April Mengxia, the first day of the new year.

The peach blossoms in Chang'an City are at their most gorgeous, and the cherries are ripe.

The girl carrying the fruit basket has a blooming peony flower in her bun.

A team of carriages passed by, and Shouwang Li Xuan lifted the curtain and stared at the slender figures on the street, gloomy.

He got out of the carriage at the Baosha Temple at the north gate of Chongrenfang, took a deep breath of the smoke from the incense candles, and rarely felt the freedom outside the Ten Kings' Mansion.

It is not so much that he believes in Buddhism, but that he likes to be able to leave the surveillance on the first and fifteenth days of each month in the name of worshipping the Buddha.

After incense in the main hall, Li Xuan strode to the Zen room in the backyard.

In the past, every month, Da Xi Yingying would bring him money, and sometimes some beauties, except for last month.

"Is she coming?"

"Inside."

Li Xuan's decadent eyes finally burst out, and he pushed the door straight in.

Da Xi Yingying's full and seductive figure fell into his eyes again, and this time it finally aroused his emotions.

"Smack!"

Li Xuan strode forward and slapped her in the face, and bloodshot immediately appeared on her beautiful face.

She fell to the ground, Li Xuan straddled it, slapped her backhand again, and rubbed her roughly.

Da Xi Yingying was so pained that she burst into tears, gritted her teeth and endured it, but stroked herself, and exclaimed: "Shouwang ......"

Seeing her so profligate, Li Xuan frowned, got up, and kicked her hard.

", dare to betray me!"

"The slave family doesn't dare." Da Xi Yingying hurriedly hugged Li Xuan's boots and begged for mercy: "The slave family has always had King Shou in his heart, it was Xue Bai who separated us, and he designed to let the slave family enter the palace......"

"Don't say it!"

Li Xuan was furious and leaned over and strangled Da Xi Yingying's neck.

Her face flushed, his face reddened with anger, and endless hatred and grievances came up, completely devouring his reason.

"Dare to laugh at me!"

Da Xi Yingying had prepared an excuse, she could say that it was because the Ten Kings' Mansion was well guarded, so she couldn't explain it to him, but the right minister knew that she had not betrayed. Unexpectedly, an unintentional sentence made her strangle to death.

She was suffocated, her eyes rolled up.

"Ahem, cough, cough, ......"

There was a coughing sound from inside the screen, and Li Xuan woke up from the painful memories, let go of his hand, and exclaimed, "Who?!" ”

He looked around the screen and saw an old man in a smock robe, coughing with his head down, only facing him with his head bowed.

"Dog thief."

Li Xuan was frightened, manipulated the wooden fish on the shelf in his hand, and raised his hand to beat the old man.

But when the other party raised his head, he was so surprised that he took a few steps back.

"Right...... Right phase? ”

"Eighteen Lang, I haven't seen you for a long time." Li Linfu coughed, his eyes fixed on the wooden fish.

Li Xuan hurriedly put down the weapon in his hand and asked, "How is the right minister dressed like this?" ”

Today, it is rare for Li Linfu not to bring his subordinates, not even his confidants and female envoys, which can be described as something that has not been done for ten years.

"Since Eighteen Lang has made someone say it, the old man has to come and return her deed to the original owner in person."

"What is this?"

Li Xuan stepped forward to take it, spread it out and glanced at it, with ecstasy in his eyes.

It's not because of how much he cares about Da Xi Yingying, but that he was finally able to protect his face in secret once and prevent others from snatching his woman.

Da Xi Yingying relieved herself, bypassed the screen, and fell to the ground.

"There's not much time." Li Linfu said lightly: "Let's get down to business." ”

"Whoa."

Da Xi Yingying seemed to have completely digested everything just now, and opened her mouth without any emotion.

"Xue Bai is the son of Xue Rust, Xue Pingzhao. In the past ten years, the person who adopted and taught him was named 'Han Yu', and it can be seen from the only one painting, one book and two articles that this person is academically knowledgeable, strong in writing, and old and spicy in calligraphy, and is Zhang Jiuling, He Zhizhang and other ordinary figures, presumably Xue Baizhi's poetry is also his guidance behind his back, and in addition, the threat of Han Yu is not only in the article calligraphy and painting, but also in the power of art. ”

"He laid out for ten years, dedicated the salt method to Yang Chen, encircled Pei Kuan, Zhang Qiu and Qiong, and supported a force in the court, which should be to support King Qing as the prince. King Qing is the eldest son of the emperor, and he adopted Li Ying's son, which is the best choice for Li Yingyu's party. But once they are allowed to do something, the first person to be killed in the future will undoubtedly be King Shou. ”

Li Xuan was taken aback and exclaimed, "All this is true? ”

"King Shou can't trust the slave family, can't he still believe the right minister?"

"I've seen it myself, and that's true."

Li Linfu went to Fengwei Building to see it, and found that the words were not from Li Yong, Zheng Qian, Zhang Jiugao, these familiar opponents, with a slight Zhang Xu's style, and Yan Zhenqing's style is very different, it is indeed a famous handwriting, Xue Bai will definitely not be able to write.

What's more, he personally observed Du Wulang's helpless appearance in front of Da Xi Yingying, and determined that this news channel was reliable.

All this confirmed his initial suspicions.

Although there was no evidence, it didn't matter, he didn't intend to reveal these things in front of the saint in person......

Li Xuan said: "But I don't know who Han Yu is!" ”

"This person has no official position or position, but he has the patience to lie dormant for so long, and to do it so much, how ruthless is hesitation?" Da Xi Yingying said: "He also sent Xue Bai to Princess Xianyi's mansion, he must have wanted revenge." ”

"Concubine Wu Hui's sudden death must have something to do with Li Ying's remnants." Li Linfu said.

Li Xuan was shocked and said, "Li Ying really wanted to rebel back then, so he would leave such a vicious person. Right Minister, you should inform the saint of these poisonous schemes! ”

"Ugh." Li Linfu sighed and shook his head.

"Right phase?"

"The family affairs of the Son of Heaven, how can outsiders speak?" Li Linfu said: "Xue Bai offered dominoes to the saint and took the opportunity to slander the old man. Now, the saint doesn't trust me, and there is no evidence for this. ”

"What should I do?!"

"Li Ying's remnants seem to be at odds with the crown prince, but in fact they have long been united, and this time they are fighting for the right to salt tax, with the aim of weakening the momentum of the true phase. As soon as the old man is gone, there will be no one to balance the prince. At that time, the prince held the four towns in the northwest, got the salt tax in Hedong, and had the favor of the Sichuan and Shu border generals, and he was safe to ascend the throne. Perhaps, the prince also promised Han Yu that he would rehabilitate Li Ying...... That's after you and me. ”

"Right Minister, you have to stop this!"

"Everything in the world depends on the will of the saints. Old man, I can't persuade the saint. ”

Li Linfu said, clapped his knees and sighed, and got up.

"Entrusted by men, the end of people's affairs. Eighteen Lang wants to check, and today I will inform you of the results. The situation is like this, there is nothing to be done. ”

As soon as he left the Zen room, he was greeted by a female envoy and a guard, vigilantly protecting him.

Recalling today's trip, there was a lot of traffic in front of Fengwei Building, and the Baosha Temple was almost smashed by wooden fish, and there were many crises, so Li Linfu decided that he could not take such a risk in the future.

Fortunately, it's worth it, no one else was present in today's secret talk, and Li Xuan has nothing to do with him.

……

"Yingniang, what do you say I should do?"

Li Jing asked, and saw that Da Xi Yingying turned around, and the palm prints on her face and the pinch marks on her neck were red.

He immediately softened his voice, stroked her face, and said, "I'm not in a good mood, you know I wasn't like this before, I've been so uncomfortable all these years." ”

Da Xi Yingying lowered her head and asked, "The right minister can't change the holy will, Ah Lang may be able to come forward?" ”

"Me?" Li Xuan said: "Don't you know how much the saint hates me? ”

"Xue Pingzhao's matter, it seemed to be ...... at first Xianyi Gong wants to be Alangcha, right? ”

Li Xuanru was rescued, thinking that the princess of the Tang Dynasty was much more nourishing than these princes.

Da Xi Yingying glanced up and saw that he still had a corner of her body in his arms.

She retreated in good fortune, walked out of the meditation room, and whispered a word before leaving, while Li Xuan was thinking about it and didn't care too much.

"The slave family doesn't complain about Ah Lang."

Da Xi Yingying really thought that she shouldn't blame this Shou King, it wasn't his fault.

He is just a poor man who was ridiculed by thousands of people for his father to rob his wife, and he is just an incompetent person who was locked up in the Ten Princes' Mansion and turned into a waste.

She used to pity him, but now she can't even pity herself.

~~

The kitchen of Fengwei Building was busy.

As soon as the steamer was opened, a thick water vapor was raised, and the big white steamed buns were at their fullest.

Nowadays, steamed buns are also called cage cakes, wrapped in mixed meat, and Du Wulang chose the best white noodles today and steamed steamed steamed buns without filling.

He was sniffing when he suddenly heard someone behind him: "Wulang is here, isn't Erniang here?" ”

Looking back, seeing that Da Xi Yingying's face was red and swollen, and there were marks on her neck, Du Wulang exclaimed, "What's wrong with you?" Who hit you like that?! ”

In the lingering steam, Da Xi Yingying suddenly looked at a pair of eyes full of concern and sincerity, was stunned, covered her face and walked out.

"Wait a minute." Du Goro scrambled to find something.

Out of the kitchen, Da Xi Yingying glanced back, but didn't see him chase him out, so she turned back to her house.

All the way through the courtyard gate, I suddenly heard Du Wulang shouting behind him: "Hey, are you okay?" ”

She ignored it and went into the house on her own.

"How hard you have to fight like this......"

Du Wulang was too busy to keep up, and only then did he cross the threshold, his mouth was still broken, and he was pulled suddenly, and the person was pressed against the wooden wall by Da Xi Yingying.

"What are you going to do?"

"You've been beaten too hard, which brute the hell?!"

"Are you distressed?"

"I ...... Of course care about ......"

Du Wulang didn't know how to say it, but he was suddenly hugged by Da Xi Yingying, and he suddenly felt that the whole person was wrapped in soft steamed buns, but he still remembered her shocking injury.

"You ......"

"Grab me."

Da Xi Yingying was emotional, bit his ear directly, and said eagerly in a longing tone.

"Grab me."

The heat entered Du Goro's ears, and his brain "buzzed", and his soul didn't know where to fly.

The tip of the nose is hot, and the blood comes out.

Drip.

Bright red blood fell on the fair skin, slid down with the arc, and seeped into the band.

Da Xi Yingying ignored it, pushed him to the ground and reached out to him.

This startled Du Wulang tremble.

He was stunned for a moment, suddenly came back to his senses, hurriedly pushed her away, avoided her, turned his back to her, and said, "Don't do this." ”

"Didn't you say you care about me? Dislike me again? ”

"Of course, it's not disgust, but it's not like that...... I can't let down the people who are tied to me...... Alas, anyway, a gentleman should be self-respecting. ”

Da Xi Yingying's face sneered, and when she looked back, the young man's back was full of stupidity. Still with his back to her, he pulled out something wrapped in coarse cloth and handed it over.

"It's still hot, you can put it on it."

"What is this?"

"Egg, you can roll it on the wound, it might be useful, right? I don't know. ”

Da Xi Yingying reached out and took it, and found that the egg had been crushed, but it was still warm.

"That...... I've already asked people to get a doctor. Du Wulang said: "Also, the second sister said, don't think we don't trust you, they have all arranged it, and they will ask you for your deed back." ”

He pushed the door of the house, only to remember that the door was open inward, so he opened the door in a panic and hurried away.

Da Xi Yingying looked down at the nosebleed on her dress, hesitated for a moment, and put the warm egg on the bruise.

In fact, she had medicine for injuries in her house, and she came here to get it......

~~

At dusk, Li Xuan left Princess Xianyi's mansion, thinking about what Li Niang said today, a rare smile appeared in her eyes.

"Brother, what are you panicking about? Li Heng seems to be flattering and filial, but in fact he is a wolf with ambition, do you really think that his father is not guarding him? Since the right minister has found out, as long as his father knows that Li Heng secretly colluded with the courtiers to make such a big deal, he will let him go down to find Li Ying. ”

"But there's no evidence."

"How can there be evidence for such a thing? I hinted at two sentences in front of my father, and tomorrow's Li Heng wedding banquet is the reason for my mouth. ”

~~

It was night, Shangzhu Guo Zhang went to Yi's house and the lights were bright all night, because the second daughter of the Zhang family was going to marry into the East Palace and become the prince Liangdi.

said that she was married, but in fact, Liangdi belonged to the prince's concubine, but her rank was higher.

Today's saint was raised by Zhang Quyi's mother, and with the honor and favor of the Zhang family, Zhang Ting is worthy of the crown princess.

The problem is that the eldest son of the crown prince is twenty-one years old, and his biological mother Wu is still a palace maid who has been relegated to the court, and if the crown princess gives birth to a concubine, it will inevitably pose a threat to Li Jiao.

Therefore, Zhang Ting can only become a good di.

She felt a loss at first.

But after thinking about it carefully, after the Liu Tao case, the prince replaced Du Liangdi with Zhang Liangdi, who seemed to be persecuted by Li Linfu, but in fact he won; The same is true of Wei Jian's case, the prince seems to have lost, but in fact, the positions of the two towns of Hexi and Longyou were handed over to his brother-in-law who was closer to him.

Everyone looks down on the East Palace, but it is the best time for her to marry in the past, and it seems that the more wronged she is today, the greater the harvest in the future......

She didn't sleep all night, and at the third watch, she sat in the luxurious boudoir and began to dress up and change clothes.

Reaching out to stroke the somewhat frugal wedding dress, she nodded with satisfaction, sat down, smiled at the bronze mirror, and put on a graceful expression.

~~

The morning drum of Chang'an is still the same, and it does not look any different from usual because of the prince's marriage.

Xue Bai slept a lot, and only went out after three minutes, looking refreshed and indisputable.

The four sons of Chunfu met on Suzaku Street and drove their horses to Chongrenfang.

"Aren't you going to the East Palace?"

"Who said the wedding banquet was in the East Palace?"

"The invitation says 'East Palace Wedding Banquet'."

"Can it still be said to be a 'ceremonial feast'? Since the construction of the Ten Princes' Mansion, the weddings of kings and princesses have been held in the ceremonial courtyard of Chongrenfang, and the same is true for the crown prince. If it is written on the invitation, it will be a nest. ”

Xue Bai felt that this was not a nest, but it could better bring out Li Heng's frugality, and compared with Li Longji, it was no wonder that more and more courtiers were looking forward to the prince.

……

The ceremonial courtyard is lit up with lights, and the scene is certainly not grand and decent.

The daughter of the prince who is not treated by the saint is Liangdi, and the specifications and etiquette of this wedding banquet must have made the officials of the Ministry of Rites who handled this matter very troubled.

When he entered the door, the three sons of Chunfu handed over mediocre gifts, but Du Fu was eclectic and gave him a piece of calligraphy, because he really had no money, and he didn't want to borrow money to give gifts to the East Palace.

Xue Bai looked at it and felt that the official who received the gift shook his head and muttered "thin and hard as bones".

After all, the Tang people like round and full words.

Du Fu didn't know that the gifts he gave people didn't like them.

In front of the hall, Li Jingzhong's face was full of joy, and when he saw Xue Bai, he greeted him enthusiastically.

"Xue Lang is here! The old slave came to lead the way for Xue Lang, is it okay to sit at the same table with Lesheng? ”

shouted like this, and many guests looked sideways.

Another chamberlain led Yuan Jie, Du Fu, and Huangfu Ran to the rear to sit at the table, but Xue Bai's position was quite forward.

Along the way, you can occasionally hear whispered discussions.

"Xue is playing cards."

Xue Bai is now famous, some people care about his poetry, some people care about his style, and some people care about his deeds. And for the magnates at today's banquet, what he is most worthy of care about is to accompany the saint to play cards.

"Aunt Gongsun!"

Du Fu was about to go to the last seat, but suddenly turned around and called.

Xue Bai turned his head to look and saw a woman in her fifties with a few disciples seated.

This woman has gray hair, but she still has a straight waist, a well-proportioned figure, and her eyes are heroic, sassy but soft. It's comfortable for the eyes to look at.

"Aunt Gongsun is polite, when Du Fu was young, he was fortunate to watch the sword dance of the eldest lady in Yuncheng, and he still remembers it vividly."

"Du Zimei's poems, the old body is fortunate to have read them."

"Really?" Du Fu was overjoyed.

Suddenly, someone asked, "Du Zimei is also there?" ”

While speaking, three middle-aged men with beautiful beards floated in, it was "Le Sheng" Li Guinian and his two brothers, all of whom were personable.

Later, Jia Chang, the god chicken boy, arrived, and brought his skilled wife Pan Shi.

"Xue Lang is also there? Meet again. ”

"Xue Lang is a romantic figure today, Du Zimei's poems are famous, and he is a new science and technology scholar. Today's wedding feast adds luster to it. ”

Everyone greeted each other, Xue Bai sat down with them, sat down cross-legged, sat in the best position except for the imperial family, and got along happily.

Sometimes I think that if he is willing to be honest, to be a court worshipper, and to please the saints, he must be like them...... Let's be in trouble in the Anshi Rebellion.

~~

"The Yongwang has arrived."

"Shouwang has arrived."

"Princess Xianyi and the colt to ......"

Li Niang sat down with Yang Xun in her arms, still laughing in a low voice, "Finally let Li Heng seize the opportunity to have a banquet, it's really good to be harmonious, you say, right?" ”

Inadvertently, she caught a glimpse of a handsome face, so she looked at it intently, only to find that it was Xue Pingzhao.

The person who was strangled appeared in front of her, which made Li Niang's face pale again, fortunately, she had heard Li Linfu say that this was all a conspiracy, and after thinking about it, she felt that this was a good thing.

Li Heng was cautious and did not invite important ministers, but the secret of collusion with Li Yingyu's party was finally discovered by her.

Li Niang then attached to Yang Xun's ear and said in a low voice: "Let's see me use my means in front of the saint tomorrow." ”

(End of chapter)