During the Shangyuan Festival, Yang Shenjin's case happened, and Lu Xuan, the imperial censor, bit Xue Bai. Concubine Yang demoted him from the seventh rank to the ninth rank of palace supervisor with a "cheating in front of the emperor".

Now half a year has passed, and the Ghost Festival is approaching. The sage will visit the Zongsheng Palace in person. Lu Xuan goes to the palace in advance to make arrangements and gets Pei Mian's instructions.

"You were demoted because of Xue Bai. If you want to reinstate him, you must get rid of him. This time Princess Yuzhen took Xue Bai to the tower to watch, and moved Princess Tangchang to arrange for them to meet. You must expose this matter and let the saints hear about it.

"

"Why?"

"The saint never likes others to interact with Princess Tang Chang, let alone Xue Pingzhao?"

After arriving at Zongsheng Palace, Lu Xuan arranged for people to keep an eye on Princess Tang Chang. On this day, Princess Yuzhen sent someone to take Princess Tang Chang to the main hall to discuss the marriage ceremony, which took her out of his sight, and he knew something was wrong.

When he learned that there was a man among the disciples brought by Princess Yuzhen, Lu Xuan was sure that it was Xue Bai who had come to meet him, and immediately brought people to find out.

All the way to Ziyun Temple, I saw an old female crown guarding the side courtyard.

"Get in!"

Lu Xuan did not hesitate, led his men to break in, and banged open the bolted courtyard door.

Passing through the deserted courtyard, I saw Xue Bai pulling a female crown into the small hall.

"Xue Bai, what are you doing here?"

Lu Xuan approached directly and at the same time asked his men to invite the clan relatives and Taoist priests in Zongsheng Palace to come over.

Previously, Princess Xianyi identified Xue Bai as the son of a traitor, but no one believed it. Today, it was confirmed. Since Xue Bai dared to secretly meet Princess Tang Chang, he could live with their mother and son for a long time in the future.

"Why are you hiding?" Lu Xuan sneered: "Could it be that you teased the little Kun Dao of Ziyun Temple..."

Before he finished speaking, he was suddenly startled.

Xue Bai was indeed in the palace, and indeed he was holding a little crown in his hand. She was not Princess Tang Chang, but a beautiful little crown in her twenties and eighties.

"you?"

"Lu Yushi." Xue Bai said: "You are always in trouble with me because you have a personal grudge against me, right?"

"Find quickly."

Lu Xuan was shocked and ordered people to search the side courtyard.

At this time, several old Taoists came together, Wang Bing was among them, and they arrived before they arrived.

"Master Lu, why are you making such a fuss?"

"I have met the real Qixuan."

Lu Xuan saluted, and when he looked back, he saw an immortal Taoist standing next to Qi Xuanzi Wang Bing. He hurriedly exclaimed: "I have seen the real Xuan Jing!"

The old Taoist priests ignored them, and their eyes fell on Xue Bai and Li Tengkong.

"Tiankongzi, what happened?" Wang Bing asked.

Li Tengkong was a little surprised when he was surrounded by so many people. He lowered his head and said: "They... suddenly broke in..."

"Are we barging in?" Lu Xuan felt that this little girl was being unreasonable, and said anxiously: "You guys are flirting with each other in Kundao Palace, and I am the supervisor of the palace. If I barge in, I shouldn't be the one?"

Suddenly, someone pulled him and whispered something in a low voice.

"Master Lu, that is the daughter of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion."

Lu Xuan was startled and seemed to have lost his voice. He looked back and forth at Xue Bai and Li Tengkong. He quickly leaned over and apologized: "It's the lower official who shouldn't have done it. It's the lower official who was too reckless."

"..."

Xue Bai didn't even look at Lu Xuan, his eyes fell on the old Taoist priests, knowing that these people had unusual identities and were arranged by Li Cong to come to the rescue.

He could intuitively feel what Li Cong wanted to express.

The eldest son of the emperor is eager to win over him and show his strength.

But in Xue Bai's eyes, this is not strength, this is just favor.

Princess Yuzhen, Master Qixuan, and Master Xuanjing can help out of favor, but they absolutely cannot help Li Cong seek the throne.

This point must be made clear.

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In a few days, it has arrived at the beginning of July.

The Yang Qi is gradually declining, but the weather is still a bit hot, and there is still heat after the beginning of autumn.

On the official road from Chang'an City to Zhongnan Mountain, there was an endless stream of carriages and horses. The imperial cavalry came back and drove back to let pedestrians get out of the way.

In the middle of the procession, neatly guarded by the Longwu Army on the left and right, the sound of silk and bamboo was playing continuously under the yellow umbrella, and the music was flying, making the whole trip feel like a banquet and dance.

The carriages and horses of King Qing Li Cong were in the middle and rear of the team. Compared with the luxurious carriages of the Yang family in front, they looked very simple.

In the carriage, an eleven-year-old boy was lying by the window, looking greedily at the scenery outside, feeling that everything was so novel.

"Grandpa, what is that?"

"That's the old scalper, pulling the cart."

"Qiu'er really wants to take a closer look, hey, what is that?"

"That's the persimmon forest. Have you ever eaten fire crystal persimmons?"

"Grandpa, it's because I've said it, and the fire crystal persimmon is used for saying it."

Li Cong couldn't help but laugh, very cheerfully.

Along the way, Li Qiu had to ask questions about everything he encountered. Faced with these problems, Li Cong was extremely patient.

At this time, both father and son were wearing Taoist robes. Li Qiu suddenly lowered his head, touched his sleeves, and muttered.

"Grandpa, it's great to be a Taoist priest."

"Why did Qiu'er say that?"

"You can leave the Ten Kings' Residence and go anywhere."

Li Cong felt inexplicably sad, and patted his son on the shoulder. The joy in his eyes gradually faded away, and he looked more solemnly, staring blankly at the Zhongnan Mountain in the distance, which was as beautiful as a picture scroll.

Gradually, the car drove into Zhongnan Mountain.

Princess Dou of Qing glanced at Li Qiu and whispered: "Are you asleep?"

"Shh."

Li Cong leaned over, picked up Li Qiu, and got off the carriage.

"Prince Qing, come here, old slave?"

"Need not."

Li Cong shook his head, stepped onto the stone steps, and walked towards the magnificent mountain gate at the top.

The mountain wind blew his robes, and if you only looked at his back without seeing the scars all over his face, you would actually see a father with a tall figure.

But in fact, Li Cong did not have a biological son.

He married the Dou family when he was young, and had a wife, two children and ten concubines, but he never had any children. At that time, others only said that he lost the position of crown prince because of the scar on his face. In fact, it is difficult to say that having no children is another problem.

important reason.

Until ten years ago, after the deposed prince Li Ying died, his four sons were adopted into his lap.

He has always regarded his four sons as his own and has almost no partiality. But if he has to say which one he loves the most, it is Li Qiu.

At the beginning of the adoption, Li Yan and Li Shen were already at a sensible age; Li Qiu was one year old and Li Bei was born not long ago. They regarded him as their father and were naturally close to him from the moment they could remember. Among them, Li Qiu was the direct descendant of Li Ying and Concubine Xue.

His temperament is more affectionate; Li Bei was born into a palace, and his temperament is a bit dull and taciturn.

It was extremely rare to be able to escape from imprisonment this time, and his four sons were eager to accompany him out of Chang'an City. Li Cong was in a dilemma for a long time, and finally chose Li Qiu.

Step by step, he entered the Zongsheng Palace and arrived at the annex where he was staying. Li Cong was slightly out of breath. When he looked around, he saw that the imperial guards were already patrolling in formation... Everywhere he went, he felt like he was in the Ten Kings' Residence.

A Taoist came over and saluted: "I have met King Qing. Wei Jingzhao, a poor Taoist named Huai Baozi, is a disciple of Master Xuan Jing."

"Thank you, Master Lao." Li Cong said softly.

Wei Jingzhao quickly led them to settle down and left the house, sighing in a low voice: "King Qing is kind and treats the young man so well."

There was a slight smile in Li Cong's eyes.

In recent years, no one has raised the question of whether he and his sons are biological children. In fact, he doesn't care anymore. They are all descendants of the Li family in terms of blood. The important thing is that he has raised them little by little in the past ten years.

He is their biological father.

They are no longer Li Ying's sons, but Li Cong's sons.

"A small incident happened a few days ago."

After chatting for a while, Wei Jingzhao mentioned it as if accidentally.

"The daughter of the Right Prime Minister and Xue Bai, who was famous in Chang'an, had a tryst at Ziyun Temple, but they were caught by the palace supervisor..."

Li Cong listened and knew that Fourth Sister had successfully contacted Xue Bai.

He also knew that Princess Yuzhen, Master Xuanjing and others were just helping out of favor, and they never thought that he would also compete for the heirloom. Because they pitied him and looked down upon him.
To be continued...