Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Empire, is the most prosperous place in the whole of Middle-earth, where merchants from all over the East gather, bringing different customs and cultures from various places in the East to this ancient capital, making the ancient capital a place of cultural integration.

In Chang'an City, at the end of the central axis, there is a magnificent inner city, which is the imperial city where the Holy Emperor and the Holy Queen of the Tang Empire are located.

Every day, the ministers of the Tang Empire in Chang'an City have to pass through the Vermilion Bird Street on the central axis, pass through the side gate of the imperial city, enter the imperial city, and gather in the Taiji Hall in the imperial city to meet the two saints.

After the morning of the dynasty, the two saints returned to the palace accompanied by the palace people, and when they were looking through the things reported by some intelligence officers under the command of the two saints, they stumbled upon a report, and after reading it, the graceful and luxurious queen of the saint passed the report to the holy emperor sitting in the hall.

He whispered to the Holy Emperor: "Your Majesty, look at it, what new moves are there for this group of little guys, it seems that they must be going out to make trouble again, and Wuchen is actually involved." ”

The Holy Emperor took the report handed over by the Holy Queen, carefully looked at the contents of the report, couldn't help frowning, and muttered in a low voice: "These little guys really look like they are really underclassed, they actually raise so many soldiers without permission, and now they actually gather so many soldiers to go out of the customs, what do they want to do?"

In the eyes of outsiders, the Holy Emperor and the Holy Empress are two figures with absolute power in the Tang Empire, and they can be said to control the entire Middle Earth.

However, in the side hall of this palace, the Holy Queen is more like a wife, and she does not sit side by side with the Holy Emperor, but stands beside the Holy Emperor, helping the Holy Emperor sort out and screen a large number of excerpts and recitals, and from time to time she will pour tea for the Holy Emperor herself, and almost all the meals prepared by the palace people for the Holy Emperor are presented by the Holy Queen herself.

In this side hall. Although the Holy Empress will also participate in political affairs and express her own opinions and opinions, she has always maintained her respect for the Holy Emperor.

Hearing the Holy Emperor's question, the Holy Queen first took the report, then handed the teacup next to her, and waited for the Holy Emperor to drink the tea before speaking: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid there is a reason for this matter, although those little guys are all, but usually they are making trouble in the paddock, if nothing happens." They categorically did not have the courage to lead their troops out of the customs. ”

The Holy Emperor put down the teacup, looked at the Holy Empress and asked, "Then what do you mean?"

"Mei Niang thinks that we should call the child Wuchen into the palace first to ask and see what the reason is, they are going to lead the troops out of the customs. ”

The Holy Emperor pondered for a moment and said, "Hmm, what you said in this matter Mei Niang makes sense, you should understand it clearly first, so let's do it in your name." Call the dustless child into the palace alone, and we don't want to put on a posture of interrogation, just talk to him about family life. ”

The Holy Queen suddenly understood, nodded and said, "Good." His Majesty and Mei Niang can be said to coincide, since this is the case, then I will order someone to call Wuchen into the palace. ”

The Holy Emperor nodded in agreement, and the Holy Queen turned and walked away towards the outside of the hall. After the Holy Empress left, the Holy Emperor picked up the other folds on the table and looked at them.

In fact, under the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, it is the diligence of the Holy Emperor and the Holy Empress. and the kind of cooperation between the two husbands and wives can ensure that the Tang Empire always maintains a thriving momentum and can deter the Quartet from controlling almost the entire East.

However, the Tang Empire still has hidden worries, firstly, there is a factional struggle within the entire imperial court, and secondly, the two saints have not designated an heir so far, which is also the most fundamental reason why some ambitious guys in the Tang Empire are restless today, but the deterrent power of the two saints is still there, and the ambitious guys do not dare to expose it lightly.

In his own county king's mansion, Li Wuchen, who was waiting for news, suddenly saw that the palace people were ordered to come, saying that his grandfather and grandmother ordered him to enter the palace immediately.

Li Wuchen almost instantly thought that the matter might be exposed, and he knocked on the side and asked the palace people who were passing the word a few words, wanting to get some news, so he was mentally prepared.

It's just that the palace man is only responsible for passing the word, and he doesn't know the inside story of the matter, and he whispered helplessly: "His Royal Highness the county king forgives the sin, the slave really doesn't know about this matter, and the slave hurried over when he got the order, His Royal Highness the county king still prepared early, and went to the palace with the slave." ”

Seeing that the people in that palace didn't know the inside story, Li Wuchen was almost sure that he was afraid that it was the ambush of Lucius and the attack on the caravan that had been exposed.

After thinking about it, Li Wuchen knew that there were some things that he couldn't hide, especially those Chang'an City gentlemen at that time, who came out of the customs with so many soldiers, and they were the guarantee he gave them, as long as the two saints wanted to investigate this matter, they would definitely be able to find it clear.

Originally, Li Wuchen also thought of a lot of ways to deal with it, but he didn't expect the second saint to know so quickly, so he was a little caught off guard, and many plans were too late to be implemented.

couldn't think of a better way, Li Wuchen could only bite the bullet and follow the palace man into the palace quickly, and on the way, he began to think about how to deal with the questions of the two saints.

The way into the palace is not very far, after entering the imperial city, Li Wuchen and the palace people got off the carriage, walked through the palace in the imperial city, entered the palace behind the main hall, and under the leadership of the palace people, came to a garden with mountains and rivers in the palace.

Li Wuchen stepped into the garden of the palace, and a look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face, he didn't expect that the place where the Second Saint summoned him was actually in the Imperial Garden.

He had some other thoughts in his heart: Could it be that the imperial grandfather and the imperial grandmother came to me not to ask me about that matter? they just wanted to summon me to the palace to talk? I was too concerned myself?

Just when Li Wuchen was guessing, a loud voice came from the garden: "Is Wuchen here?" Come and see, I got a few camellia plants from the Western Regions last year, and they are actually blooming in this garden, come and see how about the camellia from the Western Regions that I raised myself?"

Hearing the Holy Emperor's shout to himself, Li Wuchen hurriedly walked towards the garden, and followed the sound to soon come to a blooming camellia.

Seeing the Holy Emperor wearing a dragon robe, and the Holy Queen wearing a phoenix robe next to him, although the two were wearing a dragon robe and a phoenix robe, they did not show the majesty of the Holy Emperor and the Holy Queen, but had a kind smile on their faces, and they were full of pampering when they looked at Li Wuchen.

Li Wuchen hurriedly knelt down to salute: "My grandson has seen the imperial grandfather and the imperial grandmother, and I wish the imperial grandfather and the imperial grandmother eternal happiness." ”

The Holy Empress stepped forward to pull Li Wuchen up, and said with a smile: "Hehe, let the imperial grandmother take a look and see if there is any change in Ah Pu for a long time." ”

Pulled up by the Holy Queen, Li Wuchen still lowered his eyebrows and listened to his ears, and did not dare to raise his head to look at the Second Saint, so he could only bow slightly and let the Holy Queen lead him to look at himself.

The Holy Queen looked at Li Wuchen carefully, and said intentionally or unintentionally: "Ah Pu, you haven't entered the palace for a few days, is something happening, it seems that when you came back from Fusang Kingdom, you began to become a little taciturn, I heard that you and those brothers and sisters have become less mobile, right?"

When Li Wuchen heard this, he hurriedly responded: "The imperial grandmother saw that Wuchen returned from Fusang, and she felt that she had too many shortcomings, and she was working hard in the house these days, so she rarely walked around. ”

When the Holy Empress heard this, she asked, "Oh, speaking of which, the prince of the West you met in Fusang was a big blow to you, what do you say his name is? Is it Lucius? Is he really as powerful as you say, is he the inheritor of the city in the sky?"

Li Wuchen replied very sternly: "Yes, Imperial Grandmother, that young man seems to be not as old as Wuchen, but he is indeed an extraordinary strength and a very wise guy, Wuchen was defeated in his hands this time, and this matter still makes Wuchen a little unwilling." ”

At this time, the Holy Emperor, who had not spoken, suddenly spoke: "It's a good thing to be unwilling, everyone will face failure, but failure is not terrible, failure cannot be reconciled to failure, and even more cannot give up on oneself, we must be able to learn from the experience and lessons of failure, and start over again to challenge." ”

Li Wuchen hurriedly echoed: "The lesson of the emperor's grandfather is that Wuchen is unwilling to give up because of a failure, and he doesn't want to admit defeat to the prince of the West, so he has been working hard in the mansion all these days. ”

The Holy Empress glanced at the Holy Emperor, and then changed her words and said: "By the way, today your imperial grandfather and I heard that it seems that Helan Chengzhi and they led those soldiers who were privately raised by them to go out of the customs, do you know about this matter? ”

The Holy Queen's sudden change of words caught Li Wuchen a little off guard, but fortunately, he was mentally prepared, so he quickly knelt down in panic and said, "Please ask the imperial grandfather and imperial grandmother to forgive their sins, this matter is indeed Wuchen's lack of consideration." ”

The Holy Emperor suddenly became majestic at this time, stared at Li Wuchen who was kneeling there and said, "Ah Pu, I want you to give me an explanation, why do you want to give them a guarantee, and what are they going to do when so many of them go out of the customs? ”

Li Wuchen had originally thought of the words, but at this time, he had completely forgotten about it, and under the majesty of the Holy Emperor, he was almost out of breath.

Especially in the palace, with the blessing of the luck of the Tang Dynasty in the palace, the Holy Emperor is simply this palace that has stood for thousands of years, and it is a towering and insurmountable mountain.

Li Wuchen had to give up all his previous rhetoric and directly tell the truth to the second sage: "Imperial grandfather, imperial grandmother, in fact, that Lucius came to Middle-earth, and accidentally met Senior Brother Zimo of Zhenwuguan, and there were some conflicts between the two, and then Senior Brother Zimo found me, hoping that I could help him get some face." ”

Hearing this, the Holy Emperor and the Holy Empress had roughly guessed something, and the Holy Emperor's momentum did not converge, and he stood there staring at Li Wuchen without saying a word.

On the contrary, the Holy Queen sighed softly: "Wuchen, do you know that if you do this, it will not save your face, but will make the other party look down on you even more, as the son of the Tang Dynasty, how can you use this kind of means?"

Li Wuchen suddenly became nervous when he heard this, knowing that the Holy Emperor and the Holy Queen were really angry, and hurriedly explained to the second saint: "Imperial grandfather, imperial grandmother, Wuchen just pulled the string for them as a guarantee, in fact, Wuchen didn't think about trying to save face like this. (To be continued......)