Chapter Twenty-Three: The Emperor's Night Talk
Looking at the figure of Li Shimin leaving, Xuan Shijing stood in place, it turned out that Datang had no punctuation? Am I going to create it? He shook his head, stopped thinking about these things, and continued to sit down and think.
Li Shimin returned to the palace, in the Taiji Palace, looking at the book "Spring and Autumn" brought back from Xuan Shijing, while reading, pacing, the personal attendant followed Li Shimin around behind him.
Li Shimin closed the book in his hand and called softly: "Virtue." ”
Deyi walked up to Li Shimin and bowed: "The slave is here." ”
"Set up a political hall."
"No." Deyi took three steps back, turned around and walked to the door of the main hall: "Your Majesty has a will, set up a political hall~~"
In the Lizheng Palace, Empress Changsun was sitting in front of the bookcase, Li Zhi, who was just three years old, was sitting in her arms, and Yuan'er, the personal maid, was standing aside, carefully serving the two masters.
A palace maid walked in from outside the hall and said, "Niangniang, Your Majesty is coming this way." ”77
Yuan'er stepped forward to help Empress Changsun get up, and Empress Changsun walked to the center of the hall and said, "Since Your Majesty is here, then let's go out to greet you." ”
As soon as the words fell, Li Shimin's hearty laughter came from the door: "Hahahahaha, Guanyin, what kind of false etiquette do you and I talk about between husband and wife...... Oh? The slaves are also there. As soon as Li Shimin entered the door, he saw Li Zhi, who was still lying on the bookcase and had no time to get up.
Li Zhi hurriedly put down the brush in his hand, got up and walked in front of Li Shimin, and bowed: "Erchen has seen his father." ”
"No courtesy." Li Shimin smiled and touched Li Zhi's little head.
"Your Majesty has never been so happy today, why is he so happy when he comes back from a trip to Xuanwei Hou's Mansion?" Empress Changsun naturally found that Li Shimin was in a good mood, so she asked out loud.
"I went to the Xuanwei Marquis Mansion and met Jing'er after paying homage to Mingde, and Jing'er really gave me a big surprise." Li Shimin walked into the hall with a smile, walked to the bookcase, and sat down.
Empress Changsun instructed the maid to take Li Zhi to the nurse, and then followed Li Shimin and sat down next to the bookcase. instructed the maid to take a stove to warm Li Shimin's hands, and instructed Yuan'er to go to the small kitchen to cook some hot soup.
Empress Eldest Sun said, "I don't know what surprise this Jing'er gave His Majesty?" ”
Li Shimin laughed, took the furnace handed over by the palace maid, and handed the "Spring and Autumn" in his hand to Empress Changsun.
Empress Changsun took the book in Li Shimin's hand, and at first glance, this is an ordinary "Spring and Autumn", and she flipped through it for two nights at random, except for some symbols between the words, it is indeed very ordinary.
After closing the book, Empress Changsun raised her head and looked at Li Shimin: "Your Majesty said that you were surprised, but the symbols drawn on this book?" ”
"Haha, Guanyin is still as smart as ever." Li Shimin did not hesitate to praise.
Empress Changsun smiled lightly, where is this wisdom, but when she flipped through this book, she saw that Li Shimin's eyes kept falling on these strange symbols.
In this harem, if the eldest grandson queen does not have the ability to see and listen to all directions, she will not sit firmly on the throne of this harem, Li Shimin's love for her life, not only is she twelve years old and followed him through ups and downs for so many years, Li Shimin loves her and understands him.
"Your Majesty, the concubine is not smart, the concubine is also guessed, this is obviously an ordinary "Spring and Autumn", but Your Majesty treats it so differently, the concubine looked through it and found that in addition to the strange symbols above, this book is no different from other books, so I guessed that this mystery lies in these symbols." Empress Eldest Sun smiled.
"Indeed." Li Shimin nodded: "Guanyin, do you remember that when I was young, in the academy, what was the most basic and most important thing that Mr. taught?" ”
"Has Your Majesty forgotten? The concubine has also entered the school, at first, the most Mr. taught was of course literacy and sentences" Speaking of which, Empress Changsun seemed to understand something, and looked down again at the "Spring and Autumn Period" in her hand.
After reading two pages silently, Empress Eldest Sun also showed a surprised expression, raised her head and looked at Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, is this created by Jing'er?" ”
Li Shimin nodded: "Exactly, at first, I was surprised when I understood these symbols, no less than Guanyin." ”
"Your Majesty, with these symbols, it will be much easier for my Tang Dynasty students to enlighten them." Empress Eldest Sun is so smart, how could she not know the role of this punctuation mark.
"Yes, in the past, it was difficult to read a book, and it was difficult to break the sentence, to know that a sentence, if the sentence was not broken properly, the meaning of this was very different." Li Shimin said.
Empress Eldest Sun put the book in her hand on the desk and asked, "Your Majesty, Jing'er reads "Spring and Autumn" on weekdays? ”
"Yes, I said I had nothing to do, so I flipped through some of them." Li Shimin said: "I read the broken sentences in this book, there is no mistake, I think I have already read it. Jing'er is so smart, there are successors to Mingde. But Jing'er, this kid, is different from his father, he looks like a little slippery, Guanyin, guess what, when I took this book away in the Hou Mansion today, what did Jing'er say? Speaking of this, Li Shimin smiled bitterly, with a helpless face.
"Oh? Seeing Your Majesty like this, what did Jing'er say that made Your Majesty angry? As he spoke, he got up.
Yuan'er brought out the boiled soup, and Empress Eldest Sun took it, returned to the bookcase, and brought the bowl with the hot soup to Li Shimin.
Li Shimin took the hot soup in the hands of Empress Changsun and took a sip: "That kid actually begged me for a reward, a good thing to educate the people, let this kid speak, how to listen to how to make people angry, Guanyin, tell me, Jing'er, this kid, is it out of the eyes of money." Li Shimin complained a little, and could only vomit in front of Empress Changsun: "Today in the royal hunting ground, when Jing'er presented the pine flower egg to you and me, it was obviously pickled in his own house, but he changed his mouth and told me that he bought it from Shanpinfang in the west city of Chang'an City, and let me publicize it to him in vain." ”
Empress Eldest Sun listened to Li Shimin's words, covered her mouth and chuckled: "Your Majesty, Jing'er is still a child, how can she have the bearing of Mingde, Your Majesty's requirements for Jing'er are too high, you see that Jing'er is only four years old now, and she can familiarize herself with "Spring and Autumn", what else is Your Majesty not satisfied with?" ”
Li Shimin sighed: "Yes, I have very high expectations for Jing'er, after all, he is the only heir of Mingde." Speaking of this, Li Shimin couldn't help but sigh.
Empress Changsun didn't say anything, she knew that Li Shimin was missing Xuan Mingde, and the deep friendship between Li Shimin and Xuan Mingde and a courtier of Tiance Mansion, she could understand, especially Xuan Mingde, who had retired and returned to his hometown, but he heard that Erlang was in trouble, and he came all the way to Chang'an to help, but he didn't expect that this time, he would never go back.
"Guanyin, it's the end of the year, I'm also busy with government affairs, Chengqian has been by my side, I know, I don't know how Qingque and the young slave are doing recently." Li Shimin asked.
"Qingque has been staying in the Wude Palace, reading and practicing dance all day long, very motivated, speaking of young slaves, recently has been following the concubines, learning to read and write in this Lizheng Palace." Empress Changsun said: "Speaking of which, Your Majesty, the concubine has thought of it, Jing'er is four years old after the New Year, and the age of the young slave is also similar. It's not a good thing for Jing'er to be bored in the house like this, although he reads a lot, but there must always be a famous teacher to teach him to understand things. ”
Li Shimin nodded in agreement: "Guanyin is very right, this matter will be handled by you, tomorrow I will summon a few ministers in the Taiji Hall to discuss this punctuation matter, after all, this is the gospel of my students in the Tang Dynasty." ”