The first day of the second month of the fifth year of the Tang Dynasty.

Tang Gaozong Li Zhi drove out of Chang'an Jiucheng Palace and went all the way to the east.

Destination, the eastern capital of the Tang Dynasty, Luoyang City.

Along the way, the weather has become warmer day by day, and the new green of spring has also invaded the vision and soul of everyone who travels with it silently.

As if spring sprouts are sprouting, everyone's face is smiling more and more day by day.

Such cheerfulness even infected the two brothers Li Hong and Li Xian, who sat in the imperial chariot with their father.

Li Hong and Li Xian, who were around his father, were all smiling. Even Li Xian, who was sitting on Li Zhi's lap, lifted the curtain of the car inarticulately, pointed out the window and shouted.

"Father! Father, Emperor, Emperor! Look at you, look at you! Flower! Flower! ”

"Good...... Flowers, flowers...... Sit down and don't poke your head too far...... Carefully seen by your mother, your father will be scolded again......" Li Zhi sighed with a smile, and hurriedly threw the book in his hand down, and grabbed Li Xian, who had almost half of his body out of the window.

"Brother Hong, it's really warmer here than Chang'an!" Li Xian looked at the side in surprise and put away the stove with a smile and couldn't help but say.

"Isn't it? Count the days, and when we arrive in the Eastern Capital, it will be time for the peony flowers to bloom. The queen mother, I like flowers and plants the most. At that time, if you take advantage of the queen mother's flower viewing to invite that hundred opera troupe into the palace, there must be no allowment. Li Hong smiled and nodded at the tip of his little brother's nose, which pierced his heart.

When Li Xian heard that his heart was broken, he immediately shouted:

"Where is the ...... Where's it! ”

As he spoke, he peeked at Li Zhi. Seeing that Li Zhi didn't care, his face was full of joy and an indescribable sense of loss.

Li Hong saw his thoughts, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, yes, you don't have you." But my brother does. You'll have to help your brother. ”

Of course, Li Xian responded immediately, but immediately and cautiously answered:

"But...... The virtuous brother heard the Taishi say that before coming to the Eastern Capital, I am afraid that I will be advanced and merge with the state? The queen mother ......"

"Hmm." Li Hong glanced at Li Zhi, whose expression became indifferent after hearing the word Bingzhou, put away his smile and said lazily: "Most of the time, you have to do that thing well before you leave." ”

Li Xian sighed, then closed his mouth and stared out of the car window blankly.

At the same time, in the back of the chariot.

Wu Zhao, the queen of the Tang Dynasty who closed her eyes and recuperated her mind, at this time, looked beautiful against the light, almost making people feel that they were not in the world.

But because of this, that kind of alienated and indifferent temperament made everyone in the entire carriage feel heavy pressure. I couldn't even say something nice to amuse her.

But fortunately, it was not long before a loud voice sounded, and the carriage stopped abruptly, and then came the chanting of the waiter:

"His Royal Highness King Lu has come to meet you—"

Wu Zhao slowly opened his eyes, shook his head, Minghe was stunned, and immediately made a "snort", then turned around and walked out.

A voice full of surprise and regret sounded outside the car, followed by a burst of unwilling shouting, and then Minghe seemed to say something in a low voice, and Li Xian was immediately silenced.

Minghe got into the car and saluted Wu Zhao, although she didn't open her eyes, she seemed to have seen everything, nodded silently, and the car resumed sparkling.

Inside the car, it was quiet again.

After a while, Wu Zhao suddenly spoke:

"How are they?"

Minghe was slightly stunned, and immediately realized:

"Hui Niangniang, everything is fine."

"Really?"

"Yes."

“…… It's a shame. Wu Zhao slowly opened his eyes, and looked ahead calmly: "It's a loss that the palace specially brought the gold capital of the Su Festival." ”

"But it's only a matter of time. With Master Di following, there will be no mistakes. ”

"Huaiying's behavior is reassuring. But ......"

Wu Zhao shook his head and said lightly:

"After all, he is just a Dali Temple official. If nothing happens, then he must not do it. There's no way around it. ”

Ming He replied, and said: "Actually, if Lord Di has this ability, it is not difficult to be given to the throne by the master. I just don't understand why the Lord keeps ......"

He said all that, and then he spoke no more.

Wu Zhao smiled again: "For him, whether it is Hong'er or Huaiying, they are all indispensable people for my Datang to have a rich and peerless future." Because it is indispensable, he is more careful and cautious. Just ......"

She shook her head, only to hear the pearl and jade on the phoenix crown hitting each other, crisp as a chime.

but not a word more.

Hearing what she meant, Minghe no longer said anything about the matter, but turned to say:

"But Niangniang, in this way, I am afraid that the second son of the middle minister will also be aware of his background...... This ......"

"It's about letting him know who he really is." Wu Zhao smiled lightly: "Originally, this palace didn't want him to know about this too early. But since this incident came out, Bengong suddenly found that maybe knowing about this matter was the best choice for him Yu Hong'er. ”

After saying this, Wu Zhao closed his words again and stopped talking. There was calm again in the car.

At nightfall, drive to Puzhou City.

"What's going on?" The curtain lifted by the maids looked out, and saw that on the blue-gray city gate, the inscription on the ink bottom was engraved with the big word Puzhou, and Wu Zhao immediately frowned:

"It was supposed to go east through the water, but at this time it will reach the border of Luozhou?"

Minghe said in a low voice: "Niangniang, this is the will of the Lord, saying that after inspecting the people's situation in the four states of Pu, Jin, Dai, and Lu, he will enter the Eastern Capital." ”

Wu Zhao was stunned for a moment, and then snorted coldly:

"You said you missed a conjunction......

After finishing speaking, he leaned back into the hidden sac, supported his forehead with his jade fingers, and looked out of the window fixedly for a while before he said slowly: "It's okay." ”

As soon as these words came out, Minghe immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly ordered the outer attendant to immediately report to the front and stop the car and wait for the emperor to walk in front of the eunuch who had passed the news here.

Soon, the car continued to sparkle on.

Wu Zhao closed his eyes.

After dark.

Puzhou city in the palace.

Wu Zhao sat in front of the mirror in a light robe, looked at himself in the mirror, and muttered to himself, "Is it ...... Too demanding? ”

After thinking about it, she shook her head again: "No, no. ”

Then, get up and go to bed.

At the same time.

On the other side, in the Imperial Study.

Li Zhi held his hands, sat upright behind the desk, and looked sullenly at Minghe, who was sweating in front of him: "What did you say?" You repeat? ”

"That...... Empress...... Mother, she is uneasy today...... So that's it...... Only...... Just ......"

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Li Zhi a little impatiently: "Okay! I know! ”