After the prosperous Tang Dynasty

Hearing Xiao Yansui's sudden frowning and sighing, Axiu was taken aback, and hurriedly asked softly, "Liu, Liu Niang?"

Xiao Yansui shook her head, "I'm thinking about Chang'an City."

——And those people in Chang'an City.

Thinking of Li Tan, Xiao Yansui sighed again.

At this time, to be honest, she herself didn't know whether she should regret that she didn't take an elective course such as interpretation of Tang Dynasty history when she was in college.

Anyway, Xiao Yansui's historical level is very worrying, so she has no idea who the emperor after Tang Xuanzong Li Longji was.

Although the current crown prince is Li Heng, the question of whether the crown prince can take the throne, even though it has been doomed in history, is still an unsolved mystery to Xiao Yansui...

Even the situation of Prince Li Heng was not clear, Xiao Yansui felt even more at a loss when it was the turn of Prince Li Heng's children.

She only knew the name after she got acquainted with Li Tan. To her, it was a real person, not a long volume of thick and colorful history books, or a simple stroke sketched by hand.

Xiao Yansui's previous life had always been smooth sailing, and she had never experienced such a rebellious period. When it came to Tang Dynasty, the combined age of the two lifetimes had already passed the age of rebellion.Grandfather Xiao Song himself wouldn't say it clearly, but Xiao Yansui didn't really reject the attitudes shown by his mother Pei or elder brother Xiao Heng who didn't want her to have anything to do with people in the East Palace. It's just a little regretful.

The issue of position has always been a big issue. However, in the feudal dynasty, the struggle for power and profit between the court and China is cruel and involves countless innocent lives. Under such a background, the issue of position becomes more prominent.

The Xiao family of Lanling, who used to be the royal family of Qi and Liang, has always been a leader in this respect.

It was also after returning to his hometown in Nanlanling County, when Xiao Yansui was fishing with his grandfather Xiao Song, the two of them chatted, and Xiao Song was quite leisurely telling his granddaughter about the ancient times. The Lanling Xiao family, after the destruction of both Qi and Liang, took refuge in the Northern Dynasty early in the morning, and then became a nobleman of the Northern Dynasty as a matter of course. Not long after, there was troubled times again, and the Northern Dynasty collapsed again. There was only one Lanling Xiao family among the surviving clans in the Southern Dynasties...

When talking about the prominence of the family, there are common sayings jokingly calling it "the dynasty of flowing water, the family of iron", but, as everyone knows, the "family" mentioned in this joke is a whole of the family system. It is not difficult to find out the details of the "family", after hundreds of years of vicissitudes, how many prominent families of the past have already withered into the dust.

Today, the Tang Dynasty has been established for hundreds of years, and the Lanling Xiao family's Qiliang house is still prominent, with a large number of talents in the clan, and there is no sign of decline. However, the Lu family who has a good relationship with Xiao Song, In the past few years, with Lu Xiangxian's death, it has declined very obviously...

The simple philosophy of Chinese classics that things must be reversed when they are extremely extreme, and that things must decline when they are extremely prosperous, has its own reasons.

Xiao Yansui used to not think about such illusory things at all. She was a science student, advocating science, and rarely idealistic. However, life in the Tang Dynasty was probably too idle after all, and after arriving at the Xiao family's old house, Only then did Xiao Yansui regain a little bit of the feeling of spending every day in the laboratory in her previous life, but even so, the intensity of the experiment was still far from enough.

At least, when Xiao Yansui in her previous life was busy, she would put two or three chairs together and just sleep in the laboratory to make do with it. When it came to the Tang Dynasty, even when it was the busiest time tinkering with cement and glass, Xiao Yansui can still find time to have dinner with his grandfather Xiao Song and take a walk with the dog by himself.

In addition, even the Tang Dynasty, which likes night banquets and drinking, did not allow Xiao Yansui to experience the rich nightlife. Every day when it gets dark, he can't do other things, so he can only lie on the bed and sleep, so there is plenty of time to think about it And thinking about those things that are there?

When she was still in Chang'an City, Xiao Yansui, a technical geek who was out of the situation, could clearly realize the intricate power of Chang'an City. In this case, the friendship between her and Li Tan, or any other person It's the same, the test is never the personality fit between two people, but the political stance behind each other...

In the city of Chang'an, which has been prosperous with singing and dancing since ancient times, after experiencing the Wei Jian case and the Du Youlin case, it finally fell into a kind of calmness after whitewashing the peace. There are more treacherous events brewing, who do not know how many people will be involved.

Xiao Yansui, who was still in the old house of Xiao's family to accompany his grandfather Xiao Song to take care of him, just happened to temporarily jump out of these countless conspiracies and schemes, and was able to watch the changes quietly as a bystander...

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The Huaqing Palace under the night, with little lights, rippling water shadows, and silk and bamboo wind music from time to time, is a quiet and leisurely scene.

Xuanzong chose Zhang's daughter as the new crown prince Liangdi. After this edict was issued, although the crown prince Li Heng was still a little bit hit by the previous two marriages that hurt his vitality, but with Xuanzong's appeasement, the crown prince Li Heng soon recovered gradually.

The most important thing was that Zhang was the granddaughter of Xuanzong's aunt. This level of kinship made her identity particularly important in the eyes of the East Palace staff.

Now, after the summer vacation, Xuanzong and Concubine Yang returned to the Xingqing Palace in Chang'an City from the Huaqing Palace where they spent their summer vacation. In the East Palace, the wedding of Prince Li Hengna and Zhang Liangdi can begin to prepare...

Among the water pavilions, Li Tan was leaning against the railing, holding a few pieces of dough in his hands, leaning sideways, throwing small dough into the pool with a blank expression, saying that he was teasing those who had been brought up to be particularly fat and tender. Gorgeous koi, but the expression on that face does not show the slightest leisurely meaning.

Li Wenning couldn't help it, and had already glanced at Li Tan several times. To be honest, if Li Wenning was to choose, even if Li Tan showed a bored look, it would be better than the current indifferent look of feeding fish.

Li Chu, who was taking a break from his busy schedule, was sitting beside his younger sister, pouring tea for his younger brother and younger sister in a gentle and unhurried manner, then put down the kettle, and asked in a gentle voice, "Wen Ning, that Mrs. How do you feel about contact?"

Li Wenning pondered for a moment, even though she couldn't get close to the trusted prince Liangdi because of the former princess Wei, Li Wenning still gave a good evaluation, "Lively personality, quick-witted speech, Can speak well."

Li Tan, who was still kneading the dough to feed the fish, lowered his eyes slightly after hearing the sound, and his black eyelashes fell on the eyelids, casting a small mottled shadow.

Li Chu smiled and beckoned him to sit down together, "Throw away the dough, let's have a cup of tea first."

Li Tan nodded slightly, and when facing Li Chu and Li Wenning, he finally restrained his cold expression just a little bit.

Sensing that Li Tan is not in high spirits these days, Li Wenning lowered his voice and asked with concern: "Third brother, don't you like Huaqing Palace here?"

On Li Tan's face, there was a rare look of bewilderment, and he was stunned. After a long while, he couldn't help but frowned, and replied in a low voice: "Maybe I'm not used to it!"

After hearing such a somewhat vague answer, Li Wenning still showed a puzzled look on his face. However, Li Chu, who was sitting next to him, almost pulled his younger brother and younger sister up with his hands. When he saw Li Tan's face, his eyes flashed After being at a loss, he suddenly remembered something about Li Tan's childhood.

Although the birth mother died young, the mothers of Li Chu and Li Wenning were loved by the prince Li Heng, and Li Chu was the eldest son of the prince. For these two children, the prince Li Heng naturally valued and loved them differently from others.

When Li Tan came here, his biological mother, Zhang Gongren, had a low status. After Zhang Gongren died of illness, Li Tan became a poor little person who was neglected by no one. His eyes were brought up by his elder brother and his younger sister. I am afraid that his predicament when he was a child in the Eastern Palace will continue...

Li Chu realized it very quickly, reached out and patted his brother's shoulder lightly, still showing a bit of care and comfort.

Huaqing Palace is a place for saints to relax and enjoy the summer. After everyone in the East Palace came together, they completely obeyed all kinds of arrangements. Therefore, although the palaces here are gorgeous, they are inevitably a little cold. It is easy to remind Li Tan of his childhood. things.Some memories, in fact, he himself can't remember clearly, but the instinctive feeling of wanting to reject is still there...

"Brother?" Li Tan raised his head.

"Let's go hunting tomorrow, the three of us!" Li Chu suggested, "Huaqing Palace is built according to the mountains of Lishan Mountain, and there are mountains and forests not far away. , hares and other small things. If the two of you have no objections, I will go and talk to Aye tomorrow morning?"

Li Wenning immediately agreed excitedly.

As for Li Tan, since he was a child, he never had the intention to refuse any proposal from his elder brother Li Chu.

A gust of evening wind blows, the ripples in the water pavilion are light, and the fragrance of lotus floats from the wrinkled water surface, which also brings some indescribable comfort and coziness to the originally hot and dry weather.

"The night is getting dark, let's all go back and rest!" Li Chu stood up and said to his younger siblings with a smile.

Li Wenning and Li Tan also got up as they said, and Li Tan casually threw the remaining small piece of dough the size of a lychee into the water. By the moonlight, he saw a group of koi swarming up together. Crowds, huddled together, but also lively.

"These fish have been fed stupid." Li Tan said softly, unexpectedly.

Li Wenning smiled and said, "You're not fishing here."

"..." Li Tan finally smiled, but did not refute.

Across the lotus leaves on the water surface, on the water pavilion not far away, Gao Lishi with a silent face was closing his eyes. He only opened his eyes after hearing the footsteps of the three children of the Eastern Palace Prince Li Heng. Opening his eyes, he glanced at the backs of Li Tan and the other three.

But at the moment when he closed his eyes indifferently, he vaguely noticed that there seemed to be a vague gaze falling in front of him, which was fleeting.