Cuiwei Palace is a palace, built on Qingsheng Mountain, the closest to Kyoto, is the royal summer resort, but the empress does not go often, so the time vacant throughout the year is mostly there, despite this, the layout and furnishings of the palace are not afraid to be sloppy at all, this time used as a temporary residence for Li Xian's family, the intention is very obvious, the people in the palace who are ordered to teach and serve are very cautious, Li Xian as the future prince, that is absolutely not to be neglected.

Wan'er rushed with a group of people non-stop, but unexpectedly let Li Xian arrive first, they arrived earlier than expected, and I think it was also the reason why Li Xian's heart was like an arrow, and the people who accompanied him did not dare to disobey.

On the carriage, Wan'er and Kong Jiawan rode together, Kong Jiawan is Shangyi of the Shangyi Bureau, and her brother is the Shenghou Kong Chongji, after the sage Confucius, you can think of what rules are in words and deeds on weekdays, and because of this, the empress specially sent her to be responsible for teaching the etiquette of the county lord of the county.

Kong Shangyi was inevitably apprehensive in his heart, and finally spoke: "Neisheren, King Luling has been away from the capital for a long time, and this teaching is not easy. ”

Wan'er didn't feel any difficulty, and closed the book in her hand: "Shang Yi only needs to do his best, as for whether the county lords have that talent, it is no longer up to us to decide." ”

So Kong Shangyi stopped talking, too many tongues and fear of difficulties are not emotions that should be, and failing to fulfill his duties will disgrace the ancestors.

Wan'er actually doesn't like people who follow the rules, and similarly, Kong Shangyi is also resistant to deviant women, but when it comes to deviance, who can compare to the empress? Kong Jiawan could only hide her thoughts deeply.

"There are a lot of things needed for the crown prince's canonization ceremony, and I have to count them all without any mistakes." As soon as she settled down in Cuiwei Palace, Wan'er planned to start running errands.

The chamberlain beside him whispered, "Shouldn't the Neisheren go to see King Luling?" ”

Wan'er was expressionless: "Do you need to arrange it here?" ”

The chamberlain was dumbfounded.

In fact, what he said was the right thing, how could Wan'er not know, but she hadn't seen her for so many years, and the resentment that Li Xian and his wife had against her didn't know if it had disappeared, or had it accumulated more and more?

Kong Shangyi has already taken people to Hanfeng Hall to pay homage, which is in line with the etiquette law, she thought, Shangguan Wan'er is really no one in her eyes, and there is no way to do things, what is the reason for ranking first among female officials?

Li Xian looked around the hall and didn't see Wan'er, after many years, he once wondered if Wan'er was different from what he imagined, so he couldn't recognize her at a glance among everyone.

Of course he was embarrassed to ask, he has been living only in a promise, he has long been accustomed to not causing trouble to anyone, he still feels like a dream, the mother emperor's holy decree to send him back to Beijing He thought it was a life talisman at first, so frightened that he hid in the room and even Bai Aya was ready, if it wasn't for his wife Wei Shi to stop it in time, I am afraid that he would have been on the way to see the king of Yama.

Merriam-Webster said that this was the end of the bitterness, and this day finally made her wait. Li Xianmu looked at her woodenly, and only after a while did he raise his lips: "But I never thought I could go back." ”

"You are the prince, this place does not belong to you, whether you want to or not, you must go back. Your mother needs you, and the world needs you! Merriam-Webster replied excitedly.

Li Xian was silent and silent, he really felt that it was very good in Fangzhou, but he didn't dare to say to anyone that his children were all as happy as birds when they learned the news that they were going back to Beijing, and they were extremely happy, especially the youngest daughter Li Bao'er was simply crazy, squeaking and laughing in her dreams, children, they all yearn for the prosperity and liveliness of the capital, he understands, and is willing to follow their wishes.

He didn't seem to live for himself, never, for his parents, for his wife, for his children. Who he was, what he wanted to do, what he aspired to, I don't know when it mattered.

Staying alone on the steps in front of the hall, I remembered that a few years ago, when the sixth brother Li Xian was still alive, Xue Shao was also alive, and the eighth brother Li Dan was in high spirits, they sat side by side on the stone steps together, there was no prince, no prince, no dignitaries, some were just a few young men of the same age and similar interests, of course, the beauty was on the side, his sister Taiping was both arrogant and cute, and the maid named Wan'er was beautiful and intelligent.

was sighing the helplessness of things and people, and someone sat down silently beside him.

Li Xian glanced at it inadvertently, and his voice stammered: "Wan, Wan, Wan-'er-" He was a little overjoyed, but he still restrained himself.

"Well, it's me, Your Highness." Wan'er looked into the distance and replied.

"Oh." Li Xian also sighed, but it didn't have any practical meaning.

"Fifteen years." The corners of Wan'er's mouth twitched, and she turned her head to look at him.

This gaze was very delicate, as if he wanted to see every silver strand in his black hair, and he said in embarrassment: "Am I a lot older?" Can't look at it anymore? "He hasn't been in the accident watch for a long time, if it weren't for the arrival of Cuiwei Palace, some well-informed Wang Jia rushed to meet him first, he wouldn't have picked up his image.

Wan'er didn't please him, saying that his demeanor had not diminished back then, but she replied lightly: "It's a little vicissitudes, but it's just right, at our age, we are gradually going to return to the basics." ”

After years of hard work, Li Xian's face has several deep wrinkles, and his complexion has darkened a lot, but the height of a pair of eyes and the bridge of his nose is still the same as when he first saw him.

"Wan'er, how have you been doing all these years?" He had heard some clips about her intermittently and indirectly, some of them were very embarrassing, some were very ostentatious, and some were made up out of nothing, but he chose not to believe them.

"Good." Wan'er's answer didn't sound convincing.

Li Xian smiled bitterly: "What's good?" Her side is like purgatory. ”

"It's not that bad, it's not that scary. Your Highness, you have to have faith in her, and even more so in your future. ”

"Isn't it like pie in the world to me? How can a prince who has been down-and-out for many years and is timid can afford such a big responsibility? Is she serious? Isn't it another trap? Li Xian continued to smile wryly.

Wan'er raised her sleeves and wiped off the yellow flowers on her forehead, and moved closer to Li Xian: "Look at my forehead, what is the word?" ”

Li Xian leaned forward slightly, squinted his eyes, and exclaimed, "Is she really deceitful to you?" ”

"I made a mistake, and I was punished, and it was a matter of course; You are her biological son, representing the Li Tang royal family, you have natural dignity in your blood, and it is only natural to look down on the world...... She actually knows very well, especially in the past two years, that Da Zhou and Li Tang are inseparable, without Li Tang, there would be no Da Zhou, and Da Zhou is not really surnamed Wu ......" Wan'er said, and the conversation between them always used a "she" to refer to the empress.

"You've changed, Wan'er." Li Xian's heart was in a pang of pain, and he couldn't help but reach out to touch the mark on her forehead, but he still stopped, "I've changed too, you're getting better and better, and I'm probably getting more and more disappointed." ”

Wan'er understood that he had carved inferiority complex into his bones, and she couldn't comfort her, so she simply didn't comfort her.

When he was young and vigorous and wanted to pick up the burden of the world, some people thought he was an eyesore and forcibly removed it, and now he has become weak and powerless, but he has forced this thousand pounds of burden on his shoulders, and everyone ignored it, even Wan'er - no one asked him if he was willing, but he repeatedly made decisions for him under the guise of being good for him.

"I'm sorry." Wan'er said, "I'm sorry, I'm really an accomplice. ”

Li Xian didn't fully understand her words, and hurriedly shook his head: "That's not the case, Wan'er, you've always been good, it's me who is too paranoid and stupid......"

……

The woman who still has the charm is leaning on the inside of the temple door, looking at the scene on the steps intently, it is really a good show, a good show to reunite after a long absence!

After decades of ups and downs, but she still can't resist the ray of moonlight in her heart, she is a little sour, but this is nothing, she Wei Xiangsong wants to die of old age, or she wants to make up for everything she has lost, God has mercy on her opportunity, she doesn't care about this kind of little love, Li Xian is thinking about her old lover, then let him think about it, she only needs the identity of the mother in the world.

"Mother, what are you looking at?" Li Bao'er leaned over and asked puzzledly, and after seeing it clearly, she asked very disdainfully, "Who is that old woman?" ”

Webster poked the tip of her nose: "Who do you say is old?" ”

Li Bao'er replied aggrievedly: "Mother, I didn't say anything about you. ”

"Her name is Shangguan Wan'er, she is about the same age as me, and when she says she is old, she means me." Webster's cold voice was the same as the evening breeze in the mountains.

Li Bao'er's eyes lit up: "She is Shangguan Sheren?" She has secretly heard a lot of gossip about Wan'er since she was a child, and she often talks about it among her siblings.

"It doesn't look good!" The beautiful girl was very unconvinced, she had the impression that Shangguan Wan'er should be a character like a vixen, but the woman sitting next to her father had a very outstanding temperament.

looked at her mother's complicated and lost expression, and said with a smile: "Compared to your mother, it's really far behind, but why is she staying alone with her father at this time?" "I must have known that my father was going to be the emperor in the future, and I came here to stammer, these women are really vulgar!" Shaking Wei's arm, he coquettishly said: "Father only has mother in his heart, let them be demons!" ”

Wei's favorite is this daughter, and gently hugged her in his arms: "Bao'er, you have to restrain your temper after returning to the palace, your grandmother is not easy to mess with, you have to learn to please her, you know?" ”

Li Bao'er pouted: "She doesn't like us again, and she hurt us so badly, especially me, I was born in less than a month, which county lord princess is as pitiful as me, born in such a barren mountain and wilderness, others have fine clothes and food, but I don't even have a burden!" ”

Seeing his daughter mention this past incident again, Wei Shi felt guilty and sad, stroked her head and said, "Okay, this time we came back to collect debts, you are a golden branch and jade leaf, you deserve the best in the world!" What you want, what you lose, Mother will give you! ”

Li Bao'er was satisfied, immersed in infinite yearning: "I want a lot, a lot...... As many as the stars in the sky, no, more than the stars in the sky. After speaking, it was a sweet smile that seemed innocent.