Chapter 21: Undercurrents

Li Changqing has always wanted to find out what grievances there are between the emperor, the empress dowager, the empress dowager, and the Zhenguo Gongzhen, and whether they can temporarily form an alliance under the common interests, which is related to the position of the Li family standing on the court -- the emperor still wants to be pro-government in the end, although they currently have to rely on the Empress Dowager Cao, but they do not want to become a sword in the hands of the Empress Dowager Cao.

This was originally a matter that they had decided before they came to the capital, and their father inquired about the county lord of Jianan, most of them to figure out the relationship between these families.

Li Qian knew in his heart that he could be asked by his father so arrogantly, and in front of Liu Li and Wang Huaiyin, he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

"It's just that I met it occasionally in the Imperial Garden," Li Qian subconsciously didn't want to say more, and said, "A group of palace maids and maids are following, what can they say? ”

Li Changqing also felt that he was too eager when he heard this, and sighed: "I was angry with Yan Huanian, thinking about where to get back a game." ”

Li Qian was reluctant to talk about this, and said: "Father, after this month, the birthday gifts from all over the country should be sent in, how are our birthday gifts prepared? Although the emperor is the empress dowager, and the eldest lady of the Bai family grew up in Cining Palace, some things are often unexpected, don't be a pawn in the hands of the Empress Dowager Cao - the Empress Dowager Cao can be replaced at any time, but life and death are at stake for our Li family. ”

Why doesn't Li Changqing know?

He couldn't help but sigh: "Our family is still too shallow. ”

Li Qian comforted his father: "This road is always step by step. ”

Li Changqing nodded, and discussed the birthday ceremony with Wang Huaiyin and others.

Li Qian listened beside him, a little absent-minded.

What is the county lord of Jianan looking for Wang Zan for?

After sending Li Changqing and the others away, it was already twilight, he sat quietly in the unoccupied study, was silent for a long time, and ordered Binghe: "You go and call Lin Yunlai." ”

Lin Yun is his chief

All of these guards owe allegiance to him personally.

The glacier was gone.

Cining Palace.

Jiang Xian casually put the red bean cake brought by Li Qian on the kang table near the window, and laughed and teased Bai Su: "Hey, the red bean cake you want!"

Bai Su was surprised and said, "Cao Xuan is here?"

"It's not Cao Xuan. Jiang Xian said, "It was brought by Li Qian." Cao Xuan asked Li Qian to bring it over. ”

She was in a bit of an irritable mood.

In her previous life, when she first saw Li Qian, she listened to the government and became the queen mother, in order to consolidate the imperial power, whether it was far away in Yungui or near Jizhou, the general soldiers asked to go to Beijing to report on their work.

At that time, he was the chief soldier of Datong.

The first time I saw her, I dared to look at her with a grin.

That's when she remembered him.

How can this person start dangling in front of him every now and then when he is reborn?

Jiang Xian pursed his lips.

If it weren't for the fact that Empress Dowager Cao was about to be besieged, she didn't want to be ruined because of herself, so she would have cleaned him up a long time ago.

However, if the Li family really took refuge in the Empress Dowager Cao, they didn't have to do it themselves, Zhao Yi would also clean them up, right?

She sneered in her heart, pulled Bai Su and whispered: "Can you find a way to send a letter to my eldest aunt, I have something important, and it is best to leave the palace in the next two days." ”

The Empress Dowager raised her and loved her like a treasure, the Jiang family came to pick her up from the house, although the Empress Dowager would not stop her, but she was faintly afraid of losing this granddaughter again. If she happily talked about how good her eldest aunt Qin was to her and how happy she was in Jiang's house after returning to Jiang's house, the Empress Dowager secretly disliked it, afraid that she would prefer the Zhenguo Mansion, afraid that she would feel the rules in Cining Palace, uncomfortable, and want to go back to Jiang's house.

Jiang Xian was very young and subtly aware of his grandmother's feelings.

After that, when she went back to Jiang's house, the people who mentioned the Zhenguo Mansion became indifferent, not to mention the initiative to go back to the Zhenguo Mansion to see - the Empress Dowager would be very sad if she found out.

Bai Su naturally knows it.

When she heard this, she immediately became nervous and said, "Is something wrong?"

"It's fine. Jiang Xian smiled, "I'm a little worried that the Queen Mother will take advantage of her birthday to attack the Jiang family." I want to go back and remind my uncle. ”

There are some things that she is not ready to sue for Bai Su.

Bai Su has no ability to help her now, and even accidentally dragged Bai Su into the water.

She hopes that Bai Su will be safe and happy in this life, and never suffer any harm because of herself.

Just as Bai Su did her best to protect her like her sister in her previous life, she will also do her best to protect Bai Su.

Replace her as a sister.

Bai Su breathed a sigh of relief, and said with some distress: "What is the Empress Dowager Cao going to do? You don't know, now everyone is silent when they mention her, one will die this, and the other will die." Look at the princes born to the concubine......"

Jiang Xian coughed heavily a few times and motioned to Bai Su to stop talking.

Now in charge of the Zongren Mansion is the younger brother of her maternal grandfather, Emperor Xiaozong, the younger brother-in-law of the Empress Dowager, and also the uncle of the first emperor, Zhao Yi's uncle and grandfather, Zhao Zheng, King of Jian. He was favored by several generations of emperors, and although he never interfered in the affairs of the court, he had great authority in his hands. Back then, Empress Dowager Cao won his favor and was finally able to listen to the government.

But in the end, it was because of his support that Zhao Yi dared to make up his mind to besiege Wanshou Mountain.

And after doing these things, he still lived in seclusion in King Jian's Mansion, only taking care of those things in the Zongren Mansion.

At that time, she didn't understand, thinking that King Jian had taken a fancy to Zhao Yi's talent and wanted to arch Zhao Yi to the throne. Later, she was regent by herself and raised Zhao Xi well, King Jian showed appreciative eyes every time he saw her, saying that she was worthy of being raised by the Empress Dowager, and she realized that the reason why King Jian helped Zhao Yi was not because Zhao Yi had any ability, but because she didn't want Empress Dowager Cao to hurt the descendants of the Zhao family again, so that Empress Dowager Cao would become the second Lu Pheasant.

It's a pity that she still thinks that Zhao Yi has the talent to govern the country...... When I think about it now, I feel like my mind was full of water.

Bai Su got Jiang Xian's hint, so he told Jiang Xian about leaving the palace: "You write a letter, I will ask Liu Xin to quietly bring it to my mother, and let my mother pass it on to the Duchess of Zhenguo." ”

The Jiang family came to pick up Jiang Xian to go back, and Jiang Xian took the initiative to go back, and the Empress Dowager would not stop her.

After all, she is old, and Jiang Xian will still rely on the Zhenguo Mansion in the future.

Jiang Xian went to write a letter, sealed it red, and handed it to Bai Su.

Bai Su thought about it, handed the red bean cake on the kang table to Liu Mei, and said: "If someone asks, just say that the Empress Dowager and her old man rewarded me with two boxes of dim sum, I eat delicious, and my mother has just recovered from a serious illness, so please try it too." ”

Liu Mei took the snack and retreated.

Jiang Xian couldn't help laughing and said, "I really didn't expect that you still have such a means to deceive your superiors and subordinates." ”

Otherwise, Bai Su would not have been mixed like a fish in water in the palace in his previous life.

Didn't I underestimate her?

Bai Su didn't care, and said with a smile: "It's these two boxes of red bean cakes that came too timely." ”

After speaking, the two of them thought of the origin of this red bean cake, and they both laughed out loud.

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