At the end of October of the fifth year of Tang Yonghui.

Changan.

Tai Chi Palace.

Gaozong Li Zhi had an edict, and ordered hundreds of civil and military officials, accompanied by the left, to go to the Temple of Mercy and Grace to worship the first emperor Empress Taimu, and the first Empress Shengwende.

The ministers obeyed the order.

In the afternoon, the gate of the imperial city is full of cars and horses.

Mei Niang sat in Li Zhiyu's chariot, did not lift the curtain, nor did she probe, but just looked at the originally bright green curtain, and was upset by the gloomy dark clouds. After a long time, he snorted softly and said:

"I'm afraid it's going to change."

"Niangniang, the lord replied, saying that Niangniang doesn't need to move to him, so she can sit and rest in this rut."

Outside the window, De'an's soft voice sounded.

Mei Niang immediately frowned:

"How is this possible? This is the emperor, and I am only nine concubines Zhaoyi now, even if I have been named the queen, I can't be the emperor and the queen! ”

Dean said again:

"Yes, Niangniang, but the Lord knows that Niangniang has this worry, so he arranged for Yuming to be on the Niangniang drive early and take over. If someone goes to meet you, it will be fine. What's more, the mother is by the Lord's side, and the Lord is a little more at ease. ”

When Mei Niang heard this, her heart moved, and she couldn't help raising her eyebrows:

"Yuming ......"

She pondered for a moment, then nodded slowly:

"Okay, I got it. When will Najiro return? ”

"Left but a moment later."

Mei Niang nodded, didn't say anything more, and only closed her eyes slightly.

After a while, Ming He, who was waiting on one side, said softly:

"Niangniang, are you worried about Sister Yuming?"

“…… Minghe, go and take one of my unsightly wide sleeves and put them on with me...... In this imperial palace, if it is not as good as somewhere else, if it is seen by others, it is not good. ”

Mei Niang didn't answer, just commanded.

Minghe didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly walked back, took a blue-gray wide sleeve, put it on with Mei Niang, and then said:

"Niangniang, it's not cold in this chariot, not to mention that the emperor is not as good as the car next to him, unless it is the lord, the people next to him can't enter again. What is the mother worried about? ”

Mei Niang only shook her head and said nothing.

Minghe saw that Mei Niang didn't say anything, and didn't ask any more, but walked to the back again, put the dust on his waist with his backhand, but he took out an incense box, scooped a spoonful of soothing incense from the golden incense spoon and sprinkled it, then covered the box and retreated to the side.

After a while, Xuanjia made Xuanjia, De'an opened the door lightly, and Li Zhi, who was dressed in a dark gold dragon robe, slowly walked in, looked at Mei Niang is smile, and then sat down, watching the door closed, Minghe also withdrew from the back door outside the car, and only two people were left in the carriage that was so wide that it could be placed on two dragon couches.

Li Zhi sat neatly, then stretched out his hand to take Mei Niang into his arms, and hugged it tightly, Mei Niang sighed secretly in her heart, and then said softly:

"I don't know which one it is, and I'm going to deal with Jiro?"

Li Zhi was stunned, lowered his head to look at her, and smiled for a while:

"Well, I don't want to ask how you know......"

He let out a soft breath, and it took a while for a while to freeze his expression:

"It's not King Han's Mansion, it's the person surnamed Yan from King Ji's office...... Left but these two dials. ”

After finishing speaking, Li Zhi casually picked up a pot of tea soup that was still smoking from the small purple gold stove on the side, poured a cup and held it in his hand, took a sip, and then muttered to look at the pale green tea soup in the cup:

"But there is one thing, but it is settled......"

His expression grew cold, and his eyes, which were originally as warm as jade, were as cold as a star:

"Today, they can only give these lives for nothing."

Mei Niang nodded, but did not speak.

At the end of October of the fifth year of Tang Yonghui.

Changan.

Today, Gaozong Li Zhi went out of the palace to visit the Temple of Mercy and Grace because of the sacrifice of his mother Empress Wende. Three hundred steps outside the city gate, more than a dozen assassins suddenly rushed towards the Zhaoyi Wu clan behind the emperor.

After the riot, all the Assassins were killed on the spot, and although the Wu clan was frightened, they were fortunately protected by the left and right, and there was no damage.

Gaozong was furious and ordered the left and right to be strictly investigated behind the scenes.

It's night.

Temple of Mercy and Grace.

Today, Li Zhi did not stay in the clean room of the temple according to the old rules, but after worshipping, he came to the palace only fifty steps away from the Temple of Mercy and Grace.

In the dormitory.

Li Zhi carefully removed the blue-gray wide sleeves for the pot-bellied Mei Niang, but he couldn't help frowning:

"Good look, what are you doing in such old-fashioned colors? This season's new clothes and new materials were given away by you, so there are some colors that can be worn in the old days? ”

Mei Niang looked at Li Zhi frowning and muttering like a child, disgusted the wide sleeves to death, and threw them far away, only to help her, but laughed to herself:

"What do you say? If you didn't have to ask me to sit in the throne, why would I have to dress like this? ”

"What are you afraid of, even if your uncle follows, will he dare to come to the emperor?"

Li Zhi snorted coldly, but he didn't take it seriously.

Mei Niang shook her head, and said angrily and funly:

"It's just that there is no Uncle Yuan, and there are other elders! Since ancient times, no emperor can introduce a woman into the imperial chariot! ”

"No one did it before, it may not mean that no one will do it in the future! Since there may be some people in the future...... So why can't I get started first? ”

Li Zhi didn't think so, just raised his eyebrows.

Mei Niang shook her head, never said anything more, just looked at him and smiled.

Li Zhi was so impressed by her that he couldn't help but laugh:

"You're looking at me and smiling like that, I'm going to do something bad."

Mei Niang raised her eyebrows, but put one hand on her bulging belly, and said jokingly:

"Do you dare? Aren't you afraid that the child will come out and scold you for being disrespectful to your father? ”

Li Zhi's face immediately collapsed:

"You'll play tricks on me......"

He looked at Mei Niang hatefully, and only said after a while:

"Wait and see, if it's a sweet and soft baby girl, it's fine. If you are still an arrogant boy who robs my beloved wife with me every day...... Hmph - look how I train him! ”

His voice was long, but he made Mei Niang laugh.

The husband and wife laughed a few more words, and then saw Yuru rushing in, saluted first, and then said:

"Lord, mother."

Only then did Li Zhi put away his childlike smile, and said:

"How?"

"The Lord has found out. It's surnamed Yan. ”

Li Zhideng's face sank, and he snorted coldly for a long time:

"Good...... Sure enough, it's a brave one. His father's kindness left him alive back then, but he let him come back today......"

Li Zhi squinted his eyes and said softly:

"Spread my will, and those who do not know mercy do not need to stay any longer."

Jade should be, and said:

"Is that a clear order?"

Li Zhi shook his head, looked at Mei Niang, and then said slowly:

"Although the old ten may not be safe, but in the end, the love of the noble concubine is still there, and over the years, if it weren't for his concubine's restlessness, it may not be so ......"

Li Zhi groaned for a while, and finally sighed and said:

"In the end, it's a family, the secret guard will do it, but I should also let Princess Ji know, so that she can live a little bit in peace."

"Understood."

Yuru just wanted to turn around and leave, but was stopped by Mei Niang and said softly:

"What is going on in the palace today?"

"Mother is at ease, everything is fine. When the lord left the palace this time, he summoned all the princes and daughters to his side, so that no one had the heart to pay attention to the inner court. ”

Mei Niang nodded and silently watched her retreat.

Seeing her uneasy, Li Zhi couldn't help asking:

"Are you worried about the affairs of the palace?"

Mei Niang shook her head, and said lightly after a while:

"How long can you hide it?"

Li Zhi was silent, and said indifferently for a while:

"It's been here, and I can't hide it for long. However, he will bear the blame for what he has done sooner or later, but it is no wonder that others are responsible. ”

Mei Niang suddenly turned her head and looked at Li Zhi, slightly shocked and a little guilty:

"Jiro used to know ......"

"In the place next to the pillow, if you don't even know these things, how can you govern this Tang Dynasty."

Li Zhi was indifferent, and there was a slight pain in his eyes:

"It's just a pity...... Originally, I also thought that if he could not make this foolish mistake and could make a good sense of his future path, the Tang Dynasty would be ......

He may not be able to sit still. ”

Mei Niang was silent, and said lightly after a long time:

He ...... In the end, it is also unforgettable hatred of the year. ”

Li Zhi sighed, nodded and said:

"yes...... He is also unforgettable for the hatred of killing his mother. ”

He smiled to himself, but shook his head and said:

"Speaking of which, he's really like you say...... Among these children right now, he is the one who is most like me...... The same hypocrisy hides the true face, the same viciousness, the same ......

Reckless for revenge on his mother. ”

Li Zhi suddenly lowered his eyes and looked at Mei Niang:

"Do you think that in the future, will he be like me and fall in love with a woman that everyone says he shouldn't love?"

Mei Niang looked up in amazement, looked at Li Zhi for a long time, and then said lightly:

Jiro is suspicious...... He killed the queen, and there was another internal cause?

Can...... Can ......"

Li Zhi laughed, couldn't help but pat her head, and sighed:

"That's it, people say that pregnant mothers are easy to get confused, which is really not wrong at all...... That's it. ”

He only shook his head, said such a sentence, and was silent for a while, then said that he was sleepy, and pulled Mei Niang to sleep.

Mei Niang nodded, followed him obediently, snuggled down, and quietly listened to Li Zhi's heartbeat, and was dazed for a while.

It's just that what she didn't know was that not long after she fell asleep, Li Zhi, who had already closed his eyes, suddenly opened his eyes, looked at the top of the hall brightly, and slowly turned his head for a while to look at her, and then sat up slowly, carefully pulled his wrist out of her neck, and covered her with a brocade quilt, then got up and walked outside the hall, rushed in by De'an, saluted him, put on his robe, and then whispered:

"What about people?"

"I'm already waiting outside the temple."

Li Zhi nodded, looked at De'an, and summoned someone with the attendant beside him, but he walked to the fire, stretched out his hand to light the fire, and looked at the red fire.

Not long after, a young official walked in with a steady step, and was about to give a long salute to Li Zhi, but was stopped by Li Zhi with a smile:

"I haven't seen you all these years, why are you still so lazy, do you have to summon you to come?"

The young official was Wei Zhi, and when he heard Li Zhi say this, he smiled to himself before saying:

"The Lord is really still a great man, and he has not lost the style of the year."

Li Zhi looked at him, but shook his head and smiled:

"As for you, you don't have the straightforwardness and ability to admonish back then, but you blindly respond to peace."

The two of them laughed, and Li Zhi smiled at this time, and said lightly:

"If it weren't for a straight person like Huaiying, it would really not be appropriate to do this, and I don't want you to get involved in these inner court things."

"But being able to share the worries of the Lord, both inside and outside, is a blessing for the minister."

Wei waits for the price to be right:

"But this time, I'm afraid that I will make the Lord regret it."

Li Zhi's eyes froze, and he said softly:

And sure enough...... Have such a heart? ”

Wei Zhi had a regretful face, nodded, and said slowly:

"Jiangbei has several provinces, and the ministers have secretly visited all of them, and the real evidence is there, and there is no falsehood. If Huaiying sees it, I'm afraid that it will be a bit of a shame, saying that this kind of talent is used in these things. ”

Li Zhi lowered his eyes, and said lightly after a long time:

"If he can have the material to govern the country, I will follow the example of Emperor Zuxun in him, why not? It's a pity that he doesn't have such materials, nor does he have the bearing to be human, and he doesn't have the mind to tolerate a country......

That's it, it's also a former debt to chase. You just have to deal with it. ”

Wei Zhiqi whispered yes.

…… In the saman room, Mei Niang, who was lying on the couch, suddenly opened her eyes, and there was no sleepiness in her eyes. There was only a panic.