Princess Jinyang of the Tang Dynasty

As soon as Li Ke arrived, he was called by Li Yuqiong to come to him and asked him to have a drink and chat with Pei's son-in-law.

Li Ke glanced at Li Mingda who was winking at him over there, and hurriedly cupped his hands and politely declined, "I should have a few drinks with my uncle, but because I will go to Ling'an Temple with my nineteenth sister to pray for blessings in a few days, I'd better stop drinking this wine for now." Alright. After that, I will not return home until I get drunk with my uncle."

"That's the reason." Concubine Pei nodded.

At this time Li Yuqiong coughed a few times, and suddenly she frowned and covered her head with a grunt.Seeing this, Concubine Pei rushed to help Li Yuqiong, and asked her if she had a headache again.Li Yuqiong just nodded, but couldn't speak, her face was flushed because she was holding her breath, and she grabbed Pei's concubine's arm vigorously.

Concubine Pei hastily thumped Li Yuqiong's back, and immediately shouted: "Please come quickly, doctor!"

After Li Yuqiong lay down on the couch, the doctor who lived in the mansion hurriedly came to give Li Yuqiong an injection, which finally eased her breathing, but it was also because of the illness just now, she was exhausted physically and mentally, and was very tired.But Li Yuqiong was still holding on to Prince Consort Pei's hand tightly, looking at him with hopeful eyes, full of attachment to him.

"Don't go, stay with me."

"It's natural, but don't think too much about it." Concubine Pei smiled gently at Li Yuqiong, and patted the back of her hand with his other hand from time to time, signaling her to feel relieved.

Afterwards, Concubine Pei apologized to Li Mingda and Li Ke: "I can't accompany you anymore, and I don't want to disturb your brother and sister's reunion. You can feel free in the mansion, eat and play whatever you want."

Li Mingda and Li Ke nodded, and after saying goodbye to Li Yuqiong, the brother and sister came out from the main hall.Afterwards, the two saw Changsun Huan leading Fang Yi to this side with a smile on his face.

Li Mingda looked at Li Ke.

"Don't look at me, it has nothing to do with me, and you don't look at whose mansion this is, it must be Concubine Pei, he likes to invite out with the sons of the powerful, and now he will let the son of Fang Xuanling go, he is the son of the powerful. But it is a coincidence that I just want to find Yi Zhi to do something." After Li Ke finished speaking, he smiled and strode forward, directly avoiding Fang Yizhi's greeting, and asked him where he lives now, and immediately Let him and Yuchi Baoqi move to his Wu Wangfu.

"Third brother is biased, I'm still here, why didn't you invite me first?" Li Mingda asked.

Li Ke was stunned for a moment, and asked Li Mingda in surprise: "Why, you don't live well in the princess mansion? This mansion is the most prosperous and comfortable place in Man'anzhou City, and the food is also particular about food. The cook in their mansion is in the Anzhou border But it is very famous, so those children of the powerful family will never forget it."

Li Mingda: "The one that roasted the whole lamb?"

"Correct."

"I just killed him, and he should be lying on the couch right now, crying out for pain." Li Mingda whispered to him immediately.

"What kind of cook is so bold that he dared to offend our son as soon as he entered the mansion?"

"Even if the princess is here, it can't match his lazy temper. Maybe it's because he's used to being lazy, or because his aunt treats him too kindly, so he doesn't feel grateful, so he pushes his nose. Anyway, I don't care, I think Go to Third Brother." Li Mingda blinked and stared at Li Ke.

Fang Yi closed his eyes halfway, standing silently, his face like a calm lake.Suddenly hearing what Li Mingda said to Li Ke, his face tightened slightly.

Li Mingda immediately realized that Fang Yi was upright, and took a special look at him.

"Okay, okay, then you will live in my house too, it will be very lively." Li Ke said with a smile.

Fang Yizhi suddenly saluted, "Yizhi has something to suggest, I wonder if the princess can agree."

Li Mingda was very happy at first, but Fang Yizhi's actions immediately made a cold face, "You want me to stay, don't you?"

Fang Yi was stunned, wondering why Princess Jinyang could see through his thoughts at a glance, and replied with the same attitude: "Princess came to Anzhou, one is to pray for blessings, and the other is to check on Princess Linhai's illness? "

Li Mingda nodded.

"If that's the case, please allow Rong Yi to speak more frankly. The princess should stay here to show her sincerity."

Li Mingda raised his eyebrows and looked at the room: "You are neither a member of the royal family nor an admonisher. Why should I listen to you? You don't know what the disease of Princess Linhai is. Why are you so arbitrarily determined that I must be suitable for living?" Here. My aunt just fell ill and needs to recuperate, and other people's nagging here will make her worry and consume more energy."

The Princess Mansion didn't welcome her very much, and the way the aunt and husband got along made Li Mingda very uncomfortable.Li Mingda didn't bother to stay here to see that he was upset, looking for trouble when he had nothing to do.

After Li Mingda refuted Fang Yizhi, he ignored him and made a decision with Li Ke that she would move to Wu Wangfu tonight.

"It's an honor." Li Ke said with a smile, and then asked Li Mingda to go first, and he said goodbye to Fang Yizhi, asking him to go find himself after finishing the work in a while.

Fang Yizhi nodded, and then his gaze fell on Li Mingda's back, but he only stayed there for a moment, then quickly moved away, and no one noticed.

Changsun Huan was still secretly enjoying himself. He didn't think it was a big deal when he watched the excitement, but he was afraid of getting burned, so he just watched the excitement quietly and didn't dare to snort.Now that everyone was gone, Changsun Huan touched Fang Yizhi's arm, blaming him for talking so much that he even dared to offend Princess Jinyang.

"My cousin looks gentle and pleasant, well-behaved and demure, but in fact she has a very tenacious temper. If anyone really dares to meddle in other people's affairs and offend her, then her mouth is not a vegetarian. Yi Zhi, will you have a better future?" It’s unlucky.” Changsun Huan gloated, “But I’m a little curious about who would win if you two bickered.”

Fang Yi gave him a sideways glance indifferently, not accepting Changsun Huan's 'intimidation'.

Changsun Huan saw that Fang Yi didn't give in, so he called him a few more words, trying to make him afraid to beg himself, but he didn't expect that in the end, he didn't say a word, but he talked too much, and he seemed very ungentlemanly. .So Changsun Huan became even more unwilling, thinking that he would lose his temper anyway, so he just broke the jar and babbled until Fang Yi was subdued.

"...I said you talk so much about the princess's affairs, what are you trying to do? Have you forgotten who made a surprising statement in front of the saint earlier, saying that marrying a princess is the most difficult thing in the world. Since it is difficult, you Avoid it, okay, now you have offended the saint's favorite princess again, are you doing it deliberately to make yourself uncomfortable? Ah, I understand, you think your life is too smooth, don't you deliberately make yourself uncomfortable? If you are in trouble, you will be happy, and then you will seek your own death."

"Talking too much." Fang Yi couldn't help sighing out of disgust.Changsun Huan's mouth is really powerful, he only took three steps out, and Changsun Huan had already babbled a dozen words to him.I really didn't realize before that the elder Sun Huan's mouth could chatter like this.

Seeing that Fang Yizhi was not distracted, Changsun Huan grabbed Fang Yizhi's shoulder and shook him intentionally, "Did you listen to my words? You offended Princess Jinyang, you should ask me to intercede for you, understand don't know?"

"Pei Concubine is waiting for us." After Fang Yi said that, he took a big stride and walked to the main hall of the Princess Mansion first, ordering the servant girl to report.

Changsun Huan shook his head, helplessly followed.

"Your lord just fell ill and is in the process of diagnosis and treatment. The son-in-law invites the two of you to sit in the side hall for a while. He will come in a moment."

The servant girl led Fang Yizhi and Changsun Huan to the side hall, prepared goat's milk, fruit juice and sencha and put them on the table for you to drink.

Afterwards, the servant girl bowed to salute, retreated, and only waited outside the door, but no one was left in the room.

Before Fang Yi sat down, he looked around the layout of the house, and then he was attracted by a red sandalwood shelf on the east side of the house.

Changsun Huan followed to look over, and immediately fixed his eyes on the white jade plate placed on the shelf. The jade was crystal clear and very smooth, and the edge was engraved with very delicate patterns of dragon and phoenix showing auspiciousness. Just looking at it, one can tell that it must be a royal tribute. Very valuable.

Such powerful things are only placed in the side hall, and this residence is only a private garden of Linhai Princess in Anzhou, which shows how rich her family is.

"This thing will definitely be placed in the main hall in my house." Changsun Huan rubbed his chin and said meaningfully.

Fang Yizhi's gaze was not actually on the jade plate. He suddenly heard Changsun Huan's words, and then cast his gaze over it. After looking at it casually, he suddenly matched with Changsun Huan's words with great interest: "Then if this object In my house, it will only be placed in the warehouse, and the inside will not be exposed."

"Is it feasible? Your father is in charge of the government, and he is a high-ranking and powerful person. What's the point of putting a jade at home? Just one thing can reveal the bottom line of your family?" Changsun Huan said puzzled.

"There are different types of jade plates." Fang Yi squinted at the ground in the lower right corner, then turned to look at the leftmost corner of the shelf, turned around again, walked back to his original position and sat down.

Fang Yizhi chooses a cup of sencha to drink, savoring it carefully.

Changsun Huan also came over, and he took a glass of pear juice to drink. He felt that the taste was not enough after a sip, and then put the goat's milk inside, and then he felt delicious, and drank it to the bottom of the glass in one gulp.Turning to inspecting the house, Yizhi was still drinking tea thoughtfully, a little impatient to wait.

"What do you think Concubine Pei called you here for this time? You really don't know?"

Fang Yizhi: "I don't know."

"It seems that I really like your identity and want to make friends with you."

"You know it when you see it, it's useless to guess." Fang Yizhi said calmly.

Seeing this, Changsun Huan took a deep breath, "Oh, your temper is normal now, why did you insist on meddling and talking about Jinyang—"

Changsun Huan had just said this when he suddenly saw Fang Yizhi wink at him solemnly and shook his head slightly.Changsun Huan immediately stopped talking, followed Fang Yizhi's gaze to look at the red sandalwood shelf over there cleverly, and immediately changed the topic.

"Going to say that the 'Jinyang' is too bright, this dress is not suitable for me. Why is it not suitable? My elder Sun Huan looks best in this kind of dark blue! You say you are a big man, worry about what I wear What are you doing. Are you bored? Is there something——sickness in your head? "

The more Changsun Huan spoke, the more vigorous he became. It was a rare opportunity to damage the property so legitimately, so he naturally wanted to take the opportunity to say a few more words.

Fang Yizhi: "Changsun Huan, when I said about your clothes, I didn't mean what you understood. You misunderstood."

"Yo, now I think about it and regret to apologize to me, it's too late!" Zhang Sun Huan folded his arms, pretending to be difficult to get along with, and ignored Fang Yizhi.

"I don't mean that the color of your clothes is not suitable, but that you are not suitable for wearing clothes." Fang Yi said straight.

"Why am I not suitable for wearing clothes?" Changsun Huan didn't understand, and looked at Fang Yizhi suspiciously.

"Are any of the birds and animals in your back garden wearing clothes?"

"No." Changsun Huan replied immediately, and after a while, he realized that Fang Yi had been scolding him.

Without a word of swearing, he was easily entangled!

"Fang Yizhi! How dare you call me a beast!" Changsun Huan stood up abruptly, gritting his teeth.

"I never said that, you said it yourself." Fang Yizhi glanced at him indifferently, and couldn't help showing a playful smile on his face.He immediately stretched out his hand to signal Chang Sun Huan to sit down, and told him not to make trouble anymore.

Changsun Huan thought about the reason for the weaving of the clothes, and took the opportunity to scold Fang Yizhi for being sick, and he was indeed the one who provoked it first.If he is wrong, he becomes a beast, and he admits it.

Changsun Huan then sat down beside Fang Yizhi, then rolled his eyes and gave Fang Yizhi a wink, intending to ask him how he knew there was something wrong with the sandalwood frame.

Fang Yi directly pointed to the war drum, who can switch to look at the corners on the left and right sides of the shelf that are close to the ground.

Changsun Huan saw some traces of different colors on the ground, and the slight wear and tear on the wood under the corners, and finally understood what was going on.It turns out that there is another mystery behind the sandalwood shelf, I'm afraid there are ears behind the shelf even if there is no one in the room.

Just considering the situation of the quarrel just now, the two of them were able to keep silent to each other without seeming abrupt.

After a while, there was an announcement from outside the door, and the loud laughter of Pei's son-in-law was heard.

Concubine Pei was wearing a cyan robe, with a bright smile on his face, making him even more handsome and energetic.After he strode through the door gracefully, he hurriedly excused Fang Yizhi and Changsun Huan, and then suggested that the two of them go for a walk and chat in the garden.

Fang Yizhi and Changsun Huan glanced at each other, they both understood Pei Concubine's intentions, maybe someone was eavesdropping behind that air, and now send them away so that the people inside can come out.But at the moment it was difficult to refuse, so the guest did what he wanted and went with Prince Consort Pei.

Concubine Pei was interested in Fang Yizhi, so he chatted with him all the way, mostly asking about his father Fang Xuanling's situation, Fang Yizhi answered them one by one, it was his duty.Changsun Huan took the opportunity to slow down his pace, and then whispered a few words to his followers before quickly catching up.

"Back then in Chang'an City, Duke Liang and I hit it off right away, and we chatted until late into the night. Now that seven or eight years have passed, I don't know how he is doing now?" Prince Consort Pei asked.

"Don't worry, son-in-law, my father is fine." Fang Yizhi said flatly.

"It's good that everything is fine. After all these years, we are all well. It's really a blessing. It's a pity that the princess has another chronic illness. Otherwise, everyone would really be the same as before, except that they are a little older." Consort Pei was filled with emotion.

When mentioning 'old', Fang Yizhi couldn't help taking a look at Concubine Pei's appearance, "Others don't know, but Concubine Pei is not old at all, and looks young. At first glance, he seems to be the same age as Changsun Huan and I."

Concubine Pei was very happy to hear it, but said humbly that Fang Yi was straight-talking, "Old is old, even if you are dissatisfied in your heart, everyone is like this, but for people like you and me , it's a pity to get old."

Fang Yi smiled straight away, noncommittal to Pei Ma's words.

Concubine Pei then chatted with Fang Yizhi for a few more words, and Concubine Pei asked Fang Yizhi, "I don't know why you and Baoqi are here in Anzhou? I heard from Princess Jinyang that the two of you seem to be in harmony with each other. Not to visit Anzhou."

"Your lord said so?" Fang Yi asked directly.

Concubine Pei nodded, "Yes, her aunt was there at the time. What's the matter? Could it be that it's not convenient for you to tell me because the matter is too confidential?"

"No, I just don't understand why your lord wants to make such a joke with Prince Consort Pei. Baoqi and I have been bored in Anzhou for a long time and wanted to have a good time. We happened to catch up with the princess and came here too. But It was right, since the princess also chooses to relax here, it can be seen that Anzhou City is full of outstanding people, and we will make this trip worthwhile."

"It's natural, this Anzhou is really a good place, and it is also governed wisely by King Wu." Concubine Pei looked at Fang Yizhi half suspiciously, seeing that his attitude was sure, and he looked unquestionable, his heart was shaken. Thinking about whether the news on his side is wrong.

Fang Yizhi: "Pei Concubine specially called the younger generation here today, I don't know what it is?"

"The main reason is to ask how your father is doing. I have prepared a letter this morning, and I need to trouble you to bring it back for me and hand it over to your father in person." After saying that, Concubine Pei took it out of his sleeve. A letter written earlier and handed to Fang Yizhi.

Fang Yizhi immediately accepted it, saying that he would definitely deliver the letter for him.At this time, the two of them had nothing more to say, and Concubine Pei chatted with Changsun Huan about the situation of Changsun Wuji, and then let them go.

"This son-in-law Pei is not kind, it seems that he really wants to know the purpose of you and Baoqi coming to Anzhou." Changsun Huan analyzed.

Fang Yi directly agreed.

"Sir, too. Why did you disclose this matter to Consort Pei? After all, the little girl has a kind heart, and she can't stand being questioned by her relatives." Changsun Huan sighed helplessly.

Fang Yizhi immediately looked at Changsun Huan, "It's not her."

"Fang Yizhi, you have real ears on the left and right sides of your head? Just now, concubine Pei said it himself. It was Princess Jinyang, my cousin, who told them what you have to investigate." Changsun Huan repeated.

"The words of other people must be credible? I don't think the princess is a person who has no sense of propriety, but this concubine Pei's words and deeds are suspicious and a bit strange. I just used the princess's name as an excuse, just to deceive me If Princess Jinyang really said this, when I just denied saying no, he would have been angry and believed that I was prevaricating and deceiving. But he didn't, he was only a little suspicious, and he didn't dare to say anything when he saw my firm demeanor. He's not sure about it." Fang Yi pondered.

Fang Yizhi didn't show any doubt about the matter of Sizi passing on the message.If he hadn't known that Fang Yizhi and Jinyang had only had two or three superficial encounters, at this moment he really thought that Fang Yizhi was an old friend who knew Sizi's temperament very well.

In contrast, as Sizi's cousin, he grew up with Sizi and played with him since he was a child, so he should really feel guilty.It stands to reason that he is the one who should understand each other, but he is not as good as Fang Yizhi.When someone told her that it was her, he would naturally believe it. He didn't think about it carefully, and he couldn't do it at all.

Li Mingda was enjoying the cool air in the gazebo, and after listening to the conversation between Fang Yizhi and Changsun Huan from a distance, he naturally guessed that Concubine Pei must have said something using her as an excuse to test Fang Yizhi.She is Li Yuqiong's niece, girls like to gossip about their parents, it is normal to gossip about their aunt.Chang Sun Huan believed this, but Fang Yizhi, who was not familiar with her at all, could clearly distinguish the truth from the fake and affirm her character, which is really surprising.

Just now Li Mingda was a little dissatisfied because he took care of her nosy about where she lived, but now hearing his attitude of trusting her character just settled her previous dissatisfaction.

Li Mingda then calmly thought about whether there were other reasons for Fang Yizhi to suggest that she continue to live in the Princess Mansion.Could it be that there is a big secret in the Princess Mansion, and he suddenly realized that it was difficult for him to intervene, so he asked her to stay here for a while to monitor...

Li Mingda thought about it, and felt that no matter how much he thought about it, it was just speculation, so he might as well call Fang Yi and ask him directly.

As soon as Fang Yizhi saw the ceremony, Li Mingda immediately asked, "If I continue to live in the Princess Mansion, what benefits will I have?"

Fang Yi was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect the princess to cut straight to the point, "It doesn't do much good, the most is to see the truth sooner."

"The truth?" Li Mingda immediately looked at Fang Yizhi. Although the other party quickly looked away, Li Mingda always felt that Fang Yizhi was looking at him with scrutiny.

"The incident in Anzhou has already alarmed the saints, so it is a major event." Fang Yi straightened his expression coldly.

"Since it is a task entrusted to you by the saint, I believe you will do it well, but it has nothing to do with me. I am here only to pray for blessings, so that I can relax." Li Mingda asked.

Fang Yi nodded straight, "If a person doesn't know anything, it's rare to be confused, I'm afraid the princess will be involuntary."

"Fang Yizhi, what do you mean by this? It's so strange, when you said that trivial things are not worth mentioning, didn't you want to tell me not to interfere in this matter, but now you feel that I must participate."

"That was actually said to someone other than the princess, to the princess," Fang Yizhi paused, his eyes were stern, "I'm afraid I can't hide it if I want to."

Li Mingda: "You can just speak directly."

"That Yizhi offended you," Fang Yizhi bowed his hands to Li Mingda, and then asked neatly, "Is the princess sharp-eyed?"