The east gate of Chang'an City, until noon.

Li Hong stood quietly at the gate of the city in a heavy prince's court clothes, behind Li Hong, stood several of his younger brothers, the ministers were divided into two shifts, the ministers were headed by Xu Jingzong, and the military generals were headed by Li Ji, all of them stood here, without half a bit of impatience.

A puff of dust rose in the distance, and a long convoy marched slowly, with the soldiers of the forbidden army in armor beating their heads, and the ochre-yellow dragon flag fluttering in the dust.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Your Majesty and Niangniang have arrived five miles away, please lead all the adults to meet you!"

A group of forbidden soldiers galloped over, turned over and dismounted, knelt in front of Li Hong's body and said in a deep voice.

Today is the day when Li Zhi and Empress Wu returned to Chang'an, and Li Hong led hundreds of civil and military officials to greet him in front of the gate of Chang'an.

As Li Hong expected, after the poisoning of Helan Minzhi in Dali Temple spread, rumors spread in Chang'an City, some said that Li Hong could not be framed and wanted to be poisoned, and some said that Li Hong took the opportunity to announce his personal vendetta, there are all kinds of theories, you don't have to think about it, you know, there must be someone behind the rumors.

But Li Hong knows that the best way to deal with rumors is to deal with them coldly, people are forgetful, as long as you ignore it, it will naturally be calm after a while.

On the other hand, a few days later, the Eastern Capital received the will of Empress Wu, suspending the trial of the assassination of the crown prince, and Zhou Guogong was transferred back to the Zhou Guogong Mansion for resettlement, and he would be disposed of after the holy car returned to Beijing.

Not only that, the prince acted recklessly, fined a year and a half a month, Dali Temple Secretary Zhang Wenqian was inconsiderate, fined half a year, and gave Zhou Guogong Zhuangzi a piece and ten pearls.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Empress Wu is Chiguoguo's warning, although he did not say it explicitly, but Li Hong and Zhang Wenqian were both punished, but Helan Minzhi was rewarded, which was Empress Wu expressing serious dissatisfaction.

But Li Hong was like no one, and after honestly staying in the East Palace for half a month, he soaked in the East Palace every day, no longer in a hurry to hear the case, and regardless of the rumors from the outside world, he waited for the holy car to return to Beijing with peace of mind, although Li Zhi did not make his attitude clear this time.

But Li Hong could see that Li Zhi's heart was also very dissatisfied, otherwise the will of the Empress Wu would not have been so harsh, after all, Li Hong is the prince of a country, and the dignity he should have should still be kept, not to mention that the will of the Empress Wu this time is through the official decree of the province of Menxia.

is different from Li Zhi's last private message, this is to be made clear to the world, so there is no mercy, and there must be Li Zhi's acquiescence factor.

Therefore, Li Hong must train the six rates of the East Palace as soon as possible in order to win back a game in front of Li Zhi!

Not long after, Li Hong took a group of ministers to Li Zhi and Empress Wu's royal car.

"Sons greet their fathers and mothers!"

"Greetings to Your Majesty, Congratulations to Niangniang!"

Li Zhi's health has never been good, so he stopped and stopped from Luoyang, and the team dragged back to Chang'an for nearly a month.

On top of the royal car, the emperor and queen sat side by side, Li Zhi's expression was obviously a little tired, but the queen of martial arts was full of energy, and she couldn't see the slightest tiredness.

Li Hong couldn't help but sigh secretly, his mother is really energetic, but he is much stronger than his father, besides, since Empress Wu entered the palace, Li Zhi has never filled the harem with newcomers, the huge harem is empty, and the Empress Wu's energy has not been discharged, so she naturally turned her eyes to the court.

Speaking of which, the dictatorship of the Empress Wu also has a lot to do with Li Zhi.

"Flatten! It's hard work for Hong'er and all the secretaries! ”

Empress Wu's voice was graceful, and a smile appeared on her face just right, dispensing with everyone's courtesy.

"Your Majesty, I heard that this place is not far from the Sixth Rate Camp of the East Palace, presumably His Royal Highness the Prince's training has been effective, if it is still early today, I don't know if Your Majesty is interested in going to have a look!"

Before Li Hong could speak, he heard a mysterious voice, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that it was Li Yifu, the Zhongshu Ling who drove back to Beijing.

"Oh, I remembered, Hong'er's East Palace Six Rates can be trained?"

Hearing Li Yifu's words, Li Zhi, who was originally listless, instantly became interested, remembering Li Hong's sworn appearance in Luoyang Palace, Li Zhi couldn't help but be curious, wanting to see what kind of army this son who has never been good at martial arts can train.

However, Li Hong frowned slightly, Donggong Liurate He was naturally trained, and he was not afraid that Li Zhi would go to inspect it, but what did Li Yifu mean by this old thing? Li Hong didn't believe that Li Yifu would give Li Hong such a chance to be in the limelight for no reason.

Nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief!

But since Li Zhi had already asked, Li Hong naturally couldn't refuse, so he had to answer.

"Father, rest assured, although the days are a little rushed, not as good as the elite of the forbidden army, but the sixth rate of the East Palace should still be able to enter the eyes of the father!"

"Your Highness is modest, although the minister is in the Eastern Capital, he also knows that His Highness supervises and trains in the East Palace every day, and with the power of His Highness, presumably the East Palace Sixth Rate is now an iron army!"

Li Yifu said with a smile on his face.

This old guy definitely didn't have a good heart, it seems that Li Hong was lifted to the sky with a sentence, but you must know that the higher you climb, the harder you fall, Li Hong is a prince, why do you want an iron army?

It's not to let him go to the battlefield to fight, Li Hong can say this when he instigates those soldiers, and he can also practice according to this standard during training, but it's another thing to say it, this old guy will stumble himself as soon as he comes back.

Li Hong hated it so much that his teeth itched, but he had to say with a smile on his face.

"Li Xiang has an overreputation, Lone has not practiced martial arts since he was a child, and he should observe a lot, not to mention that Lone had an agreement with his father and queen mother before leaving the Eastern Capital, how dare he not do his best!"

On the same day, Li Zhi did say in Luoyang Palace that he would let Li Hong train the six rates of the East Palace, and Li Yifu was also present at that time, Li Hong moved this stubble out, which immediately made Li Yifu retreat to the side with some scorn.

"Since Hong'er is so confident, Mei Niang, how about we go and see?"

Seeing that the atmosphere between Li Yifu and Li Hong was not quite right as soon as they met, Li Zhi also had a headache, and turned his head to ask Empress Wu.

"Obey Your Majesty's arrangement!"

Except for some special circumstances, Empress Wu has rarely disobeyed Li Zhi's intentions, let alone such a trivial matter, so he replied with a smile at the moment.

Since the emperor and queen have no opinions, the following ministers naturally have no chance to give their opinions, and honestly follow the royal car to the camp of the sixth rate of the East Palace.

Before they had reached the gate of the camp, they heard a group of forbidden soldiers coming to report back.

"Your Majesty, the sixth rate of the East Palace has already ordered all the soldiers, and greeted the royal driver at the Dianjiangtai!"

Naturally, someone will go to inform Li Zhi's royal driver in advance, first, to remind the other party to prepare to meet him, and second, to thoroughly inspect it to prevent any assassins from hiding.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that there are some times when the emperor is interested in deliberately not letting the forbidden army go to report, but a large group of people like today will naturally not be like this.

"Oh, Hong'er, after looking at your military discipline of the six rates of the East Palace, it can't compare to the fine willow camp back then!"

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