Chapter 18: Chang'an City
The first rays of the morning light cut through the mottled leaves, leaped over the window lattice, and projected onto the nanmu table of the inn.
The crisp bird cry outside the window, in harmony with each other, woke up Li Bai in his sleep. He sat up slowly, rubbing his sleepy eyes with his hands. He saw that Li Yuanfang was lying on the rattan chair opposite, still sleeping with his head tilted, and his saliva was flowing all over the ground. When Li Bai saw this scene, he smiled unconsciously.
"Hey, little ghost, if you don't wake up, I'm going to leave." Li Bai sat on the table in front of Yuan Fang and shouted loudly.
Li Yuanfang's huge and sensitive ears trembled slightly, his eyes opened suddenly, and he sat up in an instant.
"Hugh, Hugh, Hugh, Hugh want to escape my surveillance, no one has ever escaped my eyes." Li Yuanfang replied loudly.
"Haha, is it, little ghost? I don't wake you up, are you sure you can wake up yourself? Li Bai joked.
"Of course I can, in fact, I woke up a long time ago, just pretending to be asleep, so that I can spy on your true behavior." Li Yuanfang wiped his saliva and said seriously.
"Detective, now you don't have to pretend to be asleep, come downstairs with me for some snacks, and then go to Daming Palace." Li Bai said lightly, turned around and went downstairs.
"What, you want to break into Daming Palace again? Are you going to assassinate the Empress, or have some other ulterior motives, tell the truth, dare to hide anything, believe it or not, the detectives will arrest you now! Li Yuanfang was suddenly shocked, opened his small mouth and yelled at Li Bai's back, and followed in time.
"Detective, when you finish eating breakfast, I'll be honest about everything, okay." Li Bai picked up a soup packet with chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it slowly, and the sauce of the bun was fragrant, instantly awakening the sleeping taste buds.
"Okay, that's what you said, this detective agreed to your request in order to solve the case." As soon as he finished speaking, Li Yuanfang picked up the bun with both hands and stuffed it into his mouth, and the sauce of the bun suddenly splashed everywhere, Li Bai didn't have time to dodge, and his snow-white clothes were stained with a few points of sauce.
"Detective, haven't you ever eaten steamed buns! Your elegant eating appearance is simply messy with my three views! Li Bai said.
"Hehe, don't you have the strength to decide the case if you have a full meal, if you don't want to eat the rest of the buns, I'll reluctantly finish it for you." Li Yuanfang said as he stuffed buns into his mouth.
"Okay, it's all yours, I'll go upstairs and wipe my clothes, detective, you can enjoy it here." Li Baidao.
"Uh-huh, you go quickly, I'm waiting for you here." Li Yuanfang chewed on the bun and said inarticulately.
When Li Yuanfang finished eating another drawer of steamed buns and drank the porridge, he found that Li Bai had not gone downstairs. Suddenly, he stood up, and as if he realized something, he quickly climbed the stairs, jumped up the second floor, kicked open the door, and found that it was empty.
"It's not good, Li Bai, a big villain, dares to lie to me, see if I don't catch up with you, twist your neck, otherwise I will have your surname." Li Yuanfang pursed her mouth and opened her eyes angrily outside the window, the place where Li Bai had fled.
Li Yuanfang threw a silver ingot on the table, went out of the window, and went to Dali Temple first, preparing to tell Di Renjie the specific situation first, and then ask for instructions on the next action.
"What? People are lost! Did he really say that he was going to Daming Palace? Di Renjie exclaimed.
"Yes, my lord, he said it to me himself." Li Yuanfang said.
"Prepare your horse and enter the palace." Di Renjie said.
The miscellaneous servants prepared their horses, and Di Renjie led Li Yuanfang to Daming Palace.
"Miss Murong, I still bother you to report that Di Renjie has an urgent matter to see the empress." Di Renjie said.
"Master Di, let's wait in this side hall first, the empress is seeing Li Bai in secret, and I don't dare to enter the palace to ask for a meeting without a Jun will." Murong Wan'er said.
"Ah, then Li Bai really came to Daming Palace, and he also saw the empress, isn't the empress very dangerous now?" Di Renjie said.
"Master Di, don't panic, you have to believe in the empress as much as you believe in yourself." Murong Wan'er said.
On the huge Jinluan Treasure Hall, the empress sat on the dragon chair. Li Bai clenched his fists and saluted the empress slightly.
"Li Bai, I have stopped using troops in the Western Regions, it's time to fulfill your promise, right?" Wu Zetian Dao.
Li Bai handed over a picture, and Wu Zetian slowly unfolded it.
"Your Majesty, all the lairs of the demons in the Western Regions are all engraved on this map, and I hope that Her Majesty the Empress will quickly send troops to recruit and suppress them." Li Baidao.
"Okay, very good, you really didn't disappoint Lone, Lone will send troops to kill him tomorrow. Li Bai, your poetry is the best in the world. Your swordsmanship is at its peak. Why don't you stay, make suggestions for my Datang society, enjoy the glory, and live up to your ability. "Wu Zetian said.
"Your Majesty, I am free and easy by nature, indulgent and uninhibited, and I am not suitable to stay, I just want to travel all over the world, take in the mountains and rivers, be accompanied by the breeze, and be invited by the bright moon."
"Hehe, is it, is it true that a talented man doesn't admire Hongchen, or is my Wan'er unable to enter your eyes?" Wu Zetian Dao.
The last time Li Bai broke into Daming Palace and questioned Wu Zetian, Murong Wan'er was beside the empress.
When Li Bai's gaze flowed on Murong Wan'er, the short stay, the autumn waves flowing in that moment, were captured by the shrewd Wu Zetian.
"I wonder what the Empress means by that?" Li Bai asked, a subtle shyness swept across his face.
"Do you still need me to say deeply, since you don't have this mind, then I have to marry Wan'er to others." Wu Zetian Dao.
"Miss Murong is the person next to the empress, and her freedom is of course up to you." Li Baidao.
"You have made meritorious contributions to the Tang Dynasty, let's say, what do you want to reward you?" Wu Zetian asked.
"Your Majesty, didn't you reward me? The absence of war in the Western Regions is the greatest gift to me. Li Bai bowed and said.
"Lonely, for yourself, there is nothing you want to have?" Wu Zetian Dao.
"Freedom, unlimited freedom, I beg your Majesty's permission." Li Baidao.
"Humph! You'd rather leave Wan'er behind than give up your so-called love landscape. You would rather give up your glory than the freedom of your mouth. Where did you put Lonely, wouldn't Lone dare to kill you?! Wu Zetian said angrily.
"It's just a cloth cloth in the next place, how dare I hope that Your Majesty's gift will be great, I am wandering, going through thousands of mountains and rivers, just to praise Your Majesty's great cause and immortal achievements. I hope Your Majesty will understand, and you will not bend to kill me. Li Bai said.
"It's a good one, since you have made up your mind, Lone will never force you, come on, a bounty of one hundred taels, and give a feast to Wenhua Palace." Wu Zetian Dao.