Xian Xian

In the past two days, news about the prince and the queen has spread. There was talk everywhere in the court. The prince was Li Zhen, the daughter of Concubine Xiao Shu, who angered the Queen and was scolded by the Queen.

The rumors grew bigger and bigger like a snowball, and the Queen of Heaven pressed the great emperor and refused to grant the canonization to prevent marriage, which has long aroused criticism among courtiers. No one had mentioned this before, and everyone slowly forgot. Now that the prince is out of his head, the courtier will never sit idly by.

Soon, the emperor also knew here. The Queen hated Concubine Xiao Shu's sons and daughters, but to the emperor, this was his own blood. The emperor was able to give birth to two children with Concubine Xiao Shu, which shows that he had really loved Concubine Xiao Shu.

If the princes and princes are publicly persecuted after today, the emperor can never continue to pretend to be deaf and mute. As a result, before the courtiers rioted in front of the emperor, the Queen of Heaven took the initiative.

Tianhou gathered people up early in the morning, which shows that the guard of the Yi Army in Demen, Quan Da, is loyal, courageous and righteous. After inquiring about the Queen, she learned that Quan Da’s ancestor was also the home of officials and her grandfather had worshipped Qizhou Mu, and the Queen admired this person very much. It happened that Quan Da did not have a marriage, and the Queen gave the great emperor Li Zhen to Quan Da, and went to the door. The province immediately drafted the imperial marriage decree, and the marriage was completed soon.

Didn't Li Zhen want to marry someone? After that day, I would satisfy her and let her marry the guard at the gate of the palace.

After this decree came out, many people didn't know how to respond. As Li Zhen's aunt, the Queen of Heaven is naturally qualified to arrange Li Zhen's marriage. Quan Dan can enter the Yi army, and the ancestral situation will not be bad. Princess Shang is not unreasonable. However, it would be nonsense to say that Li Zhen can only be worthy of a guard.

Don’t talk far away, just talk about the diva’s own daughter Li Changle, and the prospective husband’s son Pei Ji’an is the eldest son of the Pei family of the Gongqing clan, and his mother is the eldest daughter of a prominent family. He is known as Yulang in the capital. Pei Ji'an and Quan Da, no matter from family background or personal ability, are completely incomparable.

The Queen carefully selected Pei Ji'an for her daughter, and the daughter who gave Concubine Shu pointed at the guard at the door. If the Queen didn't deliberately vent her anger, let alone ministers, Li Chaoge didn't believe it.

But the wise thing about the queen is that everyone knows that the queen is using power for personal gain, but they can't find any point of attack. After all, Quan Da is just not as high as other consorts, and Princess Shang is not a bad idea.

The Queen Flirtuously solved her impeachment crisis. She responded to Concubine Xiao Shu's line and beat the prince fiercely, which could kill three birds with one stone. Li Chaoge entered the palace, and many people were already standing in the Wencheng Temple, the emperor, the prince and his wife, Li Changle, Li Huai, and Li Zhen, all of them were there.

Li Chaoge motioned to the palace people not to report it. She walked in and stood quietly at the wall, listening to the queen smilingly saying to Li Zhen: "My palace has been thinking of you for a long time? A life-long event, but I was busy with things a few days ago and couldn't make it. Come on. It just happens that people are here today. In front of the big guys, this palace will set your title and marriage together. The most important thing for people is to keep yourself safe and self-knowledge. You are the oldest of the princes and you should understand For this reason, my palace will give you the title Yi'an."

This title is really full of irony. "Yi" is a satire of Li Zhenxu, who is unfaithful and unrighteous, and "An" is a satire of her whimsical?

Li Zhen knelt down in the hall, bowed his eyes, and said to the Queen of Heaven, "Thank the Queen of Heaven."

"You are my daughter, and what do you say thank you?" The Queen smiled at Li Zhen and said, "My palace was reluctant to let you marry before. I always wanted to keep you for a few more years, and almost neglected the girl. Stay in the big, stay here, stay here and stay as a grudge. No matter, the daughter is big and always has to leave home? This palace sees the right to be a talented person, and you are very worthy, so I call you over to ask your opinion. Li Zhen, let Quan Da be your husband, are you willing?"

Quan Da has been dumbfounded since he was stopped by the Queen just now. Hearing his name mentioned by the Queen, Quan Da shuddered and knelt reflexively. Quan Da knelt and let out a muffled sound, which was extremely obvious in the hall. Li Changle couldn't stand it a bit, and avoided his eyes with disgust.

So rough, how can you be a concierge? If Li Changle were to marry this kind of person, Li Changle might as well die.

Li Zhen lowered her head, her fingers clenched her skirt tightly. After a while, she raised her hand to her forehead and bowed respectfully: "My son is willing, thank God."

Li Chaoge sighed inwardly, the queen clearly humiliated Li Zhen, and it was not easy for Li Zhen to endure it hard. However, compared with the diva, she is still far behind.

The Queen of Heaven sits on the high seat of Phoenix, and smiles: "It’s fine if you are willing. Although your parents ordered the matchmaker’s words, you still have to be willing to do it. Quan Da is a capable person, but the time is a bit hasty, carefully. Look for it again, there may not be a more suitable candidate. I was worried about you before, I thought, if you don’t want to, then postpone the marriage, and slowly choose a few good men. But now it’s your own favorite. , Then there is nothing to say? Let's get married another day."

The Queen is really murderous, and she has calculated that Li Zhen has to let their husband and wife bury their grievances for a lifetime. But the Queen of Heaven is not a passive person, no matter what she does, she must come prepared. Didn’t the courtier impeach her for authority? The queen will marry Li Zhen. If Li Zhen agrees, it will kill three birds with one stone. At the same time, the emperor, courtiers and prince will be blocked. If Li Zhen disagrees, there will be even more after that day. There is room for play. The queen let Li Zhen marry, because she herself did not want to, after that day, as the "painful daughter"? Aunt, naturally she must carefully choose the next horseman. It is not a matter to choose a three or five years. When the time comes, Li Zhen won't even want to leave? Yeting.

Li Chaoge felt the queen's fierce strength, and he lowered his eyes secretly, not casting any gaze to Li Zhen. The deterrence of the Queen's trick is undoubtedly terrible, the maidservant in the palace is quiet, Li Changle and Li Huai know that his mother is angry, how dare to make any noise, Li Shan's face is pale, and his head hangs silent. The crown princess stood behind the crown prince, listening to the queen sitting on the high platform, slapped Li Zhen with that kind of gentle and smiling voice, and she was so frightened that she couldn't stop chills.

Even the emperor sat high on the yutai, looking at his daughter and son-in-law who was kneeling under the hall, indifferent. The emperor hadn't seen Li Zhen for seven or eight years. Li Chaoge and Li Changle were in front of him. Now how the emperor looks at Li Zhen, he looks like a stranger. The emperor opened his mouth and said, "Since the Queen of Heaven gave you a marriage, then thank you. You will live well with Quan Da in the future, and don’t let the Queen’s heart be disappointed.”

Don't let the diva's mind be disappointed? Li Zhen was really ironic when she heard it. Li Zhen lowered her eyebrows, and promised. Tian Hou Youyou answered: "Yi'an is getting old, not only is she anxious, but the officials outside are also anxious about Yi'an's marriage. According to my palace, choosing a day is worse than hitting the sun. Let the Qintian Supervisor count the most recent success. On an auspicious wedding day, let Nghe Ann get married. As a princess, Nghe Ann must have a lot of noodles to avoid people saying that the palace is partial to his daughter. The palace remembers that Quan Da’s ancestral home is in Lueyang County, Tianshui County, Then use Lueyang County as a fief in Nghe'an, it just happens to be the fate of your husband and wife."

As Li Chaoge listened, he felt that the Queen of Heaven’s revenge was absolutely unbelievable. Li Chaoge's feudal emperor was Jinju, the land of Longxing, and Li Changle was also a land of fish and rice. Even if the other princesses were not treated anymore, they would always be assigned to a county. Li Zhen is better, only divided into one county, where is the princess, inferior to the county owner of the county king's family.

Moreover, Lueyang County is on Longxi Road, remote, desolate, and far away. The fief is here, and there is basically no enshrinement in a lifetime.

But what does this have to do with Li Chaoge? Li Chaoge stood behind the palace without speaking. The Queen saw Li Chaoge coming in and asked, "Chaoge, are you back?"

"Yes." Li Chaoge stepped forward and bowed to the emperor and the queen. "I heard that Yi'an sister's marriage has been decided, so my son went into the palace to have a look."

With that said, Li Chaoge handed over to Li Zhen and said lightly: "Congratulations to the eldest sister Yi'an for getting married."

Li Zhen was helped by the court lady from the ground and turned around to give Li Chaoge a gift. Quan Da stood on the palace, facing the prince and princess in this room, not knowing how to react.

Li Chaoge had to go in and out of the palace every day. Not long ago, Quan Da was still saluting Li Chaoge at the door. In the blink of an eye, he became Princess Shengyuan’s brother-in-law. Quan Da's status changes too quickly, making Quan Da feel dizzy.

After Li Chaoge said hello first, the others knew that Li Zhen's marriage to the guard had become a certainty, and they all came forward to congratulate them. People like Li Changle and Li Huai are okay, no matter who the consort is, they will not affect their identity, and the crown prince is a little bit subtle about the power.

Her dignified Lu family daughter, the most noble princess, became relatives with a guard guarding the palace gate? Moreover, Li Zhen is older than Li Shan, and the princess has to call Quan Da a "brother-in-law". Thinking of this scene, the princess felt as if she had swallowed a fly.

After the princes and princesses said hello, Quan Da's identity was recognized by the royal family. The Queen smiled and looked at the following scene and said: "The family is happy and harmonious. It makes people happy to watch. This kind of joy should be shared with the ministers, people, and the court. Congratulations to Princess Yi'an and Yiyi. Wei Quanda tied the knot. Go to the Ministry of Rites to send a message so that they will immediately prepare for the wedding of Princess Nghe An."

Where is the Annunciation of the Queen of Heaven, it is clearly a demonstration. The officials brought the matter of Princess Yi'an to the emperor, apparently seeking justice for the emperor, but in fact they were opposing the queen's claim of power. The queen just wanted to hit the courtiers in the face of this marriage, let everyone see, and fight against her, that's the end.

When the queen spoke, no one in the temple dared to neglect. The female officer squatted and agreed, and walked curly toward the door. Li Zhenben had been standing with her head down. At this moment, she suddenly said to the emperor's queen, "My daughter thanks the saint and the queen's grace. But I haven't seen my brother for ten years. Can I ask the saint to open? Attending my wedding with the husband?"

Li Zhen's eldest child present, her brother is Wu Wang and Li Xu. After Li Zhen finished speaking, Wencheng? The hall was quiet, the emperor pondered. Li Zhen saw this and quickly knelt down: "I am afraid that my son will only hold this wedding in his life. Women are escorted by their elder brothers when they marry, and my son just wants to see him at the wedding. Brother, please forgive us for our brothers and sisters for ten years, so let's make our daughter perfect this time."

Li Zhen worshipped three times in a row, with her forehead to the ground each time, very pious. The emperor didn't speak, and looked back at the queen, Li Zhen felt the emperor's movements, and his heart was cold.

Only Li Chaoge and Li Changle are the emperor’s daughters, isn’t she? Li Changle has been under Huan’s knees since he was a child, and Li Zhen knew that she couldn’t compare with Li Changle. What about Li Chaoge? Li Chaoge was also just found back. In terms of familiarity, I am afraid that he is not much better than Li Zhen?. Why did the emperor agree to Li Chaoge's request that he be an official in the upper dynasty, but Li Zhen just wanted his brother to attend his wedding? But the emperor hesitated again and again?

The emperor didn't speak, and Li Zhen's forehead was still on the ground, and the atmosphere in the hall slowly solidified. The Queen waited unhurriedly for a while, and appreciated enough of Li Zhen's? After being embarrassed, she said kindly: "This palace is a kind mother and treats all the princes and princes in the palace as her own. You have a request, Ben When did the palace refuse? Since Yi'an wants to see King Wu, let King Wu take the concubine and go back to the east."

Li Zhen let out a long sigh of relief, and then slowly got up after kowtow to the queen. The beating of Tianhou severely shocked everyone inside and outside. Quan Da was too scared to speak. Li Chaoge looked down at his clothes. Li Changle huddled together in fear, no longer daring to disobey his mother.

It was terrible. If she didn't listen to her mother, would she be randomly assigned to any guard?

Li Chang Le just thought about that scene, and he trembled with fright.

The princess followed Li Shan, feeling that her impression of the palace had been overturned. If today's Queen of Heaven summoned everyone for the purpose of killing chickens and monkeys, then the Queen of Heaven would undoubtedly be very successful.

The princess only knew that the queen was strong, but the princess did not expect that her mother-in-law would be so cruel.

The princess was a little at a loss. She thought that when the prince became a queen, she would be able to let go of her hands and feet and enjoy it. However, the emperor was frail and sickly, and the queen was obviously not short-lived. Even if the prince is really? Successfully enthroned, with such a queen dowager on it, is the prince really? Can you live well?

No one in the hall spoke, and the needle dropped for a while. Suddenly, there was an exclamation of a palace lady outside, and the palace lady immediately covered her mouth, but it was still too late, and everyone looked towards the door. Through the half-open window, Li Chaoge saw a black cat jump over the corner of the wall, ran up to the eaves, and quickly ran away.

The maid knew that the queen didn't like cats, and all the servants turned pale with fright. The servant knelt down with a trembling, begging: "The queen calmed down, and the minion didn't know where a wild cat came in. The minion will kill it."

Tianhou faintly glanced at the direction of the black cat's departure and said: "It's a beast, do you really think this palace will take it to heart? Some people can't fight me alive, let alone die. Don't rush, keep it."

The waiter didn't understand what medicine was in the pot, so he responded tremblingly. The sentence behind the Queen of Heaven was very directional. Standing in the Wencheng Palace, Li Zhen felt that there seemed to be nothing around him. Li Chaoge sighed in his heart, and took the lead and said: "The Queen of Heaven is reasonable, and she is the example of Erchen. There are still several wounding cases in the Town Demon Division that have not been solved. Since the Saint and Queen of Heaven have not given orders, the children will go out first."

The saint queen nodded and let Li Chaoge out of the palace. Li Huai and others also resigned after seeing this. After Li Chaoge went out, she walked on the sunny steps with her clothes. When she left, she silently glanced in the direction where the black cat hadn't gone.

There were also black cats in her princess’s mansion yesterday, and I saw a black cat in the palace today. Really? Is it a coincidence?

Since Li Chaoge discovered that a dead case happened every twelve days, he was very careful and made Bai Qianhe and others pay close attention to the city's movements. However, the strange thing is that there were no casualties in Luoyang when the next day came.

Li Chaoge thought that the murderer was sheltering from the storm, and she waited for several days, and the waves remained calm. Li Chaoge sat in the main hall of the Town Demon Division, looked at the file in front of him, and muttered in a low voice: "Is it my illusion that a dead person is only mine every twelve days? The murderer did not deliberately choose a day. The three ran into each other. Is it a coincidence?"

Li Chaoge pressed his eyebrows and felt a headache. She wants to change her mind to solve the case, but she has a kind of intuition. She always feels that there is something tricky behind these days.

Li Chaoge's case was at a loss, and time was running fast. In a blink of an eye, the wedding of Li Zhen and Quan Da arrived. Tian Hou gave the marriage at the end of March, and then quickly urged the Ministry of Ritual to complete the marriage. Looking at the posture of the queen, I can't wait to see Li Zhen get married the next day.

The Queen wanted Li Zhen to get out of Ye Ting without a princess, but the Ministry of Rites could not do that. Under great pressure, the Book of Etiquette, after several saws, finally set the date of the big wedding on the second day of July.

In fact, July is already very hasty. For ordinary people’s daughters to get married, the pre-marriage process takes half a year. As a princess, Li Zhen got married in more than three months, which really set a precedent.

Li Zhen’s wedding, Li Chaoge, as a younger sister, must attend anyway. A few days ago, King Wu was in a hurry, and finally arrived in the eastern capital before Li Zhen's wedding. On the second day of July, Li Chaoge handed over the affairs of the Town Demon Division to Bai Qianhe and others, and he left early.

She went back to the princess mansion first, changed into a red undergarment, a large black-sleeved shirt with a silver pattern and yellow silk on her arm, and then walked towards the princess Nghe'an mansion. She was not suitable for riding a horse, so she ordered the porter to set up a carriage.

Li Chaoge is different from Li Changle, Li Huai and other idlers. She only set off after she got off the government. Even if she left much earlier than usual, she came to Ngee An Princess House not too soon. At this moment, the Princess Ngee An's mansion is lit up with lights and long history is welcoming guests at the door. Li Chaoge gave a rough sweep. Although the Ngee Ann Princess Mansion has been extremely luxurious, the details can still be seen hurriedly.

After all, it was only three months, and even the dowry was not ready. It was too hasty to prepare for the wedding. After Li Chaoge entered the mansion, the people in the banquet room heard her arrival and stood up to greet her: "Princess Sheng Yuan."

In the hall, Li Changle and Li Huai were both present. The prince was unwell. The princess wanted to stay in the East Palace to serve the prince. She was unable to come in person today, so she sent someone from Zhan Shifu to send gifts. Li Changle and Li Huai greeted Li Chaoge, and Li Chaoge nodded slightly: "Wang Zhao and Guangning don't have to be polite, sit down."

In accordance with the practice, before marrying, the woman has to say goodbye to her parents and leave her natal family with her elder brother behind her back. There are many differences in the princess descent ceremony, but the general idea is the same. The first half of the ceremony was in the palace, and King Wu and Li Xu wanted to carry Li Zhen out of the palace, so now Li Xu and Princess Wu are staying in the palace to observe the ceremony, and Li Chaoge and others, who are younger brothers and sisters, come directly to the princess mansion to participate in the second half of the ceremony.

Today is the first princess's wedding in recent years. In addition to Li Chaoge's brothers and sisters, the county heads and concubines from other branches of the clan also came. But the Queen of Heaven clearly didn't like Princess Ngee Ann, so everyone was very restrained when they came to the banquet. They didn't dare to wear too grand clothes, and they didn't even dare to look too rich.

In addition to the Li family, other guests have also come to visit one after another. People from Quan Da’s family saw that the prince and princesses of Li Chaoge were sitting together, and did not dare to approach at all. Pei Ji'an and Gu Mingke entered the door one after another, and stepped forward to greet everyone: "See Princess Shengyuan, King Zhao, Princess Guangning."

Since Li Chaoge came, Li Changle didn't want to talk, she was bored, suddenly seeing Pei Ji'an, her eyes lit up: "Brother Pei!"

When a princess princess saw him, she immediately smiled and said, "Princess Guangning can't get enough energy for us? When she sees Pei Langjun, she will call her "Brother" sweetly. It's really delicious."

Many princesses and wives laughed together. Li Changle glared at them angrily, pouting and pulling Li Huai's sleeve: "Brother, you see them bullying me."

Li Huai smiled and said, "Princess Wuling bullied you, and it's no use telling me. Why don't you go to Uncle Wuling and let Uncle Wang decide for you."

King Wuling and the emperor belong to the same generation, and Princess Wuling can be regarded as the aunt of Li Huai and others. Li Huai’s words are not wrong. The princess Dongyang came in from the outside, heard this, laughed loudly: "Wang Zhao is afraid to come forward, I dare. Guangning, who is bullying you, tell aunt, I will go to them to talk."

There was a lot of laughter in the banquet hall, and Princess Wuling begged Princess Dongyang for mercy. The princess Dongyang is used to wandering around in the social arena, and with her there and a few words, the scene becomes lively.

The princess Dongyang seemed to be joking, but she actually took care of everyone and refused to let any favored person be left out in the cold. After she mentioned them one by one, she suddenly found that there was a young man who asked, "Where is Sheng Yuan? Has she not come yet?"

As soon as Princess Dongyang said, the others turned their heads one after another: "Yes, where is Princess Sheng Yuan? Princess Sheng Yuan clearly came in just now."

Gao Zihan volunteered to find it. She found two rooms and suddenly saw Li Chaoge and a man standing at the corner of the corridor outside the window, seeming to be talking about something. Everyone noticed Gao Zihan's pause. When they approached, they saw the outside scene and joked: "Yeah, what does Princess Sheng Yuan have to do with? Gu Shaoqing said, even at the sister's wedding, they are not willing to relax?"

Gao Zihan put down the curtain and said with a smile: "The Town Demon Division and Dali Temple are adjacent to each other, maybe there is something official to discuss."

Everyone heard the laughter, talked about official business at the wedding, but also joked and laughed at the high end. The atmosphere in the banquet hall was lively, and Li Changle quietly got rid of Li Huai and walked to Pei Ji'an happily. However, Li Changle was overjoyed, but Pei Ji'an looked at him, but he was restless. Pei Ji'an didn't pay attention to Li Changle for a long time. Instead, he couldn't help but look out. Li Changle was a little unhappy and asked angrily: "Brother Pei, what are you looking at?"

Pei Ji'an retracted his gaze, he was clearly standing in the center of the field, but he felt that he was incompatible with the surroundings: "Nothing."

Outside the house, Li Chaoge was having trouble with Gu Mingke: "I have been staring at people for three months. Bai Qianhe and Zhou Shao have stared at the flowers, but they didn't notice anything unusual. If the murderer committed the crime in Ziri, why? After so many days have passed, he hasn't moved yet? Are you sure these three cases are serial murders?"

"I'm not sure, I said it is a guess." Gu Mingke looked at Li Chaoge and said slowly, "It was you who wanted to rob this case, but now you have no clue, come to question me. Princess, what's the point?"

Li Chaoge had a calm face and didn't want to talk. Ma Linlang pretended to be a maid and followed Li Chaoge behind. When she heard this, she couldn't help but whispered: "Princess, this is someone else's wedding. You talk about the murder..." Really? No problem?

Before that, Ma Linlang absolutely did not believe that a pair of young and beautiful men and women would avoid the crowd to chat, just to talk about official business. But now Ma Lin Lang believes.

The princess and Gu Shaoqing are very human.

Although Gu Mingke is tough, he still accompanies Li Chaoge to sort out clues. Based on Gu Mingke's instinct for many years in power, three murders happened one after another in Ziri, which must be strange. But why has the other party stopped acting in the past three months?

The two of them were talking seriously, and suddenly there was a familiar voice next to them.

"Cousin." Pei Ji'an stood under the eaves, quietly looking at them in this direction, "Who is welcoming? The team is coming."

Li Chaoge looked around at this time and found that everyone was walking outside, and there was a faint sound of ritual music in the direction of the mansion gate. Li Changle followed the cousins ​​to join in the fun. She walked for a while and suddenly found that Pei Ji'an was missing. Li Changle panicked inexplicably, she turned her head and saw Pei Ji'an standing behind, looking at each other with Gu Mingke and Li Chaoge across the corridor.

Li Changle's heart suddenly missed a few beats, and she immediately ran back with her skirt, wrapped around Pei Ji'an's arm like a kid, and asked coquettishly: "Brother Pei, what are you talking about?"

Standing behind Li Chaoge, Mo Linlang felt that these four popularity fields were subtle. She was wondering if she should find some reason to retreat, when she heard Li Chaoge say: "Lin Lang, the rookie team is here, let's go to the front to watch the ceremony."

Ma Linlang was startled, and quickly responded. Li Chaoge passed through Pei Ji'an and Li Changle expressionlessly. After walking for a while, Li Chaoge turned around and said to Gu Mingke: "The rest of the story, wait for me to talk to you tomorrow."

Li Chaoge walked away without reluctance, and the voice calling for Li Changle came in front of him. Li Changle quickly glanced at Pei Ji'an, and angrily let go of the hand holding Pei Ji'an's arm, and whispered: "My aunt is calling me, I will go first. NS."

Li Changle turned around one step at a time, and Pei Ji'an never looked back at her. After everyone else walked away, Pei Ji'an no longer concealed it. He stared at Gu Mingke almost aggressively: "Cousin, what do you have to say, must you speak to the princess alone under the nose of many clan relatives? "

Pei Ji'an doubted, or not, he was convinced that Gu Mingke was deliberate. Today's ceremonies are all people who are in close contact with the court. In this environment, Gu Mingke called Li Chaoge away. What was his mind?

Gu Mingke smiled faintly, and walked up the corridor unhurriedly. When passing by, Gu Mingke's clear voice sounded: "No matter what purpose I have, what shall I do with you?"