Xingqing Palace is located in the east of Chang'an City, close to the Chunming Gate. Geographically speaking, Xingqing Palace is relatively close, unlike Taiji Palace, which is in the middle of the meridian of Chang'an City.

But Xingqing Palace is Li Longji's residence of Longqian, Li Longji is also used to living in Xingqing Palace after ascending the throne, you can be willful if you have money, and people who become emperors can naturally be more willful, you are the son of heaven, you have the final say, you can live wherever you want.

The place where Li Longji summoned Gu Qing was in the Calyx Xianghui Building, a very famous place, this building was before the Later Tang Dynasty, it had the reputation of "the first building in the world", and Yueyang Tower, Tengwang Pavilion, Yellow Crane Tower, and Stork Tower were called the five buildings in the world. After the Tang Dynasty, the Calyx Tower was destroyed in the war, and there were only four buildings left in the world.

Calyx Tower is built by order of Li Longji after ascending the throne, this building is not built for Yang Guifei, but for Li Longji's brothers, according to the etiquette system, it should be Li Longji's brother, Li Xian, the eldest son of Emperor Ruizong.

It's just that Li Longji is too good, he led the troops to kill the Weihou group, and killed the Taiping princess, the world is all the credit of Li Longji to return to the surname Li, although Li Xian is the eldest son, but he also feels that he can't compete with this heroic brother, the courtiers are pleased, Li Xian still refuses to inherit the throne, insists on giving way to Li Longji, Li Longji is very gracious, so he has to reluctantly agree......

The most important thing is that Li Longji held military power in his hands at that time, well, how dare brothers not be friendly.

After Li Longji ascended the throne, moved by the virtue of Li Xian's Chan, he ordered to build a calyx Xianghui building, the characteristics of this building are that it is located in the southwest corner of Xingqing Palace, and Xingqing Palace next to Anxing Fang and Shengye Fang are only separated by two walls, after Zen let Ning Wang Li Xian, Qi Wang Li Fan, Xue Wang Li Ye live in the two squares outside the palace, Li Longji stands upstairs can see what the brothers and brothers eat at home today, and which princess the brother and brother summoned to sleep tonight.

Brothers and brothers are not moved?

Of course I didn't dare to move.

The princess begged him to move, but he didn't dare to move, so the princess had to sit up and move by herself.

Gu Qing was taken to the Calyx Tower by the eunuch, and the eunuch asked him to stand at the foot of the jade steps and wait for the passage. Gu Qing looked around, and then heard the sound of silk bamboo bell music coming from the Calyx Building, as well as bursts of laughter from men and women.

Not long after, the eunuch came out and announced Gu Qing's visit.

Gu Qing straightened his clothes, and according to the etiquette told by the eunuch, he lowered his head and lowered his eyes, and bowed in.

Outside the entrance of the hall gate, Gu Qing took off his boots, bowed his head into the hall and counted silently, and stood still after counting the steps prescribed by the eunuch, and did not dare to look up, bowed and bowed, and said: "Minister, Gu Qing, who is in the army of the Zuowei Prince's Mansion, meet Your Majesty, and meet your concubine." ”

The sound of silk and bamboo music in the hall gradually quieted down, and it was obvious that someone signaled them to stop, and then Gu Qing heard a bold and free voice and smiled: "It can be regarded as seeing this young hero who can write and martial arts, Gu Qing, raise your head, let me see, don't be confined to vulgar etiquette, Calyx Tower is a place where monarchs and ministers have fun together, no matter what rude things are done in this building, I am not guilty." ”

Gu Qing sighed twice in his heart, but he still raised his head obediently and looked straight ahead.

On the two golden chairs in front of the head of the hall, an old man with a pale face was dressed in a yellow robe, with his chest and his hair scattered, and a pair of bare feet were set up on the table in front of him very unruly.

The old man in front of him is Li Longji?

Gu Qing's emotions were a little complicated, not only admiring the great achievements of the Tang Dynasty that this old man had created when he was young, but also regretting his arrogance and self-destruction in his old age. Merits and demerits are ruined, and history is difficult to determine.

Li Longji was also looking at Gu Qing, with a smile on his face, but no smile in his eyes.

After just one glance, Li Longji frowned: "Gu Qing, are you in a bad mood when you see me?" Or are the eunuchs outside embarrassing you? Why do you look unhappy? ”

Gu Qing sighed gloomily, this face is really ...... There are more failures, and there are more troubles.

Yang Guifei next to her laughed out loud, seeing Li Longji looking over curiously, Yang Guifei simply laughed out loud, laughing forward and backward, Li Longji saw her laughing so happily, and couldn't help laughing: "Why is the lady laughing?" What's funny? ”

Yang Guifei pointed at Gu Qing and said: "San Lang, this little fellow of the concubine, he was born with an unhappy face, when he saw him at the first time when he was a concubine in Shuzhou, he also thought that he was dissatisfied with the concubine, and when he asked later, he found out that he was born like this." ”

Li Longji laughed, pointed at Gu Qing and said, "Your unhappy face makes me happy, interesting." ”

Gu Qing had no choice but to squeeze out a smile, trying to make himself look festive.

Li Longji laughed for a while, and finally stopped. After pondering for a moment, he said: "Gu Qing, Xian Yu Zhongtong said that the rebellion of Nanzhao Kingdom was quelled because of your advice, which famous military teacher did you study under before, or what military books did you read?" ”

Gu Qing bowed and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister has not read the book of soldiers, but only made a speech according to common sense. ”

Li Longji said with interest: "What about the sand table? Also came up with it casually? ”

"The minister opened a porcelain kiln in his hometown, because there are often young people who covet the secret recipe, the minister had to make a sand table to prevent the entrance and exit around the porcelain kiln, which was inadvertently discovered by the Xian Yu Jie Du envoy, so it was used in the battle of Pingnan Zhao, and it was the honor of the minister to do a small thing for the Tang Dynasty to suppress the rebellion."

Li Longji is in a good mood, and when he is older, he seems to like to listen to others to express his loyalty.

Then Li Longji beckoned to a eunuch beside him, and the eunuch understood, and not long after, several eunuchs slowly walked out with a huge sand table and placed the sand table in the center of the hall.

Li Longji squeezed his eyes at Gu Qing as if he was pretentious, and said with a smile: "After I learned about the use of the sand table, I was particularly interested, so I ordered the general to be the supervisor to make this thing, Gu Qing, can you see if it is still decent?" ”

Gu Qing took two steps forward and got closer, and found that the sand table was extremely exquisite, and it was actually the terrain of Chang'an City, one hundred and eight squares in the city, as well as the east and west cities, Taiji Palace, Daming Palace, and Xingqing Palace.

Gu Qing looked at it for a while, couldn't help but admire it from the bottom of his heart, and bowed down and said: "The craftsmanship of the master is exquisite, and it is countless times more exquisite than the crude things made by the ministers, and the ministers admire it." ”

Li Longji's eyes stared at the sand table, his expression suddenly became gloomy, and he muttered: "This thing is really magical, if one day, there are thieves in Chang'an City to rebel, I only know the place where the enemy is stationed on this sand table, a small flag planted on the sand table, it is an ambush, or a decisive battle, it is really wonderful." ”

Yang Guifei said softly: "Your Majesty, the Holy Son of Heaven has created the rule of the Tang Dynasty, if the scholars return to their hearts today, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, how can there be thieves and rebels, Your Majesty is too worried." ”

Li Longji's gloomy expression stretched out like a spring breeze thawing, and he laughed: "The lady said very much, but this thing is left in the palace, it can be regarded as a novelty, it may be useless, but it is interesting." ”

Raising his eyes to look at Gu Qing, Li Longji said again: "Gu Qing, at the beginning, the good news only said that the sand table was wonderful, and I was rewarded for my merits, but now after the supervisor created the sand table, I realized that the wonder of this thing was especially unexpected, and after thinking about it, I felt that the reward for you was a little lower......

Gu Qing hurriedly bowed down and said, "Your Majesty has given you enough richness, thank you for your grace, and you don't dare to receive any more generous gifts." ”

Yang Guifei glanced at Gu Qing, covered her mouth and chuckled: "Gu Qing, when did you come to Chang'an?" ”

"Back to the concubine Niangniang, the minister arrived in Chang'an yesterday afternoon."

"Where do you live?"

"Well, I'll live in the pavilion for the time being, and I'll find a place to live after I join the left guard."

Yang Guifei turned her head and dragged Li Longji's arm and shook it, and her coquettish tone made people feel half of her body.

"Your Majesty...... The concubine, a little fellow countryman, didn't even have a place to settle down when he came to Chang'an, how pitiful, if His Majesty felt that the reward was not enough, and he was afraid of criticism from the DPRK and China, why don't you reward him with a mansion? ”

Li Longji was thrilled by this coquettish operation, laughed and said without thinking: "I ordered the household department to give Gu Qing an official residence, the world has been rich these years, and some courtiers in the court are not clean hands and feet, and a group of corrupt officials must be found every year, and there are many confiscated official mansions under the name of the household department, so I will send Gu Qing one." ”

Yang Guifei smiled into two crescent moons, and said, "Gu Qing, don't thank Tianen yet." ”

Gu Qing hurriedly said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Concubine Niangniang." ”

Li Longji said: "You have presented a set of tribute porcelain plum vase to my lady, the verses on it are quite well written, the lady said that it was made by you, I appreciate it, haha, 'I wish to be a winged bird in the sky, and I am willing to be a branch in the earth', this poem is not just about the love between me and the lady, if this poem can be passed on to future generations, the love story between me and the lady can also be passed on to future generations, for this poem, I give you a set of mansions is not indispensable, it is not excessive. ”

Gu Qing was a little annoyed with today's thanksgiving, but he still had to continue to bow down and said: "Your Majesty and the noble concubine are loving couples, it can be said that 'only envy the mandarin duck and not the immortal'. ”

Li Longji said unexpectedly: "'Only envy mandarin ducks and not immortals'? Good verse! During the Gaozong period, a talented man named Lu Zhaolin wrote a sentence 'I am willing to be a mandarin duck and not envy the immortals', and today Gu Qing's sentence 'only envy the mandarin ducks and not envy the immortals' tasted carefully, only changed two words, it seems that Lu Zhaolin's sentence has a little more charm of husband and wife love, wonderful! ”

Li Longji seemed to be in a very good mood today, and after laughing, he said: "Gu Qing's talent, I have seen it with my own eyes, General Gao, give Gu Qing a silver fish bag, change the two words, and pass it on to future generations, the two words are exchanged for a silver fish bag, isn't it another story through the ages?" ”