The sage was silent, looked at Xue Lang for a few seconds, looked much kinder, and said: "The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty will still advise me like this, but there are only a few people, all of them are old ministers who have followed me since Jinyang, and you are the youngest. Xue Lang, very good! ”

Xue Lang said: "The saint has won the award. ”

I didn't know to take the opportunity to show loyalty and boasting, so I simply said that there was a kind of calmness and sincerity of "everything is as it should be, and there is no need for praise at all". The saint has seen a lot of human spirits, and suddenly he saw a painting style so strange, and he felt very fresh.

The saint said kindly: "This matter ends here, Yin Arat's also did something inconsiderate, you don't have to pay attention to him." ”

Xue Lang was stunned and asked, "Didn't the sage summon King Qin to interrogate?" ”

The saint snorted and said, "Why do you need to ask about this matter again? The left and right are just the subordinates of the Qin Wangfu who are bullying others! ”

So it was! Xue Lang's face turned whole, and he arched his hand and said: "Saint, the minister has something to say!" ”

The sage glanced at him: "Speak!" ”

Xue Lang said solemnly: "The minister recently read a book, and when he read the "Analects", he once saw one, Zi said, look at it, look at its reasons, observe its safety, and how good are people? Think again, saints! ”

The sage said categorically: "Why think twice! King Qin's subordinates dared to override me, not by relying on King Qin's momentum, but by whom? This matter is not admonished again. It's the day of the next day, so go back and get ready, go out! ”

Xue Lang opened his mouth, but he had to swallow the unspoken words and salute and leave. After leaving the palace, I looked back at the palace wall, thought about it, and turned around to go to Princess Pingyang's mansion.

When she arrived at the princess's mansion in Pingyang, the princess was practicing archery in the martial arts arena, and she was not riding a horse, but she was holding a bow and arrow and shooting a fixed target. Xue Lang looked at the arrows inserted in the red heart of the arrow target in the distance, estimated the distance again, and silently accepted the fact that he was a weak chicken, he took the route of mental work, did not pay attention to the value of force, calm, calm!

When Princess Pingyang saw Xue Lang coming, she ordered someone to collect the bow and arrows and walked over: "Why did you come so early?" It shouldn't be the time to leave. ”

Xue Lang said: "The sage summoned me to the palace for questioning, and I came out when I was done." ”

"For yesterday's affair with Yin Arat?"

Sure enough, he didn't hide it from Princess Pingyang, Xue Lang nodded, told him about the situation of entering the palace, and said, "I advised the sage to summon the three parties to confront him, but the sage refused." It's all my fault for being stupid! ”

Princess Pingyang replied, shook her head and said, "How can you blame Youyang for this?" Freezing three feet is not a day's cold, my father and Erlang have today, and the sin is in the villain. In previous years, I was not in Chang'an, and because I was worried about the death and robbery, most of the secret guards in Chang'an were taken away by me, even if there were left, they were also dormant in my name. ”

Xue Lang nodded in understanding. Princess Pingyang has the prophecy in her heart, and her energy is naturally on her side, plus the person in charge of Jingzhong is her father, with Li Yuan's ability, she naturally does not need to borrow the power of Princess Pingyang, and in order to avoid suspicion, she should also shrink.

Princess Pingyang continued: "After returning to Chang'an, I know that most of the people who serve the prince and the prince of Qi are relatives of the sage's harem concubines. And on the palace of King Qin, King Qin leads troops all the year round, not in Chang'an, Princess Qin is a female dependent, so naturally she can only close the door. ”

The friendship between people does not come out in a day, and compared with the King of Qin, who is unfamiliar with people in Chang'an City, and the prince and the king of Qi in Beijing, there is naturally no friendship at all. In this world, there are very few people who can help their relatives or not.

Jiancheng is the prince again, the name is justified, looking at Jiancheng's actions in the past, he knows that this person is very generous, in order to tie up the concubine Gaozu, he must have given many benefits to the concubine's clansmen. The prince is married to the concubines of Gaozu, and the foreign ministers of Gaozu are close ministers, and the court inside and outside the palace will say good things to him, Li Yuan is a soft-hearted person, and the prince's good words have been heard a lot, and the king of Qin opposes him from time to time, but the prince has always followed him and flattered him, and he will always favor the prince more intentionally or unintentionally.

And King Qin, remembering that Zhang Jieyu broke into the front palace some time ago to sue King Qin for a black state, Xue Lang sighed, and knew with his toes that people are profit-oriented, and compared with King Qin, the concubines are more inclined to ask no one at all.

Princess Pingyang snorted unhappily and said hatefully, "Big brother...... The dignified prince, the eldest son of A-Niang and A-ya, actually curry favor with the harem concubines...... Where to put A-Niang? ”

In his tone, he looked down on the prince's methods. I think that Princess Pingyang is the same as King Qin, both of them are humble in words and deeds, but they are proud people in their hearts, their mother is Queen Taimu Dou, and their father is the saint Li Yuan, in this world, in terms of dignity, in addition to saints, who else can compare to their dignity!

And the crown prince is a golden and precious person under one person and above tens of thousands of people. With such a status and background, but using the means of forming concubines, it is not surprising that Princess Pingyang has opinions about him in her heart.

"Young Yang ......"

Princess Pingyang paused, looked at Xue Lang thoughtfully, and said: "I have been thinking for the past two days, after we returned to Chang'an, were we too passive, so that we were lost by the situation between the DPRK and China, lost the opportunity and initiative, and were fascinated by the situation?" ”

When Princess Pingyang said this, Xue Lang couldn't help frowning and pondering-

After returning to Chang'an from Wei Zeguan, he often acted with a sense of restraint, in the final analysis, he didn't want to get involved in the dispute between the prince and the king of Qin, he didn't want to offend the future His Majesty Taizong, and he didn't want to attract too much attention from the prince.

Xue Lang nodded slowly and said, "It shouldn't be like this, and it doesn't need to be like this!" ”

Princess Pingyang smiled, reached out to hold Xue Lang's hand, her palm was slightly forced, and said peacefully: "Youyang once said to me, be a low-key person and do things in a high-profile manner. I have thought about it carefully in the past two days, and after we returned to Beijing, we have been low-key, not to mention high-profile, and even low-key, but to say that we have done nothing. With the power of you and me, it shouldn't be like this, and it doesn't need to be! ”

Xue Lang shook Princess Pingyang's hand back, his eyebrows flying: "That's right! I always thought about what I didn't have, but I forgot that as long as I was strong, what was there to be afraid of! As long as we are loyal to Datang, loyal to the saints, and upright, everything will naturally be solved! ”

I thought about it before, and I was always entangled in not choosing a side between the prince and the king of Qin, and not offending the king of Qin. But I forgot that with the prestige and status of Princess Pingyang, it can be even better.

Although Xue Lang is not talented, he is also the right attendant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, plus Ye Qing, Jiang Lin, and Ma Sanbao, who stayed in the camp in Beijing, these three generals. Several of them were born under the princess of Pingyang by default. And Princess Pingyang herself, although she was relieved of her military power, was given the post of young eunuch of the Shaofu by the saint, and was in charge of the saint's money.

Don't care about Princess Pingyang's previous subordinates, just a few of them, they are a small force in the court, and they will not cause the prince to be taboo, and they will not be too weak, if they are......

Xue Lang already had an idea in his heart, looked at Princess Pingyang with a smile, and asked, "Bamboo paper or silk cotton cloth, which side succeeded?" ”

Princess Pingyang smiled and praised: "Good Youyang, I know that I can't hide it from you!" ”

Xue Lang shook his head with a smile: "It was Jianling's repeated hints that I figured it out." ”

Princess Pingyang said: "Yesterday, the paper-making workshop came to report that the bamboo paper has been completed!" This morning, the weaving mill also came to report, and the silk cotton cloth was also completed! ”