Chapter 7 Anecdotes told by Liu Mai
The opening victory of the war against Tibet, as the deputy commander and former army commander-in-chief, Liu Xianli, was the main commander of these battles, and a few days after Liu Yanjing came to tell the news, the court's commendation order was also sent to the palace.
A large number of belongings were sent by the palace people, so much that they were dazzling, but to Liu Yi's surprise, the next day, his mother Zhang gave these belongings to relatives and subordinates, and did not leave much for herself.
This way of doing things made Liu Yi a little dumbfounded, and he couldn't understand why his mother did this, but he didn't want to ask, but he knew that his mother's behavior was one of the reasons why his house was poor.
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Yuzi still continued to be bored, but he also gave Liu Yi enough time to practice martial arts, and after about half a year, his skills have become better and better, and even the people in the house are stunned if he has a good level of riding and archery.
In the blink of an eye, it was the end of July, and the emperor's imperial car also returned to Chang'an.
From the end of April when Li Zhi and Wu Zetian left Chang'an for Jiucheng Palace, to the end of July, almost three months, these royal family members stayed in Jiucheng Palace, and Liu Yi was also surprised by the royal lifestyle.
Liu Yi has seen some descriptions of Daming Palace in later generations, he knows that the number of palaces in Daming Palace is very large, some are specially built for summer retreat, and there are equipment for cooling with water, Xia Yue is very cool, he can't understand why Li Zhi and Wu Zetian are so tossed, with a large team of people and horses to run out, it is not true as some historians speculate, Wu Zetian is unwilling to stay in Daming Palace because he has done too many sins in Daming Palace, and often has nightmares at night?
There is no way to verify this problem, and Liu Yi is just following blind speculation, but the ruthlessness of Wu Zetian's methods is written in history, and Liu Yi also has a heartfelt disgust for this empress who is famous for her ruthlessness in history.
It's just disgust is disgust, now most of the power in the Tang Dynasty is in the hands of this woman, although Li Zhi is still in charge, but many times he will ask Wu Zetian's opinion, Liu Yi also understands that if he wants to leave a mark in this era, he must have contact with this woman.
Liu Yi also thinks a lot of times, is this martial arts conference a martial arts move in history? Will the Emperor be present in person? If Emperor Li Zhi and Empress Wu Zetian are here, how should they behave in order to be a blockbuster, get their appreciation, and have a chance to make a career.
Everything is just speculation, Liu Yi has no way of knowing the situation, and only hopes that the eldest brother Liu Mai can go back to the mansion a few more times and tell him some of the situation.
Liu Yi's hopes were not disappointed, and after the emperor's royal drive returned to Beijing, Liu Mai also returned to the palace two days later.
Compared with Liu Yi, who has been staying in the mansion to practice martial arts, Liu Mai, who went to the summer with the emperor, looks much better, Liu Yi's original white face has become a little black after this summer has passed, and Liu Mai, who stayed on duty in the Jiucheng Palace, because the climate was cool at that time, did not bask in the sun, but was whiter than Liu Yi.
I haven't seen each other for a few months, the brothers seem to be quite affectionate, Liu Yi is still quite professional, and he didn't tell the two younger brothers what happened in the palace, which made Liu Yi, who wanted to know the situation, very depressed.
Early in the morning of the second day, Liu Yi walked back together after practicing martial arts with Liu Mai, who also got up early.
"Big brother, can you tell me a little bit about what happened around you these times?" Liu Yi said to Liu Mai with some flattery.
"Third brother, why are you interested in these things?" Liu Mai replied with a smile, but Liu Yi felt that his eldest brother's smile was a little alert.
"The younger brother has been staying in the house, very bored, and I also want to listen to the eldest brother tell some interesting things around him!" Liu Yi pretended to be very pitiful, and said to Liu Mai with a smile. If you want to do big things and know more about the royal affairs, it is the best to know yourself and your opponent, and a good way to understand is what your eldest brother on duty in the palace said.
"Royal affairs, how can you say it casually, if it is known, it will be punished," Liu Mai still shook his head and walked forward, but his pace slowed down a little, and his tone of voice was not so resolute.
"Big brother, I promise I won't talk to anyone else," Liu Yi also hurriedly said, almost patting his chest.
"It's still early anyway, so let's go sit in your room for a while!" Liu Mai didn't insist anymore, and followed Liu Yi's words.
"That's, big brother please!" Liu Yi also hurriedly took two steps forward and led the way in front.
Liu Jinjin sat down in the room, and also talked a little about what had happened around him in the past few months, but most of them were useless trivial things.
"Big brother, is there anything else?" Liu Yi was a little disappointed.
"Hmm..." Liu Mai looked at the doors and windows vigilantly, and after noticing any unusual movements, he lowered his voice, approached Liu Yi's side, and said in a low voice: "This time I went to Jiucheng Palace, I just went to those days of continuous rain, the weather was very cold, and many of the accompanying sergeants were frozen to death!"
"Ahh Liu Yi sighed lightly in his heart, this time the emperor went to escape the summer, and someone froze to death, which really seemed like a kind of irony.
"Because of such an accident, several generals of the Yulin Army were severely punished..."Liu Mai still whispered, but did not say who was punished and what punishment was received.
"Being on duty in the palace is a matter of carrying your head over the day," Liu Mai said with some emotion, "Last time, a princess went out of the palace to enjoy the spring without permission, and when she came back, she was frightened by a frightened horse near the West Market, and as a result, all her entourage was executed after returning to the palace..."
"Ahh Liu Yi couldn't help but be shocked, he knew that what Liu Mai said just now must have happened to him, the carriage was indeed a princess, but he didn't expect that those derelict entourages were all killed because of this, then it seems that this princess's identity should be very noble, but Liu Mai didn't say who it was, Liu Yi wanted to know, and asked at the moment, "Big brother, which princess is it?" ”
"Big brother doesn't know!" Liu Mai shook his head, "I heard people faintly say that it was still a year when a young hero came to the rescue, killed the startled horse, and restrained the frightened carriage..."Liu Mai glanced at Liu Yi, "Later, the queen mother also asked someone to investigate, and wanted to find out who the young man who rescued him was, but to no avail!"
Liu Yi's heart was a little fluttering, he hesitated and didn't know whether to tell Liu Mai that he did the incident, but after thinking about it for a while, he still didn't say anything, and then asked, "Then they just stopped like this?" ”
"So what!" Liu Mai said with some disapproval, "There are more than one million residents in Chang'an City, and this person may not stay in Chang'an City, it is so easy to check!" Liu Mai paused for a moment and continued: "But this person's skills are very good, killing a horse with his bare hands, the strength is extraordinary, it may also be for the martial arts competition, third brother, the martial arts competition will start in a while, this person must be your strong challenger, you have to be careful!"
"Yes, big brother, little brother remembers!" Liu Yi wanted to laugh a little.
"Okay, big brother will go first, and I will go back to the palace in a while!" Liu Mai stood up, "You have to step up your martial arts training, don't slack off, big brother sees that you have made a lot of progress during this time!" Liu Mai said with a smile.
"Big brother, little brother will definitely not be lazy!" Liu Yi also showed a smile and said very confidently, listening to Liu Mai's words just now, his heart was already full of pride, with the skills of his body, it should be no problem to perform in the martial arts conference.
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