Chapter 20: Return to Luoyang

Soon it was time to set off for the Eastern Capital, although Tang Ying had traveled many times with the car, there were still some things that needed to be prepared in advance. Then he said goodbye to Li Xian, saying that he was going to leave the palace and go back to the palace. Li Xian is used to getting along with her day and night, and when he heard that he was leaving, his mood seemed to be thrown from a high altitude to a trough, and he always felt that something was wrong.

Tang Ying persuaded him Li Xian that she would go to Luoyang with Ming Chongyan, on the one hand, she could set aside time for Li Xian to recover, and on the other hand, she could also monitor Ming Chongyan not to use any tricks.

What she said was reasonable, and he was helpless. However, after working side by side these days, he found that his feelings for Tang Ying had changed a little. From the beginning of wanting to use her to speak for himself in front of the queen mother, now I feel panicked when I can't see her. He's never been like this.

He proposed to stay with Tang Ying for another dinner, which could be regarded as a send-off. She was not in a hurry, so she agreed.

But at the dinner table, Li Xian was always in a daze. Tang Ying thought that he was just worried about his personal safety, so he patted him on the shoulder and comforted: "Don't worry, Xian'er, I'll keep an eye on him." This time, you just need to help the prince and impress your mother, then Ming Chongyan will naturally have some scruples about you in the future. ”

Li Xian nodded. In addition to these, he was more reluctant and worried about Tang Ying. It's just a moment, and I don't know where to start. If you are reluctant, you will definitely be coaxed by her as a child; If you say you're worried...... I don't have the qualifications and ability to protect her, and it's useless to say it.

Seeing that he still didn't speak, Tang Ying thought that he was scared by Ming Chongyan and had some sequelae, so he stabbed him jokingly, "Okay." Cheer up. I hope that when I come back, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty will praise you, so that Ming Chongyan's bullshit prediction will be self-defeating! ”

Li Xian was amused, and convulsed for a moment and reached out to gently grasp her fingers, "Ah Ying, how can you say such vulgar words?" He also didn't understand why he had already "met frankly", but now he couldn't let go.

Tang Ying glanced at his hand, and skillfully pulled it out with an exaggerated shrug, "The little girl has grown up in the mountains since she was a child, so naturally she doesn't have the demeanor of everyone's ladies." made a joke, Li Xian's mood also improved, and just about to return to Tang Ying, she left a little anxiously.

I could see that she was also a little embarrassed in her expression, and I don't know if she remembered the time when she was drunk. He didn't keep her again, and sent her out of the palace with a few words.

Li Xian chewed Tang Ying's admonition seriously, this time, whether it was to increase his prestige or to save his life, he had to work hard to show his importance. On the other hand, for the first time in front of a woman, he, a proud prince, felt a little inferior, and he hoped that he would become better, so that he might have more confidence when he wanted to keep her in the future, right?

Facts have proved that he was originally gifted and intelligent, and he was both courageous and meticulous, and he really became Li Hong's right-hand man, which is a later story.

In the second year of Xianheng (671), the emperor and queen led a huge convoy to Luoyang, the eastern capital.

Li Zhi is naturally in the same carriage as Wu Mei, and it is unknown to outsiders whether they will take the opportunity to say something. Anyway, because of his identity, Ming Chongyan could only ride a horse and follow the car, but it was not far from Tang Ying's carriage. Tang Ying sat in the carriage in a luxurious palace dress, and saw Ming Chongyan turning around and smiling at her from the curtain that was lifted. His waist-length hair was draped over a gray cloak, his simple bun on the top of his head was neatly pulled, and his smile was just right.

What a devil with a smile mask...... She curled her scarlet lipstick lips and smiled back. It was just a perfunctory smile, but Ming Chongyan always felt that there was something deep in her smile when he looked back, and he even suspected that Tang Ying had found a way to deal with him.

No, you must keep a close eye on her every move! He thought fiercely.

When I arrived in Luoyang, the weather was not so cold. The city is full of joy and the joy of the arrival of the emperor and the vitality of the new year.

Tang Ying came here mainly to find Di Renjie, but she found that Ming Chongyan seemed to follow her inadvertently wherever she went, which really made her nerve-wracked.

After a few days like this, she finally couldn't wait any longer, so she went to Li Zhi for help. Fortunately, Li Zhi always took the initiative to find her to accompany him, so he did not arouse Ming Chongyan's suspicions. She told Li Zhi what she meant to go out of the palace to find a helper, and he immediately expressed his support. Eventually, he came up with his usual method of "feigning illness". Ming Chongyan still has the identity of the imperial doctor at this time, and once the emperor falls ill, he must not leave an inch. At that time, Tang Ying will have a chance to go out.

Tang Ying was originally a little worried that Li Zhi would be recognized, but he said that the trick of pretending to be sick had been tried and tested repeatedly, so she agreed to take the risk and try it.

The next day, when the emperor and queen found many important ministers in Luoyang in the court. Li Zhi suddenly hugged his head and shouted that he had a headache, and his sweaty and pale face was indeed enough to confuse the real with the fake.

Wu Mei naturally didn't dare to slack off, and ordered Ming Chongyan to heal Li Zhi without leaving for a moment. Ming Chongyan's duty was to immediately agree. Tang Ying got the news. put on a cross-dressing and sneaked out of the palace as soon as possible.

She once followed Li Chunfeng and Di Renjie in Luoyang to track down the case of Teng and Renren, and was extremely familiar with the layout of the city. In addition, he had been to Dali Temple, so it didn't take much trouble to find Di Renjie's room.

Di Renjie is just over forty years old and is at his peak. With his meticulous reasoning and strong martial arts, he was soon appreciated by Dali Temple, and became the number one patrol of Dali Temple, and his promotion to the temple was just around the corner. When the emperor and queen came, in order to ensure safety, all members of Dali Temple had to step up their handling of cases. He hadn't been home in a long time.

Hearing that Tang Ying was also here, he really wanted to meet him and handed over the things entrusted to him by Li Chunfeng to Tang Ying. But he didn't have any reason to approach Tang Ying who was in the palace, and he was also thinking about whether to sneak in, just like when he, Li Chunfeng and Tang Ying lived in Luoyang Palace together.

In retrospect, it was the fourth year of Xianqing (659 AD), and time passed too quickly, and twelve spring and autumn seasons had passed in the blink of an eye. Hanging under the moon in the study, the strange woman who stopped in her heart was long out of reach.

When he heard the bad news of Li Chunfeng's passing, he also rushed to Chang'an in the snow, because he was the only friend in the world who saw them together, and he felt that Tang Ying would definitely need his shoulder. But when he arrived, he heard that there was already a man named "Ming Chongyan" beside Tang Ying. This young talent is the imperial doctor and the doctor who have been in the limelight in the past two years. He also heard that the two went to mourn Li Chunfeng together.

He didn't know what the real situation was, but the relationship between being able to mourn his deceased husband together should be extraordinary. So he thought that Tang Ying had found the harbor where he docked, so he quietly returned to Luoyang. Over the years, even if I miss her, I have never written to her.