Li Ke stayed in Da'an Palace for seven days, and only after the funeral ceremony was over, he returned to his Chu Palace. After the funeral was over, he stopped the spirits and waited for the Supreme Emperor's grandson to be completed before he could be buried.

The day after Li Ke returned to his residence, outside the King of Chu’s mansion.

Eight days ago, when the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan passed away, in order to express his condolences, the visits of relatives and friends of all households in Chang'an City have stopped. The entire Chang'an City has become much deserted. It was not until the funeral was over. And today, his guests also came to the Chu Palace.

Wu Meiniang's eldest sister Wu Shun went north to Daizhou in July. After the Xue family's ancestor worship, she returned to Chang'an. She did not visit her again until today.

Wu Shun set out from Yingshan Duke's Mansion and got off the carriage outside the palace. Before entering the door, he only looked at the three words "King of Chu" above the high door pillar in front of him, but he sighed inexplicably.

Although Wushun and Helan Yueshi got married last year, they were engaged long before.

Warrior and Helan Shiren, the father of Helan Yueshi, were old friends. As early as the end of the Wude year, Warrior and Helan Shiren decided to marry Wushun and Helan Anshi.

Perhaps because the Helan family was a wealthy family in the north, and the Wu family started in a short time, although the Wu family and the Helan family were married, the two families did not have much friendship after the Helan Shiren. The Helan family did not attach much importance to the Wu family and Wushun. These were all things that Wushun himself could see.

But since the end of the seventh year of Zhenguan, Mei Niang, the second daughter of the Wu family, and Li Ke, King of Chu, decided to marry each other, everything changed. The Helan family, which was originally lukewarm to Wushun, suddenly became warm. Not only did the Helan family, who were officials in Beijing, often came to the mansion to pay homage, but even Helan Xuan, the head of the Helan family in Daizhou, wrote a letter to greet him personally, and specially asked him to wait for Helan Yueshi to worship the ancestral temple.

Helan Yueshi is not a long house. It is a great honor for Wu Shun to enter the ancestral hall with a wife with a side house. And such honor is naturally not because of Wu Shun herself. She knew that all of this was given by the Chu Palace, and it was all for the face of Li Ke and Wu Meiniang.

Regarding Wu Meiniang, it was impossible for Wu Shun to say that she was not envious. They were all women of the Wu family and their legitimate sisters. They were still quite a while ago, but now just one year later, Wu Meiniang married into the palace of the King of Chu and became the chief concubine of the King of Chu. She has become one of the few noble people among all the women in the world. However, Wu Shun was only looked up by Wu Meiniang because of her virtue.

If you say jealousy, it wouldn’t be that the Wu sisters had a deep affection. Wu Meiniang helped her a lot in the past, but Wu Shun wouldn’t be jealous and hated her, but sometimes Wu Shun would also feel a little annoyed.

Wu Shun still clearly remembers what Yang Fei asked them in Zhaoqing Hall last year: "Wu Shun and Wu Xi looked young, did they talk about them?"

That time was her chance to almost become the Princess of Chu, but unfortunately, all this was not the same as her from the beginning.

But if we go back to the beginning, sometimes Wu Shun would even think that if Li Ke was killed in Honghu and it was not Wu Meiniang who rescued Li Ke on the water, but Wu Shun. If Wu Shun had not made a marriage contract with Helan Yueshi in the morning, would it be her today's Princess Chu?

This idea seems absurd, but it is not impossible. She was once so close to Princess Chu, but she just missed it from the beginning.

But after all, I can only think about it. Wu Shun looked at the grand door plaque of the King of Chu Mansion, and for a moment, he walked into the palace.

"Sister, Sanlang and I just talked about you, and you are here." In the inner courtyard of the Chu Prince's Mansion, Wu Meiniang just saw Wu Shun enter the door, and then she came forward and smiled at Wu Shun.

Wu Shun asked curiously: "Why did the princess suddenly mention me?"

Wu Meiniang replied: "Since the emperor was seriously ill, my father's health was worse than before, and it became worse. Sanlang and I were worried that it was inappropriate for my father to be an official in Jingzhou alone, so we discussed this matter with our father. My father had already allowed my father to take office as the governor of Jingzhou and was transferred to Wensan official to be the Guanglu doctor and recuperate in the capital. By then, Sanlang and I were not in the capital, and my father would still need my sister to be more concerned."

Wu Shun was a little surprised when he heard this. Unexpectedly, Li Kezhen wanted to get a special promotion for the warrior, and then nodded and responded.

In the Tang Dynasty, the Wensan officials had a total of twenty-nine ranks. They were specially promoted to the Guanglu Dafu and were appointed as the second rank. They were under the Kaifu Yitong Sansi, and above the Jinzi Guanglu Dafu, although they did not hold real power, they were extremely honorable. As an elderly Kaiguo Yuansu like the warrior, it was also considered an excellent destination.

The Tang Dynasty has been established for nearly 18 years, and there are many founding fathers who have been honored and retired, but there are no more than eight people who can get high-level officials such as Guanglu Dafu. It can be seen that it is not easy to be among them. Warriors are not Li Shimin's confidant. They naturally do not have such weight in front of Li Shimin alone. Most of them are Li Ke's face.

Wu Shun asked Wu Meiniang: "The princess told me this, but will she go north soon with Your Highness?"

Wu Meiniang replied: "The father issued an oral order, and I was specifically allowed to go to Bingzhou with Sanlang after the New Year. After a while, my grandfather was buried, so I should go north. Although my father was taken care of by two brothers, they were men after all. They were a little careless and probably had something to do, so my sister still needed to visit her frequently."

Wu Shun responded: "Your Highness and the princess have trouble with your father's affairs. You are here to stay safe. I should take care of your father's side."

Wu Meiniang said, "My father is old and raised in Chang'an is nothing wrong, but I'm afraid that if my sister is in Beijing in the future, she will just go to Taiyuan if she can't deal with anything.

When Wu Shun heard this, he nodded, as if he was about to speak, and was about to speak, but then he stopped again and did not speak, obviously in a dilemma.

Wu Shun's reaction fell into Li Ke's eyes. Li Ke thought that Wu Shun might have something important to come to the door, so he asked: "I just focused on talking about my father-in-law with my sister. I guess my sister must have something to discuss when she comes to the door this time."

With Li Ke speaking, Wu Shun's words were naturally much more convenient. Wu Shun responded softly and said to Li Ke: "I have something to ask Your Highness for help."

Li Ke asked, "It must be important for those who can ask my sister to come here in person. Let me tell you, if this king is within the power and responsibility, I will definitely help you."

Wu Shun said: "It's not an important matter, it's just a matter for my husband. He is an official in Chang'an. Although he is guarding his family, he always feels too mediocre. He wants to take advantage of his prime to go to the border states to experience and seek a chance to make achievements. It's not good to live by relying on the legacy of his ancestors. So my husband specifically asked me to come to the royal palace and ask Your Highness to help you."

The Tang Dynasty was the martial arts, and the Helan Yueshi came from the Helan family in Wuchuan. The Helan family was a family of martial arts. It is reasonable that Helan Yueshi would inevitably have the intention to make achievements.

Li Ke said: "This is a good thing. I should help you, but I don't know what place my brother wants to go?"

Wu Shun replied: "The most frequent wars in the border states of the Tang Dynasty were the northwest and Heshuo. His Highness was in charge of Hedong. In order to avoid suspicion, Heshuo naturally became inconvenient to go there. I wonder what the northwest is?"

Li Ke thought for a moment and agreed, "It's good that this is the case. The governor of Hezhou and Rencheng King Li Daozong is the uncle of the king. He has a good relationship with me and sells me a little bit of my face. I will write a letter later and recommend my brother to Rencheng King."
Chapter completed!