Chapter Eighty-Seven: It's Close
When Li Zhi's prince's chariot drove into Yanxi Gate in a sparkling manner, the chantine kiss on the corner of the cornice, who was watching the wind, was silently recording everything that happened in the Taiji Palace today with its glazed eyes. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The incense under the caisson of the carved dragon and phoenix in the Hanfeng Hall was permeated, the curtains around the wide dragon bed were high, Li Shimin leaned against the bright yellow embroidered cushion, and half-squinted his eyes on the hand of Wei Guifei beside the couch and barely drank a medicinal juice that made him frown.
"Your Majesty! Put this plum in your mouth and go for the medicinal taste. ”
Wei Guifei put down the medicine bowl, picked up a pickled plum from the plate held by the palace maid on the side, and handed it to Li Shimin, looking at the emperor whose face was still a little pale, twisted his eyebrows and put it in his mouth.
"Concubine Wei! Send an order down and ask the eldest grandson Wuji to enter the palace to see me! Li Shimin turned the plum in his mouth, feeling that it seemed to be bitter to the heart, so he spit out the plum kernel in his mouth and said to Wei Guifei.
"Your Majesty! The major affairs of the DPRK and China should be handled by the eldest grandson, why not? Why do you have to work hard? You're just getting better, you should get some rest! Wei Guifei admonished, stretched out the handkerchief in her hand, and gently wiped the sweat on Li Shimin's forehead.
Just sent away the princes who came in to ask for peace, and those imperial doctors presented a bowl of decoction, watching Li Shimin frown and drink it, even she felt bitter for him, but what could be done? For so many years, except for the eldest grandson of the year, she has followed Li Shimin for the longest time, how could she not know that his body is not as good as before? Fortunately, she woke up this time, if there is really a day when she can't wake up, how can she be good?
"Concubine Wei - why don't I want to rest, cough - it's just this court - alas! You have also seen that the dispute between the crown prince and the king of Wu, I have to raise my mind! ”
Li Shimin raised his hand to cover his lips with a light cough, and looked at this woman who had accompanied him for many years with pity, although she was no longer red, but he always respected her in his heart, and she never lived up to his trust. She has always managed her son very well, never letting them get involved in the fight. Now he can only talk to her about his thoughts! Where will the young concubines who have just entered the palace understand his thoughts?
"Your Majesty-" Wei Guifei opened her mouth, and she was about to persuade two more sentences, but seeing the look in Li Shimin's eyes, she had to swallow back the words that were about to be spoken: "The concubine will pass it on, and the emperor will rest first." ”
Considerately covered up the cover on Li Shimin's body, Wei Guifei took the palace maids to retreat, and went to the palace outside the palace to see Xuanchang Sun Wuji.
Wu Meiniang squatted in a corner of the side hall and quietly looked at the fire in front of her, watching the tongue of fire licking the bottom of the black jar from time to time.
originally thought that staying by Li Shimin's side, she would be able to learn some news earlier than others from his every move and contact with foreign ministers, and she could also win some opportunities for Li Ke, but now she realized that her idea was too naïve!
Li Shimin, who has been on the throne for a long time, is worthy of being a generation of heroes, no matter what he decides, there is no trace to follow in advance, and he sent the prince to investigate the matter of those two cases. Thinking of the news she had just heard and compared with her original plan, Wu Meiniang couldn't help but show a hint of self-deprecation: What can she do as a woman in this harem? I'm afraid that there is only one like Li Ke said, to do that thing for him, right?
"Martial arts! The eldest grandson entered the palace to meet him, and the concubine asked the slave maid to come in and pass the tea! The palace maid who pushed the door in looked at Wu Meiniang with a strange smile on her face in confusion, and she didn't know what she was laughing at.
"Oh! You help me watch the fire in this jar, and I'll go to serve tea to the emperor. Wu Meiniang put away the expression on her face, turned her head and smiled at Xiaohuan.
With the palace maid with the tea tray, Wu Meiniang straightened the clothes on her body, straightened the hairpin ring on the updo, and then pushed open the side door to the main hall. Before entering the hall, I could hear the words of the emperor and the eldest grandson Wuji in the hall coming vaguely, and between the ups and downs, I couldn't hear what was said.
Wu Meiniang was about to bypass the screen in front of her, but she inadvertently saw the crown prince Li Zhi standing in the outer room of the main hall, her eyes looking at the direction of the inner room in front of her, and she looked like she was in a daze.
Just a little lowering of her eyes, Wu Meiniang made a decision. She raised her hand and motioned to the palace maid behind her to bring the tea tray into the main hall, but she turned around lightly and walked towards Li Zhi's side.
"The martial arts people have seen His Royal Highness the Prince!" Wu Meiniang approached Li Zhi's side, squatted slightly, as if she didn't want to disturb the people in the hall, and softly greeted Li Zhi.
Li Mo, who was stunned in the outer hall and immersed in his own thoughts, woke up when he heard the sound, and his vigilant gaze quickly swept over the entire outer hall where no one was standing, and then he retracted in front of him and landed on the woman with a low head in front of him.
Looking at it from the angle of his standing, he could just see Wu Meiniang's slightly lowered neck, and the white skin like clotted fat was bent into a perfect arc in front of his eyes, like an elegant white crane, slender and graceful, pitiful!
"Martial arts talent!?" There was a hint of playfulness in Li Mo's tone—this is the martial artist? Li Mo stretched out his hand and helped him, without the slightest intention of returning the salute.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here to enter the palace to see the emperor?" Wu Meiniang stood up and raised her eyes to look at the man in front of her. Today's Li Zhi seems to be -- something strange?
"Exactly, I don't know who the martial artist is here-" Li Mo's words were not finished.
Before he entered the palace, he had already heard Li Zhi talk about the current situation in the palace, and he had already heard about Wu Meiniang's invitation to serve the emperor, although at that time he was still entangled in entering the palace to see the emperor in the name of Li Zhi, but Li Zhi's instantaneous change of eyes and the innate induction between the twins still made him pay more attention to this matter.
"The emperor is summoning the eldest grandson, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince goes in, Mei Niang will have to ask the palace maid to prepare an extra bowl of tea and soup!" Wu Meiniang chuckled, as if she had inadvertently changed her name to her own name, and the charm between her eyebrows and eyes was even more emanating like nothing, like a flexible spider web, invisible and shadowless shrouded in the man in front of her.
"Then thank you to the martial arts!" Li Mo raised his eyebrows and smiled, no longer replied, raised his feet and walked towards the inner hall, if he didn't go in again, I was afraid that even Wu Meiniang would be able to see the problem.
Wu Meiniang looked at Li Mo's back and frowned a little puzzled. For some reason, she always felt that Li Zhi looked weird today. When I saw him in the past, I was busier, and he would say a few words to her, why did he seem to be avoiding her today, and when he saw her, he was no longer calm and polite in the past, but ran away so quickly?
Could it be that there is something wrong with those two cases that she doesn't want to be seen? Wu Meiniang looked at his back as he walked away and thought for a long time but didn't figure out what was going on, so she had to give up and sigh, and went to the side hall to prepare the tea soup for Li Zhi.
Bypassing the screen that surrounded him, as soon as Li Mo stepped into the inner hall, he saw Li Shimin, who was half-lying on the dragon bed and talking softly to the eldest grandson Wuji, who was sitting under him.
Looking closely, Li Shimin's tall figure is now covered under a bright yellow brocade quilt, covered tightly, only a pair of arms wearing thin silk shirts are exposed outside the quilt, and from time to time gently swaying with his words, on his pale and sunken cheeks, a pair of eyes that were originally very attentive also appear cloudy at this time, as if they have lost all the spirit of the past.
In addition to Li Shimin, the rest of the palace maids and attendants in the hall have already withdrawn from the inner hall, and Li Shimin saw Li Zhi who walked into the hall at a glance.
"Why did you come here at this hour? But what progress has been made in the case? Li Shimin stopped talking to the eldest grandson Wuji and asked Li Zhi instead.
Today's Li Zhi is a little strange, he has never seen this kind of look in this son. seems to be resentful, hateful and affectionate, and there seem to be countless complex emotions hidden in those eyes.
Li Mo stepped forward silently, and helped the eldest grandson Wuji, who stepped forward to give a salute, indicating that he didn't need to be polite, and did not say a word from beginning to end.
The eldest grandson Wuji dusted off the hem of his robe, and when he got up, he saw Li Zhi staring at Li Shimin with his eyes. I couldn't help but wonder: What's wrong with this prince today? Why is it so weird? was about to speak, but suddenly his eyes widened as if he was blessed with a soul, and his eyes looked at Li Zhi's face again and again, and there was a look of sudden realization in his eyes.
"Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here, then the old minister will retire first." The eldest grandson Wuji waved his sleeves, gave a salute to the confused Li Shimin, and retreated regardless of it.
These two fathers and sons have never been so close to each other, with Li Mo's fierce temper, I don't know if there will be a chance next time after this time, so don't mix with this old guy here!
"Zhi'er! The eldest grandson is your maternal uncle, I don't know when you became so rude, and you didn't even bow to you? Li Shimin saw that the eldest grandson Wuji ran away without saying anything, and he couldn't help but feel a little unhappy in his heart, and when he saw Li Zhi with an indifferent face, he was even more angry.
"Etiquette? I don't know when you taught me the number? ”
Looking at the old man in front of him, Li Shimin, who still refused to accept the old man with gray sideburns, although Li Mo felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, but after hearing his words, Li Mo couldn't help but choke.
Silent ...... Mer?! Hearing that the person in front of him with the same face as Li Zhi made the same voice as Li Mo, Li Shimin's eyes couldn't help but widen in surprise.
His Mo'er entered the palace? His Mur came to see him!? Li Shimin trembled and stretched out his hand, reaching out hard to Li Mo, who was looking at him coldly not far in front of him.
He just wanted to reach out and grab the person in front of him! This is his son! His youngest, most worrying, distressing son! And the most unlikely to forgive his son!
But this son has now come to the palace to see him! This sudden surprise really made him a little unbearable, for fear that in the blink of an eye, this son would disappear from his eyes again, leaving him alone in front of the empty hall! (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) )