This spring outing did not end until the wind blowing on the river brought a hint of coolness to the night.

Xiaoman and Anu were full of drunkenness, while Nianzu and Sirong laughed and danced for a day, holding the little cat covered in sand, lying in the soft futon, pulled by the old cow, and fell asleep contentedly.

Wan'er's convoy left a moment earlier than the Yang family's convoy, and perhaps the first thing Wan'er was going to do when she went back at this moment was to wash it white and fragrant, waiting for Lang Jun's tryst tonight. This kind of anticipation is always endlessly joyful.

When Yang Fan's convoy returned to the front of the mansion, the colors of dusk were dyed in the sky.

Under the lintel, in front of the spotless steps and the mirror-like gate, stood a tall young man dressed in eunuch costumes, holding the dust in his hand, looking into the distance. At the foot of the stairs stood four other horses with shiny satin, each standing tall as a spear in front of a Praetorian guard.

Far away, a convoy came slowly, and under the guidance of Mo Xuanfei, the protégé of the Yang family, he learned that it was Yang Fan's convoy, and the eunuch immediately couldn't wait to meet it.

"Colliers has seen his brother!"

Before he could get to the front of the car, the tall eunuch took his steps and saluted the car in front of him.

Yang Fan in the car had already received Ren Wei's report, stopped the car, and rolled up the bamboo curtain in front of the car.

"Ahh Brother Lux! ”

Yang Fan hurriedly jumped out of the car, stepped forward quickly to hold his hand, and said affectionately: "Lux, why are you here, say hello in advance, and I'm waiting for you at home." ”

Gao Lishi said: "How dare you have Brother Lao, Lux came this time, he was sent by Bixia to pass on his brother to enter the palace." ”

Yang Fan looked at the sky and said strangely: "Now? ”

Colliers said: "Exactly! Lux has just arrived, and I heard that my brother went on a trip with his family. Seeing that the sky was almost back, I didn't go out to look for it, so as not to go wrong with my brother again, and my brother will go back to the palace with Lux so as not to wait for a long time! ”

Yang Fan agreed, and hurriedly made some arrangements for his family, letting Anu and the others go back to the house first, and they took a horse and went away with Gao Lishi, this time. But it was inconvenient for him to take the guards with him.

On the way, Yang Fan asked, "Bixia is in a hurry to announce, is there anything wrong?" ”

Gao Lishi said: "This little brother really doesn't know. ”

Yang Fan said: "How is Bixia feeling? ”

Gao Lishi thought for a while and said, "I haven't seen any joy and sorrow in Bixia." Oh! By the way, before, Bixia first summoned Cheng Ji in the imperial history. Then he summoned his brother by decree. ”

Yang Fan frowned slightly when he heard this.

Since the death of Lai Junchen, Ji Ji has been reused. Now he has become an official in the imperial history. replaced the position of Lai Junchen at the beginning, and it seems that the Empress wanted to shape him as the second Lai Junchen and act as her eyes and ears.

The only messenger of the Imperial Historical Observatory was the ginseng, and the emperor saw Ji Ji first, and then he was in a hurry to summon Yang Fan, which was not a good sign. But Yang Fan thought about it, and he couldn't think of any holiday he had with Ji Ji, or what handle could fall into Ji Ji's hands.

Gao Lishi saw that Yang Fan's face was a little solemn, and couldn't help asking, "What is on my brother's mind?" Do you want...... Find a reason to take a break. When Lux returned to the palace, he said that he had never found his brother, and when he figured out what had happened, his brother reappeared? ”

Yang Fan shook his head, turned his head slightly, glanced at the four guards who were not far away, patted Gao Lishi's shoulder, and said: "This is not appropriate, in case Bixia moves his mind, summon these four guards to meet, and he will know the clue as soon as he asks." It doesn't matter, it's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided, so I'll go into the palace to find out! ”

In order not to let Gao Lishi worry about him, Yang Fan changed the topic with a smile and asked, "You and Sister Ling, are you okay now?" ”

Gao Lishi was happy and said, "Thanks to my brother's help, Lux and his sister are living very well now." My sister studied singing music from Master Rumei, and she was very valued by the master. My sister has loved Clarion since she was a child, and she lives happily there. The younger brother has a father-in-law and a Shangguan to be taken care of in the palace, and no one dares to bully him, and now the younger brother is walking in front of the palace, and the relationship with the emperors and grandsons in the East Palace is also very harmonious. ”

Yang Fan was very relieved to hear this, although this hard-working son of the assassin became a eunuch, but he had been castrated before entering the palace, and only in the palace would he be less disdainful, and now he can have such an ending, which is also a good result.

Although the people who killed his parents were the cool officials under Lai Junchen, the real culprit was the current emperor. However, this young man who dared to assassinate Qin Cha to avenge his father by hiding a sharpened stone at the age of ten is now proud of serving the imperial front, and has no awareness of enmity with Wu Zetian.

This, in the eyes of the Tang people, may seem to be justified, but in the eyes of Yang Fan, who grew up in Nanyang and did not have such serious imperial power thoughts in his heart, he couldn't help but sigh secretly.

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On the Wucheng Palace, Wu Zetian leaned back on the imperial chair, with a high and thick velvet cushion behind her back, as if she had fallen asleep, only the eyeballs under the slackened eyelids moved from time to time, indicating that she was awake and was thinking carefully about something.

In the afternoon of this day, I played and entertained with Yi Zhi and Changzong, and in the bed, the two beautiful Langjun suddenly talked about the issue of establishing a prince, and repeatedly persuaded her to make her son the crown prince.

Although Wu Zetian was old and lacked energy, his mind had not aged to the point of being so confused, so he immediately asked the two of them.

Where could the pair of young men withstand Wu Zetian's interrogation, they had to obediently admit that they were persuaded by Ji Xu.

Ji Ji is now Wu Zetian's favorite minister, and he wants to be a figure who is trained to be a henchman like a Junchen, so he has a close relationship with Erzhang and often moves around.

During a banquet, Er Zhang occasionally mentioned that the Son of Heaven was disappointed in the Wu family's nephew and seemed to be interested in re-establishing the Li Tang clan as the crown prince, and Ji Rui said to them: "Wulang Liulang is so favored, not because he has made any great contributions to the imperial court, I don't know how many people in the world are jealous and hateful because of your wealth." Without great credit to the world, what do you use to protect yourself? ”

This sentence was poking at Erzhang's heart, and the two immediately asked Ji Ji, who said: "Look at the current situation, although Bixia has been in power for a long time, the world has not forgotten Li Tang's kindness, so they all hope that after Bixia is long lived, the descendants of Li Tang will still rule the world." If Xian Kunzhong can persuade Bixia to set up the crown prince of Li Tang, with this great merit, he can ensure wealth and wealth! ”

Erzhang thought so, and then admonished the empress.

Wu Zetian actually already had the idea of establishing Crown Prince Li Tang, and now there are two Zhang and Ji Ji who have such thoughts, which strengthens her thoughts. Because she knows very well that everything in Erzhang depends on her, and she has no second heart for her, Ji Ji was originally a county lieutenant in Chang'an, and it is completely her promotion to have today, Ji Ji has no foundation in the court, but now she can become the middle of the imperial history, and if she wants to have a stable future, she can only hold her thighs.

It is impossible for these people to have different intentions towards her, but they all agree that Li Tang's heir should be the crown prince, and the hearts of the people in the world are amazing!

Wu Zetian thought about it for a long time, and specially called Ji Ji to ask him carefully, Ji Ji told Wu Zetian about his interests, Wu Zetian was very able to listen to the words of his cronies, and he had already made up his mind, so far he finally made a decision.

At this moment, it was almost dusk, but she came to the Wucheng Palace, which was unprecedented in the Wuzhou Dynasty.

Around the Wucheng Palace, only the internal guards are guarded, and all the others are isolated, no one is allowed to approach half a step, and violators will be killed!

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Yang Fan followed Gao Lishi to the Wucheng Palace, and as soon as he arrived in front of the palace, two female guards flashed out in secret, and said in a deep voice: "zhanzhu, only Yang Fan is allowed to enter alone!" ”

Gao Lishi bowed and smiled: "Sister Ying, Sister Qing are good." ”

The people who came were Gao Ying and Lan Yiqing, and two heroic women in military uniforms stepped forward with pretty faces.

Yang Fan smiled and said, "You two, long time no see!" ”

The two handsome girls didn't talk to him, and the two pairs of jade hands touched his body, searched from top to bottom, and did not see any weapons, so they waved their hands and said majestically and coldly: "Follow me!" ”

Yang Fan glanced at Gao Lishi in surprise, followed behind the two long-legged beauties, admired their twisted little waists, and stepped into the gate of Wucheng Palace.

This is the first portal, Yang Fan found that in addition to the guards in the open, there are also many guards patrolling in the secret, no wonder Gao Ying and Lan Yiqing don't fake to him, among these light and dark guards, there must be their top bosses.

Further inside, the second portal is even more human, heavily guarded. Yang Fan was secretly vigilant in his heart, but he thought about it, if the emperor wanted to kill people, even if he was the prime minister, he would have been arrested in prison by a decree, how could there be a reason to bring it to the emperor, not to mention his status, if the emperor was determined to be unfavorable to him, he didn't need to be summoned to the palace at all, so he was more stable.

Yang Fan's face also became solemn, and he followed behind the two little beauties, silently stepping into the third portal, until he reached the front of the hall, Gao Ying and Lan Yiqing only took their steps, left and right, signaled to Yang Fan, and said, "Go in, Bixia is waiting for you!" ”

It was only at this time that the second daughter threw a complex look of concern at Yang Fan, just because she couldn't speak, what this one look could say was really limited, Yang Fan seemed to understand something, and didn't seem to capture anything, so she could only step into the palace door with a confused heart, and called her name loudly: "Minister...... Yang Fan, meet you in the mouth of Bixia! ”

"Come in!"

A majestic voice came from the hall, Yang Fan stepped in, raised his eyes, and saw Wu Zetian sitting majestically behind the case, standing like a big Buddha, the whole hall was empty, and there was no one figure, only the bronze cranes on both sides of the imperial case, spitting out the green smoke that was curling and rising.

Yang Fan didn't dare to look at it more, so he hurriedly bowed his head and bowed: "Minister Yang Fan, I've seen Bixia!" (To be continued......)