"No, after my father and I threw the jade pendant up, we wanted to take it back. When I climbed up to the stage, picked up the jade pendant and was about to come down, I was stopped by someone. I stood on the stage for a long time. Mother. You don't know that so many people were looking at me at that time, but I didn't panic or frighten at all, and argued with the person in charge, at this moment... "
Li Hong suddenly stopped and imitated the tone, expression and movements of Shan Tianfang, a master of storytelling in his previous life, and said in a low voice: "The wealthy businessman Dou Yi of Chang'an City suddenly stood up and said... Hey Hey, Queen Mother, why are you pulling my ears again?"
"I'll strangle you little bastard to death. What did you and your father do to you?" Wu Mei grabbed Li Hong's ears again. The Jinwu guards at the gate of the manor looked at each other and looked at the Tang Dynasty with their peripheral vision. The Queen grabbed the ear of the current Crown Prince and entered the manor with gritted teeth.
The next day, Li Hong slept until three o'clock in the morning before getting up. Through the window, he only saw Yu Zhining's back slowly walking out of the manor, so he didn't know what Yu Zhining said to his father, but these did not matter to him. It doesn't matter either.
Yu Zhining is a veteran minister, and he has always guarded the real power position of Zuopushe, the Minister of Finance.
Since Taizong Li Shimin ascended the throne as emperor, no one has been appointed to the post of Shangshu Ling.
In order to avoid disclosing that he had held this position, the post of Shangshu Ling remained vacant, and the government affairs of Shangshu Province were handled by left and right servants.
The Shangshu Province is in charge of six ministries and has great power. The left and right servants are each in charge of three ministries. Therefore, it does not surprise Li Hong that Yu Zhining can get so many monks and slaves.
Watching Yu Zhining leave the door of the manor, Li Hong's thoughts have been stuck on the position of Shangshu Ling of Shangshu Province. No matter how he shakes his head, the three words Shangshu Ling are like brown sugar, which keeps wandering in his mind. .
This position is very difficult. With my father's respect and admiration for Grandpa Huang, if you want this position, you may not be able to achieve it with Taiyi City's achievements.
Unless he can create a peaceful and prosperous age for the Tang Dynasty in the Western Region, at the very least, he has to make the wolves, tigers and leopards around the Western Region submissive. In this way, he may not have the opportunity to touch that position. After all, that position But it is equivalent to taking away most of the emperor's rights.
After struggling to temporarily suppress the words "Shang Shu Ling" in his head, Bai Chun quietly appeared in the bedroom.
"What's wrong?" Li Hong asked, letting Xia Zhi help him take care of his hair.
"The queen asked this servant to tell you that she is going to return to Chang'an tomorrow. If you have anything else to do, please deal with it quickly." Bai Chun took the robe and put it on Li Hong himself.
"Mother, do you want me to go back with them tomorrow?" I originally wanted to stay for a while, but it seems that there is no chance.
Bai Chun nodded silently and continued to help him get dressed.
"Have Bai Lu and Xiao Han settled down?" Li Hong asked.
"Well, it's in the restricted area of Taiyi City." Bai Chun's voice sounded a little self-blame.
Li Hong sighed, thought for a moment and said, "I'll go see Bai Lu and Xiao Han in the afternoon. Let's go back to Chang'an tomorrow."
There was a deep sense of helplessness and sadness in his tone. Taiyi City and his party did not expect such a result. This made Li Hong feel as if he had left part of his limbs in Taiyi City.
Wu Mei and Li Zhi didn't bother him. After finishing their meal alone, they asked Yang Wu to say hello to his father and queen for him, and then took his few people and drove out slowly in a carriage. the royal estate.
Li Zhi and Wu Mei watched the carriage drive out slowly, and Wu Mei sighed softly: "Hong'er still can't let go, so he went after all."
Li Hong nodded silently, and waited until the carriage disappeared, then slowly said: "I hope this incident can make his mind stronger. This year, too many things have happened inside and outside the palace. Hong'er can face things calmly, and I think he can overcome it this time. But after all, he has been following him since he was young, and it is inevitable to feel a little sad when he loses her suddenly. "
Wu Mei listened to Li Zhi's words, but she felt a faint worry in her heart. Such a affectionate and righteous prince, who is above the court and within the palace, has a weakness that can easily be attacked.
The carriage slowly drove into the restricted area of Taiyi City and stopped in an extremely quiet area. There were not too many man-made buildings in this area, and the entire place still retained its original appearance at the foot of Taiyi Mountain.
The trickling spring water flows down from Taiyi Mountain, twists and turns in this area, and then slowly flows out along the terrain.
Some trees and jungles were still preserved. On the tree-lined path, Li Hong led Bai Chun, Xia Zhi, and Xiao Xue, followed by Hua Meng, Jingzhe, Cheetah, and Mang Zhong. Weilai, Wutian, and others stayed outside to guard.
Walking around the shade of the trees, I saw that I was entering a sea of flowers in front of me. All the flowers here were used to make Taiyi City's perfume, soap, etc.
At this moment, in the sea of flowers, there are two conspicuous tombstones, and a narrow flower path leads directly to the tombstones.
According to Li Hong's wishes, the tombstone made of white marble was inlaid with the portraits he made of Bai Lu and Xiao Han. The outside of the portraits was covered by a layer of glass to prevent them from being eroded by rain.
The beauty in the painting has a slight smile, her beautiful face is full of innocence, her eyes are full of warmth, and the corners of her mouth are slightly upturned, seeming to reveal a sense of playfulness and cunning.
The tombstones were simply engraved with their names, with no other writing.
"Let everything go with the wind, let everything take time to pay attention, let the past... fly." Li Hong read lightly.
Touching the photo on the tombstone with his fingers, it seemed as if the scene between Bai Lu and Xiao Han happened yesterday.
Bai Chun slowly walked over, stood in front of Li Hong, took out a light red sachet, and said with red eyes: "Master, this belongs to Bai Lu and Xiao Han."
Li Hong looked up at the blue sky, took the sachet in Bai Chun's hand, opened it and gently pulled out the hair inside. The hair seemed to still have blood stains from that day.
Looking at the hair of the two people, Li Hong smiled bitterly, put it back and tied it up, hung it around his neck naturally, and said softly: "No matter what, none of you are allowed to leave me in the future. dislike."
After saying that, he took a deep look at the portraits of two beautiful flowers, Bai Lu and Xiao Han, on the tombstone, then turned and left.
After nine or ten reincarnations, he has already seen through life, separation, and death, but he has never been so loved by others as in this life. No matter how much he wants to cry, laugh, howl, or scream, they will always be by his side loyally. .
The boy on the skateboard was speeding in the palace, and behind him were the two panting and sweaty palace maids Bai Lu and Xiao Han: "Your Highness, please slow down, we can't run anymore."
"Your Highness, stop quickly, the queen is here."
"Master, run quickly, the censor Wang Yifang is here."
"Master, Your Majesty is here, would you like to hide for a while?"
The autumn wind, with its unique bleakness, swept over the sea of flowers behind Li Hong, blew past the white jade tombstone, and then passed over the sea of flowers.
Before the delicate petals could fully bloom, they slowly withered under the bleak autumn wind. A shower of flowers danced behind Li Hong, like crying, or like Bailu and Xiaohan's murmuring farewell.
Taiyi City was slowly left behind, and the setting sun dragged its long shadow, staining the earth with a layer of gold.
After returning to the palace, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was ordered by Li Zhi and Wu Mei to start practicing martial arts at the same time. Since you respect your grandpa, you must be as versatile as your grandpa in both civil and martial arts.
Therefore, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince or the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, now in the palace, in addition to going to court and handling the government affairs of the Ministry of Revenue, he is followed every day and forced to practice martial arts every day.
The horse is first, then the sword is horizontal. It is essential to strengthen the body. Every day before dawn, Xia Zhi and Xiaoxue call him out from under the quilt, but can those two palace ladies control him
Then, Queen Wu Mei's red lips lightly opened: "From tomorrow onwards, His Royal Highness will live with me in the Ziwei Palace, and I will wake him up every day."
A light decree seemed to cast a shadow over the palace.
Li Xian and Li Zhe already had their own palaces and maids. When they heard the news, their faces suddenly turned pale.
They knew that Lao Wu was favored, but now that he had become a prince, because he could not get out of bed to practice martial arts, he was summoned to Ziwei Palace by his mother and lived with her. She was responsible for calling him every day. get up.
This kind of favor made the two of them feel as if the world had collapsed! And they seemed to have been forgotten by their father and mother.
Li Hong couldn't be happy at all. In this case, he really had to say goodbye to the warm bed.
Someone reluctantly dragged the palace maid and the eunuch with him, and returned to the harem again with a look of doomsday. It looked like a bird that had been imprisoned again and lost the freedom to fly in the sky.
But His Highness the Crown Prince was extraordinary. After Wu Mei grabbed his ears and pulled him out of bed every day, he began to think of countermeasures.
Finally, someone carried a cross sword on his left waist and a horse harness on his right waist every day. Before anyone arrived, the sound came first.
The horse spear, which was more than three feet long, was more than half taller than Li Hong, so Li Hong dragged the horse spear wherever he went every day. The sharp spear blade clattered against the ground paved with bluestones and sparks shot up. The squeaking sound can be heard from a long distance away.
Xia Zhi and Xiaoxue took the trouble to tie the waist knife several times every day. Two days ago, the two of them relaxed a little and failed to take good care of the horizontal knife on the prince's waist. The horizontal knife suddenly fell off from the waist and swollen someone's ankle, causing someone to rest for several days.
At this moment, Wu Mei listened to the squeaking sound coming from outside, and finally couldn't help but the black thread in her mind again: "Li Hong, can you lift your horse for me!"
(End of chapter)