Chapter 659: Little girls who add fuel to the fire
This is not Li Xian's first summer in Datang.
To be sure, the weather was nowhere near as hot as it was in the 21st century. The Northwest Desert, which was later famous, is now a lush green wilderness. Even, in the Hexi region bordering the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, it is necessary to set fire to the forest every year to artificially create a certain depth of wilderness, so as to prevent the Tubo people from taking advantage of this small-scale raid. So, due to the abundance of vegetation, the temperature is not so high in summer today.
However, nowadays there is no air conditioning and no fans! Fortunately, the Tang Dynasty is open, and the big girls and little daughters-in-law can wear revealing shirts and skirts to openly swagger through the market, if they can't show their necks, arms, and can't show this and that like some pedantic eras, I'm afraid that those poor little women will be the first to suffer from heat stroke.
Women are certainly open, but men can't, especially high-ranking officials, and it's impossible to be shirtless. Countless sanctimonious officials prayed for rain and for cooling. When I learned from some secret channels that Li Xian dug a strange swimming pool in his house, and even played in the water with his wife, there were countless people who imitated him for a while.
Even an old man like the old Shangguan Hao Chujun can't help but consider whether they can borrow swimming to exercise ---- just the damn summer of the past few months, their appetite has been greatly reduced, and the meat on their bodies has suddenly lost more than ten catties.
Li Xian is much happier than these people, the reason is very simple, that Miss Su, who has first-class cooking skills, is now a cooking instructor in his family, attracting a group of women to study diligently, even the two pregnant women of Cheng Bohu and Xue Dingshan's family are no exception. Although this cooking class for pregnant women is a bit strange, it is mainly about making soups and snacks these days. Without the trouble of oil smoke, he just let it go.
Anyway, he can still feast on the food and divert the attention of the tigress, so why not?
Because it's okay to be in such a gear, when all the staff lose weight under a heavy work load, Li Xian's weight is growing against the trend, although the amplitude is small, but it is enough to be enviable. And this time. Some people finally figured out the truth, when the two mountains were pressed on the top of their heads, many people were still dissatisfied with one of the mountains, and now it seems that if it weren't for the diligent Empress Wu taking up too much work, a few of their old bones would probably be drilled to death.
In this case, Shangguan Yi and Hao Chujun discussed it. Then he invited Pei Yan and Liu Zhi to his house in the evening. After chattering all night, the next day the four of them came to the East Palace together and put an issue directly in front of Li Xian---- either recruiting Pei Xingjian and Li Jingxuan, who were in Chang'an, back, or adding newcomers in the political hall. All in all, there are only four people left in the political hall now, which is definitely not enough!
"I want to bring those two back, too. So please tell the four of you, who will stay in Chang'an? ”
Looking at the four prime ministers on the opposite side who suddenly became dumb, Li Xian sighed with a headache: "Father, queen and queen mother like Luoyang, but this Chang'an is the imperial capital after all, and it is not a way to do it without a decent person in charge, unless you issue an edict to the world and change Luoyang to the imperial capital, this thing will not work." ”
"There's a way."
The old Shangguan pulled his beard. Soon came up with an idea: "Although Tubo has been making small moves, now there are many famous generals in the northwest. There is Wang Fangyi, there is Black Tooth Changzhi, and Cheng Wuting, who has just come to support. This Lao Liu doesn't have to sit there all the time, he is old, wouldn't it be right to transfer him back to Chang'an? ”
What a cunning old official. is obviously worried that Liu Renliang will rob you of the chief prime minister. actually sent people to Chang'an for the elderly! Who doesn't know that now his supreme father and mother are putting on a posture of staying in Luoyang and not leaving, and almost all the magnates of Chang'an are now gathered in Luoyang. Although it is not miserable and miserable, it is not as prosperous and lively as before.
However, it is annoying enough for an old Shangguan and Old Man Hao to be wordy in his ears, plus a Liu Renliang, it is estimated that he will have to jump into Luoshui, this idea is beneficial to him anyway!
So, Liu Renliang, who was sitting in Liangzhou, was inexplicably calculated by this old man and young man. As for Hao Chujun, Pei Yan and Liu Zhi, there is not much objection to this.
Although it is claimed to be selfless to the outside world, who is not selfish? As soon as this heavyweight person like Lao Liu Tou came back, their lives were not easy. In contrast, Li Jingxuan and Pei Xingjian combined, it is not as good as the deterrent power of Lao Liu Tou alone. This ensures that the people who come back to help will not share power and authority, which is undoubtedly the consensus of the prime ministers of the four political halls.
Although most of the people are worried about this hot day, it is not unpleasant. The children of ordinary families run out all day long, and the men and women of this powerful family who are about ten years old are no exception. Because the parents went to Jiucheng Palace to live a sweet and sweet world of two, the elder brother Li Xian, who was in charge of the control, was so busy that he couldn't see anyone every day, and the sisters-in-law were all collectively engaged in a cooking competition, and Li Lingyue and Li Xulun were left alone at the same time.
The latter can still calm down and read books in the study to practice calligraphy, and the former is suddenly like a bird released in a cage, pulling Shangguan Wan'er Awei around the door, this sudden attack caught countless people off guard, and at the same time, it also made her pull up a small team. After the little girl learned the demeanor of the eldest sister, she couldn't help but fantasize that she could become a character like Qu Tushenruo in the future, so she promised to do everything she could to intimidate people when pulling people.
Although she is still young at the age of eight, the identity of Princess Taiping is there, and she is assisted by Shangguan Wan'er and Ah Wei on the left and right, and her momentum is naturally extraordinary. When Li Xian finally learned of his sister's great achievements, a group of little girls had already driven out of the city to learn to hunt! Although these little girls didn't forget to bring their entourage, just the small list of preliminary statistics was enough to make Li Xian's jaw drop.
In addition to the three leaders of Li Lingyue and Shangguan Wan'er Awei, there are also Hao Chujun's youngest granddaughter, Liu Zhi's cousin's niece, Pei Yandi's niece, and Cheng Wutingdi's eldest daughter...... There are more than a dozen of them, and there is even an eleven-year-old sister of Quan Xiancheng in the middle! Although the ladies of the Tang Dynasty have all practiced horseback riding since childhood, Li Xian still felt an inexplicable twitch at the corner of his mouth when he thought of countless little children running to learn from adults to hunt.
Shangguan Yi wanted to admit that he had no way to teach his granddaughter, but in fact, this granddaughter was out of his charge for a long time, so he could only glare at Li Xian angrily. As for Hao Chujun, Pei Yan, and Liu Zhi, they didn't expect that the three little girls who were usually obedient would actually get involved in this ***. As for the other officials who were called by Shangguan Yi at this time, there were fewer worried expressions on their faces and more smug expressions.
Everyone knows that Princess Taiping Li Lingyue is the most favored daughter of Li Zhiwu, and the most beloved sister of Li Hong and Li Xian, and this is definitely not a bad thing. Besides, what's wrong with hunting, such a large group of followers are huddled to hunt, will something happen?
Could it be so ideal? Under the surprised gaze of everyone, I saw that during the absence of the two princes, His Royal Highness the Prince, who had carried a heavy burden on one shoulder, jumped up from his seat and rushed out like a gust of wind. After a while, there was a shout from outside to assign tasks, and it was the entire prince guard who was dispatched.
There are several granddaughters of Hao Chujun, and at this time, he can't even think of which granddaughter was abducted by Li Lingyue and them, so he gently bumped Shangguan Yi with his elbow: "Old Shangguan, nothing really happened, right?" ”
"Heaven is evil, it is forgivable, self-inflicted, you can't ......live" Shangguan Yi muttered and nagged for a while, and suddenly beat his chest and said, "If I knew this, I wouldn't have let Wan'er and Princess Taiping mix together!" used to be a good little girl who likes to read, but now she is obsessed with those who fight and kill! ”
The old Shangguan repented a little later, because the Shangguan family was still a famous family, and Shangguan Wan'er's fate deviated from the trajectory that Li Xian knew. Although she still shows a high literary talent, since she is surrounded by fierce women, she is not a lady. On this day, in full view of everyone, she shot a hare with her first arrow, which attracted countless exclamations.
Of course, it's just luck. So, she shot three arrows in the air, she was so tired that she was panting and her arms were sore, and she was stunned that she didn't hit another prey. Not only her, but most of the others also gained little, but Li Lingyue, the princess of Taiping, harvested a pheasant, and she was so happy as if she had won a big battle.
The group of people used a small bow specially made by Li Xian, which was suitable for Li Lingyue's Shangguan Wan'er's age, and its effective distance was only thirty to fifty steps. This is also thanks to the fact that the three little girls have all practiced archery with Qu Tushenruo, otherwise they would have been soft on the bow after firing a few times.
The arrows were almost consumed, and they barely had a little gain, and seeing that it was not early, everyone was ready to go home. At this moment, Li Lingyue suddenly saw a small red fox emerging from the bushes, and saw that the shape was similar to the shape of the moon civet that Li Xian brought to her, but the fur was bright red.
As soon as he saw someone, the little red fox immediately turned around and ran towards the woods. Li Lingyue, who was overjoyed, didn't care about the sore shoulders that she was shouting just now, and rushed over with a hard grip on the horse's belly.
The docile pony naturally did not disobey the master's orders, and immediately rushed into the forest with Li Lingyue on his back. This sudden move immediately made a group of entourages panic, and even Shangguan Wan'er and Ah Wei were dumbfounded, and they both chased after them without thinking about anything. As soon as the two of them ran like this, they immediately led another group of people.
Shangguan Wan'er also shouted while chasing: "Hey, princess, come back quickly!" ”
With her shouting, there was a faint excited cry in front of her: "Hey, look where you're running!" Ahh ”