Chapter 499: Return to the Temple of Inspiration

There are eunuchs with heads and faces in the palace, as well as palace people who have slept with Li Shimin, at this time they all come to pay New Year's greetings to Li Shimin, they are not qualified to have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner with the emperor, but in the end so-so is considered to have something to do with the royal family, so before eating dumplings, come to see Li Shimin.

According to the rules of previous years, Li Shimin would encourage them, let them do a good job as slaves, serve him and Li Zhi well, as well as a group of high-ranking concubines, and then each person will be rewarded with two dumplings and a bowl of soup to eat, which will be regarded as a favor, and after these people are grateful, they can leave.

Wang Pingan looked at Wu Meiniang and thought in his heart: "Even if she is a talented person, she is afraid that she is not qualified to have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner with the emperor, right?" I don't mention how majestic she will be in the future, but now she really has no status! ”

Turning his head to look at Li Zhi, he saw that Li Zhi was holding a rolling pin in his hand, and he was also looking at Wu Meiniang, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, but Wu Meiniang did not look to either side, and was very attentively sandwiched in the crowd, kowtowing to the emperor to greet the New Year.

Wang Ping'an thought secretly: "At this time, I'm afraid that the two of them are just more compatible, and they can just talk." No matter more, they shouldn't have thought about it yet. ”

Just thinking about it, these people kowtowed to the emperor and worshiped the New Year, when they got up, Wu Meiniang quickly turned her face and looked at Wang Ping'an's table, they were very close, Wang Ping'an's table was leaning against the side of the team, and Wu Meiniang saw them as soon as she entered the hall.

Wu Meiniang's eyes were like silk, and this silky eyes were like a fishhook, throwing it at Wang Ping'an's table, Wang Ping'an blinked, and immediately looked at Li Zhi from the corner of his eye, and found that Li Zhi smiled even more, and seemed to enjoy this fishhook.

Wang Ping'an thought to himself: "Good guy, in front of the public, just like this, in private, I don't know what to do!" ”

Suddenly, Li Yiren beside him whispered: "Brother Prince, who is that palace maid over there, why are you smiling at you?" ”

Don't think that young people are ignorant, even if Li Yiren doesn't understand the world, she can see that Wu Meiniang is smiling at Li Zhi, and she laughs "differently".

Li Zhi sighed, oh no, a little out of shape, she just smiled at me, how could I smile back! Before he could react to how to answer, Wang Ping'an relieved him.

Wang Ping'an said: "Princess, do you mean the palace maid in goose yellow clothes?" ”

Li Yiren turned his face and nodded: "Yes, she was the only one who turned her head just now, quickly turned her head, and smiled, no one else!" ”

Wang Ping'an said: "Don't hide it from the princess, she is the niece of the minister, she is not greeting His Royal Highness the Prince, she is greeting the minister." Isn't this the New Year, she can't come over to see me for the New Year, so I have to smile, I'm also her elder. ”

He changed his laughter into a greeting, took care of things for Li Zhi, and diverted Li Yiren's attention.

Li Yiren sighed and said strangely: "She is your niece, how much older is she than you, right?" ”

Wang Ping put on a very proud expression and said, "Isn't it a big generation to be a minister, so even if she is old, she has to give a courtesy to the minister." By the way, after the New Year, Chen's parents will go to Beijing, and they will bring her mother with them. ”

Li Yiren blinked his eyes wide, and looked at Wu Meiniang again, at this time Wu Meiniang had already followed everyone to the side hall, and after everyone in the hall began to eat dumplings, they would eat the rest, and then they were about to leave. Li Yiren only saw her back.

Li Yiren thought: "It turns out that the palace maid is his relative, but I didn't expect him to have relatives in the palace." But I'm afraid this relative doesn't like my father very much, right? Well, I'll take care of that palace maid more in the future. Yes, let her come to me, so that through her mouth, I can let him know how good I am, and let the elders of his family know that I am a very good princess...... Well, it's not like Sister Gao Yang! ”

The family affair is almost decided, Li Yiren is the same as ordinary girls, they all want to leave a good impression on the man, and Wu Meiniang is a relative of the man, and there is a mother who is with the man's parents, of course she will not let go of this opportunity, she will naturally want to be nice to Wu Meiniang, and then through Wu Meiniang's mother's mouth, pass a word to the man's parents or something, boasting about herself.

Li Zhi glanced at Wang Ping'an, and was very grateful in his heart, it was better to be disease-free, and he could settle everything for himself. He whispered to Wang Ping'an: "No disease, when you can eat Jiao'er, if you eat that jewel, you will definitely give it to you secretly, so that you can get this lottery." ”

Wang Ping'an is happy, if a person will come to trouble, and the popularity is good, then there are really others thinking about everything for him, Shi Zhongchen stole the jewel to himself, and Li Zhi wanted to say that he would secretly give it to himself! He hurriedly said: "Thank you, Your Highness, you think about the minister in everything, this can make the minister say something!" ”

Li Zhi clapped his hand and signaled: Our buddies, everything is not in words!

After a short time, the dumplings were cooked, and Shi Zhongchen personally brought a small plate, with only one dumpling in it, and sent it to Li Shimin.

The Jiao'er of the Tang Dynasty and the modern dumplings are eaten in the same way, which are also put on the plate and eaten according to the one, instead of eating the soup like eating wontons, but after eating the dumplings, you have to drink the soup, there is a saying that the original soup turns into the original food.

The dumplings were delivered, and everyone in the palace looked at Li Shimin together, according to the previous custom, the first dumpling should be eaten by the younger generations of the family first, not by the elders, called "taste ripe", to see if the dumplings are cooked, this kind of work must of course be done by the younger generations. But it can slowly develop, and in this era, "taste ripe" has become "taste life", homonym with "longevity", this word is very auspicious, so it is changed to the elders to taste, but I am afraid that the elders will eat uncooked dumplings, so it is transformed into the elders to give this very auspicious dumpling to important family members, for example, who does the most work in a year, who works the hardest, then who has this honor.

In the royal palace, this event has a nice name, called "Giving Eternal Life".

Everyone in the palace looked at the emperor, and they were thinking about what they had done in the past year, and whether they would be given immortality by the emperor. But after thinking about it, everyone felt that they seemed to be unqualified to be given, and it was estimated that it should be given to the prince, who has made a lot of contributions this year, and can be regarded as the first person in the royal family.

Li Zhi whispered again: "No disease, if my father gives Gu an immortality, Gu must be given to you." ”

Wang Ping'an hurriedly whispered: "That...... Let's eat it yourself, Your Highness! ”

Seeing that the two of them were so "close", Li Yiren suddenly felt a little jealous, and she said: "Brother Prince is afraid that he will eat raw Jiao'er and eat bad stomach!" "I actually demolished my brother's stage.

Li Zhi smiled: "How can it ...... How could it be really to bring up the delicate ears that are still alive! ”

Wang Ping'an hurriedly said: "Afraid of eating raw? Then the ministers will serve! ”

Li Shimin in front said: "This year, I have worked hard to treat children and make a lot of contributions to the country, the country and the country, how can there be a home without a country, and the contribution to the country is to make a contribution to the family." He tapped the edge of the plate with his chopsticks and said, "Give longevity!" ”

Shi Zhongchen said: "Obey! He picked up the plate, came to Li Zhi's table, and said loudly: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the emperor has given him immortality!" ”

Li Zhi hurriedly thanked him, and he said: "Father, the reason why the sons can do some trivial things is because Wang Ping'an is on the side, can the sons and daughters transfer the immortality given by their father to Wang Ping'an?" ”

Everyone in the palace looked at Wang Ping'an together, how could there be any secrets in the palace, they all knew that no matter what credit Wang Ping'an had, he must give it to Li Zhi, not only to Li Zhi but also to others. In normal times, many people say that Wang Ping'an is too stupid, how many people tear their faces in order to grab credit, and even kill people in order to monopolize credit, but Wang Ping'an doesn't care about the credit at all, and must share it with others!

Now the benefits are showing. Don't underestimate a delicate ear on the plate, it's not just a thing to eat, it's an attitude. Above the court, what can make the minister stand on his feet is not how capable the minister is, but whether the minister is favored by the emperor. There are more capable people, but it is not enough to rely on ability, the emperor "thinks you are very capable", so it can be done.

The relationship between "you are very capable" and "I think you am very capable" must not be mistaken, and if you make a mistake, it will be difficult to rise to office!

The ministers of the court and the central government have long known how Li Zhi treated Wang Ping'an, and now everyone in the palace also knows that Wang Ping'an is a courtier who will definitely be treated well in the future, this is certain.

Li Shimin nodded, thinking: "Okay, Zhi'er is very good at doing things, but it's just a delicate ear, but this matter has been transmitted to the court and the people, but it can immediately become a beautiful talk, Zhi'er is a benevolent king, valuing love and righteousness, such a monarch, is there no hero to serve him." ”

Seeing Li Shimin nodding, Li Zhi handed the plate to Wang Ping'an. Wang Ping'an hurriedly took the plate and thanked him loudly, first Li Shimin, and then Li Zhi. After thanking him, he picked up this extremely beautiful, I don't know who made the dumplings, and put them in his mouth.

When the people in the palace saw that he had tasted the raw life, they no longer looked at him, anyway, it was impossible to bring up the undercooked Jiao'er, Wang Ping'an only needed to say good, Jiao'er would be served on the table, and everyone could eat.

As soon as they turned their eyes away, they heard Wang Ping'an's voice, covered his mouth, and said, "Teeth!" ”

Everyone in the palace looked at him again and groaned? There's no bone in the stuffing...... Oh, what a button, this button is so obvious!

Everyone immediately thought that this must have bitten the jewel, the first Jiao Ear can bite the Orb, this is too much to say, there are thousands of Jiao Ear, the first one can bite the Orb...... It's not called luck, it's about letting you be lucky, and you're going to have to be lucky!

Sure enough, I saw Wang Ping'an covering his mouth with his hand, and when he took it down again, there was an extra jewel in his hand, and he said: "Ah, this, isn't this the emperor's jewel?" ”

Li Zhi clapped his hands and laughed, and shouted: "Okay, good, you are really lucky to be disease-free!" Well, this luck is given to you by Lone, how do you thank Lone? ”

Wang Ping'an's face was full of surprise and joy, and he was shaken by a major surprise, and he didn't even know how to answer!

Li Zhi smiled again: "Oh, I remembered it, this Jiao'er is from Yiren's little sister!" You don't need to thank Gu anymore, you Xie Xiaomei is! ”

Li Yiren sighed, thinking: "I didn't make it, I didn't make this trick!" ”

Wang Ping'an hurriedly said: "Thank you, thank you, thank the emperor first, then the prince, and thank the princess!" As he spoke, he was about to lie on the ground again and salute.

Li Shimin smiled: "It's free, there's no need to salute." He gave the string of beads to Shi Zhongchen and gave it to Wang Ping'an.

Shi Zhongchen smiled and took the beads and said, "No disease, our family was not wrong at all just now, you can't make a trick with your delicate ears, but you can eat with a trick, but you can eat it, but you can really be said by our family!" He glanced at Wang Ping'an, and snorted at Li Yiren next to him.

Wang Ping'an smiled with a smile on his face, took the string of beads, and said, "Thank you Uncle Shi for his good words!" With both hands, he presented the string of beads, together with the jewel, to Li Yiren, and said: "If it weren't for the princess to wrap up such a good ear, how could the minister have such good luck, this string of jewels should be a thank you gift and given to the princess!" ”

Li Yiren thought: "That Jiao'er really didn't belong to me!" She clapped her hands and smiled: "Okay, if you want to send me, then I'll take it!" She took the string of beads, turned around and shouted at Li Shimin: "Father, look." This string of jewels Erchen asked you for it last time, but you didn't give it, how about this time, it still belongs to Erchen! ”

Li Shimin laughed and said, "I know you like it!" ”

The little eunuch and the palace maids worked together, served the dumplings on a plate, and placed them in front of everyone's tables, while the outside of the hall crackled again, and the sound of bursting rods was deafening.

When the new year begins!

After eating the dumplings, Li Shimin let everyone disperse, the women stayed in the palace, and the princes and horses went to Li Zhi's East Palace together, playing if they wanted, and going whatever they wanted.

Accompanied by everyone, Wang Ping'an was caught in the crowd and went to Li Zhi's Chongxian Pavilion, where they could only spend the night tonight, and tomorrow they would go to Chengtianmen with the emperor to tell the heavens. Every year is like this, every year is like this, but there is nothing special.

Get up early on the second day, Wang Ping'an followed Li Zhi to Chengtianmen, accompanied the emperor to tell the sky, and then returned to the Ganlu Palace, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military to the emperor again New Year's greetings, the emperor gave a banquet, and then the ministers greeted each other, very lively.

Wang Ping'an was so tired that he almost fell asleep when he stood up, so he could only beat his spirit to socialize, even if he was tired, he had to keep smiling, and when he saw people, he asked for a good New Year, and he didn't dare to snub anyone.

After seeing Wang Ping'an and asking about the wild goose, the eldest grandson Wuji smiled and said, "Okay, then you can quickly bring your parents into Beijing." Also, the old man sees that you are really tired, you don't want to come to my house tonight, so you can go back and rest, there will be more things in the past few days, you have to be mentally right. ”

Wang Ping'an naturally agreed, he really couldn't stand it, and entertaining this kind of thing was more tiring than marching and fighting! When the matter between the DPRK and China came to an end, he said goodbye to Li Zhi and returned to the Temple of Inspiration by himself.

Before arriving at the gate of the Inspiration Temple, there was still a long way to go, and he heard the noise, Wang Ping'an sat on the horse and watched, and saw that there were countless people at the gate of the temple, carrying large bags and small bags, all crowded at the door, shouting inside!

Ouyang Li stood at the door and shouted, "I said to all the old and young masters, although the Inspiration Temple is big, there are not so many places for you to live!" ”

The people at the door shouted: "It's okay, let's bring our own salutes, let's go and meet Master Xuanzang!" ”

Wang Ping'an sighed, it turned out that he came here to pay a New Year's greeting to Tang Xuanzang, or did he come with luggage, could it be that he would have to stay here for a few days and bathe in Tang Xuanzang's allusions?