After the Spring Festival, the situation in Chang'an City continued to deteriorate, and the officials sent by Li Yuan to arrest Yang Wengan secretly reported to Yang Wengan, and as a result, the frightened Yang Wengan was finally forced to go to a dead end and raised a flag to rebel in Gyeongju. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

No matter how noisy the outside world is, life still has to go on, today is the Shangyuan Festival, Chang'an City is full of jubilation, even the rebellion of the outside world can not stop people's yearning for the festival, plus the night curfew has also been released, so before it gets dark, the streets and alleys of Chang'an have been lit up with all kinds of lanterns, all kinds of pedestrians are also walking through these lanterns, and bursts of joy are sounded everywhere.

Chang'an City is too far away, Li Xiu is too lazy, so he put a small lantern festival at home, the area of the front yard is large enough, pull the rope on the top to hang the lantern, and then hang the lantern riddle under the lantern, this kind of activity has not begun to flourish in the Tang Dynasty, so the family feels very novel, at night, Li Xiu sat in the courtyard, watching Yi Niang and Qi Niang they guessed the lantern riddle, guessed the corresponding lantern riddle and there was a corresponding reward, attracting everyone in the family to participate.

"You are the only one in the entire Datang who will spend so much effort on these little things, and you can even change your tricks to appreciate a lamp!" Princess Pingyang looked at the lively scene in the courtyard, and couldn't help but smile to Li Xiu at the moment, such a happy festival, Princess Pingyang was worried because of the fight between her brothers, so Li Xiu specially invited her to come over to enjoy the lanterns together, and now she finally showed a rare smile.

"Hehe, this is not a trivial matter, the family usually works so hard, now it is hard to relax, naturally let them go completely, so that they can do better things in the future." Li Xiu said with a smile, but unfortunately his remarks about combining work and rest are useless in Datang, and he can only talk about it when he is chatting with Princess Pingyang.

While speaking, I saw another girl happily running over with a note of the riddle to claim the prize, but it was Princess Pingyang's personal maid helmet, they had just joined the team to guess the riddle, Li Xiu confirmed that her answer was correct, and immediately took out a small gift box from under the table to her, which made the helmet immediately happily hold the gift box and run to the side to open it, in fact, the gifts in the box are generally not very valuable, but what you want is this surprise, so no matter what is in the box, the person who gets the gift will let out a sound of admiration.

"Why don't you give it a try, but now there are not many prizes?" Li Xiu smiled at this time and suggested to Princess Pingyang that the best way to get people out of trouble is to let her be busy with other things, so that she has no time to think about it.

"Me? Forget it, I'm not good at guessing! Princess Pingyang heard Li Xiu's suggestion but hurriedly waved her hand, she didn't seem to have any talent in guessing riddles, she probably saw a few riddles just now, but even the helmet they guessed, but she still couldn't guess, until she saw the answer to the riddle and had a feeling of sudden enlightenment.

"It's okay if you're not good at guessing puzzles, we can still play pairs!" Li Xiu spoke again and suggested.

"What do you mean by a pair?" Princess Pingyang asked a little puzzled when she heard this.

"It's very simple, in fact, it is two neat and harmonious dual sentences, requiring the same number of words and the same structure......"

Li Xiu briefly talked about some of the requirements of the pair, although the couplet originated in the Five Dynasties, but in some previous literature, there are often some dual sentences, especially in the pun style, the dual sentences can be seen everywhere, Princess Pingyang's literary literacy is very high, at least higher than Li Xiu, plus Li Xiu's door is pasted with Spring Festival couplets, which is also a kind of pair, so she quickly understood the requirements of the pair.

At the beginning, Li Xiu came up with a few simple pairs, only a few simple words, such as spring flowers to Qiuyue, mountains and rivers to outstanding people, etc., with the intelligence of Princess Pingyang, it was naturally easy to get right, which also aroused the interest of Princess Pingyang, temporarily abandoned her troubles, and began to urge Li Xiu to make some difficult pairs.

Seeing that the pair finally aroused Princess Pingyang's interest, Li Xiu also made persistent efforts and made a few interesting pairs, which made Princess Pingyang pair up while laughing, but then Li Xiu began to make a big move, I saw him frown and think for a while, and then finally spoke: "Don't be surprised, watch the flowers bloom and fall in front of the court." ”

"Huh? This pair is a little harder! Princess Pingyang couldn't help but be stunned when she heard Li Xiu's couplet, and then she also showed a thoughtful expression, but Li Xiu's pair is a classic couplet in later generations, which seems simple, but the artistic conception is very high, and it is not so easy to find a sentence with the same artistic conception.

Princess Pingyang thought hard for a long time, but came up with a few very neat sentences, but the artistic conception was still much worse, even she herself was not satisfied, and finally had to surrender: "I admit defeat in this sentence, what is its next link?" ”

"Don't be shocked by the humiliation, watch the flowers bloom and fall in front of the court; Go and stay unintentionally, look at the clouds outside the sky! Li Xiu said with a light smile, the reason why he remembered this couplet was actually related to Princess Pingyang's current situation.

"Flowers bloom and fall, clouds roll up?" Princess Pingyang was stunned for a moment when she heard this complete couplet, and then began to carefully appreciate the indifferent and natural artistic conception in it, and after a while, she sighed and said, "I'm afraid this kind of pair can only be thought of by Li Xiu, and it is also a true portrayal of you, but I want to do your open-mindedness but it is not so easy." ”

Hearing Princess Pingyang say this, Li Xiu also smiled a little helplessly, and then thought about it and spoke again: "Although this pair of princesses has not been matched, but you have already matched a few pairs before, why don't I make tea for you to drink, is it a reward for you?" ”

"Making tea can also be used as a reward, and you are too stingy?" Princess Pingyang couldn't help but be a little amused when she heard Li Xiu's words, since the roasted tea came out, making tea has become simpler, but this makes many people feel that roasted tea is not as elegant and interesting as the original tea.

"Hehe, this is different, making tea is also a science, it just so happened that I asked someone to make some tools for making tea, and I will make you a real tea today!" Li Xiu smiled mysteriously at this time, when talking about business in later generations, he also went to many tea houses, although he did not learn the essence of tea art, but he also remembered the procedures and utensils for making tea, and now it is a pity to copy it.

Hearing Li Xiu's words, Princess Pingyang also felt a little curious, so she stood up and came to the front hall with Li Xiu, and then Li Xiu personally moved out a strangely shaped table, and then took out a set of tea sets, then knelt behind the table, and made a hand gesture to Princess Pingyang, which made Princess Pingyang also smile, and then also knelt opposite Li Xiu.

At the moment, I saw Li Xiu lighting the charcoal stove, burning sandalwood, chatting with Princess Pingyang while boiling water, and after the water boiled, he began to clean the tea set, take tea, wash tea, etc., there is a key point when doing this, that is, the expression must be pious and solemn, Li Xiu can't do it, he can only keep a straight face throughout the whole process, but he can also bluff people.

Wait until finally Li Xiu put the tea in the pot into the teacup, then sent his hands to Princess Pingyang to ask her to taste, for this novel tea ceremony, Princess Pingyang was also quite surprised, and solemnly took a sip of tea, and said quite surprised: "Good tea, this tea does taste a little more than usual, is it possible that the powder has made a new tea?" ”

"Haha~, princess, you have been deceived, this tea is actually the tea we usually drink!" Li Xiu laughed out loud when he heard this.

"How is this possible, but I feel that this tea does taste better than I usually drink?" Princess Pingyang couldn't help but ask suspiciously when she heard this.

"Hehe, it's not actually the reason for the tea, but the actions I made just now deceive the princess, which made the princess's mood change when drinking tea, so that she can be more calm and taste the taste of tea, so you will feel that this tea is different from the original drink!" Li Xiu explained with a smile that this is not idealism, but the tea drinking experience told him by an old customer who likes to drink tea in his previous life.

"This ......" Princess Pingyang couldn't help but show a contemplative expression when she heard Li Xiu's words, she felt that Li Xiu's words had something to say, obviously drinking tea, but in fact, she was using tea to tell herself what truth?

"Xiuning, people in this life are actually living a mood, happy is a day, unhappy is also a day, instead of worrying about this and that every day, it is better to let go of the worries in your heart and live your own life, they can fight how they like, no matter how big the trouble is, everything is still pressed by His Majesty!" Li Xiu finally spoke directly at this time to persuade, this was also the main reason why he invited Princess Pingyang to come, after all, he couldn't bear to watch Princess Pingyang sleep and eat because she was worried about her brother's affairs, and even her whole person lost a lot of weight because of this.

Listening to Li Xiu's persuasion and looking at the worried look in his eyes, Princess Pingyang couldn't help but be moved, and Li Xiu's series of actions just now, as well as his words, also touched her, and nodded heavily at the moment and said: "I know, thank you for these things for me, in the future, I will try to relax myself and no longer pay attention to those things in the court!" ”

Hearing Princess Pingyang's assurance, Li Xiu still didn't show a relaxed expression, because he knew that although Princess Pingyang said so, when she heard the news of Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin's fight in the future, she would inevitably be worried, and the best way was to let her leave Chang'an and avoid these disputes in Chang'an City, but Li Xiu was reluctant.

But at this moment, I suddenly heard a few women's screams from the courtyard outside, followed by the roar of the fat sister and others, which made Li Xiu and Princess Pingyang both startled, and hurriedly jumped up and rushed out of the door! (To be continued.) )