Li Yuanying had a good night's sleep, and when he woke up the next day, it was sunny outside. He got up, put on his clothes with the help of others, and ran out the door to see that there was a tall linden tree growing in the courtyard. All the leaves had fallen off, leaving only the bare trunk standing in the courtyard.
Li Yuanying stood under the tree and looked around, and found a bird's nest hidden in it, which was already in tatters, obviously no birds.
In the palace, there are no birds in the places where they study and rest, and there are special people who are responsible for driving away the birds trying to build nests, so there are no bird nests to dig out.
Li Yuanying hadn't seen the bird's nest yet, but when he saw the round nest, he thought it might be. On a whim, he rolled up his sleeves and climbed up the tree to take a look at the bird's nest!
Li Yuanying was the last one to get up among the small radish heads, and the others waited and waited for Li Yuanying, so they called their friends to come over to find someone. After arriving in the court, Sizi immediately made a silent gesture to the others, took the hands of the friends, walked under the tree and looked up, only to see that Li Yuanying had already touched the round bird's nest, and easily got it inside.
Li Yuanying looked down, and there was a circle of people under the tree! He excitedly brought the bird's nest under the tree, and shared this novelty with the others: "It's already winter, and the bird's nest looks pretty solid, but it's cold, and the birds have all flown away. "
A group of people gathered around the bird's nest to study it. You poked me, poked me, looked over and over again, and found it very strange. They haven't enjoyed watching it all yet, but they heard a crying cry from outside the monastery: "Yaoyao!"
Li Yuanying turned his head to look, but saw Li Xiaoyuanqiu running towards him tearfully, throwing himself into his arms and sobbing nonstop.
Li Yuanying hurriedly coaxed: "What's the matter? Who bullied you?"
Li Xiaoyuanqiu choked up and said: "Yeah bad, yeah scold me."
Li Yuanying coaxed Li Xiaoyuanqiu patiently, and learned the whole story from Li Xiaoyuanqiu's mouth: Li Xiaoyuanqiu went to play with Li Tai early in the morning, Li Tai scolded him in a bad mood and asked him to play by himself, Li Xiaoyuanqiu felt wronged Extremely, he broke away from others and ran to him.
Li Yuanying glanced at the servants and court ladies who were far behind and dared not come over, and did not say anything to Li Tai's actions, but coaxed: "Your mother will be sad if you run out alone, you and you Did Auntie say it?"
Li Xiaoyuan held back her tears and shook her head.
Li Yuanying said: "You are a man, you can't make a girl cry, next time you have to tell Aniang first, do you understand?"
Li Xiaoyuan thought for a while, then nodded seriously.
Li Yuanying asked people to go back and talk to Yan Shi, and took Li Xiaoyuanqiu to see the bird's nest together, and explained to him and Sizi the habit of birds flying south in winter.
Even birds know how to fly to warm places to seek shelter and survive the cold winter, and so do people. Li Xiaoyuanqiu nestled in Li Yuanying's arms for a while, feeling not sad, happily remembered Li Yuanying's story about migratory birds, and was going to go back and tell Yan Shi to make Yan Shi happy.
His Majesty Li Er ordered someone to prepare a vegetarian meal, but he didn't see anyone coming for a long time, so he sent someone to look for it, so Li Yuanying put the bird's nest under the tree and took his friends to have breakfast.
Sizi couldn't hold back his words in front of His Majesty Li Er, and immediately told His Majesty Li Er about seeing the bird's nest just now.
Li Xiaoyuan nodded and gestured to His Majesty Li Er: "It's so big!"
His Majesty Li Er immediately grasped the key point: "Where is the bird's nest?"
When Sizi heard it, he found that the dew was sunken, so he quickly covered his mouth, shook his head and remained silent.
Although Li Xiaoyuanqiu couldn't lie, he didn't know that Li Yuanying took down the bird's nest by climbing a tree, so he shook his head with his aunt.
Regardless of the two younger ones, His Majesty Li Er can guess it.
Li Yuanying was the only one among this group of radishheads who liked to do this kind of thing. No matter how tall the tree was, he would climb it as soon as he said it, and even if he climbed it, he would plausibly say that someone frightened him under the tree!
His Majesty Li Er turned to Li Yuanying.
Seeing that the situation was not going well, Li Yuanying said in a hurry: "Brother, I am full!" After speaking, he ran away before His Majesty Li Er could respond, and did not dare to approach His Majesty Li Er on the way back.
The group returned to the palace, rested for another half a month, and finally returned to Chang'an. When Li Yuanying came, he was still empty-handed, but when he returned, he had a few more carts. Some of them were good calligraphy and paintings he got from Chu Suiliang and the others, and some were gifts he collected for relatives and friends who could not come to Luoyang to play, mainly for his mother. With his nephew, um, the eldest nephew also has a share, just less, the eldest nephew is an adult, just give me some ideas!
Anyway, Li Yuanying has been obsessed with packing big and small bags since he inquired about the return date. This one is delicious and the other is fun, and he is reluctant to leave any of them, so he brings them all. He heard that the peonies in Luoyang were good, so he recruited a few people who were good at growing peonies and asked them to bring the peonies back to Chang'an! Li Yuanying directed the people to pack the things, and then ran to ask His Majesty Li Er: "Brother Huang, can I bring something back to Chang'an?"
His Majesty Li Er said: "You can take it with you if you like, ask me why?"
Li Yuanying ran away happily.
His Majesty Li Er regretted it the day he set foot on the return journey.
Because Li Yuanying packed several carts, even Li Zhi and Sizi and the others gathered in one cart, and they followed Yujia in a long row. It looked like His Majesty Li Er, the emperor, was not here to play. It's here to search for the people's fat and people's anointing!
But all the words were released. Although His Majesty Li Er wanted to grab Li Yuanying and beat him up, he didn't let anyone throw away Li Yuanying's carts.
As the imperial driver was going back to Chang'an, there were naturally many people watching from a distance along the way. Some people saw Li Yuanying's few carts of gifts and there was a lot of discussion. Hearing someone questioned whether His Majesty Li Er had collected some rare treasures to take away, the salesman next to him was not happy, and interjected: "No, it was all bought by His Majesty King Teng, did you not see it?" A few days ago, His Royal Highness Teng took a few little princesses on the street and spent generously. He even bought several of my windmills! See if there is a windmill on the outside of that car. Happy!"
Other shopkeepers carrying loads or carrying baskets also responded one after another, and even took the opportunity to boast how good their things were, even nobles like King Teng and the little princess were full of praise!
These quick-witted shopkeepers benefited a lot. Although many people were dubious, they also bought some inexpensive gadgets curiously to see if they were really good enough to be liked by the nobles!
Then someone pointed to a few flower growers who were following behind the team and started a new round of discussion—
"Isn't that from our village? His flower-growing skills are unique in our village!"
"I heard that King Teng recruited several people who are good at planting flowers back to Chang'an, and asked them to bring their wives and children with them!"
"Beside the nobles, they will be rich and powerful in the future!"
"I heard that His Royal Highness Prince Teng is generous in everything he does. Not only does he want people who can grow flowers, but he also wants people who can raise chickens and dogs!"
"It's a pity that His Highness has returned to Chang'an, otherwise I would go to him too! Look at how straight that big waist is, I'm afraid no one will recognize him!"
"It's not too late, haven't you read the notice posted in the city? Anyone with a skill can go to Xiangcheng Palace to try their luck!"
Although Li Yuanying was on his way back to Chang'an, not only did this kind of discussion not go on, but it became more and more heated because of the approaching of the New Year and relatives and friends walking around more than usual.
For a long time, nobles like princes and princesses have been far away from the common people. Many people either know nothing about them or stay away from them. It is rare to meet such an approachable little prince. The enthusiasm for discussion will not fade for a while. , especially those who have been in direct contact with Li Yuanying—such an honorable matter, it is absolutely not a problem to brag about it for a year or so!
Li Yuanying had already put all these things behind him, and now they were faced with a very serious problem: According to the information obtained by the spy Wei Shu, Wei Ying had a head hanging from his head and a thorn in his ass recently, and he was studying very hard! Therefore, their plan to make Wei Ying the last one in the exam is likely to be in crisis!
Li Yuanying had nothing else but an unyielding drive to lead his friends to beat Wei Ying in the exam. How could he fail the exam! Considering that Kong Yingda will arrange exams for them after returning to Beijing, Li Yuanying decided to stay in the warm carriage and make up lessons with his friends!
Although the cold wind was blowing along the way, the sound of reading aloud could be heard from the carriage where a group of little radish heads were staying. Occasionally, Li Xiaoyuanqiu ran over to look for them, and the sound of reading would add something like "the world is mysterious and yellow, the universe is prehistoric" It seems that the next generation of the royal family and the next generation have a very high enthusiasm for learning.
Yu Jia is still on the way, but the news from Luoyang has been sent back to Chang'an. This time His Majesty Li Er arranged to stay in Chang'an as the Chancellor Gao Shilian, the uncle of Empress Changsun and Changsun Wuji, who was regarded as the elder of Li Chengqian's elders.
Hearing that His Majesty Li Er went to hunt Yique and went to see the Yique Buddhist Cave, Gao Shilian's eyebrows were a bit worried. It is a good thing that Li Tai has filial piety, but looking closely at Li Tai's actions over the years, it is obvious that he has already thought of parting with Li Chengqian. Many courtiers in the court either secretly defected or made bets on both sides. Anyone with a discerning eye can see the brotherhood signs of war.
These two children are both the direct sons of Empress Changsun and Gao Shilian's nephew. Does he want to watch these two children repeat the mistakes of their father and emperor, and get into a brotherhood
Gao Shilian frowned, and entered the palace with the news he had just received.
Li Chengqian felt that Yu Zhining and the others were annoying, but he respected Gao Shilian, an elder who he could call "uncle" in private.
When Gao Shilian came, Li Chengqian was leading Li Xiang to play wooden cards, and Li Yuanying sent someone to bring them. It is said that the playing method is to arrange all the cards at a certain distance, and finally push all the cards down.
Li Xiang likes this thing very much, and every time he sees Li Chengqian is free, he pulls him to put it together.
Hearing that Gao Shilian was here, Li Chengqian thought about it and asked someone to bring Gao Shilian in. Seeing Li Chengqian and his son playing there happily, Gao Shilian relaxed his frown and bowed to them first.
Li Xiang looked at the gray-haired Gao Shilian curiously, and softly followed Li Chengqian's instructions to say hello to the old man who had never seen him before, and invited Gao Shilian to play wooden cards together. It wasn't until he was satisfied with pushing the wooden sign twice in a row that he obediently went to play with the princess and let Li Chengqian and Gao Shilian talk about business.
Seeing Li Chengqian playing with Li Xiang so patiently, Gao Shilian thought that he didn't know about His Majesty Li Er's going to Yique, so he told him the news he just got.
Li Chengqian said: "A few days ago, I received a letter from Uncle Yao, which mentioned this matter."
Thinking of what Li Yuanying wrote in the letter, Li Chengqian wanted to laugh out loud.
Originally, Li Yuanying said that they went to see the Yique Buddhist Cave together, and that Li Tai chiseled a Buddha statue there to accumulate merit for their mother. He was still wondering whether Li Tai really missed his mother or wanted to use it to spread the name of filial piety. . But looking at what Li Yuanying wrote later and the accompanying "Yique Buddhist Shrine Stele", Li Chengqian's doubts disappeared immediately. No matter what the fourth child thinks, Li Yuanying will be so angry that he will be half dead.
So Li Chengqian didn't worry about it at all, and spent the past few days playing with his son in a good mood with the set of beautiful wooden cards that Li Yuanying sent back with the letter.
Li Chengqian also turned around and explained Gao Shilian: "Qingque has such filial piety, the spirit of the queen mother in heaven will be happy."
Gao Shilian saw that Li Chengqian's face was carefree, and praised Li Tailai for being a big brother, he was overjoyed, feeling that this eldest nephew gradually had the appearance that a prince should have. Now that the great nephew has such a heart, Gao Shilian naturally stopped talking, and only boasted: "I think Xiang'er is becoming more and more sensible now."
Li Chengqian also loves this son very much. It's rare to meet an elder who can praise his son well, Li Chengqian immediately picked interesting things about his son and shared them with Gao Shilian, the love for his son that has become more and more rampant in the past two years is almost overflowing in words.
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Little Prince: The future belongs to the next generation!
Little Prince: The next generation belongs to me!
His Majesty Li Er: Get out!