Chapter 235: The Emperor Arrives
Er Ping'an was stunned for a long time, and then everyone turned their heads and saw that Li Ke was "intently watching the singing and dancing performances in the field, but his eyes were a little scattered, and he looked at the entrance of the garden from time to time." Although nothing could be seen from the expression on his face, Wang Ping'an had already understood after a period of conjecture just now that Li Ke definitely did not come to Furong Garden for no reason, he must have known something important in advance!
Wang Ping'an didn't say a word, leaned back, but his eyes continued to pay attention to Li Ke's expression.
At this time, the singing and dancing in the field was performed to a small **. It was Mi Xiaomiao who changed from misunderstanding to convincing, and was "suddenly enlightened" in the assassination of Shi Yamen, and because of the clarification of the misunderstanding, the people were clapping their hands and rejoicing. Praise in unison. Hammyti spent a lot of money to hire someone to write the play, in fact, it was also changed randomly, but it was changed all over the sky, Mi Xiaomiao was originally a villain, a harlequin, but he was played very "hindsight"!
I heard the man who played Mi Xiaomiao sing: "Oops, oops, our family is confused." I think that when I first came out of Chang'an, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince predicted that Wang Ping'an is a good son" in the lyrics, and slapped Li Zhi's sycophants, saying that Li Zhi had already said Wang Ping'an, how and how!
Singing to the prince Yingming, right in the middle of the flower shed, Li Zhi naturally laughed, shook his head, pointed to the venue, and didn't know what he was talking about, and the people next to him also laughed, making fun of Li Zhi!
After singing a lyric, the other scholars in the flower trellis applauded and shouted in unison:
"The prince is wise!"
After this applause, Li Ke's body suddenly shook, and then a smile appeared on his face, and he also applauded! His expression, Wang Ping'an saw it clearly, it was certain that His Royal Highness King Wu, his eyes were looking at the field, but his heart had long been ignorant of where he had flown to!
Leaning back again, Wang Ping'an looked at the people in his flower shed, Zhao Bi and Lu Xiuzhi were all there, but Qiu Tingxuan was sitting in the corner. Hemiti and Ayidin don't know where they went, probably to make friends with others.
Wang Pingai beckoned to Zhao Bi and said in a low voice: "Brother Zhao, you are the host of this poetry meeting." Why don't you go outside the park to greet the guests, it looks like the guests haven't arrived yet! ”
Zhao Bi laughed in a low voice: "What is important about other guests, no matter how powerful they are to the prince?" Alas, it's a pity that I can't sit in the prince's flower shed, or else my face will be exposed! ”
Wang Ping'an whispered to Lu Xiuzhi again: "Brother Lu, it's inconvenient for me to go away, or you go to Yuanchuan to see if there are any other guests coming, don't slack off others!" ”
Lu Xiuzhi hurriedly shook his head and said, "Don't let me go, I have to stay here, maybe His Royal Highness King Wu will talk to me!" ”
Qiu Renjie whispered: "Why don't I go, it's just a pity that I'm too old and I don't know anyone in Chang'an,"
They were muttering here, Qiu Tingxuan sat down, he looked a little depressed and asked in a low voice, "What are you talking about?" ”
Zhao Bi said: "Hey, if you are not sick, you have to let someone go out to see if there are any other guests to come." But how important is this, the prince Chitose and we are in a flower shed, who can walk away! ”
Qiu Tingxuan sighed lightly and said, "Then I'll go, if there are any more valuable guests coming, I can also greet you one or two!" ”
"Thank you very much!" Zhao Bi and Lu Xiu laughed in a low voice, they just didn't want to leave, Qiu Tingxuan was going by himself, and he lost the opportunity to befriend the prince, that was his own stupidity, but he couldn't complain about others!
Qiu Tingxuan stood up, walked out of the flower shed, and walked around the back of the flower shed. When I came to the outside of the garden, I saw that on the street outside the garden, there was a long carriage parked, and the coachmen who were driving the car were all gathered together, and they were talking and laughing loudly, probably talking about their own masters, comparing and bragging with each other!
Although there were many guests invited to the meeting, as soon as the prince's car stopped outside, those scholars no longer waited for the host to come out to greet them, and did not want others to arrange seats for them, but entered directly. In order to grab a good position, get closer to the prince, and take a look at the princess by the way.
Some guests came with their families, and this phenomenon was common, and the status of women in the Tang Dynasty was high. Hu Feng was strong, and he didn't take the so-called appearance seriously at all, and the woman came to watch the poetry of the scholars. Purely normal, nothing to fuss about!
Qiu Tingxuan saw that there were many little girls surrounded by cars. Twitter was chatting excitedly, he was not easy to pass, but he stood alone at the gate of the garden. It's also a bit embarrassing.
He was not in a very comfortable mood, when he was in Xuzhou, he was the first person among the local students, but when he arrived in Chang'an, it was not like that, there were too many outstanding people in the capital, not to mention Wang Ping'an, not to mention others, even Zhao Bi and Lu Xiuzhi, the two dogs, were mixed up like people, but he was left alone, he didn't get famous, he wanted to be in the limelight, he didn't have the limelight, he was unknown, and no one took him seriously!
Sighing, Qiu Tingxuan Suoxing was not standing stupidly at the gate of the garden, and walked along the path towards Qujiang Pond, at this time there were almost no pedestrians on the side of Qujiang Pond, and people were attracted into the garden, although the green willows were hanging on the ground, and the flowers were fragrant, no one appreciated them. Qiu Tingxuan comforted himself in his heart, this good scenery, this quiet, how can I see it at other times, just enjoy it by myself, and scatter my heart. Relax your mind!
After walking a long way, I suddenly saw a woman sitting under the willow tree in front of me, dressed as unmarried, holding her knees with her hands in her eyes, tears in her eyes, I don't know what she was thinking! Qiu Tingxuan thought to himself: "It turns out. I'm not alone in these unsatisfactory people! ”
Ma Mingmei really didn't want to come today, but she couldn't stand her mother from dressing her up, so she just stuffed her into the car. sent to the garden and told her to say a few words to Wang Ping'an, and talk about what happened outside the Ganye Temple that day.
If Wang Ping'an is interested, then anything can be done. If Wang Ping'an has no intention, then it is good for her to have a long insight at the poetry meeting and look at other scholars!
If it weren't for the fact that Mrs. Ma was too old to participate, then she would have to come by herself. Now I can only let Ma Mingmei come by herself. When my daughter is older, for her own happiness, she should exert some strength, and she can't just let the parents be anxious.
Ma Qianli once got an invitation, but because he was going to the yamen, and according to his boss, he was not allowed to ask for leave if he had important matters today. Ma Mingmei came to the Hibiscus Garden alone. Now the host is quite irresponsible, only stammering with the big guys, and the little guys can't get into their eyes at all, they didn't introduce her at all, only a servant arranged her to a very back seat, and then no one paid attention to her!
Ma Mingmei could have endured, no matter what, the flower shed where she was, there were many other female dependents, everyone could talk or something, but I didn't think that after the song and dance drama started, it was Wang Ping'an's story, and those female dependents began to talk endlessly, which made her so upset, so she went out of the garden and sat by the Qujiang Pond, thinking about her own thoughts!
Di Tingxuan paced slowly, walked over, stood beside Ma Mingmei, faced the pond, and said softly: "The world is not satisfactory, Heng ten lives in seven or eight." Therefore, there should be continuous interruptions. Why think too much, why bother! "It's like saying it to yourself, and it's like saying it to Ma Mingmei.
Ma Mingmei heard someone talking, quickly wiped away her tears, raised her head to look at Qiu Tingxuan, and saw that it was a strange man, she couldn't help blushing and stood up. With his head down, he left without saying a word. She left in too much hurry, and the strange man behind her said something, and she didn't hear it clearly in a panic. He walked faster under his feet and trotted up.
Qiu Tingxuan saw her get up and leave, and said casually: Miss, you want to go back to the garden, the entrance is over there. You're going in the wrong direction! Seeing that Ma Mingmei was walking too quickly, he frowned and thought: "The direction you are going is the place where the Qujiang Pond water is led into the Furong Garden, which is full of bamboo pipes, and if you want to enter from there, you must either take off your shoes and socks, or you have to jump far and jump over directly!" ”
Sighing, Qiu Tingxuan followed behind Ma Mingmei and called Miss again, but he didn't think that Ma Mingmei ran faster, he was afraid that he would be regarded as a disciple, so he didn't dare to chase after him, so he had to follow behind. When you get to the waterway, explain it to her. This girl looks a little anxious!
It's not far away, and in a few moments you're at the waterway. I saw a small dirt bag piled up in front of me, surrounded by thick bamboo tubes. There are also numerous waterways, which are used to bring water into the park.
There is an unwritten habit of opening a long curved ditch in the garden, and the clear water flows in the ditch, and you can put a small flower boat, and there are wine jugs and wine glasses on the flower boat. Another person blindfolded and beat the small drum, and when the drum begins, the flower boat enters the small ditch, and when the drum stops, whoever stops the flower boat will make a poem, and if it can't be collected, then it will be punished for drinking.
But punishing alcohol is a trivial matter, in front of everyone. It's a big deal to be embarrassed, you can't even make a poem, what kind of poetry meeting do you participate in?
The two of them went one after the other, just arrived at the side of the little dirt bag, and before Ma Mingmei could show that he was in a panic, he took the wrong road, and suddenly heard someone in the park shouting: "Long live, long live, long live!" ”
Ma Mingmei sighed, stopped, and thought, "Long live? Could it be that the emperor is coming? ”
Qiu Tingxuan was also stunned, slowly walked to the side of the soil bag, and looked at the garden on tiptoe, but his heart was very uncomfortable. It turned out that Wang Ping'an expected the emperor to come just now, so he asked people to come out to greet him. This was originally a great opportunity, to entertain guests at his own garden gate, and no matter how he could, he could get closer to the emperor. As a result, I wasted a great opportunity!
At the gate of the garden, countless carriages lined up. One car after another arrived, the front was the emperor's dragon chariot, Li Shimin carried hundreds of civil and military officials, after the next dynasty, he actually went out of the palace and went to the Furong Garden in person!
Everyone in the garden was listening to the song and dancing, and suddenly someone shouted: "The emperor has arrived!" Everyone was surprised, even Li Zhi was taken aback, he didn't expect his father to come suddenly, no one had mentioned this to him beforehand!
Wang Ping'an and Qiu Renjie stood up in the flower shed, glanced at each other, and said in their hearts: "The emperor is really here!" ”
Everyone did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly ran out of the garden together. Rushed to the gate of the garden to pick up the driver, and the gate of the garden was crowded for a while, and the scholars forgot to be reserved, and they all wanted to witness the emperor's dragon face. No one let anyone, they all squeezed forward desperately!
Bang bang, the sound of whips sounded in the air, this is the forbidden soldiers who accompanied the car throwing empty whips, warning the crowd, don't get too close, and then dare to squeeze forward carefully, it will not be an empty whip, it will be thrown directly on your heads!
Li Shimin walked out of the dragon chariot, stood behind the railing in front of the car, looked at the scholars, he smiled, put his hands on the railing, and nodded slightly.
Wang Ping'an is really not very good at this kind of thing, and he also rushed out to meet the emperor, and he can't say that he is slow, but there are three or four hundred people who are faster than him, and he suddenly screams. They all crowded in front of him!
The emperor suddenly arrived, and the result was a serious chaos on the scene of the Hibiscus Garden!
Wang Ping'an squeezed in the crowd, and read the latest Dong Jie, and washed the stream book and dried the fine notch, "Zhao Bi, who said that Qi Umbrella Sail Chuancai, was crying and said! "Dan disease, are you a good material, seven comes. Why didn't you say it just now, we couldn't come out in advance to greet us, if we came out one step in advance, then we would be fighting for the royal drive! ”
Qiu Renjie said angrily: "How can this be blamed on my eldest brother, you yourself refuse to come out!" ”
Wang Ping'an didn't pay attention to what they said, he looked at Li Shimin's dragon chariot, and his heart was full of horror! I saw that behind the railing on the dragon chariot, Li Shimin was standing, and there was also a child wearing Turkic costumes, and this. The child was none other than his newly recruited Turkic apprentice, Wu Youren!
Wang Ping'an thought to himself: "Wasn't he recruited by Zuo Wuwei, saying that he had some official business to ask him to help." Could it be that official duty, that is, to accompany the emperor. But his identity, what is the emperor's side? It was Shi Zhongchen who said it. But what is he doing with this? "Thinking of the envoy, there are a bunch of them, but there are no Turkic envoys, and the sweat on his head is brushed down the ground!
A person flashed out next to Long Yuan, who was not wearing a eunuch's uniform, and it was Shi Zhongchen. Shi Zhongchen said loudly: "All the kings, why don't you still salute, don't worship at this time, but when?" ”
As soon as he finished speaking, the excited crowd came back to their senses! Yes, when you see the emperor, how can you not kneel? No matter who it is, quickly kneel down and shout long live the mountain!
The guards opened the way in front, Li Zhi and Li Ke. There are also princesses and horses out of the crowd, came to the front of the dragon chariot, and also saluted Li Shimin, Li Shimin just nodded at them slightly, but after the scholars shouted long live, he raised his hands and said with a smile: "All the gentlemen are flat, you are all the talents of the country, and you love them very much, no need to be polite, flat down!" ”
The scholars shouted long live again, and then they got up, while the envoys of various countries squeezed forward desperately. I want to be closer to the Emperor!
When the scene was quieter, Li Shimin suddenly said: "Lian asked you, what is the highest of these?" ”
The scholars hurriedly replied, "The heavens are the highest!" Long live the emperor"
Li Shimin smiled faintly and said, "What is there in the world that can hold up the sky?" ”
Some of the scholars shouted: "Don't let Zhou" immediately regret it after shouting, but the mountain is broken, and the broken mountain is used to answer the emperor's question, but it is a big faux pas.
Those who are wise exclaim, "It's a genius!" "The heart is beautiful, the so-called pillars, isn't it just the self-hair!
But there was a wiser one, who cried out, "Sycamore tree! "It's very straightforward, and I tell all the varieties of the pillars.
Li Shimin stroked his beard and smiled, "Not bad." It is the plane tree, without the plane tree, where can the phoenix be recruited? Ladies and gentlemen, you are the phoenix among men. He is a useful person of the country! ”
Hearing the emperor say this, the scholars were all excited. Some people were even so excited that they burst into tears, and the emperor praised himself, saying that he was the phoenix among people
But Qiu Renjie in the crowd leaned on Wang Ping'an's ear and said, "Big brother, the emperor said that there is a phoenix, but he is not talking about the scholars!" ”
Wang Ping'an was stunned, he didn't understand the inner meaning of his words!
There is Feng Laiyi, from the "Book of Shang", this book is said to be compiled by Confucius, and there are Feng Laiyi, these four words, but they correspond to a sentence in the "Analects", there are friends from afar, and they are happy!
The scholars who don't know the truth think that Li Shimin is talking about them, but Qiu Renjie is sensitive, and he also sees Wu Youren, so this sentence doesn't refer to the scholars!
Sure enough, I saw Li Shimin turn around and smile at Wu Youren! Although Wu Youren was old, he was richly dressed, and at a glance he knew that he was a Turkic nobleman, which was different from what he wore in Sifeng, and it was obvious that someone had taught him what to do at this time.
Wu Youren knelt down in the car and said loudly: "Turkic Anu, Ashina Qi'er, meet the Heavenly Khan!" With that, he lifted up, spread his hands, and began to sing in Turkic!
Thou art like the sun in the sky, O great heavenly khan, without thy light the grass cannot grow, and the children of the Turks will starve; O noble heavenly khan, thou art like a river rushing on the earth,
Before Wu Youren finished singing, the other messengers also sang along, and they all praised Li Shimin loudly in their own language!
The scholars don't know much about Fanbang's language, and even if some do, they don't understand it too well as soon as they sing it. However, it was precisely because they didn't understand, but they knew that the envoys were praising the Son of Heaven of the Tang Dynasty, so they were doubly proud. Use the language of their country to praise the emperor of the suzerain!
The envoys crowded to the front, knelt down together, and gathered around Li Shimin's dragon chariot, each showing their singing voices, singing endlessly, one louder than the other!
Li Shimin enjoys this kind of sycophant very much, and other sycophants are not uncommon for him, but this kind of foreign envoy kneels on the ground, sings in Hu language, and pats his sycophant, but he likes it very much, and he has the feeling that the world is the co-lord of all nations coming to the court, and it can make him, the emperor, intoxicated!
Wang Ping'an stood in the crowd, squinted his eyes, and carefully looked at this emperor through the ages, only to see that this emperor was just like Yan Liben's painting. The face is majestic, the lips and chin are covered with a big beard, and the beard on the upper lip is slightly upturned!
His gaze slid to Li Ke next to Long Yuan, and he saw that the beard on Li Ke's upper lip was also slightly upturned. Now I understand that Li Shi's beard naturally grows like this, and Li Ke's beard is combed out!