After entering the Daming Palace and worshipping the temple, Li Longji pulled the new emperor and said to the ministers: "I have been the Son of Heaven for 50 years, and I have never felt how noble I am, but now that I have become the father of the Son of Heaven, I know what is noble." ”

The new emperor's attitude is still very humble: "I also asked my father to live in Daming Palace, so that my son can serve nearby." ”

Li Longji shook his head: "I'd better go to Xingqing Palace." It's not big, but I've gotten used to it after living there for so many years. ”

The new emperor didn't do much to keep it, and looked very obedient: "That...... What about Awen? ”

Li Longji didn't answer, but turned his head to look at Xiao Jiangyuan.

Xiao Jiangyuan took a step forward and said respectfully: "The old minister, I don't dare to eat a vegetarian meal, I just hope that I still have the strength to serve the emperor for the rest of my life." Internal attendants and other official positions, and also ask the saint to choose another virtuous and virtuous person. ”

"Ah Weng has worked hard for so many years, I have always remembered it in my heart, how can I treat him coldly? After Ah Weng arrived in Chengdu, he had been promoted to the Duke of Qi because of his meritorious service, and now since Ah Weng doesn't want to do those tiring jobs anymore, then I will add Ah Weng as the Kaifu Yi and the three divisions. The new emperor's tone was light, but unquestionable.

Xiao Jiangyuan originally thought that the new emperor asked himself in order to give himself an opportunity to take the initiative and vacate his official position for Li Fuguo. The emperors have changed a generation, not to mention the mere eunuchs? Even if the new emperor didn't ask her, he directly dismissed her from her official position and reappointed her as Li Fuguo, no one would say anything. She thought that the new emperor would be promoted and belittled by her, after all, she was a eunuch next to the emperor, and her status was higher than that of the eunuchs around the emperor, at least she had to be at the same level, but she never thought that the new emperor directly gave her a product.

When the courtiers were alive, they could open the palace from the first product to the same three divisions, which was already the pinnacle of their careers, and after their deaths, they were posthumously presented with a positive product, which was complete, and the eunuchs were different. Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the eunuchs in the early years have not been on the third grade, and it was Li Longji who broke this tradition. Everyone thinks that Sanpin is already the end of the eunuch career, but they don't want the new emperor to directly raise the upper limit of the eunuch rank, and directly rank with the civil and military officials.

At this time, no one could have predicted what kind of hidden danger this laid for the eunuch dictatorship of the Tang Dynasty later. They can only see that the new emperor is filial to the emperor, and he also respects Xiao Jiangyuan, he is really a good emperor with both ability and political integrity, integrity and kindness.

If it was in the past, Xiao Jiangyuan would immediately refuse, resign or simply give office, but after Li Longji and she both rejected the new emperor, she couldn't refuse again.

After entering the Daming Palace, she withdrew her gaze and mind, and immediately found that the new emperor after entering the city was a little different from the new emperor before entering the city.

He still had a proper smile on his face, but the smile in his eyes was gone.

At this time, Li Longji also nodded shallowly at her, and she knelt down to thank her. The surrounding officials, under the leadership of Li Fuguo, immediately congratulated her, and the title was immediately changed to "Xiao Kaifu".

This time, she is really a very good minister.

But how did she feel that this "opening of the house" was far less good than the sound of "general".

After settling Xiao Jiangyuan, the new emperor set his eyes on Chen Xuanli, and was about to say something, when he heard Li Longji say: "General Chen is also old, let him accompany me in Xingqing Palace." ”

Chen Xuanli knew that he had offended the new emperor in Ma Weiyi, how did he not know that Li Longji was protecting him, so he knelt down to the new emperor and said: "The old minister is injured and sick, and it is no longer suitable to be a general, but I am willing to use the body of a rotten wood to protect the emperor in the south for the rest of my life, and I hope that the saint will give permission." ”

The new emperor nodded: "I can't bear to brush the heart of a veteran, and I can't go against my father's wishes." That's fine, I'm more relieved to have you guarding my father. ”

After having lunch in Daming Palace, the new emperor specially sent someone to send Li Longji and others to Xingqing Palace, and said apologetically before leaving: "It hasn't been long since my son returned to Chang'an, and Dongnei Nannei has not had time to clean up, so I am afraid that it will be abandoned." However, my father can rest assured that my father will send someone to send him immediately, and this group of palace people and eunuchs will also go with my father. If the father still wants anything in the future, he must also send someone to tell his son. ”

"The emperor has a lot of opportunities, don't worry about my little thing, I will enjoy my old age in Xingqing Palace in the future, and there is probably nothing to trouble the emperor."

After speaking, Li Longji turned around and boarded the chariot.

It wasn't until he entered Xingqing Palace that Xiao Jiangyuan knew what the so-called "wasted" looked like.

It's just overgrown with weeds, no matter what kind of luxurious mansion, no one lives in it for a long time, it will be like this, but the water in the dragon pool is muddy and exudes a foul smell, the water pavilion parked on the shore is directly smashed, and the cracks and dirt on the walls of the palace everywhere are even layer upon layer, and the agarwood pavilion even collapsed in half. Nanxun Hall is preserved, but the things inside, even the hanging curtains, have been torn clean, the diligent government building is also quite peaceful, but the books in the warehouse have been moved out, lit into a fire, the calyx Xianghui building is the most miserable, the small musical instrument is not left, the big one is dismembered/dismembered, only a jade chime seems to be bulky and inconspicuous, and finally escaped.

Compared with the Xingqing Palace that Fang just saw outside the palace walls, it is simply two worlds.

Xiao Jiangyuan immediately set out, first leading the eunuchs of the palace to pick up the Nanxun Palace, and then assigned them to clean up their respective residences, as for other places, they had to go step by step.

Li Longji just said that there is no need to trouble the new emperor, there is a damage to the palace in front of him, which needs to be dealt with by a special general as a supervisor, they can repair flowers and plants at most, clean the pond, but will not build pavilions.

"It's easy to talk about this matter, just go and ask the saint to give an order." Xiao Jiangyuan said lightly, "After all, the emperor is the saint's own father, and there will always be no shortage of applications, and the minister will also list all the damaged and lost musical instruments, and ask the saint to make up for it." ”

Xiao Jiangyuan was about to leave as he spoke, but Li Longji grabbed his wrist: "A-Yuan...... It doesn't have to be that trouble. The pavilion collapsed, and I didn't sit down, and the pavilion rotted, and I didn't feel cold. The pool can be gradually cleaned, the walls can be slowly painted, as for those musical instruments, we can buy materials and make them ourselves, which is also a kind of fun, fortunately, the jade chime of Lantian jade remained, otherwise I really have no choice The rebels really have no vision. ”

“…… It's good. Xiao Jiangyuan understood the authenticity.

They didn't intend to seek the help of the new emperor, and thought it would be nice to live the rest of their lives like this, but that was not the case in the eyes of others.

A few days later, Princess Yuzhen came to the door.

Princess Yuzhen, who has always been casual and sparse, was greatly mourned after seeing Li Longji, hugged Li Longji and cried for a long time before resting. Seeing that the surroundings were so chaotic and shabby, she was even more angry: "The saint is so unfilial, he lives well in the Daming Palace, but he brought you here?" didn't send someone to pick up in advance, is he still a bit like a son? People outside also praised him for his benevolence and filial piety, and when I was outside the palace gate, I also felt that he was benevolent and filial, but when I came in and looked, what was this? ”

Seeing that Li Longji was not angry or annoyed, but laughed and coaxed herself, Princess Yuzhen couldn't help but sob: "Third brother...... You weren't like that before. ”

"You said it, that's all before."

At this time, a eunuch came to report: "Princess Hezheng asks to see." ”

Because the new emperor ascended the throne, the lord of Hezheng became the princess of Hezheng. After she and Liu Tan entered the palace to greet Li Longji and Princess Yuzhen, they knelt down to Xiao Jiangyuan and said, "Thank you Xiao Kaifu for saving my son's life!" ”

Everyone was at a loss, so they heard Princess Hezheng get up and sit down, and said slowly.

It turned out that her eldest son was really a very clever boy, who escaped disaster after disaster with his two younger brothers, and was later taken in by Feng Shenwei and a strange man. The strange man, Zhilan Yushu, claimed to be a person in Xiao Jiangyuan's house, and was ordered by Xiao Jiangyuan to take in many orphans in Xiao Jiangyuan's private residence during the rebels' occupation of Chang'an.

Thanks to Xiao Jiangyuan's quiet appearance on weekdays, his private residence looked plain and unpretentious, so he was not swept away by the rebels. As a result, the good times didn't last long, I don't know who saw the man on the street, saying that he had been a small man in the Qinglou of Pingkangfang in his early years, and he was still the top brand, which actually attracted An Qingxu's attention. In order to protect the man and the children in the house, Feng Shenwei died in battle, and the man handed over all the keys to the house to Princess Hezheng's eldest son, and then left with An Qingxu.

The neighbors around them, except for those who fled and died, all admired the man very much, but before he left the workshop, some people said that the man was a man who forgot his righteousness, and there were even more ugly words, and Princess Hezheng couldn't learn.

Within half a year after the man left, An Lushan was killed by An Qingxu. Until Chang'an returned to the Tang Dynasty, the man did not come back.

“…… I only heard that on the day of the recovery of Chang'an, a man threw himself into Qujiangchi. Later, I sent someone to inquire, and there was more than one body salvaged in the pool, which was put in Yizhuang for two months, and no relatives and friends came to claim it, so I never could tell who was who, and was buried by several wealthy families. Princess Hezheng said, "Since I can't find that benevolent father, I can only thank Xiao Kaifu." ”

Princess Yuzhen said coldly: "If you really want to thank Xiao Kaifu, go and talk to your Aye, at least send someone over to repair it, so that your grandfather and Engong can live more comfortably." ”

Princess Hezheng entered the palace all the way, and naturally saw the group scenery in the palace. Hearing Princess Yuzhen speak, she blushed: "Maybe Aya is too busy...... But don't worry, my aunt and grandmother, I will definitely go and tell Aya about it, and I will personally come to supervise the renovation of Xingqing Palace, and I also ask my grandfather, aunt and grandmother and Xiao Kaifu to rest assured. ”

Li Longji smiled bitterly and sighed: "What do you want me to say, you are willing to believe that it was really me who took the initiative to ask to come to live in Xingqing Palace, and this matter has nothing to do with the emperor at all." ”

Xiao Jiangyuan listened quietly all the time, and sighed: "Princess Hezheng don't misunderstand, the old slave is in the house...... There has never been such a person. ”

Princess Hezheng has never known about Xiao Jiangyuan's house, but Princess Yuzhen knows a thing or two. As soon as she looked at Li Longji questioningly, she saw Li Longji looking at Xiao Jiangyuan deeply and did not speak.

Xiao Jiangyuan said again: "As for Xingqing Palace, the emperor has his own plans, and the old slave will also deal with everything as soon as possible, so there is no need for the two princesses to bother and never bother to talk in front of the saint, the emperor and the saint are safe and good to each other." ”

Since they didn't believe what they said, they had no choice but to tell the truth.

Sure enough, after hearing this, Princess Yuzhen and Princess Hezheng immediately dispelled all the thoughts of facing the saint. Princess Hezheng thought for a while and said, "But Xingqing Palace, grandfather should hand it over to his granddaughter, if grandfather has any ideas, he can tell his granddaughter, and granddaughter will do her best to achieve it." Aya must have been too busy, so her granddaughter did her filial piety for Aye. ”

Two months later, Xingqing Palace finally regained its former style, and added a bit of new atmosphere.

After a few more months, the first wave of guests invited by Li Longji finally arrived at the Calyx Xianghui Building.

"Disciple Liyuan, meet the patriarch!"

Li Guinian has also turned white, but his voice is as loud and beautiful as before; Xie Aman is still delicate, but he is also much calmer. They all knelt in front of Li Longji, tears streaming down their faces, and they couldn't get up for a long time until they heard a strange and piercing chime.

Li Longji smiled helplessly: "Hurry up and stop that sound idiot." ”

Xiao Jiangyuan stood on the edge of the jade chime, holding the jade hammer in his hand, with a light smile on his face and an innocent look in his eyes.