Chang'an City is still bustling and prosperous, the court and the market repeat the same life every day, the court ministers are noisy for the formulation of a certain national policy, the people in the market are fighting fiercely for the price of two feet of linen, everything is in this noisy but calm state day after day, undisturbed. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

No one knew that beneath this calm and waveless façade was hidden the coming stormy waves.

Zhenguan seventeen years, this year's Mid-Autumn Festival was as plain as water, still the same as in previous years, the emperor gave a banquet to the ministers, sent chrysanthemums, sent gifts, the heads of the major wealthy families gathered their families, chartered the garden, invited colleagues and friends to visit the garden for fun, Chang'an City inside and outside the large and small gardens were unlucky, and had already been booked out by the major giants, especially the Qujiang Garden in Chang'an City and the Nanyuan that originally belonged to the Imperial Forest, but also by the top giants a month in advance of the competition, for the sake of face, in order to show off, Being able to take over Qujiang Pond or Nanyuan seems to have become a symbol of identity and discourse.

In the evening, the guests of the garden gradually disperse, the families of the wealthy families get together to drink and admire the moon, the higher cultural families improvise a few poems to add elegance, and the military generals with lower culture, such as Cheng biting the Golden Bull Jinda, etc., dance with knives and sticks in the moonlight, the tiger and the tiger are full of wind, and the warm and peaceful family moon viewing activities are made as murderous as the generals in the army of ten thousand horses to capture the flag.

The moon hangs in the sky, the door is closed, you can enjoy it as you like, in any way.

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At dusk the next day after the Mid-Autumn Festival, it was still in an unknown dark alley in Chang'an East City.

Dressed in a plain robe, with a little fear in his eyebrows, he stood in the middle of the alley with his head down, and at the end of the alley, Wang Zhi's body and face were hidden in the invisible shadows, like a ghost, and even his words seemed to have a gust of gloomy wind.

"I made an appointment to report the prince's movements in the middle of each month, why did I miss the appointment yesterday?" Wang Zhi asked coldly.

The thin shoulders shrunk, and he said in a panic: "Your honor, forgive me, yesterday was the Mid-Autumn Festival, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince invited friends to admire the moon, and ordered slaves to accompany him, and he was not allowed to have leisure from afternoon to evening, so he really couldn't get out to see ......"

Wang Zhi nodded: "It's also true, that's it, satisfied, let me ask you, what are the unusual movements of the prince recently?" ”

Chengxin's shoulders trembled slightly, and he lowered his head and said respectfully: "The prince has recently put an end to women, and he has devoted himself to reading during the day, and invites friends to a banquet every night, and the slave really can't see anything abnormal." ”

Wang Zhi's brows hidden in the dark furrowed slightly, and he glanced at him with a suspicious expression.

"Reading during the day and feasting at night? His Majesty has moved the idea of easy storage, although he has pressed it for the time being, but he has not dispelled it, at this time, the prince is not in a hurry at all, but invites friends to a banquet as if nothing happened, there is no other action, satisfied, are you so coaxed by me? ”

Wang Zhi's tone was a little angry, and he was so frightened that he couldn't help but take a step back, hesitated for a moment, and bit his snow-white teeth fiercely, and insisted: "The noble man is suspicious, the prince really has no action, in the eyes of the slave, the prince reads books during the day, drinks and feasts at night, and talks about the past and the present with friends, it should be the prince who is determined to change the past, and even many subordinates of the East Palace are very pleased, if the prince persists, it will not take half a year, and he will be able to dispel His Majesty's idea of easy storage, and the prince's position will be stable......"

Wang Zhi sneered: "Who is the prince invited every night?" ”

was stunned, and his face suddenly turned a little pale.

Wang Zhi snorted coldly, and said in a calm tone: "What? Do you not remember, or do you not want to say it at all? ”

Chengxin looked panicked and said: "The three invitees, Du He, the son of Du Xiang, Li Yuanchang, the king of Han, and Zhao Jie, the son of Princess Changguang, ......"

"Are they really just talking about the past and the present?"

Chengxin shook his head: "This slave really doesn't know, every night His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sets up a banquet in the pavilion in the middle of the lake, and rejects all the palace maids and eunuchs, and even the slave is waved away, and no one is allowed to approach, and the slave really can't know what they say." ”

Wang Zhi sneered: "Talking about the past and the present is so sneaky, I have only heard of it in my life." ”

Seeing the pitiful appearance of being quite afraid, Wang Zhi's heart softened, and sighed: "Satisfaction, I know that you don't want to live this kind of two-faced and three-knife life, in fact, I can't bear to see you so painful, fortunately, everything will come to an end, after this pass, you don't have to live in such pain in the future, after the fact, I will give you enough money to enjoy a lifetime, buy land and a house for you in your hometown, and be a peaceful rich man for the rest of your life, as a compensation for your pain in the past few years, and also express my apologies for the past few years......."

The heart hangs its head only as it should be, but there is no joy on his face.

Wang Zhi's mood became heavier and heavier, and even he, a rough man, could see that his heart had fallen into it very deeply, and he may have been involuntary before, but now he was involuntarily.

I don't know when, in the dark corner of the alley, Wang Zhi's figure has disappeared.

Satisfied still stood in place, and the tears that had been suppressed for a long time finally burst out of his eyes and snaked down his white cheeks.

Li Chengqian's so-called invitation to friends to drink and feast in the pavilion in the middle of the lake every night is not completely unaware.

He is Li Chengqian's most trusted person, even if Li Chengqian conceals it, he can guess the general idea from his words, and the more he understands the truth, the more chilling he feels.

He knew that Li Chengqian had embarked on a road of no return, a road of no return that could not be pulled back, and the outcome of this road may be a brilliant life, but it is more likely that the head will fall to the ground, and even he, a music boy from Taichang Temple, can see how unreliable it is for a few unlearned and unskilled children to gather together to discuss rebellion.

The bystanders are clear, the authorities are fascinated, Li Chengqian can't see clearly, he is in excitement every day, and every day he is excitedly planning to rebel and force the palace, thinking that by imitating his father, the emperor can successfully and beautifully reproduce a Xuanwumen drama again.

Through the ages, the drama of the change of Xuanwumen has only been successfully performed once, and there is no room for the second time.

Satisfaction lied to Wang Zhi today.

He knew that Wang Zhi had no kindness to the crown prince, he wanted to protect Li Chengqian, and for a lowly boy from Taichang Temple, there was only this he could do for Li Chengqian.

Although this end road is not long, he is willing to accompany him to go down.

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Taiping Village.

The Li family recently moved in with a maid, a rather unusual maid.

This maid is born with a beautiful appearance, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like the identity of the maid, whether it is words and deeds or receiving people and things, there is a graceful and luxurious atmosphere inside and out, every action is enough to show that she has a good upbringing, has an extraordinary background, and sometimes even more outstanding than the ladies of large families.

The maid was personally led into the door by the head of the family, Li Su on the day of entering the door, the Li family was fried, from Li Daozheng to Steward Xue, the outer courtyard and the inner courtyard were all crazy, and they all thought that Li Houye quietly married a concubine and entered the door, Xu Mingzhu's face changed several times after knowing it, and when he hesitated whether to accept the truth with a smile or hide his face and cry to accuse her husband of having no conscience, Li Su hurriedly stepped forward to explain, which appeased Xu Mingzhu.

As for Lee Do-jeong's reaction......

Daddy's reaction was too fast, Li Su didn't have time to explain, so he saw that he sacrificed the family law, and the dignified county marquis was chased and killed by his father all over the yard, and his face was all lost.

It is said that big families, especially the marquis of Juezhi County, accepting a concubine is really a very common trivial matter, Cheng Biting Jin's old hooligan is old and takes girls to the family twice in three days, and they are all fourteen or fifteen-year-old girls, and they are not afraid of being struck by lightning when they lose their conscience, but Li Daozheng seems to be unable to accept concubines.

Li Su understands his father's mood very well, after all, he married a wife and took a concubine, and his father is still single.

Of course, after explaining clearly, the Li family quickly regained calm, and the flowery maid also lived in the front yard, and Li Su didn't even let her into the backyard to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings.

The maid's surname is Wu, she was a Taoist aunt before she entered the Li family, and she was a talented person in the palace before she was a Dao aunt, pinching her fingers, this is the third time she has changed jobs.

The scene of the Li family's chickens flying and dogs jumping because of himself, Wu said that he was very calm, compared to Li Su, who was relatively faceless, he was very calm at first, and when he returned home and was chased and killed by Li Daozheng copying the family law, he was a little faceless, completely subverting the previous handsome and cold image.

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The moon of fifteen is sixteen round, the Mid-Autumn Festival is busy, the Li family did not pack a garden this year, but many wealthy families in Chang'an City gave him an invitation, so Li Su was not lazy during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and visited eight gardens in one day, from the eldest grandson's house to Li Ji's family, Cheng's family, etc., like a professional courtesan, piling up a smiling face to catch up with the announcement, but also silently bear the personal attacks of the generals and predecessors from time to time, think about it is really cheap.

After surviving the Mid-Autumn Festival, the next day can finally be lazy, Li Su couldn't wait to lie down under the tree in the yard of his home, looking up at the round yellow moon above his head, his body relaxed, but he was not in the mood to admire the moon at all, because there was a guy who was bad at the scenery.

Wang Zhi hurried back to Taiping Village in front of the gate of the city, and went straight to Li's house without returning home, and was chatting with Li Su about the movements of Chang'an and the East Palace at this moment.

After chatting for a few words, a gust of fragrant wind came to his nose, so light that he couldn't hear the footsteps, and Wu, who had changed into a hundred Taoist robes, was now dressed as a daughter, elegant and low-key like a hollow valley orchid, holding a porcelain pot in his hand, leaning over to fill the teacups for Li Su and Wang Zhi, and then smiled at Wang Zhi, who was amazed.

Li Su sighed: "Miss Wu, I didn't really want you to be a maid when I invited you to the house, I have already told Steward Xue that you will be the guest of the Li family in the future, and you don't have to do these rough jobs......"

Wu Shi Yanran smiled and said: "Since you have entered the door of the Li family, what identity should be what kind of identity you should be, how can there be a reason to let the woman be a guest?" Hou Ye didn't make a joke, and he lost face when he spread it, but the slave's sin ......"

Hearing that she changed her name, Li Su couldn't help but be stunned, raised her eyes and glanced at her quickly, coughed twice embarrassedly, and said: "Speaking of which, you are not an outsider anymore, this is my brother, Miss Wu might as well sit down, and we will discuss some things together." ”

The Wu clan was not embarrassed, and bowed to Wang Zhi generously, and then sat next to Li Su, faintly leaning back a foot, this small action detail made Li Su can't help but glance at her.

She is a woman who knows how to adapt to her identity and what she should play, and she will never go beyond it. (To be continued.) )