Settled in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 373 suddenly enlightened

The sage was silent, and looked at Xue Lang for a few seconds, his expression became more amiable, and he said: "The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty would still advise me like this, but there are only a few people who have followed me since Jinyang. Veteran, only you are the youngest. Xue Lang, very good!"

Xue Lang said: "The sage praises you."

Unexpectedly, he took the opportunity to show his loyalty and boast, and just said something so simple, with a kind of calmness and sincerity of "everything is due, no praise at all".The sage has seen a lot of people, and suddenly he saw such a strange painting style, which felt very fresh.

The sage said kindly: "That's the end of the matter, Yin Ashu also has some shortcomings, so you don't need to pay attention to him."

Xue Lang was taken aback, and asked, "Didn't the sage summon the King of Qin to question him?"

The sage snorted and said, "Why do you need to ask this matter again? The left and right are just the servants of the Qin Palace bullying others!"

That's it!Xue Lang's face straightened, and he cupped his hands and said, "To the sage, I have something to remonstrate with!"

The saint glanced at him: "Speak!"

Xue Lang said solemnly: "I was studying recently. When I read "The Analects of Confucius", I once saw a passage. The master said, look at the reason, the reason, and the safety. How can a person be thin? Please think twice, sage!"

The saint resolutely said: "Why think twice! The officials of the King of Qin dare to bully me. They are not relying on the power of the King of Qin, but who are they relying on? Don't try to persuade me about this matter again. Soon it will be the day of the next appointment, and the Qing family should go back properly." Get ready, go out!"

Xue Lang opened his mouth, had no choice but to swallow the words he hadn't spoken, and bowed to leave.After leaving the palace, he looked back at the palace wall, thought for a while, and then turned to Princess Pingyang's mansion.

When she arrived at Princess Pingyang's mansion, the princess was practicing archery in the martial arts field. She didn't ride a horse, so she held a bow and arrow and shot at a fixed target.Xue Lang looked at the arrows stuck in the red heart of the archery target in the distance, estimated the distance, and silently accepted the fact that he was a weak chicken. He followed the route of mental labor and did not pay attention to the value of force. Calm down, calm down!
Seeing Xue Lang coming, Princess Pingyang ordered people to collect the bows and arrows, and walked over: "Why did you come so early? It should not be time for dismissal."

Xue Lang said: "The sage summoned me into the palace for questioning, and came out when it was over."

"Because of the matter with Yin Ashu yesterday?"

Sure enough, he did not hide the truth from Princess Pingyang, Xue Lang nodded, told the situation of entering the palace, and said: "I advised the saint to call three parties to confront him, but the saint refused. I blame my stupid mouth!"

Princess Pingyang looked back, shook her head and said: "How can you blame Youyang for this matter? Freezing three feet is not a day's cold. Father and Erlang have today, and the fault lies with the villain. I was not in Chang'an in the past, and because of worrying about death, Chang'an Most of the hidden guards were taken away by me, even if some remained, they hibernated under my name, after returning this year, the situation in Beijing and China has just been deeply understood."

Xue Lang nodded, expressing his understanding.Princess Pingyang has the prophecy on her mind, so she naturally puts her energy on her side. In addition, her father is the one who makes the decision in Beijing. With Li Yuan's ability, naturally she doesn't need to rely on the power of Princess Pingyang, and in order to avoid suspicion, she should also shrink. Just one click.

Princess Pingyang continued: "After returning to Chang'an, I only knew that most of the people serving in the mansions of the crown prince and Prince Qi were relatives of concubines in the sage's harem. As for the mansion of Prince Qin, the king of Qin led the army all the year round and was not in Chang'an. Princess Qin was a female relative. Naturally, we can only close the door."

The friendship between people does not come out in a day. Compared with the prince in Beijing and the king of Qi, Qin Wang, who is unfamiliar with the personnel and affairs in Chang'an City, naturally has no friendship at all.In this world, there are very few people who can help or not.

Jian Jiancheng is also a prince, his name is right and proper, looking at his actions in the past, he knows that this person is very generous. In order to get married with Gao Zu's concubines, he must have given a lot of benefits to the concubine's family.The prince is married to the concubine of the ancestor Gaozu, and is a close minister of the ancestor Gaozu in diplomacy. He will say good things to him inside and outside the palace. Li Yuan is a soft-hearted person. He listens to the prince's good words a lot. King Qin opposes him from time to time, but the prince always obeys him and pleases him. , Consciously or unconsciously, there will always be more bias towards the prince.

As for the King of Qin, remembering Zhang Jieyu's intrusion into the front palace to accuse the King of Qin of being black, Xue Lang sighed, thinking with his toes that people are profit-seeking, compared with the King of Qin, the concubines are more inclined to Nobody needs to ask.

Princess Pingyang snorted unhappily, and said bitterly: "Brother... the dignified prince, the eldest son of A Niang and Aye, actually flattering the concubines in the harem... Where do you put A Niang?"

In his tone, he looked down on the prince's methods.Thinking about it, Princess Pingyang is the same as King Qin. They are both humble in words and deeds, but proud in heart. Their mother is Taimu Empress Dou, and their father is saint Li Yuan. In this world, in terms of dignity, there is no one other than saints. worthy of their dignity!
As for the prince, he is the king of gold and jade, who is under one person and above tens of thousands of people.With such a status and background, it is not surprising that Princess Pingyang has an opinion on him because he adopts the method of marrying a concubine.

"Youyang..."

Princess Pingyang paused, looked back at Xue Lang thoughtfully, and said: "I have been thinking for the past two days, whether we were too passive after returning to Chang'an, so that we were fascinated by the situation in the court and lost our opportunities and opportunities. Active, fascinated by the situation?"

When Princess Pingyang said this, Xue Lang couldn't help frowning and pondering——

After returning to Chang'an from Weizeguan, he often felt constrained in his actions. In the final analysis, he did not want to get involved in the dispute between the prince and King Qin, did not want to offend the future Emperor Taizong, and did not want to attract too much attention from the prince. , and exhausted.

Xue Lang nodded slowly, and said: "It shouldn't be like this, and it doesn't need to be like this!"

Princess Pingyang smiled sweetly, stretched out her hand to hold Xue Lang's hand, exerted a little force on her palm, and said calmly: "Youyang once told me to be low-key and high-key to do things. I have thought about it for the past two days. After we return to Beijing, we should be low-key and low-key." , not to mention high-profile actions, even low-key reluctantly, it can be said to be useless. With the strength of you and me, it shouldn't be like this, and it doesn't need to be like this!"

Xue Lang shook Princess Pingyang's hand, his eyebrows raised: "That's right! I used to think about everything, but I forgot that as long as we are strong, there is nothing to be afraid of! As long as we are loyal to the Tang Dynasty, loyal to the saint, and upright , everything will be solved naturally!"

I was thinking about it before, and I was always obsessed with not choosing sides between the prince and the king of Qin, and not offending the king of Qin.But he forgot that with the prestige and status of Princess Pingyang, it is completely possible to be more detached.

Although Xue Lang is not talented, he is also the right servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. In addition, there are Ye Qing, Jiang Lin, and Ma Sanbao who stayed in the Beijing Central Camp, these three generals.Several of them were born under the family of Princess Pingyang by default in the court.As for Princess Pingyang herself, although she was relieved of her military power, she was conferred the post of Shaofu Shaojian by the saint, and was in charge of the saint's money.

Don't worry about Princess Pingyang's subordinates in the past, just these few people are a moderate force in the court, and they will not arouse the crown prince's taboo, and they will not be too weak, if...

Xue Lang had an idea in mind, looked at Princess Pingyang with a smile, and asked, "Bamboo paper or silk cotton cloth, which one will succeed?"

Princess Pingyang smiled brightly and praised: "Good Youyang, I know I can't hide it from you!"

Xue Lang shook his head with a smile: "It was Jianling who hinted repeatedly that I figured it out."

Princess Pingyang said: "Yesterday, the paper-making workshop came to report that the bamboo paper has been completed! This morning, the weaving workshop also reported that the silk and cotton cloth has also been completed!"

(End of this chapter)