"Seventh brother, seventh brother, where are you taking me?" In a side hall of Penglai Palace, the little Princess Taiping, who was only five years old, took Li Xian's hand and asked in a sweet voice.
"Haha, brother Wei is not going anywhere. Don't you want to hear a story? Brother Wei will tell you a story today, okay?" Li Xian looked at Princess Taiping with a smile, squatted down and said.
"Ah haha, seventh brother treats me the best." Princess Taiping hugged Li Xian's neck and kissed Li Xian happily, but then she pouted and said: "But forget it, you guys talk The stories are all about heroic women, loyal ministers and the like, which sounds so boring."
But Li Xian laughed and said, "It turns out that I don't want to hear those historical allusions. In that case, I will tell you a nice story, okay?"
"Oh? What a nice story? Tell it. If it sounds good, I, the princess, will be rewarded. If it doesn't sound good, the seventh brother will accompany the little sister to go out to the city and visit the lake." Although Princess Taiping is young, due to the With the love of his parents and the fact that he was surrounded by a group of wealthy slaves who responded to him, he had already formed a habit of bossing around in his speech and behavior, but now he also said words of reward to Li Xian.
Li Xian smiled and said, "I wonder how the princess will reward me?"
"Hehe, if your story is good, I will reward the eighth brother with the ice flower hibiscus bracelet given by my mother. I wonder if this deal is a good deal?" Princess Taiping smiled and took out the princess's bracelet. With style, he said to Li Xian, with a bit of pride in his eyes.
Li Xian was immediately shocked when he heard this. You must know that at that time, the imperial court stipulated that jade jewelry could only be used if it was third grade or above, and this ice flower hibiscus bracelet was a treasure among jade. It was made from a strange ice flower hibiscus jade known as Lantian jade. It is said that this raw jade stone was produced at the exit of a hot spring and has miraculous effects on whitening and skin care. Empress Wu is now in her forties, and her skin is as delicate as if she was in her twenties. This bracelet is indispensable, so it is regarded as a treasure by Empress Wu.
In addition, if this bracelet is worn on the left, it nourishes the heart, and if worn on the right, it nourishes the lungs. The prince has always had lung disease, and he spent a lot of money many times to get this thing but failed.
However, although this item is valuable, it is not in Li Xian's eyes. After all, he is now extremely wealthy. As for the gold and jade jewelry, there are countless jade jewelry in his hand, which is more precious than the ice flower hibiscus bracelet. Li Xian listened. What Princess Taiping said shocked me mainly because this ice flower hibiscus bracelet was something that Empress Wu regarded as a treasure. Now it was given to Princess Taiping. The meaning of it was extraordinary. If he really dared to ask for it, This thing would probably bring disaster to me immediately. After all, both the Empress Wu and the Crown Prince were people that I did not want to mess with at the moment.
Therefore, Li Xiandang smiled and shook his head and said: "You are so bold, girl. This ice flower and hibiscus bracelet is a gift from my mother. Now that it has been given to you, how can you give it to others at will? Not to mention that it is given to my brother for my little one. When my sister tells stories, it’s just because of the deep love between you and me as brother and sister. How can I get your treasure? Well, I’m just telling stories. If it sounds good, you’ll clap your hands and praise me. If it doesn’t, I’ll still accompany you out of the city to the lake. How about it?”
Unexpectedly, Princess Taiping refused to comply, rolled her eyes, and then said: "This is not fair! Let's do this. If brother speaks nicely, I will sing a song for you. I can't even stand in front of my father and mother. I’ve never sung before.”
"Haha, that's very good." After Li Xian reached an agreement with the other party, he glanced at Princess Taiping and said with a smile: "I see that my little sister has snow-white skin and is my direct princess of the Tang Dynasty, so I will tell you something.
How about a Snow White story?”
"Humph, Seventh Brother is indeed not a good person. He actually made fun of my little sister. I will ignore you." After Princess Taiping finished speaking, she rolled her eyes at Li Xian and turned to leave.
But he saw Li Xian holding his sister's hand and saying with a smile: "Don't be angry first. This story is not to make fun of you, but it comes from a distant country. The story of the princess is also very touching. I promise you to listen to it."
If you like it, if you don't like it, I will ride on it as a horse for you."
"Huh, that's what you said." Princess Taiping slowly sat down, then closed her eyes and listened to Li Xian's story, but she had already imagined riding Li Xian as a horse.
"It is said that once upon a time there was a king of a distant country. He had a beautiful queen. They gave birth to a daughter. This daughter had snow-white skin, so she was called Snow White..."
"How could this damn old witch treat Snow White like this? She is so beautiful and kind..." Princess Taiping didn't care much at first, but then she was slowly attracted by Li Xian's story.
, full of infinite sympathy for Snow White, and endless curses for the Witch Queen.
"Brother Seven, do you think there are really dwarfs in this world?"
"this……"
"Seventh brother, seventh brother, you said it would be great if I had a magic mirror like that. Then I would know who is the most beautiful woman in the world. Hehe, my little sister will definitely order someone to arrest the most beautiful woman at that time.
Come and be your seventh brother’s wife.”
"Ah? This..."
"Brother Seven, can you really fly to the sky on a broomstick? Can you help me get one too?"
"Uh, hehe..."
"Seventh brother, when Princess Snow White marries a prince, is it called a marriage?"
"this…..."
After the story was told, Princess Taiping's series of questions made Li Xian dumbfounded, but he had no way to explain it to her. Until the end, Li Xian had no choice but to say: "This is called a fairy tale. It is mainly told to children. It
It is similar to the myths we hear, they are all imagined by people, but the myths are told to adults."
"Humph, I don't care, you must tell me another fairy tale. If you don't tell me, I will pester grandma and ask her to tell me a fairy tale like this." Xiao Taiping pulled Li Xian's sleeve and said
He said coquettishly, pouting his little mouth.
"Ah?" Li Xian suddenly broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this. His cheap grandmother Yang was no ordinary person. She was as shrewd as the female martial arts queen. If Xiao Taiping pestered her to tell some fairy tales, Mrs. Gu's so-called
Fairy tales, I am afraid that Yang will definitely be able to interrogate Li Xian from Xiao Taiping about telling fairy tales. In this way, I am afraid that the secret of Li Xian's time travel may be exposed!
"I really shot myself in the foot." Li Xian secretly smiled bitterly and had no choice but to agree to tell one more thing. However, Li Xian rolled his eyes and said to Xiao Taiping: "Little sister, let me tell you one more thing."
Also, you have to agree to one condition, otherwise you will kill me and not tell me. Hum, I read these fairy tales from a strange overseas book, and even my grandma will definitely not be able to tell them."
"Ah? So that's it. Then, tell me, Seventh Brother, no matter what the conditions are, my little sister will agree." Princess Taiping was eager to hear the story, and seeing that this was the only one who could tell such stories and no other branch, she had to compromise.
Already.
Li Xian chuckled and said, "You can let me tell you fairy tales, but you have to remember that only the two of us know about brother Wei's fairy tales. You can't tell others, and you can't tell others about it.
Story, this is a secret between the two of us."
"Okay then, I promise you." Xiao Taiyuan originally thought it would be some kind of condition, but now that he saw that the condition was so simple, he naturally agreed happily.
When Li Xian saw that Xiao Taiping agreed, he high-fived her and said: "I told a story about a princess, and today I will tell a story about an ordinary little girl. The name of this story is "Cinderella": It is said that in
A long time ago, in a distant country, a businessman's wife was seriously ill. Before she died, she called her daughter to her bedside..."
"Why is it a stepmother again? Huh, none of those stepmothers are good, and they all bully kind and beautiful children. Alas, this Cinderella is really admirable. She has done so much work without complaint. If I were
That Cinderella may have found a way to escape long ago."
This time, Xiao Taiping did not ask those weird questions. Instead, he expressed some emotions like an adult. Although those emotions did not look like they were uttered by a five or six-year-old child, Li Xian was very happy after hearing them.
Happy because he finally found an excuse.
So Li Xian first echoed Xiao Taiping's words, and then said: "Actually, little sister, you don't know something. There are many little girls in the world who have the same experience as Cinderella.
They had to work hard even though they had no clothes to wear and no food to eat. At such a young age, they were too tired to lift their heads. However, they were not as lucky as Cinderella, because Cinderella still had someone to help her find the prince, and these little ones were not as lucky as Cinderella.
But girls can only live that kind of hard life for the rest of their lives."
"Ah? Is this true? Don't they all say that the Tang Dynasty is a peaceful place? How come there are still people living miserable lives? And those little girls?" Xiao Taiping opened his eyes wide and looked in disbelief.
He looked like this and asked Li Xian.
"Haha, if you don't believe it, I will tell you that in our palace, there are some girls living a miserable life like Cinderella, but they are also kind-hearted like Cinderella and have done a lot of hard work without complaint.
live……"
"Really? Brother Qi, please take me to see it quickly." When Xiao Taiping heard this, he couldn't bear it anymore. He quickly shook Li Xian's arm and begged Li Xian to take her to see it.
"Okay, okay, but little sister, you have to promise that no matter who asks what happened today, they can't say it was Brother's idea. You don't know, those little girls are the children of sinners, and the place they live in is called Ye
We can’t go to the court casually. If mother finds out, she will be spanked.”
"Ah?" When Xiao Taiping heard Li Xian mention Empress Wu, a hint of fear flashed across his face, because Empress Wu had indeed been beaten several times because of her disobedience, but in the end she wanted to see "Cinderella"
Taking the lead, he finally nodded and said: "I promise brother, I will never tell this matter."
"Well, if mother asks, just say you ran there accidentally." Li Xian nodded, and then began to carefully teach Xiao Taiping how to lie to Empress Wu... (To be continued.) This chapter has been completed!