After the big dynasty of Hanyuan Hall and the small court meeting of Zichen Palace, Princess Taiping returned to Chengxiang Hall and summoned Xue Chongxun to meet, and Xue Chongxun was naturally obliged. In the past few days, Princess Taiping has been obedient to him in court politics, not only through the apocalypse, but also supports his foreign policy, and even obeys Xue Chongxun's wishes in court affairs such as Empress Dowager Gao's residence. This made Xue Chongxun very satisfied with his mother, and naturally tried to accommodate her in other things. At such times, it is clear that the mother-child union can strengthen the common power and stabilize the existing structure, which is of great benefit.

When Xue Chongxun came to the Chengxiang Palace, he was told by the eunuch that Princess Taiping was not in the Star Tower and was taken to the apse. But as soon as he walked in for a while, he was stopped by the palace maids, which made Xue Chongxun a little angry and glared at the palace maids. He regards Daming Palace as his home, and he has always gone wherever he wants, and almost no one dares to stop him.

The palace maid hurriedly said: "Your Highness is still bathing in the pool, it is inconvenient, please wait for the prince to go and report to His Highness." ”

Xue Chongxun suddenly felt very embarrassed, and when he stood for a while and turned around to leave, a palace maid said strangely behind him: "Your Highness asked the prince to go in and sit and wait...... It doesn't matter if there is a curtain outside the bath. ”

Xue Chongxun had no choice but to walk in, his emotions were reminded of what happened that day, but he instinctively resisted that kind of thinking, and was completely unwilling to admit his dirty psychology. It was only after a cold sweat broke out in his palms that he realized that this place was indeed relatively closed, and the layers of curtains in front of him were completely impermeable after being lowered, and he breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that I am thinking too much.

It was the first time he had come here, and it was probably the place where the court ladies of the Chengxiang Hall bathed and dressed, not men, and even the eunuchs did not see it. He waited for a while, and someone came to summon him in to meet, and Princess Taiping should be busy.

The slaves and maids lifted layers of silk curtains, and after Xue Chongxun walked in, he saw a pool the size of a small swimming pool, surrounded by wood, and the water in it was steaming like a hot spring, with some flower petals floating on it. Princess Taiping was already sitting on a chair on the opposite bank, and several palace maids were busy wiping her hair.

Xue Chongxun walked over from the side of the pool and saluted, "Erchen greets my mother." ”

Princess Taiping casually pointed to the Hu bed next to her and said, "This place is not as good as Huaqing Pool, especially in winter, you can enjoy the snow in the hot spring." ”

"Yes." Xue Chongxun responded, and inadvertently glanced at Princess Taiping, and his heart was overturned. Although she was wearing a long dress that was not exposed at all, she obviously didn't wear much clothes after the shower just now, and her skin was so wet that the fabric was clinging to her body in some places. Xue Chongxun even saw the complete outline of her full breasts stretching out under the clothes, because they were so close, even the shape of the tip of the nipples printed on the clothes was clearly visible. That day, the love was out of control, and Xue Chongxun threw herself into her arms, and at that time, she felt that her breasts were so big and soft that she could breathe without a feeling of suffocation; Princess Taiping was dressed thinly today, and only then did she visually see that her bust was really spectacular.

"I want to repair Huaqing Pond and stay for a while when winter comes." Princess Taiping said lightly.

Xue Chongxun hurriedly retracted his nervous feelings, and said that his mother should treat me as a family member to be informal. He calmed down and said: "Liu An's salt coup law can increase a lot of revenue for the treasury, and in the early stage of the implementation of the money law, you can actually get a lot of money by printing paper money, and the cost of a hot spring is just a small budget, and my mother can send someone to repair Huaqing Pond more comfortably." Only when the mother is satisfied, can the son fulfill a little filial piety. ”

Princess Taiping showed a satisfied smile: "Chongxun is still the best to think for me." ”

Xue Chongxun said: "We are a family that does not distinguish each other, and it is different from San Lang and our family at the beginning. If the mother is not noble, the son can also be blessed; The sons have done good deeds, and they can also share their mother's worries and solve problems. ”

"I'm glad you think so, I hope the family relationship won't change because of the years." Princess Taiping's loving smile seemed to reveal a faint melancholy.

Xue Chongxun fully understands her, not to mention their mother and son, that is, when Li Longji launched a coup d'état after he ascended the throne, in addition to dealing with their Taiping family, he was also dealing with Li Longji's own biological father, Empress Li Dan. Even if there is a moral norm of kings, ministers, fathers, sons, and sons, it cannot stop betrayal......

He didn't know what to say, and the promise of faithfulness and righteousness was not as strong as a diamond. Xue Chongxun was silent for a moment, then stood up and reached out to ask for the wooden comb in the palace maid's hand, and combed Princess Taiping's long hair to show his closeness.

Princess Taiping closed her eyes for a while, and said slowly, "You can stay tonight." ”

"Huh?" Xue Chongxun was stunned, and the wooden comb in his hand almost fell to the ground.

"How?" Princess Taiping was also a little surprised, and instead smiled meaningfully, "What are you thinking?" I mean you go to accompany Jincheng, isn't Jincheng in the Chengxiang Palace? ”

Only then did Xue Chongxun say: "Yes, the son obeys his mother's wishes. He said in his heart: Mother didn't like Princess Jincheng before, but now she thinks about Jincheng, it should be to eliminate the estrangement between mother and son as much as possible...... It would be good if she could think about it that way.

Princess Taiping said: "Since you are happy with each other, it is useless for me to persuade you to come to this point. I have thought of a way for you, let Jincheng first become a monk and get rid of her secular status, and then make her a partial concubine. Those who have nothing to do outside naturally have to gossip, but it doesn't matter. ”

Princess Taiping thinks this trick is very useful, when she was only a teenager, the Tubo people named her to kiss, Gaozong and Wu Zetian were very fond of her and were reluctant, of course she herself did not want to go to Tubo, so she became a Taoist priest. Then he married a handsome and dashing nobleman, and he didn't dare to slack off in the palm of his hand, which was much better than leaving his father and mother to marry someone else.

So Xue Chongxun stayed in the Chengxiang Hall according to Princess Taiping's wishes, and lingered with the royal princess in the palace for a night. Naturally, he also told Princess Jincheng about his mother's idea of thinking about her status, and instructed Jincheng to repair his relationship with Princess Taiping as much as possible, in order to reduce internal conflicts.

…… He returned to the Jin palace early the next morning, and learned from Xue Liu that the envoys of Nanzhao had sent gifts. This kind of etiquette exchange is not only a personal relationship, but neither the Sun family nor Xue Liu came forward, but let the officials on the side of the kingdom receive them.

Xue Chongxun came directly to the kingdom, and Wang Changling and others came to talk about it. They brought a box into the temple and opened it, and saw that it was full of colorful pearls and precious stones, and pearls were at most valuable things from the south, which seemed to be of great value.

However, Xue Chongxun was unmoved, and said without hesitation: "These people have a plan to give gifts, if I accept it and don't say a few words for them, it will seem dishonest, and I don't covet this thing, just return it to Nanzhao!" ”

Wang Changling said: "Xue Lang Mingjian, I don't think such a gift is a bribe. A few years ago, when Princess Taiping was not in power, the palace tributes from all over the country would be specially prepared for her, and even foreign envoys entering Beijing would never be missing that one, which is the recognition of Princess Taiping's status by the people of the world. Now that Nanzhao has made a special trip to Beijing to prepare a generous gift for Xue Lang, it should not be a bribe, it is okay for us to accept it, but it will be embarrassing to return it. ”

Xue Chongxun said: "Yesterday, my mother met with Zhang Jiancheng, the envoy of Nanzhao, in the Zichen Palace, and Zhang Jiancheng sued the Heman tribes to cling to Tubo and wanted to raise troops to fight. The land of the Six Edicts is thousands of miles away from Chang'an, with high mountains and dense forests, and we can't confirm the authenticity of them for a while. I think that Nanzhao had the ambition to annex the surrounding areas, which is why he sent envoys into Korea to seek legitimacy for expansion. Although the pro-Tang Dynasty of Nanzhao can now be used as a force to contain Tibet, you have always known the diplomatic strategy I advocate, and it has never changed since Longyou: you can't trust foreigners too much; Divide and weaken Zhuyi, and strengthen the Han people's military equipment. Therefore, I could not support Zhang Jiancheng's recital, and my property was deserved. ”

Wang Changling pondered for a while, "In this case, the pro-kingdom really shouldn't accept these jewels. But now it is a little unkind to return it, after all, Nanzhao has always been ordered by the emperor of the Tang Dynasty and has never rebelled, and we have nothing to do with it...... I've come up with a way to do both. ”

Xue Chongxun sat down and picked up the teacup, and said very casually: "Young uncle, it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

"If you don't come and go, we can give back jewelry of the same value, which not only saves face, but also does not hinder our official business."

Xue Chongxun said when he heard it: "This method is good...... It seems that there are no jewels in the kingdom, so I have to ask the inner government about this. ”

The person he wanted to ask was, of course, the Sun family, and only the Sun family liked and had the financial resources to collect gold, silver and precious stones. However, he didn't let her give it in vain, Xue Chongxun asked someone to bring the box sent by Nanzhao, and said that he would exchange the southern pearls for her Western Regions gems.

After Xue Chongxun went back, he found Sun and handed her a box full of pearl jewelry, and sure enough, Sun was very surprised to see it. But she soon asked where it came from. Xue Chongxun told the cause and effect, and asked the Sun family to evaluate and pick out some treasures from the Western Regions to give back to the Nanzhao people.

Sun likes jewelry, but he is also a well-informed person, so he immediately agreed: "Most of the things I put are also given by Xue Lang, just to help you put them, and tell me when you can use them...... Giving back gems of the same value seems to be stingy in our family, so let's give more according to the market price of Chang'an, and let the people of Nanzhao know that our prince of Datang does not lack their little things. ”

Xue Chongxun said with a smile: "What my lord said is extremely true, in this kind of small profits, I am a big country, and this is exactly what it should be. G