Chapter 695: Branches

Li Xian has been the crown prince for a longer time than Li Xian, and has long had the experience of injuring the country and has done a good job, so he has a high reputation. The subjects of the world feel that he is a good prince and the hope of the Tang Dynasty in the future.

Such a wasted prince full of fame, talent and pathos obviously has more capital to call the world than the wasted King of Luling. In case Li Jingye gets Li Xian in his hands at this time, then their waists will be really hard. In addition, since Wu Zetian has belittled Li Xian, he must have reason to be wary of Li Xian's comeback...... Who called them all stumbling blocks on the road to Wu Zetian's claim to be emperor?

Therefore, there are different historical opinions about the cause of Li Xian's death. But one thing is certain, it is absolutely inseparable from Wu Zetian!

"Here in Chang'an, I haven't received any news yet." Xue Shao sighed lightly.

"I'm going to see him in Bazhou." Shangguan Wan'er sobbed and said: "But when I was still far away from Bazhou, I heard that the first monarch was demoted to the king of Luling, and then Li Jingye rebelled in Yangzhou. I panicked, I knew...... He's in danger! ”

Xue Shao nodded lightly and didn't say anything, thinking in his heart: Shangguan Wan'er grew up in the palace since she was a child, and she has rich experience, and her political consciousness is still very high. Yangzhou Li Jingye rebelled, and the banner was Kuang Fu Luling King Li Xian. But they immediately changed their tune again, and found a person who looked like Li Xian to impersonate Li Xian, and set up a puppet banner with his ears and thieves.

It can be said that Li Xian's fate has been predestined since the day he was demoted. However, the Yangzhou rebellion was the most direct trigger for his death.

"Later, I just arrived in Mumen County, and sure enough, I heard about it...... He's dead! Shangguan Wan'er couldn't cry, "I was forced to death by Qiu Shenxi!" ”

General Jin Wuwei Qiu Shenqiu?

Xue Shao remembered him, this person had been photographed, he was once Wu Yizong's top boss and an important confidant of Wu Zetian.

"Why is Heaven so cruel to me?" Shangguan Wan'er sobbed in a low voice, "I already knew that we couldn't have any results. I just want to look at him, just one look, that's it......"

Xue Shao was silent, thinking that Shangguan Wan'er refused Princess Taiping to be the concubine, and I still couldn't figure it out. Now, I probably get it......

Shangguan Wan'er sobbed for a while, but didn't say anything more.

The two fell silent.

It was getting dark.

Xue Shao thought that there was still a family banquet waiting for him at home. So he said, "Do you want to go back to the palace?" ”

"I, I'm the way I look now, I don't dare to go back to the palace!" Shangguan Wan'er took a deep breath to calm her feelings, and said, "I'm afraid that the Queen Mother will see the clues, then I will die without a place to be buried!" ”

"So you came up to Zhongnan Mountain, just to find a place to rest and adjust for a few days?" Xue Shao asked.

Shangguan Wan'er nodded slightly.

"Then Xuanyun Temple!" Xue Shao said, "I'll go and take care of it, it's okay for you to stay for two days." ”

"Xuanyunguan and Wu Youning have a very deep relationship, and there are often some acquaintances in and out of the palace coming and going, I don't dare to ......," Shangguan Wan'er said, "Originally, I wanted to find a random place to live and be quiet for a few days, so that I could shelter from the wind and rain." ”

"That's it, go to Yaochi Yulin." Xue Shao said, "I will send my right-hand man to accompany Guo An and personally send you there." It's my property, it's a nice environment, and most importantly, it's absolutely clean and safe. It's okay for you to stay a few more days, I'll help you talk about the Queen Mother's place, and say that Princess Taiping invited you to go to Yaochi Yulin and take care of some personal matters for her. ”

"Is that good?" Shangguan Wan'er was slightly surprised and quite moved.

"It's okay." Xue Shao smiled, "It's getting late, please!" ”

"Thank you, Childe!"

The two walked out of the Yunhai Wonderland together, Xue Shao explained the matter to Guo An, and Shangguan Wan'er rode on the horse.

Xue Shao smiled: "The mountain road is rugged, walk carefully. You don't have to be polite when you get there, it's like you're in your own home. ”

"Family ......" Shangguan Wan'er raised her eyebrows and groaned softly, a bitter smile appeared on her face, "Wan'er never knew what home was. ”

Xue Shao smiled, "You'll know." ”

"I hope so......" Shangguan Wan'er took a deep breath and bowed to Xue Shao, "Say goodbye to Gongzi, Wan'er is gone!" ”

"Please!"

Shangguan Wan'er and Guo An rode first, and Xue Shao rode on his horse and walked slowly down the mountain.

Looking back, the time I have known Shangguan Wan'er is not short. Whenever Xue Shao saw her, he inevitably had some heartbeat like first love. However, the world is so boring, there are so many women in the world who are devoted to Xue Shao, but Shangguan Wan'er's heart has been filled by Li Xian.

Xue Shao knew that he might have a little bit of a sense in Shangguan Wan'er's mind. But a sensual woman like Shangguan Wan'er, who is in love and full of poetic feelings, is not so easy to let go of her first love. What's more, the object of her first love is still a prince full of talent and pathos, and it is said that he is also very good-looking. Moreover, their so-called love was cruelly strangled in the cradle by the government.

Realistically speaking, Shangguan Wan'er has no reason to worry about Li Xian anymore. But feelings are the most unreasonable. These episodes between the two of them appear more in Qiong Yao's romance novels.

Hazy, poetic, bitter, tragic - these things are too lethal to the heart of a young girl who is just beginning to fall in love.

Maybe this unrealistic relationship will eventually be helplessly defeated by reality, but before that, how can Shangguan Wan'er say that she will give it up, and forget it?

Thinking of this, Xue Shao just smiled slightly, am I still jealous?

Is it necessary?

How is this possible?

They've never really been together!

Now he's dead!

- Fuck, I'm really jealous!

……

When I returned to Princess Taiping's mansion, it was dark. Princess Taiping couldn't help but complain about Xue Shao, and the family was waiting for Xue Shao to come back before having a banquet. A good luncheon was waited until the night. Fortunately, Xue Shao's brothers and sisters-in-law and sisters-in-law are all very talkative people, and Xue Shao's status in the family is even more different than it used to be, so Xue Shao was only nagged a few words, and the banquet was still quite warm and happy.

I haven't seen the demon for a long time, and Xue Shao is about to be unrecognizable - this girl has finally grown taller!

And she's not long, it's amazing. It's just that I haven't seen each other for a year or two, and the demon has changed from a little girl with an appearance of eight or nine years old to a slim girl. is about to catch up with Princess Taiping, but her body is still a little slender.

So at the time of the banquet, Xue Shao specially added a lot of nutritious dishes to the demon. The demon man has grown taller, but his temperament has not changed much, he still calls Xue Shao "fairy brother" like a child, and he still does not have the slightest reserve and shouts to eat big meat steamed buns.

However, after all, she still has some shyness and shyness in a woman's nature, because she never threw herself into Xue Shao's arms and let him hug him as soon as she met as before.

In addition, Xue Shao learned that after You'er and Kudi lived in the palace together, because they were good at arithmetic and divination, they were appointed by Wu Zetian as a female official of the inner court, a doctor of palace education. The official is not big, and his original duty is to be responsible for teaching the palace maids and eunuchs to read and write. Those who serve the emperor must not be too illiterate.

But the real demon's real occupation is to deduce Ziwei, measure the earth's movements, arrange the calendar, study the number of techniques, and divinate the good fortune and evil with those people in the Taishi Bureau.

In other words, You'er has become an officially certified little god stick.

Nowadays, the demon is a little famous in the inner court. First, Wu Zetian liked and spoiled her very much, and often took her to eat and sleep together, just like when he took Princess Taiping. Second, at such a young age, You'er's arithmetic ability is so strong that even the arithmetic teachers in Guozijian are better than herβ€”for example, they don't understand the equations expressed in Arabic numerals and modern mathematical symbols.

So the demon taught them all these things. Guozijian is the highest institution of learning in the Tang Dynasty, and the teachers of Guozijian all come to study from You'er, which makes You'er famous in the "academic world" of Datang and has a very special identity and status.

Since then, the name of You'er has rarely been called. In addition to Xue Shao and these people, others call her Ruyi Niang!

If it weren't for that, few people would know that "Pei Ruyi" is the name of the demon.

……

After the family banquet, Xue Shaoliu's brother and sister-in-law and his younger brother's family stayed in the mansion. There is a very coincidental and festive thing, Princess Taiping and Chen Xian'er are pregnant with Liujia, and Xue Yi's wife Xiao and Xue Xu's wife Chen are also pregnant.

Xue Yi was very happy because of this, and said to Xue Shao: "Erlang, this is a sign that our Xue family is about to prosper!" ”

"It's really a good thing to have a lot of money in the house." Xue Shao said with a smile, "Big brother, you have to work harder and spread out more for our Xue family." ”

"It's not big, it's not small, it's not serious!" Xue Yi scolded angrily, and whispered: "Your sister-in-law is unmatched by a virtuous lady, and she will never give up from me in danger, I don't plan to take another concubine, otherwise I'm sorry for her." On the contrary, you are different and younger, if Princess Taiping allows, you should be full of talents. ”

Xue Shao couldn't help but be stunned, as if he remembered this matter. He is now a third-rank official, according to the law of the Tang Dynasty, in addition to the main wife, the third-grade official can also marry six wives, and these six wives are regarded as seventh-grade foreign wives. This is not an ordinary concubine who can be bought and sold at will, but a "Mrs. Ru" who has a high social status and enjoys a certain treatment.

"When you got married, you accepted three women, Chen Xian'er and Yuenu, and Miss Linlang counted as one." Xue Yi smiled, "There are still three left, you hurry up and work hard!" - Brother absolutely believes, let alone three, even thirty you can marry back! ”

Xue Shao grinned bitterly, "Big brother, the iron pestle is sharpened into a needle!" ”

"Alas, insulting Sven! Insulting Sven! Xue Yi coughed a few times and laughed, "That's it, I won't tell you." In short, you have to take this matter to heart! - That Shangguan Wan'er is very good, why did you miss it? ”

Xue Shao was slightly stunned and said with a smile: "It's a long story. If people don't want to, can I still marry by force? ”

"She doesn't want to? How is this possible! Xue Yi was stunned, "Women in the world, who doesn't want to marry my Erlang?" ”

"Big brother, that's why you think so highly of me." Xue Shao smiled, "Radish and cabbage have their own love, don't they?" ”

"That's it, this kind of child-like thing can't be mixed with brothers." Xue Yi shook his head regretfully, suddenly had a blank face, and said very strictly: "Eldest brother is like a father, and my brother never forces you to do anything." But for my brother, I'm going to put on a stinky drive today-you have to do your best to fill up the people and spread out more branches for our Xue family, do you hear?! ”

Xue Shao suddenly felt that his brain hurt, it was really stressful!