Li Zhi and Princess Chengyang came to the palace every day, and Xiao Wu gradually came more frequently.
The three are all royal brothers and sisters. After their identities were revealed, the three of them had a good time in the palace.
Princess Chengyang is older and cannot play with the children. Of the three, Li Zhi and Xiao Wu naturally play the best.
Bai Song noticed the situation and found that the two childhood sweethearts were quite a match.
History will always return to its original track, and these two people will eventually get together, and Bai Song did not interfere too much.
Li Tai was originally the shepherd of Yongzhou. After the recent news about the East Palace spread, the fourth prince also returned to Chang'an.
The speed of Li Tai's return to Chang'an exceeded Bai Song's expectation. The round trip only took thirteen days, which shows Li Tai's reaction speed.
As soon as Li Tai returned to Chang'an, the atmosphere in Chang'an City became tense.
Everyone can see why the fourth prince is so anxious to come back.
It's winter, and it's snowing heavily in Chang'an.
The guests at the Fourth Prince's Mansion dispersed the previous day, and early this morning, he arrived in front of the Beiding Prince's Mansion dressed in furs.
Snow accumulated deeply overnight at the gate of the Prince's Mansion in Beiding. There were servants clearing the snow in front of the Prince's Mansion.
"Li Tai asks to see Mr. Bai, please inform me." Li Tai stepped forward and bowed his hands in a very polite manner.
The servants of the palace were also very experienced. After returning the gift, they told him: "If you want to return to the prince, my master usually gets up at noon. You are too early."
"Noon?"
Li Tai is not often in Chang'an, so he doesn't know much about the daily life in Beiding Palace. He came here early this morning, but he didn't expect anyone to even get up.
Li Tai was not angry either. He looked around and rubbed his hands: "It doesn't matter, then... I will just wait outside first."
"Prince, there is no need to be cautious. Please follow me into the mansion and take him to inform a lady. Even if you have to wait, you should wait at the mansion drinking hot tea, right?"
Li Tai smiled, thanked him repeatedly, and followed the servant into the house.
When he arrived at the palace, Li Tai was still looking around. He felt that the status of the Beiding palace had risen so fast in recent years, which was a bit incredible.
He was in Yongzhou, and the news was all hearsay. When the guests came to visit yesterday, the first thing they all said without exception was to go to Beiding Prince's Mansion to make connections.
I have heard a lot of legends about Lord Bai Song and Bai, and today I came to see him in person.
Because he knew that Mr. Bai was the husband of his eldest brother Li Chengqian and was naturally his elder, coming to visit him gave him enough face and he would rather wait in the snow for two hours.
Li Tai had some plans in mind. He returned to Chang'an with only one purpose, which was to compete for the crown prince's position.
He knew that his disadvantage was that he did not have a deep foundation in Chang'an, and was mostly related to the military department, as well as Yangzhou, Yongzhou and other places where he had stayed.
If you want to set up a pillar in Chang'an, you only need to plant a flag in the Prince's Palace in Beiding, and it will develop slowly in the future.
And his biggest advantage is that the prince is physically disabled. How can the king of a country be left to a disabled person?
In the draft, he is the only choice. As long as he performs stably and doesn't mess around, God will send him an emperor.
Li Tai was in a good mood, so he was very patient. He sat in the living room and drank tea, leisurely and not in a hurry.
A pair of eyes saw the people in the living room from the passageway in the backyard. Li Zhi and Xiao Wu jumped over holding hands and bumped into Princess Chengyang.
"oops."
"Sister, I'm sorry." Li Zhi said weakly.
Princess Chengyang stopped the two of them from going over. After thinking for a while, she said: "Li Zhi, do you see who is sitting in the living room?"
Li Zhi looked at it and was pleasantly surprised: "It's the fourth brother! Why is the fourth brother here?"
"Then why don't you go and call Fourth Brother to the backyard to play with us?"
"Okay, okay! Why don't you come with me, sister?"
"Because my sister is a girl, it's inconvenient."
Li Zhi seemed to understand, and walked towards the living room honestly.
Princess Chengyang turned around and led Xiaowu: "Sister, let's go."
Xiaowu likes the eldest sister Princess Chengyang and feels that she is similar to Brother Bai Song in some ways.
He looks very young, but he is very smart and can always think of things that others don't know.
At this time, Xiaowu asked: "Sister, is there something wrong?"
"What do you want to know?"
"Why did you ask Li Zhi to call that person in? This is the backyard of the palace, and adult men are not allowed in."
"So let Li Zhi say it."
The two sisters had already walked away, and Li Zhi had also walked to the door of the living room.
"Fourth brother."
Li Tai took a sip of tea and was startled when he heard the voice. He saw Li Zhi standing at the door and didn't recognize him for a moment.
"Are you...are you Zhi'er?"
"Yes, fourth brother, when did you come back?"
Li Zhi was very happy and walked up quickly.
Li Tai put down the tea cup, went up and touched Li Zhi's head, and sighed: "Zhi'er, why have you grown so tall?"
"It's because my fourth brother hasn't been back to Chang'an for a long time. When my mother..."
"Hey, when the queen mother died of illness, it has been a long time since I heard the news, and the Tubo Kingdom seemed to be making moves, so I was unable to return to Beijing. When I came back this time, one more thing was to pay homage to the queen mother. By the way,
Zhi'er, why are you in Beiding Palace?"
"I will come every day." Li Zhi said innocently.
"Come every day?" Li Tai frowned.
"My husband said that we come to Beiding Prince's Mansion to clean the backyard every day. They say it's cleaning, but it's actually just playing. Fourth brother, please go to the backyard with me. Sister Chengyang and Sister Xiaowu are both there."
"Chengyang is here too? But who is Xiao Wu?"
"Sister Xiao Wu is my father's new adopted daughter. She is very beautiful. Come on, let's play together."
Li Zhi took Li Tai's hand and walked out.
Li Tai stopped and said seriously: "Zhi'er, you are young and can go to the inner courtyard of the palace. My brother is too old and cannot go there."
"That's it...what should we do?"
Li Tai rubbed Li Zhi's head and said: "Zhi'er, you can go play with your sister by yourself. My brother has many official duties, so I won't talk to you."
After Li Tai finished speaking, he was about to leave.
Li Zhi didn't quite understand why his brother was so calm just now, but why was he leaving so soon?
Li Tai didn't want to explain much and left quickly.
In the back garden, Xiaowu was still pestering Princess Chengyang: "Sister, just tell me, how do you know that fourth brother will definitely leave?"
"Xiaowu, why are you so interested in these?" Princess Chengyang also became a little curious about this curious baby.
"I just want to know what other people are thinking. It would be great if I could know what big brother is thinking one day."
Princess Chengyang didn't know who the eldest brother Xiaowu mentioned was, but she explained it well: "Fourth brother is the most face-saving person. If he didn't have good face, how could he wait until today to come to the palace to befriend the husband? Before, the husband and the eldest brother were
There is a line. Now that the fourth brother knows that the relationship between the eldest brother and the husband has faded, he will come immediately. And when he knows that there is a young prince in the Beiding Palace, he will naturally have the same mentality as before, and he will leave for the sake of face.
