Looking at Mei Niang, who had already agreed, Li Zhi said happily: "I have just thought about Mei Niang, in this palace, in addition to the queen and queen, you are the most favored, and you have given birth to Hong'er for me, and in front of the Buddha deeply influenced by his teachings, so I told the ministers: Wu's Mei Niang, dignified character, and gave birth to an heir for my Tang royal family, and was deeply taught in front of the Buddha. Therefore, this time, I specially allowed the Wu family to pay homage to the Buddha Great Mercy Temple with me. ”

Hearing His Majesty's sincere words, Wu Zhaoyi also leaned on Li Zhi's shoulder with gratitude. With tears of gratitude, he replied: "Mei Niang came from a humble background, and she can get this honor now, thanks to Your Majesty's trust, Your Majesty's great kindness to Mei Niang, the concubine really doesn't know how to repay Your Majesty." ”

Looking at Mei Niang, who was raining with pear blossoms, Li Zhi wiped her tears with his hands and comforted: "Mei Niang, how can we say anything to repay each other, this is too foreign, but if you really want to repay me, then it's good to give me another prince." ”

I saw that Wu Zhaoyi heard such a sentence, and immediately turned sadness into joy, and snuggled more closely in Li Zhi's arms, and then Li Zhi also understood her heart, and then the two of them were in the side hall of this Taiji Palace, and they had an intimate love of clouds and rain.

Sure enough, on the second day, Li Zhi was on this court meeting, and announced on the spot in front of the ministers that on the twelfth day of this winter month, he specially ordered Wu Mei Niang to go to this Temple of Mercy and Grace with him, on the one hand, to thank his mother for her kindness and pay tribute to the Buddha; on the other hand, he attended the inauguration ceremony of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Although some of the courtiers above the court refused on the grounds of impropriety. However, since Master Xuanzang returned to the Tang Dynasty, Buddhism has become increasingly prosperous in the Tang Dynasty, and coupled with Wang Xuance's second envoy to five India, the supreme treasure of Buddhism brought back the Buddha tooth relic, which has made many ministers work up and down and worship Buddhism. Therefore, when Li Zhi said that this Wu Mei Niang was deeply influenced by the Buddha, this list of ministers could not make too many excuses, so they blocked everyone's mouths.

It didn't take long for this Wu family to get Li Zhi's favor and the news that she had moved her order to worship the Buddha with him in this great mercy and grace temple not only spread throughout the harem, but also reached the ears of the queen and Concubine Xiao Shu. So the grievances and grievances in this harem added a thick layer of haze.

Two days later, this Tang Gaozong Li Zhi followed Wu's Mei Niang and prepared to drive this Temple of Mercy and Grace. I saw that the warm sun of this winter day shrouded the sky over Chang'an City, which seemed warm and harmonious; And the vendors from all over the country with these different accents on Suzaku Street are also in an endless stream and orderly. The people in the market still follow the tradition of working at sunrise and resting at sunset, which seems gentle and quiet.

But the harmony and naturalness of all this came to an abrupt end with the urgent dispatch of the two teams of black-armored cavalry and the six-line infantry team. These soldiers were followed by twelve Yulin soldiers holding twelve dragon flags, divided into two rows, and came out eloquently. After this dragon flag, there are guide cars, Jili drum cars, egret cars, Luan flag cars, evil car, Pixuan cars and so on. Each car was pulled by four horses, with fourteen drivers and one craftsman. With this orderly opening, needless to say, the common people have already understood that this is the emperor going out of the palace.

With this group of soldiers and chariots, this Suzaku Street was cleared out of a passage separating the common people. Immediately afterwards, I saw twelve rows of cavalry guards holding Mo knives and crossbow arrows hanging from their waists out of this Daxing Palace. Behind this Horse Guards was a large force of drummers. The court musicians, all under the direction of two drum commanders, played this beautiful royal music.

I saw that this court band was composed of the following ranks: a team of big drums, a team of cymbals, a team of drums, a team of small drums, a team of feather drums, plus a team of fluteers, a team of flute players, a team of flute players, and a team of flute players, accompanied by a long team of songs, a team of middle sounds, a team of big horizontal blows, a team of baskets, a total of 12 teams of musicians, more than 700 people.

Behind this band, there is a flag array of banners and flags. Some of the accompanying officials and the emperor's twenty-four imperial horses were also mixed in the banner.

After the flag array, there are the green dragon flag and the white tiger flag on the left and right. Behind the two flags is an accompanying procession of court officials. In the middle of this team, there were also interspersed and mixed with cavalry and infantry soldiers armed with weapons.

After that, I saw that under the strict protection of the soldiers, the jade chariot that Li Zhi and Wu Meiniang were riding was personally controlled by the Tai Servant Qing, and slowly came out of this Chengtian Gate. After a closer look, it was found that there were forty-one drivers in front of and behind the jade chariot, and on both sides there were left and right guard generals to escort them tightly. Immediately followed by Jade Rou were some of the senior generals of the Black Armor Army and the eunuchs of the court.

On the periphery of these escorts were teams of cavalry and foot soldiers of the Black Armor Army, each of which varied in number but numbered more than twenty men, and was led by a general. Equipped with bows, arrows, knives and other weapons, it is ready to deal with unexpected situations at any time. Behind the Black Armor Army is a guard of honor composed of peacock fans, small group fans, square fans, Huanglu, Jianglu, Xuanwu and so on.

After this guard of honor, there is still a "rear drumming" band, the instruments of the band are similar to the drum band in front of the jade chariot, but the scale is relatively small, with nearly 300 musicians.

Immediately following the "rear propaganda" were all kinds of chariots for the emperor, including the chariot, the chariot, the waist chariot, the golden chariot, the elephant chariot, the leather chariot, the five chariots, the root car, the Anche, the Siwang car, the sheep chariot, the subordinate car, the Huang Yue car, the leopard tail car, etc.

The left and right guards each led 200 soldiers, divided into four horizontal rows, holding halberds, swords and shields, bows and arrows, and crossbows, and followed the leopard's tail chariot as a cover. Each vehicle was drawn by horses and accompanied by an unequal number of drivers. In this procession, there were also some officials from the imperial court office who rode with the chariot.

Walking at the end of the guard of honor is the rear guard troops, in front of which are the left and right wing infantry teams led by two generals, a total of 48 teams, divided into two phalanxes in the front and rear, each team of 30 people, with a flag as the lead. The soldiers wore scarfs and armor, and were armed with bows, swords, and shields, and each team was dressed in the same color, with a total of five colors, arranged alternately. In the middle is the left and right compartment Huang Lu battle, divided into 12 rows, each row of 10 people, respectively holding a bow, a knife, a halberd, a shield and a peacock (a flag made of feathers), goose feathers, chicken feathers, etc.

After the battle of Huang Lu, there were a total of 500 soldiers, holding ancient honor guard weapons such as guns. Finally, there is a flag formation composed of 24 cavalry and 12 flag teams on the left and right compartments of the Zhuwei horse team. The flags held by each flag team are painted with the same kind of legendary gods and monsters, such as evil spirits, jade horses, yellow dragons, unicorns, dragon horses, triangular beasts, Xuanwu, golden bulls, etc. Behind the flag array, there is a yellow battle composed of infantry soldiers, and there are cavalry guards.

So this team of the Tang Emperor traveled, along with the people kneeling down along the way, along the 50 zhang wide Suzaku Street, and came to the southeast corner of Chang'an City, in front of the Dacien Temple in the east of Jinchangfang......

The editor said: This is the real and upright travel sequence of the ancient emperors, whenever they leave the palace, they are always so grand and magnificent; And this section is also written according to the records in the New Tang Dynasty~

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