Gao Ziang learned from Yan'er's mouth that the psychological damage caused to Wanning by this incident was too great. She decided to stay in the Li Mansion for a few more days, and asked the emperor for this purpose. Of course, the emperor allowed it.

Early the next morning, he came to the Li Mansion to see Wanning.

I went straight to Wanning's room with great interest, but I didn't see her, as if she had just risen, and the quilt had not yet been folded. He turned around, and as soon as he went out, he saw Yan'er, so he asked anxiously, "Where is Wanning?" Shouldn't you have already returned to the palace? ”

"No, young master, don't worry. When she returns to the palace, she will bring her slaves and maids. She's in the locker at the moment, and she's been there for a while. ”

"Oh, I'll go see her."

Wan Ning converted the room next to her parents into a storage room to store all the belongings they had left behind. Large and small objects, there are some daily necessities, as well as those that Li Zhenghang got in the early years, and there are also gifts given to him by others in order to appease him, of course, including many very valuable gold and silver utensils, jade, etc.

When Gao Ziang arrived, Wan Ning was looking at a few jade artifacts very seriously.

"Wanning, what are you doing?"

Wan Ning glanced at him, lowered her head to observe the utensils in her hand, and replied slowly: "I broke a jade pot in the palace, come and find it, if there is anything like it, pay it to the emperor." ”

"Isn't that jade artifact from the emperor a tribute?"

"You know everything?" When she said this, Wan Ning's eyes were a little puzzled.

Gao Ziang nodded slightly and said "um" in a low voice.

Wan Ning slowly put down the jade in her hand, squatted down, and held her legs with her hands. Gao Zi stepped forward, squatted beside her, reached out to stroke her cheek, and asked softly, "Come back to me, okay?" ”

Xiao Jieyu's action confirmed Zuo Linghong's crime, and from the emperor's words, Wanning also learned that he knew Zuo Linghong's guilt, the evidence was conclusive, and it was a matter of time before the crime was punished. The wish has been granted.

But she forgot that she still wanted to rehabilitate her father at the beginning, and she couldn't let her father bear the charge and fall under Jiuquan.

Wan Ning looked at him with teary eyes and nodded: "Okay." "Tilt your head and lean on his shoulder, very steady.

After a long time, Wan Ning got up, and her voice was finally a little crisp: "I don't know if I don't look for it, but when I look for it, I find that we also have a lot of jade at home." It's just that I haven't found a small jade pot yet. ”

"Look at the items in my uncle's early collection, maybe he will get some jade when he goes to war."

According to her brother's instructions, Wan Ning really found a jade pot with a lot of dust in a pile of messy utensils.

"Brother, this one is really similar to the one that was broken, it's really yours."

Gao Ziang smiled slightly: "But, sister, will the emperor want it?" ”

"Whether he wants it or not is his business, and whether I give it or not is my business. Although some people have bad intentions, I also broke the truth. As they said, if Tubo knew that the jade pot was broken, how unpleasant it would be, and it was really a big deal. ”

Obviously, Xiao Jieyu didn't cherish the precious jade pot, and in order to fight against Yunyan Pavilion, she took out the tribute and trampled on it. Wan Ning took the responsibility on herself. Gao Ziang felt that Wan Ning in front of him was extremely moving, and he stepped forward and held her in his arms: "My sister Wan is so good. ”

To put it simply, he didn't want to think about it or say more. In short, Wanning is good.

Zuo Linghong's use of Xiao Jieyu to frame Wanning will speed up the emperor's punishment of his crimes. But Gao Ziang always felt that he still needed a thrust before the emperor would be decisive.

He even hoped to end Uncle Li's matter earlier than Wan Ning, in order to let Wan Ning out of the palace earlier.

So Gao Ziang took advantage of Wanning's stay in the Li Mansion to go to the emperor to provide evidence of Zuo Linghong's guilt as a supplement to the evidence. It is the evidence collected in Liangzhou, the blood extracted by Zhiyang in the bed where Li Zhenghang slept, and Li Zhenghang's own handwriting.

These two pieces of physical evidence, he and Zhiyang have never provided to Wanning. He also begged the emperor to still hide it from her.

The Emperor was convinced of these two pieces of physical evidence. But at the same time, something even more dire happened.

Gao Ziang thought that he had come forward at this time, and the emperor knew that Wan Ning had already promised him. The implication is that he hopes that the emperor will stop coveting Wanning, but maybe he is still thinking too simply about this matter.

The emperor's covetousness for Wanning has come to a standstill, it's not that he doesn't like her anymore, it's just that he wants to let her go more. Xiao Jieyu's framing of Wanning stimulated the emperor's desire to protect Wanning.

Gao Ziang's appearance, this time let the emperor fully know that the person Wan Ning was thinking about turned out to be him! She rejected the emperor, somewhat because of him. Who can swallow this breath in an ordinary man, let alone the emperor, then Wanning can't leave the palace.

After staying in the Li Mansion for a few days, Wan Ning returned to the palace. When she returned to the palace this time, she wanted to ask the emperor to let her out of the palace. She thinks that she can leave the palace, but the palace is not her home after all, she can come and go, and she needs the emperor's nod.

That night, the emperor still came to the Yunyan Pavilion.

Wan Ning was holding a jade pot in her hand, and outside the window, she heard the emperor talking and laughing with talented people. She slowly walked into the main hall and said politely: "The slave maid disturbs the emperor and the talented people. ”

"Wanning, come on, come on. I'm playing a little game with the emperor, you can be a judge. Zhou Cairen stretched out his hand and motioned for Wanning to come over.

The emperor glanced at her and asked, "Li Wanning, what are you holding in your hand?" ”

"Your Majesty, this jade pot was obtained by my father's war back then. Do you think you can compensate you for that valuable tribute? ”

The emperor took the jade pot and looked at it carefully for a long time. He also felt a lot of emotion, as if he saw a scene of a great general fighting on the battlefield.

"There is no shortage of such a jade pot in the huge palace. You stay, it's your father's relic, leave a memory. ”

Wanning hesitated, but she saw that the emperor had been holding the jade pot, so she reluctantly took it.

"Your Majesty, although this kind of jade pot is not very valuable in my Tang Dynasty, what I broke is a tribute after all, how can Tubo reply?"

"I don't know, if they ask, I'll take it."

Wan Ning stood still, thinking about how to get the emperor to accept it.

But the emperor took the lead and said, "What? Li Wanning, do you want to resist the decree again? ”

Wan Ning had to kneel down and said, "The slave is grateful for the grace of heaven. ”

"Get up."

Wan Ning got up, just thought of Cairen's side, seemed to think of something again, stood up and said, "The slave maid has one more thing to ask the emperor." ”

"What?"

"The matter of the slave's father has been settled, and I ask the emperor to allow the slave and maid to leave the palace."

The emperor did not immediately express his position, but only turned his head and asked Zhou Cairen: "Cairen, do you think you, a maid, can leave the palace?" ”

Zhou Cairen knew that his opinion was not important at all, and there was no smile on the emperor's face at this time. According to her understanding of the emperor, he did not agree with Wanning to leave the palace, and she could only obey the emperor at this time. He said: "Your Majesty, slaves and maids still feel lonely from time to time in the palace, and they can't do without Wanning for the time being." ”

"Li Wanning, did you hear that? Talent can't do without you. ”

Wan Ning knew that the talented person was just following the emperor, and she didn't blame her. The matter of leaving the palace could not be done this time, so I had to talk about it again.