The Holy Hidden Mansion is located in the west of the city.

"I remember," Xu Jian thought for a moment, "that mansion doesn't occupy a lot of land."

"Yes," Lin said, "but there's everything."

When the mansion was first opened, the sixth prince Li Yi was just an idle prince, his mind was not on the throne, and the hidden mansion was well cultivated.

It has the style that the prince's mansion should have, but it is not as different as the mansion of the eldest prince Li Cang.

In terms of land occupation, it is not even as large as the Chengyi Bofu and several noble mansions in this alley, but the regulations are different, and the population is also different.

To talk about it, relatively, you can also praise a small but fine.

After Li Yi was canonized as the crown prince, the Qianfu was not expanded, nor did it add any style that only a prince could have.

Because the time is too short.

Li Yi only became the crown prince for only three months, and with the death of Emperor Taixing, he entered the palace from Qianfu and became a saint.

And the Qianfu has been vacant since then.

"In the early years, the saint also took time to go to the Qianfu to sit," Lin Yu recalled, "On the day of the death of the first queen, the day of Qingming, and the day of marriage, the saint would pass in the afternoon whenever he was not busy, and occasionally rest for half the night, and return to the palace before the morning court.

It's been too busy in the past few years, and it's not convenient to go out of the palace, mostly in the middle palace.

The valuables in the hidden mansion, or those that are used to daily use, have also been moved back to the palace one after another, or stored in the imperial study, the dormitory, or given to His Royal Highness, and many more are placed in the middle palace."

Xu Jian listened carefully.

No matter how much time he has passed, how many things he has experienced, he still has places that he can't reach.

It's the old days that have been gone for a long time.

What happened when he and Lin Yunyan were still young, he really had more than enough but not enough strength.

Fortunately, there is also a father-in-law as a witness.

And because Lin Yu has been in the court for many years, even if he doesn't get involved and only takes up a position in the Hanlin Academy, he also lost his wife in the fire of Dingguo Temple.

About Dingguo Temple, about the saint's nostalgia for the former queen.

"Although the Middle Palace is convenient," Xu Jian pondered, "but the first empress has never lived in it for a day."

"Indeed," Lin Yu bowed, "For the Holy Master, it is a thought first, and it is also an attitude, if it weren't for his firmness and never loosening his mouth, he would have to collect several copies in a month just after the establishment of a new one."

Speaking of this, Lin Yu paused, took a sip of tea, and said, "Why did you come to the step of abolishing the prince? It's also because the Holy Lord has not been as firm and unwavering in this matter as he has been in this matter recently, and there are many smart people in the Jinluan Palace, where can he not understand?"

Xu Jian took the teapot and refilled the tea with him: "They are all smart people, and after waiting for a while, they will gradually be able to taste it, and the Holy Lord has not given up His Highness."

Lin Yu agreed.

"Speaking of going back to Qianfu," he said, "since everything has been moved into the palace, all that has been left there is some old furniture, and the manpower is getting smaller and smaller year by year, and now it seems that there is only one person in charge, two sprinkler mothers, and a gardener.

The back house has a garden and pond water, or living water, even if the saint doesn't live there, I don't want to see it abandoned.

There were old and young, and they didn't live in it, but only arranged a vigil.

There's nothing valuable in the first place, and it's just to have peace of mind, and I don't make up my mind there."

Xu Jian understood.

Therefore, the father-in-law said that if you want to make trouble, the hidden mansion is suitable.

It is not only the old place that Li Shao is familiar with, but he is not afraid of harming others, and he has a pool of living water, which is much easier to rescue.

After Lin Yu finished speaking, he got up and walked to the bookcase, stroking his sleeve to add water and ink.

The fragrance of ink dispersed in an instant, and between breaths, the original impetuous mood was smoothed out, and only peace remained.

Lin Yu dipped his pen in ink, spread out a piece of paper, and drew according to his memory.

Xu Jian stepped forward and stood on the side away from the window, so as not to block the light and watch Lin Yu paint.

Soon, a house plan jumped on the paper.

"I've been there a few times before," Lin Yu put down his pen, pointed to the painting and introduced it to Xu Jian, "The first few places in front are more accurate, the backyard has only been to the garden once, and I have a drink with the saint, and at that time, it was night, and the rest of the place was dark, and I didn't dare to say for sure, there was only one approximation."

"It's good to have one, it's much better than touching the dark." Xu Jian thanked him.

There is only one vigil in the mansion at night, and Xuansu can come and go freely.

There is a drawing, which is more effective with half the effort, so that he can figure out the layout as soon as possible.

When the picture was dry, Lin Yu handed it to Xu Jian.

"Again, don't be in a hurry," he said earnestly, "The Holy Master is not easy to fool, he doesn't see it now, it's just that your chess piece has landed right where he needs it."

But what you want is the opposite of what the Holy Lord expects, and once your chess pieces are deployed, he will definitely be alert.

At that moment, if there is no 'water to come', then ......."

The danger of a levee break.

Xu Jian understands this truth.

After thinking about it, he said, "I thought that my father-in-law would persuade me to think twice, and the Holy Lord was waiting for His Highness to eat a trench and grow wise, and we would also give him a chance."

Lin Yu laughed.

"When you came back to the door, you mentioned this to me, I did think it was too radical," Lin Yu said bluntly, "Your Highness is not mature enough, but it doesn't seem to be that bad.

You don't have a relationship with him, but the other highnesses are too young to talk about fate at this time.

But in the past month or two, I've been watching, and the more I look at it, the more I feel that your worries are justified.

Now that we have come to this point, instead of arguing about whether or not to give His Highness a chance, it is better to think more and take every step more realistically."

Don't let His Highness come back, let the Holy One really get out of the haze of Dingguo Temple, and he can also look at His Highness's son correctly.

Xu Jian saluted Lin Yu.

Being able to get the support of my father-in-law and avoid my own family members from doing meaningless tug-of-war is enough to make people breathe a sigh of relief.

If the two parties disagree, he wants to pull Li Shao down completely, and his father-in-law wants Li Shao to reform himself, which is not one more help, but a help, this is Weng's son-in-law's political disagreement, and the small county lord is caught in the middle of a dilemma.

Lin Yunyan had no surprise that she would be on his side, because they had experienced life and death together and knew that the ending was cruel.

But my father-in-law is not.

He hadn't seen the Bofu confiscated with his own eyes, and his grandmother was bent on dying in order not to affect the younger generations, and he didn't realize what a ridiculous person Li Shao was......

It is really rare for my father-in-law to accept his persuasion at this time and choose a path with them.

This move is due to Li Shao's outrageous behavior in recent days, and it also relies on his father-in-law's own sensitivity in court affairs, as well as his love for his daughter and family.

Lin Yu stretched out his hand to help Xu Jian and sighed, "The biggest regret in my life is that the fate of husband and wife is too short, and my expectation for Yun Yan is that she can completely make up for my regrets. Treat her well, and you will live with Hemeimei for half your life."

Xu Jian said solemnly: "Don't worry, I will not live up to it."

Lin Yu laughed when he heard this, with laugh lines at the corners of his eyes, and looked at Xu Jian's right leg: "Then take care of your injuries, Yun Yan's thin arms and legs can't help people."

After speaking, he put away his smile and said again: "Your Highness, there are still a lot of things to do, you have to take care of it, and you have to go to the imperial study to say a lot of things in person."

Xu Jian should go down.

The matter was decided, and someone from outside said that a table had been prepared in the flower hall, so they moved over together.

Before he entered the hall, he heard continuous laughter inside, and it turned out that Lin Yunyan and her grandmother had already arrived.

Hearing the sound, Lin Yunyan turned her head to look over, met Xu Jian's gaze, and smiled with her eyes bent.

Xiao Duan's family happily: "During the New Year, your son-in-law said some big things, and one or two of them said it with a serious face."

Lin Yu eased up: "What you said is that I won't talk about that during the New Year's Festival, I will accompany you to eat and drink later."

Xiao Duan pointed to the table next door, "Why do I need you to accompany me with this little fruit wine?" Drink for yourselves."

Xu Jian said: "Since you like fruit wine, there are still a few jars of plum wine sent by Jiangnan in the house, and I will send it to you later."

They sat down separately, and the family was happy.

Lin Yunfang glanced at Xu Jian, then at Lin Yunyan, turned her head and said to Lin Yunjing: "At this time next year, the eldest sister will also have to bring her brother-in-law to eat and drink."

Just one sentence made Lin Yunjing's face red.

Lin Yunyan leaned over and bit her ear: "Eldest sister knows that the Duan family has a cousin who is coming to Beijing, right? Tell you secretly, that's the mandarin duck score I ordered for the third sister, you see how long she can laugh at you!"

Lin Yunjing's eyes lit up, and the two of them suddenly laughed.

Lin Yunfang didn't know what they said, so she asked curiously.

Lin Yunyan said, "I won't tell you!"

Lin Yunjing was so happy: "I won't tell you!"

The banquet was funny, and it was joyful, Xiao Duan's smile was happy, and he used two more wines, and then went back to Zaishou Yuan to rest after the banquet.

Xu Jian drank a lot of wine, and he didn't really pour him, but it was cold and he couldn't walk much, and then Lin Yunyan sat with him in the flower hall.

"What did you talk about with your father?" Lin Yunyan asked softly.

"Father-in-law has given me a lot of advice," Xu Jian held Lin Yunyan's hand and stroked her slender fingers, "Go back and talk to you slowly."

Lin Yunyan replied, "Okay."

After all, it was such a big event, and there were people walking around outside the flower hall from time to time, in case people heard a few words......

It's not that I'm worried about being unreliable, but I'm afraid of scaring people.

When it comes to imperial power and the dragon chair, it is still necessary to be extremely cautious.

couldn't talk about big things, so Lin Yunyan talked to Xu Jian about small things, all of which were the shortcomings of her parents who she heard from Xiao Duan's family.

In the ordinary, it is full of the joys, sorrows, sorrows and sorrows of the elderly, and the trivial daily life, but it is the "vast majority" of their lives.

It is the peace and steadfastness that they want to pursue when they move forward in the storm.

Speaking of Enrongbo's Mansion, Xu Jian said in a low voice, "They are also in a dilemma."

As the queen's mother, they have always been restrained.

First, because the queen has passed away a long time ago, she only occupies that title, but there is no one else, and the second is that Li Shao's position as the crown prince has been stable over the years, and they don't need them to fight for him.

The benefits that deserve are all obtained, but if you are always careful, you will fall behind.

Moreover, when a daughter married into the prince's mansion, she really didn't expect that the throne would eventually fall on her head, which made the Xia family, who already knew etiquette and self-denial, more and more cautious.

What I didn't expect was that Li Shaojian grew up healthy and healthy, but the position of the crown prince was gone, and he acted like that, and even Enrong Bo couldn't say a few words of maintenance when he entered the imperial study.

Uncle Guo doesn't have the ability to open his eyes and talk nonsense, and the old uncle doesn't have it.

"I heard that he said a few words of truth, saying that Li Shao is indeed unsafe, let the saint deal with it as he wants," Xu Jian said, paused for a moment, and then said, "Xia Qingluo has always been difficult to say to Li Shao."

When it came to the afterglow in the sky, the two of them resigned from the Bofu and returned to the Fuguo Mansion.

Xu Jian showed Lin Yunyan the drawing.

Lin Yunyan said curiously, "Whose mansion?"

"The Holy Hidden Mansion," Xu Jian explained, "My father-in-law painted it, if you want to try Li Shao, he suggests that you can choose it in the Hidden Mansion."

Saying that, Xu Jian analyzed several pros and cons with Lin Yunyan again.

"Then wait for Xuansu to find out inside," Lin Yunyan said, and said, "As for Li Shao, what do you think of the Shangyuan lantern?"

This is what Lin Yunyan thought of on the way back.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the street was particularly lively, and the carriage was not moving fast, so she lifted the curtain and looked out for a while.

There is a constant flow of people on the streets, and there are many street vendors, all of whom sell food from the New Year's Festival

There are a few things that are playing, and there are several that have hung up lanterns, and they only look at one shape during the day, but Lin Yunyan thought of the way they lit up.

Xu Jian imagined.

It was very different from the real fire, but it was somewhat similar to the torchlight of the night in the paddock.

It's not that Li Shao has to recall something on the spot, he just made a temptation, but it is feasible.

"It's up to you to do this," Xu Jian said, "When I was in the upper Yuan, it was not convenient for me to accompany me to watch the lights."

According to the fold handed over a year ago, he recuperated his injuries until the spring blossoms.

The lantern will be at night, the weather is cold and windy, even if Xu Jian is willing to go, the saint will let him rest.

Fortunately, Lin Yunyan is favored by the Queen Mother's side, and she herself has enough status to participate in it and observe Li Shao's reaction justifiably.

It's just that......

"It's not difficult to let Li Shao watch the lights together," Lin Yunyan thought for a while and said, "Let Li Shao tell me the truth, or if he is willing to tell us the truth later, we have to think about it again."

Xu Jian couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

The last time Li Shao came to the Guogong Mansion, he was already very dissatisfied with his words.

Now that the crown prince has been abolished, this account has to be counted on the two of them through gritted teeth.

Although, this account is actually not wrong.

It was indeed the two of them who arranged one hand after another behind their backs.

"You can rest assured," Xu Jian pondered for a while, and said, "Li Shao's ego, and at the same time, he is very conceited, he annoys me to point fingers, but he knows very well that if he wants to recover, who will be the one who will help him."

"You mean......" Lin Yunyan's eyes lit up, "misleading him?"

"Disputes are disputes," Xu Jian said directly, "He wants us to bow our heads more than to completely tear our faces."

Lin Yunyan laughed when she heard this.

Husbands can bend and stretch, and so do women.

The purpose is clear, it is better to bow your head than to cut off your head.

"Hypocrisy," Lin Yunyan commented, "Who wouldn't have grown up in the palace?"