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Near the end of the year, the supervisory censors of various prefectures went to Beijing one after another to make a statement, so that the emperor who was far away in Xindu had insight into the current affairs, and there were food and clothing for the soldiers on the frontier waiting for the court to distribute them. The minister went to the frontier to reward the soldiers on behalf of the imperial court.Nearby, there are winter hunting needs to be done, and far away, there are Zongshi exams after Zhengdan that need to be worked out, so Emperor Chunyou was too busy to sit.

Randomly picked up this memorial, but it was submitted by Lian Kuangda, Minister of Disaster Relief.

Li Shunde walked into the main hall in short steps. Seeing the emperor picking up a pen to review the memorial, his brows were slightly calm, and then he used the time of serving tea to persuade him: "Your Majesty, it's time to rest. The Shangshan Supervisor has just added a few seasonal pots." , the servant ordered others to pass on the lunch, why don't you try something new?"

The emperor responded with a smile on his face, took the teacup and moistened his throat, glanced at him holding a memorial in his hand, and asked, "Did someone hand you the sign just now?"

Li Shunde hurriedly presented the zhezi with both hands, bowed his waist and said with a smile: "Look at this servant's memory, I forgot all about it in a blink of an eye. Your Majesty has only recovered recently. His Highness Yiyang told the servant to be vigilant, don't let some people The ignorant minister disturbed His Majesty because of trivial matters. A moment ago, Mr. Liu from the Ministry of Rites was waiting to be summoned outside the hall. The slaves saw it and asked a lot. If you want to come to the marriage of the clan, your Majesty will just pass it by. There is no need to work mind?"

"Rou Ke?" The emperor took a look at the memorial, slightly surprised, looked at Li Shunde, and asked with a smile, "Isn't Prince Yu's mansion wrongly writing the memorial?"

Li Shunde is an old minister, so he naturally knew what the emperor meant, so he chuckled lightly: "No matter what you say, Princess Rouke is from her daughter's family. She has been widowed for many years, so maybe she meets someone who suits her eyes by chance. Women have always been different from men. Men are based on making meritorious deeds. Even if they delay for a few years, they will not have children. Women are raised in deep boudoirs. , It is also a good place to spend time with a husband and a child."

The emperor just smiled and didn't say a word, he read every word after a while, and said again: "What did King Yu say?"

King Yu...Since the new emperor came to the throne, he has hardly participated in government affairs or asked about political affairs. Although the military power has been taken away, he was still a master who had a lot of weight in Beijing, in the field, in literature and in military affairs.Although the emperor never cared about King Yu, how many years did he miss him when Zhengdan courted him and gave him a banquet?The emperors who have always rebelled and mutinied will inevitably be more guilty than the emperors who ascended the throne in a fair manner, and they will watch their courtiers and relatives more closely, for fear that if they are careless, they will become praying mantises catching cicadas and orioles.

Li Shunde's heart sank, and he smiled on his face: "Prince Yu only said that his health has deteriorated a lot in recent years, and he often stays in the mansion to raise him. Characters, please ask Your Majesty to take care of it for you."

The look on the emperor's face was gloomy, and it took a while before he said with a smile that was not a smile: "Rou Ke, this child's eyesight is much better than that of King Yu. Tang Ci has made great contributions to disaster relief in Huxun Erzhou, and he will be promoted and rewarded when he arrives in Beijing soon. Both of them are good children, this marriage is a matter of course, just take care of it."

Li Shunde bowed his head in answer, and then heard the emperor ask: "How about the newly-appointed lecturer in Yiyang Mansion? I saw her enter the palace a few days ago, and she is not as comfortable and happy as before. Could it be that the rules are stricter and restrained?" with her?"

Li Shunde laughed straight after hearing this: "How can that be! The bachelor attendant was appointed by His Majesty, he is honest and honest, and he is still waiting for his words. How can he have the guts to set rules for His Highness Yiyang? But what - listen to Chi Liangjun , the content of the lectures is a bit obscure, and he is rigorous and solemn, and he is indeed not as good as the previous Master Lu Helu, who is clever and tricky and can win His Highness's joy."

The emperor nodded, twirled his beard lightly, and shook his head after pondering for a moment: "It's also that Lu He's background is a bit poor. Even if it goes up a few generations, there was a scholar once-it's not an exaggeration to make her go to Yiyang .Yiyang and her elder brother... I feel ashamed of them, and I can't treat her badly in this major event in life." Li Shunde raised his eyebrows in silence when he heard the words, and then listened to the emperor's order, "Taking advantage of this time to pass on the meal, you By the way, I went to pass a message to the Ministry of Rites and the clan's family. Yiyang's birthday banquet is still held according to her liking, even if the rules are broken. You have to carefully consider your family background."

Yiyang Princess Mansion.

There is a stone platform in front of Chaoshou veranda, and there are steps on both sides to connect with the fish pond.

Yiyang sat on the edge of the stone platform, fiddled with the cold pool water in late autumn with his bare feet, and frowned slightly after hearing the report from the visitor: "Tell him to go back, so he doesn't have to come to give lectures for a few days."

Chi Liangjun was in a dilemma, he stood aside with his arms folded, and bent over to persuade: "Your Highness, Master Shi has been waiting outside for a long time, and besides, he said that he would have to enter the palace to speak to His Majesty in a few days, so it's not easy to order." He was sitting on the bench."

Yi Yang just threw fish food into the fish pond, without raising his head, he said casually: "Tell him that I am sick, and I won't get better until next year when the ice breaks and the spring warms up. Reward him with some money and let him enter the palace to meet with the emperor." Don’t say what you shouldn’t say when playing right.”

Glancing at the fox fur on the arm of the maidservant standing beside him, and looking at Yiyang who was dressed thinly, seeing that her hands were red from the cold and she was enjoying herself as if nothing had happened, she couldn't help muttering in a low voice. : "If you continue like this, you should be sick."

Yiyang lowered his head to think about the matter, since he didn't hear his complaints, he asked: "Ju Mengbai... when will I arrive in Beijing?"

Chi Liangjun sighed inwardly, and replied helplessly: "In the day after tomorrow at the most, Lu Shiba and Ruan Niang have been sent back to Yunzhou according to His Highness's order, and the empty yard can be cleaned up before they can move in."

Lu He still doesn't know that he has quietly invited Ju Mengbai back to the capital. When she finds out, she should be very happy.

If she is happy, it will be fine. Watching her smile makes me happy too.

Even though he thought so, he couldn't stop thinking about the dispute with Lu He on the chariot that day.After Lu He said that, the road was bumpy, and he leaned back under the violent shaking, and grabbed her in desperation, but she also came to protect her wholeheartedly.I don't know how to do it, and after I calmed down, I found that Lu He was pressed under him, and the lips of the two were still touching. I vaguely remembered that her lips were crisp and soft, and Yiyang hadn't had time to recall it. After waking up, Lu He hurriedly turned his head away with blushing cheeks, that's all, but he was looked at by the servant who raised the curtain and asked, really...it's embarrassing!

But since that day, she and Lu He haven't seen each other again.

Lu He didn't mention it, and she didn't say anything, let's see who can consume more energy than whom.

The pond fish swam back and forth, counting and counting, one, two, three... nine, one, two, three... nine, one, two...

The maid had never seen her Highness look so stupid, and couldn't hold back, she carefully said: "Your Highness...it's not Article 20, this is Article No. [-]."

Yiyang's fingers raised in the void paused, and after a while, she lit the fish and counted, one, two, three... nine——she hadn't seen Lu He for nine days.

She can't remember how many big words she said before, but the only one that is firmly in her heart, burning in her heart like a rolling pin, deep and painful, is that sentence——

dislike?If you don't like it, you don't like it. Could it be that you still need her?

It's only now that she really understands that she, really, is indispensable to her.

"Your Highness, I don't know if I should say something or not."

Yiyang looked back and saw that it was Chi Liangjun who came back with a message, she nodded: "Speak."

Chi Liangjun winked, and all the idlers retreated.

"Your Highness thinks—what did Di Lan die in those years?"

Yiyang supported the edge of the stone platform with both hands, put down her two slender legs at will, and lightly tapped the lake surface with her toes, causing circles of ripples, brushing off pieces of crimson carp fish scales and heading towards the dark green withered lotus leaves. He raised his head and looked at the blood-colored setting sun in the sky. His eyes were expressionless, and he seemed very disinterested: "Why do you ask this? Isn't it common knowledge that you will be executed after the secret of your identity is exposed?"

Chi Liangjun smiled softly: "Princess Huaisi was the jewel in the palm of Emperor Dezong at that time, and she was deeply favored by the empress. Even if Di Lan's identity was exposed, if Princess Huaisi pleaded for him, how could the empress not allow it, let alone It will make the regrettable event that the white-haired person sends the black-haired person."

"You don't need to tell me about it, I know it too."

Chi Liangjun shook his head with a secretive expression on his face. He said slowly, "Your Highness, do you know that Princess Huaisi actually pleaded with the Empress for Di Lan?" Xiang Chi Liangjun, just listen to him continue, "Di Lan was detained in the prison of the Criminal Department to be executed after autumn. At that time, because she had fought with Xirong on the battlefield, she suffered several arrow sores and knife wounds. Her body was hurt and she was very afraid." Cold. There are only straws on the stone bed in the prison, and she doesn’t care if she is shivering from the cold, but she asks someone to bring her unembroidered wedding dress from the princess’s mansion, and by the dim candlelight, she rushes to ask the question one stitch at a time. Before beheading, the wedding dress was embroidered, and a handwritten letter was brought to Princess Huaisi. After receiving the wedding dress and reading the letter, Princess Huaisi rushed to the palace overnight to kneel down to Emperor Dezong and Empress Wenxian to pardon Di Lan. Emperor Dezong always valued Di Lan and was unwilling to let her die in the end, and Empress Wen Xian also felt sorry for her daughter, seeing Princess Huai Si's eyes were red and swollen from crying, she persuaded the emperor to comply with her request."

If it progresses like this, how can Di Lan's head be in a different place?

Impatiently, Yi Yang asked, "What happened next?"

"Later——" Chi Liangjun smiled silently, and then slowly said after a long sigh, "Empress Wenxian asked Princess Huai Si why she suddenly changed her mind, and Princess Huai Si said about the handwriting and the wedding dress without thinking. Empress Wenxian listened, regardless of the purpose of the happy clothes, thinking that Di Lan has always been literary and martial arts, a handwritten letter can turn death into life, she was curious, so she asked Princess Huaisi to read the handwritten letter Two. From this point of view...he played a deadly move, blocking all escape routes and opportunities."

"Handwriting...what did you write?"

Chi Liangjun shrugged his shoulders, tilted his head, and spread his hands with a smile: "I just heard a few words from Mr. Li Shunde, and I have no way of knowing what he wrote. Mr. Li only told me that after reading the handwriting, Empress Wen Xian, Two things, one is to tell Emperor Dezong that Di Lan must die, and the other is to tell Princess Huaisi to choose another husband." He raised two fingers, and then pulled one finger down, " Two things, one killed Di Lan." Another one was pulled down, "The other killed Princess Wise."

When his toes touched the surface of the pool, he was shocked by the late autumn water. Yiyang shivered all over his body. Even though the sun was warm, he was still covered with coldness. What are you talking about?"

Chi Liangjun bent down and bowed his head, and replied respectfully: "I asked Eunuch Li for inquiries, just because I saw His Highness and Master Lu..." He paused, but he didn't care about Yiyang's expression, he thought about his words, and thought about it. After a long while, I couldn't think of a suitable word, so I simply omitted it, "I am really worried about it, and I implore Your Highness, whether it is for yourself or for Master Lu, reluctantly let go of this love that violates the principles of ethics."