Half in the river wind, half in the clouds

After a long while, Li Longye said, "Since the Third Miss is not going to pay respect to me, please take a seat. That bastard just now disturbed your pleasure, and he really deserves to be beaten."

Jiang Feng didn't dare to sit down, so she quickly bowed in a proper manner and said in a clear and refreshing voice: "Thank you for your chivalrous heart and help, but I dare not sit with you. I will report to my father and brother and thank you for your help someday."

The girl bowed and saluted, her words hinting that she wanted to slip away, but Li Longye was not willing to let her go. He smiled and said, "Please sit down. I have asked the store to make some new red pastry, as well as a portion of crystal dragon and phoenix cake and cheese cherries."

After hearing this, Jiang Feng stood up suspiciously. He lingered until he was in front of Li Longye, while reciting the Tang law in his heart: Is it illegal for a commoner to eat at the same table with a prince?

The new dessert was soon served, and Li Longye's guards led everyone to retreat. Nanny Lu was standing trembling beside them, but Li Longye gave her a murderous look, and the fifty-year-old Nanny almost lost her balance.

The friendly army was too cowardly, so Jiang Feng had no choice but to let her go down as well.

The afternoon sun shines in obliquely, the willow branches outside the window sway gracefully, the breeze brings the fragrance of flowers outside, and the room is quiet. Jiang Feng eats the red crisps, looking calm and relaxed on the outside, but terrified on the inside. What is this guy's intention?

Finally, Li Longye spoke first: "Last time, I ordered people to follow the recipe given by the lady, but the taste always seemed a little off. I wonder why?"

"Your Highness, I feel that this plate of crispy noodles tastes sweeter than the previous one. I wonder why?" Jiang Feng put down the spoon and replied against his will.

The bearded man couldn't help laughing.

Chinese cuisine is completely different from Western cuisine. In Western kitchens, there is a standardized process before a cookie is baked. The amount of flour, sugar, water, and the oven temperature are all very strict, so the taste is similar. However, Chinese cuisine relies much more on the subjective nature of the maker. A little salt, an appropriate amount of sugar, and slow cooking are used, but the time is never specified, but the color of the soup is considered. The food made by the chef in different moods will also have different tastes. In my previous life, Lin Ma's shrimp wontons were the most delicious, but they were not always smooth and delicious.

There are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand readers, and a thousand chefs can cook a thousand kinds of shredded potatoes. How could the bearded man, who is a self-proclaimed gourmet, not know this truth?

"The girl must be happy at the moment, so even the food tastes sweet and sticky." Li Longye looked at the cunning little girl carefully and spoke softly in a low voice.

Jiang Feng's heart began to beat fast. The tone of the bearded man's voice was a little off...

Looking over, I saw those eyes were as deep as torches, as if they were going to roast me alive. I quickly replied, "That's right. That's right. I'm afraid the recipe your Highness mentioned is the same. If I cook it again, the taste will be different because of the different ingredients, cooking utensils, and mood."

After Jiang Feng finished speaking, he lowered his head and started scooping ice cream. He felt relieved only after he scooped a large spoonful and put it into his mouth.

Seeing her flustered and embarrassed look, Li Longye became more interested. He raised his hand to wipe the crispness from the corner of the girl's mouth, but felt it was abrupt and put his hand down awkwardly.

The river breeze is still unaware.

In this way, Jiang Feng ate while the bearded man watched. Even though Jiang Feng was thick-skinned, she couldn't hold it anymore. She encouraged herself and sang the "Hero Song" several times in her heart. Finally, she raised her head and looked at the prince with eye problems.

"girl……"

"Your Majesty..."

God is in sync!

"You speak first……"

"Your Majesty, please speak..."

Sync again!

The Warring States Policy said, "The first attack is powerful, the second is weak, and the third is exhaustion." Jiang Feng had just gathered up his courage to fight, but was interrupted by coincidences. He did not have the courage to speak for the third time, and could only wait for the gods to come down and capture the bearded man.

Li Longye also found it funny. Seeing that Jiang Feng had no intention of talking anymore, he leaned back in his chair, tapped the table with his slender fingers, thought for a moment and said, "What does the girl want to say?"

"Can you say anything?"

"That's natural!"

"Will the prince answer truthfully?"

“Tell me everything you know and tell me everything!”

"Your Highness is straightforward! I'm going to ask you why you keep Guan Gong's beard. Do you want to imitate Guan Gong and make great achievements in the army?"

A master can be defeated by random punches, so come on, big bearded man.

Li Longye was obviously stunned. He did not expect Jiang Feng to ask this. He stroked his beard awkwardly and said, "How can I dare to imitate Guan Gong?"

Looking at Jiang Feng, the girl waited for his next answer with interest, and had to say seriously: "I grew up in the palace, and I shouldered a heavy responsibility when I first served in the army. I often couldn't sleep at night, fearing that I would fail the trust of His Majesty and the Crown Prince. On that day of the inspection, on the battlefield, the setting sun shone on the big flag, and the horses neighed in the wind. The men of Liangzhou were all brave and passionate, and I couldn't help but yearn for them. Even if I can't learn that full of heroism, I can always learn a little bit by imitating them."

Jiang Feng was speechless. She didn't expect Li Longye to answer this question honestly and seriously. She originally wanted to throw a stone to test the way, but she didn't expect that he would directly give her a map.

Compared with the image of a handsome and wealthy prince, this strong man's character is indeed easier to get along with the soldiers.

This guy learned psychology by himself and applied the halo effect in social practice more than a thousand years ago, with very good results.

When Jiang Feng heard him mention the emperor and Crown Prince Li Chongjun, he seized the opportunity and said, "Your Majesty has ascended the throne and restored the Tang system, appointing people based on their merits. With your bravery, there will naturally be a place for you to use your talents."

Li Longye sneered: "You have only seen me twice, how do you know how brave I am?"

Shouldn't I praise you for your bravery, but call you a fool? Jiang Feng complained in his heart, but said seriously: "How can the person trusted by His Majesty and the Crown Prince be an ordinary person?"

Otherwise, do you have the courage to say that your uncle the emperor is not good at judging people?

"According to what you said, I have to be brave." Li Longye said with a smile.

Jiang Feng looked at him sincerely and nodded repeatedly like a chick pecking at rice. She still had to try her best to curry favor with the younger brother of the future emperor.

Jiang Feng was eating the Sushan, still thinking about the important matter, and finally hesitantly asked, "Nanyang King Yuan Shuji was convicted and exiled to Huanzhou, and was poisoned and killed by Zhou Lizhen. I knew his little daughter when I was a child, I wonder how the Yuan family is doing now?"

Li Longye restrained his smile and looked solemn. She actually knew Yuan Ying?

He then asked, "There are more than a dozen girls in the Yuan family. I wonder which one you are asking about?"

Before Yuan Ying fell into trouble, she gave her the imperial seal and brought the empress's will, asking her to pass the imperial seal to the current Prince of Shouchun, Li Chengqi. Who is Li Chengqi? He is the eldest son of Li Dan, the Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, and the eldest brother of the bearded man in front of him.

Now I think Yuan Ying really trusted the wrong person. Jiang Feng had no ambition to help the country, and he did not dare to offend the new emperor Li Longji and give the jade seal to someone else.

In addition, she did not save Yuan Ying, and now she wakes up in the middle of the night, feeling guilty. Although she knew that mentioning Yuan Ying might expose herself and bring trouble to herself, she couldn't cool her heart after all.

"Yuan Ying, the daughter of Yuan Jiankang, the former governor of Liangzhou." Jiang Feng looked determined.

Li Longye frowned slightly. The five kings of Shenlong supported the restoration of Li Tang. The five were demoted one after another. Two of them died of illness on the way to exile, and the other three were murdered by Wu Sansi in an extremely cruel way. Yuan Shuji was forced to drink kudzu juice. After the poison took effect, he felt unbearable pain and scratched the ground with his hands. His nails were all worn out, but he still couldn't die. He was finally killed by Zhou Lizhen.

Wu Sansi and his gang relentlessly pursued the Five Dragon Kings and their cronies, not even sparing the young girl, all for the whereabouts of the jade seal. They were a step too late, and by the time they investigated, the Five Dragon Kings had all died, and Yuan Ying, the most suspected, was nowhere to be found. He was thinking about a thousand things, but he said, "There is only one son left in the Yuan family now, and he was saved by his father and aunt. The rest are probably in danger."

Jiang Feng's eyes turned slightly red and he put down Su Shan angrily.

Li Longye added: "Yuan Ying was a capable female official of Empress Wu Zetian, a person who was no less capable than any man. Do you know her?"

Jiang Feng said sadly: "I hope she is stupid and rude, and lives a peaceful life."

Li Longye said: "No matter if one is smart or stupid, when the nest is overturned, how can the eggs remain intact?"

Maybe if there hadn't been that jade seal, there wouldn't have been such a disaster?

Jiang Feng's heart suddenly moved. What if she gave the jade seal to Li Longye? He and Li Longji must be in the same group, right? She always had nightmares at night because she hid that thing.

She moved her lips, but she didn't dare to act rashly. She could only say, "Who could have thought that the Five Dragon Kings would end up so miserably?"

Li Longye saw that she was hesitant to speak, and he became suspicious, but he just agreed with her and said, "Your Majesty is kind and always remembers the love you shared with the Queen in Luling, so you can't bear to use thundering means. Now the harem is interfering in politics, the Wu family is monopolizing power, and even committing adultery..."

Li Longye stopped talking halfway, as he could not talk about matters in the bedroom with an unmarried girl. He changed his words and said, "It turned out that a meritorious official died in vain, but Your Majesty did not ask about it."

Jiang Feng naturally knew about the dirty deeds of Empress Wei. In the past five thousand years, there was only one green hat that was so dazzling. But she was happy to pretend to be confused: "Your Majesty still relies on His Royal Highness the Prince of Xiang. He has been promoted to the Prince of Xiang of Anguo, appointed as the Grand Commandant, and the third rank of the Secretariat. With such brotherly love and respect, and the unity of the monarch and his subjects, we can always put things right."

Li Longye took a sip of tea slowly, looked at Jiang Feng and asked, "Set things right? Who is rebelling? Who is causing chaos?"

Jiang Feng was worried and anxious, but she had finally caught such an opportunity and could not let it go. She did not answer Li Longye, but only asked: "Your Majesty, is it really just a redeployment that the Liangzhou garrison followed the prince to Chang'an?"

Lin Jinran couldn't remember the exact time of the Crown Prince's coup. These days she calculated over and over again: Zhongzong Li Xian was in power for about five years, Li Chongjun was the Crown Prince for more than a year, that coup was known as the "Jinglong Coup", and now it is the first year of Jinglong... No matter which angle you calculate it from, it's always fast.

Another important point is that if the prince rebels, he must have an army! The followers of Empress Wei are everywhere in Chang'an City, and he has no foundation in the capital. It is very likely that he will take this opportunity to recruit another group of people in Liangzhou to join him in the uprising.

Coincidentally, my brother-in-law was transferred to Chang'an at this point!

How could she not think more!