Li Changqing has always wanted to figure out what grudges there are between the emperor, the empress dowager, the empress dowager, and the Duke of Zhenguo, and whether they can temporarily form an alliance under common interests. This is related to the Li family's position in the court - the emperor will eventually take charge of the rule. Although they currently have to rely on Empress Dowager Cao, they do not want to become a sword in Empress Dowager Cao's hand, flying blacks and hiding good bows.

This was originally something they had decided before they came to the capital. My father asked about Princess Jianan, and most of them wanted to peek at the relationship between these families through Princess Jianan.

Li Qian knew in his heart that he felt a little uncomfortable inexplicably because his father asked him so carelessly, and even in front of Liu Li and Wang Huaiyin.

"I just met it occasionally in the Imperial Garden," Li Qian subconsciously didn't want to say more, "What can a group of palace maids and nannies follow me? Let alone talk."

Li Changqing also felt that he was too anxious when he heard this and sighed: "I was angry with Yan Huanian, and I was thinking about where to win the game back."

Li Qian was unwilling to talk about this and said, "Father, after this month, the birthday gifts from all over the country should be delivered. How are our birthday gifts prepared? Besides, it is better to have a marriage with the Bai family. Although the emperor is close to the Empress Dowager and the eldest lady of the Bai family grew up in the Cining Palace, some things are often unexpected. Don't be the pawns in the hands of Empress Dowager Cao - Empress Dowager Cao can change people at any time, but it is at stake for our Li family."

Why didn’t Li Changqing know?

He couldn't help but sigh: "Our family's foundation is still too shallow."

Li Qian comforted his father: "This road is always taken step by step."

Li Changqing nodded and discussed the birthday ceremony with Wang Huaiyin and others.

Li Qian listened beside him, a little absent-minded.

What exactly did Princess Jianan look for Wang Zan?

After seeing off Li Changqing and others, it was already dusk. He sat quietly in the uninhabited study room, silent for a long time, and ordered Binghe: "You go and call Lin Yunlai."

Lin Yun is his Changsui, who has practiced a good martial arts and is in charge of the thirty guards around him.

All of these guards were loyal to him personally.

The glacier left in response.

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In the Cining Palace.

Jiang Xian put the red bean cake brought by Li Qian on the kang table next to the window, and laughed and teased Bai Su: "Hey, the red bean cake you want!"

Bai Su was surprised and said, "Cao Xuan is here?"

"It's not Cao Xuan." Jiang Xian said, "It's brought by Li Qian. Cao Xuan asked Li Qian to bring it."

She was a little irritated.

When she first met Li Qian in her previous life, she was in charge of the rule behind the curtain and became the empress dowager. In order to consolidate the imperial power, both generals from Yunnan and Guizhou and nearby Jizhou asked to go to Beijing to report their duties.

He was the general of Datong at that time.

The first time I saw her, I dared to look at her carelessly.

She remembered him at that time.

How come this person starts to sway in front of him every now and then?

Jiang Xian pursed his lips.

If Empress Dowager Cao hadn't been besieged immediately, she would have dealt with him long ago.

However, if the Li family really defected to Empress Dowager Cao, Zhao Yi would deal with them without doing it himself, right?

She sneered in her heart and whispered Bai Su: "Can you find a way to send a letter to my aunt? I have something important to do. It is best to be able to leave the palace these two days."

The Empress Dowager raised her and loved her like a treasure. The Jiang family came to pick her up from the mansion. Although the Empress Dowager would not stop her, she was vaguely afraid of losing her granddaughter again. If she happily talked about how good her aunt Qin was to her and how happy she was in the Jiang family, the Empress Dowager would secretly dislike her, fearing that she would like Zhenguo Mansion more, and was afraid that she would feel the rules and uneasy in the Cining Palace, and wanted to go back to the Jiang family.

Jiang Xian subtly realized this emotion of his grandmother when he was very young.

After that, she went back to the Jiang family and mentioned the people in Zhenguo Duke's Mansion became faint, let alone took the initiative to go back to Zhenguo Duke's Mansion to take a look - the Empress Dowager would be very sad when she knew about it.

Bai Su naturally knew it too.

She immediately became nervous when she heard this and said, "Is something wrong?"

"It's okay." Jiang Xian smiled, "I'm a little worried that the Empress Dowager would attack the Jiang family by taking advantage of her birthday. I want to go back and remind my uncle."

She was not going to tell Bai Su about some things.

Bai Su is not able to help her now, and even accidentally drags Bai Su off the water.

She hopes that Bai Su will be safe and happy in this life and will never be hurt by her own reasons again.

Just as Bai Su used to protect her like her sister in her previous life, she would also protect Bai Su as much as she could.

She will be her sister.

Bai Su breathed a sigh of relief and said with some distress: "What is Empress Dowager Cao going to do? You don't know. Now everyone is silent when they mention her, and they will die one after another. Look at the princes born by the imperial concubine..."

Jiang Xian coughed a few times and signaled Bai Su not to say anything more.

The one who is in charge of the clan mansion now is her grandfather, the younger brother-in-law of the Empress Dowager Xiaozong, the younger brother-in-law of the Empress Dowager, and the uncle of the late emperor, Zhao Yi's uncle, and King Jian Zhao Zheng. He was favored by several generations of emperors. Although he never interfered in the government affairs, he had great power. Empress Dowager Cao won his favor and was finally able to rule the country from behind the curtain.

But in the end, it was because of his support that Zhao Yi dared to make up his mind to besiege Wanshou Mountain.

And after doing these things, he still lived in seclusion in Prince Jian’s Mansion, only caring about the affairs of the clan’s mansion.

She didn't understand back then, thinking that King Jian had taken advantage of Zhao Yixiong's talent and wanted to take Zhao Yi to the throne. Later, she was regent and educated Zhao Xi well. Every time King Jian saw her, she showed admiration and said that she was worthy of being raised by the Empress Dowager. Only then did she realize that the reason why King Jian helped Zhao Yi was not because Zhao Yi had any ability, but because she did not want Empress Dowager Cao to hurt Zhao's descendants again and turned Empress Dowager Cao into the second Lu Zhi.

Poor she thought Zhao Yi had the ability to govern the country... Now, thinking about it, I feel that my mind was full of water at that time.

Bai Su had Jiang Xian's hint and told Jiang Xian about leaving the palace: "If you write a letter, I will ask Liu Xin to quietly bring it to my mother and ask my mother to pass it over to the Duke of Zhenguo's wife."

The Jiang family came to pick Jiang Xian back, and it was different from Jiang Xian's own initiative to go back. The Empress Dowager would not stop him.

After all, she is old, so Jiang Xian still has to rely on the Duke Zhenguo Mansion in the future.

Jiang Xian went to write a letter, sealed Qi Hong, and handed it to Bai Su.

Bai Su thought about it and handed the red bean cake on the kang table to Liu Mei, saying, "If anyone asks, I will say that the Empress Dowager gave me two boxes of snacks. I ate it delicious. My mother had just recovered from a serious illness, so I asked her to try it too."

Liu Mei took the dessert and retreated.

Jiang Xian couldn't help laughing and said, "I really didn't expect that you have the means to deceive your superiors and not hide your subordinates."

Otherwise, Bai Su would not have been in the palace in his previous life.

Did I underestimate her?

Bai Su didn't care and smiled and said, "It's because these two boxes of red bean cakes came too timely."

After saying that, the two of them laughed at the same time when they thought of the origin of the red bean cake.

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Dear, today's update.

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Chapter completed!