Do your best, obey the destiny of heaven. These are the words that Wan'er repeatedly admonished herself after returning from the East Palace.

Although she touched a nail that was neither soft nor hard at the crown prince Li Xian, she was afraid to think about it, but Wan'er had a heart after all. Goodbye Princess Taiping, she is also much calmer. However, it is still unknown whether Li Xian will attend the Chongyang family banquet.

Princess Taiping was well-informed, so she naturally knew that Wan'er had gone to see Li Xian. Since this news can't be hidden from the princess, it can't be hidden from others.

Empress Wu had a lot of complaints about this matter, so she took the opportunity to ask Lin Xiuwu, "I heard that Wan'er's girl went to the East Palace?" ”

Lin Xiuwu placed the fresh fruits that had been kept in the ice cellar, and replied naturally: "This is true, Wan'er has indeed been to the East Palace to read books." ”

"Is it reading books, or reading people?" Empress Wu sneered.

"I'm going to the school to read the classics." Xiuwu replied calmly.

Empress Wu smiled a little weirdly, "I heard that she went to meet the prince in private." ”

Lin Xiuwu smiled, "Which of these unreserved girls doesn't want to meet the prince?" ”

"What's so good about the prince? How many sons do I have, why did Wan'er fall in love with him? Empress Wu deliberately said in a puzzled tone.

"Queen of Heaven, what do you want to eat?" Xiuwu picked up the fruit plate and put it in front of the martial arts, "The pears and golden apricots are still stockpiled, although they are out of season, the taste is almost good, but they are quite crisp." ”

Empress Wu picked an apricot with her pointed nails, tasted it, and frowned slightly: "Things that are out of place are not satisfactory after all." He put down the apricot and said, "So are people." ”

Lin Xiuwu said: "Wan'er has no rules, it is the slave and maid who are not disciplined effectively, such a thing will not happen again in the future." ”

Empress Wu glanced at her: "What does she do?" In the future, the Son of Heaven will be willing to get close to anyone, and Wan'er did the right thing. ”

Empress Wu said this, and she really thought so in her heart, when she was sick in front of Emperor Taizong, she met Li Zhi, who was in the position of the crown prince, and the world saw that they were happy, but they didn't know that Empress Wu took great pains to manage.

On the day of the Double Ninth Festival, the whole Daming Palace is peaceful and festive, the dining table in the hall is full of all kinds of pastries, the most distinctive is the festival food such as Pengcao cake and Ma Ge cake, the chrysanthemum wine carefully brewed by the palace people is diffused in the air, and the whole hall is mixed with the bitter taste in the fragrance.

According to the royal customs, this day will first go to the northeast corner of Chang'an City Longshouyuan to ascend, so the British King Li Xian, the Prime Minister Li Dan entered the palace very early, and wore court clothes, revealing a very different momentum from the past, Taiping Princess Li Lingyue is also dressed ceremoniously, gorgeous and noble, and has a good demeanor.

The two Royal Highnesses and Princess Taiping surrounded the emperor and queen, talking and laughing, looking extremely lively, such a scene is rare, Wan'er has no qualifications to serve in front of the emperor, looking at it from afar, her heart is also very happy.

After the climb, the emperor, the prince, the princess and other cadres returned to the Hanyuan Palace, and a grand celebration was about to be held here. The emperor and queen are high, and the ministers pay tribute one by one, although the process has a strong sense of ceremony, but it is inevitably lengthy and boring, so after it is over, Li Xian, Li Dan, and Taiping have slipped to the spacious corridor outside the hall. Wan'er is a small character, because no one paid attention, she was also blinded by Li Xian, and she was pulled over.

Several young people stood in front of the jade railing and looked south, and their vision was unobstructed, and they could always see the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in the south of Chang'an City, which was the place where Master Xuanzang, the first abbot of the royal monastery Ci'en Temple, used to hide the scriptures. Looking down, more than 100 squares in the entire Chang'an City are in full view, like a Go chessboard.

"Wan'er, today's Chongyang, how about you customize a poem for me, I will dedicate it to my father and queen mother at the banquet later, or I will really be ugly......" Li Xian said and laughed.

"Your Highness doesn't dislike Wan'er's words, and it's just superficial." Wan'er replied.

"Wan'er, you are really too modest, your poems are deep in the essence of 'Shangguan style', not only wrong and charming, but also more sincere, think about this talent is really a thing that has been passed down from generation to generation, melted into the blood and bones, so people have to be convinced, my qualifications-" Li Xian was in a good mood and seemed to have forgotten something.

Prime Minister Li Dan suddenly interrupted him: "This dogwood wine hasn't started to drink yet, why are you dizzy, Seventh Brother?" ”

Taiping also sneered and said: "Brother Xian, the biggest advantage is that he is self-aware, although the poems are not very good, but the attitude is still pious." ”

Li Xian reacted at this time, and hurriedly echoed the words of the two of them: "Yes, yes, yes, the literary style is not good, the wine will make up, tonight our brothers and sisters will not return if they are not drunk." ”

"Say what? It's so lively. Suddenly, a faint voice came.

Everyone turned their heads in unison.

"Brother Xian!" Princess Taiping screamed in joy, pounced on it and hung it on Li Xian's neck.

Li Xian and Li Dan are also happy from the bottom of their hearts, they do not have the privilege of indulgence and casualness like Taiping, and etiquette is essential: "I have seen the imperial brother!" ”

Wan'er had the lowest status, and she had the heaviest salute, and knelt down: "The slave has seen His Royal Highness the Prince." "A heart is so nervous that it almost jumps out.

"What a courtesy." Li Xian didn't look at Wan'er, but just pulled Taiping off his body and reached out symbolically to help his two younger brothers.

Li Xian straightened up, did not forget to pull Wan'er beside him, and said in a low voice: "Hurry up, the bluestone slab is not too panicked." ”

Wan'er got up and stepped back playfully.

was stopped by Li Xian: "You wait." ”

Wan'er didn't dare to speak at all, only worried that as soon as she opened her mouth, her fluttering heart would really jump out.

King Li Xian thought that Wan'er was frightened by the cold prince, and deliberately laughed to liven up the atmosphere: "Sixth brother, just a few of our dear brothers and sisters, don't be too serious...... We haven't seen each other for a few days, and today is a rare opportunity, so we must get together. ”

Prime Minister Li Dan agreed, and said a little more: "Sixth brother, we thought that you were entangled in business today and had no skills. ”

Taiping hated and said: "I am the most resentful person, when I was born, Brother Xian, you didn't come, today I will punish you for drinking." ”

Li Xian smiled at this time, flicked Taiping's head, and said solemnly: "Today I was going to climb together, but unfortunately I was a little dizzy when I got up in the morning, so I called the imperial doctor to take a look, and it was delayed for some hours, and the gift was served late, but fortunately, my father and queen did not blame it......"

"Sixth brother, your body is okay, right?" Li Dan asked a little nervously.

Taiping grabbed one of Li Xian's arms and asked the same question as Li Dan with his eyes.

"It's okay, I guess I couldn't sleep well last night." Li Xian comforted everyone and looked at Li Xian, "Seventh brother, I vaguely heard that you were going to ask someone to customize the poem, I am curious about who can endure it so much?" ”

Li Xian smiled: "Who else can there be?" Chao Wan'er raised her chin, "Her name is Shangguan Wan'er, she is the female history of the Xuanzheng Palace, don't look at her young age, her poetry is dominant." ”

Li Xian fell his gaze on Wan'er, and said in a voice without warmth, "You take a few steps forward." ”

Wan'er didn't know why, even the corners of her mouth were trembling slightly, she was very sure that she was not panicking, she obeyed the order of the crown prince Li Xian, and carefully drove a few small steps forward.

"Shangguan Nushi, have you thought of a poem customized for the British King?" Li Xian glanced at Wan'er with a scrutinizing eye and asked.

Wan'er lowered her eyebrows and said, "Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, the slave maid has thought about it." ”

Li Xian had already guessed that she had a confident and unrestrained heart under her humble and docile attitude, and slightly raised the corners of her mouth, "Listen to me."