Chapter 18: The Queen Summons!

The corners of Li Yiqi's mouth twitched slightly, but he still said with a straight face: "His Royal Highness the Prince, you can tell the queen mother this kind of thing, but you must not say it to anyone except the queen mother." ”

"Oh?"

Prince Xia Qing's slender eyelashes blinked twice, and he smiled and said, "I understand, you are for my good." ”

"After all, if there are more people who know, this palace will not be able to escape at that time. ”

Hearing this, Li Yiqi couldn't help but touch the tip of his nose, and he couldn't cry or laugh in his heart. He even admires His Royal Highness the Crown Prince a little now, with such a simple character, it is really not easy to survive in the treacherous palace until now.

Just as the two were talking, a group of hurried footsteps quickly came from the door of the main hall.

Then, the hoarse and ugly voice like a male duck's voice followed: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the Queen Mother summons." ”

Li Yiqi and Prince Xia Qing looked at the person who came, but their faces showed different expressions.

"The queen mother is looking for me, the palace will go immediately!" Prince Xia Qing's eyes lit up, with an extremely happy expression on his face, and he got up from his seat with a smile.

"Uh...... Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the Queen Mother summoned you to read with you. There was a hint of embarrassment in the voice of the old eunuch who delivered the decree, and he hurriedly lowered his bowed body, and swept his eyes to Li Yiqi on the side.

"What, the queen mother doesn't summon me from the palace, but she wants to summon him?"

Prince Xia Qing seemed to be stunned, his brows furrowed slightly, and he glanced at Li Yiqi with a strange look, as if he was thinking about something.

Li Yiqi didn't seem to notice the prince's gaze at him at all, but stared directly at the old eunuch in front of him, this person was the old eunuch who went to the Li Mansion three days ago to deliver the decree.

Li Yiqi's expression was indifferent, there was no trace of surprise on his face, he looked back at the prince, bowed respectfully, and said: "His Royal Highness the prince, since the queen mother summoned you, then Weichen will retire first." ”

Prince Xia Qing glanced at Li Yiqi with some displeasure, the corners of his mouth pursed slightly, as if he was a little angry, and waved his hand casually: "Go ahead." ”

Seeing the appearance of the prince, the old eunuch's tree-like old face also squeezed out a smile strongly, and then waved his hand behind him. Soon, the two little palace maids who came with the old eunuch lowered their heads and stepped forward.

In the hands of the two little palace maids, each holding a delicate food box.

"Haha, Your Highness, this is a pastry made by the queen's mother, so let our family bring it together. The old eunuch suppressed his hoarse and ugly voice, and smiled respectfully.

"Pastries made by the queen mother!"

The prince's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly opened the two food boxes, and saw all kinds of red, green, white, and black delicate snacks in shape, with a very innocent and joyful smile on his face.

Seeing this scene, although Li Yiqi was expressionless, he was silently shaking his head in his heart.

He almost knew why the prince was a little disappointed before, but the reason why he was so happy when he saw this box of pastries was almost completely clear about the character of the prince Xia Qing.

The state has national laws, and the Xia Dynasty pays more attention to governing the country with laws and rites, although the prince is a prince, but he cannot be summoned and cannot enter the palace casually, especially the harem.

In layman's terms, the harem is the harem that belongs to the man Emperor Xia, and the warblers and swallows in it, and the three thousand beauties all belong to the Emperor Xia himself, even if the prince is the son of the Emperor Xia, some ethical things should still know how to avoid it.

If there is the slightest rumor, it will be a harm to both Emperor Xia and the crown prince.

The queen must know this very well, so even if she wants to see the prince, she will come to the East Palace in person, and she will definitely try to minimize the situation of summoning the prince into the harem.

Li Yiqi believes that although the queen mother knows how to let the prince avoid suspicion, the prince himself does not understand at all.

In his opinion, the crown prince Xia Qing still belongs to the kind of childlike situation at the moment, and he was sent to the East Palace at a young age, so he will naturally feel a little lonely in his heart.

However, this is by no means what a prince should do, after all, the prince is sixteen years old, just like him, although he also has no buns, but some of the most basic maturity and stability should still be there.

Glancing at the prince who was tasting all kinds of delicate snacks with great interest, Li Yiqi's eyes revealed a hint of complexity, and he sighed secretly in his heart, and bowed slightly to the old eunuch: "Father-in-law, let's go." ”

The old eunuch glanced at Li Yiqi with slanted eyebrows, didn't even say a word, shook the Buddha dust in his hand, and turned his back and left.

When Li Yiqi saw this, he was very clear in his heart. Probably because he didn't come to the East Palace two days ago according to the queen's wishes, the old eunuch was punished by the queen, and he was unhappy, so he could only vent his anger on himself.

Laughing helplessly, Li Yiqi followed the old eunuch with an indifferent expression, and when he passed by the gate of the Wude Palace, the expression on his face suddenly became serious.

At the gate of the Wude Palace, Li Yiqi paused, bowed his head slightly, and his lips opened.

Although Li Yiqi's voice was soft, he bit hard, his expression was quite serious, and at the end of his words, there was even a faint killing intent flashing in his dark and deep eyes.

He believed that those who had a heart would understand.

"Young Master Li, you don't want to delay the time of the queen again, do you?"

The old eunuch walked in front, and suddenly found Li Yiqi at the door, his face was gloomy, extremely displeased, his voice was cold, and he scolded: "Our family tells you that this imperial city is not as good as the capital, if you come by temperament, sooner or later a catastrophe will come!

The old eunuch glanced at Li Yiqi contemptuously, his tone was yin and yang, and his already sharp, harsh, and ugly voice became even more unpleasant.

Hearing this sound like a fingernail scraping a blackboard, Li Yiqi couldn't help but shudder, and almost got goosebumps.

He glanced at the old eunuch, felt the warning and threat in the other party's eyes, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise, outlining a playful arc, but his expression was extremely indifferent, and he arched his hand slightly and smiled: "The lesson of my father-in-law is that let's go quickly, don't let the queen wait in a hurry." ”

"Huh!"

A cold light flashed in the old eunuch's eyes, and he strode forward with his head held high. Behind him, Li Yiqi followed unhurriedly.

However, just after they had walked away, the horror in the eyes of the two tall and mighty strong men at the gate of the Martial Arts Hall could not be eliminated for a long time.

Only the two of them heard the whispers of Li Yiqi at the door just now.

After listening to it all, the two of them were also convinced that this was what Li Yiqi deliberately said to them alone, and because of this, the light in their eyes would be extremely shocked, and even ...... There was a hint of fear.

"You two, keep it in my mind!"

"First: In the future, if anyone outside the East Palace wants to enter this Wude Hall to pass a decree to His Royal Highness the Prince, if there is no prior notice, he will be ordered to stop, and you will pass it on his behalf, and the prince will summon him before he can be let in. ”

"Second: if they ignore you and others, and step in directly, remember, there is no forgiveness for killing!"

When these two guards heard Li Yiqi say the last three words with murderous aura, their faces changed, their bodies trembled, and an incomparably sharp essence burst out of their tiger eyes.

The thing they buried deep in their hearts seemed to be faintly touched.

The descendants of the Li family, the proud edge and the solemn sharpness on their bodies, even if it is many years later, even if it is a whole generation, when those three words come out of their mouths, they can't help but make people's blood boil.

"The prince's companion, from today onwards, will officially establish authority for the East Palace!"

The two guards glanced at each other, and they both understood what Li Yiqi meant, and they both saw the enthusiasm in each other's eyes, the fiery feeling that had been consumed by the years, but was brought up by the three words of the descendants of the old master in an instant.

......

On the other hand, Li Yiqi walked out of the East Palace with the old eunuch, got into a carriage, and drove towards the palace.

Although the imperial city and the palace are all in the same place, but the distance is also quite far away, Li Yiqi closed his eyes and sat on the carriage for about two incense sticks before bypassing the huge imperial city and entering the palace city.

Under the guidance of the old eunuch, Li Yiqi got out of the car, and after repeated inspections by the palace guards, he entered the most mysterious and noble place in Great Xia, which was full of high walls.

Kunning Palace is one of the main halls of the harem, different from the Qianqing Palace, Kunning Palace is the queen's bedroom, a Qianqian and a Kun, representing the heaven and earth Yin and Yang, the supreme two.

"This way. ”

The old eunuch held his head high, his eyes narrowed slightly, he didn't even look at Li Yiqi, and walked straight in the other direction.

Li Yiqi just froze slightly, his heart moved slightly, and he thought a little more, so he followed casually.

The old eunuch continued to bring Li Yiqi to the back of the main hall of Kunning Palace, here is a large lotus pond, the jade white pool wall is carved with reliefs of the statues of a hundred beasts, and it is also decorated with golden patterns, exquisite and beautiful, this is the jade lotus golden pond of the harem.

Around the Jade Lotus Golden Pond, the Danqi made of white jade is connected to nine bridges in different positions, which Li Yiqi knows is a symbol of the legendary "Nine Dragons Open Heaven Map".

Nine true dragons opened up the heavens and the earth, suppressed all the beasts in the world, and then the human race became the primate of heaven and earth, which is a very famous allusion in Confucianism.

The relief group of beasts carved on the wall of the lotus pond symbolizes all the beasts in the world, and the nine white jade bridges symbolize the nine true dragons that open the world. Suppressing the beasts of the world with the power of the true dragon can be seen how ambitious and courageous Emperor Qin, the first holy emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty, is.

Li Yiqi followed the old eunuch and walked across a stone bridge, but when he casually glanced at the large pool in the center of the Jade Lotus Golden Pool, his face was a little unnatural.

In the center of the big pool, there are five lotus flowers of different shapes, the appearance of these lotus flowers looks extremely unique, not the pure white color seen in the eyes of the world, but presents a faint reddish-purple, and the volume of the lotus is about five times larger than the ordinary white lotus, the texture of the petals is extremely clear, even if it is not in full bloom, it looks very beautiful.

"Nine-Rank Purple Jade Lotus ......"

Li Yiqi's eyes jumped slightly, this thing is the treasure of heaven and earth, the quantity is scarce, it is extremely precious, every lotus seed and every petal is worth ten thousand gold. The preciousness of the Nine Rank Purple Jade Lotus is not only this, but also that its blooming season is very random, if you want to get a blooming petal, sometimes it is possible to wait for years or even decades, and regardless of spring and summer, the Nine Rank Purple Jade Lotus is likely to bloom, which is the uniqueness of this sacred object.

For example, at this time, these five nine-grade purple jade lotuses are all still in a budding bud state, looking vibrant.