Li Zhi stayed in Qingning Palace for a not short time because of a bowl of longevity noodles, during which he also talked with his queen about the prince and Di Renjie in Jinzhou, and had another homely meal, and finally waited for the two bowls of longevity noodles made by Li Chen and Taiping.

Shou noodles of moderate thickness, with a few green vegetables floating on top, and then there is an unsightly egg lying on top.

Li Zhi: "......" said that no matter how unpalatable it is, he will eat it. But in his usual meals, the dishes that come up are very particular, and the appearance alone is pleasing to the eye and can make people feel refreshed, and he has not seen such a thing for many years.

Li Chen stood beside his father and personally gave him chopsticks, "This noodle and green vegetables are from my sister, and the eggs are from me!" ”

Li Zhi stretched out his hand to take the chopsticks handed to him by Li Chen, and then looked at Wu Zetian opposite, only to see his queen's eyebrows dyed with warmth Looking at Taiping and Li Chen, holding the chopsticks handed over by Taiping in his hand, then glanced at him, pursed his lips and smiled, and then lowered his head and ate a bite of noodles.

Li Zhi picked up the bowl and glanced at Li Chen standing beside him, his youngest daughter's eyes were as bright as stars, looking at him with some expectation. In the face of such a small look, Li Zhi, who has always been controlled by his daughter, felt that even if he was □□ through the intestines, he would have to dry that bowl of longevity noodles. Just now I heard Li Chen say that the eggs were beaten by her, so Li Zhi especially ate the eggs first, but as soon as he ate it, he ate the eggshell.

Li Zhi: "......"

Li Chen blinked his eyes wide and asked his father, "Aya, how is it?" Is it tasty? ”

Li Zhi was stunned, and quietly swallowed the egg that he wanted to spit out into his stomach, "Hmm, it's delicious." "It's better that when you want to make shou noodles next time, don't put them together with the shell and eggs.

Li Chen smiled, "It's delicious." When I grow a little taller and reach the pot, I often make delicious food for Aya and A-Niang. ”

Li Zhi held the chopsticks in his hand, and he was full of sorrow, if his daughter always brought some half-baked things she made to him to eat, and he couldn't bear to refuse, how could it be good?

Wu Zetian, who was on the other side, heard Li Chen's words, raised his head, glanced at Li Zhi with a smile, then looked at Li Chen, and said: "It's good that Yongchang has this intention, what your father wants to eat, the Shangshi Bureau will take care of it, you, as long as you are usually obediently mistreated, you are better than anything else." ”

In other people's homes, it has always been the father who sings black face and the mother who sings white face, but their family is good, generally the father sings white face and the mother sings black face. Li Zhi has always been eager to spoil his two daughters, and he has never said a word of remarks.

Li Zhi nodded in agreement, and then said seriously: "The noodles are delicious, but I prefer the tea boiled in Yongchang, you usually have time, go to the Hall of Eternal Life to make two pots of tea for your father to relieve his fatigue, and his father is very pleased." ”

Li Chen blinked, his chin rested on Li Zhi's arm, his black and white eyes looked at his father, and he smiled and didn't speak.

She didn't know that this bowl of shou noodles didn't taste very good, but she knew before that sometimes a person likes something or a certain person's food, not because of how well that person does it, but in this way, let the other person know that I take you to heart. This was just a way to convey his heart, and my father and mother knew it, so I ate the not delicious shoumen with relish, and my father ended up drinking all the soup.

The prince and Di Renjie's trip to Jinzhou cleansed a large number of officials who were eating vegetarian meals in Jinzhou, and the situation of the two in the disaster area stabilized, and all the displaced people who had been in turmoil were absorbed by the government, and after they were registered, they set off to return to Chang'an.

Li Zhi saw that the prince and Di Renjie's trip was very good, Di Renjie was upright and flexible, and dealt with the affairs of Jinzhou called a clean and fair, they surveyed the disaster area all the way, and then cleaned up some officials who were in their positions and did not seek their own politics, and at the same time, the prince Li Hong reported the situation in the disaster area back to Chang'an every day, and when passing the state affairs report, he also carried private goods from time to time, and sent back to Chang'an Taiji Palace together with state affairs and family affairs.

On Li Zhi's desk there are several letters from the crown prince, which are full of some thoughts from his trip to Jinju.

In just two months, the crown prince Li Hong seems to have transformed, and when talking about political affairs, he is no longer as unprincipled and merciful as before.

And Di Renjie wrote in the report to Li Zhi about the prince's attitude towards the rebellion -

The envoy sent troops by the governor of the state to suppress the displaced people, the prince thought it was inappropriate at first, if he could, who would like to be a homeless person? rashly using force to suppress it is fearful that it will wrongly punish the innocent and chill the hearts of the people. But after two months, I found that if there were good people among the displaced people, even if there was nothing to do, they would have already made a living on their own, so why should they run around in the city? It can be seen that most of the displaced people who are in turmoil are the people, and even if the good people are occasionally among them, they are still a minority, and if the majority is appeased for the sake of the minority in extraordinary times, there will be chaos. It is because although the prince still thinks that he is bitter about the rebellion of the displaced people, he also agrees with the initial decision of the minister.

It turned out that when he was in Jinju, Li Hong initially did not approve of the suppression of the displaced people by force, and he always believed that the Huairou policy was better. Who knew that Di Renjie thought that at the moment of the catastrophe, he must cut through the chaos quickly, otherwise the situation will only get worse and worse. But because his father had already instructed him to make a trip to Jinzhou before leaving, Di Renjie was supplemented by him, because although he did not agree with it in his heart, he did not interfere with Di Renjie's decision. Later, Di Renjie asked Li Hong to accompany him to interrogate the homeless people, but it was okay not to interrogate, and Li Hong's original thoughts began to change in the first trial.

Those homeless people have nothing to do for many years, wandering around to cause trouble, and often go to harass the government for a while, and continue to wander after they come out. Taking the Jinju earthquake as an example, these people took advantage of the chaos to loot many people's belongings, which is simply outrageous. Those life-saving food and medicines, etc., these displaced people also planned to loot.

If these people are also tolerated, how can we ensure the stability of the Jinju disaster area?

Although Li Hong once supervised the country to deal with political affairs, no matter what it was, after all, he saw from the twists and turns that when he was so experienced in person and almost experienced a rebellion among the displaced people, which made him begin to examine his previous attitude.

Li Chen was waiting for Li Zhi to go to the Baifu Hall in the Hall of Eternal Life at this time, today is Xue Shao's birthday, and he said that the family would spend it with Xue Shao.

At this time, she saw that Li Zhi was reading the letter sent back by Li Hong, so she was very curious and stood on tiptoe, "Is that the letter sent back by the prince's brother?" I'm going to see it too! ”

Li Zhi raised his eyebrows and looked at this little daughter who seemed to have a good time about everything, "I remember that you were very quiet when you were a child, but you can't toss like you do now." ”

Li Zhi feels that Li Chen is like a curious baby now, full of curiosity about everything, one moment he said that he would follow her prince and brother to Jinju, and for a while he said that he wanted to learn the next noodles to make the people of the Shangshi Bureau jump, and now he came to read her prince and brother's family letter.

I hadn't paid so much attention to her, the eldest prince, before.

Li Chen pretended not to understand, and stretched out his hand, "Aya give it to me, I want to read my brother's family letter." ”

Li Zhi vacated his place a little, picked her up and put her at his side, and saw that she began to pick up the things on the table restlessly again, and did not pay attention to her. For this daughter, Li Zhi feels most gratified that she is not like when Taiping was a child, she grabbed or crumpled or tore any paper, Li Chen has always made him feel curious and cautious about these paper things since he was a child.

When Li Chen was three years old, he took a newspaper on his desk in the Hall of Eternal Life for the first time, and Li Chen, who was like a dough, just took the newspaper and glanced at it twice, Li Zhi thought that she naturally couldn't understand it, so he immediately put it on the table casually, and then went to get other things. As long as it is something on his desk, although Li Chen will not return it to its original place if he takes it, it can always be found on the desk, so Li Zhi never cares about her picking up the things on the desk.

Li Chen pulled the things on the table, the reports of officials from all over the country, and the family letters of the prince's brother...... Of course, she wasn't blindly flipping through those things, she was looking for the names of those Tang Dynasty celebrities that were pitifully missing in her head to appear in this pile of things. While her father still has the strength to spare, she has to see if there are some reliable people who will appear at this time in the future, and if so, of course, she will remind her father in a hollow way.

Li Chen felt that if he let some people who have the ability and skill to surround his brothers in the future, and then find some opportunities for a few brothers to show them a little favor, if the brothers who have their mother seized power in the future, there will be some weighty people who dare to speak for them.

Li Zhi saw his daughter flipping through the things on his desk in an orderly manner, crying and laughing, and reached out to take Li Hong's family letter and put it in her hand, "Your prince's brother's family letter, don't flip through it." ”

Li Chen held Li Hong's family letter in his hand, and watched with some pity as his father called someone to come in and put the things on the desk aside.

"Why have you been talking about your prince brother lately?" Li Zhi stood up, straightened his clothes, and looked at Li Chen who was sitting in a chair.

Li Chen glanced at the letter in his hand, and then put it on the desk, "Brother Crown Prince went to Jinju, I want to know if he has encountered any interesting things." ”

"He's out on errands, and even if there's something fun, he doesn't have time to pay attention to it." Li Zhi said, picked her up and put her on the ground, and stretched out his hand to her, "Why did you come alone, Taiping?" ”

Li Chen put his hand in his father's wide and warm palm, and let him lead him out of the Hall of Eternal Life, "Sister Ah and Mother are having a family banquet in the Hundred Blessings Hall in the evening, and Mother is worried that you will lose time to deal with political affairs, so she asked me to come over and go to the Hundred Blessing Hall with you." ”

Hearing this, Li Zhi smiled slightly, and walked in the direction of the Hundred Blessing Hall with Li Chen.

As the sun set, the soft sunlight cast on the father and daughter, dragging two tall and short figures along the road.

Wu Zetian Li Zhi set up a family banquet in the Baifu Hall and spent his eleventh birthday with Xue Shao.

A month later, the crown prince Li Hong, who went to investigate the disaster with Di Renjie, returned to Chang'an, Li Zhi was very satisfied with the work of the two, and told them a lot of praise as if he didn't want money.

Li Hong stood in the hall, his eyebrows were quite tired, but his mental state seemed to be good, but he still coughed a few words from time to time.

Li Zhi couldn't help but frown.

Di Renjie hurriedly apologized and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been traveling all the way, and he has started to cough slightly recently. The minister did not take good care of him, and he hoped that the saint would blame him. ”

Li Hong said softly: "There is a lot of trouble in this trip, but everything related to me, no matter how big or small, I have personally inquired about it, and it is very thorough. In dealing with the affairs of the Jinju refugees, Di Yushi has benefited me a lot, what is the crime?

Di Renjie hurriedly said that he was ashamed and didn't dare to be.

Li Zhi looked at the prince, and when he was two months old, the prince's eyebrows seemed to be a little more resolute, which showed that he had indeed gained. And he invited himself to travel, even if he is sick again now, it can only be said that it is because of the fatigue of traveling, even if Di Renjie borrowed the courage of the sky, he did not dare to snub the prince.

So Li Zhi also followed Wen Sheng to soothe Di Renjie a few words, and at the same time rewarded Di Renjie with 500 pieces of silk and a bunch of high-quality tea cakes produced by Buxian Garden. Di Renjie looked at the pile of tea cakes and the instructions for boiling tea attached to the tea cakes, and laughed in his heart.

I have long heard that Princess Yongchang, who is favored by the saint and Her Royal Highness the Queen, has good tea, so she brought a trend of drinking tea in Chang'an, and now drinking tea has become an elegant pastime among the nobles. In the past year, His Royal Highness the Saint and the Empress have liked to reward ministers and women inside and outside the country with one of their favorite things to be the tea cakes of the Garden. This tea cake is not available to everyone, that is, the saint and the queen are very happy and think that this person is indeed a great merit, what kind of silk is too vulgar, only the tea cake produced to the garden can express their appreciation. I didn't expect it to be true, because after Li Zhi said a lot of praise words that didn't cost money, he rewarded Di Renjie with a bunch of small tea cakes and a set of tea sets.

Di Renjie was holding a bunch of tea cakes and tea sets that he had never played before, and he also thanked the saint for the reward.

And Li Hong is probably on the road, and he is a person who is more strict with himself, probably on the road, all kinds of thoughts in his heart have not been idle, and after returning to Chang'an, the tight strings can finally relax a little. As a result of his relaxation, some of his original cough turned into a very severe cough, and he officially fell ill when he returned to the East Palace.