At the door of Cheng Yilang's residence, Li Xuan was sitting on the carriage with a serious face.
He had just returned from Dali Temple. After passing on the Queen's oral instructions, he stayed in Dali Temple for another half day, but there was still no progress in the case.
Sensing that the carriage had stopped, Li Xuan subconsciously opened the curtain and saw a blue-covered carriage entering the mansion.
It's Aunt Cui. Last night, news came that the Princess of England had woken up. Early this morning, Aunt Cui came to visit her with a lot of gifts.
Li Xuan looked at the already setting sun and frowned, why did she come back now?
Before the carriage stopped, Li Xuan jumped out of the car first and walked to the center of the courtyard. He looked at his aunt Cui who was getting off the car. Just as he was about to speak, his cousin Zhao Huan pounced on him: "Cousin Xuan, Have you been hungry all day?"
"Huan'er, don't talk nonsense. Didn't I give you a few rice cakes?" Aunt Cui scolded her daughter impatiently, but her brows were furrowed.
The fifth day of May was originally the Dragon Boat Festival, but this year the Dragon Boat Festival in Luoyang was not celebrated at all, so people could only change the glutinous rice used to make zongzi into rice cakes.
Li Xuan hugged her lithe cousin Zhao Huan and asked in surprise: "What's wrong, aunt, what's going on today?"
"We didn't see Princess Ying, nor did we see Princess Chang Le. We just waited in the Prince's Mansion for a day and only drank tea." Aunt Cui was obviously very unhappy. She was obviously visiting a doctor and could not see her. Princess Ying was nothing more than Princess Chang Le, but she didn't even see Princess Chang Le, so she was already very angry.
"Today, a lot of people are waiting to visit the Princess of England at the Prince's Palace, but the servants of the Prince's Palace won't let us go to the backyard at all."
Aunt Cui kept nagging. If it weren't for Princess Chang Le and the King of England's noble status, she would have scolded her long ago.
Li Xuan comforted her with a smile on her face: "Princess Ying just came out of the palace. It's good to be able to wake up. Auntie, it's not like there are no maids who came out of the palace at home. You can tell what's going on in the palace from them. Ying It’s good that the princess can survive. Princess Chang Le is so anxious that she can’t care about the outside world. It’s better to wait until these days have passed before going to visit.”
"Okay, this is the only way!" Aunt Cui took cousin Zhao Huan from Li Xuan's hand, and then asked casually: "How is Tiangong Temple? I want to take Huan'er to burn incense tomorrow. Why? The prince prays!”
"There is no need to go to Tiangong Temple. The Water and Land Jiao Ceremony has been moved to Shangqing Palace in the north of the city." Li Xuan shook her head and recounted what happened today.
Even if he doesn't say anything about this kind of thing today, it won't take long for the news to spread throughout Luoyang.
"This..." After hearing what Li Xuan said, Ms. Cui was also surprised!
"If my aunt has nothing else to do, you'd better just sit at home for the next few days!" Li Xuan handed her over seriously.
Mrs. Cui's face changed slightly, she took a deep look at Li Xuan, and then nodded solemnly: "Okay, aunt knows! Da Lang, go and have a rest!"
"My nephew, please retire."
Li Xuan walked among the halls and corridors of the courtyard, feeling slightly relieved. Now he didn't want the Zhao family to be involved in too much trouble.
As soon as Li Xuan entered Yiqingyuan, she saw Li Mo walking out quickly and reported in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Yu Xiuzhan is here."
"Yu Ze? Isn't he in Chang'an? Why did he come to Luoyang?" Li Xuan looked surprised.
Yu Ze was an aide in his palace, more accurately an aide to his father, King Peng.
After Prince Peng passed away, many people dispersed to other places. Only some people who had nowhere to go stayed and still served as deacons in Prince Peng's Mansion.
After Li Xuan officially opens a government office in the future, these people will transfer to the Nanchang Palace to assist Li Xuan in handling the affairs of the Nanchang Palace.
Although the prince died of illness in Dongdu this time, Chang'an must also be very busy.
Prince Li Hong passed away suddenly, and the mausoleum was not ready yet, but there was no doubt that the prince would be buried with Zhaoling, and Emperor Taizong was buried in Zhaoling.
Among the clan kings, only some vassal kings who tried to rebel were not allowed to be buried with Zhaoling.
The reason why the prince stayed in Dongdu for so long was to give Chang'an more time to prepare.
"In one month, I will accompany the prince's coffin back to Chang'an. Now that there is nothing to do, what did he do in Luoyang?"
Li Xuan frowned and walked quickly into the room: "Let's go to the study."
Yu Ze would not come to Luoyang for no reason. Something must have happened in Chang'an.
Pushing open the study room, Li Xuan saw Yu Ze at a glance. He was wearing a sloppy green shirt, half lying on a chair, his eyes blurred. There were white wine bottles and glasses on the desk, which contained sweet wine. Yu Ze I don’t know how much I drank, but I looked like I was almost dead.
A drop of wine seemed to fall on the long green dress on the chest. Strangely, not only did it not feel dirty, but it had a special sense of beauty.
"You can go out first." Li Xuan turned to Li Mo and said, Li Mo immediately withdrew without asking any more questions.
"Don't act like that. Just tell me what happened." Li Xuan walked to the desk, poured a cup of tea with her own hands, and handed it over.
Yu Ze only opened his eyes at this time. He seemed to be very tired in a daze.
"It turns out that the young prince is back." Yu Ze yawned loudly, then opened his eyes, sat up straight, and then complained: "Little prince, we should really find a house in Luoyang. You will come to Luoyang in the future. There will be more and more times.”
Li Xuan frowned slightly: "I have already met the saint and the queen. If nothing happens, I will go to Wuzhou to take up a post in two or three months. There is no need to buy a house in Luoyang."
"Is there no accident?" Yu Ze chuckled, looking at him as if he didn't agree with Li Xuan's words at all.
I saw Yu Ze take a big sip of strong tea, and then said: "Little prince, if you don't make your home in Luoyang, how can you make people feel at ease."
Li Xuan suddenly froze, slowly put down his hand, and finally nodded solemnly: "This is indeed an oversight by the king. No wonder the decree has not come down for so long. I originally thought I would have to wait until after the prince's funeral, but now it seems , the Queen of Heaven is still observing me."
"Your Majesty is already smart enough, and your subordinates are just bystanders!" Yu Ze lay back down again and reached out to grab the wine bottle beside him.
"Stop drinking!" Li Xuan reached out and held down the wine pot, and then said: "In a few days, Uncle Zhou will come to Luoyang with the palace guards and attendants. In this case, please trouble Yu Xiuzuan to find him in the next few days. It’s a nice mansion, it’s just around here, I think there are quite a few officials who have left Luoyang during these days.”
The prince died of illness, and a large number of bureaucrats either blamed him or resigned, and left Luoyang one after another.
Once the emperor has one courtier, once the prince has one courtier.
"That's right, there are so many of us, we can't all live in Cheng Yilang's mansion. This is a justifiable reason, and it won't appear too smart to the outside world." Yu Ze looked at Li Xuan with satisfaction. The Lord is growing faster and faster.
After a long stretch, Yu Ze finally opened the drawer below and handed a roll directly to Li Xuan.
Li Xuan opened the roll in surprise and took out a piece of fine paper. A series of words were densely written on the fine paper.
After reading these words, Li Xuan's expression changed in an instant: "What, the queen wants to bury the prince in Luoyang?"
