Chang'an ancient meaning

July in Chang’an is the hottest time of summer. There was a thunderstorm last night, and the sun rose again in the morning. There was not even a single water stain on the ground, only the lingering heat and humidity in the air. In the middle, he suppressed his breathing heavily.

After Xue Chongjian came down to court, he sat in the Nanya government office for less than a moment, his body was soaked in sweat and his heavy clothes were extremely uncomfortable, and he ordered people to pile up several large basins of ice to no avail.The weather is so hot that it only makes people irritable and depressed. I wanted to read a few official documents, but my eyes seemed to be covered with sweat. Looking at the teeny lowercase letters, it seemed to be shrouded in a cloud of water vapor, and every thread was blurred. .He simply smashed the cans and threw away the official documents, went out and asked his servant to lead the horse, and then looked for a wine shop he frequented. First, he asked for a jug of green plum wine with ice, and took it away before Shi Chun poured it into the cup for him. The pot was poured down coldly, his lungs hurt from the sudden chill, and he shivered.Shi Chun hurriedly persuaded: "This wine can't be adjusted hot or cold, so you can't drink it in such a hurry."

Xue Chongjian didn't answer, she tore off the belt of her official uniform several times, took off her sweat-soaked purple robe, and threw it far away in the corner as if bored, she sat on the cool bed with only her middle clothes on, and looked downstairs through the window The sun-baked pavement is fascinated.Occasionally, a few pedestrians passed by on the road, all of them looked distressed and distressed in the world. Originally, in this weather, there were not many people who were willing to go out.A few brocade-clothed gentlemen sitting on horseback opened their waist fans to block the sun, walked downstairs to the restaurant, and someone went out to greet them, those young masters clapped half of their fans and went upstairs one by one.Xue Chongjian asked subconsciously: "Where is my fan?" Shi Chun went to the pile of clothes on the ground and groped for a while, but couldn't find it, so he hurriedly said: "Did you come out and didn't take it with you? Use the old slave's first." He He took out a fan from his sleeve and opened it to fan Xue Chongjian.

Five years ago, the waist fan was a rare tribute from the Japanese kingdom. One piece was worth hundreds of gold. After it was introduced to the Central Plains, it quickly prospered in Chang'an because of its easy folding.My early ones were only inscribed, but they looked too plain and shabby. A few days ago, Li Longfan saw them by chance, and was surprised. Later, he sent ten lacquered peacock feathers.He looked at the box of bright and bright fans, stroked the icy and jade-like bamboo bones, and didn't know what it felt like in his heart. What he cherished had long been rejected, and what he missed had long been forgotten.

I don’t know how many times I have read that paragraph of text over the years. Even if I don’t want to read it, I can still clearly flow through my mind word by word: I am tired of it, and my emotions change with the situation.Xiangzhi's delight, between pitching and pitching, has become a thing of the past, and I still have to be happy with it, and the short-term and short-term changes will eventually come to an end.

He has never been a self-pitying person, but this time the loneliness is too long, so long that it will wipe out all his expectations, as if it is as violent as this scorching heat, everywhere and never ending.Since July last year, his mother left him alone in the mansion. He thought that after a few days, she calmed down and would still forgive him.He didn't dare to meet Li Chengqi, and he was honest even when he went to court every day, he only hoped that she would know how terrified he was and how eager to get her forgiveness.But this fear was gradually polished into disappointment and despair by time. She let herself shuttle back and forth in that luxurious and vast garden, but she couldn't find anyone she could cling to or confide in.Only he and Wu Linglan lived in such a big garden, and the bustling bustle of the past had dissipated, leaving the two of them silently facing each other, each licking their wounds, every evening, the silent scene always terrified him.He had been used to being loved by his mother since he landed, and he finally understood that the spanking that hit him was so painful that he couldn't bear to live. Compared with this abandonment, it was not a punishment.

Originally, when I went to court every day, I would take advantage of the opportunities of going to wine shops and hunting out of the city to look at Li Chengqi from a distance for a while, or to sneak out in the palace together, and to find a place in the deep palace garden. Where people disturb—mostly around the dilapidated Yeting, let them say goodbye, and comfort each other with a few words about the recent situation.The two words he said most often were "not bad". Li Chengqi said that even though they are so lonely, there are still many Li Shu who are struggling in poverty envious of his wealth. Neatly, people and horses walked on Tianjie in a glamorous manner.But how should he get rid of these loneliness and fears, and follow him like a carbuncle for more than 300 days and nights. It hurts every moment, what should he resist?

Two months ago, he finally learned that Princess Song was pregnant, so today he did not send anyone to tell Li Chengqi where he was going.He is not angry, if this meeting on the side of the water becomes a habit, and one day it is suddenly interrupted, how can he live.His mother deals with the government and government every day, and Li Chengqi will gradually return to his family. They change with each other, and they all have their own space to divide their minds. Only he is left sitting in the hot place, making people sweat hard. In the strange wine shop with tears, looking at the dazzling Chang'an Avenue, I don't know where to go.

Xue Chongjian drank five or six pots of cold wine in the wine shop, and under Cai Shichun's persuasion, he came out drunk. He was too lazy to put on his official uniform again, so he simply put the purple robe and jade belt on the horse's buttocks, Dressed in a plain white coat, he stepped on the horse.He was helped back home, just as he got off his horse, he saw a Qibaoxiang chariot parked in front of the door, with several slaves walking around.Xue Chongjian didn't know whether he was drunk or hot, his mind was dizzy, and he hiccupped and asked, "Princess is going out?" A servant hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Mr. Lord, the princess is here!"

Xue Chongjian jumped all over as if he had been aroused by the cold wine before, and in astonishment, he thought he heard it wrong, and said in a trembling voice: "Which princess are you talking about?" The slave didn't know what he was thinking about, and said: " It's our princess!" Xue Chongjian ran towards the mansion without saying a word, but he didn't see the threshold, and threw himself into the door, so startled that all the slaves came to help him, he didn't feel any pain, got up and turned to the door In the huge garden, the tall willows and cicadas are shining brightly in the sun, and the illuminated pond is shining like a silver mirror, but he still feels that he is dreaming. In the dream, he runs back and forth among countless palaces, but even a familiar He was so tired that his bones cracked, but he didn't dare to stop, for he was afraid of being seized by that loneliness again.

He first ran to the main hall where Taiping used to live, but no one was there. He searched from house to house, and broke into the same room several times. These familiar and unfamiliar scenes kept changing, like a never-ending nightmare. Block all exits.He only knew that his mother could not wait long and had already left. His heart was anxious and remorseful, and tears had already flowed down his cheeks. He cried out exhaustedly, "Mum! Where are you, Aunt!"

Suddenly, a Lun voice came from nowhere, and he heard the voice as warm as icy water calling: "Huanu." Turning his head in panic, his mind was swayed for a moment, and his legs knelt down uncontrollably. Seeing her mother slowly holding the door and coming out of the room, the silk wrap around her arms swayed gently.Although he was crying, he quickly rubbed his eyes vigorously. He raised his head and looked up at his mother who was walking slowly. He was sure that her appearance gradually became clear in his hazy eyes. Looking from a distance in the hall as if worshiping the Buddha.Taiping came in front of him, before he could speak, Xue Chongjian hugged his waist, his sorrow and joy were too intense, he could only bury his face deeply into her cool and soft chest, like a newborn baby, burst out unrepressed His crying, his fear of the world, his pure attachment to her, only this crying can express.He heard his blood start to flow again, knowing that he was finally alive again.

Taiping hugged his son, let him cry for a while, held his face up, and smiled softly: "Why are you running around?" Xue Chongjian lowered his head in shame, saw a lot of dust on his shirt, felt even more ashamed, choked up Said: "I... thought you were gone." Taiping stared at his son for a moment, his flushed face was covered with sweat and tears, he thought his hands were not very clean, just rubbing them, wiped out a few black spots , There is a bit of childish innocence and pitifulness in the funny.She felt sour in her heart, she cruelly put her son here, but a year later, he hasn't grown up at all.She pulled Xue Chongjian up and smiled lightly: "I brought you some lychees from the south, and your elder brother hunted some raccoons and deer yesterday. I will have a meal with you, so I will wait in your room. Since you have eaten, I will let them keep it cold, and you can eat slowly when you turn around."

Every word she said, Xue Chongjian felt a little frightened and flattered, and hurriedly said: "No! I didn't eat... It was hot, so I drank a glass of cold wine outside and didn't eat anything! Aunt, I'm hungry So, let's go to eat?" He said while holding Taiping's sleeve tightly, as if he was afraid that she would turn around and leave.Seeing his pitiful eyes filled with anxiety and begging, Taiping felt another pain in his heart, nodded and smiled, "Okay, let's eat first."

The servants and maidservants immediately set up meals in Xue Chongjian's room. The fruits and dishes were all brought from Taiping, but the seven or eight flavors are all present, very delicate. "Qingliang Sui" is a soup made of raccoon meat. After cooling, it becomes crystal clear and frozen. There are a lot of minced meat hidden in it, which is cool and sweet in the mouth. Xiaotiansu is made of venison and chicken breast. Stir-fried together, Bailong Geng is made of mandarin fish; Snow Baby is made by sticking frogs and wrapping refined soybean powder, which is as white as jade and cute[1].These are Xue Chongjian's favorite foods in the past. They are paired with cherries and lychees in the crushed ice. The snow-white crisp mountain, the fragrance of the fragrance is stimulated by the cool air, which makes people feel refreshed.Taiping didn't talk much at the table, but occasionally stretched out his chopsticks to serve Xue Chongjian, and advised him to eat more.Xue Chongjian was halfway through eating, and finally couldn't help but took a piece of cool shredded chopsticks. The jelly was originally slippery. He looked at his trembling chopsticks like walking on thin ice, and didn't dare to speak, so he slowly approached his mother.Taiping stretched his neck a little, and ate on his chopsticks. Xue Chongjian felt a buzzing in his head for a while, and he finally felt the ecstasy of a prisoner being pardoned.People in the world seek wealth and power in vain, but they don't know that eating at the same table with their relatives is the happiness that cannot be exchanged for a thousand dollars. His eyes were moist and hot again, but he smiled and bowed his head to pick up a mouthful of food.

After eating, Taiping ordered his servants: "Bring hot water, and the gentleman wants to take a bath." Suddenly remembered something again, and said, "How much do you drink?" Xue Chongjian hurriedly said, "Not much, just had a drink." I didn't go into the details, and after a while the servants brought the rosin wooden basin and hot water, Taiping ordered: "Go down, I'll be fine." Taiping closed the door, turned around and saw Xue Chongjian was still staring at him dazedly. She said with a smile, "Take off your clothes and go in—do you still want Grandma to help you?" Xue Chongjian took off his dirty middle clothes with trembling hands, and stood in the water basin. Wrap them into a dreamland of clouds and clouds.Xue Chongjian wondered whether it was a dream now, or the heart-broken parting a year ago was a dream. After he committed an unforgivable sin, his mother could return to his side. He had never dared to dream of such a dream before. of.

Taiping looked at his naked son, he was already so old, but his snowy skin was still as soft and fragile as a baby, and the expression standing in front of him was still uneasy and attached.She walked up slowly and gently touched the skin on her son's buttocks. Such a serious injury healed without leaving any traces. After all, the heavens are merciful. She will definitely heal the huge wounds like the moat in the past year. He soothes.She gently embraced this frightened and eager child in her arms. His tears and his skin are all treasures created by her life, and her mind has gained unprecedented confidence. If it becomes permanent, she can only succeed tomorrow.

After taking a bath, Xue Chongjian put on a bathrobe. The picture of Taiping was cool, so he went to the window and sat down. Seeing an unfinished picture of outing in spring spread out on the desk, he was a little surprised and said with a smile, "You drew it, or was it Alan?" Painted it?" Xue Chongjian said with a embarrassed smile: "I painted it." Taiping looked at it and smiled, "I never thought you would have the temperament to learn Li Sixun's painting style." Xue Chongjian bowed his head and said, "Draw for fun and pass the time. "How should he talk about it? Many nights when others have slept peacefully, he can only concentrate on the slow and monotonous paintbrush, watching it outline the desire in his heart inch by inch. Beyond things, for this secluded mansion, imagine a reunion with green mountains, beautiful waters, laughter and noise.

Seeing that no figures were added to the painting, Taiping smiled and said, "What do you want to paint?" Xue Chongjian's eyes turned sour, and he said in a low voice, "In the past few days, I always think of my mother taking me to the mountains to escape the summer heat when I was young. ..." Taiping was silent for a moment, poured some water into the inkstone, used a brush to moisten the color, picked up the brush and began to draw, Xue Chongjian said in amazement: "This is the first time I have seen my mother draw." Taiping laughed : "Your old man and grandma like calligraphy and painting. When I was a child, I learned together with several of your uncles. In fact, all the paintings in those days worshiped Yan Liben. In recent years, Zhan Ziqian and Li Sixun's painting style has risen, purely because of your uncle and Feng. slave's preference."

During Taiping’s speech, the brush in her hand was as smooth as water, and she could describe a horse in a moment. She lowered her head while drawing and said: “Calligraphy and painting come from each person’s nature. You and I are different people, so we don’t have to obey everything They." Xue Chongjian said in a low voice: "From now on, I will only listen to my mother, and my mother will teach me." Taiping paused the brush in his hand, raised his head and smiled and said, "Okay, when you are free in the future, mother Teach yourself." Xue Chongjian felt a sweet pain in his heart, as long as his mother was by his side, he had lost too much, so he didn't dare to expect anything else.

I don't know if it's the fresh fragrance of Han Ou outside the window, or the clear rhyme of ink and wash indoors, but a quiet fragrance comes and goes.The sweat on the two of them gradually dried up, and the cool ground was very comfortable, and even the gauze on their bodies was as thin as spring water and a breeze.Taiping sighed softly in her heart, she didn't quite understand whether her final wish was the glory of the surrender of the common people on the Ninth Heavenly Step, or the fragrance of pen and ink with her relatives by her side.She only knows that she has no other way to go, but to go to the end of this road of swords, guns, swords and halberds, when no one can stop her, she will definitely come back, accompany her children to read and paint, and find her lost love. Another soul that has been separated for a long time.

About an hour later, Taiping had drawn a steed horse, and the woman on the horse was holding a small child in her arms, pointing forward, with a joyful and intimate expression on her face.Taiping turned his head and looked out the window, seeing that the sun had moved to the west cornice, he sighed softly and said, "We can't finish painting landscapes, let's paint together some other day, I have something to do, I have to go back first." Xue Chongjian relaxed all afternoon His spirit suddenly tightened again, as if he had been hit by a sap stick, and his eyes were blacked out. Seeing Taiping take a step forward, he was so frightened that his heart stuck in his throat and he wanted to jump out. Stepping forward, plopping down on his knees to block Taiping's way, he said in a trembling voice: "Mum! Take me back!" Taiping hesitated and said, "In a few days, I'll let them clean up your house." Xue Chongjian was eager Shaking his head, he said, "You don't need to tidy up, I can sleep anywhere, it's hot, just spread out the mat..." He shed tears again in the fear of gaining and losing, and cried: "Mum, I miss you, miss you Big brother and younger brothers and sisters, mother, I know I was wrong, and I will never lie to you again. If mother is angry, beat me again, please don’t leave me! It’s been a year, mother! I really Unbearable!"

Taiping held her son's face in her hands, she couldn't help being agitated, and said in a low voice: "Aunt has something to do tonight, wait two more days, after two days, Aunt will come to pick you up in person."

Taiping came to the mansion and boarded the car, and when the car reached the corner of the street, Cui Shi followed on horseback, complaining in his voice: "Tonight, what night, the princess still has the mind to delay for a long time for her children!" Taiping smiled and said: "You Men often talk about sealing their wives and sons, but they don’t allow me to come and see their sons? You’ve been in such a panic today, how about tomorrow?” Cui Shi smiled and said, “The princess has been through the sea for a long time, and she has the protection of the Supreme Emperor. I will wait and see." Taiping sneered and said, "Since we are all in the same boat, you don't have to have such doubts. You are in order to gain access to the road, and I am no longer under the control of others. I have never thought of relying on the emperor after the failure." Cui Shi was on the horse. He bowed and said: "I am guilty." He said again: "Is that woman sure that there is no mistake? She has been with that man for so long, if she misses her old feelings and turns against her, we will lose everything." Tai Ping said "Her parents are here with me. Father gave birth to me, and mother bowed to me. If you want to repay the virtue, Haotian Wangji. There is no old love in this world that can match the love between parents and children." She said with a cold smile: " Even if she misses, the Forbidden Army at the North Gate will be enough to change the world!"

After his mother left, Xue Chongjian was in a daze for a long time before returning to sit at the table. He looked at the intimate mother and child in the picture. At the end of their fingers, the lingering and charming end of the green mountains and green waters was a blank space that ended abruptly. It was like a crack in the sky that suddenly blocked the joy of the world.He felt a little dazed after his great sorrow and joy today, and he felt palpitations when he looked at the unfinished picture, so he hurriedly grabbed his pen.

After Li Longji went to court, he was delayed for a long time at the front. When he returned to the harem, he looked around the palace and said, "Where is Yuan Yuan?" A court lady replied, "Mrs. Yuan is not on duty today, should the family call her here?" ?” Li Longji pondered for a while and said, “Do you know where she lives?” Gao Lishi was startled, and said, “The house!” Li Longji raised his hand and smiled, “Why sweep the world if you don’t sweep a house. It's walking around in my own harem." Gao Lishi said: "The son of a thousand gold..." Li Longji stopped him from laughing and said: "Okay, okay, the saint's words are thousands of words, you will not be honored if you come and go." He looked at the sky with his hand, and sure enough, at dusk, the sky was like a black ink-stained Xuan Xuan, and the blackness fell down. He hummed: "The sky is about to fall, what's the use of not falling down!"

Although Yuan Yuan has no title in the harem, she has been favored for many years and has a gentle temperament. The empress treats her very well, so everyone in the palace is called madam, and she has her own separate bedroom.Li Longji came outside her room door, made a light gesture, ordered Gao Lishi to retreat, walked up to the door alone and opened the door with a smile: "Aren't you afraid of covering it when you close the door on a hot day?" Yuan Yuan originally sat cross-legged. I was writing something at the desk on the couch, and when I heard the sound, I raised my head, I couldn't help being so shocked that my face turned pale, I hurriedly got down on the couch and knelt down and said: "The house has been in the house for ten thousand years!"

Li Longji was not in a hurry to wake her up at the moment, he looked around the room, and saw that the small room was very simple, and vaguely looked like it was in the Luoyang Forbidden Garden.In a trance, I heard her say again, I want to go back to the old days... Yuan Yuan knelt on the ground, seeing him looking around, feeling embarrassed, said: "This is not the place where Zhaijia comes from." Li Longji then remembered Helping her up, she said with a smile: "It's hot in the queen's place, walk around to see if it's cooler here." Yuan Yuan bowed his head and said: "Your maidservant here is sunbathing in the west, and it's even hotter now, please return the house to the palace as soon as possible." Bar."

Li Longji said with a smile, "It's pretty good. If you come here, let me have a rest." He sat down on the couch casually, saw a piece of paper on the desk, and said with a smile, "What did you write?" He pressed on the couch casually, and came across a dowry box, looked down, but there was a stack of papers, two broken hairpins, a bunch of hair and other strange things inside, he said with a smile: "What is this again? "Yuan Yuan was shocked, and he didn't care about the etiquette. He jumped up and hugged the dowry into his arms, then knelt down on the couch and kowtowed: "Damn it, slave!"

Li Longji has never seen her so confused, he was taken aback by her, and said with a smile: "In the past, there was Jieyu resigning from the chariot, and now there is a wife on the bed, what kind of treasure, even I can't see it?" Yuan Yuan's face was full His eyes were flushed, and his eyes were about to fall into tears. He said in a low voice, "It's my slave's own gadgets... I'm ashamed to show it to others." Li Longji said with a smile: "Well, you don't want it, I just don't want to see it. Yu Zhen The princess also had a treasure box when she was a child, once King Xue wanted to see it, because she had a fight with King Xue, the girl must have something on her mind, I don’t want to read it, you can put it away.”

Yuan Yuan whispered: "Xie Zhaijia", slowly wiped away tears and got up, turned around and put the box in the cabinet, and locked the lock on the cabinet, Li Longji stared at her back, his eyes turned cold.When she turned around, Li Longji had put on a smile and said, "Can you read this word?" Yuan Yuan bowed his head this time, but when Li Longji looked down, it was the beginning of a poem written by Mrs. .He smiled lightly and said, "How did you learn it?" Yuan Yuan's face became even more flushed, but his tone was flat, and he said, "When I practice calligraphy at home, there are often scraps of paper for my slaves to throw away."

Li Longji thought of the dowry box just now, his heart softened a bit, and he said with a smile: "You guard me, but use this method to practice calligraphy. Don't you think it's hard work?" He pulled her wrist and dragged her to his side Come, put the pen in her hand, hold her paperwork and write down: "...to climb the white scorpion and look forward to it, and to meet the good times at the evening. Where is the bird in the apple, what is the scorpion on the tree? Yuan You Zhixi is full of orchids, but thinking of the young master, I dare not speak. Desolate, looking far away, watching the flowing water, gurgling..." Yuan Yuan leaned on him, smelling the faint fragrance of ambergris on his body, and felt dizzy for a while. Fading away with a bang, she seemed to have returned to the small small room in the distant Luoyang Palace.

After finishing writing, Li Longji looked up at her and said, "Young Master Si, I dare not say anything. Is it still like this?" Yuan Yuan stared blankly at the writing on the paper, and said in a low voice, "Yes." You have no shame, why don't you dare to speak?" Yuan Yuan said with tears in his eyes, "I have shame in my heart." Li Longji's expression moved slightly, and he sighed: "You can tell me, maybe I can help." Yuan Yuan lowered his head Said: "Slaves are lowly people, it is impossible for He Zhai's family to be so favored." Li Longji shook his head and said: "Sheng Chong? You must hate me? Do you have any regrets in your heart? You should have taken that dose of medicine earlier. voted for me?"

Yuan Yuan trembled as if struck by lightning, raised his eyes to look at Li Longji, Li Longji saw that there was grief and surprise in her eyes, but no fear, so he sneered again, looked at the cabinet and said, "Where do you hide the medicine? Is it that box just now?" Yuan Yuan finally knelt down slowly amidst his sneer, and said: "So everyone in the house knows." Li Longji nodded, not knowing, so he sighed and said: "When I first saw you, you You're only 13 years old, it's really hard for you. Did you know at that time that one day I would be poisoned?" Yuan Yuan shook his head and said, "At that time, the princess only let the servants serve Your Highness well." Li Longji said: "Why do you still have to wait for so many years? Do you want to listen to her?" Yuan Yuan said: "The slave girl's parents were exiled in Lingnan during the Chui Gong years, and the slave girl didn't enter Yeting. Later, the Lingnan exiles were killed, and the princess saved hundreds of people, including the slave girl's parents."

Li Longji's heart sank. The cause of Lai Junchen's killing of Lingnan exiles was his own father and brother. He and her had a bad relationship. I don't know who was the first to blame whom.He gritted his teeth and said, "I just want to ask you one thing. Did you inform Liu You?" Yuan Yuan replied calmly: "Yes. The servant only asks for one thing about the house. After the death of the servant, please let the house only It is said that the servants are unable to assassinate, and they committed suicide in fear of crime." Li Longji knew that she was afraid that Princess Taiping would hurt her parents, and it was really strange that when she said the word death, his heart trembled.If you don't want her to die, why did you come to expose her?He suddenly wanted to understand one thing, why he didn't want to wait another day. It turned out that he was also afraid, afraid that he might not win the battle tonight.If he died, but she returned to the old master to claim credit, how lonely he would be.It turned out that he was afraid of losing her.

He was a little confused for a moment, could he try it, he is the emperor, and no one can take away what he wants.He hesitated and said: "I... didn't mean that... Or, after tonight is over, I will send you to the temple." Yuan Yuan pursed his lips and smiled lightly: "At that time, will Zhaijia go to see me? ?" Li Longji didn't know how to answer, but he didn't want her to see his annoyance, so he said coldly, "I shouldn't." Yuan Yuan smiled again, stood up while leaning on the side of the couch, and looked at the picture on the table. After writing for a long time, she sighed. She opened the jacket, removed a small bag from the corner of the jacket, poured out a small handful of black powder into the palm of her hand.

Li Longji watched her movements, hesitant in his heart, opened his mouth several times to stop her, but couldn't find any reason.When she saw that she swallowed the pinch of powder with her head up, although she felt a sharp pain in her heart, she finally held it back, exhaled lightly, and said in her heart: that's fine.

When Li Longji walked out of Yuan Yuan's room, the sky was already covered with dark clouds, even the moon was gone.Gao Lishi hurriedly came up to him and said: "It's good that the house is fine." Li Longji smiled in a daze and said, "What can I do? Lock the door first, send someone to guard here, and take care of it tomorrow." Gao Lishi choked Said: "She..." Li Longji said lightly: "Dead." Gao Lishi couldn't help being stunned. Although he had expected it, his heart still jumped when he heard the emperor's words. The day I met the woman with the gentle eyebrows, and suddenly heard the news of her death, under the dark clouds, I felt in a trance that I was not in the human world.

Li Longji said: "Chuan Wang Maozhong, it's getting late, we should leave the palace." Gao Lishi swallowed his saliva forcefully, and said: "Zhaijia, Wang Maozhong... Wang Maozhong, I didn't enter the palace today." Li Longji's complexion changed suddenly , turned around and asked in a trembling voice: "Where has he gone?" Gao Lishi said: "After the discussion this morning, he didn't go home or enter the palace. Maybe... he escaped..." Li Longji felt a burst of trembling all over his body. Leng, staggered back a step, gritted his teeth and said, "Will he go to vote for Taiping?" Gao Lishi said cautiously: "This person is strong on the outside, but he is timid, but he doesn't seem like a person who betrays the master." Li Longji held on tight Gao Lishi smiled wryly with his hand: "Whether he is timid or betraying the Lord, our arrow has already been wound and we have to shoot—maybe he sees that I have no chance of winning." He said: "The chances of winning the Zhai family are beyond the reach of a villain like Wang Maozhong." Li Longji said sadly: "He has followed me since I went to Luzhou...you, Wang Maozhong, Liu Youqiu, and others ..." The face of Yuan Yuan swallowing blood and smiling lightly appeared in his mind again, he held back and said, "I was the first to follow me, now only you are left..." He suddenly stepped forward and hugged Gao Lux, burst into sobs.

Gao Lishi was stunned, he raised his hand in the air for a while, and finally pressed it slowly on Li Longji's back, and said in a low voice: "Zhaijia, you should be called 'Zhen', since the first emperor, the emperor should be called Zhen." Li Longji raised his head from his shoulders, slowly wiped away his tears, nodded and said, "What you said is that Zhen will be the emperor from tonight."

The author has something to say: [1] These dishes are all from the menu 88 of Wei Juyuan Shaowei Banquet in Tang Dynasty