"Princess, concubine, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is visiting!" A guard from the princess's palace hurried in to report.

"His Royal Highness the Prince? Please!" Liu Yi, who was listening to Princess Taiping playing the piano, immediately stood up and commanded.

Princess Taiping, who got up from the piano seat, walked quickly to Liu Yi, and said with some doubts: "It's almost the New Year, how can Brother Prince have time to come and see us?" ”

"Let's go and meet it!" Liu Yi did not answer Princess Taiping's question, but took her hand and walked quickly outside the house.

Li Xian had already walked to the front hall, followed by several attendants holding gifts.

"I've seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Liu Yi strode forward to salute.

"Brother Prince, why do you have time to come and see us?" Princess Taiping happily stepped on broken steps and stepped forward to hold Li Xian's hand.

"It's the New Year soon, I'm busy all day, and I'm just free today, so I'll come and see you," Li Xian said with a smile.

Princess Taiping looked at the entourage behind Li Xian who were holding gifts, "Brother Prince, just come to see us, why do you need to bring so many gifts, last time we got married, we already had such a rich gift..."

"When you got married, there were no gifts to give, so come over today and make up for them together!" Li Xian smiled, looked at Liu Yi on the side, and then patted Princess Taiping's hand.

Liu Yi stretched out his hand and signaled, "Your Highness, let's go inside and talk!" At the same time, the head of the mansion accepted the gift sent by Li Xian, and ordered everyone not to come in and disturb him.

Li Xian entered the front hall and sat down in the main seat, with Liu Yi and Princess Taiping sitting on either side of him.

"Brother Crown Prince must be busy with court affairs these days, he has lost a lot of weight, you have to be careful of your body, your father is not in good health, the queen mother has to take care of her father, and leave many things to you to deal with, you must not be tired," Princess Taiping looked at Li Xian's slightly haggard face and said with some distress.

"Sister Yue'er, don't worry, I'm fine," Li Xian smiled at Princess Taiping.

Seeing these sincere dialogues between Li Xian and Princess Taiping, Liu Yi was also a little emotional, he knew that between their brothers and sisters, Li Xian and Princess Taiping had the best relationship, and Li Xian loved Princess Taiping the most since he was a child, but he didn't know if Princess Taiping knew the contradiction between Wu Zetian and Li Xian.

"His Royal Highness has supervised state affairs several times, and his handling of court affairs has been appreciated by the courtiers, His Majesty is in poor health, and I am fortunate to have such a talented person as His Highness to handle state affairs for His Majesty, this is my great luck!" Liu Yi saw Li Xian's eyes looking at him, and hurriedly catered to him.

"It's a pity that I can get the appreciation of my father and the ministers, but I can't get the approval of the queen mother, alas..."Li Xian sighed.

Liu Yi saw the surprised expression in Princess Taiping's eyes, shook his head slightly, and stopped Princess Taiping's inquiry.

For a while, the atmosphere was a little dull.

After a while, Liu Yi spoke: "Yue'er, today His Royal Highness has sent a big gift, we have to return the gift, because the husband doesn't know the etiquette, you go and see what you need to give in return..."

Princess Taiping is also an extremely smart person, and she suddenly understood what Liu Yi meant, and said immediately: "Brother Prince, my sister made a painting two days ago, and Liu Lang wrote a poem, how are you going to see the painting and the poem?" It's in the study..."

"Okay, sister-in-law, let's go and see your poems and paintings..."Li Xian said and stood up.

"Then please comment on our clumsy work, Your Highness, please..." Liu Yi got up and saluted.

After Li Xian and Liu Yi entered the study to talk, Princess Taiping ordered all the people in the house not to take a step close to the study, and after she drank all the subordinates, she personally sat in the small hall outside the study and waited, a little uneasy, she had already felt something terrible to her.

The two stayed in the study for nearly an hour before they came out, but when they came out, the two looked quite relaxed.

"Sister-in-law, Taiping, I'll say goodbye first, and I'll come to see you when I have a chance after the year!" Li Xian had a smile on his face and saluted Liu Yi and Princess Taiping.

"Brother Crown Prince won't sit for a while and leave?" Princess Taiping obviously saw that Li Xian's smile was a bit far-fetched, which made her even more uneasy.

"I've been here for a long time, I still have something to deal with, and when I'm free, I'll come and talk to you again!" Li Xian arched his hand, "Farewell!" As he spoke, he walked out.

Liu Yi and Princess Taiping hurriedly sent them out.

Walking outside the mansion, Liu Yi said goodbye to Li Xian, who was about to get into the carriage: "His Royal Highness the Prince, go slowly!"

"Brother Prince, go slowly!" Princess Taiping took Liu Yi's hand and waved at Li Xian.

"Go back!" Li Xian also returned the salute, that is, lowered the curtain of the carriage, and the carriage departed under the escort of a large group of guards.

Princess Taiping took Liu Yi's hand and walked back to the mansion.

As soon as they entered the mansion, Princess Taiping pulled Liu Yi to the bedroom and ordered Xiaoyun and Ping'er to stay at the door of the bedroom outhouse, so that no one could disturb them.

After the two sat down, Princess Taiping, who looked nervous, took Liu Yi's hand and said, "Husband, what did the prince's brother tell you?" ”

"It's nothing, it's just to ask about some court affairs!" Liu Yi said lightly, and at the same time held Princess Taiping's hand.

"I don't believe it, the prince's brother must have something important to discuss with you, is it a dispute with the queen mother?" Princess Taiping stared at Liu Yi with her eyes and said in a low voice.

Liu Yi approached Princess Taiping's side and said in the same low voice: "Do you also know that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and your mother have a dispute? ”

Princess Taiping nodded, "The queen mother blames the prince's brother for making decisions on some court matters without asking her about her intentions, and she still doesn't approve of the prince's brother's handling of some matters!"

"Tell me what the specifics are!" Liu Yi asked.

Princess Taiping shook her head: "I don't care about the affairs of the court, I don't know exactly what they are arguing about, but I heard that it seems that it is for the appointment of some officials, the prince's left concubine Zhang Daliang was removed from the throne and appointed as the head of the British Prince's Mansion by Li Zhe's brother, the prince's brother has a lot of opinions on this, but he still can't compete with the queen mother, and the father and emperor also support the decision of the queen mother..."

"Is that all?" Liu Yi asked again.

"There should be something else, but I don't know, even Wan'er may not know! During this time, many confidential matters were not allowed to be touched by the queen mother," Princess Taiping got up and leaned on Liu Yi, "San Lang, Yue'er is very afraid, I am really afraid that the queen mother and the prince's brother will have another dispute, like that..."

Liu Yi stood up, held Princess Taiping's shoulders, stared at her, and asked word by word: "If your queen mother and your crown brother quarrel again, then which side will you stand on?" ”

Princess Taiping's face turned pale, she thought about it, and then shook her head, "I don't know, I don't want them to have any more disputes... My father's health is no longer good, and if they quarrel again, my father's condition will definitely be even worse!"

Liu Yi didn't speak, and looked straight at Princess Taiping.

Princess Taiping, who was even more frightened by Liu Yi's glare, grabbed Liu Yi's arm tightly, "San Lang, husband... The queen mother has always been very fond of me, and almost never refuses my request, I will go to the queen mother, let her not often blame the prince's brother, the prince's brother has always loved me the most, I will also go to the prince's brother, let her do what the queen mother wants, don't contradict the queen... After all, the queen mother is my mother and the mother of the prince's brother, and we all have to listen to her..."

"You have to listen to your mother's words, and the same is true for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, otherwise..."Liu Yi paused for a while, and in the puzzled eyes of Princess Taiping, he continued: "First Prince, your brother Li Hong is an example..."

Princess Taiping's face was completely bloodless, and her hand suddenly let go of Liu Yi's arm, "Husband, why do you say that?" Brother Hong, he died of illness, and he was not sent by his mother..."

"Do you believe that your brother Hong died of illness?" Liu Yi asked.

Princess Taiping shook her head and nodded again, "The queen mother said so, and my father said the same thing, everyone said so, and I believe it..."

When she said this, Princess Taiping's face was a little deformed because of fright, her eyes were blank, and tears came out of her eyes.

Liu Yi reached out and hugged Princess Taiping in his arms, patted her back gently, then picked up her face, and kissed her, "Don't worry, no matter what disputes they have, you don't have to worry too much, your virtuous brother is His Royal Highness the Prince, and he will be the emperor in the future, and everything will be solved when he becomes the emperor..."

Princess Taiping, who didn't hear the meaning of Liu Yi's words, looked at Liu Yi with some confusion, "Really? ”

"Of course it's true!" Liu Yi nodded.

"However, the queen mother will let go... Hand... Is it? Princess Taiping, who knew her mother's surname, looked incredulous.

"Let's wait and see!" Liu Yi smiled lightly and gently stroked Princess Taiping's cheek.

Princess Taiping snuggled in Liu Yi's arms, put her two hands on Liu Yi's chest, lowered her head, and said in a low voice: "I know, you are comforting me, you don't want me to worry about these things, I... I don't want to worry about it... Take care of these things, but you... Husband, you are now in a high position in the court, and it is impossible for you to stay out, what will you do? ”

"What do you think I should do?" Liu Yi asked rhetorically.

Princess Taiping raised her head, looked at Liu Yi's eyes carefully, and said after a while: "No matter what you do, Yue'er supports you unconditionally, I am already married to you, marry a chicken randomly, marry a dog with a dog, whatever you do, I will listen to you, I will..."

Hearing Princess Taiping say this, Liu Yi smiled, and was relieved in his heart, interrupting Princess Taiping's words, "You are scolding your husband in disguise, what does it mean to marry a chicken with a chicken, marry a dog with a dog, I am not a chicken or a puppy, how can I marry a chicken and a dog, I am an upright man, and you have not seen the power of being a husband..."

Saying that, Liu Yi showed a gentle and evil smile, and scratched Princess Taiping's nose and kissed Princess Taiping fiercely.

Princess Taiping, who was already in her heart, blushed a little when Liu Yi said the latter sentence, and took a sip, "Dengzi, I don't have any seriousness, I always think about these things..."

"Don't you want to? If you don't want to, let's sleep in a bed today..."

"How dare you..."

(To be continued)