After the prosperous Tang Dynasty

Xiao Heng raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at his younger brother, smiled lightly after a long while, and said, "You are quite well informed about the news."

Xiao Wu raised his head and gave him a blank look, "I'm in the academy, and I usually come into contact with more classmates than you."

"That's true." Xiao Heng didn't care at all, and even smiled, and then continued with a bit of playfulness: "In the East Palace, it stands to reason that there should be a high-ranking woman with a princess and two concubines. Prince Liangdi, let’s not mention the following ones for the time being. Previously, the people with names and surnames around Prince Li Heng were actually Crown Princess Wei and Du Liangdi. Now, these two people have been abolished. In the East Palace, isn’t there even a decent hostess gone?”

Xiao Wu twitched the corners of his lips, rubbed his chin and said, "True and repeated, with the lessons learned from these two people, even a fool should know that it's not easy to be the hostess of the Eastern Palace..."

Xiao Heng listened to his brother's emotions, smiled unconsciously, and teased: "Although the Crown Princess was abolished, when Webster left the East Palace, the apparent name was because she wanted to shave her hair and become a nun to become a nun. Moreover, the Crown Princess will be a nun in the future. She will take charge of Fengyin and become a queen in a legitimate way, so, at least for now, the East Palace should not easily marry the next princess."

There was a slight pause in the words, under the gaze of Xiao Wu raising his eyebrows and staring at him, after a moment of pondering, Xiao Heng continued to laugh and said: "For the East Palace without a mistress, it can't be called a dragon's pond and a tiger's den, but the imperial bureau During the transition, trembling with the crown prince is inevitable. As for whether the new crown prince Liangdi can sit still, it depends on which family the sage will choose for the crown prince Li Heng's daughter..."

Xiao Wu suddenly showed a toothache expression, patted his forehead and said: "Anyway, it has nothing to do with our family."

The two brothers looked at each other in dismay, thinking of their grandfather Xiao Song who had just become a sage not long ago and immediately returned to his hometown, especially his own grandfather actually had the title of Prince and Taifu on his head. I'm amazed at my grandfather's foresight.

The open and secret struggle between Donggong and Li Linfu is seen by everyone. It is also thanks to Xiao Song that he would rather let his old wife live alone in the sister of the He family. If he walked a little slower, the muddy water in Chang'an City would really be impossible to hide from.

After gossiping with Xiao Heng, Xiao Wu quickly said, "I'm going to write a letter to Liu Niang, and tell her about the things in Chang'an City these days..."

Xiao Heng waved his hand, and couldn't help but smiled and said, "You are a good person, and you can tell Liu Niang everything!"

Xiao Wu suddenly looked suspicious, and said inexplicably: "What's wrong with telling Liu Niang all these things about Chang'an City, and when she comes back suddenly one day, she can know the recent situation, maybe after she comes back, Listening to other people's words, you are completely confused and don't know what's going on?"

"..." Xiao Heng suddenly remembered that he had never told Xiao Wu that his younger sister insisted on going back to his hometown with his grandfather this time. Judging by the momentum, it really didn't look like he would come back after a short stay of three to five months.

However, it's good to write more letters with Xiao Yansui at ordinary times. After all, we are far away, and after a long time, brothers and sisters will inevitably become unfamiliar. A little secret, but it will appear closer.

After Xiao Wu left, Xiao Heng thought about it for a while, and soon, he simply wrote a letter from home, planning to send it back to the Xiao family's hometown in Lanling together with Xiao Wu's letter.

Early the next morning, Xiao Heng went to the Hanlin Academy to be on duty as before.After this year's imperial examinations, these Jinshi with the list, such as Xiao Song, Du Erlang, etc., were naturally left directly in Chang'an City and entered the Imperial Academy. Waiting for the evaluation of the Ministry of officials.

When Xiao Heng walked in, Zhao Junzhuo was already there.

Hearing the movement, Zhao Junzhuo raised his head subconsciously, the two looked at each other, and greeted each other with a natural smile.

Zhao Junzhuo quickly looked away, but Xiao Heng smiled and lowered his eyebrows.

They are all descendants of aristocratic families of similar ages, all of them are talented in literature, and first they were Jinshi on the same list, and then they worked together in the library of the Imperial Academy. In addition, there was Du Erlang in the middle. During this period of time, Zhao Junzhuo and Xiao Heng They naturally got quite close, but because Zhao Junzhuo paid too much attention to Xiao Yansui earlier, when Xiao Heng looked at Zhao Junzhuo, he would always have a subtle scrutiny.

In the same way, when Zhao Junzhuo faced Xiao Heng, he couldn't help hiding a secret, to use him to understand and figure out the meaning of Xiao Yansui today.

Xiao Yansui went back to her hometown with her grandfather Xiao Song, and Xiao Heng and Xiao Wu couldn't react to her sudden departure, let alone Zhao Junzhuo.

The sudden farewell and accident in his early years had already engraved his longing and concern into his bones.

The more he cared about it, the more he longed for it, the more tormented he was now.

I thought it was lost and found, but facing the current distance, Zhao Junzhuo naturally cared even more...

Du Erlang glanced at Xiao Heng, and then at Zhao Junzhuo carefully.

Sensing his friend's gaze, Zhao Junzhuo couldn't help but raise his head, and looked at him with a slight frown.

Du Erlang raised the folding fan in his hand, slightly blocking one side, then lowered his voice and asked, "What's wrong?"

"What's wrong?" Zhao Junzhuo was puzzled.

The folding fan painted with landscape, flower and bird paintings in Du Erlang's hand slightly pressed down. After he and Zhao Junzhuo looked at each other for a while, he noticed that Xiao Heng's eyes were also cast over with interest. Du Erlang shut up decisively, and directed at himself and Zhao Junzhuo. Zhao Junzhuo and the two fanned each other, but on the surface they smiled, and instead of continuing to ask the question just now, they waved their hands to indicate that nothing happened.

When Xiao Heng had something to leave for the time being, Du Erlang pulled Zhao Junzhuo aside and whispered in a low voice: "When I came here just now, I saw that your face was not right, and you still asked me what's the matter, you and Xiao Sanlang What's the matter?"

After hearing this, Zhao Junzhuo was still a little dumb, he couldn't help but shook his head with a smile, "It's okay."

Du Erlang's folding fan knocked on the palm of his hand, and there were two crisp sounds, still very soft, but he turned around and said, "Then let's not talk about Xiao Sanlang, let's talk about Xiao Liuniang!"

Zhao Junzhuo's original slow breathing seemed to stagnate for a moment.

Du Erlang dared to ask this kind of matter that Zhao Junzhuo obviously didn't want to talk about because of his good relationship with Zhao Junzhuo.After all, Zhao Junzhuo had been growing up in Luoyang City. According to common sense, he shouldn't have known Xiao Yansui at all. In the beginning, his attention to Liu Niang of the Xiao family was really inexplicable.

Zhao Junzhuo lowered his eyes slightly. This secret has been hidden for a long time, and it is actually very difficult for him.It's just that Zi didn't speak indiscriminately, and Xiao Yansui's identity was involved in this incident. Zhao Junzhuo was silent for a long time, and finally, under the questioning of his best friend, he replied softly: "Some of Xiao Liuniang's small actions are related to Xiao Yansui's identity. My elder sister who died young is very similar."

Du Erlang gasped suddenly, the folding fan in his hand blocked Zhao Junzhuo's mouth with a snap, and hurriedly reminded him in a low voice: "Junzhuo, you can't just say this casually."

After all, saying that a little girl is similar to a girl who died young is not a good thing to say.

Du Erlang had also heard a little about Zhao Junzhuo's twin sister, Zhao Concubine, but when he saw Xiao Yansui, Zhao Junzhuo's heart was touched by this kind of thing, so it's fine to talk to him in private. If these words were heard by Xiao Heng or other Xiao family members, it would be no different from directly cursing the daughter of the Xiao family, then it would be fine...

Zhao Junzhuo gently pushed away Du Erlang's folding fan, and said with a wry smile in a low voice: "Don't worry, I naturally know the seriousness of this matter."

Only then did Du Erlang give up, he spread out his fan and fanned himself vigorously, only then he breathed a sigh of relief.

Coincidentally, at this time, Xiao Heng, who took another stack of books from the bookshelf, also came back. Seeing Du Erlang and Zhao Junzhuo together, their eyes met, Du Erlang immediately smiled, and Xiao Heng also smiled. He shook his head and said nothing else.

Du Erlang, who was almost in a cold sweat, continued to fan himself. In order to ease the embarrassment in his heart, he deliberately pulled Zhao Junzhuo together, moved closer to Xiao Heng, and whispered: "Sanlang, you heard about Liutan and Donggong Is it about Li Wenning?" It was as if what he and Zhao Junzhuo were discussing just now were actually about the East Palace.

Xiao Heng couldn't help being slightly taken aback. He naturally knew Liu Tan and Li Wenning, but he really didn't know before that there was any relationship between the two of them.

However, as soon as Du Erlang said this, after thinking about it for a while, Xiao Heng had an idea in his heart, and said softly: "You mean, the Liu family of Hedong and Princess Li Wenning..."

Du Erlang nodded slightly, and briefly explained the source of the news, saying: "At the night banquet in the Yang Mansion yesterday, it was said that when Mrs. Qin was talking to Liu Cheng, she casually joked about Liu Tan and asked if he had Sweetheart, that Liu Tan didn't make a sound at first, it seems that he must have no idea, so he hid it..."

In his impression, Li Wenning and Liu Tan were indeed unfamiliar, so it was no wonder Liu Tan stopped talking, and Xiao Hengruo nodded knowingly.

A few days later, Xiao Yansui, who was far away in the Xiao family's old house, received another long family letter from Xiao Wu for gossip.

However, in the hands of grandfather Xiao Song, there is also a letter from Xiao Heng, briefly stating that the Hedong Liu family seems to intend to marry Donggong.

Xiao Yansui, who was pampered by Xiao Song in his hometown, was blatantly thinking about it with Xiao Song with two letters in his hand, and he had to avoid Xiao Hua, Pei's Xiao Wu is completely different...

They are also two things related to the East Palace, and they are also related by in-laws. However, Xiao Wu's letter focused on sharing gossip with his younger sister. The focus of Xiao Heng's letter is on the Yang family's move. It can represent the attitude of Concubine Yang Guifei who is childless...