"What? Can peonies bloom in winter? What method did the eldest brother use? Li Longye immediately asked with great interest. Seeing that Li Longye kept asking, and Li Chengqi obviously didn't expect to be entangled by his younger brother like this, and he had a little difficulty answering, Li Longji laughed in a low voice.

The peony season is in the warm May, even if the eldest brother takes care of it meticulously, but how can this natural phenomenon be easily changed?

The eldest brother just wanted to tell himself that Aya was the peony in that winter, although there was a knot in his heart, it was not that he could not untie it, as long as he persisted, it would definitely bloom. But...... If Aya learns what kind of thoughts he has at this time, I don't know if he will recognize him as a son.

Let him go, if it can be done, can I still go past him and ascend to the throne of God? When the time comes, the authority will be put in his hands, and he will recognize it, and he will recognize it if he does not recognize it.

It was only a few days of leisure, and the day of the state banquet arrived.

said that it was a state banquet, but now only one state of Tubo came, far less than when all countries came to make it, Li Xian still cleaned up the entire Lin De Palace. On the second floor of the nave, there is a royal orchestra and large and small musical instruments, and the windows on all sides are wide open, so that the melodious and solemn ceremonial music seems to float from the sky, like a heavenly sound. The front, middle and rear halls on the first floor are almost full of banquets, except for the center that is vacant for singing and dancing performances. The powerful of the dynasty, the women of the internal and external affairs, and the princesses of the kings and grandchildren were all seated according to their ranks, but only a few were still favored and transcendent to everyone.

The first is the princess Li Bao'er. The main seat in the hall belonged to the emperor and the queen's wife, and Li Bao'er should have been on both sides of the hall, but at this time, he was sitting leisurely in a later place on the side of the main seat, with a proud and calm face.

The second is Zhaorong Shangguan Wan'er. In order to show the Tang Dynasty's respect for Tubo, Shang Zanlu, the leader of the Tubo envoys, naturally wanted to sit on the lower left of Li Xian, and the positions of Li Dan and Princess Taiping, the two brothers and sisters of Anguo Zhenguo, were arranged to the lower right of Li Xian, and at the back of Princess Taiping, there was a separate seat, and Shangguan Wan'er sat there.

The last one, no one would have thought that it was the last face of the legendary Empress Zetian, and the eunuch Xiao Jiangyuan, who is now favored by Princess Anle. She sat beside Li Bao'er, and tried to get up countless times, but was pulled back by Li Bao'er.

Today's Xiao Jiangyuan made Li Bao'er feel very wrong, a little absent-minded, a little restless, and his reaction was more than half a beat slower than in the past, and he was always out of the world. Where is the Xiao Jiangyuan who she likes, who has always been confident and can only smile lightly? She couldn't help but ask when she had doubts in her heart, but the answer she got was not what she expected, it was really because of the importance of the country, and people were so loved by her, but she only felt pressure, like sitting on pins and needles.

"It's so boring...... Li Bao'er muttered secretly, and finally let go of Xiao Jiangyuan's hand, "Okay, you can go wherever you want." ”

Seeing that Li Bao'er did not do as usual after compromising, showing a displeased look, his eyebrows and eyes turned a little gloomy, and his smile was a little helpless, Xiao Jiangyuan was slightly stunned, but he still got up immediately without hesitation and retreated. At this time, in the Lin De Palace, except for the emperor, the king of Anguo, the princess of Zhenguo and Shang Zanlu and others, most of them were already full, and they saw that the scarlet-clothed eunuch once again brushed Princess Anle's face, and this time Princess Anle did not have the slightest angry appearance, everyone couldn't help but be surprised.

Some people say that Princess An Le is already a mother, and it is reasonable that her temperament is gentler than before; Some people asked, could it be that Princess An Le had true feelings for this eunuch? There are also people who sigh, this Xiao Lang is really not bad, even Empress Zetian has not been able to get rid of her confusion, let alone the young Princess Anle?

"But in terms of beauty, she is not as good as Zhang Changzong, and in terms of temperament, she is not as good as Zhang Yizhi. What kind of virtue can she have, she can survive the Shenlong coup, and after asking to guard the mausoleum, she can return without warning, the saint is for the sake of Empress Zetian, and it is just a matter of treating her well, I heard that Shangguan Zhaorong also takes her very seriously......"

"She can let these nobles treat her like this, which is already extraordinary, and you and I are beyond our reach. You see that she smiles the most politely on weekdays, and her waist must be straight, but what is going on in her heart, can you see it? ”

Xiao Jiangyuan walked on the open space in the center of the hall, facing the sunlight outside the hall, and walked upright. She couldn't hear the whispered discussions everywhere, but she could roughly guess what it was, the smile on her lips deepened, and she couldn't help but sigh secretly in her heart - it turned out that there were still many clear-eyed people left in the court, knowing that they seemed to be pure, but in fact they were just pretending.

Such a court can still be saved, but where is the male lord who turned the tide now?

As soon as she stepped out of the threshold of the central nave, she heard a eunuch singing not far ahead: "The Son of Heaven is here." ”

She should have bowed her hands, but she raised her eyes like a ghost, and then quickly retreated from the corridor between the front hall and the middle hall to the outside of the Lin De Hall. She turned her back against the outer wall of the Lin De Temple, and couldn't help but raise her hand to caress her heaving chest. Feeling the sudden increase in her heartbeat, a little dazed appeared in her eyes.

Li Xian and Empress Wei joined hands, and Shang Zanlu entered the palace together, followed by Li Dan's family and Princess Taiping's family, plus the accompanying palace attendants, and the group of people Hao Hao soup, like a colorful cloud, slowly moved into the palace. Except for Li Dan, the other people in the Xiangwang Mansion followed the family of Princess Taiping, such as the five brothers Li Longji, who followed at the end, until everyone worshiped the emperor and sat down one after another, they were really in the Lin De Palace.

From the first time Li Longji stepped into the Lin De Palace, he looked around, until he sat down on his seat, his eyes were still wandering out, and he never took it back. Li Chengqi, who was still not far from his side, coughed lightly, and Li Longji came back to his senses and hurriedly lowered his eyes.

- Today's event, she ...... Didn't you come?

Even if she refused to come, how could Li Bao'er let her go? Thinking like this, Li Longji turned his eyes and glanced at Li Bao'er, and his eyes immediately narrowed slightly. In the past two years, not only their brothers have changed, but Princess An Le is no exception. She sat there quietly, looking disappointed but stubbornly raising the corners of her lips, which looked much more pleasing to the eye than before. He was a little impressed, and secretly wondered, it couldn't be because of her, right?

The guests of honor arrived, and the state banquet began. The welcome music of the Tang Dynasty was played, and the joy did not lose the demeanor of a great country, and the chime bell rumbled, rendering the music ethereal and spacious, plus the ceremonial music came from the "sky", and everyone only felt that they were in the heavenly palace in a trance, and they were a little fluttering for a while, and they were happy.

Li Longji put one hand on his lap, his fingers tapped the beat with the music, and his jaw was also retracted, regardless of the outside world, completely immersed in dance and music. He didn't nod his head all the time, sometimes he shook his head, and then after pondering for a while, he suddenly became enlightened, only hating that there was no silk pen by his side at the moment, and he couldn't write down what he thought immediately, and at the same time secretly determined that he would have to change all the music in this palace sooner or later.

At this time, Na Shangzan smiled and said: "The Tang Dynasty dance music is really extraordinary. ”

Li Xian smiled faintly: "As far as I know, the dance music in Tubo is also good. ”

"But ......," Shang Zan said aggressively.

Li Xian said: "If the envoy has anything to say, just say it." ”

"There is only one paragraph, at the end of the music, there seems to be some delay, and the original momentum is old, I don't know if it is the score like this, or is it a mistake of the musician?" Shang Zanxuan looked puzzled and very sincere, but Li Xian felt a little annoying in his eyes. However, he still maintained the generosity of the king of a country, and smiled slightly: "The envoy sounds like something is wrong?" ”

It seems that he didn't expect Li Xian to ask so directly, and he didn't hide any possible problems in his own lile, but was frank and open, Shang Zan couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then said: "The minister thinks that there are shortcomings in both places." ”

Li Xian said: "I would like to hear about it." ”

Shang Zanlu really spoke very straightforwardly, very meticulously and methodically. Li Xian's smile was a little unbearable, Empress Wei was already smiling, and Li Bao'er frowned and glanced at Shang Zan several times. The main seat is already like this, and then look at the two sides of the hall, the Tubo side is smiling, vaguely proud, and the Datang side has different expressions, wonderful.

Princess Taiping snorted lightly and said in a low voice: "This slave is really welcome. ”

Li Dan glanced at his sister and sighed, "But what he said ...... There's nothing wrong with that. ”

Princess Taiping immediately raised her eyebrows, turned her head to look at her brother, and saw Li Dan looking at Shang Zanlu fixedly, and her always calm face showed a little appreciation: "Did you say that he was trying to embarrass Datang and casually talk about Hu Zou?" ”

The five brothers were already a little nervous here, especially here in Li Longye, if it weren't for Li Longfan's frowning and pressing, he would have spoken a long time ago. Li Chengyi was still silent, but his expression was quite heavy, but Li Chengqi and Li Longji glanced at each other and couldn't help nodding their heads, especially Li Longji, who was simply shocked in his heart - this slave's statement coincided with what he just thought!

It seems that in the area of music and rhythm, Shang Zanlu still has some real talents, which can be regarded as reasonable, so Datang doesn't know how to refute it.

After talking, Shang Zan lowered his eyes and smiled: "The Tang Dynasty ritual music is not hidden, but despite this, it is also a fairy music in the world, which is ordinary and difficult to reach." ”

The previous words were okay, but as soon as the last sentence came out, some Tang courtiers were unconvinced: "Datang Chinese music and music workers are all excellence and excellence, are they ordinary and comparable?" ”

At this time, some people in Tubo also refuted: "Since it is a national music, why is it still insufficient?" ”

"No one is perfect, no one is perfect, and saints are still like this, let alone Lile?"

"Datang is a country of etiquette, and etiquette must be quite important, but I don't make up for it when I see it, why not?"

"My Tang Dynasty is a big country, on weekdays, the people's livelihood alone is enough to keep the civil and military officials busy, etiquette and music are important, how can they be more important than the people?"

"The minister once heard that there is a saying in the Tang Dynasty, called the dead sheep and make up for it, it is not too late, even the most ordinary shepherds in the Tang Dynasty know this truth, but they don't know that the officials of the Tang Dynasty are better than the shepherds, how much stronger can they be?"

There was a moment of silence in the hall.

After a while, a melodious flute sounded.