Everyone accompanied Li Zhen to send off Mrs. Di like a fairy, and returned to the training ground.

"I'm having a treat at noon today, please go to Mingli Restaurant for a drink!" Li Zhen thanked everyone for giving him face and said that he wanted to have a treat.

Everyone said that of course the wine should be drunk, but the old lady's 'tie is the strategy of winning' is very pertinent and worthy of their gift.

At this time, Li Zhen heard someone not far behind him calling him timidly, "Master!"

As soon as Li Zhen turned around, he saw two young men riding horses more than a dozen steps away, both wearing black and white polo warrior uniforms, with a cane hanging from the saddle, it was Li Longji and Gao Lishi, and the person who called Li Zhen 'Master' just now was Li Longji.

Frankly speaking, Li Zhen didn't take Li Longji's apprenticeship to heart, it was just a whim, not a real apprenticeship, and later after he was promoted to the deputy commander of the internal guard, Li Dan no longer allowed his son to follow Li Zhen to learn riding and archery, which was actually to terminate the teaching relationship between them.

However, Li Zhen was still very happy to see Li Longji here, and he urged him to step forward and smiled: "Why are you two here?"

Li Longji pointed to a group of polo players who were practicing in the distance and said, "We are training over there, and I have been looking for an opportunity to come over to greet Master. ”

Li Zhen smiled and nodded to Gao Lishi, and patted Li Longji's shoulder again, "Just treat me as a brother, you don't need to call Master anymore, so I can continue to socialize." ”

Li Longji understood what Li Zhen meant, if he called Master again, his father would oppose it, Li Zhen would also avoid himself, he nodded silently, "I remember." ”

"That's right, how about you ride and shoot now?"

"In vain...... No, I can now pull out a stone bow, and I can shoot the straw man target from fifty steps away, by the way, congratulations to the eldest brother for winning the martial arts championship. ”

Gao Lishi also hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Congratulations to Brother Li for winning the martial champion!"

Li Longji took out another long arrow made of gold and respectfully handed it to Li Zhen, "This is the golden arrow I personally built to congratulate my eldest brother on winning the championship, please accept it." ”

Gao Lishi also took out a dagger and hurriedly said: "This is my heart!"

Li Zhen laughed and happily accepted the congratulatory gifts from the two of them, "Don't be so polite, but I still want to thank you, do you want to practice with us?"

At this time, a rider ran in the distance and shouted from afar: "Third brother!"

Li Longji hurriedly greeted him, "Brother, I'm talking to Brother Li." ”

Needless to say, the person who came was Li Longji's eldest brother Li Chengqi, the king of Shouchun County, and Li Chongrun, Li Chengqi was appointed by his father, Li Dan, to lead a polo team to participate in this polo competition.

These days, Li Chengqi leads the polo team to train in the imperial city almost every day, of course, training is not the goal, it is their real intention to attract the attention of the saints.

Li Chengqi also knew very well that Li Zhen was Shangguan Wan'er's person, compared to Li Chongrun's straightforwardness, Li Chengqi was more shrewd and sophisticated, and was very good at grasping proportions, he smiled slightly, hugged his fist at Li Zhen and said: "Congratulations to Commander Li for winning the champion of martial arts!"

"Thank you, Your Highness, I didn't notice that Your Highness is also training here, Li Zhen is rude. ”

Li Chengqi smiled and waved his hand, "Commander Li is competing with the Thousand Cavalry Battalion, where can I be distracted? We will all train here for the next few days, and if we have the opportunity, we will also have a fight." ”

"To be able to play polo with His Royal Highness, it is Li Zhen's luck. ”

Li Chengqi smiled and said to Li Longji again: "Let's go! Don't affect Commander Li's training." ”

Li Longji understood that his brother didn't want to let himself have too much contact with Li Zhen, his expression was gloomy, so he had to nod, saluted Li Zhen, and urged the horse to go back, Gao Lishi also followed him, at this time, Li Zhen smiled at Li Chengqi and said: "Your Highness, we are dining at Mingli Wine Restaurant at noon, are you interested in coming over for a gathering?"

Li Longji suddenly looked at Li Chengqi with expectation, Li Chengqi hesitated, but still shook his head, "This...... We have already arranged it at noon, next time! Next time, if I have the opportunity, I will invite Commander Li to have a drink. ”

"Then I'll have to do it next time. ”

Li Zhen smiled and saluted him with a fist, turned the horse's head and returned to the training ground, at this moment, a eunuch galloped over and ran to Li Chengqi and Li Longji, the eunuch panted and said: "Two highnesses, the Holy Lord has called you over." ”

Li Chengqi was overjoyed, and the Holy Lord finally noticed them......

As the polo tournament approached, Wu Zetian inevitably began to pay attention to the polo tournament, but she herself was not too interested in polo, only because the polo tournament was a grand event in the Tang Dynasty, which was conducive to improving her prestige, so she would attach so much importance to it.

On the other hand, compared with the fierce confrontation of the polo match, she pays more attention to some subtle details behind the polo match, such as Princess Taiping giving a letter to Wu Sansi, and the two deposed emperors Li Xian and Li Dan both formed a polo team to participate in the competition.

Near noon, Wu Zetian was a little tired of dealing with government affairs, so he asked Shen Nanmu to massage his head, Shen Nanmu's massage techniques are extremely clever, which can greatly relieve Wu Zetian's physical fatigue, which is also one of the reasons why Wu Zetian loves him.

Unlike Xue Huaiyi, who often publicizes with Wu Zetian*, Shen Nanmu abides by the way of monarchs and ministers in public, and will never go beyond etiquette, which also respects Wu Zetian's imperial prestige in a certain way, maybe Wu Zetian didn't like it very much a few years ago, but as she got tired of Xue Huaiyi's unscrupulous unscrupulousness in the past two years, being able to have such a male favorite as Shen Nanmu who knows etiquette and righteousness also touched the unique feminine gentleness in her heart.

Wu Zetian closed his eyes and enjoyed Shen Nanmu's massage, but said to Shangguan Wan'er on the side with a low smile: "Wan'er, how is your polo team preparing?"

Shangguan Wan'er was sitting on the side drafting a will for Wu Zetian, and when she heard the question, she put down her pen and said: "Back to Your Majesty, Wan'er talked to Li Zhen about the polo team yesterday, and he said that because the formation time was a little short, the cooperation with each other was not tacit enough, so he could only try to get into the top sixteen. ”

"It's nice to be in the top 16. ”

Wu Zetian opened his phoenix eyes slightly, glanced at Shangguan Wan'er, closed his eyes and smiled lightly: "I have never understood, why do you insist on changing the name of the polo team to the internal guard polo team?

Shangguan Wan'er said in a low voice after a while: "The favor of the saint, Wan'er is grateful, but Wan'er is low-key by nature and doesn't want to be too public." ”

"This is indeed your character, in fact, I also like your character, low-key and introverted, but it doesn't seem to be worthy of the name to call the internal guard polo team, as far as I know, the polo team is not all internal guards, there are also Qianniuwei and Yulin Army-"

Speaking of this, Wu Zetian patted Shen Nanmu's hand again and said with a smile: "It seems that you said that your apprentice is also among them!"

Shen Nanmu smiled bitterly and said, "I hope he doesn't participate in any polo matches, and concentrates on being a royal doctor and treating the palace people." ”

"That's not necessary, who said that the imperial doctor can't play polo?

As he was talking, a eunuch reported outside the door: "Back to Your Majesty, the King of Shouchun County and the King of Linzi County have arrived." ”

"My two grandchildren are here. ”

Wu Zetian sat up, held Shen Nanmu's hand and said softly, "Let's give me a good massage in the evening!"

"Wechen obeys!"

Shen Nan bowed and slowly retreated, and after a while, Li Chengqi and Li Longji brothers walked into the imperial study, and the two knelt down to bow and pay respects, "Grandson to meet the imperial grandmother, I wish the imperial grandmother a safe dragon body and a long life!"

Although Wu Zetian abolished Li Dan's position as emperor, he demoted Li Chengqi and Li Longji from princes to county kings, but that was just a matter of etiquette, in fact, she liked these two grandsons emotionally, especially Li Longji, who was her favorite grandson, she waved her hand and smiled: "You two brothers get up!"

Wu Zetian saw that the two of them had ruddy faces and sweat stains on their sideburns, so she smiled and said, "I heard that you are training polo in the imperial city, are you two brothers going to play this year?"

Li Chengqi said cautiously: "Back to the emperor's grandmother, the third brother is still young and can't participate in this fierce confrontation, only the grandson has to play." ”

"That's right!"

Wu Zetian smiled at Li Longji, who wanted to refute: "Watching the game is also participating! Why do you have to play, besides, the polo game is not a one-person thing, does San Lang have the skills of a group?"

Li Long basically wanted to borrow his grandmother's words so that he could also play, but his grandmother clearly supported his brother, he lowered his head in frustration and whispered: "My grandson's skills are not as good as others, and I will play again in the future." ”

"That's right, practice more now, prepare more, and you will have the opportunity to play in the future, Da Lang, what is your father doing now?" Wu Zetian's gaze turned to Li Chengqi again.

Li Chengqi's heart jumped, and he hurriedly said: "My father followed the will of the imperial grandmother, and he has been thinking about the wall in the house, and he never goes out a step. ”

Wu Zetian then remembered that he had made an order to let his son think about it in the house for a year, which was half a year ago, she nodded and said to Li Chengqi: "Go back and tell your father, as long as you know your mistake in your heart, you can also go out for a walk by chance, meet old friends, and watch this polo match." ”

Li Chengqi was overjoyed in his heart, this was equivalent to lifting the punishment of his father, and he hurriedly pulled his brother to kneel down and saluted: "The kindness of the imperial grandmother, the grandson is grateful!"

Shangguan Wan'er next to her was secretly surprised, she knew that Shengshang's words were by no means casual, and she called her two grandsons over just to say this, which was her deliberate decision.

Especially the 'meet old friends' among them, isn't this just to relax the restrictions on Li Dan and allow him to contact with hundreds of officials?

Coupled with the fact that Li Xian's wife, Wei Shi, contacted the local magnates in Fangzhou without any punishment, this is also a hint of relaxation, could it be that the saint really decided to pass on the throne to one of his two sons?

With years of understanding of Wu Zetian, Shangguan Wan'er knew that the saint's mind would never be so simple, and there must be deeper intentions hidden in it, but she couldn't see it clearly for a while

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