Chapter 18 The sky is about to be dark, and the food is hard to swallow

Seeing the emperor for the first time in his life, Li Xuanba was very nervous, his legs trembled slightly, and as soon as Yang Guang left, Li Xuanba held on to the table and sat down with some difficulty.

People who have been in high positions for a long time really have their own aura.

"Did I do something wrong?" Li Xuanba sat for a while, his heart calmed down a little, thinking of the previous eunuch's reprimand, he couldn't help but ask cautiously, looking like he was afraid of being killed.

The two maidens looked at each other, turned their gaze to a small table not far away, and then lowered their heads. Li Xuanba made a trance, muttering in a low voice that he should not be at the same table with the emperor.

Running all the way, Li Xuanba was indeed a little hungry, so he brought two dishes from the table, sat down at the low table in the corner, and a palace maid came over, with a look of embarrassment, and said: "Lord Zhongyongwei, Your Majesty did not give food, you should not bring these two dishes here privately." ”

"Huh?" Li Xuanba hurriedly thanked him, brought back the two dishes, hesitated for a moment, and said, "I suddenly feel that I am not hungry, I wonder if I can leave the palace now?" ”

After going around for half an hour, Li Xuanba finally left the palace, thanked the eunuch who led the way, and got into the carriage.

His legs are still a little soft.

Weak legs can be scary, or they can be tired.

Li Xuanba lay comfortably in the carriage, gently tapping his calf, humming a little song in his mouth, and judging the appearance of the two in front of Yang Guang. The books in the carriage were scattered, and if you looked closely, they were all books about etiquette.

"I really want to award myself an actor." Thinking of the performance in front of Yang Guang, Li Xuanba muttered to himself.

Li Xuanba has seen the biggest official before, only at the level of the village head, and now when he sees the emperor, he will naturally be a little nervous, but deep in his heart, he does not have a strong sense of class, so when he saw Yang Guang, Li Xuanba had one respect, three points timidity, and six points calmness.

He could have faced Yang Guang calmly, but he didn't do it, because he understood how to behave in front of a person who had been in a high position for a long time in order to give him a sense of superiority.

In addition to being timid, silly is also an excellent way.

After Yang Guang left, Li Xuanba was still very ignorant. After all, Yang Guang even knew what he had done in Hedong County, and his behavior in the palace naturally couldn't hide from Yang Guang's ears and eyes, unless Yang Guang didn't want to know.

The carriage ran for more than half an hour and stopped in front of the Tang Guogong Mansion.

Li Yuan has been transferred to Hedong County for a few days, and only an old servant is left in the Tang State Mansion to take care of it. After the princess went to the Li Mansion in Hedong to announce the decree, the Wan family sent two more subordinates over to clean the Tang Guogong Mansion inside and out. After the two subordinates cleaned up, they still stayed in the Tang State Mansion and waited for Li Xuanba's dispatch.

"Childe, you've arrived." Li Xuanba got out of the carriage, and the two people sent by the Wan clan bowed and saluted.

"It's hard work." Li Xuanba smiled and politely.

"Li Can, Li Xing, are you having fun in Luoyang?" Seeing that Li Xuanba and the two of them had finished greeting, Li Gou, who was standing behind Li Xuanba, asked with a smile.

"There are so many things in the house, how can I have time to hang out." Li Xing, who was a little fatter among the two, said: "It's you, you must have enjoyed a lot of happiness by the side of the third son." ”

"If you have something to say in the house, Childe is running all the way, so I will send Childe to rest first." Li Can reminded.

Li Xing patted his head, hurriedly took some of the luggage in Li Gou's arms, and led Li Xuanba into the Tang State Mansion, while Li Can took the coachman into the mansion through the back door.

When I entered the gate, I was greeted by a large courtyard. Around the courtyard wall, planted with a variety of rare flowers and plants, neatly trimmed. After entering the door for a while, there is a bridge, the stream is gurgling under the bridge, and a pavilion is built on the bridge, and there are stone tables and stone benches in the pavilion, and tea sets are placed on the stone table.

After crossing the bridge, it is a big house, more than three zhang long, nearly two zhang high, very magnificent.

"I didn't expect my Li family to be so rich." Li Xuanba couldn't help but sigh.

"The Li Mansion in Hedong County was just chosen by the lord at will, so naturally it does not have the grandeur of the Tang State Mansion." Li Xing said: "This is just the front yard, usually there are guests visiting, so they will receive it here, young master, the place where you live is still behind." ”

Bypassing the front hall, you can see two courtyards on the left and right, one for the owner and his family, and the other for the servants of the house.

Li Xing brought Li Xuanba to the front of the room and said, "Childe is tired of traveling today, go back to the house to rest first, and when the meal is ready, the villain will come and invite Childe to eat." ”

"I'm tired." Li Xuanba smiled and said, "You can eat dinner, just leave some and bring it to my room." Li Xing responded, pushed open the door, placed Li Xuanba's things, and bowed down.

"Childe, I came out so soon after entering the palace today, did something happen in the palace?" Li Gou closed the door and asked with concern.

"When I entered the palace, Your Majesty had just had a meal, and after only a few words with me, he left in a hurry, what could happen." Li Xuanba said: "Are you worried that my habit will anger Your Majesty? ”

Li Gou shook his head fiercely.

"I know, since I woke up, I've been with the two of you, you're worried that I'll do something out of the ordinary in the palace." Li Xuanba smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm measured." ”

was overbearing by Li Xuan, Li Gouhan laughed twice, Li Zhu was silent for a moment, and said with a trace of doubt: "Your Majesty summoned your son into the palace, is it just to chat a few words of family life?" ”

"I'm a waste now, can't Your Majesty let me go into battle to kill the enemy?" Li Xuanba said self-deprecatingly: "Okay, you don't have to worry about me, go to Li Xing and them to drink and chat." ”

Seeing that Li Xuanba didn't have the heart to chat, Li Gou and the others retreated and left.

Li Xuanba sat in a daze for a while, feeling a little bored, so he walked out of the room, found a stone bench, sat on it and closed his eyes to bask in the sun, and Yang Guang's appearance appeared in his mind.

Yang Guang recorded in history is arrogant, extravagant, cruel and immoral, and it is easy for people to think of the devil, but Li Xuanba entered the palace and after seeing Yang Guang, he was completely unable to combine the person in front of him with the person recorded in history.

Yang Guang is nearly fifty years old, with a handsome face and a strong body, he looks only in his thirties, where does he look like a lewd person? The emperor's meal requires dozens of dishes according to the etiquette system, but the one placed in front of Yang Guang, plus tea and soup, is only a dozen plates, how luxurious is this? From the moment Li Xuanba entered the door, Yang Guang had a smile on his face, looking extremely kind, and there was no trace of pride at all.

As for the brutality and lack of morality, Li Xuanba thought of the hungry people he saw along the way, and he didn't know how to evaluate it.

A twelve or thirteen-year-old girl came to the courtyard with a meal, and saw Li Xuanba sitting on the stone bench, his fingers tapping rhythmically on the stone table, so she called softly: "Son, it's time to eat." ”

Li Xuanba opened his eyes and looked at the sky, it was red, and before he knew it, he had been sitting in the courtyard for more than an hour.

"God, it's getting dark." Li Xuanba said thoughtfully: "Let's go in, looking at this day, you will have no appetite." The girl looked at the sky suspiciously, and felt that there was still some time before it got dark, so why did this boy say that it was going to be dark?