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In Chang'an, May is approaching, the shade of the trees is getting denser, the weather is getting hotter, and everything is blooming faster and faster.
Recently busy with government affairs, Li Shimin, who has been busy all day long, just came back from the early court. Empress Changsun took off the clothes he wore in the previous court for him, and gently hung them aside.
Empress Changsun suddenly coughed twice, Li Shimin's complexion changed, and he gently supported his empress.
"Queen, what's the matter with you?"
"My throat is a little uncomfortable these days!"
Li Shimin understood a little bit, he lived in the Lizheng Hall on the [-]th and [-]th, and at night, his queen had to pretend to be called for a long time for his own face.It's like this every day, but it doesn't hurt my throat.
"It's all my fault. I went to rest with other concubines these few days."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your understanding!"
"Hey, you are the one who screams the best at night. The few of them, especially Concubine Wei, are so angry that I can't learn it no matter how much I teach you. Just go to her place. The screams at night are earth-shattering!"
The two smiled at each other, Li Shimin shook his head and sighed, and Empress Changsun gently rubbed Li Shimin's shoulders.
After a while, Queen Sun saw Li Shimin narrowing his eyes, and suddenly leaned into his ear.
"Shimin, I want to go to Changle Gate!"
"Go if you want! I already know that Zhi'er has been there, and you should know that this child is going."
"This child is affectionate and righteous, isn't it great!"
Li Shimin raised his head, looked at his wife who had been with him through ups and downs for decades, gave birth to three sons and four daughters, and raised Princess Yuzhang, and held her hand and patted her twice.
"In terms of affection, righteousness, and kindness, Zhi'er is the best among the many princes. But..."
"Shimin, I think you promise to allow Sister Zheng and County Lord Guide to walk around the palace."
Li Shimin looked at his queen and finally nodded.
"You are also affectionate and righteous, you mother and son... hey!"
"Hey what?"
Empress Changsun approached Li Shimin and asked softly.Since she called out the word Shimin, the relationship between the two of them is already just a husband and wife, throwing away all their identities, they are just the original husband and wife at this time.
"You mother and son are so nice!"
Empress Changsun smiled and got up, and Li Shimin also got up. The empress was going to Changle Gate, and he also went around the harem.
Empress Changsun left the Lizheng Hall, and Qiu Ju and Dongmei hurriedly followed behind.
Chapter 252 Can I Still Go to the East Palace
"Wu Cairen should have arrived in Guangyuan, right?"
"In time, it should be here."
"She was born there since she was a child. This time, Sizi is in Sichuan for medical treatment. It is best to have her by her side."
What Empress Changsun said was natural and reasonable, but it was impossible for others to know what she was thinking.
The palace at the Changle Gate was still deserted. A Tingting girl was holding a pot, and the chopsticks in her hand had already reached the bottom of the pot, but she couldn't poke a trace of maltose.
Recently, I was greedy, and I ate the last maltose by myself.
She reluctantly put down the jar in her hand and looked at a line of ants crawling under the shade of the plane tree. Zheng Guanyin looked at her daughter and sighed.
Counting ants in spring and looking at fallen leaves in autumn is what my daughter does most often. Here, there are not many things she can do.
"Mother, why haven't I seen my cousin come to look for Guide?"
Guide County Lord is the title given to her by the imperial court. County Lord is a title, not an official position, and it does not mean the Lord of a county.
Concubine Wei Gui, who is now beside the Holy Majesty, had a marriage before following the Holy Majesty, and gave birth to a daughter, who was also called the County Lord.
Since the imperial court gave her a title, she generally called herself Guide, and it didn't matter if she was Guide, at least it was always a good idea.
Zheng Guanyin looked at her daughter, and sighed in her heart, this is where the prince should come, Zhi'er can come once, it is rare to see them, but it is difficult to see Zhi'er again.
But she couldn't tell her daughter like this, she just looked at her daughter, gently embraced her, and let her lean into her arms.
"Mother, my cousin promised that Guide would come again."
"He will come!"
Zheng Guanyin could only say one thing, footsteps came from the palace gate, and the daughter in her arms quickly looked towards the palace gate.
The palace gate there opened early, and three people walked in here.
County Lord Guide started to get excited, but when he saw the person coming, his expression turned a little pale.
Not the cousin, not the good-looking cousin.
Zheng Guanyin had already seen who was coming, so she quickly got up, pulled her daughter, and walked over, a few steps away, pulled her daughter to greet her quickly.
"Sister Zheng and Guide get up quickly, there is no need to perform such a grand ceremony."
"Empress, is Guide's cousin your son?"
"Zhi'er is naturally Ben Gong's son, what's wrong, does Guide want to Zhi'er?"
"Guide can think of his cousin."
Zheng Guanyin stood there, trying to stop her daughter, but there was no way to stop her, so she could only let her daughter talk nonsense in front of the empress.
Empress Changsun looked at County Lord Guide, and at this moment gently stroked the girl's jade shoulders, looking at her pure and clear eyes.
"Guide, you haven't seen Zhi'er recently."
"Ma'am, what's wrong with my cousin?"
"He went to Sichuan, accompanied your cousin Sizi, and went there to seek medical treatment for Sizi."
"Your Majesty, Her Royal Highness Princess Jinyang?"
"Sister, don't worry, I think that Zhi'er will bring his son back in good health, and come back safely. When Zhi'er comes back, he will definitely come to see you."
"Dongmei, bring me the things I prepared for my sister and Gui De."
Dongmei hugged a jar, and the County Lord Guide took it happily.
"maltose!"
"By the way, sister, you can freely enter and exit this palace gate starting today. As long as you don't leave the palace, you and Guide can go anywhere in this palace as you like."
Zheng Guanyin looked at Empress Changsun, and couldn't help the corners of her eyes getting wet. She has lived here for so many years, and she never dared to think that she would be able to walk out of here one day.She just wanted her daughter to be able to leave here and enter the bustling world outside. She owed her daughter a debt.
But now, that palace gate was no longer the shackles that imprisoned her.The entire imperial palace can be opened for her at this time.
"Ma'am, can I still go to the East Palace?"
Empress Changsun pinched Zheng Guanyin's shoulder with her hands. They were only two years apart. Although Empress Changsun had never really had an encounter with Zheng Guanyin, she naturally understood her feelings.
Donggong, the former prince of Donggong, was the prince Li Jiancheng.
At the age of 16, Zheng Guanyin married Li Jiancheng, the eldest son of Tang Guogong, and stayed with Li Jiancheng all the time. Li Jiancheng became the prince, so she naturally lived in the East Palace where the prince lived.
Among the imperial palaces, she was most familiar with and couldn't let go of them, so it was naturally the Eastern Palace.
Empress Changsun pinched her shoulders and nodded slightly.
"I will ask Chengqian to pick you up in a while, and let him take you around the East Palace, but my sister must be prepared for things to change."
"I'm content to be able to step into the gate of the East Palace again. Zheng Guanyin thank you, Madam."
"Sister, get up."
"Mother, who is Chengqian?"
"He is your cousin, and also Bengong's son, just like Zhi'er."
The world is full of wind and rain, and life is full of vicissitudes.The emperor's house, despite all the splendor and cumbersome rules, is ultimately an ordinary family, with some people's emotions and desires, and some people's emotions involved.
In Guangyuan, Lizhou, the twilight gradually enveloped this important town in northern Sichuan since ancient times. Later generations here also have another name, the Queen's Hometown.
The familiar Jianmen Shu Road and Jianmen Pass are all in Guangyuan.
Li Zhi and his party came here today and lived in Jianmen Pass, which is the most important pass in the Bashu area and the northern barrier of Bashu.
Li Bai's "The Road to Shu" said, "The sword gate is towering and Cui Wei, one man guards the gate, and ten thousand men cannot open it."
At this time Li Zhi was standing at the gate of Jianmen, with the same bright moon above his head as in Qin and Han Dynasties, and under his feet was the same pass as when Prime Minister Zhuge entered and exited.
There used to be many stories here, all of which are between mountains and rivers.
The Jiange of the Shu Road under the moonlight is like the mouth of a ferocious giant beast when viewed from a distance.
Lin Xueying also walked up to Jianmen Pass at this time, and stood behind Li Zhi for a while.
"Are you tired from riding a horse today?"
"This king can still persist, sister Xueying, look at the terrain of Jiange."
"This terrain is indeed steep!"
"It's as tough as Sister Xueying's body!"
Lin Xueying twisted Li Zhi's ear, this guy, his mouth is too poor, I thought he could say a few good words or express emotion, but it seems completely impossible.
"It's going to be loose, it's going to be loose, sooner or later, my king's ears will be screwed off by Sister Xueying."
"Who made you always so talkative."
"I just told the truth, and Sister Xueying twisted my ear."
"What are you telling the truth!"
Lin Xueying held Li Zhi's ears and walked down the Jianmen Pass. Behind her was the bright moon of Qin Dynasty and the pass of Han Dynasty.
After a while, Lin Xueying lifted Li Zhi to the house where she lived, and then she loosened Li Zhi's ears. Li Zhi rubbed his ears vigorously, and looked at Lin Xueying with a smile.
"Sometimes I really can't do anything about you. What's on my mind?"
"Of course I'm thinking of Sister Xueying!"
Lin Xueying took a step closer, frightened Li Zhi hurriedly backed away, behind him was Lin Xueying's bed, at this moment, he came close and fell directly on the bed.
Chapter 253
Just as Li Zhi fell on the bed, he was grabbed by Lin Xueying. Li Zhi was already waiting for his cheap master to think of some way to punish him, carrying buckets with both arms and stepping on stone pier or something else.
Suddenly footsteps sounded outside, and very quickly, the footsteps reached Lin Xueying's door.
Lin Xueying glared at Li Zhi, and opened the door. Yue'er stood outside the door, and Yue'er looked at His Highness and Lin Xueying, a little embarrassed.
If I come here at this time, will I spoil the good deeds of this cold beauty?Leng Meiren must be doing something to His Highness, otherwise why would she close the door.
That day, Miss Xia He witnessed the cold beauty bullying His Highness who was tired and dizzy.
But at this time, she had already bumped into each other, so Yue'er became more courageous, after all, she really came to find His Highness on something.
"Your Highness, someone outside the pass is looking for His Highness just now, because Jianmen Pass cannot let people in and out at night, and that person is still waiting outside the pass."
"who is it?"
Li Zhi felt strange, he just came to Jianmen Pass today, why was someone looking for him so late?I don't know anyone here in Guangyuan, and the local officials have seen me during the day, so who will come to see me at night?
"This person claims to be Wu Cairen's maid!"
"Wu Cairen, why is her maid outside Jianmen Pass?"
There are a total of nine talents in the palace, and only one named Wu is Wu Meiniang. Li Zhi has always cared about Wu Meiniang.
"I don't know this month, Your Highness should go and see for yourself! Sister Xia He glanced at the door just now, and said that the girl's body is indeed like the martial artist's maid, Min'er."
Xia He saw Sen Sen'er, so she wouldn't talk nonsense about such things. Could it be that the outside of the pass is really the maid of Wu Cairen?
Li Zhi got off the bed of Lin Xueying, and Yue'er hurriedly followed His Royal Highness King Jin. At this time, Li Zhi rushed to the outside of Jianmen Pass, where the guards had opened the gate of Jianmen Pass for King Jin.
Outside the city gate, a slightly desolate figure stood there, looking thin. Hearing the sound of closing and opening the gate, he hurriedly looked towards the gate.
Li Zhi also looked at the woman who claimed to be Wu Meiniang's maid, and she turned out to be Wu Meiniang's personal maid, Min'er.
Min'er is here, could it be that Wu Meiniang is also in Guangyuan at this time, what is she doing in Guangyuan?It's still a good time to go back to my hometown, and at this time, how come Guangyuan, who arrived at the same time as me, is also a coincidence?Or someone arranged this on purpose.
"Min'er has met His Royal Highness King Jin!"
Naturally, Min'er saw Li Zhi there, and Min'er hurriedly bowed deeply, and Li Zhi had already helped Min'er when he walked over.
"Min'er, why are you closing here at Jianmen?"
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