There are always people who are happy and some people are sad.

The sage took back Yang Guifei, and everyone in the palace breathed a sigh of relief. On the other side, King Di and King Shou have not yet come out of the funeral, and the coffin is placed in the funeral courtyard at the same time.

Ordinary people have neither more than fifty children, nor supreme authority, so they can't understand it, but the joys, sorrows, and sorrows of the emperor's family are like this.

In the courtyard, in the sound of mourning music, paper money is like snow.

Li Heng looked at the musicians of the Taile Department, he didn't see Xue Bai, he knew that he had been dismissed, perhaps, the next funeral in Chang'an City was Xue Bai's.

"Your Highness, news from Xuanyangfang." Li Fuguo stepped forward and whispered, "The sage personally took the concubine back." ”

"What else?"

"There's no news."

"That's it?" Li Heng was a little surprised, and did not forget to ask Li Fuguo to give Li Heng a pillar of incense first, and at the same time asked in a low voice: "What about Li'er, Qi'er?" ”

"In the mourning hall of King Di."

"Call them."

Soon, Li Li, the king of Guangping, and Li Qi, the king of Jianning, came together, and the brothers were tall and heroic, which attracted the attention of the officials around them, secretly thinking that there were these two emperors and grandsons, and the sage no longer liked the prince, and it would not be easy to save.

"Come, give your eighteenth uncle Dai Xiao." Li Heng beckoned Li Jiao and asked in a low voice, "Did you ask Wang Zhongsi to intercede for Xue Bai?" ”

Although he arranged for his son to do this, he was trapped in the deep palace for a long time and did not know the details.

"Yes, Wang Zhongsi did agree." Li Jiao said.

"I don't see results." Li Heng turned to Li Qi and asked, "What's going on?" ”

Li Qi has liked military affairs since he was a child, and often consulted Wang Zhonghei for advice, and the two have a deep friendship. Therefore, Li Heng thought that it was Li Qi who went to persuade Wang Zhonghe.

However, Li Qi did not answer, and it was still Li Li who replied: "Wang Zhongsi went to find Feng Shenwei, but it seems that he was stopped by Gao Lishi, and the sage still doesn't know that Wang Zhongsi has interceded for Xue Bai." ”

"Really? Colliers in Baoxuebai? Why? Li Heng couldn't help but say that he got rid of a Shou King, and King Qing was afraid that he would also compete for the crown.

Li Qi wanted to speak and stopped.

At this time, a group of young officials came from outside the mourning hall, among them was Zhang Yi, the son of Zhang Qiqiu, the envoy of Shuofang Jiedu, and Li Heng made a look and asked the two sons to make friends in the past.

……

On that day, when he left the courtyard, Li Qi suddenly sighed with emotion: "It's strange, I heard Xue Bai's name twice today." ”

The first time he said was when Li Heng asked, and the second time was when Zhang Yi mentioned that Xue Bai helped Shuo Fangjun raise military rations.

Li Jiao said: "What's so strange? Xue Bai often has amazing behavior, and I have heard his name dozens of times a day. ”

"Brother knows that's not what I'm trying to say." Li Qi said, "Xue Bai helped Shuo Fang's army raise military rations, and contributed a lot to the pacification of the Nanzhao War, why should Grandpa and Brother harm him?" ”

"It's not that I'm going to hurt him." Li Jiao said: "It is he who refuses to reconcile with the East Palace. ”

Li Qi said: "Why do you have to ask him to join Grandpa? As a courtier, as long as you can do your best for the community, it is enough. ”

"Saburo, you don't understand what I mean." Li Jiao was a little solemn and said, "I tried my best to eliminate his grudge with the East Palace, but he rejected my kindness. Just imagine, if a person dares to resolutely be the enemy of the prince, what kind of loyal person can he be? ”

"Isn't Brother Brother's so-called 'trying his best to eliminate grudges' to let him marry the county lord?" Li Qi asked, "If he has his own will, isn't he loyal?" ”

Li Jiao said: "Otherwise, what? I lowered my posture, he also had to compromise, this is a party struggle, not a friend, you can't blindly please him, understand? ”

Li Qi said: "On the contrary, Brother didn't understand what I meant, Grandpa will rule the world in the future, instead of always being trapped in this party struggle, and only by tolerating the people of the world can he govern the world." ”

Hearing this, Li Jiao frowned and glanced at this brother.

Li Qi didn't notice it, and continued to talk about his thoughts.

"I'm not interceding for Xue Bai or trying to win him over. I just think that Grandpa, as the prince, should care about what is beneficial to the national government, not to the throne...... Stare at who the enemy is, and the enemy will only grow. ”

"You're wrong." Li Jiao reminded in a low voice: "Don't let Grandpa hear this, he will think that you are dissatisfied." Also, don't you know how difficult Grandpa's situation is? ”

He thought that Li Qi was too naïve to participate in these court politics. However, Donggong is in a difficult situation right now, and he really needs Li Qi to do his part.

Therefore, Li Jiao originally wanted to say something more, but in the end he swallowed it back.

The brothers said goodbye at the entrance of Baisunyuan Street.

Li Qi returned home, held the scroll and read it for a while, and suddenly lost his mind.

"What is Saburo thinking?" The little moth came over with a teacup and stretched out her hand to shake it in front of him.

"I wonder if I want to save someone." Li Qi said.

"Then why don't you save it?"

Li Qi sighed in his heart, because Grandpa and Brother wanted to harm Xue Bai, it was really inconvenient for him to help.

But there is one thing he didn't say today - Wang Zhonghe's intercession for Xue Bai, Gao Lishi is afraid that he can't hide it......

~~

Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Feng Shenwei personally brought a basin of hot water to Gao Lishi to soak his feet, squatted on the ground and took off his boots, and said: "Grandpa has been working too hard recently, and now he has finally welcomed the concubine back to the palace, and it can be saved." ”

"The saint hasn't said that this is the end of everything." Colliers closed his eyes and replied.

said that there is no end, in fact, only Xue Bai's disposition has not been decided, after all, the threat of his people is far inferior to Li Yan and Li Xuan, the saint did not ask, and there is Gao Lishi to protect him, so he has become a fish that slipped through the net.

Feng Shenwei thought for a while and asked, "Grandpa is saying that Xue Lang still has to be locked up in Jingzhao Mansion?" ”

"Pay attention to the meaning of the saint, don't let Yuan Siyi enter into slander."

"Whoa."

Feng Shenwei waited for Gao Lishi to rest, and was about to leave, when he suddenly saw the porcelain paperweight on the case, and remembered an errand.

He walked lightly to the bed, leaned down, took out a box from under the bed, opened it, and sure enough, he saw a copper paperweight.

Feng Shenwei was a little puzzled, put the box away, and left silently.

He turned back to his resting place in the palace, and immediately a little eunuch rushed over and said, "The family order of Baisunyuan is here, and I want to see General Gao." ”

"Grandpa just rested, if it doesn't matter, let him come and talk to me." Feng Shenwei yawned and replied nonchalantly.

He is not a very aggressive one among the eunuchs, anyway, his official position is not low, and he has a lot of income.

Soon, the family order of the Baisun Courtyard came in and said, "I have seen General Feng, the slave maid came today to report on the progress of the funerals of King Di and King Shou." ”

"Say it."

Feng Shenwei spent all the people around him.

The family order then talked for a while, and at the end, he said: "There is one more thing, King Jianning wants to thank the general for not sending that little palace lady elsewhere." ”

"It's just a trifle." Feng Shenwei said.

He has a good relationship with Li Qi, the king of Jianning, because Li Qi's biological mother was also a palace person before and helped him. In the past few years, Li Qi has gradually grown up, not only does he like his talent and character very much, but he is also very thoughtful in dealing with people, and he has a deep affection for each other.

"King Jianning said that if the third general wants to return to Weishui to worship his ancestors in the first month of June, he wants to go out of the city to send the general."

"Don't dare to bother King Jianning, it's hard for King Jianning to remember the old slave's private matter, it's enough." Feng Shenwei showed a smile on his face and asked, "But there is something else?" ”

"There are some, but not reluctantly, King Jianning and Xue Bai are the same age, and I want to make friends with him, but I don't know if it's inappropriate, let the slave maid ask the general what he means."

Feng Shenwei cheered up at this time, touched his chin with his hand and thought about it, thinking of Wang Zhonghe's plea for Xue Bai.

He hadn't told the saint about it yet, because the saint hadn't asked yet.

The saint would sometimes bypass General Gao and ask him something, and he always reported it to the truth.

There is also a secret in this, Feng Shenwei received the favor of another great eunuch Yang Siqiao when he was a child. He participated in the coup d'état of the Tang and Yuan dynasties, successively quelled the rebellions of Annan and Lingnan, fought on the battlefield all his life, and made great achievements, and was the most prosperous martial artist among the eunuchs.

In Kaiyuan, Yang Siqiao secretly asked Feng Shenwei to worship under the knee of Gao Lishi as an adopted son, and did not have too many other instructions, only said, "When I leave, what the sage asks you, you will answer", in the twenty-eighth year of Kaiyuan, the eighty-seven-year-old Yang Siqiao died of illness, and Feng Shenwei has always remembered his instructions.

Fortunately, Gao Lishi rarely concealed things from the saints, and occasional negligence was irrelevant, and Feng Shenwei did not feel embarrassed every time he secretly reported to the saints.

This time, Gao Lishi wanted to protect Xue Bai, which was a bit selfish, but Xue Bai was only a seventh-grade petty official after all, and the problem was not a big one......

"General?"

Feng Shenwei came back to his senses and said, "I know what King Jianning is thinking, I am not in a hurry to make friends, but I can wait a few more days to see." ”

Maybe it was because Li Qi guessed Feng Shenwei's question and answer, and the family order asked again: "Then what if King Jianning wants to show favor to Xue Bai?" ”

Feng Shenwei was just waiting to see what the saint would do with Xue Bai, if he had to judge, Xue Bai should be fine.

At present, it seems that there is no real serious crime......

~~

Li Longji arrived in Yang Yuhuan's palace and faintly heard her singing.

"That year, the snowflakes fell, and the plum blossoms blossomed."

Li Longji has actually heard Wu Huaishi hum a few words about this song with a strange tune, and he has also pondered it for a long time, and he has figured out its tune and singing method thoroughly.

Although he didn't like this song very much, in order to show his temperament, he still walked to the five-stringed piano and stretched out his hand to pluck it.

He is very good at music, even if he has only heard a few words, he can match Yang Yuhuan's singing voice and play a harmonious song.

"The song of neon clothes and feathers has been reincarnated several times, singing and dancing for you......"

At this point in the song, Yang Yuhuan suddenly stopped, came out with Cailian, and asked with a smile: "How can San Lang play this new song?" ”

Li Longji withdrew his hand, arranged his sleeves, smiled faintly, and said, "It's not such an elegant song, why is it difficult?" ”

"Because Xue Bai and Nian Nu only wrote lyrics and songs, they have seen the prototype for the first time, and if they can be changed by the saint himself, they can be called good."

A while ago, Li Longji listened to Wu Huaishi's complaint, and his mood was very gloomy. At that time, he realized that Xue Bai was better than when he was younger, and even in Xue Bai's worst rhythm, he could write such lyrics at will.

Fortunately, Gao Lishi was right, Xue Bai was born from a humble background, and Li Longji's jealousy disappeared partially. Just as a man is often not easily jealous of the beauty of his woman, a more appropriate metaphor would be that a master is not easily jealous of the good use of an object. A slave is not a human being, but an object.

Listening to Yang Yuhuan at this time, he was sure again that Xue Bai was still far inferior to him in terms of music.

But there is still a thorn in my heart that has not been pulled out......

"Xue Bai's lyrics and songs, but I don't understand them very well."

"The concubine knows what Saburo is talking about." Yang Yuhuan snorted coldly, and said bluntly without any taboos: "I'm afraid that someone is not talking about some rumors in front of San Lang." ”

"I don't believe it, and I have already executed Wu Huaishi."

"Although he is a righteous brother, I regard Xue Bai as my own brother, but I can swear to the sky."

Yang Yuhuan had a clear conscience and was frank, Li Longji could see it clearly, and finally waved his hand and smiled: "I have never believed those ridiculous words. ”

"Really?"

"It's true, Fang Taizhen only sang half a song." Li Longji pulled the strings and said: "Sing it again, I haven't heard all of this song yet." ”

Yang Yuhuan danced again, but sang it again from the beginning.

This time, Li Longji is also becoming more and more proficient in playing the tune, and he can finally appreciate the uniqueness of this tune.

In the second half of the singing, I listened to Yang Yuhuan's singing tone, which suddenly turned into a sad play.

"The chrysanthemum platform reflects the bright moon, who knows that my love is cold."

This transposition was unexpected by Li Longji, and he was a little caught off guard, but because the song was very mature, he closed his eyes and didn't think deeply, but played the following tune just by feeling.

In an instant, he was already immersed in the heartiness brought by the music.

Then, Yang Yuhuan poured him a glass of wine and sang the last sentence.

"Drunk in the arms of the king, dreaming back to the love of the Tang Dynasty."

~~

Jingzhao Province.

A eunuch rushed to Xue Bai and showed a bright smile.

"Xue Lang, if you are wronged to cooperate with the investigation, you can go home."

"Thank you, officer."

Xue Bai had seen the eunuch in front of him in the palace several times, but he had not had a chance to talk before, and he couldn't ask the names of the palace attendants one by one, so he asked: "I see that the eunuch is very familiar, but I don't know?" ”

"Zhang Taoguang, the official servant in the province."

This official is not high, Zhang Taoguang was quite respectful in front of Xue Bai, returned a salute, and whispered: "This time the concubine returned to the palace, and the uncle also gave me a lot of advice." ”

"It turned out to be my own people." Xue Bai also cheered, so he responded.

The smile on Zhang Taoguang's face became brighter and brighter, and he nodded again and again.

Immediately afterwards, Xue Bai asked again: "But I don't know, my official position?" ”

Zhang Taoguang was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "I don't know about the court. But Xue Lang is talented and will definitely be able to show his talents. ”

"I borrowed the words of the internal official."

Xue Bai responded politely, and his face was not obvious, but he was thinking in his heart, what Yang Yuhuan said, occasionally saw a eunuch who bypassed Gao Lishi and performed alone to the saint, and Zhang Taoguang was also one.

Of course, sometimes it's just a little bit like a full spit pot.

The so-called "Taoguang Yanghui", Zhang Taoguang's name looks very much like a secret agent.

In short, he can't be discovered by these people, he pretended to be the emperor's grandson Li Qian.

……

Xuanyang Fang, Xue House.

"Lang Jun is back!"

A servant girl shouted, carrying her skirt and running to the backyard.

Xue Bai walked unhurriedly, looking at his mansion all the way, but he was a little unrecognizable.

Because there are a lot of servants and maids in the house, as well as all kinds of extravagant objects, it is not like Xue's house, but like the mansion of Mrs. Qiuguo.

When a group of beauties in front of them came out, Yan Yan, Qinglan, Yang Yuyao, Nian Nu, and Mingzhu ...... The ring is fat and thin, like a hundred flowers blooming, Xue Bai only feels that his head is big.

What is rare is that Yang Yuyao seems to love Yan Yan very much, and allows her to run forward to greet Xue Bai as the main mother.

"Husband."

After the blessing salute, Yan Yan and the others approached Xue Bai, and whispered: "After causing trouble again, the whole body retreated?" ”

"Worried?"

"I'm not worried, I'm used to it before I married you."

Xue Bai asked in a low voice, "What about you?" Do you get along well with Sister? ”

"Of course." Yan Yan said as a matter of course.

In front of everyone, the couple only hurriedly joked about these few words, and then everyone entered the hall, only to see that there were many boxes on the hall, which were filled with all kinds of precious medicinal materials.

A strong smell of medicine came to my nose.

"Before you come back, we are looking at which of these collections can be used to condition Yan Yan's body." Yang Yuyao said, "Don't worry, it won't be used indiscriminately, and I'll invite some imperial doctors to come back." ”

Xue Bai was not polite to her, and said, "Thank you, Sister." ”

Yang Yuyao said: "Don't be in a hurry to thank you, it's not too late to thank Yan Yan when she can give you a big fat son." ”

Xue Bai was slightly stunned, and when she looked at it, Yang Yuyao was smiling at Yan Yan quite dotingly, as if to say that as a wife, she had to have an eldest son to serve the public, and she supported her.

He knew that Yan Yan was still young, and her body and bones would not be able to be recuperated in a while, so he didn't want to put too much pressure on her.

In addition, I just hope that Yang Yuyao will come to borrow it this time, so as not to bring bad to the atmosphere of Xue's house......

Who knew that night, the atmosphere of the Xue Mansion was corrupted.

In the first half of the night, everyone was still enjoying the cool in the courtyard together, laughing and laughing, Xue Bai and Yan Yan all called Yang Yuyao "Sister".

In the second half of the night, because Xue Bai and Yang Yuyao hadn't seen each other for a long time, they had a lot to talk about, so they fell asleep and talked all night.

“……”

"The world has criticized you and me, and now that you are temporarily living in my house, I am afraid that someone will inevitably chew the root of your tongue."

"You're just saying it now?" Yang Yuyao sighed, "I've thought about this matter for you, and when you have a child with Yan Yan, our rumors will naturally disappear." ”

"She's young and frail, so she's not in a hurry."

The two talked about family affairs for a while, and then the topic gradually turned to business.

"Yao Niang, do you know, how did the fire start?"

"The fire in Li Qiwu's house." Yang Yuyao replied casually, "Who knows how the fire started." ”

Xue Bai turned his head sideways and looked at Yang Yuyao by the faint candlelight in the room.

I saw that the flush on her cheeks had not faded, her hair was scattered, and her eyes were joyful and tired.

He stared at her carefully for a while, and even saw her shame, and didn't see her dodge.

"Didn't Yao Niang set the fire?"

Yang Yuyao listened interestingly, and asked with a smile, "Why me?" ”

"Seeing that the saint has not taken the concubine back to the palace for a long time, you will relieve her of the siege." Xue Bai said: "Set fire to your own house, you have such courage." ”

"That's it...... Then I put it. Yang Yuyao hooked her foot on Xue Bai's calf, and her face became proud, "I'm ruthless, you are terrible about me?" ”

"Is there anyone living in Li Qiwu's house?"

"It seems that he recommended an official, who was originally his guest, temporarily living in his house, surnamed Cui."

In this matter, it seemed that someone really wanted to kill Yang Yuhuan, so Xue Bai was a little relieved......

~~

In the next few days, Xue Bai lost his official position anyway, nothing more than to accompany his wife and concubine's family at home, and did not forget to prepare a congratulatory gift for the concubine's birthday.

It's just to ask some craftsmen to knock and make some props.

Yan Yan was very curious about what he was doing, and she could follow him all day long, and she couldn't get tired of watching those monotonous wooden jobs.

"What are you looking at?"

"Wood planks."

"What's there to see?"

"I feel happy to see it." Yan Yan said: "I feel that my body has improved." ”

"Yes, you can be cured by looking at the wood shavings." Xue Bai laughed casually.

But when it gets dark, the craftsmen have gone home to rest, and he will personally show Yan Yan the wood flowers. He doesn't know carpentry, it's just pure planing, and gradually he feels that shavings are very decompressing.

He used to stay with old treacherous people for a long time, and people would become deep. But if you stay with Yan Yan a lot, it's easy to become so stupid.

"Husband, you like to be an official so much, and now that you don't have an official, isn't it annoying?"

"I guess that the saint is just annoying me to be the imperial history, impeaching this and admonishing that all day long, and simply dismissing my official position, and when he gives him a congratulatory gift this time, he will re-seal me as an official."

"Then aren't you a retainer again?"

Xue Bai was stopped by the question for a while.

In the end, he didn't answer Yan Yan's question, diverted the topic, and asked the cook to take away the planed wood flowers as a fire primer.

……

This boring day did not last long, and on May 22, a visitor suddenly came.

"King Jianning?"

When Xue Bai received the post, he was playing checkers with his wife and concubines, and he was quite surprised when he heard it.

"Do you recognize him?" Yang Yuyao asked.

"I've seen it once or twice." Xue Bai recalled: "It should be the fifth year of Tianbao, I saw him when I dealt with Li Jingzhong, and it was not too pleasant at that time. ”

"And he's here for trouble?"

Xue Bai thought of one thing and said, "I'll go see him." ”

He asked Li Qi to be brought to the hall and met him in person.

When they met again this time, the two glanced at each other and found that they were not only of the same age, but also the same tall and handsome appearance, and they were somewhat close.

Speaking of which, Xue Bai and Li Li also had some closeness at first, but later they were gradually worn away by Li Li's strongman.

"King Jianning is here, I don't know what's going on?"

"My sister and you are neighbors, so I just went to visit her." Li Qi said: "I have heard the name of Xue Lang for a long time, and I came to pay a visit by the way." ”

"Can the emperor and grandson make friends with courtiers in private?"

"You're not an official now, are you?" Li Qi asked rhetorically with a joke, his expression was more sincere, and said: "I was young and ignorant in the past, and I didn't know that the grievances between Xue Lang and Li Jingzhong came out, so I apologize and express my guilt." ”

Xue Bai said: "Each has its own position, and Wang Wan of Jianning doesn't have to be like this." ”

Li Qi said: "You have many views that coincide with me, and I just hope to have the opportunity to discuss them in the future." ”

They were not familiar with each other, and when he came to visit him for the first time, there was no need to talk deeply, so he expressed his kindness and soon got up to leave.

Li Qi left the Xue Mansion, turned over his horse, and returned to Baisun Courtyard.

In Xue Bai's house, a vendor selling dumplings was cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks on the table, raising his eyes and glancing at the back of Li Qi leaving, and reported the news on the same day.

……

"King Jianning saw Xue Bai."

"Got it." Gao Lishi took a drink from the tea bowl and said, "Keep exploring." ”

He couldn't test Xue Bai's details, so he could only send someone to stare at him.

The people came in a hurry, and left in a hurry, on the railing on the second floor of the Inner Servant Province, Feng Shenwei stood there watching this scene, sighed slightly, and his face was a little bitter.

After thinking about it, Feng Shenwei cleaned up his expression and went in to see Gao Lishi.

"Grandpa, the concubine's birthday is approaching, and the lychee hasn't arrived yet, and the sage is urging again."

"Come on, this year's preparations for the war in Nanzhao, there was another accident in the womb beforehand, and it was inevitable that it would be delayed."

"yes." Feng Shenwei thought for a moment and asked, "Grandpa is sending someone to keep an eye on Xue Bai, right?" ”

"How do you know?"

"Li Dayi doesn't do things secretly, the child heard it."

Gao Lishi waved his hand lightly and said, "It's nothing, that shaft always causes trouble, you have to keep an eye on him." ”

If it was usual, if he said this, Feng Shenwei would have believed it, but the recent events made Feng Shenwei feel that it was not simple.

Wu Huaishi's complaint, and the copper paperweight kept by Colliers......

Feng Shenwei couldn't help but think, King Jianning suddenly wanted to befriend Xue Bai, could it be that he had other purposes?

~~

If one keeps an eye on the enemy, it is easier for the enemy to grow more and more.

And if you are always skeptical, some things are easier to become more and more skeptical.

There are other things like a fire that has been extinguished, and as long as the wind blows the sparks in the embers, it is likely to burn again......

(End of chapter)