Half in the river wind, half in the clouds

Although Princess Taiping was cooling off in Mount Zhongnan, she was not idle.

Either Li Dan sent people to ask for advice, or the prime ministers of various departments came to visit him. There were people coming to complain, ask for instructions, and greet him. It was very lively.

Whenever someone came, Princess Taiping would ask Jiang Feng to serve her, holding tea and grinding tea, and doing everything else.

Those ministers were all smart people and naturally knew that Princess Taiping's adopted daughter was actually Li Longye's concubine who had never married.

And Li Longye is the prince's best friend.

All of their purposes for coming here were related to the prince.

How dare you talk about those conspiracies in front of Jiang Feng!

But Princess Taiping made it clear that she wanted Jiang Feng to listen, so Jiang Feng was there every time they came.

After going back and forth between Chang'an and Zhongnan Mountain several times, they could no longer bear the constant running around. The situation did not wait for anyone, and they did not care about Jiang Feng, so they all complained to Princess Taiping.

There is nothing new under the sun. It's nothing more than the same few things. Which officials did the prince's party deliberately target? Some of the prince's new policies are aimed at suppressing the princess...

Until that day, Cui Shi brought a piece of news: there were unusual movements of the Liangzhou army.

Jiang Feng paused as he was grinding the inkstone. Princess Taiping remained calm and asked, "The army in Liangzhou has long supported Sanlang. The Liangzhou garrison put in a lot of effort to kill Wei Shi. Now that the world is peaceful and prosperous, why would Sanlang touch them?"

Cui Shi glanced at Jiang Feng, hinting: "Lord Shen asked to go to Anxi Protectorate, but he was not idle. He joined hands with Deputy Protector General Gao Hui to clean up the Liangzhou garrison from top to bottom. Now the upper echelons of the Liangzhou army are like an iron barrel, and we have no news at all. The day before yesterday, the prince suddenly transferred Gao Hui to the capital and appointed him as the general of the Longwu Army, and he still served as the deputy protector general of Liangzhou."

Princess Taiping said: "The Longwu Army is your majesty's imperial guards, and they are very important. Where does this Gao Hui come from?"

Cui Shi said: "The grandson-in-law of Liangzhou Jiedushi Guo Qianguan is an old acquaintance of Miss Jiang."

Jiang Feng served Princess Taiping and developed a skill: as long as Princess Taiping didn't speak, no matter how others cue her, she would pretend not to hear or understand.

Princess Taiping said: "Liangzhou is not like Chang'an. It is a small place with warm people. It is not surprising that the officials' families and children know each other."

Cui Shi was unhappy and had to continue, "But I am still worried about him being the leader of the Shenwu Army."

Princess Taiping asked: "Ah Xi, do you have any solution?"

Cui Shi was waiting for this sentence. Before he said it, he glanced at Jiang Feng with a smug look: "Dou Ding, the son of Dou Huairang, the former governor of Liangzhou, has had many conflicts with Gao Hui and has even offended the crown prince. I think that your majesty's imperial guards cannot be controlled by the crown prince alone. I think your majesty would be willing to let someone in to check and balance each other."

Dou Ding. Cui Shi. Ji'an. King Ning.

The road to the Eastern Palace is long and difficult.

That night, Cui Shi stayed in the villa.

He didn't leave the next day either.

Princess Taiping looked radiant and in a good mood, and she arranged singing and dancing in the evening.

Cui Shi wore flowers in his wide sleeves and played a piece of music for Princess Taiping, lingering in the mist and full of deep affection.

Who isn’t an actor?

Jiang Feng almost crushed the cup while watching his performance.

Princess Taiping didn't understand why her two favorite girls disliked each other and started fighting whenever they met!

She waved to Jiang Feng, and Jiang Feng brought a soft stool and sat next to Princess Taiping.

Princess Taiping smiled, and Jiang Feng asked, "My Lady, what's so good about him?"

Princess Taiping was stunned for a moment, then she realized that she was referring to Cui Shi.

Her eyes were deep, and she shook her head and said, "What my cousin didn't give me, he gave me. What I couldn't give to my cousin before, I give to him now."

Jiang Feng asked again: "They just look alike, right? Is the Duke also of this nature?"

Princess Taiping seemed to be reminiscing for a long time before she said, "A Feng, it's been too long. Twenty years can erase all memories. I'm not at the age of romance anymore, but I'm in a powerful position now, and I just want to make up for the shortcomings of the past."

Jiang Feng lowered his head and thought for a while before saying, "My Lady, I'm just afraid he has ulterior motives."

Princess Taiping smiled instead and said, "Does this palace still expect his sincerity?"

Princess Taiping is truly a clear-headed person.

Cui Shi is in his prime, has a good family background and is handsome, so the probability of him truly liking a middle-aged woman is very low.

But Princess Taiping didn't care.

Jiang Feng felt that he was naive.

She thought of the relationship between Cui Shi and the Princess of Ji'an, and still felt uneasy, saying, "Your Majesty, Cui Shi and the Princess of Ji'an are very close. When I went to Baoji Temple, a man hurried out of the Princess's meditation room. It was him. I would never have mistaken him. Also, when our emperor gave the imperial seal to the female official Yuan Ying, various forces scrambled for it. It was also him who arrested Yuan Ying and tortured her to extract a confession. Seeing that all means had been exhausted, Yuan Ying just wouldn't say anything. So he and the Princess of Ji'an worked together, pretending that the Princess of Ji'an had rescued Yuan Ying, and then slowly plotted against her."

After Jiang Feng finished speaking, Princess Taiping's face turned pale.

Jiang Feng said: "My lady, it is really hard to find true sincerity. I am just afraid that he has evil intentions."

Princess Taiping looked at Cui Shi with a deep gaze.

Cui Shi was elegant and graceful, and responded with a smile that captivated everyone.

Princess Taiping's expression remained unchanged, but she asked Jiang Feng: "What do you think he is up to?"

Jiang Feng said: "If it is a high position with generous salary, he can get it easily."

"So, it is more difficult to obtain than high positions and generous salaries?"

Jiang Feng: "Only the throne!"

Princess Taiping frowned and shouted, "How dare you!"

Jiang Feng knelt on the ground in response, and the maids and eunuchs around him also knelt for a long time and could not get up.

Only Cui Shi slowly put away his zither, walked to Princess Taiping, poured another glass of wine, and said, "Your Majesty, please don't be angry. Why can't we talk about it in a nice way?"

The voice is gentle, the tone is soft, and it is as gentle as spring breeze and rain.

Dissolve the anger into formlessness.

Princess Taiping waved her hand, and everyone retreated tremblingly.

Princess Taiping sighed and said, "You should get up too."

Jiang Feng kowtowed and said, "Yes, Madam."

Fangcao took a step forward and helped Jiang Feng up.

Jiang Feng saw Cui Shi’s smug expression out of the corner of his eye.

Princess Taiping looked tired and said, "You are too impatient. Go and copy the Heart Sutra a hundred times before you come to serve me."

Moon-view Pavilion.

Fang Cao put the paperweight in place for Jiang Feng and coaxed him, "Miss, you have good intentions, but you are a little hasty."

Jiang Feng smiled slightly and said, "Aunt, let alone the princess, even I don't believe it."

She saw it with her own eyes, but she had no other evidence.

When the princess heard this, she thought she was just making false accusations.

This is unreasonable.

When Li Longye came the next day, Jiang Feng was copying the Heart Sutra and was sweating profusely.

I'm so tired, and I haven't even finished writing half of it.

Li Longye was not angry, but gloated and said, "Now, only aunt can discipline you."

Jiang Feng ignored him and buried his head in copying scriptures.

Li Longye was so disappointed that he said, "You are a person too. You dare to accuse the third-rank prime minister and the county lord of treason without any evidence."

Jiang Feng was not convinced and said, "I'm just worried that they will take advantage of the princess! Before I could finish my speech, the queen got angry first. With Cui Shi here, it would be difficult for me to explain."

Li Longye said, "Aunt is doing this for your own good. Even if Cui Shi can't hear it, others will hear it, and if it gets to Ji'an or my brother's ears, it will cause another disturbance."

Jiang Feng snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "Even if I didn't say those words, they didn't want to let me go."

Li Longye laughed heartlessly: "That's right."

Jiang Feng threw the pen down in anger and asked, "What exactly is your plan? Are you just going to leave Ji An alone? Even if I can hide here with Princess Taiping, I will be safe for a while, but do you want me to hide here forever?"