This was the first time he saw his mother so weak and helpless, her determined back full of loneliness and sorrow in the night. But even so, the queen mother still chose to compromise for herself, and finally chose to hand over Li Yifu to him.
Li Hong looked at the lonely back and sighed: "Mang Zhong, Hua Meng, escort Li Yifu to Dali Temple. Entering the harem without permission, flattering the queen, bewitching the queen..." Looking at the stars in the night sky, Li Hong said while As he walked, he said: "False against Concubine Xiao Shu, rape Yiyang, and Princess Gao'an."
Li Yifu knelt there motionless, lowering his head and watching Li Hong's feet walking past him. At this moment, he knew better than anyone else that his official career had finally come to an end, but what he didn't expect was that he turned out to be He was questioned by the prince.
"Thank you, Your Highness, the Crown Prince." Li Yifu kowtowed and thanked him, listening to the Crown Prince's footsteps retreating behind him.
"As long as you understand the truth, you have been working hard these days." Li Hong did not stop and said with his back to Li Yifu.
Li Yifu knew very well that he, his daughter and son-in-law bought and sold jobs, raped colleagues, and even the charge of disrespect that His Majesty summoned him to the palace to interrogate, but he did not apologize when he left, would be wiped out.
In order to protect him and to give an explanation to the court, the prince turned his crime into a private matter of the royal family. This also means that my wish to rebuild the "Clan Chronicle" and so on will never be realized.
As for the future of his daughter and son-in-law, it depends on whether the prince will show mercy to them because of their friendship over the past few years.
Passing by the queen mother's palace, the lights were still bright, but behind the bustling palace, there seemed to be a sad woman crying.
Li Hong sighed silently, and with Xia Zhi and Xiao Han in the end, they did not enter Wu Mei's palace and continued to move forward slowly.
In the dark room, Wu Mei also looked at Li Hong's figure. When she saw Li Hong looking at his palace in a daze, she felt inexplicably relaxed and satisfied in her heart. But the ambition in her heart, and the emptiness after it was gradually extinguished, would linger in her heart for a long time.
Letting go of Li Yifu represented a compromise on his part. From now on, he would have to settle down with the affairs of the harem. Above the court, it will be a matter between their father and son. As for the relationship between father and son, or the rivalry between father and son, it will have nothing to do with him in the past few years.
At dawn the next day, Princess Lanling's carriage stopped at the gate of the Jiafu Gate of the Prince's East Palace.
"Get up quickly and see what time it is and you are still sleeping!" Lan Ling opened his eyes wide and pulled the soft cotton quilt on the prince's bed.
The prince grabbed a corner of the quilt and huddled in the remaining quilt, covering his head and saying that he wanted to sleep a little longer.
"How can anyone get up so early? Just wait until Yiyang comes and you can go straight away. Do you still need me to see you off?" Li Hong said lazily while hiding under the quilt.
"Is this a matter for me alone? You leave such a big matter to me alone, and there is a fragile princess who has never been out of the palace. What do you think of your aunt? I am a subordinate of your prince. You're a guest, right? You're just counting on us to run errands for you, right?" Lan Ling stood in front of the bed for a long time, panting from exhaustion, but couldn't reach the little thing's ears.
Now that he has grown up, unlike when he was a child, he could pinch and hit him casually. The little thing who was just ten years old was so strong that it seemed that he could not do it without using his trump card.
"I'm asking you again, can you get up?" Lan Ling put his hands on his hips and watched Li Hong wrap himself up in quilt like a cicada.
"..." Li Hong told Lanling with practical actions, and he was determined not to get up yet.
"Okay, little guy, you think I can't do anything like this." After Lan Ling finished speaking, Xia Zhi, Xiao Han and others were stunned, and he jumped directly onto Li Hong's bed without taking off his shoes.
"Hey, this is my bed. I haven't put on my clothes yet!" Li Hong was shocked. He suddenly felt that there was an extra person on top of him, and he was almost out of breath.
"The little thing still knows how to be shy? He is just ten years old. Even if the news spreads, I, Lan Ling, don't care. Besides, I am still your aunt." Lan Ling said while fighting with Li Hong's hands, trying to break away from Li Hong's hands. Go grab Li Hong's ears.
"Princess Yiyang has arrived." Hua Meng's voice came from the door.
"Let her come in and help." Lan Ling said for Li Hong.
"Yi Yang is not allowed to come in." Li Hong was anxious. This was a big deal. If the two women took off the quilt, how could he still hang out in the East Palace and still treat himself like this prince
Xia Zhi and Xiao Han, under the threat of Lan Ling's eyes, did not dare to move or speak to prevent Yi Yang from coming in.
"Yi Yang has met Lan Ling Gu... Gu." Yi Yang, who jumped in, was so shocked by the magical scene in front of him that he forgot to salute.
The scene in front of her made her a little confused. Li Hongzheng wrapped in a quilt and Lan Ling riding on him? is this real
"Why are Yiyang still standing there? If you really want to go to Lanling with me, help me hold Li Hong's hands down now! Hurry up!" Lanling said, looking at Yiyang who was in a daze.
"Oh, okay, aunt, I'll help you right now." Yiyang is a guy with a weak head, but Lanling is old enough so he doesn't care. What's more, he's Li Hong's aunt!
If you, a sister of Li Hong's generation, climbed into Li Hong's bed, you wouldn't know that if word spread, the censor would be impeached and killed. Li Hong's crown prince and her princess might both be deposed.
"Stop. Yiyang, you are stupid. What kind of place is this? If you dare to come up, be careful that the imperial censor will find out and depose your princess." Li Hong was a little powerless. After all, he was too young. For so long, Lanling It had teased him almost to the point of running out of energy.
"You don't call me Huangjie, but you still call me stupid! Auntie, Yiyang is here to help you!" Yiyang couldn't help but jump on the bed.
The bed, which was already a mess, was now a mess. The addition of Yiyang, a new force, made Li Hongda feel overwhelmed. After a while, the prince's screams could be heard in the East Palace Prince's palace!
Li Hong reluctantly washed up with Xia Zhi's help, while Lanling and Yiyang tidied themselves up.
Fortunately, Li Hong is still young. Although he has lived through nine reincarnations and ten lifetimes, his body's physiological age is still enough for him to bear these scenes. However, if a few years pass, Li Hong may never dare to follow him so freely. They had fun.
With a depressed and unhappy expression, he finished washing up under Xia Zhi's service. Xia Zhi was about to help him tie his hair and wear a crown. Li Hong waved his hand and said impatiently: "No need to do it. I won't leave the palace today. Except for going to Chongwen Hall, I won't go out." , no need to tie your hair.”
Xia Zhi smiled sweetly, she had become more mature, and Xiao Han had already grown into graceful beauties. Every time Lan Ling saw her, she would joke with them: "It's a pity that Ruhua is so old now. If only Hong'er was a few years older, I could let you sleep with me."
Every time, Lan Ling, a twice-husband, would tease Li Hong's four maids until their faces turned red and they were alluring before she would give up. At that time, even Li Hong couldn't catch Lan Ling's every word.
It is enough to imagine how open the style of women in the Tang Dynasty at this time was in the world, whether they were royal, noble or ordinary people.
After the three of them finished their meal in the East Palace, under the leadership of Li Hong, they slowly walked towards the entrance of Jiafu Gate, where they naturally had to pass by the Chongwen Hall in the Prince's Mansion.
The students who came to Chongwen Hall to study early in the morning saw the prince leading Princess Lanling out, so they immediately stood aside and bowed.
The eyes of every student looking at Li Hong were filled with a kind of fear and admiration after a disaster, because none of the problems they came up with in Chongwen Hall were difficult for His Highness the Crown Prince.
No matter what kind of weird or whimsical question it is, as long as you ask His Highness the Crown Prince, he will always be able to give you some answers that are plausible and very close to the correct answer. Sometimes he will even just give you some pointers and then let you follow him. Use your little light to find the brighter answer behind it.
This is why students admire him. As for being afraid of him, it was because as long as there were students who were lazy or slippery, they would be punished by the prince to the point of death, and they would be miserable in every way.
"Are you sure you are just... you are just going back to Lanling, and you are not planning to move your family to Lanling and not come back?" Li Hong asked incredulously, looking at the long queue of carriages at the door.
The original Princess Lanling, who lived a simple life and was frugal with expenses, has long since ceased to exist. Instead, she has become the rich woman Lanling in front of her, who spends extravagantly and focuses on comfort and luxury.
"Are there many of these things? You need them for the journey. Of course, you have to have all the equipment. Otherwise, if something is missing on the road, it will be very troublesome. And this time, the goods in the southern store are also loaded, so it saves money. It will cost extra to take the water route," Lan Ling said proudly.
"Auntie, have you ever calculated, which one is more cost-effective, the cost of traveling by water or the cost of a carriage?" Li Hong asked unkindly. He has grown into a wealthy woman in Ancheng in the past few years, so why can't his mind turn around this way
"Of course I know that the water route saves money. Do you really think your aunt and I are stupid? But there are many shops on this road. The water route goes all the way down. Don't we have to take carriages to transport them to the shops?" Lan Ling rolled her eyes charmingly. , Li Hong was almost as tall as her shoulders.
"Okay, what you said makes sense. Hua Meng and Mang Zhong." Li Hong said to the two people behind him.
The two nodded, and then took dozens of left and right guards from Prince Liu Ling at the door and began to inspect the goods in the carriage one by one.
Mang Zhong watched the guards on the left and right rushing towards each carriage, and shouted: "Be careful with your hands and feet. Touch the ones you should touch, and if anyone dares to touch the ones you shouldn't, have their hands chopped off!"
Lan Ling turned to look at Li Hong with a half-smile, and snorted: "You have to check your aunt's carriage like this. Have you checked the carriage in the name of your mother? I heard about it in Chang'an City, Queen My family can get everything from Taiyi City, and most of the banned items now reach the hands of merchants from various countries through them!"
"It's just hearsay, how is it possible?" Li Hong frowned and said perfunctorily in response to Lan Ling's warning.
(End of chapter)