Out of the Suzaku Gate, take Suzaku Street, and turn into Kaihuafang.

Han Wangfu, Huo Wangfu, Peng Wangfu, and all the royal mansions were spread out in front of Li Xuan's eyes.

However, most of these palaces are dimly lit, and only a few elderly people are on duty in the palaces.

Li Xuan rode across the long street on horseback, and Qian Niuwei, who had been following him all the time, was gone, which still made him feel uncomfortable.

Now Li Zhu was the only one riding a horse behind him, and the sharp lance hung on the side of the horse.

As soon as the two of them entered the Kaihua Workshop, Zhou Sheng, the housekeeper who had just arrived from the palace, had already greeted them: "Lang Jun!"

Li Xuan nodded, glanced around, and said, "Let's go, if there is anything, let's talk about it when we go home."

"Whoa!" Zhou Sheng pulled Li Xuan's horse rope with one hand and led the horse slowly down the street.

Looking at the slightly empty long street, Li Xuan sighed softly, "Now this time, I don't know how many people can come back."

"The kings and princes should be able to arrive, and the princesses and princesses should also be able to arrive." Zhou Sheng whispered.

Compared with the somewhat sensitive history of kings, those princesses and princesses are more casual.

However, Li Xuan still couldn't help but smile bitterly in her heart, the relationship between Empress Wu and the emperor's aunts, sisters, and concubines was not as good as people imagined.

The vermilion gate is towering, and a plaque of "Peng Wangfu" is hung high on it.

A forty-year-old lady in a purple skirt stood in front of the door, and countless servants and maids lined up inwards behind her.

Li Xuan turned over and dismounted from a distance, then walked quickly to the noble lady, knelt down directly, and said sincerely: "Da Lang is guilty, tired mother is worried, tired mother waits for a long time, please punish mother."

"Whatever you punish, you are doing things for the court, and you deserve it." Princess Peng Ouyang patted Li Xuan on the shoulder with a gentle expression, glanced around, lowered her head and said, "Get up, enter the door, and tell your mother how you are doing in Wuzhou."

"Whoa!" Li Xuan quickly stood up, and then followed behind his mother concubine Ouyang and walked towards King Peng's mansion.

King Peng's Mansion was rewarded by Emperor Taizong when King Peng was alive in the early years.

In order to show brotherly affection, the entire courtyard of King Peng's Mansion is very large.

There are six courtyards inside and outside, and there are left and right small courtyards, wing rooms, and hundreds of rooms.

There is also a small lake in the Wujin courtyard, on which you can row boats, and there is a bamboo forest by the lake, which is quiet and quiet.

The west courtyard of the Sijin courtyard is Li Xuan's courtyard, the middle is the main house of the mother concubine Ouyang, and the small courtyard on the east side is vacant.

In the hall of the middle hall of the Sanjin Courtyard, Ouyang sat at the top, and Li Xuan sat at the bottom.

A maid placed the tea in front of Li Xuan and her mother, Ouyang Shi, and then quickly retreated.

As soon as he sat down, Ouyang Shi spoke, "Those students you brought back, Grandma has already asked Su Zang to place them in the guest room for you...... You have done the right thing, and any of these students who have a Zhongjin Shi will be of great help to your reputation."

Li Xuan hurriedly stood up and arched his hand and said, "Thank you for your understanding."

Ouyang sighed, looked at Li Xuan, who had changed quite a lot in the past few months, and said softly: "Mother knows, you are not easy in Wuzhou, several times in the front, several hardships and deaths, and finally succeeded in pacifying Wuzhou, the sage also praised you a lot, this time I finally came back, just take a good rest, those things for your wedding, my mother has taken care of them for you."

"Thank you, Grandma!"

"For the last few days, you've been staying at home and not going anywhere, especially your fox friends, and don't make any moths before the wedding...... In addition, although you have done a good job in Wuzhou these days, there are also some rumors among the government and the opposition." There was obvious caution in Ouyang's words.

Li Xuan bowed his head and bowed his head: "Everything is arranged by my mother, but in the next few days, my son may have to enter the palace to face the saint, and he will also have to go to the East Palace."

"On the side of the saint and the queen of heaven, you can do your best, the second saint will not treat you badly, but on the side of the prince, abide by the courtesy of the monarch and the minister, and don't exceed the rules." Ouyang suddenly nodded

Sentence.

Li Xuan raised his eyebrows, and immediately understood that the political struggle in the imperial court was even harsher than he thought.

The crown prince Li Xian, compared to the filial piety emperor Li Hong, is younger and more energetic.

His way of doing things is very different from Li Hong's, and the conflict between him and Empress Wu is even greater.

Fortunately, now that Li Xian has just taken office as the crown prince, he is not familiar with political affairs, and the conflict with Empress Wu has not broken out.

But even so, there was a trace of it revealed, and the discerning person immediately saw the problem.

"Those things in the caravan, my mother knows, you did a good job, some people from the Qin family and the Wei Chi family couldn't see the situation clearly and did some foolish things, but the older generation still controlled it, you don't have to worry about it." Ouyang Clan talked to Li Xuan about the caravan again.

Before Li Hong died of illness, the Qin family and the Wei Chi family proposed to increase the share of the caravan, and Li Xuan agreed without the slightest hesitation.

Since there was already a problem inside that caravan, it would inevitably fall into the eyes of the palace, and with the imminent turmoil in the Western Regions, Li Xuan just took the opportunity to withdraw.

In addition, he is now in charge of Wuzhou, although he has been busy with the affairs of the Tianyin Sect in the past few months, some of the family's industries have not been exposed to people at all, and he has been quietly transporting the rare goods from the southwest to the sea through the relationship of the Kui family.

Japan, Silla, Champong, Chenla these places, but the land of wealth lasts for time, it is a new trade route.

The key is that this trade road is not known to the Qin family and the Wei Chi family, so naturally it will not be known by the palace.

Li Xuan talked about Yangzhou, Hangzhou, Wuzhou and Muzhou by the way, and some obscure things were omitted, but Li Xuan did not miss any of those intrigues.

"It's okay to do it in general, but the Qian family and King Yue?" Ouyang frowned slightly.

Some of Li Xuan's actions still made her aware of Li Xuan's wariness of the Li clan.

Li Xuan said in a low voice, "Mother, I'm afraid that the palace may not be willing to see my son and Yue Wangfu get too close."

"Hmm!" Ouyang nodded, and after thinking for a moment, he looked at Li Xuan and said, "You should have some evidence in your hand that the Qian family borrowed the prestige of the Yue Wangfu to act recklessly, pick up some trivial things, and impeach some Yue Wang."

"My son understands." Li Xuan's face immediately became solemn.

Li Shangjin was disposed of by Empress Wu before, maybe it was because after the death of the emperor who was filial piety, King Qi had some inappropriate actions in the eyes of the queen of heaven, which severely deprived him of the official position of Cizhou Assassin and reduced the fief.

Perhaps in the eyes of many people looking at Empress Wu, these things are commonplace, but to deprive a state of the official position, it must be approved by Zhongshu and the province of Monk Shangshu, and King Qi is afraid that he has really done something great.

Back in the West Courtyard, which has not returned for several years, everything has already been cleaned.

Qiqiao took a few maids from Chengdu Pengwangfu and waited outside the door, and inside the door, Rujin and Ruyu stood on one side.

Li Xuan walked in the inner bedroom, and several maids immediately stepped forward to help him take off his coat.

Li Xuan spread her arms and asked in a low voice, "What's going on with the Lecheng County Mansion, has Sanniang been wronged by anything?"

Meng Sheng stood in the hall, his hands hung down, and said in a low voice: "It is the youngest son of the eldest son of the Lecheng County Duke and the youngest daughter of the third son's family, and there are some conflicts with the county magistrate, but the Lecheng County Duke has already dealt with it properly."

"It's Liu Zhu and Liu Shubi, a sister-in-law and a concubine." Li Xuan chuckled lightly and said, "Sure enough, these things in the big family are always messy. Go, send the small character of Yu Gong brought back from Wuzhou to Zuo Xiang, and say that this king has just returned to Chang'an and is waiting for the second saint to summon him, so he will not visit."

"Whoa!" Meng Sheng responded, but his footsteps stopped and did not leave.

"Also, pick some of these tea leaves from Muzhou Jiukeng, Gu Zhu Zi Bamboo Shoots, Dongyang Dongbai, and Yuhang Jingshan, and send them to my future father-in-law."

After a slight pause, Li Xuan continued: "The rest of the silk Luo from Hangzhou, the silverware from Yangzhou, and the dragon oil silk from the queen's national tribute, all selected some fine products and sent them over, frozen longan

, bayberry, bring some red bean cakes, send them over, wait a minute."

After Li Xuan finished speaking, he walked quickly to the table, picked up a piece of red note, and wrote a poem on it: Qingping Le......

"Send it over!" After waiting for the pen and ink to dry, Li Xuan handed it over to Meng Sheng.

Meng Sheng couldn't hide the smile on his face, and after taking it, he immediately gave it up: "The old servant will go immediately."

"The king is angry with the princess!" Qiqiao walked over from the side, looking at Li Xuan's eyes full of envy.

"On the day of the holy decree, Sanniang was the wife of this king, my wife was humiliated, how can I ignore it, this face, this king naturally wants to earn back." Li Xuan could imagine that once these things were sent to the Lecheng County Mansion, some people would feel envious and jealous in their eyes.

But these emotions will soon turn into fear, but the fear of fate subverting.

The courtyard is deep, and in the quiet backyard, the piano sounds alone.

A sound of footsteps walked out from between the pavilions, and walked quickly to the small building, standing still, slightly blessed.

The sound of the piano stopped, and Liu Jinyu's cold and bright face emerged from behind the gauze curtain, and she had lost three points after not seeing her for several months.

Looking at the maid girl in the green skirt, Liu Jinyu said with a calm face, "What's the matter with Xiaoyun?"

Xiao Yun said excitedly, "Miss, the king of Nanchang has returned from Wuzhou, and he has brought some gifts, and the lord asked you to hurry over."

These days, Liu Jinyu is envious of many people because she was given to marry the king of Nanchang, but there is no lack of jealousy.

For example, Liu Shubi, the youngest daughter of her third uncle, openly and secretly mentioned that Liu Jinyu had married the Huang family, and in the end, the Huang family died early, and the words were very ugly.

There is also Liu Zhu, the youngest son of the uncle's family, who was beaten by his grandfather for his nonsense years ago, and now he is seriously ill.

To be honest, if it weren't for his father to stop him, Liu Jinyu would have let them know the price of saying the wrong thing.

"Since Uncle let me go, let's go." Liu Jinyu wore a pink skirt, walked out of the pavilion, and walked to the front hall, and then saw his three uncles, as well as his father, all accompanying Meng Sheng, the chief housekeeper of the Nanchang Palace.

"This small character of Duke Yu was asked for by the prince from the descendants of Duke Yu, and it was specially dedicated to the Duke of Lecheng County to admire......" Meng Sheng's calm words carried a hint of pride, Yu Shinan's calligraphy and painting were not so easy to get.

"My lord is still in Shangshu Province now, and when he returns after a day of exhaustion, he must be very happy to see Yu Gong's pen and ink." Liu Yuanshen nodded gently, and his eyes fell on the delicate boxes of all sizes, although the contents were not opened, he knew that they were worth a lot.

Liu Yuanshen's gaze swept over the little heads that poked out of the back door, and his heart was crooked: Isn't it just a little wronged, as for coming back to demonstrate......

Liu Yuanshen saw Liu Jinyu coming from outside the court, and hurriedly beckoned: "Sanniang!"

Liu Jinyu walked quickly, facing Liu Yuanshen and the others of the Liu family: "Uncle, middle father, Ji's father, Aya."

"Get up." Liu Yuanshen had just asked Liu Jinyu to stand up, and Meng Sheng on one side immediately bowed and saluted: "I've seen the county gentleman!"

Liu Jinyu held the red note in his hand, looked at Meng Sheng who left, and the younger siblings who were full of envy and opened many brocade boxes to check one by one, shook his head, and opened the red note in his hand, which read:

The small print on the red note is all about business. The wild goose is in the cloud, the fish is in the water, and it is difficult to send this feeling.

The slanting sun leans on the west building alone, and the distant mountain is just right on the curtain hook. The face of the person is unknown, and the green wave is still flowing eastward.