The sixth day of the sixth month of the twenty-third year of Zhenguan.

Night.

Yunze Temple.

Mei Niang was still dressed in soap-colored sea green, sitting quietly in her bedroom.

Xu Hui walked silently and sat down beside her.

The two women, who were originally in their prime of life, seemed to be more than ten years old before they were ten days old.

Mei Niang looked at Xu Hui and said softly:

"Hui'er, why aren't you sleeping yet?"

Xu Hui shook his head blankly and said softly:

"Can't sleep...... I don't know why, I just can't sleep. ”

Mei Niang's heart was sour, knowing that although in the eyes of outsiders, it was Xu Hui who served Taizong every day, and she was extremely favored. But in fact, why didn't Taizong accompany Xu Hui every day, so that she wouldn't be so lonely in this palace?

Now that Taizong has gone, although she still has herself, it is never enough for her.

With tears in her eyes, she wanted to persuade something, but she didn't know how to persuade her.

After being silent for a long time, Xu Huicai asked softly:

"Are you really going to leave the palace?"

Mei Niang heard her ask, and her heart was also troubled. Thinking that Li Zhi hadn't seen him for a few days......

Although she knew that he was busy at the moment, it was definitely impossible for him to come to see her as often as usual.

Let alone......

She bit her lower lip, subconsciously stroked the piece of kodama in her neck, and said leisurely after a while:

"If I don't leave the palace, someone will inevitably borrow me to make a big fuss."

Xu Hui knew that although it was just this short sentence, she said all the pain and helplessness in Mei Niang's heart. I want to be persuaded, but I don't know where to start.

Thinking about himself again, he was even more at a loss, so he had to be silent.

……

At the same time.

Tai Chi Hall.

Li Zhi raised his head from the mountain of notes, gently lowered his already stiff neck, took a long breath, took the tea offered by De'an on the side and drank it, and then sighed:

"In the past, when I watched my father criticize the music night after night, I always thought it was quite easy...... But now I know that the original taste is very bearable. ”

Wang De was on the side, busy sorting the notes that had already been approved, just waiting for them to be sent back to the ministers tomorrow. Hearing Li Zhi's words, he was worried:

"Lord, although the first emperor also approved it all night, after all, the first emperor only lasted three days, and you did it every day......

Lord, in this way, what you have criticized is more than three times that of the previous emperor. It's okay to do it occasionally, but if it's a long time, it will inevitably hurt the dragon's body......

Please think about it for a long time! ”

Li Zhi thought for a while, shook his head and said:

"Not necessarily. Now it's just a beginner who has ascended the throne, and the story is more troublesome. In the future, once the situation in the court is stable, it will naturally not be so much. Naturally, it doesn't have to be a day.

But now, I still have to do this--after all, I don't have the merit of my father, and I can do it willfully. If you are not diligent, you are afraid that it will be difficult to convince the public. ”

De'an looked distressed, and said:

"Is the Lord too worried? A few days ago, Uncle Yuan (Uncle Yuan means the emperor's uncle, here is the honorific title of the eldest grandson Wuji after Li Zhi ascended the throne) Didn't he praise the lord and work diligently, quite the legacy of the first emperor? ”

Li Zhi smiled faintly, glanced at him before picking up a book and said:

"Diligent in government, quite the legacy of the emperor? In other words, doesn't it mean that I am just as diligent as the first emperor, but I have no strengths?

You...... How do you teach you on weekdays? ”

De'an thought about it for a while, and had to be silent-after all, these days, above the court, the attitude of the old ministers towards Li Zhi, the new emperor, he also saw it in his eyes -

There is pet, there is love, there is care......

But there is only no respect and admiration.

After approving two more copies, Li Zhi's neck hurt badly, so he asked De'an to come forward and rub it, and asked Wang Dedao in a low voice:

"How is it over there in Yunze Palace? Wu Cairen and Xu Chongrong, but are you still used to living? ”

"All is well with the Lord. Li Yun is also extremely resourceful. In the past few days, no one has been allowed to get close to half a step. And the old slave also transferred Ming'an to take care of the food over there with Ryan according to what you said......

There's nothing wrong with that. ”

When Li Zhi heard this, he breathed a long sigh of relief, his shoulders were slightly relaxed, and he said softly:

"That's fine. Otherwise, I'm afraid that she won't know what disaster will suffer. ”

Wang De looked at De'an, and then asked puzzledly:

"In fact, the master is so careful, but the old slave can also understand that it is to prevent the people of the East Palace from attacking...... But what the old slave didn't understand was, why didn't the lord immediately crown the princess as the queen since he wanted to guard against the East Palace?

If you are willing to give in one step, then the martial artist will also ......"

Li Zhi shook his head and signaled that De'an didn't need to rub it anymore, and then said:

"Nope. The crown princess is so taboo now, and even avoids Mei Niang. For nothing more than what I want, I haven't gotten it yet. If only once I have fulfilled her request......

The first one to attack Mei Niang was her. ”

Li Zhi thought about it, and said with a little bitterness:

"And it's not just at this moment, I can't give in, even if I go to see Mei Niang, I can't. Otherwise, it will only break the balance between the current East Palace and Mei Niang.

Presumably Mei Niang herself knows it. ”

Dean couldn't help but interject:

"It's clear, but in Sister Wu's heart, I'm afraid it's uncomfortable......" Before the words were finished, De'an stopped. Because although Li Zhi still had no expression on his face, a touch of pain appeared in his eyes.

Dean secretly scolded himself for being too talkative, so he forced a smile:

"Don't worry about it, Lord. How could a smart woman like Sister Wu not know ......"

"No matter how smart she is, she is just a weak woman. There was also her father who protected her before. Now ......" Li Zhi frowned slightly, thought for a while, and then asked Wang De:

"You have the key in the treasure house, right?"

Wang Dehui is.

Li Zhi nodded, and then looked left and right:

"Go to the Treasury of the Division."

……

An hour later.

In the Yunze Temple.

Mei Niang was sitting silently opposite Xu Hui, and suddenly saw Ruian trotting in all the way, Dao Ming'an obeyed Li Zhi's order and sent something, and was stunned for a while, so he hurriedly got up with Xu Hui and walked out of the dormitory.

In the main hall, Ming An was serving a small brocade box in his arms, and when he saw Mei Niang giving a salute first, he gave things away.

Mei Niang opened it, but saw that it was a small sword that was extremely beautifully decorated.

When Ryan saw it, he was immediately surprised:

"Isn't this the sword of the queen in the early years? I heard that this is the baby that Princess Pingyang Zhao gave to the queen mother back then, and she will not have to leave for a moment! Why did the Lord send it? ”

Mei Niang was stunned at first, but she didn't think who this queen mother was referring to, but after a while, she immediately understood that what she was referring to was the eldest grandson queen of the year, so her heart was even more mixed.

Ming Annai said to Mei Niang:

"The Lord has a saying, saying that during this sword year, he accompanied the queen to spend a lot of calamities. And in the end, all of them were saved from danger. That's why it was specially given to martial artists to be a talisman. ”

Mei Niang bit her lower lip, her heart was full of tenderness, and she said after a while:

"Thank you, Lord, for me. Also, tell him that Mei Niang knows that it is not appropriate to act rashly at this moment.

Mei Niang will endure it. Just ......"

She glanced at Xu Hui, and then turned her head to look at Ming An.

Although Xu Hui followed, her heart was confused, and she didn't know what Mei Niang meant. However, Ming'an was clever, and immediately nodded to indicate that he understood, and then left.