Di Yan is a smart woman. Li Zhen asked her to wait for an hour and a half, and she recalled Princess Taiping's words for an hour and a half. She had guessed that Princess Taiping refers to Shangguan Wan'er. Although Shangguan Wan'er is not as ugly as Princess Taiping and the female emperor, on the contrary, her father praised her literary talent and ability.

But Shangguan Wan'er is also a young woman after all, and she has it. Li Zhen once saved her life. She felt grateful in her heart. This gratitude turned into gratitude. In addition, they were together day and night, did they have any feelings?

Although Di Yan knew in her heart that Shangguan Wan'er would not marry Li Zhen, who was ten years younger than her, if she snatched her love and snatched her lover away, she would have no way to do anything. So Di Yan was angry with Li Zhen just now, largely because of Shangguan Wan'er.

Now Li Zhen gave him the short sword that Shangguan Wan'er gave him to him. Di Yan would not want it even if she liked it. Li Zhen picked up the short sword from the ground, forced a smile, and said to Di Yan: "In fact, this gift she gave you is just a false hand."

Di Yan's face suddenly became gloomy, "If she wants to give it to me, just give it to me directly. Why do you want to pretend to be your hand? Did she do something and be afraid of seeing me?"

Li Zhen was speechless, Di Yan stared at him with sharp eyes. She became more and more convinced that her intuition was not wrong. There must be something between Li Zhen and Shangguan Wan'er. A sense of depression surged from her heart, and tears flowed down unyieldingly. She stood up suddenly, turned around and quickly walked down the second floor. For a moment, she saw her desperately beat the war horse and ran towards the Di Mansion.

Li Zhen sighed long, and his long fingers inserted into his thick hair. He felt really panic in his chest, and he felt indescribable upset.

After a while, Li Zhen raised his head. At some point, there was a young man standing in front of him. He was about the same age as himself, tall and burly, with a pair of sword eyebrows straight into his hair, a pair of tiger eyes, a handsome and handsome appearance, and he was holding a glass of wine and smiling. He was followed by someone, but Li Zhen knew him, who was competing with arrows with him yesterday.

Li Zhen was startled and quickly stood up. The young man bowed slightly and smiled: "Li Chongrun, I admire Commander Li's archery technique. Unfortunately, I didn't see it in person yesterday, and I feel very regretful."

"Your Excellency has given you a prize."

Li Zhen was puzzled. He had not heard of who Li Chongrun was, but he knew that Li Qi was a royal family. Since Li Qi followed him, Li Chongrun must be a royal family. He looked at Li Qi again.

Li Qi stepped forward and smiled and said, "Chongrun is the eldest son of King Luling. Commander Li must have heard of it!"

Li Zhen suddenly realized that he remembered that Zhao Qiuniang told him that after Li Xian, the King of Luling, made his eldest son Li Chongrun the crown prince. Later, Li Xian was abolished by Wu Zetian, and Li Chongrun was immediately demoted to the public. Shangguan Wan'er also mentioned Li Chongrun a few days ago. Li Zhen remembered that Li Chengqi and Li Chongrun each formed a polo team to come to Beijing to participate in the polo competition.

Li Zhen was solemn and bowed and said, "It turns out it is His Royal Highness, Li Zhen is disrespectful."

Li Chongrun smiled bitterly, "Did Commander Li put me on the fire?"

Li Zhen also realized that his name was wrong, so he couldn't help but smile apologetically and waved his hand and said, "Please sit down, two!"

Li Chongrun and Li Qi looked at each other, and they didn't hesitate and sat down directly. Just now, Li Chongrun saw Di Yan's angry process. He could see that the two were angry because of love. Li Chongrun smiled and said, "Miss Di is a person with temperament. Although she left in anger, I believe she will return to Commander Li soon."

Li Zhen smiled bitterly in his heart. This time it was extraordinary. She was not easy to get angry so quickly. However, Li Chongrun actually knew Di Yan, which surprised Li Zhen. He asked curiously: "How could Brother Li know her?"

"I'm white now. Commander Li asked me to Chongrun. I'm going to tell you, I met Miss Di in Fangzhou two years ago. She came to Fangzhou with her master."

Li Zhen's heart was shocked. Aunt Gongsun had actually been to Fangzhou. So what is her relationship with Li Xian?

This thought flashed in his heart, and Li Zhen no longer thought about it. He didn't want to mention Di Yan anymore. Then he changed the topic and laughed: "I heard that Brother Chongrun has formed a polo team. You can't be a polo player, right?"

Li Zhi smiled faintly and said, "What does Commander Li say?"

"I know that a master of riding and shooting must be a master of polo, but a master of polo may not be a master of riding and shooting, so Mr. Kuang must be good at hitting the ball with a stick."

"Teacher Li is completely correct. Brother Zhi is the chief batsman of our Fangzhou polo team. He not only has great riding and shooting, but also has extremely good polo. I heard that Commander Li is also determined to win the polo competition. I wonder if our two polo teams can compete with each other...

Before Li Chongrun finished speaking, Li Zhen laughed, "Polo is not riding and shooting, Li Zhen is just a mediocre polo player. Although he wants to win good results, how dare he claim to win the championship in the polo competition where heroes gather in the world? Brother Chongrun really praised Li Zhen, but--"

Speaking of 'but', Li Zhen's voice lowered again and smiled meaningfully at Li Chongrun, "If someone sees Luling King's polo team compete before the game with Shangguan Sheren's polo team, will there be any association?"

Li Zhen's words immediately changed Li Chongrun's face. On the one hand, the polo competition was indeed the highest-level polo event in the Tang Dynasty, but on the other hand, it was also a concentrated expression of various power struggles.

Because Xue Huaiyi's death and Wu Chengsi's exile caused a drastic change in the court's power structure. Even Li Xian, who was far away in Fangzhou, felt his mother's attitude towards the Li royal family, so he ordered his eldest son Chongrun to test the changes in the court's trend using the excuse of going to Beijing to participate in the polo competition.

Prince Li Dan of the prime minister also experienced the subtle changes in the court, and also sent his eldest son Li Chengqi to lead a team to participate in the polo competition to spy on the new power structure of the court. It can be said that he coincided with his brother Li Xian.

So Li Chongrun specifically met Li Zhen, but in fact he wanted to get some of Shangguan Wan'er's tone from Li Zhen. You must know that there are very few people who know the true thoughts of the emperor, and Shangguan Wan'er is one of them.

Unexpectedly, Li Zhen pointed out Li Chongrun’s real purpose without hesitation, and also implied that the two teams held training matches and would trigger unnecessary political speculation.

Li Chongrun blushed and quickly stood up and bowed, "I'm not thinking well, thank you for your reminder."

Li Zhen smiled and said slowly: "Actually, it's not impossible to have a chance to have a chance. The key is to choose the right occasion and time. What does Brother Chongrun think?"

Li Zhen stopped saying anything, settled the bill, bowed to the two of them, and said goodbye.

Li Chongrun and Li Qi returned to their elegant room. Seeing that Li Chongrun had been drinking and silent, Li Qi was thinking, as if he was still thinking about what Li Zhen said just now, he smiled and said, "How does your son feel about this person?"

Li Chongrun sighed and said, "At first I saw him having a conflict with Di Yan, I thought this man was a young boy trapped by love. But after talking, I realized that he was scheming and keen, and completely inconsistent with his age. He is worthy of being Shangguan Wan'er's right-hand man. If this man can be used by my father, he will definitely be a great help for his father in the court. What a pity!"

Li Qi also smiled and said, "I heard that Linzi King Li Longji had also become his disciple. Although he was just Qianniu's preparation for the emperor at that time, there were Shangguan Wan'er and Gao Yanfu behind him at the same time. Does the young master think that the Prime Minister has no idea?"

Li Chongrun frowned, "But then... there is no contact?"

"Because he has been promoted to deputy commander of the inner guard and is also the confidant of Shangguan Wan'er, if there is any further contact, it will probably cause unnecessary suspicion from the emperor, so the Prime Minister does not allow Li Longji to contact Li Zhen again."

Li Chongrun felt something, "What you mean is—"

Li Zhi nodded, "Although the emperor is relatively tolerant and unrestrained to Lingzun and the young master, it does not mean that the young master can be at will at will, especially the guards like Li Zhen, who involve secrets, and in this tavern where officials often eat, please think twice."

Li Chongrun suddenly had a cold sweat on his back. He finally realized that he was careless and made friends with Shangguan Wan'er's confidant casually. Moreover, why Li Zhen left after chatting with him for a few words? He just didn't want to be criticized by others!

Li Zhi smiled again and said, "But from his last words, I still think he will find the right opportunity to contact the young master."

Li Chongrun nodded silently, and he also realized the profound meaning of Li Zhen's last sentence.

......

In a large mansion in Chongzhengfang, Chief Staff Cui Shaoying and five lieutenants bowed to Wu Furong, the new deputy commander of the inner guard, and said, "See General Wu!"

Although Wu Furong suffered the pain of her father being exiled, Princess Taiping appointed her as the deputy commander of the inner guard in order to appease her. Although her position is not high, her power is not small.

Although she once commanded more than 100 Wu family generals, she was a private soldier after all, and she could not compare with the inner guards who had official power. She could do many things that she did not dare to do or do in the past. Now she could do them openly. Wu Furong felt a sense of rebirth at this time.

"Please exempt you all!"

Wu Furong said to everyone with a smile: "It is also Furong's blessing to be the commander of you. I hope we can work together in the future and do what His Highness the princess has taught me well. I believe that Wu Furong will not treat everyone badly, but I must also say ugly words ahead. Who dares to be stubborn or disobey me, Wu Furong, then don't blame Furong for being cruel and vicious."

Everyone was so shocked that they said, "I dare not be humble!"

"You all retreat!"

Wu Furong glanced at Changshi Cui Shaoying, "Cui Changshi, please stay!"

Everyone retreated, leaving only Cui Shaoying, who was trembling. He was not afraid of Wan Guojun, but he was a little worried about this woman who was famous for her cruelty and ruthlessness.

Wu Furong hooked her finger at him, and Cui Shaoying hurried forward, "Please give me instructions!"

Wu Furong looked at him up and down with a woman's eyes. This person looked good, but his bones seemed to be a little softer. She heard Gao Jian say that this person was greedy for money and lustful. She bowed under her pomegranate skirt the first day when she saw Princess Taiping. Such a person is easy to control.

"Changshi Cui, I heard that you and Li Zhen are quite familiar with each other, are you?"

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[Li Chongrun was born in 682 AD and is now in 695, so Li Chongrun should be at the age of 14, but for the sake of plot, this book raises him five more years higher]
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