Empress Wu admires Li Rizhi very much, this young courtier has some skills, and he is a well-rounded person, not the kind of nerd who can only read, especially he is very respectful to himself, which is especially valuable to Empress Wu, such a young courtier naturally has to be treated well.

Empress Wu said to Li Rizhi: "Li Aiqing, this palace feels that the winter in Bocheng County seems to be colder than other places, is it the feeling of this palace wrong?" ”

Li Rizhi really didn't know this question, he didn't know if the winter in Bocheng County was colder than other places, and he had never spent winter here before.

Li Rizhi said: "Back to Niangniang's words, the minister did not feel that the winter in Bocheng County was colder, but felt that the winter in Bocheng County seemed to be warmer than Chang'an, maybe it was closer to Mount Tai!" ”

Empress Wu smiled and nodded, and said: "Maybe that's the case, it is estimated that it is because Bocheng County is very close to Mount Tai, and Mount Tai is so high that it is in the world, and this mountain absorbs the essence of the sun and the moon, so it affects Bocheng County, so that the winter in Bocheng County is slightly warmer than other places!" The palace came here for the first time, but there was no such experience, if it wasn't for Li Aiqing's explanation, then the palace thought that the winter here was colder! ”

Empress Wu really belongs to herself, it seems that she does not want to say whether the winter in Bocheng County is cold or hot, mainly to say that Mount Tai has absorbed the essence of the sun and the moon, so it is very correct to run to Mount Tai to seal Zen!

And as the queen of the empire, if she can sacrifice heaven and earth as a sub-sacrifice when she is enshrined in Zen, then presumably the essence of the sun and the moon will also be distributed to her, so that she will handle the state affairs for the emperor in the future, which should be regarded as justified.

Anyway, now Empress Wu likes to move closer to the Zen Ceremony for everything, which seems to be reminding the courtiers all the time that as long as the Zen Ceremony is over, the courtiers will no longer question the reasonableness and legitimacy of her approval of the chapter.

For this kind of words, Li Rizhi doesn't know how to answer it, of course he will pat himself on the back, but such a shooting method is too obvious, and he will feel embarrassed.

But the emperor, who was lying next to him, said at this time: "After walking this way, where there is a warm place, it is very cold, especially in this Bocheng County, it is even more cold, I feel that I am going to suffer from the wind and cold!" ”

This is a good answer, Li Rizhi hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you feel that it is getting colder and colder, because when you set off from Chang'an, it was still autumn, and you walked here in Bocheng County, it was already winter, and naturally it was getting colder and colder, this is the relationship between the seasons, not because the winter in Bocheng County is colder, presumably Chang'an at this time should also be snowing!" ”

The Emperor snorted and said, "That's just as well. By the way, Li Aiqing, I heard that you have an auspicious place here, it's a big tree, right, that big tree grows very strange, I don't know how strange it is, is it exactly the same as the picture? ”

About the big tree, Empress Wu has already told the emperor, after all, only if the emperor goes to see that auspicious place, Empress Wu can go together, so as long as the emperor's curiosity is aroused, then it will become a logical thing to go to see auspicious rui.

Li Rizhi hurriedly said: "Back to Your Majesty, that big tree is indeed auspicious, the minister has read many biographies, and he has traveled a lot of places, but he has never seen such a strange tree!" Sometimes the minister wonders, will this strange tree have existed since the Qin and Han dynasties, so when the Qin Emperor and Han Wu were in Mount Tai to seal Zen, will they also see this big tree? ”

Empress Wu was greatly satisfied when she heard this, and she smiled and said, "Really? That tree actually has been there since the Qin and Han dynasties, if so, then when Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty came to Mount Tai to seal Zen, maybe they really saw this tree! ”

What Empress Wu said, but with a positive meaning in it, what Li Rizhi said just now was possible, and what Empress Wu said was affirmative.

The emperor was also interested at this time, he sat up from the bed, and said, "Then you say that this big tree, could it be that Qin Shi Huang planted it back then?" ”

The emperor's imagination was even richer, and he directly thought that it was a tree planted by Qin Shi Huang.

Li Rizhi is very interesting, of course he has to say it according to this meaning.

Li Rizhi said: "The minister thinks it is very likely, the reason why the big tree is auspicious is because it grows very tall, and the canopy is like a canopy, although it is in the middle of winter, but because the branches are particularly dense, so even if the leaves have fallen off, but the crown of this big tree still looks like an umbrella cover, just like the umbrella cover of the emperor's car in the Qin and Han dynasties, so the minister thinks that this big tree, maybe it was really planted by Qin Shi Huang himself!" ”

The emperor clapped his hands and smiled: "Then tomorrow you must go and see, you must go and see!" ”

Empress Wu said to Li Rizhi: "Li Aiqing, you go and prepare, if you need anything, then you can discuss foreign affairs with Xu Jingzong, and you can go to Tong Guinu for internal affairs." ”

Li Rizhi got up and agreed, and went out.

Empress Wu turned around and saw that the emperor was lying down again, so she said, "Your Majesty, but you have suffered from the wind and cold, do you have a fever?" ”

As she spoke, she reached out and touched the emperor's forehead and found that there was no fever.

The emperor said, "It's just that I'm a little tired, but everything else is pretty good." ”

Empress Wu thought for a while and said, "Then it's better to drink some hot ginger soup to sweat, and then sleep warmly!" ”

The emperor said: "It's not necessary to sleep, it's better to call the dancing girl to come in and perform songs and dances." ”

Empress Wu immediately stopped: "It's better to have a good rest, if you want to watch singing and dancing, it's not too late to go back to Chang'an to watch it, the Zen Ceremony is about to begin, you still need to cultivate your body and cultivate your temperament, fasting and bathing." ”

The emperor couldn't, lying on the bed tossing and turning, sighing and sighing, but Empress Wu just pretended not to hear, anyway, she called singing and dancing at the banquet, she would never agree to this kind of thing, the emperor is willing to turn over and over, then let him continue to turn over and over.

Li Rizhi went straight to Xu Jingzong, and after the two met, they told what happened in Bocheng County during this time face to face.

After talking for a while, Li Rizhi said: "Xu Xiang, the queen summoned me just now, but she didn't mention the case of Zhen Mengde and Wu Penghui, I wonder if she will pursue it in the future?" ”

Xu Jingzong said: "The queen mother will not ask, this matter has nothing to do with you, and after the Zen ceremony, when she returns to Chang'an, the queen mother will turn over this case, but at that time, it is not to say that Zhen Mengde and Wu Penghui are shrimp loaches, it must be some other people, you don't want to mix this matter anymore, it is not good for you." ”

Li Rizhi nodded, silent, he wants to take up a post in Bocheng County, and he will not return to Chang'an in a short time, it seems that he can avoid the disputes between the DPRK and China.

Xu Jingzong was also quite interested in that big tree, and mentioned a few words to Li Rizhi, and when he waited until tomorrow, he planned to appreciate and appreciate this great auspicious rui.

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