Mysterious Tang Dynasty

Chapter 138 Good News
Li Lijun accepted his cousin Li Shen's kindness and had breakfast with him.

After breakfast, Li Shen returned to his boat.Li Lijun noticed that there were knights dressed as the personal guards of Prince Zou's mansion coming on the shore, and they didn't know what to give to Li Shen.When the fleet set sail, he rode away quickly again.

Could it be that during Li Shen's trip, he still has to deal with some affairs of Prince Zou's Mansion?

Li Lijun only kept this question in his mind for a while, then temporarily put it aside.Today the fleet is heading upstream along the Jinghe River to Jingyang. The journey cannot be as smooth as yesterday, and the speed must be much slower than when going downstream.It just so happens that she is practicing water spells, why not take this opportunity to practice and see how much it can help her fleet.

So, at noon, Li Lijun was already a little out of breath from exhaustion, and his complexion was a little ugly. After adjusting his breath for a while, he returned to normal.However, the speed of the boat is quite satisfactory, and it is currently docked on the bank of the river, and it is estimated that it will arrive at the pier near Jingyang in the evening.The servant went ashore to buy food and came back for everyone to eat. Even Li Shen took the opportunity to go ashore to exercise his hands and feet, and then stopped by Li Lijun to eat with her.

Lunch is quite simple, it is a kind of sob cake with local characteristics, it looks a bit like pulled noodles.Li Lijun's bowl is vegetarian, with some fresh sunflowers and thick bean paste, the taste is not bad.Li Shen's bowl has more side dishes, but most of them are vegetarian.It is said that the servants of King Zou's Mansion also bought mutton, which tasted very delicious, but Li Shen accompanied Li Lijun to eat, and never mentioned the mutton from the beginning to the end, and did not let a little minced meat appear in front of her.

During the meal, Li Shen stopped by to tell Li Lijun the latest news: "The Holy Majesty's order to confer on me, Aye, has come down. I arrived at the palace yesterday afternoon. I, Aweng, was so happy that I almost fell ill."

Li Lijun hurriedly asked: "Is it all right, Grand Uncle? After waiting for so long, I finally have good news. There is nothing wrong with his old man's condition."

Li Shen smiled and said: "It's okay. My brother and I surrounded him for a long time to persuade him. Grandma barely pointed at Ah Weng's nose and scolded him. Finally, he calmed down the old man and sent Aye to Xingqing Gong Xie'en went. Unfortunately, Aye went. The saint was discussing matters with the ministers. He didn't see him until the palace gate was closed. He planned to go again today. Someone from home reported to me in the morning, saying that thing."

Aye's heir to the throne is finally in his hands, so he can feel at ease.The only regret is that he, A Weng, originally wanted to make his grandmother a princess, so that Aye's position as heir king would be more justified.Helplessly, the sage only issued a decree to canonize Aye as the heir king, but did not mention anything about Grandma's promotion, and their family could not force more.

Li Shen told Li Lijun: "Originally, Ah Weng also wooed An Lushan, thinking that this time I would succeed in getting my grandma to become a princess. As long as grandma becomes Ah Weng's legal wife, Zongzheng Temple will have no way to take me Aye again." It’s not that the concubine came out to talk about the matter. But because of the scandal in your family that the concubine bought and murdered the wife, many people urged the saint not to break the rules, lest more concubines have delusions and endanger the life of the wife, so the saint I will not mention this matter anymore. At An Lushan, his second wife, Mrs. Duan, was able to confer the title of Mrs. Guo. Satisfied, she no longer said good things for me, A Weng. A Weng had no choice but to retreat , as long as I, Aye, can win the title of heir king, it doesn't matter if Grandma can be righted."

It really doesn't matter.The old King Zou didn't plan to renew his family as soon as he was old. As long as his only son could become the heir King Zou and inherit the family business, even if the only son's biological mother was just a child, his future care for the elderly would not be a problem.In Prince Zou's mansion, who dares to neglect the mother of the heir king?

Li Lijun congratulated Li Shen: "Uncle Shen can finally feel at ease after all the troubles in his heart are gone. However, there is still the canonization ceremony of the great uncle, and the great uncle's health is also a little bad. Uncle Shen, why don't you go back and take care of it? "

Li Shen smiled and said: "It's okay. For my Aye's canonization ceremony, the Ministry of Rites needs to choose an auspicious date first, and it takes a few days to prepare. A Weng is just too happy, so he feels a little uncomfortable. Grandmother is here, brother and siblings are also waiting in front of you, and the imperial physician was invited to treat Ah Weng. I think Ah Weng will be fine. I came here to escort you to Mount Saga under the order of Ah Weng. , I always have to send Sister Chen’s coffin to the temple for storage first, and then I can leave after watching you settle down in Saga Bieye. If I leave you halfway, even if I go back, Ah Weng will scold me, Said I was an unfilial descendant."

Li Lijun shut her mouth helplessly and warmly, accepting the reality that this uncle will always be by her side.

After dinner, Li Shen returned to the boat, and the fleet set off again.Li Lijun still used the spells he mastered to assist the fleet, and finally arrived at the pier in Jingyang before dark.

There is an inn on the wharf, although it is not big, it is fairly clean.Sima of the palace wants to invite Li Lijun to live ashore, but Li Lijun chooses to stay on the boat and doesn't want to move.Anyway, tomorrow morning, she will go ashore and take a car to the temple where Chen's coffin is scheduled to be placed. She really doesn't want to leave her mother alone on the boat all night.Besides, she had quite a lot of luggage with her, and it was too troublesome to move around.

Instead, she persuaded Sima of the palace to stay in the inn: "Captain Ding will bring people to stay to protect us, so Sima should go ashore first. We will go to the temple early in the morning. I have never been there, it is A Weng I don’t know if there is a quiet room for the mother’s coffin in the place to be decided, and whether the incense sticks and paper horses are ready? Master Sima has to take care of these things.”

Sima of the palace immediately felt that he had a heavy responsibility and still had a lot of things to do, there was no need to continue chatting with the little girl here, after saluting, he hurried ashore with others.

When Li Shen saw that the Sima of the Sui Palace had left, he came over dissatisfied and said to Li Lijun: "The Sima of your palace is too arrogant. Your little master is still here. Where is he taking people?!"

Li Lijun hurriedly said: "I asked him to go ashore. Tomorrow we will change to land. I have never been to the temple that Aunt chose for my mother. I don't know what it is like. Let Sima help me take care of it. Anyway, the guards are still here, and it is enough for the nuns to take care of the common affairs. With Uncle Shen here, there is no need for Sima, so it is better to let him do something more useful."

Li Shen heard that he was reasonable, and then his expression softened: "Since you ordered him to go, it's fine."

Li Lijun persuaded Li Shen again: "Uncle Shen, why don't you go ashore too? You are not used to sleeping on a boat, so you might as well live in an inn. I'm afraid I will have to rely on you for a lot of things tomorrow. You won't be able to if you don't take care of yourself." .”

Li Shen smiled: "I'm used to sleeping on the boat, so I don't need to go to the inn." But he thought he could go ashore for a walk, "I'll get you some delicious food, and prepare dry food for tomorrow. In case you have to eat the dry bread on the way." Then he led the people away.

Li Lijun sent Nanny Lu again: "Do you want to find someone to inquire about that little Zhuangzi?" Nanny Lu went ashore with a few confidants.

The number of people on board suddenly decreased a lot.While sending Shi Qing to make tea, Li Lijun asked Nanny Cui to watch the wind on the deck, while she took Er Hong to the shelter behind the boat and asked her to cover herself.

Erhong was curious: "What is the little lady going to do? It's getting dark now!"

"It's only when it's dark that no one can see it, so we can do things!" Li Lijun knelt down beside the boat and took out two small bottles.

The Jinghe River has passed the flood season at this time, but there is still a lot of sediment in the water.She planned to take some river water and sediment, so that she would have materials to use when practicing spells in the mountains in the future.

(End of this chapter)