My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

Gu Li pouted and said, "I had a nightmare again."

"What did you dream about? Can you tell Chang Lang about it?" Chang An gently held her in his arms and asked.

"What I dreamed about was that Chang Lang was captured by bad guys and then killed. And when Chang Lang was killed, it was very tragic and horrible." Gu Li said, his eyes began to turn red again.

Chang An touched her head and said, "It's okay. Dreams are the opposite of what they actually are. Don't be afraid, Madam Gu."

"Didn't I catch a criminal today? Those adults that Gu Niang mentioned have been demoted to common people because they killed people. Gu Niang dreamed that I was caught by bad guys, and now I have indeed caught the criminal. Isn't this exactly the opposite?"

"Um......"

Gu Li huddled in Chang An's arms for a while before he spoke softly, "Chang Lang, from now on, we will just teach His Highness to read and not do anything else, okay?"

"Why?" Chang An asked, rubbing Gu Li's temples gently.

Gu Li sniffed and said, "I know. Apart from those who often come to our house, Chang Lang now has many, many enemies outside. And now His Majesty has come to ask Chang Lang for help many times. It's hard not to make other adults jealous."

"Your Majesty asked Chang Lang to do the work, so all the credit belongs to Chang Lang. No other person has any credit. And during this period, Chang Lang was framed twice. This time, he almost got thrown into the Dali Temple."

Chang An kissed the top of her head and comforted her: "But every time there is a false accusation, I can solve it, just like this time, so don't be afraid, Gu Niang."

Gu Li then "pulled" himself out of Chang An's arms, shook his head seriously, and obviously disagreed with Chang An's statement, saying: "But those ministers are all malicious. If you slander one today, you will be arrested and sent to the Dali Temple tomorrow, and another one will come to continue slandering the day after tomorrow."

"My father bought a small farm in the countryside outside Chang'an. Although it's not as big as ours, it's spacious. Why don't we resign and live there? If our house is confiscated because of resigning, I will make clothes and support Changlang and the children myself."

Chang An laughed. Other people's wives always advised their husbands to climb up the social ladder, but his own wife was always afraid that her husband would be bullied in the court, so she always wanted to take him back to the countryside.

Not only that, she also wants to support her husband in his old age!

"If you resign, your property won't be confiscated. At most, they'll take back our house. And if you resign now, won't it give more people the opportunity to murder us?" Chang An pinched Gu Li's face and said.

"Ah..." Gu Li was at a loss for words. "Then should we make our family's attitude clear? We won't join other families' cliques. In this way, won't we have no enemies and no one will hurt us?"

Chang An shook his head and said, "But your Chang Lang just doesn't want to join any cliques now, so there are still people who are not nice to us, right?"

"When you don't make enemies, everyone can be your enemy. So, your family, Chang Lang, still has a lot of enemies right now."

Gu Li had no choice but to pout and said, "What should we do? Are we going to be targeted like this forever? I'm worried that Chang Lang will have no friends to help him one day."

"Don't worry, I know my limits. If I really can't hold on any longer, I will take Mother Gu away and go to a farther place. In other words, I will live in the fiefdom bestowed by His Majesty. What do you think?" Chang An comforted Gu Li softly.

Gu Li hesitated for a long time before he slowly nodded, stretched out his hand again, raised his little finger, and said, "Then let's make a pinky promise. If Chang Lang is really tired one day, we will leave here, okay?"

"Okay, pull the hook."

Chang An smiled and hooked Gu Li's little finger.

This is an agreed method they have used for a very long time, but this method always brings peace of mind.

......

On this day, Wu Qinghui was sitting in the palace, opposite Li Longji, and next to her was Li Ju's biological mother Liu Cairen. At this time, Liu Cairen was covering her face, looking a little aggrieved.

Next to Liu Cairen were Concubine Liu, Concubine Zhao Lifei and Huangfu Deyi. The three of them were surrounding Liu Cairen, asking about her well-being. As for Li Longji, he was looking at Wu Qinghui.

The emotions in his eyes at this moment were very complicated, and it was difficult to describe them with just one emotion.

"Talented Lady Liu, please tell me what happened just now." Li Longji felt a little powerless. He had just finished dealing with matters in the court, and now he had to come here to deal with matters in the backyard.

It has to be said that at this time, Li Longji once again felt how happy it was to have a queen in the harem.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Liu Cairen spoke at this time and talked about what happened this morning:

"This morning, I and the other three concubines got up and agreed to take a walk in the palace together, and talk about Ju'er and Ying'er."

"Speaking of children, Yao'er and Ju'er are also about to set up their own residences, so we were too talkative and talked about finding a teacher. Who else could be the best teacher in the Tang Dynasty except Duke Kangguo? So we talked about Duke Kangguo."

"And I heard that Princess Yongmu of Concubine Liu is a friend of Duke Kangguo and is quite close to him. So we would like to ask Concubine Liu to ask the eldest princess to ask Duke Kangguo if he is willing to accept two more students, so that Yaoer and Juer can also study under him."

"But you are talking about Duke Kangguo. Why is Concubine Wu Huifei angry?" Li Longji was puzzled.

"Since we are going to select a teacher, we naturally have to know about the teacher's affairs. We naturally talked about the teacher's affairs and the affairs of Marquis Dingkang. Unconsciously, we mentioned the affairs of the Imperial College Chief Academician and the Secretary General some time ago." Liu Cairen said.

Li Longji frowned slightly at this time, wondering if they had said something they shouldn't have said. He continued to ask: "Then what? What did you say?"

"Then we said that although the Duke of Kangguo was called a wise man by His Majesty, his style of doing things was unorthodox and contrary to the style of Confucian scholars. Although Concubine Hui didn't get along with us very much on weekdays, we, the concubines in the harem, all knew that she was well-behaved and considerate."

"Such a good concubine can accompany His Majesty. We are old and ugly and it is not easy for us to continue to serve her. Naturally, we will not say anything. I am just afraid that she will be implicated by this matter. Otherwise, His Majesty will not keep her in the palace and let her be demoted to a commoner with her two brothers. That would be a real pity."

"As a result, when we were almost done talking, Concubine Hui suddenly appeared in front of us. Without saying a word, she came up to me and scolded me, and even beat me." Only at this point did Concubine Liu finish her words.

Li Longji frowned, looked at Wu Qinghui, and asked, "Concubine Hui, is there anything wrong with what they said?"

"Your Majesty, this is clearly a mockery of me!" Wu Qinghui said angrily, "My two elder brothers were just demoted, and they brought up this matter. I was so angry that I beat Lady Liu."

Liu Cairen also became anxious and quickly clarified: "Your Majesty, those words were really not meant to mock Concubine Wu Huifei."

Li Longji also felt that Concubine Liu was not being sarcastic. After all, if she wanted to be sarcastic, she couldn't say such words, and it was even more impossible to step on one and praise another. Then he looked at Concubine Zhao Lifei, Concubine Liu and the other two and asked:

"Is what Mr. Liu said just now true?"

Concubine Liu nodded and said, "What Lady Liu said was indeed not sarcastic. Lady Liu is quite straightforward and generally doesn't like to make sarcastic remarks."

Concubine Liu was the biological mother of Princess Yongmu Li Ke'er. She was virtuous and knowledgeable, otherwise it would be difficult for her to raise a daughter as dignified and generous as Li Ke'er. Moreover, she had been in the harem for many years and had never participated in any jealousy, so Li Longji still believed her words very much.

"Concubine Hui, you were indeed wrong in this matter." Li Longji made a judgment at this time.

"Your Majesty!" Wu Qinghui became anxious at this time, and seemed to insist that Liu Cairen and his group were mocking her.

Li Longji stretched out his hand and pressed it down, indicating that he should not be impatient, and then said: "Even if Liu Cairen really ridiculed you, Concubine Hui, you should not hit her. Besides, she did not do anything sarcastic."

Wu Qinghui wanted to argue, but soon she gave up. Li Longji thought for a while and hooked his finger behind him. Gao Lishi bent down and approached Li Longji.

Li Longji said at this time: "Now that there is no queen in the harem, I asked some eunuchs to pay attention to the harem. Concubine Hui really misunderstood Liu Cairen and others."

"Do you want to hear what the concubines in the harem are saying about you recently?"

Wu Qinghui frowned slightly and nodded hesitantly. Li Longji then explained, "They are all concerned about you and worried about you. After all, your brother was demoted, and I'm afraid that people in the court will point fingers at you. The concubines in the harem are all protecting you."

Hearing this, Wu Qinghui was stunned. Li Longji continued, "Concubine Hui, you don't know. I don't blame you, but you can't just beat other concubines for no reason."

Wu Qinghui was still wondering, when did these concubines start to speak well of her? She had been favored by Li Longji for so many years, and everyone in the harem had complaints about her, even the former queen Wang Ling who had been deposed.

The reason why Li Longji could say such a thing was because he had been dealt with by Queen Wang Ling. As for Emperor Li Longji, who only cared about having fun with his concubines every day, he naturally didn't know the situation in the harem.

"this......"

"Okay, okay, Concubine Hui should apologize to Concubine Liu, and let's just let today's incident go." Li Longji said.

Although Wu Qinghui was angry, she still had to listen to the emperor's words, so she stood up and said to Liu Cairen:

"I'm sorry, Liu Cairen, I just had a conflict."