August 15, Mid-Autumn Festival.

The royal banquet will be held in the diligent government building of Xingqing Palace at the time of day, and after the banquet, the saint will admire the moon with all the people.

For the sake of this royal banquet, many important ministers no longer look at things today.

The Hanlin Courtyard, located in the west of the Daming Palace, became more and more quiet, but Li Mi arrived at the public house early, sat upright, and considered the poems that should be made at the imperial banquet tonight.

"Mr. Lee."

Suddenly, a soft call sounded outside the public house.

Li Mi opened his eyes and guessed who the person was coming.

He is now enshrined in the East Palace, but the people of the East Palace call him "Sir".

Sure enough, the door was pushed open, and Li Jingzhong sneaked in, tiptoed in front of Li Mi, knelt down directly, and cried: "Please ask Mr. for help." ”

Li Yu sighed and asked, "Yesterday's murder is really related to His Highness?" Why don't you tell me sooner? ”

"Pei Mian and Du Hong are gradually broken, and the old slave has no news, and I only learned about it this morning."

"I heard that this case is related to the East Palace, but I don't believe it." Li Mi said: "Since Pei Mian has already escaped, why send back the merchant to answer it?" ”

Li Jingzhong's face was bitter, knowing that he couldn't hide Li Mi's discerning eyes, so he had to lean on the ground and explain honestly.

"It's the old slave who is afraid that he will talk too much, so let the bones see if they can ...... Extinguish? ”

"You!"

Li Mi suddenly got up, looked at Li Jingzhong with a pair of eyes full of compassion, and shook his head with hatred.

"I've talked to you a few times, and it's as good as water. But one after another, you want to kill Your Highness? Burying Xue Bai alive failed, attracting a big enemy for the East Palace, and the damage has not disappeared so far, but he still wants to kill Pei Mian? It is not his mouth that needs to be extinguished, but the demonic barrier in your heart. ”

"The old slave knows his mistake! The old slave really knows that he is wrong! ”

Li Jingzhong didn't know how to refute, knelt there, kowtowed to Li Mi, and said: "The old slave really knows that he is wrong, this matter is all done by the old slave alone, and it has nothing to do with His Royal Highness......

"Don't talk about it." Li Mi sighed, "The country is shaken, and the society is in trouble, and you can't afford it alone." ”

He knew very well that the fault was committed by Li Jingzhong, but absolutely no one would attack a minion. Li Linfu's goal was only in the East Palace, or to support the civil and military officials of the East Palace.

Li Jingzhong burst into tears and said: "It's not a pity for the old slave to die, I just ask Mr. to save His Highness." ”

"Please confess your sins to the saints."

"What?"

Li Mi said: "It's still too late, the saint is still resting, and the news has not yet been sent to the emperor." His Highness's own guilt will never make the saint think of abandoning the reserve. ”

This is what he thinks is the best way at the moment, and the same is true of what he said when he was a child: "If you do righteousness, if you use wisdom, if you move like a material, if you are quiet, if you are proud".

Li Jingzhong lowered his head, his eyes flashing.

"Yes...... Your Highness doesn't know about this, can you ask Mr. to say a few kind words for Your Highness? ”

Li Mi shook his head and said, "Good words in this matter are useless, but it will harm His Highness." Only by asking His Highness to admit his mistakes and bear some responsibility for his crimes, can the big things be turned into small ones. ”

"Yes."

Li Jingzhong saw that Li Mi had the only way, so he kowtowed and wanted to retire.

"One more thing." Li Yu leaned over to help him up, and said in a low voice: "Li Gongdang reminds His Royal Highness that King Guangping is the eldest son, and His Royal Highness and Zhang Liangdi should be temperate." ”

He didn't want to say this, but the East Palace has been troubled recently, and as a subordinate official, he had to remind him.

When he heard that King Guangping was grounded, he was very worried that the prince would waver against King Guangping, and instead relied on Zhang Liangdi's family background. Zhang Liangdi was born noble, but if she gave birth to a son, it would be a bad thing for the East Palace in the long run.

……

Li Jingzhong entered the palace in the name of giving Mid-Autumn Festival gifts, and finally went to Hanlin Academy, but he didn't expect to get such an idea, and he was quite disappointed.

Back at the Prince's Courtyard, he carefully explained Li Yu's answer.

"Guilty to the saint?" Li Heng frowned, worried.

"Yes." Li Jingzhong said: "Mr. Li didn't want to intercede for His Highness, but he forgot that His Highness asked His Highness to get it for him. ”

Li Heng looked out the window with his hands and sighed.

"Your Highness, don't listen to Mr. Li's self-guilty arguments. The saint was already prejudiced against His Highness, and if His Highness admitted this matter, he would admit that he had accumulated strength in private, just as he admitted to having a relationship with Wei Jian in the Wei Jian case. It was a sin that the old slave could bear, but it became the fault of His Highness. ”

If Li Jingzhong can really bear it, it would be fine, but Li Heng knew that giving up a Li Jingzhong in this matter would not solve any problems.

And now there are fewer and fewer people in the DPRK and China who can intercede for him.

Thinking of this, he turned to Zhang Liangdi's residence.

For tonight's royal banquet, Zhang Ting began to dress up early in the morning.

"All down."

Li Heng picked up the comb and combed her hair himself.

"Your Highness is in trouble?"

"Something is wrong." Li Heng actually didn't know how to comb his hair, put down the comb, and said: "Li Jingzhong arranged a team of Hui people to kill Pei Mian, but they all died, and even the tokens fell into the hands of Suo Douji. ”

Zhang Ting was surprised and asked, "Who killed it?" ”

"I don't know." Li Heng sighed: "Suo Dou will attack us tonight. ”

Zhang Ting smiled and combed the long hair on his chest.

Li Heng had already held her hand.

"Ting Niang, I have always felt that I only let you wronged you too much for Liangdi, you should be my wife, and we should have children that belong to us."

~~

Du House.

Lu Fengniang was still bitterly persuading Xue Bai.

"You are going to the royal banquet again tonight, and if you are given the marriage of a saint, which princess shall be good? This is the daughter of Qinghe Cui's family, and I don't know how many people can't marry a girl with a fifth surname who can't marry if they want to. Cui Gongguan is the Shangshu Zuo Cheng and the Ministry of Rites, and he is likely to preside over the spring next year. As soon as Cui Gong saw you in Dali Temple, he admired you very much, much better than my brother and sister-in-law's vision, I have no relatives with his family, this marriage is really too good, so I am willing to accept it and take you to see it......"

"I also asked my aunt to reject the Cui family's good intentions for me, and I am indeed not worthy of the Qinghe Cui family." Xue Bai refused very decisively, and said, "I'll go to the imperial banquet now." ”

"Going so early?"

"Yes, I entered Xingqing Palace with Mrs. Yuguo and went to find her first."

"Then let's talk about it after the banquet, after all, it's a woman with five surnames."

"No, Mrs. Qiu Guo doesn't agree."

Lu Fengniang was stunned, but she was speechless.

Xue Bai came out of the Du Mansion, only to feel that this scene was quite similar to the Shangyuan Festival.

After all, saints love to feast and drink, Lu Fengniang likes to talk about matchmaking, and their habits have not changed.

……

The Lady of the Kingdom of Qiu.

Before Yang Yuyao got up, she heard that Xue Bai had arrived, and ordered the maid to take him to the boudoir.

"After the banquet, I have to admire the moon again, I don't know how long it will be, it's better to sleep more during the day, you come over."

A jade hand stretched out the curtain and beckoned, Xue Bai stepped forward, and Yang Yuyao pulled him to the couch.

Suddenly, Mingzhu was holding his clothes in front of him, got up, and said in a low voice: "The slave maid is going to prepare hot water." ”

She stumbled outside the curtain and got dressed, and withdrew.

Yang Yuyao smiled, knowing that this maid and Xue Bai both knew how to measure, and they never looked at each other.

"Do you know that something happened in Chang'an City again, and today's imperial banquet may not be peaceful."

"I heard that." Xue Bai said: "They are fighting back and forth, and it is annoying to watch. ”

"It's none of your business, is it?"

"I've been keeping to myself lately, and I'm not getting involved in that."

"That's good."

Yang Yuyao smiled and turned sideways and reached out to pinch his chin.

"Still." Xue Bai said: "I told you my identity, I recently checked this matter and got something." ”

"Where?"

"In my arms."

Yang Yuyao reached out to take it out, and after a while, she took out a deed, looked at it for a while, and couldn't help laughing.

"Huh?"

"It's really Xue Pingzhao? It's two generations shorter than me. Yang Yuyao pressed a finger under her lips, and her expression seemed to be very interesting.

"Not necessarily, I've checked, I have neither a biological mother nor a family, and if I look at this name, it is more likely that Xue Rust adopted an orphan......"

Xue Bai let her undress herself, but he told him honestly, met him sincerely, and told the truth.

Finally, he embraced her delicate body into his arms.

"I'm afraid that sooner or later I'm going to be convicted of being a traitor, I hope it won't affect you."

"It doesn't even bother me, I said, I will protect you."

When Xue Bai said this before, he just said hello, but now the evidence has come out. Yang Yuyao thought about it and decided to do something to prevent it from happening and directly pinch off the signs of disaster.

She is not afraid to help, but she is afraid that he will keep hiding it from her, or it will only start when the matter is approaching, and she will not be able to help when she wants to. When I think about it like this, I like his honesty more and more.

Yang Yuyao said: "At the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet tonight, I will solve this matter for you, how about it?" ”

"Can it be solved?"

"Simple, let's go early, I'll talk to Yuhuan."

"You're covering me?"

Yang Yuyao actually understood the pun of this sentence, but when he looked at it, he still looked serious and honest.

She couldn't help but be emotional.

"Well, my sister covers you ......"

~~

The sun is moving slightly to the west.

In Xingqing Palace, the palace people are still busy preparing for the imperial banquet in the evening.

The courtiers were also making preparations.

Daozheng Fang, An Lushan was preparing for the Mid-Autumn Festival gift he was going to offer tonight, and he was looking at a gilded winged deer and phoenix bird pattern silver box in his hand.

The phoenix bird on the silver box is the symbol of the queen, which he is going to offer to Yang Guifei.

The gilding process is extremely complicated, he personally supervised the work, and he was very dissatisfied with the first effect, so he carried out the second gilding, which can be described as excellence.

He put this thought into it, because he had a great idea...... He wants to recognize Yang Guifei as his mother.

He knew that Yang Guifei also needed the support of the border generals, and he would definitely be happy to recognize his son.

"Auntie."

An Lushan called like this to the silver box, but he still felt that it was not ridiculous and witty, so he twisted his body full of fat and practiced.

"A-Niang, you just recognize this son, A-Niang......"

After a long time, Li Zhu'er led the attendants over and asked, "Ah Lang, it's about to be Shenshi, do you want to change your clothes?" ”

"Change clothes, I have to go to Xingqing Palace early to wait for the saint."

An Lushan turned his head and saw that the clothes prepared by Li Zhu'er really had lapels on them, and he couldn't help laughing.

"Yes, I'm going to have to do a good whirlwind dance tonight, and that's exactly what I should wear."

Li Zhu'er breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly stepped forward, put his head against An Lushan's stomach, and asked people to change his clothes for him.

~~

The Lady of the Kingdom of Qiu.

"You wait here."

Mingzhu came with the maidservants holding the clothes that Yang Yuyao wanted to change, walked to the door alone, and said, "Yao Niang, it's time." ”

But there was no answer.

Mingzhu waited for a moment, then leaned to the door, and heard movement inside.

"It's okay, it's okay...... My sister admits defeat......"

"I'm older than you, my name is brother."

“……”

Mingzhu was a little surprised by Xue Bai's boldness, listening to the voice, he was actually bullying Yao Niang.

She was helpless, so she could only wait aside, until Yao Niang really called Xue Bai a few times "brother", and after a while, she was called in.

Yang Yuyao's face was still flushed, relieved her breath, glared at Xue Bai, and said angrily: "I want to make trouble, it's too late to go to the imperial banquet, what do you do?" ”

Xue Bai just smiled and patted her head casually to appease.

Mingzhu didn't dare to look at it more, lowered his head, served them to clean up, and the group left the mansion and went to Xingqing Palace.

That is, Yang Yuyao has never been face-to-face, otherwise it would be too late.

All the way into Xingqing Palace, the carriage has not stopped, and I saw a fat figure in the distance, surrounded by everyone, walking towards the diligent government building.

"That's An Lushan?"

"Well, since he came, the saint has stopped playing dominoes, and he is bored every day." Yang Yuyao said softly: "I'll go see Yuhuan first, can you wait here?" Don't move around. ”

Xue Bai was still looking at An Lushan, and said casually: "Yesterday's case in Chang'an, it is said that it was done by the border army, and nine people were killed, all of which were killed with a Mo knife. ”

"How do you know?"

"My teacher is the county lieutenant of Chang'an."

Yang Yuyao's eyes fell, and when she saw that Xue Bai was still looking at An Lushan, she couldn't help but be taken aback, and said softly: "You mean ......?"

"It's not necessarily him, but I don't know who in Chang'an City can mobilize a few border soldiers."

"Looking at a stupid fat man who is funny, is he so insidious and vicious?"

"No one should be a disgrace."

"Got it, I'm leaving."

Yang Yuyao stepped forward and kissed Xue Bai again, and Fang was a little reluctant to get out of the carriage.

Xue Bai looked at her back, thinking that she also came forward to help him on the night of Shangyuan.

~~

"Does the third sister like him like this?"

"Well, what else?"

"I thought the third sister was just with him for a while." Yang Yuhuan was looking at a box of money, which she was going to throw out tonight to reward her subordinates, and teased in her mouth: "I don't want to, I'm getting more and more concerned." ”

Yang Yuyao was stunned when she heard this, and said in a low voice: "A man like him is different. ”

I said this without thinking about it.

Yang Yuhuan listened, stopped the hand in his hand, and at the end, said, "Promise the third sister." ”

"Really?"

"It's not that Xue Bai is a talent, otherwise I won't help you."

"I know you're good to me, otherwise why would you deliberately let me come to Beijing to enjoy my happiness."

"The third sister is blessed."

“……”

While the two sisters were talking, Yang Yuyao was about to retire after a while, but saw a palace person come in with a lot of beautiful utensils.

"Concubine, this is the Mid-Autumn Festival gift from An Lushan, and the sage sent an edict to the slaves and maids to send it directly."

"Hu Er has a heart, you are a saint, they are all rare treasures, I really like it."

"Yes."

Yang Yuyao's eyes fell on a five-legged hollow silver smoker, thinking to herself, Xue Bai was very hard at asking him to do things, but he didn't give a gift when he asked Yuhuan to come forward.

The ugly fat man gave gifts like this, but it seemed that she didn't know how to count the etiquette.

"There has been a big case in Chang'an City recently, have you heard?"

Yang Yuhuan was fiddling with an agate cup and looking at it carefully, and asked casually, "Huh?" ”

"Many Hui people died, and the crime of shielding Pei Mian in the East Palace was confirmed, and it was found out that Fan Yang was the ...... of this matter."

"Really?"

The agate cup was put back on the tray, Yang Yuhuan was a little surprised, and a little scared, took the handkerchief and wiped his hands.

Yang Yuyao said: "I can't think of anyone else in Chang'an City who dares to commit such a big case......

~~

"Dare to ask, but Xue Baixue is at the top of the list?"

"Exactly."

Xue Bai turned around and saw a fairly beautiful maid standing behind him.

"There is a noble person invited, can you ask Xue Lang to take a step and see him?"

"No."

The maid was stunned for a moment, so she had to take a step forward and said in a low voice: "My housewife has something important to discuss, please Xue Lang must go." ”

"This is Xingqing Palace, I'm waiting for the royal driver, is there anything more important?"

"Hey, you ...... man"

The maidservant girl was a little uneducated, and when she couldn't invite anyone, she immediately changed her face and walked away angrily.

Xue Bai didn't bother to pay attention to her, and continued to stand there waiting, his location was not conspicuous, but between the place where the carriage and horses were parked and the calyx Xianghui Building.

After a while, it was Li Yuesu who came over with a few palace laves.

"Xue Bang is polite, can you move to meet Zhang Liangdi?"

Li Yuesu made a blessing, smiled a little self-deprecatingly, and said, "Otherwise, if I keep pestering you, you will be very troublesome, right?" ”

“……”

Zhang Ting was sitting in a carriage at this time.

She was dressed very delicately, her hair was neatly combed, and the fat powder on her face was very evenly smeared.

As soon as Xue Bai came over, she pointed to another carriage and motioned for him to go up, talking to him through the window.

The two are also familiar with each other and are considered card friends, but if this kind of private meeting is discovered, it will be very troublesome for both parties.

"Pei Mian is dead, you must have heard about it." Zhang Ting got straight to the point and said, "Suo Douji is going to make a move on Pei Kuan and Wang Zhongsi tonight." ”

"It's not about me."

Zhang Ting's eyes looked at Xue Bai through the car window, and found that his outfit was a little messy, as if he had been hastily retracted.

Her gaze fell on his neck again, and she suddenly had a gut feeling...... He had a very intense affair not long ago.

"You don't think you can hide what you've done, you have a lot of handles. Previously, they had scruples about each other, and it was just a matter of death. It's really a dead end, and the fish is dead, and it's not good for anyone. Right now, it is not good for us to let Suo Dou and Hu Er hit the East Palace hard. Believe me, once the East Palace loses power, you will be the next to be dealt with. ”

Zhang Ting spoke quickly, and said: "Xue Bai, I know that you have a grudge with Your Highness, but you are still very young, I can promise you a more long-term future than Your Highness, if you can believe me, sooner or later you will be the ruler of the Tang Dynasty." And what I want you to do is very simple, when Suo Dou attacks the East Palace tonight, let your people defend Pei Kuan and Wang Zhonghei......"

She still has a lot to say, power struggles, and it is common for the weak to resist the strong.

The Zhang family also has the holy favor, and she will maintain the East Palace tonight, at this time, it is nothing more than to win over one more party, even if Xue Bai and the forces behind him do not cause chaos.

Xue Bai looked very cold, and before she could finish speaking, she raised her hand to interrupt and said, "You know? On the night of Shangyuan, Li Jingzhong also said the same thing to me, he said that it was not a pity for him to die, and strangely enough, Li Heng is still reusing him. ”

Zhang Ting's eyes immediately lit up and said, "This is exactly what I want to say, I can kill Li Jingzhong." Many evil things, His Highness actually doesn't know, are all committed by this eunuch. ”

"The important thing is, if you can't control even a eunuch, how can you rule the world?"

Zhang Ting couldn't help but widen his eyes, surprised that he dared to speak so disrespectfully, and then persuaded after being stunned: "That's because His Highness is unavailable, you and I can join forces to get rid of Li Jingzhong, then ......"

Xue Bai said: "He didn't persuade me on the night of Shangyuan, can you persuade me on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival?" Donggong begged people again and again, why not think about how to correct himself? ”

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