After the prosperous Tang Dynasty

Because of Xiao Yansui's "talent" in account management, after Mrs. Pei held her to teach the housekeeper for a few days, she suddenly discovered that the most difficult part, Xiao Yansui, had already learned by herself, and the rest were bits and pieces. The etiquette and ups and downs are basically when you prepare yourself, take your daughter to have a look, and it's almost enough to understand it. When you really want to be serious, there will naturally be a special maid and servant to remind you.

For a while, facing Xiao Yansui, Mrs. Pei didn't know what else she could teach.

As for Xiao Yansui himself, after quickly finishing a housekeeping business, he instantly returned to the state of being calm and light.

Coincidentally, the matter of Princess Wan'an is still on her mind, and sooner or later there will always be a conclusion.

Just in time, seeing that the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, according to the usual practice, Xuanzong will definitely hold a grand banquet in Xingqing Palace.

If she sends a letter to Li Tan in private and asks him out, no matter how low-key she is, she will inevitably attract attention, so she just waits for a chance to chat alone at the Mid-Autumn Palace banquet.

After making up her mind, Xiao Yansui naturally continued to rest quietly at home--she moved all the experimental equipment back to the Xiao family's old house, and there really are not many left in Chang'an City, Xiao Yansui He didn't continue to toss about anything, just pulled out the grown-up beagle, showed it to Mrs. Pei, Xiao Hua and others, and then took it out to play by himself.

On the day of Mid-Autumn Festival, Xiao Yan Suian, who was full of worries, quietly accompanied her mother Pei to Xingqing Palace.

In the imperial city, there are majestic palaces. When the night is getting dark, the lights are full of lights, and the reflections in the water are staggered. It is rare that today's officials and families are all there, and the popularity is too strong. In this deep palace, there is no gloomy, but it looks more and more lively .

Xiao Yansui sat next to Mrs. Pei for a while, because she had been away from Chang'an City for nearly two years, and suddenly, the topics of the people who had good friends with Mrs. Pei all focused on her.

Fortunately, everyone knows what Xiao Song said about waiting until the age of 20 to hold a ceremony for Xiao Yansui. After all, there are still several years before now, and I don't know what will happen then. Naturally, no one mentioned Xiao Yansui's marriage.

After finally catching an opportunity, after greeting Mrs. Pei, Xiao Yansui slipped out directly.

Standing in the moonlit courtyard, he casually asked a passing maid about the location of Li Wenning, Princess of the East Palace, and then searched all the way there.

Although Li Wenning is pregnant, but the month is still young and she doesn't show her pregnancy.Especially today she is wearing a complicated palace attire, under the fluttering skirts, it is even more tightly covered.

It was also a coincidence that Xiao Yansui caught a glimpse of Li Wenning and Liu Tan's figures, and before she had time to search around her, there was a trace of Li Tan, so someone patted her shoulder lightly from behind.

Xiao Yansui turned around subconsciously, just in time to meet the eyes of Li Tan who was standing with a smile on his face.

"Be careful." Li Tan instinctively reached out to support her.

Xiao Yansui was straightforward, his eyes lit up, and he whispered directly: "I'm looking for you."

Li Tan's heart moved, and his eyes, which were already full of smiles, seemed to be dipped in sugar, the sweetness and softness spread all the way to the bottom of his heart.

Li Tan glanced at Li Wenning, saw that Liu Tan had been by Elder Sister's side all the time, and thought she was fine, so he simply didn't go over, but gently held Xiao Yansui's hand, and also lowered his voice, "Come here."

Of course, Li Tan knew much more about the palace layout in Xingqing Palace than Xiao Yansui.He pulled her and walked around between the gates of the palace courtyard for a while, avoiding the bustling crowd just now, and found a small garden that was also decorated with lanterns and festoons, but under the lights, it was quiet and no one was there.

"Is there something you want to tell me?" Li Tan asked Xiao Yansui in a warm voice after he found a gazebo and sat down.

Xiao Yansui nodded and said in a very soft voice, "I want to ask you something about Princess Wan'an." The two of them sat together, very close to each other, and there was no one around but silence, but Can't hear clearly.

Li Tan nodded, and said softly: "When you entered the city a few days ago, Princess Wan'an looked at you, something was wrong..."

"Well." Anyway, her original intention was to clarify this matter, and before the accident, she had a relationship with Li Tan once, Xiao Yansui didn't hide it, and simply sent more than ten In the case of my own distress in Ximing Temple a few years ago, I also told Li Tan about the part that was kept secret afterwards.

At the end, Xiao Yansui looked around subconsciously, and after confirming that there was no one there, she continued: "Actually, at the beginning, I once guessed that Princess Wan'an's resentment towards me might be because of me, Aye. for the sake of

"...?" Li Tan, who was already in deep thought, couldn't help but startled.

Xiao Yansui shook her head by herself, "But later, I asked my grandfather, and he also said that Princess Wan'an shouldn't have had any enmity with my Auntie - even though they were of the same age, there was no relationship between her and me, Aye." Nothing involved."

After a pause, Xiao Yansui murmured in a low voice like complaining: "What's more, things have passed for so many years, and I, Aye, are getting old. The young man next to Princess Wan'an changes from time to time. I'm not interested anymore..."

Xiao Yansui didn't say the second half of the sentence, just watched the conversation here, and gave him a look of "you understand", the implication is very obvious, even if the current Princess Wan'an is of the same age, she can't think of her already. Now that Xiao Hua is middle-aged, it would be even more unreasonable to hate Xiao Yansui obsessively because of him.

In particular, even more than ten years ago, Xiao Yansui compared the monk in Ximing Temple who had an ambiguous relationship with Princess Wan'an, and felt that he and his father Xiao Hua seemed to be completely different. If it has been relatively stable for many years, it is even more impossible for her to guess that Xiao Hua loves and hates.

Li Tan: "..."

After a long silence, Li Tan was not in a hurry to express his opinion, but asked carefully, "Who else did you talk to about this matter?"

"There is no one else," Xiao Yansui shook his head flatly, "My elder brother accompanied me to investigate this matter, but it's hard to tell him about the speculation about me, Aye." After a pause , Li Tan still analyzed softly: "However, even so, Princess Wan'an's hostility to you should still be related to the grievances and entanglements of the previous generation. After all, you were too young at that time."

Xiao Yansui nodded, "That's true." At that time, she was still a short man, even if she wanted to offend Princess Wan'an, she didn't have that condition.

Li Tan frowned slightly, "However, if they don't talk about what happened back then, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to know."

Xiao Yansui also sighed softly, "Yes, but I asked my grandfather, and he didn't know about it... Judging by my mother's reaction, she doesn't seem to have offended Princess Wan'an, so I don't understand. "

Li Tan pondered for a moment, but remembered an old incident, frowned and said softly: "However, I do know something about Princess Wan'an back then, but it seems that it has nothing to do with this time."

"Let's hear it?" Xiao Yansui immediately raised her head.

Li Tan lowered his voice and said softly: "I have only heard people talk about this incident. At the beginning, the late emperor was very popular, and the saint wanted to become a monk to pray for the late emperor to fulfill his filial piety. Later, it was Li Linfu and other members of the clan. The elders suggested that the sage is busy with government affairs, even the late emperor should put the people of the world first."

Xiao Yansui couldn't help being slightly taken aback when she heard this, "I heard that Princess Wan'an took the initiative to become a Taoist priest and pray for the late emperor..."

"The late emperor was ill. Back then, the sage who was still the crown prince helped share some of the government affairs." Although Li Tan said it tactfully, "In the situation at that time, since someone in the clan made a suggestion, how could Princess Wan'an not be 'willing'? "

Moreover, the throne of Ruizong Li Dan was more or less won by Li Longji, who was still the king of Linzi, and Princess Taiping jointly. He and Princess Taiping control it.

As for the later battle between Li Longji, who was the prince at that time, and Princess Taiping, the final result was that Li Longji won a complete victory, and Ruizong also gave up the throne to the prince early in the morning.

In other words, Ruizong's death did not have much impact on the court situation.

Seeing Xiao Yansui stunned, Li Tan couldn't help explaining in detail: "Although the saint has many children, if he wants to pray for the late emperor, it is more appropriate to be a person who is still in the palace. In this way, the right person at that time There are actually not many candidates..."

Xiao Yansui frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly said: "At that time, is it possible that one of my two sons, Aunt, will marry the princess in the future?"

With the family status of the Xiao family in Lanling, marrying the princess is also a matter of course. In addition, when Xiao Song was in the court, he was always a respected family member. Even Xuanzong also took a fancy to this son and daughter's in-laws!

It's just that Xiao Song's eldest son, Xiao Hua, is about the same age as Princess Wan'an. In the end, Xiao Hua married Wenxi Pei's daughter, but it was Xiao Song's second son, Xiao Heng, who made a difference with Princess Wan'an's younger sister, Princess Xinchang. Marriage...

Under Li Tan's explanation, Xiao Yansui felt even more puzzled after sorting out the old incident, and said in an unbelievable way: "If Princess Wan'an has resentment in her heart because of what happened back then, then the problem has come back, and she Why are you staring at me? How do you look, there is more than one layer of relationship between me and her!?"

Regarding this, Li Tan could only shake his head, and said with a helpless smile, "I'm afraid you can only ask Princess Wan'an herself to find out."

Xiao Yansui twitched the corners of her lips, and asked instead: "By the way, do you feel that Princess Wan'an is quite vengeful?"

Li Tan looked at Xiao Yansui's innocent face, couldn't help smiling, and then replied softly: "Maybe a little bit! After all, in the carriage that day, she looked at you with too gloomy eyes, and there was a lot of resentment , is really puzzling."

Xiao Yansui pursed her lips, but she was slandering in her heart. It didn't make sense, she couldn't know that she did it herself when she humiliated Princess Wan'an in the other courtyard next to the Taoist temple, right?