The vestibule of the Danxiao Hall of the Ninety Cheng Palace under the night.

The hunting evening breeze caresses the flag, and the colorful brocade is straightened like a knife in the bursts of brushing sounds. Under the light of the big red palace lanterns that went straight into the sky, it was like a cold face looking down at the samurai in the court. A continuous forest, illuminated by the light of the big red candle, blurred into a ball of fire-colored begonia flowers, brilliant and dazzling burning, the entire Jiucheng Palace, the entire Danxiao Palace vestibule, are lined as if inhuman.

Eighteen rows of nearly 1,000 carved wine cases on the left and nine on the right are separated by a brocade carpet of Persian tribute and a nine-foot-wide royal road, set up oppositely, the case shop is from near to far, from copper to silver and then to gold, the gold embroidered Zhu brocade tassel lining is cushioned from the colorless to the colorful rare birds and beasts, and the brocade washer chair made of pine and cypress wood is then used to the short-legged mountain-back Hu bed painted with gold lacquer. Row by row, it stretched forward until it reached the highest point, and on the top of the three steps, a small screen decorated with gold and jade boxwood, walnut, and rosewood sat alone, with a hidden sac, supplemented by a piano......

It is not as good as the golden throne in the center, which is eye-catching.

Gold is just a piece of gold, bright and dazzling gold. It can be said that among the gold of the whole body, there are only the huge pearls and jade gems inlaid in it, which are as big as dragon's eyes, and there are some different styles blooming.

But such magnificence, in the whole body of gold, was also annihilated, only into less conspicuous stones—just like a few faint stars in the cloudless night sky, struggling hard, eager to show their true style, they were finally obliterated by the golden like the sun shining on the earth, and could not reveal the slightest sound.

Only the case carved from jade next to it is in a brilliant and invincible golden color, gently and pleasantly occupying a corner of itself, attracting the attention of people with hearts.

Under such a golden and jade competition, the people sitting behind the tables on both sides of the royal road have become the biggest ornament - everyone, every face, has become blurred, as if it is a blank, just a piece of clothing, a faceless puppet decorated with a crown.

- This feeling is Mei Niang's most real intuition when she followed Li Zhi who was holding Li Hong, holding Li Xian, and holding Li Xian with the other hand to step up the brocade carpet royal road.

Everyone's face, under such a golden glow, was blurred and couldn't be seen clearly.

In fact, she couldn't see their faces either—everyone was prostrating with their hands crossed, and they were doing the most solemn salutes, and she couldn't see their faces.

But for some reason, she just knew that at this moment, even if they raised their faces, it would only be a blurry blank.

Why is that?

She asked herself secretly in her heart-

Why is that?

She knew each and every one of them...... At least the two rows in front of her, she recognized each of them...... In normal times, in any corner, she recognized them when she saw them.

The faces.

But for what......

Over here......

She doesn't recognize it?

Mei Niang was a little confused.

"What's wrong?"

asked lightly, but it made her suddenly come back to her senses, looked at Li Zhi and smiled, but shook her head and said nothing.

Li Zhi thought she was tired, so he stretched out his other free hand and tightly wrapped her still slender waist under the gorgeous palace robe: "Are you tired?" It's okay, after a while, I found an excuse, I asked them to place you to change your clothes, this gorgeous dress and gold crown are good-looking, but it is really heavy. ”

Listening to his whispers and thoughts, Mei Niang suddenly felt that her eyes were bright.

Yes, vague is vague. What does it matter?

All she had to do was see his face, the children's faces, and that was enough.

Thinking of this, her eyebrows gradually became indifferent, and the corners of her lips also evoked a faint smile.

"It doesn't matter."

She whispered, and said softly in a voice that only their family could hear: "This weight, Mei Niang can still afford it." ”

"Really?" Li Zhi was still a little worried, and took the time to look at her: "I still think it's too heavy." ”

“…… Compared to the large basins full of raccoon clothes in the shop, this is much lighter. Mei Niang lowered her eyes for a long time, and then whispered in a voice that only she could hear.

Sure enough, Li Zhi didn't seem to hear it, just helped her and continued to move forward unhurriedly.

When Li Zhimei and his wife finally walked to the top of the stairs with their three children, in front of the golden throne, immediately, a burst of chanting sounded:

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

After the tsunami of the mountains, there was silence. Li Zhi glanced at Li Xian, who was accustomed to this kind of battle, and no longer cried and cried as when he first saw people, and then looked at Li Xian, who was staring at the new-style fruits on the table with a salivating face, and then looked at Li Hong, who was consciously standing behind the jade case, looking at himself and pursing his lips and being happy, and finally looked at Mei Niang, who was standing quietly behind him with Li Xian in his arms, squinted, nodded, turned around, and said in a deep voice: "Today's feast, all the secretaries should be exempted from courtesy." ”

"Long live the grace!" It is another thunderous and deafening thank you, the princes and princes, civil and military officials, women-in-law, and relatives of all families, all of them salute in unison, thank you, flat, and hang down in front of your crossed hands, waiting for Li Zhi to set the wheel.

Li Zhi smiled faintly, glanced at Mei Niang, hugged Li Xian from her arms, took her hand, and sat firmly on the golden throne that could accommodate five people.

Seeing such a move, everyone below cast countless burning glances. But Li Zhi Meiniang, as if she didn't feel it, turned around indifferently, and after receiving the gift from Li Hong and Li Xian, she turned around, Li Zhi looked at the officials with different faces, and nodded with a smile: "Give me a seat." ”

The officials and their relatives were just stunned for a moment, and then they sat down with their own thoughts.

Li Zhi hugged Li Xian, glanced at Mei Niang, and the two of them picked up a gold-inlaid jade dragon at the same time, and then raised it to the ministers: "Today, I am in the Tang Dynasty and the outside is peaceful, it is really the work of the ministers. ”

After speaking, raise your glass and drink it all!

A moment later.

Singing and dancing.

Mei Niang also took the boring and sleepy Li Xian from Li Zhi's arms, shook it, and looked at Li Zhi with a smile: "It seems that I want to sleep." ”

"Then carry it to the apse, and remember not to be far away."

- As if forming a tacit understanding, since he left steadily, the husband and wife refused to let the children leave for a while - even Li Hong, who had to be in the East Palace because of the limitations of the crown prince, Li Zhi asked him to stay in front of his eyes for eight hours out of twelve hours a day.

And for the remaining four hours, Mei Niang also has to go to occupy at least three.

However, on such an occasion, it is obvious that Li Xian still can't stand it - the child is young, after all, he sleeps more. So Li Zhi couldn't force the child to stay by his side, so he just nodded, turned around and instructed Qinghe.

After answering, Qinghe said again: "Then Minghe and his brother will guard it, so there is still Qinghe here at this time." ”

While glancing at Minghe, who nodded again and again. Li Zhi thought about it, and felt that it was feasible, so he handed the child to him, and repeatedly told him not to make him tired, and after thinking about it, he turned his head and asked At the beginning, Li Hong was pulled from the small jade case specially made by the inner division for His Royal Highness King Lu to the prince's big jade case to sit together, and compared Li Xiandao, who was eating grapes and playing:

"Is Ming Yun (Li Xian's words) tired? Do you want to go in with your brother and rest for a while? It's going to be a while before the start of the Hu Opera. If you are tired, go and rest first, and then the nonsense will start, and your father will call you. (Hu opera, in the Tang Dynasty, the Western Regions countries presented a variety of acrobatic operas into Chang'an, which was liked by the Tang court nobles.) During his reign, You Lizhi further organized and carried forward. In addition, over the years, all the countries in the Western Regions have continued to have new skilled opera people enter the palace or enter the mansions of major nobles to be compiled, and Li Zhi was in the middle of his reign to practice Hu opera - the so-called Hu opera, which is similar to today's circus. It's just that at that time, most of the Hu opera was led by people, and there were very few or even no animals for fun. ）

"Don't, Xian'er is not small again. And father, you call Xian'er on weekdays, why did you suddenly change the call today? Xian'er is not used to it. ”

Li Xian was stunned for a moment, shook his head immediately with a bite of grapes in his mouth, and looked at his father with a puzzled expression.

"Fool." Li Hong spit out the grape skin in his mouth, reached out and gently tapped his forehead - regardless of this action, in the eyes of the courtiers below, how inappropriate it was to be the crown prince, he just smiled and said: "If you call you by your name at such a time, do you still think that your father is not enough to be stabbed by those old ministers?" ”

Li Xian blinked his round Danfeng eyes in a daze, swept down, and immediately rolled his eyes to those strange-looking ministers and relatives, and then turned his head to look at his eldest brother and made a grimace: "It's really a lot...... We are our own brothers, so what's the point of sitting together? Where are there so many inexplicable rules to follow? Really, I'm full of salty salt and salt - my father and queen mother haven't said it can't be! ”

"Is that because my father and queen mother lost their identity first?" Li Hong raised his wine glass, pretended to want to drink and covered his mouth with his sleeves, ate and ate, and had a burst of fun with Li Xian, who reacted immediately after hearing this.

"That's right! I forgot, ah, my father will be buried again tomorrow - so bold, I dare to sit with my wife...... Ha ha...... Belch...... I shut up, I don't say. ”

Before Li Xian could finish his speech, he was frightened by the eye knife thrown by Li Zhi, and immediately muttered to himself. He blocked the mouth with a small palm, made a lock appearance, and then pursed his lips and sat quietly, posing like a good boy who was too well-behaved.

Li Hong, who was on the side, had already seen this father-son fighting method back and forth, but because of the occasion, even if he was secretly injured, he could only hold back his laughter.

It's just that his complexion is extremely white, and he is better than pink jade. This suffocation even pushed the whole originally luxurious and handsome little face into pink, and then lined with a vermilion embroidered gold palace robe, a crown of gold hairpins and jade, and black as ink coiled hair, but just like the first snow in winter, the sunrise and the sunset are like the sun, so beautiful that people can't take their eyes off.

For a while, the ladies on the table were all staring at him, as if they had lost their souls.