In midsummer, Chang'an City will be stuffy and hot when it doesn't blow, and dust will rise when it blows. It's really not a good weather.

Fortunately, it was already late at this time, and the faint night wind passed by, and the entire city was freed from the baking during the day, and a large round moon set off in the night sky.

Li 9zhou was like a fugitive, rushing from Lingwu to the capital in dust, with his beautiful face full of vicissitudes.

When he arrived at the palace, he looked back suddenly and looked at the old man Zhang behind him and said, "Tonight is the birthday of the Queen Mother, you go back to the house and wait for me first."

A faint worry flashed in Old Man Zhang's eyes, and after a while, he whispered: "Then be careful yourself, don't be too reckless."

Li 9zhou became irritated and immediately became dumbfounded, "What else can I do on the birthday of the Queen Mother?"

Old Man Zhang patted his head with some remorse and said, "I am afraid that you will act irritated by the imperial concubine."

The moonlight moved slightly, the sparse branches trembled slightly, Li 9zhou turned over and dismounted, without shaking the dust, stood lightly in front of Old Man Zhang, blinking, "Where did you come from so much nonsense, hurry up and go back."

The main gate of the imperial city slowly opened, and the beautiful palace hidden in the green mountains, with black eaves flying like a flying waterfall appeared in front of everyone again.

Li 9zhou looked at the officials calmly walking into the palace with calm breath. His eyes were quiet, without any sense of embarrassment, nor the anger he had shown before.

When people live in the world, it is always difficult to avoid being plotted against by others, unless you are a perfect person who can fully understand the hearts of people.

"Sir, please untie the sword." The soldiers who were conducting routine inspection at the city gate bent down and saluted him.

Li 9zhou frowned and looked at him, "I have the privilege of entering the palace with my sword."

The soldier replied, "We are also on orders, please forgive me."

"I can hand over the sword to you, but I still have a dagger on my body, I want to bring it in." Li 9zhou said with his eyes closed.

"This..." the soldier hesitated.

The minister in front of him is a powerful minister, who is less than one person and more than ten thousand people, and he cannot afford to offend him.

But tonight is the birthday of Queen Mother Wu, and there is a piece of celebration in the palace. How could I watch him bring a knife in?

Li 9zhou gave him a blank look, snorted coldly in his heart, and walked in with great strides.

The soldier looked at him with some confusion. He knew that he could not afford to offend him, so he stopped saying anything.

A piece of quiet in the hall, next to the long imperial road is clear and stable, and the fish in the water are swimming naturally.

The Empress Dowager and the Emperor sat high above the imperial platform, with dozens of tables set up below. The people sitting were all powerful officials of the current dynasty. Officials like 1 were only qualified to eat in the side hall.

Li 9zhou sat high on the first table with his right hand and sat opposite Li Fuguo.

Li 9zhou looked at him. Now even the eunuch Li Fuguo, a eunuch, can appear in such an occasion openly and still rank above Guo Ziyi.

Novel app—-,

After the 1st series of ceremony, the birthday party finally began. Although there were some wrinkles on the corners of Queen Mother Wu's eyes, she still had the charm of a noble lady.

Li Yu's biological mother, Wu, was originally from a family of officials, but because his father, Wu Linggui, committed a crime, was implicated by Wu's family, and was sent to the Yeting Palace to become a palace maid.

During the tenth year of Kaiyuan, when Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, when Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty went to Li Heng's mansion, he saw that Li Heng's house was very frugal, and the utensils used were very simple and there were no maids to serve him. So he asked Gao Lishi to select some palace maids from the Yeting Palace to reward him, and Wu was one of them.

Wu not only has outstanding appearance, but also has a very humble personality. Perhaps because of the influence of the family environment, he has good conversations even as a slave. He quickly attracted Li Heng and was favored by Li Heng.

It seems that Wu was born to offer a wise king to the Tang Dynasty, and stabilize the current chaotic situation.

Li 9zhou had already heard of this woman, and today he finally had the opportunity to see the style of this empress dowager.

The Empress Dowager picked up the wine glass and said something, her voice was extremely light and clear. Li 9zhou did not listen carefully, but just recited the lyrics as the ministers bowed and recited them again and again.

The Queen Mother celebrates her birthday, which is naturally not comparable to that of ordinary people. The rare treasures sent by the four parties are dazzling, shining brightly in the hall.

The emperor had a slight jaw and seemed quite satisfied.

Li 9zhou naturally prepared a gift. His private birthday gift was a small box containing the perfume he developed himself.

~ap~~p.,

It seems ordinary, but after the Empress Dowager opened the gay and sniffed it slightly, the look in Li 9zhou's eyes turned out to be something wrong.

"Li Qing, why is this perfume different from ordinary perfume?"

At this time, the perfumes used by the aristocratic class of the Tang Dynasty were mainly agarwood, sandalwood, camphor and musk, while women mostly used floral fragrances, such as osmanthus, gardenia, jasmine, rose, magnolia and other flowers.

The most popular perfume is transmitted from the foreign land, and the spices used are also transmitted from the Western Land.

But I have never seen this perfume in Li 9zhou before.

Li 9zhou raised his eyes slightly, looked at the empress dowager and found that the empress dowager was smiling at him, and hurriedly replied: "This is developed by me, and I hope the empress dowager likes it."

"Very good, very good, Li Qing is really talented." The empress dowager praised.

Li 9zhou's face was respectful, lowered his eyes, avoiding the eyes of the empress dowager, and his eyes soon fell on Li Fuguo's face opposite.

At this time, Li Fuguo's two deep gazes in the tranquility had already hit Li 9zhou's face.

Li 9zhou smiled, raised the wine glass in his hand and gestured to Li Fuguo.

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Li Fuguo frowned slightly, not knowing what Li 9zhou was thinking. After hesitating for a moment, he finally raised the cup in his hand and drank a cup with Li 9zhou.

After a while, the rituals and music in the palace were gradually produced, and the sound of silk and bamboo played a brilliant feeling. Dancers danced in the court, and the clear light appeared on the top, and the birthday banquet officially began.

First, the emperor held the cup to celebrate the birthday of the empress dowager, and then the ministers below knelt down in turn to pray for the empress dowager's birthday.

The wine, fruits and vegetables were placed on each case by beautiful palace maids. Li 9zhou was in a better mood when he looked at these palace maids with soft eyebrows.

Although the Queen Mother's birthday party is not an old lady's birthday, the difference is not big. It's just that the guests who came have a higher level and the level of wine and food used has increased.

And the most important thing is the after-dinner program.

Li 9zhou rubbed his temples, a gentle smile on his face, but his heart was already thinking.

"Li Qing, do you have any programs to perform?" Li Yu smiled and turned his eyes to Li 9zhou. Although it was a question, his tone was unquestionable.

Li 9zhou was slightly erect, raised his body, swept his eyes over the hall once, and suddenly smiled and said, "It's better to celebrate the birthday of martial arts."

The palace laughed loudly. No one would believe Li 9zhou's words. Everyone thought it was because he had a mistake in his tongue. What he was going to say was to celebrate his birthday with a sword dance.

Say ap~p.,

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Li 9zhou also knew what everyone was thinking. When the laughter calmed down, he said calmly: "I am a rough man. I have been leading troops outside for wars over the years, and this competition is popular in the army, so I also want to perform a show for the Queen Mother."

Li Yu smiled and said, "Li Qing is humble. Your talent is well known to everyone. The Empress Dowager often praises your poetry. Even if you are both civil and military, it is better to perform two programs, recite a poem first and then compete in martial arts."

Li 9zhou's eyelids twitched a moment and he was about to write a poem again.

He smiled and stepped back, and bowed and responded.

The empress dowager's eyes were bright and bright, and the emperor sitting next to her was happy and looked at Li 9zhou.

Not only the Queen Mother and the Emperor, but the eyes of the entire palace were gathered on him at this time.

Li 9zhou was calm and chanted slowly: "Pei Shizhou, the palace of the corridor and temple, was not like this in the past. The golden bell and Dayong was in the east, and the curling jade hangs in the clear autumn. Since we met, we felt sick and were so sad when we were 3 years old. Yao had 4 Yue Ming's truth, and 2,000 stones of Han really shared worries. I sent a book several times to the white salt north, and gave me a green lamb fur. The frost and snow returned to avoid the brocade sleeves, and the dragon and snake moved the box and the silver hooks were hanging. The purple-clothed messenger resigned and returned to his old friend Xie Jiazheng. The old man had lost his descendants and was worried, and later he was very talented."

This poem is Du Fu's "Sent to Pei Shizhou: Pei Mian was demoted to the governor of Shizhou by Li Fuguo".

However, Du Fu had not written it yet, and Li 9zhou took the lead in writing it.

The whole poem says that Pei Mian was demoted for offending Li Fuguo.

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In this situation, saying such words openly violates etiquette and immediately destroys the atmosphere. As expected, everyone present has a dark face.

However, the emperor smiled, thought it was very interesting, and waved his hand and said, "I have heard of Li Qing's poem for a long time. I see you today, and it is indeed worthy of your reputation."

Li Fuguo and Li 9zhou had a grudge in their hearts, but when they heard him chanting this poem in public to mock him, they couldn't sit still and looked up and said loudly: "Today is the birthday of the Queen Mother, and the day of great joy, but Mr. Li was so mocking me. I wonder what he meant?"

Li 9zhou's eyes were cold, and he looked at Li Fuguo and said, "When I saw the 5 men, I felt it and said casually, and I just thought it was a fun."

Li Fuguo was in power in the court and the ministers in the court wanted to see the emperor and Li Fuguo's arrangements were required. The emperor's edict also required Li Fuguo's signature to be implemented. The ministers did not dare to express different opinions. The nobles of the royal family respected Li Fuguo as "5 Langs". The prime minister at that time, Li Kui, even called Li Fuguo the "5 Fathers".

Seeing that Li 9zhou actually made fun of Li Fuguo, the ministers were heartbroken and everyone was in their throats. They thought, could it be that the Empress Dowager's birthday was a happy day, and they would witness the two most powerful people, Li 9zhou and Li Fuguo, openly confront each other?

If the two really have a conflict, who should I help?

No one dared to breathe loudly, for fear of being involved in the struggle.

Li 9zhou said in a deep voice to the Empress Dowager and the Emperor: "This is just a performance program, and I will perform a martial arts competition to celebrate my birthday."

The emperor had a slight head. He had long been disgusted with Li Fuguo, but as the emperor, he could not target him on the surface.
Chapter completed!