After Pei Si finished speaking, Pei Wanying's face was even more flushed, and she looked so charming and gentle. Li Hong was so intoxicated that he wished he could hold this beauty in his arms right now and never let go.
Fortunately, he still had some sense, and despite Pei Wanying's hesitant protests, he finally let go of Pei Wanying's hand. But at this moment, he held on to her little hand and refused to let go.
"Are you worried about me? Haha... It seems that today's poetry meeting was not in vain. It has been fruitful and fruitful! That's just right, Xue Chu'er. From now on, the four of you will follow Miss Pei and serve Miss Pei. If If anything happens to Miss Pei, remember to bring this to me." Li Hong threw a jade pendant to Xue Chuer, and then, accompanied by Jinghui, got into Jinghui's carriage and drove away.
The beauty with a shy face was left standing there, stamping her feet, but helplessly looking at the wild and unruly figure.
Pei Si walked over stupidly and before she could speak, she heard the four famous courtesans of Chang'an Flower House look at each other, then salute Pei Wanying and say, "I have met Miss Pei."
"Don't be like this, don't be like this, you... You are all talented sisters. Wanying can't bear your gift, but since His Highness asked you to come with me, if you don't care, you might as well come with me. Sister Pei Si is the same, how do sisters look like each other?" Pei Wanying looked at the four equally delicate beauties saluting her, and said hurriedly with a somewhat embarrassed expression.
"Your Highness? What Your Highness? Do all four of you know what's going on?" Pei Si was very surprised, looking at the four charming and smiling beauties and asked in confusion.
That Mr. Li redeemed himself for them, why didn't he take them away instead of staying with Wanying? How come I go out by myself, and when I come back, everything feels different.
Yang Wu was left by Li Hong to stay with Pei Wanying. According to Li Hong's wishes, he could only leave after sending Miss Pei home safely. Seeing Pei Wanying looking at him at this time, she said: "Everything is at the discretion of the young lady. I think your highness will not mind."
Pei Wanying nodded gratefully to Yangwu, not daring to salute anymore to say thank you. Yangwu would hide as soon as he saluted, and the return gift was bigger than her own.
So I had to look at Pei Si's curious eyes, and then look at the four oirans who also had curious faces. By now, the four oirans also knew that Mr. Fu Yin seemed to have a more than simple identity. He was not only a Mr. Fu Yin, but also Their conversation just now also mentioned titles such as the palace.
Pei Wanying sighed helplessly and said calmly: "He is the current Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, the Governor of Jingzhao Prefecture, the Chief Protector of Anxi Protectorate, and the Minister of Secretariat of the Province."
The sounds of sucking cold air spread among the girls. Xue Chuer, Huo Xiaoyu, Yan Lingbin, Du Qiuniang, including the curious Pei Si, all of them opened their little cherry mouths slightly at this moment, and their minds were buzzing. The words "His Royal Highness" sounded like thunder. They lost their ability to think and were just dumbfounded.
After leaving the girls, Li Hong and Jinghui sat in the carriage together. After Jinghui glanced at Li Hong several times, he still had a hesitant expression, as if there was a tug of war in his mind. Should it be said or not.
Now that I have been labeled as a member of the prince's disciples, when I do things, in addition to standing in the position of the court, I must also think about and deal with problems from the position of His Highness the Crown Prince.
"Tell me what you want to say. Just say it. Why are you holding it back?" Li Hong moved his stiff neck and said softly.
"Yes, Your Highness. Your Highness, what I want to say is, why don't you take this opportunity of Lu Zhi's attempt to frame and greedy for money to thoroughly cleanse the Lu and Zheng families? I feel that no matter whether it is the Ministry of Punishment or not, , or Dali Temple, as long as a mountain of ironclad evidence is produced, then..." Jinghui said, considering the words.
"This is not okay, Jinghui. You are now the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and most of the economic lifeline of the Tang Dynasty is in your hands. In the future, whether you are dealing with government affairs or doing work, you can't be so eager for success. You must know how to consider the overall situation. Consider the overall situation and remember not to judge or make decisions based on the situation in front of you. Otherwise, you will only blind your eyes and not be able to see clearly what is ahead." Li Hong said calmly.
But he did not tell Jinghui why he did not intend to move the Lu and Zheng families. After all, the influence of the Jinyang Wang family among the scholars of the Tang Dynasty had just been eliminated. If the Lu and Zheng families were to be moved immediately, then It will really cause turmoil in the court.
At that time, as long as some people spread the slightest rumor among the world's scholars and local officials that the imperial court wants to eliminate five surnames and seven families and then quickly, then this conspiracy theory will be like locusts passing by, flooding the court in an instant , by that time, I will have lost the moral high ground, and it will be even more difficult to bring down the four surnames and six families in the future.
The five surnames and seven families are intertwined, and the close relationship between them, as well as the intricate and spider web-like relationships among the world's literati and court officials, is not an exaggeration to say that one hair can affect the whole body. Therefore, without absolute certainty and opportunity, it is extremely risky to overthrow one of the five families and seven families in a very short period of time.
Lu Zhaolin was brought to the Western Regions by him, and now he is taking turns governing the four towns in Anxi with other people in the Western Regions. Li Hong hopes to use this to accumulate enough reputation for Lu Zhaolin. If Lu Zhaolin's reputation reaches its peak in his own life, it will not be the same as in the history books. If that were the case, wouldn't it be an excellent strategy to save time and effort by letting Lu Zhaolin replace the current head of the Lu family and disintegrate them from within
The carriage slowly stopped at the gate of the East Palace. Li Hong got off the carriage alone. He did not let Jinghui take him into the palace, but asked Jinghui to go back quickly. I heard that his wife helped him get a baby, and he was only eighteen years old. At nine years old, it would be better to send him to the palace than to let him go back quickly to accompany his little one.
Jinghui's face was filled with joy as he said this. In the Tang Dynasty, an era when men and women were more liberal, if any official did not have one or several junior officials, the common people would laugh at him if he told them about it.
After Jinghui's carriage left, Li Hong began to look obscene as he stood at the entrance of the East Palace. He felt an unusual atmosphere, as if some oppressive eyes in the East Palace were secretly observing him.
He casually called a guard over to the door, and it was Xu Yanbo! This was beyond Li Hong's expectation. He had given him a holiday, so why did he still come to work? Xu Jingzong is seriously ill, doesn't he need his grandson to take care of him
"Why are you on duty? Didn't I give you leave?" Li Hong asked, patting the armor leaves on Xu Yanbo's body.
"When I came back to His Highness, the general served at home for a day and was kicked out. He said that Your Highness is here to employ people now. The general should not miss your business because he is seriously ill. In that case, he said that he He would not rest in peace even if he died, so the general had no choice but to come back on duty." Xu Yanbo was a little shy, but he still told the truth.
"Sigh... Xu Jingzong has worked hard for the court all his life. It's time to enjoy his old age, but he got this serious illness. Tell me when you are on duty one day, and I will go with you to visit your grandfather."
"I don't dare, I don't dare. I'm afraid even grandpa can't afford His Highness's personal visit..."
"Nonsense, it's not too much for His Majesty to visit him. What's more, he has been doing his best in the East Palace all these years. How can I not go to visit? That's it. Just two or three days, you see which day is suitable, I Go and see Xu Jingzong. Oh, by the way, are there any eunuchs or maids from the palace at the back waiting for me?" After getting down to business, Li Hong carefully glanced at the buildings in the East Palace and asked quietly.
"Your Highness, there are no eunuchs or maids waiting for you, but..."
"That's good, that's good. As long as no one is waiting for me, thank you for your hard work. Be on duty and don't forget what I told you." Li Hong relaxed and his whole body suddenly felt lighter. Like a pound.
"But the Queen and Princess Taiping are in the East Palace..."
"Can you talk without breathing heavily? Are you doing this on purpose? Aren't the Queen and Li Lingyue people from the palace behind?" Li Hong just took two steps when he heard Xu Yanbo murmur behind him, and he suddenly became angry. The big one scolded and kicked Xu Yanbo several times. The clear footprints on the armor leaves looked like Li Hong's face at this moment, full of anger and panic!
Xu Yanbo is very aggrieved. Before he could finish speaking, Your Highness interrupted the general's words, okay? Now you blame the general for gasping for breath? This... where can I explain this
"Yes, it's the general's fault." Xu Yanbo had no choice but to say decisively.
"Forget it, I don't blame you. How long have they been here?"
"How many hours has it been? Miss Bai Chunbai has always been serving me." Xu Yanbo continued.
Someone waved his hand with a heavy heart, then turned around lonely, leaving Xu Yanbo with an extremely lonely figure, and started walking towards the Lizheng Hall.
Li Hong was sure that Long Ma must have known what happened to him in Qujiang Pool today, otherwise, she would never have stayed in his East Palace for so long.
What's more, she wasn't in the East Palace yet, and there wasn't anything she could find interesting in the East Palace. Even if there was something interesting to her, she would have probably moved it away long ago. It would be impossible to sweep away her small East Palace. It takes so long.
With an uneasy mind, someone started to walk towards Li Zheng Hall with heavy steps. As soon as he turned the corner, he saw a small snow swallow flying towards him.
"Your Highness, you are back. The Queen has been waiting for you impatiently." Xiaoxue finally breathed a sigh of relief after seeing His Royal Highness, but she was looking forward to having you back.
"What...what do you mean? What does the queen want from me today?"
"The queen didn't say anything, but she looks good and is in a happy mood. She and the princess have been playing there." Xiaoxue said, leading the way in a hurry.
(End of chapter)