Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 138
August [-]th, Mid-Autumn Festival.

The imperial banquet will be held in the Qinzhengwu main building of Xingqing Palace at the right time. After the banquet, the sage will enjoy the moon with all the people.

For this imperial banquet, many important ministers no longer take things seriously today.

The Imperial Academy located in the west folder of the Daming Palace became more and more quiet, but Li Mi arrived at the public house early, sat upright, and thought about the poems to be prepared for tonight's imperial banquet.

"Mr. Lee."

Suddenly there was a soft call sounded outside the public room.

Li Mi opened his eyes and already guessed who was coming.

He is now enshrined in the East Palace, but the people in the East Palace call him "Mr."

Sure enough, the door was pushed open, and Li Jingzhong sneaked in, tiptoed to Li Mi, knelt down, and cried, "Please help, sir."

Li Mi sighed and asked: "The murder case yesterday was really related to His Highness? Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"Pei Mian and Du Hongjian are both broke, and the old slave has no news. I only found out this morning."

"I heard that this case is related to the East Palace, but I didn't believe it." Li Mi said, "Since Pei Mian has escaped, why send Huihe merchants to help him?"

Li Jingzhong had a bitter look on his face, knowing that he couldn't hide it from Li Mi's wise eyes, so he bent down on the ground and confessed honestly.

"It's the old slave who is afraid that he will talk too much, so let Guwugu see if he can... silence him?"

"you!"

Li Mi stood up suddenly, looked at Li Jingzhong with eyes full of compassion, and shook his head hating iron for being weak.

"I've told you a few times that goodness is like water. But you keep trying to kill His Highness one after another? You failed to bury Xue Bai alive, and attracted a big enemy for the East Palace. The damage has not disappeared, but you still want to kill Pei Mian? It's not his that needs to be destroyed." mouth, but the demonic obstacle in your heart."

"This old slave knows his mistake! This old slave really knows his mistake!"

Li Jingzhong didn't know how to refute. He knelt there and kowtowed to Li Mi, saying: "This old slave really knows his mistake. This matter is all done by this old slave alone and has nothing to do with His Highness. When the time comes to attack His Highness with a cockfight, if you can Use the old slave alone to pay for the crime..."

"Don't talk about it." Li Mi sighed, "The foundation of the country is shaken, and the country is in trouble. You can't afford it alone."

He knew very well that Li Jingzhong's fault was true, but absolutely no one would criticize a slave.Li Linfu's goal is only in the East Palace, or to support the civil and military officials of the East Palace.

Li Jingzhong burst into tears, and said: "It is not a pity for this old slave to die, I just ask you to save Your Highness."

"Your Highness, please confess yourself to the saint."

"what?"

Li Mi said: "It's still too late, the sage is still resting, and the news hasn't been sent to the imperial court. Your Highness is guilty, and will never make the sage want to abandon the reserve."

This is what he thinks is the best way at the moment, and it is also true of what he said when he was young, "A square is like doing righteousness, a circle is like using wisdom, movement is like gallantry, and tranquility is like complacency".

Li Jingzhong lowered his head, his eyes flickering.

"But...Your Highness doesn't know about this, could you please give your Highness some kind words?"

Li Mi shook his head and said: "It's useless to say good things about this matter, and it will harm His Highness instead. Only His Highness needs to admit his mistake and bear some guilt, so that the major incident can be reduced to a small one."

"Yes."

Li Jingzhong saw that Li Mi had only this way, so he kowtowed and wanted to resign.

"One more thing." Li Bi leaned over to support him, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Li should remind His Highness that King Guangping is the eldest son, and His Highness and Zhang Liangdi should be restrained."

He didn't want to say this sentence at first, but the East Palace has been troubled recently, and as a subordinate official, he had to remind him.

Hearing that King Guangping was grounded earlier, he was very worried that the crown prince would be shaken by King Guangping and instead rely on Zhang Liangdi's family background.Zhang Liangdi was born noble, but if she gave birth to a son, it would be a bad thing for the East Palace in the long run.

……

Li Jingzhong entered the palace in the name of sending Mid-autumn gifts, and finally went to the Hanlin Academy, did not expect to have such an idea, quite disappointed.

Back in the prince's other courtyard, he explained Li Mi's answer carefully.

"Convict yourself to a saint?" Li Heng frowned, worried.

"Yes." Li Jingzhong said: "Mr. Li didn't want to intercede for His Highness, but he forgot that his imperial edict was entrusted by His Highness to find it for him."

Li Heng looked out of the window with his hands behind his back and let out a long sigh.

"Your Highness, don't listen to Mr. Li's theory of self-incrimination. The sage already has a prejudice against His Highness. If His Highness admits this, he will admit to accumulating strength in private, just like admitting to having an affair with Wei Jian in the Wei Jian case. The old slave's crimes, which were easy to bear, became His Highness's fault instead."

It would be fine if Li Jingzhong could really take it on, but Li Heng knew that even Li Jingzhong would not be able to solve any problems in this matter.

But now there are fewer and fewer people in the court who can intercede for him.

Thinking about this, he turned to Zhang Liangdi's residence.

For tonight's imperial banquet, Zhang Ting began to dress up early in the morning.

"Go down."

Li Heng picked up the comb and combed her hair himself.

"Your Highness is in trouble?"

"Some small things happened." Li Heng actually didn't know how to comb his hair, so he put down the comb and said, "Li Jingzhong arranged for a group of Huihe people to kill Pei Mian, but they all died in the end, and even the tokens fell into Suo Douji's hands."

Zhang Ting was surprised and asked, "Who killed it?"

"I don't know." Li Heng sighed: "Suo Douji will definitely criticize us for this tonight."

Zhang Ting smiled and combed her long hair on her chest.

Li Heng has already held her hand.

"Ting Niang, I've always felt that I've wronged you only because of Di Liang. You should be my wife, and we should have our own children."

~~
Du house.

Lu Fengniang was still persuading Xue Bai earnestly.

"You are going to the imperial banquet again tonight. If you are married by a sage, which princess should you do? This is Qinghe Cui's daughter. I don't know how many people want to marry a woman with five surnames. Official Cui is the Minister of Zuocheng and the Ministry of Rites. Shangshu, it is very likely that he will preside over next year's spring. When Cui Gong saw you in Dali Temple, he admired you very much. He has a much better vision than my brother and sister-in-law. I have no relatives with his family. This marriage is really too close. Well, I am willing to agree to take you to see each other..."

"I also asked my aunt to reject the kindness of the Cui family for me, it is true that I am not worthy of the Cui family of Qinghe." Xue Bai refused decisively, and said: "I will go to the imperial banquet now."

"Go so early?"

"Yes, I will go to Xingqing Palace with Mrs. Guo Guo, and go to find her first."

"Then let's talk about it after the imperial banquet, after all, it's a girl with five surnames."

"No, Mrs. Guo Guo does not agree."

Lu Fengniang was taken aback, but she was speechless.

Xue Bai came out of the Du residence, only to feel that this scene was quite similar to that of the Shangyuan Festival.

After all, the sage likes banquets, and Lu Fengniang likes matchmaking, and the habits haven't changed.

……

Mrs. Guo's mansion.

Before Yang Yuyao got up, when she heard that Xue Bai had arrived, she ordered her maid to take him to the boudoir.

"After the banquet, I have to enjoy the moon again. I don't know how long the trouble will last. It's better to sleep more during the day. Come here."

A jade hand stretched out the curtain to beckon, Xue Bai stepped forward, and Yang Yuyao pulled him onto the couch.

After a while, Mingzhu hugged her clothes and hid herself in front of her body, stood up, and said in a low voice: "Servant, go prepare hot water."

She put on her clothes rustlingly outside the curtain, and retreated out.

Yang Yuyao smiled, knowing that the maidservant and Xue Bai knew how to measure and never flirted with each other.

"Do you know that another accident happened in Chang'an City, and today's imperial banquet may not be peaceful again."

"I heard." Xue Bai said: "They are fighting back and forth, it's annoying to watch."

"This matter has nothing to do with you?"

"I've been keeping myself safe these days and don't get involved in these things."

"So nice."

Yang Yuyao turned sideways with a smile and reached out to pinch his chin.

"However." Xue Bai said: "I told you about my identity. I checked this matter recently and got something."

"where?"

"In my arms."

Yang Yuyao reached out to take it out, and after a while, took out a body deed, looked at it for a while, and couldn't help laughing.

"Ok?"

"It's really Xue Pingzhao? I'm two generations younger than me." Yang Yuyao pressed a finger under her lips, her expression seemed amused.

"Not necessarily. I checked, and there is no biological mother, and no family certificate. Looking at the name, it is more likely to be an orphan adopted by Xue Ruo..."

Xue Bai let her undress himself, while he told each other frankly, with sincerity, and told the truth.

Finally, he embraced her soft body in his arms.

"Sooner or later, I'm afraid that I will be determined to be a traitor. I hope I won't implicate you."

"It can't hurt me, as I said, I will protect you."

Before talking about this matter, Xue Bai was just saying hello, but now the evidence has come out.Yang Yuyao thought about it, and decided to do something to prevent trouble before it happened, and immediately nip out the signs of disaster.

She is not afraid to help, but she is afraid that he has been hiding it from her, or it will only happen when the incident happens, and then she will not be able to help if she wants to.Thinking about it this way, I like his frankness more and more.

Yang Yuyao said: "At the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet tonight, I will settle this matter for you, how about it?"

"Can it be solved?"

"It's simple, let's go earlier, I'll talk to Yuhuan."

"You cover me?"

Yang Yuyao actually understood the pun of this sentence, but when he looked at it, he still looked serious and honest.

She couldn't help being moved.

"Well, my sister is covering you..."

~~
The sun is a little westward.

In Xingqing Palace, the palace people are still busy preparing for the imperial banquet tonight.

All the courtiers are also making preparations.

In Daozhengfang, An Lushan was preparing for the Mid-Autumn Festival gift he was going to present tonight, and was looking at a silver box with gilt-winged deer, phoenix and bird patterns in his hand.

The phoenix bird on the silver box is the symbol of the queen, which he intends to dedicate to Concubine Yang.

This gilding process is extremely complicated, and he personally supervised the work. He was not satisfied with the first effect, so he carried out the second gilding process, which can be described as striving for perfection.

This kind of thinking is because he has a great idea... He wants to recognize Concubine Yang Gui as his mother.

He knew that Yang Guifei also needed the support of the border generals, so he would be happy to recognize his son.

"Auntie."

An Lushan said this to the silver box, but he still felt that it was not funny enough, so he twisted his fat body and practiced.

"Aniang, you just recognize this son, Aniang..."

After a long time, Li Zhu'er came over with his attendants and asked, "Ah Lang, it's almost Shen's time, do you want to change clothes?"

"Change, I have to go to Xingqing Palace early and wait for the saint."

An Lushan turned his head and saw that Li Zhuer's clothes really had lapels, he couldn't help laughing.

"Yes, I have to dance a good Huxuan dance tonight, and I should wear this suit."

Li Zhuer breathed a sigh of relief, and hurried forward, put his head against An Lushan's stomach, and asked someone to change his clothes for him.

~~
Mrs. Guo's mansion.

"You wait here."

Mingzhu came with the maidservants holding the clothes Yang Yuyao wanted to change, walked to the door alone, and said: "Yao Niang, it's time."

No one answered inside.

Mingzhu waited for a while, then put her ear to the door, and heard there was still movement inside.

"It's okay, it's okay... my sister admits defeat..."

"I'm older than you, called brother."

"..."

Mingzhu was a little surprised at Xue Bai's boldness, hearing his voice, he was actually bullying Yaoniang.

But she had no choice but to wait aside until Yaoniang really called Xue Bai "Brother" a few times, and after a while, she called her in.

Yang Yuyao's face was still flushed, she regained her breath, glared at Xue Bai, and said angrily, "I'm going to make a fuss, it's too late for the imperial banquet, what do you do?"

Xue Bai just smiled, and patted her on the head casually to show comfort.

Mingzhu didn't dare to look too much, she lowered her head and waited for them to tidy up before the group left the mansion and headed for Xingqing Palace.

That is to say, Yang Yuyao has always kept her face upright, otherwise it will be too late.

All the way into the Xingqing Palace, before the carriage stopped, a fat figure was seen from a distance, surrounded by the crowd, walking towards the main building of Qinzhengwu.

"Is that Anlu Mountain?"

"Well, since he came, the sage has stopped playing dominoes, and it's boring to watch him every day." Yang Yuyao said softly, "I'll go to see Yuhuan first, why don't you just wait here? Don't move around."

Xue Bai was still looking at An Lushan, and said casually: "Yesterday in the Chang'an case, it is said that it was done by a frontier soldier. Nine people were hacked to death, all with Mo Dao."

"How did you know?"

"My teacher is Chang'an County Captain."

Yang Yuyao looked down and saw that Xue Bai was still looking at Anlu Mountain. She couldn't help being surprised, and said softly, "You mean..."

"It may not be him, but I don't know who can mobilize several frontier soldiers in Chang'an City."

"It looks like a stupid fat man who is funny and funny, but he is so sinister and vicious?"

"People don't look good."

"Got it, I'm leaving."

Yang Yuyao leaned forward and kissed Xue Bai again, and Fang got out of the carriage with some reluctance.

Xue Bai looked at her back, thinking that she was the one who helped him when he went to Yuan Ye.

~~
"Does Third Sister like him that much?"

"Well, what else?"

"I thought the third sister was just with him for a while." Yang Yuhuan was looking at it with a box of money, which she was going to throw out to reward her ministers tonight, and she joked, "No, it's because she's getting more and more interested gone."

Yang Yuyao was taken aback when she heard the words, and said in a low voice, "A man like him is different."

This was said without thinking about it.

When Yang Yuhuan heard this, she stopped moving, and finally said, "I promise to be the third sister."

"Really?"

"It's because Xue Bai is a talent, otherwise I won't help you."

"I know you treat me well, otherwise why would you specially let me come to Beijing to enjoy the blessings."

"Third sister is enjoying herself."

"..."

The two sisters were talking, Yang Yuyao was about to leave after seeing the opportunity, but saw a palace official coming in with many beautiful utensils.

"Noble Concubine, this is a Mid-autumn gift from Anlu Mountain. The sage ordered the servants to bring it directly."

"Hu'er has a heart. You are a rare treasure when you return to the saint. Taizhen likes it very much."

"Yes."

Yang Yuyao's eyes fell on a five-legged hollow silver incense burner, and she thought to herself, Xue Bai worked very hard to ask her to do something, but she asked Yuhuan to come forward but she didn't give a single gift.

That ugly fat Hu man gave gifts like this, it seemed that she didn't know how to be polite.

"Chang'an City recently had a big case, have you heard about it?"

Yang Yuhuan was fiddling with an agate cup and looking at it carefully, and asked casually, "Huh?"

"Many Huihe people died, and the crime of covering up Pei Mian in the East Palace was confirmed. It was found out that Fan Yangjin did it..."

"Really?"

The agate cup was put back on the tray, Yang Yuhuan was a little surprised and a little scared, took the handkerchief and wiped his hands.

Yang Yuyao said: "I can't think of anyone in Chang'an City who would dare to commit such a serious crime..."

~~
"Dare to ask, but Xue Baixue is at the top of the list?"

"Exactly."

Xue Bai turned his head and saw a rather pretty maid standing behind him.

"There is a nobleman here, can I ask Xue Lang to come and see you?"

"no."

The maid was stunned, so she could only take a step forward, and said in a low voice: "My mistress has something important to discuss, Xue Lang must go."

"This is the Xingqing Palace. I am waiting for your imperial driver. Is there anything more important?"

"Hey, you are..."

The maidservant was a bit uneducated, she immediately changed her face when she couldn't invite anyone, and walked away angrily.

Xue Bai didn't bother to pay attention to her, and continued to stand there waiting, his location was not conspicuous, but between the place where the carriages and horses were parked and Huae Xianghui Building.

After a while, it was actually Li Yuetu who came with a few maids.

"Xue is very polite, can you meet Zhang Liangdi?"

Li Yuetu performed Wanfu, smiled self-deprecatingly, and said: "Otherwise, if I keep pestering you, you will be in trouble, right?"

"..."

Zhang Ting was sitting in a carriage at this time.

She has been dressed very delicately, her hair is combed neatly, and the makeup on her face is evenly applied.

As soon as Xue Bai came over, she pointed to another carriage to signal him to get on, and talked with him through the window.

The two are considered to be familiar with each other, they can be regarded as poker friends, but if this kind of private meeting is discovered, both parties will be very troublesome.

"Pei Mian is dead, you must have heard about it." Zhang Ting cut to the chase and said, "Suo Douji will attack Pei Kuan and Wang Zhongsi tonight."

"not my business."

Zhang Ting looked at Xue Bai through the car window, and found that his attire was a bit messy, as if he had packed it hastily.

When her eyes fell on his neck again, she suddenly had an intuition... He had a very intense affair not long ago.

"Don't think that what you did can be concealed, and you have a lot of excuses. Before that, each other had scruples, and it was not good to kill them. It's really cornered, and it's no good for anyone. Right now, Letting Suo Douji and Hu'er injure the Eastern Palace will not do us any good. Believe me, once the Eastern Palace loses power, you will be the next to be dealt with."

Zhang Ting spoke quickly, and said again: "Xue Bai, I know you have grievances with His Highness, but you are still very young, I can promise you a longer future than His Highness, if you can believe me, sooner or later you will be the Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty." And what I want you to do is also very simple, tonight when Suo Douji attacks Donggong, let your people defend Pei Kuan and Wang Zhongsi..."

She still has a lot to say, power struggles, uniting the weak against the strong is commonplace.

The Zhang family also has a holy family, she will protect the East Palace tonight, and at this time it is nothing more than to win over one side, even if Xue Bai and the forces behind him do not add to the chaos.

Xue Bai looked very serious, and before she could finish speaking, he raised his hand to interrupt, and said, "You know? Li Jingzhong also said the same thing to me in Shangyuan Ye. He said that his death is not a pity. The strange thing is that Li Jingzhong Heng is still using him."

Zhang Ting's eyes lit up immediately, and he said: "That's exactly what I want to say, I can kill Li Jingzhong. Many evil things, His Highness actually doesn't know, are all done by this eunuch."

"The important thing is, if you can't control even one eunuch, how can you rule the world?"

Zhang Ting couldn't help but widen his eyes, surprised that he dared to speak so rudely, after a moment of persuasion, he persuaded: "That's because His Highness has no one to use, you and I can work together to get rid of Li Jingzhong, then..."

Xue Bai said: "He didn't persuade me on the night of Shangyuan, so can you persuade me on the night of Mid-Autumn Festival? Instead of begging for help every time, why don't Donggong think about how to correct himself?"

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