Li Mu had a good sleep this time, and it was very enjoyable. After coming to this arrogant and prosperous Kaiyuan era, he slept peacefully for the first night. When Li Mu got up, his mood suddenly improved.
After getting dressed and sitting down in the main room, Xiao Huzi brought the hot tea again. Li Mu took a sip before speaking: "Send them in."
Xiaochunzi agreed and hurried out. After a while, he led a man and six women through the door.
Needless to say, the man was Li Bai. Li Bai came in with his head held high, but the six girls stopped in the yard outside the door and did not dare to come in.
Li Bai is seven feet tall, or about 1.83 meters in Li Mu's terms. Although he saw Li Bai yesterday, he was lost in the crowd and had no distinctive features.
At this time, when I took a look, I saw that Li Bai was tall and thin, upright and powerful, and he was dressed in a moon-white robe. He really had the aura of a poetic fairy.
When Li Bai entered, he knelt down and kowtowed to Li Mu.
Li Bai had done this action countless times in his entire life. He almost kowtowed when he saw someone of some status, just because he wanted someone to support him and give him a hand.
However, over the past ten years, he has not encountered many people who are trying to pull him back. Instead, there are people who are trampling on him everywhere.
Seeing that he is no longer confused, he is still wandering around the city of Chang'an.
After relying on connections everywhere, he was finally recruited into the Hanlin Academy by Li Longji, thinking that he could show off his skills. Unexpectedly, it turned out that the Hanlin Academy was just a prison for the elderly.
Yesterday, Li Longji gave a verbal order and kicked Li Bai to Li Mu again.
Li Bai thought with his feet and knew that he would never get ahead again. It would be strange to hang out with a little prince with no power and status.
No matter how talented you are, you have to accept your fate.
Just as Li Bai was about to kneel down and kowtow, Li Mu had already stood up and held Li Bai's hands.
With a reputation as a poet for thousands of years, Li Muke couldn't bear to kneel down.
Li Mu said: "Teacher, don't do this. Li Mu should kneel down and worship you."
Li Bai was a little surprised. This Li Mu shocked him twice yesterday, but he didn't care about it afterwards, thinking that Li Mu's eagerness might be a coincidence.
Or Li Longji and Li Mu used two foreign envoys to act together as father and son.
It is the nature of princes to be domineering, uneducated and arrogant. At this time, Li Bai was so surprised that he didn't know what to do.
Li Bai hurriedly said: "Li Bai has little talent and little knowledge. He is just trying to gain fame and reputation. I am really ashamed to receive His Highness the Prince's love. I am afraid that it will delay His Highness the Prince's study."
Li Bai showed his true feelings, and the few words he said were sincere and even more heartbreaking.
Li Mu supported Li Bai, sat down, bowed his hands deeply, and then Li Mu's push came.
Li Mu asked: "Sir, I have a multiple-choice question here. If I ask you to choose one of the four titles that suits you: Immortal of Poetry, Saint of Poetry, Madness of Poetry, Ghost of Poetry, which one would you choose?"
Li Bai was immediately confused. What kind of routine is this? Do you have to ask questions as soon as you come in? Or is this a weird question?
No matter what you choose, you are bragging, and no matter what you choose, you are shameless.
All good names are appreciated by future generations. Which poet would dare to be pretentious and get such an exaggerated good name?
Li Bai said mockingly: "Li Bai is nothing."
Nothing?
Li Mu was startled. This answer was impeccable. Li Mu didn't want to give up. There was no harm in teasing him instead of hitting him, right?
Li Mu then asked: "Sir, you are being humble. How about we ask another question, which category does your poem belong to?"
Li Mu dipped his fingers in the tea, wrote four words on the coffee table, and read: "Wonderful pens bring forth flowers, the jade sits on the jade, the talent is magnificent, and the ocean is unbridled."
Is this a test for me? Li Bai felt very unhappy.
Li Bai saw that Li Mu asked irrelevant questions. It wasn't that he couldn't answer them, but that these explanations were empty and useless.
Li Bai's heart felt completely cold. The twenty-first prince, who he had taken a high look at yesterday, turned out to be pursuing only superficial things.
Li Bai said indifferently: "What Li Bai wrote is all random fabrication and cannot be considered elegant. Poetry, talent and aura are the most important, followed by talent, learning and character. Li Bai is afraid that he will live up to the love of His Highness the Prince."
Li Bai's counterattack was soft but stinging.
It’s not that I, Li Bai, can’t do it, it’s that you, the prince, don’t have the talent or aura to tease me, Li Bai, even if you don’t have the talent or character to do so.
Seeing that Li Bai was really arrogant, Li Mu calmly responded to him. It seemed that he no longer wanted to do this new job, but Li Mu felt happy in his heart.
Li Mu continued to pursue.
"Sir, let's not worry about anything else for now. It's hard to disobey the emperor's order. From now on, day and night, we will always treat you as sir and prince. It seems that we are different. Why don't we put down our identities and come up with a more familiar title?"
Li Bai was irritable and complained, "It all depends on the wishes of His Highness the Prince."
Li Mu chuckled and said: "Otherwise, when there are no outsiders in the future, when sir calls me, just call me Xiaomu, or twenty-one."
Li Bai kept waving his hands, "You can't do it, you can't do it. Li Bai still understands the etiquette of respect and inferiority, and he doesn't dare to be so disrespectful."
Li Mu said: "Your Majesty, just call it that."
Li Bai could only shake his head and nod again.
Li Mu said: "How should I call you sir? Lao Li, it's too vulgar. Calling him old is too white. It's too white, it seems to be an adjective. It's not masculine enough. Otherwise, call him Xiaobai? It's kind and smooth. What do you think, sir?"
Xiaobai? You call me Xiaobai?
Li Bai immediately had a dark look on his face. You, a young boy, are so arrogant and rude based on your status as a prince?
Could it be that I, Li Bai, am really dead?
Li Bai felt resentful in his heart, but didn't want to argue, so he said depressedly: "Your Highness, you can call me whatever you like. Do you have any other orders?"
The two of them didn't talk to each other. Seeing that Li Bai was angry, Li Mu didn't bother him. He chuckled and ordered Xiao Huzi to arrange a study room and residence for Li Bai. It will take a long time to get used to each other slowly.
Sooner or later, I will let you, the Poet Immortal, know what genius and aura are, and be obedient to me.
Li Bai angrily followed Xiao Huzi out. Li Mu looked at Li Bai and felt uncomfortable, covered his mouth and snickered.
Xiaobai, Xiaobai, don't be angry, twenty-one is not a bad person.
After settling Li Bai, Li Mu was in a good mood. Xiao Chunzi accompanied Li Mu to the yard in front. He glanced around and saw six girls, uniformly wearing red tops and cyan skirts. When they saw Li Mu, they all knelt down on the ground.
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Good-looking girls are like tea leaves before the Qingming Festival. As long as they are new leaves, as long as they are tender, as long as they are watery, no matter how you look at them, how you brew them, and they have all the color, flavor and aroma, they are all good.
Li Mu asked them to get up and asked the reason. It turned out that the six girls were all dancers of the Inner Education Department. They were given to Li Mu by His Majesty the Emperor's instructions, specifically for the twenty-first prince to dance for entertainment.
What a great brother Li Longji and Li San, I just like a father like you. You don’t eat alone and you know how lonely I am when I’m twenty-one.
Li Mu asked with a smile: "Since you are dancers, did you dance in the hall yesterday?"
The six girls shook their heads together.
Li Mu asked again: "Then what do you know?"
"We know all the dances taught by the Nei Jiaofang Si, more than thirty kinds," a girl said.
Li Mu asked: "How about sword dance? Can you play it?"
The six girls shook their heads together again.
Li Mu turned around and said to Xiao Chunzi: "You go to the back and let the women who take care of the house clean the backyard and spread it with felt. Let's first appreciate the dancing postures of the dancers and ladies."
Xiao Chunzi agreed and went to the backyard happily. When the six girls heard Li Mu call them dancers, they all looked at each other in surprise and giggled.
The more Li Mu watched, the more he liked it. With Lord Shixian accompanying him and a few tender dancers dancing for his entertainment, he looked a bit like a prince.
It seems that a good era requires a good father!
Li Mu circled around the girls twice. When the girls saw that Li Mu was kind, they didn't act awkward or pretentious.
Whenever Li Mu walked up to someone, they would take the initiative to give Li Mu a dancing pose, or spin around in a circle to show off their Kung Fu dance moves.
Soon, Xiao Chunzi came back and said that the yard behind had been tidied up. Li Mu waved his hand and asked the six girls to go to the backyard. Let's have fun together today.
The six girls took off like pigeons, laughing and running ahead.
Li Mu had just taken a few steps when he saw a middle-aged man from the concierge running over, grabbing Xiao Chunzi and speaking anxiously.
Li Mu stopped and asked, "Xiao Chunzi, what did you say?"
Xiaochunzi came over in a hurry and said with a shocked face: "Master, what happened today? Strange things happened one after another?"
Li Mu asked: "What's weird?"
Xiao Chunzi said: "Just now the concierge said that two luxurious carriages came to the gate, and two fairy-like girls came down. One of them is now sweeping the floor for us at the gate."
Li Mu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly grinned and laughed.
Xiaochunzi asked in confusion: "Master, what is going on? Why are you so happy?"
Li Mu chuckled and said: "Xiao Chunzi, if a foreign princess swept the floor for you, would you be happy or not?"
"Ah" Xiao Chunzi was shocked, "The fairy sweeping the floor outside, or a foreign princess?"