Crossing the East Palace

In the fourth year of Tianrui, Tang Luojin welcomed Ning Junchi back.

Although the two could not make it public, they also got married in private on the same boat.

Even if no one knew about it, but the heavens and the earth bowed, the cup of wine was drank, and the bridal chamber... was also very happy. The two of them became a real husband and wife from then on.

For them today, this is enough.

However, the person Tang Luojin welcomed back from outside Chang'an these days was Ning Junchi, not "Duke Xin".According to the itinerary, "Duke Xin Guo" will not rush to Chang'an City to meet him until the day after tomorrow.

In this case, he and Ning Junchi will be separated again... for half a day.

"Half a day," Ning Junchi stood behind his sweetheart, hugged his sweetheart, and sighed, "Uncle doesn't want to leave Xiao Qi for half a day."

Tang Luojin was having a rare free time, standing in the yard, staring at the peach blossoms in the yard in a daze.

"It's only been half a day. Uncle will come to see me soon." He patted the big hands tightly clasped around his waist by the people behind him, and comforted him indifferently, "'Duke Xin' came back early, Uncle can appear in front of everyone in an upright manner, isn't it just right? I'm afraid that uncle will be bored by being bored in the Sun Palace all day long, right?"

Because in the eyes of everyone, Ning Junchi, Duke of Xin, was still on his way from the border to Chang'an City, so it was inconvenient for Ning Junchi to appear in front of everyone, so he could only live in the Sun Yao Palace.Tangtang Xin Guogong and Marshal Ning, now they can only be trapped in the small Sifangtian and Sifangdi, how can they not feel depressed?

Rao is that Ning Junchi can go out of the palace occasionally, it is not easy to think about this kind of life, right?

Ning Junchi heard the words, smiled lowly, and sighed: "It's good to be able to appear in front of everyone. However, I'm afraid it will be inconvenient for uncle to stay in the palace every day. Such a newlywed, uncle and Xiaoqi, but only Wouldn't it be too unbeautiful to be able to separate the two places and not be able to perform Zhou Gong's rituals every night?"

Tang Luojin: "..." After being choked for a moment, he said, "Think of a way. Uncle and I really can't deceive people like this."

If it is just an occasional day or two, it may be possible to let Ning Jun leave the palace in a fair manner, and then enter the palace in a blindfolded manner, but if it takes a long time, it may not work.

The eyes of the world are discerning.The eyes of the people in the palace and the court ministers are brighter.If they want to hide it, it will not be easy.

So, Tang Luojin said, just think of a way to let Ning Junchi live in the palace - except for going to court during the day, Ning Junchi can leave the palace generously, and live in the palace at night. This is the best for the two of them.

As for whether outsiders will see that there is something wrong...even if they can, so what?

In the past four years since Tang Luojin succeeded to the throne, she has acted exceptionally strong and established the emperor's younger brother against everyone's opposition. Now she will think of a good reason for Ning Junchi to stay in the palace, and then keep him in the palace. In comparison, it seems that the latter matter is actually nothing, isn't it?

In the previous dynasty, there were emperors who blatantly broke their sleeves, some emperors wanted to shave themselves every day and lived in temples, and some emperors held swords and shouted at ministers... Tang Luojin just let Xin Guogong live in the palace, Actually, it’s not too much, is it?

What's more, neither Emperor Tianrui nor Lord Xinguo are easy to provoke. Presumably those ministers would be savvy and wouldn't talk too much about these "little things" that didn't affect the overall situation.

Of course, even if they really spoke up, Tang Luojin and the others wouldn't care.

"I really need to think of a reason." Ning Junchi thought for a while, and smiled, "Uncle used to read miscellaneous books, and read that miscellaneous books said that there are immortals who use the method of yin and yang to cure diseases... Or just say Xiaoqi Unwell, need uncle to use a special method to treat it?"

Tang Luojin immediately glared at Ning Junchi.

"Uncle, don't make trouble."

"However, Xiaoqi can't get too seriously ill. Otherwise, the emperor will be seriously ill and Datang will be unstable." Ning Junchi thought for a moment, but felt that the method of "curing the disease" is not impossible. "Xiaoqi's hands and feet are cold, everyone Everyone knows. Why don't you just say that Uncle learned a method of massaging acupoints abroad, which can relieve one or two?"

Tang Luojin: "...too far-fetched."

Ning Junchi smiled and said: "Uncle is not a royal family member, so it's far-fetched to stay in the palace. No matter how far-fetched it is, it's okay." What's more, he did learn some acupoint massage skills outside. He planned to give his Xiao Qi a push, maybe, Xiao Qi would not be hard to endure in the coming winter.

Hearing this, Tang Luojin knew in her heart that this was indeed the case, so she didn't say anything more, she just had dinner with Ning Junchi without mentioning it.

In the morning of the next day, after Tang Luojin was still asleep, Ning Junchi got up quietly, kissed the mole on Tang Luojin's forehead, and left quietly, rushing to take the man who had been on the march because of "Sick" can only be replaced by a substitute sitting in the carriage, and then return to Chang'an in a fair manner.

Tang Luojin got up, ate, and went to court according to the usual time.

It looked no different from usual, but he and Ning Junchi had only been together for a few days, and he was already a little unaccustomed to being alone.

Sure enough, he was not used to being alone.

After the court ceremony, Tang Luojin picked up the pen, looked at the empty seats beside her, and smiled absently.

"Brother—"

Tang Luojin was in a daze when she heard Tang Luoyu's shout outside the hall.

"Let the emperor's younger brother come in."

Xiaojing went out to meet him himself.

Tang Luoyu was wearing ordinary clothes, and rushed towards Tang Luojin like a small firecracker.

Tang Luojin said helplessly, "Don't worry."

"But don't be in a hurry!" Tang Luoyu grabbed Tang Luojin's sleeve and shouted, "Brother Huang, I really have to be in a hurry!"

Tang Luojin frowned slightly: "What happened? Didn't you go out of the palace to live in Shen's house yesterday?"

Datang's prince and younger brother, if they get tired of staying in the palace on weekdays, they can naturally live outside the palace.It's just that Tang Luoyu was too young, so Tang Luojin only allowed him to live in his grandfather Shen's house, and was not allowed to live in other places.

"Xiao Shiliu went to Shen's house." Tang Luoyu tried hard to explain, "But, but Xiao Shiliu went to Xu Gonggong's house yesterday. When Xiao Shiliu went, Xu Gonggong watched his nephew basking in the sun. Eunuch Xu's clothes when he was a eunuch!"

Tang Luojin was startled, her brows furrowed even tighter.

"Xiao Shiliu asked Eunuch Xu, and Eunuch Xu said it was just nostalgia, so he took it out to dry. But, but Xiao Shiliu thought about it all night, and felt something was wrong, so he came to tell Brother Huang." Tang Luoyu tugged at Tang Luo Jin asked Tang Luojin to bend down and lean into his ear and said, "Xiao Shiliu even asked my uncle to arrange someone to watch at the gate of Eunuch Xu's house. Sure enough, Eunuch Xu's house has prepared a sedan chair. Eunuch Xu's nephew Frowning, very serious."

Tang Luojin patted Tang Luoyu's head, stood up and said, "Go to the Empress Dowager to see if Xu Youwei sent a message to her old man... Well, no need."

He should have thought a long time ago that Xu Youwei was so loyal to his father. When his father was seriously ill, he looked at Xu Youwei as if he was going to die for his father.But after the death of his father, Xu Youwei did not die, but survived silently.And Xu Youwei was not optimistic about him and Ning Junchi at that time...

I'm afraid that Xu Youwei is still holding the imperial edict given to him by his father.In this way, Xu Youwei has the sacred decree in hand, so he dare not die.

And since Xu Youwei has the holy decree, he can go directly to the city gate today and stop Ning Junchi who is about to enter Chang'an City in front of a large crowd.

Who would dare to disobey the late emperor's decree?

Tang Luojin looked out of the window, and finally said: "Change clothes for me, and go to Eunuch Xu's mansion to take a look."

Long canals and small paths are naturally ignored.

Tang Luoyu was a little nervous: "Grandpa Xu often visits us in the palace, and he never wears the clothes he used to wear. Now that he wears them, isn't it, isn't it... He has the imperial father's decree in his hand, so he wears the same clothes as before. Change the clothes, want to announce the decree?"

Tang Luojin patted Tang Luoyu's head again: "I already knew that my emperor's younger brother is as intelligent as anyone else."

If not, he would not have chosen Tang Luoyu to be the emperor's younger brother.

Tang Luoyu was a little shy, but also a little proud, and was about to say something, when his emperor brother spoke again.

"I think that the last decree left by my father is that I don't want me to be with my uncle." When Tang Luojin said this, he couldn't tell whether he was happy or worried, and he was very calm, "Then what about little sixteen, right? Or do you not want the emperor and uncle to be together?"

Tang Luoyu was stunned for a moment, watching Xiaojing and Changqu changing clothes for his imperial brother, and after a while, he lowered his head and rubbed his toes, and said, "Of course Little Sixteen doesn't like the imperial brother being with uncle. After all, Brother Huang used to like Xiao Shiliu the most, but now his favorite person is someone else. Of course Xiao Shiliu is not happy."

"However, the concubine mother is right. Little Sixteen likes the emperor's brother, so he should like the emperor's happiness even more, and Xin Guogong can make the emperor's brother happy, so Xiaoliu should also like Xin Guogong." Tang Luo While talking, Yu raised his head slowly, clenched his fists, and said, "Little Sixteen likes Brother Huang, so I hope to see Brother Huang every day. Brother Huang likes Duke Xin, so Xiao Sixteen will also I hope that the emperor can see Duke Xin every day and be happy every day. Of course, Xiao Shiliu will try his best to like Duke Xin...uncle."

The world of children is simple but simple.

Tang Luojin raised her lips slightly, bent down, and looked at Tang Luoyu at the same level: "Thank you, Yu'er."

The two brothers talked, and they were all happy again.

It's just that Tang Luoyu was purely happy, Tang Luojin's expression softened, and his reason told him that everything was in time, but in his heart... he still couldn't help worrying.

He knew that things should be done in time, and he knew that since the Shen family made a move, they should be able to stop Xu Youwei as much as possible.However, what Xu Youwei is holding in his hand is the last decree of the late emperor, and even if he goes there himself, he cannot be sure that he can convince Xu Youwei, who has always been loyal to his father, to give him the decree... As for others, he is even more worried. not worried.

"Yu'er stay in the palace." Tang Luojin was anxious, knowing that it would be inconvenient to take Tang Luoyu with her, and said, "Duke Xin is going back to the palace today, and there are still people in charge of everything in the palace, so you can Watching the palace people work in the palace for the time being, don't let them be lazy."

Although it was a trivial matter, Tang Luoyu still nodded happily: "Brother Huang, go quickly! We must stop Eunuch Xu!"

Tang Luojin nodded and strode away.

Because according to the letter, Duke Xin and the army will arrive in the afternoon, so Xu Youwei has not left the mansion yet.

Xu Youwei's nephew was running around in a hurry at home.

——The people around him don't know, but the uncle is going to wear that clothes, so it's obviously something big.And this big event, his uncle is not going to tell the current emperor... that is obviously the big thing among big things.Even if it is not suitable for the emperor to know about it, but once the emperor and courtiers, his uncle should let the news to the palace.How can you just say nothing and treat the current emperor as an emperor?

When the family members have changed, they should also be aware of current affairs.

It's a pity that Xu Youwei's nephew could only be in a hurry. Xu Youwei was smooth, but he became stubborn about the late emperor's affairs.None of their family could convince Xu Youwei.

Just when Xu Youwei's nephew was thinking about whether he should find a way to report a letter to the palace or something - although he probably couldn't enter the palace - at least to let the master of the palace know what to do, The master went to the door of Xu's house in person.

"Emperor, Your Majesty..." When Xu Youwei's nephew saw the visitor take off his hat, revealing the cinnabar mole on his forehead, his legs softened immediately, and he knelt down tremblingly, "Uncle, he... "

He obviously couldn't say anything, and had no way of saying it.

"The emperor said it was coming." Xu Youwei had already walked out. He was old and had been a servant all his life, and he couldn't straighten his waist. He didn't need to be special, just bowed his body, and wanted to kneel down to pay his respects.

"Eunuch Xu, don't need to be too polite." Tang Luojin helped Xu Youwei up, looked him up, and said, "Eunuch Xu, let's talk inside."

Xu Youwei changed his clothes early in the morning, just waiting for the time to come, and when he seized the opportunity, he went outside the city to announce the decree.But when Tang Luojin came, he couldn't leave, so he and Tang Luojin went to the flower hall and sat opposite each other.

Xu Youwei's nephew poured the tea himself, and retreated with the others.

Tang Luojin didn't open her mouth to talk about Yizhi, but recalled with Xu Youwei what happened when her father was still there.

Xu Youwei followed the late emperor all his life, and the most important thing in his life was the late emperor.Tang Luojin talked about the late emperor, which he couldn't refuse.

"Father was very optimistic about the third uncle from a very early age." Tang Luojin said slowly, "It's just that at that time, when I became the crown prince, the Ning family wanted to keep the hostess in Chang'an. Third uncle and fourth uncle, at that time I was doomed not to join the army. It's just that the world is unpredictable, but the third uncle and the fourth uncle joined the army one after another and contributed a lot to me, Datang."

Xu Youwei fell silent.

Tang Luojin sighed, "Eunuch Xu, I am 25 years old this year."

Xu Youwei was taken aback.

"If I miss the third uncle, I don't know when I will wait until the next person who can be with me for the rest of my life." Tang Luojin stood up, "I know this is embarrassing Eunuch Xu, but I wish I have dedicated everything to Datang, but I just don't want to lose my third uncle. I hope that Eunuch Xu can hand over his father's will to me now."

Xu Youwei also stood up the moment Tang Luojin stood up.However, after listening to Tang Luojin's words, he still didn't speak.

Tang Luojin slowly bent over, as if to salute Xu Youwei——

Xu Youwei immediately said: "Your Majesty, don't do this, if your Majesty wants it, this slave will give it to you!"

Tang Luojin was startled, and stood up straight.

Xu Youwei sighed, "I'm going to get the last emperor's last decree right now, Your Majesty, after reading it, you will understand everything."

Xu Youwei left quickly, and after a cup of tea, he came out with an ordinary box with lacquered paint on it, and held it in front of Tang Luojin with both hands.

Tang Luojin opened the box and found two imperial decrees inside.

He slightly pursed his lips, and opened one of them—it was the late emperor's will to kill Tang Luomin.

Xu Youwei said: "Before the late emperor passed away, he wrote down these two imperial decrees and let the servants keep them. That is true, if you have an idea to deal with King Shun, then you don't have to show this decree. If you don't have it, just send it Take this decree, so you don't need to be charged with killing your brother after killing your brother."

Tang Luojin thought that Xu Youwei did test him about Tang Luomin back then, and he was also worried about whether his father would blame him, so he also tested Xu Youwei's tone in turn. After the two revealed something to each other Tang Luojin waited for three years, and then ordered Tang Luomin to be killed in private; Xu Youwei kept the will and did not take it out.

Tang Luojin touched the words of his father on the will, and was stunned for a while before putting it down and picking up another copy of the will.

The other will is even simpler.

Order Ning Junchi, Duke of the Kingdom, to guard the Turkic border and not return to Chang'an for the rest of his life.

After reading it, Tang Luojin closed the will vigorously.

His movements were too big, and something fell out of the rolled up edict.

Xu Youwei picked up a piece of paper that fell on the ground, handed it over, and sighed: "The late Emperor still loved His Majesty very much."

Tang Luojin took the piece of paper, only to realize that it was also written by her father.

"If Xiaoqi is looking for you because of this matter, I will sincerely ask you...let this matter go, and burn it."

"I used to not understand the meaning of the word 'sincerity' on it." Xu Youwei smiled wryly, "I saw that you came in person today, and you still have to bow to this servant...The servant now understands the meaning of the late emperor. What the late emperor loves the most is always Your Majesty. For the sake of Datang's future, the late Emperor obviously didn't want the Duke of Xin to stay in Chang'an, so as to damage His Majesty's reputation in the future. opportunity."

It's just that this opportunity is too difficult for people to notice.

Fortunately, the sky never stopped him, no matter how difficult it was, it happened to make Tang Luoyu notice it.

"It's because I've lived so peacefully these past few years that I didn't think of this." Tang Luojin looked at the imperial decree and paper with a complicated expression, "Father cares about Datang's foundation for several generations and loves me. I should have thought of this a long time ago. of."

Xu Youwei just shook his head: "Your Majesty, why do you want to belittle yourself? The late Emperor has been in power for 28 years. He wanted to hide His Majesty and deceive the Duke of Xin. How could he show any flaws? It's just that God's will allows His Majesty to follow his will, so His Majesty can appreciate God's will as much as possible." , don’t care about other things. What’s more...” He pointed to the imperial decree in Tang Luojin’s hand, “Even if the servant really read the last emperor’s decree to Duke Xin Guo today, His Majesty has another way to let Duke Xin Guo return to Chang’an. Your Majesty, why bother?"

Tang Luojin shook her head, watched with her own eyes the two copies of the late emperor's decree burned, then neatly folded the paper left by her father, put it away carefully, and put it in her purse.

He understood what his father meant.

He is Tang Luojin, and also Emperor Datang.To him, Datang should be the most important.

His father didn't want him to forget this.

Tang Luojin's face became serious, but soon, he smiled again.

His uncle is not Daji Baosi, and he only paid for his country without destroying it. What should he worry about?

He will have a good life, whether it is as Emperor Datang, or as Tang Luojin who married Ning Junchi.

"Anyway, thank you for your hard work, father-in-law." Tang Luojin nodded slightly and left.

In April of the fourth year of Tianrui, Duke Xin Guo returned to Chang'an.

Lord Xinguo claims that learning the secret technique can alleviate Emperor Tianrui's cold hands and feet in winter, so he enters the palace and lives with the emperor.

Ten years after Tianrui, Datang recuperated for six years, philanthropic halls were everywhere, and the number of beggars was greatly reduced, almost none of them were children.

In the same year, Emperor Tianrui led his troops to attack Goryeo and Wa Kingdom, and classified Goryeo as a province of Datang, severely inflicting damage on Wa Kingdom.

In the same year, Datang took the initiative to launch a war against Tubo.

In the 13th year of Tianrui, after a nine-year rest, Lord Xin went to Tubo to attack Tubo. Two years later, Emperor Tianrui went to the border of Tubo and joined hands with Duke Xin. The three provinces of Tang were taken over by Datang.

In the 23rd year of Tianrui, after seven years of recuperation, Datang took action against the Turks that were about to re-merge. Five years later, Datang destroyed the East Turks and severely damaged the West Turks.

Since then, Datang's territory has become stronger than ever, and no one dares to test or provoke Datang.

Datang is strong and prosperous, the people are rich, and a prosperous age is coming.

In the 29th year of Tianrui, the emperor collapsed.

Duke Xin mourned greatly, and died at the side of Emperor Tianrui on the same day.

On the same day, Qing Huan passed away.

The new emperor Tang Luoyu succeeded to the throne.