In the city of Chang'an.

The insect lady looked in front of the mirror, and it was almost the end of the year, and after that, she would be sixteen years old.

The person in the mirror is a little plump, with a goose egg face, bright eyes like stars, and cheeks like peach blossoms. She watched silently for a long time before leaving the mirror.

As she gets older, her life's events are gradually on the agenda. Yang Yuhuan mentioned to Li Longji more than once that he wanted her to remove her Taoist costume and give her the title of princess, but Li Longji smiled, and the insect girl herself was not very enthusiastic about it, and even euphemistically told Yang Yuhuan that this situation is very good now.

But now, the insect girl gradually feels that this is not good.

Sighing, her delicate eyebrows were tangled together, and she began to think about how to move Li Longji, and agreed that she would go to Liaodong to worship the ancient immortals in the New Year.

This was originally the method that Ye Chang taught her, just like when she went to Xiuwu to sacrifice the medicine king Sun Simiao. But this time Li Longji did not agree, she was originally going to go in July, but it was delayed at this time, and the trip did not take place.

It is impossible to go to Liaodong this year, Ye Chang said that after winter, Liaodong may be frozen, and the waterways are not smooth, so you can only stay in the spring.

She opened a small box beside her mirror platform, which contained some paperwork and letters, and saw a certain handwriting on it, and the insect girl picked it up, opened it and began to read it.

In fact, she had read this letter dozens of times, and she could almost memorize the contents of it, but she still couldn't help but read it. Looking at it, her tangled eyebrows tightened even tighter, and a thin line of anger appeared in her eyes.

The letter was sent by Xiang'er, and it has been half a year. As soon as Xiang'er arrived in Liaodong, he sent her this letter, and it took more than a month for the letter to reach her hands.

It talks about some things along the way and the situation in Liaodong, but most of them are brushed aside, and what really matters is the end of it.

"Lang Jun carries a girl with the boat, and his appearance is very close, if the insect girl does not come to Liaodong as soon as possible, I am afraid that Lang Jun will no longer be owned by the insect girl."

It was this very simple text that made the insect girl think crankily for half a year.

The six words "its appearance is very close, its appearance is very close" made her feel shocked, and she couldn't help but grit her teeth: "Ye Shiyi, you are so bold......"

It begins with a gritted tooth, but ends with a soft sigh.

Can you not be bold, although the insect girl has been in love with him for a long time, but because of his identity, the layer of window paper has never been broken. Now she is going to be sixteen, and Ye Chang is already twenty-two, in terms of age, to Ye Chang's age, most of them are too poor to get married

Now there are countless powerful people in Chang'an City, and countless girls from rich and noble families, all of whom have saved up enough energy and want to recruit Ye Chang as their son-in-law. Such a wishful husband, who can make meritorious contributions to his wife and son, can earn the wealth of the Wanguan family and rival the country, where is it not a hot item?

"What the hell is my father thinking there?"

As soon as she thought of this, the insect girl couldn't help but grit her teeth and began to blame Li Longji.

When she was complaining about the mirror, she heard the hurried bell outside, and the insect girl put the letter away, and when she turned around, she saw her personal maid Yinling running in.

This handmaiden was not originally called the silver bell, but the insect mother gave her four strings of silver bells and changed her name, her wrists, feet and wrists, are covered with silver bells, as soon as she walks, she can hear the tinkling sound endlessly. This is actually the insect girl taking advantage of Xiang'er - the silver bell ringing, she can only be a maid.

"What happened in such a hurry?" Worm asked.

"Your honor, happy event, happy event," Silver Bell said as he gasped.

"What's the happy event?" The insect girl's expression was a little faint, for her who was full of entanglement, no happy event could move her.

"It's good news from Liaodong, Ye Shiyi Lang is the commander of the elite, and he broke the Khitan department that invaded the south in one fell swoop."

"It's the Dirabu." Hearing this, the insect girl suddenly frowned, this is indeed rare good news.

In addition to being entangled for herself, she is also entangled in Ye Chang's situation. One of the excuses for Li Longji not to let her go to Liaodong was that Liaodong was in the midst of a war, and as a noble lord, she should not be in danger. Now that the news of Ye Chang's big break has come out, at least this excuse, Li Longji can't say it anymore.

And at that time, she was also worried about Ye Chang's safety, after the defeat of the Diera Division, at least Ye Chang's safety did not need to worry about her.

"It's the Dierabu, and the slave and maid can't always remember clearly...... Die-ra-die-ra, this name is unlucky, and it is no different from falling. Seeing that the insect girl's eyes widened, Yinling stuck out her tongue and said with a smile: "Your lord is not in a hurry, the slave will tell your lord all the news she heard." ”

"I can't thank you for your reward." The insect girl couldn't stand the little maid's "flattery", and raised her eyebrows and said, "Say it quickly"

"Thank you, sir. On the order of your lord, the slave and maid met the inner supervisor of the Beiya, and learned from him that today, he received good news from Liaodong, Ye Shiyilang broke the Khitan and Murwei, Buyeo, Goguryeo and other 60,000 allied troops outside Jian'an Prefecture, and captured more than 5,000, 20,000 prisoners, and countless horses......"

"Has there been any fighting?" The insect girl is more concerned about this: "Is Ye Shiyi risking the arrow stone again?" ”

Although these specific circumstances are contained in the good news, the eunuch who delivered the news is unknown, and Yinling can't remember much. Therefore, although the insect girl got the news, her heart was only half relieved, and the other half was worried about whether Ye Chang himself was injured in the war.

is also worried about Li Tengkong.

She just had a good impression of Ye Chang at the beginning, and later she also had some feelings, but that's all. But Li Linfu deliberately chose Ye Chang as his son-in-law, and specially asked her to look at it through the curtain, which made her trace of affection become a lingering love thread, which was unconsciously tied to Ye Chang.

Whether it is character or talent, in her opinion, Ye Chang is the top, if there is any flaw, it is that Ye Chang treats her, always the sun rises in the east and rains in the west, and the Tao is ruthless but affectionate.

"The children are thieves, like An Lushan and the like, and they have no plans." After reading the military report he got, Li Linfu smiled and said to Li Tengkong, who was grinding ink for him: "Kong Niang can put her mind at ease now."

"Aye, what's wrong with my daughter" Li Tengkong's cheeks flowed, but his mouth was stiff.

"Although Shi'er is not surnamed Li, he is not a thousand miles of horses for my family, but fortunately, his family background is not obvious, and he can take a dragon for my family" Li Linfu said: "Father, I don't like to take care of these things very much recently, if it weren't related to Ye Chang, I wouldn't be in such a hurry to deal with this matter." ”

Li Tengkong was silent, not daring to answer his father's words.

Li Linfu looked at his delicate daughter, and suddenly felt a little anxious in his heart. He himself felt that he had reached a tacit understanding with Ye Chang, but after Ye Chang went to Liaodong, although there was an exchange of letters, he did not mention the marriage again, and Yang Xun, who was invited by Ye Chang, never came to the door again, if Ye Chang did not make this contribution, he could wait a little longer, now he feels that he can't wait.

Because of the downfall of Li Shizhi, Wei Jian and others, Li Linfu now has almost no decent opponents in the DPRK, so he also has some fatigue in his heart. As he just said, he has not been very fond of dealing with the affairs of the DPRK and China recently, and he usually leaves them to Xiao Jiong, Wang, Yang Shenjin, Yang Zhao and other party members. He himself is a drunken beauty, singing and dancing.

But Liaodong military affairs, he still paid attention to it for the first time.

"When Ye Chang is summoned, come back...... When he comes back this time, he will settle your affairs. Li Linfu suddenly spoke.

Li Tengkong felt that his face was uncomfortably hot, turned around and ran away. Li Linfu squinted his eyes and smiled slightly, feeling more and more in his heart that his vision was really good.

"Fortunately, the old man started early, otherwise such a good son-in-law, there are not many people in the court who want to rob the old man, although he is not afraid, it is always a big trouble...... Even on the Son of Heaven's side, you have to pay attention to it, you can't let the Son of Heaven want to recruit Ye Chang as your son-in-law...... In this way, this time it is necessary to publicize it for Ye Chang."

Li Linfu knew very well that Li Longji was not afraid of anything else, but he was afraid that someone would threaten his imperial power. The horses of the Tang Dynasty participated in all kinds of rebellions, and it seems that there is this tradition, and the more Ye Chang's military exploits and strategies are promoted, the more Li Longji's idea of recruiting him as a son-in-law will be extinguished.

After all, if Ye Chang really became a concubine, he would have to stay in Chang'an or Luoyang, and it would be impossible to go back to the frontier to show his strengths. And how could such a talented and strategic, trapped in Gyeonggi, not have a different heart?

Without waiting for Li Linfu to make a big publicity, in Chang'an City, Ye Chang's exploits this time have already spread all over the city.

Naturally, it was not Ye Chang who was idle and bored to create this momentum, but it was the shareholders of the Anton Chamber of Commerce who really created momentum for him, that is, the girls of the powerful families in Chang'an.

These girls received dividends from the Anton Chamber of Commerce last year, and seeing that the end of this year is coming again, they are all looking forward to this year's dividends and are inquiring about the news in Liaodong. So the letter of Jian'anzhou's great victory spread far and wide, and in a short period of time, it spread all over Chang'an City.

It also spread to Miyagi.

The insect girl in Miyagi felt happy, but after someone heard the news, she was so angry that she overturned the case in front of her.

Crown Prince Li Heng.

"Your Highness meditate, Your Highness meditate," Li Heng's side, a eunuch whispered.

If Ye Chang was there, he would definitely recognize this eunuch, Li Jingzhong, who had dealt with him.

This ugly-looking eunuch was originally Gao Lishi's righteous son, but now he has become Li Heng's chamberlain. The reason for this is still related to Ye Chang. The mirror that Ye Chang presented to Concubine Mei was sent by him to Concubine Mei, which caused a sea of vinegar between Yang Yuhuan and Concubine Mei, and even made trouble to the point that Ye Chang came forward to mediate. Although this matter later ended with Concubine Mei entering the cold palace and "diving to commit suicide", Li Jingzhong was still implicated, and Gao Lishi quietly sent him to the prince's side.

Originally, Gao Lishi wanted to lay a chess piece next to the prince, but he never thought that this chess piece already had its own considerations and plans.

"Jingzhong, how do you say that Lone can calm down, Lone is in this position, one person is above ten thousand people, it seems that countless people are envious, but in fact? "Li Heng gritted his teeth and said coldly: "Think about it, Li Linfu's old thief stares at Lone all the time, this old thief does not die for a day, and Lone is restless for a day."

I could hear Li Heng scolding Li Linfu again and again, but Li Jingzhong knew very well that the "old thief" in Li Heng's mouth was definitely not Li Linfu.

Or rather, it's not just Li Linfu.

Li Longji, who ascended the throne at the age of 27 and has been an emperor for more than 30 years, will not be at ease as long as he does not pass on the great treasure to Li Heng for a day.

"Your Highness is cautious" Li Jingzhong looked out with some horror, fortunately, those palace maids and eunuchs were not here.

When the news reached the ears of Gao Lishi, Li Jingzhong was not afraid, Gao Lishi essentially defended Li Heng, but if it reached Li Longji's ears, even Gao Lishi would not be able to protect His Royal Highness the Prince.

"Gu Zhilu said, if it weren't for you, how could Lone be so out of shape and others wouldn't dare to trust Lone, only you, since you came, Lone dared to rest assured when he slept at night." Li Heng suppressed his anger and patted Li Jingzhong on the shoulder: "If Lone can be proud one day, I will definitely change your name." ”

Li Jingzhong was stunned, and then heard Li Heng say again: "Change Li Fuguo, what do you think?" ”

"The slave and maid thanked His Highness for giving her name," Li Jingzhong was overjoyed.

The meaning of this name is clear to Li Jingzhong, which is not so much a name as a promise.

Looking at Li Jingzhong, who knelt down to thank him, Li Heng sighed slightly, the resources he could use in his hands were too few, so few that he could only use this kind of empty promise to buy people's hearts. However, judging from the expression of this eunuch, he is indeed tempted, and since this is the case, he should add another fire.

"My father has Gao Lishi, and I have Li Fuguo alone." Li Heng said with a smile: "However, if you want to have the glory of Gongheng, you still need to get rid of Li Linfu." If you want to get rid of Lin Fu, you have to cut his minions...... Now that Ye Chang has won victory in Liaodong, his foundation is solid, and he is an auxiliary country, what do you teach me? ”

Li Jingzhong thought about it for a short time, but could only smile bitterly: "The slave is just an internal prison, where can there be any miracles?" ”

Li Heng was a little disappointed, but he heard Li Jingzhong say again: "But the slave wants to come, if you want to deal with the border generals, you can only deal with the border generals... Although Ye Chang won a small victory in Liaodong, it cannot be said that the foundation is solid, Liaodong was originally under the rule of the Andong Protectorate, and now An Lushan, who is in charge of the Anton Protectorate, was originally promoted by Li Shizhi, and his people may not be in harmony with Li Linfu, let alone happy that Ye Chang shared his power and credit. ”

Li Heng nodded suddenly: "What you said is true"

There is a lack of a person around him who can come up with such a strategy, before Li Shizhi, Wei Jian, Wang Zhongsi, Huangfu Weiming and others were stared at too closely by Li Linfu, and they didn't dare to act rashly, and now there are not many important ministers and magnates who are still worthy of his trust.

It's a pity that Li Jingzhong came to his side too late, if Li Shizhi, Wei Jian, especially Wang Zhonghei and Huangfu Weiming were there, there was such a character, then the current situation may be completely different.

Thinking of this, Li Heng hated Ye Chang even more, but he suppressed this hatred and said in a low voice: "You go and think about getting close to An Lushan."