In the early morning, the breeze and the chirping of kingfishers in the Linglong Palace.

Princess Changxia sat on the couch, her hands were embroidered, her pink little face was full of seriousness, and she embroidered mandarin ducks with a needle and a thread. But while embroidering, the princess pouted, and threw the embroidery on the couch without emotion.

She once said to Hu Rong that she had never seen a mandarin duck embroidered all day long, but Hu Rong found her a pair, and she was happy to see it. After reading it, the princess was very sad and depressed, and most of the mood disappeared.

In the princess's impression, male and female mandarin ducks should be the same, and now I know that mandarin ducks are male birds and ducks are female birds. Mandarin ducks, with bright wings and gorgeous and dazzling, are the appearance of mandarin ducks in the princess's impression. But the duck was much inferior, like a water duck.

"What is this, male and female." The princess looked angry, pointed to the mandarin duck that had just been embroidered, looked up and said to Hu Rong: "Together, I used to embroider those pairs in pairs, but they were all male birds." Everyone deceived me, saying that I embroidered well, and that I embroidered correctly, even better than the king's embroiderer. I can see that a group of you old and young are all working together to deceive me. ”

Princess Changxia is gentle by nature, speaks slowly, and even if she loses her temper, she looks like a coquette.

Hu Rong smiled and said: "The princess doesn't know, there were no women in the troupe before, and Kunjiao was all played by men. It seems that this mandarin duck also pays attention to this. ”

The princess sneered and said, "You still treat me like a child, and you say some coaxing things." ”

Another little princess, Zhao Ying, who has not yet been titled, looks like she is seven or eight years old, wearing a brocade coat, standing on the ground with her feet on her feet, her arms bent on the couch, and looking at her sister embroidering mandarin ducks with interest. Seeing that her sister suddenly stopped embroidering and talked to Hu Rong, she tilted her head and listened.

After Princess Changxia's words were finished, Zhao Ying pointed to the half-embroidered mandarin duck and said: "The Queen Mother is also embroidered like this, but one is red wings and the other is blue wings." ”

Princess Changxia said: "Do you still always run to Changqiu Palace now?" ”

Zhao Ying shook her head and said, "The queen won't let me go, I haven't been there for a long time." ”

Princess Changxia nodded and said, "Good Xiaoying, after my sister leaves, you will go to play in other sisters' houses." In short, don't go to Changqiu Palace. ”

Zhao Ying had a bitter face, held her mouth, and wanted to cry: "Why didn't the queen let her family go to the queen mother's house to play?" I miss the Queen Mother, woo. ”

The Linglong Palace, where Princess Changxia is located, is only separated by a wall from Changqiu Palace.

The cry of the little girl came from the Linglong Palace, and not long after, the howl of the Queen Mother came from the Changqiu Palace.

Every once in a while, you can hear this screaming cry, accompanied by some gibberish, such as: Emperor Tiande was strangled to death by me! I cut Emperor Tiande in half and hid him in a reclining cabinet! Yunyun.

The crying was terrible, and the words were crazy and bloody, and the hearing sent chills down people's spine.

Hearing the queen mother's cry, Zhao Ying immediately stopped crying and got into her sister's arms with a frightened look.

After a while, hearing the cursing of the little eunuch Lu Shi, the Queen Mother's crying gradually stopped. Princess Changxia sighed, stood up, and looked in the direction of Changqiu Palace. Seeing the queen's bridal maid, Queen Meng strode into the Feixiang Palace, and didn't know what to say to the queen mother.

It was as if Wang Meng had sent a panacea, and the Queen Mother had not cried much since then. Listening to the palace maids of the Changqiu Palace, now the Empress Dowager Han can still see some smiles on her face, not like before, either crazy or sad.

Princess Changxia was a little curious, how did Wang Meng do it.

Until one day, Tang Empress Xuanchang Xia went to Anning Palace for lunch, and heard that Han Tingjun had written and resigned, and the emperor had approved it; Zhao Meng, the king of Xu, has recently done some things that make people laugh and cry, and the emperor said that Zhao Meng is grandstanding and unworthy of the task. Since then, the Queen Mother's madness has improved.

Although Princess Changxia is still very young, she has already sniffed out some of the smell of secret fighting from these things.

"An Guogong is coming back soon, I wonder how the princess is prepared?" Empress Tang said kindly.

Although the queen smiled, Princess Changxia was very cramped, and said with a stiff expression and a reluctant smile: "It's all ready." ”

Just this morning, Empress Tang led a group of evil slaves to suddenly break into the Qifeng Palace where the Ximen Guifei was located, and reprimanded him loudly. It is said that Ximen Xuanyue is not ashamed, and he went to bed last night, which caused the emperor to hurt his strength, causing the emperor to languish this morning. If you don't know how to restrain yourself, if you dare to do it again next time, this palace will whip you!

Empress Tang's severity was unprecedented.

In the past, there was a lot of fighting in the palace, but at that time, the concubines were all fighting in secret. For example, running to the emperor's ear and whispering words; Another example is the subtle verbal tearing down each other at a party. But this Tang Queen is a clear sword and a gun, and she scolded Ximen Xuanyue so much that she couldn't raise her head. Ximen Xuanyue was aggrieved and cried.

"That's good." Tang Zhao pointed to a few boxes with open lids and said, "These are the dowries I prepared for you, no less than the dowry of any princess." In addition, the Guogong Mansion has also made arrangements to build a new building for you. ”

After a slight pause, Tang Zhao asked, "What else do you need besides these objects, just tell me." ”

Princess Changxia said: "The queen is compassionate, everything is complete, and nothing is missing." ”

Tang Zhao nodded and said, "The maids and eunuchs around you, do you have anything to take away?" ”

Princess Changxia said: "The imperial brother has a word first, take Hu Rong away." ”

"Oh?"

……

Tang Qiong, the Duke of Anguo, returned to the dynasty victoriously.

Hearing the news of the victory, the people spontaneously flocked to the outside of the city to greet the veteran general.

He is said to be old, but in fact he is not very old, a forty-nine-year-old man, and there is not a single white hair on his head. Thick eyebrows, tiger eyes, spirits. Golden Helmet, Golden Armor, Big Red General. The general sat upright on his horse, majestic.

Listening to the shouts of the mountain and the tsunami, An Guogong raised his eyebrows and beckoned to the people on both sides of the road.

This warm atmosphere continues from three miles outside the city to Thanh Hoa Fang. In order to welcome An Guogong, the Tang family's masters, sons, wives, and young ladies collectively set out, standing on both sides of the street outside the square.

When Tang Mei saw her father's majestic appearance, she couldn't help but become proud, her face was colorful, and she glanced at Su Bottle beside her. Su Bottle was seen by Don Mera to see her father, as usual unhurried, as if smiling.

Soon after, An Guogong entered the Sima Palace, and the Tang family's high-level leaders first had a short meeting, and after the meeting, An Guogong changed his clothes and met guests in the study.

An Guogong returned from a long distance, and unless it was special and important, he did not see outsiders. At this time, there were more than a dozen people sitting in the Sima Hall waiting in line to see the Duke of Guo, all of whom were members of the Tang clan. Tang Kuan had already entered, and the next one was Tang Mei, who looked a little nervous.

In other words, she was beaten by her father two years ago because of the collision. It's been so long, and the father and daughter haven't spoken. Today is an ice-breaking trip for Tang Mei.

The door opened, and Tang Kuan smiled and took half a step out and beckoned out.

It seems that Tang Kuan will not leave the study, because the following things are related to the economy.

It was Tang Mei's turn, but as soon as Tang Mei stood up, she saw a person striding over and rushing ahead.

At first glance, it was Tang Jian, the fifth son.

It's really annoying, Tang Mei was just about to drink, but she saw Tang Jian waving her hand, only saying that she was in a hurry, little sister, you let me go in first. Tang Mei sat back angrily again, hugging her shoulders and feeling angry.

Tang Jian walked into the study and saluted respectfully: "Congratulations to my father......"

Tang Jian's words were not finished yet, and he only heard Tang Qiong say: "Don't talk nonsense, just talk about things." ”

Tang Jian felt a little embarrassed, but he didn't have time to think about it, so he said: "Open up the Hexi Trade Road, and there will inevitably be an endless stream of merchants from the Western Regions." Some of the merchants will settle in Chang'an, and some will come to Luoyang. I thought it would be better to stop those merchants from the Western Regions who wanted to come to Luoyang to the west of Tongguan. Our Tang family paid for their goods, and then we sold them to Luoyang. ”

What Tang Jian said was Zhang Hu's idea, he thought that this method was good, and he was full of expectations, but he heard Tang Qiong say: "Nonsense." ”

Tang Jian shrank and stood on the spot.

Tang Qiong turned her head and asked Tang Kuan: "Fourth, did he tell you about this idea?" ”

Tang Kuan was anxious to clear up the relationship and immediately said: "Unheard of." ”

Tang Qiong said to Tang Kuan: "You don't have to be in a hurry to say no, as if you are afraid of being implicated." Even in the army, as long as I haven't made a decision, I will allow the generals to speak freely, and I must not block the speech. Although the idea of the fifth child is not good, it is also for the sake of the family, which is commendable. ”

Hearing this, Tang Jian gritted his teeth as if relieved.

Tang Qiong stared at Tang Jian and said, "If you don't want to be idle at home, then you can go to the Western Regions." Tang Kun has taken Jiaohe City, he and Tang Ding have attacked in two ways, and they will continue to advance westward. You go to Jiaohe and prepare for matters related to the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate. I'm telling you, I don't have much money, so you can use it well. If you dare to be greedy, I will not spare you. ”

Feeling that it was not safe to let Tang Jian go by himself, Tang Qiong asked Tang Kuan: "Where is Lin Tong?" ”

Tang Kuan immediately said: "I have returned to Wuwei." ”

Tang Qiong said: "A letter order, let him go to the river and be the deputy of the fifth child." ”

In the past, perhaps it was really to take care of the relationship with King Qi, Tang Qiong did not let Tang Jian participate in the military. But this time, he actually went to the Western Regions with one rod.

I don't know if An Guogong's arrangement shows that the situation has changed.

But no matter what the situation, the fifth prince is now full of joy. Staying at home and facing that tigress all day long, it's really fed up. He walked out with a smile on his face, and said with a smile when he passed by Tang Mei: "Little sister, my father is in a good mood today, go and talk to him." Remember, you can't bump against it again this time, or you'll have to spank your ass. ”

"You have to take care of it!" Tang Mei stood up and gave Tang Jian a big look: "Annoy you!" ”

Tang Jian left with a grin, but not long after, he heard a piece of news, like bad news. Tang Qiong decided to let Tang Zhao, the wife of the fifth prince, follow Tang Jian to Jiaohe City.

Of course, this is not the husband's idea to embarrass his daughter-in-law, but the eldest daughter of King Qi.

Knowing this, Tang Jian sat on the ground with his butt in his hands......