In the main hall of the East Palace, the sound of playing the guzheng was heard for the first time, slowly lingering around the main hall like flowing water. The snowflakes outside seemed to become more graceful, and slowly danced in the air with the sound of music. falling.
The emperor and empress of the Tang Dynasty sat contentedly on the couch, each holding a steaming crystal teacup in their hands, savoring the taste of the hot pot just now.
Then from time to time, he looked at the snowflakes flying outside the glass window. The figures of Li Lingyue and Li Dan, accompanied by Xiaoxue and others, left messy footprints on the originally white snow.
From time to time, laughter came from the outside, mixed with the sound of the piano under Yan Lingbin's fingers, and reached the ears of the emperor and the empress. The whole scene was a beautiful picture of living in old age and enjoying family happiness.
However, as someone who had just finished handling political affairs from Chongwen Hall walked past the window of the emperor and the queen, looked at Li Lingyue and Li Dan, grabbed a snowball and threw it towards him, he unexpectedly made a move under his feet. The little fat man tripped, causing the little fat man to fall on the solid snow surface that he had stepped on. He lay on the ground with his butt stuck out and slid far away.
Li Lingyue obviously didn't get any benefits either. She watched with amusement as Li Dan slipped out with a cry. Before the second ball of snow in his hand could hit the emperor's brother, he felt a chill on the back of his neck. The emperor's brother Li Hong actually threw it. A small ball of snow was put in from the back of her neck.
Suddenly, a biting coldness came from the back of his neck. When Li Lingyue felt the coldness as a reflex, she shrank her neck again, causing the small snowball that was still on the back of her neck to slip down to her back with her clothes, and a cold current flowed from her back. Up and down, with a "wow" sound, Li Lingyue was frozen and cried out.
Someone stretched out his cold hands with a smile, ignoring Li Lingyue who was already crying. He put his hands on Li Lingyue's face, rubbed it twice, and then walked to the Li Zheng Hall with satisfaction.
Bai Chun sat on the soft side and saw everything that just happened outside. He secretly glanced at the emperor and empress from the corner of his eyes uneasily. They had a leisurely and comfortable face just now. At this time, It was already covered with black lines at this moment.
"It's not a big deal. Lantian Medical College is overcrowded. This year's winter came earlier than usual, and it was sudden. Some people who contracted colds had to stay in the medical school until they recovered, so people mistakenly thought it was a riot. "Li Hong stroked Bai Chun's head, which was sitting on the soft bed. In an instant, his silky hair was messed up by him. Bai Chun was so angry that she could only give him a blank look. Facing the emperor and the queen, her forehead was black. line, but did not dare to protest.
"I think something is serious! Is there something wrong with you? If this were your daughter, would you be willing to stuff cold snow into her clothes? Do you still look like a brother to you, Li Hong!" The tea cup in Li Zhi's hand He was about to throw it at Li Hong, but he gave up the plan when he saw Li Lingyue coming over crying.
"She hit me with snow first..."
"Li Hong, you... this palace..."
"Mother, my brother put snow in my clothes. My clothes are all wet. It's not that cold, but it's awkward." The little head was still steaming, and his hands were red from playing with the snow, and his little face was so cold just now. She was crying, but now she looked aggrieved and weak, which made me feel pity for her.
"Stop crying, let someone take you to take a hot bath." Li Zhi looked at Li Lingyue with red eyes, but she didn't look angry at Li Hong at all. She was used to it.
This little girl likes to tease Li Hong whenever she has nothing to do, but she gets bullied by Li Hong every time, but she never gets tired of it.
"I want to drink juice." Li Lingyue ignored Li Zhi's concern, stretched out her little hand and looked at Li Hong who had just sat down and said.
"Ask your mother, I can't make the decision." Li Hong refused directly.
"Stingy, you stuffed snow on the back of my neck. I wasn't even angry, but you are still angry." Li Lingyue pouted and said dissatisfied.
"I'm not angry either, but you cried, so the juice is gone." Li Hong's trickery made Wu Mei and Bai Chun blush for him, and Bai Chun secretly pinched Li Hong's waist. Preventing him from continuing to tease Li Lingyue.
"Go quickly, Queen Mother will order someone to do it for you." Wu Mei smiled softly, pulled Li Lingyue over, opened the back collar and took a look. Naturally, the snowflakes were gone, and only the white back of her neck could be seen. It still had some wet sheen, and even the clothes had left a wet mark at this moment.
The beautiful scene of enjoying family happiness was completely destroyed by Li Hong. But now, neither Li Zhi nor Wu Mei has the heart to settle accounts with Li Hong. Watching Li Lingyue being taken away by Xiaoxue, the little fat man Walking in covered in snow, he sighed helplessly.
It was not until the two little people were taken away to take a bath that the place where they were sitting became completely quiet. Yan Lingbin was still sitting in a slightly remote place and continued to play the guzheng.
"Bring Yiyang and Gao An back." Wu Mei looked at the growing snowflakes outside in a daze, and suddenly murmured.
Li Hong was shocked. Why did his mother suddenly think of this? His eyes immediately looked at Wu Mei.
Li Zhi on the side nodded to him calmly, while Wu Mei was still in a daze, looking at the snowflakes outside, turning a blind eye to Li Hong's questioning gaze.
"This... they are doing well in Tubo and Quanzhou now, right? When they are brought back...?" Li Hong asked cautiously.
"Yi Yang and Gao An are going to have a baby soon. It would be better to bring them back. We can find two houses for them in Chang'an. They will live in Chang'an for the time being." Li Zhi glanced at Wu Mei and then explained.
"Really? Are they pregnant? Why didn't I know?" Li Hong asked strangely, but counting the time, it was almost the same time from leaving to now. Who knows when she got pregnant.
But one thing is certain, this must be Concubine Xiao Shu's request, and Concubine Xiao Shu did not look for herself, but looked for her father and empress. Obviously, Concubine Xiao Shu did not want to embarrass herself in front of her mother because of this matter.
"Of course this is true. As a prince, after you sent someone out, you turned a blind eye? It's a shame that they were so kind to you." Li Zhi curled his lips and put down the cup in his hand.
"Okay then, I'll go right away..."
"Slave Hua Meng has met your Majesty and the Queen. To inform your Majesty, Pei Wanying, Chen Qinghan and Yang Yu have been taken to the East Palace." Hua Meng saluted and said.
Li Hong on the side was shocked. Why didn't he know it at all? As he thought about it, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Bai Chun.
"The Queen suddenly mentioned it to Your Majesty when you were going to Chongwen Hall, and I didn't have time to tell you." Bai Chun whispered in Li Hong's ear.
"Find a place for me from Li Zheng Palace. I want to meet those three women." Wu Mei glanced at Li Zhi and said.
Li Hong was overjoyed and immediately stood up and said: "How about the study? You haven't visited Erchen's study since it was rearranged last time. Why don't you just visit the study? Erchen will take you there to see it now? Father!" Do you want to go over there and take a look?”
"That's natural. I will have to tell the courtiers about the selection of the Crown Princess later. How could I not know?" Li Zhi stood up first and was about to help Wu Mei, but someone got there first.
It's just that Wu Mei didn't care about someone's arm. Instead, she held her husband Li Zhi's arm and stood up slowly: "There's no need for you to go. There are still people with the five surnames and Qi Wang in Chongwen Hall. Waiting for you? Go and get busy, you don’t have to worry about anything here.”
"They don't have to worry about their affairs. The most important thing in my son's life is not..."
"So, you can't believe your father and I anymore? Or, if you, the prince, want to choose the crown prince yourself, is it child's play for your parents to order a matchmaker?" Wu Mei glanced at him and said directly Go to the study.
"How dare I, my son? I naturally followed the arrangements of my father and mother, but... that Chen... what Han, and Yang Yu, I have never seen before. Isn't this... too abrupt? Pei Wanying and my son We have known each other for a long time, and they are all top-notch in terms of quality, talent, virtue, etc. Her father Pei Xingjian himself is a courtier with both civil and military skills. It is conceivable that his daughter is not much different, so the son-chen Think… ."
"Are you done?" Wu Mei stood at the door of the study, turned around and asked calmly.
"No, I am saying..."
"You! Get out! You are not allowed to step into Li Zheng Hall without my order. Get out of Chongwen Hall immediately." Wu Mei had no way to deal with Li Hong's shamelessness, so she could only He said to get lost with a cold face.
"Uh... Okay, I'll take my leave." Li Hong had no choice but to bow and salute, and then walked out with Bai Chun.
"Do you want to give the money to the queen again..." Bai Chun followed the dejected person, looked in the direction of the study, and whispered.
"You really take it seriously. If the Queen Mother has decided something, you won't even have to move a mountain of gold or silver. Forget it, let it be fate. However, the Queen Mother suddenly moved the date forward and received her at the East Palace. I think it should have been already Do you understand what I mean? God bless me, I hope my mother will not be stupid at this time... Ouch... "
"I know you, a bastard, can't spit out ivory from your mouth." As the feather duster disappeared, Wu Mei left behind and headed back to the study again.
After walking out of Li Zheng Hall, I looked at the almost airtight snowflakes flying in the air outside. Not far away, I saw three carriages slowly driving over, and then slowly stopped at the entrance of Li Zheng Hall.
The three people in the carriage, no matter who they were, did not dare to make any movement in the carriage after the carriage stopped. They could only prick up their ears seriously and listen to the instructions given to them by the eunuch in the palace.
The three eunuchs slowly opened the door for the troika in the wind and snow, and then three beauties in different colors slowly stepped out of the carriage and stood under the eaves of the Li Zheng Palace.
(End of chapter)