Li Qinzai, who was accustomed to the state of salted fish and was unwilling to get involved in court affairs even if he was killed, took the initiative to stand up for the construction of the road this time, perhaps the gift of taking off his boots when the people of the state were farewell.

It's a great memory, but it's also a motivator.

In order to make the lives of these simple and hard-working people better, Li Qinzai is willing to do something for them, even if he breaks his own principles, even if he has a grudge with the powerful.

Enjoying the beauty of the world and pursuing peace of mind will eventually come at a price.

Lee is willing to pay that price. Everyone in the world is bitter, if you can do your best, you can make the kind people of the world less bitter, and it can be regarded as eating, drinking, and Lazar, giving your life a different meaning.

The day after Di Renjie returned to Chang'an, Li Qinzai accompanied him into the Taiji Palace, and the three of them discussed the road repair after the autumn harvest.

Including the mobilization of grain relief in the south, the dispatch of the soldiers of the Ningshuo Governor's Mansion to be stationed in the state, the writing of various detailed rules for work-for-relief, and the construction of cement kilns, Di Renjie was in charge, King Teng supervised, the imperial court sent the imperial historian to verify the money and grain, the hundred cavalry division secretly visited, and the internal illegal activities and so on.

The implementation of a national policy is not just a pat on the head at the top and forget it, in fact, it is very cumbersome and meticulous, and a major event is ultimately made up of countless trivial things.

The monarch and ministers discussed for a long time before Li Qinzai and Di Renjie took their leave.

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Li Sujie stood in front of the gate of the Yeting Palace, looking at the several eunuchs standing at the door, his eyes were cold, staring at the old and heavy palace gate.

The palace gate is closed, and the two worlds inside and outside are completely different.

Just standing outside the palace gate, Li Sujie could feel the oppressive and gloomy atmosphere in the courtyard, as if there were countless souls wandering silently in the air, and even the sun in the sky shone in the courtyard, revealing a cold and gloomy atmosphere, like the night breeze blowing on the mass grave.

I don't know how long he stood quietly outside the palace gate, Li Sujie gritted his teeth and walked forward.

The eunuch on duty at the door naturally recognized the four princes, and bowed down very diligently to laugh, and without waiting for Li Sujie to speak, the eunuch took the initiative to open the palace door of the court.

Li Sujie was still expressionless.

Since he was a child, he knows better than anyone how dark and vicious these eunuchs with a smile on their faces are, and once the nobles in the palace lose power, these slaves and maids are often the first to stab in the back.

At that time, Li Sujie's mother, Concubine Xiao Shufei, was ordered to be hanged by Empress Wu, and it was the eunuchs around Empress Wu who were executed.

When Concubine Xiao Shu died, Li Sujie was not present at the time, which may be the only trace of kindness left by Empress Wu.

And Li Sujie, it wasn't until he was accepted as a disciple by Li Qinzai that he walked out of the Taiji Palace, and at that time, he really felt the temperature of the sun.

Accompanied by the eunuchs, Li Sujie walked into the court.

The Pavilion is built on the west side of the Taiji Palace, which is actually the legendary "Cold Palace".

The emperor in the film and television drama roared angrily, pointed at a certain concubine and said, "Enter the cold palace", in fact, there is no such title as the cold palace in all dynasties.

The court is a veritable cold palace, and anyone in the Taiji Palace who commits an accident, loses favor, or is unlucky, whether it is a concubine or a palace maid, will be assigned to the court.

These concubines and womb ladies who have fallen out of favor and committed crimes, once they enter the court, they will become slaves, no matter how noble your previous status was, how favored the Son of Heaven was, as long as you entered the court, there would basically be no daylight.

They do heavy work every day, washing clothes, scrubbing buckets, weaving and spinning, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are prisoners of re-education through labor, and even worse than those of re-education through labor.

The grievances that have accumulated for a long time in the palace, once they lose power, the nobles who enter the court often lose their lives inexplicably, and countless nameless corpses are carried out from the court every year, and these people will die when they die, and no one will care.

This is the cruelty of the palace, how beautiful it used to be, and how tragic it would be if one step was wrong.

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the only woman who can turn the tables against the wind after being beaten into the court is the Empress Wu.

This is a special case and cannot be replicated.

Li Sujie didn't like the court, the suffocating and depressing atmosphere made him very uncomfortable, and the first step into the court made his back stand on end, and it was hard to imagine how the people living inside could survive the torment day after day.

Li Sujie came to the court to see his two sisters, the sisters of the same father and mother.

After Concubine Xiao Shufei's death, the matter was not over, and Li Sujie escaped temporarily because she was the prince. But Concubine Xiao Shu also has two daughters, Princess Yiyang and Princess Xuancheng were assigned to the court by Empress Wu, working every day, not having enough to eat, and living a worse life than slaves.

Li Sujie came to visit the two sisters in the court this time.

In the past, he also tried to save his two sisters, but the cruelty of the struggle of the palace, where can a teenager be involved, just one look at the Empress Wu scared Li Sujie into his soul, and he didn't dare to mention it again, for fear of arousing the murderous intent of the Empress Wu, so he simply killed his two sisters.

After all, the two princesses are different from other disgraced nobles, and the place where they live in the court is not bad.

Li Sujie followed the eunuch to a dilapidated palace that had fallen into disrepair all the year round, the palace was built in an unknown year, and it seemed that it had never been repaired.

Such a palace is already a very good place in the court.

Li Sujie stood outside the hall with an expressionless face, looking at the broken palace doors everywhere and the mottled pillars, he couldn't help but take a deep breath, and his eyes involuntarily turned red.

Li Sujie did not enter the court alone, he also brought a few attendants, and the attendants carried burdens, which were filled with all kinds of food and clothes, as well as thick mattresses and nitrated sheepskins.

Enduring the nausea, Li Sujie took out a piece of silver cake of unknown weight from his arms, tried to squeeze out a smile and stuffed it to the eunuch who led the way, and Wen Yan asked the eunuch to treat the two princesses well.

The eunuch walked away happily with the silver bread in his hand.

Li Sujie pushed open the door of the hall, and what he saw made him stunned.

The two princesses were in the palace, they were no longer the graceful and noble demeanor of the past, both of them had yellow and thin faces, their eyes were blank, their eyes were deeply sunken, their hair was as withered as weeds, and their lips were not bloody, like two walking corpses without thought and consciousness.

Li Sujie stepped forward quickly and said hurriedly: "Two sisters, what's wrong with you?" Is it sick? ”

Princess Yiyang is the oldest, she is Li Zhi is eldest daughter, and now she is almost twenty years old, as for her appearance...... At this time, she no longer has the so-called appearance.

In a trance, seeing Li Sujie coming, Princess Yiyang's face was full of weakness and exhaustion, like a lamp about to burn out.

"Su Jie, how many times have you said that you don't want to enter the court in the future, don't forget that you also have a knife hanging over your head, don't you understand the truth of avoiding suspicion?" Princess Yiyang's tone was stern.

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