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Chapter 204 The Taoist Temple Was Surrounded Again
In the cold winter, Luoyang City welcomed the first snow of the new year.

Early in the morning on New Year's Eve, the Taoist priests in Taiping Temple took brooms, dustpans and other tools to clean the snow inside and outside the temple!

At the gate of the Taoist temple, two young Taoist priests were walking on a long ladder, holding rags, cleaning the plaque and wooden couplets on the gate of the Taoist temple.

In the back kitchen, smoke rose from the roof, and a dozen female Taoist priests were busy with their respective tasks, some washing dishes and washing pots, some lighting fires and adding wood, some washing vegetables, and some rolling noodles and cutting dough...

Everyone was in high spirits and working enthusiastically. After all, today was New Year's Eve. Li Lingyue broke the Taoist rule that priests do not celebrate the New Year and told everyone to have a lively New Year celebration.

Not long after, there was a creaky sound, and the door of a small house in the backyard was pushed open by Gong'er. A little girl wearing a thick Taoist robe walked out of the house, then stood at the door, raised her hand and made a gesture of invitation to come in.

Then, an old man in plain clothes followed her out. The old man had a long white beard and a wooden box on his shoulder. Seeing Gong'er being so polite, he quickly bowed and said:
"Master Wang, please stay. Please tell the princess that the young man's injuries are no longer serious. He only needs to take the two doses of medicine I prescribed and he will recover!"

Gong'er's original surname was Wang. She followed Li Lingyue to Taiping Temple to practice Taoism, so it made sense for the other party to call her "Master Wang".

Hearing what Doctor Zhang said, she was delighted and quickly took out a bag of copper coins from her sleeve and stuffed it into the man's arms:
"That's great. With what Doctor Zhang said, we feel relieved. It's Chinese New Year and I'm sorry to ask you to come here in person. I'll see you off!"

"No problem, no problem!" Doctor Zhang took the purse with a smile. Seeing Gong'er raise her hand and make a gesture of invitation, he no longer refused. The two of them came to the gate one after the other. Doctor Zhang turned around and returned the greeting:

"Master Wang, please stay. I will go back to prepare the medicine and ask my disciple to bring it to you before noon. Bye!"

Gong Er returned the greeting and said kindly, "Don't worry, don't worry. There is still some medicine left from the last prescription. Today is New Year's Eve, so I will send someone to deliver it tomorrow!"

Doctor Zhang bowed again: "In that case, thank you very much, Taoist Wang!"

After seeing off Doctor Zhang, Gong'er stood on the steps of the Taoist temple, tiptoed, looked at the road in the distance, muttered something, then turned around and went back to the Taoist temple.

Not long after, Gong'er walked into Li Lingyue's room with a pot of hot tea in her hand.

"Princess, I brought you some hot tea!"

As Gong'er spoke, she picked up the teacup on the table, poured a cup of tea, and then walked towards Li Lingyue.

At this time, Li Lingyue was wearing a green cotton-padded jacket, with a wooden hairpin inserted diagonally in her tied-up bun. She sat with her back to the window at the desk, writing furiously!

She was writing a family letter, and the recipients were naturally Li Zhi and his wife.

Since she came to Luoyang, Empress Wu wrote her three letters in total, all of which expressed concern about her diet and daily life, reminded her not to cause trouble, etc.

During that time, she was being tortured by four perverted masters, and then she was busy fighting with Yu Zhenzi, Li Changxiao and others, so she did not reply to the letter for a long time, and it was delayed until the beginning of the new year.

As the saying goes: A mother worries about her son even when he is thousands of miles away!
Li Lingyue knew that she had been having a hard time these days, but she chose to report good news rather than bad news. She did not tell Li Zhi and his wife about her current situation. After a brief chat about family matters, she left a long list of New Year's greetings at the end of the letter.

"I wish you, my dear parents! May you have this day every year, be healthy and enjoy your meals..."

After finishing writing, Li Lingyue put down the brush, picked up the letter, unfolded it and read it carefully to check for any typos.

Just as he was looking at it with great pride, he heard Gong'er beside him covering his mouth and chuckling.

"Princess, your letter is really interesting. Children from ordinary families don't add 'dear' before their parents, haha!"

"You little bitch, how dare you peek!" Li Lingyue glared at her.

"Hehe, I won't look at it anymore in the future!" Gong'er stuck out her tongue and quickly handed the teacup in her hand to Li Lingyue.

Li Lingyue put the letter into an envelope and sealed it with glue. Then she stood up and stretched. She took the teacup and took a sip. She subconsciously asked, "How is Xiaobao's injury? Have you seen Doctor Zhang?"

Upon hearing this, Gong Er said truthfully, "Don't worry, Princess. Doctor Zhang has just checked Xiao Bao's pulse. Xiao Bao's internal injuries will be cured with two or three more doses of medicine."

Li Lingyue nodded, looked at the white snow outside the window, pondered for a moment, and instructed Gong Er:

"After the New Year, you will have to take the trouble to send Xiaobao to Chang'an."

"Ah!" Gong Er looked bewildered: "Princess, Xiaobao lives well in the Taoist temple, why do you want to send him away? Even if you send him to Chang'an, you don't have to send me, I still have to serve him..."

"Shut up!"

Li Lingyue quickly stopped Gong'er from chattering and said in a deep voice:
"Li Changxiao has firmly established his position as Prince of Yu, and no one can touch him. I am worried that he will make a comeback after the New Year. Xiaobao once sneaked into the palace to assassinate someone, and the government has recorded it. If they really want to investigate, how can I, a princess who has left home, protect him? The only thing I can do now is to prepare for a rainy day and send him to Chang'an for the time being."

"Then there's no need for me to send him off in person!" Gong'er muttered with her head down.

Li Lingyue reached out and tapped her little head: "Silly girl, you really don't know how to appreciate the good things you have. You have been with me for more than half a year. You should go back to Chang'an to reunite with your mother. This is a good opportunity for you to go back and reminisce about the past."

Gong Er didn't expect Li Lingyue to care about her so much. She was deeply moved. Her eyes suddenly turned red and she choked up and said:
"Princess, I will not go back. I will stay with you forever."

Alas, this girl is too easily moved.

Li Lingyue rubbed his forehead with his fingers and changed the subject, "Don't rush to refuse. I let you go back mainly because I want you to personally tell my fourth brother to take care of Xiaobao for me. That way I will feel relieved."

Gong Er rolled up her sleeves to wipe away her tears and asked curiously, "Princess, if you want to protect Xiao Bao, you can just mention it in your letter to His Majesty and the Queen, and the problem will be solved. Why do you need to find the Fourth Prince?"

"Alas, you don't understand!" Li Lingyue sighed, drank the warm tea in her hand in one gulp, turned to look out the window, and said leisurely:

"If I mention it, not only will they not protect him, on the contrary, to save the Li royal family's reputation, they will only make Xiaobao die faster."

Gong Er didn't understand what he meant, but he didn't dare to ask any more questions. The master and servant packed up and were about to leave when a little Taoist priest hurried to the door, held the door frame with his hand, and said breathlessly:

"Master...Master, it's bad. There are so many soldiers outside, they have surrounded...surrounded our Taoist temple!"

"We're surrounded again!" Gong'er muttered humbly, then suddenly remembered something, smiled and waved his hand to explain:
"Why are you panicking? It must be the Third Prince and General He who have arrived. They will naturally bring soldiers with them. The princess invited them to celebrate the New Year at the Taoist temple, so there is no need to make a fuss."

After saying this, the young Taoist priest quickly shook his head and said, "No, the other side has all drawn their swords and surrounded our front and back doors. It doesn't look like they are here for a banquet."

Gong Er immediately put her hands on her hips and asked angrily, "How dare you! Who are these people? Who is the leader? What are they doing here? Have you told them that this is the princess's Taoist temple?"

The young Taoist priest was a little confused by the series of questions and could only answer vaguely: "This... I don't know either. The senior brothers are guarding the gate. Let me come and inform the abbot."

"It's New Year's Day now. Are the government officials so bored that they choose this time to come to the Taoist temple and cause trouble?" Gong'er was dissatisfied and turned to look at Li Lingyue.

Li Lingyue frowned slightly, with a bad feeling in her heart, so she picked up the dust on the table and said in a deep voice:
"Come on, follow me out and take a look!"

Sorry, I haven't updated for a long time. Recently, I have been on the plateau and just got off the yaks. I really envy you for your comfortable days with air conditioning and eating watermelons. At this moment, the author is still wearing a cotton jacket and taking advantage of the traffic from next door.

The exciting part of this book has not yet been released, so I always feel a little regretful. I don’t want to stop writing and I want to write this story completely.

No matter whether you make money or not, just treat it as a hobby.

I'll see how many readers support me. If there are 10 comments, I can sleep well tonight. Good night!