I didn't expect that Li Rui, who has always been careless, was going to take the lead for me. My heart warmed up, and then I became nervous, and asked repeatedly: "You guys...Who are you guys? Brother, don't do it Stupid thing."

Li Rui grinned at me: "Don't worry about it, just cover it up for me."

I was so anxious that I stepped forward and grabbed him and said, "Don't go! Diplomacy between the two countries is not a trivial matter. What if you are recognized when you go? If you are not recognized, what if they hurt you?"

Li Rui got up and left, saying as he walked, "Of course we won't be so stupid as to reveal our identities. I've asked someone to prepare Turkic clothes, and I'll beat them up tomorrow, and just plant them there."

I followed him step by step, and I wanted to persuade him again. When I raised my eyes and saw a figure in front of me, I quickly stopped talking and kept winking at Li Rui.Li Rui didn't know it, and he was still boasting: "You just wait, when the time comes, not only will you vent your anger, but also make Tubo and Turks fight, which is killing two birds with one stone... What does your wink mean? Don't you believe me, brother ? I tell you..."

Seeing that he really didn't look like him, I stomped my feet on purpose and coughed hard. Li Rui felt something was wrong and didn't dare to turn around. The voice came from afar: "Liulang, don't you want to say something to Sizi? Why don't you finish talking and leave?"

Li Rui turned around with a smile, approached his mother, and said with a smile: "Aniang, the new staff members are not familiar with me, so I thought of a table to get to know them well. They will probably be waiting for me at this time." , it’s not good if you don’t go.”

Mother said: "The banquet is starting at this time, most of them are going to stay in the palace? Have you reported it to Jin Wu?"

Li Rui hesitantly said: "It's borrowed from Cui Zhixun's house..."

His mother looked at him with raised eyebrows, and Li Rui said in a low voice: "Just go and sit down, and I'll be back before curfew." Seeing that his mother didn't answer for a long time, he changed his mind and said: "It's really not important. If Auntie doesn't like it, I'll call Wang Yuanqi told them to invite them again in Wude Hall some other day." He glanced at his mother and said, "What do you think, Aunt?"

Mother said: "You have already established the king's mansion. You should know what you can do and what you can't do. Why are you so big and ask me everything?"

Li Rui and I didn't know whether my mother agreed or disagreed with what my mother said. Li Rui looked at me, and I shook my head at him, so he had no choice but to say "yes" indiscriminately, and said: "Mother, I will leave first."

Mother waved her hand casually, and said, "Go." When Li Rui was about to leave, she said, "Recently, the Tubo people have caused chaos in Beijing, and the county magistrates of Chang'an and Wannian have arrested many. , there will be a memorial tomorrow to see how this matter is handled."

Li Rui was startled, and immediately said: "Yes." He folded his hands and walked out.

My mother waited for him to leave, then walked slowly towards the inner hall step by step, I saw that she looked very tired, so I quickly reached out to help her, my mother smiled at me, put her hand on mine, and asked as she walked: " Do you know what official title Yongzhou Mu is?"

But this didn't bother me, I said: "Yongzhou is the capital, and the governor of Yongzhou is the official in charge of the capital, for example, the prince."

The mother nodded and said: "How many grades is that, where should I stand?"

I rolled my eyes and said: "Standing in accordance with this rank, Liu Lang is the prince, and his rank is at the first rank."

My mother glanced at me with a smile, and said: "You are clever, so let me ask you, Hezhou has a shepherd, and Hezhou has a governor?"

I said: "The capital is the Mu, the Dongdu is also the Mu, and the others are the governors." Afraid that my mother would ask about the rank again, I hurriedly said: "The governor of Shangzhou is from the third rank, the governor of Zhongzhou is from the fourth rank, and the governor of Xiazhou is from the fourth rank. "

At that time, my mother had already walked to the inner hall and sat down on the main seat in the hall. She looked at me and said slowly, "Then what are the Shangzhou, Zhongzhou, and Xiazhou?"

There are more than 300 states in the Tang Dynasty, and I can't even recite the names of all the large and small states today. How do I know which are the upper states, which are the middle states, and which are the lower states?Looking at his mother, he said slowly, "Yongzhou and Luozhou must be Shangzhou, and Bingzhou...Bingzhou is also Shangzhou."

The mother said: "Yong and Luo are in the capital, and they are not included in the upper, middle and lower states. So I ask you to learn more with Wan'er. She is only one year older than you. She knows seven or eight out of ten states and counties in the world. The officials who came to meet, whether they are prefectures or county magistrates, she can remember them after just one look, but you have been in and out of the Xuanzheng and Zichen Second Palaces since you were young, but you can't even remember the county magistrates."

If it is said that I had some admiration for Shangguan Wan'er at first, but now I can't help feeling a little loathing—since she followed her mother, my mother always compared me to her, although I knew it was to urge me to make progress, Unavoidably feeling a little uncomfortable in her heart, she said angrily: "She knows so much, but in the end she's just an official servant. I don't know anything, and I'm also a princess. As long as I keep my duty, I'll never be without glory."

The smile on my mother's face gradually faded, and she grabbed my hand and pulled it into her arms. I resisted a little at first, and then leaned in when my mother got stronger. My mother let me sit in her arms and looked at me carefully. After a long while, he said: "Is this the truth of Si Zi?"

I turned my head away and said softly, "Aniang's words make people sad."

My mother suddenly said: "Sizi, it will make Auntie sad after hearing this." She shook my shoulder, making me turn my head to face her, staring straight into my eyes, and said: "Sizi, ah! Mother will ask you again, is what you said just now true?"

My mother's eyes were piercing, not angry and majestic. I was stared at by her for a while, and a thin layer of sweat broke out on the tip of my nose. What's the use of hope? Auntie has worked so hard for so many years that she has reached the status of Queen of Heaven. When she encounters such a thing as a marriage, isn't she going to be threatened with abdication? Aunt Qinghe and Aunt Xin'an are also ignorant of court affairs. Isn't it just enjoying the glory and wealth and running rampant in Beijing?"

The majesty in the mother's eyes was gradually replaced by astonishment, she suddenly smiled, and said, "Sir, do you think I'm going to resign from the post today and take you and Liulang to the countryside?"

I deliberately said: "Aniang has already talked about that, isn't she?"

My mother shook her head amusedly, wanted to say something, but didn’t say anything, she just put her arms around me and sighed: “Son, you are still young…” She patted my back and said softly: “You didn’t go to find Wan Wan today. My son is going to class, let A Niang talk to you—remember, today is the world of rule of courtesy and filial piety, from the emperor to the common people, there is no escape from the word 'righteousness and obedience'."

I leaned on her shoulder, closed my eyes, thought for a while, and then said: "So, as the eldest son of the crown prince, being established as the crown prince, and becoming the emperor in the future, is it the most legitimate thing?"

I specially bit the word "Eldest Son" very hard, and my mother hugged me tightly, patted my back, and said: "Although your prince brother is a bit pedantic, it is generally good, treat your heart, It's good too."

I didn't speak, just hugged my mother tightly, like hugging my most solid backer.It has been a long time since I speculated whether my mother was the queen in history, but at this moment, I sincerely hope that she can be that one.Naturally, I don't want Li Sheng to be poisoned to death by her, but in my dirty selfish heart, I don't want him to be the emperor of Datang in the future.After all, I have personally felt the powerful gap between the emperor's daughter and the emperor's younger sister.In Li Sheng's heart, there are probably too many more important things before my mother, Li Rui and me.

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