Xiling Yue sat in the palace garden for a few hours.

During this period, Steward Fang, Ah Cui, Ah Dan, and Xiao Yi came to persuade her to have dinner, but she drove her back. Maybe her temper was too big, and everyone didn't dare to persuade her, and when they saw that she refused to eat, they didn't say anything anymore.

It wasn't until the end of the day that she returned to the courtyard.

She pushed open the courtyard door, and the courtyard was brightly lit, but surprisingly, Atsui and Adan did not come out to greet her. Xilingyue didn't think much about it, just walked with her head buried until she found the shadow of a person on the ground. She looked up and saw the handsome figure in the middle of the courtyard standing in front of the stone table, with a white brocade cloak on his left arm and a three-story carved mahogany food box beside him.

Xi Lingyue gritted her teeth and decided to ignore his existence, and was about to bypass him, when a sentence suddenly sounded in her ears: "I have something to say." ”

The tip of Xiling Yue's nose was sour, she wanted to refuse but didn't say anything, and silently walked to the stone case and sat down.

The night breeze flickered, the coolness suddenly rose, blowing the hem of Li Chengxuan's brocade clothes, Xilingyue found that he was wearing thin clothes, but the sentence "Is it cold" stuck in his throat and couldn't ask.

Or Li Chengxuan asked first: "Is it cold?" ”

Xiling Yue shook her head, but unconsciously tightened her clothes.

Li Chengxuan shook off the white cloak and tied it for her personally, with a gentle voice: "Eat something with me." ”

Obviously, she didn't eat dinner, but he didn't persuade her to eat, but instead said the word "accompany", which made her unable to refuse. So, she watched him open the three-story food box, and took out wine, vegetables, pastries, bowls, plates, and wine glasses from it in turn, and placed them on the stone table.

He first filled the two jade cups, but did not persuade Xiling Yue to drink, but said: "It's not good to drink on an empty stomach, eat something first." ”

Xilingyue obediently picked up the chopsticks, took two bites of the dish, and took another bite of the sweet, glutinous and soft osmanthus cake. Since coming to the palace, she loves this snack so much that she panicked when she didn't eat it for two days, but right now, it tastes like chewing wax.

Li Chengxuan felt a little relieved when he saw that she was willing to eat, his hand holding the wine glass tightened, and he said in a deep voice: "I'm sorry." ”

Xilingyue was originally very annoyed, but after sitting in the garden for a few hours, her anger had long been replaced by sadness, and she couldn't say anything cruel at the moment, she just felt uncomfortable.

Her small face was slightly pale, and her long eyelashes were stained with tears, which were blown away by the wind. Li Chengxuan stared at her for a moment before explaining, "These days...... I'm not angry. ”

Xilingyue raised her eyes to look at him, and her expression seemed to ask, "Since you're not angry, why don't you see me."

Li Chengxuan turned his face away, refused to look at her, and replied: "I'm just thinking about things." ”

Xiling Yue was skeptical: "I really didn't make you angry?" ”

"No," Li Chengxuan turned his head to look at her again, his eyes seemed to be much warmer, "You know my situation, I don't want to bother you, so I just won't see you." ”

Situation? Xilingyue thought of Adu's death and those rumors, and suddenly understood everything.

It turned out that her guess was true, and Shengshang and Li Chengxuan were not on good terms. She suddenly remembered everything that had happened in Zhenhai - Li Chengxuan only took five hundred divine troops into the tiger's den, and he had to quietly rescue the rebels, as well as Nie Yinniang's two assassinations......

Isn't this a murder by a knife? Xiling Yue was suddenly shocked:

"It turns out that the saint is ...... him"

"It's not the royal brother." Li Chengxuan knew what she was thinking, and opened his mouth to explain, "Our brothers are not as close as the outside world rumors, and they are not as bad as you think. ”

"But why did he ...... the saint," Xiling Yue couldn't figure it out, "Aren't you brothers?" It stands to reason that he should trust you the most. ”

Li Chengxuan avoided answering and pointed to his feet: "This Yongfu Fang also has another name, do you know?" ”

"Sixteen Princes' Mansion?" Xiling Yue said the answer.

She also heard Adan mention it. Yongfu Fang, where the Fuwang Mansion is located, is the place where the prince lives since the Xuanzong Dynasty, because there are sixteen princes of Xuanzong living here, so it is also called the "Sixteen Princes' Mansion", and the name is still used today. When Emperor Shunzong had just ascended the throne the year before last, Li Chengxuan happened to be over the age of weakness, so he and the rest of a dozen brothers were crowned princes together. Because he was the youngest son of the former emperor, he had the highest status among the princes, and at that time he got the largest royal residence in Yongfufang, which was this Fuwang Mansion.

"Do you know why our brothers don't go to live in Fengyi, but live in Chang'an?" Li Chengxuan asked again.

Xiling Yue couldn't answer, and shook her head.

Li Chengxuan then explained: "The Sixteen Princes' Mansion came from the Xuanzong Dynasty. When Xuanzong was a child, he encountered Wu Zhou usurping the Tang Dynasty, and Empress Wu was worried about the restoration of the Tang Dynasty, so he moved the children of the Li family out of the court and gave each of them a mansion to live in Luoyang. These mansions were adjacently adherent, and were managed by eunuchs, called serving, but in fact watching. ”

After Zhongzong was reinstated, the throne was transferred to Xuanzong, and he remembered his childhood experience and felt that this method was good. So he followed the example of Empress Wu and built sixteen royal mansions in Yongfufang and gave them to his brothers and princes. ”

Xilingyue gradually understood the meaning of his words: "Xuanzong wants to ...... Seclusion them? ”

"It's not that harsh." Li Chengxuan said with a smile, "But after that, a rule was formed, and the princes of the previous dynasties did not go to live in the fiefdom. ”

Xiling Yue was thoughtful after hearing this, and did not answer.

Li Chengxuan took another sip of wine and laughed self-deprecatingly: "Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, after several dynasties of Gaozu, Taizong, Gaozong, and Wuhou, the battle for the throne has been a disaster. The change of Xuanwumen, the dispute between the four sons of Taizong, and Xuanzong are also the eldest brother who 'resigned and did not accept' the throne...... The lessons of the past are still there, how do you let the imperial brother not guard against him? ”

"But I shouldn't guard against you, you are brothers with the same father and mother!" Xiling Yue was unhappy for him.

"It's because they're siblings that they're more vigilant."

"Why?"

"Because we're all out of the picture."

Xiling Yue suddenly realized. Yes! Although the Empress Dowager Wang was not the wife of the first emperor, the wife Xiao was implicated in the rebellion of Princess Gao Guo and was killed by order when she was the crown princess. At that time, the crown prince Liangdi Wang had given birth to the eldest son Li Chun, the eldest daughter Li Chang and the sixteenth son Li Chengxuan for the first emperor, who had the highest position in the East Palace, and had been acting as his wife and was regarded as the wife of the first emperor.

Later, the first emperor ascended the throne, if it wasn't for the short reign time and the stroke, I think he would definitely canonize Wang as the queen.

In this way, Li Chengxuan is indeed the only concubine of the former emperor except for the saint, if the saint loses virtue or has any accident, it is not impossible for a hundred officials to support the king of Fu. Especially since the saint has not yet established an heir, from his standpoint, having such an outstanding sibling brother really has to be guarded against.

"No wonder ......" Xiling Yue muttered to herself, finally understanding Li Chengxuan's distress. Why is he pretending to be cynical? Why didn't he ask about the government? Why are you avoiding yourself now? It turns out that there is a reason for it.

If she was just Xiling Yue, an ordinary folk girl, the saint would definitely not put it in her eyes. But now it's different, she is the eldest princess and the daughter of the Guo family, and if she gets close to Li Chengxuan, it will be very subtle, and it will definitely hinder the eyes of the saint.

He is indeed thinking about her, so he will avoid her everywhere, but she is too shallow to understand.

(End of chapter)