Li Longji had been sitting next to him, and when he heard this, he walked over with a smile on his hand and said, "Brother Huang, what the Queen Mother said is right, you have been separated for many years, and our brothers have not been close to each other, I still want to talk to you more about Brother Huang." I also often come to the palace to visit the emperor, wouldn't it be happy for our three brothers to get together at that time? You agreed to the arrangement of the queen mother, just live in the palace, and wait until your prince's mansion is repaired, at that time, we will still drink the wine of housewarming. ”

Lu Jinping hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Since the emperor has said so, then I might as well obey my orders and obey the arrangements of the queen mother." ”

Empress Wei nodded happily and ordered the chief guard to hurry to Zhang Luo.

After the arrangements were made, she suddenly remembered that Shangguan Wan'er, Lu Jinping's mother, was still beside her, so she hurriedly said to Shangguan Wan'er: "By the way, Shangguan Zhaorong, what do you think of the arrangements in the palace?" ”

"It's very appropriate, their brothers haven't seen each other for many years, and they should catch up together, and it is also convenient for our mother and son to see each other, which is very appropriate."

After the arrangement, Empress Wei personally took Lu Jinping to Nangong Xiaoyuan to take a look, the decoration was extremely luxurious, all the supplies were readily available, and the food and drink were all sent by the imperial dining room, of course, the courtyard also had its own small stove and cook, and if you don't want to eat the things in the imperial dining room, you can make it yourself.

Emperor Li Chongmao only sat for a moment and left, and Li Longji also left, but Lu Jinping did not find a separate opportunity to talk to Li Longji from beginning to end.

He knew that this was the future emperor, and it was very important to have a good relationship with him, otherwise, he was afraid that when Li Longji coup d'état, even he would be unlucky, and he must do the corresponding work before that.

Lu Jinping lived in the small courtyard of the palace. He was self-conscious. He didn't even go to the inner courtyard of the palace during the day, unless Empress Wei and the emperor summoned him. But there are very few such things, as if Empress Wei forgot about him after arranging him in the small courtyard.

Lu Jinping once tentatively proposed whether he could go out of the palace to go shopping, but as a result, the eunuchs and palace maids in his courtyard were so nervous that their foreheads were sweating, saying that the prince had to agree to leave the palace with Queen Wei's consent. I'm going to report it. As a result, he came back half a day ago and told Lu Jinping that Empress Wei had been busy and had no time to summon him, so he asked him to wait.

Lu Jinping understood that Empress Wei really put herself under house arrest here, which is fine. Being in the palace may be more convenient for your next step.

Although Li Longji had previously said that he would go to the palace to find the emperor and his three brothers to get together, he did not show up once in the following ten days. Lu Jinping had no chance to get close to him.

This evening. Lu Jinping and Lu Niang were talking intimately in the house, when suddenly the eunuch came in to report that Shangguan Zhaoyi was here.

Lu Jinping hurriedly greeted him, and saw Shangguan Wan'er dressed in a military uniform and carrying a sword studded with diamonds around her waist. Walked in briskly. Lu Jinping stepped forward affectionately and held Shangguan Wan'er's hand and said, "Mother hasn't come to see me for a long time, why are you here today?" Still dressed like this, is this going to the battlefield? ”

Shangguan Wan'er said in a deep voice: "You must not go out tonight, just stay in the house." Close all doors and windows. I'm here to tell you about it. ”

Lu Jinping's heart sank, knowing that something big was about to happen. Say, "What's wrong?" Can I help you? ”

Shangguan Wan'er glanced at Lu Niang behind Lu Jinping, and looked outside. Lu Niang hurriedly withdrew from the house, and several other eunuchs and palace maids also went out and closed the door.

Shangguan Wan'er lowered her voice and said, "We got a tip that Li Longji may be about to launch a coup d'état, and the queen is urgently dispatching people to defend the palace. I don't know what the situation will be. I led the plum blossom guards to guard the inner courtyard of the palace, and I came here to tell you. ”

Lu Jinping's heart sank, and at this time, he was no longer allowed to do anything else. Hurriedly said: "Mother, don't worry, I won't go out." By the way, I heard that my mother's plum blossom guard was created by my grandmother herself. Led by my mother, I've always wanted to see my mother's plum blossom guard, can you take me to see it? ”

Shangguan Wan'er said: "What's there to see, it's just a group of women who can fight." ”

"It's not just that they can fight, they're an important force in guarding the palace, they're very powerful. Take me to see it, and see it. ”

Although the situation is grim now, Shangguan Wan'er still can't bear to refuse his request, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll take you there." ”

Lu Jinping was overjoyed, followed Shangguan Wan'er out of the courtyard gate, and saw a small team of guards, who were Shangguan Wan'er's personal guards.

Surrounded by guards, they went straight to the inner courtyard of the palace.

The Meihua internal guard had not yet entered the defense, and was waiting for Shangguan Wan'er's order, so they lined up in a neat formation in a large open space. There were thousands of people in sight, and all of them were dressed in black and holding swords.

The Meihua Internal Guard was a guard organization created by Wu Zetian that year and handed over to Shangguan Wan'er to command. These women are all first-class masters of martial arts, so although they are not very numerous, their combat effectiveness is far superior to that of other armies. Somewhat similar to the special forces of modern society.

This is also one of the reasons why Empress Wei insisted on winning over Shangguan Wan'er, not only because Shangguan Wan'er, as Wu Zetian's favorite minister, has a lot of power in the imperial court, but at the same time, she has this sharp knife internal guard army in her hand, and she will play a pivotal role in the battle with Li Longji.

Shangguan Wan'er took Lu Jinping to the front, angrily pouted, and said, "Look, they are the plum blossom guards." ”

Lu Jinping suddenly jumped on a rockery next to him, climbed up and looked at it, and said happily: "Sisters and sisters, hello everyone, Shangguan Zhaoyi Niangniang is my mother, my name was Lu Jinping before, and now my name is Li Jinping." I'm honored to meet you all for your hard work. ”

Shangguan Wan'er thought that Lu Jinping would go back after taking a look, but she didn't expect him to run to the rockery to greet everyone, although it was already night, there were bright lanterns hanging all around, and I could see it clearly. Those plum blossom guards had heard that Shangguan Wan'er had found her long-lost child and had been canonized, and now they saw her coming with Shangguan Wan'er, so they all bowed down and said to meet the prince.

Lu Jinping smiled and said: "You are all pillars of the country, you are the elite who protect the inner courtyard of the palace, I hope you can fight bravely without fear of hardships and dangers, I don't know any martial arts, I can only wave the flag and shout for you in the back, strong and mighty." ”

These girls in the plum blossom guard all smiled, thinking that this prince was really funny. They all expressed their gratitude in unison.

After Lu Jinping came down, he said to Shangguan Wan'er: "Mother, I remember, there is another very important thing to report to you. ”

Shangguan Wan'er looked at Lu Jinping lovingly: "Let's talk about it." ”

Lu Jinping leaned into her ear and lowered his voice and said, "This is not a place to speak, you can't be heard, so let's go back to the room and talk." ”

Shangguan Wan'er hesitated a little and said, "The matter is urgent, if it's not urgent, let's talk about it when I'm done, okay?" Mother's side has to hurry up for defensive deployment. ”

"It's because I have something to show you, it's very important, maybe it will help you in your defense tonight, it's really useful, Mother will go back to my room with me, and I'll show it to you."

When Shangguan Wan'er heard that it was actually related to tonight's defense, she couldn't help but be a little curious, and hurriedly said, "Then let's go and go back quickly, don't waste time." ”

Lu Jinping took Shangguan Wan'er under the escort of the escort team and returned to the courtyard where Lu Jinping lived. After entering the courtyard and entering the house, Lu Jinping said, "By the way, what about gaze?" How I didn't see him. ”

"Gaze at her guarding the Queen. ――Where's the thing? Where is it? ”

Lu Jinping turned around and closed the door, looked at Shangguan Wan'er and said, "Mother, I can't let you participate in this operation. You can't defeat Li Longji, if you want to participate, you will die. Listen to me. ”

Shangguan Wan'er's face sank and said, "You lied to your mother just to say this?" - I told you, you don't have to worry about the affairs of the palace, you can stay in the house well, and I'll go. ”

Shangguan Wan'er stepped forward to go out, but Lu Jinping stopped in front of him and said, "Mother, I can't say it, I can only leave you behind." ”

Shangguan Wan'er frowned, and was about to speak, when she saw Lu Jinping raise his palm and snap his fingers, and said in a voice full of magnetic and mysterious magic in his mouth: "The starry sky is bright, countless stars jump out of the sky one by one, the sea water laps the shore, and the waves rush up to the beach and retreat......"

"What do you say......"

As soon as Shangguan Wan'er said this, her whole body was suddenly overwhelmed by a thick sense of sleep, and as soon as her feet became weak, she fell to the ground.

Lu Jinping was already prepared, stretched out his hand to support her, first untied the long sword at her waist, hugged her horizontally, walked to the side of the bed and put it on the bed, and covered it with a quilt. Shangguan Wan'er had fallen asleep heavily.

Lu Jinping carried the long sword, put down the curtain, walked out quickly to the door, and said to Lu Niang and the maid who were guarding the door: "My mother is sleepy, she wants to rest inside, no one is allowed to go in and disturb, do you hear?" ”

Lu Niang likes Lu Jinping, and she has already regarded Shangguan Wan'er as her mother-in-law in her heart, and when she heard Lu Jinping say this, of course she agreed without a mouth, saying: "Don't worry, with me, no one will disturb you." ”

Lu Jinping nodded, walked out quickly to the door, and said to Shangguan Wan'er's escort team guarding outside the courtyard: "My mother has authorized me to direct tonight's operation, follow me." ”

The team of guards was a little surprised, but they knew that Lu Jinping was Shangguan Wan'er's biological son, and when they saw that he was holding Shangguan Wan'er's sword in his hand, what they said must be true, so they quickly agreed, and escorted Lu Jinping back to the assembly place of the Meihua Inner Guard.

When he got closer, Lu Jinping jumped on the rockery, raised Shangguan Wan'er's sword in his hand, and said loudly: "My mother authorized me to command tonight's action, so all my sisters and sisters must listen to my orders!" ”

As soon as he heard this, the plum blossom guards couldn't help but look at each other. However, Shangguan Wan'er authorized her son to command the battle, which is also completely understandable. Moreover, Lu Jinping was indeed holding Shangguan Wan'er's unique sword, which was a symbol of her command, so they all clenched their fists and bowed down and said, "Obey the orders of the prince!" (To be continued.) )