Damn it, I'm in the garbage book I wrote

Chapter 455: Chang'an is like a dream
"Big brother wants Sanhu back, not because he is his younger brother, but because only when Sanhu comes back can he split himself to deal with Erfeng. A royal family is a joke, but it's not bad, at least Sanhu won't die because of this."

Princess Pingyang hugged Xia Lin from behind and watched him writing a letter for Sanhu, with a hint of helplessness in her tone.

"This is not a problem of the royal family, this is your father's problem. Look at Li Jing's family, they also have several sons. Look at my father-in-law's family, the eldest, the second and the third are not the same as yours. To put it bluntly, your father played the balance game on his own children. You clearly appointed a 'crown prince', but then gave the military power to Erfeng. What did you do? Isn't this forcing the two sons to fight each other? The key is that he took sides during the fight. You want an obedient crown prince and a brave and combative general so that you can become an awesome emperor. If I were Erfeng, Chang'an would be gone. I tell you, did you see Xuanwu Gate? I would first ambush 800 armored soldiers, and when Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were meeting my father, I would go up and chop off their heads with a knife, and then throw the heads of the elder and younger brothers in front of your father and say, 'Father, take a look at my brother and see if he has the appearance of an emperor?'"

Hearing this, Sanniang's face first turned pale, then slowly darkened, because this was what Erfeng could do. And deducing the cause from the result, she suddenly turned her head to look at Xia Lin under her: "You...so you actually knew it a long time ago, so you planned step by step to transfer Erfeng away from Chang'an. It seemed that you wanted him to have a safe place, but in fact you didn't want to fight with him too early!?"

Xia Lin smiled, but he did not confirm or deny it. However, we are all adults now, and as I said before, the silence of adults is sometimes the answer.

"You are so scheming... If that's the case, then you were the one who planned my downfall?"

"Don't talk nonsense. You can say that I was attracted by your beauty, but I won't agree with you saying this. Can I predict when you will suddenly fall ill or collapse? Is that a human being? Isn't that a god?"

Princess Pingyang thought about it and found it reasonable. After all, some things here are beyond human calculation. All she can say is that it is fate that has led to where we are today.

"It's good that way, otherwise my family would really be broken up." Pingyang put his head on the back of Xia Lin's head: "Hey... How come we are such a good family, how come our life becomes like this?"

Xia Lin's heart was in turmoil. He resisted the urge to tell her about Li Shimin's family. The Khan was really awesome, but also really stupid. Although he hated his father all his life, the young man who slayed the dragon eventually became the evil dragon. Not to mention his children and grandchildren. Strictly speaking, the Tang Dynasty also died in the second generation. After all, Wu Zhou established its capital in Luoyang in the middle. It's just that the Eastern Tang and Western Tang are not nice.

Hmm? How old is Wu Zetian? Xia Lin had seen Wu Shi Huo last time, but forgot to ask him how old his daughter is now. She should be brought here to be Cheng Qian's wife.

"Cheng Qian is a good boy, really a good boy." Xia Lin raised his head and kissed the princess on the forehead.

"Um……"

The princess agreed, and then the two of them started to eat. At this moment, Li Jiancheng happened to come outside to look for Xia Lin. Seeing that his door was only half-closed, he pushed it open and walked in. As soon as he entered the room, he saw his sister and the envoy eating together. He sighed secretly in his heart and cleared his throat.

This shout actually made Princess Pingyang take off and retreat three meters directly, even making Xia Lin feel embarrassed.

Li Jiancheng pursed his lips, then put on a smiling face: "Master Xia, the messenger is waiting outside."

Xia Lin hummed, picked up the letter and handed it to Li Jiancheng: "Prince, please ask someone to give the letter to Xu Jingzong of the Ministry of Rites."

"Ministry of Rites?" Li Jiancheng picked up the letter and read it. "Can I give it to the Ministry of Rites?"

Xia Lin smiled and said, "Your Highness, you don't know that among the six ministries, the knife of the Ministry of Rites is the sharpest."

"Okay... then I would like to thank you, Lord Xia." Li Jiancheng glanced at the princess and said, "Sister, father is calling you, please come with me."

"Ah? Oh..."

Princess Pingyang held her waist and came behind Li Jiancheng. Then Li Jiancheng nodded to Xia Lin and said, "Master Xia, I will ask someone to accompany you to visit Chang'an City in the afternoon."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After Li Jiancheng and the princess walked out of the yard, he stopped and looked back at his sister. Pingyang was obviously a little embarrassed at this moment, after all, he was caught red-handed.

"Be careful." Li Jiancheng sighed, "Brother is an experienced person, and knows how miserable it is to marry someone you don't love, but you should still be careful."

"understood."

Li Jiancheng walked up to help Pingyang tidy up her hair: "Girl... Alas, I am much older than you, and I have never talked to you in detail. Yesterday I went back and thought about it. Father said that he wanted you to be the military supervisor, but I was still a little worried. You are pregnant, and you will be tired from traveling. So I want to ask Sanhu to come back and ask him to be the military supervisor. Don't blame me for being strict with you. Sometimes... I can't help it."

Hearing this, no matter whether Li Jiancheng was speaking against his will or sincerely, the princess's grievances burst out in an instant, and her tears dripped onto her lapels.

Li Jiancheng also sighed: "Born in a royal family, there are so many things that are beyond your control. I know Erfeng hates me, but if you were me, sister, what would you do?"

After saying that, he stretched out his sleeve to wipe away his sister's tears: "Go and rest quickly, don't get upset. I still want to advise you, just have a thought in your heart, don't get emotional. Don't look at his young age, his strategy and mind are not something you can grasp, even your father can't control him."

"Um……"

"And if the Dugu family knew about this, Dugu Han would not be able to bear this grievance. Then... Sister, you have divorced and reconciled once. If it happens again, you will really be laughed at by the world. How can a woman like you withstand the words of that man?"

"I know, brother..."

Princess Pingyang actually almost laughed out loud just now. How could Dugu Douya help herself? She had probably already confessed everything.

However, Pingyang obviously didn't take her brother's advice to heart. She changed her clothes in the afternoon and came to see Xia Lin again, saying that she would take him to Chang'an City. However, she was more recognizable here, so she had to disguise herself, so she dressed up as a peasant woman.

"Didn't your brother teach you a lesson?"

"I have to teach him a lesson. But after all, family disgrace should not be made public." The princess laughed and said, "It will be difficult to deal with Douya when he finds out."

"She was very eager to peek."

“Annoying…” The princess patted Xia Lin and said, “Come on, I’ll take you around the city.”

"Okay, my lady." Xia Lin held out his hand: "I'll help you out and exercise."

The two men walked out of Prince Tang's Palace through the back door, and Luo Shixin followed them ten feet behind with his spear in his hand.

At this moment, they looked like a young couple who were out for a stroll with their pregnant wife, and they really didn't attract much attention.

"The persimmons in Chang'an are the best this season." After walking a little, Princess Pingyang brought Xia Lin to a stall and said, "Hey, two...three servings of fire crystal persimmons, four servings of water basin mutton, three catties of mutton, and one serving of tea."

"No tea." Xia Lin raised his hand: "Give me a pot of water, eight pounds of mutton, four pounds of chopped meat and four pounds of roasted meat. Luo, come here! What are you doing standing there?"

Luo Shixin smiled and came to sit in front of them: "Marshal..."

"Are you hungry?" Xia Lin said with a smile, "I saw you were staring at the mutton, so I ordered eight kilograms for you. Eat it. If you want anything else, order it yourself."

"Thank you, Marshal!" Luo Shixin swallowed his saliva and said, "Give me ten more Hu Bing!"

Night is quietly falling in Chang'an City at this moment. Although the weather is still a little cold, the shops are bustling with people and the atmosphere is full of life. There is no curfew in Chang'an at this time, and influenced by the commerce in the south, the night market here is open all night long.

Soon they had a large table of food. Xia Lin helped the princess tear the mutton, and then helped her soften the persimmons and insert reeds into them. This made the princess curious: "Huh? You are so skilled. You have been to Chang'an before."

"I came to Chang'an 1,500 years later in my dream. Nothing has changed. The food is still the same."

The princess giggled happily: "You are so bold to say that, a dream lasts for a thousand years, right? Then am I in your dream?"

"No, my dream was all about mutton."

"Bad thing..." The princess hit Xia Lin but also laughed out loud.

At this moment, Luo Shixin had already started to devour the food, taking a mouthful of meat, a sip of mutton soup, and then tearing off a piece of Hu pancake. He ate it in a noisy manner, which really whetted his appetite.

The layout of Chang'an is different from that of the south. It is horizontal and vertical. At first glance, you can only see lanterns extending all the way, which does give it a majestic look.

"What a wonderful place." Xia Lin smacked his lips and sighed.

This sentence made the princess' heart skip a beat: "You are not plotting against Chang'an, are you?"

"What do you mean I am plotting against Chang'an? Chang'an has always been in my blueprint." Xia Lin was not shy at all: "I am playing my cards against you all. I will tell you straight, you cannot beat me even if I play my cards against you all."

The princess curled her lips but did not refute, because she could not refute. Xia Lin was not lying. She knew all of Xia Lin's plans and even his action plans. Xia Lin never hid anything from her, but the problem was that she could not use his plan.

So now she is faced with a dilemma. If she does not use Xia Lin's policy, she will not be able to defeat Xia Lin's civilian policy. But once she uses Xia Lin's policy, she will become a part of Xia Lin, and eventually the two forces will merge...

At this moment, the sound of firecrackers rang out in front. Xia Lin stood up and took a look, then said cheerfully, "My dear, there is an activity ahead. Let's go and have fun after we finish eating. By the way, do you remember when we were in Guangfu?"

"Remember, you helped me win a lot of dogs, and then you took my dogs for breeding."

"Will the old couple relive their youth later?"

"It's only been a short time! It's only been a short time!" The princess poked Xia Lin's waist with her finger, "Who wants to marry you? Your wife is in the south."

"But the one from the north is right beside us."

(End of this chapter)