Lu Que once said that Ji Qi was suffering from a serious disease, if this was true, he needed to stabilize the border gates, otherwise if there was a problem with his body, the court would be shocked, and it would be as dangerous as an egg.And if it comes to the worst step, the new emperor will succeed to the throne, it will be difficult to shock the world, and the rebellion of the vassal kings is very likely to repeat.And the "vassal king" who has hundreds of thousands of white wolf troops, unless Li Mulin is alive, it is difficult for anyone in this Wuyang world to be an enemy.Li Danqing frowned and followed behind Taiping, thinking carefully about what trouble Ji Qi had encountered.But he put forward all kinds of possibilities, but he didn't think of a kind of trouble that he needed to solve at the risk of creating another "white wolf co-master" for himself.Li Danqing couldn't figure it out for a while.But he's not in a hurry.For more than a year, there may have been some changes in Wuyang City that he didn't know about, and he needed time to slowly understand.And before Li Shuyuan led the White Wolf Army to win the war against the Liao, Li Danqing was safe."
My lord, there is Yanhuan Palace in front of you."
Tai Ping, who was walking in front, suddenly turned around and said to Li Danqing.His words made Li Shizi wake up from his thoughts, and he looked up at the front, and a courtyard gate came into his eyes.At that moment, the expression on Li Shizi's face became somewhat strange.The gate of the courtyard is old, the vermilion paint on it has been yellowed, and the white paint that was once painted on the courtyard wall has also faded in many places, which looks very mottled.If it weren't for the three big characters of Yanhuan Palace written on the lintel, Li Danqing would prefer to believe that this was the residence of a certain palace person."
The third prince, the little princess and the concubine live here."
Seeing Li Danqing stop in a daze, the little eunuch beside him hurriedly reminded him.Li Danqing naturally knew that this was the destination of his trip, he was just secretly strange, Ji Qi had never been a person who indulged in women.Now Ji Qi, who is six out of forty, has a total of four concubines.The crown prince's biological mother is also Xiang Rong of Empress Wuyang.The biological mother of the second prince Ji Fei, the concubine Nangong Yun.The third concubine died of illness in the early years, leaving no heirs.It's been too long, and there aren't too many records about her in the palace, and even her name Li Danqing can't remember it for a while.As for the fourth concubine, it is the concubine who gave birth to a prince and a princess for Ji Qi in the Yanhuan Palace in front of her.From beginning to end, Ji Qiman only married four concubines and died one.For an emperor, this can definitely be called "not close to women".Maybe there will be friction between the queen and the concubine Nangong Yun because of the abolition of the crown prince and the clan forces behind the two sides, but this concubine who was born in the concubine, the prince is still young, and there is no force behind it.It stands to reason that it should not be suppressed by all parties in the harem.The Wuyang Dynasty is not so poor that it needs to live in such a dilapidated place for the prince and concubine, right?
Li Danqing's heart was strange, but he didn't ask too much, and nodded towards the little eunuch.The little eunuch didn't think too much about it, and when he saw that Li Danqing came back to his senses, he walked quickly to the gate of the Yanhuan Palace.But the little eunuch knocked in front of the yellowed palace door for a long time, and there was no response from the door."
Could it be that Concubine Hou went out with the princess?"
The little eunuch looked at Li Danqing and said with some embarrassment.He had just entered the palace, and he didn't know anyone, and he was not well-informed in the palace.Otherwise, if it were another palace person, he would have known the news early in the morning, and he wouldn't have to go for Li Danqing to make a trip.Li Danqing saw his thoughts, smiled and waved his hand, and said: "It's okay" As soon as these words came out, there was a sound of sparse footsteps in the palace gate, accompanied by an old voice: "Coming" The palace gate also made a low muffled sound at this time, and it was opened from the inside.Then an old face slowly popped out.It was a woman, sixty years old, with a sound of white-washed palace clothes, her eyes were cloudy, and her mouth was sullen and asked, "Are the two fathers-in-law here to deliver melons and fruits to the house?"
”"What do you say?"
The little eunuch's face changed when he heard this, and he hurriedly raised his voice and shouted."
This is the new young master!
I'm here to give a lecture to the princess!
”The woman's cloudy eyes opened a few points when she heard this, and only then did she see that Li Danqing's clothes were not the clothes of the palace people at all.She was so frightened that she knelt down with a plop, and said tremblingly: "The old woman has eyes and no beads, please forgive her sins!"
”It is extremely rude to call a court official a father-in-law, not to mention anything else, if Li Danqing is willing, let people hit her on the 20th board, but no one can find fault with it, no wonder this woman is like a great enemy in an instant.Seeing this, the little eunuch hurriedly looked sideways at Li Danqing, and said cautiously: "My lord, she has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, so let's not see her in general?"
”Li Danqing smiled bitterly and nodded, of course he didn't care about this, but he was just thinking that he was so heroic and extraordinary, how could he be recognized as a eunuch?
Seeing this, the old woman hurriedly got up at that time, and after a while of gratitude, she turned around and invited Li Danqing into the palace, and the little eunuch Taiping also said goodbye at this time.The rules in the palace are cumbersome, and there are rules for who can go anywhere.The little eunuch did not have the imperial order in his body, so he naturally could not enter the palace.However, this guy obviously has a great impression of Li Danqing, and when he left, he didn't forget to ask Li Danqing's residence, saying that he was free next month, and he died in his son's mansion to find Li Danqing.Li Danqing naturally readily agreed, and when he heard this, Tai Fang left satisfied.After entering Yanhuan Palace, the expression on Li Danqing's face became more and more strange.If the exterior walls and palace gates of this Yanhuan Palace look a little old, then the scene inside the palace can really be called dilapidated.The area of Yanhuan Palace is not small, Li Danqing secretly estimated, not to mention the big ones, there are still seven or eight acres of land.But in the courtyard there is only one house with the same vermilion paint mottled on the wall, and a large area of land in front of the door.But there is no decoration such as rockery pavilions, only a large vegetable field, planted with vegetables and fruits that Li Danqing can't name for a while.Of course, this does not look like the residence of a prince and princess, but more like a small farm yard.A woman in sackcloth bent her back and pulled a sickle, cleaning up the weeds in the field, not far away a eunuch in a black robe was standing aside, looking gloomy, the eunuch saw Li Danqing coming, raised his eyes and glanced at it, and then withdrew his gaze, and continued to look ahead.The old woman who was leading Li Danqing in front of her said to the woman at that time: "Niangniang, the adults in the palace are here!"
”The woman in the field was obviously a little surprised by this, she stood up, reached out and wiped the sweat on her forehead, and looked at Li Danqing.The woman looked a little cramped, her hand holding the sickle had nowhere to be placed, her eyes were a little wary and a little puzzled, and she asked, "Is there anything wrong with my lord?"
”Li Danqing couldn't help but be stunned for a moment at that moment.The woman in front of her was dressed in a white-washed gray linen robe, with a certain hat on her head, and the hair on her forehead was a little messy, and I don't know whether it was uncombed or messed up in the work of the people.She has a beautiful face, she looks at most twenty-seven or eighteen years old, but a few faint fishtails have grown in the corners of her eyes.No matter how you look at it, how she looks like a peasant woman with a bit of beauty, but she can't associate it with an imperial concubine.It took Li Danqing a while to accept this fact, but he secretly slandered in his heart: This Ji Qi is inevitably too different.A good concubine can bear to let them live in such a realm?
What's more, there are also his own flesh and blood living here, and the tiger poison does not eat children, Ji Qi is ruthless enough.If it weren't for the emperor's living records, it was clearly recorded that he was drunk and disorderly, and he was fortunate to be this concubine.Li Danqing even wondered if it was the woman overlord who bowed Ji Qi hard, so that Ji Qi was so embarrassed by the mother and son.Li Danqing thought so, and glanced sideways again, the eunuch standing in front of the house.It stands to reason that he is a slave and the woman is the master.But the eunuch's clothes looked very valuable, and he could watch the woman work in the fields, but he stood aside with a leisurely expression, watching coldly.Li Danqing felt a little strange in his heart, and seemed to think of something.He didn't break it, but respectfully bowed to the woman and said, "Under Li Danqing." ”"On the orders of His Majesty, I came to give a lecture to the prince and princess."
The woman was also a little stunned, looking at Li Danqing with uneasy eyes, and vaguely smelled from Li Danqing's brocade clothes that the identity of the other party was not low.She didn't seem to have any experience with officials of this level, and she was stunned for a while before she came back to her senses."
Then I'll go and call Yuzhi and Yao'er out."
Her appearance was clumsy and eager, as if she was afraid of neglecting Li Danqing, and walked quickly through the field to the door not far away.But the bottom is because of too eagerness, halfway through, his feet slipped, and he was about to fall down Li Danqing saw this, and out of instinct, he hurriedly stepped forward and reached out to support the woman's waist.The woman was shocked, blinked her eyes, looked at Li Danqing, and only came back to her senses after a while, her cheeks were slightly red, obviously not suitable for such contact.She hurriedly retreated and whispered, "Thank you, sir." ”Li Danqing smiled and shook his head, about to say something."
Bold!"
But before the words came out, the eunuch dressed in black burst out with his thin duck voice at this time, and said sharply."
As the imperial concubine, Niangniang should show off her favors, clean herself, and share her worries for Your Majesty!""
But I don't know the inspection, and I have a dog with the minister!""
Wouldn't this be a shame on Your Majesty!""
How dare you!"