The autumn afternoon sun is warm.

Qi Niang stretched her waist and was comfortably sunburned, and she saw Wen Xing cutting wooden beams under the corridor, and a maid in Tsing Yi walked quickly, followed by a series of palace guards behind her buttocks.

Qi Niang remembered the words given by Fang Cai, and hurriedly stood up and stood well.

The maid in Tsing Yi is the only person around Yuzhen who still knows about the events of the past. She hurried over, and saw Qi Niang looking at herself curiously and unhurriedly, and her expression became a little complicated.

True. Like a princess when she was young, and like that man.

She was originally afraid that Qi Niang would run away and alarm others, so she brought the palace guard. Now that he saw that it was okay, he waved his hand to call everyone to retreat, squatted down at the level of Qi Niang, and asked with a smile: "Which little lady are you, why did you come to the princess's mansion?" ”

Qi Niang secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "I came in with Aya handing over the prayer post, and I didn't move around." ”

When Tsing Yi heard the word "Aya", her smile stiffened slightly, and she asked again: "How old is that little lady this year?" ”

"Six."

"Can you talk about the date of birth? And what you wear around your neck, can you lend me a look? ”

The question became urgent, Qi Niang couldn't help frowning, and looked at the girl in front of her suspiciously-the cheap can only wear cyan, she will not be a subordinate official in the house, but she can move the princess's palace guard, it can only be Princess Yuzhen's close maid.

Qi Niang took a step back and vigilantly covered the close-fitting jade plaque inside the round-necked robe: "The princess doesn't see me Aya, why should she be interested in children's things?" ”

This was obviously not said to the maid in Tsing Yi.

Princess Yuzhen, who was hidden behind the flower pond, closed her eyes and smiled silently, sighing that this child's intelligence would follow her father, so she walked out.

Qi Niang was nervous for a while, and she forgot the etiquette she had just trained with Li Bai.

Princess Yuzhen didn't seem to care.

"Since you have entered the door of the princess's mansion, you should follow the rules of my mansion. I don't blame you for walking around freely, but you questioned your master's house. Yu Zhen deliberately made a straight face, trying to suppress Qi Niang with majesty, "Okay, I have no intention of snatching that thing on my neck, you just need to answer me, is it a warm jade plate engraved with the eight characters of birth?" ”

Qi Niang is still a child after all, and the moment of consternation in her eyes is enough for Yu Zhen to know everything.

The jade card is right, the age is also right, and this pair of skins is the strongest and most favorable evidence. Princess Yuzhen suddenly felt a headache, and glanced at the long pavilion not far away with some annoyance.

Li Bai and Pei Zhi didn't know what to say, so much so that the envoy also covered his lips and laughed. From their point of view, they should only be able to see Qi Niang, but they can't see the princess and maidservant girl hidden in the flowers and trees.

Yu Zhen's gaze narrowed, and his eyes were deep: "Where is the scholar who came today?" ”

Tsing Yi: "A person from Mianzhou, Jiannan Province, whose name is Li Bai." ”

Yuzhen suddenly realized. In the ninth year of Kaiyuan, when she stayed in the Changdao Temple of Qingcheng Mountain in Yizhou to "cultivate", she sent someone to inquire about the hermit who knew how to taming birds and vertical and horizontal arts. The hermit's name is Zhao Rui, and there is a disciple by his side, so it should be Li Bai.

The things of the past came full circle and reunited in Chang'an.

Princess Yuzhen was full of emotion in her heart, and her right hand habitually played with the Yingluo on her chest. After a long time, she finally made up her mind and didn't look at Qi Niang: "I'm tired." If you don't see any visitors today, send them back. ”

The maid in Tsing Yi was not surprised by this.

Qi Niang originally shrunk aside like a frightened little hedgehog, and when she heard this, she couldn't help but open her mouth to fight for Li Bai: "But you promised to see me Aya, and people can't stand without faith." ”

Yuzhen turned his back and went: "Then I'll tell you Aye, there are no rules, there is no circle." The people of Mianzhou are rude, which is contrary to the style of Chang'an celebrities. Not ordering you to be expelled from the capital is already my greatest mercy. ”

Her fists clenched, leaving deep nail marks in her palms.

She thought, I hope this kindness will not hurt you in the future.

*

As soon as Qi Niang went out, she had a black face.

Qinglian Sabre was taken away by the palace guards before entering the princess's mansion, and when she came back, she was fiercely in her arms, looking even angrier than Li Bai.

Li Bai really didn't feel anything about this. He didn't want to find a trustee, so he should have gone in and walked around the garden. Seeing that Qi Niang was depressed, he reached out and poked her cheek and teased: "If you don't see it, you won't see it, why are you so angry?" ”

Qi Niang wanted to speak and stopped.

Pei Saburo was still around, and she couldn't say that Princess Yuzhen had asked about Yupai, and she was troubled in her heart, and she looked more like a pufferfish.

Pei Zhi also felt that this matter was not done properly today, and scratched his head and proposed: "A new restaurant has opened in Xishi, there is a rare Hu Feng to eat, how about taking Qi Niang to try it?" ”

Li Bai looked at the little girl's moving look, and naturally she didn't follow it.

Qi Niang quickly forgot about the jade plate.

Just because there was a huge Hu cake in front of her, with a chili sauce in the middle, moistened with ghee, and the smell of being smoked by the fire below was particularly attractive. When the shopkeeper who was waiting at this table picked up half a lamb and covered it, Qi Niang's saliva couldn't be stopped.

Pei Zhi knew that he was not wrong, and said with a smile: "This thing is called Gulouzi (1), and it is also a kind of Hu cake, but it is not common, and I also tasted it once at a banquet in Chang'an's luxurious home." Gu Louzi is paired with this mutton filling, which is a must...... Hey, Qi Niang is careful to burn! ”

Qi Niang's tongue was so hot that she couldn't help but praise this ancient building for being delicious, which made the two Lang Jun couldn't help laughing.

Pei Zhi took the opportunity to ask Li Bai: "Twelve Lang, how many days can I go to the household department to sign in?" ”

Li Bai nodded: "Not only is it listed, but it has all been submitted for review and review. Just wait for the Hanyuan Hall to meet tomorrow, and the Ministry of Rites will release the rejection list and announce the results of the review. ”

Pei Zhi was still not at ease, and advised: "Be careful, five people will be protected, one person will be corrected, and the same person will not be allowed to take the test for three years." Can the remaining four people be recognized? ”

This Li Bai didn't bother to investigate.

After drinking a bowl of wine, he hiccuped and remembered someone: "There is a Huazhou Wugongju who has been admitted to the examination, called ...... Guo Ziyi! That rifle and carbine, it's really powerful! ”③

Pei Zhen: "...... Who asked you this, do you know the official name of his father and ancestor, the marriage between the inner and outer clans, and whether he is condemned to the criminal? ”

Li Bai shook his head wildly, and also used the food chopsticks to compare Guo Ziyi's set of horse gun marksmanship.

Pei Zhi said angrily: "Whatever you want, I'm too lazy to care!" ”

Li Bai: "Hehe. ”

Qi Niang: "Hehe. ”

On the first day of November, the stars are not extinguished.

The world's sons gathered in front of the Hanyuan Palace, the palace lights were bright, and so many people were set up in one place, discussing which envoy would be the envoy to encourage all beings today.

Seeing the Son of Heaven is categorical and does not dare to hope for extravagance, and the new jinshi and the first can only see the prime minister.

Your Majesty Dan, Lieutenant Envoy Zhang Jiuling soon appeared. The scholars were full of affection, Zhang Jiuling's heart was hot, and then he sighed: "Jun and other Xianjing pen arrays, reluctantly go to the literary war, then Tang Zhisheng also, Yao Shun Furu!" ”

Because of these words, Li Bai glanced at this person more.

In the end, he was thinking about Qi Niang outside the door, so it was easy to wait until the end of the morning meeting and hurriedly ran outside.

Zhang Jiuling was also rushing out.

He's been busy all this autumn. After the fertilizer given by Qi Niang was good, the smell was not so bad, and due to the urgency of time, he deliberately used this fertilizer in the dry field, the saline-alkali field and the field where the onion and coriander (coriander) were planted.

The ground strength is not good or bad with the naked eye, but the green onions and coriander that can ripen in twenty or thirty days can.

The result of returning the pile to the field surprised Zhang Jiuling. He hurried into the palace and showed His Majesty the difference, and "finding Qi Niang" became the secretary and young eunuch's top priority.

Zhang Jiuling has been to the Bahe River countless times because of this.

Listen to the farmers in that area, this little seven lady's fertilizer was sold at a cheap price at the beginning, at this time the silkworm sand supply is cut off, and the cow dung is absolutely very affordable for people, so they simply bought it and tried it.

After that, Xiaoqi Niangzi stopped selling fertilizer, taught them the method of making fertilizer, and only asked people to transport cheap peels and rotten leaves and wheat straw from the city to get a hard money.

When Zhang Jiuling asked where Qi Niang's family lived and who his surname was, the farmers looked at each other, and no one knew.

Today, the stubborn Zhang Dalang was still preparing to go to Bahe to squat, and as soon as he rushed out of the city gate in front of Hanyuan Palace, he saw a familiar little group standing outside with a cold face holding a sword, as if he was waiting for someone.

Zhang Jiuling burst into tears with excitement: "Qi Niang! ”

Qi Niang hadn't woken up yet, she stared at Lao Zhang in a daze and yawned: "Who are you?" ”

“…… I, at the edge of the Bahe field, took your fertilizer, I don't remember. Zhang Jiuling said eagerly.

Qi Niang tilted her head and pondered for a long time, and finally remembered: "Oh, I remember Ah Weng, but I don't make manure anymore, so I'd better teach Ah Weng how to get it yourself." After speaking, regardless of thirty-seven twenty-one, he told Zhang Jiuling about the manure method like pouring beans.

Li Bai happened to come over at this time, and saw that Lieutenant Zhang was respectful to Qi Niang, listening to her talk about farming, and was stunned for a while.

Qi Niang was very comfortable: "I'm here, goodbye Aweng!" ”

Li Bai had no choice but to salute: "Mianzhou elected Li Bai, and I have seen the envoy. ”

Zhang Jiuling looked at Li Bai in surprise.

He knows this gentleman! He Zhizhang has been in front of the Great Prime Minister (Zhang Shuo) several times, and he and the Great Prime Minister are so calloused that their ears are calloused.

Zhang Jiuling sighed in his heart that Chang'an was so small, and asked with a smile on his face: "I don't know where your father and daughter live now?" ”

Li Bai was surprised by the humanistic care of the Chinese envoy, and reported the address of the residence quite happily.

Zhang Jiuling still wanted to ask something, but Qi Niang's stomach kept growling, Li Bai had to say mercy and take her to the cake stall to buy food first.

Seeing the two of them walking away, Zhang Jiuling didn't dare to delay for a moment and ran to Xingqing Palace.

He had to hurry back to His Majesty with the good news.

*

At this end, Li Bai took Qi Niang to buy hot cage cakes and cakes, and when he entered the gate of the mansion, he saw the Tsing Yi maid next to Princess Yuzhen waiting at the table.

She deliberately made a disguise, wearing a dark dress and a power fence, only after Qi Niang came in, she showed that face.

Qi Niang suddenly remembered the matter of the jade plate, and glanced at Li Bai with some weakness.

The maidservant girl recognized Qi Niang and Li Bai, and she didn't say much, handed over Princess Yuzhen's handwritten letter to Li Bai, and told her before leaving: "If you see it, you will burn it, and I hope that Langjun will listen to the princess." ”

Li Bai raised his eyebrows, and entered the house with the text seal, and then he showed the letter:

“…… In the ninth year of Kaiyuan, Mengdong, Kuang Mountain snowed heavily, I knew that Zhao Rui could solve the danger of Qi Niang, and specially ordered people to abandon it in front of the mountain gate...... Putting Qi Niang in the wilderness, I and Qi Niang Aye are both guilty of a big crime, and there is no need to argue. It's just that this matter involves a wide range of issues, and I can't make it public for a while. ”

“…… Qi Niang's intelligence is above her Aya. If one day I am seen by a saint and recognize her only as my daughter, it will be a blessing; If she is brought out because of this, it will be the misfortune of Qi Niang. ”

At the end of the letter, it ends with the words "Mo Jiuju in Chang'an, leave quickly".

Li Bai watched it three or five times repeatedly, holding Qi Niang's hot little hand, and burned the letter to ashes, but he still felt cold.

What happened in the princess's mansion yesterday doesn't matter at this time. The top priority is whether to believe in Princess Yuzhen, give up the tribute, and take Qi Niang out of Jingshi.

Li Bai closed his eyes with a headache, and Qi Niang was obediently by his side, and he didn't argue about the content of the letter.

In the silence, there was a faint noise outside the mansion.

After a while, the overlapping footsteps gradually approached, and suddenly stopped, and the door of the house where Li Bai and Qi Niang were was pushed open.

I saw the palace guards on the left and right opening the way, and the eunuch in a crimson round-necked robe stood outside the door: "According to Your Majesty's instructions, it is rumored that the Mianzhou Mansion will recommend the filial piety and strength of the field - Li Leyang to enter the palace to face the saint." ”