"Where are your lords?"
As soon as Li Xuan entered the door, he asked the maid who was cleaning the courtyard.
While sprinkling water in the courtyard to cool down, the servant girl named Xiao Qing was so startled that the brocade handkerchief wrapped in ice fell out of her arms, and said tremblingly: "Yes, the inner house..."
Li Xuan strode inside, and when he was about to pass through the moon gate, he turned around and asked, "How long has your lord been back?"
"Yes, it's been several days..." The maid who was startled was still a little bit lost.
His Royal Highness drove straight into the Viscount's Mansion, as if he had entered the land of no one, and none of the family guards dared to stop him—this His Royal Highness has often come to the Viscount's Mansion to inquire in the past few months, who doesn't know His Royal Highness, and who else? Dare to be presumptuous in front of him
Li Yi is lying on a rocking chair, a pot of grape wine has just been re-chilled on the table, a huge piece of ice is placed in the four corners of the room, the room is cool, and there is no feeling of stuffiness at all, Xiaohuan took the grapes out of the ice water Take it out, peel it and carefully put it into his mouth...
Li Xuan, who was sweating profusely and looked haggard, appeared in front of his eyes at this moment.
When Li Xuan stepped into the room, he happened to see Li Yi lying leisurely on the rocking chair, and the little maid put grapes into his mouth. He had worked so hard these days, but he enjoyed it so much—his conscience would not hurt
"Too much, too much, you..."
Such a stark contrast made Li Xuan's heart suddenly burst into an unknown fire. He pointed at Li Yi and was about to condemn him, but suddenly he shivered. There was only one step away from the unbearable heat to the extreme coolness. The strong contrast made him stunned for a while. in there.
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"Grape wine, it's better to chill it!" Sitting on a rocking chair next to Li Yi, Li Xuan slipped a hip flask in one hand, took a sip, closed his eyes, and said with emotion after a while.
He hasn't had iced grape wine for a long time. Since the number of ice gifts in the palace has dropped sharply, iced grape wine has become a luxury item. The Crown Princess is afraid of the heat, so he sent all the ice to her room. At night—and of course in her room.
At this time, he couldn't care less about condemning Li Yi, he just felt his whole body relax, even if he was willing to lie here for the rest of his life.
At the same time, he finally began to understand why Li Yi had a soft spot for such a chair.
"You've been back for so long, why don't you ask someone to report to the death son's house?" Li Xuan was lying on his back, looking at the roof, even his voice was a little weak.
"Before you bother me, I have to be comfortable for a few days..." The second pot of grape wine was snatched by Li Xuan, and this impolite guy actually drank from the spout. Royal etiquette has been learned from dogs. Li Yi said angrily.
"Then are you comfortable enough?" Li Xuan asked.
Li Yi asked back: "Since you are all here, does it make any difference if there is enough?"
"No." Li Xuan said honestly, "Your Majesty is ill and hasn't recovered for a month. You have to go to the palace with me to have a look."
"Even the imperial doctor can't help, what can I see?" Li Yi signaled Xiaohuan not to feed himself, and said with his hands behind his head.
"The imperial doctor can't help it, but it doesn't mean you can't do it either." Li Xuan turned to look at him and said, "Time is urgent, we will leave right away..."
Li Xuan is like a broom star to him. The moment he saw him, Li Yi knew that his good days were over.
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There were two ice buckets in the spacious carriage. Li Yi squeezed a piece of crushed ice and put it in his mouth, biting it with a bang sound. He looked at Li Xuan in surprise and asked, "I haven't seen you for a few months, how did your complexion change?" It’s so bad, could it be that the princess concubine is really powerful? I’m not talking about you, young people still need to know how to control themselves, otherwise you will regret it in the future.”
It is said that the quieter the woman on the outside, the more "enthusiastic" she is on the inside. Seeing Li Xuan's appearance, Li Yi knew that there was some truth to this sentence.
"Where did you get so much ice in your house?" Li Xuan was obviously not thinking about it, staring at the ice bucket in the carriage and said.
"I made it myself." Li Yi leaned on the cushion and said lazily.
"Can you make ice in summer?" Li Xuan asked with wide-eyed eyes.
The carriage made people dizzy, Li Yi closed his eyes, and said, "You can fly into the sky, why can't I make ice in summer?"
Li Xuan stopped worrying about this issue and said, "Okay, I'll send someone to pick it up at your house in the evening, and it's best to send some to the palace as well. Ice storage in the palace is also very tense these days."
What is a bad friend is a friend who disrupts his life every time and always likes to use his own things as favors. Li Xuan is a model in this regard.
The weather is hot. Although there is no holiday in the yamen, the ministers don't have to work hard every day. The Bowen Hall is unbearably hot. I heard from Li Xuan that the gentleman who taught the princes and princesses passed out three times in two days. It's hard to see other people here.
Li Yi and Li Xuan got off the carriage in front of the palace gate, just in time to see several figures waiting at the gate.
Seeing the bald heads shining brightly in the sun, Li Yi walked over and said with a smile, "Master Tanyin, long time no see."
"Amitabha, it turned out to be Li Yi's little benefactor." The old monk Tanyin said with a smile after performing a Buddhist ceremony.
"Master, is this going to enter the palace?" Li Yi looked at several monks and asked.
In such a vicious sun, these monks didn't even wear hats to cover them, for fear that they would be offended if they went back at night.
"Waiting for His Majesty's call." The old monk Tan Yin nodded and said.
The two of them didn't say a few words, a carriage drove quickly from a distance, and several Taoist priests in green clothes got out of the carriage, and cast a glance at these monks, and of course they also left Li Yi in by the way, just at the guard's side After showing the sign, he swaggered into the palace gate.
Li Yixindao was worthy of being the national religion. The treatment of these Taoist priests was much better than that of monks. At least they didn't have to stand at the gate of the palace to bask in the sun at noon.
"We still have important things to do, the master will talk about it another day." Li Xuan saluted the old monk Tan Yin, and walked into the palace gate with Li Yi.
When passing by Bowen Palace, Li Yi glanced in a certain direction subconsciously. At the beginning, he didn't expect that he would be away from Beijing for so long this time. I don't know how Yongning is doing recently...
This time, he was not disappointed. Looking from a distance, the little girl in palace attire was sitting on the steps in the shadows, staring blankly ahead, still maintaining that familiar posture.
With a smile on Li Yi's face, he walked over there quickly.
At this moment, a Yuanyuan figure suddenly appeared at the corner of the palace, Jin Wang Li Han ran over quickly, pulled Yongning's little face, and said loudly: "Hmph, I don't know why the emperor always gives You have so much ice, the two of us combined don’t have as much as you, so give me half of your ice, or I’ll beat you!”
They are all princes and princesses, why Yongning is always given more ice than them, you must know that Yongning is a child without a mother, His Royal Highness Jin is very unbalanced.
Li Han pulled the little girl's face, it was very strange that she was not as stupid as before this time, even if she was being bullied, she still didn't move, but raised her head and looked behind him.
"Hmph, it's useless to look at, who else in the palace would..." Li Han turned his head while talking.
"Uh..." Li Han made a strange sound in his throat.
Time seemed to stand still at this moment.
Suddenly, Li Han's hand seemed to be bitten by a poisonous snake, and he took it away from Yongning's face. Looking at the figure in front of him, his round face turned pale.
In the extremely hot weather, King Jin suddenly felt a little cold. On the clear sky, there seemed to be endless black clouds, rolling and rolling, oppressing from right in front of him...