The conversation with Wu Sansi reminded Wan'er that in the matter of establishing the prince, if Di Renjie can come forward to speak, the empress's concerns will inevitably be dispelled a lot, even if the same sentence is said by Di Renjie, the effect will be very different, and the empress can distinguish between public heart and selfishness at a glance.

Why not invite Di Renjie to persuade the empress to welcome Li Xian, the king of Luling, back to Beijing? Wan'er suddenly had an idea, although this was diametrically opposed to Wu Sansi's request to her, but she had already made a decision in secret, and Wu Sansi's side was just a delaying tactic. He wants to use the love of men and women to contain her, which is undoubtedly a contempt.

Since this is the case, Wan'er decided to propose that the empress invite Di Renjie to come to discuss the candidate for the position of prince. But before that, Wan'er needs to find an opportunity to hint at Di Renjie, and make sure he tells the truth. This is not difficult, Di Renjie is a loyal and upright person, and he is also a loyal supporter of Li Tang.

Wu Sansi is right, Wan'er was kind to Di Renjie at the beginning, and Di Renjie was a person who knew how to repay his kindness. It's just that Di Renjie never expected that Wan'er was actually planning for Li Xian, and her closeness to the martial arts family seemed to be just a smoke bomb.

When the empress was once again deeply distressed for the sake of the heir, Wan'er felt that the time was right, so she could only say softly: "Why don't you invite Elder Di Ge to come and discuss." ”

The empress suddenly became much more surprised, she respected Di Renjie very much, and even never called his name directly after reusing him, "Di Gong is really a credible person!" The implication is that many of the people around her are just secretly harboring ghosts.

Wan'er didn't feel embarrassed, and echoed: "Di Ge Lao has no ingenuity, never goes into the camp to curry favor, and does not participate in partisan disputes, so he will definitely be able to stand in the middle and solve problems for His Majesty." ”

"I still remember that the Khitan generals Li Kaigu and Luo Wuquan participated in disturbing our border, defeated our army several times, and later came to surrender after defeat. Ge Lao is dedicated to the country and never cares about self-interest. She spoke to the Empress again.

The empress nodded frequently: "It's really my luck to have Di Guolao in the court!" Wan'er, you go to the herald and invite the elders to drink tea at Lichuntai in Taichu Palace after lunch tomorrow. ”

"The slave obeys." Wan'er lowered her eyes and smiled.

On the second day, Di Renjie came to see the empress on time, he was a late bloomer, no longer young, but he still had infinite energy and spirit in his heart for the world.

"Chen Di Renjie, please Your Majesty." When he saw the empress, he knelt down as usual, but was stopped as usual.

"Today, I invite the elders to come here to talk about family life, you and I don't have to be formal, just ask the elders to know everything and say everything." The empress sat at the stone table and was very polite to Di Renjie, who was standing at the bottom of the steps.

Di Renjie replied: "It is the duty of Weichen to share his worries for His Majesty. For others, this is mostly a cliché, but it can be said from his mouth that it is sincere.

"Elder Di Guo, please take a seat." The empress sympathized with Di Renjie's advanced age, and ordered someone to give tea to the next head.

Di Renjie thanked him and took a seat.

"I haven't been sleepy lately, I had a strange dream in a daze last night, and I can't understand it when I think about it today, and I asked the elder to interpret the dream for me." The Empress thought about it, and it seemed much more appropriate to use this obscure way.

"Dare to ask Your Majesty what dreams he had?" Di Renjie asked, he was concerned about the empress's physical condition, but he should not ask too much.

The empress said decently: "I dreamed of landing with the Da Luo Heavenly Maiden, but it was very weird, as long as there was a son in the game, he was immediately defeated, and he was not in his position, and he frequently lost to the Heavenly Maiden, which was really sulky." ”

After hearing this, Di Renjie already knew it in his heart, but he just sighed and said concisely: "Shuanglu is invincible, and there are no children." ”

"What should I do?" The empress pretended not to know, and deliberately asked.

Di Renjie was very upright, and he didn't beat around the bush, and said straightforwardly: "Your Majesty takes the country as a chess game, but Your Majesty has no children in the palace, how can there be any reason not to lose?" ”

"The elder of the country is right, I really have no children in the palace, but I have other sons, I don't know if I can turn defeat into victory?" The empress asked implicitly, this was tantamount to a test for Di Renjie.

He was fearless, and only relied on his heart: "Replace it with another son, when a person may win this game, but the winner may not be Your Majesty, but this other son." "At the end of the conversation, it doesn't make sense.

The empress was not hiding it, took a sip of tea, and said: "My sons are difficult to become great, but my nephews are very promising. She looked at Di Renjie with questioning eyes, her face was gloomy.

Di Renjie didn't reply immediately, slowly took off the beam crown on his head, knelt on the ground with some difficulty, and the water rippled in his calm voice: "Emperor Taizong braved the wind and rain, risked swords and guns, and pacified the world; Emperor Gaozong entrusted the king of Luling and the imperial heir to His Majesty, but His Majesty wants to appoint the children of the Wu clan as the prince today, which is really against the will of heaven. Not to mention that the two kings are the flesh and blood relatives of His Majesty, if His Majesty changes his surname, the two kings will become fish and meat, and let others be swordsmen, just about aunts and nephews and mother and son? Your Majesty's son, after thousands of generations, will be served with food in the temple, and the inheritance will be endless; If you set up a nephew, Weichen has never heard of his nephew being the Son of Heaven and sacrificing his aunt in the Taimiao? In this way, Taizong and Gaozong will become lonely souls with no one to sacrifice, and the ministers will die, dare to ask Your Majesty, after a thousand autumns, what will Your Majesty see the first emperor? When he raised his eyes, he was sobbing for a while.

Every word was deeply rooted in the empress's heart, but she pretended to be more angry: "This is my family matter, you should not interfere, why do you still say it so eloquently?" ”

Di Renjie is not afraid of angering Tianyan, what he is afraid of is that he will not be able to be loyal and dedicated, and he said: "The king is the family of the four seas, and the affairs of the world are the affairs of His Majesty's family, but the king is the head of state, and the subordinates are the limbs, just like a whole, which is inseparable.

The empress was silent for a long time, slowly got up, walked to Di Renjie's side, and helped him up: "Huaiying, many people think about these words, but only you dare to say it to me." ”

Di Renjie's eyes were full of tears: "Please forgive the minister's guilt, but these words are indeed the heartfelt words of Wei Chen, and now they are pouring out, and he will die without regrets!" ”

The empress was shocked in her heart: "Elder Guo, I have said to the people around me more than once, Da Zhou has you, and I Wu Cao has you, how lucky!" ”

After the princes and ministers of Lichuntai talked heart-to-heart, the empress was much more transparent and her mind was clear. Wan'er saw it in her eyes, and the boulder in her heart finally fell to the ground, but she also knew that she always owed Wu Sansi an explanation.

Wu Sansi had a lot of eyes and ears, and knew that the empress had summoned Di Renjie, and he was both nervous and excited for a while, and he couldn't wait to meet Wan'er to find out.

Wan'er knows that it is very easy to have an accident at this juncture, although the matter discussed by the empress and Di Renjie is not known to the third party, but it will inevitably make people speculate and guess, rather than let Wu Sansi wake up by himself, it is better to perform another ecstasy and delay the opportunity. This is an extremely cruel thing for Wu Sansi, and it may be seen as Wan'er's betrayal and deception of him.

As long as Li Xian can return to Beijing, as long as she can return to Li Tang, Wan'er will feel that everything is worth it, this is her original intention, although she has made many changes, but it has not changed from the beginning. Only in this way will she not be ashamed of her deceased grandfather and Li Xian.

In front of the mirror, Wan'er still shows people with plum blossom makeup, in fact, the popularity created by her is not as divine as the rumors, but it is just a clever cover of the traces of the forehead and a thick lead flower, in the final analysis, it still can't stand the test of the plain face, and the damage left by the black face can't be covered up at all. She picked out a jewel from the box and put it on her neck, she rarely uses such beautiful ornaments, but today's whim, the whole person actually shows a different style.

After going out and making a few detours, she went to the small garden behind the drum tower.

The weather is fine, Wan'er's mood is rarely as brisk as her pace, not because she didn't make an appointment with Wu Sansi to meet here in the afternoon, she just has more and more confidence.

Wu Sansi arrived early, he had been waiting for a while, and when he saw Wan'er coming from afar, he had straight eyes, and when Wan'er walked close to him, he couldn't help but sigh that Wan'er was like a blooming cold plum, so beautiful that it was shocking.

Wan'er smiled and replied to the words of the old man: "In the cold winter, the moon is outstanding, and it is not something to be proud of. ”

Wu Sansi didn't know the origin of these words, so he stepped forward and hugged Wan'er in his arms.

She did not refuse, on the contrary, gently leaned on his arms, although this embrace is not broad and majestic, but at this moment Wan'er has a warm flow in her heart, it is undeniable that she has received a lot of comfort from Wu Sansi, and she still chose to be unfair to him, a little helpless, a little ashamed, she is rare and soft.

This kind of grace made Wu Sansi's heart moved, he kissed her eyebrows and earlobes, and slowly followed the red lips.

Wan'er covered it with her hand, avoiding this fiery affection, love can be bad, she must be cautious.

"Today, King Liang invited, I'm afraid it's not this child's personal relationship, Qingqing and me, right?" She teased with a laugh.

"Those who know me, Wan'er also." Wu Sansi also laughed and said, taking advantage of her defenselessness, he quickly kissed her on the lips.

Wan'er had to complain and complain: "I'm not a good person, don't lead me to be a confidant." Words are kind reminders.

Wu Sansi had a smile in his eyes, but did not give birth to a sense of crisis, but said a set of theories: "I don't know what is a good person and what is an evil person in this world, and those who are good to me are good people, and those who are evil to me are evil." Wan'er, you are the best person in the world to me. ”

"You are good at clever words, you want to come to the backyard of the palace, Mei Ji is like a cloud, I heard that there is a orchid with a complexion like snow recently, King Liang is really romantic!" Wan'er deliberately said it sourly.

Wu San thought for a moment and asked with a smile: "Wan'er, are you jealous?" "Come up, it's a kiss again.

Wan'er gently dodged and explained, "Which kind of sour vinegar do I eat?" It's just that Your Highness, you don't have serious things to say, but you want to talk about these useless things, it is not easy for you and me to get together in the palace, so let's talk about important things first, and say what you want to say most in your heart. ”

"Okay, okay, I'll tell Wan'er what is in my heart." Wu Sansi still looked improper.

Wan'er glanced at him, he restrained his color, and asked seriously: "Wan'er, I heard that this old guy Di Renjie entered the palace not long ago to face the saint, and my aunt talked to him alone for a long time, do you know what they said?" Is it a matter of Lichu? Wu Sansi deliberately lowered his voice with the word "Lichu".

"Not long after I was blamed and punished by His Majesty, His Majesty is still guarding against me, how can such a major secret be known to me?" Wan'er carefully circled with Wu Sansi, and her beautiful eyes were full of affection, "But I have found an opportunity to hint at Di Renjie, I think he will also give me a few thin noodles and say a few good words for Your Highness, at this time, Your Highness must be calm, show a casual and indifferent look, don't rush to inquire, for fear of backfire......"

Wu Sansi frowned slightly, and then hugged Wan'er's shoulders: "Wan'er, it's not that I don't believe you, it's just that my aunt's mind is unpredictable, and you stay away from that Zhang brother, so as not to fall from the sky again...... You should also pay more attention to your aunt's movements, you have been with her for so long, she will not really snub you, and I think she trusts you more......"

There was still some concern in her words, Wan'er nodded, and suddenly asked softly, "Do you like me?" "Successfully diverted the subject.

Wu Sansi was stunned and pretended to be arrogant: "Nonsense?!" Did you know I liked you until now? One of the important reasons why you came to me in the first place, instead of other Wu clan disciples, to help bring down Lai Junchen is that you already knew that I liked you? ”

Wan'er sighed in her heart, didn't answer, just snuggled a little tighter in Wu Sansi's arms. Mutual jealousy and mutual use, but when these inexplicable feelings began to be involved, it is unclear. Wan'er doesn't know, and she can't know.

It's just a scene, why think about it?

The two had their own thoughts, but they kissed tacitly and lingeringly.

Suddenly, there was a crisp "click" sound, like the sound of a flower branch breaking.

The two stopped vigilantly, Wu Sansi looked around, nodded at Wan'er, walked gently in the direction of the sound, slammed the clusters of flowers, breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and said with a smile: "Wan'er, don't panic, it should be a wild cat." ”

"Cats?" Wan'er's complexion changed slightly, and she immediately returned to normal: "Where there is a cat in this palace, it must be another wild thing." ”

But Wan'er clearly knew that there was indeed a cat in this palace.