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In the Hall of Eternal Life.

A joyful scene of singing and dancing.

A fold of gold inlaid with jade rosewood painted gold, Taizong Qin's pen copied Wang Youjun's "Orchid Pavilion Preface" in front of the screen, sitting is the dragon robe gold crown, hosta silk silk Li Zhi. And sitting side by side on his right is a scarlet phoenix robe, standing majestically with flowers and trees, hanging down sideburns, beads, tassels, swaying and shining. She was slightly bulging in her arms, and Yuming, who was kneeling beside her, was hugging Li Xian.

The first place in the next place is naturally the new prince who has just been established as the crown prince for a short time, Li Hong. Further down, the princes - even Li Zhong, who has been deposed and reformed, also appeared dressed in full clothes. It's just that not long after he entered the table, he excused himself to quit the table under the pretext of being unwell. Li Zhi thought about it, but finally nodded and silently agreed to him.

Although the other princes also wanted to compare equally, they each had their own dignity and purpose, so they naturally gave up.

Sitting opposite the princes were all the wives.

The first person to sit on a high seat was the head of the four ladies of the first emperor, Wei Guifei back then, and Wei Jue, the current concubine of Jiguo - although she is decrepit, between her eyebrows, she is vaguely noble and beautiful.

Sitting next to her was the first emperor and concubine Yan. She is slightly younger than Concubine Wei, although her appearance has not changed as much as Concubine Wei, but she is also in a state of twilight.

Immediately afterwards, there is youth, just like the two princesses of Yue and Ji, who are beautiful and beautiful with pomegranate flowers. Princess Yang of Yue, with a slightly plump body, a complexion like jade and powder, very charming and moving, even the beauty of the former palace who was demoted to Jieyu, that is, Li Zhi's younger brother Cao Wang's biological mother, Concubine Yang - just such a beauty, but it is inevitable to teach a few old palace people, and it is inevitable to be displeased.

After all, everyone who can still serve by Gaozong Li Zhi's side now knows about Concubine Yang back then, and all of them hate the poison of Concubine Yang. Seeing that this Yue princess Yang has a bad reputation, she actually has such a god-like appearance like a big Yang concubine, and it is the same clan's ingenuity......

Naturally, the corners of his eyes showed a bit of disdain.

And with such a state of contempt, how can Princess Yue not see it? It's just that she saw it in her eyes, but she couldn't be angry: after all, the emperor's close person, even if she was a princess, couldn't easily scold, so she had to hang her head slightly and swallow this grievance and resentment.

Mei Niang looked at it coldly, but smiled faintly - she would be in such a mood, but she really felt good.

Looking down further, it is Princess Ji who is calm and relaxed. Today's Princess Ji is no longer the delicate and beautiful Zheng daughter of the past - after all, a sudden illness a few years ago took away all the fantasies of the Zheng princess whose heart was higher than the sky but whose life was thinner than paper, and finally it was just a piece of loess.

But this does not mean that the current Princess Ji is the one who can make Mei Niang feel at ease. It must be known that although she was born in the Lu family, her mother is the sister of the mother of the Zheng family, that is, a serious aunt and sister. In addition, although King Ji is younger than King Yue, it can be said that he is the son of the first emperor's concubine......

In addition, she was personally asked by Concubine Ji Guo to give a decree, and the three media hired the entry, in terms of status, it is naturally more or less than this person whose background is not lower than herself, but because of those things that are not enough for outsiders when she started, she folded her identity first; And because the concubine of Yue Guo was already lower than the concubine of Ji Guo in the palace of the first emperor, it was much higher.

That's why she sat there, but she was indifferent and leisurely, and Mei Niang looked at it coldly, the more the princess was displeased, she sat more straight, and the princess Yue was darkened.

Mei Niang looked at it for a while, lowered her eyes, picked up the tea bowl in her hand, took a sip of tea soup, and smiled at the corner of her mouth.

Although Li Zhi's eyes stayed on the singing and dancing in the field, in fact, the afterglow never left her face for a moment. Seeing that she was smiling so happily, she couldn't help but raise her wine glass to block her mouth, and said in a low voice:

"It seems that the lady is very happy today!"

Mei Niang looked at him sideways, smiled again, but also blocked her mouth with a tea bowl and said:

"Seeing that the new and the old are all gathered together, why is Mei Niang not happy?"

Li Zhi couldn't help but hook his lips and smile, and said again:

"Really? I thought you were rejoicing......"

He took a sip of wine before turning the jade cup in his hand leisurely, then looked sideways at her, and said with affection in his eyebrows:

"While Huanxi can treat these two restless women, he can finally give Yuan and Xu two sisters a resentment of the old years."

Mei Niang raised her eyebrows, but said lightly:

"Old hatred? Whether it's Suqin or Hui'er...... What old grudges can there be? ”

Li Zhi raised his eyebrows, looked at her, and said lightly for a while:

"I thought it was ...... You will answer me—if not, you would not have bothered to meet this noble concubine who was famous in the inner court in the past! ”

Mei Niang looked at him fixedly, and said after a while:

"The concubine really didn't have the slightest place to be sorry for Suqin and Hui'er back then?"

“…… I remember that you said it clearly: If it weren't for the deliberate connivance of the noble concubine, who intended to kill people with a knife and destroy her cousin, who had to fight with her everywhere, she would not have caused Sister Yuan's early death.

And Sister Xu ......"

Li Zhi's eyes revealed a trace of sadness:

"If it weren't for her taking advantage of the situation, I'm afraid that she would already be the fourth concubine...... The dying will not be accompanied by such a small wish as the burial of Zhaoling, and it will also be fulfilled by my hand. As for the later ......"

Li Zhi closed his mouth and said lightly after a while:

"As for the later Xiao family, if she hadn't deliberately allowed her to be led by a close attendant, it would have been difficult to enter the East Palace, and it would have hurt ......."

He said no more.

Mei Niang raised her head and said lightly:

"Yes, she is indeed the person I am looking for, but for the sake of Jiro, I will not be angry with her anymore."

"Why?"

Although Li Zhi had expected Mei Niang to answer like this, he still deliberately raised his eyebrows and asked.

Although Mei Niang knew that he would ask, she still admittedly said:

"Over the years, the ups and downs that Jiro has experienced by Mei Niang's side, one by one, have made Mei Niang understand one thing."

She slowly put down the jade cup in her hand, slowly put up her hands, and looked at him quietly, her eyes gentle:

"The best revenge for these hypocrites and ambitious people who have bad intentions but always act as frank and selfless is to use her hypocrisy to break her ambitions. Let her live in the pain of self-devouring her heart for the rest of her life. ”

Li Zhi looked at her, suddenly showed a big smile, stretched out his hand, and quietly covered the back of her hand:

"Yes."

The husband and wife looked at each other and smiled.

Everyone at the bottom of the stairs looked at it, but they had all kinds of expressions and thoughts.

……

After the feast.

Because it was getting late and the ban on the imperial city had been issued, Li Zhi ordered to give Fanghua Pavilion and other four palaces to rest for the night with the princes and the emperors.

And when they had given thanks, they returned to their own halls.

It's late at night.

Two figures, one after the other, walked on the small stone path. The person in front was carrying a palace lamp covered with black cloth, and he could only see the place where the feet of the two people were a foot away, so the person in the back who was wrapped in a hooded coat followed very closely.

Walking through the corridor and courtyard, seeing that Fanghua Pavilion was far away, the woman wrapped in a hooded can't help but open her mouth after all:

"Dare to ask Father-in-law Ruian, what is the purpose of the queen's mother privately summoning concubines into the Palace of Eternal Life so late at night? But at today's feast, is there anything rude about the concubine? ”

This voice is owned by Princess Yue's Yang family.

It was Ryan who led the way. But at this time, he didn't want to, and he didn't have the intention to say much to her, so he only said lightly:

"Niangniang's order, we servants can't ask more. But I want to come to Niangniang late at night, and the Lord is staying in the Hall of Eternal Life to accompany ...... Presumably there is something important to find the princess. ”

Princess Yue's heart tightened, and she said lightly:

"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty is also in the Hall of Eternal Life at this time? ”

"This is natural. Where can the Lord go if he doesn't accompany his mother? Oh...... The princess is worried that she will bump into the lord? But don't worry about that. ”

Ryan smiled indifferently and said:

"The Lord is diligent in government, and it is customary every day to exhaust the important recitals of the day, and read two pages of the emperor's handwritten book before going to bed. Although there are not many government affairs today, there are some omissions in the end.

In addition, this afternoon, especially because of the Western Turkic affairs, Lord Xue got a clever strategy, and he discussed with the princes, and he was happy to unexpectedly get a general in close proximity, and he was on the way. So at this time, the study in the side hall was busy, but the princess didn't have to worry. ”

Princess Yue's heart twitched again, but she didn't dare to stop under her feet, she only smiled:

"The affairs of the Western Turks have been understood...... It's really my luck for Datang! ”

"Isn't it? Who would have thought that such a great event, which the Lord had been worried about all these days, would be relieved by someone close to him in this way...... Now, Lord Xue is bound to be promoted, and in the future, there will be one more famous general in my Tang Army who will make all countries frightened. ”

Princess Yue was silent for a while before she asked softly:

"This Lord Xue...... Isn't it the Xue Li Xue Grand Commander who is in charge of garrisoning the Imperial City? ”

"Huh? The princess even knows about him! ”

"This natural ...... This Lord Xue was already a great credit before the first emperor drove. At that time, although the concubine had not entered the palace, she had heard a lot. It's just that I don't know why all these years, he has been able to stand near the imperial city and serve? If there is a word that can determine the material of the Western Turks...... What about those who should have joined the army early to serve the country! ”

"Who's to say it isn't? Not only this, but this is this, and the lord also thinks it is very strange - the princess doesn't know that this Lord Xue actually took advantage of the daily invitation to give advice.

According to others, he seems to have been ostracized because of his non-Chinese background—even if he had great achievements in the time of the first emperor, he was also pressed by those people.

What else to say...... The first emperor has dismissed Liaodong, so Lord Xue really shouldn't mention it again.

In short, he has delayed others for a few years, and it is estimated that he is also cold, so he is so ......"

Ryan seemed to open up the conversation and gushed endlessly. It's just Princess Yue, but she doesn't have the slightest intention of wanting to hear it.

She was so abnormal, and Ryan naturally noticed it. However, when he realized it, what he should say, Mei Niang's words were still a lot, and she read them in her ear word for word.

After a short time, the two of them arrived in the courtyard of the Hall of Eternal Life.

It seems that Ryan really got the order of the extremely secret, and actually took the Yang family, who was the princess, into through the side door and through the side hall.

And Yang, instead of expressing any dissatisfaction, became more and more excited:

It seems that the more cautious Mei Niang is, the more sure she will be that she will win tonight's game.

- It's just that when she saw Mei Niang in person, before she could say goodbye, she was shocked by Mei Niang's words:

"Luckily, my sister still came...... If you don't come, this palace really doesn't know how to get you out of this tiger's mouth and save your life! ”

Princess Yue had a bang in her head, blinked for a long time, and then remembered to squeeze out a smile, and saluted before saying:

"Niangniang said this, but the concubine is incomparable...... Mother......

"Nature is not relative. After all, there are some things, my sister is thinking about the love of husband and wife, but I am afraid that she has never seen it clearly! ”

Mei Niang smiled faintly again, and dropped a sentence that was even heavier, which also made Princess Yue, who was already uneasy, even more worried.

Immediately, the atmosphere in the entire side hall became tense - but this tension did not reach Mei Niang's eyes at all, and ......

Standing behind a corner screen in the side hall, Li Zhi and De'an listened with a smile in the ears of Li Zhi and De'an and others.

"Sure enough, it's worthy of a mother's ......"

De'an sighed, but saw Li Zhi turn around and leave. I was about to ask him, but after thinking about it, I also smiled and nodded, followed and left, heading to the study:

Indeed, there is Mei Niang, there is Ryan, and there is Minghe......

This time, Li Zhi can really criticize his political negligence with peace of mind.