There is a difference between a beauty and a lady. A woman can be a beauty, but not necessarily a lady. If a woman is a lady, then she is naturally considered a beauty.
Now, there were two beauties sitting in front of Li Hong, but the look of one of them... made Li Hong blush for her, but Li Lingyue didn't care.
Maybe it's because Shangguan Wan'er is one year older, or maybe it's because of Shangguan Yi's tutoring. When eating, she looks elegant. Even when she's chewing something, she looks pleasing to the eye.
After finishing his meal, Li Hong couldn't help but start to feel out of body while looking at the two beauties. It wasn't until Li Lingyue's little hand waved in front of his eyes several times that someone slowly woke up from the confusion.
"What's wrong?" Li Hong murmured.
"Humph, I should ask you what's wrong? Staring at Wan'er makes her feel shy." Li Lingyue wrinkled her nose and hummed.
Shangguan Wan'er next to her smiled, and there was no embarrassment on her face. She just said gratefully: "Thank you, Your Highness, for the lunch."
"You're welcome. I'll have a letter later. Just give it to your grandpa for me." Li Hong moved his arms. When he was lost in thought just now, he suddenly thought of a way to make Father Long give up building the palace. I don't know if it works, but I can give it a try.
"What letter?" Li Lingyue immediately asked curiously.
"It's time to change your temper. You are no longer a little girl, but a big girl. If you are so careless, be careful not to get married in the future. No one in the entire Chang'an City will dare to marry you." Li Hong took Li Lingyue with him. Shangguan Wan'er walked to the study while talking to Li Lingyue carelessly.
"Then I won't marry." Li Lingyue said proudly.
Li Hong looked at Li Lingyue speechlessly, who had opened the study door a step ahead of him, and while gesturing for Shangguan Wan'er to follow him, he knocked Li Lingyue on the back of the head.
"I've really spoiled you. If I had known I shouldn't have pampered you too much when I was a child, why couldn't you have learned from Shangguan Wan'er? Look at her, she comes from a scholarly family, she behaves well, is elegant and generous, look again You are the only one who is generous." Li Hong motioned to Li Lingyue to study the ink, then spread out a piece of good rice paper, and after thinking about it, he began to write quickly on the paper.
"This... can't be right? Is this really written by you? It's more artistic than some of the poems circulated in Chang'an during this period, but unfortunately... your article is off topic and boring." Li Lingyue looked at the handwriting, which was obviously better than his own. Many articles, after half praising her royal brother, ended up unknowingly turning into criticism.
Obviously, she thought that Li Hong would write a poem or an article on the theme of the shocking fireworks on the night of the Lantern Festival, but she did not expect that the article written by her imperial brother was almost the same as that night of fireworks. Two extremes.
"I didn't say that I wanted to join in the fun and recite poems and compose the fireworks that night, so the article was wrong." Li Hong was too lazy to pay attention to her. After the ink dried, he motioned to the palace maid next to him to fold the rice paper and handed it to Shangguan. Waner.
"When you get back, give it to your grandfather and ask him to help me see if it's still neat. If you think it's good, wait until the court meeting in a few days and then give it to me." Li Hong clapped his hands and was satisfied with Shangguan Wan'er. said.
From the corner of his eye, he kept looking at Li Lingyue next to him. From the beginning, Li Lingyue had been opening her mouth slightly and silently reciting the article she had just written.
When he handed the article to Shangguan Wan'er, he could see the steadiness and calmness in Li Lingyue's expression. Obviously, in this short period of time, Li Lingyue was able to memorize it silently.
Looking at Li Lingyue who was about to leave with Guan Wan'er, Li Hong still felt a little uneasy. This girl was used to being careless. Although she was smart, looking at it now, she seemed to have inherited his father's sudden short-circuit in the head. temper, so Li Hong had to remind him loudly.
"By the way, when you return to the palace, remember not to mention this article to your father and mother. Do you understand? You must not say it. After saying it, my father and mother will definitely reprimand me. You must remember, Understand?" Li Hong looked serious, even with a hint of warning.
"Well, don't worry, I will never say anything. I just said... I didn't come to the East Palace today... No, my mother asked me to come to the East Palace, so I'll just say I didn't see it." Li Lingyue vowed to her brother. .
"Yeah, yeah, that's good. Remember, remember, never tell anyone. But I believe you, you can't memorize it in such a short time, right." Li Hong saw the two of them to the entrance of Lizheng Hall. He looked at Li Lingyue and said.
When Li Lingyue heard the last sentence, she looked obviously dissatisfied, but in the end she tolerated it: "Brother Huang is right, I even forgot about it."
The brother and sister, who knew each other tacitly, had their own secret plans in their hearts. Even Shangguan Wan'er next to them had to admire the royal brother and sister in their hearts for being able to get along like this.
And she can guarantee that after Her Royal Highness the Princess returns to the palace, she will immediately tell Her Majesty and the Queen about the article that Her Royal Highness the Crown Prince has made today.
Because in her opinion, His Highness the Crown Prince's words seemed to be telling His Highness the Princess not to tell anyone about it, but in fact, it was more like His Highness the Crown Prince was reminding Li Lingyue to tell his father and mother as soon as possible after returning to the palace. An article.
After seeing off the two beauties in history, Li Hong looked at the sky. He was afraid that Pei Wanying and the others would have to stay in the palace for a while. He didn't know whether to send someone back. He told himself that he was really taking himself too seriously. That's it, I'll run away like this next time.
I complained in my heart, but I still had to do what should be done, since the article was spread through Shangguan Yi, who had good relations with the Imperial College and Hongwen Hall.
Coupled with the publicity of the Li Lingyue loudspeaker in the palace, this article must soon make the father and mother give up building a palace that works with the people.
"Let's go to Wu Sansi and Wu Chengsi's house to see if these two things have really started to be prepared." Li Hong motioned to Xiaoxue and called Hua Meng and Cheetah over, and then the three of them left the East Palace. Go to Chang'an City.
The remaining festive atmosphere of Yuan Day had long since disappeared in the cold wind. Li Hong, Hua Meng and Cheetah appeared on the streets of Chang'an City in casual clothes, so naturally they would not attract the attention of others.
However, just because they cannot attract others' attention does not mean that they cannot notice others.
A carriage has been parked in front of a shop, and the driver has been looking around cautiously, with a rather sneaky look.
And while Li Hong was concentrating on studying whether the man driving the car was having an affair with his master, or whether he was carrying his master and his wife behind his back, he saw a familiar woman's figure, talking to the shopkeeper at the door. After explaining a few words, they hurriedly got into the carriage.
"Princess Dalai? When did she come back? Didn't she go back to Japan? Why did she come back again?" Li Hong looked at the face getting into the car, a little nervous, and he recognized it at a glance. It was his prisoner. Princess Come.
"Have Honglu Temple and the Ministry of Rites recently sent memorials to Japan?" Li Hong asked as he saw that the curtains on all sides of the carriage were lowered and could not clearly see the windows, so he ran after the carriage quickly.
"Back to Your Highness, it seems not." Hua Meng said thoughtfully.
Li Hong looked back at him dissatisfied. After following me for so long, he actually learned to give ambiguous answers. What does it mean
"Your Highness, would you like me to go back and ask?" Cheetah glanced at Hua Meng who lowered his head. Apparently he also realized that there was indeed something wrong with what he just said.
"No need, just follow that carriage and see where they are going?" Li Hong is not stupid. No matter how fast his feet are, he can't outrun the horse's hooves, so he simply stops and lets Hua Meng and Cheetah chase.
After a while, Li Hong, who was walking slowly on the street, saw Hua Meng running towards him, gasping and saying: "Your Highness, that carriage ran into an ordinary house, Cheetah" Where are you watching now?”
"Let's go over and have a look." Li Hong became even more suspicious. Instead of living in the big house prepared for the foreign envoys in the city hall, he moved into an ordinary house. It was obvious that this little girl was going to do something bad again.
Li Hong followed Hua Meng's footsteps and walked quickly along the crowded streets of Chang'an. After a while, he saw Cheetah pretending to be a passerby in front of a vendor, chatting with someone there.
Seeing Li Hong and Hua Meng running over, he immediately stood up and walked to Li Hong, pointed to a private house about fifty steps away behind him and said: "Your Highness, there are about seven or eight people inside. The Japanese people, not the Tang people, look like... "
"Hide." Li Hong looked behind Cheetah and saw two tall horses turning into the alley. He immediately pulled Cheetah and Hua Meng and hid in the alley.
"Your Highness." Cheetah asked hurriedly without knowing what was happening behind him.
"They are the Minister of the Ministry of Industry and the Minister of the Zuo of the Ministry of Industry." Hua Meng explained for Cheetah.
Li Hong carefully poked half of his head out and saw Wu Sansi and Wu Chengsi riding two fine horses that were all black and shiny. In front of the saddle, there were two heavy baggage hanging on both sides.
Just when Li Hong was wondering what the two people were doing here because they had nothing to do, the door of the house that Cheetah pointed to suddenly opened, and Princess Dalai appeared in front of them with a smile.
I don't know what the three of them whispered, but they saw Princess Dalai turning sideways and letting Wu Sansi and Wu Chengsi lead their horses into the house.
In an instant, there was a burst of two good horses in the house, and the sound of the good horses of the carriage was heard, and the sound of snorting in greeting was heard.
"Go over and have a look." Li Hong waved behind him and said.
Hua Meng and Cheetah instantly understood that the three of them were running quietly towards the house from three different directions in broad daylight.
(End of chapter)