The obedient eunuch Wu Eunuch beside Princess Guide hurried over from the direction of Zhaofeng Palace. When he passed through the Huiyin Gate, he found Li You circling by the Jinshui River. He stopped and said, "Master Li, we are about to go."
Looking for you!"
Li Youzheng was impatient with waiting, so he went up to him and asked, "Is Chitose ready?"
"An old concubine came to bother me in the afternoon. I couldn't get away for a while. Now I have sent her away. Luanjia is preparing to return home. I was specially sent to inform her."
After waiting for a while, I saw the eldest princess and her father driving towards this side.
After confirming that the eldest princess was leaving the palace, Li You turned around and left, but in the opposite direction. He was suspected of running away.
Eunuch Wu quickly stopped him, "Where are you going, Mr. Li?"
Li You turned around and replied: "When Qiansui leaves Donghua Gate, he is very close; when I leave Chengtian Gate, the journey is far away. If I don't hurry now, when will I wait?"
Donghua Gate is the same as Xihua Gate. According to the rules, not everyone can enter and exit. According to the strictest regulations, Donghua Gate is actually reserved for the crown prince and is also the passage for royal funerals. However, in recent years,
Gradually it became the entrance and exit gate for the royal family.
The princess's residence is located in the Ten Prince's Mansion outside Dong'an Gate. It is estimated that it is only two miles away from Donghua Gate. If Mr. Li takes a detour through Chengtian Gate, then leaves the left gate of Chang'an, and finally arrives at the princess's residence, a rough estimate of the distance is ten miles.
The earth...the sky will not know how dark it will be by then.
Eunuch Wu stamped his feet and said anxiously: "What time has it been? Mr. Li still pays attention to these things, just come with us and follow the thousand-year-old phoenix to the Donghua Gate!"
Li You waited for him to say this, and immediately threw up his sleeves and said sternly: "This is a big fallacy! As a minister, how can you rashly exceed the rules and regulations in the palace? I am an official of the imperial court, if I want to take a shortcut with the inner prisoner Gong'e
What kind of behavior would it be to be in the company and follow the princess? If the rules and regulations are gone, wouldn't it be my fault!"
The father-in-law, who served as the background for Mr. Li to show off his demeanor, could only be speechless. This kind of civil servant's appearance was too classic. He originally thought that Mr. Li would be a different kind, and it seemed that he would inevitably be assimilated.
"Wait a moment, I'll go ask Qian Sui for instructions." Eunuch Wu trotted towards Princess Luanyu again, said a few words, and then came back: "Qian Sui has something to say, Mr. Li is very honest and honorable, and I deeply respect him. I would like to talk to Li
Your Excellency, please go out of Chengtian Gate together to show your respect. Please go ahead, Mr. Li!"
Do you really want to walk ten miles with sore feet and weak legs? This time it was Li You who was speechless. He hated people being formalistic towards him the most...
Li You just wanted to show his integrity and observance of etiquette so that he could leave a name in history. At the same time, he reminded the eldest princess to pay attention to the polite corporal and find a sedan for him to sit in, so as not to walk unsightly among a group of eunuchs and maids.
How come Chitose got this wrong and actually took it seriously? There was such a lack of tacit understanding.
In fact, this is not what Princess Guide meant wrongly. You must know that on the most gorgeous stage of the palace, everyone is an actor. Mr. Li wants to perform, so why does Princess Guide not need to show humility?
The Ten Princes' Mansion is located in the southeast of Dong'an Gate of the Imperial City. It has thousands of houses exclusively for the use of the royal family. The residence of Princess Guide is located in the Ten Princes' Mansion.
Master Li actually walked around ten miles, like a "kou". He could have walked directly from the upper left corner to the upper right corner, but Li You went from the upper left corner to the lower left corner, then the lower right corner, and finally arrived at the upper right corner.
Through the moonlight, you can vaguely see that the Taige Palace in the Princess's Mansion is very grand, far larger than ordinary people's homes. It is said that this place was used to live in the vassal king in Beijing.
Guide Chitose first summoned Li You in the side hall. When he saw Mr. Li coming in slightly out of breath, his official hat tilted a little, he couldn't help but smile with pleasure.
If it were anyone else, she would definitely act like a courteous corporal and carry him back to the mansion from Donghua Gate, but she treats Mr. Li a little differently. It seems that some men always like to go to a beautiful woman even if they have no ill intentions.
Have some fun.
"The consort is in the backyard. Go and talk to him. If you still don't obey, I'm afraid something will happen to the Lin family." Guide Qiansui calmed down and ordered Li Youdao.
It turned out that this was what she said at noon to help Li You think of it.
Threatening the consort and his whole family was so cruel... Li You subconsciously asked, why didn't His Highness tell him in person? But he immediately realized that Chitose certainly couldn't tell him in person.
Is it the right thing for a traitor to threaten someone from her husband's family? What image has the eldest princess become when the news spread?
Moreover, if Guide Chitose said this himself, it would be tantamount to completely tearing his face. Even if he could get by, he would be a real stranger, alienated from each other, and might be stabbed in the back at all times.
Therefore, a third party with good language skills is needed to remind the consort - if he continues to be stubborn, be careful of causing disaster to his parents and family.
Of course, it's just an intimidation tactic at the moment, and even Guide Chitose wouldn't be happy to actually do it.
Li You took over the hard work and was led towards the backyard where the Prince Consort was kept under house arrest. The furnishings in the room were not bad, and there was also a row of bookshelves. It seemed that Lin's Prince Consort would not be bored in it.
It is said that Prince Consort Lin was leaning on the couch to read that night, when he suddenly heard a sound on the door. He lazily turned his head to the side, and after widening his eyes to see the person clearly, he immediately jumped down from the couch and came forward.
Said: "How can you come here? Have you beaten the Dengwen drum?"
It turned out that after Lin's consort was placed under house arrest by Guide Chitose, there was no communication between the inside and outside, and the eldest princess did not tell the details, so she had no idea what was going on outside. Although there was some suspicion that Li You was betraying him, there was no real evidence after all.
Li You called him Prince Consort and said sadly: "Chitose is so powerful that it is difficult to defeat him. I am here to act as a lobbyist for Chitose."
Consort Lin's face turned bad when he heard this, and he scolded: "You traitor! You still have the nerve to come see me!"
"What should I cherish about my next life!" Li You exclaimed, "The only people I care about are my relatives. I dare not not miss you!"
Before Lin's consort could think about it carefully, Li You said again: "Aren't you afraid of harming your relatives when you fight with Qian Sui? Although Qian Sui is a virtuous man, he doesn't want to use it as a pledge, but there are always things in life that he has no control over!"
"She dares?" Consort Lin said with great authority.
Li You advised: "Don't be afraid of ten thousand, always be afraid of the unexpected. Lin's consort clearly knows the reputation of Qian Sui, so why insist on going his own way."
Consort Lin sat down slumped but accused Li You, "You don't have any backbone in what you do! This is what I despise you the most!"
Does being beaten up in the street mean you have backbone? Li You sighed: "Why can't you understand that Chitose doesn't want the so-called backbone from you?"
"Of course you don't need it, you unscrupulous person."
Li You couldn't bear to be looked down upon by the consort, so he impulsively retorted: "Since you have the backbone, why did you become the consort in the first place? Is it because you are greedy for wealth?"
Lin's consort couldn't bear what others said about him, so he shouted: "I didn't do it willingly at the beginning! In order to gain wealth for the whole family, my parents forced me to be selected. What was my original intention? The world is vast, do you think I am willing to be the consort in this golden cage?
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Li You remembered that Zhu Bulang had mentioned that it seemed that the Lin family had spent a lot of money on this matter, and bribed the chief eunuch all the way. In addition, Lin's consort's condition was indeed very good, and after catching the eye of the Queen Mother, he successfully succeeded in getting the job.
selected on the screen.
Lin's consort became more and more excited. Li You suddenly realized that his trip was to appease Lin's consort, but it backfired without paying attention. He could only comfort him and said: "Even so, the thousand-year-old beauty is unparalleled in the world, what's wrong with it? Your Excellency.
Nothing to complain about."
"Do your business!" Consort Lin snorted coldly.
Neither Lin Consort nor Li You noticed that Princess Guide was quietly standing outside the window in the corner of the room, waving away all the attendants on the left and right, and listening to the two of them talking quietly.
Seeing that he was deadlocked, Li You thought to himself that this Lin's consort could not get out of his head. On the one hand, he had something wrong with him. He cared too much about certain things, and he also deliberately looked for flowers to make Qiantose angry.
On the other hand, Guide Chitose was also at fault. This royal lady always used high-pressure means to correct the prince-in-law according to her own ideas. She would not play the trick of turning steel into a soft ring, so it was inevitable that she would end up like this.
Another reason is that the two of them have different personalities. Lin's consort prefers to be a wealthy idler, reciting poems and painting, and living a leisurely life. The eldest princess wants to be much more powerful, but this is obviously not what she wants. She also hopes too much for her husband to succeed, and she really can't stand the consort's inaction and
Political incompetence.
Thinking about this, Li You had no idea, but he was absolutely unwilling to say anything bad about the powerful Gui De Qiantose. He had no choice but to say to the consort: "A man has strong moral responsibility on his shoulders, but if I say something that is offensive to my ears, Lin's consort always behaves like this."
It was a bit reckless and irresponsible, which made Chitose very disappointed."
"Disappointment means disappointment! What should we do?" Lin Consort turned around and took out a book from the bookshelf and threw it in front of Li You.
Li You glanced at the cover and saw that it was an old book from the Tang Dynasty, but he didn't understand what Consort Lin was throwing this book at him.
I heard Consort Lin saying angrily: "You praise her for being virtuous and virtuous, but I would rather she have no virtue or virtuous conduct!"
Li You still didn't understand.
"Looking through the history books, I saw that the princesses of the Tang Dynasty acted spontaneously and respected truth and love. I wonder why we are trapped in a cage now!"
Li You finally understood. He held the old Tang book in his hand and remained motionless. He was really dumbfounded. Your wife is also a princess. How could you talk about your wife like this?
The private life of a princess in the Tang Dynasty... was notoriously dissolute. Lin's consort actually used this as a comparison for his own thousand-year-old family, which was a treasonous statement. Li You, who was unprepared for this, gradually showed a look of horror on his face.
What he heard from the consort's words was probably twofold: First, each of us can do whatever he likes. If you are disappointed with me, go find someone who won't disappoint you, and I will go with someone who makes me feel comfortable. No one should care about the other, and everyone should go their own way.
It's the best thing to do. Secondly, don't just live a comfortable life and have to find trouble for nothing. Why bother to be trapped in a prison?
Lin's consort actually even said such outrageous words, and even heard them in his own ears. Li You felt regretful and heartbroken. If he had known this, he shouldn't have said anything today.
There was no way to continue the conversation now. Mr. Li was completely speechless and did not dare to say a word.
There was no sound in the room, and you could hear a pin drop, but there was a "squeak" sound that broke the silence. The door of the room was gently pushed open, and Princess Guide stood alone at the door, looking directly at Lin Consort with an expressionless face.