Li Hong's departure also made Wu Mei suddenly lose interest in the court. As for the civil and military officials who were to celebrate His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's triumphant return and the illustrious military exploits he had achieved in the Western Regions, she might as well meet him quickly. The little brat in the back is more practical.
Surrounded by palace maids and eunuchs, Li Zhi and a group of officials went to Linde Hall, while Wu Mei prepared to join the harem on the grounds of physical discomfort.
The ministers and Li Zhi knew very well that the Queen was thinking about the Crown Prince who had just returned from the Western Regions, so it was reasonable for her not to participate in the banquet with the ministers.
Wu Mei approached her palace, Penglai Hall, and heard the excitement and clapping sounds of five-year-old Princess Taiping and eight-year-old Li Dan.
Li Hong's words came to his ears again: "Brother Huang has naturally brought you a lot of gifts during this Western expedition. How could he not bring you gifts? There are many rare treasures in the Western Regions. Like the goldfish Haidong Qingzhuyan, the white jade dragon of Yuan Dynasty, the jade carved two lions, the bright jade talented woman's pendant, the nine jade clutches and green, the gold and jade perforated glass ornaments, the flying lotus and the prancing horse gold and jade, the emerald gold Buddha leaves, the hollow alloy pouch, the gold Bronze fire house hangings, auspicious clouds hanging gold birds..."
"Really? So many treasures!" The little Lolita Princess Taiping's eyes shone with excitement. She held Li Hong's face with her little hands and kissed her several times.
Wu Mei walked in quietly and slowly, while someone was minding his own business and fooling Taiping and Li Dan.
"When did the Emperor lie to you? But..."
"But what?" Princess Taiping looked at the imperial brother with bright eyes and asked nervously, fearing that all the treasures would disappear.
"But Brother Huang's Western Expedition is too hasty and the time is too short. Wait until next time. Brother Emperor will definitely give it to you next time... Hey, hey, my mother? I have seen my mother!" Li Hong suddenly felt his ears As soon as I tightened my grip, the shadow of four years ago immediately came to my mind.
Wu Mei grabbed Li Hong's ear and said angrily: "It's too hasty and the time is too short! Four years is too short, you tell me? How long do you want to go!"
Wu Mei grabbed the man who was taller than her, but at the moment she was bowing her head and following her hand that was grabbing his ear, grinning and shouting in pain.
"Mother, mother, queen, I don't mean that. I miss my mother as endlessly as the water of the Yellow River. When I was in the Western Regions, I wished I could rush back to Chang'an immediately and fulfill my filial piety as a son by my mother and father." Li Hongwan He bent his waist so that the queen could easily pull her ears and said begging for mercy.
"You still know how to come back? Tell me, when you went to the Western Regions, for how many years? Also, your Aunt Wencheng is still in Chang'an! Who is the woman named An Xiaohe that you placed in Taiyi City? ? Banmei and Xunlan, who told you to do this? That’s my maid! I haven’t told you to serve Li Hong in the past few years! Is it true that Bai Chun has been serving you? At most, they were teasing the palace maid, but you actually took my palace maid directly... OK, Li Hong, you started to feel uncomfortable as soon as you came back! "Sit down!" Wu Mei's arms are sore.
Rather than saying that I was tugging at his ears like before, it would be more appropriate to say that I was reaching for his ears and pulling him down.
As soon as Wu Mei let go of Li Hong's ears, she saw Li Hong standing up instantly, who was more than a head taller than her! This strong and muscular body is like that of a calf.
After looking at Li Hong blankly for a while, Wu Mei turned her eyes away from Li Hong. The person she thought about day and night was back. He looked more mature and steady than before, but his virtue that didn't deserve to be beaten seemed to have not changed.
Seeing Taiping's pursed lips, ready to cry because of the missing gift, Wu Mei wanted to... beat him like before.
But looking at that muscular body, Wu Mei felt that if she wanted to beat this little bastard now, she might be hurting her own hands.
Li Hong put his hands on Wu Mei's shoulders, slowly pushed Wu Mei to sit down on the chair, and said with a smile: "After I set off on my journey, I missed my mother very much. I really wanted to fly back to Chang'an with my wings. Now that I see my mother, , I am relieved that my mother is still as beautiful as before. The past few years have only added to my mother's majesty in the world, but I feel that my mother is still a little younger."
"It's useless to talk there. How can I not know whether I am old or not?" Although Wu Mei said so, she still took the mirror handed over by the palace maid and carefully looked at the face in the mirror.
"Hey, Queen Mother, let me tell you something you don't want to hear. Look at how old I am, Aunt Wencheng. Look at you, are you still as young and beautiful as ever? My son, I don't have much expectations for you either. I just hope you can stay so young and beautiful..."
"If you don't get angry with me a few times, it will be better than anything else!" Li Hong's words still made her feel good.
Next, Li Hong waved to Hua Meng like a tourist returning from a trip. Hua Meng understood and immediately walked out of the palace, ran to an inspected carriage outside, and carried out several large boxes with others. .
"Hey, Li Hong, are you going to fight, or are you going to plunder wealth?" Wu Mei couldn't help but joked as she looked at the boxes that were being carried with great difficulty by four people.
"My son is traveling, haha, these are just some foreign countries to show their sincerity and honor you and my father." Li Hong said as he took out a pure gold four-door pagoda with a single eaves and a bead.
This was found from the Tubo palace when I was in Tubo. Naturally, there were also other gold, silver and gold and jade jewelry.
Seeing Princess Taiping's helpless look, Li Hong took out the treasure box from the box and handed it to her, saying: "Ask your maid to hold it for you. There are all the trinkets you like in it. Wait a moment for Bai Chun to come. Okay, Brother Huang will give you another good thing."
After finishing speaking, he pinched the pink and jade-carved Princess Taiping's little cheeks that still had baby fat, and then handed another gold-plated dragon-patterned treasure box to Li Dan.
The little fat man couldn't take it, so he had to give it to the palace maid next to him first. But before the palace maid could put it away for him, the little fat man Li Dan started to talk to Princess Taiping. He couldn't wait to open the treasure box and began to play with the many jewels inside. etc. items.
Wu Mei's eyes widened and she looked at Li Hong with some disbelief. Is this little brat robbing the Western Region? Where did you get so much gold, silver, jewelry, jade and agate!
In addition to the treasures from the Kucha Kingdom's treasury in the past two years, the value of these things alone can easily establish a small kingdom in the Western Regions.
Just then, Li Dan and Princess Taiping were having fun, chattering and sharing the treasures in each other's treasure boxes. Many of the toys of little fat Li Dan were put into his treasure box by Taiping domineeringly.
While Li Hong was explaining to Wu Mei the pure gold single-eaves four-door tower in his hand, Bai Chun and Xia Zhi appeared at the entrance of Wu Mei's palace.
In their arms, each of them held several teddy bear-like toys!
Princess Taiping, who was originally chirping, immediately threw the treasure box aside when she saw the toy in Bai Chun's hand, and stopped chirping to tell Li Dan that her toy was ready.
Instead, his bright little eyes stared at the toy in Bai Chun's hand without blinking!
Wu Mei and Li Hong turned around at the same time, why did the chirping Taiping stop talking and was made to cry by Li Dan again
Looking back, I saw Bai Chun and Xia Zhi standing at the door, saluting and saying, "I have seen the queen."
"What is that in your hand?" Wu Mei was also attracted by the toy in Bai Chun's hand. Although she asked Bai Chun, her eyes were on Li Hong, who was next to her, hunched over like a pug.
"Hey, it's too cold in the Western Regions. Erchen suddenly thought about whether the fabric could be rolled and tied to produce some fine hair, so he told Bai Chun. Unexpectedly, by some strange combination of circumstances, silk from the Tang Dynasty was added to the cotton. Finally, after a complicated process, this kind of furry fabric was made." Li Hong straightened up, walked to Bai Chun, held a gray teddy bear toy, and handed it to Taiping who was full of expectations.
Princess Taiping grabbed the teddy bear, which was almost as tall as her, and held it in her arms, stroking it excitedly. From time to time, she touched the teddy bear's mouth, eyes, and ears with her hands, exclaiming that it was cute.
Li Dan, who was standing next to her, moved closer to take a look, but she hugged her angrily and hurried away, for fear that Li Dan would snatch her treasure away.
"I don't want any of those. I just want this. I'll give those to you." Princess Taiping looked at Li Dan, freed up a hand, pointed at the precious ornaments in the treasure box, and said with a little pout.
Wu Mei glanced at the domineering Taiping helplessly. Now that she is just such a princess with His Majesty, she is really pampered like a rich princess, and she has developed a domineering temperament that no one in the palace dares to control.
"When did this happen?" Wu Mei Xiumei frowned. Taiyi City had not yet been handed back to Li Hong. It was still in her hands, but she didn't know about it.
"When did this happen? It just happened in the past few days." Li Hong said calmly without noticing what Wu Mei was thinking.
"It just happened in the past few days, so why didn't I know?" Wu Mei took a small teddy bear from Bai Chun's hand, stroked the smooth plush fabric with her hand, and asked again.
When Bai Chun was about to hand another little teddy bear, which was less than a foot long, to Li Dan, Princess Taiping quickly beat her to it. Dragging the teddy bear, which was as tall as her, she quickly moved over the little fat man. It was snatched away before I took it.
Li Hong saw something wrong with Wu Mei's eyes, he chuckled and put his arm around Wu Mei's shoulders, but unexpectedly, Wu Mei turned around and threw her away.
"These are still far from enough. I only found out after I entered Jincheng. Moreover, these fabrics did not meet the standards I wanted at all. But fortunately, there were only a few pieces of fabric, so I just drew them at will. I made a shape and asked them to fill it with some soft cotton to make this bear-like toy, just to give you, the princess who is more valuable than gold, a fun toy.”
As Li Hong spoke, he took the teddy bear in Wu Mei's hand and explained to Wu Mei that the sparse fluff on it was not standard enough and should be as dense as cotton.
(End of chapter)