In the end, Concubine Xiao Shu failed to get the answer she wanted from Wu Mei. Why did Wu Mei choose to help Li Hong instead of Li Xian when faced with two biological princes competing for the crown prince position? Is it because of the order of elders and younger ones
Concubine Xiao Shu smiled. This was definitely not a reason. Neither Concubine Xiao Shu nor Wu Mei was a woman who stuck to the rules.
It takes extraordinary wisdom and courage to be able to save one's life in the deep palace amid open and covert fights, especially for a woman who used Wu Mei's tactics to finally take the position of the empress of the mother-in-law.
But for such a woman, whom he thought he would never catch up with in this life, in order to prove his innocence to Li Hong, she even put aside her noble figure as a queen and went to her palace to have a long talk with her. Is it just because of her inner feelings? I prefer the boss more!
This is absolutely impossible!
He set out to investigate the scholars from the south of the Yangtze River through water transport. These words came from his own mouth, but... this was what Wu Mei taught him to narrate to Bai Chun.
Did she not want Li Xian to be sad? So borrowing it from yourself? Or do you have other plans
But no matter what, he had no choice but to be dragged into the fight between Li Hong and Li Xian by Wu Mei. In the future, if Li Hong was still the prince, he would naturally be able to survive in an ignoble way.
But if Li Xian succeeds in his counterattack, then I am afraid that his fate will be connected with Li Hong, and his situation will be worrying. Moreover, when the time comes, he will also need to prove that everything today came from his own mouth and was not done by her Wu Mei. .
Looking at the heroic figure slowly leaving surrounded by honor guards, Xiao Shufei only knew that Wu Mei had put a knife on her neck. No matter what, she must do her best to help. Will Li Hong survive this difficulty, or? She just needs to say a few words in His Majesty's ear for Li Hong when His Majesty is discussing with her
In two days in a row, Li Hong had visited Ryugyong of Goguryeo all over the place, and his father-in-law had now truly become the real dragon emperor, and the dragon was seen without seeing its end every day.
But every time he saw her, there was a woman beside him, a young woman, so young that Li Hong felt that he might be old enough to call her his sister.
At the age of seventeen or eighteen, Li Hong's figure has not yet fully matured, but his eyes and eyebrows are like silk, always wrapped around the dragon body of Father Long. He looks back and smiles, and his gorgeous cheeks still have... There is some youthfulness and inexperienced shyness.
I quietly asked Huaji and others, but they all shook their heads. No one knew who this woman was. They just knew that when they were wandering around the Goguryeo Palace, they met His Majesty by chance. What was commendable was that she spoke well. The Tang dialect is even more standard than the Tang dialect that Li Hong used when he spoke in a hurry.
"I'm so fucking non-standard because I don't want to curse. Why are you saying that my words are not standard again? This is your fault, you know, you! It's disrespectful to punish you! Find out the identity of this woman for me quickly. Also, Watch it carefully and make sure nothing goes wrong!”
Hua Ji left several deep footprints on his official uniform. He watched someone leave with aggrieved eyes, and then His Majesty the Emperor quietly appeared behind him.
"Why did you offend him again?" Li Zhi looked at Li Hong's back, aggrieved and dazed, and asked Huaji, who had not yet recovered.
"Ah? Your Majesty..."
Li Zhi was always in high spirits during happy events. It was as if he had made an appointment at dusk, under the willow tree under the moonlight, and he looked in high spirits, as if he had looked several years younger.
At this time, he lowered his head and squinted, looking at the several footprints on Huaji's official uniform, and asked lightly: "What's going on? Why did he kick you again?" "
An embarrassing smile appeared on Huaji's face, as if he felt that such a smile was not sincere enough to face the Holy Lord, so he squeezed out a few more wrinkles and stammered: "I just said the wrong thing. Your Highness's Tang dialect is not as good as Miss Zhang's Tang dialect." Words standard.”
"You deserve it. Don't you know he has a big tongue? You did it on purpose, why didn't I chop you down?" Li Zhi was in a good mood and didn't bother to argue with him. In the past few days, with the company of Zhang Lushui, Long felt very happy, so he also I don't want to worry about my son being called Tang dialect, which is not standard.
"Yes, what your Majesty taught you is that I know I was wrong. I deserve to die. I will go and admit my mistake to His Highness in a moment." Huaji bowed his back. Since His Majesty said that he deserved it, he really deserved it.
"What did he do? He was so angry." Li Zhi was chatting with each other in the palace with his hands behind his back, but he was almost disturbed by his unfilial son.
But why didn't he force his way in? Instead, he just walked away after being stopped by Hua Ji? It's not like his style.
"Back to Your Majesty, I heard that a group of Goguryeo fur traders came to the palace. They said they had important matters to discuss with Your Highness, so I went over to take a look first." Hua Ji had no choice but to tell the news he got from Hua Meng. come out.
There was no way, this was what His Majesty had told him. Your Majesty didn't know whether His Highness the Crown Prince would stop him when he saw him with the woman called Zhang Lushui, so he kept letting himself communicate with Hua Meng so that he could know His Highness the Crown Prince in time. idea.
"Trader? If you want the best furs, you just have to go to the Goguryeo royal family. What kind of furs does he handle personally?" Li Zhi asked thoughtfully, stroking his beard.
"Your Majesty, this servant doesn't know anything about it." Hua Ji replied honestly.
"Let's go and take a look." Li Zhi thought for a moment, and it was better to figure it out. He couldn't let him ruin his good deeds, right
Li Zhi wanted to go out in Goguryeo, so naturally he couldn't just leave. There were nearly a thousand Jinwu guards in the palace, who took turns guarding his palace twelve hours a day, so he wanted to go to other parts of the Goguryeo palace. , it was really crowded, not like being in the Daming Palace in Chang'an, where you can take a leisurely walk.
The dispatch of a group of people will naturally alarm Goguryeo's ministers and Gaozang. So far, the Tang army has not prepared to set off for Silla, Baekje and other places, so the Quannansan and Quannanjian that Li Hong has always been thinking about He hasn't seen it yet.
"Is this thing really good?" Li Hong asked the people next to him, holding a mink fur in his hand, as he invited several Goguryeo courtiers and palace maids.
A large row of temporary shops were covered with all kinds of furs, among which mink was the most expensive and mink the least.
The ministers who were coerced by Li Hong in Goguryeo were all crying, as if they were mourning their heirs. The royal family of Goguryeo was a symbol of the majesty of the Goguryeo state. When would it be the turn of these traders to run into the palace? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty is nakedly humiliating us.
But at this moment, when faced with the question from His Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, he did not dare not to answer. After all, although this was his own territory, he had no choice but to have big fists.
So, naturally, after listening to the answer of the Goguryeo minister, the tongue-speaker translated it fluently: "Dear Your Highness, the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, the cross mink is the most respected mink, followed by other varieties."
"Where's this white one? It looks pretty good." Li Hong threw down the cross mink fur that he felt was worthless and looked at the white one and said.
The speaker looked at the troubled expression of the Goguryeo minister next to him, and had to translate it truthfully: "Dear Your Highness, the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, the white one is just beautiful. When it comes to the feel, texture, and cost of the fur, naturally the cross marten is the most valuable. , hope you like the cross marten..."
"What do you want these for?" Li Zhi suddenly appeared behind Li Hong and said.
When Li Hong arrived, he was patted on the shoulder. But after hearing the words, he immediately put away his angry look and put on a filial expression: "My son, this is why you are like this."
"Because of me? Have I said that I need these things? Even if I need them, will the Goguryeo royal family give me shoddy goods when they pay annual tribute? Wouldn't they give me their best things?" Li Zhi looked at it. After Li Hong answered his words, he began to bow his head and choose again. He was even more puzzled as to why this unfilial son was so serious.
Obviously, Father Long didn't like his philistine appearance, so he had to push others aside. Only the father and son were left in front of the stall in the Goguryeo Palace. Li Hong then whispered next to Father Long: "You come out this time." Not a small gain, right?”
"That is, I have achieved a great feat that even your grandpa has never accomplished, allowing our Tang soldiers to take over the royal city of Goguryeo. Is this harvest still small?"
"What about the others? Where is the person who has been with you every day these days? What are you going to do? When you can't leave, just leave him here?" Li Hong searched for a long time in the crowd, but couldn't find it. I had no choice but to remind Father Long.
Hearing Li Hong mention Zhang Lushui, Li Zhi's face suddenly darkened and he said coldly: "What do you mean?"
Li Hong didn't realize anything and still said naturally: "What can I mean? I am worried about my mother for my father. What if the mother knows about it? What if you bring it back to the Tang Dynasty and the mother does not agree?"
"What does that have to do with these furs?" Li Zhi was a little enlightened, but he still didn't think that these furs could win the queen's heart.
But in Li Hong's opinion, whether he can win over Long Ma's heart is one thing, but at least it can save him a few feather dusters, which can definitely have an effect.
"After you get these furs, when you return to Chang'an, you will say that you personally selected them for the queen mother. In this way, won't the queen mother agree to your affair with that person? After bringing them back to Chang'an, won't she? Are you being treated like a palace maid by your mother?" Li Hong gave Li Zhi a knowing look.
"Li Hong, do you think your mother will stop me from bringing a woman back to the palace?" After Li Zhi understood Li Hong's intention, he still asked with a deep expression.
"This..." Li Hong pondered for a while and said cautiously: "It's hard to say. But I know that if I get some gifts for my mother that will make her happy, the chance of being beaten because of you will be small. a lot of."
(End of chapter)