People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 534 Sanniang was wronged, Li Xuan vented her anger

Exit Zhuque Gate, walk through Zhuque Street, and turn into Kaihuafang.

Prince Han's Mansion, Prince Huo's Mansion, and Prince Peng's Mansion, all the royal residences were laid out in front of Li Xuan's eyes.

However, most of the candles in these palaces were dim, and there were only a few old people on duty in the palaces.

Li Xuan rode through the long street, Qianniuwei who was always by his side had disappeared, which still made him feel uncomfortable.

Now Li Zhu is the only one riding behind him on horseback, with a sharp long spear hanging on the side of the horse.

As soon as the two of them entered Kaihuafang, Zhou Sheng, the housekeeper who had just arrived from the palace, greeted him: "Mr. Lang!"

Li Xuan nodded, looked around, and said: "Let's go, what's the matter, let's talk about it when we go back home."

"Here!" Zhou Sheng took Li Xuan's horse rope with one hand, and led the horse slowly down the street.

Looking at the slightly empty long street, Li Xuan sighed softly: "Now this time, I don't know how many people will come back."

"The princes and princes should be able to arrive, and so should the princesses and concubines." Zhou Sheng said in a low voice.

Compared with the somewhat sensitive kings and governors, those concubines and princesses are more casual.

But Li Xuan still couldn't help a wry smile in his heart, the relationship between Empress Wu and the emperor's aunts, sisters, and sisters-in-law was not as good as people imagined.

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The vermilion gate is towering, with a plaque of "Peng Wang's Mansion" hanging high above it.

A [-]-year-old lady wearing a purple skirt stood in front of the door, and countless servants and maids lined up behind her.

Li Xuan dismounted from the horse, walked quickly to the lady, knelt down, and said sincerely: "Da Lang is guilty, and my mother is worried, and my mother has been waiting for a long time, please punish me."

"Punishment, you are doing things for the court, as it should be." Princess Peng Ouyang patted Li Xuan's shoulder with a gentle look, looked around, bowed her head and said: "Get up, go in, and tell Grandma Tell me, how are you doing in Wuzhou?"

"Here!" Li Xuan quickly stood up, and then followed behind her mother and concubine Ouyang Shi, and walked towards Prince Peng's mansion.

King Peng's Mansion was awarded by Emperor Taizong when King Peng was alive in the early years.

In order to show brotherhood, the entire courtyard of Prince Peng's Mansion is very large.

There are six courtyards inside and outside, and each has small courtyards on the left and right, wing rooms, and hundreds of rooms in total.

There is also a small lake in the Wujinyuan, where you can row a boat, and there is a bamboo forest beside the lake, which is quiet and secluded.

The west courtyard of the fourth entrance courtyard is Li Xuan's courtyard, the middle is the main house of the concubine Ouyang, and the small courtyard on the east side is vacant.

In the middle hall of the third entrance courtyard, Ouyang Shi sat at the head, and Li Xuan accompanied him at the bottom.

A maid put the tea in front of Li Xuan and his concubine Ouyang Shi, and quickly stepped back.

As soon as she sat down, Ouyang said: "The students you brought back, my mother has asked Su Zang to put them in the guest room for you... You are doing the right thing, as long as there is a middle school student among these students , will greatly help your reputation."

Li Xuan quickly stood up, cupped her hands and said, "Thank you, Mom, for your understanding."

Ouyang sighed, looked at Li Xuan who had changed a lot in the past few months, and said softly: "Mother knows that it is not easy for you in Wuzhou. Zhou, the sage also praised you a lot, this time I finally came back, so I can take a good rest, and my mother will take care of all the things about your wedding for you."

"Thank you mum!"

"In the past few days, you just stay at home and don't go anywhere, especially your cronies. Before you get married, don't make any fools... In addition, you have been in Wuzhou these days. Poor, but there are quite a few gossips between the government and the opposition." Ouyang's words were obviously cautious.

Li Xuan lowered her head: "Everything is up to Grandmother's arrangements, but in the next few days, my son may have to enter the palace to face the Holy Spirit, and even go to the East Palace."

"It's good for the sage and the queen to do everything with all your heart. The two sages will not treat you badly, but for the crown prince, they should abide by the etiquette of the emperor and his ministers, and don't exceed the rules." Ouyang suddenly nodded.

Li Xuan frowned, and immediately understood that the political struggle in the imperial court was more severe than he thought.

Prince Li Xian is younger and more energetic than the filial emperor Li Hong.

His way of doing things is very different from Li Hong's, and the conflict with Empress Wu is even greater.

Fortunately, Li Xian has just taken office as the prince, so he is not familiar with political affairs, and the conflict with Empress Wu has not yet broken out.

But even so, there was still a trace exposed, and people with a discerning eye could immediately see the problem.

"Amma knows about the caravan. You did a good job. Some people from the Qin family and Yuchi's family didn't see the situation clearly and did some stupid things, but the older generation can still control it. You Don't worry." Ouyang told Li Xuan about the caravan again.

Before Li Hong died of illness, the Qin family and Yuchi family proposed to increase the share in the caravan, and Li Xuan agreed without the slightest hesitation.

Since there was already a problem within that caravan, it was inevitable that it would fall into the eyes of the palace. Coupled with the imminent turmoil in the Western Regions, Li Xuan just took the opportunity to get out.

In addition, he is now in charge of Wuzhou Biejia. Although he has been busy with Tianyin Sect affairs for the past few months, some of his family's properties have not been exposed to the public at all. The rare goods shipped to sea.

Japan, Silla, Champa, Chenla and other places, but the land of wealth continues for a long time, it is a new business road.

The key point is that this business route is not known to the Qin family and Yuchi's family, so naturally it will not be known to the palace.

By the way, Li Xuan talked about Yangzhou, Hangzhou, Wuzhou and Muzhou. Some obscure things were omitted, but Li Xuan did not miss any of the intrigues.

"Generally everything is fine, just the Qian family and King Yue?" Ouyang frowned slightly.

Some of Li Xuan's actions still made her aware of Li Xuan's wariness towards Li's fellow clan.

Li Xuan said in a low voice: "Mum, the palace may not be willing to see my son get too close to the Yue Palace."

"En!" Ouyang Shi nodded, after thinking for a moment, looked at Li Xuan, and said, "You should have some evidence that the Qian family used the power of the Yue Palace to act indiscriminately, pick up some trivial matters, and impeach some Yue Kings."

"Son understands." Li Xuan's face immediately became serious.

Before Li Shangjin was dealt with by Empress Wu, maybe it was because of filial piety to the emperor after his death, King Qi's inappropriate actions fell into the eyes of Empress Tian, ​​which severely deprived him of his official position as governor of Cizhou and reduced his fiefdom.

Perhaps in the eyes of many people looking at Empress Wu, these things are commonplace, but the deprivation of the official position of governor of a state must be approved by Zhongshu, Menxia and Shang Shusheng. I am afraid that King Qi has really done something extraordinary.

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Back to the West Courtyard where he hasn't been back for several years, everything has already been cleaned up.

Qiqiao waited outside the door with a few maids from Prince Peng's Mansion in Chengdu. Inside the door, Si Jin and Ru Yu bowed and stood to one side.

When Li Xuan walked in the inner bedroom, several maids immediately stepped forward to help him take off his coat.

Li Xuan opened her arms and asked in a low voice: "What's going on with the Lecheng County Government, did Sanniang suffer some kind of wrong?"

Meng Sheng stood in the hall, with his hands hanging down, and said in a low voice, "It's the youngest son of the eldest son of Lecheng County and the youngest daughter of the third son. He has some conflicts with the county magistrate, but the Lecheng county magistrate has already dealt with it properly."

"It's Liu Zhu and Liu Shubi, a concubine and a concubine." Li Xuan chuckled lightly and said, "Sure enough, these things in the big family are always messy and indispensable. Go, take the pair of clothes that you brought back from Wuzhou." Send the small characters of Duke Yu to Prime Minister Zuo, saying that the king has just returned to Chang'an and is waiting for the second sage to summon him, so he will not visit."

"Here!" Meng Sheng responded, but stopped walking and did not leave.

"Also, pick some tea from Muzhou Jiukeng, Guzhu Zisun, Dongyang Dongbai, and Yuhang Jingshan, and send them to my future father-in-law."

After a slight pause, Li Xuan continued: "The remaining Lingluo from Hangzhou, silver wares from Yangzhou, and dragon oil silk tributed by the Queen will all choose some high-quality goods to send over. Frozen longan and red bayberry, along with some red bean cakes, will be sent as gifts. Go, wait a moment."

After Li Xuan finished speaking, she walked quickly to the desk, picked up a piece of red paper, and wrote a poem on it: Qing Ping Le...

"Send it over there!" After waiting for the pen and ink to dry, Li Xuan handed it over to Meng Sheng.

Meng Sheng couldn't hide a smile on his face. After taking it, he immediately cupped his hands: "The old servant will go right away."

"The king is venting his anger for the princess!" Qiqiao walked over from the side, looking at Li Xuan with eyes full of envy.

"On the day the imperial decree was issued, San Niang was my king's wife. My wife was humiliated. How can I take it lightly? This face, this king will naturally earn it back." Li Xuan can imagine that once these things are sent to the Lecheng County Government , envy, jealousy and hatred in the eyes of some people.

But these emotions will soon turn into fear, but the fear of fate overturning.

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The courtyard is deep, and in the quiet backyard, the sound of the zither is heard alone.

A sound of footsteps came out from between the pavilions, walked quickly into the small building, stood still, and gave a slight blessing.

The sound of the piano stopped, and Liu Jinyu's cold and bright face appeared from behind the gauze curtain. She had lost three points of weight after not seeing her for several months.

Looking at the little maid wearing a green skirt, Liu Jinyu said calmly, "What's the matter, Xiaoyun?"

Xiaoyun said excitedly: "Miss, the King of Nanchang has returned from Wuzhou, and someone brought some gifts. The Elder Master asked you to go there quickly."

These days, Liu Jinyu was envied by many people for being married to the King of Nanchang, but there were also voices of jealousy.

For example, Liu Shubi, the youngest daughter of her family's third uncle, mentioned Liu Jinyu's engagement to the Huang family overtly and secretly. In the end, the Huang family's son died early, and the inside and outside words were very ugly.

There is also Liu Zhu, the youngest son of the uncle's family, who was severely beaten by his grandfather for talking nonsense a few years ago, and now he is repeating the same old disease.

To be honest, if his father hadn't stopped him, Liu Jinyu would have let them know the price of saying the wrong thing.

"Since the uncle let me go, let's go." Liu Jinyu walked out from between the pavilions in a pink skirt, walked to the front hall, and then saw her three uncles and her father , are accompanying Meng Sheng, the chief steward of the Nanchang Palace.

"This painting of Duke Yu's small calligraphy was requested by the prince from the descendants of Duke Yu, and it was specially dedicated to the Duke of Lecheng County for his appreciation..." Meng Sheng said calmly with a hint of pride. Yu Shinan's calligraphy and painting are not so easy to get of.

"Your Excellency is still in Shangshu Province. When you come back after a day of exhaustion, you must be very happy to see Yu Gong's brush and ink." Liu Yuanshen nodded gently, and his eyes fell on the exquisite boxes, large and small, although the contents inside were not opened. , I also know that it is worth a lot.

Liu Yuanshen's gaze swept over the small heads protruding from the back door, and he felt tired: Isn't it just a little wronged, as for coming to demonstrate as soon as he came back...

Liu Yuanshen saw Liu Jinyu coming from outside the court, and quickly waved: "San Niang!"

Liu Jinyu walked quickly, facing Liu Yuanshen and other members of the Liu family: "Uncle, Father Zhong, Father Ji, Aye."

"Get up." Just as Liu Yuanshen asked Liu Jinyu to stand up, Meng Sheng immediately bowed and saluted: "I've seen the county lord!"

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Holding the red note in her hand, Liu Jinyu looked at Meng Sheng who was leaving, and the envious younger siblings who opened many brocade boxes to check one by one, shook her head, and opened the red note in her hand, which read :

In small print on red paper, everything is said to be flat business.The wild geese are in the cloud and the fish are in the water. It is difficult to send melancholy.

The setting sun is leaning against the west building alone, and the distant mountain is just opposite the curtain hook.I don't know where the face is, but the green wave is still flowing eastward.

(End of this chapter)