The Legacy of the First Auxiliary House of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 119

After Fang Yiai returned to the mansion, he knew that the prince had sent someone to look for him, but he really didn't have the heart to go to the East Palace right now.

What's more, right now, everyone is staring at him.

Fang Yiai had figured out that it would be good if the emperor didn't ask him to settle the score. Where there is a reward, he thought about it for a while, and knew that the prince might be worried about him.

Send someone to deliver a letter to His Royal Highness, and Fang Yiai will stay behind closed doors in the mansion and concentrate on serving her father.

Fang Xuanling is really not well.

It may be that as soon as the spirit is relaxed, the body that can still listen suddenly collapses.

After returning to his home in Chang'an City, Fang Xuanling's body was extremely deteriorating. Seeing the appearance of exhaustion, the rapid development of the disease was beyond the expectation of the imperial physicians.

When Fang Xuanling was sober, he comforted his family and was very open-minded. One day, the imperial physician had already persuaded Fang's family not to give Fang Xiangye medicine, and everyone cried.

Lu Shi couldn't stand it anymore, tears were streaming down her cheeks, but she didn't dare to go into the house to see Fang Xuanling, fearing that her tears would hurt her husband's heart.

In this life, Lu really loved Fang Xuanling. Fortunately, Fang Xuanling did not let her down, and did not take concubines like other people to hinder her eyes.

"It's said that you, Aye, are afraid of internal affairs. They are all wrong. You, Aye, are the kindest person and love your family the most... Who is he afraid of? Which barbarian he was afraid of in the battlefield—why is he afraid of me, a woman?" Lu Wiping her tears, she talked about all kinds of good things about her husband, and kept talking about small and trivial things in her mouth. She didn't know whether to say it to support herself or to the children in front of her.

It's just that the more she said, the more she choked up; the more she said, her heart became a ball.

Everyone didn't know how to comfort A Niang, but Fang Yiai saw that Lu Shi was out of breath, and hurriedly stepped forward to push her internal strength, which didn't make Lu Shi suffer from palpitations and sudden death.

"Aniang, take care of yourself, Aye is already like this...Aniang..."

The eldest son of the family, Fang Yizhi, comforted Lu Shi not to mention it, but said that the emperor who was in the deep palace heard that Fang Xuanling might live for two days, and couldn't help shouting: "It's so sad! It hurts!"

He didn't care about the big and small matters dealt with by the court in front of the crown prince, so he hurriedly got up and drove to Fangfu.

When the emperor arrived, Fang's family could only spare time for the monarch and his ministers to meet each other in person. This meeting lasted for two hours.

It was still Fang Xuanling who couldn't stand it anymore, Li Shimin reluctantly held Xuanling's hand and watched him fall asleep.

Within two hours, the prince followed and sat down in Fangfu.

The person in charge of entertaining His Royal Highness was naturally Yiai himself, an official of the East Palace, and everyone else was resting outside Fang Xuanling's house, waiting for the saint's will and possible summons at any time.

When Li Chengqian saw Fang Yiai, he suddenly felt that the person in front of him was unfamiliar, and the silence was heartbreaking.

His Royal Highness frowned, he thought that Du He's death would make Fang Yi's heart ache, but he didn't expect Fang Yi's change to be so great this time, beyond his expectation.

Regarding Du He's death, the Crown Prince only found out about it later, and it was the people under the Crown Prince and Fang Yi'ai who wrote to him later.

The emperor didn't mention it, and even kept it from him.

Li Chengqian didn't know what it was like in his heart, but the Emperor Dongzheng unexpectedly returned halfway, someone must have been slandering, of course, there may be too many people loyal to the small court of the East Palace, making the emperor worry that he will have another Xuanwumen change .

Thinking of this, Li Chengqian felt a little sarcasm in his heart. This is considered to be a crooked upper beam. Are you worried that the lower beam is crooked?

Don't say that the time is not ripe, he doesn't have the intention of usurping the throne and treason, even if he does, this time he will definitely succeed in one blow.

He just... had no choice but to let Li Shimin face him upright, so he had no choice but to pass the throne to him, the eldest prince, under the eyes of all people.

It's just a matter of thoughts, Li Chengqian now has patience and means, but every time he faces his good father's superficial "I trust you" but he is full of doubts behind it, he feels very tired.

After all, Li Chengqian's heart has not completely cooled down. He has resentment towards Li Shimin's father, but he also has respect and love.

Li Chengqian did not dare to deny this point, Li Shimin loved him, but this love was measured... In fact, he did too.

Li Chengqian couldn't help but sneered, he took Fang Yi'ai's hand to avoid other people, and found a place to be alone.

If it was before, Fang Yiai would have paid attention to whether he was too unreserved in holding hands with the prince, which exposed the ambiguous relationship between the two of them, which was not good for him.

This kind of estimation is not superfluous, but Fang Yiai didn't care, his mind was not here at this time.

It's just that he couldn't ignore the scorching gaze of the prince. This was the first time the two met face to face after he returned to Beijing.

For a moment Li Chengqian had a lot to say to Fang Yiai, or wanted to ask him something, but looking up at the lifeless Fang Yiai, Li Chengqian was worried and didn't know how to speak.

Seeing the prince's support, Fang Yiai suddenly smiled, "Why, Your Highness doesn't know me anymore?"

"Yi love you—" Li Chengqian frowned and wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Fang Yiai.

Fang Yiai smiled, looked at His Highness the Crown Prince in front of him, his expression softened, and said: "It's nothing, I'm fine, I'm still alive."

Speaking of this, Li Chengqian was even more worried, and as expected, he heard Fang Yiai mention Du He, and he did not shy away from this "wound", "But Du He, he died."

Fang Yiai seemed to be understating it, and speaking in a normal tone, but it was this that made Li Chengqian see that he hated him very much.

I'm afraid I've gone mad.

This made Li Chengqian worried.

"His Royal Highness, don't worry about me. I still want to live well, live well... I want to avenge Little Lotus." Du He laughed.

"Whoever hurts Du He, I will make him die without a place to bury him..."

After a while, he spoke again.

Then, Fang Yiai looked up at His Royal Highness, the meaning in her eyes was obvious.

Li Chengqian knew that Fang Yiai was expressing his opinion. He definitely wanted Wei Wang Li Tai and the others to die. Not only did he not want to bypass them, but he also wanted to make them die in pain.

Even if the prince rebels, the emperor will not sentence them to a painful punishment such as beheading. After all, they are of the royal blood...

But what Fang Yiai said in front of him was to force Li Chengqian to express his position, and to express his position, he would definitely not let King Wei and his party go.

Li Chengqian silently looked at Fang Yiai, the two looked at each other, Fang Yiai's lips were parted, smiling, but she said what Li Chengqian had been looking forward to before.

"Your Highness, don't worry that I won't get on your boat this time... Even if it's a broken boat, don't let me get off." At the end of the speech, he seemed to have turned back into that dishonest Fang Erlang again.

However, Li Chengqian knew that Fang Yiai was different.

He didn't know whether it was good or bad, but when he saw Fang Yiai at this moment, his heart broke down, and he couldn't help but hugged him gently, but his arms hugged him gently.

This time Fang Yiai didn't struggle, but unexpectedly docile and obedient.

He was surprisingly weak.

I agreed not to cry, but I don’t know why I feel sore and sore in my heart, as if the heart that was wronged and pretending to be cold and strong, suddenly turned back to the once weak and weak Fang Erlang, and turned back to that one. Walking around with Du He, the idle, confused Chang'an dude...

He is still him, but after so many experiences, Fang Yiai is no longer the original Fang Yiai.

The shock that Du He's death brought to him this time was far more than the changes made to him by those ghosts who failed to snatch his body. It was a different kind of change.

Now that she has a lot of abilities, Fang Yiai no longer wants to avoid history and avoid disasters... she just wants to muddle along and spend her life as a playboy.

He will also help Du He fulfill his wish.

It's a pity that Du He didn't have a child. Even if he wanted to take care of Princess Chengyang, the emperor would not give him a chance. Princess Chengyang would definitely be relegated to others just like history.

The clothes on Li Chengqian's body were covered with fine ambergris, and Fang Yiai's hair was somewhat stained by the smell of the incense. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince patted him comfortingly, and stroked the back of his neck along the hair.

...It seems like a long time in a trance, thinking too much—the corner of Fang Yiai's mouth moved, and his sad feelings suddenly disappeared after being "touched" by His Highness the Crown Prince.

Fang Yiai sighed faintly.

Li Chengqian couldn't help asking: "What's wrong?"

Fang Yiai was not very embarrassed to face him, with an awkward expression, pretending to bow her hands deeply, turned around to hide, and went to guard the door of her father's room with her brothers and sisters.

Li Chengqian stood where he was, looking at the back of Fang Yiai who had just run away, the corners of his lips could not help but rise.

He stroked the wrinkles on his body because of Fang Yiai's leaning over, his eyebrows and eyes moved, but then he thought of Du He, and Fang Xiang who was seriously ill, and the sternness in Li Chengqian's eyes flashed.

There is nothing reluctant to do this between brothers.

Li Chengqian's feelings for Du He were also unusual, he learned and deduced more things from his memory than Fang Yiai imagined, and what's more, his former Yiai didn't have much fortification against him, it was just hard-spoken and soft-hearted.

Fang Yiai has never escaped from his grasp, and she will not let him escape in the future—since he has identified this person.

Li Chengqian thought coldly: If you get his hands, don't even think about slipping away!

Not to mention His Highness the crown prince's thoughts, but to say that the sage took the crown prince away, and after the Fang family sent him off, Fang Xuanling drank ginseng soup and became more energetic.

One by one the children called over and had a sincere talk alone.

Everyone came out with swollen eye circles, after the youngest child came out, it was Fang Yiai's turn at last.

Fang Yiai entered the room and knelt beside Fang Xuanling's bed, allowing Fang Xuanling to caress the top of her head, and felt the love and affection of her father when she was a child.

The eyes were sore unconsciously, Fang Yiai blinked, trying to "absorb" the excess water in the eye sockets——

"This is you... Erlang, I thought you had changed your soul before?" Fang Xuanling sighed with a smile.

Fang Yiai immediately put on a blank face, Fang Xuanling disapproved, and shook his head slightly, he could not sit half-sitting before, he had been lying down, but now he suddenly spoke and called Fang Yiai.

"You help me up—"

"Aye?"

"I feel okay... I have something to tell you." Fang Xuanling's complexion turned ruddy, and she insisted on sitting up.

Fang Xuanling was thinking about returning to the past, but he didn't want to disobey his father's wishes in the last time, so he raised the pillow for him, and supported Fang Xuanling to lean back and sit halfway.

Fang Xuanling talked to Fang Yiai about the situation in the DPRK and China, the power of the characters, and some of the Fang family's overt and secret connections...

"Although we say that our Fang family is loyal to His Majesty, we have to measure for the family... After all, I was selfish and failed His Majesty." Fang Xuanling sighed.

Fang Yiai let out a low snort, and had a momentary impulse to tell her old father about the matter. The people in their old Li family never missed their old love—at most they just cried and complained.

The seemingly most benevolent King Jin, the future Emperor Gaozong, was no exception.

As for Li Chengqian... Fang Yiai decided to ignore this person.

When he thought about him, his heart was in a mess.

There is no time to organize my mind at this time.

Although Fang Yiai wanted to tell his father the truth about the tragic situation of the Fang family in the future, he could not help swallowing the impulse when he saw the loving face of Fang Xuanling looking back and looking forward to and worrying about his children and grandchildren.

Fang Xuanling only thought of Fang Yiai and had resentment towards the emperor Li Shimin. After all, the dead Du He was his best friend, just like his friendship with Du Ruhui.

However, friendship belongs to friendship, and the power of heaven is mighty. Could it be possible that Yiai can take revenge on a saint—His Royal Highness King Wei is a prince after all...

Fang Xuanling took Fang Yiai's hand to comfort her, determined not to let him get involved in the matter of seizing the heir.

But in the end, Fang Xuanling also saw that Fang Yiai was determined to be at odds with King Wei.

"That's all! That's all!" Fang Xuanling shook his head and sighed, "The king of Wei is by no means the image of a master... I have figured out some things these days."

Fang Xuanling lowered his voice, "If the East Palace cannot be preserved, and if Erlang cannot be preserved, it is better to ask King Jin...His Royal Highness King Jin is a kind man."

Fang Yiai can't say Aye, you read it wrong!You are all wrong!

He is an emperor, if he says he is not merciful, he is not merciful!

He opened his mouth, and decided not to hit his father, the prime minister, who was blind.

At this moment, Fang Xuanling's complexion became even more ruddy. Today, after seeing the saint for two hours and seeing his children, Fang Xuanling already felt that the time limit had come.

He asked Fang Yiai to go out to call people, and the whole family was in front of his bed, and he told him that after his death, the brothers separated. The younger ones were still in the mansion, and the elders took care of them. Fang Yiai moved out alone, or Go to the princess mansion, or buy another mansion.

……

Fang Yiai knew what Fang Xuanling meant in the end. He could see that he couldn't get away from the prince's faction, and he had a grudge with the king of Wei.

An order is an order, Fang Yi'ai may not be able to listen, even if he wants to obey, there are many people who can't help themselves.

Then it was decided that after his death, the two brothers Fang Yizhi and Fang Yiai's two big divisions were also a way to preserve the family. I hope that the saint or the future successor of the emperor can see his merits and keep them. It's just a way for the Fang family to survive.

No matter how much Fang Xuanling worried, he went with his old friend Du Ruhui after all.

Even just after the separation, Fang Yiai hadn't moved into the new house, and Lu fell ill very quickly. Fortunately, although Sun Simiao was not around, Bai Chaofeng's skills became more and more outstanding, and he was finally able to take care of her.

It was mainly because of the underage children of the Fang family. Lu looked pitiful, and then became stronger again.

Fang Yiai originally wanted to deal with the matter of his reconciliation with Princess Gaoyang, but she could only shelve it for the time being. What Lu Shi was thinking about was her Erlang's not-so-happy marriage.

She is very supportive of Fang Yi'ai and Li at this time, she would rather enter the palace before she dies, and beg His Majesty to let her son and Princess Gaoyang reconcile.

Fang Yiai found out afterwards, and felt very sad.

But His Majesty the Emperor did not give permission, and even avoided seeing Lu Shi's request to see him, even the noble concubines and concubines in the harem did not allow Lu Shi to enter the palace.

Originally, after returning from the Eastern Expedition, no one could catch up with Fang Yiai's contribution in terms of rewards, but because of Fang Yiai's "disobedience to the imperial decree", the merits and demerits were offset.

The sage is dissatisfied with Fang Yiai, but Fang Xuanling's face and affection can be taken into account, not to mention that Li Shimin is not really stupid, he still knows that Fang Yiai does not have the intention of treason, otherwise sitting in the Three Kingdoms of Goguryeo and standing on his own Wang, it was not impossible at that time.

Fang Yiai is talented, and Li Shimin wants to leave it to the next emperor, but now he is just grinding him.

Of course, at this time, he has not thought of abolishing the prince.

After Li Shimin returned to Chang'an, Prince Li Chengqian's obedience temporarily suppressed his doubts. Some of the previous incidents were just rumors. Of course, the emperor dealt with some innocent abandoned sons as compensation for the prince.

As for Fang Yiai's job at home at the moment, she is no longer General Fang during the Eastern Expedition, but it was just for the sake of looking good, so she left it to the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace.

After all, the prince's side seems to be a little thinner now, Du He, Duke of Xiangyang County, is dead, and Fang Yiai was originally a subordinate official of the prince, so it should be given back.

It's just that Fang Yi'ai has to be pulled by Li Laodao to take a part-time job from time to time, but now he can't control himself like before, and he has to show off from time to time.

Fang Yiai tried her best to keep a low profile, keep a low profile.

On the first day he went to the East Palace to start his business, he was shocked by a big gift from the crown prince.

"What do you say? The saint... saw Gao Yang she - she, she - was raped by the saint?!" Fang Yiai was shocked and incoherent.

"Aren't you angry?" Li Chengqian looked at him with a smile.

"Why am I angry?! It's too late for me to be happy." Fang Yiai stood up, wanting to howl to the sky.

"This will be gossip..." the prince said leisurely.

"I've always been a shameless person, let them go - I'm not the one who is even more ashamed! Hehe!" Fang Yiai sneered, and by the way, gave Li Chengqian a sideways glance.

The embarrassment is their old Li's family, okay? !

However, thinking about it this way, His Highness the Crown Prince made this matter... really for himself.

Thinking of this, Fang Yiai couldn't help grinning, and bowed sincerely to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

They were pouring wine and drinking tea in a side hall at this time. Originally, Fang Yiai wanted to quit drinking, after all, "drunken sex"!

He suffered too many losses!

But facing His Royal Highness this time, he had no choice but to thank Li Chengqian for his help, "Can we really make up with Li this time?"

He knew Gao Yang's stubbornness, and he still misses the duke title inherited by his elder brother.

Although he, the son-in-law, was stiff with her, Princess Gaoyang's abnormal closeness to her before the Eastern Expedition made Fang Yiai feel bad, but fortunately, the Eastern Expedition interrupted it.

"It's just that when you were not in Beijing, my younger sister couldn't bear the loneliness and fell in love with a 'talented scholar'." The prince said with a smile, and read some good poems that were popular in Chang'an City recently.

Why do these poems sound familiar...

Fang Yiai was suspicious, then looked at the expression of His Royal Highness, and immediately figured it out.

This is all a trick that this Eastern Palace man deliberately made for Princess Gao Yang. The so-called talent is not just picked up by someone.

Poetry is also written by others.

"She will take the initiative to make peace." Li Chengqian drank with a smile, put down the wine cup, but glanced at his own empty wine glass.

Fang Yiai moved instantly, Chengqing took the initiative to pour wine for His Royal Highness, but the other party still smiled, and glanced at an empty wine cup placed by Fang Yiai's side.

At this time, even if he is abstaining from alcohol, he can't refute the prince's face.

Fang Yiai glanced at the contents of the prince's cup, thinking that it was just a cup of sake, and it should be fine after drinking it.

He could only pour himself a cup, and drank with the crown prince, but there was a glimmer in Li Chengqian's eyes that Fang Yiai didn't notice, and then his eyes were still full of smiles, just like before.