The sound of ritual music sounded again, and the royal guard of honor began to leave for Ci'en Temple. Li Hong watched his father's carriage slowly start, and then his mother's carriage followed. He suddenly turned his head with a smile, and saw Xu Jingzong slowly and consciously disappearing from the team. later.
But this scene was captured by Wu Mei's sharp peripheral vision. As she was walking slowly, Wu Mei's mind was filled with Li Hongxi's smiling expression. After thinking about it, she felt uneasy and said to Lian Tie: "Go and invite the prince here. , sit with me.”
Li Hong hummed a little tune and was about to board the car when he was stopped by Lian Tie, who ran over and shouted: "Your Highness, the Queen has invited you to ride with him in the car."
"Are you kidding? How can this be possible?" Li Hong reflexively wanted to hide, but after thinking about it, he had not done anything bad recently.
So he asked: "Why?"
Lian Tie said honestly: "I don't know."
"But... can we still catch up with the carriage now?" Li Hong said looking at the phoenix chariot which was already twenty feet away or even far away.
Lian Tie looked at him and nodded, then Li Hong turned his head strangely, looked at Bai Chun, Xiao Han and Xia Zhi from top to bottom, and said coldly: "Who told you to wear high heels to go out? Doesn't it make you look taller? !Hate!"
After he finished speaking, he snorted. He was wondering if his mother was going to beat him up again because of this? And he was sure that his mother must have worn these new so-called high heels today.
Of course, he might even be wearing those underwear, because when he took a shower and changed clothes today, he saw Xiaoxue and Bai Lu wearing them. I guess Bai Chun also wore them. If he peeks at her in the shower someday, quack.
After being put on the queen's carriage by Lian Tie, Li Hong first hid aside and looked at Wu Mei who couldn't pass. Then he looked at the pair of small feet peeking out from under the queen's phoenix robe. Although he couldn't see the uppers, he could clearly see , the thin high heel on the back heel.
"come over."
"No... please tell me what's going on first, and then I'll go over." Li Hong leaned against the door and said nothing, but the palace maids sitting on both sides couldn't help but pursed their lips when they saw Li Hong's appearance. Smirk.
"You've done nothing wrong, what are you afraid of?" Wu Mei's eyebrows were raised, her eyes widened, and her image of a graceful and luxurious queen suddenly weakened a bit.
"Of course I didn't make a mistake. I've been very well-behaved recently. Also, Li Xian and the others went out on their own yesterday. They have nothing to do with me. Moreover, it was allowed by the Imperial College and the Chongwen Hall. I didn't participate." Li Hong argued .
"Then did you go yesterday? What else did you do yesterday? What happened to He Lan Minzhi?" Wu Mei didn't want to settle the score with him now, but looking at Li Hong's appearance, she couldn't help but want to beat him.
"He Lan Minzhi committed suicide. It has nothing to do with me. If I hadn't come forward, the royal family would have been completely embarrassed by him." Li Hong muttered in a low voice.
Seeing Wu Mei curling her lips helplessly, and after confirming that it was nothing serious, Li Hong walked toward Wu Mei in the carriage with a playful smile.
"Hey, mother, how are you? How do you feel about these shoes called high heels? Apart from being a little uncomfortable when walking, there are no other shortcomings, right?" Li Hong looked at Wu Mei, her face was gentle and gentle, and she no longer looked like she just did. When I got in the car, my forehead was covered with black lines, and I pressed it like a dorky face.
After Wu Mei sat down sideways, Li Hong smoothly pulled the palace maid sitting next to him closer to him, then put his upper body into the palace maid's arms, chose a comfortable position, and looked at it with innocent eyes. Wu Mei.
"Sigh... can you be kind? You are the prince, you are like this..." Wu Mei sighed and said to the end, she didn't know what to say. She had been saying these words for five, six, seven or eight years, but she never Never worked.
But only Li Hong dared to do this in front of her. Even Li Xian and Li Zhe behaved well and respectfully in front of her, and did not fail to follow the standard royal etiquette. He was the only one who did not do anything in front of her. He looks like a royal prince, but he is his favorite.
It is said that when parents have more children, the eldest son will naturally become the least favored. But in the palace, he became the eldest son of the queen, and the most favored by the emperor and the empress. No matter what etiquette or secularity, when he comes to the eldest son of the emperor, he will be ignored. Doesn't work anymore.
Moreover, Li Hong's skills were not something that other princes could learn. No matter Li Xian or Li Zhe, after making Wu Mei angry, they wanted to learn Li Hong's two-skinned skill, but they didn't learn half of it. Under the gaze of the queen's majestic phoenix eyes, she first showed her timidity.
Wu Mei had no intention of settling a score with him today. In her opinion, what happened last night was really dangerous.
If Li Hong had been a little more careless, Xu Jingzong would have been completely manipulated by applause. Unexpectedly, the little guy relied on his unique willfulness and toughness to resolve an incident that was full of threats to the royal family and himself. .
This incident also made Wu Mei feel more reassured about Li Hong. Being able to compete with Xu Jingzong on a par, or even gain a slight upper hand, is something not everyone can do.
"These shoes look good, but they are a little cramped. After wearing them for a long time, they will become uncomfortable." Wu Mei stretched out one foot and looked at the shoes on her feet, which also had the auspicious pattern of phoenix written on them, and tapped her Shank said.
"Mother, you can do this. You don't wear them at ordinary times. When you're on the carriage, take them off and put on other shoes. When you get off the carriage, put them on again. Oh, by the way, wait a moment. I'll let Lian Go find Xia Zhi, this guy must be ready, and it seems to be in my carriage." After Li Hong finished speaking, he put his hand on the inner thigh of the palace maid, then hurriedly stood up, climbed to the curtain of the carriage and knocked on the window.
Lian Tie heard the noise and hurriedly put his ear closer. Li Hong opened the car window a crack, looked at the people standing on both sides of the street, and then said to Lian Tie: "Go to the back to find Xia Zhi and ask her to bring two pairs of slippers. Give them to me." Mother's."
Wu Mei sat in the car and looked at the little guy, crawling around regardless of his appearance. Looking at the little butt sticking out, she really wanted to go up and slap him twice.
"Hey, Queen Mother, you don't have to suffer later. This is a good thing. It is guaranteed to make your feet very comfortable. Although the journey is not far, it is equivalent to walking through the entire Chang'an City. It is better to put on something more comfortable. "Li Hong continued to nestle into the palace maid's arms, finding a comfortable position to rest his head on.
Wu Mei was too lazy to look at him. She turned her head and looked through the gauze on the car window, looking at the people on both sides of the street outside, and murmured: "Hong'er, how many poor people are there in your Chongwen Hall now?"
"Queen Mother, there should be about three hundred people here now."
"How can it be successful?" Wu Mei continued to ask.
"Hmm... It's hard to say. Whether a scholar from a poor family takes part in the imperial examination or is recommended to become an official, it is not possible to achieve success overnight and be on par with the scholars from a wealthy family."
When Wu Mei heard this, she was a little puzzled. She cast an inquiring look and saw Li Hong saying seriously: "The advantages of nobles and nobles are too great. After all, they are well-informed and have a high level of vision and perspective on problems. Whether they are familiar with the political affairs in the court, or as local officials, they all lack some height and self-confidence in governing the people. But their advantage is that they have more personal experience of the people and the sentiments of the people than wealthy scholars. By comparison, the wealthy families accounted for seven, and now the poor families can account for three, which is a good result. "
Wu Mei nodded thoughtfully. Although she wanted to advise Li Hong to use too many scholars from poor families, she still nodded in agreement after hearing Li Hong's analysis.
According to historical records, after Wu Mei came to the throne, she vigorously promoted poor people, which also caused relative instability in the court. The wealthy families were suppressed excessively, and there was no stable output of talents in the court. This also led to the great decline of the court after Wu Mei. One reason for the chaos in the Tang Dynasty.
Li Hong naturally knew what his mother was thinking, so he smiled and said: "Don't worry, Queen. I know in my heart that in another ten years, I'm afraid we will be able to compare five to five, and even have the upper hand. But even for the poor family now , you can also make great contributions to our country, not only in the court."
Lian Tie ran over quickly and handed a bright yellow bag through the carriage window. Another palace maid hurriedly took it and closed the window.
Wu Mei signaled the palace maid to hand the bag in her hand to Li Hong. Who knew what new thing Pihou had tinkered with? If he didn't understand it, it was best to let him explain it himself first, otherwise he would have to repeat the same thing as before. Likewise, the new things presented were useless, but they made a lot of jokes.
Li Hong glanced at the pocket in the palace maid's hand and said lazily: "Open it, um, take out the shoes inside."
The palace maid followed Li Hong's instructions and took out two pairs of... shoes? The soft shoes have no upper at the back of the heel, only the upper in the front, and the opening of the shoe is very large, making it easy to put your feet in.
"Alas..." Li Hong took a pair of slippers made of silk from the palace maid's hand, which felt extremely soft and silky to the touch.
Then he said to Wu Mei: "Mother, please take off the shoe on this foot and put on this one."
Wu Mei did as she was told, and with the help of the palace maid, she took off the high heels. Then Li Hong looked at the slippers in his hand, got up from the palace maid's arms, took Wu Mei's foot over his and placed it in his arms. With a natural and sincere expression on his face, he said: "Mother, please try this that I have prepared for you. When you ride in a carriage in the future, you can put this on when you get on the carriage. It will ensure your comfort. You can also wear it when you are in the palace on weekdays." How about wearing it like this? Is it comfortable? Haha..."
Wu Mei's eyes were full of tenderness. She looked at Li Hong, who was not pretentious at all. He held one of her feet and put a shoe on her foot that had no upper but only an upper.
I just feel that although my feet are wearing soft and silky shoes, they seem to be weightless, very light and soft, and my feet are not as uncomfortable as before, they are extremely comfortable.
"Hong'er, what is this?" Wu Mei asked as she watched Li Hong kneel down on the carriage and put on the shoe of his other foot.
"Hey, how are you? Are they comfortable? I named these shoes slippers. As the name suggests, you have to drag your feet with them, hehe. They are suitable for you to wear in the room or on the carriage during your leisure time. They are guaranteed to be comfortable and light, and the soles are What you use is also very soft and very light.”
"You are the only one with the most clever ideas." Wu Meifeng looked at him happily, wearing slippers that were very comfortable on her feet, and rolled her eyes at Li Hongdao.
(End of chapter)