In the fifth year of Taihe, October Xinsi, not the beginning.

Chang'an, Wannian County, Sixteen Princes' Residences, Yingwang's Mansion.

Zhang Yijun asked Li Shangyin to go back to the house first, and went to Yingwang's Mansion alone. In the afternoon, the Yingwang Mansion is very clean, Zhang Yijun has not been here for some years, and the interior furnishings are no different from the past except for the addition of royal coral trees.

After greeting Liang Tangchen, Song Gao, an old eunuch in his sixties in the palace, saw Zhang Yijun who was holding the seal of King Yingjun here, and did not greet him too much, but just entered the report knowingly, and asked Zhang Yijun to wait more time in front of the second gate.

Zhang Yi knows that King Ying's life and rest are extremely regular. If it is not the day of going out to hunt and drink and feast, you must go to bed every day, you must get up at the end of the morning, and you must cultivate the Tao in the afternoon, year after year, it has never changed. There is a world of difference between habits and Zhang Yi.

Waiting for Song Gao's return, Zhang Yijun stared at the imperial coral tree in the courtyard for the first time. The coral trees have been polished into the shape of a strong ancient pine, which matches the surrounding furnishings in the courtyard, and looks very ancient, which is forgettable and makes people sigh.

Song Gao came out of the second entrance moon gate after a short time, leading Zhang Yijun straight to the back garden.

King Ying, dressed in a moon-white robe, sat in the pavilion next to the pool with a sparse expression, and there were still pen, ink, paper, inkstone and other things on the stone table. After seeing Zhang Yijun, King Ying smiled and slowly got up. Wang was accompanying the attendants, and he also owed his body, and then retreated along the corridor on the other side of the pavilion, accompanied by several maids and maids in the house.

"Meet His Royal Highness King Ying......" Zhang Yijun stood under the pavilion and bowed his hand and said: "Please forgive me for the disturbance in the afternoon." ”

King Ying asked Zhang Yijun not to be polite, and told Song Gao to put away his pen and ink, then walked down the pavilion and slowly paced along the pond path with Zhang Yijun.

Since they had only met last night, Zhang Yijun gave up the complicated greetings, and briefly told Li Shangyin about the secret ditch mechanism alone last night, supplemented by beautiful words, and then crossed his hands and said sincerely: "In the humble opinion of the minister, this person's wisdom may really be useful......

King Ying glanced at Zhang Yijun, the doubts in his eyes were still the same as yesterday, but he was also slightly curious: "You trust this son so much?" ”

"If there is chaos, everything will be ...... by the ministers"

"Alright...... It's good that you have a sense of proportion in this matter. King Ying didn't want to recall the angry scene yesterday, so he waved his hand, "It's Yijun that you are here, isn't it just for this matter?" ”

Zhang Yijun cut to the chase: "The minister is here to borrow the waist card of the vassal king from His Royal Highness......"

King Ying was stunned when he heard this, turned around and looked at Zhang Yijun's expression, as if he had confirmed it for a long time, before he opened his mouth to guess: "Looking at your expression, I think there are clues?" ”

Zhang Yijun looked at King Ying and nodded.

"Printing ribbons are not enough?"

"With only the seal ribbon, Yi Jun can only enter and exit the squares before the third watch, and the fourth and fifth watches cannot be ......."

If the biological mother and concubine are still alive, they can even enter and exit the Daming Palace with this waist card. King Ying's biological mother, Webster's early sage, so its function is similar to that of the goldfish bag worn by Jin Zi in the middle of the court, if the reason is made, you can ignore the curfew and enter and exit freely in Chang'an.

"I understand...... King Ying already knew in his heart, silently untied the jade and white inlaid gold waist card tied to the belly, and handed it to Zhang Yijun, although he was very curious about what the clues in Zhang Yijun's mouth were, but as a vassal king, he also knew that before the matter was clear, ignorance was a blessing, so he kept silent.

At the same time, from the north of the sixteen mansions, a two-horse chariot slowly came, followed by a few soldiers and servants, and the car drove west on the cross street, straight to the Yingwang Mansion located on the west side of the middle song.

The soldiers guarding the gate of the mansion saw the system and accessories of this chariot from a distance, and knew that they were looking for His Royal Highness King Ying, so they couldn't hide their panic and whispered to their colleagues on one side: "Hurry, go find Captain Liang!" ”

After a while, the four-looking car really stopped steadily in front of the Yingwang Mansion. The driver of the car was wearing a green robe of the eighth grade, and his clothes were clean and tidy, but he saw that he had collected the horsewhip and straightened his clothes, and then through the embroidered gold silk curtain, he whispered warmly to the car: "Your Royal Highness the princess, we have arrived ......."

Before the coachman finished speaking, the embroidered gold silk curtain was rolled up, and a soft hand was stretched out from the car, and the coachman hurriedly stretched out his forearm, and the people in the car leaned out and got out of the carriage.

When the soldiers in front of the door saw it, they immediately knelt on the ground and saluted, and Liang Tangchen also hurried over from the second courtyard after getting the news, and bowed down to the jasper girl in front of him: "Princess Ankang......"

Princess Li Lian of Ankang is wearing an embroidered green Zhu Jinzhai robe today, with a leather belt around her waist, and nine trees hanging down from her cloud bun, but perhaps because of carelessness or hasty travel, she did not decorate the ribbon around her waist.

The princess is sixteen years old, is the sister of King Ying, the two have similar eyebrows and eyes, inherited the tall figure of the biological mother Wei, delicate and beautiful, and has a very good relationship with King Ying since childhood.

Without saying anything more about Princess Ankang, the servant of the car driver respectfully held up a gold and wooden letter, Liang Tangchen saw it, Xu guessed what was inside, only to feel a drop of cold sweat sliding down the corners of his forehead, and he swallowed his saliva a little nervously.

"The princess is not lucky, His Royal Highness King Ying...... Today...... I went on a safari in Xuanning Garden, I'm afraid it won't be until night...... Come back. ”

Liang Tangchen was not good at lying, Princess Ankang knew it when she heard it, and she didn't pay attention to it, she snorted coldly, but her voice was a little delicate, "Uncle Liang can't deceive the master today." The lord doesn't believe it, Brother Wang drank and feasted yesterday, the day before yesterday, and closed his door to cultivate three days ago, can he still hunt today? ”

Liang Tangchen was speechless when asked, which was ridiculous, even if he was usually happy and brave, and he had no scruples about life and death for the sake of protecting His Royal Highness, but in front of Princess Ankang, he only felt at a loss.

Princess Ankang took the servants and went straight to the mansion, and Liang Tangchen really didn't dare to stop him, but followed behind inch by inch. The princess searched left and right in the first two courtyards and couldn't find the figure of the princess, and was about to go to the back garden, but ran into Princess Ying.

The princess has been pampered since she was a child, because of her biological mother's early death, plus the youngest, King Ying, King An, King Zhang and the uncles of the sixteen mansions, Emperor Jingzong even has a lot of honor for her today, even if she is about to live in the palace at the age of eighteen, there is no restriction on access, so ordinary people dare not neglect her requirements.

Except for one person.

Wang's eyes only slightly turned on the wooden letter in the hands of the helpless Liang Tangchen and the princess's servants, and he already knew what was going on, so he smiled at the princess and bowed, stood impartially in the middle of the stone road to the princess's back garden, and said gently: "The 'king' is indeed inconvenient now, why don't your highness wait for a while?" ”

For this sister-in-law, Princess Ankang said that she was a little afraid of what she said in her heart, every time she came to look for Brother Wang, she always felt that her careful thoughts seemed to be easily perceived, but now what Sister-in-law said was that Brother Wang was inconvenient at the moment, not Liang Abo's words like going out on a safari, inconsistent, consciously taking advantage of reason, so she sneered: "But what's the inconvenience?" Do you have to lie and deceive the owner? ”

Wang bowed his head and saluted, and said respectfully on his face: "It's not right to lie, the concubine is willing to apologize on behalf of you, but Your Highness thinks about it, if the 'king' is fine, why don't you see Your Highness?" Moreover, His Royal Highness came today, and he did not send anyone to inform him, with His Highness's gentleness and courtesy, the concubine thought to herself, this must not be His Highness's intention? ”

The princess was slightly speechless, she only said that she was reasonable, but she didn't want her sister-in-law to easily turn the conversation around with just a few words, which made her feel a little embarrassed, so she looked away and puffed up and said, "Indeed...... Indeed, it is not the intention of the Lord......"

"Can you let Your Highness wait in the front hall for a while?" The king's busyness will be ......"

Princess Ankang wanted to agree, but she thought that as a dignified princess of the Tang Dynasty and the sister of the Son of Heaven, how could she stand this treatment and be at the mercy of her sister-in-law? Then he changed his words and refused, he had to see King Ying now.

Wang persuaded him gently, and the princess refused to give an inch. In the end, the princess was a little angry, so she put down her courtesy, led the servants, and walked quickly to the back garden, completely ignoring the words of others.

The old eunuch Song Gao couldn't hide his anxiety, sweating on his forehead, if Princess Ankang heard the content of His Royal Highness's conversation with Zhang Yijun, it would be bad, and he couldn't help but look at Wang Shi a little overwhelmed and said, "This is ...... How good is that? ”

Wang's complexion was pale, looking at the back of Princess Ankang in the distance, and said softly: "It's okay, I think it's after half a cup of tea in Shicai, His Royal Highness and Zhang Yijun should also finish talking......"

Princess Ankang broke into the back garden and looked closely, and found the Nine Princes walking side by side with a plain and weak crown on the opposite side of the pond, so she hurriedly walked through the pavilion by the pool, and glanced behind her, and was relieved to find that no one had caught up.

King Ying's face was shocked when he saw Princess Ankang, and then when he looked at the wooden letter held by the servant behind her, his stomach pouch involuntarily spasmed.

After seeing the ninth brother, Princess Ankang, who was still displeased, seemed to be a different person, and she was overjoyed and ordered the servant to lift the lid of the wooden letter. Looking at Li Han, his eyes were like autumn water, and he said expectantly: "Brother try it!" ”

Zhang Yijun glanced at the wooden letter, where there were a few pieces of baked puff pastry messily placed on a plate, but for some reason, the bottom of each piece of dim sum seemed to be slightly unevenly black.

Li Han hesitated for a while, how he didn't know how his sister's craftsmanship was, and the painful lesson of vomiting and diarrhea in the last year was still vivid, but because he was used to pampering this only younger sister than himself, he smiled and shirked and said: "Lian'er has received it for his brother's heart, but recently he has opened up the valley for his brother, and he doesn't eat these ......."

"But......" Princess Ankang said, and there was a cry in her voice: "Lian'er specially made it for Brother Wang!" ”

It's because I made it with my own hands, so I don't dare to eat it, King Yingxin said. However, seeing the princess's face that did not give up until the goal was reached, King Ying knew that he was in a stalemate for a while, so he only reached out and took the smallest one from the wooden letter.

"Then ...... Just one, can you? ”

"Good!" The princess's cheeks softened, but when she saw King Ying handing the snack to Zhang Yijun's hand, she was unhappy for a moment, and said in a rather polite tone: "This is specially made by the master for Brother Wang, if you can't eat it!" ”

"Lian'er!" King Ying said in a stern tone: "This is for my brother and honored guest, don't be rude!" ”

Zhang Yijun was still watching the excitement, but he never thought that he would be the one who finally "tested the poison", although he wanted to refuse politely, but it was difficult to refuse.

King Ying touched Zhang Yijun with the tip of his shoe, and whispered: "Don't swallow ......"

When Zhang Yijun heard this, he immediately paused as soon as he put the dim sum in his mouth, this dim sum that looked like a puff pastry cake seemed to have an earthy smell, and even a little choking.

Zhang Yijun took a full breath before chewing slowly.

King Ying couldn't help but hold his breath when he saw this, he couldn't bear to look at it directly, he was afraid of his life, so he hurriedly dissuaded the siege, smiled and said to Princess Ankang in a coaxing voice: "For my brother, I still have to talk to the guests about some important things, why don't Lian'er leave the wooden letter first, and then taste it slowly for my brother, can you?" ”

Although Princess Ankang was willful, as long as she met her needs, she listened to the persuasion of her ninth brother, so she agreed again and again, and ordered the servants to hand over the wooden letter to King Ying.

After Li Han watched Princess Ankang leave happily, he finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and he handed Zhang Yijun a handkerchief, for fear that he would vomit with the next snap of his fingers.

Watching Zhang Yijun spit out the chewed dim sum into the hand towel and wrap it carefully, King Ying couldn't help but show a long-lost smile and said jokingly: "It's really a loss Yijun, you can chew it......"

King Ying then paused, recovered some serious expression, and then continued his previous words, and said in a low voice: "Later today, Zhao Guizhen will come to the mansion to preach, although he will not leave the mansion today, but you must remember that you must return this waist card before the fifth watch, otherwise you will not be able to leave the palace the next day." ”

Zhang Yijun raised his hand and sang, said goodbye to Queen Ying, and hurriedly left along the other side of the road.