Outside the Suzaku Gate, dozens of cavalrymen came from the east. The rest of the cavalry slowed down, but the tall maroon horse at the front accelerated. When they arrived at the Suzaku Gate, the knight pulled the reins slightly, and the horse neighed, obediently. Stopped.
Li Shan happily touched the horse's head, thinking that this was like stepping on the brakes, so humane.
"Alang." Hou Hongtao greeted him.
"You are on duty now." Li Shan got off his horse and threw the reins to Hou Hongtao. This guy had returned to the Beiya Imperial Army and was serving as the guard of the left prison. He happened to be on duty at the Suzaku Gate today.
"Your Highness, Ah Hei is really capable. Brother Dingfang also praised him as Bole." Hou Hongtao took the reins and said to his colleagues: "This is a real thousand-mile horse!"
There has never been a shortage of war horses in Sun Moon Lake over the years. There was even a small horse farm in the south of the original Zhujiagou Village. Liu Heier picked out a good horse from there a few days ago and carefully raised it for a period of time before sending it to him. To Li Shan.
This horse has both long strength and rapid acceleration. It has a slender and graceful body, is humane, and is extremely well-behaved. It is deeply loved by Li Shan, and even Wang Junhao is jealous.
Leaving his guards behind at Zhuque Gate, Li Shan walked into the imperial city and met Chai Shao outside Chengtian Gate.
"Brother-in-law."
"It's a coincidence." Chai Shao smiled and cursed, "You entered the palace just after the morning court."
Li Shan chuckled and asked in a low voice: "Is Liangyi Hall discussing matters?"
"Um."
Li Shan thought for a while and said, "It seems like we can get around it."
"Yeah." Chai Shao urged, "I'm waiting for you."
Li Shan didn't care. If it weren't for the sake of the third sister, he wouldn't have bothered to come here. He walked around the Liangyi Palace in a leisurely manner... I don't know what was discussed today, but one thing is for sure. Li Shan did not want to get involved in discussing the merits of several great victories.
After bypassing the Liangyi Hall, Li Shan stopped and looked to the east. He remembered that not far away was the Chengqian Hall. He looked around and saw that the terrain was a bit complicated and the buildings were quite crowded. It was different from the open terrain to the west of the Taiji Palace. It's completely different. Once something goes wrong, even with Li Keshi and Zhang Cong around, can Li Shimin get out of the palace smoothly?
Walking further north and bypassing two palaces is the Manlu Palace. It is nominally used for studying. In fact, it is a common place where Li Yuan summons the prince, the King of Qin and the descendants of the clan. Li Yuan sometimes takes a lunch break here or holds family banquets. .
"Third Sister." Li Shan first greeted Princess Pingyang, then saluted a graceful middle-aged woman who only wore ordinary clothes and said, "Meet Concubine Wan Gui."
"Get up quickly." Concubine Wan Gui usually kept a serious smile. After looking at him carefully for a while, she showed a rare smile and said, "What a good boy."
Li Shan was a little surprised and glanced sideways. Princess Pingyang snorted, "It's just too dark. I'll have to wait until next year to see if you lied...whether you got your tan in Lingnan."
Concubine Wan Gui covered her mouth and smiled, "It's only been two months since we came here, and you already have the desire to play with Zhang and Nongtile?"
"I'm even absent from the morning court..." Princess Pingyang raised her chin at Li Shan and said simply: "What's going on between you and Wan Dao?"
"I submitted the post twice, but you still refused to accept it?"
Knowing that he was here to pay homage to Concubine Wan Guifei, Li Shan almost guessed it before he came. He smiled bitterly and said, "Other people don't know, but doesn't Third Sister know?"
"In the past few months, I have been staying behind closed doors and living in seclusion. I don't dare to visit at will, let alone accept guests at will."
Princess Pingyang was so angry that she laughed, pointed outside and yelled: "Do you know what is being discussed in Liangyi Palace?"
"Do you want father to summon you?"
Li Shan was a little aggrieved, but he kept his mouth shut. I'm not lying. For a few months after returning to Beijing, he basically didn't see anyone except for the wedding day... Wei Ting, Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, etc. who were friends with him. Everyone submitted the post, but Li Shan didn't see it.
Wan Xuandao did send two messages hoping to visit him, and one of them was sent through Wang Renbiao, but Li Shan ignored him. Concubine Wan Guifei may have some weight in the mind of King Qin, but not at all to Li Shan. There is no weight at all.
Li Shan's status comes first from his own experience, and secondly from Li Yuan's trust... He is not a prince who seizes the throne. The effect of Wan Guifei's pillow blowing is almost non-existent, and Li Yuan is not the kind of soft-eared emperor. , the attitude towards Li Shimin in the previous years was mainly due to the threat that the second son posed to himself and to the East Palace.
As for Li Shimin's attitude towards this matter, Li Shan couldn't control that much. On the one hand, Concubine Wan Gui didn't know the relationship between the two. On the other hand, although Li Shan secretly joined the King of Qin, he was nothing more than a monarch and a minister. To put it bluntly, it is a convergence at the political level, which is essentially different from the relationship between monarch and ministers or even the relationship between master and slave in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
However, today Princess Pingyang made an appointment on behalf of Concubine Wan Gui, so it is estimated that there is some friendship.
Because Princess Pingyang was not polite at all when she spoke today, she said funnyly: "Concubine Wan Guifei is summoned today just to vent her anger on Duke Jiangdu!"
"Pingyang." Concubine Wan Gui glared at Princess Pingyang angrily, looked at Li Shan, and said in a gentle tone: "Daosheng knows his fault, regrets it inexplicably, and wants to apologize in person..."
"I don't dare to take it seriously." Li Shan went to see Princess Pingyang again.
Princess Pingyang was obviously very satisfied with Li Shan's attitude, and said with a smile: "Anyway, Su Dingfang has returned to Beijing. I will ask Duke Jiangdu to visit him in the next two days."
Li Shan blinked. Even though he had been crowned heir, she still didn't go so far as to ask a prince to worship her. The term "Princess Pingyang" was a bit overused.
Concubine Wan Gui looked at the change of expression on Li Shan's face and secretly sighed that he was indeed a clever man. She waved her hand to stop Princess Pingyang and said sincerely: "My father has only one son. He has been raised in a deep palace for these years and has grown up with women." Although I have invited famous Confucian scholars, I still..."
Princess Pingyang patted Concubine Wan Gui's hand and continued: "Concubine Wan Gui intends to make Duke Jiangdu a disciple."
"Be...become a disciple?" Li Shan's mouth was almost crooked, "Remember that Jiangdu County Duke was also crowned last year, right?"
Accepting someone who may be older than yourself as a disciple?
Concubine Wan Gui said sternly: "The ancients said that if a group of three people is together, there must be me as a teacher. Do we still need to judge based on age?"
"Although Li Huairen was crowned only last year, his fame is soaring at home and abroad. His poetic talent is unparalleled in the world. He also showed off his power on the battlefield, defended the country's borders, defeated the Turks several times, and his reputation reached as far as Mobei."
After a pause, Concubine Wan Gui stood up and saluted, "Please, King Wei Si..."
Princess Pingyang quickly stood up to stop her, and Li Shan also hurriedly stepped aside, cursing in his heart. The imperial concubine saluted... This is really forcing me to accept it!
"Is it worth saluting him for such a small thing?" Princess Pingyang pressed Concubine Wan Gui down, turned around and scolded: "You don't want to?"
Li Shan was stunned for a moment and then bowed, "I would like to give you all my money to teach you."
This change came from the look in Princess Pingyang's face. Although he didn't know the reason, Li Shan chose to believe it.
(End of chapter)
