After the prosperous Tang Dynasty

Autumn goes to winter, and the first snow makes it colder.

When the end of the new year was approaching, the New Year's ceremony in Chang'an City was brought over as in previous years.Along with him, apart from the family letter from Duke Xu's mansion, there was also the result of Xiao Yansui staying in Chang'an City to investigate Princess Wan'an's subordinates.

Xiao Song leaned back on the chair, took his own reading glasses from the table next to him, slowly put them on the bridge of his nose, and subconsciously lifted the secret letter in his hand and pushed it away. After reading each word, he asked, "Is Liu Niang at home? Tell her to come over."

The maid in charge beside him paused for a moment, and then explained: "Today, Li Tan from the East Palace came, and Liu Niang went out with him in the morning, and she might not come back until evening."

"Oh yes, Liu Niang told me yesterday that she wants to go out to play." Xiao Song smiled and nodded, then said again: "Then send someone out to look for it, and call them both!"

The servant girl was slightly startled, she didn't know what happened, but she immediately responded: "Yes."

Compared with the huge Chang'an City, Shanhai Town is much smaller and exquisite. It is only this big. Xiao Yansui and Li Tan said they were going out for fun, but in fact, most of the time, it was Li Tan who accompanied Xiao Yansui. Learn about the situation in fields, river water conservancy and other places.

Xiao Song said that he was looking for someone, so the manpower at the old house was naturally arranged immediately. There were servants and guards who went out with Xiao Yansui to do things together in the past. Someone was found nearby.

Xiao Yansui was slightly surprised when he received the news, "Ah Weng is in a hurry to see me?"

However, before the words finished, Xiao Yansui had already shaken her hands, put down the greenhouse crops that she was still tinkering with, and planned to go home.

Li Tan immediately handed over a handkerchief, wiped her hands, and asked in a low voice, "Shall I take you home?"

The guard who came over to deliver the message took a look at Li Tan, and said respectfully, "Sanggong also invited Li Jiasanlang."

Although Li Tan has already been named the King of Jianning, since this is in Shanhai Town, it is a bit eye-catching to keep shouting like that.

Moreover, except when Li Tan came to visit for the first time, Xiao Song also politely called Li Tan "Jianning King", and then changed to the more familiar "Sanlang".

However, perhaps because of staying away from Chang'an City, Xiao Song's attitude towards Li Tan has become much more cordial than before, especially when Xiao Yansui played with him, he turned a blind eye. One eye, completely laissez-faire, made Li Tan secretly happy while feeling unspeakable uneasy.

When Xiao Yansui and Li Tan returned home, Xiao Song had already taken off his presbyopic glasses again, and was sitting by the window basking in the sun, squinting his eyes as if dozing off.

"Ah Weng!" Xiao Yansui's voice came briskly, the words came before the person arrived.

"Xiao Xianggong." Li Tan followed closely behind, but although he had been by Xiao Yansui's side all the time, his words seemed much more solemn, unlike when the two of them got along in private.

Only then did Xiao Song open his eyes, glanced at the two with a smile, and beckoned them to sit down, "Sit down!"

The maidservant had already brought the good tea, but after that, she left the room silently, leaving the peace of this room to Xiao Song, Xiao Yansui's grandfather and grandson, plus Li Tan.

Xiao Song took a look at Li Tan who was sitting directly next to Xiao Yansui's lower seat, and felt a little slanderous, but seeing the close and casual appearance of these two children, he couldn't help laughing a little.

He directly handed the letter in his hand to Xiao Yansui, "You two should read this first!"

Xiao Yansui took the letter, and at a glance, she knew it was from her family.

Sitting next to her, Li Tan naturally scanned the content of the letter, and inevitably, a look of surprise flashed across his face.

After quickly reading the secret letter, Xiao Yansui couldn't hide her astonishment, "Li Linfu actually buried a nail under Princess Wan'an?"

Although Xiao Song had told her about the various possibilities before, but now that it was actually confirmed, Xiao Yansui was still a little stunned.

"Li Linfu has been in power for many years. If Princess Wan'an has been hostile to her and kept a few people on purpose, it's not surprising." Xiao Song waved his hand, glanced at Li Tan, and said: "Before, in Wei Jian's case, there was also Du In the case of You Neighbor, although there are many accusations of framing, how do you think Li Linfu got hold of those things?"

Xiao Yansui didn't say anything, but a thought flashed through Li Tan's mind.However, after thinking about it, he was unavoidably hesitant--Xiao Song would expose Li Linfu's methods in front of him without any concealment, did he intend to pass the news to the East Palace through him, to see the crown prince Li Heng and Li Linfu fight to the death, or just It's just because of his relationship with Xiao Yansui that Xiao Song is not so alien to him.

If it was the latter, Li Tan would naturally choose to remain silent instead of wantonly breaking Xiao Song's shallow trust in him.

After reading this letter, Xiao Yansui glanced at the table next to his grandfather. Obviously, the other two letters placed on it, which Xiao Song did not mention, should be private matters that Li Tan did not intend to know. Thinking of this, Xiao Yansui didn't ask any more questions, but said casually: "There seems to be no apparent confrontation between Princess Wan'an and Li Linfu these years, except for the secret framing."

Xiao Song said with a smile: "After all, Princess Wan'an has no real power in her hands. What she relies on is nothing more than the little bit of guilt and love that the saint had for her back then."

After all, no matter how resentful Princess Wan'an was at the beginning, in front of Xuanzong, she always behaved in accordance with Xuanzong's thoughts, even between father and daughter, relying on years of hard work to please, Naturally, he can stand out from the many children of Xuanzong.

"It's a pity." Xiao Yansui felt a little regretful.

Speaking of which, before Xiao Song took office, Li Linfu and Xiao Song had been wrestling with each other secretly, especially now that Li Linfu is still supporting An Lushan, if we can see Princess Wan'an and Li Linfu biting dogs, with Princess Wan'an's almost morbid madness In addition, Dong Gong, who has been suppressed by Li Linfu many times but is struggling to survive, will inevitably intervene, maybe it can really drag Li Linfu into the water.

However, Xiao Yansui also understands that it is true that Princess Wan'an's character is a bit antisocial, but she is quite cautious in her actions. Li Linfu is still in power, so she cannot deal with Li Linfu regardless of the cost. Back then, when he was hostile to Xiao Song, the final resort fell on Xiao Yansui, and it can be seen from the way he made so many detours to try to cause Xiao Song and Li Linfu to fight.

After talking for a while, Xiao Song looked at his granddaughter and Li Tan, and couldn't help but compare each other for a long time.

There is no prince Li Heng here, and there are no many calculations in Chang'an City. In this way, even if he can roughly guess the plan of the East Palace, when Xiao Song looks at Li Tan, he still finds it much more pleasing to the eye.

Of course, the most important thing is that with his granddaughter's somewhat weird hobbies and temperament, she can get along well with Xiao Yansui without any reluctance. From Xiao Song's point of view, it can only be that the two children happen to be married. Especially for this reason.

But it's still early for my granddaughter's ceremony...

The corner of Xiao Song's mouth under the white beard twitched slightly, and he waved his hands, indicating that he was fine here, and Xiao Yansui and Li Tan could go out to play.

Seeing this, Xiao Yansui didn't stay any longer, just smiled and said, "Aunt, I'll come over to have dinner with you tonight." Then he directly pulled Li Tan out.

The beagle and several other dogs were faintly barking cheerfully in the yard.

Putting aside what happened just now, Xiao Yansui turned to look at Li Tan, and asked, "It's almost Chinese New Year, are you going back to Chang'an City?"

Li Tan also looked down at her, then nodded slowly, with a gentle smile, there was still a bit of reluctance.

It is said that he came to Yangzhou City with a false job, but no matter what the mood of the sheriff of Yangzhou City was, anyway, on Li Tan's side, except for the first few days, he was still in Yangzhou City, and the rest was almost nothing. Moved to the Xiao family's old house in Shanhai Town.

Not to mention that the sheriff in Yangzhou city was worried at first that the king of Jianning would seize power for Prince Li Heng and intervene in the affairs of Yangzhou city. Regarding local affairs, the other party didn't even have the intention to join in the fun. Under the stunned attention of the sheriff, Li Tan's enthusiasm was basically used in dealing with the Lanling Xiao family...

However, regardless of Duke Xu's mansion, which is still in the center of power, King Jianning actually found another way to get here. Even if Xiao Song was the prime minister of the dynasty before he became an official, in the eyes of others, Li Tan's approach is absolutely inexplicable.

"However, even if you go back for a new year, after the first month, you should come back." Li Tan suddenly said again.

"Ah?" Xiao Yansui was stunned subconsciously, and couldn't help but look up at her.

The two looked at each other for a while, Li Tan stretched out his hand, and gently stroked her hair, "I don't have any job right now, and what I have now is nothing more than empty jobs. In fact, if I stay away from Chang'an City, Saints may be more happy to see Donggong like this."

As Xuanzong got older, his temperament naturally became more eccentric and suspicious.

However, the crown prince is the crown prince of a country. No matter how much he has been suppressed before, as long as Xuanzong does not reveal his intention to abolish the crown prince, it is inevitable that the forces in the court will gradually move closer to the East Palace, and the East Palace will become stronger day by day. In fact, it was a matter of course during the transfer of imperial power.

It's just that this natural overlapping of imperial power also made Xuanzong look down on the East Palace even more. Naturally, Prince Li Heng can only behave with his tail between his legs. The more he gradually gains power, the more trembling he can't help ...

After a while, Xiao Yansui also smiled, then looked at him and said, "That's just right, please help me deliver a letter to Wu Lang!"

Xiao Yansui and Xiao Wu often communicated by letter, especially avoiding the elders in the family. In fact, Li Tan knew more or less about this.

Hearing what she said, Li Tan couldn't help laughing, "Okay," he agreed softly, and added: "When I come back, maybe I can bring back Wulang's letter for you."

Xiao Yansui nodded, her eyes were bright, with a little expectation, besides Xiao Wu's letter, more, of course, it was his return.