After Lin Ya'er left, Xiao Mei'er looked at Lin Ya'er's departing back and squinted her eyes and said, "Your Majesty, if Ya'er is the queen, it is better than a concubine." ”

Li Jun snorted coldly: "Who I can't see clearly? Although Ya'er has a general knowledge, she also has a big shortcoming, that is, she is not good at expressing herself, if it is me, she will not come to tell the emperor and empress about it first, but go to the prince first. ”

"Your Majesty, according to the etiquette system, engaged couples can't meet casually." Xiao Mei'er said with a frown.

Li Jun continued: "Then do you think the relationship between the two is important, or are those etiquettes important? ”

Xiao Mei'er replied without hesitation: "Of course the latter is the most important, Your Majesty, the concubine knows that you have always looked down on these red tapes, but as everyone knows, these etiquette systems are the most favorable means for our royal rule over the world. ”

Xiao Mei'er's words made Li Jun speechless, and Li Jun said angrily: "Okay, you can talk to the etiquette, I will go to sleep for a while." ”

After saying that, Li Jun went to the apse, and slept for about an hour, Xiao Meier woke up Li Jun, looking at Xiao Meier's bitter gourd face, Li Jun sighed and said, "Alas, what's wrong?" ”

"Your Majesty, the news just came that Cheng Tang met Ya'er in the Imperial Garden, and the two of them had a very unpleasant quarrel, if it weren't for Ling'er being on the side, Cheng Tang would probably have done it." Xiao Mei'er said cautiously.

Li Jun slapped the bed board angrily and said: "This bastard, it's really getting more and more excessive, go and bring him to me, the reason why I didn't justifiably expel Lin Xiao and the others is already to save face for him, and he even has to make inches." ”

Seeing that Li Jun was really angry, Xiao Meier didn't dare to persuade again.

Soon Li Chengtang was brought in, and Li Chengtang didn't know who he was drinking with, and the twelve-year-old boy's face was flushed and full of alcohol.

This appearance made Li Jun very disappointed, Li Jun hated iron and said with hatred: "Cheng Tang, your teacher told his father, what do you want to do now?" ”

Li Chengtang knew that he had caused a big disaster, and he didn't dare to quibble, so he had to honestly apologize: "Please forgive my father, my son knows that he is wrong." ”

Li Jun asked, "Are you wrong there?" ”

"The sons should not listen to the slander of the villain, let alone have a conflict with the crown princess, which will affect the sadness of the father and the queen mother, and the sons and daughters are guilty." Li Chengtang replied.

"If you understand the truth, why do you want to do it?" Li Jun asked with a sigh.

Li Chengtang raised his head and looked at Xiao Meier and Li Jun, and saw that his mother and father had encouragement in their eyes, so he boldly said: "Father, mother, Erchen really doesn't want to continue to stay in Chang'an, Erchen has been the prince for more than ten years, and he has been cautious since he was a child, and he didn't dare to overstep in the slightest, so Erchen felt that he was not happy, and later met Lin Xiao and others, and listened to them talk about the life in the rivers and lakes outside, Erchen felt very envious, as for the things they did outside, Erchen really didn't know, It is not for the retainers to tell them to do it. ”

Li Jun nodded and said: "I'm very happy, you can still tell the truth to your father and queen mother, Tang'er, in fact, it's not just you, I'm also tired of being in Chang'an, sometimes I also want to go out to see this great river and mountain, and the reason why my father went to the royal expedition is also for this reason." ”

"Really? Father. Li Chengtang asked excitedly.

"It's not just me, I think that any emperor in the past and present will get bored of staying in one place for a long time." Li Jun replied with a smile.

"But this is not in keeping with the teachings of the gentlemen?" Li Chengtang continued to ask shamelessly.

Li Jun shook his head and said: "Yes, those ministers always want to turn the emperor into their puppet, so there is such a thing as etiquette, but the etiquette system is a double-edged sword, although it has a certain binding force on the imperial power, but the emperor has mastered it, and it is a sharp weapon. ”

"The teachings of my father and the emperor are remembered by my sons." Li Chengtang hurriedly said.

Li Jun waved his hand and said, "Okay, since the matter is over now, then I won't pursue you, but you also have to agree to two conditions for your father." ”

"Father, please speak." Li Chengtang asked happily.

"First of all, stay away from Lin Xiao and these people after the first day, these people are not your real friends, you need to understand, what is the true meaning of friends? Also, you have to make peace with Ya'er, Ya'er is a good girl, you can't let her down. ”

"Father rest assured, but Erchen also begged his father not to kill Lin Xiao, this person is too flashy and has no bad intentions." Li Chengtang begged Lin Xiao for mercy.

"You don't have to worry about this person, now let's talk about the second thing, you made a mistake this time anyway, I am ready to let you make meritorious contributions, are you willing?"

"Erchen is willing." Li Chengtang hurriedly agreed.

"In this way, I am going to arrange for you to take Donggong Liuyu to Liangzhou, go there to exercise, and take a look at the lives of the people at the border by the way." Li Jun said with a smile.

"Thank you, father." Li Chengtang replied excitedly.

Hearing this, Xiao Mei'er's face was very worried, then Li Jun waved his hand, Li Chengtang left happily, Xiao Meier asked worriedly: "Your Majesty, Tang Er is only twelve years old, is he really going to the battlefield?" ”

Li Jun replied very speechlessly: "Who told you that he was going to war?" It's just that he went to the border to exercise and see more about the people's suffering, which will help him in the future of his administration. ”

"Then can't you wait until the border is safe before going?"

"Hmph, woman's opinion, if he waits until the border is safe, what he sees there is just the tragic experience of the enemy, and he can't see the suffering of our Datang people before, so ah, whether it is public or private, he has to go, and when he gets there, on the one hand, he will understand the cruelty of war, and on the other hand, let him remember one thing, that is, we Datang can't do without a sword in our hands at any time, of course, it is our own business whether to use a sword in our hands." Li Jun snorted coldly.

"Your Majesty's hard work, the concubine understands." Seeing that Li Jun couldn't change his mind, Xiao Meier had no choice but to say so.

After Li Jun also left, the more Xiao Meier thought about it, the more uneasy she became, and she deliberately called Xiao Renjie into the palace.

After Xiao Renjie entered the palace, when he heard Xiao Mei'er's words, he laughed and said: "Your Majesty's method is really amazing, in order to offset His Highness's previous mistakes, it's very good, no one can find fault with it." ”

"Hmph, are you still his uncle? That's the border pass, maybe there will be a big war one day? Why are you still laughing? Xiao Mei'er snorted coldly.

"Niangniang, you are concerned about it, who is the prince? That is the prince who our Majesty has personally taught since childhood, that is, he went to Liangzhou alone, and Lou Chong, Li Jiang and others also have to be carefully served, not to mention that His Royal Highness also went with an army of 10,000 East Palace and six rates. Xiao Renjie hurriedly explained.

"It is said that the sword has no eyes, what if Tang Er is plotted in Liangzhou?" Xiao Mei'er continued to ask worriedly.

"Niangniang, if that's the case, then Guo Yi should die." Xiao Renjie said coldly.

The character of his own queen's cousin, Xiao Renjie knows very well in his heart, he looks strong on the outside, but he is still quite a little woman on the inside, this kind of person is a good thing for the emperor, because the emperor likes women like good wives and mothers the most, but for ministers, it is not necessarily a good thing, when the emperor died unexpectedly and the prince was young, a good queen mother was very important.

Just like today's Empress Dowager Wei, after the death of the first emperor, His Majesty is seriously ill again, Empress Dowager Wei immediately decided to send her brother back to Beijing to protect the palace, and then she waited for a turnaround, if it weren't for Empress Dowager Wei's courage, I'm afraid the Tang Dynasty would have been chaotic now.

Xiao Renjie sighed and said: "Niangniang, if you are still not at ease, I am going to meet Guo Yi in person, Niangniang, don't worry, I will explain all the stakes to Guo Yi clearly." ”

"Okay, then please brother." Xiao Mei'er nodded hurriedly.

As soon as Xiao Renjie left the palace, he heard a lot of gossip, His Majesty had just punished His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and in less than half an hour, the entire Chang'an City had spread all over it, Xiao Renjie felt that this matter was very unusual.

Xiao Renjie returned to Jingzhao Yin's Mansion, found the bad handsome Zhang Xiaojing, and asked him to be responsible for finding out the source of the rumors, so he went straight to Guo's Mansion.