In the two days before the first day, the Daming Palace became extremely busy, and the envoys of various countries lined up in the Daming Palace to see His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Zhi, who has ignored the government for many years, has been meeting with the envoys of various countries with Empress Wu Mei every day in the Xuanzheng Hall or in the Hanyuan Hall where the Yuanri Great Court Meeting was held in the past two days.

There are people coming and going in the Daming Palace, which is extremely lively and busy, while on the contrary is the East Palace of the Prince, and the door and the palace are deserted and sparsely populated.

Any foreign envoy who wanted to see Li Hong alone before the first day was turned away by the officials of the East Palace.

And the reason is also very righteous words: Now His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is only the Prince of the East Palace, during this period, it is not appropriate to meet with the envoys, and if there is something, it should be to ask to see my Emperor His Majesty of the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, even Dai Zhide, who suddenly rushed back to Chang'an from Tibet this year, and Zanpu Mangsong Mangzan, the name of Tibet, also ran to Daming Palace to see Li Zhi on the night of the first day of the Yuan Dynasty, instead of going to the East Palace to see Li Hong at the first time.

Dai Zhide came back this time, naturally, at the invitation of Li Hong, and this time he came back to commend his achievements in Tibet in the past ten years.

At the same time, Ge Xiyuan and Shi Zangjie also rushed back from Andong and Anbei, in addition to the generals who have been using troops, the directors of the major metropolitan protectorates have also rushed back to Chang'an, including the assassins of various states, and will also come to Chang'an to meet Li Zhi because of this year's court meeting.

This is something that must be exercised since the founding of the Tang Dynasty as long as the Yuan Day Dynasty will be held, so the entire Chang'an City, now walking on the shoulder-to-shoulder streets, maybe the person walking leisurely next to you is a thorn in history.

Li Zhi took the East Palace and handed him the Yuan Ri Chapter, which was the list of officials who wanted to add officials to some officials at the court meeting tomorrow according to Li Hong's intentions.

"I've really become an ornament now, and he has to decide everything, but I don't have any opinions." Li Zhi sat in the study of Zichen Palace, looking at the missing several familiar names on the chapter, and couldn't help but sigh and say.

Wu Mei, who was teasing Li Ye, raised her head and looked at Li Zhi, who shook her head and sighed, and said lightly: "Of those people you want to seal, which one of them has these people who have worked hard?" Especially Dai Zhide, Xue Rengui, Hei Zhi Changzhi, Ge Xiyuan and Shi Zangjie, as well as several generals such as Pei Xingjian and Cui Zhibian, these people have made immortal contributions to my Tang Dynasty's frontier. ”

"I'm just whining, but don't you think I'm like a puppet emperor?" Li Zhi put the piece aside, and Li Ye in his arms began to climb onto the desk, and a piece of high-quality jade pendant was casually thrown by the little hand on the thick carpet under his feet.

Li Zhi was not angry, took the jade pendant picked up by the palace maid, handed it to Li Ye again, and watched the little guy dangling it in his hand, until he was about to stuff it into his mouth, he stopped it in time.

"Today, Dai Zhide returned to Chang'an City, and when he heard that he was at the Xiaomingde Gate, he knelt in the direction of the palace, and then shouted four words in tears: Tang Dynasty mighty." Wu Mei said lightly.

"Well, but I guess I should go to the East Palace now, right? He should have seen Li Hong anyway. ”

"In the past two days, Li Hong has given enough money and face to you, the emperor, and those who don't know think that the cold and deserted prince of the East Palace has been abolished by you, and there is not a single envoy to meet him. Even Concubine Xiao Shu came over today, and secretly asked about the concubine, did Hong'er quarrel with you again, why is the East Palace so deserted, and it makes people feel a little scared when they look at it. Wu Mei said with some sighs.

Li Zhi thought about the difference between the Daming Palace and the East Palace in the past two days, and he sighed in his heart, summoning the envoys of various countries and accepting the separate congratulations of the envoys of various countries, which should have been the matter of him, the ruling prince, not his own matter of the emperor who was almost the same as the Zen throne, but the crown prince Li Hong still took into account his own feelings and let himself, the emperor who did not take care of the government, took this glory under.

"Your Highness, Lord Dai Zhide Dai asks to see you." Hua Meng appeared in the Lizheng Palace, looked at Li Hong, who was playing chess with Yan Lingbin, and said.

"Let him wait for me in the study." Li Hong turned his head and glared at Pei Wanying, who was watching chess next to him, snatched his own cannon in Yu's hand, put it on the chessboard, and said dissatisfiedly: "I gave up a cart, a horse and a cannon, and you still greedily want to take another one." ”

"Your cannon was just eaten by Yan Lingbin, and I just played with it in my hand." Pei Wanying's face is comparable to the city wall, and when there are no outsiders present, Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess does not have the demeanor of a mother.

And now that Li Ye and Li Ye are in the Daming Palace behind them for longer and longer times, this princess is doing more and more easily, after learning chess, backgammon and Go, she began to play against Yan Lingbin every day, or she just played with Bai Chun.

Too lazy to pay attention to Pei Wanying, who made a grimace at him, with a provocative expression, what can you do with me, Li Hong directly sank the car and killed Yan Lingbin, so he got up and patted Yan Lingbin's beautiful face comfortingly, and then accompanied by the palace maid, he walked to the study.

Yan Lingbin, who was behind him, looked at the miserable ending on the chessboard in frustration, and pouted Lao Gao: "Next time you do something secretive, he will always find out, how can we win." ”

"Yes, if An Xiaohe and Chen Qinghan are also there, it would be good if they attracted His Highness's attention, and we could win."

"Forget it, be careful that Your Highness catches you all to bed." Yan Lingbin's eyes were like silk, and while Pei Wanying was stunned, after giving birth, she touched her obviously fuller breasts, and then quickly ran away.

"Hey, Dead Nizi, it's against you, and you actually attacked me again, don't run." Pei Wanying got up with a smile and chased after Yan Lingbin in the direction where she fled, leaving the palace maid standing aside with a relaxed smile on her face, looking at such a harmonious and interesting scene in the East Palace.

"Ministers are ...... to virtue."

"Excuse me." Li Hong walked quickly to Dai Zhide, raised his hands and said.

Looking at Dai Zhide, who they had not seen in front of them for nearly ten years, the two of them naturally sighed in their hearts.

Especially Dai Zhide, in recent years, his complexion has become darker, his gray beard is more sparse, his eyes are a little cloudy, the corners of his eyes and forehead are full of wrinkles, and his hands are also patched with age spots.

But fortunately, it is winter, and the thick clothes are worn on his body, but it does not seem that his thin body is worrying, although he has just rushed back to Chang'an City, but his spirit is not bad.

The two sat down on the sofa together, and Dai Zhide looked at the prince's study and said: "When the old minister came back today, he almost thought that he had entered a fairyland on earth, not the Chang'an City he left back then. ”

"What? Surprised? Li Hong smiled and pushed the tea that the palace maid handed to him first and pushed it to Dai Zhide's hand.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Dai Zhide saw Li Hong treating him so politely, and hurriedly got up to thank him, but was stopped by Li Hong.

So he sat down and continued: "Yes, the minister really can't believe that in less than ten years, His Royal Highness has built Chang'an City into such a magnificent and glorious capital. Dai Zhide praised from the bottom of his heart, and kept recalling what he saw and heard in Chang'an City today.

"Then do you think that if you were the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, according to your suggestion, Chang'an City would have achieved what it is today?"

"Hahaha......." Dai Zhide was stunned for a moment, and then laughed out loud, without the slightest embarrassment and dissatisfaction on his face, and said easily: "Your Highness, you really hold a grudge, how many years have passed, you still remember, and now you have to take it out to make fun of the old minister." ”

"It's said that when people get old, this face becomes unimportant, so I'll try it on you, an old man." Li Hong continued to joke about Dai Zhide.

But after Dai Zhide listened to Li Hong's words, his expression became a little dignified, and he thought about it with a wry smile and said: "The old minister has to admire Your Highness, it was indeed the old minister who misled the country back then, thanks to His Royal Highness, who was able to remove the old minister, and then re-enable the old minister, so that the old minister can do something within his power for the prosperity of my Tang Dynasty." Otherwise, the old minister has been at home for ten years, and when he goes out to see the scene of Chang'an, he is afraid that he will commit suicide in shame. Presumably, the old minister's realization, Ge Xiyuan and Shi Zangjie will also feel the same way. ”

"Don't say it's them, it's just that now my father and mother, including some of my father's courtiers, are hiding when they see me, and they don't dare to take pictures." Li Hong looked at Dai Zhide and continued to jokingly.

"Then I don't know why His Highness summoned the old minister back this time? As long as there is an old minister who can relieve His Royal Highness's worries, the old minister must be generous ....... ”

"I've thought too much, it's been almost ten years, and letting you come back is the court's love for you border ministers, and it is also an opportunity to reward you for your contribution to the Tang Dynasty, so after you come back this time, I will give you two choices." Li Hong looked at Dai Zhide with a smile, and then said slowly: "One: Staying in Chang'an to recuperate, you must have cultivated a lot of students in Tibet who are suitable for creating meritorious services for the Tang Dynasty, right?" Two: If you are reluctant to Tibet, you will be asked to return to Tibet. ”

Dai Zhide was silent, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince seemed to be speaking easily, and his expression seemed to be light and light, but Dai Zhide also knew very well in his heart that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was afraid that there was something unspeakable.

Tibet now has a strong sense of belonging to the Tang Dynasty, but even he didn't think of it. But with such a successful example, isn't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince not moved?

Dai Zhide had to think about the current situation of the imperial court in Anxi.

The five surnames and Qiwang, who just went to Tocharian and Tuqi Shi to open the Tang Academy this year, want to take root and spread the culture of the Tang Dynasty as they did in Tibet, I'm afraid the difficulties they face will not be small, right?

"Lao Chen should go back to Tibet, all the hard work of more than ten years has been poured over there, and Lao Chen still wants to show the five surnames and seven hopes for those newcomers to see it. So Your Highness, how about the old minister asking for the first day to continue to return to Tibet? ”

"That's right." Li Hong got up, walked behind the desk, and then took out a small exquisite wooden box from the drawer below and handed it to Dai Zhide: "Send you a congratulatory gift, I won't congratulate you at the court meeting tomorrow." ”

Dai Zhide carried an antique wooden box, although the gift in it was not very heavy, but it made him feel the intentions and attention of His Royal Highness the Prince, so on the way out of the East Palace, whether it was in his heart or in his hands, he felt heavy.