Li Longye turned his head when he heard this, and saw Xue Chongjian coming over, and said in surprise: "When did you come?" ”

"I came here yesterday," Xue Chongjian said and bowed to Xiao Jiangyuan, and then sat down as well, "The Five Princes' Mansions are built next to each other and are connected to each other, when I came yesterday, I didn't avoid anyone or hide from anyone, you don't know?" ”

"I went out yesterday and came back when the dusk drum sounded, and if you arrived early, of course I wouldn't know." Li Longye snorted lightly.

Li Longye is the youngest in this group of familiar brothers, and he has been loved by his brothers since he was a child, although Xue Chongjian is an aunt and cousin, he is no exception. Seeing Li Longye's appearance, Xue Chongjian chuckled silently, and straightened his face: "When is this happening, don't you want to help your cousin, and you still have the heart to run around?" ”

"I didn't run around!" Li Longye looked wronged, "Besides, I want to help the third brother, but don't talk about me, even the second brother, the fourth brother, and the third brother refused." This matter is not trivial, did we not intervene, whether this matter succeeds or fails, it has nothing to do with us? Who believes. ”

Xue Chongjian was speechless for a while, and turned his eyes to look at Xiao Jiangyuan. Xiao Jiangyuan said: "I don't know where the King of Zhongshan went yesterday?" ”

The topic was immediately diverted, Li Longye sighed, and whispered: "I entered the palace yesterday to accompany Shiro...... Sage too. The life of the saint was very difficult. The Queen Mother simply used him as a puppet, except for when she was in the court, she let him sit in the court, and she didn't look at him as a son of heaven on weekdays. Even though a group of slaves and maids took him to play all day long, he didn't let him go to any classes, thinking that when my grandmother let us all live in the palace, she had never been so excessive, and the queen mother was too stingy! ”

Xue Chongjian didn't expect Empress Wei to do this: "The palace attendants can also read and write, enrich their knowledge, isn't Shangguan Zhaorong a talented woman who came out of the palace school?" Could it be that the dignified son of heaven is not as good as the palace servant? ”

Xiao Jiangyuan lowered his eyes and smiled: "In this way, won't the Queen Mother justifiably delay the time of the saint's pro-government?" When the time is ripe in the future, I am afraid that I will use this as an excuse to do things that are abolished, and the abolition is naturally the saint of today, and this one may not have a surname. ”

The Li Tang Dynasty could no longer afford the birth of a female emperor with a different surname. Li Longye pulled Xiao Jiangyuan's sleeve: "Ah Yuan, you tell me the truth, third brother this time...... What are the odds? ”

Xiao Jiangyuan said calmly: "At most, thirty percent." ”

"What then?!"

"The plan is in the people, the success is in the sky, and the fate of this thing, sometimes I really don't believe it. Ah Lang's luck has been very good recently, everything is going well, maybe ......" Xiao Jiangyuan's eyebrows and eyes flowed with a touch of tenderness, "There is really such a thing as destiny." ”

Without waiting for Li Longye to stand up in a hurry, Xiao Jiangyuan continued: "In addition, it is to be slaughtered by others, if the ending is death, which one will the King of Zhongshan choose?" ”

Li Longye didn't think about it and said: "It's good to fight once, at least you have to pull a few to accompany the funeral, if you can give Empress Wei a hard blow, then it will be better." After a pause, he said unwillingly, "Besides, who said that the third brother would definitely lose?" Phew, I didn't say that! ”

Xiao Jiangyuan laughed shallowly, and his voice was much softer: "Wulang is worthy of being Ah Lang's blood-related brother, please accept the slave and maid." ”

Li Longye hurriedly stopped: "What is there to worship here, we don't have soft bones in the Prime Minister's Mansion!" ”

Xue Chongjian smiled and patted Li Longye on the shoulder: "Well said!" Over the years, brothers have not hurt you in vain! ”

Li Longye immediately hid: "You love to bully me the most, it's even more excessive than the lobby brother!" ”

"Okay, okay, no more trouble." Seeing that Xiao Jiangyuan wanted to speak and stopped, Xue Chongjian remembered something, so he smiled slightly and said, "You didn't enter the palace for nothing, let's talk about it, except for the Queen Mother and the saint, how are the others, and what is the situation in the palace?" Like Princess Anle, Shangguan Zhaorong, what have you heard and seen, no matter how big or small, you must say everything. When he mentioned Princess Anle, he also deliberately glanced at Xiao Jiangyuan.

Li Longye didn't notice Xue Chongjian's eyes, and said unhappily: "It's not that you can't enter the palace, why don't you go and see it yourself?" ”

“…… Are you kid tight-skinned? ”

Li Longye couldn't help but shrink, and when he saw that Xiao Jiangyuan was still there, he coughed lightly a few times, and hurriedly sat up straight: "Just say it." There is nothing unusual in the palace, but the palace people and the attendants are still like that. ”

Xue Chongjian said: "In this way, the Queen Mother really didn't take us juniors seriously, thinking that if she controlled the Son of Heaven, King Xiang and King Heiyong, she would be able to sit back and relax." ”

"That's what it is." Xiao Jiangyuan shook his head and sighed, "It's just that even so, the Queen Mother should do something more desperate, even if she doesn't send troops to besiege her, at least let Ah Lang and the Zhongshan King brothers out." Several ministers are now listening to the Queen Mother, why is no one reminding them? Even if several ministers didn't think of it, or like the Queen Mother, they didn't take it to heart when they thought of it, but ......, "Shangguan Wan'er will definitely think of it, didn't she say anything, or did Empress Wei not listen?"

"What do you want to do with these?" Xue Chongjian said, "This is the Empress Dowager's negligence, but it is my cousin's opportunity." It's better for them to keep going like this. After a pause, he turned to Li Longye and said, "How is Princess An Le now?" Now that the Queen Mother is regent, she is more arrogant from time to time, and the saint is here with her, and it is estimated that she will have to suffer a lot. ”

Li Longye shook his head: "That's really not the case. ”

Xiao Jiangyuan's eyes lit up: "What's that?" ”

"Princess Anle is like a different person, often in a trance, and her reaction is a lot sluggish, and she is even a little timid, she always doesn't know what she is thinking, and the whole person is stunned. But...... Although she is no longer as arrogant as before, her temper is growing day by day, and I have been in the palace for half a day yesterday, and she has scolded several groups of people, and she has no idea why, and those who were punished have not done anything, and they have suffered inexplicably. ”

Xue Chongjian said: "I believe what you said, but I don't believe it at all." Mental trance, slow reaction, that's it, who hasn't been a little vague at the time. As for timidity, is this still her? ”

"If you don't believe me, go see it yourself, and come and ask me what I'm doing?"

Xiao Jiangyuan hurriedly pressed Xue Chongjian and said, "How does Princess Anle treat the saint?" ”

"She doesn't pay any attention to the saint at all." After thinking about it, Li Longye said again, "Actually, it should be said that she doesn't pay attention to anyone except the Queen Mother, but she doesn't look like her eyes are above the top, but ...... She seems to have no one else in sight except the Queen Mother. ”

Xiao Jiangyuan still maintained an indifferent smile, but his lowered eyes revealed a bit of contemplation. Xue Chongjian looked at her and persuaded: "Ah Yuan, you don't have to worry too much, Princess Anle is a person, the country is easy to change, and her nature is difficult to change, and it is only during this period of time that the first emperor has gone, as the biological daughter of the first emperor who is the most favored, she is just overly sad, and it will be good if she wants to come for a while." ”

Without waiting for Xiao Jiangyuan to speak, Li Longye said first: "What do you mean?" Do you think Ah Yuan will take that unruly princess to heart? No way! She clearly only pretends to be my third brother in her heart! ”

Xiao Jiangyuan raised his eyebrows slightly, and looked at Li Longye with a smile.

Xue Chongjian laughed and said, "What do you mean?" You think I think that's what I think? What kind of person is Ah Yuan, more or less in the past, after all, she was blessed by Princess Anle, I let her rest assured, don't let her feel ungrateful and guilty, is there a problem? ”

As for who she has in her heart...... He really didn't want to get involved in the matter between her and her cousin - if Xiao Jiangyuan was a woman, he would have started to match it a long time ago.

Seeing that Li Longye was speechless for a while, Xiao Jiangyuan sighed lightly and said lightly: "How is Shangguan Zhaorong now?" ”

Li Longye said: "Shangguan Zhaorong was much more silent than when the first emperor was there, except for drafting edicts, occasionally meeting with his aunt, chatting, and almost nothing else. The most commendable thing is that in this palace, there is only one person left who really cares about the saint, Shangguan Zhaorong. ”

"What did Shangguan Zhaorong do to make the king think like this?"

"I heard from the saint that the day after he ascended the throne, he didn't have to go to class. He also played happily for two days at first, and then this unproductive ...... Bah, I didn't insult the Son of Heaven just now, and then he was weak-hearted, and ran to the Queen Mother, saying that he wanted to continue the class, but the Queen Mother said, he is the Son of Heaven, the first person in the world, there is no need to go to class, waiting for the pro-government. The saint is not a fool, he still doesn't understand what the queen mother means, but he has no choice but to teach himself.

"The Queen Mother didn't dare to destroy all the books in the palace, and probably felt that the sage's self-study was just a whim, and he couldn't learn anything famous, so he gave up in a few days, so he didn't detain him, but he should have given an order to the learned people in the palace to not allow them to accept the sage's advice. But the Queen Mother didn't expect that although the sage really couldn't understand it, and he asked for advice everywhere and ran into walls everywhere, he still found a way.

"He, he always tries his best to meet Shangguan Zhaorong by chance, and at the same time greets him, he says what he doesn't understand - this is not a consultation, this is the Son of Heaven honoring his mother, and the time they talk about each other is extremely short, and the saint only asks one or two questions at a time, so in the eyes of others, there is nothing strange."

Xue Chongjian said: "Shangguan Zhaorong knew the Queen Mother's intentions, but he still answered the sage's questions? ”

Li Longye said: "Not only that, but later the saint also felt that the number of encounters should not be too much, otherwise it would arouse suspicion, but if the number of times is too small, he will learn too slowly, he is very distressed about this, Shangguan Zhaorong pretended to ask the saint to sweat, and gave his silk handkerchief to the saint, in fact, let the saint write down all the questions, the next time he encountered, Shangguan Zhaorong took it back to answer, and then hid the handkerchief of the answer in the favorite place of the saint next to the Taiye Pool, so that the number of encounters does not have to be too much, but the questions can be answered a lot, It's not suspicious yet. ”

Xue Chongjian sighed: "I can't imagine that Shangguan Zhaorong is so loyal, no wonder ...... mother is so good with her."

Xiao Jiangyuan smiled silently. When she was young, she remembered another person: "I wonder if the king has ever seen Yang Changshi?" ”

The swan song of the Tang Dynasty