Princess Jinyang of the Tang Dynasty

Li Mingda burst into tears, and couldn't hold back for a moment.Immediately, she heard Li Shimin order Tian Hanshan in a tone-changing voice from the side of the Lizheng Hall, not to spread the news to the outside world for the time being.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid we won't be able to hide this news for a few days." Fang Qirui said worriedly.

"As long as you can hide it, especially Sizi, try to let her know as late as possible." Li Shimin frowned fiercely, never expecting to hear the news of Li Chengqian's sudden death at this time.

Li Shimin was wandering alone in the Lizheng Hall with his hands behind his back. After a long time, he finally stopped, looked heavily at Fang Qirui, and asked with a sigh, "How did he look when he left?"

"It's very peaceful. I took the Anxio fruit, which is very famous in Qizhou. After eating a few, I would fall asleep without any pain." Fang Qirui said.

Li Shimin nodded, and asked Fang Qirui to send someone to secretly bury Li Chengqian, so he didn't say much, and sat alone in silence.

After Fang Qirui took the order, he went out, ordered his subordinates to act according to Li Shimin's orders, and at the same time asked someone to instruct the officials who had passed on the news not to miss anything. No matter who asks in the future, all he needs to do is say that the former prince is gone. Just be calm.

Listening to the sound of footsteps, the Lizheng Palace seemed to have regained its previous calm, but Li Mingda's heart could not be calm.She closed her eyes tightly, tears streaming down her cheeks.Li Mingda immediately dismissed all the people in the house, including Tian Hanshan, and lay on the couch alone.

In the evening, when the meal was delivered, Fang allowed Tian Hanshan and others who were waiting outside to enter the house.

Tian Hanshu was worried all afternoon, he just stared at the door of the house, feeling very worried.Although he didn't know what was going on, the silence at the Legislative Hall and the princess's unusually surprised mood all indicated that something was going to happen.Tian Han wanted to find out about Fang Qirui, but he was afraid that he would not be able to handle it well and reveal the truth about her princess's keen eyesight, so he could only hold it in by himself.After finally waiting for dinner, and seeing that the sage did not intend to ask the princess to have dinner together, Tian Hanshan became more sure that it must be a big deal, so that the father and daughter were in a bad mood, so they decided to eat together All gone.

In the middle of the night, Tian Hanshan, who had been standing and dozing outside, suddenly heard the princess's rapid breathing from inside, so he hurriedly woke up Biyun and asked her to check.Not long after, Biyun came out of the dormitory lightly, and whispered to Tian Hanshan: "I must have had a nightmare, I haven't woken up, and I'm sleeping peacefully now."

Tian Hanshan breathed a sigh of relief, patted his chest, and told Biyun to rest.

Biyun opened her mouth to speak, but Tian Hanshan hurriedly covered her mouth with her index finger, signaling her to keep quiet, and then glanced in the direction of the dormitory.Biyun understood that Tian Hanshan didn't want her to talk too much, and woke up the princess.Nodding his head, he was obedient.

The next morning, when Li Mingda woke up, he saw Tian Hanshu had prepared a cold scarf and put it on her eyes.

"Is it swollen?" Li Mingda raised his head, put the scarf on his eyes, and asked Tian Hanshu how the condition of the saint at Lizheng Hall was.

"Your lord, forgot? Today is the big day, and the sage went to court early in the morning. He hasn't come back yet, so there must be some important matter to discuss." Tian Hanshan speculated.

Li Mingda gave a "hmm" and still raised his head.

Tian Hanshu looked at Li Mingda for a moment, then smiled and told Li Mingda about the meal this morning, "I specially asked them to prepare a few light dishes, just in case your lord won't have an appetite."

"You're so thoughtful, I don't have much appetite. I'm going to be light these few days, don't mess with meat." Li Mingda felt that his eyes were better, so he took off the cold towel, looked at it in front of the bronze mirror, and blinked Eye.

"Is your lord still going to the Department of Mirrors today?" Tian Hanxi asked.

"No," Li Mingda replied immediately, then she frowned and hesitated for a moment, then changed her words, "Let's go."

"If your lord doesn't want to go, I'll ask someone to let me know. If there is any news, there will be no delay. Let them send it to the palace." Tian Hanshan suggested.

Li Mingda shook his head, "No, we'll leave in a while."

After breakfast, Li Mingda waited in the Lizheng Hall for a while, but Li Shimin didn't come back, so Li Mingda was about to leave. When he was going out, he happened to meet Li Hui'an, Princess of Hengshan, who came to look for her.

When Li Hui'an saw Li Mingda, he rushed over as usual, and immediately hugged Li Mingda tightly and did not let go.

"Sister Nineteen has ignored Hui'an these days in order to solve the case. Hui'an is boring all day long." Li Hui'an raised her head pitifully, sniffling at Li Mingda.

Li Mingda pressed her forehead, and said ungratefully: "I just played with you two days ago, I think you are not wronged, but you need to find me. Tell me, what is the purpose?"

After Li Hui'an was distracted by Li Mingda, he laughed embarrassedly, "The Department of Mirrors has been established for several months, and I see Miss Nineteen running there every day, busy with some big case, and I am extremely envious. Think about yourself , It’s nothing more than nothing, I haven’t even seen what the Mirror Department looks like so far.”

"You want to leave the palace?" Li Mingda looked at Li Hui'an.

Li Hui'an hurriedly raised his eyebrows and argued: "It's not for leaving the palace, I just want to visit Nineteenth Sister's Department of Mirrors. I'm curious about what kind of grandeur it looks like there, and I also want to see what Nineteenth Sister is like when she handles a case."

"Okay." Li Mingda agreed with a smile.

Li Hui'an was about to fly up happily, and immediately grabbed Li Mingda's arm, surprised and pleasantly surprised: "Nineteenth sister agrees?"

"Yes, I agree. But it doesn't matter if I agree. What matters is that Aye agrees. You have to pass his test first, and I will take you to the Department of Mirrors." Li Mingda said.

Li Hui'an's originally happy face immediately collapsed, and pouted: "Nineteenth sister is not good to Hui'an, and she even talks around Hui'an. If Aye can agree, why does Hui'an come to find nineteenth sister? Nineteenth sister, You just promise to—"

Li Hui'an blinked pitifully, pulled Li Mingda's arm, dangling it, begging Li Mingda.

Li Mingda didn't accept it, "Be obedient and obedient, go ask Aye what he means, and I will naturally wait for you to go to the Department of Mirrors later."

"But Aye won't agree at all. It's not like I haven't asked for it before." Li Hui'an muttered in a low voice, lowering her head very unhappy.

Li Mingda squinted at Li Hui'an, "Look, it's true, if you think it's difficult, let me do it."

"No, no, Hui'an doesn't mean that." Li Hui'an thought Li Mingda was angry, waved his hands quickly, and explained to Li Mingda nervously, "It's because Nineteenth Sister is smarter than Hui'an, and Hui'an feels that he can't solve the problem. My sister must have a way. Besides, Aye likes to listen to the suggestions of the nineteenth sister, so if the nineteenth sister mentions this matter, there is still a possibility of success. If it were me, I would be rejected eight hundred times."

Li Mingda patted Li Hui'an on the head, "The reason why Aye disagrees with you going to the Der Spiegel Department is not because he prefers to listen to my words. It's because this case is too unlucky. A lot of bones were dug in the Der Spiegel Department's pond, let alone you." It's a child, even adults feel terrified and panic when they see this. So I don't let you go, just to protect you."

Li Hui'an nodded with some understanding, "But Hui'an doesn't want to be a coward. In the future, Hui'an also wants to be like Nineteenth Sister, a woman who is more powerful than men."

"Okay, I'll help you talk to Aye later, but I can't do it today. Without Aye's consent, I can't take you out of the palace without permission. Wei Gong went yesterday, Aye must be in a bad mood, we can't do it at this time If you are not good, you will make Aye unhappy again, okay?" Li Mingda held Li Hui'an's fair face and comforted her patiently.

Li Hui'an was very surprised, and asked again, confirming that Wei Zheng died of illness yesterday, he was very annoyed.Li Hui'an felt that he was very ignorant, and even came here to cause trouble for Li Mingda at this time.She immediately apologized to Li Mingda very sensiblely.

"If you really feel bored these two days, you can ask a few sisters from outside the palace to come in to accompany you. Aren't you and Fang Baozhu, Cheng Lanru and the others very close?" Li Mingda suggested.

Li Hui'an thought for a while, "Let's call her Xiao Wuniang. She has a lively mouth. I like to listen to her talk about various families. It's really interesting."

Li Mingda smiled helplessly, "This Wu Niang can't change her old habit of long tongue."

"But there is a sense of propriety. I didn't tell me which family it was, so I just listened to it and didn't go into it." Li Hui'an said with a smile, and thanked Li Mingda for his suggestion, and she sent someone to send a message to the Xiao family. , let Xiao Wuniang come into the palace to accompany him.

"Go." Li Mingda said.

Li Hui'an happily jumped away.

Li Mingda watched Li Hui'an's back with a smile, and then his face became serious, and then he ordered his horses to be prepared, and went straight to the Department of Mirrors.

……

Liang Guogong's mansion.

Fang Xuanling went to court early in the morning, only Lu Shi was in a daze in the main hall.Lu Shi sat unsteadily, and her whole body exuded an aura of resentment. She tightly clenched the silk handkerchief in her hand, trying to control her anger not to affect anyone or anything.But because of excessive forbearance, her clenched hands trembled slightly, and her whole face also tended to turn pale and blue.

Fang Baozhu came to pay her respects early in the morning. Seeing her mother's face like this, she was so frightened that she didn't even dare to say anything. After saluting, she stood silently beside Lu Shi. After waiting for a long time, she found the courage to ask Lu Shi tentatively. Is something wrong with Shi?

"Hmph." Lu Shi let out an unhappy sound, and then slammed the table hard.

Fang Baozhu immediately shivered with fright.

"Aniang, what's going on here?" Fang Baozhu asked tentatively in a low voice, seeing that Lu's eyes were looking at the front, his eyes were full of hostility, and he didn't pay attention to his intentions at all.Fang Baozhu thought that there would be no way to eat breakfast together, so she walked out slowly and cautiously.

"Hurry up if you want to leave, don't make any tricks to attract attention!" Lu Shi scolded.

Fang Baozhu froze her body, and hurriedly turned around guiltily to salute Lu Shi, and then turned around again, and almost swished out of the door, and hurriedly told the maid at the door as if relieved, to close the door quickly.

Fang Yi was walking over with a smile at this time, seeing Fang Baozhu here, he asked strangely: "Why did you come out and not have dinner together? You are in such a hurry, you have to go to your little sister's place early?"

"What little sister, it's A Niang, I don't know why you're getting angry. I advise you not to go in, lest you get scolded for no reason like me." Fang Baozhu took a deep breath fearfully, and patted her chest.

Fang Yi was puzzled, "Why are you so angry? Scared me again."

After Fang Yi finished speaking, he raised his eyebrows and told Fang Baozhu not to try to scare him.Then he entered the room with a smile, and not long after, Fang Yi ran out with a panicked face.

"Close the door quickly!" After Fang Yi came out, he hurriedly ordered the maid at the door.He spoke in a hurry, as if the door was closed late, and his life was in danger.

Fang Baozhu was standing on the porch not far away, with her hands behind her back and a smile on her lips, she looked cute at first glance, but in fact she was purely waiting to laugh at Fang Yize.

"I won't give up until I reach the Yellow River." Fang Baozhu even raised her eyebrows with deep contempt for Fang Yize.

Fang Yi glared at Fang Baozhu with a blue face, unable to say anything about his suffering.

The two then left the main courtyard.

Fang Baozhu was unhappy at first, but after seeing Fang Yi Ze, who was worse than her, she was not so unhappy.

"Okay, you!" Fang Yi said unbearably.

Fang Baozhu chuckled, a little gloating.

"A Niang, what's going on, what's the reason?" Fang Yi asked.

Fang Baozhu shook her head, "I don't know much more than you, and I'm in a daze now. But while you were going to greet A Niang, I asked the maid in the courtyard. A Niang didn't sleep all night last night. It seems that there was a quarrel with Aye, and Aye later hid in the study alone."

"You don't want to inquire about this kind of thing, it's not the rules." Fang Yi gave Fang Baozhu a reproachful look, and then asked, "What is the reason?"

Fang Baozhu cast a helpless glance at Fang Yize, "I don't know."

"Don't be angry, tell me quickly." Fang Yi said with a smile.

"I really don't know." Fang Baozhu increased her volume, then she thought for a while, and said to Fang Yi, "But the maidservants said that someone came to the palace yesterday, they closed the door to ask questions, and then they left in a hurry. Afterwards, A Niang was upset, and immediately asked someone to call Aye back."

"Yes, it must be because of this." Fang Yi said affirmatively, "Let's quickly find out what happened."

"Irregularity." Fang Baozhu immediately returned what Fang Yize said to her earlier.

Fang Yi laughed, "We care about Auntie, and it's a good intention to show our filial piety."

"Come on, it's no wonder I believe you." Fang Baozhu waved her hand, but she didn't dare to get involved.She has seen her mother's temper just now, and this will offend her mother again, and she doesn't know how she died when she turned around.

"I still hope to have meat to eat in the future. If you want to do it, do it yourself, don't take me with you." Seeing Fang Yi, Fang Baozhu tried to persuade herself, and hurriedly stopped him.

Fang Yi was startled for a moment, then suddenly thought of something, glared at Fang Baozhu and said, "We can ask elder brother, he probably knows about it. Even if he doesn't know, letting elder brother go out and talk to A Niang is better than the two of us. A hundred times better."

"That's a good idea." Fang Baozhu was shaken, and then he and Fang Yize made a decisive decision, and the two ran to Fang Yizhi's yard together.

When Fang Baozhu and Fang Yi arrived, Fang Yi was eating quietly.

Fang Baozhu raised her eyebrows, "Look, I said that the eldest brother must know the truth, so I ate it first, unlike us two idiots who went to provoke A Niang."

After Fang Baozhu finished speaking, she sat down at the table.After Fang Yi agreed, he also sat down, then looked at the dishes on the table, and asked the servant girl to prepare bowls for them as well.

After Fang Yizhi finished his last bite, he put down his chopsticks and looked up at the two of them.

Fang Baozhu winks at Fang Yize.Fang Yi didn't dare to say anything, and winked back again.

Fang Baozhu had no choice but to bravely speak first, "A Niang and Aye seem to have had a quarrel last night, and they didn't sleep all night."

Fang Yi didn't say a word, still staring at Fang Baozhu.

Fang Baozhu stretched out her hand and scratched her forehead, and continued to explain the whole thing with a guilty conscience, "It seems that it was because of something that came from the palace last night. Brother, why don't you take care of it and ask if there is anything important?" If she doesn't sleep all night and is still angry in the morning, it must be bad for her health. Besides, if she continues to be so angry, our family will not be able to eat well in the future."

Fang Yi hastily added: "What are you talking about? What matters is Auntie. You can mention what you eat."

"It will be fine in two days. Since you can let your temper out, nothing will happen." Fang Yi said bluntly and let Fang Yize and Fang Baozhu have a good meal. After he ordered the servants to prepare the horse, he immediately carried it He ran to the main room to pay his respects to Mrs. Lu.

Lu Shi was nodding his head and rubbing his head irritably, when he suddenly heard that Fang Yi was coming, Lu Shi was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to react.Then seeing his son bowing to him indifferently as usual, the panic in Lu Shi's heart was slightly calmed down.

After Lu asked Fang Yizhi to sit down, he observed Fang Yizhi silently for a while, and then asked inquiringly, "Did you sleep well last night?"

Fang Yi looked straight at Lu Shi, "I heard that Auntie stayed up all night and quarreled with Aye?"

"Which mouth is owed to slap, tell you these?" Lu's eyebrows furrowed, and a stern look flashed in his eyes.

"I just said this because I care about A Niang's health." Fang Yi asked Lu not to punish the servants too much, "If A Niang is because of his son, there is no need. Wei Gong went there yesterday, and he must die. The current situation is very pitiful, the saint has a moment of pity, and no one can control what decision he makes."

"But this decision is related to your life-long event. If it had nothing to do with you, I wouldn't bother to care about how much favor and favor the saint gave to the Wei family." Lu said angrily, "Could it be possible that you forgot what you said before, and that you were so angry at the time?" It doesn’t matter if you work hard to say what Princess Xinyue said? Are you going to be like your father, accepting the imperial decree, and accepting your fate if you say you will accept your fate?”

"I don't admit it. It's as simple as refusing the marriage and refusing the holy face. It's just a matter of touching the upper and lower lips. But what about after that? Can I still marry the princess?" Fang Yi met Shang Lu's angry eyes.

Lu was stunned for a moment, "That...you are right. It is easy to refuse a marriage, but it is difficult to marry a princess after you refuse a marriage. Now the saint doesn't even mean to ask us, but just sends someone to confirm whether you are married or not. , so he directly made the decision to marry the second wife of the Wei family, thinking about it, he has no intention of letting you be with Princess Jinyang at all."

"No discussion, just marriage. In my opinion, this is a good thing among bad things. It shows that the sage was very hasty when he made a decision, in order to appease Duke Wei. Since it was an impulsive decision without careful consideration, then There is room for things to turn around.”

Lu Shi was silent for a while, and said straight to Fang Yi: "You are right, you are like your father after all, I don't have the patience to ponder these things."

"Wei Gong just died, and I once refused to marry. If we go forward and say something at this time, I'm afraid we will be rejected by the sage." Fang Yi said straightly, "In the eyes of the sage, no matter how important marriage is, it's important. It's the emperor's face."

Lu Shi nodded, frowned and said with some discomfort: "My son has a good marriage, just like this... Sigh!"

"Mother, don't worry, there are still three years of filial piety after Wei Gong's death, and it will be a long time." Fang Yi asked Lu not to think too much.

"Okay." Lu Shi took a breather, and there was a lot of worry in his frowning brows.But she still chose to trust her eldest son. Seeing that this child was unruffled and stable in the face of danger, Lu Shi had inexplicable confidence in him.

Fang Yi bowed and resigned, and went to investigate the case.

After watching Fang Yizhi leave, Lu began to think about how he should get along with the people in Zheng Guogong's mansion in the future.Originally, Lu Shi didn't have a bad impression of Pei Shi, but now because of her daughter's marriage, Lu Shi felt awkward no matter what.If it wasn't for the elders of the Wei family to say something like this, the sage wouldn't have said such a thing.

When Fang Xuanling came back from court, Lu couldn't help but continue to complain to Fang Xuanling about this bad thing.

"I said why Mrs. Pei was so warm and polite when I met me the last two times. I thought she was polite, but now it seems that she has already thought about getting married." Lu regretted it, "At that time, I should If you don't give her a good face, no matter how she misunderstands, she will marry us if she is sensible."

"What are you thinking? Since the decree of marriage has been issued, you should be honest and don't think about it." After Fang Xuanling said, he sent the decree to Lu Shi.

Lu didn't answer, "I don't care, anyway, I don't want Wei Erniang to be my eldest daughter-in-law. If she dares to come in, I dare to kick her out."

"Nonsense, it's a shame you came from the Shili family." Fang Xuanling explained to Lu Shi that no matter how twists and turns things were, Wei Erniang was an innocent child after all, and if she really entered the Fang family's door in the future, she should be treated well.

"Innocent, they are all innocent, but our son is the least innocent!" Lu Shi glared at Fang Xuanling angrily, without saying a word, got up and left.

……

Zheng Guogong's mansion.

Wei Wanshu accompanied her mother, and after a day of planning for the funeral, she finally had time to rest and was supported by the maid to lie on the couch.

The maid hurriedly massaged Wei Wanshu's legs.

At this time, Wei Shuyu came in.Wei Wanshu hurriedly sat up and dismissed the idlers in the room.