Perhaps, it was for the sudden death of the prince.

Shu Zhi's words shocked Li Chen's heart slightly, although his father admitted on the surface that the prince's brother died suddenly, but in fact, he also had doubts in his heart.

Li Chen looked down at the notebook in his hand.

Shu Zhi's words were subtle, but she wasn't a fool either. Both father and mother each have a hand.

Li Chen raised his eyes and looked outside. The original torrential rain has become lighter, and the dark sky has begun to brighten. She used to be afraid in her heart, afraid of going against her mother, and afraid that one day her family would be embattled.

But it was useless to be afraid.

What should come is still coming.

Although her strength is very meager, she still has her father here.

Li Chen doesn't know what others think in their hearts, she came from the later generations, and the evaluation of her father by later generations is mediocre and cowardly. But when she really becomes her father's daughter, she can't help but be proud of her father.

In her heart, her father is affectionate to the world, diligent and loves the people, and is an emperor full of humanistic care. Unless the body can't support it, they all preside over political affairs in person, how can the father's power be hollowed out by the mother?

Later generations have said that there are too many bad fathers, and when Li Chen, who is now the director, thinks of his father, he is also angry in his heart.

Perhaps, because his father's love is purer than his mother, Li Chen is emotionally inclined to his father.

No matter what the truth about the sudden death of the crown prince Li Hong, Li Chen thought that she hoped that her brothers and sisters would be safe from now on.

Don't ask for more spirit, but ask for your life.

Li Chen thought, perhaps, he could do it.

Li Chen, who used to be obsessed with the guqin, suddenly fell madly in love with practicing calligraphy for some reason. His mother, Wu Zetian, is famous for his flying white calligraphy, but Li Chen doesn't like to copy his mother's calligraphy, but prefers to copy his father's.

Li Chen pestered his father to ask for a bunch of notes, and when he returned to Fengyang Pavilion, he copied it if he had nothing to do, and after copying it was finished, he didn't keep it, and burned it as soon as he caught fire.

Li Zhi didn't know what his little princess meant by taking away the calligraphy he usually practiced inexplicably, and those calligraphy were also put away, since she liked it, Li Zhi simply asked people to move out his former calligraphy too, and some were even the calligraphy when Taizong accompanied him to practice calligraphy when he was a child.

Li Chen's more is better, she will take as much as her father gives her.

Seeing this, Wu Zetian was also confused.

She asked Li Zhi, "Lord, why is Yongchang suddenly so obsessed with copying your calligraphy?" ”

Li Zhi looked at the notebook he asked people to sort out, and he was also puzzled, but his smile was gentle and doting, "Who knows, but if she wants to, I will let people sort it out." ”

Wu Zetian saw Li Zhi's appearance, and sighed with a smile, "Lord, you will spoil her to be lawless." ”

The emperor raised his eyebrows, "Even if it is lawless, Datang can tolerate her." The implication is that I plan to keep pampering like this.

Li Zhi never knew what Li Chen wanted his notebook to do, this little daughter has always been thoughtful, no matter what she wanted to do, she never caused him trouble, so he was happy to give her whatever she wanted. Until one day, Li Chen copied a page of Buddhist scriptures in front of him.

Li Zhi: "......"

Li Chen's copied words can almost be confused with his handwriting.

Li Chen put down the brush in his hand and praised me with a look on his face.

Li Zhi couldn't help but think of his father and Jinyang, Jinyang liked to copy his father's calligraphy since he was a child, and it was difficult to distinguish the authenticity of his father's handwriting with his father's handwriting. It's a pity that Jin Yang died at a young age, which made her father sad for her untimely death, and she couldn't eat for several months.

For a moment, Li Zhi felt that the face of Li Chen in front of him overlapped with the face of Jinyang back then.

"Hmm...... This is just a small trick of carving insects, and Aya shouldn't be too surprised. Li Chen's tone seemed very understated, but the expression on his face was not like that.

Li Zhi couldn't help but laugh, "What do you want to ask for from here?" ”

Li Chen said very righteously, "How can Aya think about Yongchang like this, I'm here to show you the hard work I've worked on in the past few months!" ”

Li Zhi was about to praise her a few words, and heard her say again-

"Actually, I didn't want anything, Yongchang just thought that the lotus pen wash paid by the southern feudal kingdom a few days ago was very good-looking."

Li Zhi silently swallowed the praise that came to his mouth back into his stomach, and glanced at Li Chen with some smirk.

Li Zhi has always favored this little daughter in the past, and he is not afraid that she will ask too much, but he is afraid that he will not give enough. He thought that whether it was him or Wu Zetian, they only thought that Li Chen was a pearl held by them on the tip of their hearts, exuding a warm luster but not dazzling, and he had been favored since he was a child, so when he grew up, he only needed to be carefree in front of her little princess.

It wasn't until three months ago that he discovered that she was taking advantage of the relationships between the two secret guards he had assigned to her in the palace.

Li Zhi thought that perhaps he had been ignoring this daughter's intelligence and sensitivity.

At this time, Li Chen walked to his father's side again, stretched out his hand and pulled his sleeve, shook and swayed, and said coquettishly: "This is the secret between me and Aye, and I can't tell anyone else." ”

Li Zhi raised his eyebrows, "If you pretend to be your father's word to do bad things, wouldn't it be very bad?" ”

Li Chen looked innocent and said, "If I want to pretend to be Aye's word to do something, the matter is either very bad or very urgent. And if I don't have the seal of Aya, who will believe me? ”

Li Zhi smiled, and this matter was agreed. Although he really wanted to be like his father back then, he took his daughter's copy to the minister and asked them to tell if they could see who was real and who was fake. But since the daughter wanted to have a little secret from her father so much, he was happy with her.

But Li Zhi didn't ask why Li Chen wanted to check the people in the palace.

Everyone has a ruler in his heart, measuring what things to ask and what things to ask. Suddenly, Li Zhi had an expectation for this daughter, and he wondered if this little daughter, who had grown up in the palm of his hand since she was a child, was really as smart and transparent as he thought.

The former crown prince Li Hong died and was buried in Gongling.

The new crown prince Li Xian moved into the East Palace, and Princess Yong became the crown princess.

Someone leaves, someone comes, and everything is done in an orderly manner.

Li Chen and Taiping made an appointment to see Pei Shi together, Pei Shi was living in a palace close to the court, there were not many slaves, they were all a few maids who used to serve her closely.

It was a sunny day, and Pei Shi was lying on the couch with a pale face.

She was sick, and she began to be sick since Li Hong was buried, and she never got better.

Li Chen and Taiping have always liked Pei's family, and when they saw her sick, they were very worried and went to see her every day.

Pei smiled and said to them: "I'm fine, it will be fine soon, you don't have to worry." But her face was getting worse and worse day by day.

Li Chen and Taiping came to see Pei Shi again, Pei Shi half lay on the couch and talked to them, "Actually, I like the way the prince smiles the most, every time he laughs, I am thinking, how can someone smile so good-looking and so warm." ”

"The Imperial Doctor said you'll get better soon." Taiping looked at Pei's appearance and his eyes were red.

Pei Shi pursed his lips and smiled, reached out and patted Taiping's hand, and said softly: "A few days ago, the maid told me that Her Royal Highness the Empress had built a plan to the sage, so that the female officials in the palace could meet their relatives outside the palace once a year, and when I got better, I could go to see my father." But I dreamed of the prince last night, and I thought that I would not see my father anymore. ”

Li Chen was stunned for a moment and looked at Pei

Pei Shi met Li Chen's gaze and said with a smile: "In the past, my father told me that the fate of people together is predestined, and if the time comes, even if you want to do more in the blink of an eye, it is impossible." I dreamed of the prince last year, and I have not dreamed of him since his death, but last night I dreamed of him, and my heart was very happy. I think maybe we'll be together again soon. ”

"Nonsense." Li Chen smiled and sat beside the couch, at this time the maid served the decoction, Li Chen took it, and personally fed Pei Shi to drink the medicine, she looked at Pei's pale face, deliberately used a brisk tone, and said jokingly: "Sister-in-law, father and mother are very concerned about your body, personally ask the imperial doctor about your condition and medication, you can fight for some anger, they can't worry about it in vain." Otherwise, the two of them would have to be so angry that they would show the imperial doctor the face of taking your dog's life in the future, and the imperial doctor would also feel bitter. ”

Pei, who was drinking medicine, was amused when he heard this. smiled but laughed out a long list of coughs, and the medicine he had just drunk was coughed and vomited.

Taiping: "......"

Li Chen: "......"

Pei Shi leaned against the head of the bed, gasped and said, "Well, I'll fight." ”

Li Chen looked at Pei's hand placed outside the thin quilt, and couldn't help but reach over and hold her hand. In such a hot weather, Pei's body was covered with a thin quilt, but his hands were cold.

Li Chen: "Sister-in-law, my brother is not here, each of us feels unaccustomed to it, and you are not used to it now." When you get used to it, it will get better. ”

When Pei Shi heard this, he smiled and said: "Yongchang, the prince told me in the past that if he wants to take a concubine in the future, what should I do." I smiled and told him that if he accepted the new concubine, I would naturally congratulate the prince on his harmonious relationship with the new concubine. ”

Li Chen was speechless, although she understood that what Pei Shi said was very much in line with the so-called concubine Kunde in this era, but if it was herself, she would definitely not say so.

"But that's just a lie to him, if he takes another concubine, I will definitely hope that he and the new concubine will not have a good time at all." Pei Shi smiled slightly, but his voice lowered, "But now he didn't accept another concubine, he just left." After he left, I didn't have a good time at all......"

Taiping on the side didn't hear what Pei Shi said clearly, so he leaned over and lowered his head, and asked gently, "Sister-in-law, what did you say?" ”

But Pei's body was already poor and he fell asleep.

Li Chen: "......"

Li Chen and Taiping glanced at each other and tiptoed out of the house.

Taiping said: "I also want to be a brother, but he will never come back." What about my sister-in-law? ”

Li Chen was silent, clicking and biting the shelled walnut that he had just pinched in his hand.

Taiping was startled, and hurriedly slapped the walnut in Li Chen's hand: "Sister, what are you doing?" ”

Li Chen: "...... I just panicked and didn't pay attention. ”

Taiping glared at her helplessly, and then led her back to Fengyang Pavilion, "Don't be sad, mother said, individuals have their own lives, and others can't worry about it." ”

Li Chen thought, it is indeed a worry not to come.

Pei is dignified and gentle, even if he is in pain, he is quiet and will not disturb others.

Half a month later, Pei died of illness and was buried with Gongling.