Chapter 210: The Imperial Concubine pleads with her

"Crazy! Crazy!"

The harsh sound of iron chains waking up Li Qing'an from his sleep. He opened a crack in his eyes and saw a woman standing outside the fence. His first reaction was that Mingyue had come, but when he thought about it, it was wrong. Mingyue had been here just now. Who could it be?

"Li Qilang, you seem to be doing well!"

The woman's voice was cold and with a hint of sarcastic tone, Li Qing'an yawned and closed her eyes again.

"Li Qilang, don't you want to beg me?"

The dim lights reflect the proud smile of the flowers.

"What are you doing?"

Li Qingan slowly opened his eyes again and smiled sarcastically: "Are you a stinky prison like this, are you so cute and dear lady here? Are you afraid of destroying you?"

"Not afraid! I'm very happy to see you're unlucky, you know? I never drink soju, but yesterday I made an exception and drank three drinks because I was so happy."

Yang Huahua smiled like a beautiful snake, her face was radiant and radiant. This was the first time she had tasted the pleasure of self-esteem. Before that, this man brought her only insults and contempt, but today, he became a prisoner.

She took a step forward, squatted down and smiled, "You crawl over and beg me for mercy, and I will plead with the Lord and let you go, how? Will you make a deal?"

Li Qingan glanced at her contemptuously and said lazily: "Who do you think you are? You can control the power struggle of the court? You are too arrogant. Madam, go! You are here to affect my appetite for breakfast tomorrow."

"You!" Yang Huahua was furious and she stood up, "Li Qing'an, just wait and see, I think you can still be stubborn?"

After saying that, she snorted heavily and hurried away in anger.

Li Qingan yawned again, turned over, closed his eyes, and soon fell asleep.

In contrast to Li Qing'an's sweet and sweet sleep in the dark prison, in the magnificent Xingqing Palace, Emperor Li Longji of the Tang Dynasty was uneasy. He had never felt lonely like today. Gao Lishi was not around him, which made his life inconvenient. Those eunuchs and palace maids were not as caring as Gao Lishi. For example, now, Yuhuan is not around, he was so uncomfortable in his heart and that unbearable loneliness. Gao Lishi didn't need his orders and would immediately take Yuhuan back. But these eunuchs stood there blankly, and they had to wait for his orders?

Li Longji couldn't help but sigh inwardly. Gao Lishi was related to the prince's detachment and liberation, and he could still bear it, but Yuhuan was not around for a moment, and he felt that his life had become boring.

"Go quickly and take the imperial concubine back to me!"

Li Longji's roar finally rang in Xingqing Palace.

Chang'an City has been curfewed, the streets are empty, with almost no pedestrians, but the footsteps of Jinwu Guard patrol the streets are heard from afar. At this time, the gate of Xingqing Palace opened, and dozens of palace guards rushed out on horseback and rushed straight towards Xuanyifang. After a moment, they rushed to Xuanyifang. The head guard shouted: "Come on the order of the emperor, open the door quickly!"

The guards were so scared that they opened the door. Dozens of guards and eunuchs rushed into the gate and ran towards Yang Guozhong's house located in the gate. They soon arrived at the gate. Yang Guozhong had already received the news and hurriedly came out.

The eunuch Yu Chaoen came forward and bowed: "Shangshu Yang, on the order of Your Majesty, I will take the Empress back to the palace."

Yang Guozhong's heart suddenly felt relieved after a day of nervousness. This was great. The empress fell out of favor and the Yang family was over.

"Eunuch Yu wait, I'll go and invite the Empress."

Yang Guozhong ran away and ran towards the inner house, through several doors, and ran to the golden loft where Yang Yuhuan was temporarily placed. Yang Yuhuan happened to come out with his personal maid. Yang Guozhong panted and said, "Go and tell the Empress, the Lord will send someone to pick her up back to the palace."

The maid quickly turned around and went back. In the room, Yang Yuhuan sat in front of the lamp, staring at the lamp Miao in a daze. She was recalling her life in the girlhood. At that time, her father was still alive and had a wealthy family. She was carefree and quietly discussed her future husbands with her third sister. Nearly twenty years passed, and she became the most noble woman in the Tang Dynasty, but she felt that she had lost the most precious thing, and she couldn't tell what it was. Over the years, this feeling became deeper and deeper. She felt like a moth falling into a spider web, wrapped in invisible webs, which made her suffocate and made her unable to resist. She couldn't help but remember the story she had just heard two days ago. Li Qing'an was angry and sent a war to Geluo, and shot Prince Geluo to death with an arrow, which made her yearn for leisure.

"Empress!" The maid's urgent voice interrupted her contemplation.

"What's up?"

"The Lord has sent someone to take you back to the palace."

"Tell them, I won't go back!"

"But the Empress..."

The maid was in a very embarrassing state. Seeing that the empress was firm, she had to sigh and turn around and walk outward.

"Wait a minute!" Yang Yuhuan called her.

The maid turned around and looked at the empress in surprise. Did she change her mind? Soon she was disappointed again. Yang Yuhuan took a pair of scissors from the table, cut off her hair, and handed it to the maid and said, "Let them take them back to the emperor, and the emperor will naturally understand."

"Empress!" The maid knelt down.

"Go quickly!" Yang Yuhuan said sternly: "Did you hear what I said?"

"Yes!" The maid wiped her tears and turned around and ran out the door.

In Xingqing Palace, Li Longji was holding Yang Yuhuan's black hair in a daze, and he didn't say a word for a long time. He remembered that Yuhuan was forced to become a monk and became a monk. Yuhuan cut off a strand of black hair for him, "I entered the empty sect, I hope you will take it back soon." Today is the same scene again.

Li Longji was panicked. He was unable to live without Yang Yuhuan in his life. If she became a monk again, wouldn’t this kill him?

At this moment, the 40,000 beauties in the harem were left behind by him, and the joy of having an affair in the study room was also left without a trace. He had only one thought, no matter what, he would take his beloved concubine back.

"I'm going to pick you up in person."

The gate of Xingqing Palace opened again, and nearly a thousand guards surrounded Li Longji's dragon chariot and rushed towards Yang Guozhong's mansion.

The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty was lucky enough to visit the minister's residence. It would be recorded in both official and unofficial history. This was a major event. As early as a few months ago, the ministers had to start a large-scale construction preparation, and then the Ministry of Eunuchs explored on the spot again and again. Didn't you see the Yuan Concubine visiting her relatives once, and then consumed nearly half of the Jia family's property, let alone the emperor's arrival.

But tonight, Li Longji was lucky enough to visit Yang Guozhong's mansion, and it was very hasty and could only be considered a private matter. Li Longji looked forward to it in the night wind.

In the Yang Mansion, the eldest sister Yang Yuzhu, the second sister Yang Yupei, as well as Yang Guozhong and his wife Pei Rou were all trying to persuade Yang Yuhuan.

"Fourth sister, the Lord of Heaven has come to pick you up in person. This is something the Lord of Heaven has never seen before. This shows that the Lord of Heaven's favor to you, so don't be willful anymore."

"Fourth sister, it is common for couples to quarrel. It would be too much of a big deal to become a monk for such a small matter. The prosperity of our Yang family lies in you. The ancestors are all watching you. Even if your ancestors are too far away, you have to think about your deceased father! He still has no gift from behind, so this is our unfilial piety as our daughters!"

With Li Longji's low posture and the hard persuasion of his brothers and sisters, Yang Yuhuan's determination collapsed little by little. Finally, she thought of agreeing to Mingzhu to save Li Qing'an, but she had not spoken yet. She was entrusted by others and could not ignore the matter of loyalty.

Helplessly, Yang Yuhuan had to sigh, "Okay! I'll go back."

The Yang family cheered and Yang Guozhong even rolled and crawled out, shouting loudly: "Go on, the empress is going to return to the palace."

The Li Longji convoy outside the mansion had been waiting in the night wind for almost an hour. Hearing the news, he immediately cheered. Li Longji also smiled and said hurriedly: "Get ready to let the imperial concubine board the chariot."

Dozens of eunuchs and palace maids were busy together, laying a long carpet, wrapped in yellow silk on both sides of the carpet, and hundreds of guards protected the surroundings of the yellow silk without leaking water.

After about a quarter of an hour, a soft sedan chair sent Yang Guifei, who had been away from the palace for a long time, and the guards shouted "Empress, thousand years old!"

Surrounded by a large group of palace maids, Yang Yuhuan, who lowered his head and remained silent, finally walked out of the sedan chair, picked up his long skirt and slowly climbed onto the dragon chariot. Li Longji came up excitedly, "Let the wife suffer."

Yang Yuhuan's nose was slightly sour, and Yingying bowed: "It is my fault to let Your Majesty wait in the wind for a long time."

"No sin! No sin!"

Li Longji was overjoyed and took Yang Yuhuan's hand and said, "If you have anything to say, let's go back to the palace and say it."

The dragon chariot slowly turned around and surrounded by thousands of guards, heading towards Xingqing Palace.

The next morning, the imperial study room of Zichen Palace issued an order. Li Qing'an, the governor of Beiting, used troops without the approval of the court, and should be executed for his crimes. However, he thought that he was an unintentional mistake, so he was relieved of his resignation and removed his five positions in Beiting, the governor of Beiting, the governor of Beiting, the governor of Prince Guardian, and the governor of Tingzhou, and the governor of Xizhou. He was moved to the prefect of Liuzhou on the left. The governor of Beiting was temporarily replaced by Anxi, Gao Xianzhi.

The imperial edict was passed to the Ministry of Personnel, and Wei Jiansu, the new Minister of Personnel, made the order to move left to the left. Although Li Qing'an was removed from three positions, he still had the position of Censorship. The Censorship was from the third rank, and it seemed a bit inappropriate to go to Liuzhou, Xiazhou to be the prefect with such a high title.

He was in a dilemma and thought that it must be the emperor who missed it, so he immediately found Yang Guozhong, who was also the new Minister of Personnel, and told him the omission.

Yang Guozhong didn't speak for a long time. If Li Qing'an did not have the title of Censor, he would be the fourth-rank lower level and could be allowed to be punished, but he still had this title. Dealing with Li Qing'an was the scope of power of the emperor. Although this detail was small, it was extremely subtle.

Although Yang Guozhong guessed that this might be the deliberate reservation of the Lord, he was still a little unwilling to accept it. Maybe it was really a omission of the Lord. He decided that no matter what, he had to give it a try.

Yang Guozhong hurried to Zichen Palace and handed the memorial in his hand. After waiting for a while, Li Longji issued an order. Li Qing'an's position as a censor was retained and refused to be deprived. He quickly completed the transfer of Li Qing'an and left Beijing the next day to take office.

At noon, in the bright sunshine, Li Qingan, who had been imprisoned for two days and two nights, walked out of the dungeon. The dazzling sunlight made him unable to open his eyes. Pei Min, the young minister of Dali Temple, quickly came up and bowed and smiled, "Congratulations to Li Envoy Li for regaining freedom!"

Li Qing'an also replied, "Thank you, Pei Shaoqing for taking care of these two days, Li Qing'an remembers it in his heart."

"Envoy Li is polite. I just abide by my duties. Gao Weng's carriage is waiting outside the gate. Please, Envoy Li!"

The two walked towards the gate together, and Pei Min whispered again: "I heard that Mr. Gao was also dismissed. The emperor ordered him to go home to retire. Alas! Even Mr. Gao was dismissed. Sooner or later, we small officials like us will not be able to escape the demotion and will not be able to sleep at night!"

Li Qingan smiled and said, "Pei Shaoqing, don't worry, as long as the news of the prince's deposed officially comes out, the purge of the prince will come to an end."

"I hope!" Pei Min sighed, and the two walked out of the door.

A carriage from Gao Lishi's mansion was waiting for him outside the Dali Temple Prison. When Butler Luo saw him coming out, he immediately stepped forward and said, "Emister, my master is waiting in the mansion. Please get on the car!"

Li Qingan nodded silently, feeling a little moved. The old man was demoted, but he had not forgotten to come to pick him up. This friendship was so warm in the ruthless struggle for power.

"Thank you!"

He got on the carriage, and Pei Min stood on the steps and bowed: "Envoy Li went to Liuzhou for a long time, I hope to take care of him."

"Pei Shaoqing, please take care of yourself!"

The carriage started, drove away from Dali Temple, and rushed towards the Gaolishi Mansion.

Li Qing'an sat in the carriage and looked at the people coming and going on the street. Everything was very calm, no different from three days ago. The fierce struggle of the power center of the Tang Dynasty did not affect the lives of ordinary people. But in fact, the Tang Dynasty had a huge turn in these three days, and its impact would be extremely far-reaching. Li Qing'an sighed secretly, the position of the Eastern Palace was empty, and from then on, the court and the country would fall into another even more cruel and fierce power struggle.

The carriage slowly slowed down and was about to arrive at Gao Lishi's mansion. Li Qing'an seemed to hear someone shouting from afar: "The general is back!"

The voice was getting closer and someone ran towards here, "The general is back!"

Li Qing'an opened the car window and was stunned. He saw that the carriage was surrounded by hundreds of young and strong men. They were all wearing white robes and running with his carriage. His expression was extremely excited, and many people burst into tears. This was his three hundred personal guards.

Li Qing'an's nose suddenly felt sour, and tears poured into his eyes. Surviving the Battle of Chiling, these three hundred guards never left each other and shared weal and woe.

The carriage stopped, Li Qing'an opened the car door and walked out of the carriage. The three hundred guards suddenly became quiet, everyone raised their heads and looked at him expectantly.

Li Qingan took a deep breath and bowed and said aloud: "Brothers, I have been demoted to the prefect of Liuzhou. I have been going to Liuzhou for thousands of miles. I don't know when I will be able to come back. I am willing to give my brothers a generous sum of money and go my own way. This is my wish, please accept it!"

The three hundred personal soldiers were silent. At this time, Jiang Xiaonian, the captain of the personal soldiers, stood up and said, "General, whether in Beiting or Liuzhou, we are willing to follow the general. Please bring us."

"We are willing to follow the general!" Everyone shouted loudly.

"well!"

Li Qingan was filled with heart and said loudly to everyone: "You guys will not abandon Li Qingan, and then Li Qingan will never let you down. Everyone will go with me."
To be continued...