Rule the Roost in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 44: Mirror

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Li Hong said to Wu Mei with a bitter face: "Mother, you clearly know that the poem is not insulting the literati, why do you still question me like this? I just want to use this poem to tell the world's scholars, There is no need to worry about the recommendation of the family, as long as you have enough talent, you can rely on the imperial examination to move towards an official career. Just like the last line of the poem, "Don't worry about the poems, and the spring birds and autumn insects will make their own noises." This is what I mean. ”

Wu Mei let go of Li Hong's little ears, stroked his little head and said: "In this case, you can't compose a poem to comfort the scholars in the world. Why do you use sarcasm to comfort him like this?"

"Doesn't this show that you are knowledgeable... Oh, no, I just want to remind my father something." Li Hong watched Wu Meiyu raise her hand and hurriedly stopped talking.

Wu Mei slowly put down her hand, took Li Hong's little hand and walked out without letting anyone accompany her. The mother and son slowly walked out of the palace and walked slowly in the small garden at the door.

"Mother, is there anything you want to say to me?" Li Hong let Wu Mei hold her hand and raised her head and asked.

Wu Mei held his hand silently, and after a while she said: "Hong'er, let your father worry about the matters in the court, and your mother will take care of the matters in the harem. You are still young now, although You are smart, but there are some things that you are not able to understand at your age. From now on, you can write poems if you want to, but you must not write such poems to satirize others in front of courtiers, as this will easily make people misunderstand you. "

"Yes, I understand. I will remember my mother's words." Li Hong nodded obediently.

"If you want to print that book, just tell your father. Although you are not a loyal son, I think your father will not disagree, not to mention it is something that is beneficial to the Tang Dynasty. But we can no longer use this method, even if we let him Your father knew the shortcomings of the Imperial College, but he also allowed you to offend those Hongru universities for no reason. Isn't it worth the loss?" Wu Mei continued to explain to Li Hong.

Li Hong remained silent, Wu Mei sighed, and continued with a somewhat complicated expression: "From now on, you can do whatever you want in this palace, and your mother will no longer control you, but you must not act recklessly again. Father. The emperor loves you, but you are just a prince, and you do not shoulder important responsibilities like Zhong'er. The affairs of the Tang Dynasty should be left to your father and Zhong'er. Go worry... you are so smart. , but not... Forget it, let’s not talk about these bad words. Let’s talk about the woman you brought in from outside the palace. Why didn’t the queen see her just now? "

It seems that the queen mother is still worried about whether her position as queen is secure. She only wants to become the prince to ensure her position as queen.

"Oh, she should go to jail with Bai Lu. Erchen asked them to urge them to make the things he wants." Li Hong answered truthfully.

"What are you going through?" Wu Mei was startled every time she heard Li Hong's words.

"Hehe, the Queen Mother will naturally know it by then."

Wu Mei couldn't do anything about him. This little thing has not been a fuel-efficient lamp since he was a child. He didn't know what he would do this time. Something surprising came out. Wu Mei sighed helplessly and hugged Li Hong. With thin shoulders, the mother and son were walking slowly and whispering in the garden. The picture of a happy and harmonious mother and son made Li Zhi, who was watching from a distance, feel at ease and satisfied.

The fallen leaves of autumn arrive as expected and wither as expected. The autumn wind, with a desolate mood, slowly blew through Chang'an City and passed by Tai Chi Palace.

Everything is under the control of nature and develops according to its unique trajectory. The autumn leaves fall to the ground, making a rustling sound on the ground with the help of the wind, as if telling the thoughts of this season. Early winter also comes slowly, driven by wind and temperature.

Empress Wang ultimately failed to escape the fate recorded in history books. After her uncle Liu Shuang was demoted to the governor of Suizhou, and Wang Jing and Wang Kang were deprived of their titles.

In the sixth year of Yonghui, that is, on November 27, 655 AD, Queen Wang was executed by Wu Mei.

Similarly, some people's affairs were not recorded in the history books on this day because of Li Hong's special status as the ninth reincarnation and tenth life.

The crystal Hundred Birds Chaofeng tablet in Concubine Xiao's waist, given by Li Hong, saved Concubine Xiao Shu and allowed her to continue to survive, but she was still imprisoned in the deep palace. She originally wanted to die, but for some reason she chose to live in the end, which made Li Hong feel a little puzzled.

Li Sujie, Yiyang, and Gao An can visit their mother and concubine occasionally. Xiao Shoudao and Xiao Shougui of the Xiao family in Lanling returned to their respective posts the next day after Li Hong refused their bribes.

As a minister of Zhongshu Province, Xiao Hui asked to see the king three times after learning that Concubine Xiao Shu had not been executed, but was rejected by Li Hong each time.

Bai Chun, a pretty flower who followed Li Hong in the palace and got more and more weird the more she got around, didn't know why no one mentioned her crime, as if the case at Ci'en Temple had nothing to do with her.

Li Hong went to Dali Temple, Honglu Temple, and the Ministry of Punishment several times, but could not get a definite answer. Even Bai Chun, the bosses of several departments seemed to have never heard of him, and they colluded to ignore Bai Chun, leaving Li Hong Hong was crying for help, but there was nothing he could do.

In desperation, there was one more maid in the Wude Palace every day who didn't look like a palace maid or a princess. She bickered and quarreled with the Dai Wang every day, or protected him when the Dai King did bad things.

Bai Chun actually has one of the most important tasks every day, which is to help Dai Wang Li Hong break up his queen and hold back Lu Wang Li Xian who wants to stick to Li Hong every day.

Whenever Li Xian, accompanied by the shivering and frightened palace maids, returned to Wu Mei's palace crying, Wu Mei's hands would tremble with anger, and she always wanted to tie Li Hong, a wild monkey, to her waistband, or Every day I was punished by kneeling under the small tree that was almost bald.

Wu Mei also discovered that Li Hong seemed to dislike Li Xian very much. Every time he took Li Xian to play together, within half an hour, he would urge Li Xian's maid to take Li Xian back quickly, with a look of reluctance on his face. Followers are always hanging on his backside.

Li Hong no longer even asked about the printing of books. It is said that it is now left to Li Yifu and Xu Jingzong.

Li Hong was happy to be free in the winter sunshine, not to mention that he still had two things to finish soon, and he couldn't care about printing books.

The mirror has now been made, and all that is left is for the final carpenter to install a frame on the mirror, which is about the same size as the bronze mirror at this time. He originally wanted to make a mirror of the same height, but the glass has not yet been able to be forged, and a large flat piece came out, so Li Hong had to give up temporarily.

Because he could not break through the toughness of flat glass, he worked hard and had the melancholy of a poet, the mystery of an artist, and the profundity of a philosopher. He locked himself in the workshop of Prince Pu's Mansion every day, making people look less like humans and ghosts like ghosts. .

The large number of crystal plaques that Li Hong Xiao presented to Li Zhi and Wu Mei were originally meant to be given to ministers and others, but from the beginning to now, Li Hong had never seen the minister wearing them.

Once I quietly asked Li Yifu, Li Yifu said that he had never seen his majesty or the queen reward any minister with these things.

Later, Li Hong discovered that his parents were really thieves. In this aspect, the two of them behaved like a couple who had a good understanding. Everyone prepared a big expensive box for themselves, which was neatly filled with all kinds of crystal cards, but they were reluctant to take out a piece to reward others. They kept whatever Li Hong gave them to themselves. How many.

Li Hong is getting better and better at acting like a monster because Li Xian clings to him. He is annoyed that Li Xian is following him, so he always leaves it to Bai Chun to help him cut off the queen, and rarely to Wu Mei. Goodbye. But as long as Li Xian returns to his mother's palace in tears, he will inevitably be caught in his mother's palace and beaten.

Unfortunately, now that his calves are short, he can't run away even if he wants to. Wu Mei can take three steps at a time and catch him firmly without the palace maid chasing her.

Therefore, after a breakthrough in mirror technology during this period, while watching the carpenter who was in charge of supervising the mirror put a frame on it, Li Hong suddenly thought of the skateboard in his previous life. He had that thing, and his mother could easily catch it if he wanted to. Wouldn't it be so easy to live on your own

Li Hong drew a drawing and asked the supervisor to follow it. The carpenter thought it was very simple when he got it at first, but after hearing the request of the king, his face became more and more solemn. Finally, after listening to the King's request, the carpenter almost knelt on the ground and burst into tears.

The wood board should be light and thin, tough, hard, and durable, and the front should not be too smooth. The most important thing is that the underlying pulley must be light, able to turn, not wear out too quickly, and must be hard in texture.

In short, according to the wishes of King Dai, if you want to do this, you must do your best and strive for excellence, but he doesn't care what you do. Of course, if you have difficulties, you can discuss it with him.

It has been more than a month since the skateboard was handed over to the director, and Li Hong is still not satisfied. So, unable to hold back the overwhelming power in his heart, he started acting like a monster again.

The mirror was ready. Although there were only two mirrors, Bai Chun, Xiaoxue, Xia Zhi and the others couldn't put it down and screamed crazily. The five of them took turns holding the mirror for three days before they were willing to let Li Hong take it and present it to the queen.

That's it. When Li Hong took it away, the expressions of the five women looked like they had lost their souls. Each of them had painful and sad expressions, as if their parents had died. At the same time, I secretly made up my mind to save money! Save money! Save money! Save enough money to buy a mirror from Dai Wang! Yes, King Dai has a dark heart and needs to save more!

There is no woman who does not love beauty, not to mention this kind of mirror that can clearly see the hair on her face, which makes women who love beauty regard it as a treasure.

Even in the previous life, when a beauty-loving woman walked past a glass wall, she would narcissistically look at herself inside the glass wall. What's more, in this era, the mirrors that have just been introduced will naturally be favored by more women.

When the mirror came out, the price was comparable to gold at the beginning. Therefore, Li Hong believed that his mother had absolutely no resistance to the mirror in her hand. With this magic weapon in his hand, he would no longer be afraid of his mother spanking him in the future.

The sky in early winter is very clear, the sky is blue, cloudless, the sunshine is full of enthusiasm, and it shines on the earth in large tracts. In the air, the slightly flowing wind is warm, and together with the sunshine, it blows over the people on the ground, bringing warmth and tranquility, making people involuntarily feel lazy and indifferent.

(End of chapter)