Confidante Saisuke

The author has something to say: My essays are light-hearted essays, the kind that kill time, so there will be no entanglements.When everyone is in harmony, the world is a beautiful place.So, um, Wan'er's growth is not my theme, I just have one goal, to treat Wan'er better.If you want to talk about the basic direction, this is the direction of this article, let her live her life in the greenhouse.Hehehe, criticism is welcome, but we will not change it.

Li Xian's recent life is not going well, even his official can see it.In the past, he was high-spirited and eloquent when talking about political affairs. He was completely an image of a hardworking and promising prince.Now, for some unknown reason, his face has become pale and haggard, his spirit is not good, he often falls into a trance, and sometimes he answers irrelevant questions when answering the officials.

Today, the Holy Majesty has been lingering in bed for a long time, and it seems that time is running out. The ministers of the court and the central government have pinned all their hopes on the prince. How can this situation not make them worry.However, the prince is a person who pays great attention to the etiquette of the monarch and his ministers, so they dare not speak out.Besides, the prince is an upright person, if he really has something to tell them, why hide it in his heart?However, it is self-evident that the prince has something on his mind.Thinking of Zhao Daosheng who was with the prince day and night, the officials had a direction.

Zhao Daosheng just shook his head silently.It's about the secrets of the palace, His Royal Highness is already very anxious about this matter, how can he let more people know about it?Should he tell these ministers that the maids of the Prince's Mansion have been spreading a rumor recently that Prince Li Xian was not born to the queen of the dynasty, but the son of the wife of South Korea?

Seeing that the crown prince was walking away, Zhao Daosheng was about to rush over, when his sleeve was tugged twice, he turned his head and saw that it was Xiao Jing Xiao Xueshi.After everyone left, Zhao Daosheng followed Xiao Jing to the back of the rockery.

"Zhao Daosheng, no matter what hurts His Highness the Crown Prince, we can't let him continue to be depressed like this. Seeing that the Tang Dynasty is at a critical juncture, His Highness the Crown Prince must not make any mistakes."

Zhao Daosheng smiled: "Daosheng is just a servant, how much can he help? All I can do is serve the prince more wholeheartedly."

Xiao Jing smiled and shook her head: "No, in my opinion, it's up to you. Since the prince has been depressed for so long, there must be no good way to solve the matter in his mind. If so, there is no need to go to the alley again. Drill, you might as well have some fun and relax. However, if we talk about this matter, it may be tempting to lure the prince into not doing his job properly. I think it's best for you to persuade the prince and take him out to wander around and have a drink. Hunting, just forget about it.”

Zhao Daosheng thought about it, this might also be a solution.Always staying in the Prince's Mansion, looking at those maids pointing fingers will remind you of the rumor, why not go outside to relax, and wait until the matter subsides.Thinking of this, Zhao Daosheng bowed and saluted: "Thank you, Xueshi Xiao, for pointing out the maze. Daosheng can't thank you."

Xiao Jing said a few words of humility, and when Zhao Daosheng walked away, a smile slowly appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Li Xian left the Chongwen Hall and did not return to his dormitory. He wandered casually in the garden of the mansion. Suddenly he saw a maid sitting blankly by the lake, and suddenly remembered that he hadn't seen Shangguan Wan'er for a long time.Feeling overwhelmed, I couldn't control it for a while, and walked towards Shangguan Wan'er's residence at a leisurely pace.

But the windows are bright and clean, and the buildings are empty.

What happened in his absence?Li Xian turned pale with shock, turned around and walked towards the princess' bedroom, Zhao Daosheng told him to ignore him.

"What did you say?" Li Xian raised his voice in surprise, with reprimands mixed in his tone, "Wan'er was picked up by the queen mother a month ago? How could you handle such a big matter without telling me!"

Although the princess had already expected that Li Xian would be angry, she was still afraid when she saw Li Xian, who had always been gentle and refined, lose his temper with her. She stood with her head bowed and dared not speak out.Cui Zhu, who was at the side, saw that the Crown Princess would inevitably be punished by the Crown Prince, and ignored the rule that subordinates should not intervene, so she hurriedly kowtowed and explained: "His Royal Highness, on the day Miss Shangguan was picked up by the Empress, it happened that His Royal Highness was summoned by the Emperor. Entering the palace, the Crown Princess couldn't wait for a long time, and she was worried that the Empress would be angry, so she was taken away by Miss Shangguan."

"This happened a month ago! In the middle of this month, you will always have a chance to tell me about this, right? Princess, do you dare to say that you didn't hide it on purpose? What are you thinking about deliberately hiding this matter? Thanks to me I thought you were virtuous and virtuous, but I didn't expect you to be so narrow-minded, watching Wan'er go back there without making a sound. You are so generous!"

Seeing that Li Xian was furious with thunder, the Crown Princess explained: "At the beginning, the concubine also wanted to report the matter of Miss Shangguan to His Highness the Crown Prince immediately, but His Highness the Crown Prince was busy with government affairs in those few days, so I went there several times. Afterwards, I heard that the crown prince supervised the country, and my mother and father went to Dongdu to rest, and I was worried that the prince would definitely go to the mother when he knew about this." The crown princess raised her head, her eyes filled with tears, "Concubine I was really afraid that the crown prince would cause a gap between the Shangguan girl and the mother, which would affect the relationship between mother and son, and also hinder the crown prince's reputation, so I kept this matter a secret."

mother-child relationship?A bitter taste welled up in Li Xian's mouth.He has thought a lot these past few days, looking back at the past, he doesn't even have any memories of his mother being close to him.He no longer knew how to treat his queen mother.If the rumors are true, then his mother's queen is his mother-killing enemy, but the mother's kindness in nurturing him for more than 20 years... Establishing a son as a son, if he is not the mother's biological son, how can he confidently occupy the position of the prince .After finishing speaking, the princess did not see Li Xian speaking, so she raised her head quietly, but found that Li Xian was in a trance, and was about to speak when Li Xian turned and walked out.

For several days in a row, the officials of the Prince's Mansion did not see Li Xian.The situation in Datang has reached a critical moment, why is the crown prince not working as hard as before?After repeated inquiries, the officials were struck by lightning, and His Royal Highness was actually staying at the farm on the outskirts of Chang'an City, drinking or hunting all day long.Everyone hurried over together, but when they reached the gate of the farm, they were shut down.

Worried and indignant, the master of ceremonies, Wei Chengqing, coughed and said, "Everyone, Wei has decided to explain this matter to His Majesty, and His Majesty asks for a ruling."

Prime Minister Zhang Da'an heard that he couldn't do it, and persuaded: "If we submit the memorial, this matter will spread in the court and the public, and the prince's reputation will be greatly damaged. In my opinion, let's go back first and make a long-term plan. .”

Wei Chengqing flicked his sleeves violently, and retorted loudly: "What time is this, and you are still thinking about those false names. Mr. Prime Minister, don't you know that the Tang Dynasty is at stake, if you don't hurry up, ask the Holy One to urge the crown prince to govern, who will know about it?" If the news is released again, it will be too late for us to regret it.”

After Wei Chengqing finished speaking, he rode his horse back to the city without waiting for everyone.

A few days later, Li Zhi saw Wei Chengqing's remonstrance, threw the memorial on the ground, and was out of breath.Wu Meiniang sighed and said: "After all, Xian'er is still young, it's reasonable to be fond of playing for a while, why should the emperor be so angry. If the emperor sees the things handed up with the booklet, the emperor will be even more angry."

Li Zhi glanced at Wu Meiniang, stretched out his hand and said, "Bring it."

Wu Meiniang persuaded: "Forget it, let's talk about it tomorrow when the emperor calms down a bit."

Li Zhi said nothing, just looked at Wu Meiniang.Wu Meiniang asked Gao He to go to Tongming Hall to find Liu Niang.After a while, Gao He ran back with a book in his hand.

Li Zhi took it over and saw that it was a booklet called "Hai Kai Ji" written by Prince Xianma Liu Nayan. He flipped through it and threw it out.Li Zhi was annoyed, and in a panic, he vomited out all the medicine he just drank, and Gao He hurriedly took the spittoon to continue.

Wu Meiniang patted Li Zhi's back unhurriedly, and said slowly: "I'll go back later and write a letter for someone to take back, and just urge Xian'er to do something. The emperor also knows that Xian'er is not the kind of person who doesn't ask for help. A motivated child probably held back for too long, so as soon as we left Chang'an City, his young temper came out. This matter is not a big deal. As the prince of the Tang Dynasty, how can he even enjoy himself? Don't know?"

Li Zhi closed his eyes and didn't answer, and said for a long while: "Go back and draw up an order to send that Liu Nayan to another place."

Wu Meiniang led the order back to Tongming Hall, saw Liu Niang watering the flowers in front of the window, and asked casually, "Wan'er is out of the palace again?"

Liu Niang replied with a smile: "Yes. According to Tuan'er, Wan'er and Cheng Yiwei went out early in the morning."

Wu Meiniang shook her head, quite helplessly: "You know you didn't stop her, just let her walk away like this, get used to her temper, and she will be even more disobedient in the future."

Liu Niang stretched out her hands to try the soil in the flowerpot, put away the kettle and said with a smile: "Wan'er, you are still a child at heart, you really want to get spoiled, that's what the Empress Dowager is used to, the old slave is just imitating the example. "

Wu Meiniang laughed, and then drew up an imperial decree, ordering Tuan'er to summon the messengers from Chang'an City, and handed over her letter to Li Xian, "Shaoyang Zhengfan" and "The Story of a Dutiful Son" together with the imperial decree to exile Liu Nayan. Order him to hand over to the prince himself.

When the messenger rushed to Chang'an City, Shangguan Wan'er and Cheng Yiwei were wandering around the Hu merchant's shop in Luoyang Chengnan City.Needless to say, the two returned home with a rewarding experience this time.Shangguan Waner pulled up the cork of the porcelain bottle in her hand as she walked in front, put it under her nose and couldn't stop smelling it, she accidentally bumped into a booth selling rouge and gouache. The black flow was everywhere, and the street vendor who was busy buying and selling screamed.

Shangguan Wan'er was also taken aback, and repeatedly apologized.This kind of small business was originally a small business, so there was no rush for his livelihood to be ruined, he just grabbed Shangguan Wan'er's sleeve and asked her to pay for it.Shangguan Wan'er turned her head to look at Cheng Yiwei.

The two of them had already used up all their money in Hu Shang's shop just now, and Cheng Yiwei didn't panic, she pulled out the golden hairpin from her head and handed it to the yelling peddler, saying, "Here's the golden hairpin for you, take I went to pay back the money, enough to pay for your things."

The peddler glanced sideways, and saw that the hairpin was yellow and very good, and it was inlaid with a red bead. It seemed to be very valuable, and was about to reach out, but Shangguan Wan'er stopped him; "No, just take mine." While talking, he pulled a hosta from his head.

Cheng Yiwei immediately became anxious: "Girl, it was given to you by my wife, how could you give it to me casually? Besides, it would be a big loss for me to give him my hairpin. It would be enough for ten of my hairpins to be exchanged for your hairpin. Wouldn't it be better?" deficit?"

Shangguan Wan'er shook her head and was about to speak when a woman's voice came from beside her: "Don't argue, you two girls, I'll give it to you."

The two turned their heads, but it was an old woman dressed as a servant.The old woman took out a few pieces of broken silver from her bosom and handed them to the peddler.The peddler saw a windfall of money slipping away from his eyes, and he couldn't express his anger, but there were already a lot of people gathered around him, so he didn't dare to make a fuss, so he had to accept it.

The old woman took Shangguan Wan'er and Cheng Yiwei and walked over, and stopped in an open place and said: "Look at the extraordinary skills of these two girls, they must come from everyone. Well, I'm fine now, hurry back let's go home."

Shangguan Wan'er shook her head quickly, put the jade hairpin into the old woman's hand, and said: "How can we let the old woman pay for us, please accept this hairpin."

The old woman smiled kindly: "Girl, your hairpin is more than enough to exchange a hundred times my little silver, so you don't have to pay it back. I think the two girls are kind-hearted people, and I don't want to see you being deceived by that peddler, so It’s not a big deal, it’s okay. Go home.” He pointed to the alley next to him, “Look, I live here, and the third house is the one you walk in. The two girls have nothing to do. Why don't you come to my house to see my old lady, just pay me back."

Shangguan Wan'er saw that the old woman just refused to accept her, she thought, since she knew where she lived, next time she went out of the palace and visited her, she would just return it, so she thanked her and gave up.

So the three said goodbye at the entrance of the alley, the old lady entered the alley, Shangguan Wan'er and Cheng Yiwei returned to the palace.