Li Chongrun hurried back to the palace where his father lived, Li Xian is currently living in the former British palace, there are 500 thousand cattle to guard, nominally to protect, in fact, it is to restrict his outing, put him under house arrest in the palace, Wu Zetian sent more than a dozen eunuchs to wait for him, always monitor his every move.

But Wu Zetian left him a little space on the other hand, that is, allowing his eldest son Li Chongrun to enter and leave the palace, in fact, he acquiesced to Li Xian's little communication with the outside world, of course, Li Xian was strictly forbidden to have any dealings with the outside world, including his princess Wei.

Although Wei Lian was also forbidden to interact with the outside world, she also had a way to deal with it, that is, through her personal maid Zhu'er, Zhu'er often went to Nanshi to buy fat powder, jewelry and other items, which brought Wei Lian a lot of news from the outside world, and also quietly brought Wei's family letter to her.

At this time, in the backyard of the palace, Princess Wei Lian was very unhappy to ask her husband about the Xingtang Society, because the matter of the Xingtang Society had been spread in Chang'an, Wei Lian became more and more suspicious that her husband was hiding her from the Xingtang Society.

"How could you not know? You are such an important person, will the people of the Xingtang Society not come to you? You tell me the truth, what is your relationship with the Xingtang Society?

Li Xian closed his eyes slightly, concentrating on reciting his Buddhist scriptures, as if he didn't hear what his wife said, Wei Lian was a little annoyed and angry, tore off the Buddhist scriptures in his hand, rolled up his sleeves and roared: "Tell me the truth, what's going on?"

Li Xian sighed, "The Xingtang Society once came to look for me, but I refused, think about it, there is Jiang Enxin in the palace who is monitoring me, or is it closely watching, how dare I deal with the Xingtang Society again, you yourself know that we have lived a peaceful life all these years." ”

"Then what's going on with Yang Pei?"

Wei Lian's tone hesitated slightly, and asked, "Everyone outside is saying that he is from the Xingtang Society?"

Li Xian sneered, "Lai Junchen killed so many people, and they all said that they were rebels and rebels, do you believe it?"

Wei Lian was a little shaken, for so many years, she knew that her husband had never interacted with the outside world, if there were people from the Xingtang Society entering and leaving the palace, she should also know, did her husband really not know?

At this time, Li Chongrun hurriedly walked from outside, and suddenly found that his mother was also there, his footsteps couldn't help but hesitate, but Wei Lian saw him, "Da Lang, what are you doing?"

Li Chongrun had to come in and kneel down and salute, "The child meets his father and mother"

Li Xian smiled slightly and asked, "The Great Cloud Sutra I wanted, have you bought it?"

Li Chongrun immediately understood, and said with a frustrated face: "The child is here to report to his father, you can't buy the Dayun Sutra outside, and there is no one in the temple, and there is only one Tibetan scripture in the Dayun Temple and the White Horse Temple in Luoyang, and they refuse to take it out." ”

"If you really can't buy it, forget it, just do what I said, bring back the one in Fangzhou for me. ”

"The boy understood. ”

Wei Lian asked suspiciously beside her, "Have you gone to buy Buddhist scriptures?"

"Exactly, the father asked the child to buy a Great Cloud Sutra, but he couldn't buy it. ”

Li Chongrun said to his father again: "The child has asked a friend to help his father get the Great Cloud Sutra, he said that he was going to Yangzhou, and when he came back, he would go to Fangzhou by the way, please rest assured that my friend promised to help." ”

"That's good, I'm relieved. ”

Li Xian's father and son were playing riddles, they all knew what the other party was talking about, but Wei Lian was confused, at this time, Li Chongrun scratched his head again and said: "Father, when I went to find a friend tonight, I actually met Chengqi." ”

Li Xian smiled faintly, "I haven't seen him for more than ten years, did you ask him how his father is doing?"

The child asked, the fourth uncle is in good health now, and he can go out for an outing. ”

Wei Lian next to him suddenly said angrily: "Why can he go out for an outing, but we are trapped in the palace all day long, why is your mother so favoritism?"

Li Xian's face sank, "Don't say that your mother is not"

"Hmph, you offer to her like a bodhisattva all day long, but what did she do to us?"

"Get out—" Li Xian pointed outside and shouted angrily.

Li Xian has a very good temper and never gets angry, but if someone says that his mother is not good, his sheep will also be angry, Wei Lian also knows that she has touched her husband's bottom line, she glared at her husband fiercely, turned around and left, and when she walked to the hall, she turned around and shouted: "Da Lang, let your father rest, don't disturb him." ”

"It's the mother, and the child is gone. ”

Li Chongrun quickly threw a folded small note at his father's feet, got up and hurried away with his mother, and when they were far away, Li Xiancai picked up the note, opened it and looked at it, there was only one sentence in it: 'Li Zhen hopes to join the Xingtang Society.

Li Xian laughed, this Li Zhen did not disappoint him, he was indeed a person who could be trusted.

The next morning, a eunuch ran to the internal security office to find Li Zhen, and the saint wanted to summon him, which made Li Zhen feel slightly stunned, Wu Zetian wanted to summon him, why didn't Shangguan Wan'er tell him.

Li Zhen didn't have time to think about it, he hurriedly changed his official uniform and hurried to the Taichu Palace, he waited outside the imperial study for a while, Gao Yanfu came out and smiled at him: "The Holy Lord let you in." ”

Li Zhen nodded, tidied up his clothes, and walked into the imperial study quickly, there was no Shangguan Wan'er in the imperial study, only the empress Wu Zetian sat behind the imperial case, but next to him stood a man wearing a golden crown and a short stature, about thirty years old, with a rather arrogant expression, Li Zhen knew him, this person was General Zuo Jinwu, King Wu Yizong of Hanoi County.

After Wu Chenghei was exiled, Wu Yizong was the second person in the Wu family after Wu Sansi, Li Zhen stepped forward and knelt down on one knee and saluted Wu Zetian, "Weichen see His Majesty the Emperor"

Wu Zetian smiled slightly: "The king of Hanoi is going to Yangzhou to announce the decree, he needs an escort, and he specially asked the internal guards of Commander Li to protect him, and I also agreed, Commander Li went back and prepared to leave early tomorrow morning." ”

Li Zhen was stunned in his heart, he agreed to Li Chongrun's request last night to go to Yangzhou to stop Li Yuanjia from raising troops, but he couldn't think of any way Li Xian could help him, but he never expected that it was Wu Yizong who asked him to go by name, you must know that Wu Yizong is a diehard member of the Wu family, extremely hateful to the royal family, how could Li Xian find his relationship.

Li Zhen didn't have time to think about it, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "Weichen obeys the order"

Wu Yizong saw that he promised to be happy, his face looked a little better, and he nodded to Li Zhen, "Thank you Commander Li."

Li Zhen saluted again and slowly retreated, outside the imperial study, Gao Yanfu stood next to a big pillar, he took advantage of the unpreparedness, quickly stuffed Li Zhen with a note, smiled, and turned to leave.

Li Zhen also walked quickly to the outside of the main hall, and when he walked down the steps, he opened the note, and there was only one sentence on it, "Go to my mansion after facing down,

Li Zhen groaned, Wu Zetian did not pass Shangguan Wan'er in this matter, and directly issued an order to himself, and he still had to talk to Shangguan Wan'er.

Li Zhen turned around and walked briskly to Shangguan Wan'er's official room, came to the official room, and after waiting for a while, the maid Xiao'e came out and saluted him and said, "Sheren is waiting for the commander, please come in."

Li Zhen walked into the room quickly, only to see Shangguan Wan'er standing in front of the window with her hands in her hands, looking out of the window attentively.

"Humble position, see Shangguan Sheren," Li Zhen stepped forward and saluted.

"You're here, please sit down," Shangguan Wan'er said lightly.

Li Zhen felt the heaviness of Shangguan Wan'er's mood, and he sat down silently without disturbing her contemplation any longer.

After coming over for a long time, Shangguan Wan'er seemed to wake up from her contemplation and sat back in her seat, she smiled and asked, "What have you been busy with lately?"

"It's a very leisurely time, basically nothing. ”

"I think—"

Shangguan Wan'er smiled softly and said, "You should consider starting a family, Miss Di is good, she is a good match for you." ”

Li Zhen didn't know why Shangguan Wan'er suddenly talked about his family, he scratched his head, and said a little embarrassed: "Don't think about lifelong events for the time being, let's go two more years."

"Of course, this is your own business, I'm just making a suggestion, did the Holy Lord let you go to Yangzhou just now?"

"It was the Holy God who asked me to escort the King of Hanoi to Yangzhou to announce the decree. ”

Li Zhen hesitated for a moment, "Is this a suggestion?"

Shangguan Wan'er shook her head, "I also just found out, this matter has nothing to do with me, of course, Li Chongrun sent me a letter, Li Xian wants me to arrange for you to go to Yangzhou, I am still worried about what excuse to find, but the saint took the initiative to arrange, which is really beyond my expectations." ”

"Giving up people. What do you think could be the reason?"

"I don't know, I don't know anything, Ah Zhen, I'm very passive in this matter, do you understand?"

Li Zhen heard her call herself Ah Zhen, and thought of those nights with her, and couldn't help but feel a trace of warmth in his heart, he lowered his head, and didn't know what to say

Shangguan Wan'er looked at him for a moment, and then smiled slightly: "Two days ago, the Holy Lord promoted my power, and I can attend the deliberations of the political hall for her. ”

"Congratulations to the Sheren"

"What you gain will lose, I have increased my power, do you know what I will lose?"

"Ignorance of Duty"

"Actually, you already know, think about it again?"

Li Zhen pondered for a moment, and suddenly realized, "Could it be the internal guard—"

Shangguan Wan'er sighed and nodded slowly, "You're right, the Holy Lord has taken back the right of internal guard, not only my right of internal guard, but also Princess Taiping's internal guard, from now on, you don't have to go through me anymore, you have to report to her directly." ”

Li Zhen said in a low voice after a while: "If there is anything, I will report it to the official in time."

Shangguan Wan'er's eyes flashed with a hint of emotion, she slowly walked up to Li Zhen, gently stroked his face, lowered her head and kissed him on the forehead, and said softly in his ear: "I'm really happy that you can think like this." ”

Li Zhen held her hand and said in a low voice: "Anyway, without giving up others, there would be no me Li Zhen today, Li Zhen is not a merciless person, I know what I should do." ”

"Do you know what I really want to do now?" Shangguan Wan'er's voice was softer, with a hint of sadness.

Li Zhen was silent for a moment, and finally nodded slowly