After the prosperous Tang Dynasty

In the Eastern Palace, the night was silent.

Prince Li Heng, who had just attended the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet, returned with Zhang Liangdi, turned around and went to the study alone.

Li Chu was standing in the study room waiting, when Prince Li Heng came in, he immediately came forward, "Aye."

At this moment, Prince Li Heng put away his smile at the palace banquet long ago, and his face was slightly gloomy, showing a bit of surprise.

An Lushan's Hu Xuanwu tonight can be regarded as a big hit in front of Xuanzong. However, what Prince Li Heng cares most about is that An Lushan, whether before getting up or after dancing Hu Xuanwu, is in front of everyone. After returning to their seats amidst the applause, they all looked at Li Linfu almost ingratiatingly. He treated Li Linfu so cautiously, but turned a blind eye to Prince Li Heng. With such a differential treatment, Li Linfu's power and authority in the court can be seen...

At the palace banquet just now, in front of Xuanzong, the prince naturally did not dare to express his dissatisfaction. Now that he returned to his own mansion in the East Palace, he naturally no longer endured it, but directly in front of Li Chu , and cursed, "Zizi is rampant and doesn't know how to behave!"

Li Chu has already participated in the affairs of the court for several years, so he naturally knew what the crown prince Li Heng meant, so he gently persuaded him: "It's just a rude and rude barbarian! An Lushan is the only one who follows Li Linfu's lead. , what he did, the focus is still on Li Linfu behind him."

When it comes to Li Linfu, Prince Li Heng naturally hates him even more. However, the enmity between Li Linfu and Donggong has not lasted for a year or two. In comparison, An Lushan is just Li Linfu's pawn. After getting angry, Li Heng naturally kept silent about him.

After a moment's pause, Prince Li Heng turned around and said, "At today's palace banquet, I saw you and Wen Ning sitting together?"

Prince Li Heng did not directly mention Li Tan. Li Chu was his eldest son, and Li Wenning was his beloved daughter since he was a child. To be transparent, Prince Li Heng has always regarded him as the third son as a pendant of Li Chu or Li Wenning, but he is just used to appearing beside these two people.

However, Li Chu knew in his heart that his father, the crown prince, Li Heng, might not pay special attention to his third brother Li Tan, but tonight, Li Tan was sitting with Xiao Yansui, the only daughter of the grandson of Xu Guogong's mansion, especially Xiao Liuniang has always been raised by Xiao Song's side, and the relationship between the grandfather and grandson is very close!

After thinking about it for a while, Li Chu didn't directly mention Xiao Yansui when Prince Li Heng hadn't died yet, but first mentioned Zhang Dai in the Duke of Yan's mansion.

"We were still together at first, but later, the third brother went to talk to his aunt's cousin, Jiulang." Li Chu simply smiled. They are naturally closer than other princesses.

Immediately, Li Chu said again: "I have to tell Aye a piece of good news, Wen Ning is pregnant, but the month is still young, so she didn't say anything about it."

Hearing the words, Crown Prince Li Heng also showed joy immediately, and said: "I saw her today, but I didn't realize it, it's okay to keep silent now, let Zhang Liangdi visit her another day."

The original smile on Li Chu's face suddenly froze, and he no longer looked sincerely happy for his sister just now. He lowered his head slightly to hide the strange color in his eyes, but still said with a smile in his mouth: "Zhang Liangdi is also pregnant now. In the body, it is important to cultivate well in the East Palace, how can we make her run around? A few days ago, Wen Ning also said that after a while, he would come back and live with Liu Tan for a few days when his pregnancy became stable. Aye did not dislike her. Noisy is."

Prince Li Heng just gave up, but he still couldn't help laughing and said: "That's fine, Wen Ning has been lively since he was a child, even though he married Liu Tan, my son-in-law has always followed her, and when Wen Ning comes home Now, I have to give her a few words as a father."

Li Chu also laughed, and said a few more interesting stories about Li Wenning's childhood, and the atmosphere between father and son seemed to be much warmer in an instant.After summarizing Zhang Liangdi's matter, Li Chu said again: "My aunt's cousin, Jiulang, Xiao Jiawulang, and Xiao Liuniang have had a good relationship since childhood. At any banquet, you can always see them playing together. Today Even the third brother met and got together."

After a momentary pause, Li Chu added a special sentence: "It's strange to say that on weekdays, the third brother and the Xiao family brothers and sisters have seldom interacted with each other. Today they sat together, and it seems that they get along quite well."

"That's right," Prince Li Heng couldn't help but nodded when he heard the words. At the palace banquet tonight, his third son, Li Tan, and Liu Niang of the Xiao family seemed to get along quite well. The appearance of talking in a low voice together.

Speaking of which, after Xu Guogong Xiao Song became an official, he still had the title of prince and grand master on his head. However, when he was still in the power center of Chang'an City, his relationship with the East Palace was not close. Only then did he accept the New Year's gift from the Crown Prince of the East Palace without being so shy...

In Xu Guogong's mansion today, although brothers Xiao Hua and Xiao Heng are both in Chang'an City, they are still a long way from Xiao Song's status as an extremely human minister back then. However, before Xiao Song left Chang'an City, It was also after Xiao Heng, the grandson of the Xiao family, had become an official.

When Xiao Song himself was away, the Xiao family kept a relatively low profile. However, thinking about Xiao Song's two in-laws, one was the prime minister Pei Yaoqing, and the other was simply Xuanzong himself. Still active in the core circle of power in the Tang Dynasty.

Prince Li Heng said: "It's that Xiao Liuniang, I heard before that she returned to Lanling, the ancestral land of the Xiao family, with Mr. Xiao?"

Li Chu was quite clear about this matter, so he replied: "I heard that this time, I just went back to Chang'an City to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with my parents, and I will go back soon to celebrate the New Year with Mr. Xiao."

Hearing this, Prince Li Heng nodded thoughtfully, "I think that Xiao Liuniang seems to be about the same age as your cousin Jiulang and the others, so you haven't talked about marriage yet?"

Li Chu's heart was shocked, but he immediately replied in a polite manner: "Xiao Liuniang is one or two years younger than Cousin Dai, and it happened to be her 15th birthday last year, because she was not in Chang'an City last year. According to Mr. Xiao's words, he postponed Jiji until the age of 20, because this is an important birthday, and if there is no accident, it should be done in a big way, but the news was spread by Xu Guogong's mansion early in the morning."

When Li Chu said this, Prince Li Heng immediately remembered it, but he only listened to a little girl's ceremony because she was Xiao Song's granddaughter, but he didn't take it to heart. .

Xiao Yansui didn't even arrange the ceremony, and the Xiao family obviously didn't want to be busy with her marriage.

Prince Li Heng was thinking about Li Tan and Xiao Yansui's behavior together tonight, and after thinking about it, he thought it was just right.

Although Xiao Song didn't have any malice towards Donggong, but with his prudence, he didn't want to meddle in the affairs of Donggong.

Xiao Song has always been very concerned about the marriage of his grandchildren. If Li Tan is pushed out directly, saying that he is willing to marry Liu Niang of the Xiao family, the Xiao family will not agree. Even Prince Li Heng even doubts that Xiao Song intentionally postponed Xiao Liuniang's birthday, in fact, because Xiao Liuniang happened to be around the same age as the grandchildren of the royal family. Now that Xuanzong was in power, he was getting more and more tired. , he himself was willing to resign and return to his hometown, just to avoid the years when the power was likely to be handed over, and naturally he would not easily put his beloved grandchildren in it...

However, now Xiao Liuniang and Ji have to wait for several years to get married. During this period, if there is a young gentleman who is simply close to her, the elders of the Xiao family may not be happy to see it...

After experiencing Wei Jian's case and Du Liangdi's family incident, Prince Li Heng has actually learned to behave well. Now, the power in the hands of Wang Zhongsi, who had a good relationship with him, is gradually feared by Xuanzong. Heng would rather those who are close to him in the DPRK behave a little more low-key. At critical times, it can be of great use to the situation in the Eastern Palace.

Like the Lanling Xiao Clan, Xiao Song himself wisely stayed away, but his children and grandchildren are still active in the court, and they have a long stamina, without any signs of decay and fatigue, just happen to be...

Daughters can take it for marriage, and of course sons can too.

Like his third son Li Tan who is not favored, Prince Li Heng will naturally feel less distressed, especially the other party is Xiao Song's favored granddaughter who is raised by his side.

Even, recalling the scene at the Mid-Autumn Palace banquet today, Li Tan and Xiao Yansui seem to get along quite comfortably. It can be seen that the relationship between the two should be good.

After all, if the crown prince Li Heng has already been crowned a great treasure, Li Tan's status can also rise accordingly, but now, behind the position of the prince of the Eastern Palace, there are still many people who are eyeing him. Li Heng's position as the crown prince is actually not stable enough. In this case, if we really just take out Li Tan, who was born in the East Palace and is not favored, it may not be able to catch Xiao Song's eyes.

Thinking of this, Prince Li Heng smiled at Li Chu and said: "Li Tan is usually close to you, but today it seems that he has a good relationship with Liu Niang of the Xiao family, let him go!"

Li Chu also nodded, but this time he was quite sincere.

Although the consideration is not the same as Prince Li Heng's, but Li Chu is really thinking about his younger brother. If he can marry Xiao's daughter, it will definitely be a good thing for Li Tan.

Soon after, Li Chu came out from Prince Li Heng's study.

The moonlight in the courtyard was thick, and the rustling wind of autumn leaves added to the mood.

On the way back to his courtyard, Li Chu stopped, and subconsciously glanced in the direction of his third brother Li Tan. After all, he was willing to give up because it was too late today. Let's talk about these things tomorrow...

And at the same time when the Xiao family mentioned many times in their conversations today was more exposed, Xiao Yansui went back to her room early in the morning to rest. On the contrary, the adults all gathered in Xiao Wu's yard again, looking straight at each other. Complex stared at him together.

The dumbfounded Xiao Wu: ...?