Since last year's election, the defense of Shangyang Palace has obviously become tighter, in addition to the original full-time guard Zuo Yu Lin Wei, there is also a brigade of armor guards stationed here in the right prison guard of Nanya.

The general of the right prison guard is also the Li Tang clan, Li Jin, the Duke of Liangguo, and the prime minister Li Sixun are the same as the Li Tang clan Xun Wangfang. After the blow of the Wu Dynasty, most of the Li Tang clan withered.

Of course, it was not only in the Wu Zhou Dynasty, during the reign of Emperor Li Zhi, there were many sanctions against the clan, and the closer the blood was, the more politically secure it became.

Up to now, the clan has returned to the dynasty, and in terms of blood, of course, it is the Wu King Li Ke and his family represented by Li Qianli, the king of Yulin, who are the closest. But today's saints don't like King Yulin, so the blood has been much more estranged from the Xun Wangfang has become the representative of the clan in the dynasty, both the prime minister and the general, and the Zongjia rooms can be said to be in the limelight for a while.

Li Jin, as the Li Tang clan, has an attitude towards the empress dowager. The guards of the right prison are stationed between Ouchi and Shangyang Palace, and they are naturally on guard, and they must strictly check any personnel who enter and leave Shangyang Palace.

Of course, in this kind of situation, not many people will frequently enter and leave Shangyang Palace without eyes. Occasional visits, nothing more than some female officials who served in the palace in the old years, such as Pei Xingjian's wife Wei Di and the like.

However, this kind of defense is more just some deterrence on the surface, even if Li Jin is full of resentment towards the empress dowager, he does not dare to really raise troops to enter the house, not only in the thousands of Zuo Yulin troops in Shangyang Palace, but also in His Royal Highness King Yong, who is far away in Xijing.

On this day, the Shangyang Palace suddenly marched out all the way, and Li Shouli, the king of Nailu, personally led the team. Li Jin originally stayed in the guard of the right prison of the Southern Ya, and when he heard his subordinates inform him of this abnormal move, he did not dare to slack off, and he was busy putting on armor to lead the people out of the imperial city, and stopped King Lu and his party in Qiaobei, Tianjin.

"His Royal Highness King Lu suddenly led Jia into the workshop, and dared to ask what was going on? If it's just an ordinary miscellaneous messenger, you can order the last general to do it for you. His Royal Highness honors his physique, and when he enters the workshop, he will inevitably harass others and himself. ”

Li Jince immediately stepped forward, looked at King Lu and said with a smile.

When Li Shouli heard this, his face turned over, and he was angry, but he just sneered: "Xicheng Theater, I am a good prostitute, and I am idle and move, and Liang Guogong will go and attract it for me." ”

After Li Jin heard this, the corners of his mouth trembled, and after a while, he smiled dryly: "His Royal Highness King Lu said that he was laughing, if this is all there is to it, let one of the envoys go?" A car? And why be extravagant. ”

"How much friendship do I have with you? Worth laughing with you? How much control do you have over me, dare to block the street? Get lost! ”

Li Shouli's face pulled, and he pointed at Li Jin and scolded angrily.

Being so humiliated and reprimanded in public, Li Jin naturally couldn't pull his face, and immediately changed his perfunctory smile, stabbed his saber to his abdomen, and said in a deep voice: "The last general is the emperor's order, and there is nothing to ask within his duties, His Royal Highness King Lu rashly entered the workshop?" The mission is secret, please forgive me for not letting it go! ”

"You dare to show your blade, I admire you as a rare hard seed in the world!"

Li Shouli was not intimidated by this state, and after seeing this, his face became even more ridiculous? Ride a horse directly to Tianjin Bridge? Behind him, the first crowd followed, and directly regarded Li Jin and other right prison guards as if they were nothing.

Li Jin's hand holding the knife is full of muscles? trembling faintly, a soldier commander stepped forward behind him, raised his hand to hold the hilt of his saber, and whispered: "General, no! ”

"Keep up!"

Li Jin took a deep breath, tried to calm his mood, and squeezed out a few words between his teeth.

So the two roads of the first people successively through the Tianjin Bridge, and into the heavenly street, Li Jin saw that King Lu led the crowd straight to Shangshanfang, his face suddenly changed, riding horses to be the first, leading the crowd into the workshop first, Zhu Jiashi was on standby outside the Taiping Princess Mansion, and he hurriedly got off the horse and entered the mansion.

The court cried, so that Princess Taiping once again became the focus of attention of the world, so in recent days, the palace is often like a city, today is naturally no exception, the crowd of cars and horses who enter the square to see makes the street slightly congested. , the house is also full of guests.

Princess Taiping was meeting guests in the hall, and when she saw Li Jin entering the hall with a serious expression, her face became a little unnatural, but she said: "The son of the Zong family is visiting his relatives, and it is not worth making a fuss." ”

Saying this, she still instructed her retainers to guide the guests in the middle hall to the other hall, and took someone to introduce the bride Li Youniang into the hall.

The family members in the palace were busy with their work, the hall had just been cleaned up, and Li Shouli, the king of Lu, had arrived at the door. Princess Taiping looked calm, and walked to the front of the hall with Li Youniang by hand, and when she saw Li Shouli put on armor and entered, she took the first step and said with a smile: "Your aunt's court is not a dangerous situation, Erlang is visiting, why bother?" ”

Li Shouli walked to the front of the hall, first handed Li Youniang, who was nervous, a comforting look, and then looked at Princess Taiping with a knife and said: "Come to see you today, not a private visit, Her Majesty the Queen Mother made me ......."

"Come into the hall."

Princess Taiping's face changed slightly, and she waved her hand to retreat from the house slave standing on the left side of the corridor, and her tone was a little weak.

Li Shouli didn't object when he heard this, he stepped into the hall, raised his hand and patted the shoulder of the little sister Li Youniang who came forward, and said with a smile: "Brothers are alive proudly, and you can't let half of your distractions disturb my sister." Niangniang has been thinking about you recently, and I will clean up the room and follow me into the garden later. ”

Li Youniang nodded hurriedly after hearing this, and then remembered to look back at her aunt, Princess Taiping's smile was slightly stiff, but she still said softly: "And as your brother said, go." ”

When Li Youniang left, Princess Taiping looked at Li Shouli again and said, "What does the Queen Mother have in mind, and I will convey it to my son?" ”

"Her Majesty the Queen Mother asked me to invite my aunt to the garden to meet me."

Li Shouli did not sit down, stood in the hall and spoke.

When Princess Taiping heard this, her eyes wandered a little to dodge, and she pointed to the outside of the hall and said: "Mother summoned me, I shouldn't have shirked, but there are so many guests in the front hall, Erlang, you have also seen it, can you treat me ......?"

"Her Majesty the Queen Mother knows that her aunt thinks that she is busy with personnel, and if her aunt is too busy to take a break, she will tell me a few words."

Li Shouli was not surprised by Princess Taiping's shirk, and before the aunt finished explaining the excuse, he spoke again: "Grandmother said that the small instrument is not enough to be big, and it is afraid that it will be self-defeating. My aunt is now enjoying everything, and it can be called complete. Even if the story is frustrating, it is not a reason to destroy human feelings......"

"Is this what my mother said? This is...... Hah, that's it, I hear you. The Queen Mother has any other instructions, and I will say it together. ”

Princess Taiping's eyes were a little evasive, but when she heard this, she couldn't help but chuckle, her eyes were determined, and she looked at Li Shouli calmly and said.

"My grandmother also said that there is a profound truth in the saint's observance. Whether Luling returns or not, my aunt should not be involved. If it is really perverse, the old woman is powerful! Family thieves, national thieves, and people who are all stickers! ”

"What's going on...... I don't have that in mind! ”

When Princess Taiping heard this, her expression, which had just regained her composure, changed suddenly, and she stood up directly from her seat, quite a little flustered: "Your grandmother is in a reverie, how can she be so, so ...... Alas, prepare for the chariot battle, I'll go to her, I'll go to her! Make it clear and clear, let her stop being so sad! ”

As she spoke, Princess Taiping walked down the hall, looked at Li Shouli and said, "Erlang is already strong, watching people and things, he should have his own opinions!" Your grandmother, she, she's really becoming more and more withdrawn, and she is so vicious! Did this statement reach Xijing? Caution lies far from the outside, the situation of the gods cannot be known, don't spread evil feelings in vain, let him misunderstand! ”

Princess Taiping was really a little panicked, so much so that she was a little incoherent: "In the old years, the family was in love, and only my two families had to watch and help each other." If I really have any evil schemes, how can I send your cousin to Xijing? What I am doing now is only to grieve your aunt's grief and not be honorable......"

"If my aunt wants to enter the garden, I will wait in the outer hall."

Li Shouli knew that he didn't have the nuanced eyes of his own Saburo, so he simply regretted not to respond more.

Not long after, Princess Taiping's car drove out of Shangshanfang, and King Lu and his party went straight to Shangyang Palace, hearing all kinds of discussions on the left side of the road, and her mood was even worse for a while.

She didn't want to see her mother at this time, in addition to not daring to face her mother's scrutiny, she also realized that God was boiling now, and her words and deeds had a great impact, so she needed to avoid suspicion.

If she went to Shangyang Palace to visit her mother at this time, not to mention what the outside world would say, I was afraid that her fourth brother Li Dan would also bury a thorn in his heart.

But hearing Li Shouli's words relayed to her mother, Princess Taiping knew that this trip could not be avoided. For now, the past may stop at reprimanding, but if the mother's threat comes true, it will really not end well. Each other is a person with exquisite thoughts, and if Saikyo's Saburo is completely alarmed, no one can estimate what that ruthless thing will do.

Princess Taiping didn't expect this situation, but she felt that there was no room for change in human affection, but the fierce reaction of her mother was still beyond her imagination.

With such a mixed thought in his heart, the car soon drove into Shangyang Palace, and Li Youniang said goodbye for a while and went straight to Niangniang Fang's residence in the garden. Last year, Li Guangshun took the matter of concubine, the queen mother personally inquired, and Concubine Fang entered the palace to thank her, so the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law eased, and since then Concubine Fang has also lived in Shangyang Palace.

Walking outside the queen mother's bedroom, Princess Taiping paused for a moment, lifted the brocade and rubbed her eye sockets vigorously, and then covered her mouth and sobbed, and walked into the palace with teary eyes.

In the main hall, Wu Zetian was lying on his side in the bed, closing his eyes and pretending to sleep, and before the supreme official Wan'er entered the palace to tell the princess that she had ascended the palace, she bowed slightly, and before she could open her eyes, her daughter's sad cry was already heard in her ears: "Is it to fight or kill, this body already has this!" Born in such a court, I should accept my fate, this life is only a plaything under my mother's hands, and sin is being liberated by force......"

"Put away that disgusting voice, your flesh and blood, out of my arms. If you really have no compassion, I will recruit you with King Lu? ”

Wu Zetian slowly sat upright in the seat, lowered his eyes to look at Princess Taiping, who was still sobbing to herself, and said in a deep voice.