Sure enough, Li Linfu smiled silently, neither saying yes nor saying no.

"The saint likes the current court very much." Xiao Jiangyuan is meaningful and authentic.

Three prime ministers, one is busy in the law, and the other two are harmonious and lead the ministers to work together, and the emperor almost does not need to worry about big and small affairs, and it does not affect the prosperity and stability of the country at all, which emperor doesn't like it? Li Linfu said while slandering: "Brother Nu likes it too." ”

"Do you really like it?"

"As long as the saint likes it, the brother likes it."

These words fell on Li Longji's ears. He turned his head and raised his lips and smiled: "It's still Shiro who has won my heart." ”

Concubine Wu Hui also followed: "Shilang is indeed rare, he can make San Lang happy in the midst of hard work, which is already a great achievement." ”

Li Linfu hurriedly bowed his hand to the imperial concubine and said: "The sage Concubine Hui praises falsely, and the ministers dare not be ashamed. ”

This scene just fell in the eyes of Pei Yaoqing not far away. At this time, he was gossiping with Zhang Jiuling, Yan Tingzhi and other colleagues, and said: "Seeing that Li Xianggong was busy revising the law, his hair turned a lot gray, I am really a little ashamed, I may have misjudged him before." ”

Zhang Jiuling also glanced at Li Linfu when he heard this, but he didn't smile. Yan Tingzhi, the right scholar next to him, disagreed: "It's just a good man, no matter how good he is, he is also a person with no ink on his chest, and he is always unworthy." ”

Pei Yaoqing was puzzled: "What is a deer husband?" ”

Yan Tingzhi smiled: "You haven't heard yet? Previously, Li Shilang's cousin added a son, and Li Shilang wrote a congratulatory letter, looking up at the "Smell the joy of making a deer", guess which 'deer' he wrote? ”

Pei Yaoqing still didn't understand: "Naturally, it's the 'Zhang' next to the jade." ”

"Definitely," Yan Tingzhi said, "It's the 'roe deer' of the beast!" ”

This time, even Zhang Jiuling, who is the most calm on weekdays, couldn't help but be stunned. Hearing Pei Yaoqing and Yan Tingzhi laughing in a low voice, he said in a low voice: "Since it is a congratulatory letter, how can Brother Yan know the content?" Whether this is true or false is not yet known, how can you make fun of others here? ”

Yan Tingzhi said: "Zishou, you don't know, Li Shilang himself is to blame for this, who made him a minister?" His cousin was in the middle of the road, so he pointed to his congratulatory letter to his long face, and when he read the letter, he not only did not avoid others, but also spread it on the table, which was difficult for everyone to think about. ”

In addition to the position of prime minister, Li Linfu is also a waiter of the Yellow Gate, and he happens to be a subordinate of Pei Yaoqing. Hearing Yan Tingzhi laugh at him like this, although Pei Yaoqing also felt funny, he was quite unhappy in his heart: "This mistake really has to wait a little ......."

Zhang Jiuling said: "The revision of the law is beneficial to the country and the people, and Li Xianggong has worked hard for it, forgetting to sleep and eating, and so on...... Small mistakes are harmless, so why should you stick to small sections? ”

Yan Tingzhi: "It's not that I'm too stubborn, but that Wenchen and Neng Chen are clearly distinguished." It's like Zishou, you, the border general Zhang Shouqi defeated the Tubo Ping Khitan, and a few months ago he made military merits, and the sage wanted to summon him into the prime minister, didn't you refuse stubbornly? ”

"Brother Yan is wrong. How can Li Xianggong and other capable ministers be compared with good generals with outstanding achievements? Most of the prime ministers of my Datang Dynasty are generals and prime ministers, how can Zishou not tolerate General Zhang? It's really because ......" Pei Yaoqing said and lowered his voice, "The saint has begun to pursue side merit in recent years, if it is not curbed from time to time, it is really given to General Zhang a prime minister, and in the future, the border general will be an official and a lord, and in order to satisfy the heart of a saint, the battle will not be endless?" I'm not afraid of anything else, I'm afraid that the saint will end up with a lot of force, and the national strength that my Datang has finally prospered will be weakened because of this. ”

Yan Tingzhi hurriedly apologized to Zhang Jiuling: "I see, it is the lower official who spends the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and I hope that Zishou Gong will forgive me." ”

Zhang Jiuling sighed and shook his head: "The ten things that the literature has to say, if it is really a great policy to govern the world, I am just following the sages and following the trend." ”

Pei Yaoqing also sighed: "For this matter, Zishou also made the saint very unhappy. ”

Yan Tingzhi thought for a while, and said solemnly: "That Zishou should pay attention, although people like Song Kaifu and Han Gong will go down in history, but if the saint can really stand such outspoken advice, he will not stop the two of them." Li Shilang is used to being obedient, and he is quite liked by the saint and Concubine Wu Hui, if he does nothing, then it is just that, I am afraid that he has political achievements, and if he is not willing to do this, Zishou and Pei Gongke will become his stumbling blocks. The heart of defense is indispensable. ”

Pei Yaoqing said helplessly: "You just tell me this, Zishou can't listen to it." What is the phase to him, it is just the only way to serve the country and seek the well-being of the people, if one day, someone can replace him, even if that person is Li Shilang, Zishou has nothing to be nostalgic for. ”

Zhang Jiuling said at this time: "Of course, he must be really competent." ”

Yan Tingzhi snorted coldly: "Li Shilang, even if he is poor all his life, he can't be a real prime minister. ”

In July of the twenty-third year of Kaiyuan, Li Longji decided to change the names of the princes, abandon the characters next to the water, and change them to the side of jade. The crown prince Li Hong was renamed Li Ying, the eldest son Qingwang Li Tan was renamed Li Cong, and the loyal king Li Jun was renamed Li Yu...... Shouwang Li Qing changed his name to Li Mao.

Xiao Jiangyuan also couldn't figure it out, it was clear that it took the thirteenth year of Kaiyuan to change the names of the princes, and now it has only been ten years, so why do you have to change a batch of names. Kindness is like water, is the word next to the water bad?

When she returned home and soaked in the bath, she was drowsy, so she heard Lu Yunniang guess: "Maybe there have been too many floods in recent years, and the sage thinks that the water side is not good, so he changed to the jade side?" ”

It may also be that they inherited the hobbies and habits of Emperor Gaozong and Empress Zetian, but they changed the name of the year and the name of the saint...... I just hope that the princes don't think about a name, because no matter how much they try to figure it out, it will not be a good thing. ”

"Not to mention that the prince is still alive, but with a name, they can still taste the destiny of heaven?"

"The saints don't trust their sons, don't the princes know? They seem to be safe and secure in the Ten Kings' Mansion, but in fact they are quite uneasy. Some of them may change their names to guess the saint's intentions for them, and they will rise and fall, and they will be abolished and happy...... Names are good names, but I'm afraid they're thinking in the wrong direction. ”

"So what's good about having so many sons? It's just that everyone in this world thinks that they have many sons and many blessings, even the emperor is no exception. Lu Yunniang said disapprovingly, "Those are not your sons, why should you worry about them?" Are you supposed to ...... is so generous that he treats his children as his own children? ”

"Of course not."

Lu Yunniang nodded secretly - Ah Yuan was still a jealous woman in her bones. That's right, it's good that she can be polite to those children, and if she still treats them as her own, it will be too cheap for the emperor.

But I heard Xiao Jiangyuan continue: "I have no parents since I was a child, and I don't know what it should be like to be a parent. The prince is the prince, and although he is a child to me, he is also the child of the lord. ”

…… So that's the reason?

Lu Yunniang knew that Xiao Jiangyuan had suffered in the court since he was a child, I am afraid that the daughter of which family did not enter the court because of a crime, and it is normal to have no parents in that situation, but I heard her mention it herself, this is another matter.

It was only at this time that Lu Yunniang clearly sensed that Xiao Jiangyuan really had no relatives in this world.

Lu Yunniang thought for a while and said, "You haven't thought about it...... When will you give birth to a child of your own? ”

There are so many children in the palace, Xiao Jiangyuan has long seen the grand occasion when the concubine gave birth. Hearing Lu Yunniang mention this, her first reaction was to frown: "It hurts." ”

"That's ......," Lu Yunniang muttered, "I guess the emperor is not bad for this child, but you ......"

Barren like her, there is still an old mother, brother and sister-in-law and nephew, although the relationship is just like that, there is a blood relationship, and I don't feel lonely in life, but Ah Yuan ......

"I have Jingzhong, I don't need other children." Xiao Jiangyuan smiled lightly, and when he saw what Lu Yunniang was going to say, he asked, "Yunniang thinks...... Why do people have to have children? ”

"Because it is necessary to pass on the family name and continue the family name...... As soon as she finished speaking, Lu Yunniang felt that something was wrong, "How to continue is the man's surname......"

"So, why do women have to have children?"

Lu Yunniang suddenly said: "Yes, why? Wouldn't I be a woman if I wasn't born? ”

"If Yun Niang wants to have her own child one day, naturally it is okay, when the time comes, who do you fancy, I will help you do it, if you don't want to, no one can put a beak."

"It's enough for me to have a nephew, it's good here, I don't plan to marry a second time, you don't want to abandon your bad wife." Lu Yunniang hurriedly said, "I'...... Just worried about you. ”

But Xiao Jiangyuan thought about it: "And...... I can't give birth alone, can I? ”

"Of course, you have to ......" Lu Yunniang's face turned red in an instant.

"How is it going to be?"

Lu Yunniang was surprised: "You have been in the palace for so long, don't you know that those princes and princesses are only after the saint favored the concubines?" ”

"I know this, but ...... Whenever the saint wanted to pamper his concubines, he would not let me keep vigil. ”

"So you don't even know what's going on with pampering?"

Xiao Jiangyuan nodded: "You know? ”

"I'm ......" Lu Yunniang stammered for a while, grabbing her hair embarrassedly. Originally, although she was married, she was still a virgin, so she shouldn't have known, but ......

Seeing Xiao Jiangyuan tilting his head and looking at him with curiosity, Lu Yunniang gritted her teeth, pulled her hair casually, and walked out of the bath. She dried herself off, got dressed, and left the bathroom, and came back a short time later.

Xiao Jiangyuan was lying on the edge of the bath, and he was about to fall asleep, when he saw a scroll of calligraphy and painting spread out in front of him. She looked at it intently, thinking something strange. She can be regarded as a person who has seen a lot of calligraphy and painting, but she has never seen this kind of character without an inch. Turning her head, she saw that Lu Yunniang was lowering her head embarrassedly, smiling very reluctantly, she understood: "This is a pamper, or rather, a ...... A gift for a couple? ”

The swan song of the Tang Dynasty