On the third day of October in the second year of Linde, Gaozong and Wuhou led the crowd from Luoyang, went to Mount Tai, along the way the loess paving road in Zhou County, sprinkled water and welcomed, on the fourth day of October, the families in Guanzhong set off from Beijing, rushed to Tai'an to wait for the emperor, the only prince was ordered to stay in Beijing to guard, on the ninth day of November, the emperor arrived in Tai'an on leave, stayed in the palace, accompanied by hundreds of officials outside the palace and lived in the checkout, so, the traffic was busy, the magnates were full of streets, Tai'an was a realm of firewood and rice for its expensive, quite disturbing the people's suspicion.

On the third day of the first month, Gaozong led the ministers to seal Mount Tai, with the queen as the sub-dedication, the great Sikong Li Tao as the final offering, issued an edict to amnesty the world, and changed the yuan to the first year of the Qianfeng, on the ceremony, the Empress Wu personally gave the civil and military hundred official ranks, lords, knights, etc., and issued a decree: the year of the people more than eighty editions awarded the state thorn history, Sima, county order, women's county, county monarch; Seventy to eighty or more, give the ancient lord a level, exempt from the tax of the states and counties this year, it can be said that the limelight is exhausted, Feng Chan has just finished, and the "Biography of the Daughters" and "Ministers and Tracks" compiled by the Empress Wu were immediately issued in various states and counties, plus a number of scholars from the North Gate have written articles to tout, and the name of the Empress Wu has risen.

A Zen ceremony has become a stage for the performance of the martial arts, and its actions can be described as extremely beautiful, and the absolute "home run" - there is not only the means of buying the ministers, but also the benefits of taking advantage of the situation to promote the official position of the so-called North Gate Bachelor, not only that, but the move of free local money and food can buy the hearts of the people, and then count the vigorous touting of a group of shameless literati, and the public opinion also occupies the commanding heights, and it is never an exaggeration to say that it is comprehensive. Even people with extraordinary experience like Li Xian have to be amazed.

There is no solution, it is really no solution, even if Li Xian is already holding a "microscope" to observe, but he can't find the flaws in this series of actions of the martial queen, of course, even if he can find it, Li Xian can't come out at this juncture and collide with the martial queen, so that during the entire Zen sealing period, Li Xian can only do one thing, that is, to watch coldly, in addition, it is to wait, waiting for the gong of a big drama.

The Zen ceremony is very lively, but it's over, Gaozong himself didn't plan to return to Beijing so early, but all the ministers have official business, and they can't waste the official affairs of the court, no, just after the Lantern Festival, first the local officials who came to drive with them resigned one after another, and then, the ministers of the court and the central government also returned to Beijing one after another, and the noisy Tai'an City for more than a month gradually returned to tranquility, of course, whether Tai'an City was lively or not had nothing to do with Li Xian's dime, as a prince, He doesn't need to camp with the ministers to live, the palace has its own residence with Li Xian, the little brothers have been extremely honest for a while, neither participate in the reception of the ministers, nor go to the ministers to interact privately, every day is to get together to chat, play chess, but also very leisurely, no, early in the morning, the two little brothers put the chessboard and killed.

Li Xian's chess skills are good, and the three generations have studied it a lot, especially when he was a student in later generations, he went to an amateur chess academy for a few years, and he is quite skilled in chess, as for Li Xian, the level is average, at most it is stronger than the stinky chess basket, and the reason why he can kill Li Xian has come and gone, it seems to be a tie, but in fact, Li Xian is letting him, but Li Xian's chess skills are really stinky and can't be seen.

"The two highnesses, Wu Youning, the secretary of Shizhou, came to pay respects, please make it clear to the two highnesses."

Just as Li Xian and the two brothers were burying their heads in the chessboard, the little eunuch Zhang Che hurriedly entered from outside, bowed to the little brothers, and hurried to report.

"Nope!"

Li Xian's chess was in a predicament right now, and he was very annoyed by himself, and the name of the person who heard it was very unfamiliar, so he snorted coldly without raising his head.

"Wait."

Li Xian didn't know what Wu Youning was like, but Li Xian knew it very well, and even knew what he was coming for, to be honest, these days, what Li Xian had been waiting for was the appearance of this person, and it was impossible to let him go like this, so he raised his hand and shouted, stopping Zhang Che who was just about to make a move.

"Huh?"

These days, there are not a few local officials who come to visit, among them are not ordinary high-ranking officials such as assassins, but every time Li Xian is according to Li Xian's suggestion, he does not see anything, at this time, when he heard that Li Xian actually wanted to meet guests, Li Xian couldn't think about the chess game anymore, raised his head in astonishment, looked at Li Xian suspiciously, and whispered from his nose.

"Sixth brother, this person is the eldest son of Shizhou Assassin Wu Weiliang, and he is the cousin of you and my brother." Facing Li Xian's doubts, Li Xian smiled indifferently and explained casually.

"So what?" Li Xian was extremely disgusted with the martial queen, and even didn't treat the people of the martial arts family very well, so he didn't care about his cousin or not his cousin at all, so he tilted his head and snorted disapplauded.

"Sixth brother, this son has come from afar, there must be something important, why not see it?"

Li Xian didn't want to say Wu Youning's intention immediately, so he smiled and persuaded him.

"Well, let him in."

Li Xian frowned and thought about it, although he still decided that he couldn't see it, but it was not easy to refute Li Xian's face, so he nodded his head and agreed.

"Yes, slave and maid obey."

Hearing Li Xian's mouth, Zhang Che didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly answered, and was about to turn around and go out, but before he could raise his feet, Li Xian had already stood up, threw the chess pieces he was playing with into the chess box, and said with a smile: "Sixth brother sit down, little brother go and have a look, don't let people say that you and my brother are not close to people." ”

"Hmm." Li Xian said noncommittally, didn't say anything more, lowered his head and looked at the chess game again, it was obvious that in his mind, the chess game in front of him was a hundred times more important than the cousin who didn't know what to say.

In front of the main hall, a young man dressed in the costume of a six-rank official was pacing back and forth nervously, his eyes were looking at the depths of the gloomy hall from time to time, as if he had some hope, this person was Wu Youning, the eldest son of Wu Weiliang, the cousin of the Empress Wu, and this time he came on the order of his father, in order to invite the two princes to the garden where his family temporarily lived for a banquet, according to his heart, he thought that this was just an easy task, and it could be done easily, but he didn't expect that he had been waiting in front of the palace for a while, and he didn't see any reaction inside. This made Wu Youning's heart a little apprehensive.

"Father-in-law Zhang......" When Wu Youning was anxious, he suddenly saw Zhang Che who was walking out of the main hall slowly, and hurriedly straightened his clothes, and hurriedly greeted him.

Hey, it's this bastard! Wu Youning didn't know Li Xian, but Li Xian recognized Wu Youning at a glance, just because Wu Youning was a vicious dog in front of Wu Youning in his previous life, relying on the favor of Wu Hou, he didn't do those things without a fart/eye, Li Xianzi was not less bullied by it, and his character can be said to be extremely hateful, but at this time, it was not at that time, Li Xian couldn't show his face as soon as he met, and when he saw Wu Youning stunned on the spot, Li Xian didn't go to remind him, just stood with his hands behind his back with a smile, and looked at Wu Youning with interest.

"His Royal Highness King Zhou is here, and the military officers dare not worship!"

Li Xian was good-natured, but Zhang Che, who was standing on the side, couldn't look at it, glanced at Wu Youning, who was stupid, and scolded angrily.

"Ah, Xiaguan Wu Youning has seen His Royal Highness King Zhou, and His Royal Highness has been rude for a while, so please ask His Highness Haihan to be one."

Although Wu Youning is a prince and has an official position, he is actually just a rookie who has not seen much of the world, and when he was scolded by Zhang Che like this, he was messed up, he didn't say anything when he didn't salute properly, and the words in his mouth were vague and confused, how to look like a hillbilly.

"Excuse me, speaking of which, Wu Senjun is still Xiao Wang's cousin, and they are all his own brothers, so there is no need to do these false courtesies." Li Xian's city government has long been cultivated to the point where joy and anger are invisible, and he will not bring the disgust for Wu Youning in his heart to his face, nor does he care about Wu Youning's courtesy, he just raised his hand with a smile and said amiably.

"Ah, yes, oh, no, Xiaguan thank Your Highness for your love, Xiaguan ......" The more amiable Li Xian was, the more nervous Wu Youning became, and his mouth responded indiscriminately, so nervous that he was extremely embarrassed, and his white face turned purple with sauce.

"Is it important for my cousin to find Xiao Wang? Hehe, the entrance of this hall is really not a place for talking, if my cousin has something, I said inside, please! Li Xian didn't seem to see Wu Youning's embarrassment, smiled and leaned sideways, made a gentle gesture of "please", and greeted politely.

"No need, no need, it's not a big deal, it's just that my father and uncle have prepared some banquets, please Your Majesty and the queen's mother to enjoy the light, and the lower officials come on the orders of my father, and I implore His Royal Highness and His Royal Highness King Lu to go together, the existing invitation card is here, and I also invite the two Highnesses to enjoy the light." Wu Youning felt that he was rude in front of Li Xian, and he was a little down, but he really didn't want to stay longer, let alone enter the hall again, so he hurriedly took out two gold-plated invitations from his sleeves, bowed down, held them above his head with both hands, and handed them to Li Xian.

"Oh? I see. Li Xian smiled and nodded, stretched out his hand to take the two invitations, and was not in a hurry to spread them out, he casually stuffed them into his sleeves, and continued with a smile: "The two cousins have a good intention, Xiao Wang is grateful, if you have it, go from now on, my cousin is rare to come to the next trip, please come in to talk about one or two, you and my brother can be affectionate and affectionate." ”

"Thank you Your Highness for your kindness, the lower officials still have some mundane affairs, so I won't bother much, and I will come to see the two Highnesses again another day, and the lower officials will leave." Wu Youning couldn't let go of Li Xian for some reason, and always felt extremely uncomfortable shrinking his hands and feet, and when he heard that Li Xian agreed to go to the banquet, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't want to stay longer for a moment, so he hurriedly said goodbye.

"Well, in this case, Xiao Wang won't force his cousin to stay, you can go."

Li Xian didn't force Wu Youning to stay, just nodded with a smile, accepted his salute calmly, and watched him turn around a photo wall outside the hall, then he pursed the corners of his mouth, showed a cold smile, flicked his sleeves, and strode back to the hall......