Confidante Saisuke

The author has something to say: I give Wan'er a false alarm every time. This is called abuse. Is there a way to live without abuse?I am clearly very good to Wan'er, very good.I am the Wanzhao Party first, and I like Wan'er more than Emperor Wu, how can I treat Wan'er badly?It is because the original book of "The Red Faced Zaifu" is not good for Wan'er, that's why I opened the fan humanities to treat her well.

After the imperial court, the officials of the East Palace did not disperse and return to the mansion, but followed Li Xian back to the Prince's Mansion.Today, His Highness the Crown Prince's magnanimity in the face of Ming Qingyuan's slander made all the court officials admire, and the Emperor's full protection of His Highness the Crown Prince also made them high-spirited.It is a great honor to be able to follow such a grand prince.

Everyone came to the Chongwen Hall, and when they were chatting happily, Zhao Daosheng ran in to report: "His Royal Highness, hurry up to receive the order, Eunuch Gao is here to announce the order."

Li Xian and the others rushed out to greet them, only to see Gao He walking towards them with an imperial decree in his hand, smiling.Everyone knelt down to listen to the decree. It turned out that Li Zhi rewarded the officials of the Prince's Mansion for assisting Li Xian in annotating the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty".Everyone beamed with gratitude.

After Li Xian got up, he said to Gao He with a smile: "Eunuch Gao, you have worked hard all the way, let's go to the restaurant and have some tea."

Gao He kept saying that he didn't dare, and followed the prince into the Chongwen Hall.

After finishing a cup of tea, Gao He put down his teacup and said, "Today the emperor sent this old slave here to announce the decree for the scholars, and the emperor also has a few words for the old slave to pass on to His Highness the Crown Prince."

Li Xian got up immediately, and replied respectfully: "I would like to follow my father's instruction."

Gao He smiled, and patted Li Xian's hand: "The emperor said, although Ming Qingyuan is arrogant and shameless, he was invited to the palace by the empress, the emperor's body depends on this person, the prince is safe Don't be rash, don't act rashly."

Li Xian replied: "Your servant understands. Please also ask Eunuch Gao to report to the emperor on my behalf. I will definitely not disappoint the emperor."

Only then did Eunuch Gao get up, and said: "The prince's words, this old slave will definitely bring it to the emperor. The old slave has to go back and return to order, and disturb the prince."

Li Xian has been sending Gao He out of the Prince's Mansion.When he returned to the Chongwen Museum, he saw Zhao Daosheng being dragged angrily, and asked what was going on.It was Zhang Da'an who told Zhao Daosheng what Ming Qingyuan said in the hall to slander Li Xian and Zhao Daosheng. Zhao Daosheng was furious when he heard this, and wanted to go to Ming Qingyuan to fight for his life.

Li Xian heard this, coughed, and said casually: "Rumors only stop at the wise. As long as you are innocent, it doesn't matter what others say. If you can't hold back on such a trivial matter, your previous books will be in vain."

Zhao Daosheng became anxious and argued: "His Royal Highness, I am not for myself. I am a little servant. It doesn't matter what others say about me. I am for your Highness. You are a majestic His Royal Highness, how can you let that Wait for the villain to talk nonsense. What's more, it's not the first time he has slandered you like this. How can you sit idly by?"

Li Xian smiled, and said solemnly: "No matter what he says, you just remember that he is the one who healed my father. Whether my father can recover depends on him alone. As long as he can To cure my father's illness, a little gossip is nothing."

Zhao Dao flicked his sleeves angrily and left, and everyone followed Li Xian back to the hall without mentioning it.Since then, Li Xian's prestige has grown day by day, and he has the potential to compete with Wu Meiniang in the court.

On this day, Shangguan Wan'er was preparing to visit Princess Taiping's residence as a guest.Princess Taiping was married and pregnant, and she did not go during the three dynasties.She really didn't know how to deal with it and didn't like to deal with it.She knew that Princess Taiping had always regarded her as a friend, and she was also secretly ashamed.However, if Princess Taiping hadn't issued an ultimatum a few days ago, saying that she would break off the relationship if she didn't go there, she wouldn't go there either.

"Wan'er, don't you feel bored staying in my Sixth Brother's house all day?" Princess Taiping chatted with Shangguan Wan'er while teasing her son Xue Chongxun.

"I have gone out," Shangguan Wan'er looked at Taiping Gong suspiciously at her, and said with a smile: "Sometimes I will sneak out of the mansion with Yiwei to go shopping, like Chongrenfang, Changxingfang , Changlefang, I have been there.”

"I've been to so many places and didn't think of coming to see me here. You are too heartless. Tell yourself, Chongxun is more than one year old, how many times have you seen him?" Princess Taiping scolded.

Shangguan Wan'er smiled embarrassedly, and explained: "Princess, you know, I didn't go to the Shangyi Bureau to learn etiquette. After all, this is not the Princess's Mansion. I'm afraid that something will not be thoughtful and make people laugh."

Princess Taiping snorted: "You are the person I invited, who dares to laugh at you, unless her skin is itchy." Then she asked casually, "How is my sixth brother? The emperor issued a decree to reward him and the gang in his mansion."

Shangguan Wan'er frowned slightly, and said, "I don't know. I'm just arranging the bookshelves in the study, and I haven't seen the prince for a while." In fact, since the banquet that day, she has never seen Li again. Xian.

Princess Taiping was about to speak, but when she saw the maid approaching, she stopped talking.

"Princess, my lord's goat's milk is ready." The maid gently put a bowl of steaming goat's milk on the stone table and quietly stepped back.

"Come on, hold him for a while. This goat's milk is too hot, I'll stir it for him." Princess Taiping didn't care about Xue Chongxun who kept shouting for goat's milk, she stuffed it on Shangguan Wan'er, and she herself Goat's milk.

Of course she knew that Shangguan Wan'er couldn't hold a child, but she just wanted to make a joke and see Shangguan Wan'er embarrassed.Before Shangguan Wan'er had time to refuse, there was a doll in her hand, and she felt the pressure immediately, she didn't dare to move as if she was facing an abyss, she just stared at Xue Chongxun, for fear that he would fall.

When Xue Chongxun was picked up by Shangguan Wan'er, he immediately felt uncomfortable, twisted and moved, trying to attract his mother's attention, when he suddenly saw a red thread on Shangguan Wan'er's neck, he stretched out his hand to grab it.The jade pendant fell out.

Princess Taiping turned her head and looked straight.Shangguan Wan'er's face turned pale.

"Where did this jade pendant come from?" Princess Taiping took the jade pendant from Shangguan Wan'er's neck, looked at it, put it on the stone table, and asked calmly.

Shangguan Wan'er's whole body was almost limp, she slowly knelt down on the ground, and shouted in a trembling voice: "Princess,..." She dared not say it.

Princess Taiping took Xue Chongxun from Shangguan Wan'er, slowly fed him a mouthful of goat milk, and said unhurriedly, "This is my mother's jade pendant, why is it on you?"

"That's what the Empress Dowager rewarded me." Shangguan Wan'er murmured, not daring to raise her head.

"I didn't expect that Wan'er, who has always been self-proclaimed, would lie." Princess Taiping chuckled, "It's a pity that the level of this lie is really not very good. Do you know what kind of jade pendant it is. My mother accompanied the father to entertain the clan and court ministers." I would wear a special court dress when I was a child, and this jade pendant is specially made to match that court dress, and it is usually kept by Liu Niang, why would my mother specially reward you with this jade pendant?"

Shangguan Wan'er was not a liar at all, and she didn't know that there were so many twists and turns, so she was at a loss for words, she just bit her lips and remained silent.

Princess Taiping couldn't figure out what was going on for a while.If it is said that Shangguan Wan'er conspired with others to kill her mother, then there is absolutely no reason to wear her mother's things around her neck.If it is said that the mother wins over her, then there is no need to give someone a handle with something that can tell who the owner is at a glance.It's hard to guess.

Princess Taiping thought for a long time, and said: "Shangguan Wan'er, if this matter gets to my father,..."

How can the emperor know this?Shangguan Wan'er became anxious immediately, she lay down on the ground and said: "Princess, please don't tell the emperor, I..." She didn't know what to say for a while, did she want to tell Princess Taiping everything?She can't harm the Queen of Heaven.

"Okay then," Xue Chongxun fell into a drowsy sleep after eating the goat's milk, and Princess Taiping said while patting him, "Then you tell me the whole thing, and I will consider giving you a way out, otherwise, not only you and you The person behind it, your mother will not be able to save her life."

Shangguan Wan'er knew that she couldn't escape, she just asked not to drag Wu Meiniang into it.

"According to what you said," Princess Taiping smiled slightly, "to save your life, my mother said in front of the ministers that she would kill you with a stick; on the other hand, she went to the side hall to appease you and reward you with a jade pendant. So, this matter does not matter. Why are you lying when you have nothing to hide?"

Shangguan Wan'er said calmly: "Because I have a heart of admiration for the Empress Dowager, and I am afraid that the princess will find out and get confused."

What?Princess Taiping's eyes widened: "Wan'er, my mother is a woman."

"That's why I don't want people to know."

Princess Taiping felt that the whole thing was unbelievable, and asked again: "I remember, my mother is 40 years older than you, right?"

Shangguan Wan'er glanced at Princess Taiping, but said nothing.

Princess Taiping suddenly thought of a question: "Then my mother treats you..."

"The Queen of Heaven doesn't know what I'm thinking. She takes extra care of me because I'm about the same age as the princess. The princess wants to kill me, and I will do as I please. Wan'er just begs the princess not to tell the queen about it. "In this way, the Queen of Heaven can be protected, right?Shangguan Wan'er sighed lightly.I'm afraid I won't be able to return to the palace.

Princess Taiping listened to Shangguan Wan'er finish her words very quickly, as if... she was covering up for others... However, no matter what, the crown prince's thoughts on Shangguan Wan'er were well known to all the world, and her mother seemed to be interested in her too. Quite valued.Now the mother and the sixth brother are already two tigers fighting each other. It is still unknown who will win and who will lose. It is not safe to stand on either side. It is better to win over a person like Shangguan Wan'er who has both sides. Will not make trouble for myself.

After thinking about it, Princess Taiping said with a smile: "So I misunderstood Wan'er. I thought Wan'er was going to harm my mother, but I really didn't expect it to be so. Wan'er, get up quickly."

Shangguan Wan'er just got up from the ground, who knew that she had knelt for too long, her legs had already lost feeling, and she was about to fall to the ground in an instant.Princess Taiping had sharp eyes and quick hands, and stretched out a hand to support her.Shangguan Wan'er used her strength to move to the stone table and sit down.

Shangguan Wan'er looked at Princess Taiping's attitude as if she wanted to punish her, but for peace of mind, he asked, "How does the princess plan to deal with Wan'er?"

Princess Taiping smiled and said, "Wan'er don't worry, I'm Wan'er's friend, so I will keep it a secret for Wan'er."

Shangguan Wan'er was very grateful, and knelt on the ground again: "Wan'er is very grateful to the princess. Wan'er will always remember the princess' great kindness."

Princess Taiping laughed and asked her to sit up and talk.

After holding Xue Chongxun for half a day, Princess Taiping's arms were already sore and numb, so she called the maid over loudly and asked her to take the child back to the nanny, and ordered someone to change the tea.Shangguan Wan'er was not in the mood to drink tea at this moment, thanked her hurriedly, and went back.

Princess Taiping picked up the teacup, sipping it and thinking about what Shangguan Waner just said, she still felt it was too ridiculous, so she decided to go to the palace to see if the jade pendant was given by her mother as Shangguan Waner said.

Unexpectedly, during lunch, Xue Chongxun suddenly vomited, and the family panicked immediately, and hurriedly called the imperial physician, it turned out that he was choking on food.Princess Taiping thought, no, she fed Xue Chongxun half a bowl of goat's milk in the garden in the first half of the day, and sat there for so long, so it's no wonder he didn't choke on the wind.Following the imperial physician's prescription, he boiled the medicine and fed it, Xue Chongxun finally stopped crying, and Princess Taiping was relieved.However, the sky was getting dark, so the plan to enter the palace could only be put aside for the time being.

While he was thinking about it, the son-in-law Xue Shao came back and brought a shocking news.

Ming Qingyuan was killed.It's on Suzaku Street where people come and go.No one saw where the assassin jumped out, and when everyone heard Ming Qingyuan's attendants yelling to arrest the assassin, he had disappeared.And Ming Qingyuan fell straight from the horse, was stabbed in the neck, and lost his breath for a moment.

The Ministry of Punishment has sealed all the gates of Chang'an City, strictly prohibiting anyone from leaving the city.The soldiers searched and interrogated from house to house, and if they found suspicious faces, they took them back to Dali Temple for interrogation.

This is for the mother.Everyone in Chang'an City knew that Ming Qingyuan was a celebrity by his mother's side, and he had clashed with the prince many times. I'm afraid that this matter has something to do with Sixth Brother.Princess Taiping decided to take good care of Xue Chongxun in the near future, and it is better to ignore the others for the time being.