When he woke up, Gongsun Xi stretched his waist, looked at the weather that was already noon, patted his cheeks, cheered up, finished washing, and put on light makeup.

Just as he was about to go out, Zhang Ni leaned up mysteriously: "The man from the West Courtyard has asked about Chang'an again!"

"Western Courtyard..."

Gongsun Xi unconsciously held the hilt of the sword, a little embarrassed, and thought for a while and said, "You go down, I'll go to the West Courtyard to take a look."

The West Courtyard is very different from the East Courtyard where Gongsun Xi lives.

The yard where Gongsun Xi lives is relatively simple, but you can see many flowers and plants from the west courtyard from southeast to northwest, with exquisite furnishings and beautiful environments.

After stepping into the west courtyard, Gongsun Xi met the person he came to meet in front of the wing room.

A woman who was once a thorn in her eyes, but now she can't hate her.

"The eldest princess!"

Li Chiying was originally a princess. With Li Longji's ascension to the throne, he became Li Longji's favorite sister for granted, so he naturally became the eldest princess. Now that Li Yan ascended the throne, Li Chiying's identity changed from the eldest princess to the eldest princess.

In addition to the queen mother, the female with the highest status in the Li Tang Dynasty.

Li Chiying still remembers the situation when he moved here. Li Yan fled west and Chang'an was in turmoil.

Li Guiren was bribed by the rebels and surrendered to the city.

Zhang Kang intended to control Li Chiying and threaten Pei Min, and the rebels arrived directly to the Grand Princess's Mansion.

It was Gongsun Xi who rescued her at the critical moment.

As time goes by, both of them have changed greatly.

Surprisingly, the two of them were not as hostile as before, and they were staring at Mai Mang.

"Miss Gongsun..." Li Chiying said anxiously: "The rebels have been capturing Chang'an for several months. I don't know what the situation outside is? Are the people of Chang'an being robbed? I suddenly remembered that there was a Golden Immortal Temple in Taibai Mountain, which was my sister's temple. I remember that I was having fun in my early years and found a secret cellar in the quiet room of the temple. There were a large number of treasures and utensils in the cellar, all of which were rewarded by my father and emperor. When Sister Jinxian died of illness, the treasures were still in the cellar. Miss Gongsun was so righteous that she could take them out to help the people."

Gongsun Xi looked at the sky slightly and said, "Fortunately... the rebels are quite honest in Chang'an. Some of the unhonest people have asked me to clean up. You... live here with peace of mind, and it will be fine in no time. As for the treasures and objects of the Golden Immortal Temple, I will not be polite to Princess Dachang. Guanzhong has been greatly affected and disaster victims can be seen everywhere. Master... The warehouse of the court was robbed and could not provide any remaining money to provide relief. I am just annoyed by this matter..."

Li Chiying sighed, bowed deeply, and said, "The people have this disaster because of me, Li, and I will ask the girl for everything."

Gongsun Xi was just in a position to accept the promise, but then he narrowed his eyes and said a few perfunctory words, saying goodbye and leaving.

After leaving the West Courtyard, Gongsun Xi arranged for someone to withdraw money while coming to Pei Mansion.

Officials gathered everywhere outside the Pei Mansion, coming and going, and in an endless stream.

In Chang'an, Pei Min is the most respected person. Li Yan is not in the palace, so Pei Min is not in a position to be in charge of the imperial city. She directly turned her mansion into a political affairs hall, responsible for handling all matters in the capital.

As the regent minister, Pei Min had many privileges and was not stingy at this moment. He either appointed officials, or sacked officials who performed poorly, or even colluded with the enemy to the enemy, stabilizing the situation in Guanzhong.

When Pei Min saw Gongsun Xi, he smiled and said, "You are here just in time. You are looking for something to come to you."

Now he is in a hurry to be in a shortage of manpower, most of the officials have been searched for him, and Guanzhong is robbed again, and many places need to be dealt with by manpower.

After a few years of absence, Gongsun Xi broke away from his sister and gradually grew up.

She was as jealous as ever, but she learned and knew how to distinguish between right and wrong, didn't care about being tempted, and even had the idea of ​​being a little heroic, serving the country and the people.

This time, Chang'an was robbed because of the agreement with Mosremasa that the rebels did not rob Chang'an directly, but many soldiers and generals were still uncontrolled and committed illegal activities.

Gongsun Xi decisively disbanded Qingyu Tower and turned the Qingyu Alliance from open to dark, and punished those generals and officials who were evil in Chang'an, which was quite intimidating.

Pei Min used the information in his hands to calculate that the rebels would give up Chang'an and sneak into Chang'an first to make preparations.

Seeing Gongsun Xi's changes, I was relieved and happy, and I also used this free labor force without hesitation.

Gongsun Xi was also happy to do so, wandering around Pei Min all day long, waiting for instructions.

Pei Min said: "Appoint a reliable person to send me a letter to Shuzhong and hand it over to the Jiannan Jiedushi Geshuhan."

"Okay!" Gongsun Xi responded happily.

Pei Min continued: "Also, please help pay attention to the prices in Guanzhong. The more you are at this time, the less chaos the economy is. I don't have so many people to investigate now, so it depends on you."

Gongsun Xi agreed to the promise again and went down to make arrangements.

A flying pigeon landed in the backyard of Chang'an County Prince's Mansion.

Wang Wei grabbed the pigeon lightly, took the secret letter on his feet, glanced at it, and frowned slightly.

"Prince Prince! News came from Duke Song!"

Pei Min reached out to stop Wang Wei from talking, but looked at Li Mi on the side and said, "Guess, what is the news?"

Li Mi pondered for a moment and said, "Take retreating as advance, and agree to return the throne to Your Majesty, but find a reason not to return to Chang'an."

Pei Min looked at Wang Wei.

Wang Wei sighed and said, "I guessed it to my friend. Mr. Song said that King Zhong was very cooperative and repeatedly said that his acceptance of Your Majesty's abdication was a temporary measure. As long as everything is stable, even if Pei Shuai didn't say it, he would hand over the throne to Your Majesty again. But Your Majesty is now suffering from illness and it is not convenient for him to return to the east."

Pei Min said, "It's so scheming. I know that this Zhongwang will not compromise and give up so easily. Chang'an is already under my control. He knows very well that once he arrives in Chang'an, he will be a sheep entering the tiger's mouth. He will not be able to return to Chang'an..."

Just as he was talking, Gongsun Xi walked into the hall again.

"Master, my disciple just received news from Luoyang that it was Zhang Kang, the leader of the rebel army, who changed his name to An Lushan, and had already proclaimed himself emperor in Luoyang. His country was named Dayan, his reign was named Shengwu, and his great ministers."

When Pei Min heard An Lushan, he said nothing unexpectedly: "It's him!"

He had long suspected that Zhang Kang might be the An Lushan, but he was not sure!

Li Mi smiled and said, "Ship Pei's reputation is indeed amazing. Before you even took action, he couldn't help it. In order to calm the morale of the army, he quickly became emperor and used high officials and generous salaries to win people's hearts. But..." He frowned slightly and said, "King Zhong is an internal worry, and An Lushan is an external worry. Both are in great dangers. But I don't know if it was Shuai Pei who planned to eliminate internal worry first or determine external worry first? Both have pros and cons..."
Chapter completed!