Cited too often

Well, it's better to wait in the mansion. "

Li Qi smiled and said: "No need, Gu will take Yang'er to visit the Taifu. When uncle comes back, the official will tell Gu and Yang'er."

The official repeatedly said yes, Li Qi took Li Yang and wanted to leave, as if he suddenly remembered something, he turned around and asked the official: "I remember that my aunt is always in good health, and the person who passed the obituary was in a hurry. I can't tell for a while, how did my aunt disappear?"

The official seemed to be familiar with the words, and replied without hesitation: "The doctor said that the eldest princess is suffering from an old disease. In fact, this disease has already existed, and because last winter came very early, the eldest princess's illness was intermittent. Yes, it’s never going to be good.”

Hearing this, Li Qi was silent for a long time, then turned around and left.

When she returned to Chang'an with Li Yang and other officers and soldiers to the mansion of King Xiang in Chang'an, and settled Li Yang after lunch, she took the gifts she had prepared when she came, and took a few subordinates who abandoned the eaves and rode horses to Yang Gong's support. See you at your house.It was the first time she met Yang Gongshan, and she greeted Yang Gongshan with all manner of courtesy. After the greetings, she smiled at him and said, "My father often mentioned the Taifu to me when I was in Fanyang. Since my father was taught by the Taifu Why don't I just call Mr. Taifu a sentence."

Yang Gongshan led her and his subordinates to the main hall, and when they passed the atrium, they saw the tree with a strange appearance.Li Qi was startled at first, and then laughed out loud as if thinking of something, but he didn't open his mouth to tease again, he just waved his hand not to let his subordinates follow into the door and said: "The other things are fine, the only thing is that when I came, my lord asked me to repeat it again and again." Yes, I must pass it on to Mr. privately. I wonder if it is convenient at this moment?"

Yang Gongshan hesitated for a moment, and then listened to Li Qi's habit of observing words and expressions: "It's just a private order, and it will not lead to any gossip to spread to today's ears." He was aroused by such direct words and said, "" Such an appearance seems a bit like His Royal Highness Xiang... Princess, please come with me." Li Qi was taken to the study by him, and laughed on the way: "Father also often said that among his three children, I He is the most like him."

There is a reason for Li Qi's remark. Although she was born in Chang'an, she was not as fortunate as her elder sister Li Xuan, the eldest princess of Yong'an. .As early as that time, Li Qian and her younger brother had only a superficial relationship, and Li Qi lived like walking on eggshells when he was young.It wasn't until later that Li Ce invited her to go to the capital and wanted to take up a real job in the feudal town, then took her away from the palace, but left behind Li Xuan, who was fashionable as the county lord.Later, Tubo sent envoys to Chang'an to ask Da Chu to give her a princess marriage. After careful consideration, Li Qian finally chose Li Xuan, who had been raised in Chang'an, and married her.Until Li Xuan got married in the name of Princess Yong'an, Li Qi only saw that pale and blurry figure get on the carriage and never return.Fortunately, she and Li Xuan were raised separately since they were young, and they didn't have much affection. Even if there was something lost, it still couldn't match the joy of being named Princess Chang'an.

In fact, counting the years in the palace in detail, she has not had much contact with the current emperor or her cousin in name. She only occasionally heard from the palace guards who looked after her that Concubine Hua's life was good, and even gave it to others. The children can be raised again.But she felt that this might not be a good thing. She had met this cousin before, and it was not easy to get along with him just by his face.The boy's unopened face vaguely revealed the same gloom as Li Ce, which made her find it interesting.

But those are all things in the past, as soon as he entered the study, without waiting for Yang Gongshan to ask, Li Qi took out a letter from the inner pocket of his sleeve and handed it to him: "Please read, sir."

After Yang Gongshan took it, he felt that the letter paper was extremely thin, and it didn't look like a long speech, so he opened it directly, and gradually froze when he looked closely.I can still hear Li Qiqing's lingering laughter: "My lord said that he is not good at painting, and he didn't dare to tarnish that Shengxuan, so he had to draw himself on this note. Mr. Danqing is the best, and he will use his life as a reward for the portrait." Announce the cicada clothes sent by people."

After speaking, the woman still smiled to herself, and put a beautiful jade on the desk: "In the early years, my father made many jokes because of his incomprehension, Mr. Meng never gave up."

"The peace tree in the atrium is well maintained, sir."

On the seventh day of March in the first year of Jushe, the king of Yongping County and Princess Chang'an entered the court, and on the next day, they gave a banquet in Linde Hall under the system of festival commanders.There are more than [-] generals, and there are many gifts.

Because Li Jue saw that there were ministers in the previous dynasty who reported to the emperor and talked about the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period, the minister was an example.In the future, if a minister enters the court, Bailiao hopes to invite the court to meet him in Zhongshu.From the Hall of Yanying, he asked Jiang Han, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, about this matter: "Princess Chang'an is not a handsome man. Is there a gift to meet you in the book?"

Jiang Han thought for a while, and Fang Xuxu said: "The eldest princess is young, although she has a high status, she can't afford such a big gift."

Li Jue raised his eyebrows slightly, and said with a smile: "Although this is the case, Aqi and Yang'er cannot be wronged, so let's choose an auspicious day and give a banquet at Linde Palace."

Linde Hall is the place where the saints of all dynasties often used to give banquets. Three days later, when Li Qi arrived with Li Yang and a few high-ranking generals who came with them, there were already a few thin-waisted women who envied the king of Chu dancing in the hall. , Li Qi and Li Yang were ranked next to Li Jue, and on the opposite side were Taifu Yang Gongshan and Lieutenant Yu Yannian of the two armies, and then Xie Xun.Li Yang had never met Xie Xun before, but when he saw him, his eyes widened slightly, and the hand holding the chopsticks shook slightly, making a crisp sound during the banquet.

Li Jue could see clearly from above, and said with a half smile but not a smile: "What's wrong with Yang'er?" Li Yang knew that he had lost his composure just now, so he got up quickly and said, "Your brother is disrespectful."

"Sit down, Yang'er, what a big deal." Li Qi sat aside and said with a smile, "When my sister and Yang'er were still in Fanyang, I heard that among the courtiers that the sage valued, there was no one who loved him too much. Xie Xianggong. Now Yanger is just curious, besides, Xie Xianggong is so good-looking, it is reasonable to take a second look. Why, is it possible that because Xie Xianggong is a saint and his body belongs to a saint, he is not allowed Do we like it?"

What she said was bold, but there was no anger in Li Ju's eyes. Instead, he laughed out loud for a moment: "There is nothing wrong with this, A Qi has reached Mu Shaoai's age. You can hear that Mr. It's important, I must be very familiar with my courtiers. To give a banquet today, it's better to choose one of the princes of the Manchu Dynasty to marry."

As soon as Li Yangfu sat down, his face turned slightly pale when he heard the words, but he was already pale due to his illness, so he couldn't really see it.It's just that there is a little nervousness in the eyes.Li Qi's eyes were still full of smiles, but seeing his nervous expression made him more happy, as if he would be happy just to see Li Yang worrying about him.

Li Jue waited for a long time before he heard the woman sitting below him laugh out loud. The originally clear voice seemed much quieter out of thin air amidst the silk and bamboo orchestra: "The kindness of the sage, I really dare not let you down, but if anyone marries After leaving my sister, I will follow my sister to Fanyang to suffer from the wind and sand. Fanyang is no better than the rich and prosperous town in the southeast, and all the lords present today are the pillars of the imperial court, even the saints are willing to..."

She drank the contents of the cup in one gulp, raised her head to Li Jue and said with a smile, "Your sister Chen is also reluctant!"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the audience was shocked.Li Ju's original silence was not so abrupt against the background of the singing and dancing in Linde Hall, but all the officials in the hall were more or less focused on Li Ju, and his conversation with Li Qi also fell into the crowd. In the ear of the minister.But even so, none of the officials dared to speak out about the saint's family affairs, not even Yang Gongshan.

After the dancers in the hall dance, someone composes another song "Talking about Rong Niang".The wife who plays the female role will raise her hand to arrange the flower tin, and she will turn over and dance the Jinyan dance with lingering affection but can only be let down, and the monarchs and ministers who are talking in the palace don't even glance at her.

"It's okay, Ah Qi makes up his own mind." Li Jue also raised the cup in front of him, but didn't drink it. He just shook the contents of the cup and put it down. Li Qi saw the faintly gloomy eyes at this moment. Much like her father when she was young.But Li Ce had already completely faded away the traces of the old days in the years of training in the feudal town, but the young saint in front of him still smiled slightly as if he didn't know it: "I won't mention this matter in the future."

Li Qi smiled and said: "The sage Mingyan." After she finished speaking, she stretched out her hand to taste the tea made in front of Li Yang, then frowned and said: "It's getting colder, Yang'er is weak, so it's not appropriate to drink too much tea, take it away." That's all."

The waiter at the side stepped forward to remove the tea and replaced it with the soup that had been prepared earlier.Li Yang knew that Li Qi wanted to use this to make him leave the table, but he refused to let Li Ju feel more disgusted with Li Qi because of this matter, and was about to speak, but saw a servant outside the Linde Hall stepping in and complaining: "Qizhu sage, the envoys from Tubo have arrived at Longshouyuan."

【VII】Each has a thousand pieces of gold

The envoy from Tubo at Xiaohuang's gate is the prime minister of Tubo, named Lun Bo Zang, who was personally arranged by Zhou Xuan, the general manager, to live in the Sifang Pavilion, and was on duty at the gate of Zhongshu the next day and today. Liu Hongci and Xie Xun met in Zhongshu.

Lun Bozang went to the Sifang hall to invite his little yellow door leader to the Zhongshu door, and it was almost time to light the lamps, when he saw two men in purple standing outside the hall waiting.He looked at the two people who greeted him outside, but he saw that the purple-clothed man in front was in his early forties, with a straight posture, but a pale face, not like a prime minister of a country, but like a scholar who has been in poverty for many years, he must have come here At that time, the Huangmen official said Liu Hongci Liu Xianggong.On the contrary, the purple-clothed man at the back was very young, and when he got closer to see the man's face, he was slightly taken aback, and said in surprise: "May I ask who this gentleman is?"

Because Liu Hongci is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and his status is higher than that of Xie Xun, who is the official of Zhongshu, seeing that the prime minister went over him to ask Xie Xun, he couldn't help being a little embarrassed, but he didn't care.