Li Hong was forced by Wu Mei to kneel in front of Li Zhi, raised his head and said firmly: "Father, I know that I am guilty, but you only need to give me one month, no, two months, I promise to give you a pair of Duobao glass towers that are even better than what the messenger of Guizi gave you!"
Wu Mei slapped Li Hong on the back angrily and said angrily: "Are you crazy? Can you find that? How can we have that precious glass tower in the Tang Dynasty!"
Li Zhi's anger calmed down a little, but he still looked at Li Hong angrily and said: "Queen, get up and let this traitor kneel. You don't have to kneel with him, not to mention you are pregnant now."
"Your Majesty..." Wu Mei held her big belly with one hand and looked up at Li Zhi, hoping that Li Zhi could absolve Li Hong of his crime.
Seeing Wu Mei kneeling there and continuing to plead for Li Hong, Li Zhi sighed and said, "What if you can't do it?"
"If I can't do it, I am willing to demote myself to a commoner. But I have a request that I hope my father will allow." Li Hong said.
"Tell me what the conditions are."
"Please allow me to go out of the palace to look for this glass myself. If I stay in the palace to look for it, you can demote me to a commoner now."
"Okay, I promise that no one can stop you from leaving the palace, but... I can only give you one month! If you can't do it after one month, then you don't have to go back to the palace." Li Zhi looked at Li Hong. He said coldly, looking at his expression it was obvious that he had lost interest in Li Hong.
"I obey your orders! I will start looking for you right away! I will retire!" Li Hong kowtowed to Li Zhi and said.
But Wu Mei sensed something from the conversation between father and son. It seemed that he had fallen into a trap. The father and son sang and harmonized. It didn't look like they were really unhappy because of the two Duobao Pagodas, but rather like they were acting for someone to watch.
Wu Meilan was very intelligent and intelligent, otherwise it would not have been possible for her to become the master of the harem in just a few years.
While he was concentrating on thinking, he had already been helped by Li Zhi to stand up, but his eyes glanced at Li Hong, who was kowtowing to Li Zhi, and he understood instantly when he looked at the thumb of the little leather monkey! The father and son were acting for themselves!
No wonder this little thing has been so obedient in recent times. There has been no panic in the palace in recent days, and no palace maids or eunuchs have complained about being cheated out of money by the king again, or that the king pretended to be a ghost at night and was scared in the queen's passage. .
Even Shangguan Yi and other teachers from Hongwen Hall rarely praised Dai Wang for teaching on time every day and completing his homework on time. Li Zhi has been praising him a lot in the past few days. All of this made Wu Mei, who was preparing for the canonization ceremony, relax her vigilance. Unexpectedly, this little guy dared to team up with his father to set her up at this moment!
Understood, Wu Mei understood everything. The father and son's bitter plan was probably just for the little thing to get out of the palace and did it for himself!
Wu Mei, who understood at this moment, could not help but watch Li Hong, who was kneeling on the ground, stand up in front of the ministers, then kneel down to salute her again, and then turned to leave, looking at Li Zhi with deep understanding. Xuan's eyes were caught by Wu Mei.
Li Zhi looked at Wu Mei's cold and unkind eyes, looked a little embarrassed, touched his nose and smiled at her. The little thing clenched its calves and secretly waved to Mang Zhong, and the group disappeared in the Lakeside Palace in an instant.
"Are you all ready?" Li Hong asked Mang Zhong behind him as soon as he left the Linhu Palace.
"Your Majesty, everything is ready. As long as you give the order, we can leave the palace at any time."
"Okay, hurry up, hug me and run away. Let's get out of the palace first and then discuss other matters. Be careful not to give up midway and be discovered by my queen." Li Hong put his arms around Mang Zhong's neck and said hurriedly.
"King Dai, aren't you afraid that the Queen will find out and punish you?" Xia Zhi asked breathlessly as she followed behind.
"It's okay, my father has something to worry about. Besides, a month will have passed by the time we return to the palace. Even if the queen is angry again, it will be almost gone by then."
The three people who were fleeing hurriedly rushed to Taiji Gate, where Jingzhe, Cheetah, Hua Meng, Xiaoxue, Xiaohan and Bailu were already waiting for him at Taiji Gate.
When the nine people met, they were like relatives they hadn't seen for several years. They all gathered around Li Hong and were waiting to make up their minds.
Li Hong, who was put down by Mang Zhong, first cautiously looked behind him to see if anyone was following him. At this moment, he was most afraid of failing in his success and being caught after being discovered by his mother.
After checking that there was no one behind him, except for the Qianniu Guards guarding the palace, Li Hong said nervously and excitedly: "Go out first and then talk about it. Bai Lu, you stay and wait for Li Yifu. When he comes out, let him go to Puwang Li Tai My uncle’s palace is looking for me.”
"Yes, the acting king." Bai Lu responded obediently.
She is the youngest among them, and the older she gets, the more introverted she becomes, and she becomes more and more shy and blushing. Unlike the other three palace maids, who all went further and further down the road of being a shrew under Li Hong's training.
Li Hong had never met Li Tai, King of Pu, but he knew that Li Tai died the year he was born. Li Zhi often whispered in his ear, looking at himself so naughty is like seeing the shadow of his former emperor. Could it be that you are the reincarnation of the emperor Qingque? Otherwise, why are you so smart
Every time Li Hong heard Li Zhi say this to him, he was so angry that he wanted to curse, "I am who I am, different fireworks, okay!" What's more, I am a person who has been reincarnated in nine and ten lives. This is my first time to reincarnate into the royal family!
But Li Hong also knows that the brotherly relationship between his father and Li Tai has always been very good, and even his father has an inexplicable admiration for Li Tai. When his father was young, it was when Qingque was in high spirits in the palace, the editor-in-chief "Kuo Di Zhi" and other deeds.
Even back then, Taizong was reluctant to let Li Tai leave the palace and kept him in Wude Hall, the palace where Li Hong now lives. It is enough to imagine how favored Qingque, the king of Wei, was back then.
Now Wude Hall has become his own palace. On the one hand, it seems that Li Zhi is nostalgic for the past. On the other hand, it was as if he was silently telling the ministers and the people of the world that in his eyes, Li Hong was as superior and favored as Qingque was in the eyes of Taizong.
Wu Mei naturally also knew that Li Hong's position in Li Zhi's heart was like that of Taizong and Qingque, and that Li Hong's favor was to a certain extent no less than her, the queen's position in His Majesty's heart.
But just now, I watched the little leather monkey suddenly smash two rare treasures. In the panic, I was unable to make a calm judgment, so the father and son took advantage of the loophole and worked together to stage a cruel trick. , I was completely deceived!
The messenger of Guizi looked at the glass shards on the ground and gasped in distress. He knelt on the ground with trembling hands and said: "Your Majesty, this is a rare treasure dedicated to you by the whole Guizi Kingdom. Now it has been deliberately broken by the king. , I hope your majesty can give me an answer, otherwise I may not be able to explain to the king when I return to Guizi."
Li Zhi had calmed down his "anger" at this moment, and sat leisurely behind the desk. He was thinking about how to deal with the queen's attack when he returned to the harem, and he was cursing some little bastard in his heart, "You can't Throw something else? Do you have to drop such a valuable treasure to act
After hearing the words of Messenger Guizi, Li Zhi had no idea and said lazily: "Didn't you hear what I just said? The meaning of Duobao Pagoda is naturally very good. As for its texture... Li Hong has just said, In a month he will give you a glass multi-pagoda that is even better than this, so why not live in Changan for a month now?"
"What if the king cannot find such a treasure?" Messenger Guizi would not believe that the Tang Dynasty could find a treasure better than this in just one month.
Don’t forget, it took their arrogant craftsmen more than half a year to build these two towers. If they hadn’t asked for help from the Tang Dynasty, they would not have dedicated such precious treasures to the Tang Dynasty. His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
No one in the Linhu Palace could give him an exact answer to this question of Messenger Guizi, because no one from Li Zhi to the court officials believed that the Tang Dynasty could have a glass multi-treasure pagoda better than this.
As for the questions and answers between His Majesty and the King just now, all the ministers have understood, and this turmoil has been reduced to a major matter and a trivial matter.
A month later, who would bother the emperor and rush over to ask how the emperor was doing? If anyone really dares to ask, His Majesty will probably pull him out and kill him.
Therefore, Li Zhi raised his head as if nothing had happened, and did not answer the question of the messenger Guizi. Instead, he looked straight at Li Yifu, who was still moaning in pain just now.
Li Yifu didn't know how many times he prayed in his heart, just because he didn't want His Majesty to find him at this time, but praying was often the opposite of reality.
Li Yifu stood up helplessly and said to the messenger Guizi: "The king is talented and true to his word. He said that he can find it in a month. Naturally, he will give you an explanation in a month. And my country, the Tang Dynasty, is rich in land and resources, and has all kinds of treasures. There are so many of them, why can’t we find two towers with many treasures?”
Li Yifu's unabashed words made all the ministers applaud. His Majesty and the Queen nodded with satisfaction, but only Li Yifu felt as miserable as if he had just eaten Huang Lian. God knows if he will take the king's place and suffer in a month. , and then was taken to prison to give an explanation to the Kingdom of Qiuci.
The perpetrator of the turmoil in the Linhu Palace has now entered Prince Pu's Mansion, which was once Qingque's. This Prince Pu's Mansion has been uninhabited for a long time, but there are always people from the palace guarding and maintaining it, so everything in the mansion is in accordance with the rules of the people. The status is running.
The servants, generals, and maids in the palace had obviously already received the news of the arrival of Li Hong and his entourage, and stood at the gate early to greet the king and his entourage.
When everyone looked at the wide street and saw so few people coming, they couldn't help but be surprised! This is different from the solemn instructions that Yang Wu came over a few days ago. And everyone is doubting, are these eight people really the King Dai and his entourage? !
I originally thought that the acting king would show up with a guard of honor and wait, and come with great fanfare, but I didn't expect that there were just eight of them, and they were carrying large and small bags on their backs. They looked nervous and excited, and their steps were tired and scattered, as if they were fleeing.
(End of chapter)