When such words reached Li Zhi's ears, he didn't pay any attention to it, but stared intently at the chessboard in front of him-

There is no other reason, he is about to win, I don't know how many times, he won his wife, Wu Zhao, the queen of the Tang Dynasty.

In the usual days, he would have been glad and overjoyed. Because although he played chess with Mei Niang. Of course, he wins less and loses more, but after all, he still wins hard time and time again, so every time he wins Mei Niang, the feeling of joy is even more than several times that of him-

Of course, this is also related to Mei Niang's fact that when she loses chess, she must meet his conditions and allow him one thing.

But today, he doesn't have that joy. Because Mei Niang has been destined to lose to herself since she left her third son. Obviously, her heart is not here.

Why not here, he knows, can be said to be very clear. But there are some things that he can't say and can't say, and that's what makes him difficult.

Husband and wife, the love is so deep that there are some things that can't be said to her, and some things that you want to do can't do for her...... This is really uncomfortable for Li Zhi.

Thinking of this, Li Zhi, who felt sad, shook his head, put down the chess pieces, gently stroked Mei Niang's forehead, and said with a faint smile, "I'll go back when I go." Later, you can prepare herbal tea and water for me......" and walked out of the front hall and called Ryan.

"Lord."

"How's it going?"

Glancing at the apse, Li Zhi hesitated, but after all, he still took him out, all the way, and asked in a low voice all the way.

"Back to the Lord, it's almost done-the few little waiters who followed the queen mother in the Yingguo Mansion back then are all ready. Just clean it up when you have the chance. ”

Li Zhi was stunned for a moment when he heard him say this, and then turned his head to look at him before he said softly: "Is it necessary?" ”

"Lord, these people are originally in cahoots with the Nawu brothers, and it is not a good thing. The framing of Niangniang back then should have been killed. But when the prince of the country was soft-hearted and his sons pleaded, he indulged them too. ”

Ryan smiled coldly: "In Ryan's opinion, it is light to kill." ”

Li Zhi didn't hesitate when he heard this, he just raised his hand and said, "If that's the case, you can just watch it." In any case, they are always not allowed to take advantage of any loopholes to annoy Mei Niang. In the past two days, she has been worrying about these things all day long, and she can't eat and sleep well, I am really distressed, and I don't know how to appease her good ......"

Sighing, Li Zhi sat down on the garden bench behind the Great Treasure Hall, rubbed his forehead, and asked Ryan: "You have been with her for so many years, I ask you, if I go to tell her, I know everything back then, and I understand." So she doesn't have to worry...... What do you think? ”

"Lord, if the mother asks about you, how do you know these old things? How do you answer? Tell Niangniang directly, it was precisely because of the Lord's heart that Niangniang was elected to the Taiji Palace and became the servant of the first emperor? ”

Ryan looked serious: "Lord, you still have a lifetime to get along with your mother in the future, so there is one thing that Ryan needs to remind you to keep in mind at all times...... In any case, you can't let Niangniang know that when the first emperor was drafting, it was the Lord who secretly cast a spell and dispatched her to pull her into this Taiji Palace. ”

Li Zhi's eyes were gloomy, and he said in a low voice after a while: "Could it be that the loving husband and wife of all these years can't compare to the mistakes of the past?" ”

Ryan sighed, shook his head, and said:

"Lord, whether it was designed by you back then, in fact, is not the most important thing for today's mothers...... It's just that you know the mother's temperament, how anxious she was to leave the palace back then, you also understand, and later ......"

He glanced at Li Zhi, who had a dull expression, gritted his teeth, and finally said softly: "Later, she wanted to go out of the palace to ask for a self-security, and you don't know much about it, Lord......"

Li Zhi was gloomy, and only after a while did he whisper: "The friendship between husband and wife over the years, in your opinion, is still not comparable to ...... Those pasts? ”

"Lord, in Ryan's opinion, what matters is not what the Lord has done and what the consequences have been caused - in fact, as far as Ryan has seen, if you only look at the results of the Lord who has painstakingly kept her mother in the palace over the years, Niangniang will not blame you. How affectionate you are for her, she reciprocates you with the same heart. Just ......"

Ryan gritted his teeth, and finally said bluntly: "It's just that Niangniang has always disliked the most is to be secretly controlled by others about her fate, even if it is ......"

"Even if this person is me, her husband, the love of her life. Yes and no? Li Zhi sighed and rubbed his temples with a headache.

After a while, he asked in a low voice, "Where are those few servants of the Ying Guo Mansion right now?" ”

"Back to the Lord, but in the secret house in Beijing."

"That's good...... Don't wait, tomorrow...... No, tonight, we'll clean it up. Li Zhi said lightly: "Either seal up, or send them away, you choose a path, in short, in my lifetime, I don't want to see them again on the land of the Tang Dynasty." ”

Before Ryan could say yes, he listened to Li Zhi continue: "In addition, there are some people that you also need to clean up together, so that they don't appear in front of me and Mei Niang again." ”

"Lord?"

Ryan looked at Li Zhi puzzled: "There are still some people?" The Lord wants to say......"

"In the Manna Hall back then, how many of those old palace people who served me were still alive?"

"The Lord ......"

Ryan suddenly felt chills all over his body: "You ......"

"How many more?"

“…… Most of them have passed away, and there are only three or five people still alive. ”

I'm afraid that not all of these three or five people are serving me, and they may not be aware of what happened back then, right? Li Zhi looked at him, his face full of anticipation of his approval.

"Yes...... Of the five people who are still alive today, two are too young to be blessed to serve the Lord. Although one is older, he only stays in His Highness as a walking person because of his rough hands and feet, and now he is still just guarding the Manna Hall as a door order. The other is an old servant who is responsible for sprinkling and sweeping the courtyard, and a few days ago I heard that my health is not safe, and I think that there are three out of seventy, and the limit is approaching. There is only one person left, but it is a small palace lady who served with Princess Jinyang back then......"

"That's her, where is she now?"

"After Princess Jinyang went, she got the Lord's pardon and left the palace to start a family. Because of the generous gift of the Lord at the beginning, now in Chang'an City, it is also a small industry.

But Lord, this little palace lady is indeed a good and loyal girl......"

"Well, so unlike those Yingguo Mansions, you can only send their family out of the Tang Dynasty, or go to the Western Regions or to Silla. As long as I don't appear in front of me and Mei Niang again...... Give more rewards, and secretly arrange more carefully, so that they will not be embarrassed in other places. Tell them that in this life, there is no need to see each other again. If you want to return to your homeland......"

Li Zhichang sighed, his eyebrows stunned: "After I pass away, they can return with their families...... This is a little debt I owe to them. So in the future, I will be a great blessing to their family. as compensation. But now, they must leave without mistake, or ......"

Li Zhi looked helpless: "The holy decree has been issued, even I have no right to forgive." ”

Ryan was gloomy for a while, before he whispered.