Princess Jinyang of the Tang Dynasty

After Li Mingda asked the little eunuch's name, he said: "Follow me back to the palace, I have something to bring to your noble lord."

After finishing speaking, Li Mingda walked quickly.

The little eunuch Fang Deqing hurriedly followed.

After arriving at the Lizheng Hall, Li Mingda took out an orchid handkerchief from the table and handed it to him.

Fang Deqing immediately agreed with a smile, "I couldn't find it a few days ago, so I left it here."

After finishing speaking, Fang Deqing took the veil and realized that something was wrong, and felt very guilty.

Li Mingda looked at him, "Coincidentally, I also have a handkerchief exactly like this one."

Li Mingda took out his square orchid handkerchief and showed it to Fang Deqing.

Fang Deqing was stunned, his face embarrassed, "This..."

"There is another one, I found it at the place where I fell off the cliff, and the stitching method is not from me." Li Mingda put the lotus handkerchief on the table again.

Fang Deqing was so frightened that his whole body trembled immediately, and he knelt down and kowtowed to make amends, but he didn't dare to say a word.

Li Mingda knew that he had the heart to protect him, so he didn't expect him to tell all the truth.This test was just to confirm that the two handkerchiefs really belonged to Li Hui'an.

"She can't hide things in her heart. Tomorrow is her canonization ceremony. After that, I will talk to her. Go back."

Fang Deqing panicked and agreed, so he withdrew.

Not long after, he turned back to see Li Mingda again.Li Hui'an learned that Li Mingda went to see her early in the morning, but he didn't see her, so he felt regretful and planned to come over for dinner later.

"There's no need for her to come, I'll go."

Li Mingda drank tea for a while, guessing that Li Hui'an had almost finished his meal, he got up and went straight to Wude Hall.

Before entering the palace, Li Mingda heard Li Hui'an's crisp voice, calling to go to the Lizheng Palace.Then a eunuch sent word that she was coming, Li Hui'an happily ran out of the bedroom, rushed to Li Mingda happily, and held her hand.

"The canonization ceremony is so troublesome, sister nineteen, come and teach me more etiquette." Li Hui'an begged.

Li Hui'an has a baby face, puffy face when he smiles, and a pair of small black phoenix eyes, which is very cute.

Li Mingda looked at her, and naturally wanted to laugh, and then became happy.

"You're so smart, you don't need me to teach you. I only teach you a little bit, but all the ceremonies are inevitably complicated and time-consuming, which is annoying. You can just recite in your heart, 'Just get through today', and it will be very useful."

Li Hui'an carefully remembered Li Mingda's words, and then nodded obediently.

Then the sisters came to review the etiquette together.

……

The next day, auspicious time.

The princess canonization ceremony begins, and the 21st emperor of the sage, Li Hui'an, is officially canonized as Princess Hengshan, and this is announced to the world.

Li Hui'an was thinking about the sentence that Li Mingda told him. After finally getting through the ceremony and noon, he could finally relax and came to play with Li Mingda.Seeing that Li Mingda was practicing calligraphy, she asked Li Mingda to teach her how to write Feibai style.

Li Mingda wrote eight characters for her to copy.

Li Hui'an was well-behaved, he sat at the table for half an hour, and did not ask Li Mingda to come over until he learned something.

"Oh, after practicing for so long, I still can't learn well. I can't write like Miss Nineteen." Li Hui'an pouted unhappily.

Li Mingda served her tea, turned his head to look at Lu Hui'an's handwriting, "It's only been a while, and you've already learned a lot."

"Nineteenth Sister coaxed me again." Li Huian glanced at his cup, then at Li Mingda's, and said strangely, "Nineteenth Sister's tea, why didn't you put ginger and onion in it? When Nineteenth Sister drank tea Don't you put them all?"

"It's a habit that I should have recently, and the taste is weak."

"Then I won't let it go, just like Nineteenth Sister." Li Hui'an pushed out his teacup and asked the maid to change the tea.

Li Mingda looked at her with a smile: "Why learn from me?"

"Sister Nineteen is a role model for Hui'an to learn from, and will always be." Li Hui'an stuck out her tongue at Li Mingda mischievously.

"Huian is so good. By the way, I want to ask you something today. Are you willing to tell me the truth?" Li Mingda said gently.

Hearing this, Li Hui'an nodded solemnly, sat upright and looked at Li Mingda, and asked Li Mingda to tell her that she would never lie to Nineteenth Sister.

"Is this handkerchief yours?" Li Mingda showed the orchid handkerchief to Li Hui'an.

Li Hui'an took it to have a look, with a cautious expression on his face, and asked Li Mingda: "Isn't this the nineteenth sister's?"

Seeing Li Mingda shaking his head and showing her her own piece, Li Hui'an bowed his head in embarrassment, and admitted falteringly: "Then this piece should be mine. I lost it a few days ago and made me embroider it again." I picked up a piece. Where did Miss Nineteen pick it up?"

Li Mingda didn't directly answer Li Hui'an's words, and continued to show her the lotus handkerchief, "Then this one is yours too."

When Li Hui'an saw the lotus handkerchief, his eyes widened slightly, he was startled, and immediately stood up, not daring to sit beside Li Mingda.

"This, this..." Li Hui'an shook his body and stepped back again and again, even his originally flushed face instantly turned pale.Li Hui'an was very annoyed at her stupidity at the moment, she was so happy today, Nineteenth Sister asked her about the handkerchief earlier, she forgot about it.

Fang Deqing hurriedly went to help his princess, so that she would not be unstable and fall again.

"Huian, what are you afraid of? Afraid that I will blame you for doing something wrong? Even if you pushed me off the cliff, I wouldn't have the heart to blame you too much. You are still young and don't understand many things. Nineteenth sister can understand." Li Mingda said.

Li Hui'an shook his head hastily, "It's not me! Even if I fell off a cliff by myself, I wouldn't have the heart to hurt a single hair of Nineteenth Sister. I, I am..."

"Then what is more serious than this, so that you dare not say it?" Li Mingda stretched out his hand to Li Hui'an, asking her to come over.

Li Hui'an obediently leaned in front of Li Mingda, calming down a little.She sniffed pitifully and bowed her head to Li Mingda, as if admitting her mistake.

Li Mingda patted her on the back and advised her not to cry, if she was really sad and didn't want to talk about it, then don't talk about it.But after Li Mingda said this, Li Hui'an cried even harder.

Li Mingda hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, count me as wrong, if I make you feel uncomfortable, I will leave now."

Li Hui'an immediately tugged at Li Mingda's sleeve, shook her head tearfully, and forbade her to leave, "Sister Nineteen is too kind to me! Actually, I'm not afraid that Sister Nineteen will blame me, I'm afraid... I told the truth, Nineteen My sister doesn't like me anymore."

This child Hui'an has always been straightforward, talking about one thing and saying another, but when she saw the handkerchief, she had obvious panic and guilt on her face. She must have been stimulated by something or threatened by something.

Li Mingda didn't want to force her, so he patted Li Hui'an on the back, and asked her if she wanted to learn something interesting without saying anything in advance.

Li Hui'an gradually stopped crying and nodded.

Li Mingda ordered the kitchen to prepare the noodles, took Li Hui'an to wash his hands, and the two of them kneaded the noodles together, rolled out the dough, and made mutton-filled wontons and flax cakes.For dinner, the two of them planned to eat something they made, and somehow Li Shimin got the news, so he brought Li Zhi and rushed over to join in the fun and have a meal.

So after burning incense, Li Shimin took his three children and set the table under the plane tree behind the Lizheng Hall.The four of them sat around the table lively, eating steaming wontons and a few side dishes, which was quite a special mood.

For Li Shimin, this wonton was made by his daughter himself, and even the fillings were prepared by them themselves. Such a painstaking food naturally tastes different in taste.In fact, the wontons stuffed with mutton are really refreshing and not greasy, and there is a faint fragrance on the skin.

Li Shimin couldn't help but ate a few in a row before he remembered to ask what is so special about this wonton.

"The meat stuffing was stir-fried before making it. When cooking, I added a few leaves of freshly picked spring tea to the water." Li Mingda specially ordered some bowls of wonton soup and asked them to try it.

Li Shimin took two sips, nodded, and thought it was good, but to him, he still felt that the taste was a bit bland, and it was just right to add some salt and ginger.Li Zhi felt the same way.

Li Hui'an likes to drink directly like Nineteenth Sister. At first, she also felt that it was a little weak, but after drinking a few more sips, she felt that the taste became better.In the end, I simply poured all the wontons that were originally on the plate into the soup bowl, mixed them together and ate them while drinking.

After the meal, Li Hui'an played around in front of Li Mingda for a long time, until late at night, she still didn't want to go back.

Li Mingda asked her to sleep with her.

After extinguishing the candle, Li Hui'an hugged Li Mingda's arm, still very energetic and unable to fall asleep.

Li Mingda held Li Hui'an's hand and looked at her sideways, "Do you still think Nineteenth Sister doesn't like you?"

Li Hui'an shook his head immediately, and shook his head frantically several times, then leaned his head on Li Mingda's shoulder, "Nineteenth Sister is the best to me, better than anyone else, Hui'an never wants to leave Nineteenth Sister for the rest of her life."

"You don't mean what you say." Li Mingda half-jokingly said.

Li Hui'an immediately sat up, raised his hand and said, "I swear, I'm sincere."

Li Mingda took her hand, "Then you are sincere in keeping something from me?"

Hearing this, Li Hui'an immediately froze, and bowed his head to admit his mistake.After struggling for a while, she secretly went to grab Li Mingda's skirt, "The nineteenth sister promises that after listening to my words, she will not ignore Hui'an, let alone dislike Hui'an, and will play with Hui'an in the future."

"Even if these things are not guaranteed, I will do them." Li Mingda said.

Li Hui'an felt very warm in her heart. She pursed the corners of her mouth and considered her words before she spoke slowly with some fear.

"On the Shangsi Festival, Nineteenth Sister sneaked away while everyone was distracted, and was watched by Guo Liushui. In fact, I told Guo Liushui to pay more attention to Nineteenth Sister. I wanted to do what Nineteenth Sister did. That day , He just followed Nineteenth Sister all the way to the cliff, saw Nineteenth Sister meeting a man from a distance through the bushes, Guo Liushui hurried back to report to me.

I went to look for you afterwards, but when I arrived, Miss Nineteen had already fallen off a cliff.I wanted to call for someone to save you, but Yu Feng ran over suddenly, saw the nineteenth sister at the bottom of the cliff, and me lying on the cliff, and said, "Princess 21, what are you doing?" I knew immediately that he had misunderstood me. He explained that it wasn't me, but the more he talked about it, the more he looked at me wrongly, and he made it clear.But I know he must think that I accidentally pushed Nineteenth Sister off the cliff.

At that time, Guo Liushui and I were really a little panicked, but afterward, Supervisor Yu swore to me that he would not tell the story, and asked Guo Liushui to take me back quickly, so as not to be misunderstood that I naughty pushed the nineteenth sister down, and Said that everything has his cooking.

We made a detour and hurried back, and after that, I and everyone found Nineteenth Sister under the cliff again.I didn't expect that Supervisor Yu lied to me, he didn't find anyone to save you at all.At that time, I wanted to tell the story, but Guo Liushui stopped me, saying that the matter has come to an end, and it is not good to speak out, otherwise people will be misunderstood. Sisterhood is gone.Then there is the private invitation between Nineteenth Sister and a man. Guo Liushui is afraid that I will not be able to withstand the questioning, and if I leak my mouth, it will not be good for Nineteenth Sister's reputation.

I had no choice but to hold back, but in those days, when you didn't wake up, I had the same nightmare every day, my nose was full of blood, I was so scared, I was always very guilty and regretful, and I really wanted to say it, but I don't know how to speak anymore. "

Guo Liushui was the great eunuch next to Li Hui'an, and he was always by Li Hui'an's side.This person has a delicate mind and can be regarded as loyal, but he has a little more eyes and has too many worries.However, the eunuchs who often accompany the nobles in the palace also have this problem, if they are not cautious, they will not be able to get the position of the chief eunuch.

Human nature is caused by nature, so how can we say right or wrong.

After Li Hui'an finished speaking, seeing that Li Mingda didn't make a sound, he felt even more uneasy, and then choked up.She was afraid that Li Mingda would think that she was lying, so she hurriedly grabbed Li Mingda's arm and swore that every word she said was the truth.

"I'm afraid that Nineteenth Sister thinks I've pushed it by mistake, and I'm afraid that Nineteenth Sister hates me. I really didn't mean not to say it!"

"My good sister, don't cry, I believe you." Li Mingda was wondering why he would meet a man just now, but now he heard his sister crying like this, Fang came back to his senses, hurriedly hugged Li Hui'an, and said softly Coaxing her, "If you cry again, your brain will be ruined. Not only will you not be able to learn Feibai, but you may also not be able to remember that I am your nineteenth sister."

"Then I won't cry." Li Hui'an immediately wiped away tears with his sleeve, and smiled silly at Li Mingda.

Li Mingda nodded her nose, "Ghost spirit."

Li Hui'an laughed again, hugged Li Mingda's arm, and leaned against her, refusing to let go.

Li Mingda ordered someone to fetch water, and after gently wiping Li Hui'an's face with a wet towel, he sat by the bed and chatted with her, asking her if she lost the lotus handkerchief at that time.

Li Hui'an nodded, "Yes, I saw Nineteenth Sister laying on the bottom of the cliff bleeding a lot. I was so scared and worried, I lay down on the cliff and reached out to save Nineteenth Sister, but I couldn't reach it. The lotus handkerchief was there Then I accidentally dropped it."

"Why is Yu Feng there?"

Li Hui'an shook his head, "I don't know, but he is the internal servant, so it's not surprising that he is in charge of this outing, maybe it's just a coincidence."

"What about this?" Li Mingda showed her the orchid handkerchief.

Li Hui'an shook his head, "I really don't remember where I left this handkerchief, it's gone a long time ago. Nineteenth sister also knows that I'm playful, and when I'm happy, sometimes it's easy to forget things."

"Like last time, you stuffed the shawl in sister-in-law's vase," Li Mingda sighed, "You can figure it out!"

"Ah, I remembered that on my sister-in-law's birthday, I was playing hide-and-seek with a few princesses. I felt that the cloth was in the way, and it was easy to expose my identity. I was afraid that they would find me with the cloth, so I stuffed it in there. So It is said that the handkerchief may have been lost at that time, but I was playing crazy, and I can’t remember it clearly at that time, I just remember that I lost the handkerchief in my hand when I was playing, and I asked the maid for another one, that is the lotus handkerchief.” Li After Hui'an finished speaking, he knocked himself on the head.

Li Mingda nodded, this also explains why there are cactus thorns on the veil.Li Hui'an must have been hiding in Tibet and got it by accident.

She then patted her on the head, telling her not to force herself to think if she couldn't think about it.It will be easy to understand this kind of thing tomorrow if I ask her the palace maid in charge of the clothes in the palace.

Li Hui'an agreed, giving a thumbs up: "Sister Nineteen is always smarter than Hui'an, Hui'an is envious!"

"I'm sorry to hear you boasting so much, that's all, go to sleep."

After the two lay down, Li Mingda thought about the appearance of the handkerchief again, and asked Li Hui'an why he wanted to imitate her to embroider those things.Li Hui'an's answer is simple, she just likes to learn from her.

"There is one more wrong thing, I have to admit it to Nineteenth Sister. When Huian embroidered handkerchiefs, he had to follow the example. He once asked Lu He to help me bring me the handkerchief that Nineteenth Sister was not using temporarily." Li Hui'an confessed .

Li Mingda's eyeballs moved, he agreed, and then sighed: "You have nothing to hide about this kind of thing, just tell me."

"I was afraid that my sister would dislike Hui'an if she found out about my hobby, so I didn't dare to say it."

After a moment of silence, Li Mingda held Li Hui'an's hand tightly, telling her to go to bed quickly without thinking too much.

……

After breakfast early in the morning, Li Mingda sent Tian Hanshan to wait on Li Hui'an, cut flowers in the garden, and put them in a vase in her house.Li Mingda took this opportunity to call Guo Liushui to meet him, and asked him what he witnessed on the Shangsi Festival.

When Guo Liushui heard this, he immediately understood that his princess had confessed the matter to Princess Jinyang, and quickly knelt down to make amends, explaining the unavoidable situation at the time, and begging Li Mingda to forgive him.

"As long as you explain this matter clearly, I won't make things difficult for you. Tell me about that man, what he looks like, and who he is." Li Mingda said.

Guo Liushui was surprised, "Don't your lord know him?"

Li Mingda shook his head, "I don't remember what happened that day."

Guo Liushui was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses, and replied: "I was hiding behind a tree, far away, so I couldn't see very clearly, but I can confirm that this man is not tall, and he is a little thin, and he is wearing a green robe. , the clothes seem to be a bit big, very simple, at first glance the clothes don't look like the children of nobles, but the behavior is very noble, based on the experience of slaves for many years, I think this person should be of noble origin.

Your lord's expression when he was talking to him didn't seem like he was unfamiliar with him.But your lord's attitude towards her is not gentle, he is a little annoyed, as for what he said, he can't hear clearly, you and him speak very quietly, it seems that they are arguing about a secret matter. "

After sending Guo Liushui down, Li Mingda then asked the palace official who was in charge of Li Hui'an's clothes in Wude Palace, and learned that her handkerchief was lost on the birthday of Crown Princess Su, so he probably understood that the orchid handkerchief should have come from From the East Palace, it was found in the clothes of Qi Changshi, Minister of Internal Affairs.As for the reason for this process, it is not known, but there is indeed a connection between the East Palace and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is Yu Feng.And Su's attitude towards Feng is also a little strange, and it should be investigated further.

Li Mingda only lost the memory of one day, not half a year, and she knew best whether she liked a man or not.She ran to a private meeting. This situation is absolutely impossible.At that time, there must have been some special reason that caused her to meet that man alone, but Li Mingda couldn't guess what it was.

There are only a few men she usually comes into contact with, father, elder brother, fourth brother and ninth brother, but on the Shangsi Festival, they should all have a banquet in Qujiang Pond, and share joys and sorrows with the officials, and it is impossible to appear on the outing mountain.As for the other imperial relatives, they have some contacts, but they are not too close, at most they are acquainted with a few cousins ​​in the Changsun Mansion, but with her temperament, it is impossible to go to see them alone without any entourage.

After much deliberation, Li Mingda decided to exclude her three elder brothers first.

……

Five days later.

The death of Dao Yuan San San Lang was announced to the world, and the murderer Liu Shuyu was sentenced to be beheaded three days later.

The people who heard the news were very dissatisfied with what Michigaki Sanjiro had done, and set off an upsurge of resistance to the Japanese.Not only was the place where the Japanese diplomatic mission lived was constantly cast aside by the people of the Tang Dynasty, but also no one from the Tang Dynasty patronized the shops opened by the Japanese businessmen in the West Market.

After the situation lasted for seven or eight days, the envoy of the Japanese country came to see Li Shimin and told his envoy that Onmyoji Ashiya Yuanjing was the princess of the Japanese country.Li Shimin had heard about this matter from Li Mingda earlier, but since the princess of the Japanese kingdom began to ask for secrecy, Li Shimin naturally pretended not to know about it.Now the envoy of the Wa Kingdom suddenly said such a sentence, which surprised him a bit. He asked if there was a handwritten letter from the king of the Wa Kingdom, but Li Shimin didn't want to admit it if there was no such thing.

The Wa Kingdom envoy hurriedly said: "I am here today to discuss this matter with Your Majesty. I am willing to guarantee my life. Ashiya Yuanjing is really the princess of the Wa Kingdom. Her original intention of coming to the Tang Dynasty is to relax and play in the mountains and rivers." , But now there is such a big misunderstanding between the two countries. As the princess of the Wa Kingdom, how can she stay out of the matter, so she asked me to send a message, and I beg Your Majesty to allow her to represent the Wa Kingdom, and to express the actions of Sanjiro Michigaki. The people of Tang Dynasty apologize."

When Li Shimin heard this, he was willing in his heart.However, he did not show it on the surface, and as a sign of being difficult to ponder, he asked the Japanese envoy to reassure again and again, wrote a guarantee document and handed it in, and finalized the specific implementation method of the apology, so Fang reluctantly nodded in agreement.

The envoy of Wa Kingdom was very grateful, and thanked Li Shimin again and again, and then retired humbly.

Li Shimin then met Li Mingda and told her the news by the way.

Li Mingda happily asked: "In the next five years, they will double the tribute to the hall, and proudly promise to set up a stage to apologize to the people in the most prosperous and lively place in the West Market?"

Li Shimin nodded, "This 'sincere' apology must be done with vigor and vigor, so as to please people's hearts."

"Then make the stage bigger, and sooner or later, beat gongs and drums to announce it all over the city, don't let everyone miss it." Li Mingda paused, and then sighed, "It's a pity I can't go to see it. Thinking about that scene, it's quite interesting." of."

"Go as soon as you want, and after looking back, I just want to talk to Aye about it." Li Shimin let his daughter go out of the palace, as long as she likes it, but Wan Wan emphasized that she must pay attention to safety, even if she is traveling in a low-clothes, the guards around her are indispensable. bring.

Li Mingda thanked Li Shimin happily.

After having dinner with him, Li Mingda went back to his room and continued to think about his confusing cliff fall incident.

The situation of the three princes in the Shangsi Festival has been confirmed clearly. The three brothers Li Chengqian, Li Tai, and Li Zhi were indeed in Qujiangchi to accompany Li Shimin to banquet the officials.The cousins ​​of the Changsun family, except Changsun Chong who stayed with Princess Changle at home, Changsun Huan and others all went to the west of the city to ride horses and have fun, and did not participate in the outing.

After excluding these possibilities, Li Mingda suddenly realized another possibility. The person she had "prejudged" at that time was probably a woman.

Guo Liushui said that the man was not tall and thin, and his clothes were a bit too big. He looked like an expensive person, but he was dressed plainly. This was probably caused by the woman wearing ordinary men's clothes in disguise.Furthermore, when she spoke to this person, she was somewhat dissatisfied, but in a very low voice.It means that the other party is a person who is acquainted with her, and this person probably shouldn't have appeared there, but happened to be seen by her, so there was a private dispute.