"You'll regret it!" Looking at the other party's resolute little face, Li Zhang sighed and said, no matter how smart the little lady Cao in front of her is, but her life experience is still too shallow, she thought that she would take revenge on Li Zhi and those who made fun of her as a queen, but she didn't know that it would only be herself who would suffer in the end, and life in the palace was not so easy, especially a woman who was snubbed by the emperor, even if she was the queen.

"I don't know if I'll regret it, but at least I don't regret it now." Little Lady Cao's tone was indifferent when she spoke, but in the end she bowed to Li Zhang and said, "I know that Li Duwei is kind enough to remind me, but the little woman has made up her mind, and she doesn't have any nostalgia for the outside world, as for whether she lives or dies in the palace, I don't care!" ”

Hearing these words of the other party, Li Zhang also sighed secretly, shook his head helplessly, and said, "That's it, I hope you will do it yourself in the future!" ”

After Li Zhang finished speaking, he turned around and was about to leave, but he didn't expect that Cao Xiaoniang suddenly stopped him and said, "Li Duwei stays!" ”

"Are you okay?" Li Zhang turned to look at her and asked.

I saw that Cao Xiaoniang also showed a hesitant expression at this time, and after a long while, she spoke: "Li Duwei is the person who is most familiar with His Majesty, if His Majesty blames him in the future, please ask Li Duwei to take care of it, and the little woman will thank you from the heart!" ”

Li Zhang was also stunned when he heard the other party's words, and then frowned, because this little woman who met for the first time actually asked for her own care, and even told her name to herself in the end, this is actually to shorten the distance between the two, although this is also human nature, but Li Zhang still doesn't feel good.

I saw Li Zhang frowning and pondering for a moment, and finally suddenly raised his head and stared at this little lady with a heart and said, "Do you know why I ran all the way to Yongcheng and forcibly endured my nausea to associate with people like Li Zhi?" ”

Li Zhang's inquiry also made Ruxin stunned for a moment, and then replied: "Li Duwei is naturally on the orders of His Majesty, so he came to Yongcheng to investigate these things. ”

"Your Majesty's order is actually secondary!" Li Zhang shook his head at this time and continued, "My Majesty and I are cousins, I knew this secret when my aunt and His Majesty didn't know each other, and I, as his cousin, grew up with him since I was a child, so I have always regarded him as a brother!" ”

Li Zhang took a long breath when he said this, and then spoke again: "Your Majesty is actually a person with a hard life, separated from his biological mother since he was a child, Empress Dowager Liu is busy with government affairs, and has little time to care about him, and finally waited until he grew up, and he was originally very affectionate with Empress Zhang, but unfortunately Empress Zhang died of dystocia, which made His Majesty heartbroken, and he had no intention of standing again, but his aunt and the ministers of the court kept persuading, and in the end he could only obey, but he handed over this matter to others to deal with, which made you take advantage of the loophole." ”

"What exactly does Captain Li want to say?" Cao Ruxin also frowned when she heard this and asked, she has heard some of these things Li Zhang said, and some of them are the first time she knows, but she doesn't know what Li Zhang wants to express?

Li Zhang's face suddenly became heavy at this time, and his eyes stared at Cao Ruxin like a torch and said again: "I just want to tell you this, as a brother, I hope that Your Majesty can have a happy family, especially the queen is his wife and the mother of a country, if you can, I naturally hope that your feelings are harmonious, just like Your Majesty did to Queen Zhang before, can you understand what I said?" ”

"I understand, thank you Captain Li!" Cao Ruxin also understood what Li Zhang meant at this time, and immediately bowed deeply to him.

Li Zhang's words didn't seem to have a clear answer to Cao Ruxin, but in fact, he had already pointed out his own thoughts, in order to make Zhao Zhen's family happy, he could help Cao Ruxin in some things, and even persuade Zhao Zhen to cultivate a relationship with her, but the premise is that Cao Ruxin must also treat Zhao Zhen wholeheartedly, otherwise Li Zhang will be the first to deal with her.

Li Zhang nodded approvingly when he saw this, it is easy to talk to smart people, this Cao Ruxin should be the smartest woman he has ever seen, even Qingzhi and Yan Niang are inferior to her in this regard, but it may not be a good thing for a woman to be too smart sometimes.

At that moment, Li Zhang said goodbye and left, Cao Ruxin actually sent him to the courtyard gate, and at this time, Cao Xi was also walking around the courtyard gate anxiously, he was worried that Li Zhang would have some conflict with his daughter, and he was even more afraid that Li Zhang would ask something.

However, when Cao Xi saw that Li Zhang was personally sent out by his daughter, and the two of them had calm expressions, and nothing unpleasant seemed to have happened, which made him also puzzled, but Li Zhang and Cao Nina did not explain, and after saying goodbye to each other, Li Zhang also left Cao's house.

Early the next morning, Li Zhang and his entourage left the inn, originally he didn't want to alarm anyone, especially that Li Zhi, so he deliberately chose to leave early in the morning, but he didn't expect that not long after they left the inn, they suddenly heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves behind him, and then the hateful old face of the old knife came in from the window and said: "Master, that Li Zhi chased after him from behind in a carriage." ”

"How would he know we were leaving?" Li Zhang couldn't help but have a headache when he heard this.

"Maybe he arranged people around the inn, I've seen a few sneaky people wandering around the inn these days, but I'm not sure, so I didn't do anything." Lao Dao smiled again at the moment, but looking at his appearance, Li Zhang suspected that this guy was deliberate.

As he was talking, Li Zhi behind him was getting closer and closer, which made Li Zhang also hurriedly order: "Speed up, I don't want to meet him again!" ”

With Li Zhang's order, the team immediately sped up, Li Zhang's entourage brought this time were all riding horses, and his own carriage was also a good horse, and the speed was much faster than ordinary carriages, so when he let go of the speed and ran, he threw Li Zhi's carriage farther and farther away, which made Li Zhang also relieved.

may be seeing that there is no hope of catching up, or it may be that Li Zhang deliberately avoided himself, and Li Zhi in the back also slowly slowed down, which made Li Zhang in front also breathe a sigh of relief, but then a melodious Xiao sound came, which seemed to be seeing Li Zhang off, and Xiao Sheng was melodious and tactful, like a song and crying, which made people want to cry when they heard it.

It's a pity that Li Zhang can't feel Xiao Shengzhong's feelings, he just wants to run away as soon as possible, it's best never to see this Li Zhi again, speaking of which, it is the first time for him to run away so embarrassed, if people know that the famous Li Zhang will be so embarrassed, maybe he will laugh off his big teeth, but now Li Zhang can't care about it.

In the end, Li Zhang finally escaped from the spread of Xiao Sheng, and the Xiao Sheng behind him was already inaudible, which made him finally relieved, and then wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, this Li Zhi was really terrible, which made him secretly swear in his heart that he would never step into Yongcheng again in the future.

After leaving Yongcheng, Li Zhang and his party also traveled day and night, mainly because it was winter now, and the further west the weather became, the more gloomy the weather became, it seemed that a heavy snow was about to fall, Li Zhang didn't want to be blocked by the heavy snow, so he wanted to return to the capital as soon as possible.

Two days later, the gate of Tokyo City was also in sight, which made Li Zhang also breathe a sigh of relief, but just as they were about to enter the city, they suddenly found that the front of the city gate was blocked, and the long queue behind them could not pass at all, so Li Zhang had no choice but to let the old knife go to investigate.

"Master, it's really strange, there are several envoys from the Western Regions in front of the city gate who came to pay tribute, and the imperial court sent people to meet them, so the city gate was blocked." After a while, the old knife rushed to report.

"An envoy from the Western Regions?" Li Zhang also showed a surprised expression when he heard this, but he was not surprised when he thought about it, after all, the Great Song Dynasty had defeated the party, and most of the territory that originally belonged to the party fell into the hands of the Great Song Dynasty, and the passage to the Western Regions was also opened, and it was normal for some small countries in the Western Regions to come to pay tribute, after all, it was beneficial to them to have a good relationship with the Great Song Dynasty.

"I don't know if that Gaochang Hui sent an envoy, I'm afraid they won't have any reaction to the ban on Manichaeism, right?" Li Zhang suddenly thought of Manichaeism again, and said to himself with a contemplative expression.