On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Chang'an is the most lively time of the year.

At the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, almost all the people of Chang'an will go out to watch the lanterns and participate in the annual carnival, and the Xie family is naturally full of interest in it.

Xu Hui is the first time to Chang'an, and she is full of hope for the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, and Zheng Liwan and Xie Yi are in love on Shangyuan Night, so this is a very special day.

Last year, because Du Xijun and Zheng Liwan were in labor, the Xie family did not go out, and it was rare for the whole family to reunite this year, so they went out collectively on Shangyuan Day.

On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, when Li Zhi and his wife and Princess Jinyang returned to Chang'an, the Xie family also returned to Chang'an. Probably for some time to come, they will all need to live in Chang'an City.

Li Shimin's holiday for Xie Yi is only after the Shangyuan Festival, and he will have to run errands normally in the next few days. Whether it's going in and out of the Hongwen Pavilion, or working in the Jin Palace, but you just can't stay at home anymore and have nothing to do.

The mansion in the city has also been cleaned up, and the plaque at the door has been replaced with the Huaiyang County Mansion, and the grade has suddenly risen a lot.

Although the mansion in the city is not as large as the Rimchuan Villa, it is also unique, and the ladies like it very much. Especially when it was certain that Xie Yi would stay in the city, none of the ladies had any intention of returning to the Rimchuan Villa, and no one was willing to leave their husbands.

On the first day I went home, it was a little troublesome to settle and tidy up, and when I went to the Yuan Festival the next day, the Xie family went out to watch the lanterns.

Four flower-like ladies, a slim little lady, two lovely children, when Xie Yi walked on the street with his family, he immediately attracted the envy of countless people and became a beautiful landscape.

It's really more popular than people, look at people's lives. Young high-ranking officials, beautiful wives, life has come to this point, what more can a husband ask for!

Xie Yi didn't care much about his sense of superiority, but he attached great importance to the safety of his family, and the family was watching the lights along Suzaku Street. Yebei led the guards to form a powerful encirclement in secret, intentionally or unintentionally filtering tourists, but all unsafe factors were blocked out to ensure that the Xie family was not harassed.

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It was a happy night for the Xie family, but Li Mingda, the princess of Jinyang, was a little gloomy.

She knew the news that the Xie family was going to watch the lights in the city yesterday. She wanted to participate very much, but unfortunately the status of the princess determined that she could not leave the palace casually, let alone go out with a minister and his family, so she could only stand on the wall of Chengtianmen and look at the brightly lit, dragon-like Suzaku Street in a silent daze.

"Son, why are you in a daze here, what are you thinking?" I don't know when, Wei Guifei, Yang Concubine and others also walked up to the city tower. Because Princess Jinyang is Li Shimin's favorite daughter, the emperor personally bowed and raised. So the concubines, whether they are hypocritical or fake, have to be spoiled. When I saw Li Mingda on the city wall, I couldn't help but ask with concern.

"Oh, nothing...... The lights on Suzaku Street are so beautiful. I'll take a look here......" Li Mingda responded, his voice was very soft, but he couldn't hide his yearning.

The concubines naturally knew the royal rules, so naturally they didn't have much to say. was even more speechless to persuade Li Mingda, so he had to joke with a twist of words: "Oh, I thought our son was worried about the future colt!" ”

"yes. My son is not young, and your majesty should worry about choosing a horse for your son......"

Although the concubines were just joking, Li Mingda had a special feeling in his heart when he heard it, especially when he gave away the jade pendant, he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, and he blushed a little for a while.

"Look, our son is blushing, and it's really a big girl...... Don't worry, Niangniang will definitely remind your father and choose a good husband for you. Concubine Yang echoed and joked on the side.

Over there, Wei Guifei said, "Do you need to worry about me?" The son-in-law is His Majesty's beloved, and the concubine of Empress Wende, so the choice of husband is naturally excellent......"

"Don't make fun of me, wait for Sister Hengshan to get married, talk about ......it," Li Mingda hurriedly used Princess Hengshan as a shield, and hurriedly ran away with a perfunctory word.

Leaving a group of concubines laughing constantly, it is no wonder that when the eldest grandson queen died, they all treated Princess Jinyang as elders. And as a woman, she is naturally more concerned about marriage.

Now that most of the princesses have been married, only Princess Hengshan and Princess Jinyang, who are the descendants of the eldest grandson, have not yet been married, which has naturally become the number one thing that the palace is most concerned about.

And the concubines really hope to have good news as soon as possible, because of the matter of Li You, the king of Qi, and Li Chengqian, the crown prince, the royal atmosphere is too depressing and gloomy. At this time, if there is a lively happy event to improve the atmosphere, it is naturally the best.

Can just a happy event really change the royal atmosphere? Thinking of this question, Concubine Yang shook her head slightly.

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In the sixteenth year of Zhenguan, it was probably the worst year that Li Chengqian had spent in more than 20 years.

The turmoil at the end of the year completely shook the foundation of the East Palace, shook his reputation and impression as a prince, and finally managed to keep the position of the prince, which can be called a thrilling one.

But Li Chengqian clearly knew that this was only temporary, and his position as the prince was still shaky, and it completely depended on his father's mood.

Du Chuke can see the form clearly, Li Chengqian also understands, and he knows his father better than other princes. He felt more clearly that the reason why his father chose to defend himself was purely out of political and formal needs, rather than a father's love for his son.

This is the most terrible thing, Li Chengqian has even determined that his father has completely given up on himself, and it is only a matter of time before he is officially abolished.

Although Wei Zheng entered the East Palace to assist, although at the palace banquet a few days ago, his father swore that according to the patriarchal system, the prince has a son, and if the prince dies young, then the throne should also be inherited by the emperor's grandson Li Xiang.

These arrangements and words seem to be indeed the maintenance of his father and the emperor, and they can even be called a kind of mentality and promise to the ministers. But Li Chengqian is not optimistic at all, if his father doesn't say anything, it will be upset, but now such a situation is worrying.

Wei Zheng, the old puppet, and Kong Yingda are not much different, probably because of what happened just now, so they are polite to themselves now, but what about the future?

And Li Chengqian is very sure that Wei Zheng will only be effective to his father alone, and will not have any loyalty to himself. According to his father's words, if his body has three lengths and two shorts. Can his son Li Xiang ascend to the throne?

What are you kidding, let's first say that my father is willing to agree, even if it is really possible, there will be a group of tiger and wolf-like imperial uncles in the future. Don't say that you are sitting on the throne, it's hard to say whether your son is alive or not.

My own brothers are like wolves and tigers, none of them are well-intentioned, and now they are bent on killing themselves, how can they let go of a child?

The words of my father are true and righteous, but how much practical significance does it have? And how many are sincere? A wry smile appeared on the corner of Li Chengqian's mouth. With the wisdom of his father, how could he not know these truths? Seeing through but not taking it seriously, deliberately ignoring it, this is the most feared place.

In this regard, Li Chengqian's expression was solemn and cold, he had completely lost confidence in his father and emperor, and he was no longer hopeful.

If you make a little mistake again, or if there is any trouble in the government and the opposition, even if it is a little bit of unfavorable news for yourself. His crown prince position will be in jeopardy.

Li Chengqian felt that he couldn't do it without making mistakes, and those wolf-like brothers, especially Li Tai, the king of Wei, would definitely keep making trouble for himself.

If you make the slightest mistake, the consequences will be unimaginable. Losing the position of the crown prince, I am afraid that I will also worry about my life overnight.

This point in time may be very close, because Li Chengqian heard the very unfavorable news of a team himself, and Li You, a traitor who had been recuperating in Luoyang for a long time, was being escorted to Chang'an.

There is a connection between the East Palace and the Qi Palace. Although it is very limited, if someone catches it, it can even be rendered. There will be mouths that can't be spoken.

At that time, will the father still show mercy to his subordinates?

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Shangyuan Festival Lantern Festival, Wei King Li Tai did not have the slightest interest in this.

Since he became an adult, except for that year, in order to show his literary talent, he went to see the Lantern Festival and made a few poems, he never appeared on the streets of Chang'an on the Shangyuan Festival.

For a prince who has reason and ambition and is full of power and scheming, Li Tai does not want to waste his limited life in these useless places.

At this moment, what he cares about most is the news from Luoyang, Li You's illness has finally recovered, and Liu Dewei, the secretary of the Criminal Department, is escorting him to Chang'an again.

This is the good news he has been waiting for for a long time, last year's rebellion against Li You was earth-shattering, so the result of the disposal will definitely be earth-shattering. It must be like this, Li Tai is very sure about this, and the father in charge will not let Li You delay in Luoyang for so long.

Yes, Li Tai firmly believes that Li You is sick in Luoyang. Li You's illness may be true, but it is definitely not that serious, it is necessary for a rebel to arrange treatment and recuperation in Luoyang Palace for more than a month?

Li You needs to recuperate, so Yin Hongzhi, Yan Hongxin and others are always in good health, but they were also locked up in Luoyang and never escorted to Chang'an in time. On the surface, it seems that it is more appropriate to dispose of the cases together in order to merge them, but from another point of view, it seems that there is also a deliberate delay.

Li Tai felt that this was his father's acquiescence, Li Shimin had selfish intentions in this matter, and maybe there was an unfinished father-son relationship, since he couldn't forgive this son and couldn't let Li You escape the punishment of the national law, then let him live for a while longer and spend one more New Year in this way, which can be regarded as a father's last heart!

Or maybe it's just that the father and the emperor himself want to spend the New Year in peace, and he doesn't want to deal with Li You's affairs at the time of the New Year, and he doesn't want to kill father and son at the festive moment of Vientiane's renewal. Therefore, he deliberately let him delay his re-entry into Chang'an in Luoyang Palace for a period of time, and postpone this time, so as to block the mouth of the world.

Of course, perhaps the father's move was also to take into account the stability of the court, and postpone this time to gain more time to stabilize the situation and make relevant preparations.

Perhaps, there is something else to consider!

It's not just for Li You, maybe there are other people who have anything to do with it, and the possibility of the East Palace is very high. Although Du Chuke believed that his father's maintenance of Li Chengqian was only a formality, and he was already quite dissatisfied inside, he ......

After all, Li Chengqian is the eldest son, and he has received a lot of preferential treatment since he was a child, and a few days ago, his father and emperor also publicly said that if the prince has any three advantages and two shortcomings, he should pass on the throne to the emperor's grandson Li Xiangyunyun.

This made Li Tai a little nervous, maybe his father still had a little pity for Li Chengqian, after all, father and son were by nature, and they might look at the face of the late mother.

So Li Tai was a little more suspicious in his heart, and he was a little more nervous, if his father was not completely disappointed in Li Chengqian, then when would the position of the prince be shaken?

If Li Chengqian can't come out, when will he be able to get in? Li Tai can't take care of those potential competitors now, and how to vacate the East Palace is his first priority at present.

Since following the steps can't make my father abolish his heart, then let me think of a way! Li You is going to Chang'an, this is a great opportunity, and Li Tai feels that he should make good use of it.

What surprised him even more was that just when he was planning to arrange, a guest came to his door and gave him a big gift.

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On the night of the Shangyuan Festival, Xie Yi took his family to walk around the streets of Chang'an for several hours.

When they saw through the scenery and the whole Chang'an was already happy, they returned home, and Xie Yi and Xie Xin, who were still full of excitement and curiosity at first, were already tired, and slept sweetly in the arms of their nursing mothers.

Several ladies have sore feet and legs, if only one person is still down, Xie Yi doesn't mind carrying them home, but it will not be easy to do it when the four ladies are there.

Zheng Liwan remembered that when she broke her foot and Xie Yi carried her home, she looked back at Xie Yi, her heart was full of sweetness.

When they got home, everyone was already tired and exhausted, and they told the maid to prepare a hot soup and bathe, so that they could go to bed early, which was simply unusual.

No one cared about Mr. Xie's daily life, and no one took the initiative to show the intention of sleeping in the room, which meant that Mr. Xie was left alone in the empty room.

Xie Yi didn't care, since they were all tired, he wouldn't toss them. And he's got some important things to attend to tonight.

Yesterday, he had already received news that Li You, Yin Hongzhi and other core personnel of the Qizhou rebellion case had set off from Luoyang to Chang'an again.

This means that the Qizhou rebellion case, which has caused a sensation and affects half of the sky, will enter the stage of "settling accounts after the autumn", and this process will definitely be earth-shattering. Since ancient times, rebellion has often been like this, and it is destined to be severely punished and implicated in a wide range of cases.

Especially after this matter has been delayed intentionally or unintentionally for more than a month, it is even more special, tonight seems to be calm, and the jubilant Chang'an will be stormy if he can't move.

As the chief general and witness of the rebellion in Qizhou, Xie Yi knew very well that he was destined to be implicated in this matter. Maybe......

What he is more concerned about is whether this incident will implicate the crown prince Li Chengqian as well as the original historical trajectory. (To be continued.) )