"You are cultivating! Qualifications are limited, the Dao Fa has gained very little in the past ten years, and your temperament is even more unsuitable for dealing with those civil and military generals in the court, the Tang Dynasty National Master naturally can't do it, and you are my disciple, without the dazzling Taoist robe of the National Teacher, those who offended before the teacher and death are only afraid that they will be unfavorable to you. ”

Li Qingshan looked at his eldest disciple, his eyes full of worry and helplessness.

He Mingchi lowered his head and replied: "I really don't have any ability, I have been used to serving my master and uncle over the years, doing some case files and other chores, if you die in the future, I will finish the rest of the things that should be done, and I will go to your grave to meditate on the Dao Dharma, and I don't seek knowledge and life to live for a few more years." ”

"Guarding the lonely grave in the bitter wind and rain sounds too bleak. ”

Li Qingshan laughed loudly, immediately withdrew his smile, looked at He Mingchi and said: "Your Majesty ordered you to supervise the eldest prince's study, I know that you have a good relationship with him, and this matter will bring you great trouble in the future, in order to deal with those possible troubles, I think there are some things you should prepare for in advance." ”

At this point, his voice suddenly deepened.

He Mingchi was slightly stunned, moved his knees and moved two steps forward, listening to the words that floated into his ears, the expression on his face became more and more nervous, his eyes showed an incredible look, and he looked up in surprise and speechless.

Li Qingshan looked at his apprentice and said seriously: "Back then, when I met His Majesty in Wei, we met at the fortune-telling stall outside Xiangfang, so as long as I don't act recklessly, My Majesty will always allow me to mess around."

I hope you can also become a partner or even a friend of the great prince, so that you and I can be regarded as a mentor and apprentice, and it can be regarded as an explanation. ”

He Mingchi knelt on the ground with emotion, completely speechless.

Li Qingshan looked at him lovingly and said, "Go ahead." ”

He Mingchi left.

Li Qingshan turned around and looked back out the window, looking at the slowly falling snowflakes, thinking silently.

Everyone knows that although he is in a high position, he was born in the market and is an interesting character who laughs and scolds, but after sitting in the position of the national teacher of the empire for so long, no matter how grassroots, he has to think about the big things in those temples.

He knew very well that whoever would inherit the throne, as long as the academy kept its oath not to interfere in government affairs, then no one in the entire empire, whether it was the military or the prime minister, was qualified to speak, and that was a matter for His Majesty to decide.

If His Majesty decides to be succeeded by the second prince, then there will be nothing in the world.

If His Majesty decides to be succeeded by the eldest prince, can the queen really be willing?

After so many years, Li Qingshan has never been able to understand why there is such a deep relationship between the emperor and the queen, but he believes in his eyes and believes that the relationship between the emperor and the queen is sincere.

He looked at the slowly falling snow outside the window, and sighed softly, as the head of Haotian South Gate, did he really dare to hope that the Holy Maiden of the Demon Sect back then would let go of the supreme authority of the Tang Empire?

"Last month, my uncle held a banquet in the palace and wanted to introduce some officials from the DPRK and China to me, but when three or four ministers heard that I would also go to the banquet, they turned back halfway and did not come to see me! And the day before yesterday, that woman held a banquet in the palace, and all the ministers in the court who had some face sent their wives into the palace to welcome them, and I think they even wanted to send their own wives over! What are they thinking? Don't they know that I am the eldest son!"

In the quiet courtyard, a young man in a bright yellow costume sat on a chair, scolding loudly at the snowflakes falling in front of the court, and there was no morbid dignity in his pale and immature face, only endless hatred and resentment.

Li Yu was sitting in the chair next to her and looking at the drifting snow, she couldn't help frowning when she heard this, these things that had happened in the court recently made her a little uneasy, and she was even more unhappy at this time, and said in a deep voice: "That's our queen mother, what is that woman? It's even more unbearable to comment so rudely on the ministers!"

The young man in bright yellow clothes was naturally the eldest prince Li Huiyuan, he listened to his sister's reprimand, his heart was slightly cold, but he still held his head high and said stubbornly: "Sister, we only have one mother, I don't think she is qualified to be our queen mother, those ministers are extremely unbearable to waver, what if I say a few words?"

Li Yu looked at his eyes and said with a solemn expression: "As the inheritor of the Tang Empire, I don't know how many pairs of eyes are secretly peeking at you, so you must pay attention to your words and deeds all the time." ”

Li Huiyuan sneered and said, "The problem is that my father didn't make me a prince. ”

"Enough. ”

Li Yu frowned slightly, and then asked, "How is it that you have been studying in Guozi recently?"

Li Huiyuan shrugged, and his pale face showed an indifferent look: "Father asked He Mingchi to stare at me every day, even if I want to skip school, it's impossible, you can rest assured, the scholars now say that I am diligent and studious." ”

Li Yu looked at him with a look that didn't seem to be fake, his mood was slightly better, and he reminded: "He Mingchi is also in charge of the affairs of the Tianshu Office, and he has to keep an eye on you to study, it's very hard, you must not be angry with him." ”

Li Huiyuan couldn't understand why she suddenly mentioned this, and said suspiciously: "I have a good relationship with Mingchi, so naturally I won't be angry with him indiscriminately, but sister, why are you so cautious about this matter?"

Li Yu looked at the snowflakes falling in front of the courtyard, and said slowly: "A few days ago, the academy, the imperial court and the South Gate View finally reached a consensus, Ning Que will not be a guest of the South Gate in the future, but will directly take over as the national teacher, but He Mingchi is a disciple of the national teacher after all, and he is deeply loved by the national teacher, which is very important for us to get the support of the south gate of Haotian Dao. ”

"Although I haven't asked, with my relationship with Mingchi, I believe that he will definitely support us. ”

Li Huiyuan thought that even if He Mingchi could inherit the influence of the national teacher Li Qingshan in the south gate of Haotian Dao in the future, but there was no way to sit in the position of the national teacher, he couldn't help but feel a little regretful, touched his head and sighed: "That person named Ning Que is only afraid that it will be a key in the future, and I don't know what method to use to subdue him." ”

Hearing this, Li Yu raised his eyebrows and reprimanded: "I said that you should be cautious, but as a result, you dare to say anything! As a disciple of the master's own lineage, for example, who is qualified to say that he surrenders today!"

Li Huiyuan couldn't hide his arrogance, and said contemptuously: "Even if it doesn't work now, in the future, when the emperor brother and I sit on the dragon chair, there will be countless masters in the Tianshu Division, and there will be thousands of strong people in the military, are you still afraid that he will not succeed?"

Li Yu stared at him angrily and disappointed when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "The academy does not interfere in the affairs of the court, and follows the Tang law first, that is the rule set by the master, but this rule is not something that the imperial court has the ability to let them abide by, if you want to sit on the throne safely, you must remember one thing, no matter how people have come before or after, you must maintain respect for the academy, do you hear!"

Li Huiyuan was shocked by the anger in her eyes, felt a chill in her heart, and subconsciously nodded again and again, and then took her hand and shook it gently in order to make her happy, and said with a smile: "Knowing sister, no one in this world is qualified to say surrender to the academy, but I believe that sister, you will definitely be able to subdue Ning Que." ”

Hearing this, Li Yu remembered the fire on that journey, the story next to the fire, and the young man with three knives on his back, he couldn't help laughing at himself, and said lightly: "I don't have that ability." ”

At this time, a grandmother stepped forward and said softly, "The little king is awake." Sister Sangsang told him two stories, and she was bringing him over at this time. ”

Li Yu glanced at his younger brother and said, "You go back to the palace first, be careful about your father's night, and you have to take the homework test." ”

Li Huiyuan was puzzled and said, "What will you be afraid of if you stay any longer? My father has never objected to our sister and brother being close." ”

Li Yu frowned and said helplessly: "Your temper is too stinky, it's better to avoid it, Sangsang's girl looks light, but in fact, her heart is like a mirror, and those boring thoughts in your heart can't be hidden from her."

Li Hui laughed angrily and said, "It's just a little maid, and you still want me to avoid her?"

Li Yu didn't bother to explain anything to him, so he directly picked him up from the chair, summoned the eunuchs waiting in the palace, and ordered everyone to escort him back to the palace quickly.

Looking at the bright yellow back that disappeared at the stone gate of the garden, she couldn't help but shake her head, thinking that although her brother has achieved a lot of success in more than a year, after all, he is young and has many things that he can't understand.

Sang Sang is indeed just a very ordinary and even very lowly little maid, and her status is of course far from that of the Tang Dynasty, but Li Yu knows very well that this little maid is the key to subduing Ning Que and then getting close to the academy.

The pen rested on the inkstone, Li Yu looked at the small block he had written, turned his head and asked, "How is my handwriting?"

Sang Sang shook his head and said, "I don't know how good the words are, as long as they are neat, I think they look good." ”

Li Yu was willing to believe it, and said with a smile: "Your young master is one of the famous calligraphers in the world, you have followed him for so many years, how can you not be illiterate?

Sang Sang opened his bright willow eyes and said seriously: "The words written by the young master are naturally good, and there is no need to think of words." ”

Li Yu tasted the meaning of her words, and felt more and more that this pair of masters and servants were very interesting, and quipped: "In your eyes, Ning Que is the best thing that guy does, I really don't know how the two of you get along like this, and now he has been away from Chang'an for some days, are you still used to it? Do you miss him at night?"

Since Weicheng returned to Chang'an City, Sang Sang often met with Li Yu, Her Royal Highness the Tang Princess and the little maid really had a little affection, and the conversation did not pay much attention to the dignity and humility of the status, just listening to this sentence, Sang Sang was probably a little embarrassed, but it was rare to play a little temper, and turned around with a cold face and ignored her.

Li Yu smiled, she knew very well that this kind of joke could only be shortened by occasionally coming a few times in the conversation to shorten the psychological distance between the two, and the little maid seemed to be ashamed, but in fact she should be happy The hidden meaning of this amusement is.

It's just that Sang Sang is still young, and he probably doesn't know what this kind of love is, and he doesn't even know why he is ashamed and uneasy, and Ning Que, who is not in Chang'an City, is obviously in this state of ignorance.

Sang Sang stood on the edge of the court, looking at the snow outside, his slender back in the background of the snow, forming a moving picture of loneliness with a certain sense of hope.

Li Yu looked at this picture quietly, put the back of Ning Que in his mind beside the little maid, and found that the picture was instantly rich and harmonious, and there was no disharmony in the slightest.

She sighed silently, dispelling the envy and regret that arose unconsciously in her heart, thinking about a certain chun's news, and asked softly: "I heard that you recently took in a lonely old man in Lao Bizhai?"

Sang Sang was slightly stunned, turned around and nodded.

Li Yu looked at her slightly dark and thin little face, a sense of pity surged in his heart, and he reminded seriously: "Although Chang'an City is too peaceful, and there are people watching the shop, you should still be careful about this kind of thing. ”

Sang Sang felt the concern and affection between His Highness's words, and said seriously comfortingly: "It's okay, he is very honest." ”

Turning his hands into clouds and covering his hands into rain, more than ten years ago in the world, the great priest of light, who led the two Chun bloody cases in the world, and the holy hands were stained with the blood of hundreds of innocent people, can be described honestly, this is a question worth thinking about.

But Lao Bizhai is really fine. Bai Ningque left Chang'an countless times before the solemn request, now the forty-seventh lane seems to be as lively and noisy as usual, in fact, the guards in the palace often come to secretly inspect, the officials of Chang'an Mansion have to inspect back and forth more than five times a day, the people of the Fish Dragon Gang have never left, from early morning to dusk uninterrupted protection, in addition to the palace in Chang'an City today, this inconspicuous alley is probably the safest.

It is very strange that whether it is the Ouchi guards, the Chang'an Mansion or the Fish and Dragon Gang that rules the underground world of Chang'an City, they have been carrying out another order these days, they are looking for an old man, but no one would have thought that the old man they are looking for is in the bookstore that they are focusing on.

In the evening, Sang Sang was worried about the old man's eating problem and came back from the princess's mansion in advance.

She took out the key to open the shop door and walked to the patio to take a look, the old man was really squatting by the stove to prepare hot leftovers, couldn't help but frown, opened the food box brought back from the princess's mansion, and said, "Eat this." ”

She had tried to get the old man to cook the other day, and then that night she was by the stove and looked at the black charcoal rice and the half-empty pyre, and she decided not to do it again in order to save rice and dry firewood.

Just as the old and young were about to have dinner, there was a knock at the door.

Sang Sang got up and was about to open the door, when he suddenly thought of something, lowered his head and picked up the bowl and continued to eat.

The old man understood, dusted off a grain of rice from the front of his padded jacket, and honestly got up to open the door.

The door of the old pen shop opened, and a monk stood at the bottom of the steps.

The monk is very young, wearing a tattered monk's robe, with clear eyebrows and eyes, quite out of the world.

The monk was surprised to find that it was the old man who opened the door, and said, "I am not looking for you." ”

The old man was stunned, turned around and said, "Looking for you." ”

Sang Sang walked over with a rice bowl, looked at the young monk and thought for a while, remembering that when Ning Que climbed the mountain to the second floor, he had seen this person by the meadow outside the academy gate.

When the monk saw Sangsang's little black face, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he chanted excitedly in a trembling voice: "Beautiful girl, the love monk has finally found you, and these days, I have made a few new poems for you." ”

"You are the flower on the stone cliff, waiting for me to pick it, you are the swimming fish in the lake, the net woven by the aquatic plants, you are the biggest obstacle on the way to the other side, I am willing to snuggle you and never leave......"

Sang Sang listened to the words "flower" and "fish" and glanced at the yellow croaker in the bowl.

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