Guangcheng Garden is located in Ruzhou, east of Luoyang. It is named Guangcheng Garden because of the large lake Guangchengze in it. It has been one of the famous royal hunting grounds since the early Han Dynasty. It is also known as Shanglin Garden and is adjacent to Weiwei Mountain in the north. Songshan, surrounded by the vast Funiu in the south, has majestic mountains and beautiful waters, many hot springs, and an abundance of birds, animals, insects, and fish. Both Emperor Gaozu and Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty visited here several times. In the early years, when Emperor Gaozong was still in good health, he visited it even more Every midsummer, Empress Wu and her husband would come to Guangcheng Garden to hunt and escape the summer heat. However, due to the worsening of the wind disease in recent years, they rarely came back. However, more than a hundred eunuchs and maids were left in the palace in case of emergencies. If necessary, more than 300 members of the Yulin Army were stationed here as a warning. Of course, these are just false decorations. The Holy Emperor has not been here for many years, and these people are just forgotten. We are just a generation, we usually just eat and wait for death, the rules are very lax, but today there is something abnormal - early in the morning, everyone from Guangcheng Garden gathered at the entrance of the garden , Not only that, everyone also put on new clothes that they were reluctant to wear in the past. Everyone was in high spirits and high spirits. All this happened just because King Li Xian of England and Princess Taiping were coming.
In fact, no one cares at all whether Princess Taiping comes or not. Even if she is a princess and is the most beloved princess of Emperor Gaozong and Empress Wu, it is of little use to the people of Guangchengyuan who are eager to change their own destiny. , after all, he is too young, but Li Xian, who has already opened a government office, is different. If Li Xian can get the right look, he may be able to rise to great heights. This is not a simple fantasy, and nothing else. Said, isn't Lin Chengbin, the deputy commander of the British Royal Palace, who stands at the top of the crowd, the best example? A mere prisoner of war, was it not because Li Xian was plucked out of the mud that it took less than half a year? At that time, he was already a high-ranking official from the fourth rank. No one would not envy this kind of luck, not just the ordinary soldiers, even the eunuch Liu Kai, the head of the palace, and the guerrilla general Cheng Shuan, the two Guangchengyuan The eyes of the top officer looking at Lin Chengbin were full of jealousy that could not be concealed. Of course, jealousy is jealousy, but no one dared to come forward to provoke. Not only did they not dare to be disrespectful, they also had to work hard to curry favor. Now, there is nothing else but whether I can get in touch with the incomparably noble Li Xian, but it all falls on this Deputy Lin Dianjun.[]
Listening to the endless flattering words of the people around him, feeling the jealous or envious eyes of everyone, Lin Chengbin seemed to be really intoxicated, with a reserved smile on his face, looking aloof, but in fact, in his heart But he was extremely calm, and he never took those so-called flattery seriously. In fact, the reason why these people were so low-key was all due to Lin Chengbin's masterful arrangement-a group of royal guards who stood in front of him. They deliberately revealed some specious secrets in order to arouse everyone's enthusiasm for climbing up, so that these gray grandsons would be energetic and work hard to welcome Li Xian's arrival in order to cover up. Another group of people made private preparations, and now, things are generally settled, and Lin Chengbin doesn't care about it no matter how much those people behave.
"I'm coming!"
"Quick, quick, play music, play music!"
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A group of cavalrymen holding various colorful flags came out from the cliff inside and outside. The people in Guangcheng Garden who were chatting and joking with Lin Chengbin suddenly fell into chaos. Amidst all the noise, the drumming gang who had been prepared for a long time immediately started working hard.
The whistles started blowing and the horns blared, and groups of red cavalry escorted dozens of carriages and slowly arrived in front of the palace gate.
"The general will be waiting to welcome His Royal Highness the King of England, and to welcome His Royal Highness Princess Taiping."
As soon as the carriage stopped, Lin Chengbin led everyone to greet him, and everyone bowed and saluted.
"We're finally here, Brother Qi, hurry up!"
Before Lin Chengbin and others finished their greetings, the car curtain moved, and Princess Taiping's little head popped out from behind the car curtain. She didn't even look at the people who were bowing to salute, but looked around with her big eyes.
Then they started shouting, completely ignoring whether the welcoming ceremony was formal or not.
"Um."
Princess Taiping responded with a dull murmur. Then, Li Xian, who was dressed in purple robe, walked out of the carriage with a bowed waist. There was obviously a trace of exhaustion on his face. This was not surprising. Whoever was caught
Princess Taiping has been pestering such a problem child for three days, and she is inevitably upset. This is Li Xian. If it were anyone else, I am afraid that he would have suffered a nervous breakdown. Even though Li Xian's city is as deep as the sea, he still remains the same.
Being tormented by Princess Taiping's countless weird questions, she was extremely depressed. Even though she knew that she should give the people who came to greet her a bright smile, Li Xian, whose face was half-paralyzed, couldn't help but smile.
If he doesn't come out, he can only nod as a courtesy.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the accommodation in the palace has been prepared. Your Majesty, please move in first and allow me to lead the way."
Li Xian could be serious about his words, but Liu Kai, the eunuch who served as the head of the palace, did not dare to be rude at all. He came closer with a smile on his face and asked for instructions with great respect.
"Brother Qi, let's go quickly!"
Before Li Xian could speak, Princess Taiping beside her was already impatient and took Li Xian's arm to walk towards the palace gate.
"Little sister, please be calm." Although Li Xian is a prince, according to the usual rules, he does not have the authority to stay in the palace alone. Of course, this time he came to hunt under orders, and with such an imperial envoy's skin
If you really want to live in the palace, it makes sense. However, Li Xian, who is cautious by nature, doesn't want to be blamed for such a trivial matter. Seeing Princess Taiping moving forward anxiously, Li Xian had to say something to stop her.
After making a sound, no matter how high Princess Taiping's little mouth pouted, she waved her hand to Liu Kai with a smile and said: "Master Liu, don't bother yourself. The scenery by the lake is pretty good, so just set up camp on the spot.
"You can go and do your own business. If something happens, please ask for your help." As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Kai didn't give Liu Kai a chance to explain. He waved his hand and loudly ordered the whole army to be here.
A camp was set up by the lake.
"Seventh brother, if you can't live in a nice palace, you can live in a fortress. It's boring!"
Li Xian's authority was growing day by day. Now that he had spoken, others did not dare to object, but Princess Taiping was an exception. Seeing the troops busy setting up camp, Xiao Taiping frowned unhappily and pouted.
Mouth, he started to complain.
"Little sister, wild geese are spiritual creatures. If you want to hunt them, you have to sneak close at midnight. Only in the early morning, when the wild geese first wake up, is the opportunity to do it. If you live in the palace, traveling in the middle of the night will disturb people's dreams.
, It might be possible to do it in one day, but if you do it continuously, you will definitely be criticized secretly, and you don’t want to do it for your brother. If the younger sister can get up alone, she can go to the palace and live there." He looked at Princess Taiping.
The little mouth was so big that it could hang on an oil bottle. Li Xian couldn't help but laugh. He squatted down, stretched out his hand to scratch the tip of Princess Taiping's nose, and explained gently.
"Disgusting!" Xiao Taiping dodged for a moment, made a face and said, "Then Brother Seven will have to take my little sister with him tomorrow!"
"Okay, pull the hook, pull the hook!"
The reason why Li Xian brought Princess Taiping here this time was to make her a witness. Naturally, he would not refuse her request to go hunting geese together, so he laughed and held out his little finger.
"Yeah! Brother Qi, my little sister is going to the lake to investigate the enemy's situation first."
After all, Princess Taiping was a child at heart. After being teased by Li Xian, she immediately became happy. She stretched out her little finger and pulled the hook with Li Xian. After making a face, she quickly ran to the lake and was very busy.
All the accompanying maids and eunuchs swarmed behind him.
Detecting the enemy? Haha, this little girl! When Li Xian heard the military terminology coming out of Princess Taiping's mouth, he couldn't help but shook his head and laughed. He didn't bother to control this restless little girl and stood up.
He looked back at Lin Chengbin, who was standing respectfully aside, and coughed slightly. Although he didn't ask, his eyes were full of inquiry.
"Your Highness is wise."
Lin Chengbin naturally knew what Li Xian wanted to ask about, so when he saluted, he quietly gave a secret signal and praised him meticulously.
"Um."
As soon as he saw the secret code given by Lin Chengbin, the stone hanging in Li Xian's heart finally fell to the ground, but he didn't bring it to his face. He just nodded calmly, said something softly, and then went about his own business.
He walked towards the lake, calmly, and the dozens of pairs of eyes peering here could not find even the slightest bit of suspiciousness.
Guangcheng Garden is undoubtedly extremely beautiful. The mountains and rivers are connected, the mist is vast, the eagles are flying and the fish are leaping. Being in it makes people feel like they are in a fairyland. Even though this is not the first time that Li Xian has returned here, but at first sight this place
The boundless beauty was still unavoidable, but I quickly came back to my senses, because although the current situation was generally under control, there were too many variables, and it was obviously not possible to cover everything.
It was so realistic that even though Li Xian had thought about it countless times, he still couldn't stop thinking about it and had no intention of appreciating the infinite scenery of nature.
"oops!"
Just when Li Xian was deep in thought, he suddenly felt a coldness on his face. He couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise. He subconsciously wiped his hand and found that his face was covered with cold water. When he looked closely, he saw the little Taiping who had succeeded in his evil plan.
Not far away, he was leaning forward and laughing non-stop.
"Ha, little sister, how dare you make a sneak attack? Just watch!"
Seeing Xiao Taiping's overjoyed expression, Li Xian couldn't help but become childlike. After laughing and scolding, he unceremoniously scooped up water and fought back. The brother and sister got into a fight, and the palace maids and eunuchs who were affected also joined in.
It got interesting, and for a while there was laughter and laughter on the shore of the lake...