After the silkworm ceremony, Wu Zetian came forward to set up a family affair for Xianggu, the little county lord of the Yue Palace, and Princess Chengyang has been in a good mood recently, and often comes to the palace to walk around.

Li Zhi set up a manor for Li Chen in the southeast of Chang'an, and hired someone from the south who specialized in planting tea trees to manage it. The manor is very large, and there is also a courtyard where the princes and princesses can stay for a few days in their spare time.

After Li Chen learned that he had a manor, he clamored to go and see it.

Anyway, she is a child, and of course she has to be willful when she can be willful.

Li Zhi and Wu Zetian have always been responsive to their two daughters, and it happened that several princes were going out of the city to hunt that day, so the emperor and his wife arranged for them to leave the palace. A few princes and princesses were happy to call their friends who had a good time on weekdays to play together, and Princess Chengyang, who had been walking around the palace recently, saw that her brother and sister-in-law had been busy with political affairs recently, so she volunteered to take a group of bear children out of the palace.

The crown prince Li Hong and the second prince Li Xian had officially participated in political affairs, so they did not go to the manor with Li Chen Taiping.

Li Xian and Li Dan went hunting with a team of cavalry guards, accompanied by British princes Li Jingye and Xue Shao.

Taiping and Li Chen looked at the team of horsemen who had gone away, and their tones were full of envy, "Actually, I also want to go hunting." Unfortunately, neither her father nor her mother let her go.

At this time, Princess Chengyang walked over, and she was followed by a girl of the same age as Taiping, who was Shangguan Wan'er.

"Princess." Shangguan Wan'er walked over and saluted Taiping and Li Chen.

Taiping waved his hand, "It's not in the palace, so there's no need to be polite." ”

Although Shangguan Wan'er is small, she understands the things she should know very clearly, "Etiquette cannot be abolished." ”

Li Chen glanced at her sideways, and then looked at Princess Chengyang, "Auntie, should I go?" ”

Princess Chengyang nodded, holding Li Chen in one hand and Taiping in the other, "Yes, if you don't leave, your brother and cousin Shao will go back after hunting later, I'm afraid we haven't arrived yet." ”

Shangguan Wan'er looked at the backs of several people, and her still childish face was expressionless. She is the granddaughter of Shangguanyi, and since she began to remember, her mother told her that they were not admitted to the court as palace maids because of her grandfather's Shangguanyi. Mother Zheng was born in the aristocratic family and was knowledgeable, and her mother in Yeting often hugged her and said earnestly: "Wan'er, it's not that your mother taught you to cheat, but in this world, only power is the most reliable." If one day, someone can take you out of the court, you must leave. If someone gives you the opportunity to chase clinging to power, don't give up. ”

People in the court said that she was a rare precocious person. In the court, many palace maids disappeared silently, and no one ever asked about them, as if those people had never existed in the world; There are also many palace maids in the court, holding the quilt and crying every night.

Her mother said that she once had a dream that her Wan'er could leave the court and had the ability to stand in the middle of ten thousand people. So even if they were inconspicuous palace maids in the court, her mother never relaxed her teaching.

When she was six years old, she saw Princess Taiping who ran into the court because of her greed.

If when she saw Princess Taiping, she finally understood what Tianhuang nobles were, then when she saw Yongchang, she really saw what the pride of heaven was. Unscrupulously pampered by others, because she is the daughter of a saint and the queen, so no matter what the request, whether reasonable or capricious, can be satisfied, and even a few princes and Princess Taiping are almost obedient to Princess Yongchang.

When she was six years old, Shangguan Wan'er found out for the first time that there were people in the world who could be pampered like this.

Li Chen, who was being held by Princess Chengyang, turned around and found that Shangguan Wan'er was still stunned, and shouted, "Wan'er, what are you doing?" ”

Shangguan Wan'er came back to her senses in an instant, and showed a smile at Li Chen, "It's nothing, Wan'er saw that there seemed to be something on the ground, and then she realized that she was dazzled." ”

Shangguan Wan'er chased after her and followed behind several people.

Princess Chengyang turned around, glanced at Shangguan Wan'er, and then took Taiping and Li Chen into their car, while Shangguan Wan'er was in another car with the female officials.

This is Li Chen's first time outside Chang'an City, her father bought a manor for her in the southeast of Chang'an, the suburbs are not like Chang'an City, not long after leaving the city gate, the scenery in front of her has become very different, although there are many people coming and going on the open official road, but there are no buildings on both sides, all green crops.

Occasionally passing by the entrance of one or two villages, it seems that there will be a big tree at the entrance of each village, and under the tree there are a few old people, two people playing, onlookers watching, onlookers staring closely in anticipation, looking more nervous than the people playing. And the young children who were playing under the big tree, when they saw their car, would stop and play, look at it curiously, and discuss who came out of Chang'an City? With so many people, is it moving or is a big official going to be a local official? If a really big official wants to become a local official, it is really unlucky, and the adults say that there is no Chang'an anywhere.

Li Chen listened to the discussion of those young children, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but hook up a smile.

"Yongchang, what are you laughing at?" Princess Chengyang asked.

Li Chen put down the curtain in his hand and looked at Princess Chengyang, "It's fun." ”

Taiping pouted and asked, "The road is full of ash, what's the fun?" ”

Li Chen raised his hand, poked Taiping's tender face with his fingers, and said as a matter of course: "But it's fun to come out." ”

Taiping took Ah Mei's hand down, didn't allow her to make trouble, and retorted: "If you can go hunting like Cousin Xue and them, it will be really fun." ”

Princess Chengyang looked at the two sisters in front of her, with a slight smile on her face, and seemed to remember something, and her expression seemed to be remembering.

Li Chen asked casually, "Auntie, what are you thinking?" ”

Princess Chengyang smiled: "It's nothing, I just remembered the past." ”

Once upon a time?

Taiping and Li Chen glanced at each other and quieted down.

Princess Chengyang stretched out her hand and hugged the two sisters one by her side, one on the left and one on the right, with rare interest: "You know that your father, in addition to me, has two sisters, but they have already passed away. ”

Li Chen blinked and asked, "Auntie, did you remember Aunt Jinyang?" ”

Princess Chengyang was stunned for a moment, then asked with a smile: "How did you guess?" ”

Li Chen revealed two shallow pear vortices, "Sometimes, my father will also talk about Aunt Jinyang. ”

The Aunt Jinyang that Li Chen said is the princess of Jinyang, and the word is Mingda. When Empress Changsun died, Taizong took the youngest Princess Jinyang and Li Zhi with him to raise them personally, so among the brothers and sisters, Princess Jinyang had the best relationship with Li Zhi since childhood. At that time, the princess of Jinyang followed Taizong's side, and she liked calligraphy like Taizong and was good at flying white books, I heard that she imitated Taizong's words so superbly that even the courtiers could not distinguish the true from the false. Every time my father mentioned Princess Jinyang, his tone was always full of infinite longing and regret.

Princess Chengyang: "It's not surprising that your father would mention her, they have always had a good relationship. When your father started to go to court, Jin Yang was still sad because his brother couldn't accompany her in the palace. She also practiced calligraphy very well, the best of which was Fei Baishu. ”

Taiping interjected: "My mother can also fly white books. ”

When Princess Chengyang heard this, she smiled and didn't speak again.

Li Chen blinked, looked at Princess Chengyang, and naturally understood why Princess Chengyang stopped talking. Wu Zetian now loves calligraphy, and is especially good at flying white calligraphy, but he didn't like it from the beginning, the reason why his mother practiced calligraphy was because she was a talented person of Taizong at that time, and she wanted to get Taizong's favor, so she began to practice calligraphy hard.

Their team soon arrived at the manor, after entering the gate of the manor, the carriage was still driving inside, Li Chen looked at the scenery outside, the hills in the distance were tender green, one after another, and the road was lined with tall locust trees.

The carriage walked for a while before it stopped, and the female officer with graceful eyebrows stepped forward to lift the curtain, and Princess Chengyang personally got out of the car with Li Chen and Taiping in her arms.

Li Chen beckoned to Shangguan Wan'er and asked her to come over.

Shangguan Wan'er walked over, and Li Chen said to her, "Wan'er, you come with us." ”

Shangguan Wan'er nodded, "Yes, princess." ”

Princess Chengyang glanced back at Shangguan Wan'er again, Yongchang had blue eyes for this little girl, and this little girl was quiet when she should be quiet, she was very good at reading people's faces, and she would not forget her identity just because the little princess was kind to her. It's just that...... Princess Chengyang thought that Shangguan Wan'er was Shangguan Yi's granddaughter, and as long as she thought of Shangguan Yi's death, she was a little troubled.

Everyone knows that Shangguan Yi is a literati, even if the official worships the Xitai Shilang and the three products under the Zhongshu Sect, some of them are also literati and noble rather than sleek officials, he has adhered to the theory of the group of ministers and ministers, fathers and sons all his life, and the rebellion is clearly framed. Her brother and sister-in-law were so relieved to put Shangguan Wan'er by Yongchang's side, didn't she think that this little girl would hold a grudge against her grandfather and father because of their deaths?

When she asked Wu Zetian this, Wu Zetian was very calm, "Chengyang, she grew up in Yeting since she was a child, and her mother is the daughter of a nobleman and an insightful person. Their mother and daughter can still live well in the court, which shows that they are people who know the times. And those who know current affairs-" Wu Zetian looked back at her, and said lightly: "People who know current affairs will know who to attach to, and it is best for them." ”

Shangguan Wan'er has aura and talent, not backbone.