Li Hong walked out of the Zichen Palace, Helan Minyue followed his steps, Li Hong ignored her and continued to walk forward, and when she arrived at the door of Danfeng, Helan Minyue suddenly shouted, "Your Highness, don't you want to hear a word from me?" ”

Li Hong stopped and turned around and asked, "What does Lady Wei want to say?" ”

"Don't you think Your Majesty is doing things very vigorously today?" Helan Minyue asked with a smile.

"Sort of, indeed." Li Hong nodded slightly, he also found that when Gaozong issued the decree today, he didn't ask the meaning of the Empress Wu, and he spoke with a very resolute attitude, "But my father is the king of a country, it's not normal to have such a move." ”

"Your Highness, you know it in your heart, so why should you deceive yourself?" Helan Minyue said, and had already walked in front of Li Hong. Li Hong smelled a faint fragrance reaching the tip of his nose, he hated the smell of powder, but the smell of powder on Helan Minyue's body made him not feel disgusted.

"What does Lady Wei want to say?" Li Hong asked lightly, he didn't want to have too much intersection with Helan Minyue.

"Tonight, I want to hold a banquet in the mansion, I want His Highness to enjoy the light, I wonder if His Highness is willing?" Helan Minyue said softly.

Li Hong shook his head slightly and refused, "There are too many lonely things, I don't have time to go to the banquet, and I also invite Mrs. Haihan of Wei State." ”

Seeing that Li Hong refused, Helan Minyue said aggravatedly, "What if I have to go down to His Highness?" ”

Li Hong said coldly, "Could it be that Mrs. Wei Guo wants to tie up Lonely?" ”

Helan Minyue laughed softly, "It's not enough to tie up Your Highness, but let Your Majesty issue an order to let you go to my mansion for a banquet, this can be done." ”

Helan Minyue's words were a pun, Li Hong was not stupid, so he naturally understood the threat in her words, so he asked, "Mrs. Wei Guo, what do you want to do?" ”

Helan Minyue said resentfully, "Just let His Highness come to my mansion for a banquet, accompany me to a meal, and have a glass of wine, can't you?" ”

"It's as simple as that?" Li Hong confirmed.

"yes, it's that simple!" Helan Minyue assured. Li Hong didn't speak, turned around and strode away. However, Helan Minyue looked at the sound of Li Hong leaving, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. Because she knew that Li Hong would definitely go to the banquet tonight, because he had to go to the banquet. Now Gaozong is Li Hong's biggest support, and she can speak in front of Gaozong. It can be said that how much Gaozong supports Li Hong regardless of annoying Empress Wu depends on what she says in front of Gaozong. Therefore, she believed that Li Hong understood her words and would definitely go to the banquet tonight.

……

When he returned to the East Palace, Li Hong wrote and drew on the paper, and he stayed in the study until the evening. The study is Li Hong's forbidden place, and without his orders, no one can easily step in, not even Yan Zhuang. Therefore, no one dared to disturb him while he was busy in the study. Even if Princess Gesang looked for Li Hong several times, just because Li Hong was in the study, she didn't dare to inform her.

Li Hong drew the sketches one by one in the study, and then counted the values on the table one by one. After finishing these tasks, he called Yan Zhuang out of the study and said, "You give the drawings to Xue Feng and let him smelt steel according to the above method." ”

Although Yan Zhuang didn't understand what His Highness meant, he didn't dare to interject to ask the reason, but nodded slightly, and left with the sketch.

Because the embroidered spring knife has high requirements for the quality of steel, Li Hong will change the existing smelting method, which can speed up the smelting of refined iron and speed up the forging of the embroidered spring knife.

For the embroidered spring knife, Li Hongbao has great hopes.

Because Li Hong felt that whether the Tang Dynasty would have an advantage in the future war against Tubo would depend on the embroidered spring knife.

……

In the evening, Li Hong left the East Palace, left the palace, and came to Helan Minyue's mansion. Because Helan Minyue loves flowers, even in early spring, her back garden is still full of bright and moving flowers, which is very messy.

The banquet was set up in the pavilion in the garden, and there were only two tables, one was prepared for Li Hong, and the other was Helan Minyue's own. Li Hong followed Helan Minyue to the garden, and Helan Minyue ordered the maid to leave, and the two of them were left in the garden. Li Hong didn't say anything about this, he was like looking at what Helan Minyue wanted to do tonight? He had long known that tonight's banquet was a Hongmen banquet, so he had already prepared in his heart.

"Your Highness, please take a seat." Helan Minyue said.

Li Hong walked to a desk and sat down, Helan Minyue stepped forward, personally poured him a glass of rice wine that had already been warmed, returned to his seat, poured a glass of wine for himself, raised his glass and said to Li Hong, "Tonight, His Royal Highness can accompany Minyue here to watch the flowers and admire the moon, Minyue is very happy, this glass of wine, it should be Minyue to express her gratitude!" ”

Li Hong raised his glass, nodded slightly, and drank it all.

After a glass of wine, Li Hong felt a lot warmer all over his body, so he said, "Mrs. Wei Guo, you know that Gu is not going to the banquet tonight to eat wine, if you have something to say, just say it, after saying that, Gu is going back to the palace, lingering outside the palace late at night, let the father and mother know that it is not good." ”

Helan Minyue smiled lightly, "Your Highness, you are also anxious." But since you want to know, then Minyue will get straight to the point. Min Yue invited His Royal Highness to the mansion, just to tell you one thing, that is, the reason why Su Dingfang was able to be transferred back to Chang'an City today, and he was able to add the crown prince Shaobao, all of which was due to Min Yue's credit, it was Min Yue who said a lot of good things about you in front of His Majesty, and it was not easy to say a lot about you, and His Majesty's attitude in Zichen Hall today would be so resolute, so that he would not have a chance to speak to his aunt. ”

Seeing Li Hong frowning slightly, Helan Minyue continued, "Minyue said these words, not to make His Highness grateful to Minyue, but to let His Highness repay Minyue, Minyue just wants His Highness to remember Minyue's goodness, and to be able to find Minyue if he encounters any difficulties and troubles in the future." ”

Li Hong shook his head slightly and said, "Lone still doesn't understand what you mean." ”

Helan Minyue smiled faintly and said, "Does Your Highness not understand, or does you not want to understand?" ”

Li Hong poured himself a glass of wine, did not speak, but bowed his head and drank. Helan Minyue also poured herself a glass of wine, and after drinking it, she poured another glass, and drank six glasses of wine in a row, until her cheeks were slightly red, she raised her head, looked at Li Hong and said with a resentful face, "Since you don't understand, then I'll tell you tonight." I do this because I want to be nice to you, and I want you to think of me and think of me once in a while. ”

"You must be asking why, right?" Helan Minyue sneered, "Because I'm jealous." Just yesterday, I saw you accompany a peasant woman to go shopping, you eat the rock sugar gourd she eats leftovers, you always smile and accompany her to pick out some things that can be bought for a few pennies, you see her is gentle eyes, you talk to her happy expression. All of this makes me jealous. ”

"If it weren't for that day, these would have belonged to me." Helan Minyue muttered to herself, "But, we can't go back..."

"Mrs. Wei Guo, if you are drunk, Gu will not accompany you, so I will leave first." Li Hong got up and took his leave. It doesn't matter if Helan Minyue speaks openly, but if others hear this, it will kill him.

Seeing that Li Hong was about to leave, Helan Minyue got up and stopped him, sneering, "What? Are you weak-hearted? ”

Seeing that Li Hong was silent, she said, "Hehe, what a lady of Wei Guo!" Yes, Mrs. Wei Guo, how beautiful and majestic it sounds. But do you really think I want this Lady of Wei? I don't want to. Do you really think that I like the life of fine clothes and food so much, and I like gold, silver and jewelry so much? I'm not. I also have my own life that I want to live, and I also have what I want to do. But can I? I can't. ”

Helan Minyue was very emotional, "Yesterday, I watched you accompany her, I was very jealous, my heart was very uncomfortable, it was like being stabbed. Oh, yes! I've got my life now, and I should let you go. That's what I wanted to do before. But it wasn't until I saw you and her appear in my sight that I was distressed for a moment that I knew that I hadn't forgotten you at all, you had always been in my heart and never left. ”

"Last night, I dreamed of you in a dream, and I dreamed that we left Chang'an City on horseback and went to live in a place where no one knew us. You said you wanted to tell me a story, you said you wanted to write me a poem, you said you wanted to paint me a picture... You said... I woke up crying, why? Why is that? Helan Minyue yelled at Li Hong and scolded, "Why can't I get someone I like, I can only live the life I have now?" Is there something wrong with being pretty? Should I be so restrained by my beauty? ”

Li Hong stared at Helan Minyue quietly, not knowing what to say. Actually, he didn't think about what to say. Because what can he say at this time? When he was a child, he and Helan Minyue really played with childhood sweethearts, and the two of them said a lot of naïve things without guessing. But now that the other party is the woman of her father, what can she do?

Therefore, Li Hong took a deep breath and walked forward past Helan Minyue.

"Goro-" Helan Minyue shouted.

Li Hong stopped his steps, and his body trembled.

It's been a long time since no one called him Gorou, he's the fifth among his brothers, and someone used to call him Gorou, but since he became the crown prince, no one dared to call him that.

"I know what you're thinking in your heart, and I also understand your current mood, I won't ask you anything, I just want to ask you one thing: If you don't have a chance, between the six realms, three thousand worlds, and millions of Bodhi sentient beings, why do you smile with me alone, but only meet you? If there is fate, after the lights are knotted, the three feet of snow will turn white overnight, and there will be no words so far, but there are only ashes, and there is no rekindling? Do you think about people like us, is there a fate or not? Helan Minyue asked with tears on her face.

"Life is only a hundred years long, isn't it better to cherish what is in front of you? Why think so much? Li Hong sighed softly, "If you have gone your own way, you should not look back; You have a life of your own, and you shouldn't regret it. Cherish two words who will say, how many people can do it? In the love between men and women, one person must always be injured. When a woman is ruthless, she hurts people the most; When a woman is infatuated, it is the most touching. Min Yue, forget the past and cherish the life in front of you! ”

After Li Hong said this, he strode away.

Only Helan Minyue was left in the garden.

At this time, she seemed so lonely and bleak - just like the flowers in this yard, delicate and unappreciated, but the fragrance was not picked... What is love and what is love, Helan Minyue can't feel it anymore, but she knows that regret is the taste of regret-