Xian Xian

After the Prince Young Master finished speaking, Li Shan was stunned for a long time. After reacting, he suddenly sank his face: "No. She is a lonely sister. She accidentally lost her in her early years. She has been outside? Having suffered a lot? It was so easy to find her back, how can the lonely let her go to a foreign race and kiss?"

"His Royal Highness!" The prince said, frowning and persuading, "You think? She is a younger sister, but she may not be? You are a brother. A daughter's family is outside? Show your face?, fight, kill, what does it look like Princess Shengyuan always wants to marry someone. She can only hire a man in the East, and she can be a queen after marrying, which is not considered insulting. If the prince really feels distressed, she can do it on the dowry. Princess Sheng Yuan treats them more preferentially. She has wealth and money, and her son can be the king of Tubo in the future, which is also her blessing."

Prior to this, the young master of the prince did not talk with the princess, and the princess did not know that the young master had the idea of ​​letting Li Chaoge go and kiss him. After the Prince and Young Master said it, the princess was taken aback, and immediately felt that this idea is a great idea.

Since ancient times, there are countless emperors who have killed the queen, but no one has killed the princess or the eldest princess. As long as Li Chaoge does not confuse her with conspiracy and other major crimes, she will be rich and honorable throughout her life. Tin Hau is strong. Among daughters and daughter-in-laws, does the princess think? Tin Hau will favor her daughter-in-law. If Li Chaoge stays in the eastern capital, the prince concubine is completely foreseeable. Even if she ascends to the back position in the future, she will have to offer three big Buddhas—the Queen of Heaven, Li Chaoge, and Li Changle.

The queen is a mother-in-law, and the princess bears it. Li Changle is lively and cute, and will not cause trouble to his sister-in-law. The princess can also accept it, but Li Chaoge is not a fuel-efficient lamp. The crown prince has never seen a princess like Li Chaoge, who fights and kills, fights for power, and has no woman's submissiveness.

Besides, the princess still minds that Li Chaoge kicks Lu Saburo? Lu Saburo is still lying in bed and unable to move. The doctor said that he had several broken ribs. I am afraid that he needs a long time to recuperate. After Lu Sanlang took the medicine, his condition improved a lot? But yesterday, there was news from Lu's family that Lu Sanlang was hysteria somehow and was talking nonsense on the bed.

The doctor instructed Lu Saburo not to move, but Lu Saburo couldn't help but scratching himself. He couldn't stop when he scratched him. He had to scratch his skin so that he would take a break. As a result, Lu Saburo finally got his bones misplaced again. The Lu family had no choice but to tie Lu Saburo with a rope so that Lu Saburo would not scratch himself. But he was itching all over but couldn't scratch, crying in pain, and could not sleep day and night.

The crown prince heard? When these things are heard, don't mention too much? What a mess. The culprit still held the soldier talisman gracefully and was flattened by all parties. The princess and the prince complained, Li Shan sighed and told her to bear it. The crown princess did not believe that the emperor did not know what happened in Shangyang Palace, but neither of the couple said anything. Li Chaoge didn't even have a decent punishment, and still walked vigorously in the eastern capital.

The princess was so angry that he hadn't slept for several days. Today, when he heard the words of the prince's young teacher, the princess suddenly started to think that this is a way out. Li Chaoge and Dong Gong have conflicts of interest, and they also have private grievances with the princess. If Li Chaoge gets married, the advantages to Dong Gong far outweigh the disadvantages.

The prince had agreed in her heart, but Li Shan couldn't turn around because of the brother-sister friendship. The prince concubine followed persuasion: "His Royal Highness, righteousness? Before, how can you let your children grow up? The Queen keeps suppressing the East Palace and sends Princess Sheng Yuan away. This can not only break the Queen's arm, but also remind the Queen not to do politics. Princess Sheng Yuan It is the sister of His Royal Highness, but so many people in the East Palace are also his servants. Our entire body and family are tied to His Royal Highness. If there is a slight mistake in your Highness, everyone will have to follow the family and die. When the time comes, The East Palace is unstable, the political situation is turbulent, and the people are displaced. This is the real catastrophe. Why not sacrifice a princess for Jiangshanshe? Ji? Besides, we are not harming her. Princess Shengyuan will marry someone sooner or later. There’s nothing wrong with being a queen in the past. If your Royal Highness is really upset, you can wait for Zanpu’s death in the future and take Princess Shengyuan back to Beijing to raise her."

The prince's young teacher also persuaded him to put the analysis of interests in front of Li Shan one by one. Even if Li Shan still couldn't pass his own test, he knew in his heart that sending Li Chaoge to marriage has become a trend.

Donggong ministers think so? Li Shan is not a single-handed polished prince. In many cases, he has to worry about the hearts of Donggong people.

Li Shan remembered that many years ago, when his mother was Wu Zhaoyi, she gave birth to a little sister on a sunny autumn day. At that time, their situation was not good. The Queen and Concubine Xiao Shu pressed on step by step, and the Queen and the Queen joined the foreign dynasties together to put pressure on the emperor. My mother was busy not seeing people every day, Li Shan stayed alone in the temple, lying on the wooden bed and staring at that sister.

At that time, he really liked this sister. Later, her mother named her "Chaoge". Li Shan asked her mother what the name meant. Her mother said that this was the capital of the Yin and Shang Dynasties. Chaoge Yexian was fifty miles away, and eight hundred princes Chaoling Mountain. In the name of the city, I hope she will not fall in the morning, sing high and prosper, and be prosperous and prosperous.

After Li Chaoge was lost, Li Shan cried for a long time. However, how can the brother-sister friendship in childhood be worth it? The erosion of time and the change of power. In the face of real benefits, those family affections are really not worth mentioning.

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In Renshou Palace, the emperor sent away a wave of courtiers who were investigating illnesses, and pressed his eyebrows with a headache.

Tubo once again offered to make peace, and they wanted to marry Li Chaoge.

The Feitian Picture was retrieved by Li Chaoge, and the cat demon in Shangyang Palace made a mess, and Li Chaoge solved it by himself. The Tubo people saw Li Chaoge's supernatural powers and felt that Li Chaoge could be a literary and martial artist, and he would be a good queen in the future, so he wanted to welcome Li Chaoge back to Tubo.

The emperor could only laugh at this. In a country of barbarians, there is not even a complete political system. Where is the face? Picking the Princess of Tang Dynasty? Li Chaoge can indeed be a queen, but is Tubo Zanpu match?

The emperor didn't agree with him in his heart. If he wanted to be married, it wouldn't be his daughter. In history, only the weak country, the country would send the imperial daughter to the barbarians. The Tang Dynasty is a big country, and it is an exaltation to seal a clan daughter to Tubo. Where do they deserve to let the Tang marry the real princess?

However, Tubo was never civilized, but the war was very cruel. Dongdu now has no time to accompany the Tubo consumption at a time when the time is critical. However, Tubo kept saying that they wanted to marry the true princess. Among the emperor’s three daughters, Grand Gong Xian An was married. Li Changle and Pei’s family were married, and only Li Chaoge remained among the princesses. The emperor thought? It would be impossible to find excuses to refuse, and the matter was so stalemate.

The emperor leaned on the collapse and thought about things outside. The servant came in and whispered: "Sage?, the prince and the prince's little teacher are here."

When the emperor heard that it was the prince, he didn't think too much, and said, "Send them in."

Li Shan and the prince young teacher walked in to say hello to the emperor. The emperor looked at the prince on the sick bed. For some reason, the emperor always felt that the prince's salute was very low today, as if he was embarrassed in his heart.

The emperor was surprised. He asked: "I heard it a few days ago? The queen said that you are not physically or physically unwell. Are you better now?"

Li Shan lowered his head and said, "You have a lot of children, thank you for your concern."

Once the seeds of suspicion are planted, every word will encourage the growth of gaps, and the original small cracks will gradually become chasms. This was originally a very common sentence, but as usual, Li Shan would not pay attention at all. But today, Li Shan couldn't help thinking? The Queen kept repeating the prince's frailty in front of the emperor. What was the purpose?

The emperor knew that Li Shan's body was exactly like this, and it was time and time again, when he was seldom agile throughout the year. The emperor asked: "Are you coming with the young teacher today, what's the matter?"

After the emperor asked, the hall fell into a subtle silence. The Prince Young Master looked at Li Shan, silently urging in his eyes. Li Shan settled down and said, "The saint, the son-in-law listened and said that Tubo has proposed to make peace again."

"Yeah." When the emperor mentioned it, he had a headache. He and the prince complained, "Tubo bit the matter and kept mentioning it over and over again. Moreover, they have learned cleverly over the years, and they know the maidens of the clan. Unlike the emperor, it’s not like it used to be? It’s so foolish. If not, I can make a princess a princess and marry to Tubo. But they refused. It’s really embarrassing."

Li Shan paused for a moment, and said: "The eldest sister was given a marriage by the Queen of Heaven a few days ago, and A Le also made a marriage contract with Pei's family. Only Sheng Yuan among the princesses is unmarried. The Tubo tribute theory requires such a request, perhaps it has other meanings. "

The emperor has been the emperor for more than 20 years. After hearing this, the emperor felt that it was wrong. He slowly sat up and looked at Li Shan: "Prince, what do you mean by this?"

Li Shan saw that he had already spoken, and stopped going in circles. He straightened up, bowed his hands in front of him, and said, "Holy man, Tubo has invaded my border for a long time, and Jiannan Dao has been fighting every year. I don’t know how much every year. Few innocent soldiers and people have died. Too much blood has been shed in the frontiers. If you can exchange peace for more than 40 years for both sides, wouldn’t it be a piece of merit?”

The emperor looked at the prince, and did not speak for a long time. To trade the life of a woman for 40 years of peace between the two countries? How can it be said? Righteous, because the person who was sacrificed was not themselves.

The emperor said: "Weak countries rely on peace and stability. In the early Han Dynasty, in order to survive, they kept sending princesses to the Huns to humiliate the Huns. It has always been shameless in history. After the Han Dynasty made the army rich, the first thing was to vow not to send the princess and relatives again. For more than fifty years now, it is no longer a new dynasty that is precarious. At this time, sending the princess to be married, isn't it instructive? Shame."

Li Shan stopped, the prince’s young teacher saw this, and then said: "A saint?, a big country needs to have the bearing of a big country. We are not trying to compromise like the first Han Dynasty, but for the future dominance. If we marry an ordinary ancestor, then It’s just an ordinary queen. I am afraid that supporting her son in the future will depend on Datang’s assistance. But if it is Princess Shengyuan, the situation is completely different. With the power of Princess Shengyuan, after going to Tubo, she will surely be able to conquer people’s hearts and control the military power. After the death of Tubo Zanpu, Datang supported the children with the blood of Princess Sheng Yuan to ascend the throne. Princess Sheng Yuan could listen to the government in the name of auxiliary government, and the military and political power of Tubo would be in the hands of Princess Sheng Yuan. At the time, Tubo was called a foreign country, but it was actually controlled by the Tang Dynasty. Only when our two countries are truly as close as a family, there is no war. What's more, let Princess Shengyuan hold the military power of Tubo and vigorously promote the Han culture. It is not impossible for Tubo to be incorporated into the territory of the Tang Dynasty. You can subdue Tubo without a single soldier. This is a meritorious feat. Hope the saints? Think twice."

The prince’s young teacher started from his own interests, and listed the benefits of marriage to the emperor one by one. If you are married to an ordinary princess or clan daughter, the words of the prince and the young teacher are a beautiful blueprint that cannot be realized at all. But if that person is Li Chaoge, all this is not a delusion.

However, the emperor remembered that Li Chaoge was lost at the age of six, and he just got it back last year. She was displaced among the people, and finally returned to the palace, but in a blink of an eye, she was sent to be married, which was too cruel. The emperor was unmoved and said: "Princess Shengyuan is different from ordinary princesses. She has already suffered a lot from the people. When she came back, I promised to double her compensation. In only one year, let her go and marry her. Feeling and reasonable? I can't justify it. It's not right, so let's give it up."

"Sage?" The prince's young master handed his hands, looked at the emperor earnestly, and said passionately, "Sage? Even if you don't want to have a thousand years of achievements, then? The next change, the sage should always consider one or two. The minister knows the sage. ?Benevolence, love my daughter, can't bear her daughter's suffering. But Datang's foundation is hard to come by, and the ministers have to "not be this wicked person?" and say some unpleasant remarks. Being a minister, loyal to the emperor, dividing the worries of the emperor, admonishing the emperor It’s wrong. The monarch is inferior to the ministers, although the ministers are making plans, but the saints don’t want to accept Tubo, and the ministers dare not influence the saints? A decision. But the instability of the East Palace threatens the inheritance of the Tang Dynasty. Even if the ministers die, they must block the saints."

Didn't the emperor think about it? How could he get involved in the inheritance of the Tang Dynasty when he went to the district and relatives, the emperor asked, "What do you say?"

The prince’s young teacher paid a deep respect, and solemnly said: "The saint? Trusts his wife and daughter, and delegates power to the queen, but now the tail is still big and has threatened the East Palace. Under the saint, all government orders are issued by the queen, and the people only hear about the queen. He Wen Li Tang? The prince was filial and could not bear to disobey his mother. He gave to the queen again and again. Now he has been taken away by the queen. Not only that, the queen also handed over the imperial army to Princess Shengyuan. If there is anything between the queen and Princess Shengyuan ? He thought, how should the prince protect himself?"

The emperor's face became serious, his body was not good, and many things could not be done by himself, so he could only find someone to help him. The emperor didn't worry about handing it over to his courtiers. If he brought up a courtier, how could he fight with Li Shan's cowardly temper? The emperor also couldn't rest assured of handing over to the clan king, even Li Huai couldn't rest assured.

Thinking about it? Go, the emperor can only choose the person next to the pillow. If people are divided into six or nine classes, the Queen of Heaven is undoubtedly a first-class human being. When she encounters an opportunity, she immediately grasped it and carried it forward. When the emperor realized it, the power of the Queen had expanded to such an extent that even the emperor could not contain it.

But after all, it was his wife, the mother of his child, and the emperor still chose to trust the queen and maintain the balance of power between him and the queen. But the emperor was able to suppress the queen, but the prince could not. Later, when Li Chaoge came back, the emperor wanted to check and balance, so he divided a part of power to Li Chaoge.

How to check and balance the power of all parties is a lifelong emperor? The emperor thought that he would distribute power to all parties and Li Shan would be able to sit on the throne. But I didn't expect that the emperor had too much power allocated, and it was already so much that the East Palace had no place to stand.

The emperor asked himself that it was for the good of the prince, but the prince and the people behind the prince? Are they willing to be weakened? The emperor was silent, and the young master of the prince still gave a generous statement, saying: "The sage?, after all, the East Palace is the foundation of a country. The minister said something rebellious, such as covering the sky with one hand after today, when you are alive, you will naturally be able to suppress the queen, but In case your Majesty is a hundred years old and the Queen is no longer obstructed, who can restrict her? For the crown prince, for the stability of the country, for the foundation of the Tang Dynasty, please sage? Cut the mess with a quick knife, and take off the left and right arms of the Queen. This is not just the heart of An Dong Palace. , It is the heart of the people in the world."

After finishing speaking, the prince young master worshipped deeply and couldn't kneel down. Li Shan sighed secretly, and bowed deeply, "Sage, please? Think twice."

Now this is no longer a question of marriage, but a question of the emperor's attitude. Since last year, Tian Hau has vigorously supported Li Chaoge, and Li Chaoge has also listened to Tian Hou's words, like an arm's command. These two people are obviously squeezing the living space of the East Palace. If the emperor agrees to marry Li Chaoge to Tubo at this time, he is expressing his attitude to everyone. Among the queen and the prince, the emperor always stands on the side of the prince.

From the beginning to the end, this is the war between the Queen of Heaven and the prince. Li Chaoge, the Town Demon Division, and his relatives are all rafts.

Today it was Pei Ji'an's turn to be on duty. When he entered the hall, the servant said that the emperor was talking to a few mates and asked Pei Ji'an to wait in the side hall. Pei Ji'an went to the side hall to make a copy. After the grandfather went out, Pei Ji'an had a word in his hand, so he didn't move for the time being. However, just for a moment, there was another person outside.

Pei Ji'an didn't take it seriously, but gradually, the movement in his hand stopped.

He heard the conversation between the prince and the emperor. The prince said, "I want to send Li Chaoge to make a marriage."

It's ridiculous, Datang's eldest princess, is there any reason to be married? Pei Ji'an was very angry, but now only Li Chaoge has never made a marriage among the princesses. If he really wants to make a marriage, Li Chaoge is the only person to choose.

The voice of the prince and the young teacher became faster and faster, but the emperor gradually became silent, as if being moved. Pei Ji'an squatted hard in his heart. He quietly glanced at the waiter outside. Seeing no one was paying attention to him, he quietly got up and walked outside the hall.

He wants to leave the palace as soon as possible to remind Li Chaoge. What if the emperor wrote the imperial decree here? It's all over.

Pei Ji'an has been quietly staying in the side hall, plus it is a familiar face, not too many people? Pay attention to him. Pei Ji'an left Renshou Hall and immediately quickened his pace. There was a gust of wind blowing on the long steps, and Pei Ji'an's sleeves bulged, and his breathing was full of damp water vapor.

It is going to rain.

The summer rain comes just as long as it is said. When Pei Ji'an was out of the palace, the wind was fierce, and when he walked to the town demon division, Dou Da's raindrops had already fallen. Seeing that Pei Ji'an was alone, the guard of the Town Demon Division came forward and was shocked, and hurriedly greeted him with an umbrella: "Pei Shit? It's raining so much, why didn't Shit take an umbrella?"

How can Pei Ji'an want to find an umbrella, he has no time to clean the water marks on his body, and eagerly asked: "Where is Princess Sheng Yuan?"

"Are you asking the commander?" The guard pointed towards the city gate and said, "The commander said that he found some new discoveries yesterday, and went to the homicide scene for a second investigation today."

"Who's?"

"Zheng's family, a wealthy businessman in the west of the city. Hey, Supplement Pei, where are you going in such a heavy rain?"

The Zheng family, Li Chaoge stood in Zheng Xiao's boudoir, searching for clues everywhere. In the past few days, she was looking for a black cat in the city. The strange thing was that the cat did not know where it was hiding again. Li Chaoge rummaged through Miyagi, but found nothing.

Not in the city, not in the harem, where can it be hidden?

Li Chaoge asked him to continue the carpet search of the black cat, and brought him to the Zheng family to investigate the case. Yesterday she was inspired by the day and realized that she met the cat monster twice, once at Li Zhen's wedding banquet on the second day of July, and once at the Shangyang Palace banquet on July 14th. These two days are all children's days. Before the combination? The three murders that occurred on Ziri, do they mean that the cat demon would look for prey every Ziri?

On the second day of July, its goal is Li Chaoge, and on July 14? Its goal is the queen. The difference is that the cat demon succeeded in the first few times, but failed in these two times.

Li Chaoge then thought about it again. The child corresponds to the mouse, and the cat demon attacked on this day. Perhaps it was some kind of sacrifice or eating ritual. Li Chaoge had been searching for the victim’s personal relationship before, and she had been troubled for a long time. What exactly did the three women overlap? Now it seems that she has entered into a misunderstanding of thinking, who said that female family members must? Actual contact? Their intersection can also lie in raising the same cat.

Li Chaoge immediately brought someone to the second investigation. She visited the Zheng family who was the first victim in her first stop. When Father Zheng saw the princess coming, he was frightened. When he heard Li Chaoge's intentions, he immediately burst into tears. Apart from anything else, he brought Li Chaoge to his daughter's boudoir.

How long has Zheng Niang been dead? When her boudoir was empty, everything remained the same as she had just left. Li Chaoge took Mo Linlang around and asked, "Have you ever raised a cat?"

When Father Zheng heard this, he didn't even want to? Shake his head: "No. Jiao Niang has been allergic to cat fur since she was young, and she doesn't like raising those cats and dogs."

Didn't even raise it? Li Chaoge was a little surprised, and asked, "Then? Are there wild cats in your house?"

"Where is it." Father Zheng said, "The Jiao Niang has a rash when she sees a cat. Where would I dare to let the wild cats in from outside? I gave the servants in the house a ban, and no cats are allowed to come in secretly. As soon as you see the wild cat, you can quickly kill it. Princess, look, there is still a cat-sniffing pole in the corner."

Jiao Niang is the nickname of the Zheng family's daughter. Li Chaoge glanced through the window, and indeed saw a bamboo pole at the corner of the courtyard wall. The situation of the Zheng family was very different from their expectations. Mo Linlang was a little anxious, and looked at Li Chaoge: "Commander?..."

Li Chaoge waved her hand, beckoning her to stay calm. Later, Li Chaoge asked: "I don't intend to be disrespectful to the deceased, but in order to solve the case as soon as possible, I still have to? I take the liberty to ask, before Madam Zheng died, did she have unusual behaviors?"

Mother Zheng wiped her tears next to her: "What is the princess saying? You can investigate the cause of the death of the Jiao Niang yourself. We are grateful and it is too late. How can we not know what is good or bad?"

Father Zheng followed. He thought for a while, not paying attention to what was abnormal before his daughter died, and turned to look at his wife: "Auntie, have you noticed anything different before Jiao Niang died?" Mother Zheng thought about it, hesitated. Said: "It doesn't seem to be. If you have to say it, she was not in good spirits during that time, she was always lazy and exhausted during the day, but couldn't sleep at night. I also asked her a doctor and prescribed several medications. Later, she began to have abdominal pain and coughing up blood, and went there within a few days. Could it be that? What's wrong with the medicine?"

Mother Zheng’s expression was uncertain, and Li Chaoge didn’t respond. He just said, “Ms. Zheng, don’t want to be suspicious. The truth about the death of the daughter will be revealed. Before that, please wait at ease.”

Zheng's father and Zheng's mother are grateful that Dade should be. Although the Zheng family is still young in the Eastern Capital? It has a family background, but it is not enough to compare with the relatives of the emperor. The Zheng family had never been in contact with the princess class. Father Zheng blinked at Mother Zheng, and then accompanied Li Chaoge in person, saying, "Thank you, princess, for redressing her grievances. When I was an emperor in the early years, I gave it back. I have sent Shu Brocade in Miyagi. I didn’t expect to see the real princess today. Today, Princess Lao and the officials are busy, and the Caomin has prepared meals. Please enjoy the princess and the officials and keep them for use. Some wine and food."

According to Li Chaoge's idea, the method was to refuse, but at this time there was a muffled thunder, a gust of wind blew by, and it soon rained. God is not beautiful? It must be impossible to leave in this way. Li Chaoge has no choice but to say: "There is a laborer. But the court has an order, and officials in the court shall not? That's it."

Father Zheng should go down. Although Li Chaoge said that there was no need to serve food, how could the Zheng family let officials drink water? After a long time, the table was full of cold meat and vegetables. Father Zheng also said that these were just dim sums and used them to relieve the sorrow of the officials. .

Li Chaoge was fine on her own, but other people followed her for a long time, and it didn't make sense to not let her subordinates eat at noon. Li Chaoge acquiesced and planned to settle the money for this meal with Zheng's family when he left.

Outside, the rain is roaring, anyway, you can't leave, everyone is drinking and eating, and it soon becomes lively. Li Chaoge didn't touch anything from beginning to end, Mo Linlang sat behind Li Chaoge, eating small mouths.

When Father Zheng saw that it was almost time, he motioned to Mother Zheng and led a person up from the side door. After all, Li Chaoge was a commander. She was sitting on a screen from outside. She was bored waiting for the rain to stop. She looked up and saw a fat-painted man coming in from the side door. She was all stunned. NS.

Mo Linlang spouted the tea with a snort, almost choking herself to death. Oh my god, isn’t she what she thinks it looks like?

Listening to Li Chaoge? With Mo Linlang's deliberately suppressed coughing, how could I not guess that Mo Linlang was holding back a smile. At that moment, Li Chaoge felt that her career was over, and she was still sitting outside? How many? Soldiers, when they returned to the Town Demon Division, this matter would definitely spread within a day. But there is always no secret in the imperial city, and then, other government offices will also know.

Li Chaoge just felt suffocated when he thought about it. In her previous life, she was also given to a male favorite, but after getting married, at that time, she was already in charge of the queen, and the male favorite was popular, and it was not a big deal for Li Chaoge to mix in the big environment. But when did this life come, why did she get favored by men again?