In the northeast corner of Chang'an, there is a large square, originally lived in some dignitaries and nobles, the identity is not trivial, but since the accession of His Majesty Emperor Xuanzong, these dignitaries and nobles were invited out one by one, and the whole square was re-placed and built, although it was in the original pattern, but the weather suddenly became much grander, and then they placed their brothers and sons here one by one, and in the end they didn't even use the original name, and directly changed the name to be called "Sixteen Princes' Mansion".

It is called the Sixteen Princes' Mansion, in fact, if you add those quasi-princes who are not old enough to be crowned kings, there are nearly thirty princes living here. It can be said that except for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Li Hong, who was ordered by his ancestors to live in the Taiji Palace on the east side of the Imperial Palace, almost all the other Tang Dynasty relatives have already lived here.

Of course, among these princes, although everyone has the same title, but after all, there is a difference between relatives and relatives in Emperor Xuanzong, so the biggest and best house is that of King Xue, King Qi and other old princes, they are all brothers of Emperor Xuanzong, the closest relationship, and the oldest qualifications. The mansions of the princes of Xuanzong will inevitably be one level lower in terms of specifications.

Moreover, in terms of the location distribution of these houses, it can also be divided into three, six, nine and so on.

The older ones, the earlier the king, the more noble the mother's identity, can often pick a good position, the younger, the late king, and even the one who has not yet been crowned the king and cannot open the mansion, then naturally it can only be the turn of the last.

Among these palaces of different sizes and locations, Shouwang Mansion is the most envied.

The area of this palace is not too large, even among the princes of Xuanzong, it is just a very ordinary house, because when the king was crowned, Concubine Wu Hui had already told Li Qing, the king of longevity, that the house and the like, it is all a small section, don't think about taking advantage of these small things, so as not to fall in front of the royal brothers, so when it was Li Qing's turn to pick a house, he just picked a very ordinary house, the yard is not big, and the angle is not good.

But after all, he is the son of Concubine Wu Hui, the most favored son of Emperor Xuanzong. Even if he didn't argue with himself, Emperor Xuanzong only needed to have a priority when speaking, and the gap between them would naturally come out.

The layout is more elaborate, the materials are more atmospheric, and the carvings are more exquisite...... Many details seem to be not much different from other houses, but when you pile up these details, this shows the gap.

The layout of Shouwangfu is the most atmospheric and exquisite, the wood and stone materials of Shouwangfu are the most exquisite, the carved beams and paintings of Shouwangfu are the most exquisite, even if it is a four-hour flower and tree, the palace is the first to pick the best to send here, and then the rest is the palace itself to retain...... Everything is in the dark.

In the end, the government and the opposition are just known to everyone that King Shou is humble and humble, as for some details, who can be bold enough to grasp the shortcomings of His Majesty Xuanzong's most beloved son and find fault?

Now that it is September, the autumn wind is together, and the grass is yellow, and at this time, the difference is immediately visible.

In other palaces, although these flowers and trees are already enough, but the time is like this, it is not human can reverse it, the big deal is to conform to the season, prune and clean diligently, in fact, the dead branches and leaves in the garden have nothing to look at.

But in the Shouwang Mansion, the red leaves are fluttering, floating all over the branches, leisurely under the pavilion, the stream is murmuring, although it is the end of autumn, it is an extraordinarily point dyed with a touch of rare elegance and leisure, as for the bleak meaning elsewhere, there is no sign at all here.

Coming all the way, he heard that His Royal Highness King Shou was talking to Princess Xianyi in the pavilion not far away, Chen Qingzhi took two steps to the outside of the pavilion, bowed down and said: "Your Royal Highness, that Li Xi Li Ziyue's car has arrived at the gate of the palace, and the lower officials ask for instructions, who will greet you?" ”

Don't underestimate Chen Qingzhi's question, although he seems to be asking who is coming out to greet him, he is actually asking, Li Xi is here, what specifications should we use to treat him?

As soon as he spoke outside, the voice inside stopped abruptly, only Princess Xianyi, I don't know why she was so happy today, maybe it was King Shou who said something to amuse her sister, in short, she was there giggling and laughing.

Then, without waiting for Shouwang Li Qing to speak, Li Fu'er, the princess of Xianyi, said with a smile: "What else do you use to greet him, don't you just ask him to come in directly, is it possible to ask my brother Qing to greet him in person?" ”

"Uh......"

Her words choked Chen Qingzhi a lot.

It is said that he is a dignified prince of the palace, a member of the fourth grade, naturally it is impossible to see Li Xi, a small nine-grade sesame official Guozi student, according to Li Yifeng's words afterwards, this Chen Qingzhi is fine, don't look at it in person, but the one who has to be counted as an envoy on order, communication, naturally it is the first thing to smoothly handle the things that His Royal Highness King Shou has explained, so his praise and smiling face are not true.

But this is not the case.

In the eyes of the people of Chang'an, Li Xi's poetry is superb, he does good poetry, and he has economic talent, he has done a big business, it is said that he is rich and princely, and this person talks elegantly, and the people who come and go are also some scholars and celebrities, so this person can be classified as a famous person, or a person who is a Qing scholar. In the eyes of King Shou, the same is true.

They value Li Xi, and most of them value Li Xi's poetic talent.

But in Chen Qingzhi's eyes, he didn't dare to look at it like this.

This Chen Qingzhi was also born as a Jinshi, and later his career was smooth sailing, and he had already achieved the five-grade official before the age of forty, but later Li Qing was crowned the king and opened the mansion to build a government, and he was favored by the emperor, so he was transferred to the Shouwang Mansion to serve as a long history.

said that he was promoted, and the fifth grade became the fourth grade, but in fact, the chief of the Shouwang Mansion has no power in his hands, that is, he is running errands for Shouwang.

For example, which prince is born, which minister in the court marries a daughter-in-law and gives birth to a grandson, he will send some gifts to celebrate on behalf of His Royal Highness King Shou, or a certain lady who died last night, he will also mourn on behalf of King Shou's mansion, and so on. This authority can only be regarded as a big housekeeper of the palace, speaking of which, not to mention the five-grade Beijing official, it is a foreign official compared to the five-grade, which is also quite inferior.

It's just that the emperor ordered it, and there was no way to catch up.

Of course, he is only forty years old, but he is not willing to squat in the cold yamen for a lifetime, this was already planned when he was pointed out as the chief of the Shouwang Mansion.

King Shou is the only son of Concubine Wu Hui and is the most favored by His Majesty, so although the crown prince is Li Hong at the moment, His Majesty Xuanzong has not yet gone to the Spring and Autumn Period, not to mention that there are still twenty or thirty years to live, who dares to guarantee that in these twenty or thirty years, Li Hong will always be able to sit firmly in the position of the prince? If he falls, then the chance of Shouwang Li Qing is naturally great, and at that time, he can't say that he is the first batch of henchmen, so he will take the stage to pay respects, and he can't say that he is also in the palm of his hand.

Once he has this thought in his heart, he will take the initiative to plan for King Shou in everything.

According to the imperial court system, there is a prince in the subordinate officials of the palace, but in fact, to serve as the prince and the prince, not only must this person be knowledgeable, but also have great prestige in the government and the opposition, to be honest, once it reaches this point, that is, the candidate for prime minister, where is the emperor willing to throw it into the palace to teach the princes to study? And those retired ministers, such as Song Jing and the like, are certainly suitable in all aspects, but ...... Everyone is in their sold, seventy or eighty, where is the good work?

Besides, the selection of the prince is related to the attitude of the imperial court, once who is appointed, there may be any changes in the court, and some things about the prince are guessed randomly, therefore, since the ninth year of the opening of the Yuan Dynasty, the position of the prince has been vacant, and even the old ministers who have been appointed to the office have been directly saved.

Without Wang Fu, then the long history of the palace from the fourth grade, and the palace Sima from the fourth grade, naturally became the two largest subordinate officials in the palace, that is to say, in this Shouwang Mansion, in the team of Shouwang Li Qing, faintly, his long history Chen Qingzhi is already the head of the ministers.

In this way, he tried his best to plan for the future for His Royal Highness King Shou.

So he looks at Li Xi from a different angle from others.

In his opinion, if Li Xi was just a scribe and just did good poetry, he would be so ruthless that he would immediately turn his face and beat Zhao Fengling and Steward Cheng?

You must know that Li Xi was just a small nine-rank official at that time, and he already clearly knew that the person he was going to fight was the prince's cronies!

Even so, he still said that he would fight it, and after beating people, he dared to openly pick out this matter without fear of offending the prince, what was the end up? Zhao Fengling, the son of the dignified uncle, was sentenced to beheading!

Don't mention anything else, just this one thing, this boldness, this determination, this ruthlessness...... is enough to make Chen Qingzhi look at it differently.

Moreover, although I don't know what means Li Xi used, he actually gained His Majesty's trust and transferred him to Chang'an by an edict, although he was not appointed to any official position, but obviously, His Majesty the Emperor values him very much!

That's amazing!

Maybe in the eyes of others, Li Xi is not worth wooing, at most he is to make friends, and leave a future contact step for each other, as for people like He Zhizhang and others, literati and writers are naturally close, so Li Shiyi is about to be a brother with him when he sees it, which is not enough.

But for Chen Qingzhi, although King Shou is favored, after all, there are two people above him, His Majesty and the Prince, King Shou's Mansion...... is too weak, so someone like Li Xi has only faintly shown a little bit of world-governing talent, and he is so famous, which is enough to be wooed.

Otherwise, although he was ordered to visit Li Xi, after all, each other's status was there, he only needed to visit politely, but why did he have to put on that humble appearance?

And after returning from the visit that day, Chen Qingzhi also revealed his thoughts to His Royal Highness King Shou, but unfortunately, His Royal Highness King Shou obviously only likes Li Xi's talent, maybe he values Li Xi very much in his heart, but what he values is Li Xi's poetry, not Li Xi's other talent. Therefore, he also wanted to woo, but it was not the kind of woo that Chen Qingzhi hoped for.

In this regard, Chen Qingzhi had no choice but to sigh in the wind.

If you want to reluctantly describe the loss in his heart, Li Yishan, a late Tang Dynasty poet who was not born at this time, has a poem, which is quite appropriate to use on him at this time.

This poem is: Pity the night in the middle of the empty seat, don't ask the common people to ask the ghosts and gods.

It's just that although the attitude of Shouwang Li Qing is like this, Chen Qingzhi is not willing to give up, at this time Li Xi's carriage and horse passed, he asked very solemnly, who should be sent to greet him?

According to the subtext of his words, it is natural that Li Xi is here, Your Highness, please move in person and go out to greet him!

It's a pity that no one understands his hard work.

Princess Xianyi's understatement immediately confused his full intentions.

Subsequently, Shouwang Li Qing also said in the pavilion: "Since Mr. Zi said that since he has arrived, then please come in, well, Chen Changshi, you might as well go out to greet him on behalf of Gu, although Li Xi is weak, his reputation is great, and he is arrogant, so it is better for you to go out to welcome Guyou." ”

Chen Qingzhi's heart was gloomy when he heard this, but he could only nod his head in a sullen voice.

So he greeted Li Xi at the gate of Shouwang's Mansion, and the two of them talked politely and laughed, and then arrived at the back garden.

When Li Xi was invited, he said that it was a small banquet at home, and this banquet was indeed small.

Even Chen Qingzhi, the accompanying guest, there are only four people in total.

Shouwang Li Qing, Xianyi princess Li Fu'er, Li Xi, and Chen Qingzhi.

And this time I invited Li Xi to come, although the name was Shouwang Li Qing admired Li Xi's poetry very much, so he invited him to have a small gathering, but in fact, this purpose is not only that.

In other words, as soon as Li Xi's poem "Jin Se" came out, it was a shock on the spot. And he then drifted away, and his arrogant temperament made many people on the scene admire.

At that time, Princess Xianyi Li Fuer was holding back her strength to pull her brother Shouwang Li Qing, which was to trouble Li Xi, but Li Xi's poem directly stunned Princess Xianyi, who was arrogant to a certain extent.

In other words, no matter how arrogant Princess Xianyi is, no matter how noble her status is, she still has a surname after all, that is: enthusiast, change the title of the later generations, this is called a young woman.

And she is only fifteen years old, a little girl, at the age when love first blossoms. Li Xi was born handsome, not to mention that as soon as the poem "Jin Se" came out, he almost went directly to Her Royal Highness the young princess, and suddenly hit the heart.

Besides, although he hated Li Xi before, it was just a young woman's temper attack, thinking that Li Xi was in vain, so he couldn't look down on or even hate him, in fact, for Li Xi's poems, she originally loved it, so as soon as the song "Jin Se" came out, Her Royal Highness Princess Xianyi was immediately disarmed.

Jin Se's poem, lingering and compassionate, with an indescribable rhyme, is simply the best killer for dealing with young women! How can she be a princess who doesn't get hit?

However, then again, even if she has been recruited, Princess Xianyi is the arrogant princess after all, although the female surnames of the Tang Dynasty do not have so many constraints as later generations, and as the youngest daughter of Emperor Xuanzong, Princess Xianyi's degree of freedom seems to be greater, but can this princess's arrogant face be ignored?

Therefore, she fell in love with Li Xi, but she didn't mention it to her mother, but quietly ran over to find her dearest brother, secretly said about it, and asked him to help.

Shouwang Li Qing also admires Li Xi's poetry, not to mention that Li Xi was born handsome, his family is not bad, and his fame is big, he thought about it carefully, if he still has his sister, it would be a good match.

Therefore, Princess Xianyi Li Fu'er just soaked for a while, and His Royal Highness King Shou agreed to help her pull this pimp.

In other words, this pimp is not easy to pull, Her Royal Highness Princess Xianyi has something to say first, I am a dignified princess, I can't go to him on the pole, so much faceless, so Shouwang Li Qing set up a banquet to invite Li Xi, the biggest purpose is to try to point the meaning to Li Xi, and at the same time, let him Li Xi take the initiative to move closer to Her Royal Highness Princess Xianyi.

In this way, Li Fuer is being pursued, and this can be regarded as having face in the inside, and the Great Perfection.

Therefore, when Li Xi arrived at this pavilion, after Shi Li met King Shou and Princess Xianyi, everyone sat down separately, and this Princess Xianyi put on a very tall appearance, but her face was cold, and she turned her head to look at the leaves and leaves in the garden not far away.

In short, the biggest task of His Royal Highness Li Fu'er at the moment is to take the warp and set up the score.

On the other hand, Shouwang Li Qing, he is the protagonist in today's pimping drama, although he has never personally greeted him before, but since Li Xi came in, he is very polite, and he himself treats people very warmly, so it really makes Li Xi feel a little like sitting on a spring breeze, and his perception of this Shouwang is rising steadily.

As soon as Li Xi arrived, the banquet began, and after the food and drinks were ready, everyone drank a few glasses, and the topic was discussed.

Shouwang invited Li Xi to come over, and he played the beginning of poetry, so he naturally started with poetry, Shouwang was young and smart, and he studied under celebrities, so his knowledge is not bad, Chen Qingzhi was born in Jinshi, although he has been in the officialdom over the years, and his knowledge has been put down some, but the foundation is still there, not to mention that there is an ancient saying, if you don't read poetry, you can't speak. Even if the officialdom is entertaining, this knowledge is also a must, so at this time, he is a companion, and between gags, he is also at ease.

And although Li Xi didn't have any foundation before, and the rhythm and ancient poems or something, they were all less than half a bottle of swaying, but after all, he had also studied the essence of the poetry of the past dynasties in modern society, and the essence of those poems was often commented on by countless people after thousands of years.

It's just that in order to succeed in this big drama today, Her Royal Highness Princess Xianyi is naturally not good at praising or even asking for advice, and her heart is itchy, but she has to comfort herself, and when he understands what the imperial brother means, he knows that I am interested in him, and at that time he takes the initiative to pursue me, and even the person is mine, so I can't ask what?

In her logic, she is the dignified emperor of the imperial family, His Majesty the Emperor's favorite daughter, and it is naturally his blessing to be able to fall in love with Li Xi, so she almost doesn't have to think about it, just a little hint from the imperial brother there, I am afraid that Li Xi will immediately stick it sticky.

Therefore, although Li Xi said many judgments that made her feel both shocked and sighed, she still couldn't help it and didn't say a word.

Halfway through the wine, Princess Xianyi looked at her brother with an appreciative look at Li Xi, and was still learning with him on the way of poetry, which was somewhat unbearable, so she coughed, and taught the palace maid standing behind her softly, saying: "Qingwei, pour me full, today is the chaotic autumn, it is good to be drunk!" ”

The Yan Qingwei behind him looked at the style of his young lady, and felt a little like laughing in his heart, but he didn't dare, so he just obediently came over and poured her a full bottle of wine.

Hearing this cough, he turned his head to look at his sister, Li Qing suddenly knew in his heart, and he unconsciously changed the topic, and said: "Lonely, this sister, usually likes poetry the most, Lone wants to invite Zi Yue to come to meet, she was originally reluctant to come, but then she still felt the autumn breeze, so she said, now it is said that it is indeed a good time for friends to drink, this is now said to be over, you know, my sister, to Zi said Brother Your poetry, but I appreciate it very much!" Well, it's even more so than the Lone King! ”

When he said this, he first praised his sister, and then wooed Li Xi, Her Royal Highness Princess Xianyi listened to it, not to mention how satisfied he was.

At this time, I only heard Li Qing say again: "Speaking of which, this sister is also fifteen years old this year......

At this point, the words came to an abrupt end, Li Xi looked at him, turned his head to look at Li Fu'er, the princess of Xianyi who continued to take Fan'er, seemed to understand something, but he just nodded in agreement and didn't say anything.

At this time, Li Qing, the king of Shou, saw that Li Xi did not answer, so he pointed to his sister-in-law and said: "Today, this situation and this scene, and this beauty, can you have a good poetry?" ”

This is to ask Li Xi clearly, you see, my sister likes your poems a lot, can you make a poem for her?

In other words, at this point, let alone Li Xi, even Chen Qingzhi can see it. I said in my heart that no wonder I always felt that Her Royal Highness Princess Xianyi was acting very wrong today, and it turned out that the topic fell here.

However, Princess Xianyi and His Royal Highness King Shou are compatriots of the same mother, if this thing can be done...... Not bad either!

So, at that moment, he also turned his face and looked at Li Xi, but he wanted to hear how Li Xi answered.

(To be continued)