The sky was bright and the rhythmic knocking on the door rang.
Xue Gengbo knew it was a Yake as soon as he heard it. Although his legs and feet were not flexible, he was extremely agile. When he caught up and opened the door, he was surprised and panicked.
"Captain Yan? You're here so early. Please invite me soon... Madam, Lieutenant Yan is here!"
"I made an appointment with Xue Bai to take my daughter to Zhongnan Mountain for medical treatment today. My husband and I were so excited that we couldn't sleep, and we came too early."
This was the first time Yan Zhenqing visited Xue Bai's home. As she entered, stroking her long beard, her eyes were attracted by a wooden object for a moment.
"What is this? The swing doesn't look like a swing. Could it be called a 'standing swing'?"
"It's used for walking on foot, but who cares about walking too little? No one has used it for a long time."
"What is this big wooden frame or this short wooden frame?"
"One is played by Liu Lang who often hangs it up, saying it can make him grow taller. The other one is played by the gentlemen throwing balls on both sides."
The rocking chair is the most amazing thing, would you like Lieutenant Yan to take a seat?"
Yan Zhenqing sat down on the rocking chair and felt it for a while. He was a little uneasy at first. After rocking for a while, he found it interesting.
Liu Xiangjun hurriedly came out and took Wei Yun and Yan Yan to visit the backyard before Xue Bai got up.
A maid brought a ladder, climbed up the courtyard wall, and waved to the west backyard.
"Qinglan, open the door quickly."
"Come, come, my husband ordered us to pack up our belongings yesterday and set off at 2:00 a.m.... I've met Miss Yan San."
Yan Yan and Qing Lan were familiar with each other, so they came forward to meet Li. When they looked into the west backyard, they were also curious about everything they saw.
"What's this?"
"The hammock is very comfortable to lie on and enjoy the coolness in the afternoon."
"What about that one?" Yan Yan pointed to another object hanging on a tree branch.
"Sandbag enemy." Qinglan said: "Lang Jun sometimes hits it. There is a sandbag over there, and Lang Jun squats with it on his back."
Yan Yan followed Qing Lan to watch her wash her hands. The hair-planted toothbrush, herbal tooth powder, and bath bean paste were already available in the world, but the ones in Xue Bai's yard were slightly different. According to Qing Lan, these were what her husband wanted.
Improved objects.
…
Xue Bai heard the woman's clear voice in his sleep and thought it was Qing Lan.
But when he opened his eyes, he saw Yan Yan standing at the door of the house, looking into her head. She looked at him with a pair of big black and bright eyes, quite innocently.
"Brother, you..."
"Get out quickly."
Xue Bai quickly got up, pulled the thin blanket, and drove the little girl out.
He packed up and left the house.
Yan Yan was talking to Qing Lan in the courtyard, turned around to see him, and laughed at him: "Brother's 'boudoir' is not allowed to be seen by others?"
"Well, you can't come in."
"If you don't go in, you won't go in. It's no big deal. I just walked in by accident."
Yan Yan was thinking about the many novel things in his house that she had never seen before, which had left a deep impression on her or changed her life.
After returning to the front yard, they will set off.
Yan Zhenqing still had official duties, so Xue Bai took Wei Yun, Yan Yan and a number of servants to join Princess Yuzhen's group and headed for Zhongnan Mountain.
~~
Louguantai Yuhua Temple is more than a hundred miles away from Chang'an City. The carriages and horses move slowly, and it takes a whole day to walk.
For some people, this journey is difficult, while for others it is just fun.
Yan Yan hadn't traveled far for a long time, and everything she saw was new. She opened the curtain and looked around, and saw Xue Bai riding beside her carriage.
She stuck her head out and glanced ahead, seeing Li Tengkong riding a horse but not daring to come over. She couldn't help but shake her head and sigh for her unlucky friend, thinking that she had to take action herself.
"Sister Xiaoxian, here."
Li Tengkong then drove his horse over and asked, "Sanniang, are you feeling unwell? Is the carriage and horse too bumpy?"
"No, let's talk?"
"good."
Li Tengkong couldn't help but glance at Xue Bai beside him, not knowing what to say.
Not long after, Li Jilan found their car among the large group of horses and horses, and drove directly to Xue Bai.
"I have met Mr. Xue, but I am not as talented as Mr. Xue. I have been thinking about it day and night, but I have only written half of the play. I am still not satisfied. Can I ask Mr. Xue to review it?"
At the banquet a few days ago, she read half of Xue Bai's play and had already agreed to write "The Romance of the West Chamber" for him. However, she couldn't wait to get to the Zhongnan Mountain Tower and wanted him to read it.
With that said, Li Jilan held the reins in one hand and turned around to get her scroll from the saddle behind her.
Her riding skills were average. She failed to control the horse when she did this move. Her body swayed and she almost fell off the horse. Xue Bai had quick eyes and quick hands and quickly leaned over to help her.
"Thank you Xue Lang."
Li Jilan was just about to recover from the shock, she raised her eyebrows and thanked her, her cheeks were rosy and her face seemed to be full of eyes.
Xue Bai knew that she was really scared and not acting coquettishly, so he never thought about it. He took the scroll and unfolded it on horseback to take a look.
"Xue Lang, be careful." Li Jilan reminded softly.
Li Tengkong was on the other side of Xue Bai, but his eyes fell in front of his horse, paying attention to the road conditions.
The story of "The Romance of the West Chamber" is very simple, but the difficulty lies in the writing skills. The sentences must be like a beauty among flowers, full of fragrance, and sung in a dramatic style to move Li Longji. Xue Bai recited a fold of the opera when he was studying, and forgot most of it.
, I can only reluctantly write out what I remember. It is extremely difficult for others to imitate that style of writing.
Li Jilan's talent is indeed suitable for this job.
She opens the chapter with a small matter like the Cui family sending a coffin to a temple, and she can write it in a colorful, elegant and graceful way.
But Xue Bai believes that it can be improved even more.
"Ji Lanzi is talented, but there are some shortcomings." He put away the scroll and said slowly.
Li Jilan's eyes lit up and she asked: "Is it only slightly lacking? My daughter feels it is far from enough."
She seemed to have completely forgotten that she was a Taoist priest.
"Opera is a combination of songs and stories." Xue Bai joked casually, "But opera is not a story. It cannot be told directly like a poem, explaining the background and life experience. It should be narrated by characters, so that it can be sung easily."
"But if Cui Yingying is allowed to tell her life story, how can the woman in the boudoir tell her in such detail?"
"That's right." Xue Bai thought for a while and said, "How about letting her mother-in-law say it?"
"Xue Lang is really kind."
After talking about the writing problem, Xue Bai added: "Ji Lanzi's poetic talent is unparalleled, but this poem is too neat when placed in a drama..."
"Yes, yes." Li Jilan nodded quickly, "This is exactly what my little girl is thinking and worrying about."
She became more excited and her cheeks blushed even more.
"Xue Lang wrote the lyrics, 'Blue sky, yellow flowers, strong west wind, northern wild geese flying south. Who is drunk in the frost forest at dawn? It always leaves people in tears.' It is really beautiful, so long and short, according to the play
Only when I sing the tune can it have that charm. But I only know how to write poems. When I recite them, the singing method changes too little and is always monotonous."
Unfortunately, it was inconvenient to play the piano on horseback, so she had to sing a few lines a cappella.
"When I write about my sorrows, 'When love comes, I comb my hair lazily in front of the mirror, and the evening rain flutters in the garden, and the trees are autumn'. The singing is far less tactful and rich than 'Looking at a long pavilion ten miles away, I lost my jade skin, who knows how regretful I am'..."
Xue Bai was actually far less talented than Li Jilan. Most of the time she just listened silently, and gradually realized that her weakness was that she had heard too few lyrics and music.
"Don't worry, when we get to Zhongnan Mountain, I will get you some word cards to show you, and you will naturally feel free to write."
"Really?" Li Jilan said happily: "Thank you very much, Xue Lang."
Yan Yan watched from the side and saw that Li Tengkong was like Qinghui Lengyue, but she couldn't get a word in, so she had to take action again.
"Brother, did you write a new story? But you didn't show it to me and Sister Xiaoxian."
"It's an opera." Xue Bai said, "It won't be completed until the rehearsal comes."
"What is opera?"
Xue Bai and Li Jilan talked about it, but Yan Yan only thought it was a love story about her mother-in-law and her mother. Her interest was greatly reduced, and she muttered: "But I still prefer to watch monkeys learn from scriptures... Sister Xiaoxian, where are you?"
Li Tengkong was confused for a moment when he was asked, and quickly stabilized his Taoist mind.
Although Xue Bai and Ji Lanzi got closer because of this opera, she always felt that he wrote "The Romance of the West Chamber" based on his story with her. They fell in love with each other and were blocked by their family members.
Unfortunately, the story says that Zhang Sheng will eventually get married if he wins the first prize, but in fact the barrier between the two is much greater than that between Zhang Sheng and Cui Yingying.
It is just like what is written in his play, who knows this hatred?
"Sister Xiaoxian?"
"Ah? Oh, from Pindao's point of view, they're all pretty much the same."
Yan Yan knew Xue Bai best, and said: "Brother, I don't care which story we like. I think he wants to offer treasures to the saint again, and he is an official fan."
"That's right, a self-motivated ghost."
The atmosphere became lighter now. Several young ladies gathered together and became a lot more courageous. They would not dare to make fun of Xue Bai at ordinary times. Now you said something to me.
~~
Starting early in the morning, the team did not arrive at Louguantai until nightfall.
Although it was night, Xue Bai could still see that this palace occupies an extremely vast area, and it was a large group of palaces and temples occupying the peaks at the northern foot of Zhongnan Mountain.
The central palace is Zongsheng Palace. Yuhua Temple, where Princess Yuzhen lives, is not too far away. There is a seven-mile mountain road away from Zongsheng Palace, which shows how big this Taoist palace is.
Yuhua Temple, also known as the "Princess Yuzhen Villa", is magnificently built and blends in with the surrounding scenery, making it elegant and natural.
The night breeze blows, bringing a cool feeling that Chang'an City does not have, and it is very comfortable.
Everyone walked around the main hall, where Princess Yuzhen and the nuns had their own quarters, while Xue Bai and the Yan family were led into a separate guest courtyard.
"please."
The old woman who led the way was quite old, but her legs and feet were very nimble.
Walking into the lobby of the guest house, the bamboo curtain hanging in the hall caught Xue Bai's attention.
Because some of the curtains had poems inscribed on them.
Xue Bai held up a lantern and looked at it. The calligraphy on the curtain was different from the regularity of the face and body.
He read the title of the poem first.
""Princess Yuzhen's Villa Bitter Rain Presented to Guard Zhang Qing", what is this?"
The old woman thought for a while and murmured: "What was that boy's name back then? He claimed to be very famous. Oh, Li Bai, he lived here for a while."
As she said that, she complained dissatisfiedly: "The princess won't let me change the bamboo curtain even if I write graffiti."
Although Xue Bai guessed it, he was still shocked, and asked again: "May I ask who this guard Zhang Qing is?"
"Maybe it was Zhang Bian, the consort of Princess Ningqin. At that time, he often came to visit Li Bai and drank wine. The wine jars were scattered everywhere..."
After passing through the hall, the houses were divided into two. The Yan family's mother and daughter lived in one room, and Xue Bai and Qing Lan lived in another room.
A night of silence.
The next day, Xue Bai got up early, stood on the high platform of Yuhua Temple and looked into the distance. He saw thousands of green peaks, overlapping towers, green trees and bamboos covering the Taoist temples, and the scenery was beautiful.
It's hot in summer, but it's cool in the mountains and forests.
He took a deep breath of the fresh air in Zhongnan Mountain, stretched his arms, and did a set of Tai Chi.
At some point, a middle-aged Taoist priest with an immortal spirit also walked to the stone platform and stood there silently watching him.
Xue Bai finished his set of actions. When he saw this Taoist, he immediately saluted and said, "But in front of Master Qi Xuan?"
"Are you the famous Xue Bai from Chang'an?"
"Junior is exactly that."
"Pindao, I see you can perform such a punch. You must have wisdom. Are you willing to practice with Pindao?"
"This junior has not yet finished his worldly affairs and has too heavy a heart for ordinary life. He still prefers to wallow in the world of mortals. It is a pity that he has failed to live up to the Taoist Master's kind wishes."
Xue Bai politely refused, and suddenly thought that if he really became the disciple of Master Qixuan, then he and Li Tengkong would be brothers and sisters.
Then, a word I heard often lately popped into my mind for no reason.
——Taoist couple.
He quickly dismissed this thought, secretly warning that he was increasingly unable to withstand the test of the little girl recently.
"If your heart is too heavy, you still have self-awareness."
Qixuanzi Wang Bing took a deep look at Xue Bai, shook his head, and sighed: "Who do you want to see a doctor? Just take Pindao to see him."
"Thank you, real person."
During the consultation, Xue Bai kept observing Wang Bing's expression and secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he did not show any embarrassment or solemnity.
But Wang Bing approached Li Tengkong and asked a few questions in a test-like manner.
"The blood energy in the heart is insufficient and requires long-term treatment. Tengkongzi's prescription is quite suitable for the disease. Just make some adjustments. Take Salvia Soothing Pills and Astragalus Buxue Decoction every day for now. Now I will teach you a set of breathing and nourishing methods.
Kungfu increases the circulation of heart, lungs, qi and blood, and you will see after a few years of conditioning like this..."
~~
The mountains were pure and clean, and we spent the next few days feeling comfortable and comfortable.
Xue Bai accompanies Yan Yan every morning to learn how to breathe and nourish Qi from Wang Bing, and do physical exercises to maintain health; then he has tea and chats with Wang Bing and Princess Yuzhen; in the afternoon, he is busy with studies for a while, and then discusses literature and drama with Li Jilan and Li Tengkong;
Sometimes we would chat until late into the night, and sometimes we would have a drink together and play with the drinking rules.
Being able to live like this in this world is probably considered a fairy life.
Xue Bai knew that it would not be so simple for Princess Yuzhen to invite him into the mountain.
Sure enough, by the end of June, she sent out an invitation.
"On the Hungry Ghost Festival, we have to pay homage to our ancestors. The saint may come, so we need to prepare the ritual in advance. Pindao will go to Zongsheng Palace tomorrow, can Xue Lang go with him?"
Xue Bai was already prepared and had already guessed who wanted to see him.
Princess Yuzhen is the sister of a saint. If she were to associate with her nephew, she would definitely not hang out with a young person like Li Shiba Niang. It would be better to have friendship with her at the age of Li Dalang, Li Erlang and Li Siniang.
Da Lang was disfigured, Er Lang was dead, and Si Niang was imprisoned. They were the worst offenders.
Presumably Princess Yuzhen was able to invite her so openly because it was just for friendship, not profit.
Xue Baisui did not criticize him and responded calmly: "You should go with the supreme master."
…
Zongsheng Palace is more magnificent than Yuhua Temple, covering an area of more than 100 acres.
Slowly going up the stone steps, there are actually Beiya Imperial Guards patrolling in front of the huge mountain gate, which adds a sense of royal majesty to the quiet Taoist atmosphere. I think the saint will really come during the Ghost Festival.
It doesn't mean it will delay the state affairs. Anyway, if you don't come to Zhongnan Mountain, you will still be in Lishan Mountain.
After passing through one mountain gate, you will see another mountain gate, namely Yuqing Gate and Shangqing Gate. The third mountain gate has the word "Xiandu" written on it. The scale of this palace is no less than that of an entire city.
Taoist priests walked freely through it, and it really felt like an immortal capital.
Continuing to walk forward, a ginkgo tree has been planted in the courtyard for who knows how many years. It has luxuriant branches, is old and tall, and is even guarded by soldiers around it.
"This tree was planted by Taishang Xuan Yuan himself. It is more than 1,400 years old."
Princess Yuzhen gave a rare introduction.
She stopped and said, "I need to go to the main hall first. Ji Lanzi, please take Xue Bai and Tengkongzi to the Ziyun Guest House to sit down for a while."
"Yes, real person."
Li Jilan led Xue Bai to the palace in the west.
After bypassing a layer of mountains, the front becomes increasingly remote.
It can be seen that behind the mountains is the residence of the Taoist who lives in seclusion.
Finally, a palace temple appeared at the end of the path. Li Jilan looked up and said, "Purple Cloud Temple is here."
A very old female Taoist priest came out and arranged for the two nuns to rest in the hall.
When she looked at Xue Bai, she said: "Where did this young man come from? He is so handsome, he will definitely influence the practice of the young Kun Taoists here, so he should stay in the side courtyard."
Li Tengkong and Li Jilan only felt it was funny and saw Xue Bai being driven to the side courtyard.
~~
The side yard is dilapidated, with overgrown weeds on the ground and cobwebs hanging on the eaves. It seems that no one has taken care of it for a long time.
Xue Bai turned around, closed the courtyard door, and continued to walk in. There was a small hall in the courtyard, which was dedicated to a local official and immortal.
Two Taoist priests were standing there, one was a middle-aged female crown, and the other was a boy of seventeen or eighteen years old. Their demeanor looked a bit bleak, giving people the feeling of an old tree with dead branches.
Their temperament is not calm enough and they appear nervous.
"you……"
The middle-aged female crown seemed to have forgotten how to talk to strangers. After speaking, she paused for a while to collect her emotions, and then she seemed more natural.
"I am a poor Taoist, my Taoist name is Shunning... I am Princess Tang Chang, the fourth daughter of the sage."
Time was running out, so she didn't want to beat around the bush and reported her identity directly.
Xue Bai was not surprised and said: "I have seen the princess."
He knew that this was Li Cong's arrangement, and Li Cong couldn't wait for him to confirm his life experience so that he could become a supporter of the eldest son of the emperor.
Princess Tang Chang took the young Taoist priest and said, "This is my son, Xue Guang. You two can treat each other like brothers."
Xue Guang pouted and said nothing.
His face had an unhealthy paleness, his hands were shrunk in his robes, and he turned his head slightly, looking too uneasy because he was not good at sociability.
Xue Bai then saluted and said: "Brother Xue."
Princess Tang Chang was a little embarrassed, hesitated, and said slowly: "Guang'er is your biological brother and the person you are closest to in the world. You can have more..."
Xue Bai interrupted: "I dare to ask princess, but King Qing asked you to come to me?"
"This is."
"Does the princess know that this is very dangerous? If anyone is aware of it, we will all be guilty."
"I don't understand this. We have been under house arrest for more than ten years and rarely see outsiders."
"Understood." Xue Bai said: "But the fact is that even if it is dangerous and difficult, Prince Qing still wants you to come and tell me my life experience?"
"Yes." Princess Tang Chang explained: "I think you should also know about this."
After these few probing sentences, Xue Bai actually gained the initiative in the conversation.
He could see that ten years of confinement had put Princess Tang Chang in an extremely passive situation, and he was finally willing to give her a chance to speak.
"Princess, are you sure I am the consort of the consort?"
"Hmm." Princess Tang Chang said: "In the 16th year of Kaiyuan, I married my consort, and in the 25th year of Kaiyuan, my consort died. For nearly nine years, I never knew that he had an extra room outside, until the case of the three commoners happened.
The prince-in-law died tragically at Lantian Station, and the imperial court conducted a thorough investigation of the Xue family's property. Only then did Mrs. Xiangguo tell me that the prince-son-in-law indeed had a separate house in Quchi and had an outside wife."
Xue Bai listened and had his first doubt. He kept it in his mind and did not interrupt her.
Princess Tangchang added: "At that time, I myself was in danger, so I asked Mrs. Xiangguo to try to save this foreign wife. She agreed. Unfortunately, Duke Zhang has resigned as prime minister, so I can only buy you back secretly. In ten years, they will
You were raised in Anyefang's villa until the old ministers passed away one after another and Princess Ning found out about it. She had always had a problem with me and deliberately betrayed you. I only heard about it recently..."
After Xue Bai listened carefully, he began to ask him what he doubted.
"Then was this foreign concubine named 'Xue Pingzhao' from the beginning? Is there another name?"
"I don't know." Princess Tang Chang said: "The consort never mentioned this child to me during his lifetime. I only learned about it after he died."
"What about the biological mother? There is always a biological mother."
"I don't know either."
"That's because when the house was ransacked, the princess only wanted to preserve the flesh and blood of the consort, and allowed the wife from the outside wife to be sold into a church, and the mother and son were separated, right?"
"No." Princess Tang Chang said anxiously: "I have never explained like this..."
"Is that what Mrs. Xiangguo decided?"
"No, definitely not. At that time, a disaster was approaching, and it was too late to save one more innocent person. How could you have such thoughts? The reason why the foreign wife was not found may have died long ago."
Xue Bai said firmly: "The princess didn't tell me the truth."
Princess Tang Chang was stunned and said hurriedly: "These are all true. This happened when you were a child. Do you really not remember it? You remember it, right?"
"What's the point of risking a meeting and not telling the truth?"
After Xue Bai said that, he turned around and left.
"wait."
Princess Tang Chang saw that he kept walking and said hurriedly: "Wait a minute, I will tell you the truth."
Xue Bai then stopped and said: "The princess came to see me today just because she heard King Qing exaggerate my abilities, hoping to find someone to rely on for his son. If we are really brothers, we should support each other in the future; but if it is fake
, the princess is inviting trouble by acting like this. If you want to help each other, you must first be sincere, right?"
"I should be sincere." Princess Tang Chang said: "You must have remembered it. You should know that what I just said is true. It was true that your biological mother was not found at that time. It was also true that you claimed to be the son of the consort when you ransacked the house and entered the register.
Xue Pingzhao...the only thing I didn't say is that there are two possibilities for this matter, one is that you are the son of the consort; the other is that you were adopted by him."
"Yeah?"
"The Prince Consort has indeed secretly adopted some orphans, large and small, as adopted sons, and trained them carefully in order to... help His Highness in the future."
Having said this, Princess Tang Chang looked around nervously, and her voice sounded a little panicked.
"After the Xue family was thoroughly investigated, these children were found. We are very afraid..."
really.
Xue Bai speculated that if it was just for a concubine, Zhang Jiuling would redeem it if he wanted to, and there would be no need for his wife to risk finding Princess Tang Chang.
Presumably what happened at that time was that Zhang Jiuling learned that Xue Xiu had secretly raised many adopted sons, and was worried that Ju Guang would be implicated in the case of the three common people, so he quickly asked his wife to teach Princess Tang Chang how to speak to calm the matter.
Of course, it is normal for Xue Xi to support Li Ying. Rebellions in the Li Tang clan are commonplace, so this is considered a trivial matter.
"At that time, all the other adopted sons were sent away, and only Quchifang, who was the farthest, did not have time and was searched." Princess Tang Chang said: "I guess that when you were searched, you claimed to be the son of the consort and signed up as 'Pingzhao'.
It was out of loyalty that he not only covered up what the prince-in-law had planned, but also had the determination to redress the prince-in-law. He is a good boy..."
At this point, she couldn't prove Xue Bai's life experience at all.
Others would have been disappointed, but Xue Bai was pleasantly surprised.
For him, it doesn't matter who he was in the past, what matters is who he can become in the future. It is precisely because this matter cannot be proven that the decision-making power is in his hands.
Because a little bit of blood or a few testimonies from others can manipulate his destiny at will, and he will never accept it. He must take his destiny into his own hands and make his own choices.
Now, he can weigh how many risks and opportunities there are, and consider whether to be Xue Pingzhao.
"You remember all this, right?" Princess Tang Chang asked tentatively: "You knew I was hiding something just now because you didn't lose your memory."
Xue Bai did not answer, but asked: "Is the imperial edict true?"
"You actually know about the imperial edict?"
"Is the imperial edict true?" Xue Bai asked again.
This issue is very critical, as it affects whether you live or die if you become Xue Pingzhao.
Princess Tang Chang shook her head and said: "I don't know whether the imperial edict is true or not. At that time, the prince-in-law had been convicted and was about to be escorted out of Chang'an. I chased the prison car and cried. He said that they were unjust and there was a saint who ordered the imperial edict to be sent away.
They entered the palace, but I never saw the imperial edict with my own eyes."
"Didn't you ask the people around the third concubine about this matter?"
"I wanted to ask, but when I rushed to the East Palace, Concubine Xue was already dead."
"Concubine Xue was already dead at that time?" Xue Bai was a little surprised and said, "She died before Xue Xi?"
Princess Tang Chang did not answer immediately, but glanced at him, wondering why he asked about this.
Xue Bai said: "The princess hopes that I can help Brother Xue. Only by redressing the case can you be free, right? Prince Qing asked you to come to see me because he believed in my ability and position."
Princess Tang Chang nodded and replied: "Concubine Xue was sentenced to death together with His Highness, at the same time that the consort was escorted out of Chang'an."
"In other words, when the saint ordered the death of his three sons, the prince-in-law was only exiled. The prince-in-law was not killed until he was taken to Lantian Station?"
"Yes." Princess Tang Chang stopped talking.
"What did the princess want to say?"
"Dead, there is also a grandson..."
"what for?"
Princess Tang Chang's lips trembled, and before she could speak, her eyes turned red.
Xue Bai said: "This matter is very important to vindicate this case, you can trust me."
"I heard that the soldiers who forced His Highness and Concubine Xue to death were Concubine Wu Hui's men. They entered the East Palace without waiting for the order to protect the emperor's grandson. Several of the emperor's grandsons were taken away directly. His Highness's third son held Concubine Xue in his arms.
He refused to let go and was accidentally killed..."
"How can it be?"
"Even you can't believe it. The matter of the manslaughter of the emperor's grandson is a secret in the world. No one dares to mention it. The officials handling the case can only say that His Highness's third son has disappeared. But did you know? The child's name is 'Li Qian'.
In the same year that he died, the sixth son of the emperor, Prince Rong Li Wan, gave birth to another son. The saint personally named him "Li Qian" and made him the king of Chenliu County before he reached adulthood. If not for this, how could there be any cousins with the same name? Now you ask the emperor's grandson Li Qian
Who is he? The world only knows that he is the son of Prince Rong. Who would have thought that a six-year-old child was hacked to death in front of his mother?"
"Are there any witnesses?"
"How can there be witnesses? Even Concubine Wu Hui died of shock in the same year."
"Then how did you learn about this?"
"I rushed to the East Palace at that time, and a palace lady ran out and told me that the soldier couldn't pull the emperor's grandson away. In anger, he slashed the emperor's grandson on the back of the neck with a scabbard. Unexpectedly, he killed someone, and the soldier himself was frightened.
She immediately went crazy and kept hacking and killing the people around her, trying to silence them. There was a chaos in the East Palace, and Gong E was so frightened that she ran away. She happened to meet me and told her about it. Before she could finish her words, Long Wujun arrived and she screamed to run away.
, was directly shot to death by an arrow, and it was precisely because of this that others didn’t know that I had heard about it.”
Xue Bai was a little disappointed after hearing this. If Concubine Wu Hui had not died because of the imperial edict, the case of the three common people would never have been overturned.
If he is accused of being Xue Pingzhao, it will almost be a dead end.
However, the next moment he unconsciously touched his neck.
His fingers touched the slightly raised scar, and he knew very well that it was a burn wound rather than a knife wound... But inexplicably, a thought began to emerge like a weed.
If it is profitable, he can become Xue Pingzhao, but to confirm this identity, he will definitely need the help of Princess Tang Chang, so the Hedong County Duke will have to be promised to Xue Guang. And he worked hard and worked hard, but he couldn't even get the title of County Duke?
There is a complete mismatch between risk and reward.
The case of three common people is a huge case that can lead to death if it is touched. It contains huge risks and should have huge benefits.
Xue Bai did not dare to think about such a huge benefit at first. He knew that it was difficult to seek the world in this era.
But now he has been struggling for a while, and now he is betting on his life. He has made all the bets he should make, and suddenly he sees a higher reward... With his ambition, he can no longer suppress it.
It doesn't matter whether it's Xue Pingzhao or Li Qian. He may be an orphan. It doesn't matter. It's the best. He has no intention of getting entangled in such inconsequential issues. What he cares about is that he may be able to become and prove that he is Li Qian.
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——The son of Prince Li Ying, one of the people qualified to compete for the throne of the Tang Dynasty.
Li Heng, Li Cong, and Li Chen all wanted to compete for the throne. An Lushan could compete for the world, so why couldn't he?
Instead of supporting a clan member, it is better to support yourself.
This thought kept spreading in my mind, and even I felt crazy.
But Xue Bai knew that now was not the time to think about such far-off things, so he quickly suppressed his thoughts and reminded himself not to be carried away by the desire for power, but to take care of the present first.
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"That is to say, you did not confirm with your own eyes what was going on in the East Palace at that time. Are these just what you heard?"
"Yes." Princess Tang Chang said, "Almost no one knows about it anymore."
Xue Bai asked again: "The deposed prince has four sons raised by King Qing?"
"Yes, the eldest brother always treats his brothers and sisters very well, and his nieces and nephews are always very kind."
Princess Tang Chang looked sincerely and said, "You can trust me, eldest brother."
This is what she wanted to tell Xue Bai when she took the risk to meet him today, to get some help for Li Cong.
Xue Bai was not in a hurry to draw a conclusion. He wanted to consider the long term, so he pondered and said slowly: "I understand, princess, the consort has shown me the kindness of protecting and raising me. I will definitely repay this kindness. I appreciate the kindness of King Qing."
I also know it."
"Now the third brother has become the prince..."
Princess Tang Chang wanted to say something else.
Suddenly, there was a sound outside the hospital.
"Xue Bai, are you inside?"
Xue Bai recognized Li Tengkong's voice.
Her tone was a little urgent, as if she had something important to say.
Xue Bai quickly signaled Princess Tang Chang and her son not to make any noise and opened the courtyard door.
I saw the old female Taoist priest blocking Li Tengkong on the other side of the path.
But further away, several people dressed as Taoist priests were rushing towards us. They were all walking vigorously, and they were obviously not real Taoist priests.
I was still being watched during this meeting...
Sorry, sorry~~ I originally thought it would take twenty minutes to revise, but it took an hour~~ Eight or nine thousand words a day is indeed above my limit. When I encounter chapters that need to be considered, it is completely too late~~ Please forgive me~~
