On this day, Li Chen suddenly found that the gray parrot she kept in Fengyang Pavilion had learned a few auspicious words without a teacher, and she was happy for a while, so she asked people to take the gray parrot to Qingning Palace to ask Wu Zetian for peace.

"Blessed as the East China Sea!"

"Shoubi Nanshan!"

The gray parrot who is usually willing to say auspicious words to Princess Yongchang does not need to be teased by Princess Yongchang for the first time, so he says auspicious words without money in front of Her Royal Highness the Queen.

If this situation is too peaceful, it will be very speechless. Birds and beasts can also watch people talk, anyway, this so-called little parrot didn't say half a good word in front of her, and usually tilted its head to look at her, and the bird looked like it was despising her. If you want it to say something nice, the shelf is too big, if it weren't for Li Chen holding dried fruits next to it to lure it, it would have been impossible to spit out a decent word for a long time. Taiping had long been angry with this bird, if it weren't for the fact that it was raised by his own sister, he would have sent this big bird to the Shangshi Bureau for stew.

Li Chen looked back with a smile and said to Wu Zetian: "Actually, it will also say Wishing you prosperity, I don't know why I won't say it today." As she spoke, she stretched out her hand, and the grey parrot landed on her hand.

Wu Zetian actually didn't see the gray parrot for the first time, when this parrot would say the first sentence, Li Chen was only four or five years old at that time, and the little one combed his hair and ran to Qingning Palace to let the gray parrot speak to her.

Wu Zetian remembered the scene when Li Chen threw himself into her arms with a cheer, and said with a smile and said Ah Niang, Ah Niang, my gray parrot can speak, and his heart softened.

In the blink of an eye, she was so old.

Wu Zetian smiled at the corner of his mouth and asked, "You taught these words?" ”

Li Chen replied to his mother and put a few dried fruits on the table for the gray parrot, "It's not true, I just let Yang Zhi Manna and a few of them mutter a few auspicious words in front of it, and it will learn." ”

The gray parrot held a dried fruit in its mouth, tilted its head and looked at Wu Zetian on the side of the master, probably this bird's eyesight is very good, and he knows that the person standing next to the master is not an ordinary person, so he put the dried fruit in his mouth next to Wu Zetian, and the intention of courtesy is very obvious.

Seeing this, Li Chen couldn't help laughing.

"Auntie, the little parrot is usually arrogant, but now she has taken the initiative to show favor to you."

Wu Zetian raised his eyebrows and stretched out his hand, the gray parrot hesitated for a moment, and then took the initiative to stretch out the bird's head, and rubbed it on Wu Zetian's palm as if he was condescending.

Wu Zetian also felt a little fresh in his heart, and he also smiled and picked up a dried fruit to tease it, "Say something nice again." ”

The grey parrot looked at her this time, then turned his head away from her.

Wu Zetian raised his eyebrows, but didn't say anything. Turning her head to look at Li Chen, she saw her little daughter looking at her with big eyes.

"What's wrong?" Wu Zetian asked.

Li Chen smiled: "I've never seen A-Niang tease these little things, I thought you didn't like them." ”

Wu Zetian smiled, "It's not that I don't like it, it's that I don't have time to like it." As she spoke, she changed her words and asked Li Chen: "You have been running out lately, and you haven't practiced calligraphy for a long time, right?" ”

When Li Chen heard this, he wrinkled his nose and complained to his mother half-truthfully: "A-Niang doesn't love Yongchang anymore, and she hasn't practiced calligraphy with Yongchang for a long time." ”

Li Chen has practiced calligraphy since she was a child, and she has written quite well in one hand, and later after Li Zhi found a pianist for her, she began to empathize with her when she had a new pastime. She usually learns from the luthier her father has found, and only goes to practice calligraphy in her spare time. In the past two years, Li Zhi's health has not been very good, and he has a sense of inadequacy, and he is no longer as often as Li Chen practiced calligraphy with her when he was a child, and his mother Wu Zetian has more and more things, and Li Chen has rarely practiced calligraphy in Qingning Palace. And in Fengyang Pavilion, she didn't want to put pen to paper.

Wu Zetian glanced at her with a smile, pulled her to him, his eyes were full of love, and said softly: "How can my mother not love Yongchang?" It's just that now Yongchang should also learn to grow up. You are the princess of the Tang Dynasty, and you don't have to be accompanied by your mother to do anything well. ”

Li Chen pursed his lips, with a sad expression on his face.

In fact, Li Chen also understands in his heart that in the past few years, his father's body has issued a warning, and the power of the prince's brother's East Palace in the court has become more and more large-scale, and at the same time, the power in his mother's heart is also expanding. At this time, Wu Zetian couldn't have too much thought to manage her, and in the past few years, Wu Zetian's attitude towards her and Taiping has always been pampered and trusted, with constraints, as long as she and Taiping don't make trouble, anything can be discussed.

Wu Zetian smiled and patted her little face, and after saying a few more words, he sent her back to Fengyang Pavilion, because Wu Chengji asked to see her.

When Li Chen walked out of Qingning Palace, he saw Wu Chengsi, Wu Chengsi smiled and nodded: "Princess, are you here to say hello to Her Royal Highness the Empress?" ”

Li Chen glanced at him coldly, ignored him, and left surrounded by a group of palace maids.

At this time, Shangguan Wan'er came out and saw Wu Chenghei, and a smile appeared on her face: "Grandpa Guo is here, Her Royal Highness the Queen is waiting." ”

Wu Chengsi's face was full of smiles, "So-and-so will go in and trouble Shangguan Cairen." ”

Shangguan Wan'er smiled and asked the female officer to lead Wu Chengsi in, she turned to face the direction of Li Chen's departure, and the smile on her face slowly faded.

She has been serving Li Chen since she was six years old and has served Li Chen for nearly eight years. Shangguan Wan'er has always felt that whether it is Li Chen or Taiping, their character is rare among the many little nobles. And they are the people who are born of today's saints and Her Royal Highness the Empress, and they are almost held in the palm of the entire Tang Dynasty, which is even more rare.

But anyone who can enter the palace to see Her Royal Highness the Queen, Li Chen will not treat him so coldly when he meets him. But every time Li Chen saw someone from the martial family, he almost always had a cold face and didn't like it.

Even when Her Royal Highness asked, she would only say coquettishly: "Their father used to be bad to my aunt, why should I like them?" A-Niang takes care of them and takes care of their old feelings, but I have never met them before, what are the old feelings? I just don't like them. ”

The truth and falsehood of the words were mixed, anyway, Shangguan Wan'er felt that Li Chen hated all the martial arts families except for Her Royal Highness the Empress for no reason.

Li Chen saw Wu Chengsi in Qingning Palace, and the boss was unhappy in his heart, and there were four words hanging from the corners of his eyes and eyebrows. Seeing that the owner was in a bad mood, the gray parrot stood on Yang Zhi's shoulder with great eyes.

Li Yanxi, who was in Fengyang Pavilion, was stunned for a moment when she saw Li Chen coming back with a cold face, "Princess? ”

Didn't you leave happily, why did you come back with a straight face?

Seeing this, Ganlu leaned over to Li Yanxi's ear and whispered, "The princess met Zhou Guogong in Qingning Palace. ”

Li Yanxi suddenly came to her senses, and then ran to Li Chen with a smile: "Princess, didn't you say that you were going to the East Palace to find the crown princess?" ”

Li Chen: "I'm not in the mood, I'm not going." ”

"But I heard that the crown princess made a two-meter-long portrait and prepared to give it to the saint and the queen during the New Year."

Li Chen's eyes lit up: "Really? ”

Li Yanxi took Li Chen's hand: "The pearls are not so real, it was the eldest princess who came to tell me just now, she said that she would go over and have a look first, and let you go directly to the East Palace to find her after you come back." ”

When Li Chen heard Taiping's name, the depression in her heart faded a little, and she asked Yang Zhimanna to help her tidy up her dress and hair and go to the East Palace.

When he went to the East Palace, Taiping was talking to Pei, and the crown prince Li Hong was also there.

Li Hong's voice was a little gentle: "It is said that everything is prosperous at home, and you don't have to be too naughty sometimes." Since Anyang was punished by his mother for stealing the girl, he was locked up in the palace for a few days, and he probably knew that he was wrong. ”

Taiping snorted lightly: "It's good that she knows it's wrong, if she doesn't know it's wrong, my sister and I will sue my mother in the future!" ”

The prince couldn't cry or laugh: "Aren't you afraid that the third brother will be caught between you and be in a dilemma?" ”

Li Chen pursed his lips and said, "The third brother doesn't care about the third sister-in-law, let her toss around, he is not afraid that my sister and I will be bullied, why should my sister and I be afraid of him?" ”

The words were reasonable, and Li Hong couldn't refute them.

Seeing this, Pei Shi smiled and patted the prince's hand, turned back to Li Chen and said, "Yongchang is here?" ”

Li Chen has always liked this sister-in-law's gentle and generous sister-in-law, and nodded with a smile: "I came to see the paintings that my sister-in-law has made these days." ”

Seeing this, Li Hong left the space to these sisters-in-law. A few days ago, Di Renjie received an excerpt to impeach Li Yun, the king of Jiang, although it was resolved, but the matter was related to the royal family, and Li Hong asked Di Renjie to understand the matter. Moreover, my father plans to go to Luoyang, the eastern capital, with my mother next month, and he will be in Chang'an to supervise the country, and he will also go to ask his father for advice.

Li Chen looked at Li Hong's departing back, and was a little worried. Although the mother and the crown prince and brother didn't say anything in private, the differences between the two above the court were increasing, and the contradictions were quietly intensifying.

My mother mentioned to my father a few days ago that I wanted to repair the Ming Hall, and it stands to reason that the prince's brother is a standard Confucian gentleman and should approve of it. Who knows what the prince's brother explained what the hall was originally no longer elegant, and how to design and build it can not be determined, now Liu Zuoxiang is still crusading against Silla, the so-called soldiers and horses have not moved, grain and grass first, and it will cost a lot of money to fight, and the people of the Tang Dynasty have only recovered from the famine and floods.

In fact, my father has always wanted to build Mingtang in his heart, but he has always advocated frugality, and he feels that the time is not right, so he just thinks about it. My mother has always known how to please my father, but I didn't expect this time that the prince's brother would refute it, and my father also thought that what the prince's brother said was reasonable, and put aside his mother's mention of building a Ming Hall.

"Yongchang, didn't you say you wanted to see my paintings?"

Pei's voice brought Li Chen back to his senses, and Li Chen answered and left the courtyard with Pei's.