastor, Dongdu is also a pastor, and the others are all thorn histories." Afraid that my mother would ask the grade again, she hurriedly said: "The history of the Shangzhou thorn is from the third grade, the history of the Zhongzhou thorn is from the fourth grade, and the history of the Xiazhou thorn is from the fourth grade." ”

At that time, my mother had already walked to the inner hall, sat down directly on the main seat in the hall, looked at me and said slowly: "What are the upper states, middle states, and lower states?"

There are more than 300 states in the Tang Dynasty, and I can't even recite all the names of those large and small states today, how do I know which ones are Shangzhou, which are Zhongzhou, and Xiazhou? Looking at my mother, I said: "Yongzhou and Luozhou must be Shangzhou, and they are state... The conjugal state is also the upper state. ”

Mother said: "Yong and Luo are Gyeonggi, and they are not among the upper, middle and lower states. That's why I asked you to learn more with Wan'er, she is only one year older than you, the state and county of the world, you can know seven or eight out of ten, the officials who come to meet her, whether it is the state and county, or the county order, she only needs to read it once and remember, you have been in and out of Xuanzheng and Zichen since you were a child, but you can't even remember the county hopes of several ministers. ”

If I still have some admiration for Shangguan Wan'er, but at this time I will inevitably have a little disgust - since she beat her and followed her mother, my mother has compared me with her everywhere, although I know that this is to urge me to improve, I will inevitably feel a little uncomfortable, so I said a little angrily: "She knows so much, but the result is just an official slave and maid, I don't know anything, and she is also a princess, as long as she keeps my duty, a lifetime of glory is indispensable." ”

The smile on my mother's face gradually faded, grabbed my hand and led her into her arms, I first resisted, and then leaned over when my mother was stronger, and my mother asked me to sit in her arms, look at me carefully, and then said, "Is this the true word of my son?"

I turned my head and said softly, "A-Niang's words make people sad to hear. ”

The mother said suddenly: "When I heard this, my son made A-Niang sad." She shook my shoulder, made me turn my head to face her, stared straight into my eyes, and said, "Son, A-Niang will ask you again, what you just said, are you telling the truth?"

My mother's eyes were blazing, not angry and self-assured, I was looked at by her for a while, a thin layer of sweat appeared on the tip of my nose, I lowered my head, opened my mouth a few times, and then said: "What's the use of remembering these official positions and county prestige, how many years has A-Niang worked hard to operate, and when she reaches the status of a diva, when she meets such a thing as a relative, she doesn't want to fall to the point of abdication? Aunt Qinghe and Aunt Xin'an are also not familiar with court affairs, and they still don't enjoy glory and wealth, and they are rampant in Beijing?"

The majesty in her mother's eyes gradually replaced by astonishment, she suddenly smiled, and said, "My son really thinks that I am going to resign from the throne today and take you and Rokuro to retire to the countryside?"

I deliberately said, "A-Niang has said that, isn't it?"

My mother shook her head amusedly, and wanted to say something, but she didn't say anything, just hugged me and sighed: "Son, are you still young..." ”

I leaned on her shoulder, closed my eyes, and pondered for a while before saying, "So the eldest son of the crown prince is the eldest son, and he is made the crown prince, and he will be the emperor in the future, which is the most justifiable thing, right?"

I specially bit the word "eldest son" very hard, and my mother hugged my hand tightly, patted me on the back, and said: "Although your prince and brother are a little broader, it is generally good, and it is also good to treat your heart." ”

I didn't speak, I just hugged my mother firmly, like my strongest support. It's been a long time since I've wondered if my mother is the Empress of history, but at this moment, I sincerely hope that she is. Naturally, I don't want Li Sheng to be poisoned by her, but in my filthy selfish heart, I don't want him to be the emperor of the Tang Dynasty in the future. After all, I already feel the powerful gap between the emperor's daughter and the emperor's sister. And in Li Sheng's heart, before his mother, Li Rui and me, there were probably too many more important things.