Hello Chang’an

　　It was already afternoon when Luo Guanlin left Taifu Chu's place.

After having lunch, Luo Guanlin wanted to have a heart-to-heart chat with the Taifu again and ask for advice. Unexpectedly, after the Taifu heard the serious business, he lost his patience. He was not willing to chat at all and kicked him away directly.

When Luo Guanlin returned to the official office, a group of staff and scribes stood up to greet him. They gathered around and asked, "Did Mr. Qian successfully meet Mrs. Chu during this trip?"

Luo Guanlin said "hmm" and said, "The master has promised to help the envoys."

Everyone was pleasantly surprised when they heard this. They thought that it would be great to see the Taifu today!

Everyone looked at Qian Shen with even more admiration and admiration: "Sir, coming forward in person is indeed extraordinary!"

"Sir's lips and tongue are as powerful as three armies!"

"I wonder how Sir persuaded the Master?"

"..." Luo Guanlin: Can he say that he doesn't know it himself?

"This can be accomplished only by someone's ability." He said truthfully: "It's all because Taifu has a keen eye and recognizes that temperance can only be benevolent."

"Yes, yes..." Everyone hurriedly agreed: "What Mr. said is true!"

"However, your ability is so outstanding, yet so humble, which makes us so far behind and so ashamed..."

“…”

Everyone was chatting away, and the atmosphere was extremely lively and positive.

They are all literati, and they all regard the highly respected Taifu Chu as their spiritual leader. Now that Taifu Chu has expressed his support, they feel more determined and full of fighting spirit and confidence in the future.

After a while, everyone barely suppressed the excitement and excitement in their hearts, and sat back to discuss other matters.

Someone mentioned the eldest princess Xuan'an: "In Mr. Qian's opinion, should we go to visit the eldest princess?"

Nowadays, among the people in Luoyang City, apart from Taifu Chu, the most valuable person to win over is the eldest princess.

The eldest princess of Xuan'an has real power, fiefdom, money and food in her hands, and her voice has always been very important in the Li family royal family.

Precisely because the other party is a member of the royal family, they will inevitably have to weigh it more.

Luo Guanlin shook his head and said, "Don't worry yet."

He has some shadows about Li Rong, a woman who is difficult to talk to...

In the past, when he was working for Xu Zhengye, he also sent a letter to win over Li Rong and tried to gain her support. However, it was said that the other party did not even read his letter and burned it clean.

At that time, he was sincerely trying to restore the Li family, and the other party still had such an attitude. Now, it will only be more difficult to convince her to support his lord, an envoy with a foreign surname, and it is not advisable to rush for success.

"There is no need to go out of your way to visit. You only need to ask someone to go and deliver the message. If you need anything in Luoyang City, just ask." Luo Guanlin explained.

The scribe who was responsible for arranging such matters came down and asked cautiously: "If the eldest princess wants to return to Jiangnan West Road, should we try to stop her?"

Princess Xuan'an came to Luoyang for temporary refuge because of the emergency situation, but she was different from others in that she had the ability to leave Luoyang city at any time.

"No need." Luo Guanlin: "Li Rong is a fierce person and is not suitable for a combination of soft and hard methods—"

"When we were in Jiangdu in the past, Princess Xuan'an's mansion had exchanges of business with Jiangdu, and Li Rong had many contacts with the envoys, so they had some personal relationships." He said, "If we rashly detain people in Luoyang, I'm afraid it will turn out to be the opposite." It will lose affection and chill people’s hearts, which is counterproductive.”

"If Li Rong wants to return to Jiangnan West Road, we will have someone **** her away. We can convey this intention to her."

On the basis of affection, appropriate letting go and sincerity is the best way to retreat in the hearts of people.

Others also understood the important meaning, so some people wanted to express their sincerity and goodwill in more detail: "Should we select some good-looking young people to serve?"

Beauty, regardless of gender, is a kind of resource. When used rationally at this political level, there is nothing taboo about teasing.

Luo Guanlin nodded intentionally, but then thought of something and said, "I will arrange this myself."

Beauty traps are advisable, but it is best to put more thought into what kind of beauty you offer in order to maximize the effects and benefits.

In the evening, Luo Guanlin wrote a letter to the lamp. He first wrote four neat large characters "Chang Hou personally Qi -".

When he was in Jiangdu, Luo Guanlin, as a member of the foreign study room, heard more than once about the obscure entanglement between Chang Kuo and Princess Xuan'an... He was not a gossip person, and he couldn't stand Wang Wangshan.

Luo Guanlin didn't believe it at first, but he later found clues from Wang Changshi's attitude. Wang Changshi was cautious and meticulous, so he must have found some real evidence.

Luo Guanlin made a mental decision. He was not interested in the relationship between men and women, but he saw the possibility of using it.

Just at this time, he persuaded Chang Kuo in his letter to come forward to win over the eldest princess Xuan'an - [Even if he endures the humiliation and heavy burden, it is all for the sake of the family's great cause. 】

Yes, Mr. Luo, who previously reminded Chang Suining to be more careful about Chang Kuo and his son stealing achievements, now in his letter to Chang Kuo, he calls his lord's great cause "the great cause of the family"...

Luo Guanlin also felt that he was a little despicable, but he was already a person who had come out of the mud, so why not apply it all over his body?

This kind of behavior can be regarded as being influenced by the Lord's enlightenment. Only by following the example can we cooperate properly and not be inappropriate.

That night, Luo Guanlin had this letter "advising Marquis Chang to show his love for the great cause" sent to Jiangdu.

The eldest princess of Xuan'an, who is currently living in Luoyang Palace, has just finished writing a letter and asked someone to send it back to Xuanzhou to Li Tong.

After a female guard delivered the letter, she turned back and asked, "Your Highness, are you planning to leave back to Xuanzhou?"

Li Rong supported her head with one hand and leaned on the couch, closing her eyes tiredly. A maid knelt beside her and beat her legs.

Hearing this question, Li Rong hummed: "Wait a moment..."

Today, Mr. Qian Shen sent someone to send a message, saying that if she wanted to return to Jiangnan West Road, they would arrange for someone to **** her all the way.

Thinking of this, Li Rong sighed lightly.

Although she could return to Xuanzhou, how could she leave everything behind in this situation?

In the past, she could stay away from external disputes and live her life behind closed doors in Xuanzhou. But things are different now. The capital has changed hands and the world is in turmoil... As the princess of the Li family, even if she doesn't mention her responsibilities, she no longer has any responsibility. It is possible to be alone.

The change of imperial power this time is completely different from that of the Ming Dynasty. Although the Ming Dynasty proclaimed the emperor, it did not overthrow the Li family, and since it had no heirs, it was inevitable that it would return to power one day. In Li Rong's view, under the situation like that back then, , indeed there is no better choice than taking power tomorrow.

So even though many people encouraged her to come forward, she never intervened in the battle for imperial power.

Now that the Bian Chunliang Rebellion was sweeping across the entire world, she could not sit idly by and ignore it.

Today, the prince's people have arrived, and they still hope that she can support the prince.

Li Rong felt a headache when he saw this group of people.

When she was detained in the capital, the prince would come to her door almost every two days. She was tired of dealing with it later. Seeing that the young man himself was also very embarrassed, Li Rong sighed frankly and said: "The same surname is Li, but I don't want to support your highness." , It is true that His Highness does not have the ability to take on big responsibilities. If I agree, it will harm you, me and the world. 】This is equivalent to "I also want to support you, but you are completely useless."

It's like a rotten peach, which is held in one's hand, turned around and looked at again and again, hesitating again and again, frowning and sighing, but unable to put it down.

At that time, the young man was stunned for a moment, then raised his head, his eyes were lighted for the first time: [To be honest with the eldest princess, I think so too...]

At that moment, Li Zhi was in a state of crying with joy as he was finally understood.

The young man's eyes were slightly red, and he said sincerely and apologetically: "It's not Li Zhi who wants to disturb His Highness, but the saint and his ministers are forcing him to come, so he has to come." 】

After that conversation, Li Rong could only feel helpless pity for the cheap prince and could not take him into consideration.

Speaking of candidates, Li Rong inevitably thought of King Rong Li Yin.

She and Li Yin were born from the same father, so they didn't have much contact and had no grudges to speak of.

The Rebellion of Duan Shi'ang and the deaths of the military governors of Lingnan and Shuofang. Prince Rong's palace has completely denied involvement in these two incidents. However, in Li Rong's view, this denial is just a matter of face-saving, and everyone has their own judgment in their own minds.

But there is a gray place in everyone's heart. The struggle for power is never just black and white. As long as they can get by on the bright side, most people are happy to pretend to be deaf and dumb and continue to be upright and benevolent people.

Li Rong despises such people, but the overall situation is not a child's play that can be treated arbitrarily. If there is no better candidate, she will and can only choose Li Yin.

If there were no accidents, Li Yin should have won this round.

But there happened to be such an "accident"...

No matter from which angle she looked at it, there was nothing about that unexpected young girl that was not in line with Li Rong's wishes. If there was any shortcoming, it was that the girl was born into the Li family.

Li Rong felt ridiculously regretful several times, wondering why the child didn't come out of her belly. Why was her belly so unsatisfactory?

Apart from regrets, there are also hidden worries.

Now everyone knew that she really didn't want to be on the opposite side of the child. But she happened to be the princess of the Li family. When her father was still alive, he loved and pampered her so much that he asked her to give up the Li family. The difficulties in her heart were not that easy...

But what if Chang Kuo dies to beg her and torture her?

There is another possibility, what if the other side threatens her with Sui'an?

She can ignore Chang Kuo, but she can't ignore her own flesh and blood, right?

Hey, everyone has difficulties and weaknesses.

The eldest princess Xuan'an became embarrassed.

After thinking about it for a while, she simply got up and wrote a letter to Chang Kuo.

When she was in the capital, Chang Kuo wrote to her frequently. Now that she was in Luoyang, she should write to him to report that she was safe. This was called reciprocity.

Moreover, Li Tong mentioned in several letters that the several turmoils inside and outside Xuanzhou were due to the help of Chang Kuo and the support of Jiangdu, which allowed the situation to be stabilized. This favor must be recognized after all.

Therefore, the eldest princess Xuan'an wrote this letter with peace of mind. After talking about her own affairs, she naturally asked about Qi Sui'an's situation in the north.

But when it comes to the later part, the writing gradually becomes "unreasonable", asking Chang Kuo to find a way to get her son back from the north. She is just such a son, and her son is more important than her life. Now, even if she doesn't want anything, she still wants her son to be safe. alive. If something happened to her son, she would not let Chang Kuo go. They would all be buried with her son.

After writing it, the eldest princess read it over by herself. She saw that the epilepticism was impressive, so she sealed it in an envelope.

The next day, when the eldest princess had the letter sent out of Luoyang, the letter from the capital Bian Chunliang was also sent to Luoyang.

Bian Chunliang had already widely publicized the news that he was about to ascend the throne, and ordered all parties to come to Beijing to pay homage, including Luoyang.

This made the court officials who were now in Luoyang feel even more humiliated. They saved a lot of food today, but consumed a lot of tea.

The officials were not in the mood to eat and indulged in scolding, but they could not help but feel uneasy. Bian Chunliang sent a letter to Luoyang, which was addressed to Chang Sui Ning. This was obviously a test to win over.

Once Chang Suining accepts Bian Chunliang's win over, the Emperor, Crown Prince and the rest of them will probably die in Luoyang City.

But after thinking about it for a while, the officials felt that it was impossible for Chang Sui Ning to agree to Bian Chunliang's win over... How could such an arrogant person be willing to succumb to a salt dealer?

It has to be said that at this time, the benefits of the opponent's ambition are revealed... At least for now, this ambition can keep them safe for a while.

Ambitious and reassuring.

The fact was indeed as they expected. After Luo Guanlin received the letter, he only glanced at it and saw the word "worship" that he didn't know the word on it. He threw it into the brazier and laughed out loud -

"How can a mere thief be worthy of being worshiped by my lord? This is the greatest absurdity in the world and the greatest absurdity in the world."

Counting the days, it would be time for the envoy to receive news of the Gyeonggi Incident and his "treasonous and unethical" letter.

He has everything under control inside and outside Luoyang, and now he is just waiting for the envoy to reply to the letter.

If possible, he very much hoped that the envoy would adopt his treacherous suggestion.

On this day, Cui Jing ended a war with Beidi and patrolled the front line. When he first returned to the army, he heard about the shocking changes in the capital.

Chang Sui Ning was practicing military formations recently without going to the front line, so he learned the news two days earlier than Cui Jing.

After a group of generals withdrew with solemn expressions, only Cui Jing and Chang Sui Ning were left in the military tent.

Cui Jing came over in a hurry before taking off his armor and sword. At this moment, he raised his hand to Chang Sui Ning, with a rare solemn look on his clear brows: "Your Highness, the time has come, it is time to declare your identity."

Wearing a green robe and holding up her hair with a copper sparrow hairpin, Chang Sui Ning, who was sitting cross-legged behind the sand table, put down the letters from various places at hand, raised his eyes to look at the young man, and said with a slight smile: "Cui Jing, you are also with me, for Let me bear witness."

Cui Jing was slightly startled. At present, the war was going on, and he couldn't stay too far away from the northern border, and she wouldn't fail to take this into consideration—

She never hid anything from him. When she came this time, she told him that she would return to Luoyang to recognize her ancestors and return to her clan after the war situation in the north was stabilized. However, the situation has changed now -

At this time Cui Jing asked: "Aren't you going back to Luoyang?"

Chang Suining nodded, a little light flashing in his eyes.

Cui Jing immediately understood: "I will have someone arrange this."

Looking at this person who could always understand his intentions immediately, Chang Sui Ning nodded calmly and reassuringly: "Okay." (End of Chapter)