The fifth day of the first lunar month is a single day, and according to the convention, Li Ang wants to go to the Zichen Palace to inspect the government, but today's court meeting will soon end, which is inconsistent with the emperor's consistent style of taking everything lightly and liking to get to the bottom of everything.

Wang Shoucheng remembered what Guo Qin had said to him last night, and his heart suddenly became uneasy.

Guo Qin secretly reported that Qiu Shiliang, the new lieutenant of Zuo Shence's army, suddenly left the palace at dusk, and his whereabouts were unknown. Qiu Shiliang and Wang Shoucheng are both heroes who supported Li Ang's ascension to the throne, but he has been suppressed by Wang Shoucheng over the years, and he has long hated Wang Shoucheng in his heart. Two months ago, Li Ang promoted him to lieutenant of the Zuo Shence Army to contain himself, and this Wang Shoucheng saw it very clearly. But he still didn't believe that Qiu Shiliang's departure from the palace would be linked to any conspiracy.

Qiu Shiliang did take away the position of lieutenant of the Zuo Shence Army from his hands, but it was just a position, and under his years of painstaking management, the Zuo Army had already become my Wang Shoucheng's bag, how could you say that you would take it? What's more, the right army is still in my hands, the inner province is still my world, even the emperor's personal guard dragoon, the golden knife is only under the orders of my Wang Shoucheng, even if your Qiu Shiliang is very capable, a lonely person, how many splashes can you turn out?

However, Wang Shoucheng still accepted Guo Qin's suggestion, and he promised Guo Qin to try to prevent the emperor from leaving the Daming Palace before finding out Qiu Shiliang's true intentions to leave the palace.

After the early dynasty, Li Ang did not return to Yanying Hall to govern, but came to the Lin De Hall with great interest to watch a juju match between his favorite Concubine Yang and Princess Yichun.

Princess Yichun's name is Li Qing, the daughter of Li Chen, the thirteenth son of Xianzong Li Chun, who was raised by Empress Dowager Guo when she was a child. Mu Zong was named the lord of Yichun, and after Li Ang ascended the throne, he became the princess of Yichun. In the ninth year of Yamato, Princess Yichun had just turned thirteen years old, lively and intelligent, and because of the favor of Empress Dowager Guo, she was inevitably a little rude and willful.

The team led by Concubine Yang is called "Fang Chen", which is mainly composed of female officials and palace maids from Daming Palace. The team led by Princess Yichun was named "Huayi", and the members were all fourteen or fifteen-year-old palace maids of Xingqing Palace.

The game was tense and intense, and the Huayi team was skillful, full of physical strength, and was on the offensive; On the other hand, Fang Chen's skills are sparse, and their physical strength is not as good as that of their opponents, and they conceded two goals in a row soon after the start of the game, and they were overwhelmed by the Huayi team at this time.

"Your Majesty, if you don't save your concubine, your concubine will lose." Concubine Yang pursed her lips and asked Li Ang for help.

She has just turned seventeen years old, petite and frail, with a pair of watery peach blossom eyes, plus she can sing and dance well and be empathetic, and she has already collected three thousand favors in the harem.

"Okay, well, I'm here to help Concubine Ai."

"Your Majesty is partial, I don't follow." Princess Li Qing of Yichun suddenly issued a warning.

Li Ang was stunned and ran out of ideas, he had already heard of Princess Yichun's rudeness and willfulness, and when she started to attack, even the Empress Dowager would let her score three points, if she made trouble on this occasion, how could she save face?

Li Ang looked at Wang Shoucheng beside him: "What do you think of me?" Wang Shoucheng has the merit of supporting and holding important positions, and the people who befriend him respectfully call him "the inner minister", and Li Ang has always called him by name, but only when he is in a particularly good mood he jokingly calls him "the inner minister".

Wang Shoucheng said with a smile: "The old slave has read a lot, and he doesn't know what the truth is. But the old slave heard that the dragon loves the phoenix, the phoenix loves the dragon, the dragon can't do without the phoenix, the phoenix can't do without the dragon, His Majesty is the dragon, the mother is the phoenix, naturally no one can do without anyone. It's like that in normal times, but it's supposed to be the same on the pitch. ”

Li Qing was immediately furious when she heard this, and jumped to her feet and scolded Wang Shoucheng: "Big turtle, who wants you to have more mouths and more tongues?" Li Qing is still young and understature, but her eyes are clear and transparent, free of dust, and her skin is as white as snow, and her cheeks are ruddy, even when she is shy and angry, she looks delicate and lovely.

This is the second time that Wang Shoucheng has been scolded in a month, the first time is because Li Yan, the king of Ying, was trapped in the Wild Wolf Valley outside Lingzhou City, Li Ang blamed him for not being good at guarding, and that time he was indeed at fault, and it was worth the scolding. Li Ang originally planned to send elite dragoon guards to escort King Ying to Shuofang to patrol the border, but he was pushed back. The dragoon guard was the Son of Heaven Guard, and escorting the prince out of Beijing was really against the Tang Dynasty etiquette system, and in the end he selected eighty elite horsemen from the Shence Army to escort Li Yan out of the customs. Unexpectedly, in the battle of Wild Wolf Valley, none of the eighty elite horsemen survived. Yingwang Li Yan lay in the pile of dead people with blood on his face and pretended to be dead, so he escaped.

This time, I was scolded in public as a "big turtle" by a little girl who had not dried up. If this had been changed a few years ago, I would have given her a little power, not to mention that you are a little princess, even the current emperor and the empress dowager of the third palace would not dare to humiliate herself in public. Alas, that's it, more things are better than less things, what are you angry with her a rude girl?

Wang Shoucheng hurriedly fell to the ground to plead guilty, and the deacon was very respectful. Li Ang, who has been watching coldly, has a different feeling in his heart.

Li Qing still didn't give up, she threw the ball and shouted, "Don't play, let's go." The palace maids of the Huayi team looked at each other, and no one dared to move.

Concubine Yang chased after Li Qing and was comforting her, the little eunuch Wang Chun led the Yingwang Li Yan over, Li Yan was in his early twenties, tall and handsome, at this time he was wearing an embroidered python purple gold-rimmed jersey, holding a purple gold tiger helmet in his arms.

Concubine Yang pulled Li Qing to the side, but Li Qing broke free from Concubine Yang's hand and stepped forward to stop Li Yan.

"My sister is also here, how is the outcome today?" Li Yan asked with a smile.

"The dragons and phoenixes are auspicious, how can we defeat others?"

Li Ang laughed when he heard this, and everyone laughed too, and the tense atmosphere eased.

Li Ang asked Li Yan: "I haven't seen you in the past few days, what are you busy with?" ”

"Brother is preparing a polo match."

"Oh," the emperor suddenly became interested, and his eyes lit up, "how are the preparations going?" When does the tournament start? Where is the stadium? Who is participating? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the younger brothers are ready to stop, just today, in the stadium in front of the Hanguang Palace, the participants are all the sons and daughters of the honorable children." Li Yan replied one by one.

"Just today?" Leon's eyes lit up, and he looked up at the sky, "It's time for the end of the hour." ”

"It's three quarters in a minute." Wang Shoucheng replied, his heart was a mess, and he was afraid that he would have to drive the emperor to conquer in person. Although Hanguang Hall is on the edge of Daming Palace, it is outside the palace after all.

"Deliver the decree, pass the decree," Li Ang called two edicts in a row, and suddenly changed his words, "No, Wang Shoucheng, you personally go to the Hanguang Hall to arrange, the divine dragon against the flying eagle!" Well, don't say I'm going to go, so as not to scare them! ”

"The old slave obeys." Wang Shoucheng bowed and replied. When Li Ang said that he would go to arrange it in person, his hanging heart fell, Hanguang Hall was indeed outside the Daming Palace, but it was very close to his right god army camp, not to mention that he went to arrange it in advance, it was even more foolproof.

"I'll go too!" Li Qing suddenly smiled, she jumped up and ran in front of Wang Shoucheng, took his arm and said, "Prime minister, you can take me too." Wang Shoucheng looked at Li Qing with tears on his face, and he was angry and funny in his heart.

"What are you going to do? Let's play with Concubine Yang. Leon said unceremoniously.

"I'm going." Li Qing hugged Wang Shoucheng's arm tightly, as if she was afraid that he would run away.

"Your Majesty let the princess go, although the princess is young, she is very shrewd, she will take care of herself." Li Yan interceded for Li Qing, and among the princesses of the harem, he seemed to take special care of Li Qing.

Wang Shoucheng seemed to hear something from Li Yan's words, he bowed down and said, "The old slave proposes, the weather is good today, why don't you go and have fun too." ”

"I'm not going to join in the fun." Concubine Yang seemed to be a little flustered.

This made Wang Shoucheng's heart pinch again: Concubine Yang has always been inseparable from the emperor, and she is a person who likes to be lively and showy, why didn't she go to such a good opportunity?

"I'm going to listen to Song Zhenren**." Concubine Yang glanced at Li Ang with resentment. Concubine Yang believed in Buddhism before entering the palace, and after entering the palace, she changed her path with Li Ang, Li Ang often blamed her for not being good at law, and specially asked the Songqing Taoist of Sanqing Hall to give her an hour every day. Concubine Yang is also obedient, and she has to go to the Sanqing Hall every day to listen to the law. Rain or shine, never stop.

Wang Shoucheng's heart that had just been pinched up slowly calmed down again, and Concubine Yang's reason was very sufficient.

As soon as Li Qing and Concubine Yang left, the two teams of Fang Chen and Huayi immediately announced their disbandment, and the front of Lin De Hall became deserted.

"It's nonsense!" Li Ang looked at Li Qing's back and was furious.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, she is clever." Li Yan's words were obviously lacking in confidence.

"Leave her alone." Li Ang swallowed, "It's a big deal, let's go." ”

As soon as the two of them walked out of the main hall with their front feet, a black shadow behind the pillars also flashed out of the main hall and went straight to the direction of the inner servant.