Xue Bai still felt that the original world was comfortable. This was what he had worked hard for more than ten years to discover. And he also knew that he would never be able to develop the Tang Dynasty to that point in his lifetime.

"All in all, I became me, Xue Bai, not to vent my anger or get angry. But I need it, I like it, and I feel comfortable. Li Qian's identity is like a gorgeous but too small dress.

My armpit hurts."

Li Bi said: "Your Majesty is too greedy. How can you want both merit and freedom?"

While they were talking, footsteps sounded downstairs, and the two of them fell silent.

After a while, the store served the food.

"Eat."

Xue Bai picked up a crab and wanted to hand it to Li Mi, but he waved his hand and refused.

He then smiled and said, "There are many new things, so just accept them slowly."

But he didn't force it and just peeled the crabs and ate them by himself.

"By the way, the issue we just talked about is the same for you and me."

Li Bi said: "I and your Majesty are two different kinds of people."

"I would like to ask you to see that if you achieve a hundred years of work, your achievements will spread across the five lakes." Xue Bai said, "Don't you want both achievements and freedom? You want the five lakes, and I only want my name. You are greedier than me."

Li Mi was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said, "I only hope for a hundred years, but you hope for a thousand years. Aren't you too greedy?"

~~

In the evening, Xue Bai returned to Daming Palace.

He passed the Taiye Pond and walked around to the Sanqing Hall behind the palace garden.

The setting sun was shining on the flower trees, and he saw Li Tengkong standing under the tree.

They had made an appointment before, and Xue Baisu was here today.

"I'm late? I went out of the palace to have dinner with Li Bi."

"It's not too late, I just want to go out for a walk early." Li Tengkong said: "You are so comfortable, you can leave the palace whenever you want."

"You can leave the palace anytime you want."

"How did you know that I and Li Jizi went out to watch an opera yesterday?" Li Tengkong smiled and said, "We are probably the most unruly emperors and concubines."

Xue Bai said: "I may be the most unruly emperor, but there are many more unruly emperors than you."

"You're not serious, so don't talk nonsense."

Li Tengkong lightly punched Xue Bai, and he hugged him in his arms.

"You smell so good." He asked, "Have you changed the incense?"

"Because I was waiting for you under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree, and I was covered in sweet-scented osmanthus flowers."

"Been waiting for a long time?"

"Soon, there happened to be a gust of wind blowing."

Li Tengkong still has this quiet and artistic temperament, but he is actually a mother and has raised a daughter with Xue Bai.

Recently, every time Xue Bai walked to the corridor of Sanqing Hall and heard laughter coming from the distance, he couldn't help but mention one thing.

"Seventeenth Mother, let's make up for our status."

"don't want."

"The bento is for the child, otherwise others will not know her biological mother."

"How do you want others to know?" Li Tengkong refused firmly. She held Xue Bai's hand, sat in a deserted place, and said: "I have also considered this matter, and thought that maybe we should be on good terms with you from now on, but in the end

I don’t think it’s important anymore.”

Xue Bai said: "If you are worried about causing trouble again, you can rest assured."

"You said you are Xue Bai, but many people still don't believe it. If I want to get this name, I will inevitably be whispered that I am the same clan as you. I can not care about other people's comments, but after all, I am... uncomfortable."

Li Tengkong said, smiled calmly, and added: "I am a person of pure cultivation, and the last thing I want is to be disturbed by these mundane things."

Xue Bai was silent when he heard this. He told Li Mi today that he restored Xue Bai's identity for the sake of his freedom, so how could he harm Li Tengkong's freedom?

"You and I have been together forever, and the title of a concubine is not worthy for me."

"All right."

Xue Bai had no choice but to rely on Li Tengkong.

The topic between the two of them also shifted away from these trivial matters, and talked about many things that were more interesting to each other, such as the changes in their children and the changes in Chang'an City.

Before the sun completely set, Li Tengkong raised his head and looked at the distant sky, his eyes filled with longing.

"Do you know why I want to become a Taoist priest?"

"Because you couldn't marry me at that time, were you unhappy with your family?"

"No way." Li Tengkong scolded Xue Bai and said, "I have thought about traveling around the world since I was a child and visiting all the famous mountains and rivers in the world. I never thought about being a concubine in this deep palace. If I hadn't

For you, I..."

She stopped talking, feeling that any further words seemed like complaints.

But she actually just wanted to show that she really didn't need that status.

During this period of time, she had watched Xue Bai bear tremendous pressure to restore that name. She felt it was hard and hoped that he would look away.

"Today I remembered Li Mi's poem. Please take a look at what happened over a hundred years, and the boat will sail across the five lakes." Xue Bai said, "Find an opportunity for you and me to visit the famous mountains and rivers in the world."

"You don't have to take it personally."

"No." Xue Bai smiled and said, "It's just... I want to do what Li Mi can't do."

"Um?"

"I plan to let him work in the court until he grows old. As for the affairs of the five lakes, we will do it."

Li Tengkong was amused by him.

Taking advantage of the good atmosphere today, she took Xue Bai's hand and asked in a low voice: "Can you promise me something?"

"What?"

"Whether you want to be Xue Bai or Li Qian, no one can stop you, and the courtiers have all accepted it..."

"They didn't accept it, they just used vague words to fool them. They were generally trying to protect Li Tang's face, but in essence they still didn't admit that I had usurped the throne."

"As long as you live calmly, why care about whether they admit it or not." Li Tengkong asked: "Can you promise me not to change the name of the country or abolish the ancestral temple?"

Xue Bai said nothing.

Over the past six months, this matter has been mentioned more than once, but he has never given a clear statement, neither saying yes nor saying bad.

As far as he is concerned, as long as he doesn't speak, some people will have to continue to be cautious about their karma.

He knew very well that the court could not remain peaceful like this.

~~

The moon shines on the sycamore tree.

There was beautiful singing singing in a large house in Chang'an City.

Du Jin walked through the path and stopped in front of the singing platform.

"Madam, Du Erniang is here."

Ahead, a woman who was watching a song and dance turned around.

This woman had her hair combed with clouds on her temples, and she wore a golden walking stick on her temples. But when she turned her head, the golden walking stick was just slightly swaying with rhythm, not messy at all.

What's even more rare is that her movements are not deliberate at all, they are extremely natural and even a little lively.

When Du Jin saw her, he couldn't help but froze for a moment, feeling suffocated by her beauty.

She is also a great beauty herself. When she met Xue Yaoying this year, she was envious of Xue Yaoying's youth. But the woman in front of her was several years older than her and she still didn't change her sense of beauty.

Even because of the charm of time, the beauty is even more vivid, completely surpassing Xue Yaoying.

Compared with this woman, Xue Yaoying's youth seemed a bit dull and dry.

Because this woman is Yang Yuhuan.

"Are you here?" Yang Yuhuan smiled with a charming voice, which added to the brilliance.

"Yes, the Yang family's wife has not changed at all... No, she does look younger."

Du Jin had long known that Xue Bai was hiding Yang Yuhuan, but she always pretended not to know. The reason why she came to visit today was because she had something important to talk to Yang Yuhuan.

"I'm getting old too." Yang Yuhuan said with a smile, "It's just that I have fewer things to worry about, and I still have the same temperament as when I was in the boudoir."

She was putting on a new play today and was not angry when Du Jin interrupted her. She arranged a tea break and the two sat down to talk.

"Du Erniang is so talented that she was able to find her here."

"Your Majesty leaves the expenses of this house to my brother. Even if I can't find him, it's not hard for me to find him." Du Jin said, "It would be rude of me not to come visit him all these years."
To be continued...