"This …" Li Rong kept him in suspense, then laughed, "You'll know when the time comes."
"Are you trying to hide this from me?"
Li Chuan looked at her with disdain. Li Rong sighed, "To tell you the truth, I'm not trying to hide it from you."
Li Rong turned her head and looked out of the window, calmly saying, "I just don't know."
After all, she was not the only one who decided to get married.
If Pei Wenxuan did not say anything, she would not say anything either.
She did not think that marrying a reborn Pei Wenxuan was a good thing. There were too many entanglements between them, and if they were to be together, they would only wear each other down.
Pei Wenxuan had his Qin Zhenzhen. With his ability, even if he did not become the Emperor's son-in-law, there were still other possibilities. In this lifetime, he could choose another path to try. Even if it was a little difficult, it might be better than marrying her.
As for her …
Li Rong slowly closed her eyes. Without her, there would be no path that would not be smooth. Whether Pei Wenxuan was willing to help her or not, she had her own path to walk.
The carriage rocked back and forth. Li Rong took a light nap in the carriage. After a long time, she heard a eunuch's voice from outside. He said respectfully, "Your Highness, Your Highness."
Li Rong heard this voice and slowly opened her eyes. Li Chuan went forward to lift the curtain, revealing a smiling face.
This person was wearing the uniform of a palace eunuch. He looked to be in his forties, and his big eyes and round face were very likable. Li Rong recognized that this was her mother's eunuch, Shan De.
Li Chuan saw Shan De and asked curiously, "Eunuch Shan De? Why are you waiting here? "
"When the Empress heard that Your Highness the Crown Prince had returned with the Princess, she had this old servant wait here. The Empress said that Your Highness the Crown Prince was tired from running around last night and should rest first. This old servant will lead Your Highness the Princess." As he spoke, Shan De bowed to Li Rong and then turned to look at the carriage behind them. "You will go to Weiyang Palace with Master Pei to see Her Highness."
"Pei Wenxuan?"
Li Chuan was a little surprised. "Mother wants to see him?"
Shan De smiled and nodded. "Yes, Her Highness wants to meet Young Master Pei."
As he spoke, Shan De stepped aside, revealing two palanquins. He said to Li Rong, "The palanquins have been prepared. Princess may move."
When Li Chuan heard this, he turned to look at Li Rong. Li Rong nodded. He raised his hand and placed it in Li Chuan's. Li Chuan helped Li Rong up. Li Rong was then helped off the carriage and onto the palanquin.
After sitting on the palanquin, she looked back and saw that Pei Wenxuan had also sat on the palanquin. She nodded to Li Chuan and the palanquin was lifted. Li Rong held the golden fan in his hand and closed his eyes to rest.
After a while, the palanquin arrived at Weiyang Palace. Shan De lifted the curtains and respectfully said, "Princess, we have arrived."
Li Rong opened her eyes and extended her hand. She was helped out of the palanquin. Then she looked up and saw the steps of Weiyang Palace.
Pei Wenxuan walked behind her. The two were led up the steps by Shan De. Li Rong lowered her voice and whispered to Pei Wenxuan, "Lord Pei, have you thought about some things clearly?"
Pei Wenxuan's eyelashes trembled slightly. He whispered, "Not yet."
Li Rong chuckled. "Then there isn't much time left for Lord Pei to think about it."
As they spoke, the two arrived at the entrance of Weiyang Palace. Shan De entered to report. Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan stood at the entrance one after the other. The palace servants were scattered around. Li Rong said slowly, "Actually, I don't know either. It's obvious that I just want to pursue benefits, but I always feel a little unwilling in my heart. "
It was naturally the best for the two of them to get married again. It would be the most beneficial for both of them.
But the moment they knew that the other party was reborn, there seemed to be some invisible restraint on benefits, making them hesitate and uneasy.
Pei Wenxuan understood this feeling. He lowered his eyes and did not reply.
After a while, Shan De walked back and said respectfully, "Princess, please."
"Let's go together." Li Rong instructed Pei Wenxuan. Pei Wenxuan grunted, and the two of them entered the main hall together. At the door of the inner room, Li Rong pointed with his golden fan and whispered, "You wait here. You're not allowed to enter."
Pei Wenxuan respectfully answered, "Yes." Li Rong walked in.
Li Rong walked into the inner room. The first thing he saw was a woman. She was dressed in red silk embroidered with phoenixes. She wore golden armor on her hands. She was reclining on a small couch, seemingly in a light sleep.
Li Rong walked forward and knelt respectfully. He said softly, "This son greets Imperial Mother. Long live Imperial Mother."
The Empress did not speak. Li Rong knelt on the ground and did not make a sound. After a long time, the Empress slowly said, "I heard that you were with Pei Wenxuan last night."
"Yes."
Li Rong answered without hesitation. The Empress opened her eyes and looked at Li Rong. Her gaze was scrutinizing. She said calmly, "How do you plan to deal with your marriage?"
Li Rong smiled. She looked up at the Empress and said gently, "May I ask Imperial Mother's opinion, how should I deal with it?"
"You have an idea."
The Empress said affirmatively. Li Rong said, "Imperial Mother, don't you have an idea?"
The Empress did not speak. When the two of them were talking, the Empress felt that Li Rong was different from before.
Although Li Rong was intelligent in the past, she would never be like now. She spoke as if she was a court official who had interacted with her for a long time. She kept pushing the topic and did not get to the point.
The Empress pondered for a moment. She did not beat around the bush with Li Rong and said directly, "I want to marry you to Yang Quan."
Li Rong did not speak. It was not that she did not think of this possibility. Since the Yang Family went to the palace twice last night, it was impossible that they did not do anything. She thought for a moment and said, "What did the Yang Family promise Imperial Mother?"
The Empress did not expect Li Rong to be so calm. She was not used to it. But this was good. It saved her a lot of trouble. So she calmly replied Li Rong, "Military power."
"The Yang Family still has military power?"
Li Rong said mockingly, "Imperial Mother, do you not know what Imperial Father did to the Yang Family in the previous dynasty?"
"I know," the Empress said calmly. "So they are very flustered now. They came to the palace last night and said that if you marry Yang Quan, Yang Quan will become the head of the Yang Family. He will also take over as the direct descendant of the Yang Family …"
"Their direct descendants were all killed on the battlefield. How many are left?"
"We can build it."
The Empress raised her voice and suppressed Li Rong's voice. She continued, "We have people and soldiers. As long as the Yang Family is still in the northwest, the position will still be theirs. With the military provisions, we can quickly expand. What problem can there be?"
"Imperial Mother," Li Rong looked at the Empress in disbelief. She lowered her voice and reminded her, "You are forcing the Chuan'er to die!"
"It is your Imperial Father who is forcing us to die!"
The Empress suddenly raised her voice, "Do you know why he abolished the Yang Family?! It is to help Li Chang's uncle become the Northwest King! He wants to give Li Chang Jun power! He is only ten years old! He has already been conferred the title of Prince. Now he wants to give this child military power! "
Li Rong was not shocked when she heard this. Later, Consort Rou's brother, Zhao Ziguang, was indeed appointed as the Northwest Guarding General. Li Ming would not abolish the Yang Family for no reason.
He abolished the Yang Family because the Yang Family's achievements were too high and they were arrogant and despotic. The second reason was that he wanted to give the position to someone he wanted to promote.
However, it was only a matter of time before the Yang Family was ruined. Back then, the Yang Family was cleaned up completely. Li Ming was ruthless. The Empress did not know how many chess pieces he had planted to destroy the Yang Family.
Li Rong looked at the Empress and calmly said, "Imperial Mother, calm down. I don't know what you have heard, but now the Chuan'er is the Crown Prince. As long as His Majesty does not find out about his mistakes, His Majesty will not be able to do anything to him in the short term. You want me to marry Yang Quan. His Majesty has been targeting the Yang Family for a long time. I am afraid that he has already collected a lot of evidence. When the time comes, these mistakes will all fall on the Chuan'er. "
"So what?" The Empress looked at her coldly. "As long as we can get military power, even if the Chuan'er is in the wrong, so what?"
Li Rong looked up and stared at the Empress.
The Empress looked at her. It was as if there was a silent battlefield between mother and daughter.
Li Rong knew that Li Chuan was already a great humiliation to the Empress when he was conferred the title of Prince. Now, Li Ming wanted to give Li Chuan military power. This was a complete threat to Li Chuan.
In fact, Li Chuan was almost deposed back then because of the issue of military power.
In her previous life, when she married Pei Wenxuan, the Empress was not able to participate in the betrothal. When she found out, the marriage had already been decided. In her previous life, the Yang Family did not know about the possibility of marriage. They were also not forced to the point where they were willing to hand over military power to the Empress. The Empress did not have such a huge temptation. Therefore, the Empress asked her to endure and marry Pei Wenxuan.
When the Empress asked her to marry Pei Wenxuan, she told her that a woman should have power. Therefore, at that time, she thought that it was not that her mother did not help her, but that she was powerless.
In this life, her marriage was tainted with the military power of the Yang Family. The Empress had the possibility to participate. Therefore, she immediately decided to let her marry Yang Quan.
Li Rong looked at the Empress quietly. She did not know why, but she suddenly asked: "Imperial Mother, have you ever thought of me?"
When the Empress heard this, she was stunned.
Li Rong did not regret asking. She knelt on the ground and straightened her body. She looked at the woman on the high seat and said calmly: "Imperial Mother, you have been talking about military power and the position of Crown Prince. May I ask Imperial Mother, have you ever thought of me for a moment in this marriage?"
When the Empress heard Li Rong's question, she came back to her senses. Her lips trembled. She opened her mouth and finally said: "It is not up to you and me to choose."
"Aren't you and I choosing now?"
Li Rong said seriously: "I have already spent a night with Pei Wenxuan. Imperial Mother, you know that I am not without a choice."
"So you want to choose that gigolo who can't give you anything?!"
"It's not that he can't give me anything," Li Rong said clearly, "His identity can give me stability. He just can't give you military power like the Yang Family. "
She did not call her Imperial Mother. She called her Imperial Mother. The Empress clenched her fists. Li Rong looked at her and said calmly: "In Imperial Mother's heart, my marriage is just a bargaining chip. I am also just a chess piece. You don't have to care about the happiness of a chess piece. You don't have to care about who she likes or dislikes. You don't have to care about whether she is living well or not. Since Imperial Mother thinks so, "Li Rong looked at the Empress and couldn't help but laugh," Why don't you make it clear that a daughter is not a daughter, but a weapon in Imperial Mother's hands … "
Before she finished speaking, a slap landed loudly on Li Rong's face.
The sound was so loud that it shook Pei Wenxuan's heart.
Pei Wenxuan stood outside the door. The two people in the room seemed to have completely forgotten his existence. He could clearly hear their conversation. This was the Li Rong he had never seen before.
The Li Rong in his memory was always high and mighty, surrounded by stars. No one in the world could hurt her at all. She was always arrogant.
He hated her arrogance, hated her fierceness. But at this moment, when he heard the sound of the slap, he felt like it was scraping his heart.
He put his hands in his sleeves and heard the Empress' voice tremble with sobs: "How can you say that? How I treated you in the past, do you not care? Just because I begged you once, you have to say this to me? "
No, it wasn't just once.
Pei Wenxuan closed his eyes. He knew too well what Li Rong cared about at this moment.
In Li Rong's heart, a relationship must be clean, clear, and clearly let her know what she had.
It wasn't that she couldn't tolerate turbidity, but that she couldn't tolerate impurities.
Just like that year, when she asked him "Why didn't you say so earlier?" In fact, it wasn't that she couldn't tolerate Qin Zhenzhen, but that she couldn't tolerate him. She thought that they were husband and wife, but he went to provoke Qin Zhenzhen.
He felt his chest tighten, and then he heard Li Rong say calmly: "Mother, then I'll also beg you this time."
Li Rong stood up: "If you have any difficulties, tell me, and I'll solve them. But this time, you have to be my mother, not the Empress. "
The Empress stared blankly at Li Rong. Li Rong stood up. She was already taller than her. She looked at her quietly: "You're blinded by jealousy now, but you'll understand in the future that the Yang Family can't be tainted. The Chuan'er should have military power, but it shouldn't be the Yang Family. I'll arrange it in the future. My marriage can be used as a bargaining chip, but it should be more valuable. "
"I don't need you to do anything, Mother. You're not suitable to be a politician. Leave these things to me and the Chuan'er. You only need to do one thing."
She stared at the Empress, and her expression changed slightly. The Empress stared blankly at her. Li Rong looked at the woman who seemed to have aged a little and said in a low voice: "Be a good mother."
With that, she turned around and walked out of the palace.
The Empress stared blankly at Li Rong. When she reached the door, she suddenly laughed: "Am I not a good mother?"
"I've taught you, I've accompanied you, and I've given you and the Chuan'er more love than all the other concubines in the harem! I just want to live. The Chuan'er has to live! "
Li Rong turned her back to the Empress and said coldly: "What did the Yang Family threaten you with?"
"They want to rebel …" The Empress closed her eyes in pain: "If they rebel, they'll accuse the Chuan'er of being the mastermind."
"Your Imperial Father has been looking for the Chuan'er's weakness. If the Yang Family accuses the Chuan'er of being the mastermind of the rebellion, His Imperial Majesty won't let go of this opportunity!"
Li Rong didn't speak. She stood quietly for a moment, and then said: "Don't worry, I'll take care of it. If you want to summon Pei Wenxuan, go ahead. I'll go find the Chuan'er first. "
After that, Li Rong walked out.
When Li Rong reached the door, she saw Pei Wenxuan, who had been standing there for a long time.
Pei Wenxuan's hands were tucked in his sleeves, and he looked at her quietly. His handsome eyes were filled with an indescribable emotion.
He looked at Li Rong, who was in front of him, and felt that she was familiar yet distant.
The person in front of him was still the proud Phoenix in his memory of his previous life. She was always calm, always calm, always steady. Even if Mount Tai collapsed in front of her, her expression wouldn't change.
But he also felt that this person was a little different. He could vaguely see a little bit of softness and gentleness in the depths of her heart. He could vaguely touch the naivety that had never faded even after 50 years of hardships.
At this moment, she was like a butterfly falling into a spider's web. The moment she struggled with all her might, she was shockingly beautiful.
The two of them were like lonely cranes forced into a desperate situation. Their feet were in the mud, and they tried hard to raise their necks and look up at the blue sky.
They looked at each other quietly. In an instant, 50 years passed by in their eyes. After a long time, Pei Wenxuan chuckled.
"Your Highness, do you think this marriage should be done again?"
Hearing Pei Wenxuan's question, Li Rong knew that he understood. She couldn't help but smile. "Lord Pei, are you pitying me?"
"Your Highness's predicament has its own solution. There's no need for this humble one to pity you." Pei Wenxuan's expression was calm. "This humble one just suddenly felt that Your Highness might be different from the people this humble one knows. It's not necessarily a bad thing to start over."
"Lord Pei is right." Li Rong looked into his handsome eyes. The sincerity and steadiness in his eyes made her originally nervous heart calm down. She nodded. "Then it's fine."
"Then this humble one can't tolerate Your Highness's' guest '." Pei Wenxuan had a smile on his face, as if he was joking. Li Rong raised her eyebrows. "Do you think I can tolerate Lord Pei's sweetheart?"
The two looked at each other for a moment, and then laughed.
Pei Wenxuan dusted his sleeves and said calmly, "It seems that Your Highness and I have reached a consensus. This marriage, let's settle it first. For the time being, we'll tolerate each other. After two years, when we have power, you and I will divorce. At that time, we'll take revenge. What does Your Highness think? "
"Alright." Li Rong raised her hand and tucked her hair behind her ear. She sighed and said, "Let's put up with it first. However, if you want to marry me, "Li Rong turned her head and looked at the Empress, who was still in a daze. She said with a smile that wasn't a smile," It depends on Lord Pei's ability. If Lord Pei doesn't have this ability, this empress won't marry you. "
Hearing this, Pei Wenxuan smiled calmly. He put his hands in front of him and bowed to Li Rong. "Princess, don't worry. This humble one will bring Yang Quan's head as a betrothal gift." As he said this, Pei Wenxuan raised his head and said seriously, "To welcome Your Highness's phoenix arrival."
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