Chapter 331 Above the Palace Wall
  "Oh? Brother, don't you remember? In the summer of the sixth year of Wude, you gave your father and mother a painting and asked them to hang it on the palace wall."

Li Zhe looked at Yang Yanzhang's confused expression and suddenly laughed. His originally gloomy mood suddenly became much brighter.

"Why don't I remember?" Yang Yanzhang said in surprise.

"That's the Palace of Immortality. Brother, haven't you always been hanging there?"

"Oh~ So that's it, but when was it hung?"

"In the ninth year of Wude, my father, the empress, and my empress took the Eternal Life Hall back to the palace and hung it up. According to the empress, the painting was written by Li Longji, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty and the third emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, the Queen Mother said she would not let others touch it, including you, and she had to hang it up with her own hands. "

"Is that so, where are your sister-in-law and nephew? Why didn't they enter the palace with you? Your brother, I still have some very important things for you to handle. Don't you want to help your brother solve his problems?" Yang Yanzhang pretended to be serious. He glared at Li Zhe and asked.

"Yes, of course I do." Li Zhe immediately said in a dog-like manner: "But now, brother, you are in the palace, how dare I dare to run around, so I want to wait for you to come back, and then talk about this matter. "

"Then leave quickly, but you kid has also learned bad things and has become glib. This is not good." Yang Yanzhang looked at Li Zhe's serious expression and scolded with a smile.

"My brother is smart, unlike my elder brother who is full of tricks." Li Zhe retorted.

"You kid, you've learned how to bicker with me. Tell me, what do you want me to do with you?"

"Brother, please be sure to help me this time. I am fighting abroad and I have suffered a lot during this period. You don't really want to see my brother and I being captured, do you?" Li Zhe scratched his head and ears in distress and looked at Yang Yanzhang, who was sitting opposite, said.

"Don't worry, I won't be involved in this matter." Yang Yanzhang said calmly, as if this matter had nothing to do with him.

Li Zhe was stunned for a moment, then stared at Yang Yanzhang in confusion and asked, "Why?"

"Because you can handle this matter yourself without asking me for help."

"Why? Are you not worried at all?" Li Zhe asked unwillingly.

"What am I worried about?" Yang Yanzhang looked at Li Zhe strangely and asked, "Why am I worried about this? Don't you know your uncle, second uncle, your uncle, and those ministers these days?

They were all investigated to pieces, and almost all of them were beheaded and exterminated. "

"We have strict laws in the Tang Dynasty, so we cannot allow treacherous villains to cause trouble. Moreover, over the years, it has become commonplace for various forces in the court to compete for power and gain, and to collude and collude with each other."

Li Zhe snorted coldly. Obviously, Li Zhe hated certain people with a passion, otherwise he would not have denounced them without any scruples in public.

"So, isn't it okay? I'm just an idle king. I hang out among the people in the market all day long. Who wants to care about these things with me, let alone have trouble with me.

Otherwise, why do you think I can live so freely and happily? Your uncle, your second uncle, your uncle, and even your mother and concubine are now unwilling to mention these things, let alone ask any more questions.

So I think they don't need me to intervene. "Yang Yanzhang expressed his reasoning.

When Li Zhe heard this, he looked at Yang Yanzhang with a look of disbelief and asked, "Isn't it true? The uncle, second uncle, and my mother and concubine are not afraid that you will interfere too much, right?" Yang Yanzhang smiled , shook his head, reached out and flicked Li Zhe's forehead and said: "You are wrong, your uncle, second uncle, your mother and concubine definitely don't want me to get involved in this matter.

After all, if this is true as I expected, then your uncle and his family will not be the only beneficiaries in the end. This time, I am afraid that even your royal family members will be no exception. "

"Ah? So, brother, are you going to stand by and watch?"

"It's not that I'm just sitting idly by, it's that I don't want to get involved. No matter what, I can't watch you get involved, right?"

Yang Yanzhang patted Li Zhe on the shoulder and continued: "It's not just you, even my father, mother, and those royal family members, if I hadn't existed in these years.

They might not take sides so quickly, but they have me, so they have to make a choice. "

"So? Is this the reason why you refused my brother to come to Chang'an to find you?" Li Zhe looked at Yang Yanzhang's serious expression and asked in disappointment.

"That's right, so you still want to find me now?" Yang Yanzhang still said with a smile, and then slowly said: "Don't say that we brothers are not close, even if we are brothers and sisters who are related by blood, but now we no longer live together A mansion.

Moreover, even though we live together, we are already separated from each other. Neither parents nor brothers and sisters want to see another family occupying everything they should have. This is what my father means, do you understand? "

"Brother, I understand." Li Zhe lowered his head and looked at the reins in his hand without saying a word.

After a long time, he sighed and said: "But brother, you know my temper. I don't want to compromise so easily. I want to prove to everyone that I, Li Zhe, am no worse than anyone else and that I can also make contributions."

"This is your business. You are my biological brother. If you can't do it, I will naturally support you."

"Yeah." Li Zhe nodded and responded.

The carriage stopped at the city gate. Just as Li Zhe was about to turn over and jump off the carriage, he turned around and said, "By the way, brother, I came to Chang'an on my own initiative this time.

So don’t blame me, and don’t tell my sister-in-law, otherwise she will definitely scold me. Moreover, I came here with an imperial edict, not for fun. The envoys of the Dashi Kingdom are already at Wuliting outside the city. Wait for us. "

"Well, I understand, you can go ahead and come to the house to drink and chat with me when you have time. I'm too lazy to go to the military camp to watch them train soldiers. Every time I go, the noise always makes my head hurt."

Yang Yanzhang smiled and waved his hand, looked at Li Zhe's leaving back and said, "There is one more thing I want to make clear to you."

"Say it." Li Zhe slowed down, turned to look at Yang Yanzhang, and motioned for Yang Yanzhang to continue.

"From now on, except for patrolling, you are not allowed to step into the East Palace."

"Why? I don't understand." Li Zhe frowned. Although he has been with Yang Yanzhang these years, it does not mean that he is ignorant of government affairs.

Especially when Yang Yanzhang was awarded the title of King a few years ago, he realized more deeply that the darkness and complexity of the officialdom of the imperial court were far from simple as he imagined.

(End of this chapter)

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