Chapter 118: A Man's Heart

Get up in the morning, the morning light is faint, the glow appears, the air is slightly cool in the morning, Zhao Dezhao got up from the room and went to the courtyard to play Tai Chi, and the servants in the courtyard also took the washing water early in the morning and waited at the door of King Wei's room.

Inside and outside the courtyard, there have been Song officials getting up one after another, seeing His Royal Highness the King of Wei playing Tai Chi in the courtyard, Dong Zhongyan also followed behind the prince as always, skillfully playing Tai Chi, Dong Zhongyan has fallen in love with this Tai Chi boxing since this time, and the fatigue of the journey has dissipated a lot.

Zhao Dezhao was late, and after washing, he ordered the servants to boil more water, and he was ready to wash his body.

After retreating from the maid who took a bath, Zhao Dezhao sat alone in a half-person-high wooden barrel and bathed, now estimating the day, since that day the envoy went all the way from Jiangling to Jinling City, Jiangning Prefecture, and the grain seeds in Kaifeng in the north have already arrived in Kaifeng, I don't know what his father is planning to do at this moment. Zhao Dezhao guessed correctly at this time in Tokyo City, three days ago these ships had arrived at the Bianshui Wharf, and now potatoes, potatoes, corn and other seeds are all placed in the imperial treasury, guarded by officials, just because it is the second half of the year, it is not suitable for planting at this time.

Now it's September, and in a few days it will be the ninth Double Ninth Day in early September, and I don't know when Li Yu will pick a good day to meet him, saying that Cao Cao to Cao Cao will come to report, and in the afternoon of the same day, there will be a palace attendant out of the palace to the protocol to deliver the decree, announcing that three days later, the Double Ninth Day will meet the envoys of the Song State.

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Three days passed at once, on this day, the Tang lord Li Yu has been in the palace to invite foreign envoys to prepare a banquet, he is wearing a purple cloud pattern round neck regular clothes today, not wearing a dragon robe, since Li Yu ascended the throne every time he meets the envoys of the Song State to change the dragon robe into a purple robe, at this moment he is wearing a Tang-style hat on the head, from the palace to ascend, and then the left and right civil and military officials began to shout: "Respectfully the lord of the country!" ”

The hundred officials sat down one by one, the envoys of the Song State sat on the right side of the emperor, and the King of Wei sat in the third position from the emperor.

After Zhao Dezhao entered the door, he saw many courtiers and chamberlains carrying a huge golden platform to come in, it is said that this is the golden lotus platform, two feet high, pure gold cast lotus petals, and then supported by bronze columns, the shape is just right, look at the appearance of those people carrying, it is estimated that the weight of this platform is not light, and look at the golden light, it really cost a lot of gold. It is said that Li Yu specially created it for one person, presumably the legendary lotus picker girl who can dance, and now she is Li Yu's concubine - Lady Niang.

The music started, the musician played music, and then from the left and right sides of the fish into some singing and dancing girls, the leader of the person wearing a white gauze ruler Xuan robe, wide sleeves flowing fairy floral short skirt, about twenty years old, and then the person walked up to the stage in small steps, and all the dancing girls in the audience formed a circle.

Under the reflection of countless colored lights, on the golden lotus platform, like the stars holding the moon, under the echo of the surrounding dancers, the person began to dance slowly. I saw that her eyebrows were flirting, her eyes were like autumn water, and when she looked at it, she had a charming feeling, and with Shengxue's skin and lips, she was even more delicate and beautiful, and the officials who sat down were a little moved. And her delicate figure has no trace of fat, and her posture is extremely well-proportioned; Her chest is abrupt, her white neck is snow-white, and her feet are wrapped around white silk steps, a golden lotus dance, which is really vivid and expressive.

At this moment, the lights inside and outside the palace were brilliant, and everyone's eyes were on everything on the high golden lotus platform. Zhao Dezhao suddenly remembered that this was the Golden Lotus Dance, and the person who danced on the Golden Lotus Platform at this time was not Li Yu's concubine Niangniang, he saw the three-inch golden lotus at a glance, but now it was beating back and forth, a white gauze figure was even more moving, her dancing posture was like stepping on snow and flying waves, like Lingbo Autumn Moon, but this three-inch golden lotus reminded Zhao Dezhao of the custom of wrapping feet, but now the Lady is just for the intention of dancing, and entangled, naturally there will be no other intentions.

At this moment, the lady is still dancing, looking back at Li Yu who is sitting and smiling, Li Yu also smiled, and then the lady is quickly whirling at the intersection of the cross plank, this action is to imitate the Hu Xuan dance in the Tang Dynasty, it seems that the Tang style in the Jiangnan area still exists.

On the other side of the stage, there is a beautiful woman in red in palace clothes, at this time she also floated her eyes to look at the lady on the stage, the lady is so charming and moving, and the dancing posture is even more provocative to the man's heart, presumably now that her sister has passed away, she will be even more favored, so she is not in a good mood, maybe the emperor's brother-in-law is still sitting on the dragon throne and looking at the lady in front of her, presumably she has forgotten her sister at this moment.

But when she thought so, Li Yu's eyes also glanced towards her, her eyes met Li Yu's gaze, and she glanced over, and her eyes were facing the two-foot-high golden lotus platform in front of her, but she still saw the lady dancing lightly, with a waist like a water snake, and charming eyebrows, she was really a natural vixen. Because in the center was a two-foot-high Golden Lotus Platform, she didn't see Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wei, sitting opposite. At this moment, she suddenly remembered the poem - "Golden Shoes", and remembered the past, there was some annoyance in her eyes, and she avoided the gaze of Li Yu.

At this moment, Li Yu on the dragon throne no longer paid attention to the red-clothed beauty in the palace, his heart was a little disappointed, he didn't know how he could marry her heart, but he believed that his efforts would always be rewarded, but tonight was a banquet for the envoys of the Song Kingdom, and he didn't want to have any mistakes, so he embarrassedly moved his eyes to the lady on the stage, and at this moment, the lady also secretly sent autumn waves, tender like water.

Half an hour of work, the dance of the lady has been completed, and then the wrapped little feet from the golden lotus platform step by step, to the emperor and the surrounding courtiers, envoys and ministers charmingly owed, said: "Lady congratulate me on the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty and the two countries have formed an alliance forever, and I wish the friendship between the Tang and Song dynasties a long time on the day of Chongyang today." ”

"Good! The golden lotus dance of the concubine is really ingenious, and it is more exciting than before. Li Yu looked at the lady with a smile, and at this moment, the lady wished to be completed, so she stood on tiptoe, stepped on her tiptoes and walked to Li Yu's side, and then fell into Li Yu's arms, like a kitten, sticky on Li Yu's neck.

Li Yu had been fascinated by the beauty, but now that he was banqueting to meet the envoys of the Song Kingdom, he pretended to cough and whispered a few words in the ear of the lady. The lady immediately got up and sat on Li Yu's right side.

Li Yu regained his demeanor and said to Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wei, with a smile: "King Wei is a thousand years old, how is it?" How is the dance of the Lady of the Song Dynasty compared to the dance of the Song Kingdom? ”

Zhao Dezhao responded softly, and said with his hands puffed: "Wonderful! The dance is light and elegant, wonderful as a snake, it is indeed exquisite, and the dance in Jiangnan is really like water, dexterous and tactful. And my Great Song Dynasty is not afraid, one south and one north have all kinds of unique customs, and the next time the envoy goes to my Great Song Dynasty, he can also see a different kind of dance. ”

Zhao Dezhao laughed, then took a glass of wine, saluted Li Yu who was seated, and said: "Today, Xiao Wang replaced my Great Song Majesty to envoy to the Tang Kingdom, hoping that the two countries will be peaceful forever, and this glass of wine will be given to you." ”

Li Yu smiled and nodded, and then ordered the Golden Lotus Platform in the center of the hall to be removed, and many attendants came to carry the platform to another hall.

After the platform was removed, the entire hall suddenly became spacious again, and the hall was much brighter, and at this moment, the palace beauty on the opposite side could already see the Song State official in the opposite seat, just when he listened to the Song State Wei King speak, he felt that this voice seemed to be very familiar to her, this time the Golden Lotus Platform has gone out, she can see it at a glance.

On the opposite seat, there are seven or eight Song officials who are dressed differently from the officials of the Tang Dynasty, and what the beauties in palace costumes don't know is that in the Song Kingdom, this is called a long-legged hat, and the Tang State inherits the official uniform system of the Tang Dynasty, which is naturally different. It is said that His Royal Highness King Wei of the Song Kingdom, who was on the envoy to the Tang Kingdom this time, was young, and the palace beauties wanted to see how that person looked.

At this time, she looked over embarrassedly, after all, the other party was a man, and she was a woman, when she looked over, she suddenly found that the person was actually the Zhao brother in the "Swallow Inn", Zhao? Isn't this the national surname of the Song Kingdom, and he told himself that the word "de" was omitted in the middle of his name.

Haha, in fact, what she told him at the time was not her real name, if the banquet was over, the King of Wei of the Song Kingdom could ask her name, she would definitely tell her her real name, but this was just a conjecture in her heart.

By the way, I wanted to invite him last time, but this time I must seize the opportunity and wait for the banquet to end.

The banquet is still going on, and the two countries are also talking very happily, but Zhao Dezhao thinks of the situation between the Song and Tang dynasties in the future, and feels that today is just a dream of the Tang State itself...... It's just that the tide of history will not change easily, and the Song Kingdom will unify the world after all!

Zhao Dezhao then drank a glass of wine handed over by Han Xizai, to be honest, the degree of Tang Guo's wine is not high, and it can't paralyze Zhao Dezhao's nerves, but no matter how low the degree of wine is, if you drink too much, it will still paralyze a person at most.

At this moment, he drank this glass of wine, and suddenly raised his head to face a young woman in red palace clothes in front of him, and the red makeup and clothes in the corners of his eyes looked so red and glamorous at this time, absolutely dazzling, but the person with red makeup didn't know who it was, and Zhao Dezhao was a little drunk with his shy movements and expression.

Hehe, if you drink too much wine, this low-degree wine will also be intoxicating, at this moment Zhao Dezhao shook his head gently, then quickly lowered his neck, looked down at the seat, and took out a hangover pill from his cuff when he was not paying attention, and stuffed it into his mouth...... Everything happens only in the light of light.

And on the other side, the red palace beauty also giggled, because she looked focused, and when she looked down, she found all this, but she didn't expect it...... She covered her mouth and smiled.

Li Yu sat on the top, he picked up a bunch of grapes from the Western Regions on the jade plate with his right hand, and stuffed it into the mouth of the lady, but his eyes glanced at the palace beauty sitting down intentionally or unintentionally. It was only at this moment that he found that the person he loved was sitting in his seat with his mouth covered and smiling, and his eyes were always staring in the direction in front of him...... Isn't that direction the direction of King Wei of the Song Kingdom?

Li Yu suddenly felt a nameless fire rising in his heart, since the death of Emperor E, he has always coveted the appearance and talent of Emperor E's little sister, and he also wants to get her all the time, but because of that misunderstanding, there is a wall between him and the beauty. Originally, he planned to bring her into the palace in a few years, and then make her queen, but although the beauty refused, he did not have a trace of anger. However, looking at her expression today, he has always avoided himself, intentionally or unintentionally, which he feels excusable, after all, he feels sorry for his dead sister by doing so. It's just that now he is smiling at another man, and this man's achievements are not inferior to his own, and he will still be the son of heaven in the Song Kingdom in the future.

Zhao Dezhao, Zhao Dezhao, my Tang Kingdom regards your Song Kingdom as the upper country, this has become an ironclad fact, and the fourteen states of Jiangbei no longer belong to my Tang Kingdom, and I have to pay tribute to Kaifeng every year in the Tang Dynasty, but you shouldn't have snatched away my beloved woman...... I swore to get my woman back!

Zhao Dezhao is still talking and laughing at the moment, drinking, but all this is in Li Yu's opinion, but a man for a woman's style, he feels that he can compare to Zhao Dezhao at any point, at this moment his heart has gradually distorted, looking at Zhao Dezhao in addition to jealousy, there is also the kind of love rival between men.

What Zhao Dezhao didn't know at this moment was that he had become Li Yu's rival in love, and the woman opposite didn't know that she just found out that Zhao Dezhao was stealing alcohol abstinence pills and laughed.

A banquet has ended, and the envoys of the Song Kingdom are also drunk, and they support each other and leave the hall, and at this moment the woman in red has arrived next to Zhao Dezhao, Zhao Dezhao was startled, and said: "Who is the little lady?" Is it Her Royal Highness the Princess? ”

The woman in red sneered, leaned over Zhao Dezhao's ear, and said angrily: "I won't forget the agreement of the inn, I will send someone to the protocol another day." ”

"Oh?" Zhao Dezhao was thoughtful, how did he feel that the more he looked at it, the more he looked like the little lady Zhou who pretended to be a man in the inn that day, but now she has changed into the clothes of her daughter's family, but she has become a beauty who has fallen into the city and the country, Zhao Dezhao's heart has a fire swimming between the bones, but he hides it very deeply, pretending to be calm, "Waiting for good news!" ”

As soon as the woman in red heard what the other party said, she trotted out shyly, and then Li Yu looked nervous and stared at the pair of "dog men and women" acting so recklessly in front of him, and the anger in his heart had been hidden by him.

At this moment, he hugged the lady in his arms tightly without smiling, the lady felt a little suffocation in her neck, she was in pain, and said angrily: "Your Majesty, you hurt the slave family!" ”

Li Yu turned around and said, "I want to spoil you today!" ”

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Lady Niang: The concubine of Li Yu, the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty, is good at dancing and pleases Li Yu with her feet. She was originally a lotus picker, and was elected to the palace at the age of sixteen.