July is approaching, it is already the height of summer, under the long-term drought and no rain, the sky is more hot and panicked, this is not the time, the temperature is already frighteningly high, even if it is dressed in a single clothes to hide in the shadows, it is difficult to escape the invasion of the heat wave, not to mention wearing neat court clothes standing under the hot sun, this is like the pain of the furnace is really not so easy to suffer, a group of ministers standing outside the door of the East Palace have already sweated through heavy clothes, all as if they have just been caught up in the water, but no one dares to move slightly, not only because Gaozong is coming, Even more because the crown prince Li Xian stood in front of everyone.

The rudeness in front of the king is not a fun thing, the ministers and workers don't dare to have anything to lose in this, but they are quiet and quiet, and the eyes of everyone looking at Li Xian are full of complicated looks, for no other reason, just because the ministers not only know, but also have seen how amazing the scale of the refugee tide on Xiaoju South Street is, the ministers who are close to the Empress Wu are of course gloating, and the ministers who are close to Li Xian can't help but be worried, but no matter what they think in their hearts, on such occasions, But no one dared to show the slightest, so they could only quietly wait for the arrival of Gaozong and Empress Wu.

"His Majesty the Emperor and the Queen of Heaven have arrived!"

Waiting and waiting, until the time has come, the courtiers who look at the autumn water finally waited for the arrival of the imperial car, but listening to the drum music in the noisy sky, waving the flag, a large group of Yulin soldiers energetically escorted a brilliant gold chrome car from the gate of heaven, with Cheng Denggao's shrill and high-pitched shouting sounded, the curtain of the car was lifted, and the martial queen in a bright yellow single robe and the queen of the martial arts in a purple dress had been served by a group of small eunuchs, bent down and got out of the carriage.

"The ministers (ministers, etc.) knock to see His Majesty the Emperor, and knock to see the Queen of Heaven."

As soon as they saw Gaozong and Empress Wu appear, Li Xian and the others, who had been waiting for a long time, did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly rushed to the front according to their ranks, and paid their respects.

"All of you Aiqing are all safe."

Although the weather was very hot, it was not hindered by Gaozong's good mood, at this time, facing everyone's great salute, but seeing Gaozong raised his hand with a smile on his face, he shouted warmly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long Grace, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Since Gaozong had already called, the ministers and workers did not dare to slack off, and thanked them in unison according to the custom, and stood up and stood on both sides.

"Father, mother, and son-in-law have prepared everything, please invite the father and queen mother to enter and sit down with the son-in-law."

After seeing the ceremony, Li Xian didn't dare to let the frail Gaozong be exposed to more sunlight under the sun, so he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down to ask for instructions.

"Well, okay, Xian'er will lead the way."

Although Gaozong had two little eunuchs prop up the canopy for him in time as soon as he got out of the carriage, which was regarded as blocking the hot sun, but just after a little delay at the palace gate, he was already sweating profusely in the sultry weather, and he didn't want to stay in this place any longer, so he agreed with a smile, and was accompanied by Li Xian to the deep palace.

"The concubine knocks to see Your Majesty, knocks to see the mother!"

"Grandson to the imperial grandfather, imperial grandmother please be safe!"

Gaozong and the others just walked to the front of Binshan, but they saw Princess Zhao Qiong, Princess Mingyue, and Yanhong each leading a son to greet them, and they each paid their respects.

"Excuse me, excuse me, heavy righteousness, come, come to the emperor's grandfather."

Although Gaozong people are weak and cowardly, they are extremely affectionate, especially love their children and grandchildren, especially Li Chongyi, who looks like a pink carving, is the most popular, since February, Gaozong has not been less specially announced that Li Chongyi entered the palace as a companion, and now he saw his beloved grandson, how can he take care of the courtesy of a group of daughters-in-law, and said a perfunctory sentence, and then beckoned to Li Chongyi with a smile.

"Grandpa."

Don't look at Li Chongyi is only six years old, but his mind is quite lively, when he should be calm and serious, when he should be cute, but he is also very tight, Gaozong just called, this little guy has already jumped into Gaozong's arms in a hurry, and called with a coquettish meaning, not to mention how sweet the small mouth is.

"Hey, Xiaoyi, I haven't entered the palace in the past two days, do you want to be grandpa?"

Gaozong was rarely the majesty of the emperor, and at this time, he was holding his little grandson, and he was even more like an old man, licking the calf, and regardless of the ministers waiting behind him, he laughed and teased Xiao Chongyi.

"Yes, my grandson wants to come to the emperor's grandfather every day, but Yi'er has to learn literature and practice martial arts, so he can't accompany the emperor's grandfather every day."

Xiao Chongyi drooped in Gaozong's arms, tilted his head, and said with a look of regret, the child's voice was crisp and pleasant, and it was really cute to the extreme.

"That's the case, what has Xiaoyi read, it's better to listen to the emperor's grandfather?"

Gaozong scratched Xiao Chongyi's nose lovingly, and asked with a smile.

"Back to the emperor's grandfather's words, Yi'er has finished reading "Thousand Character Text", and Mr. has said that from next month, it will be the "Analects" of Yi'er, and then there will be "Spring and Autumn", "University", "Historical Records", etc., there are many, many more, Yi'er can't be counted."

Speaking of achievements, Xiao Chongyi's face immediately showed a proud look, and he pointed at his fingers and muttered crisply, so that Gao Zong's mouth couldn't close with a smile.

"Okay, good, my little Yi'er has grown up and can read and write, good, very good, come, and go to the feast with the emperor's grandfather."

Gaozong was amused by the innocence of Xiao Chongyi, and took Xiao Chongyi's hand with great pity, and walked to the deep palace with a smile, and a group of people saw this, and they did not dare to delay a little, and they started to follow behind, and after a while, they had already arrived in the Mingde Palace, but they saw that the hall had already prepared a few dishes and chopsticks and other things, and there was no food presented.

"Xian'er, where is the feast you are talking about?"

I sat down, but most of the time, but I didn't see the food presented, and others didn't dare to ask, but Gaozong couldn't help it, so he waved his hand and called Li Xian, who was standing on the side, and asked suspiciously.

"Father, please wait, and the son will order a banquet."

Li Xian replied respectfully, and then high-fived, and then saw a team of palace maids in full costume holding food boxes from outside the hall, and neatly listed all kinds of dishes one by one on the few in front of everyone.

"Buzz ......"

All the ministers and workers arrived at the East Palace early in the morning, and stayed up for a long time under the sun, and their stomachs were already empty.

"Xian'er, what are these things, I don't know how to do it, can it be an entrance?"

Not only were the ministers at a loss, but Gaozong was also puzzled, stretched out his hand and pointed at the dishes on a few pieces, and asked in a daze.

"Back to my father's words, these are all good seeds that the child brought from overseas, all of them are planted by the children themselves, and the recipes are also ground out by the children many times, each of which is a delicacy, this is a peanut, this is a roasted sweet potato, and this is a corn bone broth......"

Facing Gaozong's doubts, Li Xian smiled confidently, pointed out the various dishes on the table, and explained them one by one.

"Oh? In fact, Xian'er has a heart, but how to use this thing? ”

Hearing what Li Xian said so mysteriously, Gaozong was really a little interested, and after looking at the food full of a few sons, he then picked up a peanut with a shell, pinched it, and felt that it was very hard, but he didn't dare to enter it easily, so he asked suspiciously.

"Father, the name of this thing is Luopeanut, it must be peeled before it can be entered, and Rong Erchen will demonstrate one or two."

Li Xian explained with a smile, picked up a peanut from a few pieces in front of Gaozong, and with a slight force on his fingers, he had already broken the shell, and after a little pulling, the two saltwater peanuts were already in the palm of his hand, and he didn't talk any more nonsense, so he stuffed it directly into his mouth, chewed it a few times, and his mouth was full of fragrance.

"Grandpa Huang, this saltwater peanut is fragrant, Yi'er will peel it for you to eat."

Xiao Chongyi had tasted the taste of peanuts before, and he knew the deliciousness of this thing, at this time, seeing that Gaozong still had a hesitation, he immediately took a peanut skillfully, and bit it with his teeth, only to hear the sound of "Yuanyuan", the shell has cracked, Xiao Chongyi peeled it off with his small hand, and took out the two peanut kernels inside, held it in the palm of his hand, and obediently handed it to Gaozong.

"Good, good, good, just eat it."

Facing the peanuts peeled by his grandson, Gao Zongzi did not doubt him, took it with a smile, and was about to send it to his mouth.

"Your Majesty, slow down, this thing must be tested before it can be eaten, come on, test it!"

Empress Wu didn't like Li Xian, hated the house and Wuxia, and didn't like Xiao Chongyi very much, seeing his grandson so happy before, he was already dissatisfied, and at this time, seeing Gaozong listening to Xiao Chongyi's words like this, he was even more angry, so he found a reason and interrupted Gaozong's excitement.

"This ......, then let's test it."

The emperor's banquet was originally accompanied by eunuchs who tried food, and every dish must be tested before it can be eaten, which is customized, but Li Xian had already taken the lead in using it before, and there was no need to come to such a procedure, and Gaozong himself did not have this mind, but Empress Wu had already opened his mouth, but Gaozong was not good at opposing in public, and after a little hesitation, he still agreed to Empress Wu's words, but he couldn't help but have a little apology in his eyes when he looked at Li Chongyi.

The food test is not complicated, there are two procedures, one is to use a silver needle to probe the food, to see if there is a discoloration reaction, this one is very fast, the eunuchs who are responsible for the food inspection are all veterans, and the movements are very familiar, but in a moment, all the dishes placed in front of Gaozong have been tried, and no problems have been found, as for the second procedure, it is not difficult, that is, it is up to someone to try it, but it is fast to eat, but it takes a stick of incense to wait for the reaction, before the results come out, The crowd had nothing else to do except sit down, so the atmosphere in the hall couldn't help but be a little dull......