Since Li Hong led the officials to follow Li Dan and Li Zhe to test the embarrassment of the steam train returning to the palace from outside Chang'an City, it was reported by Li Lingyue as eye-catching, and Li Hong vented his personal anger and beat Li Lingyue, even if the two had formed an incomprehensible mortal enmity, they had to pinch for a long time when they met, and no one looked at anyone pleasing to the eye, and no one could persuade the brother and sister.

Li Xian looked at the brother and sister speechlessly, and no longer stopped, but got up by himself, in order to keep his ears clean, he walked out of the Penglai Palace, wandering around the small garden not far ahead, thinking about how to stabilize his advantages in the negotiations with Da Shi and the Wa Kingdom.

Over the years, he has long lost his ambition to compete for the male, even sometimes when he was taking a bath, looking at the knife on his arm, the hatred for Li Hong in his heart slowly dissipated unconsciously, and he didn't know why.

So even now in the face of the knife on his arm, he can face it calmly, without the slightest haze and hatred in his heart.

Even he didn't know when this kind of change happened, and sometimes he himself would think that when Fang Muqing went to visit him in Jiling City, he always supported the Cordo family in private according to the will of the imperial court, or because of the various crises in Jiling City over the years, he looked down on life and death at the same time, and had a new understanding of life?

He didn't know it himself, and he couldn't say it clearly, but he was sure that both Fang Muqing and Li Hong had paid a lot for themselves behind him over the years.

Even if he was cut off by Li Hong, even if he exiled himself to Bazhou, and then then went to Jiling City, although he never recovered his identity as the prince of the Tang Dynasty during this time, what he did in Jiling City, if he didn't have Li Hong's support, how could he do it?

Even the power in his hand is greater than the right that a prince should have!

Sitting in the small pavilion, the big tree in front of the Penglai Palace, the big tree planted by Li Hong and his father, the thick branches and leaves, have also extended to the top of the pavilion, making the pavilion look a little dim under the dense foliage shade.

This towering tree that has grown for more than 30 years, whether it is when Li Zhi was alive or Wu Mei herself, never let anyone prune the branches and leaves of this tree, even if it is towards the direction of Penglai Palace, it costs a long way, and the branches that have been pressed on the eaves, Wu Mei would rather make the eaves lower than see off the branches, which will affect his natural growth.

"When the leaves fall in late autumn, the courtyard will be full of golden leaves, and the queen mother will not let the eunuchs and palace maids sweep it, so it will cover the entire courtyard layer by layer, and it looks golden under the afternoon sun. Sometimes the queen mother will let people move a chaise longue and sit under the tree, and then silently look at the golden leaves, silently falling from the sky, even if it falls on her body covered with a blanket, or happens to fall in the steaming teacup, the queen mother doesn't care, gently brushes to the ground, picks up the leaves that fall in the tea, very leisurely. ”

I don't know when, Li Lingyue, who had finished arguing with Li Hong, slowly walked behind Li Xian, and Li Xian saw Li Hong, who waved at him not far ahead, walked out of Penglai Palace, saying that he was going to the Shangshi Bureau to see how the queen mother's lunch was prepared.

"This tree is like the fifth child, since the day he was born, he has never obeyed any of the rules in the palace, and the father and mother let the fifth child grow like this tree, wantonly and naturally. No matter what kind of outrageous things Li Hong did, even when he was appointed as the head of the household department, he changed the household department into a miasma and mess, and he quarreled with Dai Zhide of the Ministry of Rites in the court, and his mother and father never really disciplined the fifth child. See? ”

Li Xian pointed to the eaves that had been changed to be lowered, as well as the huge branches that stretched out and pressed on top of a hall in Penglai Palace, and continued: "Most of the temper of the fifth child is like that branch, which can be stretched and will not bend, so in the end, even the queen mother or the father has to make way for him, the queen mother has changed the eaves, and the father has changed the court. ”

Li Lingyue sat down opposite Li Xian, staring at Li Xian's empty sleeves that were gently lifted by the breeze with beautiful eyes, and said with a somewhat empty expression: "The queen mother has cleared all obstacles for the imperial brother, and the father has paved a smooth road for the imperial brother." In fact...... In fact, since I was a child, I didn't have a deep impression of the royal brother, and I didn't think that he was my favorite person. I was thirteen years behind him, and by the time I was a year old, the imperial brother had already been the head of the household for four years, and soon he would be on an expedition to Anxi. In my memory, my Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty has always thought it was you. ”

Li Lingyue stroked her hair that was blown by the breeze, lowered her head and continued with a smile: "At that time, the queen mother and the father told me that the crown prince of my Tang Dynasty was not your sixth emperor brother, but your fifth emperor brother Li Hong, but he is not in the palace now. At that time, I would be cranky, was the fifth emperor brother expelled from the palace by his father and mother? Or did the Five Emperor Brothers die young? But as more and more people came into contact, I realized that the Fifth Emperor Brother was a real person, he was not in the palace, he went out to fight and fight bad people. ”

"You didn't like me when you were a child, is it because I always took care of you and didn't let you do this and that, and Li Hong always spoiled you, let you come by your temperament, and everything depends on you, just like that year in the Temple of Mercy and Grace, you had a conflict with Shangguan Wan'er and Li Dan after meeting Prince Nazhenla, and then after Li Hong rushed over, he cut off people's ......fingers directly without asking questions."

"It was all arranged by him, the imperial brother is very deep in the city, and I followed Guan Wan'er afterwards, because of Li Dan's words, I thought it was true."

"Then you don't hold a grudge against the fifth child? Even you dare to take advantage of it. Li Xian said with a generous smile.

"Why hold a grudge? Has he used me less over the years? And then again, who can escape being used by him? My father and mother are not immune, and now this "The World" is still using me? He is a person who uses you for your own good, this kind of means...... It's not something anyone else can learn, can it? Li Lingyue blinked her beautiful eyes, as if her eyes could also speak, staring straight at Li Xian, waiting for Li Xian to give him a satisfactory answer.

Li Xian didn't answer immediately, he didn't even nod, he just looked at Li Lingyue's eyes with the same smile, honest and sincere, as if he had opened his heart to Li Lingyue.

After a long while, Li Xiancai let out a long sigh and said, "You are right, and among our brothers and sisters, you are all smarter than me, only I understand the latest, thank you Ling Yue." ”

Li Xian's words were very sincere, and there was no trace of falsehood and disguise at all.

"Actually...... In fact, Li Hong is the least free, and he sacrifices the most. "The World" I like this errand very much, I can gossip, and I can make people respect me, the princess of the Tang Dynasty, and Li Dan does what he likes, what about Li Zhe...... Although he doesn't like what he is doing now, he is used to being loose and can't do learning like Li Dan, but he likes to dance with knives and guns, but the imperial brother can't give him military power, after all, if that's the case, the courtiers will probably have to kneel down in front of the Xuanzheng Palace. So the imperial brother seems to be due to his temperament, but he puts him closest to the military power, but he can't touch it, but he is willing to do things, the medicinal restaurant in Taiyi City has always been a top-secret place in the Tang Dynasty, and even I can't go in and out at will, even if Li Dan wants to enter and exit, he must have the consent of Li Zhe, which not only satisfies Li Zhe's vanity, but also prevents him from becoming an idle prince in Chang'an. Li Lingyue seemed to feel that she was persecuting the Sixth Emperor Brother so much, and she felt a little reluctant to go, and said in some difficult words.

"I understand what you mean, so the fifth child put me in the position of a courtier in the negotiation with Da Shi and the Wa Kingdom, the closest to the Ministry of Rites, but not a person from the Ministry of Rites, just like Li Dan, he gave himself the title of the country's prince to supervise the sacrificial wine for two years, and finally he felt bored, and gave up the position of the sacrificial wine. And Li Zhe is the same, he has nothing to do with himself, but he resigns after three days every time. Ling Yue, Brother Huang doesn't feel that he is being used by the fifth brother now, even if he is being used, I have the same idea as you, and I am willing. ”

Li Xian bent down and picked up a green leaf, looked at it in his hand, and slowly continued: "I have paid a lot in Jiling City, but I knew from the beginning that Jiling City has nothing to do with me, and he must be Li Hong's. Li Hong gave me the opportunity to atone for my sins, in fact, it was also to restore my identity as a prince, and I did it early on, as long as I didn't make a big mistake in Jiling City, then a few years later, no matter what the situation in Jiling City was, Li Hong would have excuses and reasons to restore my identity as a prince, and most importantly, he could also gag the mouths of the courtiers. ”

"If it weren't for you, he could have found a capable courtier and traveled with Narhiya to the city. Above the Tang Dynasty, there are now many capable courtiers, and there are many courtiers who are loyal to Li Hong, right? Li Lingyue got up and asked with a smile.

"Yes, I am not the most suitable person, but he is willing to take this risk for me, so now whether I want to repay him or for my Datang society, I should strive for more interests and chances of winning for the fifth child in this negotiation." Li Xian also stood up, looked at Li Lingyue and said in a firm tone.

Li Lingyue looked at the open-minded Li Xian and nodded: "I also went to see what the queen mother was doing in the Shangshi Bureau, why did you think of inviting us to eat in Penglai Hall today, and you were kind?" ”

After finishing speaking, Li Lingyue seemed to have returned to her childhood, jumped down the steps, and then waved her hand to Li Xian, and began to walk outside the Penglai Palace.