"I was going to go to the Laojun Palace in a few days to discuss some Taoist understanding with the Xianfeng host, but I don't know if Mr. Li is about to go before his wedding?"

Sima Chengzhen's purpose is extremely simple, because of Li Zhi's gift, he and Xianfeng made the body give birth to true true qi and truly become a cultivator, and inviting Li Zhi to go is just some new perception and discussion in practice.

Li Zhi said happily, "If the Taoist chief doesn't mention this matter, I will also go to visit, but they have the same heart and mind with each other!" However, my purpose is more for the Jiangjia in Tonglin County, where there are some business sources of goods to collect, I think how about leaving in two days? It's not much time left until my wedding day, go early and come back early! ”

"It turns out that Taiping still doesn't know that Mr. Li and Sima Daochang have an old acquaintance!"

While talking, Princess Taiping suddenly popped up, the crown princess who had called herself a sister in front of Li Zhi, no longer called her so at Li Zhi's strong request, but her respect for him has not changed.

The reason for this is first of all Li Zhi's supernatural exaggerated skills, and in the face of people who cannot be found to be advanced cultivators, even the secret guardians of the inner courtyard of the palace do not dare to take it lightly.

The purpose of this woman came up, and after some conversation, Li Zhi laughed dumbly, it turned out that she wanted to marry Jinlan with Princess Afifa.

Jin Lan does not particularly emphasize that it is a worship between men, but in a male society, such a worship between men is a very revealing thing, and women do not participate much.

Therefore, most of the uprising knots refer to the knots between men, but there is no hard and fast rule that the knots with the participation of women cannot be called righteous knots.

For example, there is a beautiful story of worship at the end of the Sui Dynasty: the Red Whisk Girl worships the bearded man she admires, and she also brought her husband Li Jing, who eloped with her, and the three people who worshipped are called the "Three Heroes of Wind and Dust".

Activities similar to skowing between women are in the boudoir, exchanging some private information with each other, such as jewelry and handkerchiefs like the upstairs mention, so it specifically refers to this kind of friendship between women.

In other words, Li Zhi would not have other intentions, but it would be another matter if the other party was Princess Taiping.

Historically, her whole life has been linked to politics, her parents are the political heads of the Tang Dynasty, and her two husbands are not ordinary officials, whether they are intended or unintentional, they are greatly involved in the political whirlpool.

Moreover, Princess Taiping's extravagance after her second marriage is also quite prestigious, and it is linked to power, she has an affair with the courtiers, and she uses herself as a weight in exchange for the support of the ministers of the court.

Of course, she is the jewel of the empress's palm, and there is no need to increase her political power in this way, but those men want to rely on hue to gain power.

At this time of that period, Taiping was no longer a little girl, she was almost 30 years old, and she was like a wolf and a tiger.

Because of her noble status, she is more unscrupulous in finding men, and her repressed woman's nature has been completely liberated, thus reversing yin and yang and teasing men, in this sense, she is like a feminist.

Even if she is so open-minded, she is still influenced by her family. Her aunt and her cousin served her father together, and her mother was the daughter of both her father and grandfather.

Taiping didn't mind that her men and other women were there, as long as those men satisfied her, she was willing to give them a knighthood. She even started looking for men for the mothers of those male favorites.

This rich woman has many legends, cruel and arrogant, likes luxury, can't do without men, and is not a good example of a woman.

Together with her mother, sister-in-law, and friends, she formed the strongest women's group in the Tang Dynasty, and their power overrode the male power for a certain period of time.

What made Li Zhi even more difficult to choose was that when the empress was alive, although Taiping was involved in political affairs, her mother kept the matter a secret, which was a measure to protect her daughter. Taiping was afraid of his mother and did not make any political statements to the outside world.

It's just that Wu Zetian is getting old, she doesn't want her mother's family to be enemies of her son, and in order to reduce the fight between the two families, she began to promote the marriage of the two families. At this time, she also began to let her daughter Taiping really participate in the court.

After Taiping's third brother ascended the throne, her younger sister gradually came to the front of the stage and was reused, but her third sister-in-law and niece killed her brother, and after a fight, Taiping helped her little brother become emperor.

Because of this credit, the emperor gave her great power, and the Taiping of this period was not only at the peak of power in her personal life, but also the first of all the princesses of the Tang Dynasty.

But because of this, the new emperor is afraid that the power she has will bring a threat to her imperial power, in short, the end of this woman is not good, whether it is due to rebellion and death, or other reasons.

But at this time, Taiping was still much more responsible, and she had only given birth to the eldest son of four children with her first husband, and her marriage with Xue Shao was at the most beautiful period, and there were still seven or eight years before the second remarriage.

Due to the great influence of his mother, Empress Wu Zetian, and the later power leaning towards the government and the opposition, the statement that this woman intended to rebel and usurp the throne is not necessarily false, which is the main reason why Li Zhi's attitude is unclear at this time.

He saw Princess Afifa looking at this side with a smile not far away, and the expectation in his eyes was quite obvious, showing that he and the woman around him had not yet had time to explain the peace in detail, which affected her judgment to a certain extent.

Fortunately, now that Taiping is still a human being, it is impossible for him to prove to others what level this woman will fall to in the future, even if he is embarrassed at this moment, he does not dare to show a little.

Besides, he didn't think that Taiping would bring much threat to himself and his family in the future, and the identity of Princess Afifa was not inferior to this person at all, not to mention that the purpose of Taiping's move was nothing more than to connect the two countries through righteousness, in order to eliminate future politics as much as possible. Struggle.

Seeing Li Zhiyao beckoning over to Afeifa to inquire in a low voice, Taiping secretly smiled in her heart, at this moment she didn't think that there was anything wrong with letting herself, the dignified princess of the Tang Dynasty, condescend to wait, after all, once the idea came true, the major political significance of it would definitely go down in history.

Princess Afifa was obviously also excited to get her own man to respect her choice, she had a lot of good feelings for Taiping, and despite her young age, she was exposed to high-level power struggles, and of course she knew that it was very meaningful.

Seeing that she was happily hugging her with the little woman's demeanor, Qingqi quietly came to Li Zhi's side, and there was no lack of worry in her tone: "Why do I always feel unsteady in my heart?" ”

Knowing that she was influenced by her previous words, Li Zhiwen persuaded her: "Afeifa's heart is pure and clear, no matter how unbearable a Taiping woman is, it is difficult to shake her nature, not to mention that there are more political purposes in this move, and she will not reveal anything to Afeifa in some Tang Dynasty affairs." You and I are all cultivators, so how can we really be bound up by worldly things. ”

"Maybe because of this, we have an extra layer of protection for doing things, right?"

"At least in recent years, this woman has been normal, and it must be a good thing to instill some vigilance in Afifa on weekdays!"

"In short, we must take precautions, you see my father's eyes, they are also frequently looking here, and the meaning in their demeanor is not only optimistic!"

Li Zhi's subordinates squeezed Qingqi's little hand lightly, and his silent lips squirmed, "It happened suddenly, and it is not appropriate to refuse as a Taiping, I think the old people also know it, and they should also see the twists and turns clearly." However, it is not a trivial matter for the two people of such an identity to conclude a knot, you go and ask for their opinions, and see if you can pick a day to go down the form! ”

Qingqi turned around and walked away according to his words, Sima Chengzhen beside Li Zhi had been looking at everything with a smile, and at this time, he saw the opportunity and said meaningfully: "Princess Taiping Shen Min has many powers and strategies, and the Empress Wu thinks that she is like herself, so she is the only one among the sons who loves luck, and she is quite pre-conspiratorial." However, women don't have to be talented, especially not to make meritorious work, talent is high, then they often despise everything and are bent on running rampant. Those who know others are wise, and those who know themselves are clear, whether it is beneficial but not harmful or holy and not contentious. People are expensive, but they also need to walk the way of heaven, the sky net is magnificent, negligent but not lost, and each has its own judgment. ”

Li Zhihui used the same words to Zen machine, "Holding on to it is not as good as it; It cannot be kept for a long time. The house is full of gold and jade, and Mo can keep it; Rich and arrogant, self-blame. Whether it is a utilitarian thing in the business field or a fame in the world, it is necessary to retire in the end, and it is the way of heaven to be light and natural. ”

Sima Chengzhen turned sideways and looked at Li Zhi, his eyes stared for a moment, and then the two laughed with each other, and the calm relief in the laughter was quite strong.

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On the third day after that, Li Zhi led several daughters and beckoned Sima Chengzhen to rush to Tonglin County together.

During the period, there was also a formal relationship with Princess Taiping, and everyone rarely exchanged views on that person with Afifa, and she had also made it clear in advance that she knew the reason for it, even if she had a good impression of Taiping, but she understood the extraordinary nature of their respective identities.

Seeing that Afifa did not influence the future husband's family because of her personal preferences, Li Zhi, Qingqi and others also knew that she was actually very aware of what was involved, so they also allowed her to have some close friends with Princess Taiping from time to time, and even the other three ladies also intended to participate in it.

In the group, Yang Gaoyu and Li Qi also followed, while Rong Hongran and Gu Moran continued to hide beside Master Tan and do their ordinary jade carvings.

Lao Liu Tou stayed in the wine shop at this time and had entered a state of obsession with development, and the other four people followed, plus eight maids and Afeifa's side followed, and the number was also dozens of people.

As the first housekeeper of Zhengqing Wenqitang, Feng Haokuo also led a few people to join, after all, the Jiang family in Tonglin County is the largest source of goods in business, and many specific affairs also need him to organize the next stocking problems.

In the afternoon of the same day, everyone entered the Jiang family compound, and without waiting for the evening banquet, Li Zhi, together with Sima Chengzhen, Yang Gaotang, and Liqi, immediately rushed to the Laojun Hall of Huaqing Palace.

Among the four of them, because Yang Gaotang and Sima Chengzhen can talk quite well, they and the current abbot Xianfeng Dao Chang also have a lot of common words.

The rest of the people also had a common knowledge of cultivation, so they stayed in the long room of the Xianfeng Dao for a whole night that night, and the conversation was hearty.

Hearing that Ling Xuan seven steps, Li Zhi had already advanced to the second level of grass and trees, once it was used, there was quite a bit of a flying figure that could not be seen, and his eyes were so greedy that his eyes were almost red.

This ancient secret technique, which is a product of the same era as the meridian strengthening technique, is an authentic Taoist exercise, and must first be connected with the true qi and the mind, and the circulation will act on the twelve meridians.

Originally, this Taoist secret light exercise method, because Sima Chengzhen was very close to the imperial power of the imperial court, and he was the only one who had not cultivated his true qi, so he never mentioned it to this person.

But this time, for some reason, Xian Feng vaguely reminded Li Zhi that he didn't have to hide from this person, although he didn't know why, but out of trust in Xian Feng, he would rehearse it on the spot.