On April 23rd of the second year of Xianheng, Emperor Gaozong issued an edict to select a girl for the crown prince to establish a crown princess. The government and the public spread rumors, and the Ministry of Rites immediately issued a memorial, saying that Pei Lingling, the daughter of Zuojin Wuwei general Pei Judao, was extremely expensive.
They were very compatible with the prince, and they were a perfect match. When the emperor heard about it, he summoned Pei's daughter to see her. He was overjoyed when he saw her gentle and generous appearance, and she was very good-looking. So it was agreed that he would summon the prince to the east capital immediately for a wedding ceremony.
He ordered Li Xian, King of Lu, to accompany him, and Zhang Wenguan, the minister of Huangmen, stayed behind for the capital. The prince replied: "The severe drought in Guanzhong will be over soon, and everything is in ruins waiting to be revived. He could not bear to leave for a while, and asked for a postponement of the marriage. The emperor approved of it, but he insisted, and the prince declined.
He had no choice but to lead his ministers in Beijing and hurried to the eastern capital. The emperor ordered King Li Xian of Ying and King Li Xulun of Yin to take charge of the reception in the suburbs.
In this life, Li Xian has been involved in the matter of welcoming guests many times, but when it comes to presiding over the overall situation, it is the first time that the eldest girl has boarded the sedan chair. However, Li Xian has not been involved in matters such as welcoming and sending off in previous lives and even in future lives.
I have done it countless times, and I have become very familiar with it. I picked it up easily, and after a few random operations, I arranged things in a flawless manner. A plan was sent to the Ministry of Rites, and even the most picky officials could not find anything wrong.
The flaws came, and now everything is ready, just waiting for the arrival of the prince.[]
Li Xian could take care of the suburban welcome matter, and he could let the officials below him take care of the specific matters. As for the secret preparations, Lin Hu and others were busy working on them, but there was one thing.
There was something no one could do for him, and that was meeting lovers, but it was this matter that gave Li Xian a headache - it had been five days since he returned to Luoyang, and he sent someone to Zhao Qiong to send a few letters.
, all of them were like muddy cows drowning in the sea, without even a sound, let alone a date, even a few words of reply were nowhere to be seen. When such strange things happened, Li Xian was puzzled, and he couldn't figure out what was going on.
What happened?
Has the beauty changed her heart? Impossible! Even if the sun rises from the west, it is impossible for Zhao Qiong to fall in love with someone else. Li Xian still has this confidence. In this case, there are only two possibilities left -
The beauty is angry. It is most likely related to the arrival of Princess Mingyue. Otherwise, she is dissatisfied with the elusive wedding date. Regardless of the possibility, Li Xian has only one choice, put out the fire and put out the fire quickly.
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A fire in the backyard is no small matter. Although there is no danger of kneeling on the washboard, and it is unlikely to "fall down the grape trellis", the "cold war" is obviously not a fun thing. The fire must be put out quickly.
The question is how to extinguish it is a very particular matter. How to directly control the Zhao family? Well, that is not called extinguishing the fire, but adding fuel to the fire. Let alone the risk of attracting criticism, as far as Zhao Qiong is concerned,
Little tempered, the Custodian Council decided that Li Xian was trying to use force to suppress others. If things went wrong like this, the grape trellis would really fall down. Obviously, there was no way to go. In this case, Li Xian had only one way to go.
Let's go - if you don't come, let's go. We can't do it in the light, but we can do it in the dark. So, taking advantage of the night just falling, Comrade Li Xian changed his mind, changed into casual clothes, and secretly took no one with him.
Sneaking out of the palace, he went to the Zhao Mansion with a clear goal...
At 1 hour, the sky was completely dark. A waning moon hung slanting in the sky, spreading its cold moonlight to the world. Amidst the mottled shadows of the trees, the courtyard felt desolate. Just like Zhao Qiong's heart at the moment, there were many complicated thoughts in his mind.
The entanglement inside became a mess, and inexplicable sorrow lingered in my heart, and the person stood blankly like a statue in front of the window.
Why? Why? A hundred thousand reasons were intertwined in Zhao Qiong's heart, like ropes, which made her heart ache. Although she knew that she should not blame Li Xian for his empathy, after all, the prince could never have only one concubine.
, Similarly, she seems to have no position to blame. Even if they agree with each other, after all, they have not yet been engaged, and their reputation is mostly gone. How can she blame others? However, the truth is one thing, but the feelings are another.
What happened was that Zhao Qiong was unable and unable to get rid of the dark cloud in his heart. When he thought about the depth of his love, tears flowed down his flawless white jade face unknowingly, wantonly and turbulently.
"Creak."
The door of the wing rang softly, and Zicuckoo, a little girl in a green skirt, walked in from the door. She looked at Zhao Qiong's back with a sad expression, sighed slightly, blew out the lantern she was holding in her left hand, and put it away.
He stood next to the wall, then walked slowly to a table, placed a delicate food box he was carrying in his right hand on the table, opened the box quickly, and placed three side dishes and a bowl of porridge in sequence.
Then he walked quietly behind Zhao Qiong, bit his red lips, and called softly: "Miss, please use some porridge. I specially asked someone to prepare some cold cucumbers for you. They are crispy.
, you can use as much as you want."
"Just leave it alone."
Zhao Qiong did not look back, but gave a faint order, her voice hoarse and obviously tinged with a slight vibrato.
"Miss, you..., huh, it's all the fault of that coquettish fox, who is so shameless and shameless. His Highness is also the one who takes everyone back..." In order to coax Zhao Qiong to eat these days, Zicuckoo spent a lot of time.
After all the hard work, not to mention anything else, today’s dinner has been heated twice. When Zhao Qiong said this again, he immediately became anxious. In this hurry, he spoke
There was no barrier, and I dared to say anything out loud.
"Zicuckoo!" Zhao Qiong was annoyed in her heart. She really didn't want to hear Zicuckoo mention the matter of Princess Mingyue. She couldn't help but turned her head and scolded him unhappily. But when she saw Zicuckoo's aggrieved face,
His face softened, and he couldn't bear to blame her anymore, so he bit his lip, sighed and said, "Go and get the pot of red wine."
"Miss……"
When Zijuan heard that her young lady, who had never liked wine, wanted to drink, she was startled, her eyes widened, and she opened her mouth to try to persuade her.
"Go ahead, I'll just use this porridge later."
Before Zijuan could finish her words, Zhao Qiong gave an order in a tone that left no room for doubt.
"Ah, yes."
Zicuckoo smacked her lips. Seeing Zhao Qiong's unhappy expression, she didn't dare to say anything more. She could only reluctantly agreed, picked up the lantern by the wall, and lit it with the oil lamp on the table.
Afterwards, he opened the door and went out in the dark.
"well……"
Looking at the little figure of Zicuckoo going away, Zhao Qiong stood silently for a long time, then shook his head, sighed, turned around and looked out the window again, but just when he turned around, he froze, and immediately, his whole person felt like
He was shaking like an electric shock because he didn't know when a tall figure was standing outside the window. Who else was there besides Li Xian!
"you……"
Surprise, grievance, surprise, shyness and other emotions were intertwined together. Zhao Qiong was completely infatuated. For a moment, she was at a loss as to how to face Li Xianfang.
"What a silly girl!"
Looking at Zhao Qiong's obviously haggard face, Li Xian felt extremely distressed. He raised his foot and without making any gesture, he had already entered the room through the open window and grabbed Zhao Qiong unceremoniously.
He hugged her into his arms and cursed lovingly.
"ah……"
Zhao Qiong obviously didn't expect that Li Xian would come so quickly and move so violently. Before he could recover, he was already dizzy by the strong masculine aura of Li Xian. He couldn't help but exclaimed.
He had to struggle, but he couldn't break free from Li Xian's embrace. His face instantly turned red, and he buried his head in Li Xian's chest with shame. He bit his red lips lightly with his silver teeth. He was so embarrassed that he didn't know what to do.
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Words? No need! Although Li Xian is not very good at love affairs, he knows that actions are more powerful than all words. Feeling the amazing elasticity of the beauty in his arms, Li Xian can't help but feel a little tipsy after drinking.
He couldn't help but put in more force and hugged Zhao Qiong tightly to his chest.
"Bang!"
I don't know how much time passed, but just when the two were indulged in the passion of embracing each other, a crisp cracking sound suddenly sounded, which immediately woke them up from their intoxicated state. They each looked sideways, but
I saw the little girl Zicuckoo standing at the door of the wing in stunned silence, with pieces of the wine jar at her feet. The remaining wine was flowing everywhere, and the aroma of the wine was lingering.
"Miss, you, you...ah, I didn't see anything, I didn't see anything, really!"
Seeing clearly that the person holding Zhao Qiong was Li Xian, Zijuan immediately woke up. First she exclaimed, then hurriedly reached out to cover her mouth, looked around, and then vomited.
He stuck out his sweet tongue, made a face, and joked with a smile.
"ah……"
Zhao Qiong suddenly realized that she was still in Li Xian's arms. She was startled and hurriedly struggled to break away from Li Xian's hands around her waist.
"hey-hey."
After finally holding the beauty in his arms, Li Xian was not willing to let go. He laughed evilly twice, and with a push of his feet, he was holding Zhao Qiong and floating out of the window sill. In a flash, he was already on the roof.
"Ah, you, bad guy!"
Zhao Qiong had never experienced such an act of soaring into the clouds, so he couldn't help but let out a cry of surprise. When he calmed down, he realized that he was already on the roof. He couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, and stretched out his hand to give it a light blow.
He glanced at Li Xian and let out a scolding sound.
"Qiong'er, you just don't know. People say that men are not bad but women don't love them. So Qiong'er must have fallen out of love."
Looking at Zhao Qiong's shy face, Li Xian couldn't help but feel confused, and the words came out without thinking. Zhao Qiong blushed as red as Guan Gong with embarrassment, and his little fists fell like raindrops.
Li Xian's body, but for Li Xian, this intensity was no different from scratching an itch, which made Li Xian laugh non-stop.
"I hate you, I won't pay attention to you!"
Seeing that Li Xian was helpless, Zhao Qiong frowned, became angry, turned away, and sat down on the tile surface.
Come on, the beauty is angry. Regardless of whether it is true or not, this is the time to coax her. Although Li Xian is not good at love affairs, he is not stupid to the point of confusion. So he smiled and reached out to take off the bag on his back.
A small package was opened, and a small box was revealed. He turned to Zhao Qiong with a smile, squatted down, and opened the box, revealing that it was full of various small dots.
"Ah, it's Lee Kum Kee's jujube cake!"
Zhao Qiong was not angry to begin with, it was just her daughter's temper. When she saw Li Xian taking out the pastry box, her eyes were drawn to it. When she saw that it was all her favorite snacks, she pretended to
All the anger immediately disappeared and he didn't know where to go. In addition, after not thinking about food and food for several days, he was already a little hungry. With this exclamation, he no longer cared about letting go of his anger, and reached out to pick up the food box.
When it was in my hand, I stretched out my hand lightly, and a piece of pastry went into my mouth.
Whoosh, the fire is finally out! Looking at Zhao Qiong's happy eating look, Li Xian couldn't help but relax. He didn't speak, but silently stared at Zhao Qiong's delicate face. For a moment, he could see