Chang'an made such a big deal, and it was not the left-behind Zhongshu Ling Zhang who could "weigh the pros and cons and deal with it properly". Less than half an hour after the end of the small dynasty of the Xuanzheng Palace, the messenger sent by the Political Affairs Hall rushed straight to the Huaqing Palace, and arrived in less than half a day.

The book soon reached the hands of the inner Yu Liben, because he was the one who often served Princess Taiping, and the things could reach Princess Taiping as quickly as possible.

Yu Liben went to report to Princess Taiping first, and at this time she was taking a hot spring in the Changchun Palace. The main hall on the shore of Furong Lake is often used for feasts, and the Changchun Palace behind is where Princess Taiping lives in Huaqing Palace, and the hot spring pool seems to be like spring all year round, so it has such a name.

Yu Liben arrived at the place, and learned that Princess Taiping was bathing, so it was inconvenient to go in, although he was a eunuch and not a man, but the people who waited for the ladies to live and bathe and change their clothes in the palace were mainly palace maids. So he gave the letter to a palace maid whom he knew well.

After passing the news here, Yu Liben pondered in his heart, and hurried to Xingchen Soup, where Xue Chongxun lived. After asking where it was, Yu Liben went up to the attic next to the hot spring, and saw Xue Chongxun sitting by the railing playing chess with someone. An old man sitting across from him sat on the opposite side, and a middle-aged man sat in the middle with a beard twisted on his chin and watched with interest.

"Father-in-law Yu, please take a seat, I'm losing the upper hand." Xue Chongxun said without raising his head.

Yu Liben stepped forward quickly with a whisk, his red robe was kicked up and down, and he said as he walked: "There is something wrong in Chang'an, I disturbed a few people." ”

As soon as the official saw Yu Liben's expression, he stood up with a smile and said, "The old man will leave first, and he will come back to play against the prince another day." ”

Xue Chongxun returned the salute, and then asked Yu Liben: "What happened?" ”

"His Majesty made a fuss in Chang'an, and summoned the ministers to jointly invite Xue Lang to ascend to the pole, and he wanted to give up the throne!" Fish stand on the road.

Xue Chongxun was stunned and said, "Why did you suddenly make this trouble?" We didn't force him...... What can Mother-in-law do about today? ”

Yu Liben said: "The miscellaneous family stays by His Royal Highness's side all day long, and they are not prepared at all, it must be the mother and son of Penglai Hall who are doing it themselves." ”

Xue Chongxun pondered that although Li Tang is becoming more and more weak, it is also a dynasty with a century-old foundation, and it takes a lot of preparation to take the step of changing the dynasty, how can it be so abrupt? It is impossible for the mother to act so rashly, and besides, Princess Taiping really has no pressure to change the surname of the dynasty? Even Xue Chongxun himself couldn't judge it, he remembered that time when he met in the prince of Jin's mansion, Princess Taiping revealed that meaning, but it was not a matter of one sentence or two, not to mention that Princess Taiping's feelings at that time were also a little out of control.

After thinking about it, he said: "I have always had this kind of thought, Your Majesty is really hearty!" He's trying to trap Xue for injustice! After that, he walked around the house anxiously, looking distressed.

Yu Liben waited patiently for Xue Chongxun to finish his performance before he said: "Your Majesty is indeed too rash and too anxious, or Xue Lang will talk about it in the last performance, lest the world misunderstand Xue Lang." ”

Xue Chongxun said: "I have to discuss it with my mother first. "Then we have to go out.

Yu Liben said: "His Royal Highness is in the hot spring soup of Changchun Palace, but the miscellaneous family has already reported the news, so it is time to get up and see the urgent report from Chang'an." ”

Xue Chongxun nodded: "Nacheng, I'll go to Changchun Hall to discuss with my mother." So he went out and walked west, straight to the Changchun Palace.

When he arrived outside Princess Taiping's bedroom, Xue Chongxun was inconvenient to break in directly, so he called a palace maid to go in and report. When the palace maid came out and said that His Highness asked him to go in to meet, Xue Chongxun went inside. Yesterday he only came to Huaqing Palace, Princess Taiping's bedroom is the first time to come, as soon as he enters the palace gate, he sees the fog inside like a fairyland, in the hazy white vapor Chong wide silk curtain looming.

At this time, I heard a palace maid say: "Do you want to invite the prince to the attic to wait for His Highness?" Another palace maid said: "Your Highness just asked the prince to go in directly." ”

They were talking there, and because the fog was too big, Xue Chongxun couldn't even see his face clearly, and could only hear his voice. Xue Chongxun actually had some expectations in his heart when he heard this, but after thinking about it, the Taiping Duke must have been dressed neatly when he said that he was serious, and it was nothing, although the place was inconvenient to entertain guests, but Xue Chongxun was not an outsider.

"Lord Wang, please come with the slave maid." A palace maid said timidly, and then carefully took small steps, about she couldn't take a big step in that skirt that was too narrow, Xue Chongxun had to follow her slowly. After walking for a while, a wide pool appeared in front of me, it was still steaming, such a large pool appeared indoors like an indoor swimming pool, but the shore was inlaid with wood, and there were curtains hanging around it, the antique scene was very different from the indoor swimming pool in Xue Chongxun's mind.

He looked at it and saw that there was another person in the pool, who was a woman with his back to his sideburns, and he was immediately a little embarrassed, and then looked at the back very familiarly...... The person who bathed in this place was not Princess Taiping, who was it? Dare to love her, she didn't go ashore at all after hearing the news. There was a palace maid standing by the pool with a letter in her hand, probably just finished reading it before she could leave.

Xue Chongxun stubbornly bowed and said, "Erchen meets his mother." ”

"You're here." Princess Taiping turned around and said lightly, the white mist on the water was hazy, and nothing could be seen on the shore, but it was conceivable that Princess Taiping was not wearing an inch now. Xue Chongxun hurriedly lowered his hand and bowed his head, Princess Taiping was very natural, as if everything was natural and reasonable, and even the people next to her seemed to feel that there was nothing wrong with her influence. But Xue Chongxun thought about the common saying, there is a rule that children avoid their mothers, but this is a bit excessive, but he doesn't want to break it, and he just wants to pretend not to know. There are other people around, in addition to Taoist Yuqing and a few palace maids, they don't dare to speak, they can refer to the deer as a horse, let alone right or wrong?

Xue Chongxun said seriously: "Erchen just heard about Chang'an, so he was anxious to see his mother coming. I heard that there is going to be a joint minister Zen position today, how can this be done? There is no ...... in the sons."

"It's too rushed, isn't it?" Princess Taiping interrupted him suddenly.

Xue Chongxun was stunned, his eyes looked at the floor without saying a word, and he pondered the wording in his heart.

Princess Taiping said calmly: "There is nothing difficult to do in this matter, of course you have to refuse without hesitation." Not to mention anything else, that is, when the ancients were justifiable and followed the trend of the times, the ministers went to the table, and people still had to resign, and now the emperor said how could you immediately agree? ”

Only then did Xue Chongxun speak: "I have no intention of risking being separated from my mother, this will only make the relatives and enemies happy." Every qiē is given by you, and I never want to take anything from you, let alone seize the throne and seek the dynasty...... I don't have such ambitions. ”

He said a few words straightforwardly, as if it was very casual, but he pondered in his heart for a while, and the attitude he wanted to show to Princess Taiping was that he did not want to be her enemy. In fact, at this time, the Li Tang royal family had declined to the lowest level in a hundred years, and Xue Chongxun really wanted to seek a dynasty to usurp the throne, and the most difficult thing to deal with was the Taiping Party, and he was also the most ruthless person, and the other forces were relatively loose and difficult to unite against the central henchmen who already held the military and political power.

"You have no ambitions?" Princess Taiping looked at Xue Chongxun with a smile, which made him very stressed. Even if Xue Chongxun is her closest relative, she can feel the majesty at any time, and the pressure she gives people is a kind of temperament that is inadvertently revealed in her words and deeds.

Xue Chongxun hurriedly bowed down and said: "Ambition and fame are things outside the body, and I value my relatives and family members who are connected with fate and care. If my mother thinks that I will threaten Li Tang Jiye, you can take back one of my qiqi with a word, and even my life is given by my mother, you can take it at any time...... With just one word from you, I will definitely order the generals and staff of the Shence Army to give up resistance and wait for the fall, even I don't want to fight, does it still make sense for them to do anything? ”

He said very sincerely, without the slightest hint of hypocrisy, Princess Taiping was a little moved when she heard it, and recalled the last time Xue Chongxun took the initiative to tune the army out of Chang'an, and how could she ever be wary of her every bit of the usual time? Just like when he came to Huaqing Palace now, he brought the Flying Tiger Regiment with him and was still stationed outside, and the Yulin Army beside Princess Taiping was close to a thousand cavalry escorts, and it was really easy to arrange a Hongmen banquet to take down his son, because he had no defense against himself at all.

Princess Taiping was silent for a moment, but the expression on her face was still as smiling as she had just been, which made people wonder if she was incomprehensible, "You come closer, let me see if you have ambition in your eyes." ”

"Yes." Xue Chongxun respectfully walked around the edge of the wooden pool, stood next to Princess Taiping, and then looked down...... At this time, his face suddenly turned red, because when he looked down closely, Princess Taiping's upper body was unobstructed under the water, and her snow-white and huge skin was extremely dazzling in the sparkling water. He hurriedly looked away.

Rao is Xue Chongxun is very thick-skinned, but he can't be calm in the face of Princess Taiping, and even his ears and roots are red. Princess Taiping raised her head, looked at his face carefully with a smile, and said, "Great ambition......"

Xue Chongxun was worried and confused when he heard this, his mood was extremely complicated, and he blushed and defended: "Son...... Erchen has nothing to say, please be clear. ”

Princess Taiping looked doting, and said softly: "What do you want from Chongxun, tell Sù Niang, I will help you." "That breath was so soft that it was very rare for someone like her to say such a thing. When it's cold, a word can make people's legs tremble, but when it's warm, it can be like now.

Xue Chongxun bent over in fear and said, "I don't want anything, I have enough......" G