The two took a lot of trouble and came to a restaurant called "Ningxianglou" near Dongshi.

The restaurant is quite big, and there is a big courtyard, Liu Yi and Shangguan Wan'er picked a box with a window facing the courtyard.

The carriage in the palace just can't come this way, Liu Yi and Shangguan Wan'er after leaving the palace, that is, they ordered the carriage to go back, Liu Yi asked his guards to prepare a carriage, and then came to the restaurant.

After entering the restaurant, Liu Yi ordered two personal guards, Liu Ben and Liu Ben, to guard outside the box and not let others approach.

The wine and food soon came up, and a table of steaming delicacies was served.

Liu Yi poured a full cup of wine for Shangguan Wan'er, poured his own cup full, raised his glass and said: "Today, it is a heavy snowfall, a rare beautiful scenery, accompanied by a beauty like Wan'er, beautiful beauty, not drunk once is too bad for such a scene!"

Hearing Liu Yi say this, Shangguan Wan'er was surprisingly not shy, and she also raised her glass, followed Liu Yi's gaze and looked at the snow that was still flying outside the window, and sighed very emotionally: "Yi'an, such a thing is really rare, and now Wan'er also wants to get drunk with you..."

Shangguan Wan'er stayed in the palace, very unfree, since returning to Chang'an, the imperial court twice issued an edict to send a large army to the expedition, and received the Tubo mission, as Wu Zetian's personal female official Shangguan Wan'er, since she has a lot of things to do, every day is busy, no leisure, today at such a time, can accompany Liu Yi to come out to enjoy the snow and wine, it is really very rare, there is a sigh of inevitable.

The two had a dry drink against each other, Liu Yi picked up the chopsticks and ate the vegetables in a big gulp, and his already hungry stomach was protesting.

This body is only nineteen years old, which is the age of growth and development, coupled with a lot of exercise, a lot of mental exercises, and a lot of energy, Liu Yi feels like eating every day, and he is hungry soon after a full meal, and now with a beauty like Shangguan Wan'er, Liu Yi is still a little gentle, otherwise he will gobble up, and these things in front of him will be swept away by him.

Shangguan Wan'er picked up the chopsticks, elegantly sandwiched a piece of beef, put it in her mouth and chewed it carefully, her eyes were shining, looking at Liu Yi, who was eating there but still maintaining her demeanor, "Yi'an, why is your eating appearance so ugly?" ”

Liu Yi put down his chopsticks, took a hand towel to wipe his mouth, and said with a smile: "Wan'er, I'm running in the wind and snow on a hungry stomach, and I'm already sticking my chest to my back, you are an adult, don't care about my faux pas, you will have to see this situation in the future!"

"Oh, then you keep eating, eat more, don't go hungry!" Shangguan Wan'er pointed to the food that was almost half empty on the plate with chopsticks, and said with a warm smile. Liu Yi's casual words made her feel warm.

Liu Yi looked at the plates in front of him, and was a little embarrassed, "If I eat again, there will be no more food for a while, then I will be blamed by Wan'er!"

"It's okay, I'm not hungry today, I like to watch you eat like this!" Shangguan Wan'er likes Liu Yi's real surname revealed in front of her, Liu Yi has no scruples in front of her, this is a kind of trust in her, Shangguan Wan'er likes this feeling of being trusted by Liu Yi.

"Let's drink and eat slowly, it's okay today anyway!" Liu Yi poured wine into Shangguan Wan'er's cup again.

The two talked and drank a few more glasses in each other.

I don't know if it's because of the fire in the house, or after a few glasses of wine, Shangguan Wan'er's face has a faint flush, which also makes a pretty face even more watery, and Liu Yi's eyes are reluctant to leave this beauty's face.

"Yi'an, why are you looking at me like this?!" While enjoying Liu Yi's warm gaze, Shangguan Wan'er was also a little squirming and said shyly.

"A beauty like Wan'er can't get enough of it for a lifetime!" Liu Yi grinned.

Shangguan Wan'er glared at Liu Yi with a smile, and said angrily: "The oil tone is smooth, not serious!"

"Well, then I'll listen to Wan'er, let's get serious now," Liu Yi stopped laughing, checked the situation on the side, and after confirming that there was no abnormality, he said to Shangguan Wan'er: "Wan'er, let's talk about things!"

"Hmm!" Seeing Liu Yi showing such a serious look, Shangguan Wan'er also put down her chopsticks and approached Liu Yi's side.

"Wan'er, is the queen mother worried about General Pei?" Liu Yi asked in a low voice.

Seeing Liu Yi ask like this, Shangguan Wan'er was not surprised at all, and said softly: "Yes, why don't you worry, but also be wary everywhere, General Pei Da was demoted to Anxi because he did not praise the establishment of the Queen of Heaven Niangniang, and was demoted to Anxi because of this, although he has made many meritorious contributions in the future, he has always been not reused, and the Queen of Heaven has always had a gap with him..."

In the second year of Longshuo, Pei Xingjian, who was the commander of Chang'an at the time, privately discussed with the eldest grandson Wuji, Chu Suiliang and others to oppose the establishment of Wu Zetian as the queen.

"Anxi is a long way, when General Pei Da just served as Chang'an Ling, it was the beginning of the career, but was relegated to the border nearly 10,000 miles away, this is a big punishment, but fate made people, General Pei Da to Anxi, but it is his military talent to the extreme, his prestige, made a lot of achievements, Anxi has been calm for many years..."Shangguan Wan'er sighed, "It is only because of the queen's obstruction that General Pei has stayed in Anxi for many years before he was able to return, after returning to the court, The emperor was originally going to entrust him with an important position, but he was blocked by the queen..."

Liu Yi suddenly understood that this should be the reason why Pei Xingjian made such a great contribution, after returning to the court from the Anxi capital of the third grade, he was entrusted with only the official servant of the fourth grade, and Liu Yi did not understand why Pei Xingjian was not entrusted with a position equivalent to his merits and talents, it turned out that Wu Zetian was the obstruction, from another point of view, Wu Zetian's mind is really not broad enough, and he is wary of loyal ministers like Pei Xingjian.

Liu Yi didn't open his mouth to ask, but motioned to Shangguan Wan'er with his eyes to continue.

"The emperor has always admired General Pei very much, if it weren't for the emperor's insistence, I'm afraid that the current General Pei would not be able to serve as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and the general of the right guard... This time, the emperor and the queen also had a lot of arguments, but fortunately Niangniang gave in," Shangguan Wan'er stopped talking, subconsciously looked at the side, paused for a moment, and then continued, "The merits made by General Pei over the years are really too great, and the policies he did when he served in the Ministry of Officials were deeply appreciated by the emperor and even the queen, plus the people he recommended were all very good, so the queen slowly changed her attitude towards her..."

"It's just that later, General Pei accepted Wang Fangyi as a disciple again, and last time he led the escort of the Persian delegation back to China, quelled the Turkic rebellion, and asked the emperor to take Wang Fangyi as his deputy general, and lead the inspection school Anxi Du to protect the post, which made the queen unhappy," Shangguan Wan'er said and sighed, "Do you know that Wang Fangyi is the cousin of the deposed queen, will the queen want to see Wang Fangyi reused by the imperial court?" ”

Liu Yi shook his head, Wu Zetian's cruel methods to treat the enemy He learned something from historical records, Wang Fangyi, the close relative of the queen who was killed by her, of course, could not be reused, Pei Xingjian openly asked the emperor to appoint Wang Fangyi to protect the capital of Anxi, although it was said that it was to inspect the school, but such a request would definitely make Wu Zetian feel unhappy. Although Anxi is far away, but the protector is also a feudal official, his power is not small, the place in charge is very large, and those who serve as the protector of Anxi are all people who feel that the emperor trusts them, but they are afraid that the officials who protect the capital will have different intentions, this Wang Fangyi is not a person trusted by Wu Zetian, Pei Xingjian recommended him to serve as the protector of Anxi, from Wu Zetian's point of view, the requirements are really excessive.

This also made Wu Zetian, who had changed his attitude towards Pei Xingjian over the years, feel sorry again, not to mention that Pei Xingjian also accepted Wang Fangyi as a disciple, and Wu Zetian was wary of Pei Xingjian, which was normal.

It's just that there are not many generals in the DPRK and China now, and when Xiao Siye was defeated, Pei Xingjian, who had just returned from making great achievements, was appointed as the commander of the 300,000 army, and there was no way, and Wu Zetian couldn't object, but this did not prevent her from sending some cronies to serve in the army and supervise Pei Xingjian.

"So, this expedition, Niangniang is also not very at ease with General Pei, so she will give you such orders, asking you to monitor his movements and report any abnormal situations! Of course, apart from you, Niangniang has other people in the army who have arranged it, specifically..."Shangguan Wan'er attached to Liu Yi's ear and quietly told Liu Yi the names of these people, "You have to beware of these people!"

After listening to what Shangguan Wan'er said, Liu Yi was still a little shocked, and said immediately: "Wan'er, I know what to do!"

"When your father was alive, he had a good relationship with General Pei, and the queen mother also knew it, and now you have a good relationship with General Pei, and the queen mother is also clear, presumably this is also a test for you by the queen mother, and in a few days there will be a separate edict for you, giving you special powers!" Shangguan Wan'er said worriedly, "I'm really afraid that Niangniang will alienate you because of your closeness to General Pei, and now it seems that there will be no such risk for the time being, but you must always be careful... After Ming Chongyan's death, Niangniang lost a person she trusted, and because the treatment you provided was really effective, the emperor praised you again, and the degree of favor for you did not decrease but rose, and you must grasp the future things yourself, do anything, and never go wrong! This time, because of Ming Chongyan's incident, Niangniang was very angry, and she also dismissed the servant Shi Luobin Wang, and asked him to also go out with General Pei... I'm glad I didn't suspect you!"

After listening to Shangguan Wan'er's words, Liu Yi's heart was turbulent, some of these things, he had thought of in advance, but there were many times when he didn't take care of it at all, if it weren't for Shangguan Wan'er's reminder, Wu Zetian wouldn't know if he was suspicious of him one day, and he looked at Shangguan Wan'er very gratefully at the moment: "Thank you Wan'er for the reminder, I will definitely be careful in the future, and there will be no mistakes!"

Having Shangguan Wan'er by Wu Zetian's side is a great thing...

(To be continued)