After the Yuan Day, Chang'an and Luoyang were naturally the most lively places in the whole pass. Because both places were the places that the Tang Dynasty relied on most, and the unique Yuan Day atmosphere of each other, Shanshan was baptized by a heavy snow. The arrival of the first day adds a touch of festive atmosphere.
After following Li Zhi, Wu Mei and officials from the Ministry of Rites, and completing essential ceremonial activities such as sacrifices, Li Hong yearned for Jiangnan even more. In other words, the smell of freedom smelled so good. After all, these days, The Japanese prince was almost manipulated into becoming a grandson by his father and mother, including officials from the Ministry of Rites.
Li Zhi had to go to watch the martial arts competition in person, but it was enough to be accompanied by Pei Xingjian. After meeting Wu Mei in the Penglai Palace, Li Hong, who originally planned to stay in Chang'an for a few days, was driven away by his dragon mother for the first time. Set off to the south of the Yangtze River.
A depressed person had no choice but to wait for the envoys from the Kingdom of Food to arrive in Chang'an. Early the next morning, Wu Mei personally kicked him out of Chang'an City. I didn't know that he was thinking about food. That princess of the country!
So someone finally had no choice but to look westward, and reluctantly led his more than 200 people to Luoyang, and then took a boat from Luoyang to the south of the Yangtze River.
Lawless, Wei Tuqi, Bai Chun, Mang Zhong, and Cheetah, as well as a personal guard of 200 people, are all the troops that His Royal Highness Prince Li Hong has sent to the south of the Yangtze River.
Xiaoxue and others were accompanied by Bai Chun, and Taiyi City naturally had no one in charge, and Wu Mei was unwilling to let him take care of Taiyi City.
So, someone thought over and over again and had to reluctantly part ways, leaving Xiaoxue, Banmei, Xunlan and Xiazhi to jointly manage Taiyi City. As for when there were any major matters that needed to be decided, the four of them could not make up their minds. time, then open the bag of tips that the prince gave to the four of them before he left.
He said that he would take it out at a critical moment and he would be able to help the four of them come up with ideas. Wu Mei looked suspiciously at Li Hongyuan, who was pretending to be Zhuge Kongming.
Then, relying on his majesty, he forced the so-called tips bag in Xiaoxue's hand to come over. When he opened it, his nose almost went out of breath, and he saw that it read clearly: "What should I do if I can't make up my mind at the critical moment? I’ll give you a solution, that is: go to my mother shamelessly, she won’t ignore you, don’t worry.”
"Huh, it's weird to think that I would care about your nonsense!" Wu Mei patted Xiaoxue's hand and walked towards the palace with sleeves rolled up.
After the four girls saw the Queen leaving, they looked at me and me with the opened brocade bag. In the end, they could not resist the temptation. The four pairs of eyes secretly opened the note, and they were all stunned at the gate of the imperial city: "This also?"
What Li Hong, the fourth daughter, and Wu Mei did not expect was that half a year after Li Hong left, a big event really happened in Taiyi City, but in the end, it was Princess Taiping who helped them solve it. solved this problem.
This not only convinced Xiaoxue and the others, but Wu Mei looked at Li Lingyue strangely for several days. She always felt that when Li Lingyue grew up, she would become the second Li Hong. After all, she was the same as Li Hong when he was a child. characteristics, too close.
Thinking of this, Wu Mei couldn't help but have a headache. If Li Lingyue is really like Li Hong, will it be easy to find her husband's family when she grows up
After Li Hong and his party arrived in Luoyang, they didn't stay too much, but if they didn't go anywhere, it would be impossible.
After all, before he arrived at the gate of Luoyang City, Li Xu, the eldest son of King Ji Li Shen and Prince of Dongping County, was already respectfully waiting for his arrival at the city gate.
Lou Shide, the Yin of Luoyang Prefecture, was also in the welcoming queue, including some other officials. Just after the first day of the lunar month, they all appeared at the city gate to welcome the arrival of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
"Li Xu, Prince of Dongping County, and Lou Shide, Yin of Luoyang Prefecture, have met His Highness the Crown Prince." At the gate of the city, Li Hong, as the Crown Prince, did not have to get out of the car to talk to his ministers.
"You're welcome, go directly to Uncle Ji's house. Have a rest today, and tomorrow I will board the ship and go south." Li Hong's voice came faintly from the carriage.
Following Li Hong's request, after entering the city gate, except for Lou Shide, other officials were sent home by Li Hong, which made some officials involuntarily show disappointed expressions on their faces.
After all, everyone can see now that the power and power of His Highness the Crown Prince are now comparable to those of the late Emperor. He will become the future Emperor of the Tang Dynasty in eighty-nine years.
If we can leave a good impression on His Highness the Crown Prince through today's banquet, even if it is just a one-time encounter, it will be fine if His Highness the Crown Prince feels familiar when we meet again in the future.
But unexpectedly, their hopes finally came to nothing. His Royal Highness did not want a grand reception ceremony. Instead, he chose the simplest ceremony. The number of people became much smaller, even more than that of King Pei and King Ying. The pomp and circumstance in Luoyang was even worse.
The Luoyang officials who were sent home one by one looked downcast and lonely. Their original plans of how to impress His Highness the Crown Prince at the banquet today were all in vain.
King Ji Li Shen was as elegant and suave as usual. He stood at the door stroking his proud beard. He first gave Li Hong the courtesy of a monarch and his ministers when he got off the carriage, and then Li Hong gave the courtesy of a junior.
"Master Lou is a rare guest. If Hong'er hadn't come here, Master Lou would not have come to Han Mansion as a guest, right?" King Ji Li Shen was a funny person, and with his elegant and suave appearance, he was always favored by others. He was one of the wise kings. The reputation is obviously not unearned.
"Prince Ji, this is a shame. Last time, I asked you to go to the Luoshui Painted Boat to admire the moon, but you, Prince Ji, refused." Lou Shide did not fall behind, and said unforgivingly.
"Haha, sorry, sorry, last time I had something important to do and couldn't leave. I hope Master Lou will forgive me. Next time, next time I will host the best and most expensive Human Pavilion above Luoshui. I will treat you to it." how?"
"Of course that's the best. I'll thank King Ji first." Lou Shide said to King Ji Li Shen with his hands in hand.
Li Hong led Bai Chun in the front. He was already familiar with the layout of Prince Ji's Mansion last time. In addition, there was Li Chuyuan leading the way for him and Bai Chun, so he walked squarely while listening to Uncle Ji behind him. While joking with Lou Shide, he once again admired the garden layout of Prince Ji's Mansion.
"When did you come back?" After Li Chuyuan led everyone to sit down in the main hall, and then sat down next to Bai Chun, she heard Bai Chun ask in a low voice.
"I came back before Yuan Day. The queen said it was time to celebrate Yuan Day. Besides, there is no such thing as forced marriage now, so she asked me to come back." Li Chuyuan said calmly.
The two women looked at each other and saw that there was nothing wrong with them sitting here. Bai Chunbian whispered to Li Hong, and then he and Li Chuyuan flew out of the main hall as lightly as two swallows returning in spring. where it goes.
The ones serving them in the main hall are still the incredible sextuplets maid. This time, if you look closely, you can still find that the six of them also need to communicate, but they all communicate in sign language, and it is very covert. No wonder everyone who comes here as a guest feels very comfortable, but they can't tell what's going on.
Li Shen, the King of Ji, was only in his forty-fifths, while Lou Shide was two years younger than him, and was thirty-three in his forties. The two of them appeared together to greet Li Hong, and the meaning was self-evident.
Since Li Hong came back from Liaodong last year, King Ji Li Shen thought of asking Li Hong for help because of Princess Wencheng's marriage proposal, and he completely sided with Li Hong's camp.
Today, when King Ji sent his eldest son Li Xu, Prince of Dongping County, to greet him at the gate of Luoyang City, he happened to inform Lou Shide, and Lou Shide also brought all his ministers to greet Li Hong. This shows that Lou Shide has now stood up. On my own side.
The information hidden under the surface is that Li Zhen, the king of Yue, was not won over by Li Shen, the king of Ji. Lou Shide was Li Shen, the king of Ji, and was given to Li Hong as a gift on the first day of the meeting.
This is why the two of them joked and exposed each other as soon as they entered the house, just to tell Li Hong, who was carrying them forward, that the two of them were already familiar with each other as if they were one of their own.
Now there are only two people in the hall, Li Shen, Prince of Ji, and Lou Shide, Yin of Luoyang Prefecture. Li Xu, Prince of Dongping County, and Li Cong, Prince of Yiyang County, have both been sent out by Li Shen.
"Your Highness, the day after Princess Wencheng died, King Cao Li Ming hurried to Princess Qianjin's mansion and stayed for more than two hours before returning to his mansion with a worried look." Lou Shide was about to say. Standing up, Li Hong stretched out his hand, motioning for him to sit down and said.
"Is there anything else?" Li Hong didn't think Princess Qianjin could come up with any tricks now. Princess Wencheng's death was a serious warning to Princess Qianjin and King Cao Li Ming. Do they still dare to go against the trend? Is it bad
Lou Shide looked a little solemn, and he was a little undecided whether to tell or not. After all, this was still an unconfirmed matter.
Prince Ji Li Shen looked at Lou Shide's uncertain and hesitant expression and supported him: "Lord Lou, if you have something to say, just say it directly. Your Highness has always been open-minded and will not blame you for your inaccurate judgment. "
Lou Shide looked at Ji Wang Li Shen, and then at Li Hong, who had an indifferent expression. After thinking for a moment, he finally said: "Your Highness, there is a rumor in Luoyang that Zheng Jingxuan, the governor of Kuozhou, has a close relationship with Princess Qianjin, and they are quite fond of each other. It means that King Ji of Ji has informed me about the secret collusion between Chang'an Pei Yan and the British governor of Yangzhou, Li Jingye. Kuozhou is not far from Yangzhou, so His Highness is going south today. I think His Highness needs to be careful in order to Beware of traitors with disloyal intentions, which will be detrimental to Your Highness."
"Zheng Jingxuan, the governor of Kuozhou? He has close contact with Princess Qianjin, and he has the intention of being a concubine in love? How long has Wen Ting been dead? Why did she... how did the two of them know each other, thousands of miles apart?" Li Hong suddenly Suddenly, he realized that he hadn't even boarded the ship yet. It seemed that there was already a big net waiting for him in the south of the Yangtze River.
(End of chapter)