Chapter 494: A Private Banquet in the Midsummer

Rong Garden is in the southwest corner of Chang'an, with shady trees and flowers in full bloom, plus the heat of Fuxia is naturally less than half. Therefore, as soon as the Li Xian brothers came out of the garden, they immediately felt a burst of heat rushing to their faces, Li Xian immediately shouted and shouted heat, Li Xulun was also there desperately wiping sweat, only the Taiping princess Li Lingyue was still in high spirits, and she sat on the same ride with Li Xian, looking east and west on the horse, looking energetic.

Since this time it was all the princes and princesses except the crown prince who were dispatched, it was too light and simple, and this safety was inevitably not guaranteed, so Li Zhi rejected Li Xian's previous entourage arrangement, and transferred one hundred elite guards of the Yulin Army before and after, plus the guards of several brothers and sisters themselves, and there was a huge group. Although all the guards have changed into civilian clothes, they are still dazzling when they walk on the street, and whether they have something to do, they will cast their eyes on this place.

As I said earlier, the eldest princess of Linchuan is not the sister of Li Zhi's mother, but compared to those princesses who are really with Li Zhi's mother and are from the eldest grandson queen, she is the luckiest.

Li Zhi's fourth sister-in-law, Princess Changle, died early, otherwise she would die depressed if she saw the collapse of the eldest grandson's family; Princess Jinyang died early; The princess of Xincheng also married to the eldest grandson's family, and later remarried Wei Zhengju because the eldest grandson family was unlucky, but she was abused by the concubine and died, and finally Wei Zhengju was beheaded, and the Wei family was exiled, and even the matchmaker Princess Dongyang was implicated in exile.

Therefore, as the eldest princess of Linchuan who was praised as a model of grooming and virtue, at the beginning of Li Zhi's ascension to the throne. With an article "Ode to Filial Piety Awarded, even if she is not said to be a standout in Chang'an City, it is one of the few, whether it is a mansion or other treatment, it is far above the ordinary eldest princess, plus the horse Zhou Daowu is both cautious and good at being an official, so she can be described as a long-sleeved and good dancer, and she is exquisite.

Even if you don't look at Zhou Xiao, you are still reading in front of King Yong's mansion. Li Xian also has a very good relationship with this aunt. I often walk around during the day. They have also helped each other many times. However, close to closeness, the whims and various means of this aunt are a problem in his heart, so when he stepped into the threshold today, he actually felt a chill rushing to his face.

Entering the hall and seeing the ice basins on all sides, he found the source of the cold. When he was breathing a sigh of relief, he saw the eldest princess of Linchuan and Li Shen, the king of Ji, step forward together. After seeing the relatives of the family one by one, they entered the link of giving gifts, after all, there is no reason for the Venerable Master to go to the banquet at his house empty-handed. Li Xian sent a white jade vase, Li Xulun sent a set of heads, and Princess Taiping gave a delicate jade belt - needless to say, the gifts of these three people were all prepared by the Empress Wu.

The eldest princess of Linchuan knew that she ordered someone to take these. He said a lot of kind words. Only then did he turn his head to look at Li Xian with a smile: "Liulang, you are the best at giving gifts, what good things did you bring today?" ”

Since the other siblings have just given gifts. Li Xian began to muttered in his heart that his mother was favoritism, which caused him a lot of energy. At this time, as soon as he heard the eldest princess of Linchuan ask, he took a burden from Wei Tao, who was entourage, and handed it over with both hands: "I don't have anything to send, I have rectified some refined oil powder, oh, and there is also a special tranquilizing pillow, which was used well by the queen mother last time, so I will also give it to my aunt by the way." ”

In these days, the families of dignitaries and dignitaries like to make their own cosmetics, so even if men make up these things, they will not be laughed at by outsiders - because men often apply grease and powder. The eldest princess of Linchuan knew that although Li Xian didn't like these, she often got some things like roses, roses, nitrate, and lily powder for Helan Yanqu Tushenruo, and she didn't take them with her a try, so she smiled at this time. As soon as she heard the last word by the way, she couldn't help laughing, and knocked on Li Xian's shoulder with the handle of the fan, but she didn't say anything.

can get the same treatment as the martial queen, what else can she say?

King Ji Li Shen is not too young, and he has a few children, but he was still shocked to see his sister treat Li Xian and others like this. This kind of enthusiasm is not pretended to be on the surface, but it is obviously like this for many years, and over time it has become a habit, it seems that his imperial sister is really doing well in Chang'an City.

Drinking banquets, singing and dancing and the like are all old-fashioned, and the eldest princess of Linchuan is too lazy to put much effort into this kind of thing, after all, even if the princess's maiden chef has the ability, it is not as good as the queen. After she had eaten and drunk, she drove all the servants away, took out a wooden box, and deftly unfolded it, revealing a double land. As soon as they saw this, Li Lingyue and Li Xulun's eyes lit up, and even Li Xian, a gambler, was very interested all of a sudden.

Since she is a noblewoman, she doesn't have to produce, she doesn't have to weave, she doesn't have to worry about her livelihood, and a princess also has a lot of subordinate officials, and even the housekeeper's affairs can basically be picked and saved, so this is usual

Ran. Compared with those shoddy backgammon sets, the eldest princess of Linchuan is meticulously crafted. The chessboard is made of black jade, the top is poured with gold juice to form a chess line, the thirty red and black chess pieces are made of agate and black stone, and the dice are carved from ivory, all of which are carved with warm and smooth hands.

After all, he is a person who is used to playing, after two rounds, Li Xian was killed without leaving four chips, Li Lingyue and Li Xulun were naturally defeated like a mountain, and later, Li Shen, the king of Ji, also put up his sleeves and played, and the result was also defeated in an instant. The eldest princess of Linchuan, who had won seven or eight games in a row, was naturally in a very good mood, and after glancing at the pile of chips in front of her, she gently hooked her finger at Li Xian.

Although he knew that this aunt must not be at ease, but everyone else had played, Li Xian naturally couldn't retreat, so he had to sit on top of Li Shen. The level of his three-legged cat is naturally not as professional as that of the eldest princess of Linchuan, but he can't parry it after three or two clicks, and finally he simply takes the initiative to admit defeat.

With one enemy and five major victories, the eldest princess of Linchuan was complacent, but when she was packing up her things, she sighed and said: "This is to talk about Shuanglu, now there are fewer and fewer people in Manchang and I who are willing to have a game, and I can only let you accompany you, and if it goes on like this, it will be more and more leisurely." Rokuro, you have a lot of ideas, so help me think of other gadgets! ”

Sure enough, it came! Li Xian shrugged his shoulders as if he was resigned to his fate, and suddenly remembered the things that the eldest lady begged for him before, so he moved closer with a smile: "Aunt ordered, I dare to disobey my fate?" However, I also happen to have something to ask for. ”

The eldest princess of Linchuan naturally knew that Li Xian had always been the master who refused to suffer, so she glared angrily and put her ears up. It's okay not to listen to this, but after hearing it, her complexion changed suddenly, and she looked up and down Li Xian's face strangely for a long time, and she couldn't help but sneer: "It's almost the same thing for Shen Ruo or Yan Niang to come and tell me, you still care about this kind of idle thing!" That's it, I have to fight my face to go to each house to talk about it, and they are fulfilled! ”

"But you'll have to talk and make some fun games!" She stretched lazily, showing a hint of helplessness on her face, "Men can mess around outside, women don't have such convenience, I have gathered the ladies of various families to play twice a month, and now I can't find anything new to play!" ”

Relatives of the noble ministers and the emperor...... Although the Tang Dynasty does not have as many redundant officials as the subsequent dynasties, there are still many people in the entire ruling class. These people's families are the same as the eldest princess of Linchuan, there are not too many things to do outside the housekeeper, and there is nowhere to use a lot of leisure, and this day is really uncomfortable. After all, not everyone can be as unscrupulous as a man like Qu Tushen Ruo Li Yanniang.

Because this request was easier than Li Xian guessed at the beginning, and he pushed a burden to the eldest princess of Linchuan, so he was in a particularly good mood at this time, although people said that drinking tea after meals would help him maintain his health, but when the servants came up with all kinds of cold drinks, he chose a glass of wine without hesitation, and laughed with Li Shen, the king of Ji next to him, while sipping - this eldest princess of Linchuan is really sociable, and her younger brothers and sisters who used to pester him the most ran to her side to play with glass beads.

Li Xian and Ji Wang Li Shenman have met only a few times, and they may not have said more than twenty words together. However, he has always been talkative, and Li Shen is not a stuffy gourd, so when they got together and chatted, the topic began to diverge to the south, east, west, and northwest, and the uncle and nephew finally simply left the others and ran to the courtyard to continue talking.

Since he was basically acquainted, Li Shen talked about Li Zhen's falling into the water last night, anyway, no one was there, so he took the opportunity to scandalize him, and finally mentioned in a casual tone that a certain maid on Mrs. Rongguo's boat was a good girl.

This talk was a common thing among the powerful, however, as soon as Li Xian heard the dress of the maid described by Li Shen, his heart suddenly burst into flames. Last night, he also noticed that his grandmother brought Wu Huiniang out when she was swimming in the lake, but he didn't expect that among so many people, someone still noticed her, could it be that this is the so-called natural beauty that is difficult to give up?

He looked at Li Shen while agreeing, and found that this uncle's eyes flickered, as if he had something to hide, and he immediately paid more attention. As soon as I pondered this brain, a very ridiculous possibility suddenly jumped into my mind - Li Zhen, the king of Yue, fell into the water last night and was a little inexplicable, wouldn't it be because he was greedy for beauties?

If Li Shen knew that his temptation would actually make Li Xian guess the real situation, he would definitely be annoyed, but he didn't know now, so he could only continue his flawed temptation - he had been highly praised when he was the assassin of Xiangzhou, but this language ability and political ability could not match, which may also be a very headache.

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