In the secret room of King Qing's Mansion, Yang Guozhong and King Qing Li Cong drank celebration wine together, and what happened in the past two days made the two of them very proud.

Yang Guozhong's eyebrows fluttered and said: "Your Highness, please rest assured, the crown prince's abolition this time is a foregone conclusion, this afternoon, the saint asked me to go to the imperial study, guess what happened, haha!" actually appointed me as the secretary of the ministry, and even Li Linfu's old bottom was dug up. ”

"Then I'll congratulate Yang Shangshu, come! I toast you. ”

The two touched a glass of wine and drank it all, Li Cong said again: "Yang Shangshu, I don't know if Li Qingan can kill him in prison, I really hate this person." ”

"Your Highness, you can't touch him now."

"Why?"

Yang Guozhong sighed and said: "I don't know if it was omitted by the saint or deliberately, Li Qing'an has been dismissed from almost all his positions, and there is even a position of imperial historian who is not exempted, I guess the saint is still undecided about him now." ”

Li Cong had no choice but to hate: "It's just that he doesn't die, and it's hard for me to swallow this breath." ”

"Your Highness, I don't hate him, but now I can't make any extraneous branches, we have to wait for the prince to be completely abolished, and then we will do it, otherwise once the saint detects, I am afraid of losing a big one!"

"High! It's really high! Li Cong gave a thumbs up and praised: "Yang Shangshu is worthy of having a national mind, he can endure ordinary people but can't bear it, I admire it very much, come!" I will toast Shangshu with another glass of wine, and I hope that Shangshu will support me when I enter the East Palace. ”

"Definitely! Certain! Yang Guozhong drank the wine, squinted his eyes and smiled: "However, although we can't kill Li Qingan openly and let him die unconsciously, it is not necessary." ”

．．．．．．．．．．． The next day, the situation between Korea and China was still tense, and Yushitai issued three impeachments in a row, and Ma Zhili, the young secretary of Honglu Temple, was impeached and dismissed; Shaanzhou Taishou Wei Jian was suspected of taking stolen goods for being too punctual in Yizhou and was dismissed from his post and entered Beijing for review; Xu Yunsheng, the Taishou of Gyeongju, forcibly occupied the land and was dismissed and imprisoned on the spot.

This means that the cleaning tide gear has developed in depth, and the people in the middle and the bottom are panicking.

Early in the morning, Dugu Mingyue, accompanied by two family members, carried a basket to Dali Temple Prison, Dali Temple Prison is located in the imperial city of Dali Temple, generally used to detain criminal officials and their families, and the general public is imprisoned in Jingzhao Prison, Dali Temple expanded several times during the Wuzhou period, and gradually formed a large-scale central prison, Dugu Mingyue was named the official edict of Princess Mingyue, although it has not yet come down, but after all, she is the daughter of the Dugu family, noble status, and the niece of Pei Min, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, the prison does not dare to slacken, hurriedly reported to Pei Shaoqing, who was inspecting the prison.

Pei Min is the son of Pei Yaoqing, the former prime minister, Pei Kuan's nephew, known as a good reputation, he heard that Mingyue came to visit the prison, and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, although Mingyue is his niece, but it is not easy to agree casually.

Dali Temple is not allowed to visit the prison, but it is generally limited to immediate family members, such as wife and husband, son and father, etc., although everyone in Chang'an knows what the relationship between Dugu Mingyue and Li Qing'an is, but it seems a little inappropriate to visit the prison in her current capacity, in fact, with Pei Min's power, he can specially approve Mingyue's prison visit, but at this tense juncture, it is a person with a special identity like Li Qing'an, he does not dare to make decisions without permission.

At this time, the prison man said in a low voice: "Pei Shaoqing, this Li Qingan has been arrested since the night before yesterday, and he has not entered a drop of water. ”

Pei Min was stunned, "Why don't you give him food?" ”

"We gave it, but he refused to use it."

Pei Min thought for a moment, and suddenly understood, this is Li Qing'an is afraid that people will secretly do something, and he refuses to eat and drink in prison, he asked quietly: "Is there any situation in the past two nights?" ”

Prison Cheng looked at both sides, and said in a low voice in his ear: "Last night it was Luo Prison Cheng on duty, I heard that Ji Envoy Jun came at the first watch last night, stayed for a while, and secretly said something to Luo Prison Cheng, I don't know the specifics." ”

Pei Min lowered his head and thought about it, and said, "Okay then!" She was only allowed to come in and visit, but not for too long. ”

In a moment, Dugu Mingyue, under the guidance of Niu Yucheng, walked into the Dali Temple Prison, the special cell where Li Qing'an and Lu Jian were held was located underground, made of pieces of big bluestone, there were eight such dungeons, the gates were guarded layer by layer, the guards were extremely strict, Mingyue's identity was special, no one dared to search her, and with Pei Shaoqing's special approval, the prison messengers let her in.

'Wow! The lock was opened, the thick iron chain of the bowl was removed, a large black iron door opened, Mingyue walked down, and with a bang, the big iron door closed again, and it was dark in front of him, and a dark and bottomless stone path led to the depths of the earth.

"Girl, please come with me!"

A jailer led Mingyue down the dim and damp passage, the stone walls on both sides were full of smooth moss, every dozen steps, there was an oil lamp on the stone wall, the light was like a bean seedling, shaking suddenly, the stone wall was illuminated from time to time, it looked particularly gloomy and weird, Mingyue carried a basket, holding the stone wall and slowly descending, suddenly she felt something crawling on the stone wall, so frightened that she retracted her hand suddenly, she seemed to hear a slight crawling sound beside her, she felt that something unknown crawled past her feet, and she was frightened. At this time, they reached the bottom of the stone prison, which was again blocked by a heavy iron door, and the jailer knocked on the door with all his might, and a small window opened, and in a little light, a hideous face was revealed, this was a one-eyed old jailer, his face was full of scars, and his voice was hoarse and low, "What is the matter?" ”

The jailer handed in a bronze medal and said, "Visit!" ”

The jailer turned back to Mingyue and said, "Girl, Pei Shaoqing has a special explanation, we don't dare to search you, I hope the girl can hurry up and don't embarrass us." ”

Mingyue nodded, and in a moment, the iron door opened with a piercing creak, and a musty smell of yin tide came to her face, Mingyue couldn't help but shiver, she hesitated, and walked into this underground cell like a netherworld.

After walking for more than a dozen steps, the one-eyed old jailer tapped the wrist-thick iron fence with an iron chain, 'Whoa! Crash! 'Rattle.

"On the thirty-fifth, someone visited the prison."

Mingyue couldn't suppress the excitement in her heart any longer, she pounced on it, grabbed the fence, trembled her voice, and shouted in a low voice: "Li Qing'an!" ”

The cell was dark and damp, the walls were empty, only an old wooden couch was placed, and a pile of tattered bedding was placed on the wooden couch. He sat up, and the dim light shone on his face, it was Li Qing'an, who had been arrested in Xianyang.

"It's you!"

He was pleasantly surprised in his heart, rushed to the fence in a few steps, and grabbed Mingyue's hand, "Why are you here?" ”

Mingyue saw that his head was split, his face was stained, and he was only wearing a white shirt on his body, and she couldn't help but feel like a knife, and tears poured out of her eyes.

"It's okay! It's okay! Li Qingan patted her hand and comforted: "They don't dare to touch me, I'm still a doctor of imperial history!" Besides, I still have three hundred guards outside, who dares to touch a single hair of my hair, unless he is tired of life. ”

He caught a glimpse of Mingyue carrying a basket and said with a smile: "But you brought me food?" ”

"Hmm!" Mingyue hurriedly opened the cloth on the basket, there was a food box inside, and there was a bottle of wine next to it, the jailer opened the window to deliver food, and Mingyue handed the food box and wine in.

"This is a dish I made with my own hands, you can taste it."

"Huh! Thank you, I'm really hungry. ”

Li Qingan took the food box and asked, "Have they checked it?" ”

"I said I was delivering food and drinks, but they didn't check it, they only opened the cloth and looked at it, but they didn't touch the food and drinks."

"That's good!"

Li Qingan drank the wine with a grunt, took the chopsticks again, devoured them, and said with a vague smile: "Okay!" It was the most delicious dish I have ever had. ”

Mingyue saw that he was so hungry that she couldn't help but feel distressed: "I'll send it to you again that night." ”

"Good! Send me a roast chicken and two bottles of wine, so they don't have a chance to kill me with a knife, haha! ”

Mingyue was very worried, and when she saw that the jailer had left, she asked, "Do you need me to do anything?" ”

"Not yet!"

Speaking of this, Li Qing'an glanced at her and said with a smile: "That prince Gelulu who wanted to marry you was killed by me with an arrow, are you happy?" ”

Mingyue nodded and said softly, "Mingzhu has already told me." ”

Mingyueqiao's face was slightly red, she suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "Mingzhu ....."

As soon as she said the word 'pearl', she suddenly saw Li Qingan waving her hand and immediately came to her senses.

Li Qingan nodded approvingly, and at this time, someone outside the cell door shouted, "Okay! Prison visits can be over. ”

"Got it!"

After Li Qing'an finished eating the last bite of the dish, he sent out the bowls, chopsticks and food box, he took another piece of jade, and said with a smile: "This is what my ancestors left behind, and now I give it to you, come!" I'll put it on for you. ”

Mingyue's eyes flashed with brilliance, slowly approaching the fence, raising her head and looking at him excitedly, her hands clasped on her chest, as if waiting for the happiest moment of her life to come, Li Qingan smiled, looking at her raised face like a bright and dazzling flower, he wore jade on her swan-like graceful neck, they looked at each other, without any words, their eyes had already transmitted all their feelings to each other.

At this time, the jailer outside the door shouted anxiously again, "Girl, hurry up!" If you don't leave, it's too late. ”

"I'm leaving, I'll come back to see you in the evening."

Mingyue put the basket on her shoulder, and reluctantly glanced back at Li Qingan, Li Qingan smiled and waved her hand, Mingyue blushed and followed the old jailer out.

Walking out of the narrow and dark stone road, Mingyue's eyes suddenly brightened, a fresh wind blew in her face, she looked back at the dark road, the big iron door was rumbling shut, she actually had a feeling of returning to the world from the underworld.

At this time, a group of soldiers rushed in the distance, she hurriedly flashed to the side, only to see an official approaching and shouting: "On the orders of the Criminal Department and the Imperial Historical Observatory, Li Qing'an will be interrogated!" ”

"Girl, let's go!" Her family whispered a reminder.

Mingyue sighed, and got into the carriage, she immediately carefully looked at the love token that Li Qing'an gave her, this is a piece of warm and delicate jade, the sun shines on the jade, the jade is crystal clear, Mingyue's heart is full of joy, and she said to the coachman: "Okay, let's go!" ”

The coachman flicked his whip, and the carriage turned around and quickly drove out of Dali Temple.

．．．．．．．． Xingqing Palace, a eunuch led Dugu Mingzhu and walked quickly to the deep palace, Dugu's family is a relative of the emperor, plus Dugu Mingzhu's voice is excellent, like the sound of heaven, she is deeply liked by Yang Guifei, who is proficient in music, and often enters the palace to accompany Yang Guifei to rehearse dance music.

Mingzhu was worried, she had already come once yesterday, but Yang Guifei was busy moving, and she had no time to take care of her, so let her come again today, at this moment, it has been a day and a night since Li Qingan was arrested, she and her sister have not slept all night, discussing ways to save Li Qingan, and want to ask her father, but her father was also suspended, and she was in a very bad mood.

The two sisters went their separate ways, Mingyue went to visit the prison, and Mingzhu entered the palace to find Yang Guifei." Miss Pearl seems to have been here for a long time! ”

"Hmmm! I haven't been here for months. ”

She smiled reluctantly and said, "I haven't entered the palace for three months, I heard that Niangniang has composed a new song, and I want to come to audition." ”

"Hey! Niangniang is busy moving, and she may not have the heart to try a new song, Miss Pearl come with me! ”

The two walked through the long corridor and came to the Agarwood Pavilion, and heard the sound of the piano coming from a distance, which was Yang Guifei bidding farewell to her favorite Agarwood Pavilion through the sound of the piano.

In the past two days, Yang Guifei was a little tired, the troubles and trivial things of moving haunted her, plus she was in a bad mood when she had to leave Xingqing Palace, where she had just lived and returned to Daming Palace.

When she finished playing the last section, she closed the piano and sighed lowly: 'Ah! ’

At this time, her personal maid stepped forward and said, "Niangniang, Miss Pearl is here, waiting outside." ”

"Let her in!"

After a while, the maid walked in with Mingzhu, Yang Yuhuan also liked Mingzhu's liveliness and cuteness, at this time, seeing that Mingzhu had lost a lot of weight, and his eyes were worried, he smiled and said: "Are you worried that you can't find a lover, so you asked me to help?" ”

Mingzhu Yingying said: "Niangniang, I have something very important to ask Niangniang." ”

Yang Yuhuan saw Mingzhu's sad expression, and couldn't help but accept the joke, and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Mingzhu looked at both sides, and Yang Yuhuan waved his hand and said, "You guys stand down!" ”

The eunuchs and palace maids all retreated, leaving only two of Yang Yuhuan's personal maids, Mingzhu knelt down and said with tears in her eyes: "Please save Li Qing'an!" He will be killed by the Holy One. ”

Yang Yuhuan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Where does this start, didn't Li Qingan make meritorious contributions in the Battle of Broken Leaves and was rewarded by the saint?" How could it be killed? ”

"Niangniang, Li Qingan was indeed arrested by Yulinjun in Xianyang, I was also there at the time, and I still have a letter he wrote to Niangniang here."

Speaking, Mingzhu pulled out the letter rolled into a long strip from the bun, presented it with both hands, the maid took it, and handed it to Yang Yuhuan, Yang Yuhuan slowly unfolded the letter, only to see the letter written: "The minister has always been loyal to the saint, loyal to the Tang Dynasty, only because of the implication of the East Palace, was suspected by His Majesty, unfortunately became a prisoner of the order, the surname is not guaranteed, I implore the mother to see the fate of the old saying, for the minister to intercede with His Majesty, the grace of the mother, Qing'an will be the grass rank ring reciprocation." ”

Yang Yuhuan was taken aback, "Does the emperor want to kill General Li?" ”

"Niangniang, Brother Li is now locked up in the prison of Dali Temple, even if the saint doesn't kill him, he will be killed by the enemy, Niangniang, saving people is like fighting fire!"

Mingzhu was so anxious that she was about to cry, Yang Yuhuan comforted her a few words, then got up and said: "I'm going to find the saint, General Li is my master, how can I see death and not save it." ”

She turned around and ordered: "Prepare for driving, I want to go to Daming Palace immediately." ”

A quarter of an hour later, hundreds of guards closely guarded Yang Yuhuan's Luan and drove towards Daming Palace, and Mingzhu was inconvenient to go with, so he stayed in Xingqing Palace.

Yang Yuhuan did not take the Danfeng Gate, but took the left Yintai Gate into the harem, and then detoured from the harem to the Zichen Palace, since she entered the palace, Yang Yuhuan has never come to Li Longji's imperial study, this is a gesture, indicating that she has never interfered in state affairs, and today in order to save Li Qing'an, she broke her routine of not coming to the imperial study.

Walking not far from the imperial study, several eunuchs on duty were gathering and chatting, and suddenly saw Niangniang coming, so frightened that they knelt down together, "Slaves see Niangniang!" ”

Yang Yuhuan saw that these eunuchs were all outside the imperial study, and couldn't help but feel a little strange, they should serve around San Lang, she saw that the door of the imperial study was closed, so she asked, "Is the saint receiving the minister?" ”

"No... No! ”

The eunuchs all looked nervous and stammered in their answers, Yang Yuhuan was suspicious, and asked, "Who is in that room?" Why did you all come out, Gonggong Gao? ”

"Back to Niangniang, Gao Weng was sent back to the house by the saint yesterday."

At this time, Yang Yuhuan faintly heard a woman's laughter coming from the room, and her heart was even more suspicious, she walked quickly to the door, and was about to knock on the door, but heard an extremely familiar voice, "Your Majesty, who do you say is beautiful between me and your lady?" ”

"Huh! Of course it's you beautiful, I'm in the imperial study, and I only want you alone. ”

"Then you'll sleep in the imperial study tonight, and I won't go back, how about it?"

Yang Yuhuan's face swelled red, in the imperial study was the third sister she had the closest relationship with since childhood, she had already discovered that the third sister and San Lang had an ambiguous relationship, she also asked San Lang, San Lang swore that there would be no such thing, never expected that they would have a tryst in the imperial study.

'Boom! With a bang, the door was pushed open, and in the imperial study, Yang Huahua sat on Li Longji's lap, hooking his neck with both hands, and the door was suddenly pushed open, startling the two of them, only to see Yang Yuhuan standing at the door with an angry face, his eyes full of anger.

Yang Huahua stood up in fright, and reluctantly smiled: "Why is the fourth sister here?" ”

"I shouldn't have come to disturb you, third sister, you are really worthy of me!"

Li Longji laughed dryly and said, "Lady, things are not what you think, you misunderstood!" ”

"Misunderstanding?"

Tears welled up from Yang Yuhuan's eyes, "Your Majesty, I heard what I shouldn't have said, and I saw things I shouldn't have seen, so I misunderstood, right?" ”

She pointed at Yang Huahua, gritted her silver teeth and said: "This woman, if it weren't for my own sister, I would have ordered her to be killed with a cane immediately, but I tolerated it everywhere, but in exchange for her harm to my own sister, okay!" You go on, I don't see anything. ”

She turned around and walked out, Li Longji slammed his fist on the table with hatred, "This vinegar woman!" ”

Yang Huahua was chaotic and scared in her heart, she had no intention of staying, so she said, "Your Majesty, then I'll go first." ”

She saw that Li Longji didn't react, so she slipped away quietly, Li Longji only reacted for a long time, he sighed, got up boredly and said: "Spread my will, go back to Xingqing Palace!" ”

．．．．．．．． Li Longji returned to the Xingqing Palace and walked to the door, he hesitated for a moment and asked the palace maid, "How is Niangniang?" ”

"Your Majesty, the mother locked herself in the house, and no one was seen!"

Li Longji shook his head and walked into Yang Guifei's bedroom, only to see Yang Guifei sitting on the embroidery pier with her back to the door, staring blankly at the wall.

"I said, don't bother me."

"Lady, it's me!"

Yang Yuhuan said coldly for a long time: "What are you doing when you come back, aren't you very busy in the imperial study?" ”

Li Longji sighed, bent down and coaxed her: "Lady, this time it was wrong for your husband, I promise that there will be no next time, you will extinguish the fire!" Don't be jealous. ”

"Jealous?" Yang Yuhuan snorted, "Do I dare to be jealous?" Jealousy is one of the seven outs, I can't have children, I've already committed seven outs, and you don't abandon me in the palace, if I am jealous again, can I still be ashamed? ”

Li Longji saw that she had a small surname, so he had no choice but to give her a long salute, "Lady, my husband really confessed to you that I was wrong, don't be angry." ”

Yang Yuhuan wasn't really angry about being jealous, Li Longji had a 40,000 harem, could she be angry? The key is to tease the third aunt in the imperial study, once this kind of ugly thing spreads, the Yang family's face will be lost.

She sighed and said: "Your Majesty, the concubine is not a vinegar jar, if you really like my third sister, then ask for the surname to admit her into the harem, the concubine has nothing to say, and the world will not say anything, but what is her identity now?" Your Majesty's cheating in a place dealing with the affairs of the country, once it spreads all over the government and the opposition, it will greatly damage Your Majesty's reputation, and the concubines are worried about this. ”

Yang Yuhuan said sharply, which made Li Longji feel a little uncomfortable, and he said unhappily: "I am the Son of Heaven and the Lord of the Tang Dynasty, who dares to talk about me?" ”

"Your Majesty, the mouth grows on other people's faces, and the history books are written by posterity, can Your Majesty be able to block it?"

Yang Yuhuan's surname let go of the topic and said the dissatisfaction in his heart in the past few years.

"Your Majesty treats the Yang family well because of the favor of the concubines, the concubines are grateful, but the concubines only need to give them brocade clothes and jade food, so that they can enjoy the wealth of the world, but His Majesty gives them too much, causing them to fly high and domineering, rampant in Chang'an, Chang'an people mention Wuyang, no one does not grit their teeth, the concubines think that this is not to treat the Yang family well, but to harm the Yang family, the third sister repairs a house, costs millions of yuan, and takes away the food and clothing of the people in the world, the eldest sister travels to Zhongnan Mountain, and the state capital and county order to use red satin to pave the ground for five miles to welcome, these concubines have heard of it, It's just extravagant, but His Majesty also gave them high-ranking officials and powers, Yang Quan and Yang Qi have been people who don't learn and have no skills since they were children, and they can't even recognize a few words, but His Majesty let them be in charge of the important temple supervisors of the province, as well as his brother Yang Zhao, and the concubines also know him very well, he is a gambler, a man in the market, but His Majesty uses him as the Tang Dynasty Xiangguo, on the contrary, the real fierce generals are virtuous, but Your Majesty can't tolerate them, and put them in prison for questioning, Your Majesty, this is not what Mingjun did! ”

"Say no more!"

Li Longji was annoyed and embarrassed by what he said, and pointed at Yang Yuhuan and reprimanded: "Don't just because you are a concubine, you can say anything about me, you annoy me, and I will send you into the cold palace." ”

Yang Yuhuan knelt down and said mournfully: "Your Majesty, the concubines don't dare to discuss state affairs, but the concubines don't want to ruin the prosperous Tang Dynasty and ruin Your Majesty's reputation because of the Yang family." ”

"I say it again, I don't want you to teach me a lesson! Did you hear that? Li Longji roared angrily.

Yang Yuhuan was overwhelmed with grief, she said with tears in her eyes: "The concubine should not have come to Daming Palace in the first place, Your Majesty let the concubine return to her hometown!" ”

"Good! Good! Good! Li Longji has been short-tempered in the past two days, first angered by Gao Lishi, and now forced by Yang Yuhuan, he is a little irrational under his anger.

"Don't think that you want to blackmail me by going out of the palace, I'm afraid of you, someone!"

A few eunuchs came in, and Li Longji pointed to Yang Yuhuan and ordered: "Send her back to Yang Guozhong's mansion, I don't want to see her again." ”

After saying that, he flicked his sleeves and rushed away angrily.

"Spread the decree and set up the Daming Palace!"

(To be continued)