Ten years later

When he returned to Wude Hall, Zhao Nuo had already drawn up the edict and stood it in the hall. He dared not sit down again until Li Lian took his seat.

"Even if I'm not here next time, you will sit as usual." Li Lian said half-jokingly to him, "Later, you will draw up another decree that all officials who enter the Wude Hall to discuss matters, regardless of their rank, will be granted a seat."

The condition of regardless of rank seems a bit redundant, because those who can discuss affairs like Wude Palace are not low in rank.

After Zhao Nuo accepted the matter, he cupped his hands and said to Li Lian, "I have taken the imperial edict to the Political Affairs Hall, and all the elders in the pavilion understand what the Lord means, and have ordered the people from the Ministry of Industry to prepare it."

"Well," Li Lian was quite satisfied with the result.

I also heard Zhao Nuo say: "Today Zhongshu received a letter from Taifu Lin. He said that he stayed in Yuzhou for a few days, arrived at Dongdu yesterday, and arrived in Chang'an within five days."

"What is he going to Yuzhou for?" Li Lian didn't realize it for a while, only thinking that there is no need to go to Yuzhou from Lingzhou to Chang'an.But after thinking about it, although Lin Ziqing was in Lingzhou, the imperial court's residence newspaper would always send him a copy on time, so he would naturally be able to learn about the military settlement in Yuzhou.

After figuring out the joints, Li Lian smiled at Zhao Nuo, "I still think he really doesn't care about government affairs."

Two years ago, Lin Ziqing was not yet in his prime, so he became an official as the right servant of Shangshu. Although he was later named the crown prince and Taifu, except for going to Beijing to give lectures for the prince for two months every year, he stayed in Lingzhou for the rest of the time. Pay attention to everything in the court.Now that the incident in Yuzhou happened, Li Lian didn't expect to alarm him.

One matter has been arranged, and Li Lian's mood is much more relaxed, and he said to Zhao Nuo: "After you are on duty, you can go to Yanying Hall again and say whatever you want."

Zhao Nuo reluctantly agreed, and heard Li Lian say to him: "Thank you for your hard work. You will be rewarded when things are settled."

After thinking for a while, he said to Li Lian, "My minister Chaoyue, if your Majesty wants to reward you, I would like to ask for an order for Zhuo Jing."

"Quite", this request is reasonable, and Li Lian has no reason not to agree. He just laughed and said, "I have a beautiful wife and concubine in my arms. After all, Qing is much more comfortable than a lonely family like me."

Then you are a queen and a concubine. I don’t know how many times I have been advised to enrich the harem. Have you listened to it?Now say I am a loner.

Zhao Nuo didn't dare to say this.The Empress Yuan died early, and Li Lian had been on the throne for four years, but he refused to enrich the harem any more. The courtiers forced him into a hurry, and he just said that he had an heir, so he ignored it.

Li Yuan was pondering over the information that Zhao Nuo and Li Lian had brought to him. He tried to ask the attendants in the Yanying Hall in a circumstantial manner, but these servants were extremely tight-lipped and couldn't ask anything.It can barely be called a harvest, maybe only these people have a very respectful attitude towards him, and they should have gotten someone's advice, so they dare not neglect him.

Just as he was thinking, the anxious voices of a few palace people suddenly came from outside the window, calling "Your Highness", and there was also a childish voice that was impatient, as if saying to someone, "Slow down, watch your step."

Li Yuan couldn't help becoming interested, and asked the palace servants to open the window and look out.A three- or four-year-old child ran in front, looking back while running, followed by a large group of palace people, and a ten-year-old boy followed behind him, who seemed to be the emperor's two children.

Another figure of an adult appeared outside the window, and Li Yuan stared at it, and it was actually Zhao Nuo who had been here in the morning.

The young boy suddenly fell in front of Zhao Nuo, and Zhao Nuo took a step to his side to avoid it.The servants who followed Zhao Nuo and the palace servants who were next to the child were startled, and rushed forward to help the little Highness up.

"You are not allowed to help him," came a childish yet majestic voice, and all those people shyly withdrew their hands and stood on the spot with their heads bowed.The older child stepped forward quickly, stood beside his brother, and said to him, "Stand up yourself."

The child is very flexible, but bumps and bumps are unavoidable. Li Wenjing didn't fall hard this time, and upon hearing this, he quickly stood beside his elder brother.Only now did Zhao Nuo bow to the two of them: "My minister Zhao Nuo, I have met the crown prince and King Liang."

"Zhao Sheren," the little prince Li Wenlang apologized to him after returning the salute: "My younger brother was reckless and offended him, please don't blame him."

After finishing speaking, he touched Li Wenjing who was still standing with his arm, and called him softly, "Ah Jing."

Li Wenjing muttered something in a low voice, but the sound was like a gnat, and even Li Wenlang who was standing beside him couldn't hear it clearly.Li Wenlang then turned his head and said again in a voice that Zhao Nuo could hear clearly, "Ah Jing, I apologize."

"I'm fine with you." Zhao Nuo immediately expressed his opinion, naturally he didn't dare to really argue with Li Wenjing.In conclusion, the two people in front of me are the king and he is the minister.Don't say that you were not knocked down, even if you were really injured by Li Wenjing, you, a courtier, dare to ask the prince to apologize to you.

So he said to Li Wenlang, "The lord is still waiting for your two highnesses in the Hall of Wude."

After Li Wenlang pulled Li Wenjing out a few steps, he saw Zhao Nuo on the other side entering the Hall of Yanying, and then stopped, brushed the dust off Li Wenjing's robe, and said while moving: "Please slow down, you I don’t listen. Fortunately, I didn’t break the skin.”

Li Wenjing, who was already a little unhappy, immediately shed tears.

"Don't cry," Li Wenlang frowned. He didn't know how to deal with such a thing, but he didn't allow the palace people to come forward. "Father will be unhappy if he finds out. If he is unhappy, I will be punished."

However, the crying person didn't listen to what he was saying at all. Seeing that Li Wenjing ignored him, Li Wenlang could only say with a straight face, "Cry here, I'll go first."

As soon as he made a gesture and took a step, the crying behind him became louder and louder. Li Wenlang had no choice but to turn around and coax him: "Brother, be obedient, don't cry anymore."

Seeing that a lot of time had been wasted, and the little guy in front of him still had no intention of stopping, Li Wenlang simply picked him up and walked towards the Wude Hall.I comforted him all the way, and finally made him stop crying before reaching Wude Hall.

However, a four-year-old child is no longer considered light. Li Wenlang's arms were not strong enough, so he had no choice but to let him down when he was approaching the Hall of Martial Virtue.

Although Li Wenjing stopped crying, when he entered the hall, he was still sobbing uncontrollably.It looked like he had been greatly wronged.

"Hey, what's the matter?" Li Lian picked up the youngest son, but looked at Li Wenlang who was standing there, "Why aren't you happy to see Aye?"

There was such a big commotion in the palace just now, and Li Wenlang didn't believe that the emperor would not know the details. Looking at him like this, he just wanted to get an explanation from himself.

But before Li Wenlang could speak, Li Wenjing, who was being hugged, said in an extremely aggrieved tone: "Brother, brother doesn't want me anymore." After speaking, he clicked his mouth, as if he was about to cry again.

Li Lian laughed out loud, "If he doesn't want you, how can he carry you all the way here?"

"It's so heavy, Aye can't even hold it." Li Lian raised Li Wenjing a little higher, making his eyes level with his own. "Your brother just practiced in the school for two hours. It's sore. His arms started to tremble when he was hugged all the way, and it hurts him to be told that by you."

He put Li Wenjing on the ground, watched Li Wenjing run up to Li Wenlang's side, and carefully tugged on Li Wenlang's sleeve, before saying to his eldest son: "Good job, tired all day, first Eat something."

Li Wenlang led Li Wenjing and sat beside the small case on the side of the main seat. On the case were the cheese and snacks just brought in by the palace servants.Li Wenjing picked up a piece of pastry, and offered it to Li Wenlang like a treasure: "Brother, don't be angry."

"Yeah," Li Wenlang took the snack, and he didn't forget to rub the top of his brother's head after eating.

"Let's play." Li Lian, who was sitting on the main seat, said to Li Wenjing when he saw that the two had almost eaten.

Seeing Li Wenjing walking aside obediently, he motioned for Li Wenlang to sit beside him, and asked him, "When will I scold you when I'm upset?"

Li Wenlang understood that he had just made a slip of the tongue, and that the emperor had come to inquire about the crime, so he yelled in his heart that he was sorry, but he refused to admit his mistake first, and only said, "Yes."

"How can there be?" Li Lian looked at him sideways with a smile that was not a smile, "You can't say that there is, you have to show evidence."

Li Wenlang thought about it for a while, but he couldn't find an example to support his sentence, but he still stuck his neck and said stiffly: "I don't remember, there is anyway."

Li Lian heard his almost unreasonable words, patted the back of Li Wenlang's head with his right hand, and said with a smile: "Little brat."

Li Wenlang lowered his head, picked up the written memorials on the table with ease and began to look through them, but maybe because of something in his heart, the memorials that he didn't understand at first became even more confusing now.Each word on it—whether it is the familiar Zhu Zhu or the unfamiliar ink blots—flyed around in my mind like pictures, which made people feel uneasy.

He hesitated for a while, and asked his father eagerly: "Father, there are... people living in Yanying Hall?"

Li Lian didn't answer, just looked at him, as if wondering why he would ask this question.

"I saw that there are too many guards around Yanying Hall, and Zhao Sheren seems to be going there too." Seeing that Li Lian was in a good mood at the moment, Li Wenlang asked cautiously, "But father's successor? "

Li Wenjing, who was playing on the side, also came over at this time, and Li Wenlang grabbed him and let him sit on his lap.Carefully waiting for his father's answer.

Yanying Hall was originally used as the emperor's bedroom, and the person who could live in it must be extremely noble. There are many guards outside the hall, which is enough to show that his father valued that person.His status is noble and his father values ​​him, the only explanation he can think of is his father's successor.

"No. If it's really a girl, can I let Zhao Nuo go see her?" Li Lian sighed, "I don't know what you're thinking?"

Li Wenlang knew he was wrong, so he lowered his head and looked into the still ignorant eyes of the younger brother in his arms.

His father said that he was young, but he already understood many things. For example, his father treated him and Wen Jing very well. The position will be very embarrassing.

Li Lian didn't want to mention it in front of the two children, but seeing the worried face of the eldest son, he still couldn't help but add: "Don't think so much when you are young, even if there is someone in the harem in the future, I will still be your aye. You are still the crown prince of Dacheng."

Where did such a heavy heart come from, Li Lian thought to himself.After a while, he still decided to tell Li Wenlang the whole story: "Your uncle is in the Yanying Hall. He was injured and is recuperating in the Yanying Hall."

Li Wenlang was startled, and blurted out: "But uncle already..."

Li Lian spread his hands: "This matter is quite troublesome, and I can't explain it clearly for a while. I will take you to see your uncle in a few days."