After Nianyun came back from the palace, he always remembered in his heart that the saint said that he would discuss the matter of Ji Yuan'er with the Ministry of Rites, and the next day he paid attention to the movements of Li Chun and the prince, and he didn't see anything unusual.

After a few more days, Nianyun came back from the inner mansion, but he heard someone sighing in the flowers in front of him. Nian Yun walked over, wanting to see who was there.

Turning around a flower garden and getting closer, I saw a man in a white robe sitting under a tree, leaning against a paulownia tree behind him.

Nianyun looked at him in a daze, he turned his face, saw that it was her, and said, "Nianyun, come over and sit with me for a while." ”

It was the crown prince Li Yu. It has been almost three years since Nian Yun married into the East Palace, but the number of times he has seen him is very small, and he only salutes from afar on various official days, even Li Chun, who is afraid that the number of times he sees him alone must not be said to be much.

The blood of the royal family always has a strange bond and alienation. At this moment, the man who has been in the position of the prince for more than ten years, the closest but farthest away from the supreme position, is also wearing a half-worn fine kudzu cloth, which looks more approachable.

"Father."

Li Yu pointed to the grass beside him and motioned for her to sit down.

Nianyun sat down on the grass and asked softly, "Isn't my father happy?" ”

Li Yu suddenly asked, "What did Your Majesty say to you that day?" ”

Nian Yun chuckled in his heart, knowing that the Holy Lord had already mentioned that incident to him, he was silent for a moment, and said, "I didn't say anything, but I just saw that legend and asked me a few words." ”

Li Yu frowned: "You really didn't ask?" Didn't you ask Liangdi anything? ”

Nianyun shook his head: "No." ”

Li Yu no longer pursued, stretched out his hand to take a paulownia flower, and sighed: "What a family and country, what a father and son!" In the future, Yuan'er is the sixth prince, my sixth brother, and his name has been changed to the word '謜' next to the words. ”

Li Yu has many concubines and many children, but this is the only time that this son has become a brother.

Nian Yun saw that Li Yu was preoccupied, and guessed that the matter must be more than just a stepson, and knew that he was just in a bad mood and needed someone to listen to her, so he quietly waited for his next step.

But he didn't open his mouth again for a long time.

There are not many holy concubines, except for Li Yu, who was made the crown prince when he was a teenager, the only one who is more outstanding is King Shu, and King Shu is also a successor.

The rest of the princes are almost the same as all the prodigals in Chang'an City, idle and unbearable.

Nian Yun comforted: "Yuan Gongzi can share the worries of the saint, and it is also his creation. ”

Li Yu smiled dismally: "If Yuan'er is my son, he can still keep me safe." ”

He only said this, and Nian Yun knew that he meant to be the sixth prince, maybe he would be sent to the front of politics, and he was destined to become a victim.

But if Yuan'er is really only his son forever, will he be able to keep his life safe, in fact, he has already been involved unconsciously!

Li Yu has such a benefit, he has always turned a blind eye to the battles in his huge harem, and even covered his ears and stole the bell, thinking that this would be peaceful and beautiful for his wife, and he was at ease. Even if he loses and kills, he tries his best to cover up the matter.

He is not a qualified imperial talent, and the Holy Lord has always been dissatisfied with him. However, he had the ability to sit firmly in this turbulent court for seventeen or eighteen years, and he never asked the Holy Lord to hold a reason that was enough to abolish him.

Nianyun persuaded in his mouth: "I am a woman, and I can't talk about things in the court." However, the father does not have to blame himself, in fact, the father must know in his heart that at a critical moment, it is better to cut off a limb to preserve his strength than to lose everything. ”

Li Yu said this, and glanced at her thoughtfully: "Nianyun, if you are a boy, you are a dangerous person." ”

Nian Yun's heart froze, but he smiled faintly on his face: "Father, whether it is dangerous or not, the key is to see whether it is an enemy or a friend." ”

Li Yu smiled, threw away the paulownia flower in his hand, flicked his sleeves, and slowly stood up: "You're right, Nianyun." He walked forward alone, sighing: "How good it is to be your age, but unfortunately I can't go back, so I have to face the sword and sword, and walk forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow." To the end, or not to the end, no one knows! ”

Nianyun sat still and didn't move, watching him go away, unconsciously rubbing a handful of paulownia flowers in his hand. She didn't have a friend to go with at the beginning, so he had to still stand in that position, doing everything he had to do, and he was still a fierce rival that Li Yu faced. It seems that nothing has changed, and it is slowly moving forward with the wheel of history, crushing many hearts.

As early as the third year of Zhenyuan, when she had not returned to Chang'an, the eldest princess of Gao Guo, the mother of the crown princess Xiao, was accused of "**" and "disgusted with witchcraft" because of her fornication with Sima Li Wan of Pengzhou and her close relationship with some court officials.

This matter implicated the crown prince Li Yu and almost pushed him into the abyss. In order to save the life of the crown princess, Li Yu asked for a divorce, and accepted five concubines at a time to show that he had no feelings for the crown princess.

The saint agreed to his divorce from the crown princess, but he also imprisoned the Xiao family, and at that time, the saint even moved the idea of changing the crown prince.

It was only because of the strong advice of the old minister Li Mi that he listed in detail the lessons and lessons of the abolition of the crown prince since Zhenguan, analyzed the caution of Emperor Taizong about the abolition of the crown prince and the remorse of Suzong for unjustly killing King Jianning because of his impatience, and advised him to take the previous court affairs as a warning and never be in a hurry, so that the position of the crown prince could be preserved.

In the sixth year of Zhenyuan, Princess Gao Guo died, and the saint took the opportunity to kill Concubine Xiao and dispose of the rest of the relevant people, and the matter was over.

Since then, Li Yu has become more and more cautious, cautious in everything, walking on thin ice. Now, although he has not done anything himself, he has pushed his son to the front of the stage according to the holy will.

The saint's favor for Li Yuan means that Li Yi is no longer the only candidate for the prince, at least he can distract the spearhead and divert everyone's attention somewhat. Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if Li Yu and Li Yi miscalculated in the end, Li Yuan is his biological son, and he will not lose.

In the evening, the little eunuch really came again and hung six pairs of red lanterns under the eaves of Yiqiu Palace, and Nianyun didn't pay much attention to it.

But the night slowly deepened, and I didn't see Li Chun come over until the second watch, the food was cold and hot, so after a few times, Nianyun said: "Withdraw, the king of the county thinks something is stumbling." ”

Sometimes there are many things, Li Chun rests in the Chongwen Palace, but there are not many times when he lights the lantern first but does not come, and he rarely asks people to wait. Nian Yun was a little puzzled, and waited for nearly an hour, it was too late, and she was also a little tired, so she had to wash up and sleep first.

Until I woke up the next morning, there was no trace of anyone touching the futon next to me. Yuzhu and Fennel came in to serve her to freshen up, and she asked casually, "Didn't the county king come yesterday?" ”

Fennel hesitated for a moment, and then said, "The king of the county didn't come over yesterday. ”

Nian Yun remembered that he should be resting on this day, because he said: "I think I am busy until late, I will go to Chongwen Hall to take a look, and put some lotus seed cake and crisp rolls and chicken porridge for breakfast, he likes to eat that." ”

"This ......" Fennel hesitated and quietly pushed Yuzhu, who was also dodging.

"What happened?"

Fennel pushed Yuzhu, the two most clever people in Su Ri couldn't answer, and finally said: "The pothos is outside, she has something to return to the girl." ”

Nian Yun frowned: "Today, one or two of you are so sneaky." Call the pothos in! ”

The pothos walked in, held a bowl of tea and handed it to Nianyun.

Nian Yun took the tea and stared at the pothos aggressively: "What's the matter, don't beat around the bush here one or two, just say it!" ”

The pothos glanced at fennel and said, "Last night, the king of the county accepted a dancing girl. ”

Nian Yun puffed a sip of tea and sprayed directly on the pothos.

A few maids hurriedly cleaned up, and Nian Yun came to his senses: "What's the matter?" ”

Green pothos said: "The slave maid has inquired, last night the county king came out of the Chongwen Hall to our side, only to walk to the open space on the edge of the inner square, saw a few dancing girls rehearsing a new dance, so he stood and watched for a while, the dancing girl who led the dance said a few words to the county king, and the county king took her back to the Chongwen Palace. ”

This also has some ability, and in a few words, Li Chun was coaxed to the couch!

"What is the name of the dancing girl?"

Lu Pothos said: "I heard that it is an illegitimate child of the Hu people and the Central Plains, called Mao Yunzhu, and later changed to Mao Lanzhu in order to avoid the ridicule of Eleven Niang." ”

Nianyun's hand holding the teacup trembled slightly, but he heard someone outside report again: "Mrs. County, Hui Niang and Lilac have come to greet Mrs. County." ”

These two people have always been inaccurate in greeting An, but now they are neat, and it can be seen that the news is also very well-informed, and they all came to see her jokes, to see what the county lady who has been favored for two years looks like when she falls into the clouds.

Fennel took a luxurious ruby-encrusted step shaker from the makeup box, compared it with her hair bun, and asked, "Eleven Niang, do you want to change your clothes?" ”

Nianyun shook his head slowly: "You don't have to be deliberate, just this one, just wear the hairpin from yesterday." ”

After cleaning up, I walked out to see the two concubines and said hello, and Na Hui Niang really stared at her with a full face.

Nianyun just casually greeted them, and did not mention the matter of taking concubines.

In the end, Hui Niang couldn't hold her breath and asked: "Hui Niang heard that the king of the county accepted one yesterday, who is a person from the song and dance workshop, and the body deed is also in our inner mansion, so she is also our sister, I don't know where Mrs. arranged for her to live?" ”

"Where to stay?" Nian Yun picked up the tea bowl in his hand, skimmed the foam, took a small sip slowly, and said idly: "Is it a sister, it has to be said by the king of the county, what do I mean by moving her in a hurry?" ”

Hui Niang saw that she was so calm and couldn't get any bargains, so she smiled and said, "Madame thinks about it." When the two of us just came, we saw her kneeling in the flower garden in front of Yiqiu Palace, thinking that she was terrified and came to see Madame, but she had no name and no point, so she had to kneel far away and ask Madame to confess? ”

Nian Yun was taken aback: "She's kneeling outside?" ”

The flower garden is still seven or eight feet away from the gate of Yiqiu Palace, who can see her early in the morning! If she has been kneeling for a long time, won't she have to say that she is a woman who has been fortunate enough to be the wife of the main house?

But if she invited her with courtesy, it would be tantamount to acknowledging her identity and status, Li Chun didn't explain half a sentence, she didn't know what the situation was, how could she take the initiative to admit it?

Nianyun instructed the green pothos: "Tell her to go back, say I know." ”

Luluo hesitated for a moment, and Nianyun said again: "If she refuses to go, you can move a stool for her to sit on." ”