Li Chun was satisfied with Li Mao's eastward transfer of grain, but when he met Li Mao, Li Chun's expression was always light, Li Mao was terrified, but there was a little rumor about the Perfume Temple that reached Li Chun's ears, and he was the result of raiding his family and exterminating his family.

At that moment, he hated the person who set up the game.

Fortunately, Li Chun's bad mood was not because of this, he said to Li Mao sadly: "Wu Shaoyang is seriously ill, and he will live in a few days." ”

Changyi Jiedu Envoy (Huaixi Jiedu Envoy) Wu Shaoyang was originally Li Xilie's general, Li Xilie was killed by Chen Xianqi, Wu Shaoyang killed Chen Xianqi again, and he was self-endicated, and it has been more than 20 years since the second year of Zhenyuan.

Wu Shaoyang was seriously ill, and Li Chun was a little sad, but Li Chun was not sad about Wu Shaoyang's death, but because of his death, Caizhou made waves again. The war in Xichuan was not settled, and the Heluo area was hit by a major flood, and the imperial court really couldn't have the energy to deal with the changes in Huaixi.

Li Mao persuaded: "Wu Shaoyang's brother Wu Shaocheng is very ambitious, Wu Shaoyang can still hold him alive, once Wu Shaoyang dies, it is difficult to ensure that Wu Shaocheng will not replace him." According to the minister's humble opinion, if Wu Shaoyang dies, the court can immediately issue an edict to appoint Wu Shaocheng's son as the envoy of the festival, suppress Wu Shaoyang, and make him contain each other, and the court will sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. If Wu Shaocheng rebelled, the imperial court improvised a crusade against the division, and at that time, the hearts of the people in Huaixi were fluctuating, and they could go down every day. ”

Li Chundao: "How can the imperial court treat its subordinates with such methods of roosters and dogs, it is inappropriate." ”

Li Mao said: "Wu Shaoyang has been in Caizhou for more than 20 years, and his official reputation is good. ”

Li Chun said: "This is very appropriate. "That is, he ordered Tutu Chengguang to go to the Hanlin Academy to pass the edict and draft the edict, and Wu Shaoyang inspected the school. His son moved to the left of the general of the Longwu Army, and then selected four doctors from the Tai Hospital to go to Caizhou to ask for medicine.

After finishing this matter, a smile appeared on Li Chun's sad face, and he said to Li Mao: "I didn't expect you to have some concept of the overall situation, this time you have food and grass, you quickly send the envoy back to Jianzhou, so that Gao Chongwen and Yan Li can rest assured." ”

Li Mao hurriedly said: "Please also ask Your Majesty to send a decree, they have always believed in the words of the ministers." ”

Li Chun smiled: "I didn't expect your reputation to be so poor, so I didn't deceive them." ”

Li Mao said: "Expedient, most of the time the minister still tells the truth. ”

Li Chun raised his eyebrows, and his eyes showed a cold glow: "In this way, what you said to me is also false." ”

Li Mao exclaimed: "Don't dare, the minister has always known everything in front of His Majesty, and what he said was all the truth, and he didn't dare to hide it in the slightest." ”

Li Chun smiled and said, "I just said casually, you don't have to be so nervous, get up." ”

Liu Xiguang, who was outside the hall, saw that the two were talking for a while, and hurriedly came in to remind Li Chun to go to the Zhonghe Diannan Stadium to play.

Li Chun was full of interest and asked Li Mao to go along, Li Mao was afraid of being embarrassed to meet Guo Guifei, so he didn't want to go, but Li Chunren had already gotten up and left, and he didn't give him a chance to resign at all.

Li Chun is good at polo, and he will play a game with the guards of the forbidden army in the palace every three days, when the queen mother, the palace concubine and some relatives and ministers will be present to observe, and the situation is quite lively.

Li Mao was invited to observe this for the first time.

Therefore, when Li Mao entered with Luan, it still caused a little sensation, in the harem where there was no fashion, a nobleman lost a cat and would be talked about for a long time, not to mention a three-grade minister of the imperial court who entered with Luan?

Li Mao was nervous, he didn't dare to look at the stands, for fear of seeing that terrifying face as bright as a peach blossom.

Li Mao sat down on the grandstand specially set up for the noble ministers, although it was a royal polo field, the facilities were very simple, a few cases with mottled paint, and an old carpet. A pot of tea, a plate of fruit, and nothing else.

The early summer sun was already very strong, and Li Mao's head was unobstructed, and he was dizzy. There was no one left and right, and Li Mao thought of one word: withdraw.

On the stands specially prepared for the harem concubines above his side, it was also smooth and unobstructed, and there were a few harem talents who automatically rushed over to observe, sitting scattered on the ground, and the attendants and maids with them fanned them vigorously, Rao was so, and they were still sweating hot.

The forbidden palace is as deep as the sea, and there are hundreds of talented and beautiful people who are not in the stream, and many of them may not be lucky enough to be blessed by the emperor in their lifetimes, and it is difficult to see each other on weekdays.

They can appear here, it took a lot of money to bribe the eunuchs on duty to make the trip, so although they are sweating, but they have no regrets, in case the emperor relents for a while and summons them, in case the dragon is planted in their womb and takes root, who knows if tomorrow's harem upstarts will rise from them.

But the weather is still too hot, and the palace concubines are struggling, and there is still some hope in their hearts. Li Mao, he has made up his mind, he can't wait for a moment, and he can't breathe when he sees the heavy court clothes.

He looked left and right, and suddenly saw a magic power in gold armor.

Mo Qi also saw Li Mao, as the guard of the Son of Heaven, he couldn't come over to greet Li Mao, so he pointed to the woods by the side of the court, and motioned Li Mao to go to the shade of the trees to enjoy the shade.

Li Mao was grateful, the surrounding area of the stadium, including the stands, was guarded by the forbidden army, and he couldn't go anywhere if the forbidden army didn't let him go.

The greening of Daming Palace is quite good, the stadium is surrounded by rows of pine forests, sit under the shade of the trees, suddenly feel a lot better, a guard handed the skin to Li Mao, Li Mao drank two sips, the whole body was cool.

The game officially started, and it was dull at first.

These players selected from the forbidden army are all equipped with unique skills, but Li Chun's aura is too big, in front of him, everyone immediately felt weak, short of breath, cramps in their hands and feet, and they couldn't show their skills. Fortunately, Li Chun was very considerate of their restraints, and took advantage of the situation to kill the Quartet, and the emperor was rampaging on the field, like a fish in water, and he was full of interest.

Li Mao was not interested in such a suspenseful, light and boiled water game at the beginning, but he could neither leave the field and go home, nor dare to walk around, it can be seen from the hostile eyes of the guards that if he behaves inappropriately, he is likely to end up with thousands of arrows.

Li Mao soon discovered a new pleasure, a few feet away from his side, at the entrance of the northeast corner of the court, from time to time there were bursts of laughter, from the sound of gasping and the aroma in the air, it could be judged that the palace maids and concubines passing by his side were in groups, like carp crossing the river.

Li Mao adheres to the ancient adage of not seeing, not listening, not speaking, and not moving, sitting under the tree, and pretending to sleep.

The palace ladies had a stronger and stronger special interest in this Sanpin monk who was sitting under the tree and taking a nap in the shade.

There are many rules in the palace, and they have to wear a mask all day long to live, and only here, when the restraint is slightly reduced, can they live a little bit of themselves.

"Who is sleeping here?"

Someone screamed in a thin voice, the voice was very harsh, and when Li Mao opened his eyes, he saw four or five eunuchs rushing towards him. There is a familiar face behind them.

The free warbler and the noise suddenly became silent.

Li Mao's heart shrank suddenly, and the blood all over his body was cold, he was really afraid of something, and the woman he didn't want to see the most was still seen, or on this occasion.

A thin and capable eunuch ran over panting and asked Li Mao: "How dare you be presumptuous in front of the Queen Mother." ”

The person who came was Qiu Shiliang, seeing that he was enshrined in front of the Queen Mother, Qiu Shiliang was implicated with Ju Wenzhen back then, if it weren't for Li Mao to protect him, he would have been labeled as Ju Wenzhen and stabbed.

Because of this, Qiu Shiliang still respects Li Mao, and after his reminder, Li Mao found out that the Queen Mother behind Guo Guifei was driving, and Li Mao settled down, since the Queen Mother was there, he didn't need to be afraid of the concubine.

Guo Guifei got a pot of good wine from Fanbang on this day, and sent someone to send it to the emperor. Li Chun's biological mother, the Queen Mother, was worried about what to do in the palace at this time, and when she heard this, she put on a guard of honor without saying a word.

The queen mother is not from a high background, and she has been a person in the palace with her tail between her legs for most of her life, and now although her mother has become the queen mother with her son, she has also passed the age of being willful. In the eyes of the palace people, the Queen Mother is a loving mother-in-law next door, and everyone is happy to be close to her.

Li Mao's name, the Queen Mother had heard it more than once, and when she saw that he was going to perform a full salute, she smiled and said, "No need to be polite." ”

The palace women on the left and right saw that Li Mao was young and strong, and they rushed to help.

Guo Guifei coughed and said: "There is a difference between respect and inferiority, the Queen Mother is considerate of him, how can he forget his duty as a courtier." Afraid that the queen mother would be too careful, Guo Guifei explained in a low voice: "There are more long-mouthed women in the court than we are, your old man has one less head from him today, and it will not take two hours to spread outside, saying that you favor him, and there will be a storm in Chang'an City tomorrow." ”

The Queen Mother smiled and nodded, Li Mao saw the ceremony, the Queen Mother asked about some outside things, Li Mao answered cautiously, and there was no omission. Guo Guifei suddenly asked: "Today, the emperor only asked you to watch a foreign minister, this is a great favor, how dare you live up to the grace of heaven and hide here alone?" ”

The Queen Mother smiled: "It's hot today, and there is no shed to shade him, so it's good to sit here and cool it." ”

Guo Guifei said: "It's okay to be afraid of the heat, there is shade all around, why are you sitting here?" ”

This question was silent, this place is not far from the entrance, is Li Mao sitting here to greet someone, or is it just to see the palace concubines who enter? If Li Mao said that he was just walking here, I am afraid that no one will believe it.

Li Mao was in a hurry, sweating through his clothes.

Qiu Shiliang came out of the class and said: "Niangniang, I am afraid that the soldiers will be in the heat of the day, so I informed them in advance so that they can be prepared." General Li therefore learned that the Empress Dowager Luan was coming, and he came here to greet him. ”

The Queen Mother said to Qiu Shiliang: "Your heart is very careful, and the arrangements are also very proper. ”

Guo Guifei didn't want to say anything, she glanced at Li Mao, her eyes were full of smiles, she said to the Queen Mother with a smile: "Today, he is the only foreign official present, and he is left alone, it is inevitable that he will not doze off, it is better to ask him to sit under the nose of the Queen Mother, let him doze off, you see that others are tall and big, and they can also block the dust for you." ”

The Queen Mother laughed happily, and said in a loud voice, Qiu Shiliang arranged a pestle for Li Mao next to the stands, and Guo Guifei asked people to move the pestle to the Queen Mother's nose.

Li Mao had no choice but to bite the bullet and sit there alone to watch the game.

This awkwardness is difficult to describe in words.

Li Chun learned that his mother had come to the stadium, stopped the game, and came to pay his respects. Li Mao breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly stepped aside, he stole a glance at Guo Guifei, who was flattering and responding in front of the emperor in all directions, with a motherly demeanor and a generous and calm demeanor.