After the prosperous Tang Dynasty

Xiao Yansui did have a lot of things to tell his grandfather Xiao Song.

After a good night's rest at home, the next morning, Xiao Yansui went directly to his grandfather's side. During breakfast, the grandparents and grandson were still chatting about family affairs, and then Xiao Yansui's topic turned directly to on those other things.

From her chance encounter with Princess Wan'an when she returned to Chang'an this time, to the old stories she got from Master Daojue when she visited Ximing Temple again, as for the two waves of people behind the scenes who have not yet found out the results, it is the most important thing.

In addition, Xiao Yansui did not fall behind the current situation in Chang'an City: Xuanzong himself had a partial and partial attitude towards Li Linfu, An Lushan and others. role, and although he is far in the northwest, he seems to have become the general Wang Zhongsi who Xuanzong detested.Even the fact that Li Tan might come to visit in a few days, together with Xuanzong's appointment of the crown prince's almost adult sons as kings, and the recent round of open and secret fighting between Li Linfu and the East Palace, Xiao Yansui was also concerned. He told his grandfather Xiao Song in detail what he had learned.

Leaving aside other major affairs in the court, Xiao Song couldn't help but frown at the inexplicable and lingering Princess Wan'an.

More than ten years ago, Xiao Yansui had an accident in the Ximing Temple. It was because of Xuanzong that he picked it up high and put it down gently.

If it wasn't for Princess Wan'an being Xuanzong's own daughter, and because Xuanzong was so considerate to her when Princess Wan'an became a monk in the early years, and his precious granddaughter was harmed like this, Xiao Song would never let it go so easily...

"In the beginning, it was indeed Li Linfu and the clan's people who suggested that the saint's children should become monks and pray for blessings." Xiao Song thoughtfully recalled the past, and gently scratched his long beautiful beard.

At that time, although Xiao Song was trusted by Xuanzong, it was natural that those clans who had the same surname as Xuanzong's surname Li spoke up more legitimately.

However, when Xiao Yansui mentioned this, Xiao Song suddenly realized: "You said that Princess Wan'an has hated Li Linfu since then? I never thought about these things before. After all, Princess Wan'an who became a monk and a female Taoist If she is not in power, even if she does have this intention, she probably does not pose any threat to Li Linfu."

A thought suddenly flashed through Xiao Yansui's mind, but the thought just now was too vague and fleeting, she just frowned slightly, but didn't say much, just continued to listen to the words of her grandfather Xiao Song. say.

"...As for you, the two groups of people who followed you in Chang'an City all entered Princess Wan'an's residence, but Ah Weng thinks that one of them should be sent by Princess Wan'an," Xiao Song said. , and couldn't help but shook her head and said: "This daughter of the sage, the experience of becoming a monk these years has not allowed her to cultivate her morals, but her behavior has become more cruel."

"What about the other group of people, what guesses do Ah Weng have?" Xiao Yansui asked while pouring tea for Xiao Song.

"Li Linfu." Xiao Song answered quite simply, but also with an indescribable certainty.

"Li Linfu?" Xiao Yansui was somewhat surprised when he heard this, "Why does Ah Weng think that the other person was instructed by Li Linfu?"

Xiao Song just said: "Li Linfu is a cunning man, and the city is extremely deep. Don't just look at him being slanderous and flattering in front of saints. Li Linfu has been sitting on the position of prime minister and controlling the government for these years, and he is not only a saint. Favor."

Xiao Yansui blinked, and said softly: "A person who can be a prime minister is naturally not someone who is waiting for nothing."

Xiao Song nodded slowly, and said with a slightly emotional smile: "You have some friendship with Li Tan in the East Palace. I guess, from his mouth, you should have heard about the open and secret struggles between Li Linfu and the crown prince Li Heng. If you can win the kingdom Prince Chu has suppressed him so far, but Li Linfu's eloquent rhetoric in front of the saint is not enough."

Xiao Yansui was embarrassed, but he affirmed in his mouth: "To be able to win over party members and weave charges, and to use methods in the Wei Jian case and the Du Youlin case, if not for Prince Li Heng's quick insight, it might be a It is indeed a lot of effort to be able to frame others in such a situation where one hit is sure to kill."

For the crown prince Li Heng, Xiao Song's evaluation was not very high, he just shook his head and said softly: "Where is the crown prince who sees the opportunity quickly, it's just that the case of the three concubines is ahead, and the lessons learned from the waste of the crown prince Li Ying are still there, and the sage also Worried about the instability of the court, I have no intention of abolishing the crown prince."

To put it bluntly, Prince Li Hengming is better off.

Although there are Concubine Wu Hui and Li Linfu who are eyeing the position of the East Palace, but Concubine Wu Hui, who had amazing fighting power, died early, and the longevity king Li Mao was involved in Concubine Yang's business, leaving only one archenemy Li Linfu. Li Linfu's sphere of influence is only Confined to the former dynasty, there will be no one in the harem who will whisper to Xuanzong at any time to trip the prince.

After thinking for a while, Xiao Song slowly stroked the teacup that his granddaughter had just handed over to him. After a while, he suddenly said: "If what the great monk at Ximing Temple said is true and Princess Wan'an feels resentment towards Li Linfu, then , Why did she target you back then, Ah Weng somewhat understands..."

Xiao Yansui opened her eyes slightly, and asked directly: "How do you say?"

To be honest, Princess Wan'an's inexplicable hostility towards him has always been a mystery to Xiao Yansui.

Xiao Song said slowly: "This is just a guess from Ah Weng, you just listen to it first. Based on what I know about Li Linfu and his temperament, since he will specifically bury nails in Princess Wan'an's mansion, That means that the two of them have been fighting for a long time, and the grievances are deep. Yes, although Princess Wan'an does not have much power in her hands, although the saint has many children, very few are favored. Princess An can be counted as one..."

"Back then, Princess Wan'an wanted to cause an accident to hurt you in Ximing Temple. Later, when Gao Lishi led people to investigate the case, didn't he also say that the people at that time were a bit complicated?"

Xiao Yansui opened her eyes wide, frowned slightly, carefully analyzed every word that grandfather Xiao Song said, and nodded from time to time.

"If Li Linfu learned about Princess Wan'an's plan at that time, then this matter would make sense. Liu Niang, you were still young at that time, so you probably don't remember much. At that time, your hand Most of the injuries on your body were caused by trying to escape, not by those who intentionally harmed you. Think about it from another angle, a group of people planned for a long time, but finally let you find a chance to escape, what is the biggest reason?"

Xiao Yansui was startled, squinted his eyes, suppressed the somewhat unbelievable emotions in his heart, and suddenly said: "They did it on purpose!?"

"Of course someone let you go on purpose, but not everyone is happy to see you go home safely." Xiao Song also squinted his eyes, his seemingly old eyes were full of light. The expressions on their faces were all the same.

It has been too long since what happened back then, and even Xiao Song had many guesses, which can no longer be verified based on the testimony of Master Daojue of Ximing Temple alone, and he can only rely on his understanding of Li Linfu for many years, and Wan An The princess's behavior style was roughly guessed: "Anyway, Liu Niang, your actions at the beginning must have been beyond the expectations of the people behind the scenes. Perhaps, it was because you got away first, and because you bumped into the Zhang family boy. It was all together, so that the black hands behind the scenes had nothing to do at that time, which led to the investigation of this matter, which seemed strange and incomprehensible."

"..." Xiao Yansui looked at his grandfather Xiao Song innocently.She suddenly felt that she might not have enough brains when it comes to conspiracy.

Xiao Song looked at her for a while, smiled helplessly, reached out and touched the head of his precious granddaughter, and then directly gave an example and explained in detail: "For example, Princess Wan'an knows that she has Li Linfu under her command. People, deliberately set up a bureau, after taking you away from Ximing Temple, trying to find a way to lead to Li Linfu, so as to cause a fight between Ah Weng and Li Linfu."

"Borrowing a knife to kill someone?" Xiao Yansui said softly.

After a while, her voice was a little subtle, "Ah Weng, if Princess Wan'an hates Li Linfu deeply, will you block the knife for Li Linfu!?"

Xiao Song: "..."

The grandfather and grandson were in complicated moods. After looking at each other for a while, Xiao Song nodded and said delicately, "It's really possible."

After thinking for a while, Xiao Song said again: "Besides, there is another possibility that Princess Wan'an harbors malice towards you, and Li Linfu tried to add fire to it, making our family confront Princess Wan'an— "

Xiao Yansui twitched the corner of her mouth, "If it's this way of thinking, Li Linfu seems to have succeeded."

Xiao Song smiled and waved his hands, blinked at Xiao Yansui, and denied: "The sage put the matter down, and Ah Weng didn't pursue it to the end. No problem."

A cold war that won't hurt muscles and bones, and doesn't affect the situation in the court at all, is nothing to an old fox like Xiao Song who has been in the court for decades.

It was as if he and Li Linfu had disagreed over the years, but the struggle between the two of them had never been brought to the surface. After Xiao Song became an official, Li Linfu naturally stopped at the right time and just put it out. An illusion of having been an official in the same dynasty for many years and with deep feelings is absolutely out of the question.

In contrast, the previous struggle between Li Linfu and Prince Li Heng was bloody, endless!

Xiao Song couldn't help but glanced at his granddaughter again, patted her head, and said: "If something really happened to you back then, Ah Weng would have to investigate it to the end, even a sage, it's impossible to do it again Suppress this matter. However, if things really develop according to the design of the mastermind behind the scenes, whether the Xiao family will continue to die with Li Linfu, or stare at Princess Wan'an to death, is still unknown. It all depends on the two of them. Who left more clues at that time..."

Xiao Yansui pursed her lips. Although it was just a hypothesis, it still felt wrong to assume that something happened to her back then...

In other words, if it wasn't her who encountered the incident back then, but a real five or six-year-old child, maybe something serious would happen.

After being comforted by his grandfather Xiao Song and stroking his head twice, probably after smoothing the beagle, Xiao Yansui sat there, paused for a while, reorganized his thoughts, and said softly: "The snipe and the clam are fighting each other." , the fisherman reaps the benefits—at that time, all three parties were implicated in it, but it is not known whether Li Linfu or Princess Wan'an can reap the benefits of the fisherman."

After thinking for a while, Xiao Yansui suddenly said again: "No, Ah Weng, there is one more prerequisite, why does Princess Wan'an hate me so deeply?"

Even if Xiao Yansui had revenge later, she and Princess Wan'an were hostile to each other. It can be said that there has been a grudge for many years. Even if Princess Wan'an hated her even more, Xiao Yansui could understand, but at first, Xiao Yansui did not He felt that, as a five or six-year-old child, he could offend Princess Wan'an.

Speaking of this, Xiao Yansui simply summed up some of his thoughts about this matter with Li Tan before, and told Xiao Song.

Xiao Yansui felt that Princess Wan'an was a bit paranoid, and probably a bit anti-social. However, he had experienced the battle between Xuanzong and Princess Taiping in his early years. For a woman with the status of a princess, Xiao Song was quite good at this matter. I do have my own thoughts and opinions.

"Liu Niang, what do you think a favored princess wants most?" Xiao Song didn't answer directly, but asked with a smile.

Xiao Yansui couldn't help but startled.

However, Xiao Song himself did not intend to ask his granddaughter to answer this question. After a slight pause, he answered in a very soft but firm voice, "It's the right."

"..." Xiao Yansui blinked, but said nothing.

However, Xiao Song casually counted several famous princesses in the Tang Dynasty. Among them, the two most famous ones are naturally Empress Wu's beloved daughter, Princess Taiping who once seriously controlled the government, and Princess Taiping who was only one step away from becoming the empress dowager. Princess Anle who is far away.

It is also a coincidence that these two once powerful women were all defeated by Xuanzong Li Longji...

Xiao Yansui was noncommittal about the theory that her grandfather summed up, "If what a princess wants most is not political power, it means she is not favored enough". Princess Anle, it was all just a few decades ago, and the people who participated in those coups are still there. Speaking of these things, it’s really not too far away...

Moreover, if one thinks along the line of thought of grandfather Xiao Song, it seems that the matter of Princess Wan'an's madness also has logic to follow.

The usual way of thinking of several favored princesses in the Tang Dynasty who can make a big statement in history is that being loved is the first step, and interfering in the government is the second step. At present, ascending to Dabao is almost the ultimate goal that these princesses have not yet achieved.

Following the old path of Tang Dynasty princesses wanting political rights, Li Linfu and the people of the clan proposed that Princess Wanan pray for her father, which basically ruined her important step in seizing power. Accounting for vulgar things is customary.

Back then, Princess Taiping became a monk in order to avoid the marriage proposals praised by Tubo. However, she was the daughter of Emperor Gaozong and Empress Wu, and she returned to vulgarity directly after a year. In the words of Princess Wan'an, it can be said that the matter of becoming a female Taoist priest almost ruined her whole life.

At that time, if Xiao Song asked any of his sons to get engaged to Princess Wan'an, Xuanzong would definitely agree. Naturally, the person who became a monk to pray for blessings would definitely be replaced.

However, Xiao Song obviously didn't have this idea. With Princess Wan'an's paranoia, it seems reasonable to hate Xiao Song for this reason.

However, whether it is Li Linfu or Xiao Song, it is obvious that Princess Wan'an cannot deal with it alone. It just so happens that the two of them are also political enemies. However, the conflict between the two sides is not too sharp, and they have never confronted each other head-on.Princess Wan'an intentionally provoked a fight between Li Linfu and Xiao Song, wouldn't it be nice to be able to deal with two great enemies at once?

"As for why Wan'an followed you instead of Saburo Goro and the others," Xiao Song looked at his granddaughter with a "=,=" expression, and recalled lovingly: "Speaking of these things, I really want to Come to think of it, Princess Wan'an was still living in the palace when she first became a monk, and I should have mentioned you when I chatted with the saint in private."

So many years have passed, Xiao Song has long forgotten what he said to Xuanzong in detail at that time, but when he suddenly mentioned it today, he just remembered in a daze, when he and the saint were chatting about family matters in private Indeed, once, she ran into Princess Wan'an who had just become a monk.

Princess Wan'an had just become a monk at that time, and her emotional state should have been quite wrong. With her secret resentment towards Xiao Song, under such circumstances, she heard Xiao Song's first and only love for her. The little granddaughter's heart of love and protection made her angry, and she naturally regarded the much-loved Xiao Yansui as a thorn in her side.

After all, "things are rare and precious", among the grandchildren of Xiao Song's direct relatives, only Xiao Yansui is a girl, and Princess Wan'an is also a woman, so maybe she feels more deeply about this and hates it even more.