[Chapter 24: Princess Zhenguo Returns to Chang'an] (1)
"Aya...... Is this real? Seeing off the eunuch who announced the decree, Li Longji stayed for a while before he said.
Xiao Jiangyuan obviously didn't think of it, and said noncommittally: "Providence is unpredictable, Ah Lang still don't take it lightly." On the surface, the saint was determined to pass on the throne to Ah Lang, and this letter was the first step in his transfer of power, but as long as the princess of Zhenguo was in one day, all this could change in an instant. ”
"It's like at the beginning, Aya was clearly on her aunt's side, but in a blink of an eye, she turned her face and didn't recognize anyone?" Li Longji shook his head helplessly and smiled, "Aye's temperament, I really don't know if it's more like my grandmother or my grandfather." ”
Xiao Jiangyuan didn't think about it and said, "Naturally, it's like the emperor." ”
Li Longji: "......"
The previous abdication of the Son of Heaven, when Li Dan's mind was not clear, Li Longji was absolutely unacceptable, and now this letter is not indispensable. First, if the crown prince wants to supervise the country, this belongs to the normal category of power, even if he does not make a book, he can intervene to do it, and second, he does not accept it in vain.
Aya "trusted" him so much, in order to show gratitude, he naturally had to respond, just give Aya a little comfort, let him feel that his decision was the right one. As a result, Li Longji played frequently in the days that followed, and felt that he was ashamed to be so important to Aya that he wanted to give up the position of prince to his eldest brother Li Chengqi. His words were sincere, his attitude was sincere, even though Li Dan knew that these were just gestures, he almost believed him.
Of course, Li Longji knows that it is not enough to do these things, but also to have something substantial.
After the request for the transposition of the crown prince was rejected, Li Longji played again: ask the Son of Heaven to pardon the princess of Zhenguo and return to Chang'an.
"What did the saint say?" Xiao Jiangyuan had been waiting for Li Longji outside the palace, and only after returning to the East Palace with Li Longji did he speak.
Li Longji hooked the corners of his lips with a smile: "Aya didn't expect me to ask for this at all, and asked me a few words in disbelief, as if to confirm that I wasn't dreaming." ”
"What did Ah Lang say?"
"After all, she is my aunt, and she is Aya's only sister, she only made some small mistakes before, and being demoted from Chang'an is already a very severe punishment, but now that time has passed, it is long overdue to let my aunt come back, Ayah must have taken into account my feelings, so she didn't speak. Aya has treated me so well, how can I turn a blind eye to Aye's distress and not share Aye's sorrows? ”
It can be imagined how serious and pure Li Longji was at that time, Xiao Jiangyuan hooked his lips: "Then the saint will be approved?" ”
"Naturally, it's accurate." Li Longji sighed, "It's only been three months, and my aunt is coming back, so I asked her to come back." ”
"It's good to be back. She is far away in Puzhou, if she wants to do anything to Ah Lang, the slave maid can't predict it anyway, and if she returns to Chang'an, it will be different. ”
"You're not going to want to strike first, are you?"
Xiao Jiangyuan shook his head: "The slave wants to strike after the attack this time. ”
Li Longji: "...... You make it so clear, why, this time you don't make your own decisions? ”
"Degraded out of Chang'an, this is the only shame that Princess Zhenguo has suffered in her life, she comes back this time, I am afraid that it will be very different from before." Xiao Jiangyuan looked at Li Longji solemnly, "She won't let Ah Lang go, Ah Lang must be ready to fight, don't be unbearable." ”
If you want to fight again, it will not only be a struggle for power, but a struggle for life and death, and Li Longji certainly knows this. He sighed regretfully, and finally completely hid the aunt in his memory: "To my aunt, I have always been able to kill without killing, but if it is really either you die or I live, why should I be so selfless?" ”
Li Dan is actually a very gentle person, especially attaches great importance to family affection, and he can't be ruthless about his sister no matter what. Putting his sister out before, of course, had his own considerations, but after a long time, he really missed it. Thinking that when he was a child, he and his sister were the most favored by his parents, and he felt more and more that he couldn't live with his sister and his parents.
San Lang's request came at the right time, Li Dan had also doubted his son's intentions, but he thought that even if it was to win his own favor, it was not easy for San Lang to take the initiative to rebuild the old friendship with his sister, so he felt a lot more relieved. San Lang had only left for a moment, and he asked the Zhongshu people to prepare an edict to pardon the princess of Zhenguo and return to Chang'an.
Under Li Dan's supervision, without Yao Yuanchong and Song Jing's Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province, the review work progressed very quickly, but within two days, the edict arrived in Puzhou.
After only three months of leaving, Princess Zhenguo returned to Chang'an.
The returning princess of Zhenguo is unusual, not only when she enters the city, the honor guard is very low-key and simple, but her personality has also changed a lot. She no longer bothered His Royal Highness the Prince, and even became a sage's think tank in peace, and put forward several suggestions that were very good, but she was not arrogant, only saying that those were thought of by the sage, and had nothing to do with herself. This move convinced Li Dan and the courtiers.
Princess Taiping is still like this, Li Longji will only be more humble. The two seem to have never had a discord, and the aunt and nephew are better than the mother and son.
Since Xue Chongjian was expelled from the house by Princess Taiping, he has been living in the residence of Li Chengqi, the Five Princes' Mansion. Hearing that A-Niang had returned, his personality had changed greatly, and he was both happy and felt that something was wrong. He wanted to go back to Ah Niang to see what was going on, he knelt outside the gate of the Princess Zhenguo Mansion for three days, but Ah Niang didn't even look at him.
…… A-Niang's changes are really all fakes.
Xue Chongjian's heart was clear, adding a little despair, but Xiao Jiangyuan, who came to take him into the palace, looked calm. Seeing her so commonplace, Xue Chongjian's heart suddenly swelled up with a little anger. Pushing away her hand that was stretched out to support him, he stood up tremblingly: "You already know that A-Niang ...... her" After all, he couldn't reveal it in person, and there was still a trace of fantasy in his heart, thinking that Xiao Jiangyuan was just indifferent, not really knowing anything.
But when Xiao Jiangyuan looked at it, Xue Chongjian's heart was cold-she not only knew the truth and falsehood of A-Niang, but also saw through her own thoughts at a glance.
Xiao Jiangyuan smiled faintly: "King, nothing will ever be abnormal for no reason, although people's hearts are the most changeable, they will never be like Lingtang. His Royal Highness also knew about this matter, but he didn't say anything, and the slave and maid would definitely not talk much, after all, the princess of Zhenguo is the king's biological mother, and she is the only aunt of His Royal Highness. ”
With the prince's order, the Five Princes' Mansion would no longer take him in, so Xue Chongjian had to follow Xiao Jiangyuan into the East Palace and eat and live with Li Longji. No matter how Li Longji treats him like he did back then, he can't reproduce himself at that time.
Since leaving the Zhenguo Princess's Mansion, he has fallen into a daze, no matter how relieved Li Chengqi is, no one dares to believe it.
Li Longji was a little sorry for his cousin's change, and more suspicious: "You say...... Will one day, Erlang kill me directly for the sake of his aunt? ”
At this time, Xue Chongjian was sitting alone in front of Li Longji's long table to practice calligraphy, and Xiao Jiangyuan and Li Longji were standing outside the door. Hearing Li Longji suddenly ask, Xiao Jiangyuan couldn't help but feel a little funny: "Ah Lang stayed and lived with King Lijie by his side, his motives were not pure, he laughed at fifty steps and took a hundred steps, and the slave didn't know how to answer." ”
- Li Longji always felt that the fact that his aunt broke off the relationship with his most beloved son was too bizarre and must be tired.
It's not that he doesn't trust Xue Chongjian, otherwise he wouldn't let Xue Chongjian eat and live with him. At first, he simply wanted to put Xue Chongjian by his side, thinking that maybe this would be the case, when his aunt dealt with him, she could be a little merciful, or throw a mouse trap, which showed Xue Chongjian's appearance, and he was a little skeptical that his decision was right or wrong.
After all, Xue Chongjian is different from his own brother, he has no flesh and blood relationship with each other, and he is his aunt's most beloved son. Previously, for the sake of Datang, he could say that Xiao Jiangyuan was a man, and that was because even so, his aunt would not have to worry about her life, but now it is different.
My aunt can suppress herself like this, what she has to do is definitely not to wait for idleness, once she loses, Li Longji will not let her go anymore - if he is soft on his aunt again, it will be a joke with his own life.
The relationship between mother and son seems to be severed, but the flesh and blood are forever connected, and Xue Chongjian has always been a filial son......
Seeing that Xiao Jiangyuan didn't take what he said seriously, Li Longji straightened his face: "Since the physical examination, you have not been as respectful to me as before, but now it has become even more serious, and you don't even care about my life!" ”
Xiao Jiangyuan was looking at Xue Chongjian's handwriting from afar, and when he heard Li Longji speak, he nodded habitually. Seeing that Xue Chongjian only wrote the "Thousand Character Text" for children's enlightenment, she was a little relieved, and was about to reply to Li Longji, when she felt her arms tighten.
When she came back to her senses in the next moment, she had been pulled by Li Longji behind a pillar in the inner corridor. Her back was close to the slightly cool temple pillar, and in front of her was Li Longji, who was very close. When she raised her eyes to look, she saw Li Longji raising his handsome eyebrows slightly, looking at herself with a smile, and his eyes revealed a bit of dangerous information.
recalled what Li Longji said, and she reacted that Li Longji's accusation just now actually contained a wisp of King Xue's usual coquettish tone.
She smiled gently, stood on tiptoe, and put her lips to Li Longji's ear: "Ah Lang, don't worry, there are slaves and maids in everything." ”
Li Longji: Shouldn't the words of "......" be spoken by men?
After speaking, Xiao Jiangyuan retreated and stood up, saw Li Longji roll his eyes lightly, and said, "Ah Lang doesn't believe it?" ”
Li Longji covered his lips with the back of his hand, looked away and coughed lightly: "...... No. ”
Xiao Jiangyuan took Li Longji's hand to cover his lips, let him look at him, and said firmly: "Go up the knife mountain, go down to the sea of fire, even in the face of death, there are slaves and maids in the way......"
The aura around suddenly warmed up, and I don't know how long it took for Li Longji's slightly hoarse voice to sound very ambiguously: "Look at you...... you will talk nonsense in the future."
The swan song of the Tang Dynasty