During the Shangyuan Festival, Yang Shenjin's case occurred, and the servant Shi Lu Xuan bit Xue Bai, and Yang Guifei demoted him from the seventh rank to the ninth rank of the palace supervisor with a sentence of "chewing his tongue in front of the emperor".

Now half a year has passed, the Midyear Festival is imminent, the saint will come to the Zongsheng Palace in person, Lu Xuan went to the palace in advance to arrange, and got Pei Mian's instructions.

"You are degraded because of Xue Bai, and if you want to be reinstated, you will get rid of him. This time, Princess Yuzhen took Xue Bai to Loutaiguan, and moved Princess Tangchang to arrange for them to meet. Expose it and let the saints hear about it. ”

"Why?"

"The saint has always disliked others to associate with Princess Tangchang, let alone Xue Pingzhao?"

After arriving at Zongsheng Palace, Lu Xuan arranged for someone to keep an eye on Princess Tangchang. On this day, Princess Yuzhen sent someone to take Princess Tangchang to the main hall to talk about Jiao, which made people out of his sight, and he knew that it was wrong.

Knowing that there was a Langzi among the disciples brought by Princess Yuzhen, Lu Xuan was sure that it was Xue Bai who came to meet, and immediately brought someone to expose it.

rushed all the way to Ziyunguan, and saw an old woman guarding the side courtyard.

"Get in!"

Lu Xuan did not hesitate, led people to break in, and slammed open the bolted courtyard door.

Walking through the deserted courtyard, he saw Xue Bai pulling a female crown to avoid entering the small hall.

"Xue Bai, what are you doing here?"

Lu Xuan approached directly, and at the same time asked his subordinates to invite the clan relatives and Taoist elders in the Zongsheng Palace to come over.

Previously, Princess Xianyi pointed out that Xue Bai was the son of a traitor, but no one believed it, but today it is true, Xue Bai dares to secretly meet Princess Tangchang, and he can live with their mother and son for a long time in the future.

"Why are you hiding?" Lu Xuan sneered: "Could it be that Fei Ling teased Xiao Kun Dao of Ziyun Temple......"

Before the words fell, he was suddenly stunned.

Xue Bai is indeed in the palace, and he is indeed holding a little female crown in his hand, not Princess Tangchang, but indeed a beautiful little female crown in her twenties.

"You?"

"Lu Yushi." Xue Bai said: "You always have a hard time with me, because you have a personal enmity with me, right?" ”

"Find it."

Lu Xuan was stunned and hurriedly ordered people to search this side courtyard.

At this time, several veterans came together, Wang Bing was among them, and the voice came before they arrived.

"What's the fuss about Master Lu?"

"I've seen Qi Xuan's real person."

Lu Xuan saluted, looked back again, and saw that there was a Taoist with immortal wind and dao bones standing next to Qi Xuanzi Wang Bing, and he hurriedly exclaimed: "I've seen Xuanjing Zhenren!" ”

The old Dao elders didn't pay attention to it, and their eyes fell on Xue Bai and Li Tengkong.

"Vacate, what's wrong?" Wang Bing asked.

Li Tengkong was a little stunned by these many onlookers, and bowed his head and said, "They ...... Suddenly I broke in......"

"We broke in?" Lu Xuan only felt that this little female crown was so unreasonable, and said hurriedly: "You are in the Kundao Palace, I am the master of the palace, I should not break in?" ”

Suddenly, someone pulled him and whispered something in a low voice.

"Master Lu, that's the daughter of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion."

Lu Xuan was startled, as if he had lost his voice, his eyes looked back and forth on Xue Bai and Li Tengkong's faces, and he hurriedly leaned over and apologized: "It's the lower officials who shouldn't be, it's the lower officials who are too reckless." ”

“……”

Xue Bai didn't even look at Lu Xuan, his eyes fell on those old Taoist leaders, knowing that these people's identities were not ordinary, and they were arranged by Li Cong to save the scene.

He could intuitively feel what Li Cong was trying to express.

The eldest son of the emperor is eagerly wooing him and can't wait to show his strength.

But in Xue Bai's eyes, this is not strength, this is just human favor.

Princess Yuzhen, Qixuan Zhenren, and Xuanjing Zhenren can help for favors, but it is absolutely impossible to help Li Cong find a position.

This point must be made clear.

~~

In a few days, it was the beginning of July.

The yang energy is gradually subsiding, but the weather is still a little hot, and there is still a heat after the beginning of autumn.

On the official road from Chang'an City to Nanshan, there was an endless stream of cars and horses, and the Praetorian Cavalry came back to drive and let pedestrians avoid.

In the middle of the team, the neat Longwu army guarded the left and right, and the sound of silk and bamboo under the Huangluo umbrella was non-stop, and the music was flying, making the whole trip like a banquet and dance.

Qingwang Li Cong's carriage and horse are in the middle and rear of the team, which is very simple compared to the luxury car of the Yang family in front.

In the carriage, an eleven-year-old boy was lying on his stomach by the window, looking greedily at the scenery outside, only to feel that everything was so new.

"Grandpa, what's that?"

"That's an old scalper, pulling a cart."

"I really want to take a closer look, hey, what is that?"

"That's a persimmon forest, you've eaten fire crystal persimmons."

"Grandpa, it's a shy, the fire crystal persimmon is used."

Li Cong couldn't help laughing, very happy.

Along the way, Li Li had to ask everything he encountered, and in the face of these problems, Li Cong was extremely patient.

At this time, both father and son were wearing Taoist robes, and Li Li suddenly lowered his head and touched his sleeves and muttered.

"Grandpa, it's good to be a Taoist."

"Why do you say that?"

"You can go out of the Ten Kings' Mansion, you can go anywhere."

Li Cong was inexplicably a little sad, patted his son's shoulder, the joy in his eyes gradually faded, his eyes became more solemn, and he looked at Zhongnan Mountain in the distance, which was as beautiful as a picture scroll.

Gradually, the car drove into Zhongnan Mountain.

Princess Qing Dou glanced at Li Li and said in a low voice: "Asleep?" ”

"Shh

Li Cong leaned over, picked up Li Li, and got out of the carriage.

"King Qing, is the old slave coming?"

"No, you don't."

Li Cong shook his head, stepped on the stone steps, and walked towards the magnificent mountain gate on the high place.

The mountain wind blew his robe, if you only look at the back, you don't see the scars on his face, but you see a father with a great figure.

But in fact, Li Cong has no biological son.

He married the Dou family when he was young, and had a wife, two children and ten concubines, but he never had an heir. At that time, others only said that he lost the position of prince because of the scar on his face, but in fact, it was not easy to say that there was no heir that was another important reason.

Until ten years ago, after the death of the deposed prince Li Ying, four sons were passed to his knees.

He has always regarded his four sons as his own, and he has almost no partiality, but if he has to say which of them he likes the most, it is Li Li.

At the beginning of the adoption, Li Yan and Li Shen had reached the age of sensibility; Li Li was one year old, Li Bei was born not long ago, and he has regarded him as his father since he can remember, and he is naturally close. Among them, Li Yu is the descendant of Li Ying and Concubine Xue, and her temperament is more close; Li Bei was born to a palace man, and his temperament was slightly wooden and silent.

This time it was extremely rare to be able to leave the prison, and the four sons were looking forward to driving out of Chang'an City, Li Cong was embarrassed for a long time, and finally chose Li Li.

Entering the Zongsheng Palace step by step, and arriving at the annex where he lived, Li Cong panted slightly, and looked at it, the guards had lined up to patrol the ...... Everywhere you go, it's like being in the Ten Kings' House.

A Taoist rushed over and saluted: "I have seen King Qing, poor Dao Wei Jingzhao, Dao Huai Baozi, a disciple of Xuanjing Zhenren." ”

"There's a real person." Li Cong said softly.

Wei Jingzhao hurriedly led them to settle down, went out of the house, and whispered with emotion: "King Qing is kind, it's so good to treat Xiaolangjun." ”

A slight smile appeared in Li Cong's eyes.

In recent years, no one has raised the question of whether he and his sons are biological, in fact, he doesn't care anymore, they are all descendants of the Li family in terms of blood, the important thing is that he raised them little by little in ten years, and he is their biological father.

They are no longer Li Ying's sons, they are his Li Cong's sons.

"There was a small incident a few days ago."

After chatting for a while, Wei Jingzhao mentioned it as if unintentionally.

"The daughter of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion and Xue Bai, who is famous in Chang'an, had a tryst in Ziyunguan, and they happened to be bumped into by the palace officials......"

Li Cong listened and knew that the fourth sister had successfully come into contact with Xue Bai.

He also knew that Princess Yuzhen, Xuan Jing Zhenren and others were just helping out of favors, and these people never thought that he would also compete for the crown. for they had pity on him, and despised him.

But, why can't he, as the eldest son, compete for the throne?

Ugly? Childless? This shouldn't be a reason!

Isn't the ability to govern a country more important than appearance? And is being an emperor just to pass on the throne? Why do people in the world simply ignore the innate ambition of an emperor's eldest son? Moreover, he had sons.

Neglect! Everyone was ignoring him.

And he has realized that he is qualified to fight, recently a new force in the court is rising, in the fierce battle between the right minister and the East Palace, skillfully united the upstart Yang family, the Hedong Pei family, and the old party that lost power, and the key person was actually a teenager, Xue Bai.

It just so happened that Xue Bai could naturally be co-opted by him.

He needed such a consistent henchman so badly to gather power for him outside the Ten Princes' Mansion freely.

~~

Throughout the night, Xue Bai even felt the growth of ambition in his sleep.

As if waking up from a dream, all kinds of thoughts are popping up.

There are actually not a few people who have heard that the emperor and grandson are hidden, but very few people know the details. And the age match and unknown background gave Xue Bai an excellent opportunity to impersonate.

From Li Longji's naming of his newborn grandson "Li Qian", it can be inferred that he confirmed that Li Qian was dead. If you want to conspire, you have to wait for Li Longji's death.

Then it is necessary to establish an emperor who can rehabilitate the Sanshu people, and also have the authority to persecute this emperor.

Once the ambition is different, some risks that you didn't want to take in the first place are suddenly worth trying......

In a daze, Xue Bai turned over, feeling hot from these thoughts.

He thought that if he told Du Yan about this, she would definitely be very excited.

The desire for power has always been linked to other desires, and the more you think about it, the more vigorous it becomes.

Therefore, the moment the door was pushed, Xue Bai suddenly thought that it was the Du family sisters who came over together.

But when he opened his eyes, he actually glanced at Li Tengkong.

"Huh?"

With a soft sound, the dust in Li Teng's empty hand fell to the ground.

She picked it up in a panic and said, "Master invites you to the Zongsheng Palace to greet you." ”

"The royal car has arrived?"

"Well, it arrived yesterday evening."

Li Tengkong turned his back, only to feel embarrassed, but it was Yan Yan who said to her, "Brother seems to have gone out, you go to the house and ask Sister Qinglan", I don't know if it was intentional.

Standing by the door and looking, Yan Yan was practicing in the guest house, looking simple and innocent, she should not have such a heart.

Xue Bai sat up in a daze, his eyes fell on Li Tengkong's back, and he saw that she had a beautiful neck and a slender waist...... I couldn't help but think that if I could win the world, I could give her the name of a concubine.

He quickly shook his head and cursed himself. At the moment, there is nothing but one thought, but I am thinking about the matter of concubines? dizzy, can't stand the test, and is also a faint king after fighting for the world.

"Why haven't you gotten up yet?" Li Tengkong asked with his back to him.

"Get up."

Xue Bai sat for a while, stabilized his self-motivated heart, and waited for Qinglan to come back to help freshen up and go to the Zongsheng Palace.

……

Because the saint came with a part of the emperor's relatives, the guards of the Zongsheng Palace were much stricter, adding to the solemnity.

This time, when walking past the thousand-year-old ginkgo, Princess Yuzhen said to Li Tengkong: "Tengkongzi, your sister and Princess Xianyi are in the Huanuquan Daoist Academy, you go to see them." ”

"Yes."

"Xue Lang comes with me."

She led Xue Bai to the west, winding up the path, and after more than a hundred steps, the terrain suddenly opened up.

The front is a scripture platform, there is an octagonal pavilion on the west side, the gossip is suspended, there is a pool next to it is also an octagonal, and there is a stone dragon spit water on the inner wall.

"This is the Shangshan Pool, and Lao Jun once dissolved the alchemy medicine in it."

Princess Yuzhen said, waved the dust lightly, walked into the pavilion, and sat down in a corner, looking fairy.

Others have a lot of bad things about her, in fact, she has got the most talented and handsome characters in the world, she has already cultivated her vision very high, the Taoist foundation is stable, and the fairy spirit is floating, not mixed with the slightest bit of vulgarity.

The same is true of several other male and female Taoist priests in the pavilion, all of whom look like worldly masters...... Except for Li Cong, whose face is full of scars.

The strange thing is that the old Taoist priests in the pavilion are closing their eyes and listening to a Taoist in his twenties who is very immortal preaching the Tao Te Ching.

Xue Bai stood behind Princess Yuzhen and didn't look at Li Cong, but instead set his eyes on the young Taoist.

"The so-called 'do not see yourself, so you know; is not self-sufficient, so it is revealed; If you don't cut yourself, you have merit; Not self-conscious, so long', secreted at the age of sixteen, conceited talent, Fu Chang Song Xing said, "Please look at a hundred years of things, the industry will be flat boats across the five lakes", only Zhang Qujiang announced that the trail "early to get a good name, there will be a fold, it is advisable to be obscure, and do your best." Hidden in the body, the ancients are important, and the child is evil! But when you are a poem to enjoy the scenery and sing the ancient sages, don't praise yourself for the wonderful', get this word, and you will be enlightened......"

Hearing this, Xue Bai's heart moved, and he suddenly understood who this little Taoist was, Li Yu.

When he came back to his senses, Li Mi had already looked at him.

The two looked at each other, and Xue Bai suddenly felt that he was talking to him just now.

In terms of talent, at the age of sixteen, Li Mi was by no means inferior to today's Xue Bai, and he had the reputation of a prodigy, and the sage personally promised to entrust him with a heavy responsibility with the "important weapon of the country", he thought that the time had not yet come, and he refused to go out.

Xue Bai understood this reasoning, so he nodded. He also felt that he was too much cheesy than Li Mi, but everyone has their own ambitions, and everyone in the world can't be immortal.

After listening to them for a while, an attendant came over and summoned a few old Taoist priests and Li Mi.

Only Princess Yuzhen and Li Cong were left in the pavilion.

"I heard that the sage also plans to worship Jing Xuan Zhenren as a teacher and cultivate the method of longevity." Li Cong said.

Princess Yuzhen said: "I have been cultivating for many years, if I have heard of the method of immortality, how can I not repay the sage?" ”

"It is also because of Li Shi's case that the prestige of the clan has been damaged, and the saint wants to respect Taoism to show his prestige. This time, I want to honor the 'Holy Ancestor Road' of the Taishang Xuan Yuanjun. ”

Xue Bai listened on the sidelines, thinking to himself, Li Longji knew all the problems of the Tang Dynasty, but he just did what he liked as he wanted.

And Li Cong's words inadvertently revealed a little bit of his idea of governing the country.

Princess Yuzhen was not interested in this kind of political affairs, sat for a while, led people to see the scenery, and gave Li Cong and Xue Bai the opportunity to talk alone.

The octagonal pavilion is quite high, so it is not afraid that their conversation will be overheard.

……

"It seems that the number of times I have met King Qing lately is a little too much." Xue Bai reminded.

In fact, they have only met twice in half a month, and there are still many things that have not reached a consensus.

Li Cong was very sincere and said: "I told my aunt, you are the son of my old man, she only met us because of private matters, you don't have to worry." ”

"King Qing, I'm worried." Xue Bai was also sincere and said, "A lot of people have died. ”

"It looks like you've already met the fourth sister." Li Cong said: "Then you should also know your life experience?" ”

As soon as the words came into his ears, Xue Bai's eyes flashed with a hint of imperceptible discoloration, he groaned slightly, and said slowly: "Yes, I already know my life experience." ”

The last time they met, he thought that getting close to the prince would be risky and beneficial, and he was a little resistant to Li Cong's wooing. Today's attitude has changed subtly, and it is no longer so alienated and cold.

Sure enough, after determining the life experience, the position will naturally be different.

Now they are fellow travelers.

Li Cong smiled, although the scars on his face were a little hideous, his attitude was kind and gentle, and he said in the tone of an elder: "I am like a brother and sister to your grandfather, and I will treat you as a nephew in the future." ”

"Thank you, King Qing."

"You can call me uncle."

"Yes, uncle."

Xue Bai only hesitated slightly, and took advantage of the situation.

He has realized that he has a little slim hope to fight for the throne, and he needs a temporary support in the process, and Li Cong is very suitable.

Such an eldest son of the emperor who was confined in the mansion of the Ten Kings allowed him to use his name to accumulate power and deal with the crisis.

The second chapter is about half an hour, and I'm in a hurry~

(End of chapter)