Taiping Inn

The night wind blew Shangguan Wan's hair, causing it to tangle on Shangguan Wan's cheek, forcing her to reach out and return it to her original position.

At this time, Shangguan Wan was standing on a high looking building, overlooking the street below.

Many powerful mansions in the imperial capital like to build such a viewing building, which can overlook the outside of the mansion, which is due to the fact that many powerful mansions have raised their families. Sometimes, there is chaos in the city, and each mansion is a fortress, divided into the inside and outside. If the people inside cannot stick to it, they can observe the situation outside the mansion through the looking building.

The tower at Shangguan Wan's feet belongs to Princess Xuanzhen, who is now in the princess's mansion.

This princess's mansion is located in the inner city. According to the rules, you cannot buy property in the inner city without an official position. Even if you are a rich businessman, if you have never donated official positions and have no fame, you will still be a nationality and can only buy property in the outer city. In addition to the mansions of many Duke Houbo, most of them are official houses arranged by the Ministry of Revenue. Officials only have the right to use and have no ownership rights. To put it bluntly, they are still from the court. When they are retiring, they may return home or from The capital officials became local officials, and these houses were taken back to the court. The same is true for the residences of all the princes. Their palace is of course a private property, but the palace is not in the Imperial Capital City, and their residences in the Imperial Capital City are actually under the name of the Sect Mansion.

However, the princess is an exception. Although the princess is said to be married, she does not live in the same house with her parents-in-law, but builds a princess's house alone to live in. The princess cannot meet the princess at will and has to wait for the princess to be summoned.

When Princess Xuanzhen was still a princess, she was given the princess’s mansion by Emperor Shizong. After Emperor Muzong ascended the throne, he felt sorry for his widowed sister, and issued an order to expand the princess's mansion for his sister. It was more than 300 rooms and one with living water. The garden is not as good as the watery Jiangnan in the imperial capital, which is very rare.

During the reign of Empress Mingkong, the princesses were powerful and could participate in the government affairs. It was common for the princess's mansion to accommodate the guests. However, when we arrived in this dynasty, the etiquette and law were strict. In addition, the King of Qi was suppressed by Emperor Shizong several times because of his disciples. Even if Princess Xuanzhen is different from other princesses, she would not dare to attract disciples. Therefore, the huge princess's mansion seemed a little empty Many yards were empty, and it was pitch black at night, but the lights were still brightly lit near the main yard.

After Li Rushi left the Imperial Capital, Shangguan Wan became the head of Taiping Inn in the Imperial Capital. As she expected, Qingluan Guard did not dare to provoke her. Because of the Songzhu Pavilion, her relationship with Princess Xuanzhen could not be hidden from the eyes of those who were interested, so she simply stopped hiding and began to go out in and out of Princess Xuanzhen's mansion openly.

Not long after, Princess Xuanzhen climbed to the lookout building with a lamp and asked softly, "Isn't my sister still sleeping?"

Shangguan Wan turned around and said, "Sister didn't sleep, right?"

This is not because Shangguan Guan Guan and Xuanzhen Princess Xuanzhen deliberately wanted to be called to each other, but because Xu Wugui, who happened to be of the same generation. Xu Wugui is the uncle of Emperor Muzong and the uncle of Princess Xuanzhen. Shangguan Wan is Xu Wugui's adopted daughter, and she is the cousin of Princess Xuanzhen. It is not easy for the two to use other titles.

Princess Xuanzhen said, "I just got the news that the Empress Dowager sent an envoy to make peace with Mr. Qingping. Do you think this matter is feasible?"

Shangguan Wan was stunned for a moment and said, "Empress Dowager Xie suppressed the rebellion in the city and sent someone to ask Mr. Qingping to make peace. Unfortunately, she was born in the Zhenchuan Sect. If she was born in the Qingwei Sect, she would sit in Qingping. She might be the one in the position of sir."

"Time is also fate." Princess Xuanzhen sighed, "Everyone has his own luck. What a genius, Mr. Da, isn't it..."

Shangguan Wan nodded and said, "That's true."

Princess Xuanzhen said, "I'll ask you, when will Mr. Qingping plan to enter Beijing?"

Shangguan Wan said: "Sister doesn't have to be so careful. There is no way to be arbitrary or not. This is what you should tell your sister so that she can have a clear mind."

Princess Xuanzhen had a smile on her face, "It's good that my sister can understand."

Shangguan Wan said, "I can tell my sister clearly that Mr. Qingping did not give me an accurate time. No one except himself knows his specific time to go to Beijing."

Unconcealed disappointment suddenly appeared on Princess Xuanzhen's face.

Shangguan Wan changed the subject, "If it were someone else, I probably didn't know why Mr. Qingping refused to go to Beijing for a long time, but I was an exception, but I happened to be an exception. If it were not unexpected, Mr. Qingping should be waiting for thirty-six. date. ”

Princess Xuanzhen is knowledgeable and has heard of many secrets. She asked, "I heard that after entering the immortal realm, I will get seriously ill. Is it because of this?"

Shangguan Wan shook her head and said, "That is the reshaping of the body of the immortality. It takes 49 days in total. Mr. Qingping had already entered the immortality realm as early as the 15th July Zhongyuan Festival, and had completely passed the four in early September. The nineteenth day deadline is not the same as the thirty-six days I mentioned. ”

Princess Xuanzhen is waiting for the following text.

Shangguan Wan said, "There are five immortals in the Taoist sect, and the earth immortals among the five immortals have five innate magical powers. I don't know if it's a coincidence or the will of heaven. The innate magical powers of Mr. Qingping and his family master are all "Taiyi magical tricks", so I'm concerned about the I have some understanding of this magical power.”

"The power of the 'Taiyi Technique' is extremely powerful. Each time it is used, the power doubles. When it is used with all its strength, even the 'Taishang Sanqing Dragon and Tiger Formation' of the Great Zhenren Mansion cannot resist it. However, there is also a great disadvantage. Within 36 days, each time it is used, the consumption will increase. The first use of the 'Taiyi Technique' only consumes 10% of the Qi, the second use of the 'Taiyi Technique' consumes 20% of the Qi, the third use consumes 40%, and the fourth use consumes 80%. By analogy, no matter who it is, without relying on external forces, they can only use the 'Taiyi Technique' four times."

"In the battle of the Great Zhenren Mansion on August 15, Mr. Qingping used the 'Taiyi Technique' four times in a row to forcibly break the Qi. The result is that he can no longer use the "Tai Yi Fa Jue" within thirty-six days. There are many hidden talents in the imperial capital now, and there is also the old man Long in charge. For his own safety, Mr. Qingping must wait until thirty-six days have passed before he will set off for the imperial capital. "

The eldest princess Xuanzhen suddenly realized, "From August 15th, thirty-six days later is already the end of September. In other words, Mr. Qingping will not enter the capital until the end of this month at the earliest. As for later, it is hard to predict. "

Shangguan Wan nodded and said, "That's right."

The eldest princess Xuanzhen asked, "Now there is still ten days before the end of the month, what are your plans, sister?"

Shangguan Wan did not answer immediately, Instead, she asked, "Before answering your question, I have a question for you. I wonder if you can answer it?"

The eldest princess Xuanzhen was startled, and then replied, "You can ask it if you want."

Shangguan Wan said slowly, "You should know Mr. Qingping's ambition, which is also the ambition of my master, to overthrow the Xu family. You are from the Xu family, and unlike me, you are a princess. Why do you want to help Mr. Qingping? Is it just to leave a way out for yourself?"

The eldest princess Xuanzhen did not expect Shangguan Wan to ask such a question. She was silent for a moment before she replied, "Speaking of people from the Xu family, the King of Qi is also from the Qi family. His weight is far greater than that of a princess like me. It is said that a woman should obey her husband after marriage. I am married, and I am an outsider to the Xu family. The King of Qi is not Same, he is the leader of the kings, and he almost became the emperor. But this leader of the kings also betrayed the Xu family and wanted to overthrow the Xu family. "

"It's different." Shangguan Wan shook his head and said, "My master's original intention to overthrow the Xu family was for him to rule the world. No matter how close the same clan is, it can't be closer than me. In essence, my master has gone one step further. But my sister is different. My sister has reached a high position in the Xu family. Among the women, she is second only to the Queen Mother Xie Zhi. Even if Mr. Qingping succeeds, he may not be able to give my sister more than now. So what does my sister want? "

The eldest princess Xuanzhen can easily move between the royal family and the four ministers. Naturally, she is not an ordinary person. She said slowly: "Life is not a hundred years, and we always worry about a thousand years. People can't just look at the present, but also look far away. I do this precisely for the Xu family. "

Shangguan Wan didn't speak.

Grand Princess Xuanzhen continued, "With the world in this state, how many years can the court last? Mr. Qingping just accelerated the process. Even without Mr. Qingping, the court would not have returned to its revival. Sister should know that many diseases have no symptoms, but once there are symptoms, it is already terminally ill and there is no cure. The Great Wei is like a patient. Many symptoms have begun to appear. They don't seem to be fatal, but in fact they are incurable. It is said that whitewashing is like a woman applying rouge and powder to cover up her old age. When the rouge and powder can't cover the wrinkles at the corners of the eyes, it means that she is really old. Whitewashing is the same. If you can't even pretend that it is peaceful, then it is really not peaceful." Grand Princess Xuanzhen paused and said, "I said so much, but in the final analysis, there is only one point. The Great Wei is already beyond recovery and is just trying to maintain it. Mr. Qingping accelerated the restoration of the Great Wei. To speed up the process of the extinction of the Xu family, I accelerated Mr. Qingping's actions. And I did so much, just hoping that when the future reckoning comes, the children of the Xu family can still leave some incense, so as not to be doomed forever. "Speaking of this, Princess Xuanzhen showed a sad look on her face, "Besides that, it's my own private thoughts. In the past dynasties, when the dynasty collapsed, the royal family was slaughtered, and even if the women of the royal family were lucky enough to survive, they would become playthings of others, which was really worse than death. When the Golden Horde destroyed the Great Jin, the princesses, the queen mothers, the queens, and the golden branches and jade leaves were abducted and became slaves and prostitutes, with no clothes to cover their bodies. I often wonder, if the Great Wei also reaches that day, what will be the end of me, the eldest princess? How good will it be? Now I am also a meritorious minister, and I will not end up like this. "Shangguan Wan sighed, "So that's it. "