After Li Chen and Taiping came out of the house where their parents lived, Taiping went back to his room to rest. Although Li Chen tossed for a day today, he didn't feel tired, and he was still a little excited in his heart.

Her father and mother came to the garden together, which made her very happy.

As she walked along the corridor in the courtyard, she wondered what interesting things were in the garden, and she could pester her father to accompany her tomorrow. My father has had frequent headaches recently, and it is rare to let go of political affairs and leave the palace, Li Chen wants to find some way to make his father happy.

was pondering, and happened to run into Pei Shi who came out of the room.

When Pei Shi saw Li Chen, he was also stunned, "Princess, haven't you stopped yet?" ”

Li Chen showed a smile on his face and shook his head, "I just came back from my father and mother." ”

Pei Shi saw that her big eyes with a smile were as bright as stars, and he knew that Li Chen was in a good mood at this moment. Thinking about it, a six- or seven-year-old girl doesn't have much to do in her heart, not to mention that the little girl in front of her is still the pride of the sky, and she has always been held in the palm of her hand.

Li Chen asked again: "Why hasn't Sister Pei slept yet?" ”

Pei Shi: "I passed by the yard during the day and saw some ink chrysanthemums planted in the yard, so I wanted to go over and take a look. ”

Li Chen blinked, and wanted to ask her if the light was blind, what else could you see? But after thinking about it, I think it's better not to be so straightforward, probably Pei's is not sleepy at night and comes out for a walk.

So he asked along the topic, "Sister Pei likes chrysanthemums?" ”

"My father loved chrysanthemums, especially black chrysanthemums. When I'm in the house, I like to play with flowers and plants in my spare time. ”

"What kind of flowers and plants does my sister like? Peony? ”

Pei Shi smiled, "I like all kinds of flowers, and I also have some research on peonies, but the princess likes peonies?" ”

Li Chen: "My mother likes peonies, and I have been thinking about finding a special peony for her, preferably one that can bloom in several colors. "Just like the eighteen bachelors in the camellia, there are different colors on the same flower, but the peony is estimated to be specially cultivated.

Pei Shi was stunned, and then smiled: "I have planted a three-color peony in the house this year, if the peony can bloom on time next spring, I will post a post to invite the sisters to enjoy the flowers together, and the princess must appreciate her face at that time." ”

When Li Chen heard Pei's words, he glanced at her with some surprise. What surprised her was not that Pei's likes to play with flowers and grass, but Pei's exquisite thoughts.

I have to say that her mother is still very discerning. Although Pei is not from a big family, his words and deeds are generous, he can observe words and emotions and advance and retreat in a measured manner, when facing her mother, Pei's posture is modest and respectful, and he is neither humble nor arrogant.

Li Chen thought that the crown prince and elder brother were now a person who only had benevolence and benevolence in his heart, and it would be terrible if the future crown princess didn't know how to behave. Fortunately, today's Pei family has nothing to be picky about, she looks good and paints beautifully, she has a gentle and generous personality and knows how to advance and retreat, after she enters the East Palace, her mother will probably feel much more comfortable. After all, there are more and more differences of opinion between the crown prince and his mother on political affairs, if when the prince and brother add to the mother's heart, someone has to come to make a round at the right time, or to go to Qingning Palace for the prince to fulfill his filial piety, the mother will probably feel better.

Of course, for the mother, the crown prince and brother don't always oppose her because they think about some benevolence and benevolence. But such a thing will never happen. The struggle between the two forces is always just life or death, and neither side will give in to the other. And for the crown prince's brother, what is his fault?

He just put Datang Sheji before taking into account his mother's feelings.

First the country and then the family, as the prince, this should be his job.

Li Zhi and Wu Zetian arrived at Buxian Garden, and accompanied by Cheng Luguan of Sinong Temple, they took a trip to the back mountain and part of the tea garden, and the compound where Li Chen and others lived, including Li Chen's residence, were all from Li Zhi's handwriting, he was naturally very familiar with it, and saw Li Chen like a fish in water in the Buxian Garden, and had a lot of fun, Li Zhi also felt both happy and satisfied in his heart.

After the emperor and his wife rested at night, they did not go to sleep immediately, but were gossiping.

Li Zhi put his hands behind his head and said to Wu Zetian: "Yongchang doesn't know when he remembered the guqin I got last year, and as soon as he seized the opportunity, he wanted to ask for the guqin." ”

When Wu Zetian heard this, he couldn't help laughing, "The lord often mutters to his concubine, saying that Yongchang must be here to collect debts from you, since she likes it, the lord should pay off the debt and give her the guqin." ”

Li Zhi sighed, "If she is proficient in music, how can I feel distressed if I give her the guqin?" But now she doesn't know the rhythm, so I gave her the piano, but she also threw it into the storeroom and ruined the heavens. ”

Wu Zetian: "......" so he wanted to give, but because his youngest daughter couldn't play the piano, he regretted that he couldn't make the best use of it, so he was entangled.

Li Zhi turned his head sideways, looked at his queen, and asked, "Mei Niang, will you find a violinist for Yongchang in a few days?" ”

Under the dim candlelight, the emperor's facial features looked very soft, and those dark eyes looked as brilliant as the stars in the sky at first glance. Wu Zetian felt a little bit of restraint in her heart, she smiled slightly, stretched out her hand to put it on the emperor's cheek, and said softly: "But when it comes to music and rhythm cultivation, who can compare with the lord?" ”

Wu Zetian said this, not to please Li Zhi. In her relationship with Li Zhi, from the very beginning, she may have brought calculations in it, when Taizong was sick in bed, the young and filial prince Li Zhi went to serve the decoction, and Li Zhi was her only way out at that time. The young prince, handsome, both understands literature and is good at music, his calligraphy is not better than his father Taizong, but he is also magnificent, and writes good poems, he is also proficient in music, soundtrack for harem dance, all the rage. His temperament is completely different from that of his father Taizong, and sometimes it is inevitable that he will be indecisive, but he is not a weak person.

She recognized herself as a character for Li Zhi, but she couldn't control him. This man seems to be obedient to her, and he is willing to listen to her opinions in political affairs, but in his heart, he is like a mirror, and the places that should restrict her are not leaky. Behind everything she does, whether it is right or wrong, there must be his connivance with one eye and one eye closed.

This man used to like her dancing the most. He sat in front of the guqin in a brocade robe, looking good at the slender fingers plucking the strings, and the melodious sound of the piano could flow out from his fingertips.

But Li Zhi is indeed an easily tempting man, the respect of the Ninety-Five, and talented.

In the end, I can't tell how much is true in the end.

In the harem, you can only get what you want if you decide the way you should go and sacrifice the people and things you should sacrifice without mercy. Don't say anything about being involuntary, in this world, there is never anything involuntary, only what you choose to sacrifice.

Li Zhi didn't know that Wu Zetian's thoughts were turning a thousand times, he raised his hand and held Wu Zetian's hand in his palm, and sighed and said, "It's not as good as before." ”

Wu Zetian said softly: "Why isn't it better than before? The Lord has always been the best. ”

When Li Zhi heard this, he couldn't help laughing, and reached over and took Wu Zetian in his arms. After many years of husband and wife, the hot emotions of their youth have long since faded and turned into a trickle, slowly flowing through their hearts.

Li Zhi's chin rested on Wu Zetian's forehead, and his tone was very emotional, "Mei Niang, in the past two years, I have always felt a little powerless. ”

In the past two years, many things have happened, natural disasters**, which have not made him worry at any time, and the headaches have become more and more frequent and longer.

Wu Zetian quietly let him hold him, his eyes closed slightly, and he didn't speak.

Li Zhi's arms tightened, and he said, "I really hope that the prince will become an adult as soon as possible, and he will share my worries as soon as possible." ”

Wu Zetian, who originally had slightly closed eyes, opened a pair of bright eyes, and against the white placket in front of her, her face was expressionless, but her voice was a little gentle, "The prince will get married next year, and when he officially accepts the concubine, he will be an adult, and the lord will be able to breathe a sigh of relief at that time." ”

Li Zhi said with a smile: "I think so too, I have recently pondered about promoting Liu Renliang to the prince's left concubine, and the third rank under the same Zhongshu sect." ”

Wu Zetian was stunned, Liu Renliang was highly respected in the court, and Li Zhi appointed him as an official of the East Palace, and at the same time served as the prime minister, which means that ...... In the prime minister's group in the court, the power of the crown prince will gradually increase. Wu Zetian thought that his son had more and more political disagreements with her in the past two years, and he himself did not have the consciousness of making concessions for his mother, so he was inevitably depressed.

In the past, she wanted to train the prince well, so that he could become a generation of Ming monarchs, and she would be the queen mother. But now, she is troubled by the prince's excellence. If she doesn't curb the prince's power, she will have to have a vicious fight with the prince if she wants to hold power in the future. But the crown prince is the eldest son of orthodoxy, and his virtue has always been praised, and it is not easy for her to move him.

Moreover, if the prince's many years of upbringing, if there is really a mother and son who turned against each other...... Wu Zetian is both contradictory and irritable in her heart, but at the moment it is not her turn to worry about these things, among the officials of the Prince's East Palace, they are generally selected and appointed by Li Zhi, as the queen, she can listen to the government with Li Zhi, as a mother, she may have the right to speak on the appointment of officials in the Prince's East Palace, but she has never had the right to decide.

What's more, although Li Zhi's health at this time is not as good as before, there is no problem at all in presiding over the government.

"Mei Niang, what do you think of this?" Li Zhi asked.

Wu Zetian didn't look up, her eyes were still staring at the white placket in front of her, her white hand touched Li Zhi's chest, and it was placed in the position of his heart, she could feel his powerful heartbeat, but there was a feeling of love in her heart. She wants a lot of things, does he understand or is he confused? Or did he always understand, but pretended to be confused.

She wants to be a wife and a mother, but she wants power more. From the time he discussed the matter with Shangguan Yi about the abolition, she woke up to the fact that no matter how noble the queen's identity was, it was still the emperor who could abolish it with a word. She wanted no one to shake her position, and that was the only way to hold supreme power.

Wu Zetian's hand pressed the emperor's chest, and said with a smile: "It's good." ”

He must have thought about Liu Renliang's matter a long time ago, how could there be room for her to say badly?

Fortunately, from Taizong's talented person to the queen of the man in front of her now, what she is best at has always been to wait for the opportunity.