What Yiyang and Gao An said was the addition and subtraction and multiplication and division formulas taught to them by Li Hong, and these were the trial subjects of Hongwenguan and Chongwenguan, and among the carefully selected students, they had to pass.

Li Sujie was very unlucky, Li Xiao, Li Shangjin and some other clan disciples all passed, but he was the only one who could not recite it fluently.

happened to be met by the prince who went to the Ganlu Hall from the East Palace, so there was a punishment for Guo Yu to leave him in the Hongwen Pavilion and not return to the palace until the back meeting.

Yiyang and Gao An were in front of their mother, chattering against Li Hong, crying that they had been treated inhumanly by Li Hong in the past month.

Li Hong listened to them crying for a long time, and then replied lightly: "I persecuted you so much, and I secretly took you out of the palace?" If it weren't for me, who of you two would be able to get out of the palace? It's not all like dirt buns, two frogs at the bottom of the well. ”

Concubine Xiao Shufei smiled and drank tea, while watching the cold deep palace become lively and warm, and Xia Zhi and the prince's personal palace maids and eunuchs seemed to have been accustomed to it, and they were already familiar with the scene that happened in front of them.

Only her only palace maid looked at everything in front of her in shock, and couldn't believe that the royal children could be so childlike.

"Okay, don't make trouble, thanks to Hong'er for taking good care of you all these years, it's inconvenient for the mother to be by your side, if it weren't for Hong'er, you would still be where you are today, I really don't know what to do."

"Hmph."

"Hmph."

Concubine Xiao Shu ignored the two humming insects, and said to Li Hong: "Hong'er, you must not let their temperament like this in the future, the royal princess naturally has to have royal etiquette, what kind of system is this, if your father and the emperor know, I am afraid that they will have to trouble you at that time." ”

"What the mother concubine said is very true, Hong'er should keep it in mind, and from tomorrow, she will strictly discipline them, and let them review the royal etiquette three or five times a day." Li Hong said with a smile.

Concubine Xiao Shufei smiled, and then took the brocade box that her palace maid had already held in her hand, after Xiao Shufei opened it, she picked up a few pieces of good rice paper inside, it seemed that it had been a few years, and the rice paper was a little yellow.

"Hong'er, here you go, take it. I know that you can do it, I talked to your father a few days ago, and I also know some things outside the palace, and now, I am looking forward to ....... Concubine Xiao Shufei looked at Yiyang and Gao An with loving eyes, and then continued: "As long as they are safe, I will be satisfied." Back then, you refused to accept the property that the Lanling Xiao clan gave you, and now that you think about it, you are still right. They used my possessions to curry favor with you, and they didn't care about the fate of our mother and son, and now, I have figured it out, and I have found someone to entrust with what my father left behind when I entered the palace. ”

Li Hong didn't speak, calmly took the brocade box in Concubine Xiao's hand, opened it and took out the paper inside, it was a part of the Lanling Xiao family's industry, and their share of the Xiao family's industry in the entire Lanling Xiao family.

After reading it, Li Hong closed the brocade box silently, thought for a while and said: "Mother, Hong'er is ashamed, I don't want to embarrass you because of an angry word back then." ”

"Don't talk about that, now I just need to be able to watch them grow up, more than anything else, not to mention your father and the emperor to talk to me from time to time, that's enough. These things outside the body should be like people, and sooner or later they should be owned by those who should have them. As the saying goes, dust to dust, earth to earth, there are ten thousand laws in the world, why not return to the sect. ”

"Mother, what exactly did you give Li Hong?" Li Hong just finished praising her, and now it seems that she has praised her early, and her head is starting to lack tendons again.

Concubine Xiao Shufei smiled and slapped Yiyang's outstretched hand, and said angrily: "Don't ask if you shouldn't know." ”

Yiyang grimaced at Concubine Xiao Shufei and obediently retracted his hand.

Li Hong looked at Concubine Xiao Shu, these years may be because of the death of Queen Wang, which has triggered the Taoism or mood in his heart. In short, Concubine Xiao Shu's appearance has never changed in the past few years, she is still so young and beautiful, the years seem to favor her very much, and she has never left traces of time on her face, so it is no wonder that her father will come to visit her every once in a while.

"Mother, Hong'er still has something I want to discuss with you, Aunt Lanling will leave for the fiefdom in a few days, and Hong'er wants to let Sister Yiyang follow Aunt Lanling over. First, let's take a look at the scenery outside, and secondly, you also know that Aunt Lanling is now one of the richest women in Chang'an City, and this shop has also opened a lot of homes in Jiangnan, so I want Sister Yiyang to follow and learn some business methods, what do you think? ”

"Go, it's better this way, Yiyang is also bigger, with her, it will be more convenient to come to Lanling." Concubine Xiao smiled gracefully, and her expression was full of calmness to see through everything in the world.

"Hong'er, thank you, Concubine."

"Li Hong, you haven't asked for my opinion yet, hmph, I won't go! I won't go to Lanling with Aunt Lanling. "Yiyang saw that Li Hong had something to ask for, when would he put the imperial sister's shelf at this time?

In the past few years, he and Gao An's two imperial sisters have simply been the focus of his prince's tricks, and a lot of snakes and rats have been put in the palace for some reason, or when they suddenly took a bath, the personal palace maid disappeared. The culprit of these inexplicable incidents is except for him Li Hong, no one who lacks heart and eyes can do it, and no one dares to do this.

"It's okay not to go, there will be more mantras to memorize tomorrow." Li Hong got up and bowed deeply to Concubine Xiao Shu, and said, "Hong'er thanks to the concubine, it's not too early, and it's time for the retainer to retire." You can talk to Yiyang and Gao An for a while, she will leave tomorrow, it is estimated that it will be half a year at least or a year at most, and she will not return to the palace. ”

After Li Hong finished speaking, he turned around and left, leaving the stunned Yiyang at a loss. completely ignores his own existence, only confesses to his mother, and never asks if he is willing or not.

"Li Hong! I hate you! Yiyang suddenly stood up and looked at Li Hong's figure and shouted sadly.

Li Hong's back froze for a moment, waved his hand and left with Xia Zhi.

Concubine Xiao Shufei's intelligence exceeded his expectations, he really didn't expect that Concubine Xiao Shufei would be able to guess his intention this time.

And Yiyang and Gao An's behavior in front of him and Xiao Shufei just now, as well as Xiao Shufei's casual question about Li Sujie, these are all important reasons for Xiao Shufei to hand over the brocade box to herself.

Concubine Xiao Shufei is now more sad than dead, the only purpose to support her life, from the peace of Yiyang and the other three people gradually became, because of her vicissitudes of life after living in the deep palace for a long time over the years, she has seen through all the laws in the world, and she has seen through fame and fortune.

In the past few years, everything here has not changed, the dim palace lights reflect the mottled palace walls, and the colorful falling colors are like the afterglow of the setting sun, silent but strong.

The newly-born Imperial Palace, because of the decadence of this corner of the deep palace, seems to have added a touch of vicissitudes and grief to the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

The broken wind chimes of the year have long been left, and only the silk threads and spider webs are entangled, and the wind chimes have long since fallen to the ground. The chaotic situation of cutting and unraveling, just like the palace that is about to usher in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, will never stop disturbing, and the tragic songs will be separated, reflecting a unique color on the canvas of history.

The Daming Palace behind the Taiji Palace began to be built again, a vibrant scene, the increasingly prosperous palace, glazed bricks and tiles, all seem to be laughing at the dilapidated and decay of the Taiji Palace.

Because of Li Hong's strong protest, the tall tree forest stubbornly never made way for the construction of the Daming Palace, so it has been preserved until now.

Back then, it is said that the queen was executed in the hut behind the woods, and Wu Mei never set foot here again.

At this moment, Wu Mei stood alone in the middle of the woods, in the center of the only stone road, dressed in a pale yellow queen's dress, showing the grace and luxury that the queen should have, and the posture of the mother in the world.

Not far behind him, Lian Tie was like a hound ready to protect his lord at any time, vigilantly watching the surroundings, any wind and grass. There was also a person standing on the side, the tall Li Yifu, who stood there motionless with his head bent over.

Li Hong walked heavily and slowly walked up to this passage in the woods, and saw the figure of the queen mother at first sight.

"...... the queen mother?" Li Hong looked at the figure and exclaimed.

Wu Mei slowly turned her head: "When the queen mother saw you here for the first time, she slapped you, and then the queen mother didn't sleep well for three days and three nights. ”

Li Hong walked quickly to Wu Mei, and the palace lamp with a glass lampshade was no longer disturbed by the flowing air, quietly burning in the lampshade, lighting up everything on both sides of the stone road.

"The son is guilty, and he let the queen mother wait here." Li Hong couldn't guess the intention of the queen mother for a while, so he first asked for sin.

"Here, since the last time the palace beat you, I haven't been here, but I didn't expect the palace to come again, or because of you Li Hong! Is she your birth mother?! It's been a long time since you've had such a laughing meal with Hongu?! Could it be that the execution of the Wang family and the Xiao family in this palace back then was not enough to make Li Hong feel better? It's not enough for you to show kindness to the people of the world! In front of your father, you plead for those three evil animals, and you plead for the relatives of the soldiers who sit in the art of war! You are a prince known for his filial piety, and a prince of the world with benevolence and righteousness! But have you ever thought about how your biological mother feels after this palace? Today you are here laughing and laughing! The main palace is waiting quietly here! Li Hong, who is your biological mother! ”

Wu Mei's sudden roar caught everyone in front of him off guard, and before Lian Tie knelt down for the first time, Li Yifu was the first to kneel down in front of him.

Xia Zhi, Xiao Han, Hua Meng, and Mangzhong also knelt on the ground for the first time because of Wu Mei's roar, their heads pressed against the cold ground, trembling!

Wu Mei's roar caught Li Hong off guard and was stunned, which was by no means the same as the queen mother, who had always been kind and gentle in front of him. Looking at the queen mother's indignant face, Li Hong saw more heartbroken and pitiful!

Moreover, he was also keenly aware that for so many years, this was the first time that the queen mother claimed to be the palace in front of him! As for when the queen mother arrived here and how long she stood alone here, Li Hong didn't know, and he didn't dare to ask at the moment.

"This palace has already brought Li Yifu to you, four years, this palace will give you four years, if your masterpiece is not able to satisfy this palace, if you can't prove that you are a qualified prince of the Tang Dynasty in these four years, you will go to Zongzheng Temple!"

Xia Guanfeng's clothes danced in the night sky with a floating flower arc, Wu Mei was firm and resolute, and she didn't dare to look at Li Hong's sluggish and dazed face, and turned her head away.

On the silent stone road, Li Yifu knelt there and waited for Li Hongfa to fall.