The carriage slowly drove into the palace, and all the officials followed it, walking at a fool's pace, panting. The younger ones were still fine, but the older ones were extremely tired. To Li Hong, they looked like a group of deserters with their dusty appearance.

"Why didn't you summon Ashina Telu and Li Jun, the deputy protector of Yunzhong Protectorate? Are they planning something bad again?" As they were about to enter the palace, Taiping disobeyed and ran out of the bedroom.

Banmei followed helplessly, unable to stop her. In the end, Li Hong was quick to act and picked up the staggering Li Lingyue into his arms.

"The scar on my shoulder has been aching slightly. I think there must be a human factor behind such a natural disaster." Li Hong said calmly, then got out of the car holding Li Lingyue. If he didn't get off to greet his father and mother at this time, the ceremonial officer would probably kowtow to death in front of him.

It is easy to find a pretext to accuse someone of a crime. How could Wu Mei not understand Li Hong's idea? Moreover, Li Hong basically inherited her vindictive character.

The assassination scene back then is still so thrilling when I think about it now. They endured it for four years, which is already a rare thing for this wonderful mother and son.

Looking at Li Hong's back, Wu Mei couldn't help but remind him, "Your father has always wanted to appoint Ashina Tele as the Protector General of Yunzhong Protectorate and withdraw Xuetai."

"I understand." Li Hong didn't care about Wu Mei's reminder and got off the carriage holding Li Lingyue.

The duty of the Protector-General of the Protectorate was nothing more than to "pacify the various vassal states and pacify the foreign invaders."

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At this time, most of the political means tended to use barbarians to control barbarians, and use their status as barbarian leaders to do a good job of pacifying the people for the court.

Therefore, whether Li Zhi originally proposed to change the Yunzhong Protectorate into the Shanyu Protectorate or to appoint Ashina Teler as the protector, it was all to appease the people of the Yunzhong Protectorate and to consolidate the centripetal force of the Tang Dynasty.

The Emperor and Empress slowly got out of the carriage amid the congratulations of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and all the officials, and walked into the Daming Palace.

The architectural layout of the Daming Palace remains almost the same as recorded in history books and has not changed much due to Li Hong's interference.

Apart from the sky garden, the rest is a qualitative innovation in building materials.

With the ceremonial officer's pleading look, Li Hong held Li Lingyue and reluctantly sent the emperor and empress into Hanyuan Hall.

How the emperor and empress met with the officials and how they said obscene words had nothing to do with Li Hong. Anyway, since he was a child, everyone knew that he was not interested.

The little fat boy Li Dan was very interested in those lengthy ceremonies. As the youngest prince, he was naturally very favored. Holding the hand of Li Zhi, he and Wu Mei slowly walked to the top of the Hanyuan Hall, ready to accept congratulations from all officials.

Li Hong held the excited Princess Taiping Li Lingyue in his arms, and slowly walked towards the East Palace, surrounded by Xiazhi, Xiaoxue, Huameng and Mangzhong.

Li Lingyue's interest in the Eastern Palace far exceeded that in the harem. She liked to stay in the Eastern Palace whether she had something to do or not, especially with the students from Chongwenguan. Everyone treated her as a cute little porcelain doll, liked to tease her, and also liked to give her delicious food.

And most importantly, they would play with her instead of just looking at her with a respectful look. Naturally, all this was also due to Li Hong's instructions.

Bai Chun had been waiting at the entrance of Chongwen Hall. Seeing Li Hong holding the excited Li Lingyue in his arms, a look of joy suddenly appeared on his face.

Li Lingyue did the same. After seeing Bai Chun, she started jumping in Li Hong's arms and struggled to find Bai Chun.

"Slow down, be careful not to fall." Li Hong put down the restless Li Lingyue and reminded her.

Looking at Li Lingyue who ran crookedly to Bai Chun, Li Hong said to Xia Zhi: "Write a letter to Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang."

"Uh, sir, what order did you give to them?" Xia Zhi didn't understand. You have to have an order when you write a letter, right?

"Three words: 'hurry up', and they will naturally understand. I have given them so many good things in the past few years, letting them look up at the stars every day. It's time for them to count out another prophecy for me." Li Hong said to himself.

Li Lingyue, who was held by Bai Chun, couldn't help but pinch her delicate little face gently.

If Li Hong wanted to go to the four towns of Anxi in the Western Regions, he not only had to make his own efforts, but also had to ask two charlatans to give him a prophecy that his father and mother would believe. However, how to say it was their business.

His top priority now is still Dai Zhide and Ashina Tele in the court. Although Dai Zhide, as the former Minister of Rites, has been dismissed by himself and Zhang Jianzhi has now taken office, his father will obviously still inquire about this matter.

Ashina Tele, since he cannot be convicted in the court, then the "Shenhua" can only handle the matter, and yesterday the lawless man had disappeared in Chang'an City.

As for where he went, Li Hong didn't care, but he was very confident that by the time Lawless appeared again, Ashina Teler would have disappeared from the world.

Bai Chun hugged Li Lingyue. Li Lingyue curiously held a strand of Bai Chun's hair in her hand, put it to her nose and sniffed the faint fragrance.

The little guy was very curious why only the pure white hair was let down behind the head, and why the hair smelled so good.

"Jingwei has already transported some of the supplies over. As for those in the medicinal food room, you still need to sign the warrant in person before they can be delivered." Bai Chun said behind Li Hong.

"Well, that's fine. Remember to be secretive. Who is escorting all the things in the herbal medicine room?"

"Fang Zhan and Heng Qiao are the escorts, and they will stay in the Western Regions with you. Also, the two people you asked us to find have been found. They have been in Chang'an City, but they have been studying in Hongwenguan. There are some suspicious points..."

"Suspicious? Why are Yao Chong and Huan Yanfan suspicious?" Li Hong asked with raised eyebrows.

"When Xu Jingzong asked you to rescue Xu Yanbo, Yao Chong and Huan Yanfan were at the scene. This was discovered by 'Jingwei' when it was looking for the two, and Xia Zhi also saw them." Bai Chun let Li Lingyue play with her hair and said lightly while sitting aside.

"It's okay, those two people will be fine. Where are they now? Is it possible to meet?" Li Hong asked after thinking for a while.

It was probably just a coincidence that Yao Chong and Huan Yanfan appeared at the scene where Helan Minzhi beat Xu Yanbo. It was impossible for two ten-year-old guys to have gone through the same nine reincarnations as himself.

"You can see them now. I have already ordered Li Yifu to go to Hongwenguan to summon them."

"Okay, let me know when you get here. Taiping, come with me to the back to go fishing." Seeing that Xiaoxue had already prepared the fishing rod, Li Hong stood up and took Li Lingyue to do what she loved most.

That is to catch a fish and then hand it to Li Lingyue. Li Lingyue held the fish with both her little hands, kissed the fish mouth to mouth, and then threw it back into the pond with her little hands.

The West Pond Garden was the only place in the East Palace where water could be seen. Li Hong brought water from the Shanshui Pond Pavilion of the Taiji Palace into the small pond. Li Hong dug a big hole in the palace wall of the Shanshui Pond Pavilion, which was separated from the Taiji Palace, and brought water into his West Pond Garden.

Because of this incident, he was naturally punished by Wu Mei and Li Zhi many times, but fortunately, Taiji Palace was no longer the center of royal power, and Li Zhi and Wu Mei were too lazy to pay attention to him, and let him drive the mandarin ducks and others in the Shanshui Pool Pavilion to his Xichi Garden.

His cunning behavior naturally led to another round of impeachment from the Censorate. Li Hong stiffened his neck and said that this was to save money. The censor Wang Yifang was so angry that he trembled. He knelt in front of Li Zhi but didn't know how to punish the prince.

When Zhang Jianzhi and Huan Yanfan were brought here by Li Yifu, they could hardly believe what they saw.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Li Hong was fishing with a fishing rod, which did not surprise them.

What surprised and shocked them was that the palace maids and eunuchs nearby actually allowed the youngest princess of the Tang Dynasty, Princess Taiping Li Lingyue, to lie on the ground and catch fish!

They acted as if they didn't see anything and let the pretty princess get covered in mud all over her body, even her face, and she was stretching out her dirty little hands to catch fish.

Princess Taiping seemed to be lying on the ground wrestling with a fish. She finally held on to a fish that was almost longer than her arm. Just as she stood up shakily, the fish leaped out of her arms and fell to the ground, beginning to flutter its body.

When Princess Taiping saw the fish jump into the pond, she didn't get angry or cry. Instead, she squatted down happily and began to compete with the fish until she actually caught the fish and threw it into the pond. Then she clapped her hands in satisfaction, then snuggled up to the prince, waiting for the next fish to be released by her.

During the entire process, not a single palace maid or eunuch came forward to help. Princess Taiping was the only one catching and releasing the fish by herself.

"Students Yao Chong and Huan Yanfan greet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Under the guidance of Li Yifu, Yao Chong and Huan Yanfan came behind Li Hong and said respectfully.

At this time, Yao Chong was only fifteen years old and Huan Yanfan was only thirteen years old, but their looks were already full of heroic spirit, and they looked like two talented young men.

Li Hong handed the fishing rod to Bai Chun. Taiping saw it and immediately wanted to sit where Li Hong had just sat to fish. Bai Chun had no choice but to hold Taiping in his arms and let the little guy hold the fishing rod.

Li Hong is the tallest among the three. He is one year younger than Yao Chong, but half a head taller than him.

Seeing the two people who were a little embarrassed, Li Hong gestured to talk to the pavilion in front, and asked as he walked: "Did Li Yifu tell you why I wanted to see you?"

"Your Highness, Li Taibao has already told us that we students are willing to follow Your Highness to the Western Regions." Huan Yanfan said to Yao Chong after Li Hong sat down.

"Do you have any requests? Those guys in Hongwenguan will definitely say that I am uneducated and so on. Are you willing to follow me from the bottom of your heart?" Li Hongke knew that the teachers in Hongwenguan and Guozijian always regarded him as a negative example.

Yao Chong smiled awkwardly. It seemed that His Royal Highness knew that he had a bad reputation in the Hongwen Academy and the Imperial College. He said a little awkwardly, "Before I came here, Mr. said that it would be great if Your Highness could write a poem on the theme of the Daming Palace of our Tang Empire."