Rule the Roost in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 11: Wu Mei

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"It rained and the wind blew violently last night, and I couldn't get rid of the remaining wine after a deep sleep. I looked at the person behind the curtain, but the crabapples were still the same. Do you know, do you know? They should be green, fat, red, and thin." Li Hongli slowly read this song by Li Qingzhao in front of the window. Like a dream order".

It rained all night, and in the hazy morning, the rain had just stopped. A rain in the scorching heat was a timely rain for the originally arid Guanzhong area. This year's crops would not have to worry about being destroyed by drought. It's in the ground.

What happened on the rainy night in the palace? Some people know it, and some people don't. In short, this night was like normal, this night was also turned upside down.

The night rain seemed to match everything that happened last night, slowly dissipating in the morning mist. The rain has washed away the bright red on the bluestone floor, but it cannot wash away the traces of sadness and fishy smell that still seem to remain in the air.

Li Hong knew that there were some maids and eunuchs in the palace who would never appear in front of him again. On this night, the harem marched as recorded in later history books, and its owner finally changed hands on this night.

The sadness of last night remains on the colorful petals, and the drops of dew seem to be the tears that have not been shed last night. At this moment, in the quiet early morning, I silently narrate and accuse the tragedy of last night.

"This slave has met the king." Mang Zhong's eyes were bloodshot, obviously he didn't get a good rest last night.

"how?"

"Empress Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu are in peace, but they have moved from the original palace to the depths of the harem, and the maids and eunuchs around them have all changed their faces," Mang Zhong said.

This must have been planned by the concubine. These maids and eunuchs were probably trained by the concubine in the harem in the past few years.

"Go down and rest." Li Hong's childish voice was a little low.

Mang Zhong stood there without moving, his throat was crawling for a long time. It was obvious that he had something to say, but he didn't seem to dare to say it.

Li Hong turned around and looked at him and asked, "Are you trying to say that I should be happy at this moment?"

"I don't dare. I just think that on behalf of you, I shouldn't be like this... so..." Mang Zhong didn't know how to describe the expression on the face of the three-year-old, almost four-year-old child in front of him.

"On behalf of the king, what Mang Zhong said is true." Xia Zhi suddenly knelt down in front of Li Hong, lowered his head and said: "Yesterday, your majesty has appointed Zhaoyi as my empress of the Tang Dynasty. If the king is not happy at this moment, I'm afraid it will cause you inconvenience. Although everything last night was not what the king wanted to see, you are still young and you have done what you should do."

At the end of the sentence, Xia Zhi's whole body was trembling. These words were not what slaves like them should say, but they really hoped from the bottom of their hearts that the Dai Wang, who was giggling every day, would come back quickly, instead of having such a worried face now.

Li Hong patted Xia Zhi on the shoulder and told him to get up, and said calmly: "Don't say such words again in the future. Although it is said that there are no outsiders here, it will not be good for you if word gets out."

"This slave deserves to die, this slave should not talk nonsense..." Mang Zhong also knelt down in front of Li Hong for the first time, and he and Xia Zhi apologized in fear.

"Get up, I don't blame you. I went to the front to relax. After a while, Jingzhe, Cheetah and others came back. Let them go to the front to find me." Li Hong looked at the two people kneeling in front of him, feeling even more irritable, and simply left. , go to the small garden to be pure and quiet.

There seemed to be a touch of blood hidden in the air. After taking a few deep breaths of the moist and fresh air after the rain, Li Hong felt like vomiting, as if the miserable screams last night were solidified in the air stained with blood. In the middle, it could not be dispersed for a long time.

His face was a little pale. He was not walking on the winding path paved with bluestones or the winding cobblestone road. Instead, he was stepping on the moist soil, tapping the petals casually with one foot deep and one shallow. The dew seems to be patting the fishy smell that dropped on the pure petals last night to the feet and then submerging it into the soil.

He had already been prepared for everything that happened last night. Even before it happened, he still had some vague expectations in his heart, hoping that this moment would come quickly and then pass quickly. In any case, it is easier than waiting helplessly for tragedy to happen.

But when the real bloody storm happened in the rainy night last night, it was like a lonely ghost in the wilderness, making bursts of miserable screams in the silent night sky, which made him feel extremely uncomfortable mentally. The psychological preparation he had already made completely shattered his psychological defense when the first scream occurred.

He had all sent out Mang Zhong, Jingzhe, Hua Meng, and Cheetah. He even arranged for Xiaoxue and Xiaohan to be waiting in Yiyang and Gao'an, fearing that someone in the chaos last night had evil intentions and would kill his brothers and sisters. .

He believed that since he was the mother's concubine, no, he was the mother's concubine now. With how favored he was by his mother and father, there probably wouldn't be anyone in the entire palace who would dare to kill someone in front of his personal maid.

His feet were already covered with mud, but he didn't feel that the mud under his feet made the shoes heavier. He still walked through the small garden, patting the petals casually with both hands. After he passed by, the petals were like a flower. It fell slowly behind him like rain, with a hint of loneliness and a hint of heaviness in the brilliant colors.

"My servant has seen Dai Wang." Jingzhe and others searched for a long time before they found Dai Wang among the flowers. It was unclear whether it was rain or tears on his face.

"explain."

"Xu Wang Li Xiao is fine."

"Qi Wang Li has nothing to do with gold."

"Prince Yong Li Sujie is fine."

"King Huidai, Princess Yiyang and Gao'an are fine."

Li Hong nodded and said nothing. He crouched down and didn't know what to do among the flowers. Several people didn't dare to speak, so they just watched the small figure submerged in the flowers quietly.

After a while, King Dai slowly stood up with the usual smile on his face, and there were several snails crawling on his little hands, slowly crawling towards his wrists.

"It seems hard, but in fact it is fragile. Just like this palace, it seems solid. Once destroyed, everything inside will be destroyed. Xia Zhi, accompany me to my mother's place. By the way, Mang Zhong, you will also accompany me. Let's go." Li Hong didn't change his shoes, so he walked towards Wu Mei's palace wearing two shoes covered with mud.

Xia Zhi and Mang Zhong looked at each other, and then looked at the snail in Li Hong's hand. They felt that taking the snail on behalf of the king was not like a metaphor for him and the other princes and princesses, but more like a metaphor for the people in the East Palace. Prince Li Zhong seems to have Prince Liu Shui as his bodyguard, but in front of the Queen and Your Majesty, those bodyguards are like snail shells, very fragile.

"My son Li Hong has met his mother." Wu Mei was sitting in the palace coaxing Li Xian who had just woken up. The sound of being beaten came to her ears from outside the palace. The sound should be some distance away from the palace entrance. .

"It's becoming more and more unruly. Has Shangguan Yi been very idle recently? Didn't I remind him? Why can't I see any of this royal etiquette in the king?" Wu Mei lamented in her heart and frowned. He muttered with a frown.

Now the only thing that gives her a headache in the entire harem is her eldest son. He is simply a skinny monkey. He is not yet four years old, and he has very good ideas. No matter how he disciplines him, it will not help. After the punishment, he is still clueless. Those who care will go their own way.

The maid on the side forgot to glance at the door. Listening to the voice of King Dai, she was afraid that she would not be able to pass within a few dozen breaths. She lowered her head and smiled and said: "Queen, King Dai is still young. When he is older, he will not be able to pass." I will make you angry again. You don’t know that Dai Wang is different from other babies since he was a child. Even when he cries, he always cries with his evil smile."

"Oh... yes, this little thing has never let me worry about it since it was a child. It seems... it seems that it has been very well-behaved and sensible since birth. It eats when it needs to eat, sleeps when it needs to sleep, and doesn't cry or make trouble."

"You haven't wet the bed yet. A few days ago, Xia Zhi came to give you the ice cream that King Dai paid filial piety to you. He happened to catch up with the servants who were serving King Lu. After serving her, it seems that the king didn't wet the bed." The palace maid covered her mouth and snickered.

Wu Mei also chuckled and said: "Yes, I was sensible when I was a child. Look now, I am no longer sensible when I grow up. I still have to worry about this little thing. I'm afraid I didn't think that I was sensible when I was a child. Gong is exhausted, and now he is trying to make things worse for me."

"My son Li Hong meets his mother again..." Li Hong shouted and made a face at the palace maid who saluted him at the door.

"This little monkey." Wu Mei sighed helplessly again, looked down at the obedient Li Xian in her arms, touched her little cheek, and then looked up at Li Hong who walked in.

It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, at first glance, Wu Mei's jade-like smooth forehead is once again crowded with black lines.

"You little thing, I'm really mad at my mother. Come here." Wu Mei was really angry this time. She watched the little guy walk in, and then on the precious Persian carpet under his feet, eye-catching ones fell one after another. Small muddy footprints.

He handed Li Xian in his arms to the palace maid, stood up quickly, and ran out before Li Hong could react. He grabbed the collar and pulled her over. At this time, Wu Mei had long lost the queenly demeanor of a mother who respected the world. , completely transformed into an ordinary mother who hates iron but cannot become steel.

"Look, where have you gone crazy again? What do you do for food? You actually let the King Dai have mud on his feet, and he is so slovenly that he doesn't even change his shoes. How do you serve the King Dai! This... this My clothes are all wet, you...are you going to make me angry to death? Kneel down."

Wu Mei's words were so frightening that Mangzhong and Xia Zhi hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty, kowtowing like pounding garlic, saying one by one: "This slave deserves to die, this slave deserves to die."

The client chuckled heartlessly and allowed himself to be dragged around by Wu Mei. He looked up and down at the damp clothes and gently patted the dew on them with his hand. His anxious eyes filled Li Hong's heart with contradictions. of warmth. At this moment, Wu Mei was like an ordinary mother worrying about her child.

"My son misses his mother." Li Hong watched Wu Mei pulling the dew on his clothes with her hands, enjoying the rare tenderness between mother and child, and suddenly hugged Wu Mei's neck and murmured.

Wu Mei's hands froze, and she hugged Li Hong who was lying in her arms. She stroked the back of the little head with one hand and murmured: "What's wrong, Hong'er? It's okay. Last night was just a dream, Hong'er." Don’t be afraid, my mother is here.”

(End of chapter)