The north wind outside the calyx building is bleak, the inside of the calyx building is warm like spring, the round gauze tent hangs down from the top of the caisson, and the saint is shrouded in the gauze tent and lies on the couch on his side and is drowsy. Yang Yuhuan sat outside the gauze tent, holding the sage's right hand with one hand, as if holding a decaying palm, wanting to use his youthful vitality to continue the emperor's vitality.

Li Linfu on the right and Chen Xilie on the left stood on both sides of His Majesty, Gao Xianzhi stood behind them, and behind Gao Xianzhi stood Li Siye and Bian Lingcheng, the superintendent of the army. They stood on their hands, their legs aching, and they felt like they were living for years.

Li Longji woke up leisurely, the palace eunuchs removed the gauze tent above his head, Gao Lishi hurriedly ordered someone to bring up the sobering soup, the emperor took two sips of the cup, and felt that the spirit of the whole person had recovered slightly.

The Emperor raised his eyelids and looked at the people in front of him, but he was thinking in his heart about how to dance yesterday's dance and how much the movement should be, completely forgetting what he was going to announce today.

Seeing that the scene was about to become embarrassing, Li Linfu suddenly turned around and said to the few people behind him: "Before the saint announces the reward, you must all have a heart of reverence. ”

This sentence suddenly reminded the emperor that today turned out to be a reward for many heroes of the expedition to Xiao Bolu, and he has been thinking about too many things in his mind recently and forgetting many things.

Lin Fu has long been accustomed to the emperor's state, if he were replaced by other prime ministers in the past, such as Yao Chong, Song Jing, Zhang Shuo and others, he would have long been unaccustomed to seeing the spray, and at least he would have to accuse the emperor of not doing his job properly and ignoring the government.

This is where Li Linfu is powerful, even if he is hollowed out of the sage's brain, he can also round out the situation. Don't say that Li Longji's head is distracted and forgets things, and his work is not in a state. Even if he turns into a vegetative person and sits on the royal steps, he will be able to govern smoothly. If he is really a vegetative talent, then he will have no constraints at all, and he can kill whoever he wants, without the control of the highest power, but it is easier to let go of his hands and feet.

The emperor emptied the gloomy sound in his mind, pressed his hands on his knees and glanced at the concubine beside him, and then picked up the merit book from the desk, glanced at it carefully and said, "Gao Aiqing came to the front." ”

Hearing this, Gao Xianzhi hid the excitement in his heart, and also held back the throbbing that he had been waiting for many years, how many times had he imagined this picture, imagining that he was standing in front of the saint to be rewarded and relied on, and the scene in that dream was similar to today's situation.

He stepped forward with square steps, stood in front of the saint and bowed his hands: "Minister Gao Xianzhi greets Your Majesty." ”

For Gao Xianzhi, who was successful in the expedition to Xiao Bolu, the emperor naturally did not hesitate to praise him, squinted his eyes and looked at him carefully a few times, before he said in surprise: "Gao Aiqing looks very young, what I need is a young and strong courtier like you, much stronger than those veterans who are complacent." ”

"The saint praises falsely, and the minister never dares to forget loyalty, righteousness, benevolence and filial piety, let alone the saint's entrustment. Whenever I encounter hardships and desperate situations during the expedition, I can always generate the motivation to continue to move forward and think of solutions to problems. ”

Gao Xianzhi's words sounded a little insensitive, who still doesn't know what you are fighting for, and pretending that the emperor and the Tang Dynasty have given you encouragement, and the one who really gave you encouragement is probably the high-ranking official Houlu.

The lowest bottom line for survival in officialdom is to see through it without saying anything, if you can't even accept this hypocrisy in front of you, just resign and go back to your hometown to farm.

It is the human beings who have really learned hypocrisy that make politics confusing, and this is the beauty of power struggles, and the fig leaf used to hide the truth in the annals of history for thousands of years.

"Very good, I have appointed you as the envoy of the Anxi Festival before, acting as the Imperial Historian. But today I still want to reward you, you still serve as the envoy of the Anxi Festival, grant the seal of the imperial history of Zhongcheng, and serve as Hongluqing. ”

Gao Xianzhi bowed down and thanked him: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace." ”

Li Longji looked down at the rear again, stroked his chest with his hand and said: "I saw in the narrative that it was written that a brave general rushed up from the north slope of the mountain of Lianyunbao single-handedly, and took the lead in the hundreds, if he didn't fight bravely, I don't know how many casualties would have to be paid to take Lianyunbao." Can this warrior be down there today? ”

Gao Xianzhi was a little surprised, I don't know why the emperor mentioned Li Siye, things seemed to be beyond his expectations and imagination, he turned his head to look behind him, thinking about it, Li Siye is not a person who is content with the status quo and endures grievances, he looked at Li Linfu again, and the expression on the right minister's face was also quite calm, it seems that they all know about this matter, but their information seems to be a little lagging behind.

Li Siye immediately bowed down and said, "Minister Li Siye greets Your Majesty." ”

The emperor nodded approvingly, raised his hand and said, "Li Siye stepped forward to speak. ”

He crossed his hands and slowly stepped forward, came to Gao Xianzhi's side and was slightly behind him, and looked down at the emperor's feet. It's the best place to look at it, without discomfort or other thoughts.

"Li Siye, raise your head."

He heard Li Longji's clear but not majestic voice, so he slowly raised his head and saw the current emperor up close, he was getting older than ten years ago, but this change was still very slow. His temples are pale but his eyebrows are stretched, his forehead lines and nasolabial folds are not obvious, and his pampered life has indeed slowed down the aging of his body.

Contrary to him is the crown prince, the prince Li Heng's aging is becoming more and more obvious, compared to his father, it seems that time passes by his side exceptionally fast, and the appearance and age of the two are gradually getting closer. From this point, it can be seen how much pressure the crown prince Li Heng has been under in the past two years.

"Sure enough, it is the body of a fierce general, and I am very pleased to be able to rush to Lianyun Castle with the strength of one person."

As soon as he heard the simplicity of Li Longji's words, he knew that he hadn't read the recital of the narrative at all, maybe he had heard someone mention it from somewhere, or he used Gao Lishi's collection to make such a few hits, and it became Li Siye to kill Lianyunbao single-handedly.

Li Siye naturally wouldn't be stupid enough to really expose his mistakes, this kind of thing is to stain his face. As long as it is spit out from the emperor's mouth, even if he is said to be a superhero who can go to heaven and earth, he should accept it with peace.

"The saint praises falsely, there are only saints in the belief of the heir, even in the face of the sword mountain and the sea of fire in front of me, I have been silently reciting the word loyalty, and I will never retreat from my blood."

"No one will return!" Li Longji said approvingly: "Li Siye, I am going to appoint you as the envoy of the Beiting Festival, the leader of the imperial history and the deputy capital of Anxi, and the honorary officer as the protector. You are satisfied with my reward. ”

Li Siye hurriedly crossed his hands and thanked him: "Thank you to the saint for giving me a gift, and the minister is very satisfied." ”

"It's good to be satisfied." The corners of Li Longji's mouth smiled vaguely, which made Li Siye's heart weak, does the smile of the saint mean that the official position he has obtained is not glorious?

Li Linfu, who was standing behind the two of them, gave Chen Xilie, the left minister, a look, Chen Xilie first shook his head, feeling that he couldn't dodge, so he stepped forward hard, and his voice seemed unconfident: "Every time the generals under the command of Dr. Pingluan enter the palace, they will present the newly learned frontier dance to the sage. I heard that General Li served in Shule and should have learned the local Shule dance, but I wonder if the general would be willing to give advice in front of the sage. ”

Isn't this nonsense, unwilling to be useful? He squinted and turned his head to glance at Chen Xilie, but the other party's face showed an innocent look, including the two sentences just now, which were like reading a manuscript without emotional ups and downs.

As soon as Li Longji heard someone talk about his favorite old profession, he immediately became interested, and instructed Li Siye: "Since this is the case, then ask General Li to dance the dance you have learned." ”

Li Siye's head suddenly rose, how could he add a dancing project to the Gong Gong meeting, this is obviously Li Linfu venting his dissatisfaction, but he wants to let Chen Xilie, a puppet, take the blame and make it difficult for him, if he can't dance, will it rise to the crime of bullying the king?