After the canal is a path in the shade of the trees, there are hundreds of trails leading from the Hongyi Canal to the north, all of which are paved with flattened gravel, Xiao Yan heard Li Yuzhen casually mention these gravel roads, most of them are stones dug up when the canal is repaired, smashed and paved for students to pave the way.

【…… These roads are maintained every few years, and they are also done by students. Whether it is a martial arts student or a liberal arts student, 'hard work' is the traditional education of the academy. 】

Li Yuzhen's flawless, melodious and somewhat cool tone swayed leisurely in Xiao Yan's ears, speaking of Mingzong's words when he inspected Tiance Academy and admonished those royal families and clan children who were making a fuss about boycotting school:

[The fool is hard, and the scholar is Hongyi. What is the saying 'expensive is cheap'? The lowly only work for their livelihood, and the scholars have Hongyi. Do you consider yourselves pariahs? 】

[Those who have no ambition, even if they are noble, are only bloodless. 】

[The bone side is a dragon. 】

[Are you going to be the boneless worm? Only worthy of drilling in the mud? 】

[As a royal clan, you should know best that bloodline makes us proud, but it is not a reason for us to be lazy and hardworking, lying on the mountains laid down by our ancestors and enjoying the shade. 】

[Or do some people want to be pigs, enjoy the shadow of their ancestors, and raise them with good food and drink? - Don't insult the pigs. Pigs have to contribute their own blood, flesh, bones, skin, and even their hair to make horsehair brushing. Would you like to be a pig? That's admirable. However, the royal family does not need you to contribute your blood, flesh, bones, and skin, sprinkle a little sweat, and swell a few blood blisters, and it will be. 】

Xiao Yan was solemn at first, and almost burst out laughing when he heard the sentence "Don't insult the pig", raised his sleeves to cover his lips and coughed, and when he heard it, he was already laughing in his stomach. Her impression of Mingzong was obtained from the history books, "dignified and resolute, wise and decisive", I didn't expect the words to admonish those students would be so sharp and mean! But whoever has a three-point temperament has to jump to his feet, right?

The image of this empress was flesh and blood when she was neutral in her mind.

Li Yuzhen said: [The student's commotion, of course, will not be calmed down because of Mingzong's few admonitions. But what Mingzong wants is for them to make trouble. When I entered the academy, the world was big, and the master was the biggest. With the suppression of the master, no matter how noisy the students are, they can't turn the sky upside down, and they have to obediently go to repair the canal, so tired that they don't have the strength to think about anything else except their studies. In addition to those students with ambition and perseverance, many students who want to break free from the sea of suffering can only hope that their parents and family outside will make a fuss. With the uproar of Xiuhong Yiqu, the clan has been stirred up openly and secretly, and most of them have been transferred, you must know that most of the elite children and the most favored children of each family are in the academy, which grandfather and grandmother, father and mother don't care? As soon as the clan's various obstacles to Mingzong's governance were reduced, Mingzong would be able to free up his hands to deal with those families who jumped up and down and the civil officials who claimed to be 'high'. 】

[The Supreme Sect succeeded to the throne and continued to repair the Hongyi Canal, but the main purpose was to use the 'clan to make trouble and dislike the saints' to paralyze the Taiyuan Wang clan and the 'Emperor Taishang' in the palace. She was talking about Gaozong's own father, the descendant of Mingzong, who was born in the Taiyuan Wang family.

Li Yuzhen's cool voice said: [Those forbearance, hardships, conspiracy, and bloodshed are only one sentence in the history books: 'The Taiyuan Wang clan plotted rebellion and was ambushed. - Datang, experienced the most sinister period. And today's situation is likely to sink into that section. 】

Xiao Yan's eyes were calm.

If the Taiyuan Wang family succeeded, she couldn't be sure whether there would be a powerful Wang dynasty, but it would definitely be difficult to have that kind of opportunity again, and the empress would be on the throne, and she would be as brave and courageous as Mingzong and Gaozong, and the empress with far-sightedness.

Be cherished.

Although Li Yuzhen didn't say this, Xiao Yan deeply understood what she meant.

Today's situation is not easy to come by, and our generation should cherish it.

She couldn't help but look at Li Yuzhen, and there was a feeling growing in her heart.

It should be joy, rejoicing, expectation, and relief...... All kinds of emotions are intertwined, making her feel a kind of smoothness and boiling.

She thought in her heart that Li Yuzhen might not be able to take on the throne because of the "empress" - her kendo would not let her consciousness stay on being a woman, but she finally took up the Tai'a and embarked on this road to the emperor, whether it is because of relatives or the responsibility of the royal family, her gender will benefit the women of the world, so that the women of the Tang Dynasty have a broader world.

Xiao Yan's voice couldn't help but contain feelings, clear and sincere, and said: [You will be a good emperor. 】

——Like Mingzong, Gaozong, Sejong, and Zhaozong, bring the Tang Dynasty into a stronger era; It will also bring the women of the world into a broader era.

Horses' hooves clattered on the gravel road in the forest, occasionally with the chirping of birds and birds, and the surroundings were very quiet, Li Yuzhen looked at Xiao Yan, his eyes were deep and quiet, and his thin ice eyes were a little unclear in the shade of the trees. She turned her eyes to look ahead, and her voice was slow and gentle: [Xiao Yuezhi, being an emperor is not a good errand. 】

[I know. Xiao Yan said.

Power is tempting, and I don't know how many people in this world have camped for it.

and became the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the supreme power of the world, a qiē resource, to take and demand; In a single thought, it is decided that tens of millions of people will live and die - what prince has never imagined it?

But Xiao Yan knew that this was not what Li Yuzhen wanted.

Or rather, this is not what anyone who aspires to martial arts wants.

As an emperor, you have too many responsibilities, too tired, and a short life. Among the thirteen emperors of the Tang Dynasty, most of them are in their fifties, and the most diligent Jingzong has not lived past forty-nine, and today's saints are the longest in life, but the vitality inspired by the longevity pill is only one or two years. In addition, there is no freedom, even if you just go to Lishan to soak in a hot spring, go to Luoyang to see a peony, you have to send tens of thousands of people, not to mention go south along the canal to see the beautiful scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, probably for the rest of your life to be confined in this imperial capital, even if Chang'an City is magnificent, how can it compare to the vastness of the world?

Every time Xiao Yan thought of this, he felt that Li Yuzhen's sacrifice was really too great.

For a warrior with a great future, the pursuit of the true meaning of martial arts and a longer life is the most important thing.

As for the Cave True Realm Grandmaster, as long as he does not fall halfway or die of serious injuries and exhaustion, even if the martial arts no longer move forward, take good care of it and live to be one hundred and seventy or eighty years old; If the promotion is congenital, the physique changes, and the lifespan will be longer, the Taiqing Palm Sect of the Dao Sect was already a Cave True Realm Grandmaster when the Tang Dynasty was founded, and it is estimated that it is more than three hundred years old, and Xiao Yan's mother, Mo Zun, is even more unclear how long she has lived.

Martial arts make people strong, this is the power that people pursue, but more importantly, martial arts can make people pursue a higher level of life, which is something more attractive than power. No matter how powerful the emperor is, after fifty or sixty years, he still has his eyes closed and his legs kicked? No matter how gorgeously the mausoleum is built, can it still come back to life?

Therefore, all those who are expected to be promoted to the acquired grandmaster will focus on the promotion of martial arts, and the power is only used to ensure that they obtain the resources to practice martial arts, so the imperial grandmaster will support the emperor, and the family grandmaster will support the head of the family, because only the royal family and family are strong can ensure that they have a steady stream of resources, but this does not mean that they are willing to be the emperor and the head of the family in person.

Why is there no one in the family who is a grandmaster? It's not that there have never been gifted heirs, but these heirs have all given up the power of inheritance early, allowing them to devote their limited time to the tedious affairs of the family and delay their martial arts refinement, which is something that no gifted heir is willing to do.

Just like Xiao Yan's martial arts master and second great-uncle's grandmother Xiao Chi, as the eldest daughter, she was originally the choice of the heir of the head of the family, but after her martial arts talent appeared, the direction of her cultivation in the clan immediately changed. And after she advanced to the Cave True Realm at the age of twenty-five, her position in the family was more important than that of the Xiao family's son, her younger brother Xiao Xun, because the head of the family could only lead the family for one generation, while a grandmaster who was expected to advance to the innate level could protect the family for two, three or even longer generations.

Therefore, the innate grandmaster of the family is more important than the head of the family - of course they will not interfere with the power of the head of the family, unless the decision of the head of the family endangers the family. Similarly, from the perspective of the Li family in Longxi, the first grandmaster in charge of Tiance Academy, Tiance Zhangyuan, is also more important than the emperor. for the emperor is dead, and his descendants are heirs; But the first grandmaster is not something that can be cultivated if you want to. Li Yuzhen was originally supposed to be in the position of "First Grandmaster"!

But she took up the Tai'a Sword and took on the empire, even if her martial arts persisted, it was impossible for her to remain unaffected. There were locusts, floods, hailstones, snowstorms, and pestilences...... These natural disasters are inevitable every year, should she be upset? The official is greedy for ink and bends the law to bend people's lives, should she be upset? Haoqiang annexed land, the state tax was reduced, the people had no land to plant, and the contradiction between the people and the wealth became more and more acute, should she be upset? …… Xiao Yan just thought about it, and he felt so bad!

The emperor's job is really not done by people.

Unless you are a faint gentleman.

But will Li Yuzhen be a faint gentleman?

Xiao Yan was full of sympathy for his little friend, and when he looked at Li Yuzhen with his eyes, he was clear and soft, and after thinking about it, he went over and comforted: [If you cultivate a few more powerful subordinates in the future, it won't be so hard. 】

The key is not to delay the martial arts - but that's almost impossible. If Xiao Yan becomes the head of the family, her martial arts will inevitably be delayed.

Think about it a hundred years later, she is evergreen in the martial arts, but Li Yuzhen is confined to the shackles and can't go further, and even half foot into the mausoleum, what a pity!

Thinking of this, she felt that it would be better to be a little better to Li Yuzhen in the future. Thinking about it again, she doesn't seem to have any good colors for Li Yuzhen. It's all her to blame, to entangle love. Forget it, it's better to put up with her a little more in the future, it's been a few years anyway. As soon as the crown prince ascended the throne, she entered the East Palace, and she didn't come and go so casually.

The corners of Li Yuzhen's lips hooked, but his eyes were still so deep and quiet, as if he still had a responsible heaviness behind him, and his voice was also faint: [Yuezhi, you will always be by my side, right? 】

Xiao Yan was stunned: [......] How do you want her to answer this?

If she wasn't from the Xiao family, she would be willing to be a like-minded partner with Li Yuzhen forever. But the future is unpredictable, and who knows how long such a friendship will last?

Xiao Yan was silent.

She couldn't answer, and she didn't want to deceive Li Yuzhen.

This made her feel guilty again, and when Li Yuzhen chose to take on the responsibility of "empress" - even if it was not her original intention, but she did take over this burden - she couldn't be "on the same path" with her, and she always said that she wanted to be a like-minded partner with her, but no one could walk with her: whether it was the tempering of martial arts or the world of Taoism.

Xiao Yan lowered his eyelids.

She didn't say anything more, but rode forward in silence.

Li Yuzhen was disappointed on his face, but there was no disappointment in his heart, his fingers stroked the horse's mane, glanced at Xiao Yan's expression, and secretly curled his lower lip.

If Li Yixun is here, she must praise her niece: she is good at tackling her mind.

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