Liu Yi followed Wu Zetian and Princess Taiping to the Penglai Hall where Li Zhi lived.

Maybe Li Zhi is the emperor and Wu Zetian is the queen, Liu Yi feels that although Princess Taiping has become his wife, he does not have any sense of family affection for Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, the parents of Princess Taiping who are counted as his "father-in-law and mother-in-law", whether it is Li Zhi or Wu Zetian, he feels very estranged, and this feeling also contains a kind of awe and instinctive resistance.

The children born in the royal family are also quite unfortunate, the family affection is always not as strong as that of ordinary people, although the unusually favored Princess Taiping is better, but Liu Yi, as the husband of Princess Taiping, does not have the feeling of being a son-in-law.

Li Zhi was lying on the bed, with a cloth ribbon wrapped around his head, and several people who looked like palace people were beating him there, and when he saw Wu Zetian coming in with a group of people, these palace people all got up and saluted Wu Zetian and Princess Taiping in unison.

Princess Taiping won Wu Zetian's hand, ran two steps, came to the couch where Li Zhi was lying, knelt up, took Li Zhi's hand, and said with a choked voice: "Father, my daughter has come to the palace to see you..."

Under Li Zhi's signal, several close attendants came over to cushion a few pillows for him, Li Zhi lay leaning over, looked at Princess Taiping kneeling in front of him, Wu Zetian who was standing, and Liu Yi behind him, with a smile on his face.

Li Zhi looked at Princess Taiping gently, and the smile on his face became very kind, "Taiping, my father is still thinking, why don't you come into the palace to see your father, my father has been sick for so many days..."

Princess Taiping wiped a handful of tears, and before she could answer, Wu Zetian took over, "Your Majesty, Taiping has just become pregnant, and the concubine sent the imperial doctor to see it, and the imperial doctor said that she just had a body, and she couldn't move much, for fear of hurting the fetus, but the concubine also thought that Your Majesty missed Taiping, so she also sent someone to take her into the palace and live for a while, so that you can see Taiping every day!"

"Oh!? Taiping, are you pregnant? Haha..."Li Zhi suddenly smiled, glanced at Liu Yi who was standing behind, and then said, "Before that year, I could hug my little grandson, hehe... I hope I'll be able to hold it again!"

Listening to Li Zhi's words, Liu Yi was a little surprised, Princess Taiping's pregnancy, Wu Zetian already knew, and he didn't even tell Li Zhi, this is too much, Li Zhi, who loves Princess Taiping a lot, will be happy to hear the news of pregnancy, this person is happy, is it still good for the recovery of the body, why don't you tell it?!

Princess Taiping's face was ashamed, "Father, it's still early to give birth, and I hope that my father will name the child then," and said with concern, "Father is still recuperating with peace of mind, and his daughter has moved to the palace to live, so that she can come and visit her father every day..."

"Father will definitely give you a nice name, and Father will also recuperate with peace of mind, so that our good Yue'er will not worry!" Li Zhi smiled and wiped away the tears from the corners of Princess Taiping's eyes, "I'm so old, I'm about to become a mother, and I'm still crying like a child, can't I be wronged...... Your colt didn't bully you, did he? ”

"No, how could Yi An bully her daughter, Yi An loves her daughter very much!" Princess Taiping glanced back at Liu Yi, smiled, and then turned her head back, "Father, you are unwell, but your daughter still doesn't bother you, you rest for a while, your daughter will go first, and I will come to see you tomorrow..."

While talking, Li Zhidu kept coughing, and it seemed that his physical condition was not optimistic, and Princess Taiping was also very interested.

Hearing Princess Taiping say this, Li Zhi coughed a few times before saying: "It's okay, you just entered the palace, you must be tired, go and rest first, your father is not in the way, whenever you want to see your father, you can come, no one can stop you!"

"That daughter will retire first!" Princess Taiping saluted Li Zhi and walked back to Wu Zetian, "Queen Mother, my daughter will go back to Lijing Hall first!"

"Okay, your father needs to rest, you also go to rest first, and the queen mother will accompany you over," Wu Zetian said, walked to Li Zhi's couch, took Li Zhi's hand, said a few words softly, and then got up and walked back to Princess Taiping, "Let's go!"

Princess Taiping glanced at Liu Yi and Shangguan Wan'er, and the two immediately saluted Li Zhi and retired, preparing to leave the palace.

But just as Liu Yi walked up to Li Zhi's side to give a salute, Li Zhi spoke again, "Yi'an, you stay, I have something to say to you..."

Hearing Li Zhi's words, Wu Zetian was stunned for a moment, but the expression on his face did not change, and Princess Taiping was also a little surprised, and looked at Wu Zetian and Liu Yi at a loss.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Liu Yi had no choice but to agree.

"Then let's go first!" Wu Zetian didn't have any expression on his face, and took Princess Taiping's hand out of Penglai Palace.

Liu Yi stood beside Li Zhi, hung his hands, lowered his head, and waited for Li Zhi's question.

"You all go down!" Li Zhi instructed the palace people on the side.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" All the palace maids and eunuchs in the palace walked out, leaving only Li Zhi and Liu Yi.

Li Zhi didn't have any polite words, and directly said what he wanted to say, "Yi'an, I have always admired you, and Taiping has always liked you, so I agreed to allow Taiping to take you as his wife..."

"Thank you Your Majesty and Niangniang for the marriage!" Liu Yi hurriedly saluted to express his gratitude.

Li Zhi waved his hand and motioned to Liu Yi not to be polite, "I see that Taiping has a happy face today, I know that you treat her well, you are very affectionate, and you are pregnant so soon, you have become Taiping's concubine, this is a great luck for her, I also hope that no matter what happens in the future, you can protect Taiping and prevent her from being hurt in any way..."

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the minister will definitely live up to His Majesty's trust, and will do his best to protect the princess from any grievances and injuries," Liu Yi replied very firmly, he had already heard a little bit of the meaning of Li Zhi's words, and now said that this emperor, who is already seriously ill, has something unusual to say to himself.

Li Zhi coughed lightly a few more times, and then continued: "Your talent and surname are very different from ordinary people, the ministers of the court of my view, there are very few people who have insight into the world like you, and I have some heartfelt words to say to you today!"

"I would like to listen to any orders from Your Majesty!"

"Now that I am in the Tang Dynasty, there are a lot of internal and external troubles, strong enemies on all sides often invade my border, and the soldiers can't rest, and the internal affairs are chaotic because of me, alas..."

Liu Yi's heart was turbulent, it was not that Li Zhi woke up, the authority in Wu Zetian's hands was too heavy, so that the court was in turmoil, if he said that he meant so, then he was very surprised to hear his words today, when he and Li Zhi did not have too many private discussions, Li Zhi also knew that Wu Zetian had always been kind to him, and he said that he wanted to talk to himself about these important private matters, what was the purpose? Liu Yi can't figure it out now!

Liu Yi didn't dare to interject or inquire, but just stood aside respectfully, waiting for Li Zhi to continue speaking.

Li Zhi paused, and a trace of helplessness appeared on his chest, "There are many promising ministers in the court now, but there are not many who are really influential and can entrust the affairs of the court," Li Zhi said and paused again, glanced at Liu Yi, and then continued: "It's a pity that you are still young and qualified, otherwise I would really want to entrust you with a more important position..."

"Your Majesty, the minister is young, he is in a high position, he is already very uneasy, the minister is young and ignorant, and he has no experience in dealing with court affairs, so he dare not be so trusted by His Majesty!" Liu Yi was apprehensive in his heart, if Li Zhiruo suddenly entrusted himself with a more critical position, it would not be a good thing for him, but a disaster, that scheming Wu Zetian would definitely have some suspicion of himself, not to mention that his mother-in-law did not fully trust him, and he didn't know when he would finish his life.

Li Zhi waved his hand and motioned for Liu Yixian not to interrupt him, "I heard from Niangniang, a few days ago, you recommended some people to her, and I also carefully weighed them, and the abilities of the people you recommended are not bad, it can be of great use, I maybe..."

"Thank you Your Majesty and Niangniang for your trust..."

Li Zhi motioned to Liu Yi to help him move his body, find a more comfortable position and continue to lie down and talk, "I am now in poor health, presumably there is not much time, I have been guarding the foundation of my father in this life, but unfortunately, I have not been able to continue to carry out my father's legacy over the years, so that there is chaos inside and outside my Tang Dynasty, I am also thinking, if many of your suggestions were sent to me earlier, it would be great, Zhuyi's rebellions may not be so frequent, alas... A lot of times, I can't help myself..."

Li Zhi's somewhat chaotic speech surprised Liu Yi even more, and he also faintly understood the contradiction expressed in Li Zhi's words, Li Zhi already regretted letting Wu Zetian have so much power, but he had no choice.

Liu Yi looked at the emperor in front of him who had no majesty on his face, thinking about the evaluation of Li Zhi by those historians in history, and then thinking about what he had just said, as well as what he had done before, a few words came to his heart, "Cowardice is not mediocre...", maybe this kind of evaluation is still very appropriate for Li Zhi. I hope to make a difference in court affairs, and I hope that the Tang Dynasty will be strong, but it is controlled by Wu Zetian, and the power is sidelined, so I am helpless, but there is nothing I can do.

"I'm worried about Xian'er, I hope he has a good minister to assist!" Li Zhi suddenly popped out such a sentence, which surprised Liu Yi, only to hear Li Zhi continue, "Xian'er is smart, I just hope that he doesn't frustrate his mother's meaning too much, and I also hope that someone can persuade Xian'er and let him know how to do things..."

When Li Zhi said this, his eyes did not look at Liu Yi, but looked ahead blankly.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the prince is smart, and he will definitely understand what His Majesty means!" Liu Yi also responded vaguely.

"I hope he can understand, and I hope someone can persuade him to understand! Xian'er has also come to visit you several times, hoping that you can have a good chat with him about some things, and I can also tell him what I mean," Li Zhi turned his eyes and looked at Liu Yi, "I hope that in the future, you can contribute more ideas and suggestions to my Datang and recommend more talents... Go ahead, and I'll talk to you about something in a few days!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, the minister is leaving..."Liu Yi was already sweating, so he hurriedly retired...

(To be continued)