Let's say that since the death of the little princess, Wu Zhaoyi has been crying for several days, grieving, and Li Zhi was upset when he learned that there was a witch curse in the palace, and wanted to find a place to be quiet.

Wu Zhaoyi saw that Li Zhi wanted to leave the Chengxiang Palace, and motioned to his sister Wu Shun to keep him, afraid that he would fall into the arms of the enemy.

At this time, Wu Shun was in his arms, and Wu Shun said coquettishly: "Where is Your Majesty?" Li Zhi replied: "Recently, a lot of things have happened in the palace, which has made me dizzy, and I want to find a place to be quiet and think about it." ”

Wu Shun said: "The concubine knows that a place is very quiet, please come with the concubine!" ”

Li Zhiping retired from his attendants and followed Wushun all the way, the moon in the night sky was like a silver comb, vaguely reflecting the Taiji Palace, and the two came to the west wing of the apse of the Chengxiang Palace.

After Wushun lit the palace lamp and candlestick, the west wing room suddenly brightened, but saw that there was a rosewood flower and bird screen at the door, and there were dragon beard mats and incense cases behind it, and there was a gold hollow incense burner on the side, and two round waist stools were placed on the side of the red silk and green tent.

The two sat on a stool and had a long talk, and the room was filled with a faint fragrance.

Li Zhi sighed and said, "Hey, I don't know why the lady is so sad? In fact, I and her can still be reborn, there is no need to think about it! ”

Wu Shun said: "As a mother, Ah Mei lost her beloved daughter, and the concubine can understand the feeling of self-pity and self-blame because of the failure to protect her daughter. ”

Li Zhi said: "Well, Sister enlighten her more and make her feel better!" ”

Wu Shun smiled: "Okay! In fact, the concubine has always had a question in her heart, I don't know if I should talk about it? ”

Li Zhi said: "Our family, what can't we say? ”

Wu Shun said: "There are so many beautiful women in the harem, why does Your Majesty favor Ah Mei alone?" ”

Li Zhi smiled and replied: "Because there is only one woman in the world who can concentrate the advantages of Aya and Aniang at the same time!" When I was a child, I was by my mother's side, like a spring light; Later, by Aya's side, it was also like Mu Chunguang; Now I feel this way around my mother! ”

Wu Shun said in surprise: "Ah, is it? Then I was stunned.

Seeing her like this, Li Zhi felt compassion, hugged Wu Shun to his lap and kissed him, Wu Shun ** slightly, both excited and puzzled, and said shyly: "Since Your Majesty only loves Ah Mei, why bother to hook up with a concubine?" ”

Li Zhi smiled and said: "I love my mother, and I also love her family." Although each has its own characteristics, they all have one thing in common, that is, cuteness! ”

Li Zhi undressed Wu Shun, and then hugged him into the red silk green tent to share the pillow and rejoice. The two had already secretly sent Qiubo, but at this time they finally got their wish and made a pair of cross-necked mandarin ducks.

In the early morning of the next day, the two hugged each other, and when they heard Wu Zhaoyi's cry, they unconsciously stopped.

Wu Shun said: "The little princess was cursed with a puppet in the palace, and died of evil, there are people in this palace who are jealous and hate Ah Mei, and I am afraid that I am very depressed to stay in the palace, why can't I go out of the palace to relax?" Leaving this place of deceit may relieve her sorrows and gain her favor! ”

Li Zhi held Wu Shun's jade hand and said with a smile: "Sister is still considerate." I thought of a good place to go! Let's go, let's go to the Wannian Palace (Jiucheng Palace) and leave this unfortunate place. ”

Li Zhi's court discussed with the courtiers about the Xingxing Wannian Palace, and streamlined the travel honor guards such as the canopy, the banner, the Hanbi, the chariot and the horse, and the propaganda, and handled the edict and the table according to the system during the Xingxing period.

March 12 is the Qingming Festival, Li Zhi and Wu Zhaoyi took a jade chariot to Linyou County Wannian Palace for an outing to comfort her in the pain of losing her daughter.

He was accompanied by Mrs. Yang and the Wushun family, as well as courtiers such as Xu Jingzong, Li Yifu, Cui Yixuan, and Wang Dejian.

When Wu Zhaoyi thinks of her daughter, she will cry. At this time, Li Zhi comforted her with Mrs. Yang and Wu Shun, and after many comforts, he suddenly realized something.

Li Zhi and Xu Jingzong discussed the matter of giving the honor of the samurai official knighthood, and by the way, they also planned to promote Mrs. Yang from the county lady to the country lady.

Li Zhi said: "Kubu Langzhong Wushi Ji is one of the seventeen meritorious heroes of Taiyuan set by Gaozu, I want to give him the honor of being an official, I don't know if it is feasible?" ”

Xu Jingzong replied: "The old minister carefully considers it, if you give honor to the samurai alone, then you really can't find a suitable reason to serve the government hall!" ”

Li Zhi asked: "If you think about it again, what reason is there to pass?" ”

Xu Jingzong replied: "The old minister thinks that the only way to reward the meritorious heroes of martial arts is to do so, so that the samurai can also be praised in it, and the prime ministers of the political hall have nothing to say." ”

Li Zhi nodded and said: "That's it, among the other seventeen heroes, Aya does not need to be rewarded, and the problematic heroes are eliminated." ”

The next day, after discussion in the political hall, it was decided to give the honor of thirteen officials, including Liu Hongji, Yin Kaishan, Liu Zhenghui, Wu Shiyi, and Xu Shixu, who were the first contributors to martial arts. Therefore, the Ministry of Works, the warrior of the Duke of Yingguo was given the governor of the state, and his wife Yang was crowned as the wife of Yingguo.

Zhongshu Ling Liu Zheng also participated in the discussion, but he could not reject the decision to add the gift, and could only watch Wu Zhaoyi achieve the second political breakthrough in her life.

After the gift, people suddenly found out that Wu Zhaoyi's father turned out to be the first hero of Wude Taiyuan, and he was a veritable founding father! Wu Zhaoyi's birth door suddenly improved.

It was only after the Taiwei faction that he suddenly realized that he had fallen for Wu Zhaoyi's plan, ate her sandwich biscuits, and regretted it. The Taiwei faction was unwilling to come and go, and wanted to test Li Zhi's attitude.

How to tempt? Shang Song said that after Han Ming, the waiter of the Yellow Gate, and the waiter of the Zhongshu came to enter the political hall, they were diligent and capable, loyal, and unswerving, so please praise them.

Li Zhi saw that of course, it was important to maintain the balance of the political situation, so he agreed to add Han Ying and Laiji to the silver Qingguanglu doctor, and still have the same three products as Zhongshu.

After Wu Shi Yu and Mrs. Yang were sealed, Wu Zhaoyi couldn't help but burst into tears and laughed, praying for a lotus flower step by step! Because her dear Lang Jun was able to see through the landscape in her heart, how could she not be surprised?

Mrs. Yang also became excited, and walked around her daughter, constantly praising her. Wu Shun also has a thought: when will he be able to have a name?

Li Zhi saw that Wu Zhaoyi was finally happy, so he took Wu Zhaoyi's family to visit the Wannian Palace.

Wannian Palace was built in the thirteenth year of Emperor Kaihuang of Sui Dynasty, located on Tiantai Mountain in Weibei, surrounded by Shijiu Mountain, Bicheng Mountain, Phoenix Mountain and Tong Mountain, with mountains and mountains, green mountains and green waters, beautiful scenery.

There is a stone tablet next to a spring in the palace, and Wu Zhaoyi looked at it, and it turned out to be the "Jiucheng Palace Liquan Ming" written by Ouyang Xun.

The inscription says: The high pavilion is built in Zhou, the corridor is all around, the building is glued, and the pavilion is uneven; Looking up, it is a hundred fathoms, and the next is a thousand thousands, the pearl walls are reflected, the gold and green are shining, and the clouds are burning. Consistent with Wu Zhaoyi's perception.

The next day, Li Zhi took Wu Zhaoyi's family to Tangyukou Fengquan Wentang at the northern foot of Taibai Mountain in Yixian County to take a bath. Along the way, but see the sky is high and wide, the warbler sings and swallows dance, the deer runs and the rabbit jumps, and the flowers and plants are luxuriant.

Helan Minyue saw that the locust trees on the side of the mountain road were blooming, and jumped up to pick locust flowers to eat, but unfortunately they were not enough.

Li Zhi took the long bamboo pole with a hook from his entourage and picked a bunch of white locust flowers and gave them to Helan Minyue, who picked out the clean locust flowers and ate them fragrantly.

After arriving at Fengquan Wentang and soaking in the hot springs, Li Zhi, Wu Zhaoyi, and Wu Shun enjoyed the silk and bamboo singing and dancing until the evening.

The next morning, Li Zhi took Wu Zhaoyi's family to the Qingniu Cave halfway up the Taibai Mountain to play, and by the way, he went to the statue of Taishang Laojun enshrined in the cave to burn incense and pray for blessings.

Entering the cave gate, I saw a one-man tall stone statue of Lao Tzu riding a green ox in the courtyard, and everyone couldn't help but touch the green ox with their hands.

At this time, a middle-aged Taoist priest came out of the Taoist temple, holding a horsetail whisk dust, wearing a yellow purple fairy brown curtain, wearing a hibiscus crown, and wearing round-toed broad-soled linen shoes.

Seeing the emperor's guard of honor, the middle-aged Taoist priest leaned down and bowed: "Poor Daoist Ye Fashan traveled far away to practice here, and the saint arrived, and he missed the welcome, and he still prayed for forgiveness!" ”

Li Zhi said with a smile: "Look at Mr.'s appearance and phoenix appearance, and he is looking at the clouds and pines, he should be wonderful and innocent!" ”

Ye Fashan said: "The poor road is less than the talisman, and he also practices the art of divination in the valley, and now he is refining the Three Qing teachings, and he can hate the ghosts and gods, and he has cultivated to the realm of the Dongxuan Master." ”

Li Zhi stroked his beard, nodded and said, "If you can cultivate to the realm of the Cave Xuan Mage, you will not be far from the Sanqing Upper Realm!" He turned back to Wu Zhaoyi and said, "The master is here, why don't you ask him to take a hexagram and solve the questions in your heart?" ”

Wu Zhaoyi came out of the queue and saluted Ye Fashan and said: "Since Mr. knows the art of divination, it just so happens that the concubine has suffered an accident, and the lump in her chest is silted, I don't know what the future fate is, and I ask Mr. to take a hexagram for the concubine, I am very grateful!" ”

Ye Fashan replied: "Niangniang has a life, dare not be unkind?" Please follow the poor road to the Burrow. ”

Everyone came to the Taoist Hall, Ye Fashan took out fifty yarrow from the bamboo tube and handed it to Wu Zhaoyi, and then according to the Zhou Yi Zhan Zheng method, three became one line, repeated six times, a total of eighteen changes, and obtained six lines, which were arranged and combined into a hexagram from bottom to top.

After the hexagram was painted, Li Zhiping retired from the servants, and Ye Fashan said: "This hexagram is auspicious, and its hexagram meets a concubine." Concubine, the queen mother, implies that the mother can be the mother of the world! Li Zhi and Wu Zhaoyi were both taken aback and stared at Daoist Ye.

Ye Fashan said: "Auntie, it means that you meet and meet, and the acquaintance of the two must be due to a chance encounter, right?" Li Zhi and Wu Zhaoyi nodded.

Ye Fashan continued to explain the hexagram and said: "The concubine hexagram is a yin and five yang, which means that one yin meets five yang, one soft meets five gangs, and one woman meets five men, and can meet five sons of heaven in a lifetime, so the mother is healthy and long-lived, and the longevity is boundless!" ”

Wu Zhaoyi smiled, and Li Zhi was surprised: "Mr. is obviously talking about Wang Zhengjun, the Empress of Xiaoyuan of the Western Han Dynasty!" In her life, she met Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Ping of the Han Dynasty. ”

Ye Fashan replied: "That's right, Poor Dao thinks that Niangniang is the second Queen of Xiaoyuan." Please look at the hexagram, the ninety-two and ninety-five yang yao are in the middle of the lower hexagram and the upper hexagram respectively, indicating that the two emperors of the Tang Dynasty who met Niangniang are in the middle of the position, which can make the world prosperous! Li Zhi showed an excited expression.

Ye Fashan also said: "Poor Dao congratulates Your Majesty on getting the softness of righteousness, the daughter of seclusion, and the harem Liangzuo, and the world will be like the wind and grass, and obey the order." The rule of Zhenguan will be carried forward in the hands of His Majesty! ”

Li Zhi was overjoyed and said: "If it is really as Mr. said, when Mr. is accepted into Beijing, he will be crowned an official and knighted, and enjoy the glory together!" Haha......"

Li Zhi thought in his heart again: Since the contradiction between Wu Zhaoyi and Queen Wang is irreconcilable, it is time to make a decision between the two of them.

Afterwards, Ye Fashan led everyone to visit the scenery of Qingniu Cave.

The strange rocks on the mountain are craggy, the spring water under the mountain is dingdong, the grass and trees are lush, the scenery is picturesque, and it is refreshing and pleasant.

Wu Zhaoyi said with a smile: "The scope of the concubine's activities in the palace is very small, and after leaving the palace, she will visit the beautiful mountains and rivers, and her mind will be broadened all of a sudden." ”

Li Zhixi said: "Back then, King Zhou You spent 1,000 taels of gold to buy a smile, but he only bought a bad idea for the princes of the Beacon Fire Opera. With just one idea of sealing, I can win a smile from a beautiful woman and save a thousand taels of gold for the country! ”

Wu Zhaoyi said with a smile: "Then give the one thousand taels of gold saved to Concubine Hua!" Li Zhi said, "What is a thousand taels of gold?" In the future, I will give you a mountain of gold to spend, how about it? Wu Zhaoyi smiled: "Okay! ”

After four days of playing in Fengquan Wentang, Li Zhi drove back to the Wannian Palace.

During this period, Wu Shun slept for Ah Mei, and Wu Zhaoyi tolerated this, firstly, because she had just given birth to a daughter and was frightened, so she couldn't sleep; The second is that it was in a critical period of the palace struggle at that time, and Li Zhi could not be allowed to throw himself into the arms of a different surname.

A month later, Mrs. Yang and Wu Shun took Helan Minzhi and Minyue back to Chang'an to go to school. Li Zhi and Wu Zhaoyi continued to stay in the Wannian Palace for leisure and vacation, enjoying a happy time for two.

On the night of the third day of the fifth month of the leap month, heavy rain poured down, and a flash flood suddenly broke out. The flood rushed into the Xuanwu Gate of the Wannian Palace, and the guards guarding the gate all fled in shock.

Xue Rengui, the lieutenant general of the right leading army, laughed at them and said: "Where are the guards who flee in fear of death when the Son of Heaven is in trouble?" After speaking, he climbed bravely, climbed the door of the Xuanwu Gate, and then shouted loudly to the Yellow Emperor's dormitory: "Your Majesty, the flash flood has occurred, Your Majesty!" Hurry up and ascend, Your Majesty, there is a flash flood! ”

Li Zhi suddenly woke up when he heard the sound, looked around, and saw that it was raining heavily outside and Wu Zhaoyi next to him was still asleep. Li Zhi hurriedly woke her up, put on his clothes, held an umbrella in one hand, and pulled her out of the palace gate with the other, running to a high place.

The two stepped on the flood flowing under their feet, ran to the top of Tiantai Mountain in one breath, and watched the rushing torrent under the mountainside rush into the dormitory, Li Zhi and Wu Zhaoyi hugged each other tightly, rejoicing. Soon, the heavy rain gradually stopped.

Suddenly, a group of thieves came up from all sides, a few in front of them with knives and swords, and a few in the back with bows and arrows, ready to shoot Li Zhi.

Wu Zhaoyi pulled out Li Zhi's knife and blocked it in front of him, shouting: "Don't come here, you will die a miserable death if you come over!" ”

The led thief smiled lewdly: "The little lady is so beautiful, I can catch such a beautiful stunner as you, although I have no regrets in death!" Haha, there is a little lady to serve, our buddies will be cool in a while, oh hahaha! ”

The other bandits are also salivating!

Seeing that the situation was critical, Wu Zhaoyi swung his knife around Li Zhi and shouted, "Phantom Immortal Wind!" ”

The speed of rotation far exceeded that of Hu Xuanwu, and soon a wall of air was formed around Li Zhi, and the bandit's sword and arrow were bounced back as soon as they touched this wall.

Li Zhi looked at it in surprise, but saw that Wu Zhaoyi was turning faster and faster, until he shook the sheep's horns and went up to the blue sky, the colorful curtains fluttered, and the sword was shining, like a fairy flying into the sky.

The bandits gathered, Wu Zhaoyi suddenly waved his sleeves, and the rapidly rotating wall of air expanded like a sea of mountains in all directions, shaking the bandits without a trace.

The outrageous bandit was shaken out of the earth, flew to the moon, and hung on the osmanthus tree and wailed: "Hey, hey, what a mother! What can you do to sprinkle it? ”

Wu Gang raised the axe and said, "Adulter, you still want to go down to harm the world, eat me with an axe!" "Cut off the bandits.

Li Zhi was stunned. Wu Zhaoyi put away his sleeves, inserted the Yi knife back into the sheath with a bang, and said with a smile: "Okay, Jiulang, it's okay!" ”

Li Zhi was pleasantly surprised: "Wow, the lady is so good, it's really a fairy who has gone down to earth!" ”

Wu Zhaoyi said: "The concubine once dreamed that the blue sky and jade girl in the sky lived in the ice and snow palace on Jupiter, and every winter, she went down to the mortal world to give frost and snow to make everything still!" When I had nothing to do, I went to the Guanghan Palace on the moon to find Sister Chang'e and Brother Wu Gang to play, tease the cute Jade Rabbit, and smell the fragrance of osmanthus flowers! ”

Li Zhi smiled: "Could it be that the lady is the Qingxiao Jade Girl in the sky?" No wonder he has extraordinary energy and a charming body fragrance! ”

Wu Zhaoyi said: "The concubine is just a dream, and it is not sure that she is a fairy in the sky!" The concubine's stunt can only be activated at the moment of life and death, when 100,000 people are in a hurry, and they can't be used in ordinary times. ”

Li Zhidao: "The Book of Origin says that the people in the palace of the next life are all people who have exhausted the blessings of the light and sound heavens, and because they are greedy for land and fat, their supernatural powers are extinguished!" The lady is probably a fairy who is about to run out of blessings, and she will be born in the Brahma Palace, but she is not greedy for land fat, so she can still fly into the void! ”

Wu Zhaoyi smiled: "It may be like this!" I do not know. ”

The two were talking and laughing, Xue Rengui gathered the guards and rushed to escort him, and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, Niangniang, everything is okay?" The last general is too late to save the car, so I beg you to surrender your guilt! ”

Li Zhi said: "Where, where! Fortunately, General Xue woke me up in time, otherwise I and my mother would have become fish and shrimp in the flood! General Xue has made a great contribution! ”

Xue Rengui said: "As far as the last general knows, more than 3,000 residents and guards on duty in Linyou County were drowned in this flood! Li Zhi stroked his beard and said solemnly: "Well, I will notify the priest of disaster relief." This time, thanks to the general, I will choose a horse from the right heavenly garden stables to give to the duke. ”

In June, the emperor had no intention of returning to Beijing after four months of traveling, and Liu Zheng repeatedly wrote to ask for a big return to Beijing, but Li Zhi did not answer.

Liu Zheng felt that his nephew Queen had fallen out of favor, so he wrote a letter and pretended to resign to test Li Zhi's attitude. As a result, Li Zhi approved his resignation on June 19, and Liu Zheng was dismissed as the secretary of the ministry.

In late September, Li Zhi finally planned to return to Beijing, arranged the driving matters, and on the twenty-fifth day, Luan Yu returned to Beijing.

The next day, Li Zhi said to officials above the fifth grade: "In the past, around the first emperor, I saw officials above the fifth rank discussing things, some of them fought under Chen, and some of them retreated to the seal, and they continued all day long. Is there nothing but today? Why are the public silent? ”

This passage is to encourage the courtiers to point out the problems of the court and find fault with the Taiwei faction. But the courtiers couldn't figure out Li Zhi's true intentions for the time being, so they didn't dare to speak rashly, and remained silent.

Wu Shun entered the palace to visit Ah Mei, Wu Zhaoyi was surprised to find that her stomach was bulging, knowing that she was pregnant with a dragon seed, how could this be good?

The two sisters discussed that the child could be born, but it must be counted in Wu Zhaoyi's name to protect the emperor's reputation and at the same time prevent opponents from grasping the handle. Although Wu Shun agreed, he was very unhappy in his heart.

Wu Zhaoyi didn't care about her sister's thoughts, stuffed the cotton pillow into her arms, pretended to be pregnant, and after seeing Li Zhi, she told him the plan and got Li Zhi's approval.

On December 17, Li Zhi set off from Chang'an and prepared to go to Jiuzhi Mountain in Liquan County to pay homage to Zhaoling. Canopies, guards, guards, flags, propaganda and other travel honor guards are naturally indispensable, as well as egret cars, Luan flag cars, Qingyou team, Vermilion Bird team, Xuanwu team and other honor guard entourage, along the way.

Li Zhi took the jade chariot in front, Wu Zhaoyi and Wu Shun took the car behind, and the attendants such as doctors and medicine were ready to deliver babies at any time. Originally, only the queen who had performed the temple ceremony could participate, but now Wu Zhaoyi participated in the tomb, which was obviously a signal that Li Zhi deliberately sent to the outside world!

It was rugged and bumpy along the way, and before he reached Xianyang, Wu Shun couldn't help it, and the doctor and the medicine hurriedly came over to wait, helping Wu Shun give birth to the dragon safely and hand it over to Wu Zhaoyi. Li Zhi named the dragon son Li Xian.