The Chung Yeung Festival banquet, of course, is not only for female dependents.

In the attic on the top of the mountain, the emperor stood in front of the window, carefully looking at Li Ran, who was getting closer and closer.

"Who picked out this dress for her?" I don't know if Li Ran's eyes were shining with golden light, or if he couldn't look at it anymore, the emperor turned his head sideways.

"Her diet and daily life are all arranged by A-Niang, A-Niang doesn't want to worry about it, it's all according to her heart." Chang'an Hou Li Mingshui replied.

He didn't know how Li Ran could dress like this, but if Li Ran picked it himself, it would be inappropriate.

Li Ran went home at the beginning of the year, and it was nothing if she was not dressed properly or something.

But if someone else dresses her like this, whether it is his mother or his daughter-in-law, this is not a good thing, to put it seriously, it is a big ugly thing in their house.

This kind of obvious thing, there is no need to weigh it, it should naturally be picked by Li Ran himself.

"She looks like you, but she looks more like her." Li Ran walked closer, and the emperor looked at Li Ran intently, and sighed in a low voice.

Chang'an Hou Li Mingshui looked away.

The emperor looked at Li Ran, and the Marquis of Chang'an looked at the corner of the room without focus, and after a moment of silence, the emperor asked, "Does she know her life experience?" ”

"She knows she's my daughter, and nothing else, she shouldn't know." Li Mingshui, Marquis of Chang'an, reined in his mind and replied with lowered eyes.

"I think she should know a little bit, most of the dozen or so books she picked out are old news of the Liang Dynasty?"

Chang'an Hou Li Mingshui hung his head and did not answer.

"She can't hide her life experience, you tell her, it's better than others telling her, tell her." The emperor looked at Li Ran, who looked up his head and carefully looked at the pavilion where he was.

"Yes." Chang'an Hou Li Ming subconsciously swallowed his saliva.

On the other side of the loft on the top of the mountain, the prince stood in front of the window, looking at Li Ran carefully.

Behind the prince, Huo Wencan, the youngest son of the king of Hejian County, smiled while watching, "This body is shining, how did they come up with it, just dress like this, in that group, she is still the best-looking." She sat in the car that day, and she took a look, but she didn't see it much, but she saw it now, it was really good-looking, and the charm was natural. ”

Huo Sangongzi sighed a few times, and turned his head to look at Li Qingning, the young son of the Marquis of Chang'an, who was standing next to him with a troubled face, "No wonder Ling Zun has never forgotten it until now." ”

"Who said my dad can't forget it? How to speak. Li Qingning and Li Sanye were even more troubled.

"That's what you said." The prince looked back and answered.

Li Qingning sighed a few times, "I mean, it's a trouble." ”

"What's the trouble? That's a good thing. The prince laughed a few times, turned half of his body, and looked at Xie Ze, who was about ten steps away from him, dressed in white and standing upright with his hands in his hands, "You said yes, right?" ”

Xie Ze withdrew his gaze from the glittering golden Li Ran and snorted.

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At this Chung Yeung Festival banquet in the palace, Li Ran feasted her eyes and tasted all the dim sum she could get, and the dim sum tasted really average.

This trip, except for thinking that she was dressed in a drape, it was too inconvenient when it was convenient, and she didn't dare to drink more tea, which was a little regretful, but otherwise, Li Ran was satisfied.

Returning to Cuiweiju and taking off the drape, Li Ran took a shower, yawned and was about to sleep, Zhou E opened the curtain and came in, and passed the words of Li Mingshui, Marquis of Chang'an: He wants to see her and let her pass.

Without Li Ran's orders, Qiu Yue hurriedly stepped forward to wait for Li Ran to comb her hair and change her clothes.

Li Ran followed Zhou E out, walked ahead for more than half an hour, and entered a courtyard that was so sparse that it was a little empty.

Zhou E stopped outside the Hanging Flower Gate and motioned for Li Ran to go in by herself.

The courtyard is empty but large.

Li Ran stood under the door of the hanging flowers, measured the distance between walking through the verandah and going straight through the patio, which was a rectangle with three sides and one side, which was clear at a glance and was an excellent choice.

Li Ran descended the steps and went straight through the patio where there were no potted flowers.

At the door of the upper room, two small maids stood with their hands hanging down on the left and right, and when they saw Li Ran coming, a small servant lifted the curtain and reported: The girl is here.

They all call her girl, the third lady, they call the third lady, well, she is not in the ranks.

Li Mingshui, Marquis of Chang'an, sat on the top chair and was frowning and drinking tea. Seeing Li Ran coming in, he looked up at her for a moment, put down the cup, and motioned to Li Ran, who was looking directly at him, "What...... Forget it, you sit down. ”

She came in, and she didn't even see a salute, nor did she speak, just stood straight and looked straight at him, and if she hadn't stood and he was sitting, she wouldn't have known who the elder was, which was really rude.

Alas, forget it, she's just a poor child, I'm afraid she doesn't understand these etiquette.

Li Ran sat on the chair indicated by Li Mingshui, Marquis of Chang'an, and looked at Marquis Chang'an.

Chang'an Hou met Li Ran's frank gaze, and the manuscript that he had been preparing since he came out of the palace disappeared to the point where he didn't know where to go, and the painful thoughts that were blocked in his heart flooded out.

"You're a lot like her." Chang'anhou's voice was bitter.

Li Ran's eyebrows were slightly raised, it seems that she, like the two children of the Li family, has a balanced concentration of the characteristics of her parents.

Then her biological mother should be very beautiful, this is inevitable, whether it is a concubine or a dewy relationship, the only thing that can tempt a man is beauty.

"Your mother," Chang'anhou choked up, "do you know your mother?" ”

Li Ran shook her head.

"Your mother is the former princess Leping." Chang'an Hou turned his head, and a tear slipped from the corner of his eye.

Li Ran was dumbfounded.

Her feeling at this moment was exactly the same as when she heard Lin Hui say that he had always loved her, there was no joy or emotion, she only felt ridiculous to the point of deformation.

"Front, Liang? It's gone, isn't it? All gone? Li Ran swallowed.

Chang'an Hou nodded.

"You killed it? You captured Princess Leping? Anyone else? Li Ran looked at Chang'an Hou.

Unless he is captured by destroying the country, he is such a married man, and he is not good-looking, and the princess can't look down on him.

"It's the emperor and me." Chang'an Hou only answered Li Ran's first question.

"How did I grow up?" Li Ran sighed.

The emperor and he, the emperor of this dynasty, were still fighting sixteen or seventeen years ago, so this dynasty must not be established soon.

The Liang Dynasty, which has just perished, still has territory? Is there still a lot of energy left to fight and recover?

In addition to this new dynasty, are there other large and small countries standing side by side?

It turned out to be a troubled time, and the cards in her hand were worse than she expected.

"Beside your mother, there is a young eunuch in the old palace, surnamed Tao, Tao Zhong, who was ordered by your mother to take care of you growing up." Li Mingshui, Marquis of Chang'an, looked at Li Ran, and the tears in the corners of his eyes had passed.

Li Ran pursed her lips tightly and expressed her doubts with her expression, she didn't know how to ask.

"Since he arrived in Shanxian County, Tao Zhong has been dressed as a woman, and he lives next door to you, and he says that he can see you often, but he never lets you see him.

When I first arrived in Shanxian County, Tao Zhong found a daughter-in-law surnamed Zou and took your milk to the age of two, you don't remember it, and then asked Mr. Huang to take care of you, and after that, you all know. Chang'anhou's voice was soft.

Li Ran secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "What about Tao Zhong?" ”

"I passed away five days ago. He sent you back because he was so sick that he could no longer take care of you. ”

"What about Mr. Huang?" Li Ran asked again tentatively.

"Half a year after moving out of you, she passed away, before her death, Tao Zhong took good care of her, you can rest assured."

"Where's the deaf mother-in-law?" Li Ran looked at Chang'an Hou, who had already collected his emotions.

"In Shanxian County, I asked people to find her a job as a prison cook at the county office, don't worry."

Li Ran exhaled slowly, and a sadness welled up in her heart.

Tao Zhong took care of the little girl, but never saw her, why?

How did this Marquis of Chang'an get with that princess?

He didn't know this daughter, that is, they weren't together again, why wasn't they together?

How did that princess die?

Why didn't Tao Zhong hand over the little girl to Chang'an Hou early?

Alas, now, it seems that there are more problems.

"Is the world settled now? What about the Liang Dynasty? Anything else? I've only read poetry, I haven't read anything else. Li Ran cautiously took another step forward to probe.

"It's mostly settled." Chang'an Hou replied very cautiously.

Li Ran lowered her eyes.

It's just roughly, he avoided the questions behind, it seems that Liang Chao still has some strength left, alas, it's really a headache.

"The royal family of the Liang Dynasty, how many people are still alive?" Li Ran hesitated for a moment, but still asked.

The Marquis of Chang'an was silent for a long time, so long that when Li Ran felt that he would not answer her, he suddenly said in a low voice: "Among the branches, you are the only bloodline. ”

Li Ran almost choked, okay, now this card stinks to the end.

On the way back, Li Ran went around to the book building and picked out more than a dozen books, all of which were related to the Liang Dynasty.

When I returned to Cuiweiju, I sat down under the porch with a book in my arms, and held up a book, but I couldn't read it.

Li Ran sat with the bookworm in her hand for a while, threw down the book and stood up, went straight into the room, opened the small box placed at the head of the bed, and looked at the gold pages pressed inside.

The day after she moved into the yard with the little box in her arms, she found that the little box was filled.

Li Ran stared at the small box for a while, closed the small box, went out to the porch, sat back on the chair, and beckoned to Zhou E.

Chang'anhou's words just now let her know which words she could ask.

"You sit." Li Ran motioned to Zhou E.

Zhou E took a step back and sat down on the gooseneck chair.

"Do you know who my birth mother is, you knew it from the beginning?" Li Ran's question was straightforward.

"Yes." Zhou E's answer was more straightforward.

"Seventeen years ago, when the city of Liang Chaocheng was destroyed and Princess Leping was captured, where were you?"

"Eighteen years ago, on the ninth day of the first day of November, the city of Rong'an was broken. I was by the side of the Hou Ye at the time. Zhou E looked at Li Ran with a calm gaze.

"Can you tell us about the situation? The royal family of the Liang Dynasty is all dead? Li Ran moved and sat upright.

The Aunt Zhou in front of her, who was listening to orders by the Hou Ye's side at the time, was not a servant, she was a soldier, a professional woman, and she was still a very high-level one.

She respects all working women, especially those in a patriarchal society.

"At that time, the soldiers were divided into two roads, Huo Dashuai, the king of Hejian County, led the west road, the emperor was still the prince at the time, and took the marquis from the east road to Rong'an City, we surrounded Rong'an City on the third day, Huo Dashuai took the west barrier of Rong'an City Xingrong Pass, Emperor Renzong ......"

"Renzong?" Li Ran was surprised.

"Well, this is a word personally picked by the emperor. Emperor Renzong handed a letter to the emperor the next day, and heard that the letter said: The Liang Dynasty has enjoyed the country for more than 400 years, and since the mandate of heaven has arrived, he does not want to fill in more lives.

The next day, Hou Ye followed the emperor, and I followed Hou Ye, and went straight to the palace after entering the city. ”

Zhou E's words paused, and after a moment, he continued: "Later, I heard that before Emperor Renzong handed a letter to the emperor, he had already issued a decree to the children of the clan, saying that the Lu family had enjoyed the country for more than 400 years, and that it should live and die with the country.

When we arrived at the palace, Renzong and his wife, the prince and his wife and the little emperor and grandson had all died of poisoning, only Princess Leping was still alive, not Princess Leping who was greedy for life and afraid of death. ”

Zhou E looked at Li Ran, "It's Tao Zhong, who said that the princess is young and a daughter's family, secretly replaced the princess's poisonous wine, and originally planned to take the princess away, but the emperor arrived faster than he expected." ”

Li Ran exhaled slowly, she knew that now the emperor, why did she choose a benevolent character for that Renzong, as a dynasty that has lasted for more than four hundred years, Rong'an City must have a large population, and the lives of this city alone are enough to afford a benevolent character.

"Princess Leping was born extremely beautiful, and the girl is very much like her." Zhou E looked at Li Ran and sighed.

"How did Princess Leping fall into the hands of Master Hou?" After a long silence, Li Ran asked.

"The Emperor's Reward." Zhou E avoided Li Ran's gaze, "Anything else, I don't know." ”

"Thank you." After a long time, Li Ran thanked him in a low voice.

"Don't dare to be." Zhou E stood up and was just about to turn around, when Li Ran suddenly asked, "Did you put the golden page?" ”

"Yes." Zhou E met Li Ran's gaze and added, "It's the Hou Ye's order." ”

Li Ran watched Zhou E turn into the backyard, her upper body was soft, and she sat down in the chair, just wanting to sigh.

The book couldn't be read, and Li Ran collapsed a little further, almost lying flat on the chair, looking up at the new and beautiful roof.

Princess Leping is pitiful.

Tao Zhong may be in love with her, when the country was destroyed and the city was broken, he thought that the opportunity had come, replaced the princess's cup of poison, and wanted to secretly take her away, and took it as he already had.

I didn't expect that people were not as good as heaven, and the princess became a trophy.

The Marquis of Chang'an can get such a reward from the princess, it seems that he has won the trust of the emperor.

Later, how did a trophy like Princess Leping get out of control? Tao Zhong?

After Tao Zhong took the little girl to Shanxian County, it was the nurse who took care of the little girl for the first two years, and the little girl was still a little doll who was nursing at that time.

At that time, Princess Leping must have died, otherwise Tao Zhong would not have been without following the princess.

Tao Zhong escaped from the control of the Marquis of Chang'an and even the emperor with Princess Leping, and he must have been displaced and miserable along the way.

When Princess Leping escaped, Chang'an Hou most likely didn't know that she was pregnant, and the princess's level of loot must be very strictly guarded, menstrual affairs or something...... When Princess Leping fled, there was a high probability that she was pregnant for no more than two months.

Alas, how did the most beautiful and delicate princess, who was pregnant, endure such suffering?

She died about the time of childbirth, so Tao Zhong had to bring up this little girl because she was the daughter of the princess, but he hated this little girl because she killed the princess.

In this way, Tao Zhong's unconventional and perverted care of the little girl can make sense.

Alas, the little girl was more pitiful than her mother.

The Renzong of the Liang Dynasty, who can let go of the city, and committed suicide and martyrdom, has both benevolence and festivals, and his knowledge will not be bad, and he should also be an easy-going and benevolent character, such a person, the death of the country must not be his fault, but accumulated from generation to generation, and in his hands, he is already terminally ill and hopeless.

Such an emperor, the reputation and popularity should not be bad, after the death of the country, even if there is Renzong's will, even if the imperial family can really abide by it, there will still be many unwilling old officials and old nobles, hoping to restore yesterday's glory under various banners.

So, is she, the only direct bloodline of the Liang Dynasty royal family, hot?

Chang'an Hou took her back, and today's entry into the palace, a large part of it is because of this.

Resources like hers must be held tightly in the palm of their hands to reassure them.

Alas, it was a real headache, and besides, she couldn't think of any way to fix it.

Of course, she can think about the benefits, for example: she is still quite noble, and for example, her life and death, and even her living situation, are not up to the people in this mansion to decide......

Because of this, did the lady dress her up as a walking gold vessel to vent her anger?

Li Ran laughed thoughtfully.

You still have to think about the good in everything!