Chapter 162: Secret Meeting with the Prince

Before the city gate was closed, Li Qing beat his horse into Chang'an City. Li Jingyan had already gone home first, and the carriage was parked in front of the palace. When he returned to his room, Li Qing did not say a word and fell asleep. Seeing that he was only wearing a short coat, his whole body was wet, and his face was extremely ugly, he did not dare to ask more questions. He quickly found a set of clean clothes to change for him and served him to sleep. Then he went to Xiaoyu to ask about the situation. But after thinking for a long time, they were still confused. At this time, Li Jingyan suddenly appeared in the yard. Qiu Shui was shy and shy.

Xiaoyu saw her with sharp eyes and smiled and ran out, "What, do you want to cover my young master with a quilt?" After nearly half a year of getting along, and Li Jingyan never pretended to be a princess, they became their best friends.

"Nonsense! Me"

When Li Jingyan saw the curtain coming, she suddenly had no courage to continue talking, and her face turned red. Fortunately, it was dark night and Xiaoyu did not notice it.

Li Jingyan secretly glanced into the room. Seeing that there was no movement, she knew that he had already fallen asleep. She lowered her heart slightly and said to Lian'er hesitantly: "Sister Lian'er, I have something to ask you for trouble."

"Come on! Come on the house and say." Lian'er's heart was extremely sensitive. She seemed to feel something, so she smiled and grabbed Li Jingyan's hand and went into the house, but Li Jingyan shook her head and whispered a few times in her ear.

"Go to sleep there?" Lian'er was a little surprised. After thinking about it, she suddenly laughed and said, "Okay, we haven't spoken for a long time."

"Sister Lian'er, I'll go too!"

Xiaoyu saw some good news. They were going to talk to themselves, but left themselves aside. How could this be possible?

Lian'er looked back at her, shook her head and said, "If young master wakes up at night, who will serve you? You must stay at home."

I don’t know where Xiaoyu was thinking, but her face suddenly turned red. She bit her lips tightly. Without saying a word, Lian'er smiled ambiguously at her and followed Li Jingyan out of the hospital.

The full moon seems to have become smaller and farther away. At some point, the night sky is full of stars, the branches are blowing gently with the wind, and insects are chirping in the corners of the walls, and the night is very quiet.

The moonlight is deeper and half a house,

The Beidou railing is slanted by the South Dipper.

Tonight I know that spring is warm,

The sound of insects is freshly revealed in green screen windows.

The next day, just as dawn, the curtain came back from Li Jingyan. She seemed to have not slept all night and seemed a little tired, but her eyes were gentle at Li Qing who was still asleep. She gently kissed him on the face, then got into the quilt, hugged him from behind, and pressed his waist against his back and murmured, "You! You are such a stupid donkey, I don't want the princess to come to him."

Suddenly, the sound of a copper basin being knocked over came from outside the door. The sound was harsh, and it immediately woke Li Qing from his dream. He rubbed his sleepy eyes and asked in a hoarse voice: "What is the sound of the curtain?"

"It's the sound of getting up!"

Xiaoyu's gamble sound came from outside, and then she heard her muttering while wiping the water on the floor: "I'm going to take up my post tomorrow. What if Sister Yan'er can't go with us? I won't ask clearly. If it doesn't work, I still have time to find out."

"That's right!"

Li Qing suddenly thought of the paper roll that Li Jingzhong gave him yesterday, and the prince wanted to meet him secretly. He sat up suddenly, but felt a pain in his head. He must have caught a cold last night wearing wet clothes in the wind.

"Li Lang, do you want me to make a bowl of ginger soup for you?"

Seeing that Li Qing's face was not good, Lian'er quickly helped him sit up and found a soft pad behind him.

"It's okay, I have something to do in the morning, I have to really get up."

Li Qing's feet were on the ground, and he felt that his feet were soft and had no strength. But the prince was still waiting in Taibai Building. He was discovered that he had met with a foreign minister in private. However, he was a serious crime. Li Qing couldn't help but complain in his heart, just let him go to the East Palace, so why bother outside? If Li Linfu's gangsters met, this would be another Eastern Palace case.

No matter how much he complained, Li Qing still forced himself to take some energy and eat. Xiaoyu was right and was leaving tomorrow, but the Ministry of Personnel, Ministry of War, and Ministry of Revenue did not handle the delivery. How could he leave?

The Si time is from 9:00 to 11:00 in the morning in later generations. The ancients said "bell" during the day and "give" or "drum" in the night, so there is also the saying "morning bells and evening drums". Bells and drums are placed in various yards in Chang'an to make citizens understand the time.

Li Qing did not ride a horse today, but took Lao Yu's carriage. Li Lin's mansion was in Anrenfang, close to Zhuque Street, while Taibai Building was in Pingkangfang, which was close to the east city. It took a quarter of an hour, which was half an hour in later generations. Li Qing closed his eyes in the car and rested. The crowds outside the car were surging and bustling, but he turned a blind eye. Last night's events seemed like an endless dream. It was dawn, but the dream could not wake up. When he thought of it, his heart hurt. At this moment, he forced himself not to think of Li Jingyan, but to return to reality. Although he had already promoted, the undercurrents in the officialdom were surging. If he was not careful, he would lose all his bones. Li Linfu seemed to have suffered setbacks, but his tree was deep and his roots were adjusted in time. It was not so easy to deal with. The struggle would continue, and it would be even more tragic. He had turned against him and could only fight.

"Master, the villain wants to discuss something with you."

The person who spoke was Lao Yu. He followed Li Qing's family from Langzhong. He was a widower and a bachelor. The family affairs were always handled by the curtains. Li Qing never asked about them and did not communicate with them less.

"What's the matter? Tell me!"

The carriage turned around and left Zhuque Street. There were obviously fewer people. Lao Yu stabilized the car speed and then said slowly: "Master, I want to marry Song Mei."

Song Mei also had a miserable widow who gave birth to three children from Langzhong with Li Qing's old servant sister-in-law. After following Li Qing, she had no worries about life and became white and plump. After a few years together, the two of them also had feelings for each other.

"Haha! This is a good thing! But the lady decided to do this, so don't ask me."

"But yesterday the lady said that the master must agree to this matter."

Li Qing couldn't help but be surprised. Two days ago, Zhang Wang got married and was also a maid in the mansion. He didn't know at all that he was the leader of the curtain. Why didn't he come to ask himself at that time? Now he asked instead.

He thought about it and immediately understood that although Lian'er didn't say it, she still felt a deep sense of inferiority in her heart. She did not dare to regard herself as her wife. This time she did not have her imperial decree, and her husband did not take this matter to heart. Naturally, Lian'er was even more careful. He held his grievances in his heart, but never dared to speak out to him clearly. After thinking about this, Li Qing felt both distressed and ashamed in his heart, and immediately made up his mind that Lian'er's imperial decree would come to the prince today.

"Mrs. decided on this matter."

After a pause, Li Qing added: "In the future, the wife has the final say in the matter in the mansion. You are an old man, so you have to take the lead. Do you know?"

Lao Yu responded, threw the long whip, and the carriage accelerated, galloping towards Taibai Tower.

Hanyue Hall is on the fourth floor of Taibai Liquor, which is the room where Yang Huahua was drunk last time. It was the side. Although Prince Li Heng was in a condom, the control was still extremely tight. The entire fourth floor was wrapped up, and even the clerk could not go upstairs. When Li Qing arrived at the door, he was introduced from the back door. Everyone he saw was not the guards of the East Palace, but some strange faces, all with bright eyes. Kong Wu was powerful, obviously they were all powerful martial arts. It seemed that the prince still had a lot of hidden strength. In this case of the East Palace, Li Heng was weak and looked a little contemptuous. Now it seems that he is definitely not that simple person, otherwise he would not ascend to the throne in the future. Li Qing couldn't help but secretly became alert and warned himself that he could not underestimate any official in the officialdom all the time.

After a series of strict inspections, Li Qing finally entered the room. The room was extremely tidy. Although it was a restaurant, there were no cups of wine and food. A cup of tea that had not been drunk was still steaming. Prince Li Heng stuck it in front of the window like a silhouette of paper, staring at the distance with his hands in his arms.

He was wearing a very ordinary dress, a blue round neck robe and a high black gauze hat, which looked like a scholar who came to Beijing to participate in the imperial examination. When he heard footsteps, he didn't look back and said lightly: "Sit down and drink tea first before talking."

He turned slowly, his face as pale as usual, and looked at Li Qing with expressionless expression on his face. After a long time, he slowly said: "I asked you to come here to speak because I just discovered that there is a signature in my inner palace. No matter what I say or do, the emperor will know."

"I wonder what your Highness is asking me for?"

The two had an unhappy period. Although they have reconciled, they are not really moved, but the interests drive the two to walk together again, so the atmosphere is still a bit awkward. In order to ease the atmosphere, Li Qing smiled and said, "I originally wanted to come to the East Palace to thank the prince yesterday afternoon, but was temporarily arrested by Lord Cui Qiao's wife for a blind date. However, I heard that Li Xiangguo also intends to marry the daughter of the Cui family as his daughter-in-law."

The first half of the words made Li Heng smile with a knowing smile on his face, and the next half made Li Heng forget to express his support for Mrs. Cui’s decision. Li Linfu wanted to pull the Cui family, but Li Heng was secretly shocked. Although the Cui family has not expressed support for anyone over the years, they often stand on their own side in the decision-making of the court. If Li Linfu really succeeds, the Cui family may change their faces. If Wei Jian has to come forward, his son is also the daughter of the Cui family.

Thinking of this, Li Heng's face slowed down. He had already received news from Gao Lishi that it turned out that Li intervened in the Du Youlin case early in the morning, but he had been hiding it from himself. However, seeing that he finally saved the case, Li Heng decided not to pursue the matter, but he must be careful in the future, otherwise he will not be able to control him in the future.

He smiled gently: "It's not a big deal for me to come to you. You have little experience and lack of connections. I probably don't have any good talents under my command. I'll recommend one to you! Do chores for you, handle copywriting, etc."

Li Qing's heart skipped a beat, doing chores and handling copywriting. Of course he knew what this meant, hum! He just said that he was monitoring him while the emperor was monitoring him, but he turned his hand to deal with his subordinates. He was not willing to do anything to others. Li Qing couldn't help but secretly despise this person. He sneered in his heart, but he didn't show any expression. He stood up quickly and thanked happily: "Your Highness is considering me thoroughly, and I am very grateful, but I still have a private matter to ask you to fulfill it."

Seeing Li Qing agreeing generously and hearing that he had something to ask for, Li Heng's smile became brighter and laughed: "Tell me! I rarely care about my subordinates, so it's time to change it."

"My wife is still white. According to the Tang Dynasty, she should have an imperial decree, but I am short of time and have no time to do this. I want to ask Your Highness to fulfill it."

Li Heng secretly praised Gao Lishi and Gao Ming and left this favor to himself. Even if Li Qing didn't talk about it, he would speak. Li Heng smiled slightly and said, "I have already done your wife's imperial edict for you, but I can't be anxious. Do you know why?"

"I don't know."

Li Heng walked a few steps behind his back, and suddenly turned around and smiled, "If you grant your wife an imperial edict now, she would have to stay in the capital. On the contrary, if you do not grant your imperial edict now, she will not be your official wife in the official archives. You can go with you. Do you understand?"

In fact, the Ministry of Rites had already submitted the petition for Fenglianer's imperial edict, but was secretly detained by Gao Lishi. He knew that Li Heng was not kind when Li Qing got married, so he left this favor to Li Heng to win over Li Qing's heart.

Li Qing suddenly realized that this was indeed something he had not thought of. The prince had some tricks to defeat him. He first gave favors and then put a shackle on him. However, he felt something was wrong in his heart, but he couldn't figure out where it was wrong.

After pausing for a while, Li Heng said lightly: "Do you know that Xian Yu Zhongtong had already entered Beijing yesterday."

Li Qing was speechless. Lian'er was his adopted daughter, but he didn't come to visit him. He could imagine his prejudice against him. Thinking of the responsibility he had for Xianyu Fuli's death, Li Qing couldn't help feeling deeply guilty. After all, Xianyu Zhongtong was kind to him.

Li Heng seemed to know what he was thinking, and glanced at him and said, "That incident had a big blow to him. He didn't want to see you. I've ordered him to go back to Shu."

Speaking of this, Li Heng also sighed: "In exchange for Cui Guangyuan to overcome this difficulty, Cui and Li's marriage seems to be unstoppable."

The atmosphere in the room was a little depressed, and both of them were silent. Li Heng looked at the sky and said calmly: "I shouldn't stay for a long time. I have to leave. I wish you a smooth journey."

"Your Highness, take care of yourself!"

Li Heng nodded, walked to the door and remembered something again, turned around and smiled at Li Qing, "You can go home to pack up your things, and I have sent someone to handle the handover procedures for you. You only need to sign and sign the documents at that time."

The secret between Li Qing and the prince was not the same as the blink of an eye, and it ended in a few moments. However, Li Qing understood that this secret was not a sign, which marked that he had officially put on the prince's robe. Although the prince still did not trust him, he used each other, so why should he care?

Just as he was thinking, the carriage returned to Li Lin's mansion and was about to set off tomorrow. He still had a lot of things to do. The business side had to be arranged and he had to thank him again. Although Li Longji might not meet him, his posture must be set.

Before the mansion, Li Qing saw through the car window that there were more than a dozen guards standing at the entrance of the mansion, surrounded by a eunuch in yellow. The gatekeeper was explaining something to them. Suddenly, he saw Li Qing's carriage and quickly pointed to this side. The eunuch turned around and walked towards this side.

‘Is it because I came to seal the curtain and the imperial edict? It’s not like that the eunuch has no imperial edict.’

At this point, the doubts and confusion arose in his heart when he was talking to Li Heng just now suddenly understood that the prince said that he could take the curtain away if he didn't grant the imperial edict for the time being, but what about Li Longji? Could it be that he could not think of it? With Li Longji's shrewdness, he would never have imagined that there were only two possibilities, maybe there was no need for hostages to stay in Beijing at all, or maybe there was another secret.
Chapter completed!