At this moment, there is a guest in the west wing of Changle Palace who even the queen does not dare to slack off - Huo Ting, the eldest princess of Dawu, and her daughter Yin Guohua.

Li Tian knows very well in his heart that he has been able to get to this point today, and he has a huge relationship with this sister who is the emperor of the dynasty. She often rejoices in her heart that if Jing Ji and the eldest princess reached a tacit understanding on the marriage of Huo Yong and Yin Guohua, then the owner of today's "Niangniang Palace" is Jing Ji.

From the bottom of her heart, Li Tian was very disgusted with this imperial sister's style. But she also knew very well that, at least for now, she had to have a good relationship with the eldest princess. Therefore, when the eldest princess's car stopped at the gate of the Niangniang Palace, she had been waiting for a long time.

"Sister has arrived, please come to the temple to rest." Li Tian smiled brightly on her face, and the enthusiasm between her words made the eldest princess very comfortable.

"The concubine sees the queen." After all, unlike in the past, the eldest princess routinely practiced court etiquette very measuredly.

Li Tian hurriedly stepped forward to hold the eldest princess's shoulder, and that hand was naturally and intimately held with the eldest princess's hand, "Sister, what are you doing?" Killed my sister. Besides, the ceremony hasn't been held yet? ”

"Huh! The edicts have been issued, and the ceremony is just a ceremony, that is, the queen is now moving to the Niangniang Palace, and the harem "no one dares to say yes!" ”

Li Tian didn't understand, and only said something that made the eldest princess very happy: "My sister can have today, and I can't forget my sister." ”

In this way, the two women began their wonderful exchange of interests and emotions in an atmosphere of mutual courtesy.

Although it is the cold of spring, the luxurious stove in Changle Palace has brought a harmonious spring to the living room of the owner of this harem. As soon as the eldest princess entered the main hall, she smelled the intoxicating orchid fragrance. She looked up and saw a pot of blooming orchids in the corner of the hall, smiling seductively.

Next to the orchid is a bonsai made of stone, and the careful care of the flower worker adds greenery to the stone peaks, and in the clear water around the stone, there is a cluster of turquoise narcissus, blooming with clusters of white flowers. But the most eye-catching thing is a pot of red plum in the center of the main hall, the branches and flowers are full of vitality, obviously the red has been cultivated and nurtured for many years, so that the atmosphere can be so harmonious, it can be seen that the owner's taste is also in this.

The eldest princess looked at the plum blossoms for a long time, and Li Tian watched from the sidelines, knowing the eldest princess's thoughts without guessing. She chuckled softly, "If my sister likes this flower, I'll take it with me later." ”

The eldest princess replied with a warm smile embarrassedly, and pushed back: "Niangniang's beloved thing, how can the concubine's body be so beautiful as a predator?" ”

Li Tian hurriedly pulled the eldest princess's arm and said: "Sister is kind to my sister, don't say it's a pot of flowers and trees, it's all the decorations in this palace, what my sister likes, my sister sent someone to the house." The eldest princess couldn't hide the joy in her heart when she heard this, and hurriedly called Yin Guohua to come to see her.

Yin Guohua is thirteen years old, and compared with five years ago, he is not only more beautiful, but also much more sensible. Hearing her mother's call, she hurriedly stepped forward and said politely: "Yin Guohua meets the queen!" ”

Li Tian hurriedly pulled up Yin Guohua and said lovingly: "It's so cold outside, don't tear it up, my niece looks more and more likeable." ”

The three of them entered the palace door as they spoke, and the eldest princess's eyes lit up again. On the facing wall, there is a huge Suzaku relief, the knife is strong, and the lines are smooth. The Vermilion Bird spreads its wings, fluttering and ready to fly, surrounded by auspicious clouds, and the weather is magnificent, which sets off the proud state of mind of the master of the hall. The eldest princess understood that all this must have come from the emperor's will. She herself often wonders, they are also women, why did Li Tian tie the emperor's heart?

The guest and the host sat down, and Gong'e had already served hot tea and fruits. Li Tian said: "There are no good things to entertain my sister." When I was free one day, my sister put a table of wine on the table to entertain my sister. She picked up the lychee from the fruit bowl again and handed it to Yin Guohua's hand, Guohua hurriedly said, "Thank you, Queen Mother." ”

Li Tian smiled: "This kid is getting better and better at talking." ”

"Don't praise her, the whole crazy girl is spoiled by the concubine. It's Hui'er, who went to Xiguan Luoyang at the beginning of the year to handle such a big case neatly, and the Manchu Dynasty was full of praise for it! ”

"My sister smiled, what can he do as a child? It's not Li Wei and Prime Minister Zhou Zhi before and after. The emperor let him out, just to let him have a long experience. ”

"The ancients said that the year is not old, and Hui'er is the emperor at a glance." The eldest princess's gaze looked around the hall and asked, "Hui'er nickname?" ”

"Now that he is the crown prince, he can't control his temperament. At this moment, I am listening to Mrs. Zhou's lecture in the Sixian Hall! I heard that my sister was coming, and my sister had already sent someone to pass it on. ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard Huo Wu's voice outside the door: "Where is Sister Guohua?" Where is Sister Guohua? ”

As he spoke, the others had already entered the main hall. Li Tian's face, which was still smiling just now, suddenly became serious: "As a prince, you still behave like this, and you haven't seen the eldest princess?" ”

Huo Wu hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Hui'er has seen my aunt. ”

Yin Guohua was eating lychees on the side, but he was amused by Huo Wu's respectful appearance.

Huo Wu saluted, sat on Yin Guohua's head, he quietly pushed Yin Guohua with his elbow, and whispered: "What are you laughing at?" Like a fool. ”

Yin Guohua was eating lychees, but he still smiled: "Look at the prince just like that, that's stupid!" ”

Huo Wu raised his hand and made a gesture of wanting to hit someone: "Say it again!" I'll beat you up if you say anything else. ”

Yin Guohua was not afraid, and said unconvinced: "If you really start to do it, you can't tell who will hit whom?" ”

The eldest princess looked at the two children arguing there, and her eyebrows were overjoyed, and she wanted to take advantage of the situation to tell the purpose of this trip. But she didn't directly express her inner intentions, but criticized her daughter first: "What nonsense? Hui'er is now the prince of the dynasty, and it stands to reason that when she sees the prince, she wants to give a big gift, and she is spoiled by her mother. ”

Yin Guohua pouted and said, "What's wrong with the prince?" If you are a prince, you don't have the love of brother and sister? He didn't become a prince in the past, he was my brother, and now that he is a prince, he is still my brother. Could it be that because he is a prince, he can not be called a sister? ”

"This child ......," sighed the eldest princess.

Li Tian's eyes flickered, and he took the eldest princess's words and said, "There is nothing wrong with Yin Guohua's words. They are unrestrained, which shows that there is no mustard between them. If you meet, it's awkward, it's reversed, isn't it? ”

The eldest princess covered her mouth and spit a lychee core into the small bowl: "It's still the queen's mother who is right." Seeing his brother and sister so close, the concubine was really happy in her heart. Then she looked at Huo Wu and said with a smile: "Hui'er, tell me, are you happy to be with Sister Guohua?" ”

"Happy!"

"Is Sister Yin Guohua okay?"

"Good!"

"Where is it?"

Huo Wu ate the sweet lychee, and said with a "gurgling" in his mouth: "People are good-looking!" ”

The eldest princess was amused by Huo Wu's straightforwardness and laughed: "The prince doesn't hide what he says. As she spoke, she glanced at Li Tian again, half jokingly, half seriously, and asked, "So, does the prince like Guohua's sister?" ”

"Of course!"

"So, what if Guohua is the crown princess?"

Huo Wu had already finished eating lychees, his naughty eyes looked at his aunt, and he felt that his aunt's words were very interesting and interesting, so he took Guohua's little hand and stroked it gently, pretending to be serious.

"If Guohua becomes the crown princess, my nephew will build a golden house for her to live in."

The eldest princess leaned back with a smile, and tears overflowed from the corners of her eyes: "This kid is really interesting to speak, isn't this 'Jinwu Zang Guohua, Guohua ascends to the concubine'?" ”

As soon as the words fell, a young man next to him immediately stepped forward and said loudly: "Congratulations to the prince!" Congratulations to the prince! ”

The eldest princess saw that this young man was born with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and was quite elegant, so she asked him whose child he was. Li Tian said that he was the child of whose family. Li Tian said that he was the grandson of Gonggaohou Huagong, named Huashuo. Because he was born smart and clever, he was selected to be the prince's companion in the palace. The eldest princess immediately put on a smiling face and praised: "Niangniang's eyes, not only are the palace ladies around her very beautiful, but even the prince's accompaniment is so jade-tree-like." ”

In fact, the purpose of the eldest princess's visit today, from the moment she entered the harem, Li Tian already knew it. Ordinary women don't let go of every detail in their lives, not to mention Li Tian, who has experienced a contest with Jing Ji and is now on the throne of the queen? Even if the eldest princess didn't mention the matter of Yin Guohua and Huo Wu, Li Tian had been thinking about it for a long time.

In the laughter of the eldest princess, Li Tian spoke: "Hui'er, the fruit has also been eaten, and the words have been spoken." Yin Guohua's sister finally came once, so let's go to the chess shop to play! ”

Huo Wu couldn't stand the restraint the most, and when he heard his mother say this, he was extremely happy, he picked up Yin Guohua's sister and ran out, and the women followed behind him without landing a step.

The eldest princess's eyes kept following the figures of the two children, and she said from the heart: "What a match made in heaven!" ”

Li Tian's body naturally leaned towards the eldest princess, looking very intimate, "I didn't say this thing here in my sister, it's just ......"

"If you have any concerns, just say it."

"He is the crown prince, and today's crown princess is the future queen, so this matter has to be allowed by the emperor and the queen mother."

The eldest princess smiled: "You don't have to worry about the queen mother, the concubine will be the emperor and the queen mother." Besides, it's not a long-term solution for the queen to live here. The 'Niangniang Palace' of the harem has been empty for a long time, and according to the concubine's body, it is long overdue to hold a ceremony, so that the queen can move over justifiably. It's all caused by Huo Yong, the king of Luoyang who doesn't know the reason, and the concubine will tell the queen mother tomorrow. ”

Both women felt that today's meeting was worth it, and that was the end of the story. So, the eldest princess got up to say goodbye, and the queen also sent the eldest princess out of the palace after enthusiastic retention. However, when they searched for their children, they saw a very interesting picture in the piano room.

Yin Guohua's sister shouted to Huo Wu to find a horse for him to ride, and Huo Wu was very embarrassed. Yin Guohua's sister didn't follow, and she pulled Huo Wu's arm and said, "No! I'm going to ride a bike! ”

Huo Wu was helpless, so he said to Hua Shuo: "Can you find a horse for your cousin." ”

Huashuo's face was suddenly full of smiles, and he said: "Why should the prince be willing to go far, Huashuo can be a horse for the master." After saying that, he bent down and let Yin Guohua ride up.

Huashuo circled around the chess table, and Yin Guohua used the dust whisk as a horsewhip, hitting Huashuo's ass and shouting: "Horses, horses, run quickly, send Guohua to see His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Huo Wu laughed secretly on the side.

Seeing this scene, the eldest princess's heart was full of joy again, and she casually said, "Look at it! What a match made in heaven! ”

Li Tian didn't talk much, thinking to herself, they are just children now, maybe there are any variables in the future, even if the emperor and the queen mother allow this family affair, there is no guarantee that after Hui'er ascends the throne, there will be no empathy and other love, it all depends on their creation. It's just that for now, this family business can strengthen my position as the queen.

Li Tian suddenly remembered that he should bring a good one to the eldest princess's husband, so he asked, "How is Master Hou doing?" ”

"What's good" The joy that filled the eldest princess's face just now disappeared, and her eyes turned red as she spoke, "I've been sick all day, and I don't know what kind of life the concubine has lived." ”

Li Tian hurriedly comforted on the side: "Don't be too sad, the eldest princess, find more doctors to see, maybe it will be fine." How could Li Tian not understand the eldest princess's state of mind at the moment? A woman, without the nourishment of a man, will soon grow old, alas......

Si You, Changle Palace East Que fire.

Taishi Ling Si Rutan made a heavy note on the day's clan records, and his hands trembled and the words were written crookedly. When he walked out of Taichang Palace, he looked back at the east of Changle Palace, which was burned to ashes by the fire, and his heart was extremely disturbed.

How could a good palace be destroyed by fire? According to his father-in-law, the fire fell from the sky in the early hours of the morning. What does this mean? Si Rutan didn't dare to think about it.

In the early dynasty, he met Li Ning, the second brother of the Queen Mother, in Shumen, and Li Ning suggested that he hide the record of the disaster in the clan records of the day, but he thought that as a Taishi Ling, he should write straight, not because it was not an auspicious omen.

The two palaces burned down one of them, and from a distance, the east gate of Changle Palace looked very incongruous like a goshawk with folded wings, and the Xuanwu engraved on the west gate became a lonely figure under the twilight clouds. Si Rutan stood beside the ruins of Dongque for a long time before dragging his tired body back.

In the official system of the Wu Dynasty, Taishi Ling was not a prominent position, and his rank was only 600 stones. But his role cannot be ignored, not only in charge of the time and ephemeris, but also responsible for recording major events in the imperial court.

Ever since his father inherited this position, he had a very large plan, he wanted to write a book that would last for three generations. In this way, he was much busier, not only did he have to search for all the historical books he could find, but also traveled to famous mountains and rivers every year to do field surveys.

A few days ago, he had just returned from Luoyang Prefecture in Xiguan, where he had met Sima Ru, and his scholarly spirit made them quickly become brothers of the same clan. They traveled all over the two sides of Luoyang Prefecture in Xiguan, and Sima Ru's talent left a deep impression on him. Sima Ru also talked about the wisdom of the prince when he went to Luoyang Prefecture in Xiguan to supervise the "assassination of the court minister". He was very satisfied with the harvest of this trip, but as soon as he came back, he encountered such a fire.

Si Rutan's house was in an alley deep in Chaoyang Road, which was not a long road, but it took him twice as long as usual to get to the door. When he knocked at the door of the house, the maid told him good news.

"Sir! Madame is born! ”

"Raw?" Si Rutan's dullness along the way suddenly faded a lot, "Boy or girl?" He asked, quickening his pace and running to the backyard.

Madame had just given birth, and there were still traces of tiredness on her face, but the joy in the corners of her eyes made her look more attractive than usual. Seeing Si Ru Tan coming in, she was busy sitting up.

Si Rutan hurriedly stretched out his arms to support his wife's shoulders, and when the maid sent the sleeping boy into his arms, Si Rutan smiled: "The Sima family has another big Shi Ling!" ”

Seeing Si Rutan clumsily hugging his son intimately, enjoying the joy of being a father for the first time, Mrs. sighed lightly and said angrily: "The master remembers Taishi Ling, so our son can't do anything else?" ”

"Hmmm! I'm counting on him to finish writing history! Si Rutan handed his son to the maid and sat at the head of the bed to talk to his wife.

"Sir! Give your child a name. ”

Si Rutan rubbed his hands together and fell into deep thought.

He paced in the room, his mind shuttling in the vast sea of history, and the colorful pictures of his travels to famous mountains and rivers resurfaced in front of him. Si Rutan's eyebrows gradually opened, his left hand gently knocked out the rhythm in the palm of his right hand, and said loudly: "Just call it Qian!" "Ancient times" records that it came from a deep valley and moved to an arbor. When he grew up, like me, he traveled all over the famous mountains and rivers, exhaustively studying the changes of heaven and man, and through the changes of the past and the present. ”

"Okay, Qian'er." The lady took her son from the maid's hand, and pressed her face tightly against her son's pink cheeks, "Qian'er, mother's son!" "Because Si Rutan's wife is the king of Xifu.

The moon also quietly cast silver light from the window, caressing Wang Qian's broad forehead.

This child was born on the day of the fire in Changle Palace, which means ...... Si Rutan looked at the son in his wife's arms and didn't dare to think about it further.

……

As soon as the early dynasty ended, Huo Gang sent Zhou Zhi, Li Wei, Jing Fan, Zhou Jian, and others to the Xuanzheng Hall to inquire about the results of the Luoyang Prefecture case in Menxiguan, and Zhou Zhi and Jing Fan respectively reported the trial of the case.

Huo Gang's face showed a little displeasure: "Since the trial is clear, why didn't you play it early today?" ”

Zhou Zhi said: "Your Majesty, the minister has unspeakable secrets, and it is inconvenient to play in the court." ”

"What's so unspeakable, could it be that I wronged the king of Luoyang?"

"Your Majesty! The ministers were tried day and night, and the Assassins confessed to all the crimes they had committed. It's just ......" Zhou Zhi said this, stopping the conversation.

Huo Gang couldn't help but be even more anxious, frowned and said: "The prime minister is dominating on the battlefield, how can he talk now, is this going to die in a hurry?" ”

Zhou Zhi was about to say more, Huo Gang waved his hand and asked Li Wei: "It seems that the prime minister has also learned to protect himself." Uncle Guo, what the hell do you say? ”

"The Prime Minister's unspeakable concealment is exactly what His Majesty is worried about. The thieves confessed that the assassination was indeed instigated by the king of Luoyang. Therefore, on the way back to Beijing, the ministers obeyed the order of the prince and burned all the prison words to ashes. ”

As soon as he heard Li Wei finish speaking, Jing Fan immediately knelt on the ground: "Burning the prison words is all done by the ministers, Your Majesty wants to punish the ministers, and the ministers die without regrets." ”

Huo Gang was shocked: "You mean that the prince wants to do this?" ”

He didn't expect a child to make such a decision on his own. At the beginning, he promised Huo Wu to supervise this matter, but he just wanted him to have a long insight, but he took it seriously. It would have been fine if it had been placed in another case, but what an important case it was? It is a major case in which more than a dozen ministers died unexpectedly, and it is a bloody case against the abolition of the crown prince by the imperial court, can you act so hastily? If this matter was put on Huo Yong, he would definitely not have such courage.

The situation in front of him reminded him of Li Tian's pillow talk last night. Li Tian also felt that this case should be made into a small matter, and a small matter should be turned into a small matter. Could it be that Hui'er has already communicated with the queen? Unable to expose his complex heart to the ministers, he chose to vent his anger by reprimanding them.

"Don't you know that the stakes are high? How can the prince be allowed to do as he pleases? ”

"And you! I asked you to be a master, you should do your duty as a teacher, but you ...... But in front of a child, he was submissive. When Wu Zheng was the Taifu, what happened? Are you trying to talk? Don't say it, I know what you're going to say, it's nothing more than defending the prince. What about Wu Zheng? Huo Gang's gaze searched the hall, "What about Wu Zheng?" ”

Zhou Zhi hurriedly replied: "Lord Wu, he ......"

Oh! Wu Zheng had become the ghost of the assassin's sword, and he would never hear Wu Zheng's impassioned debates, clear-cut speeches, and strong admonitions, and he would never see him in a hurry again. If Wu Zheng was here, he would definitely handle all this calmly. As soon as he thought of Wu Zheng who fell in a pool of blood, Huo Gang's eyes blurred, and he became more and more dissatisfied with the outcome of the Luoyang Prefecture case in Xiguan.

"And you!" He pointed the finger at Li Wei again, "As the uncle of the crown prince, you don't want to do your best for the country, and you deliver all kinds of news in front of the queen all day long, demagoguery. ”

After Huo Gang reprimanded the ministers, he was still angry, and turned his face to Yan Li, who was waiting on the side, and asked, "What about the prince?" Where are you hiding now? ”

How did Yan Li know the whereabouts of the prince? The way he wanted to speak and stopped, provoked Huo Gang to wave his sleeves and sweep the pen and ink and music in front of him down the imperial case with a "whoosh".

"What are you still doing standing there? Go! Go and get the prince, I'm going to ask him how many heads he has? ”

Yan Li didn't dare to slack off, and walked out of the Xuanzheng Hall tremblingly, and the guards around him wanted to pick up the things on the ground, but Huo Gang shouted loudly. The air in the hall was extremely oppressive, and the ministers stood solemnly one by one, and no one dared to come out to defend themselves.

After Huo Gang vented, he closed his eyes and buried his head in the seat, and sighed: "You guys! It really makes me sad. ”

At this time, Si Rutan came in in a panic, and he didn't care about greeting the minister who was kneeling on the ground, so he directly said: "Your Majesty, something is wrong." ”

Huo Gang was angry, raised his head and reprimanded: "So panicked, how can you look like a minister?" ”

Si Rutan lowered his head and whispered, "The heavenly fire burned down the east gate of Changle Palace. ”

"Ahh Huo Gang was excited, and his eyes widened, "You say it again?" ”

After listening to Si Ru's talk, Huo Gang was stunned, and it took a long time for a long time to let out a long howl from his chest: "Heavens! Is this a punishment for me? ”

He quickly linked the burning of the palace with Huo Wu's burning of the prison, it must have been the first emperor who was quite angry with Huo Wu's actions, so that there was this omen of disaster, and these things pushed Huo Gang's anger towards the crown prince to the breaking point.

"Humph!" Huo Gang thought to himself that I had just abolished a prince, and today I would kill another one to seek forgiveness from my ancestors. But when the words came to his mouth, they turned into an angry roar at Si Rutan, "What are you still doing here?" Are you going to cut off your head? ”

Si Rutan didn't dare to delay any longer, and left the Xuanzheng Hall in fear.