Wu Mei murmured, frowning at the verses Li Hong had just spoken. This little guy has never written any poetry in recent years, except for the two poems in his early years. When was this one written? Do? It doesn't look like he was talking to himself.
"Did you compose this poem?" Wu Mei asked.
"Yes, it was my son who just thought of the Lanling wine and suddenly felt something." Someone said boldly. He has been born in nine and ten lifetimes, so he still has this kind of shame.
"When did you start drinking?" Black lines began to appear on Wu Mei's forehead, and what she was most worried about happened.
Wu Mei vividly demonstrated a woman's unique thinking logic. She did not ask about the origin of the poem, but was keenly aware of whether Li Hong had been drinking.
I originally thought that it would take a few years for this skinny monkey to drink, but I didn't expect that he had already learned to drink, and he also composed such a poem with a far-reaching artistic conception that will definitely last forever.
"Do you know that the censor headed by Wang Yifang in the court follows the etiquette to impeach you every day? You are such a careless thing, if Wang Yifang and other censors find out about this, you will be waiting to be deposed by your father. Get rid of your position as prince!" Wu Meiyu raised her hand slightly and grabbed the prince's ear again.
"Oh, my mother let me go. It's not a trivial matter. Besides, Wang Yifang is currently fighting with Li Yifu and Li Yifu's henchman Xue Yuanchao. How can he have time to pay attention to me." Li Hong begged for mercy.
"I tell you, you are not allowed to drink again before you are fourteen years old! By the way, you just mentioned Li Yifu, why do you always want to drag him into the East Palace?" Wu Mei let go and asked seriously.
Li Zhi's health is deteriorating. Now he is still young and can't sleep at night because of the fatigue of state affairs. He often suffers from dizziness and blurred vision. This also makes Wu Mei handle more and more political affairs.
As for Li Hong's interest in Li Yifu, after Xu Jingzong was lured to the East Palace by him, Li Yifu has been his candidate. At this point, Wu Mei is much more perceptive than Li Zhi, and has already noticed Li Hong's thoughts.
Li Hong took the tea brought by the palace maid, put it into Wu Mei's hand and sighed: "Didn't you say that it's time for my son to order someone to compile or collect a collection of scriptures? I thought that I would ask Li Yifu to follow Xu Jingzong and others are helping Er Chen, not to mention that Li Yifu was promoted to an official career because of his outstanding literary talent, so Er Chen will naturally want to call him into the East Palace. "
Wu Mei picked up the tea cup and stared at the harmless face for a long time before sighing: "Compiling the book won't make him resign from the post of Zhongshu Ling, right? Or do you have something else that you haven't told your mother?"
"Eh? Li Yifu is looking for you? He doesn't want to go?" Li Hong asked.
"He didn't say whether he was going or not. A lot of government affairs in Zhongshu Province are in his hands. If Du Zhenglun is the only one left, I'm afraid it will be difficult to support him." Wu Mei put down her tea cup and said.
Li Hong nodded thoughtfully. Now it seems that Li Yifu also understands his situation, understands that he no longer belongs to him, and knows that his destiny has inevitably been involved in the royal undercurrent.
Speaking of which, the queen mother can at least be the master of 60% of Li Yifu, and the father can only be the master of 30%. The remaining 10% is not Li Yifu, but Li Hong himself.
"The book that Erchen wants to compile cannot allow Li Yifu to be distracted, and he has been with Erchen for six or seven years. With him and Xu Jingzong here, Erchen will have the confidence to compile a book that will never be surpassed. Coupled with Shangguan Yi, Guo Yu and others, I guarantee that this book will never disappoint my mother," Li Hong vowed.
This time he is bound to win. His father has done the work, and now the only thing left is his mother. Only by cutting off the arm of Li Yifu, which the queen regarded as her right-hand man, could the royal family regain its due calm, the court would be temporarily stable, and the volcano-like ambition in the queen's heart that was about to explode would gradually subside.
Wu Mei rubbed her forehead anxiously, thought for a long time, and sighed, "My mother needs to think about this."
Sure enough, the answer they got was exactly the same as that of their father, but at least it showed that they were shaken.
"You can handle the matters in Yiyang and Gao'an as you wish, but you can't leave the palace for too long, and you have to pay attention to the impact, so as to prevent the censor from focusing too much on the East Palace."
"Yes, Queen Mother, I would like to thank you, Queen Mother."
"Go on, go and explain this matter to Yiyang, Gao'an and their mother and concubine. I'm afraid you would have gone to see that person even if I hadn't told him, right?"
"My mother is wise, and my son went to see Concubine Xiao Shu. I just wanted to find some bargaining chips for Aunt Lanling to go to Lanling."
"You really thought you could hide your little thoughts from the Queen Mother and ask Yiyang or Gao'an to accompany Lanling. Isn't it your idea to concubine Xiao Shu? It's time for the royal Xiao family to repay the kindness that you have received over the years. ." Wu Mei said at the end, with a deep sense of powerlessness in her tone.
There is a tacit understanding between mother and son. Regarding the matter of Li Yifu, the two of them have basically reached a preliminary agreement with a few simple words. Now the only thing left is for Wu Mei to finally make a decision in her heart.
This son was so smart that she had to remind herself that this was not a child who was just ten years old, but an adult with an adult mind.
He gave Xiao a crystal pendant back then, thus saving Xiao from the same fate as the original Wang and Queen. Now, it’s time to repay the kindness of that crystal pendant. What kind of city is this that can plan one thing for several years? !
She didn't know in her heart that Li Hong's purpose of wooing Li Yifu to go to the East Palace was mainly to prevent him from interfering more and more in the affairs of the court.
Wu Mei now finally felt the pressure from Li Hong, and at the same time she felt keenly the rumors about herself in the court due to her excessive involvement in political affairs in the past two years. But these are not as difficult as the problems his own son poses for him.
Giving up Li Yifu means that he can basically only be the master of the harem in the future, and as Honger's age increases, his intelligence will also increase.
There is also his extremely cold but deeply hidden murderous nature, just like when he visited Concubine Xiao Shu, the guard eunuch was disobedient and disrespectful. If he disagreed with her, he would decisively kill her.
It is not surprising that this kind of brave and domineering determination appears in an adult superior, but when it appears in a child who was just over three years old at the time, it is enough to show that this child is absolutely extraordinary.
All the above are enough for Li Hong, as the prince, to influence the political affairs of the court and even supervise the country when Li Zhi is ill!
So all this made Wu Mei feel deeply powerless and rushed to compete. I have just experienced what real power brings, the feeling of being alone and being able to change everything with your hands. She didn't want to just enjoy it silently in the harem. The voice of ambition in her heart, which seemed like a demon, had often been thought of in her heart over the past year.
Li Hong left, but Wu Mei didn't respond. She sat in the study and was silent for a long time. It was not until the sky was dark and bright lights came on in other rooms that Wu Mei gradually woke up from her dream.
"It's time to make a break with the demon that was just planted in your heart." Wu Mei stood up gently, lightly opened her red lips, and murmured to the hazy night outside the window.
She also knew in her heart what kind of book Li Hong was going to compile. Over the years of Xia Zhi, the other three palace ladies around Li Hong had been deliberately trained by Li Hong. Now, including the four eunuchs, they were all able to stand alone. characters.
And these four palace maids were all taught a spelling method called pinyin by Li Hong. They used strange symbols to pronounce strange syllables, and then combined them at will to naturally pronounce the correct pronunciation of each word. Including the tone of each word, it can be simulated using this pinyin.
This book has many different meanings for each word, including constituent words, etc. It includes not only the meaning of the word itself, but also some general introductions to things.
Wu Mei fell into melancholy, but Li Hong was sitting with Xiao Shufei, Yiyang, and Gao An and had just finished dinner.
Concubine Xiao Shu has been living in the deep palace for these years, and occasionally her majesty comes to visit. Each visit is just for tea time, and most of the time the two of them talk about old things from the past.
Li Zhi never mentioned reinstating her as Concubine Shu, and Concubine Xiao Shu never asked Li Zhi once, as if the relationship between them was just right, just like the distance between them now.
Li Hong wiped his mouth with a grin, showing no trace of the manners a prince should have. Yiyang and Gao An glared at him dissatisfied. Over the years, they were no longer afraid of Li Hong. Although they were still bullied by the prince, it was just harmless teasing.
"Can you behave like a prince? You look like a common man from Chang'an City." Yiyang took the lead in attacking.
"That's right, you are the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty. We will never go out with you again if you keep doing this." Gao An helped.
Concubine Xiao Shu put down her mouthwash cup and looked at all this with a smile. Since King Dai became the crown prince, he would come to visit her almost every month. Sometimes watching the three of them bickering with the crown prince would make Concubine Xiao feel in a trance. She felt so sad. He hopes that the prince is his biological son.
"Where is Su Jie? Hong'er is here, and he didn't know to come over to accompany Hong'er." Concubine Xiao Shu asked, trying to smooth things over for the three of them, changing the subject.
The palace maid took away the leftovers on the table in an orderly manner, and then served everyone a new cup of tea.
"Su Jie, you have been sent by Li Hong to who knows where." Gao An didn't bother to pay attention to Li Hong making faces at her, and turned his head to her mother and concubine and replied.
Yiyang and Gaoan are one year apart. Now Yiyang is fifteen and Gaoan is fourteen. Both of them have already grown up as royal women, and gradually they have the outline of a beautiful woman.
As long as they are not in front of Li Hong, the two of them have always behaved like royal princesses with elegance and nobility. Only in front of Li Hong, the two of them are like bright and cheerful girls who are in bloom.
"Mother and concubine, the emperor should still be in the Hongwen Pavilion at this time, hehe." A smirk appeared on the corner of Li Hong's mouth.
"Did you dig a hole for him again?" Yiyang reacted very quickly. She is no longer like the silly princess who always had a missing bone in her head. All this is also due to Li Hong, who suffered too many losses and was deceived. times.
What's more, there is that evil smile at the corner of Li Hong's mouth. As long as this evil smile appears at the corner of his mouth, it is like the black line appearing on the forehead of his mother Wu Mei. The reason is that Li Hong has done something bad again.
"Guo Yu left him behind. It is said that he doesn't even know how to memorize the formula now, so he will naturally be kept until he can learn it." Li Hong cleared up the relationship easily.
"It's not some bad formula you invented. It's really a headache. If I hadn't started memorizing it early this morning, I'm afraid I would have been left in the Hongwen Hall by Guo Yu." Gao An complained with an unhappy look.
(End of chapter)