I opened the Taoist Temple in Datang

The Chinese spoken by this Lite man is not very standard, and Li Miaozhen heard it as wild.

She said calmly, "I was scared."

"It's you, I won't admit my mistake!" Seeing that she couldn't understand, Li Te said a few words in a standard Luoxiazheng pronunciation.

"I said, you've got the wrong person." Li Miaozhen took a few steps back and took a look at the other person. He was a gorgeously dressed businessman, who looked about 40 or [-] years old, with beards all over his face, and looked a little fierce.

Hu Shang was a little distracted: "Your Excellency...it is indeed much younger than Princess Nona, I am taking the liberty. I wonder if I can buy the young master a drink?"

She refused: "I have a date."

Seeing this, the other party stopped pestering her and just looked at her frequently.When Li Miaozhen arrived on the second floor, she asked the shopkeeper to serve a pot of tea first, and sat in the Accord and waited quietly.

After about half an hour, the alchemy master introduced by the steward still did not come.Li Miaozhen was a little impatient, and suddenly heard the door of Accord being gently pushed open.

She glanced back, a little disappointed.

"What are you doing here?" She asked the Hu merchant whom she met earlier.

"My lord," he said politely, cupping his fists, "I'm actually the owner of this restaurant. I've offended you earlier, so I'm really sorry. I don't think the person you're waiting for has come yet, so I wonder if I can buy you a drink?"

Hu Shang looked at her eagerly. Although he was tall and thick, he smiled naively.Li Miaozhen pursed her lips and smiled: "Okay. There is no need for wine, my master please sit down."

"Young master is refreshing!"

He clapped his hands, and immediately the waiter made new tea and brought it over, it looked like a good product.Hu Shang saw that she didn't move at all, and said with a smile: "Young master, I have lived in Chang'an City for 16 years, and I know at least a thousand people. My surname is Cao, and my name is Lushan. There are almost no one in Liquanfang and Xishi. Nobody knows my name."

Li Miaozhen laughed and said, "Cao Lushan?"

It's not that she wants to laugh, it's just that the name is too funny.She only knew An Lushan, but she didn't expect that the word Lushan was a common name for Lite people.

Cao Lushan thought she had heard of him, and smiled with satisfaction.He patted his chest and said, "Since I left Cao country at the age of 14, I followed the caravans to travel north and south. Wherever it is beneficial, there is Cao Lushan. I started from silk business, made porcelain, and then settled in Chang'an. I can be regarded as the king among Lite people." Yuan Bao!"

"Are you from Cao country?"

"En." Cao Lushan said quickly: "To be honest, I think the young master's appearance is quite similar to an old friend of mine. She is the Princess Nona of our Cao country. Hey, she is so beautiful!"

Cao is one of the nine surnames of Zhaowu, and it is also the surname of Cao Guoren among the Lite people after entering the Tang Dynasty.Li Miao really thought about it, Cao Ye that Ji?

She didn't say a word, and continued to listen to Cao Lushan recalling the beauty of Princess Nona.It is said that Nona is the most beautiful princess in the royal family of Cao. Her face is as perfect as the highest god, the God of Light. Her eyes are the brightest stars in the night sky. Her eyebrows...

Cao Lushan glanced at her subconsciously, and murmured: "It's as good-looking as the young master."

"Then what happened afterwards?" Li Miaozhen ignored his pause and asked with great interest, "How is Princess Nona?"

His expression darkened: "The princess is so beautiful. Our country of Cao is just a small country and we don't deserve to have her. That year, my brother and I brought a caravan to Chang'an with our Cao country's mission, and brought our most beautiful goddess , dedicated to the most honorable emperor of the Tang Dynasty..."

"She became a concubine." Li Miaozhen said.

"No, that's not right." Cao Lushan scratched his face with both hands and shook his head in pain: "The emperor only called her Hu Ji! He was attracted by her beauty, but in the end he suspected that she had an affair with someone else, and after she gave birth to a child, he ordered her to die. her!"

Li Miaozhen covered her face with her sleeves, and said in a sad tone: "It's so pitiful!"

"Yes. If that child grows up, he may be almost 15 years old." Cao Lushan staggered to his feet, and sighed: "Oh, I have a fate with the young master today, otherwise, I have kept these words in my heart for many years. Pity me My brother, so far... oh..."

……

After leaving the restaurant, Li Miaozhen went to the West Market again.

When the little steward saw her, he had a bitter look on his face: "Young master, we don't know where to find you. The master is not here today. He said, please see you in seven days. It's still the same place."

Li Miaozhen was speechless: "All right."

She was wandering aimlessly in the West Market, thinking of Cao Lushan's words, she was dubious.She wanted to find out about Ajiao, but it was a pity that Ajiao was not around recently.

In fact, when she was very young, she also heard whispers from the palace people of Anren Hall that she might have suspicious blood and was not the emperor's biological daughter.Li Longji is very kind to all the princesses, but he is not kind to her.

She felt that the feasibility of this matter was not high. If it was not for the royal blood, she might not be able to live now.Li Miaozhen wandered around the West Market for a long time, then pinched a small pear hair and turned it into a Kaiyuan Tongbao, and was about to throw it in the wishing pool to make a wish.

It's a pity that there were too many people and she didn't squeeze in.

"younger sister!"

Li Miaozhen is used to getting up early to practice in retreat in Guizhen Temple, but she didn't expect Princess Xinping to come.She was taken aback, thinking that Xinping had already found Luo Gongyuan's trace.

She was thinking about finding a place to hide when Princess Xinping rushed in and pulled her out from behind the curtain: "Have you heard?"

Li Miaozhen rolled her eyes: "Sister, I have moved on, I think..."

"I mean," she said hastily, "there are rumors! It is said that you are not Aye's daughter, but the illegitimate daughter of a man named Cao Yuanqing!"

"Who is he?" Li Miaozhen asked.

"It is said that a Hu merchant also has a pair of blue eyes, and his appearance is quite similar to yours." Princess Xinping said: "It is rumored that you are crazy, you are still sleeping!" She mistaken practice for rest.

"That's not right," Li Miaozhen felt that this matter was very strange: "What do you care about me?"

"I have nothing to do, I always like to spread rumors." Xinping frowned and said, "I don't know if the palace knows about it."

She probably opened her mouth, and after a while, Sukong came to report that the head of Baozhang County of the Eastern Palace came.Sure enough, as soon as Baozhang arrived, he brought even worse news: it was also spread in the palace.

"I'm really flattered." Li Miaozhen sneered and said, "It seems that I offended someone again."

She is not a noble concubine, and her every move will not be noticed by others.Li Miao had a faint premonition in her heart, as if something big was about to happen.

Xinping became more anxious: "Next month will be your birthday, Aye said he gave you a title, and now something like this happened..."

"Sister, don't worry." Li Miaozhen comforted her: "Everything in the palace will be recorded, it's really not good, uh, blood test is not reliable, I'd better become a monk..."

She pursed her lips and smiled, her eyes were like sky blue glass, pure and deep.Although she doesn't look like a Lite at first glance, she has a fair complexion and deep eye sockets, which is quite different from the princesses in Chang'an.

Princess Xinping sighed heavily.

Li Miaozhen thought about it carefully, she got involved in the orthopedics teaching recently, could it be that she was discovered?After Xinping and Baozhang left, she packed her clothes in the bedroom, and accidentally picked up the round-neck robe she was wearing that day.

She touched her sleeve, and the unthrown Kaiyuan Tongbao had disappeared.

There are no fallen copper coins nearby, and there are only a few small pear hairs in the sleeves.It seems that her spells can only last for a limited time, definitely no more than three days.

Li Miaozhen suddenly thought of a gold bar.

……

After Ajiao came back, she was so angry that she heard the recent rumors from the palace servants of Anren Palace.

She said to Li Miaozhen: "Princess, don't believe in those nonsense! Who is your mother, can you fall in love with someone from Cao Guo?"

"That's right, what kind of person is Naji Cao Ye?" Li Miaozhen asked following her words.

Ajiao was at a loss for words, and began to try her best to cover up: "How do I know, I have only met her a few times...Anyway, she is not the kind of casual person, your mother is so beautiful."

"Although I don't care about her, it is an indisputable fact that she abandoned her child." Sitting on the futon, Li Miaozhen closed her eyes and said, "Renmei, what about the heart?"

"Princess, don't say that, your mother has her own difficulties." A Jiao said immediately, and suddenly realized that she had said something wrong: "Wait, your mother has already..." She became more and more confused.

"Needless to say, but Ajiao, I remember all the kindness you have done to me." She smiled gently at Ajiao: "We won't mention her from now on."

"But……"

A Jiao wanted to explain again, but Li Miaozhen had already closed her eyes.She closed her mouth depressedly and had nothing to say.

They are not human, and they really can't understand people's minds.

What is it if you don't have the company of your parents since you were a child?Isn't the princess alive and kicking now?Although Ajiao has been a person for so many years, she still doesn't understand people's minds.

After all, they never had to care for offspring.

Under Wang Ruyi's management, Liquanfang's antique mutton soup became popular all over Chang'an, and its reputation spread to the palace.

Li Longji was also very interested in hearing Madam Guo Guo mention the delicacies in Chang'an City: "This Wang Ruyi is a bit as clever as Wang Yuanbao, and his mind is also flexible. I might as well call him into the palace and let me and the noble concubine have a good relationship with each other." Try this famous antique soup."

"Your Majesty, the most important thing about this antique soup is the lively atmosphere." Yang Guozhong said: "There is no sharing of food in the antique soup. Everyone shares a pot, but it tastes better than usual."

Datang pays attention to sharing food, especially in the court, there is almost no sharing food.Li Longji accepted it readily, and said: "Since the common people think it's good, then I really want to go and have a look."

When the imperial concubine heard that she was leaving the palace, her eyes lit up.She said softly: "Sanlang, if you put on the emperor's ceremonial car, wouldn't it disturb the people's livelihood?"

"Then according to what you said, the commoner will leave the palace!" Li Longji laughed.

As soon as he said this, the imperial concubine was both surprised and delighted, and the Yang family siblings also laughed and said that they would pretend to be an ordinary couple to follow.The emperor seldom summoned them these days. This rare indifference and alienation made Yang Guozhong a little nervous.

After all, the emperor's favor is the basis for the Yang family to live and work.

In the early morning of the next day, Li Longji and the noble concubine really pretended to be an ordinary couple, and they left Xingqing Palace accompanied by the brothers and sisters of the Yang family, Gao Lishi and Qian Niuwei.They drove to Liquanfang, and saw the fresh shop's banner hanging high in front of the store, and there were only a few people at the door.

"Business is deserted." Li Longji sighed.

"Your Majesty, Wang Ruyi is a weird kid, and he needs to take a number for this meal." Yang Guozhong said with a smile: "He opens the shop on time at noon every day, and if he comes early, he has to come early to get a number plate, which saves the trouble of queuing , and let those who didn’t get it remember in their hearts, they must come early next time.”

The imperial concubine wore a veiled hat and said softly: "Then shall we go get the number?"

"Why do you have to wait for your Majesty and Your Majesty, I have already sent someone to say hello in advance." Yang Guozhong said respectfully: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please."

A few people stepped into the store, they didn't disturb Wang Ruyi, so only Xiao Er came to greet the customers attentively.Li Longji took the lead to the Accord on the third floor, looked around, and said, "It's not bad here."

"Do you want to call Wang Ruyi to accompany you?"

"No need." Li Longji waved his hand and looked at him again: "I can't tell, you still admire this kid?"

"I just love food." Yang Guozhong said in panic.

Li Longji smiled and didn't care. Although this restaurant is a shared restaurant, no one except the imperial concubine dared to sit with the emperor.After a while, Xiao Er brought the pot. The pot in the store has been improved. Now it is a charcoal pot with a raised middle and a high one. There is boiling water and the bottom of the pot all around.

The thin slices of mutton were served, and Gao Lishi served on the side. Li Longji tasted it and praised: "Good!"

He was about to eat another piece when he suddenly heard a slight movement from the next door.He looked down, and it turned out that the opening window on the second floor of the wine shop next door was pushed open from the inside to the outside, and then propped up with a long log.

They were on the third floor where they could clearly see everything in the Accord on the second floor next door. Li Longji didn't pay attention until Mrs. Guo Guo pointed to the downstairs and said, "Hey, isn't that Miaozhen's wife of Guizhen Temple?"

……

Li Miaozhen came to this restaurant for the second time.

Today is the day she made an appointment with the alchemist master, so she came here specially to attend the appointment.She walked into the restaurant and went up to the second floor.

Cao Lushan was not there, but there was a strange Lite in the Accord.He raised his head, Li Miaozhen saw that his appearance was quite similar to Cao Lushan, he was slightly taken aback, turned around and wanted to leave.

But the man stopped her: "Chong Niang!"

She turned her head and glanced at the man.

"I'm Cao Yuanqing, Cao Lushan's older brother." Pointing to his legs, he said, "You don't need to be afraid, I'm already a useless person, and I won't do anything to you."

Cao Yuanqing seemed to have a leg problem. He couldn't kneel on the mat and could only sit cross-legged.Li Miaozhen pursed her lips and said nothing, but the other party looked at her obsessively and shed tears: "Chong Niang, I didn't intend to reveal your identity, it's because you look so much like Princess Ye Na!"

It was rumored that this person was her own father, and judging by this posture, it seemed that she wanted to recognize her relative.Li Miaozhen sneered: "You are just a merchant in the market, how can you know the name of the princess in the deep palace?"

Cao Yuanqing: "..."

He was questioned by Li Miaozhen all of a sudden, so he could only vaguely say: "The matter of the palace is not a secret. I have lived in Chang'an for many years and have always cared about you."

"really?"

Cao Yuanqing said affectionately: "Of course. When Princess Yena and I were in Cao Country, we just..."

"Stop." Li Miaozhen interrupted his chatter, and asked: "Since you have been in Chang'an for many years and you care about me, do you know my birthday?"

Cao Yuanqing:? ? ?

The seventh day of March is Li Miaozhen's birthday, but very few people know about it.Her unusual calm made Cao Yuanqing at a loss.

He was particularly depressed: "How do I know this kind of private matter?"

"Sometimes I know, sometimes I don't know, I'm confused." Li Miaozhen said with a smile that was not a smile, she kept standing and looking at him with a faint coldness in her eyes.

She continued to interrupt Cao Yuanqing's memories, but she was a bit anti-client.Li Miao said seriously: "You say you know Princess Yena, but I can also say that I have dreamed about Princess Yena. You are talking nonsense, do you have evidence?"

After she mentioned it, Cao Yuanqing finally regained his train of thought, and quickly took out a token from his sleeve.It was a yellowed letter, probably a love letter or something.

Li Miaozhen was still afraid that he would come up with something hard to change, and his eyes lit up when he saw Xin.A letter is just a blank sheet of paper!She is best at changing everything with paper!

"Princess Yena and I," Cao Yuanqing pointed at the channel, "We have been childhood sweethearts since we were young. If it wasn't for..."

Li Miaozhen glanced at the envelope and asked in confusion, "Why do you two people from Lite use Chinese characters to communicate?"

Cao Yuanqing:? ? ?

He clearly wrote Li Tewen!Why did it suddenly become Chinese characters?

……

Li Longji on the third floor next door was so sullen that he could hardly suppress the smile on his face.

It's just that outsiders thought he was angry.Yang Guozhong leaned over and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, this person has committed a lot of crimes, you have to..."

"It's interesting." He finally couldn't help laughing, shook his head, and said: "Although I don't like Chong Niang, I never doubted that she is not my own flesh and blood."

The faces of the Yang brothers and sisters changed, Mrs. Guo Guo said cautiously: "Then why doesn't His Majesty like her?"

"It's because" Li Longji put down the bamboo chopsticks, hesitating to speak.

He didn't say anything more, and continued to look downstairs.Cao Yuanqing was so dumbfounded by Li Miaozhen's question that he couldn't answer a single word.

Li Miaozhen questioned him loudly: "I heard that your Cao brothers have been running a restaurant here for more than ten years, and they are supposed to be responsible businessmen. But neither of you is married. The two brothers live together. You are really very good." He has carried out the teaching!"

"What did you say?" Cao Yuanqing said in horror.

"The wooden bracelet in your hand is already in my hand." Li Miaozhen stretched out his hand, and it seemed that there was an extra wooden bracelet in his hand: "You two brothers are working together and believe in heretics. You can't escape today, and your brother has also passed away." Get caught by my people, give up!"

Cao Yuanqing got up and wanted to escape, but his legs were weak, and he was held down by a lynx that came out of nowhere.

Xiaoli's paws pressed down on his face fiercely, Li Miaozhen walked over and said coldly: "Who is your superior?"

"Of course it is the God of Light!" Cao Yuanqing showed a ferocious expression, panting heavily, "Cao Yuanqing would rather die than surrender to the darkness!"

He wanted to bite his tongue and kill himself after he yelled something very incomparable.

Who would have guessed that what he bit was Xiaoli's paw.Xiaoli was very angry, and with a wave of her thick claw, half of Cao Yuanqing's face was swollen.

……

Over there, Ajiao tied up Cao Lushan, and found a lot of orthopedic teaching materials.

They were about to leave the restaurant when Li Longji and his party walked in head-on.Li Miaozhen was very calm, she had already guessed that Li Longji must be nearby.

Otherwise, who is this big show for?

The behind-the-scenes manipulator really underestimated her viewing volume. She has seen enough court dramas on the screen, especially this kind of plot of identifying illegitimate children.

She bowed her knees and saluted, just about to speak, Li Longji waved his hand and said: "Needless to say, the crow already knows everything."

Yang Guozhong hurriedly wanted to take over the Cao brothers, but Li Longji asked Qian Niuwei to take the two Hu merchants away.He listened to Li Miaozhen's introduction to the orthopedic teaching for a while, thought for a while, and said: "This is not good, tell Jing Zhaoyin later, search the entire Chang'an city, and ban it."

Li Miaozhen still feels a little regretful, she was exposed to the little steward too early, so that she could not be traced to the end.She doesn't have enough evidence to identify the Yang family brothers and sisters directly, but she is not in a hurry.

The sun was setting, and after dealing with everything, Li Miaozhen took Ajiao and Xiaoli back to the palace after having a meal of boiled mutton in Wang Ruyi's shop.

The sky and the earth were dyed orange by the setting sun, and the moat surrounded the Taiji Palace like a golden ribbon.

"Ajiao, in fact, I finally understand the meaning of my name." She said suddenly.

A Jiao tilted her head: "What did the princess say?"

"Chongniang, worm is a snake." Li Miaozhen smiled coldly and said, "Naji Cao Ye, she is not a human, but a snake."

That's why Li Longji hated her so much, and named her daughter a name similar to Snake Girl.