My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

When he got home, Gu Li suddenly slapped his head and exclaimed, "Ah!"

Chang An was startled by her sudden exclamation and asked, "What's wrong, Gu Niang? Did you miss anything?"

Gu Li nodded, and then looked like he wanted to cry but couldn't, and said aggrievedly: "Tomorrow is Double Ninth Festival..."

Chang An didn't know the seriousness of the matter at this time, so he simply nodded and asked, "Yeah, what's wrong?"

"I...I forgot to make a new sachet for Chang Lang." Gu Li said disappointedly.

Chang An was stunned for a moment, then he touched her head and said, "It's okay. I already have a lot of sachets made by Gu Niang. I can't wear them all even if I change one every day. This one won't make a difference."

"This is different! This is the Chongyang sachet, used to bless Chang Lang!" Gu Li said very seriously.

"Okay, okay, then when we get back to the house, Madam Gu will help me sew a new one. I'll help you, okay?" Chang An smiled and kissed her, saying.

"Okay!"

......

Late at night, Li Longji was sitting alone by his bed in Xingqing Palace, thinking about something. When Queen Wang saw Li Longji thinking alone, she walked up to him, sat next to him, and asked gently, "What are you worried about, Your Majesty? Are you worried about the affairs of the court?"

Li Longji looked at Queen Wang, took her hand, and said, "It's not a matter of the court."

"Isn't it a matter of the court? Could it be a matter concerning Prime Minister Zhang?" asked Queen Wang.

Li Longji nodded, and then said, "I guess so."

Then, he turned slightly and looked at Queen Wang, and asked, "Queen, do you think I am a king who maintains the status quo or a king who explores new things?"

Queen Wang was a little confused at this time. After thinking for a while, she replied: "Your Majesty is now maintaining the status quo, but I don't know why Your Majesty asked this?"

Li Longji said, "Didn't I go to look for Marquis Dingkang the past two days?"

Queen Wang nodded, and Li Longji continued, "Yesterday, when I asked Marquis Dingkang about his treatment of Zhang Jiazhen, he told me: If I am a king who maintains the status quo, Zhang Jiazhen can be kept. But if I want to be a king who explores new things, Zhang Jiazhen must be eliminated."

"And I have been thinking about it these past two nights. Are the things I have done considered as maintaining the status quo or expanding the market? Whether I am maintaining the status quo or expanding the market, this is what I think."

Queen Wang smiled at this time and said gently: "Forgive me for being so presumptuous, but when Your Majesty decided to detain Prime Minister Zhang in the Dali Temple, didn't you explain everything?"

Li Longji was slightly startled, and then Queen Wang said: "Your Majesty's treatment of Prime Minister Zhang shows your Majesty's intentions, so I think Dingkanghou has already known your Majesty's intentions."

"Queen, you are right. I understand."

"I just wonder if your majesty has chosen a new prime minister?" Queen Wang asked gently at this time, "Now that your majesty has made a decision, are you going to take action?"

"Yes, I already have a very suitable candidate now, Queen, don't worry."

......

Almost two months later, it was already the time of November frost. In mid-November, the first snow of the year fell in Chang'an City.

It snowed late at night. In the early morning, Chang An and Gu Li were also awakened by shivering. They only knew that it was cold, but they didn't know it was snowing. After waking up, Chang An got up first, and then carefully helped Gu Li sit up.

Now Gu Li's belly is also much bigger, six or seven months of age and the same size as other people's babies, so Chang An bought a lot of loose clothes for this. After Chang An put on the clothes, he began to help Gu Li, who was unable to move, change clothes.

"Mother Gu is waiting for me in the room. I'll go get some water." Chang An said this after changing Gu Li's clothes.

"Okay." Gu Li nodded obediently.

Chang An smiled, then leaned over and said to Gu Li's big belly, "Xiaoguai, you have to behave well in my belly. I just got up, so you are not allowed to kick me."

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Li suddenly shrank back and held his stomach with his hands. Then he said with some amusement: "Xiaoguai kicked again, probably because he heard what Aye said."

"oops......"

Chang An saw this and knew that it was Xiaoguai who kicked again. For some reason, Gu Li's fetal movements were slightly more frequent than Cui Yu's at the same time, and sometimes they moved twice in a row. He smiled, reached out and gently touched her belly, and then went out.

But as soon as Chang An opened the door, Gu Li saw him standing there in a daze, looking up at the sky outside. She called out softly, "Chang Lang? What's wrong?"

"Snowing."

Chang An turned sideways at this time, so that Gu Li could see the scene outside the door. After seeing the white layer of snow on the ground outside the house, Gu Li was also a little surprised and said: "Really! It's snowing!"

Chang An smiled and said, "I'll go get some water, Gu Niang, please stay where you are."

Gu Li nodded obediently and left. After finishing all the procedures in the morning, Gu Li came to the door with Zhen'er's support and umbrella, and sent Chang'an to the Imperial College for class.

"Mother Gu, do you still remember the rules from last winter?" Chang An asked with a smile before leaving.

Gu Li nodded and said, "I know. I will come to pick up Chang Lang when he comes back. I won't go out without permission."

"That's good. I'll go to the Imperial College first. Madam Gu, remember to tell the kitchen that we'll have hotpot for lunch today."

Chang An smiled and kissed Gu Li goodbye. When he was about to get on the carriage, he suddenly heard a voice: "Wait a minute!"

Chang An and Gu Li were both a little confused, and then they looked in the direction of the sound, and found a carriage coming towards their home. The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and inside was an old man.

The couple looked at each other in confusion and waited for the carriage to come towards them. When they arrived at the door, they saw the old man in the carriage slowly get off, then bowed to Chang An and greeted him:

"Marquis Dingkang, Madam Marquis."

"Old sir, who are you?" Gu Li was unable to salute, so Chang An stood in front of her and returned the salute to the old man.

"My surname is Zhang, and my given name is Shuo."

Zhang said? Chang An was stunned for a moment, then asked in confusion: "Isn't Mr. Zhang still out?"

Zhang Shuo smiled and said, "At first, yes, but two months ago, I received an imperial edict from His Majesty, asking me to return to the capital to serve as Prime Minister. Just now, while His Majesty is still in the morning court, I came to see the famous Marquis Dingkang."

"I dare not." Chang An waved his hands quickly, "I am just a scholar, how can I be famous?"

Zhang Shuo waved his hand and said, "I always tell the truth and never praise others."

Then Zhang Shuo saw Gu Li behind Chang An and greeted him, "This must be the wife of Marquis Dingkang, I'm sorry."

"Hello, Prime Minister Zhang." Gu Li also nodded slightly.

"Excuse my intrusion, but is the Marquis's wedding day coming up soon?" Zhang Shuo asked, looking at Gu Li's belly.

Chang An quickly shook his head and said, "Prime Minister Zhang, you misunderstood. My wife is less than seven months old, and it is not yet time for the wedding."

Zhang was a little surprised when he said this, then he thought about it for a while, as if he had figured out something, and said, "So that's it, I misunderstood."

"Prime Minister Zhang, I still need to go to the Imperial College to study. If you are free, you can come again at noon and I will treat you." Chang An said.

Zhang Shuo nodded, and then said: "Okay, if I have time, I will come and bother you."

After Chang An arrived at the Imperial College, he found that there were many more people in the Imperial College. He was a little confused at this time, and then asked Huaiqin beside him: "What day is today?"

"Sir, today is the day for candidates from other places to enter the capital."

Chang An nodded, guessing that these people came to the Imperial College to worship Confucius, because he remembered that there was a large statue of Confucius in the Imperial College. When Du Chengming came of age some time ago, he was in the Confucius Hall.

Then he simply ignored these candidates, and suddenly a voice came: "Brother Yonghe!"

Chang An turned around and looked behind him. Du Chengming walked in at this time. What was different from before was that he had a crown on his head. Chang An smiled and responded:

"Brother Xingmei."

Du Chengming's name is taken from "The Doctrine of the Mean", which means "Sincerity and wisdom are called nature, and sincerity and wisdom are called education. Sincerity leads to wisdom, and wisdom leads to sincerity." It shows that human virtues are perfect, so Du Chengming is named after the word "beautiful nature".

"Today, the group of foreign candidates came to pay homage to Confucius. They were very arrogant and domineering." Du Chengming said at this time with some dissatisfaction.

"What do you mean? Did they do anything?" Chang An asked with a frown.

Du Chengming said: "I don't know what's going on, but there's one candidate who won five prizes in a row this year, and he's a little arrogant."

"Oh." Chang An nodded calmly, indicating that it had nothing to do with him, "It's okay, it's only five yuan."

"What? Brother Yonghe, don't you know that he is still a little arrogant?" Du Chengming saw Chang'an's unhurried look and immediately became anxious, and then said, "He even looks down on you, Brother Yonghe."

"If he despises me, then he despises me. What does it have to do with me if he despises me?" Chang An said with a smile, "We should just live our lives in peace and stability. Let him be crazy, just like the breeze blowing over the hills."

"Aren't you anxious? If one day he takes away your position as the perennial top student in the Imperial College, you will be embarrassed." Du Chengming said anxiously at this time.

"Doesn't this just prove that we have talented people in the Tang Dynasty? Why should I embarrass myself?"

"But if you lose face, won't Madam Gu also lose face?"

Chang An paused when he heard this, then he put down his bookcase and took out a stack of papers. He randomly took out a piece of paper and slapped it on Du Chengming, saying:

"Take it and post it on the poetry board in our Imperial College."