Placid Chang'an

Su Cen fell into a coma almost immediately after venting his body, and fell asleep in the garden, and it was rare for a few days to sleep soundly.

She slept for about an hour, and when she opened her eyes again, the sky was already bright. Su Cen squinted her eyes and looked around. There was no one on the bed, but there was a figure standing against the light in front of the window, and the servants were waiting to change her clothes.Maybe it was because he was lying down and the person was standing, and he looked especially tall and straight.

Seeing that someone woke up, Li Shi came over and stood still in front of the bed, waved his hand to make the maid back down, sat down by the bed and squeezed Su Cen's chin, "I was tired last night, I'll sleep again."

Su Cen's ears turned red, and he wondered why he was so tired. Does this person have no idea?Who wouldn't be tired after being tossed about for half an hour in that state?

Su Cen pulled up the quilt to cover half of his face, squinted his eyes and looked at the man again, seeing the court clothes on the man, he couldn't help asking: "Are you going to court?"

Li Shi adjusted his cuffs casually, and said, "After dealing with foreign troubles, it's time to close the door and deal with internal troubles."

Su Cen couldn't help frowning: "Is your injury okay?"

Li Shi raised his eyebrows and smiled, "You don't know if I can do it?"

Su Cen directly pulled the quilt over his head.

Li Shi laughed a couple of times, and pulled out a slit from the top of his head, and said with a smile, "Don't hold back. My people have been wronged, and I have to get it back for you."

Su Cen remembered this, and poked his head halfway out from under the quilt: "Why is it 'your person'?"

When Li Shi said those words that day, he wanted to ask, but the situation at that time was really not suitable to speak, and now he wants to classify them into different categories, how can they be regarded as "his people"?

Li Shi asked without answering, "What do you think?"

Su Cen asked with a smile: "Then do I have the final say? If everyone who has entered Xingqing Palace is considered a prince, then I guess it will last ten days and a half months."

"No need." Li Shi said, "Starting with you, you are the first."

Su Cen smacked for a moment, then couldn't help laughing, "Then there's no guarantee there will be a second or third one behind."

Li Shi smiled and said, "Zixu is so powerful, how can I have the time to deal with the second and third?"

Su Cen was short of breath, this man couldn't spit ivory out of his mouth!

Seeing that people were leaving, Su Cen gently tugged on Li Shi's sleeves: "Speak seriously, don't always quarrel with those old-fashioned people, they will be proud of you if you scold him and beat him up." , your injury hasn’t healed yet, it’s not worth it if you get angry.”

Li Shi narrowed his eyes slightly: "Is it just because I'm afraid that I will get angry?"

Su Cen glanced at the person helplessly, knowing that he couldn't hide his small thoughts, so his brows and eyes softened, and he seemed to have a little smile, and said, "Then... come back early, I'll wait for you, okay? "

Li Shi laughed heartily, stood up and shook his sleeves, "Okay, listen to you."

I can't sleep any more, after a tossing all night last night, now I just feel hungry, Su Cen simply stopped wasting in bed, and went out by himself to find a place to eat.

During the days when I lived here, I had already figured out the Xingqing Palace. Su Cen found the back kitchen with ease, and the cook who was tormented by him that day was still there. There is a saying in the back kitchen of the Xingqing Palace that those who can cook Su cuisine will be promoted, and there is a sudden craze for Su cuisine, and everyone must have two kinds of Su cuisine that they can sell.

Su Cen looked at a group of cooks who were eager to fight, and couldn't laugh or cry. He was really self-willed at the beginning. Let's see what he has forced these northern cooks into.

Su Cen randomly ordered two things and confessed that they ran away after they were sent to the Huxin Pavilion, and fled the scene of the crime before a group of cooks started fighting with knives.

It was still some time before the meal was ready, so Su Cen wandered from the back kitchen to the Huxin Pavilion.While walking, he sighed secretly, this Xingqing Palace is really a big row, it was still like that last night, but today it seems like nothing happened.

Naturally, the bloodstains had been washed away long ago, and all the potted plants and flowers in the garden were replaced with new ones. The knife marks on the pillars were repaired if they could be repaired. If you can't find the same one, you can only tear it down and rebuild it.

Su Cen found a small official who was repairing the paint on the pillars, and approached him to make friends with him. The small official was also a talkative person, and he told Su Cen about his family background in a short while.

Su Cen got down to business: "Did you see the fight last night?"

The little official smiled naively: "It's all fighting with real swords and guns. I, a general prisoner, won't take me."

Seeing that Su Cen's mood was a little bit down, the little official hurriedly said again: "Although I didn't see it, I could hear it, the bloody storm, the crackling of the swords, like a blacksmith shop, and those assassins, hey Yo hey, you don't even know that those crying and howling wolves seem to have entered the underworld. In fact, if you think about it, you know, with so much blood, Longchi was dyed red, how many people do you think would have died?"

Su Cen felt nauseous for a while, she shouldn't have sent the meal to Huxin Pavilion.

Su Cen then asked, "Do you know how many people came?"

The clerk shook his head, "I don't know about that—but I heard from the guards who participated in the battle last night that none of them left."

"Not one of them made it?" Su Cen asked, "Is it so powerful?"

"That's right, did you hear the sound of the cannon last night? That's not counting. The person in charge of the military warehouse said that more than 1000 arrows were used last night, and even a sparrow was shot into a hedgehog by you. What's more Needless to say people. There are also guards outside the gate, do you know who it is?"

Su Cen made a curious expression to cooperate with the little official, and after coaxing people to be satisfied, he said: "It's our Lord Qi. It is said that he cooperates with a girl with strange skills. It's a perfect match. Those assassins would rather stand full of people." The archers dared not go out through the gate when they broke through the high wall, and those who were anxious to report to the King of Hades walked through the gate."

Su Cen was ashamed, it's not surprising that Qu Ling'er's figure was recognized as a girl at night, but when did he cooperate with Qi Lin so tacitly?

From this point of view, it seems that Li Shi set up an ambush to unilaterally siege and kill those assassins. It is also pitiful for those assassins. It is not good to provoke Li Shi. This has the temperament of revenge and revenge, and those people hurt him with an arrow. , He must use ten arrows and a hundred arrows to pay for it.

After bidding farewell to the little official Su Cen, he walked slowly towards the Huxin Pavilion, and finally heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the blue lake water.

The water in Longchi has been dyed red, it's nothing but alarmist talk.

But thinking about it again, according to Li Shi's temperament, it is not impossible to change the water in the pool that night...

In any case, a pool of clear water is like jasper, reflecting the sparkling waves, the autumn season has come, and the lotus pods are holding their heads, which has the charm of "autumn shade does not disperse, frost flies late, leaving the residual lotus to listen to the sound of rain".

Su Cen walked along the lake, the new lotus has the charm of the new lotus, and the residual lotus has the charm of the residual lotus. After a prosperous summer, it ends with fruitful branches, which is not a kind of perfection.

As soon as he looked up, the Huxin Pavilion was in front of his eyes, and a handsome figure from his back was already seated, with the corners of his clothes fluttering and moving with the wind.

Su Cen walked a few steps quickly, and couldn't help laughing: "I told you to come back earlier, you really came back early, is it early at this time?"

Li Shi picked up his chopsticks and said casually, "You didn't tell me to come here earlier, I went to take a leave and came back. I don't know if they have finished arguing at this time?"

"..." A bad thought came to Su Cen's mind, "Why are you suing for leave?"

Li Shi pointed to his chest: "Injury leave."

I have long heard that Prince Ning was wounded. During these days, the memorials piled up in the province under the Zhongshumen almost broke through the roof. We waited for him to heal up to make a judgment. But this person is not good. Going to ask for leave, those civil and military men of the Manchu Dynasty who were waiting for him to make up their minds probably had the heart to bury him with memorials.

Su Cen still found it unbelievable, "Little Emperor, is it right?"

Li Shidao: "I have the regency power, and I will grant it to myself."

Su Cen: "..."

Li Shi picked up a piece of handkerchief and wiped his mouth: "Didn't Wang Yan want the little emperor to be in charge? Then give him a chance to be in charge. Liangzhou is not peaceful yet, the salt merchants in Yangzhou rioted, and the fields in Southwest Tun don't know what to do. What happened, I happen to have a headache too, let him handle it by himself."

Su Cen couldn't look up at the sky, he could already imagine the little emperor crying at a pile of memorials.

Li Shi smiled and waved at him, "It's not that you're hungry, come and eat."

These things in the court are beyond his control. Prince Ning has worked so hard for Da Zhou for so many years, so it's good to take this opportunity to take a rest.Su Cen smiled back, sat down obediently, picked up the chopsticks and ate seriously.

I have to say that the cooking skills of the chefs in Xingqing Palace have indeed improved a lot. The Su dishes are well-cooked, and they are many times better than the previous ones.

"Eat slowly." Li Shi scolded.

"I'm hungry." Su Cen raised his head and glared at him, then lowered his head and continued to eat, while eating, he said, "You cooks have to reward you, your cooking skills are improving too fast."

Li Shi smiled meaningfully, "Listen to you, I will reward you."

Then reward them for not having to eat a bowl of vinegar and half a bowl of sugar every day.

In the middle of eating, Su Cen suddenly remembered, raised his head and asked, "Has Xiao Yan's execution been completed? How did you deal with it?"

Li Shi saw Su Cen's careful thinking at a glance, and said in a deep voice, "You don't have to worry about this matter."

Su Cen's heart slowly cooled down. In fact, he also knew that Xiao Yan committed the serious crime of treason, not only that, he also colluded with the enemy and treason, and let the enemy army enter the customs without permission. No matter what the reason was, he might not escape death.

"I see," Su Cen asked again, "What about Xiao Yuanchen?"

"Send the body back to Beiliang, and bury it with the standard of the son of Beiliang."

Su Cen nodded, buried her head and ate in silence.

No wonder Li Shi wanted to kill the killer last night, I'm afraid he wanted to use the blood of those people to pave the way for Xiao and his son.Thinking of Xiao Yan's life on the battlefield, killing countless enemies, he is considered a hero in his life, but he ended up like this in the end, which is embarrassing.

Speaking of Xiao Yuanchen, Li Shi couldn't help asking: "Is there really such a bloody shoe print in Dali Temple?"

Su Cen raised his head and smiled, "I lied to him, I was busy saving you that day, how could I have the time to go back to Dali Temple?"

"When the black-robed military master kidnapped me, he deliberately chose the city gate of Dongshi, near the Xingqing Palace. There were so many people watching, just to lure you into the bait. After he tied me up, he deliberately sealed my mouth to prevent me Say something to shake Xiao Yan. It is enough to show that this person is thoughtful and good at manipulating the overall situation. Therefore, the killing of Xiao Yuanchen is the beginning of the whole incident, and it is related to the success or failure of the whole plan. I guess he will do it himself, and he will definitely Will watch Xiao Yuanchen die with his own eyes. As for the bloody footprints, they are just a cover to induce a confession, whether there is or not, they killed people, there is no doubt about it."

Li Shi smiled, picked up a shrimp and sent it to the bowl, "Zixu is better."

"Actually, you've already seen it." Su Cen ate the shrimps as he received them, "Did you ask Xie Chung to test them just in case there was no blood on the shoes, and you could secretly get those dry shrimps from his armor?" Give him a patch on his blood."

"That's not true," Li Shi said seriously, "I simply think that Qi Lin doesn't want to do the job of taking off people's shoes."

Su Cen: "..."