Oh, yes.

In the old days, the swallow in front of the hall had already flown into the homes of ordinary people.

Although we don't know what the future holds, we all inevitably live in the present.

"But Childe, you're still alive."

External things are dead, for Li Hanning, as long as her son-in-law Li Zhao is still or, their Li Mansion will always be there, and they will always be alive in this world.

The two of them couldn't tell how much wine they drank, and they drank until Li Hanning walked with some vanity, but fortunately, her alcohol consumption has been very good, and there is a breeze on the streets of Chang'an at night, and the breeze blows through the tips of her hair with the smell of some old wine in the alley, which seems to be able to blow away one or two points of alcohol that are rarely dyed on Li Hanning's body.

After all, at night, Chang'an has recently had a change of power, and at night, Li Zhao was not very relieved that Li Hanning would go back alone, and sent her all the way to where Xiao Ce lived.

Until Li Hanning saw the three words of Ming Wangfu from a distance, in the dark night, there were two red lanterns hanging high next to the door of the mansion, illuminating the words on the plaque brightly, and there were two guards guarding there at the door.

Li Hanning turned around and said to Li Zhao, who was close at hand: "I'm here, no need to send it anymore." ”

Li Zhao glanced down at her, as if he wanted to say something, but those things he wanted to say didn't open his mouth in the end, just said: "Take care of yourself in the future." ”

Li Zhao stopped where he was and didn't go up again, he turned around and left when he saw the people enter the mansion, and when he returned to Chang'an, they would meet again when they had the chance.

It's been three watches, the lights in the Ming Palace's mansion are still on, Li Hanning said that he was going to send Lu Changfeng, but he didn't come back today, Xiao Ce was waiting for her, and he was dealing with the official documents that had accumulated in Chang'an in the past few days.

The door creaked open, and the candlelight on Xiao Ce's desk swayed for a while with the wind coming in with the door opening.

Xiao Ce looked up and saw Li Hanning coming in, Li Hanning seemed a little surprised to see Xiao Ce, who had not yet rested, and gently closed the door while facing the people in the room:

"Your Highness hasn't rested so late?"

In fact, there is nothing urgent about the recent official documents, but Li Hanning sees that he is still changing it so late, and it is too late to change some things tomorrow.

However, this sentence that seemed to care about him successfully dispelled Xiao Ce's dissatisfaction with her delay in returning, after all, he saw someone, in fact, the moment he saw her, all Xiao Ce's anxiety because of waiting seemed to have disappeared a long time ago, for Xiao Ce, as long as she could always return to him like this.

Xiao Ce quickly put down the official document in his hand, but he didn't plan to ask her where she went after sending Lu Changfeng away, she always had her own reasons.

Xiao Ce wanted to speak, but he smelled a smell of wine on her body, and asked with some hesitation:

"You just drank?"

He clearly smelled the fragrance of osmanthus wine on her, saying that Xiao Ce hadn't seen any wine shops in Chang'an City open in the past few days, and almost all the shops were temporarily closed, even if Chang'an had settled down recently, but the people living here were still cautious, which was originally Xiao Ce's biggest headache at the moment.

Li Hanning didn't hide it, she didn't have anything to hide from Xiao Ce, so she naturally mentioned Li Zhao:

"After sending Changfeng away today, I met Childe on the street at the gate of Chang'an."

Xiao Ce naturally knew that there was only one person in this world who could make her a son, and that was Li Zhao in Huai'an City at that time.

Xiao Ce didn't expect that he was in Chang'an now, otherwise he would have taken the time to visit him in person, although it was different from the past, but after all, Xiao Ce had always wanted to talk to Li Zhao about the affairs of Huai'an City at that time, after all, he still owed Li Zhao a favor in the matter of Huai'an City.

Xiao Ce was somewhat surprised when he heard the news, so he looked at her and asked, "He is also in Chang'an?" Where does he live now? ”

Li Hanning probably knew why Xiao Ce would follow and ask about this matter, she thought about Li Zhao's words for a while, and then said to Xiao Ce in front of her: "Does Your Highness want to see him?" But he was leaving Chang'an recently, and I heard him say that he was going out to pay attention to some things, but I didn't ask carefully, and he might not come back in a month or two. ”

Xiao Ce could see a look of loss in his eyes when he heard this: "That's the case." ”

It's a pity that he only knew that Li Zhao was in Chang'an, but he had to leave Chang'an first, it would have been good if he had known earlier, but unfortunately he has been busy with political affairs for the past two days.

After a while, he said to himself: "It's okay, this matter is not in a hurry, after all, he is also going back to Chang'an, and I will go to visit him when he has time." ”

It was not too late at that time, Xiao Ce was not in a hurry in the past two months, the time in Chang'an always passed quickly, and the time in the future was still long.

Li Hanning nodded lightly, and then looked at Xiao Ce as if he remembered something: "Actually, I also asked him today, Gongzi has no intention of joining the warrior now, the reason why he came to Chang'an is also because he heard the news of your attack on Chang'an, he has already stabbed Mo Tiancheng, and now he has revenge, even if he returns to Chang'an, it will only be temporary." ”

This is actually what Li Zhao meant, Li Hanning and Xiao Ce made it clear, but they were also afraid that Xiao Ce would always be worried about the solicitation, she had been in the Li Mansion for so many years, and she understood Li Zhao's thoughts, he left Huai'an cleanly at that time, that is, he completely gave up his smooth journey.

In fact, Xiao Ce also knows in his heart that talents like Li Zhao are rare, if it is decided today, compared to the generals who fought together on the battlefield in the past, they are more needed to govern the world, people like Li Zhao are not willing to be officials in their new dynasty, in fact, it is also the loss of their Xiao family, but Xiao Ce also understands Li Zhao, it is difficult for a gentleman to be strong, he naturally respects Li Zhao's choices and ideas, but what he should keep is also his business, and he is naturally willing to put more effort into talents like Li Zhao.

Li Hanning saw that the candlelight on the table was already a little dim, and approached Xiao Ce's desk to cut off a small candle wick for him, and after the candle flame flickered for a while, the whole room was lit up a lot.

She silently glanced at the official documents spread out on Xiao Ce's desk, which seemed to have Zhao Yi's notes and the pen and ink of Shen Qiuchi, the Taishou of Nancheng.

Just talking about Nancheng, Li Hanning heard Ning Yu also mention Xiao Ce's desire to unify the Central Plains when he was still in the army before, and now Chang'an has been defeated, and the only deficiency is the Yanyun Ten Continents in Southern Xinjiang, but although Xiao Ce has such thoughts, but after all, Southern Xinjiang is a place where the Great Liang has never been killed.

Li Hanning looked at Xiao Ce and said, "I accidentally saw the report they sent to His Highness, Your Highness is planning to fight Southern Xinjiang?" ”

Xiao Ce had nothing to hide from her, and frankly admitted it: "At present, Luoyang's troops are concentrated, and it is the time when morale is high when Chang'an has just been captured, and I have been discussing with Ning Yu for a long time, and I want to conquer southern Xinjiang." ”

However, the reason why he has not done it has been, naturally there are places where he hesitates, his soldiers and horses used to be land battles, although the results of going to the north to fight the Huns in the first two years were also good, but at that time, after all, it was cooperation with Yun Yan's Zhenbei Army, if there was a war against southern Xinjiang this time, first, it was a water war, they almost never fought a water war, a few generals like Lu Changfeng who led troops all the year round, walked away, and those who were transferred back to Luoyang were transferred back to Luoyang, even if it was Li Hanning and Zhao Yi who stayed by his side, they were not good at water warfare, second, The people in southern Xinjiang are not familiar with the land, and unlike Yun Yan, who has always been familiar with the terrain in the north, since they arrived in Yueqi City and decided to go all the way west to attack Liangzhou and Bingzhou, the grain and grass given by Luoyang has not been enough, and even Xiao Ce only asked for ten days of grain and grass to fight Liangzhou at that time.

The matter of grain and grass is indeed a loss of money for the people, maybe because the grain and grass originally stored in Luoyang is not enough, and maybe because the grain and grass are discussed by Wenchen, recently the prince Xiao Sheng is in charge of the country, and there is also his handwriting in the open and secret, Xiao Sheng naturally hopes that he can conquer Chang'an, but he doesn't want Xiao Ce to win all the way to the past, which can be seen from the time in Liangzhou, he wants to fight the southern Xinjiang to unify the Central Plains for more long-term interests, but Xiao Sheng naturally hopes that he can suffer a defeat, and it is best to lose both on the battlefield, Xiao Ce knows his brother very well.

In fact, his concerns Li Hanning certainly knew in his heart: "His Highness's delay in sending troops is nothing more than worrying about water wars and food and grass problems. ”

Her opening was the two most worrying questions in Xiao Ce's heart.

"Shen Qiuchi has been training Luoyang's naval army, although he has not been on a major battlefield, but he is very familiar with the battle of water, and he personally wrote a book to His Highness, explaining that he also wants to fight this battle, this person can be used, if His Highness is really not at ease, he can drop Ning Yu and me to the south of Xinjiang together."

The only thing Xiao Ce had to solve was the problem of grain and grass.