When the monarch arrived at the Huaqing Palace in Lishan, it was late at night after he was almost settled.

Li Longji and Yang Guifei should be tired, so they ordered the eunuch to pass on an edict, and the ministers should rest in peace, and there was no need to bow down and greet each other.

Gu Qing was assigned to a hotel near the imperial bath, and there were several housekeepers and internal officials who lived with him. In the independent courtyard of the hotel, Gu Qing was divided into a not very spacious room.

At this time, everything was silent, the cold wind was cold, and there was a sound of silk and bamboo in the direction of the imperial soup not far away.

I have to admire Li Longji's energy, after a day's journey, I still have the spirit to watch singing and dancing, I can guess with my ass that Li Longji and Yang Guifei may be enjoying singing and dancing while soaking in hot springs.

Come to think of it, didn't you run all the way from Chang'an to Lishan just to soak in the hot springs?

There is more than one hot spring in Huaqing Palace, each hot spring is named after "soup", the word "soup" represents the hot spring and bath, and later this word drifted across the sea, and was carried forward by the Japanese, many indescribable action movies, the heroine is often the heroine of a certain soup, or the heroine "one park and two days" or something, all of which are stories that happen in this "soup".

Think about the source when you drink water, and think about the source when you watch movies. The meaning of "soup" originated in the Tang Dynasty. Knowing what it is and why it is true, if there is a strong academic atmosphere in watching action movies, every action can be sublimated to the height of soul and art.

The top soup in Huaqing Palace is called "Xingchen Soup", this soup even Li Longji didn't dare to enjoy, why? Because this Xingchen soup was given by Emperor Taizong Li Shimin, as a descendant of the Li family, Li Longji would never dare to use Emperor Taizong's exclusive bathhouse at the risk of the world's disapproval.

In the eighteenth year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin aimed to build Tangquan Palace in Lishan, that is, today's Huaqing Palace, and built the Xingchen Soup for the royal use next to the hot spring in Huaqing Palace, which was specially used by Li Shimin himself to soak in the hot springs.

Compared with Li Longji's unscrupulous luxury and pleasure, Li Shimin is humble and weak in the hot springs, after soaking in the star soup a few times, Li Shimin also wrote a short article called "Hot Spring Ming", in which he explained to the people of the world, "I am worried about hard work, wind and illness are repeated, and every time I suffer from the source, I will not change and gain losses." ”

It means that I have a wind disease, and soaking in the hot spring can relieve the pain of the wind attack, so I will soak in the hot spring so luxuriously, not because I am greedy for pleasure, I am actually curing the disease, begging not to slap my face.

The founding emperor was so humble and uneasy to soak in a hot spring, and deliberately wrote a short article to explain to his subjects, which shows how simple the older generation is to fight the country.

When he arrived at Li Longji, this Taiping Emperor was not so humble, and he soaked in the hot springs with great confidence, not only did he not explain to the world, but he also took his little wife to soak together.

Whether Jiangshan Sheji is going uphill or downhill can be seen from the emperor's attitude towards the world.

Gu Qing slept in the hotel this night, tossing until midnight before falling asleep. Then he had a dream, dreaming that the protagonist of the Huaqing Palace who enjoyed singing, dancing and soaking in hot springs became himself, and a team of Kabuki waved their water sleeves and danced in front of him, but they couldn't understand what they sang and danced, Gu Qing impatiently ordered them to retreat, who knew that they would not retreat alive or dead.

Gu Qing was angry, and immediately flipped the table, they still didn't retreat, Gu Qing saw Zhang Huaiyu and Zhang Huaijin in gorgeous palace costumes next to him for some reason, Gu Qing seemed to have found a helper, and hurriedly asked the sisters to help drive the group of Kabuki out, and the sisters happily kicked the Kabuki out of the hall, and then ...... They actually danced in front of Gu Qing.

Zhang Huaiyu, the palace is gorgeous, and the girls are dancing......

Can you imagine that picture?

Gu Qing woke up in fright, and the whole person bounced up from the bed, patting his chest in shock.

Fortunately, it was a dream, if it was true, Gu Qing might gouge out his eyes and feel tired and unloved.

I didn't sleep well all night, Gu Qing got up as soon as it was dawn, and walked out of the door after dressing, and saw the mountains stacked in the distance, and the bleak woods in winter, the cold wind was blowing in the face, and the air was mixed with a little smoke from cooking.

Gu Qing took a few deep breaths, and his mind suddenly cleared.

There were two little eunuchs standing at the door, and when they saw Gu Qing getting up, the eunuchs smiled and saluted him, and then told him that there was a royal meal to be delivered for a while, and Gu Qing was asked to wait.

Gu Qing also smiled and thanked him, turned around and went back to the house to wait for a meal. Not long after, the eunuch came in with a lacquered wooden food box, the food box was steaming, and the imperial meal was not precious, and there were no imaginary delicacies of the mountains and seas, only some things that ordinary people eat, golden crisp, steamed meat, milk cake and so on.

Although Gu Qing had no appetite for these meals, he didn't dare not eat the food given by the emperor, let alone waste it, and the eunuch stood in front of him and stared at it with a smile.

Gu Qing had no choice but to be given poisoned wine and swept it away in one breath, and only after the little eunuch packed up the dishes and retreated, Gu Qing dared to walk out of the door.

A few hundred steps to the right of the courtyard of the hotel is the hot spring palace where Li Longji and Yang Guifei lived, where the guards were strict and they were not allowed to approach without being called.

To the left is the Hall of Eternal Life dedicated to the first emperors of the Tang Dynasty, where the security is not strict, but Gu Qing is not interested in viewing the tablet of the dead.

Directly in front of it is Jiulong Lake, which is an artificial lake that was impounded by drawing water from Lishan Mountain after artificial excavation.

Gu Qing thought about it and decided to go to Jiulong Lake to have a look.

When he walked to the lake, a group of eunuchs and palace maids came to him, surrounded by a woman in palace clothes, Gu Qing suddenly changed color when he saw the woman, and turned around and planned to avoid it.

As soon as he turned around, he heard that the woman had also seen him, and suddenly shouted angrily: "Come on, take down the villain in front of you and throw him into the lake!" ”

Gu Qing was shocked: "Slow! Your Royal Highness, this joke is not to be made! ”

The woman in the palace costume is Princess Wanchun, she is really an inseparable fate, you can meet her anywhere.

But it's normal to think about it, my father and stepmother take a vacation to soak in the hot springs, and it's reasonable to be a daughter to rub the hot springs, anyway, these princes and princesses don't have to go to work, and they don't have to start a business to make money, and they have nothing to do all their lives like an unemployed vagrant, which belongs to the extremely unstable factors of Datang society.

Seeing that Gu Qing was frightened, Princess Wanchun suddenly giggled, then snorted with a pretty face, and said, "Call you sneaky and don't do serious things!" ”

This woman is a nuisance, so avoid it early.

Gu Qing immediately saluted and said, "The minister has no intention of offending Her Royal Highness the princess, so the minister will avoid it, and the minister will retire." ”

After speaking, Gu Qing stepped back in a proper manner.

Princess Wanchun stopped him, waved her hand to order the eunuch and palace maid next to her to retreat, and said, "It's boring to visit the lake alone in this palace, Gu Changshi can accompany this palace to visit." ”

"Your Highness forgives your sins, the minister still has something to do, don't dare to disturb Your Highness......"

Princess Wanchun's pretty face was cold: "If you are asked to accompany you, will you accompany you, will the words of this palace not work?" ”

Gu Qing was unhappy in his heart, but he still held back his anger and said lightly: "Since His Royal Highness has an order, the minister does not dare to disobey it." Your Highness, please. ”

Princess Wanchun saw that Gu Qing's expression was a little cold, and her mood suddenly became a little complicated, on the one hand, she felt a little relieved, and on the other hand, she felt that she was too unreasonable and annoying.

The two walked along the lake, followed by a group of eunuchs and palace maids.

Gu Qing was faintly behind Wan Chun, and the two of them kept this rhythm for a long time, silent all the way.

Gu Qing didn't want to speak, Wan Chun wanted to find a topic to open the deadlock between the two, but he didn't know where to start. For Gu Qing, Wan Chun is actually very conflicted in his heart, on the one hand, he admires Gu Qing's talent, several of his poems Wan Chun has secretly memorized it, and often recites a few sentences to reminisce about the charm, on the other hand, Gu Qing is the first man to see her body after all, Wan Chun has to be nostalgic, every time he thinks of the unbearable picture that night, he has a sense of shame and indignation that wants to kill Gu Qing and then hang himself to suicide.

In this contradictory mood, Wan Chun inevitably has no good face every time he sees Gu Qing, but he talks too much, and he is faintly apologetic in his heart, this kind of childish mentality, people who have not been in love more than three times in junior high school will not understand.

His eyes narrowed, Wan Chun suddenly raised his hand and pointed to the back mountain of Lishan, and forcibly found a topic: "Do you know what is there?" ”

Gu Qing glanced in the direction of her finger and said lightly, "I don't know." ”

Huaqing Palace, also known as the "Winter Palace", is a place where Li Longji must come every winter to escape the cold, with Li Longji's hedonistic and extravagant temperament, Huaqing Palace has been expanding the palace building over the years, with Jiulong Lake as the center point to expand and extend to the surrounding area year by year.

Wan Chun was pointing to the back of Lishan Mountain, where a large construction site was where craftsmen and people were in full swing building new palaces and promenade pavilions.

Wan Chun snorted and said: "In two years, the Huaqing Palace will be bigger than it is now, and there will be more pavilions and pavilions for people to enjoy. ”

Gu Qing was not interested, and gave his hand perfunctorily: "Thank you for the reward from Her Royal Highness the princess." ”

Princess Wanchun pointed to the construction site in the distance and said: "You are a talented and handsome man of the Tang Dynasty, why not write a poem at this time, if the poem is good, the palace can help you present it in front of your father, maybe your father will be promoted to your official son as soon as he is happy." ”

Gu Qing glanced at the construction site in the distance, and saw that the yellow walls and red bricks and glazed tiles of the cornices were looming in the dense woods of Lishan, and the craftsmen were standing on the roof with shelves, depicting the dragon and phoenix totems in full swing.

Gu Qing suddenly blurted out for some reason: "Every brick and tile is the people's fat and people's ointment, and the ministers have no poems to write." ”

As soon as the words came out, Gu Qing suddenly felt speechless, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness forgives your sins, and the minister is reckless." ”

Princess Wanchun was stunned for a moment, and after reading Gu Qing's words just now, her expression suddenly became excited, and she sighed: "You are right, this palace does not blame you." In fact...... The father's palace has been repaired enough, there is really no need to use the people and craftsmen to repair it every year, the heavenly family is happy, and the people are the people who suffer after all. ”

"Your Highness is a noble of the heavenly family, and it is enough to think like this, which shows that he is kind-hearted." Gu Qing is not light or heavy, and he sent it with a sycophant.

A word of insincere praise, but Wan Chun suddenly became happy, and his eyes bent into a crescent moon with a smile: "Do you think this palace is kind-hearted?" ”

"Yes. His Royal Highness's noble body of golden branches and jade leaves can think of the suffering of the people, of course, he is very kind. ”

Wan Chun said happily: "If you change the Japanese palace, I will tell my father and the emperor, and beg him to stop the fortifications of the Lishan Palace, since you praise me for being kind, I must live up to the name." ”

"Your Highness doesn't have to be like this, Your Majesty is arbitrary, don't make Your Majesty unhappy."

"It's okay, my father favors me, I'll beg him, and he will definitely agree."

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In the dense jungle behind Lishan Mountain, three middle-aged men who look like people are hiding in the jungle with their waists bent.

The winter woods are not an ideal place to hide, everything is depressed, the leaves on the trees are yellow and falling, and the ground is covered with a thick layer of dry fallen leaves, but the woods seem empty, and almost everything in the forest can be seen at a glance.

The three men escaped from the construction site of the Lishan Palace.

The leader was a burly man, in his thirties, leaning over a tree with one hand and panting, while the other two sat on the thick fallen leaves and looked up at the gray sky.

"Brother Zhao, if we run out like this, my family will probably suffer." A thin man said with a frightened expression.

The person at the head is surnamed Zhao, obviously the one who took the idea, heard the words and smacked the ground, and said viciously: "If you don't run again, you and I will be tired to death on the construction site, look at the whip marks on our bodies, the group of beasts who will be the prisoner, the attack is really ruthless, a little slow is to split the head and cover the face with a whip, and the meal is not allowed to be full, our rations do not know how much was deducted by that group of beasts, and let us do heavy work, do you know how many people have died of exhaustion on the construction site in the past few months?" ”

"It's our fate to die of exhaustion, what if we don't accept our fate?" One of them cried.

The other person said worriedly: "Brother Zhao, we are fleeing from forced labor, and we will be investigated by the Prison Commission, and we can't go back to our home, and my wife, children, and mother are still ......."

Brother Zhao's eyes showed a fierce light, and said: "It's a death to go back to work, and it's a death if you don't go back, do you and I still have a choice?" As for our families, if we die on the construction site, do you think our families will be okay? It's better to run away, and from then on, he went incognito to find individual jobs, and secretly sent home after earning money, and his wife and children also had the confidence to live. ”

The other two glanced at each other, then nodded hesitantly, and fled, now they can only believe Brother Zhao's words, in short, there is no turning back from the bow.

Brother Zhao was relieved: "Don't worry, I weighed left and right before escaping, if we die on the construction site, the pillars of the family are gone, and most of the old and weak women and children in the family will not live for a few years, but if we escape, go to the city near Chang'an to find a new job, and secretly send it home after earning money, everyone can live well, believe me, I will take you to live a good life." ”

Now that a consensus has been reached, the three of them no longer hesitated, looked at the construction site in the distance, and said softly: "I'm afraid that the general has discovered that we have escaped at this time, and we must leave Lishan quickly......"

Brother Zhao said in a deep voice: "Wait a little longer, wait until it gets dark, this morning I heard from the beast who will be the prisoner that the Son of Heaven patrolled the Huaqing Palace last night, at this time, the mountain is heavily guarded, we will be taken down by the guards when we go out of the mountain forest, wait patiently, we may be able to run out of the mountain after dark." ”