"Oh, I didn't expect you to come here first." A slightly lazy voice came from the woods next to the bluestone-paved steps, from the direction where Huniu was growling vigilantly.
Li Hong and Huniu both moved their ears at the same time. Huniu even shook her huge tiger head in confusion, as if she doubted whether she had heard correctly.
Following Li Hong into the forest from the bluestone steps, he saw a simple wooden pavilion not far from the mountainside, hidden by trees and weeds.
A wolf was staring closely at Huniu behind Li Hong with a pair of cold eyes. Next to the wolf, Wu Mei was sitting leisurely, with a plan table in front of her, with rough words on it. Some fruits and tea were placed.
Next to the table, there is a bouquet of unknown wild flowers, which are colorful and purple. Judging from the bright and vigorous appearance of those flowers, it is obvious that they have just been picked not long ago.
The tiger girl behind Li Hong seemed to be full of hostility towards the wolf. Looking at Li Hong who kept walking forward, although the whole tiger body followed Li Hong closely, it had slowed down and her body followed. He tensed up, always ready to attack the wolf.
The wolf next to Wu Mei also arched its body at this moment, and the silver hair on its back stood up like thorns, revealing two terrifying fangs. , staring closely at Huniu behind Li Hong.
A wolf howl had just sounded, and the tiger's howl was instantly overwhelming and rolling in the forest like thunder.
Before the wolf stood up, Wu Mei reached out and stroked the wolf's head, and then said softly: "Don't be nervous, Xiao Baiqi. This is that bastard's pet Huniu. When your father was in the palace, I even bullied it."
Xiao Baiqi's mouth still made a low warning sound, but the hair on her back was no longer upside down under Wu Mei's comfort. On the other hand, Huniu opposite, when she saw Wu Mei caressing the wolf's head, she was ready to pounce upward. , but was also slapped on the forehead by Li Hong: "Tiger poison will not eat its seeds. Although he is not your son, you can still be regarded as his uncle. Can you behave like an elder?"
When Li Hong was talking, Wang Lou, who was already very old, had already walked up to Li Hong. After bowing respectfully to Li Hong, he touched the tiger's head, and then pulled the thick blanket-like fur around his neck. He took Huniu, who was reluctant and had not yet gotten close to Wu Mei, to the other side.
Xiao Baiqi and Li Hong were not very close. Although Li Hong had called him several times, the white-eyed wolf still ignored Li Hong and continued to sit next to Wu Mei, just looking at Li Hong expressionlessly. He approached it and let Li Hong pull its head without resisting.
His head swayed back and forth with Li Hong's hand, and even Wu Mei beside him couldn't bear to look at it. Only then did Li Hong stop and sit down in front of Wu Mei.
"Are you leaving this time?" Wu Mei picked a grape and didn't hand it to Li Hong, but to Xiao Baiqi next to her.
She watched Xiao Baiqi's birth with her own eyes, and she also watched Xiao Baiqi's father and mother leave Liangshan with their family and go deep into the Qinling Mountains after leaving the little Baiqi behind.
From that time on, Wu Mei never saw Bai Qi again, nor did she see Xiao Bai Qi's mother again. However, less than a year after Bai Qi left, on a cold night, a familiar voice sounded from the back mountain. Wolf howl.
Xiao Baiqi, who had been following Wu Mei, stood up from Wu Mei's bed, ignored Wu Mei's call, ran out of the room and ran to the back mountain.
When Wu Mei and others rushed to the back mountain, when Li Hong let Bai Qi go and took Bai Qi back to the huge stone, he only saw Xiao Bai Qi standing on the huge stone, howling at the bright moon, And Bai Qi's familiar wolf howl never appeared again.
"It depends on what the mother wants. If you want me to stay, I will stay with you in Liangshan. If you get tired of seeing me..."
Before Li Hong finished speaking, he was interrupted by Wu Mei: "I'm annoyed, don't talk about it for a day, I'm already a little annoyed with you now. It's not even a quarter of an hour, right?"
"What you said, Queen Mother, will make me lose face."
"Xiao Baiqi, do you think we should keep him or not?" Wu Mei teased Xiao Baiqi next to him, who had just come out of the nervous mood after meeting Huniu, and said, "Then Li Lingyue and others Where is the person? Are you holding him down in Chang'an or behind?"
"I guess they can arrive before dark." Li Hong picked the grapes and ate them by himself, while the palace maid next to him was helping him peel the pomegranates. After all, everyone knows how difficult it is to peel pomegranates.
"It's been ten years. I thought I wouldn't live in Liangshan for ten years. Who would have thought that I'm still addicted to living here, and I don't want to leave anymore. When I have nothing to do on weekdays, I'm either with Concubine Xiao Shu is chatting, or taking Bai Qi to see your father, or... have you seen that hillside? Most of your thoughts have been on that hillside these past few years." Wu Mei raised her finger and pointed to her side. said not far away.
"I saw it. I saw it when I came over just now. But the fact that the peonies were cultivated by the queen here and grew so well is really beyond my expectation." Li Hong looked at the hillside in the distance. , just like the bouquet of flowers placed next to Wu Mei, full of colorful flowers.
And standing here and looking over there, the scene of flowers blooming all over the hillside is like a natural plush carpet. It is colorful and pleasing to the eye, and the distribution of colors has obviously been carefully arranged. The colors are divided into different areas, just like the tulip fields in the Netherlands in later generations. Looking down, people feel extremely comfortable, and the scenery is naturally extremely beautiful.
"Since you like it, I thought, how about we make this Liangshan Mountain look like the sea of flowers on the hillside?" Li Hong was not good at flattering, so after he finished speaking, Wu Mei naturally gave him a big look. .
"You are worthy of being the emperor. You are not as good as you were back then. Even when you were the acting king, even in those years when you were the prince, you are more to my liking than when you are the emperor now. No matter you were the acting king back then, He is still the prince of the Tang Dynasty, and he is full of spirituality and intelligence. Unlike now, the city's scheming is getting deeper and deeper, making it difficult to understand, and it has become more terrifying and impure." Wu Mei shook her hands and spoke with a full tone. He said contemptuously: "You don't want to give the Zen position to Li Ye, and then take your Shangguan Wan'er and the others to spend the rest of your life with me, an old lady, in Liangshan, right?"
"I really want to do this, but I don't know if the mother is willing to do so. However, the Zen throne should be decided earlier. I still want to imitate my father and let Li Ye oversee the country alone for a few years. When he is thirty years old, Before, it was best not to meditate." Li Hong smiled, Long Ma was becoming more and more conceited. Even though she was longing for him to come to Liangshan to visit her, she was determined not to say it out loud.
"In the past ten years, Queen Mother and Concubine Xiao Shu can be said to have visited every inch of land in Liangshan. They know much better than you about what can be planted and grown on this mountain. Only the sunny place in the south is suitable for planting flowers. Cao Cao, in the back mountain, you, Li Hong, dare to die as much as you plant, but your method is quite good. You have built Liangshan into a paradise, and built a sea of flowers and trees into the final destination of your queen mother, Xiao Shufei and I, and your father. It's a good idea. In the next few years... Help me up, why are you still standing there?" The grape that Wu Mei had originally fed to Xiao Baiqi fell on the unfilial son.
As I get older and sit for a long time, my legs become numb and weak due to poor Qi and blood. If I want to stand up on my own strength, it will take more time.
Li Hong dodged the grapes that were thrown at him, and quickly walked to Wu Mei and helped Wu Mei stand up. Then he looked at the back of Wu Mei's hand and murmured: "Mother, your hands..."
"It's normal. People are like this when they get old. Who can grow old without getting spots? But let me tell you, Concubine Xiao Shu has more pockmarks on the back of her hands and her forearms." Wu Mei He calmly looked at the back of his hand. The back of his hand, which used to be white and flawless, with even the slightest blood vessels clearly visible, is now gradually turning yellow, with a few spots like age spots.
"How did you come here? Why didn't you go with Li Lingyue and the others?" She stood up and looked at the large sea of flowers on the sunny slope. The achievement in Wu Mei's heart was even more important than governing the country. One hand was supported by Li Hong, He put a hand in front of his eyes and said while looking at the sea of flowers.
"You came by car. How are you? Are you interested? I can take you for a ride?" Li Hong held Wu Mei's arm, and Xiao Bai followed Wu Mei inseparably from the moment she got up. She was even better than Wang Lou and other palace maids. The eunuch still cares about Wu Mei.
"Can you sit down? I don't want to be unable to drive two miles, and then get stuck on the road. I'm not like Bai Chun. I can still lose that person if I follow you." Wu Mei's legs and feet are pretty good. Li Suo, even if he no longer lets Li Hong support him, walking on the bluestone steps, his feet are still very stable.
"However, I am still very curious. I have heard news from Chang'an these days that His Majesty the Emperor has gone to Taiyi City again. His Majesty the Emperor has neglected government affairs and lost his mind by playing with things. Even Li Dan, Li Zhe and Li Xian are all because of this. You were implicated and were impeached by the ministers every day." Wu Mei walked down the mountain first, and then looked at the spacious road being built by the Ministry of Industry and others on the other side.
Pointing to the road, he said talkatively: "When the Ministry of Industry came to measure, I told Concubine Xiao Shu that this must have been done by that little brat Li Hong. The winding and continuous road must have been built for Tell me what kind of car he says can go to the courtyard gate in the future, is that what he thinks? "
"Zhi Zi Mo Ruo Mu, that's what I meant. I didn't tell you at the beginning because I was afraid that if I couldn't fix the car, I would let you down. So I thought I would tell you after I finish it later."
"It looks like it's going fast, but it's a little too noisy, and I can't even have a peaceful nap." Wu Mei complained that the Ministry of Industry's road construction had disturbed her from taking a nap, while circling Li Hong's car parked at the foot of the mountain. Look around.
Li Hong shook his head helplessly. He thought it was too noisy. The original one-year construction period has been delayed for two years and has not been completed. It was not because he was afraid of disturbing you, Long Ma, so the road construction was entirely up to her. If you are in a good mood, let the Ministry of Works fix it. If you are in a bad mood, the Ministry of Works cannot even move a stone.
So this has been delayed until now, and the entire construction period will take more than half a year to complete.
(End of chapter)