The horse cries urgently. A group of riders marched on the road into the eastern capital of Luoyang, and at the moment they were Li Jiao, the king of Guangping, and a woman in a beautiful beard, his half-sister Lord Dening. The anxiety of the county lord of Dening was overflowing, and from time to time he drove his horse and whipped his horse, Li Jiao's expression was calm, and only inadvertently, his eyes revealed a sharp light, shining in the night.

Entering the imperial city, passing through the gate of heaven, entering the palace city, abandoning the horse and galloping, a large number of entourages in the back were panting, and when they arrived in front of the prince's bedroom in the East Palace, they each stopped, and the two maids rushed forward to untie the jujube red cloak for the lord of Dening, the lord of Dening pushed away with an impatient palm, kicked on the refined small leather boots, and stepped into the hall with a bang, Li Jiao took off his cloak and threw it to the attendants behind him, and followed in.

Prince Yu is playing against the crown princess Zhang under the lamp, he is thin and weak, his face is haggard, since he ascended to the throne of the prince, there are many constraints, open and secret battles are everywhere, almost tired. Concubine Zhang is of medium stature, originally the crown prince Liangdi, since Concubine Wei was abolished, she was only established as the crown princess, a pair of big and divine Danfeng eyes match the high nose bridge, in the dignified and merry, in the gaze is more profound.

Before the voice of the little yellow door announced, the county lord of Dening had already rushed in, and overturned the chessboard, the black, black and white jade chess pieces were jingling all over the ground, and several little eunuchs who held the lamp were so panicked that they were lying on the ground looking for an end.

"Girl, you are presumptuous!" The prince couldn't help but get angry at the behavior of his youngest daughter, who loved him the most. 婼 is the small character of the lord of Dening. looked her up and down, and became even more angry, "Look at you, what kind of clothes are you wearing, this Hufu folk woman is just wearing it, you are a dignified county lord, you dare to wear it into the palace, are you afraid that the saint will know?" ”

"Why! Why did you marry me to Zheng Xun?! The county lord of Dening ignored it at all, and shouted straight in front of the prince.

Although the prince had expected this question, his expression instantly darkened, and Concubine Zhang hurriedly stepped forward to help him sit down, and repeatedly tried to ask the county lord of Dening not to continue. The county lord of Dening threw the horse whip in his hand to the ground, and whined and cried: "Father, you are too ruthless, that Zheng Xun is ugly and stupid, I won't marry, and I won't marry if I die!" ”

"Your boss is not small, he is only sixteen years old, you should understand something......" When the prince spoke again, his tone was much softer.

"It's not that your father is ruthless, it's true," Concubine Zhang continued: "It's really Li Linfu who has begged your father many times for this matter, Zheng Xun is Li Linfu's cousin, and your father can't have a son." ”

"What's wrong with Li Linfu, even if he is the right minister, but my father is the crown prince of the dynasty, and I am also the lord of the county, do you need to look at people like this? Do you need to be so aggrieved? Lord Dening said sadly.

The prince really had nothing to say for a while, and told himself that this pampered daughter had been threatened by Li Linfu everywhere, and it was difficult for him to protect himself? blames only her own weakness, blames this daughter for traveling around all day to provoke right and wrong, and was actually looked down upon by Zheng Xun. I looked up and saw Li Li, the king of Guangping, also coming in, and asked, "Li, what are you doing here?" Do you want to intercede for your sister too? ”

Li Jiao bowed down and replied lightly: "I also feel that Zheng Xun is a person, and he is really not worthy of a woman." ”

The prince looked up at the top of the hall, the yellow and shiny brass tiles, he was very tired and tired after being the prince for eight years. He breathed a sigh of relief and said: "The holy decree has been issued, and it will be promulgated tomorrow morning, and I have no power to return to heaven." ”

"No!" The chief of Dening County screamed, cried and said: "Father, you can argue with reason, just like Brother Wang marrying Concubine Shen, didn't you refuse to accept Mrs. Han's daughter as a concubine in front of the Holy Lord?" ”

The prince changed color and asked in a deep voice, "Who told you?" Who said that I rejected it before the Holy One? ”

"Half of the people in Chang'an City ——!" The county lord of Dening "knows" the three words before he spit out, and he has already heard the prince shout: "Hugh has to talk nonsense, the saint is wise and wise, where can I sway my mind!" Don't say that again! Concubine Zhang, lead the maid to your side hall to rest! ”

The county lord of Dening stomped his feet hatefully, and shouted sadly, "Father, I hate you to death", then turned around and ran outside the hall, Concubine Zhang hurriedly called: "Li Fuguo, quickly bring a few people to follow the county lord, don't let her run into the mess!" Li Jiao was also going to follow, but he heard the prince call: "Li, you stay!" He said to Concubine Zhang: "You go and rest, our father and son still have something to say." ”

Retreating left and right, only the father and son were left in the main hall.

The prince stared at Li Jiao and said, "You turned back on the way back to Chang'an?" ”

Li Li replied "yes" and stood on the spot, without saying a word.

The crown prince sighed, looked at the son in front of him, and became more and more like the emperor and calm, but in the past few years, he has become more and more alienated from himself, and said: "You know that you are still blaming me, blaming me for forbearing to abandon your mother Wei in the first place." Although Concubine Wei is not Li Jiao's biological mother, she raised him single-handedly, which is better than her own child.

"My son doesn't dare, my son knows, and my father is also forced to do so."

"I can't help it," the prince chewed on this sentence, a little bitter, and said, "Your princess is very sick, do you know?" ”

Li Jiao's eyebrows flashed, but the prince didn't see it, and heard him reply: "Yes, my son is preparing to rush back to the house." ”

"Then let's leave early, I won't leave you behind."

The Lan Qi in the Qingyi Pavilion was full of anger, Li Li was a little surprised, according to Shen Zhuzhu, he had been sick for more than ten days, and it should be the smell of medicine in the pavilion. When Su Porcelain and Hongrui saw the prince coming back, they all knelt down to salute.

Only then did I find that the orchid incense was a cyan kettle placed on several cases, and there was a small stove under the kettle, and the water in the kettle boiled like a pine wind, and asked: "Why don't you decoct the medicine when you are sick, but decoction the tea?" ”

Su Ci replied: "Back to His Royal Highness, the princess has occasionally felt a cold since half a month ago, and invited countless doctors to prolong her treatment, but she is getting sick; The princess ordered the slaves and maids to stop the medicine and drink some tea, but the past two days have been stronger than before. After speaking, he listened to the sound of water in the kettle, and replied: "Your Highness forgives your sins, the water has been fried, and the slave maid has sencha!" Li Jiao nodded and said, "You all get up!" ”

Su Porcelain got up and took out a small box of bamboo paint from the cupboard, opened and measured half a spoon of tea powder and put it into the center of boiling water, and slowly stirred it with a bamboo chopstick, only to see that the water was like a gurgling stream and the tea powder was like a green cloud in the water, and it was like a light bun on the head of a Hunan moth, fragrant to the bones, and the chest was suddenly opened, Li Jiao couldn't help but smile slightly, and praised it: "It's really good tea!" Su Ci replied with a smile: "Your Highness, this is natural, but if there is no princess's method of sencha, it will only spoil the best Jiannan Mengding Stone Flower Tea in this tea." ”

"It turns out that this sencha method was taught to you by the princess?" Li Li asked, through the densely woven beaded curtain, the red curtain of the inner room was still faintly visible, and the people inside seemed to be coughing weakly, and there was no sound in an instant.

"The slave and maid have only learned a little bit of the skin, less than one-tenth of the princess." Su porcelain said while taking out two glazed jade and slightly pale cyan tea cups, this is the famous product of the Yue kiln "such as jade", brought from Wuxing, only four, Yin'e disappeared on the day Shen Pearl has broken one, Su porcelain later lamented the old for a long time. Take the kettle off the fire, divide the tea soup and the soup flowers in the pot, the tender green tea soup is below, and the soup flowers like the green pings of Quzhu in the back pond are on the top, and present a lamp to Li Jiao: "Please taste it, Your Highness." Li Jiao just nodded slightly: "Let's put it aside for now." So saying, he went into the inner room.

Shen Pearl was still asleep. The day after Yin'e's incident, her brother Shen Jiefu visited her, and by the way brought some new tea after the rain that Gongsun Erniang entrusted someone to bring. She has always been in a strong body, so she didn't pay attention to it, let alone delay the doctor's consultation, thinking that she would naturally get better in a few days. I didn't know that this disease was getting worse and worse, and after four or five days, I couldn't walk on the ground, Liu Run had already invited the doctors in the palace and Chang'an City, and all the medicines that should be used were used, but there was no improvement.

Shen Pearl lying on the bed was so delicate, her smooth and satin-like hair was only tied up, half scattered and half sprinkled on the pillow and shoulders, covering her snow-white neck, but there was only a pale feeling on her delicate and delicate face, and her eyebrows were slightly frowned, thinking that she was sick. Li Li couldn't help but feel a little guilty and pity, and couldn't help but hold her delicate and delicate quilt, but he was shocked, this hand was cold to the bone, and there was no half of the temperature, he lowered his voice and shouted out: "Liu Run-"

Liu Run came in with his back bent, and Li Li commanded: "Quickly go to the Jianning Palace, invite the king and the princess of Jianning!" He took out his vermilion name sticker from his bosom and handed it to Liu Run: "Let's just say that this king invited Princess Jianning to stoop to treat the concubine." ”

"Yes, the old slave is going!" Liu Runxi was overjoyed. King Jianning and King Guangping grew up together in Baisun Academy, and they have a close relationship, Princess Jianning's medical skills are not under the imperial doctor in the palace, but if there is no King Guangping to speak, where can ordinary people be invited.

Liu Run just went out on the front foot, and a figure rushed into the inner room like a butterfly, shouting "Brother Wang", and went to the bed to see Shen Zhu, but it was the lord of Dening. Li Li was surprised: "Why did you come to Chang'an so soon, your father and mother are looking for you everywhere!" ”

The leader of the Dening group laughed and said: "Sister-in-law is so beautiful, Brother Wang, you are really a blessing!" Touching Shen Pearl's smooth face, he reached out to wipe his face again, and called exaggeratedly: "God, you are really unfair, why don't you let me have this face!" ”

"I think you dare to go crazy, a few days ago in my father's life and death, today you are messing around with me, don't you see your sister-in-law sick?" Li Li said angrily.

"Of course I'm going to go crazy," said Lord Dening, "I'm going to be crazy!" She was still wearing a beard and a tight waist, so it was very convenient for her to move, she jumped up as she spoke, and her hands barely climbed on Li Li's shoulders, and said to her brother happily: "You know, I don't have to marry, I don't have to marry!" Zheng Xun: He's dead! Ha, ha, ha! ”

Li Jiao said: "Oh, how can you say that death is death?" Wasn't it okay the other day? ”

Lord Dening smiled again with a relieved smile: "So today I want to solemnly introduce someone to Brother Wang, who helped me." As he spoke, he pushed and shoved Li Li to the outer room.

Sure enough, there was a person in the outer room standing with his back to him, and after hearing the sound, he turned around and said to Li Jiao with a half-bow: "An Qingxu see King Guangping." ”

Li Jiao bowed and returned the salute: "Deputy Envoy An is busy with official business, but he hasn't seen him for more than a year. An Qingxu was still wearing his usual arrow robe, his face was dusty, and he was a little tired, which was different from what Li Jiao had seen in the past.

"So you've known each other for a long time!" The county lord of Dening cheered and twittered: "It's him, General An, who helped me assassinate Zheng Xun, his swordsmanship is not good!" Seeing that Li Li's face gradually became gloomy, he timidly lowered his voice, as if he was pitifully pulling his sleeve: "Brother Wang, don't be angry, you love me the most, you definitely can't bear to let me live as well as die, right?" ”

Li Jiao flicked his sleeves and said, "You are bold and reckless, reckless. Although the holy decree has been issued, the marriage letter has been issued, but as long as one day is not married, we have to come up with a way, now Zheng Xun is dead, the wood has been completed, you have become a righteous widow, do you know! ”

The county lord of Dening pouted nonchalantly and said: "A widow is a widow, what is there to be afraid of, there are many princesses who are widows and princesses who marry second and third in this dynasty!" ”

"Your Royal Highness," An Qingxu interjected: "You can't blame the county lord for this matter, it's all because An started at a certain time and made a big mistake, and An is willing to bear it." ”

It turned out that the lord of Dening rushed out of the palace in a negative anger that day, angry and hateful, and ran away in Luoyang City, leaving Li Fuguo and others who followed behind. On the same day, Zheng Xun people were in good spirits on happy occasions, and invited a group of fox friends and dog friends to drink all night in the wine shop, and they couldn't help but be drunk and couldn't help it. This Zheng Xun is also damned, he recognized the lord of Dening in a drunken daze, and actually stepped forward to tease, An Qingxu happened to pass by, he couldn't see a man molesting a woman, there was no difference between killing people and killing dogs and pigs, and he didn't want to think about it at the moment, and he killed Zheng Xun with a sword. The two rode a strong horse and rushed to Chang'an day and night, but they were only a little later than Li Jiao, who set off first.

Li Jiao asked the reason for the situation and was slightly relieved to learn that there was no third person present at the time. Secretly thinking about Zheng Xun's death, although Li Linfu will not give up, and he has many eyes and ears, one day he will suspect Dening, but there is no evidence, and second, the person was killed by An Qingxu, An Lushan must not be easy to provoke, and the matter can only be counted step by step. So he said to An Qingxu: "Deputy Envoy An, I hope to forgive you for what you have offended." The concubine is sick, let's go to the study to catch up, and prepare a thin banquet, don't shirk. ”

But I heard An Qingxu say: "It turns out that the princess is sick,...... An is not talented, and he learned a little medical skills in his early years......"

Li Jiao said happily: "That's just right, I'm going to bother Deputy Envoy An!" "This thin noodles have to be given, Li Jiao didn't really expect An Qingxu to cure Shen Zhu's illness.

This dynasty has no taboos for the prevention of men and women, and at the moment he invited An Qingxu into the inner room, An Qingxu did not take the pulse, only stared at Shen Zhuzhu's face for a long time, and then raised his head and said to Li Jiao: "According to An's view, the princess's illness is not affected by the cold breeze, but seems to be poisoned." ”

"It turns out that Senior Brother is here, Lin Zhi is too much to come today!" Princess Murong Lin Zhi of Jianning entered the curtain at this time, her name is taken from the meaning of "Fengzhi under the forest", delicate and slender, not very beautiful, but elegant and elegant, there is no temperament, and her voice is like a warbler crying swallow. She had been acquainted with the Li Li brothers as early as a year ago, and she often traveled together, and she was unceremonious in and out of the Guangping Palace.

An Qingxu was stunned, turned his face and looked at Shen Pearl again, and suddenly hugged his fists and said: "Princess Jianning's medical skills are far better than mine, and An is inconvenient to disturb her, so I will leave!" ”

Li Jiao was stunned and intended to keep it, but he was worried about the pearl's illness, so he had to say: "Please take care of Deputy Envoy An." ”

An Qingxu said to go, when he passed by Murong Linzhi's side, his left hand moved slightly, and an object was silently stuffed into her hand, Murong Linzhi had not yet reacted, and raised his eyes to see An Qingxu's eyes like an eagle falcon, and the light flashed on his body, and his heart was sudden, and he quickly hid the thing in his sleeve.

Lord Dening shouted, "Don't go," and hurriedly followed.

Li Jiao said: "An Qingxu is really a weirdo! ”

Murong Lin Zhi's eyes turned quickly, and when he saw Li Li's eyes ethereal, he looked at Shen Pearl who was asleep, calmed down for a while, looked at Shen Pearl's complexion, remembered the size and shape of the thing An Qingxu handed to him, his heart moved, and he replied with a smile: "My senior brother is like this, I look at his appearance today, it is even more strange." His hand lightly rested on Shen Zhuzhu's pulse, and he frowned and said, "Senior brother is right, she is indeed poisoned." He called a few personal maids such as Su Ci and Hongrui, and asked Shen Pearl about her recent symptoms and the medicines she was taking one by one, and then said to Li Jiao: "Sister-in-law's illness was indeed cold and fever at first, and it didn't matter much, but someone had put the poison wind herb in the medicine she was taking, which was extremely rare, and ordinary doctors couldn't diagnose it, but fortunately, the master once told me and my senior brother." ”

Li Jiao's face sank when he heard this, the exclusive Shang Pharmacy in the house, the grabbing, decoction, and delivery of the drugs after the doctor prescribed the prescription were all in charge of the Shang Pharmacy, and others could not interfere at all, and they were about to be interrogated by the Shang Pharmacy, Liu Run had already walked in quickly, attached to him and whispered a few words, he couldn't help but sneer: "Okay, what a murderer, finally deceived the king!" It turned out that Liu Run had just been reported that the two maids of Shang Pharmacy were killed in the pharmacy with sharp weapons.

Murong Lin Zhi knew that Li Jiao's mood was not very obvious, but today he was quite annoyed, and hurriedly explained him: "I am waiting for you in the pavilion, go quickly." I'm here to see your princess, although she is poisoned, with me, I guarantee that it will be fine. ”

Stepping down the pavilion, the spring breeze was still in the air, and Li Qi, the king of Jianning, was dressed in white and shengxue, and saw Li Li coming from a distance, with a bright smile on his clear face.