Yanyue Hall.

Li Linfu put his hands behind his hands and looked at Xiaoxue outside the window, and said, "I heard that Xue Bai has been in contact with Li Mi, Yuan Zai, and even Wang Zhongsi recently?"

He was obviously not happy, and worried that Xue Bai wanted to interfere with him in seizing the Jiedushi of the four towns.

Starting from the Wei Jian case during the Shangyuan Festival in the fifth year of Tianbao, he finally launched a decisive attack on the East Palace, and his troops were directed at Wang Zhongsi, the main force of the East Palace.

Different from the trivial matters in the past, this kind of military and state affairs cannot be interfered with by national relatives or jesters. The saint and his prime minister have decided that they will not tolerate any nonsense. The most Xue Bai can do is to provide advice to Wang Zhongsi.

Li Linfu felt that there was no need to worry about this, but he couldn't help but worry about it.

At this moment, a slave came forward and reported: "Alang, the news has arrived. Xue Bai has gone to Xingqing Palace with Mrs. Guo Guo to pay an audience."

"really."

Li Linfu's eyes flashed with anger, and he was annoyed that Xue Bai had not kept his promise, so he ordered: "Hurry to the palace gate to deliver the news. It turns out that I have urgent state affairs and want to see the saint."

Xingqing Palace was not far away, and this time it was an impromptu decision. Li Linfu hurried to the palace gate without waiting for Jinwu Weijing Street.

Fortunately, no assassins were encountered.

Today Li Longji is playing cards in the Qinzhengwu Building, and his poker partners are the Yang sisters and Xue Bai.

"Sage, your right minister has arrived."

Li Linfu was led by his chamberlain and walked into the palace. He heard Xue Baizhen talking about Shibao City.

"It's the maid next to me. Her ancestral home is Anding County. She once saw a giant stone cannon and told me how to use this counterweight to throw stones. What I hope is to capture Shibao City and take credit for her, in addition to her humble status.

"

"Rebellious crime and low status?"

"Yes, she is a member of Huangfu Deyi's clan, and her grandfather is Huangfu Xi. He was convicted in the 25th year of Kaiyuan."

Li Linfu stopped and looked up. Xue Bai, who was sitting on the card table, was casually pushing out a card. He looked calm and relaxed, as if he didn't realize that the people related to the three commoners case should not be mentioned in front of a saint.

Sure enough, when the saint touched the card, his face was already a little unhappy.

Xue Bai continued: "When Mr. Du Youlin was young, he was taught by Mr. Zhang Jiuling. He happened to buy a slave of a convicted official in his family, and he happened to take me in. Therefore, there are always people accusing me of being Xue Xi's son..."

"That's enough." Yang Yuhuan suddenly shouted, "If you don't know what to say, just shut up."

It was rare for her to teach others with such a frosty face. It was obviously because Xue Bai didn't know how to behave.

"What a fool."

Li Longji didn't look at the cards, and once again showed off his skill of drawing cards. He put down the cards in his hand, and it turned out to be a mistake.

He then waved his hand lightly and said: "There is no need to teach this child a lesson for a small matter. Xue Bai, why do you want to redeem this maid?"

It would be fine if this was done out of selfish motives, but it would be a heinous crime if he wanted to ease the case of three common people.

Xue Bai said frankly: "She wants to give me a child. I can't bear to let her child live under the name of a big woman in the future, so I want to take her as my concubine."

Li Longji finally laughed, first smiling slightly, and finally bursting into laughter.

"Since you have accomplished great feats, you can just allow a humble servant girl to redeem her status. But you, a brat, want to take concubines and have children before you get married. Let's see which lady is willing to marry you?"

"Thank you, Saint, for your concern." Xue Bai's voice became softer and he was a little embarrassed, and said: "But there is a daughter from a good family who is willing to make a lifelong commitment to me..."

Li Linfu lost no time in stepping forward to salute and stood behind Xue Bai.

At this time, a new round of poker had just begun. Li Longji smiled and asked: "What are the urgent state affairs of the right minister?"

"I heard that Wang Zhongsi returned to Chang'an the day before yesterday. May I ask if the saint personally summoned him?"

"Did Juro miss me?" Li Longji smiled and said, "It's such a small thing that I went to the palace specially."

When Li Linfu saw the saint telling a joke, he quickly apologized, his smile was sweeter than honey.

Xue Bai said: "Sage, the right prime minister may want to see me, so as soon as I entered the palace with my front foot, he followed with his rear foot."

"What kind of trouble did you cause?"

"There are always people who ask me for help in speaking up in front of the emperor, but I refuse." Xue Bai said bluntly, "I am not a jester or a minister. I am determined to become an official in the imperial examination in the spring. How can I run around like this? But the right minister

Maybe you don’t trust me?”

Li Longji laughed and asked, "What did Shiro say?"

"Xue Lang is a good talker." Li Linfu said, "Before the old minister said a word, he had already made up a story."

"Speaking of stories, I will finish writing the monkey story soon and send it to the saint for review?"

"What story will you write next?" Li Longji said with a smile: "As soon as winter is over, spring will come, and I will have to see your writing."

Xue Bai said honestly: "We are already preparing. This time the scroll will definitely satisfy the saint."

"Haha, if you dare to boast, your reputation will be ruined."

"We must go all out..."

Li Linfu stood there listening and realized that he was a little too nervous.

Xue Bai was just busy with his own future and had no intention of interfering in important military and state affairs. It was impossible for a saint to listen to him. If a rude person spoke to Wang Zhongsi, he would be stretching his hand too far and not knowing how to measure it.

The card game was finally disrupted by Li Linfu. After playing for another half an hour, Li Longji dismissed everyone else, leaving only Li Linfu to discuss the selection of the governor of the border town.

This is a major matter, and the saint only discusses it with the prime minister.

~~

The snowflakes in the sky are getting bigger.

Xue Bai left Xingqing Palace and drove his horse for a while. Yang Yuyao opened the curtain and said, "You can come in."

"Third sister, have you noticed? Someone has been staring at me lately."

"What does that have to do with it? You and I are siblings, so what's wrong with riding in the same car?" Yang Yuyao said, "Look at you, you're covered in snowflakes."

Xue Bai then reined in his horse and said seriously: "Since the third sister said we are brother and sister today, don't change your story again."

"Yes." Yang Yuyao nodded, pulled him into the car, and whispered: "If you don't change your words, you won't change your words. Then you can call me sister."

"It's a little too much."

…

Qing Lan knew that Xue Bai would stay for two or three days every time he entered the palace, playing cards with the saint all night long. Every time, he would count the time to heat up the fire and wait for his return.

Finally, the door creaked open.

"Mr. Lang is back? Are you sleepy? Do you want to sleep for a while?"

"I came back after waking up." Xue Bai was in high spirits, his hair was neatly combed, and he still had a faint fragrance. He stepped forward and took Qing Lan's hand, "Let's go, we have to go to the East City Department, the Young Mansion

Supervisor, we have to go to Jingzhao Mansion."

"Ah, is it really done?"

"It's done. By the way, this is for you."

Qing Lan looked around and saw Xue Bai handing over a box. When she opened it, she saw that it was full of jewelry.

"This... Lang Jun, this is too precious... I..."

"Take it, don't you want to be my concubine? That's considered acceptance. Well, besides, Mrs. Guo Guo gave it to you."

When it was mentioned that he would accept it, Qinglan accepted it shyly, and then became confused for a moment.

"Mr. Lang, why did Mrs. Guo give me such an expensive gift?"

"You also know, she is mine..." Xue Bai replied, with memories in his eyes, "She is my sworn sister."

~~

"Snapped."

With a soft sound, Xue Bai took the document from Jingzhao Household Cao's hand, looked at it, and smiled.

"It's really Huangfu'e now, let's go."

"oh."

A soft catkin held Xue Bai's hand. Qinglan was a little uneasy, as if she was afraid of being lost by Xue Bai and wanted to lead him away.

"After regaining your identity, what do you want to do next?" Xue Bai asked: "Where is your original house? Let's go take a look?"

"The Anrenfang area has changed a lot. Huangfu's residence has been demolished long ago."

"It's okay, go take a look and celebrate your progress."

Qinglan was not used to too many changes, and she was afraid of the feeling of having everything become its own, and she felt more and more at a loss.

Suddenly, she raised her head, sniffed, and asked, "Mr. Lang, can I do whatever I want?"

Xue Bai looked at the sky and said: "Today's words..."

"Can we go have mutton noodle soup? To celebrate, can we have a bowl of mutton noodle soup like when we came out of the vat?"

"good."

Xue Bai lowered his head and looked into her eyes, and was suddenly touched. He took her and walked eastward.
To be continued...