Ignorance is sometimes a kind of happiness, at least it is better than knowing that you can't do it, and it's even more so for Li Zhen - if you don't know what Li Shimin wants to do, maybe Li Zhen can still be very happy to hide on the side and watch the excitement, but once you know, the excitement can't be seen, not only can't you see it, but you also have to act on stage, and it's still a fake show, so the taste is really not very pleasant, and you can't escape from it, and it's inevitable that you will be bored, no, don't look at Li Zhen walking on the palace road with a gentle smile on her face, But the depths of the eye sockets are full of loneliness and helplessness.

There are ten unsatisfactory things in life, even if the emperor has a helpless time, he may be able to pass it by carrying it. Li Zhen can only comfort herself like this, after handing over the sign to see, she stood bored in the small square outside the Ganlu Palace, waiting for the call of the old man, but there was an unwilling emotion rippling in her heart, of course, this is also normal, anyone who is used but can't resist, I'm afraid that there will be unwillingness, the more arrogant the character, the more so, the difference between the wise and the fool is whether he can control his emotions, this Li Zhen knows in his heart, therefore, although he is unwilling, he will never bring it to his face, and will not take a wrong step because of this.

"Your Majesty has a decree, His Royal Highness King Xuanyue will come to see you." The old man didn't let Li Zhen wait long, but after a while, Hu Youde, the inner attendant, walked out of the Ganlu Hall and preached seriously.

"There is Father-in-law Lao." Li Zhen knew that Hu Youde was a soft and hard master, and he didn't bother to get close to him, nodded with a smile, raised his feet and stepped on the steps, and slowly walked into the main hall. ”

Seeing Li Zhen come in, Li Shimin frowned, a gentle smile appeared on his serious face, and he raised his hand and said: "Flat, Zhen'er, you are injured, you don't have to make this big gift, anyway, what is the important matter of being so anxious to see me?" ”

"Thank you for your father's grace, the injury of my son's ministers is no longer in the way." Li Zhen kowtowed respectfully, then got up, bowed and said, "Erchen wants to go to see the eldest brother, so I have come to ask my father for permission." ”

"Huh?" As soon as he heard Li Zhen's words, Li Shimin's face immediately sank again, and there was a chill in his eyes, he stared at Li Zhen, and didn't open his mouth to ask, but just snorted from his nostrils, and the temperature in the hall suddenly seemed to drop by a few degrees.

"Father Mingjian, although the eldest brother made a mistake and was guilty, he is still the eldest brother of the son, and the son just wants to visit the eldest brother and send some food by the way, which can be regarded as fulfilling the duty of a brother." Li Zhen was not moved by the old man's coldness, and said very calmly.

Li Zhen has always been not on good terms with Li Chengqian, and there have been many conflicts between them, and now that Li Chengqian has fallen down, Li Zhen not only did not take the opportunity to fall into the well, but wanted to visit Li Chengqian, this will come out, who can believe it, at least Li Shimin does not believe it, but seeing that Li Zhen said sincerely, but it is not easy to reprimand, the old man quickly frowned, and asked instead of answering: "Chengqian's behavior is perverse, contrary to the norm, and he dares to act against the law, Yi'er seems to me, what should I do with this rebel, huh?" ”

Hey, your old man has made up his mind, and asked what are we doing, yes, you can just chop that bastard down with a knife and save trouble, right? Hehe, the fifth old man outside has not yet been leveled, and there is another one in this Beijing division, you are reluctant to do it? Li Zhen's mind is very sharp, how can he not see the old man's intentions in asking this question - if the old man really wants to kill Li Chengqian, he will not ask such a question at all, with a stroke of the pen, Li Chengqian's head will fall to the ground, to put it bluntly, Li Shimin is still reluctant, after all, although Li Chengqian is not good, he is the first son of Li Shimin and the deceased Empress Changsun, Li Shimin's love for Li Chengqian is far more than other sons, coupled with the status of Empress Changsun in Li Shimin's heart, Li Shimin has no intention of killing Li Chengqian, It's just that Li Shimin himself can't say this, in Li Zhen's opinion, the old man called the ministers of the DPRK and China to discuss the matter today, and he wanted the important ministers to intercede for Li Chengqian, but well, I'm afraid that no one in the Manchu Dynasty will dare to open that mouth, and it just so happens that Li Zhen is here, doesn't this problem fall on Li Zhen's head?

Li Chengqian's immortal Li Zhen didn't take it to heart at all, not to mention that Li Chengqian had no hope of becoming the prince again after this incident, even if he was still the prince, Li Chengqian's virtuous Li Zhen didn't put it in his eyes, but it was not easy to answer the question of a good old man, and if he was not careful, he might get into a commotion, Li Zhen had to be cautious and cautious, frowned, quickly thought about the wording, and bowed down very respectfully and replied: "Father, when the son of the son goes to Qizhou, I once saw a poem on the wall of the post station that I don't know who gave it, and I thought it was good, and I asked my father to listen to it: under the stage of planting melon yellow, the melon ripe seeds are leaving. One pick makes the melon good, and then the pick makes the melon thin. The three picks are still free, and the picks are not returned. ”

This "Cucumber Speech" was originally written by Li Xian, the son of Wu Zetian in the later generations, with the intention of hoping that Wu Zetian would not kill himself for the sake of the family relationship between mother and son, of course, Li Xian still failed to escape Wu Zetian's killing at the end, however, this "Cucumber Speech" has been handed down because of this, although it is not a famous poem through the ages, it is also plain and simple, and Cao Zijian's "Seven Steps Poem" is as famous in later generations, at this time Li Zhen slowly read it out, and the pathetic tone lingered in the hall, A desolate meaning made the people in the hall can't help but have an urge to cry, Li Shimin's face turned white, and the corners of his mouth trembled at Li Zhen, who was chanting and whispering, silent for a long time, sighed, waved his big sleeves, and got up and turned into the harem without saying a word, and didn't even give the ministers a chance to say goodbye.

As soon as the old man walked like this, all the important ministers in the hall were dumbfounded, and they all retreated in twos and threes boringly, only Wei Zhengwei walked to Li Zhen's side tremblingly, looked at Li Zhen in a daze, and then sighed and said: "His Royal Highness King Yue is affectionate and righteous, but it's a pity...... Alas! As soon as the words fell, he didn't give Li Zhen a chance to speak, so he walked straight out of the hall.

Although Wei Zheng's words are only half said, Li Zhen can understand the meaning inside, and the left and right are just saying that Li Zhen is a concubine, and there is no hope of the East Palace, this Li Zhen has a number in his heart, but he doesn't take it to heart, he can get a affectionate and righteous evaluation, Li Zhen can be regarded as having completed the task of this trip, as for whether to visit the unlucky Li Chengqian is already a dispensable thing, seeing that the important ministers in the hall have been dispersed, Li Zhen laughed self-deprecatingly, and did not go back to the house, went out of the palace gate, and went to the harem, I plan to go to Concubine Yan to ask for peace - after the hard battle the day before yesterday, Concubine Yan has sent people to the Yue Wangfu several times to inquire about the situation, although she has long known that Li Zhen is fine, but after all, there are still some worries, so it is good to go and ask for peace at this time, so that Concubine Yan can feel completely at ease.

Although the battle the night before yesterday was dangerous and fierce, the war was mainly carried out outside the imperial city, even if the battle in the Ganlu Hall was fought fiercely, it did not affect all parts of the harem, and it has been a day, but the atmosphere in the palace is still very tense, whether it is the palace maid or the eunuch walking carefully, for fear that one accidentally touches the master's head and ends up with nothing, of course, all this has nothing to do with Li Zhen, and he doesn't bother to pay attention to the palace maids and eunuchs along the way. Walk on the palace road at will, bypass the Chengqing Palace, and go straight to Concubine Yan's bedroom - Min'an Palace.

"Your Highness, you're here." Li Zhen had just turned out of the wall in front of the palace gate, and Qin Wuyong, the sharp-eyed eunuch in charge of Min'an Palace, immediately ran over, busy asking Li Zhen to see him.

"Master Qin doesn't have to be polite, the mother concubine can be in the palace." Li Zhen raised her hand with a smile, signaling that Qin Wuyong didn't need to be polite, and walked forward without stopping, asking casually.

"Your Highness, Niangniang is here, and she is talking to the martial arts, but do you want the slave to go and talk to him first?" Hearing Li Zhen's question, Qin Wuyong, who was following behind him, hurriedly rushed forward and replied with a smile.

Well? Wu Po Niang is also here, damn it, this **fox is really annoying! As soon as she heard that Wu Meiniang was also in Min'an Palace, Li Zhenden was stunned for a moment, and her steps slowed down, and she was a little hesitant for a while - Wu Meiniang has often stammered with Concubine Yan since she entered the palace, and she always runs to Concubine Yan if she has nothing to do, Li Zhen came to ask for peace ten times, and there are always eight times when she can meet Wu Meiniang, since Li Zhen got engaged, Wu Meiniang's eyes looking at Li Zhen are a little weird, and the meaning there makes Li Zhen feel uncomfortable every time she thinks about it, and she doesn't want to have anything to do with Wu Meiniang, but at this time everyone is here, There's no reason to turn back, right? In desperation, Li Zhen had no choice but to walk into the Min'an Palace, just turned the screen, and immediately saw the two sisters Yan Fei and Wu Meiniang sitting on the couch, head to head, talking and laughing, Li Zhen didn't dare to listen more, hurriedly stepped forward, bowed and saluted: "The child has seen the mother concubine, and has seen Wu Niangniang." ”

"Ha, sister, this evil sect is unspeakable, you see, just talked about Brother Zhen'er, Brother Zhen ran out by himself." Before Concubine Yan could speak, Wu Meiniang applauded and laughed first, got up while laughing, twisted her thin waist and walked in front of Li Zhen, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhen is very powerful this time, no one in the palace praises Brother Zhen'er's martial arts, my sister is really a blessed person, if you want me to say, this prince of the Tang Dynasty should be the first one in line, this time Concubine Shu is afraid that she will have nothing to say, come, come, come, Brother Zhen has injuries on his body, it's not good to stand for a long time, sit down and say, sit down and say." Wu Meiniang grabbed Li Zhen's arm very affectionately, dragged Li Zhen to a brocade pier and sat down, and said non-stop with a smile on her eyebrows.

Faint to death, this martial woman can really talk nonsense, grandma's, the competition in the harem is about our, what is it that I didn't pull Lao Tzu to do, mother, you Wu Po wants to climb up, don't drag our old lady together? Damn the fox! As soon as Li Zhen heard Wu Meiniang's words, her head was bigger - the concubine in Wu Meiniang's mouth refers to Yang Shufei, that is, the daughter of Emperor Yang of Sui, the biological mother of Li Ke, the king of Wu and Li Su, the king of Shu, this is a powerful character, thinking about being a queen - since the death of the eldest grandson, there is no queen in the harem, and one of the four concubines should be replaced as the queen, and Li Shimin has only the eldest grandson queen in his heart, and he has no intention of establishing a queen at all, but he has never said it clearly, made a lot of trouble in the harem, and everyone in the harem had extravagant hopes, and they kept fighting openly and secretly.

Wu Meiniang is a small talent, it is not the turn to be the queen, but she is not willing to be lonely, she can only constantly instigate Concubine Yan to come forward to fight, she can also follow the light, although Concubine Yan never agreed, but the problem is that Concubine Yan does not move, but other concubines always regard Concubine Yan as a threat, and secretly drug Concubine Yan, the most enthusiastic person for Concubine Yan here is Concubine Yang Shufei, the quarrel between the two palaces is extremely tight, Zhang, Concubine Yan can bear it, but Wu Meiniang jumps out from time to time,-for-tat with Concubine Yang, is like the spokesperson of Concubine Yan.

"That's it, that's it, the things in the palace have nothing to do with Zhen'er, the saint has his own mirror in his heart, Mei Niang's words are said here by my sister, you can't say it outside, or let people spread it blindly, it's not easy to explain it when you go back to the saint." Although Li Zhen didn't say much, Concubine Yan saw Li Zhen's impatience, got up with a smile, and pulled Wu Meiniang to her side, like a warning, and then looked at Li Zhen and said, "Zhen'er, are your injuries better?" ”

"If you go back to the mother, the child's injury is no longer serious, and it will heal in two days, but the mother is worried, and the child really can't go." Seeing Concubine Yan come forward to relieve the siege, Li Zhen secretly breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly got up to answer.

"That's good, Zhen'er can be diligent in the king's affairs, and the mother concubine is happy in her heart, but all righteous people must be upright, but they must not mishear and misbelieve, nor do they have any wrong thoughts, Zhen'er only needs to listen to the words of the saint and act according to the will of the saint, and the mother concubine can rest assured." Concubine Yan pressed her hand, signaling that Li Zhen didn't have to get up, and said with a calm face.

Concubine Yan had hidden words in her words, and her intention was nothing more than to persuade Li Zhen to be a prince and not to participate in the battle for succession. How could Li Zhen not understand this, but the problem is that in such a field now, even if Li Zhen wants to retreat, it is no longer possible, and besides, it is impossible for the old man to let Li Zhen retreat, right? Faced with Concubine Yan's expectations, Li Zhen had no choice but to reply respectfully: "What the mother taught the concubine is that the child should act correctly. ”

Knowing her son Mo Ruo's mother, although Li Zhen agreed simply, Concubine Yan knew that Li Zhen didn't listen to her heart at all, and she was still thinking about saying something more, but when she opened her mouth, she found that she couldn't talk about it, so she had no choice but to frown lightly and said: "Okay, children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, how to do it, it's not too early, Zhen'er, you are still injured, just go back to the house to recuperate, everything is fine here, don't always remember." ”

"Sister, Mei Niang didn't agree with this, Yuan Zhenren had criticized her sister before, and her sister should be ......" Li Zhen hadn't answered, but Wu Meiniang opened her mouth first, but before she finished speaking, Concubine Yan pressed Wu Meiniang's mouth, her face sank, and she shouted: "Mei Niang, don't talk nonsense, how can you take such crazy words seriously, sister has never thought of such nonsense here, if Mei Niang insists on doing this, don't blame my sister for not being emotional." ”

"Okay, good, good, Mei Niang doesn't say it, it's just a joke, why should my sister take it seriously, it's all blame Mei Niang for being too talkative, in the future, Mei Niang will rot in her stomach, my sister is not angry." Seeing Concubine Yan's appearance, she was really angry, and Wu Meiniang immediately said with a smile.

Yuan Zhenren? Damn, it must be Yuan Tiangang's old bull's nose, well, what did this old monster say to the old lady again? Hmm, the old man invited this old cow nose here, what is his intention? Li Zhen suddenly remembered the words that Yuan Tiangang had criticized Li Zhi back then, and what he said when he passed on the True Yang Secret to himself, and there was a faint premonition in his heart that it was not very good, but he couldn't figure out what could go wrong, and he was a little distracted for a while, and he didn't pay attention to the conversation between Concubine Yan and Wu Meiniang, until a voice sounded outside: "The Holy Decree has arrived!" Only then did he wake up from his fugue state.

Since the holy decree arrived, it was natural to greet it, not only Concubine Yan and Wu Meiniang hurriedly greeted it, but even Li Zhen did not dare to lag behind, just knelt down in the main hall of Min'an Palace, and saw Hu Youdepi, who came to deliver the decree, nodded to everyone with a smile, unfolded the holy decree in his hand, and preached in a sharp voice: "The Son of Heaven of the Tang Dynasty has an edict saying: Li Zhen, the king of Yue, is diligent and virtuous, has made great contributions to the country, and has sealed five hundred households and rewarded ......."

Oh, good guy, the old man is so big, damn, if you don't reward it early or late, you won't reward it in front of our mother, what kind of fame! Li Zhen really didn't expect this holy decree to be a gift to herself, and when she heard the dazzling rewards, not only did she not like it, but she had a trace of suspicion - according to Li Zhen's efforts to quell the chaos and save the car this time, she deserves this reward, the problem is that the time is not quite right, she really wants to be rewarded, and she should wait for Li Zhen to return to the house and then reward, this cold reward in the palace is not for the palace concubines to see, in this way, even if Li Zhen wants to act in a low-key manner, I am afraid that it is impossible, but this is the case, Li Zhen was full of thoughts, but he didn't have a place to discuss, so he could only kowtow a few times honestly and thank him.

"Your Highness, this is a gold medal given by Your Majesty, Your Highness can enter and exit the prison with this, please keep it away." After Li Zhen took over the will, Hu Youde handed a gold medal to Li Zhen expressionlessly, and without saying much, he turned around and led the little eunuch to leave in a hurry.

"I'll just say, the saint will not forget Brother Zhen'er's great achievements, this reward is not light, congratulations to Brother Zhen'er." As soon as Hu Youde left, Wu Meiniang's eyes were full of envy and she clapped her hands and smiled.

"Zhen'er, are you going to see Chengqian?" In the face of so many rewards, Concubine Yan did not have a trace of pride, a trace of worry flashed on her face, and she asked in a calm tone.

"If you go back to your mother's concubine, Erchen thinks that although the eldest brother is at fault, he is still the eldest brother after all, and the relationship between the flesh and blood brothers cannot be erased, the eldest brother is in trouble, and the child should visit one or two." Li Zhen replied with a sincere face.

"Well, let's go." Concubine Yan thought about it silently, didn't say anything more, waved her hand lightly and said, "It's not too early, let's go back to the house." ”

"Yes, the child is gone." Li Zhen also wanted to go back to the house earlier, so that he could discuss one or two with the two major strategists, but he didn't want to stay longer, so he knelt down and kowtowed, got up and went straight out of the palace.

also looked at Li Zhen's tall back, Concubine Yan's eyes were full of worry, but Wu Meiniang's eyes were full of fanaticism......

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