However, in the end, Wu Mei chose to be patient and believed in Bai Chun. Bai Chun would not lie to her, and Li Hong would never lie to others about this kind of thing.
Over the years, all the amazing things Li Hong mentioned have been realized by him one by one. Although this time it sounds like a fantasy, Wu Mei feels that maybe Li Hong just exaggerated its effect.
"Then he didn't say when I could see such a thing." Wu Mei still didn't let them get up to reply.
Similarly, she also saw the large group of palace maids and eunuchs kneeling in front of her, all shivering in the cold wind, like sieving chaff.
"This... back to the Queen, please listen to the Crown Prince. If you want to truly achieve something like this, I'm afraid it won't be possible for less than twenty or thirty years, or even longer..."
"So long...?" Wu Mei's first reaction was that she had been deceived. Just when she was about to get angry, she heard the sound of horse hooves and wheels on the road to the East Palace. When she turned around, she saw a carriage speeding toward the palace. Coming fast this way!
Looking at the carriage, Wu Mei was even more angry. It was obvious that the culprit had rushed back from Chang'an. The dust on the carriage was still there. Both the horse and the driver were sweating in the cold morning. Obviously He came here without stopping.
But when Li Hong ran down from the carriage quickly, Wu Mei suddenly felt mixed feelings in her heart and her expression was complicated. Even when Li Hong was in the most embarrassing state, he couldn't compare with the "savage" running over now!
Her messy long hair was like withered grass, even at the ends, some of it had been knotted together. Her black clothes even shone brightly in the early morning sun. They were in tatters and were obviously worn for a long time. There is no replacement on the day.
His eyes were red with bloodshot eyes and eye drops, and his skin tone was much fairer than before, but it was obviously not a healthy skin tone. It was obviously caused by not being able to see the sun for a long time.
Someone hurriedly ran to Wu Mei, and what followed was that after he ran over in a gust of wind, there was an unpleasant sour smell in the air in the morning that was originally fresh.
Wu Mei's face became even more livid, and her pair of phoenix eyes seemed to have countless small flames beating, showing her current angry mood.
Bai Chun, Xiaoxue and others secretly took a look at Li Hong's messy and embarrassed situation, and their faces turned pale in an instant. On their fair and beautiful cheeks, drops of cold sweat began to flow down their fair cheeks without knowing when. flowing down.
The current situation of His Highness the Crown Prince appears... uh... What makes them kneeling on the ground even more shocked and want to die is that the two shoes on His Highness the Crown Prince's feet are different. Looking at the two shoes, Bai Chun doesn't think there is any difference. One of them belongs to the prince himself. Is this a piece of junk picked up from the garbage dump
But no matter what, their only worry now is not His Highness the Crown Prince, but whether they can save their lives under the Queen's wrath, especially Bai Chun, Xiaoxue, Xia Zhi, Banmei, and Xunlan Wunu. It is expected that today will probably be the day of his death.
As the person closest to His Royal Highness, not only did he fail to take good care of the prince, but he even left the prince alone in Taiyi City for more than a month, and then he became what he is now.
Not to mention that her queen wanted to kill them when she saw it now. Even if it were them, if the prince was handed over to others to take care of, if it turned into what he is now, I'm afraid they would be very angry and angry, and would even hesitate to kill him. The person who takes care of the prince!
But this was their idea. As the queen of the mother world, she became more and more calm at this moment. In their extremely nervous situation, not only did they not reprimand Li Hong, not only did they not scold them, Instead, she was uncharacteristically speaking, with a gentle tone and a calm mind, and said to Li Hong who had saluted her: "Silly boy, go wash up and take care of yourself first. If the censor sees this, it's time to impeach you again. "
"Mother, please forgive me. I should have rushed back yesterday, but there was a reason and we were at a critical moment. I really couldn't rush back. I hope my mother will be punished." Li Hong looked at Wu Mei's uncharacteristic behavior and felt in his heart. Surprised, he knelt in front of Wu Mei and said solemnly.
"Sigh... I can tell by looking at your appearance. If it weren't for an urgent matter, how could you be so ignorant? Go down and wash up first. I'll wait for you." Wu Mei bent down, stretched out her hand and took Li Li's hand in her hand. Hong helped him up and looked at the slovenly and pale prince, whose eyes were bloodshot and had eye mucus. He shook his head and ordered Bai Chun to take Li Hong to freshen up.
Looking at Li Hong who turned around three times with worry in his heart, Wu Mei said speechlessly: "What? If I don't give you a good beating, will you feel uncomfortable?"
"No, no, no, it's not. I just didn't expect that the Queen Mother suddenly changed. She's a little uncomfortable with it. Are you... are you okay... I'll go wash up first." Where is the feather duster hidden? Why did it come out as soon as I said it? Magic? Queen!
This was the question that Li Hong had been pondering in his mind when he ran to Li Zheng Hall. When he helped himself up, his hands were still empty. After taking two or three steps, he turned back to talk to her, and he had a feather duster in his hand. This happened out of thin air. How did it come out!
Wu Mei's treatment was different from ordinary people, which destined others to be unable to understand her thinking, otherwise she would not have become the only female emperor. Her keen insight, understanding ability and thoroughness in dealing with things are different from ordinary people. It is unattainable.
Even Li Hong has always had absolute respect for Wu Mei and has tried to understand his mother, but today's uncharacteristic behavior still caught him off guard and could not predict it.
But she didn't know that Wu Mei's mind was very simple. Just from his sloppy appearance, she judged that he must have a reason. Moreover, Li Hong's situation made her feel uncomfortable as a mother. She couldn't help but think from Li Hong's perspective, what kind of important things could make him become like this!
What kind of important matter could make him put such a big thing as welcoming his father and mother to the back of his mind and not be able to come back in time
Li Hong has never been a person who cannot distinguish the priorities of things. His work style over the years has already shown his nature. In addition, Bai Chun and others explained to her that the so-called steam ball that Li Hong is developing , the future benefits for Datang made Wu Mei have to seriously think about the problem from Li Hong's perspective.
"Exploded?" Wu Mei's scalp went numb when she heard the word "exploded". Back in Luoyang Palace, because of His Majesty's willfulness, he had to set off the Kongming Lantern privately. In the end, Li Hong was blown up and fainted in order to save Luoyang Palace. It took more than a month to recover from the injury.
What happened that time almost scared her to death! So now when she heard Li Hong mention the word "explosion" to her again, she couldn't help but feel numb and worried.
The reason why we didn't arrive at Baqiao yesterday was because the pressure on the steam ball was too high and the joints couldn't be effectively sealed. In the end, it actually cracked under the excessive pressure. The air pressure knocked all eighteen of them into the wall. superior.
This is why after he made repairs, he vaguely remembered that his father and mother returned to Chang'an yesterday, so he hurried back from Taiyi City without having time to clean up.
Naturally, he didn't know who the wrong shoes belonged to. He only remembered that after he vaguely realized that all eighteen people, including him, were fine, he found two random shoes from the messy ground and stepped on his feet. , jumped up and ran out.
Wu Mei sat in Li Hong's study, frowning and asking: "Is that thing really as powerful as you say?"
"Absolutely, it's even more powerful than what I said. It just takes time, and more importantly, financial and material support, but its rewards will be greater than anything else. Although our Datang has a vast territory and rich materials, it does not mean that We have everything we need, and there are many things we don’t have in the Tang Dynasty, so..."
"So what? What do you want to do? Don't you learn a lesson this time?" When Wu Mei heard the exaggeration behind Tang Shi, she felt a clever idea in her heart. Every time this little bastard asked for something, he would use this routine, which made She had to face it with all her vigor, lest she be persuaded by him unknowingly.
"No, no, no, Queen Mother, you have misunderstood. Naturally, I will not personally take part in the danger..."
"You haven't personally been involved in danger? So what does yesterday's thing mean? Do you know that you are the prince of the Tang Dynasty, and not everything needs to be done personally. All you have to do is to grasp the overall situation and stand on the side of Control and grasp it from the perspective of the Tang Dynasty, just like you advised your father in Liaodong, you should take the interests of the Tang Dynasty and the Li family as the highest interest, not the spinning ball, if you go out this time After all, how long do you think Taiyi City can survive? You are the life of Taiyi City, and it only survives because of you, do you understand? Just like your father, he is everything to the Tang Dynasty, and only because of him does it exist. Datang!" Wu Mei banged the feather duster on the table and looked at Li Hong and said anxiously.
"Yes, what my mother is teaching me is, don't be angry. Next time, son-in-law... no, there won't be a next time. I promise there won't be a next time. I already gave them instructions in the middle of the night. They can't do it too much. They must know how to control the pressure." , the top priority is how to use this steam as power, as for what is needed... Hehe." Li Hong said as flatteringly as a Japanese translator, squeezing Wu Mei's shoulders.
"Hey, what are you talking about? Just tell me if you have anything to say."
"The queen knows that Li Chunfeng is now building a warship for Erchen in Quanzhou, right? Building a large ship that can withstand huge winds and waves, so Erchen decided. Didn't Li Chunfeng always hope to see what is on the other side of the sea in his lifetime, so Erchen decided to give it to others , give him the thing, let him lead a fleet of ten thousand people to check it out, and then I will tell him what the Tang Dynasty is missing and ask him to bring it back. This is not like what you said, let others help! Do you want to do things yourself?”
"Where did you know all this? You are not someone who likes reading ancient books, Li Hong." Wu Mei asked, looking up at the translator who was massaging her shoulders.
"Baidu, it's recorded in that strange book, but I don't know if it's accurate or not."
"What about that strange book?"
"It's lost. It's been years since."
"It's such a pity. After the Daming Palace was completely built, you had to demolish the Taiji Palace and rebuild it. A lot of things were lost during the reconstruction. Sigh... I'm afraid that strange book was also lost at that time."
"My son remembers... It seems to be! Yes, it was that time!" Someone shamelessly deceived his mother!
(End of chapter)