Great Tang princess

Chapter 26 Li Zhi is determined to eat lychees

While drinking tea, Li Zhi began to mutter: "Unexpectedly, Chen'er's unintentional remark could make the rebellion of Gaoli self-defeating... It would be a waste if such talents were spent all day studying such strange skills and ingenuity." .”

"Your Majesty also knows it's an unintentional remark, so why should you feel emotional about it?" Wu Zetian asked with a smile.

However, Li Zhi shook his head: "The iron ball in my hand, the improved plow, the punctuation marks, and the shuttlecock in front of me... They are all simple works, but in history, no one has made them enough Proof of his quick wit!"

Hearing his words, Wu Zetian was silent for a while: "Could it be that Your Majesty wants to teach Chen'er well?"

Unexpectedly, Li Zhi shook his head: "Chen'er has a special talent, and the teaching in the palace may not be suitable for her. Besides, Fulai also reported that Chen'er is self-disciplined and diligent in studying every day, and has her own way. It's better not to interfere. "

"That's what His Majesty said just now..." At this point, Wu Zetian stopped suddenly, as if she had thought of something.

Li Zhi turned his head slightly, showing a smug smile: "Meiniang thinks why I never forbid Chen'er from sneaking into the court to listen to politics?"

Wu Zetian also burst out laughing suddenly, picked up the teacup and touched Li Zhi lightly: "So that's it...Your Majesty is brilliant!"

Hearing her praise, Li Zhi still kept an inscrutable smile on his face, but the health ball in his hand turned twice very quickly.

Li Yuechen didn't even think that her behavior of self-discipline every day was extremely abnormal in Li Zhi's view.

Li Zhi didn't take the stupid and cute character she tried so hard to maintain at all.

While kicking shuttlecock with his brothers and sisters, he observed the couple from the corner of his eye.

I just saw them whispering and touching each other with teacups.

Although I don't know what they are talking about, but judging from the smiling expressions of the two, it may be some love story between an old husband and wife.

After a while, a young eunuch came to Zhang Chengxin and whispered a few words, and then he came to Li Zhi and his wife and said something.

The smile on Li Zhi's face remained the same, he just waved his hands casually, it didn't seem to be a big deal.

Within 10 minutes, I saw a gorgeously dressed woman trotting over from outside.

This woman was about the same age as Li Zhi, and she also wore a gorgeous headdress, and saluted Li Zhi and his wife with a smile.

"I have seen His Majesty, Madam."

Li Zhi smiled and waved his hands: "Don't be too polite, aunt, it just so happens that since you are here today, you can replace me with Mei Niang and play with the juniors for a while."

Li Yuechen has also seen this person before. Princess Qianjin is the daughter of Gaozu Li Yuan. Although she is about the same age as Li Zhi, because of her seniority, she is his aunt.

She has a particularly good relationship with her old lady Wu Zetian. Although she lives outside the palace, when she wants to see her, she can enter the palace at any time, no matter sooner or later.

Seeing her coming, Li Yuechen and several brothers and sisters also saluted together: "I have seen my aunt."

"Oh, I told you not to call it that." Princess Qianjin came over with a smile, and pinched Li Yuechen's face that hadn't faded from the baby fat, "Does Chen'er miss me?"

"I can't remember!" Li Yuechen turned his head pretending to be angry, "Grandma seldom visits me in the palace."

Princess Qianjin was amused by her: "Oh, I live outside the palace, it's not easy to enter the palace, Chen'er is not angry!"

While comforting her, he rubbed her face frantically.

Li Yuechen couldn't stand being rubbed anymore, turned his head and struggled out: "Grandma, Chen'er made a new toy, how about we come and play together?"

"Okay!" Princess Qianjin rolled up her sleeves, "I'll tell you in advance that I played polo very well back then!"

Li Yuechen looked helpless: "Grandma, this thing is not a polo..."

"It's okay, I'm not afraid of anything, come!" Princess Qianjin boldly joined the shuttlecock kicking team.

It has to be said that the women in the Tang Dynasty were really men. As long as they had the conditions, they could basically play horseback riding and archery.

Shuttlecock kicking and so on, as long as the physical reaction can keep up, you will be able to play after a while.

Princess Qianjin is like this, after getting used to it for a while, she will be able to kick right away.

"Hey!"

With a light kick, the shuttlecock flew towards Li Yuechen.

It's just that it's obviously taller. The current Li Yuechen is only about 1.2 meters tall, and he is about to fly over his head.

She jumped up from her feet and hit her forehead, and the shuttlecock fell straight down.

Then a little flower swings his legs, and the shuttlecock is kicked out again.

"Cai!" Second brother Li Xian shouted, "I'm coming too!"

Immediately, he raised his head, and the shuttlecock fell, but the little tie flower failed and missed the kick.

"Hahaha……"

There is no harm if there is no comparison, and Li Xian pretended to fail, which caused the laughter of several other people around him.

But he didn't care, he just helplessly picked up the shuttlecock and kicked it at the opposite Princess Qianjin.

Li Zhi, who was sitting in the back, twirled the health ball in his hand and watched them play, sipping tea from time to time, not knowing what he was thinking.

……

A few days passed by and it was already May.

The weather is getting hotter, and there is another problem that worries the court.

The severe drought this year is worse than last year, and the court must prepare early.

In the past few days, Li Zhi and his wife had a headache because of this incident, and they couldn't sleep well at night.

In the Yanying Hall, countless candles illuminated the entire space. Li Zhi was sitting on a chair, and the health ball in his hand was spinning rapidly.

He squeezed the Qingming acupoint with one hand, closed his eyes and asked, "How about the granaries in each state?"

Wu Zetian in front of the table next to him shook his head: "They are all dissatisfied. Fortunately, the fishing industry on the seaside is booming, so there is no need to worry about it for the time being."

Li Zhi shook his head: "Does Mei Niang have a countermeasure? Now that the states are running out of food and the people are starving, I am afraid that the foundation of the country will be shaken!"

Wu Zetian bit her lower lip and shook her head: "Currently, my concubine can't think of a countermeasure."

Just when Fulai came to report the princess's situation in recent days, Li Zhi waved him in, which was a change of mood.

Li Zhi and Wu Zetian are usually very busy, so the children's current situation is usually reported by the eunuch who is responsible for taking care of them.

"Saint, empress. The princess has been practicing as usual in recent days, studying hard every day, and visiting Liu Gong and Mrs. Rong Guo every three to five days!" Fulaihui reported.

Li Zhi nodded: "Speaking of Liu Zhengze, he has been out of work for a long time, right?"

Wu Zetian next to him grinned: "Since I became Chen'er's master, I have been at home all the time. I think, now that Mr. Xu has become an official and revises the history of the country, he still needs a virtuous person to take over."

Hearing her words, Li Zhi also showed a knowing smile: "Let's do as Mei Niang wants!"

Then he said to Fu Lai: "In the past few days, you have found an opportunity to talk to Chen'er about the severe drought in various places, but don't reveal that it is my intention, understand?"

Fulai rolled his eyes, and quickly understood Li Zhi's meaning, bowed and saluted, "I understand!"

Li Zhi nodded and waved him back.

Wu Zetian smiled and said: "Your Majesty agrees with this move? Could it be that Chen'er made another unintentional remark?"

"I do have this intention, but we can't place our hopes on it. Regarding this matter, we should still think about it!"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I know!" Wu Zetian nodded.

……

Under Li Zhi's instruction, Eunuch Fu "unintentionally" told Li Yuechen about the severe drought in various states these days.

Although he feels pity for the people in his heart, Li Yuechen still can't do anything.

She doesn't know hybrid rice, and she can't artificially rain, so she can only pray in her heart that as few people will starve to death as possible.

Anyway, Li Zhi and the others will definitely find a way.

Although we don't expect the rulers of the feudal era to be good to the people, at least in this era, population is also an important strategic resource.

Therefore, the court must not let it go, even if there is no other way, it has to find a way to solve it.

This is why there were "official media" in the Tang Dynasty that specialized in helping ordinary people find a partner, not just to have more children and increase population.

Knowing this, Li Yuechen didn't say anything desperately, but still went about his own business every day.

However, it is worth mentioning that Master Liu Rengui was sent back to study the history of the country by an edict, so he could no longer stay at home.

So every time Li Yuechen went to Liu Rengui to ask him to help him correct his movements, the place changed from his home to the outside of Qianchao Shaoyang Courtyard.

The weather is getting hotter day by day, Li Zhi may feel sorry for his daughter, so he is ready to reward her with some ice cubes.

There is an ice cellar in the palace, where frozen ice cubes are stored in winter, and in summer, two pieces can be knocked out every now and then to make shaved ice and other summer refreshing drinks.

Occasionally, when the weather is very hot, some courtiers are rewarded to relieve the heat, which is quite humane.

Li Yuechen, on the other hand, wanted to make a fan for Li Zhi and his wife, as well as the elders like Mrs. Rong Guo, to create a wave of goodwill.

Fans in this era are all round fans, or feather fans like Zhuge Liang, and there are no folding fans.

So Li Yuechen planned to use this thing to gain favor, and sent it to Li Zhi, his wife, Master and others.

The fan bone is easy to talk about, and a carpenter can solve it. The key lies in the fan surface.

The quality of paper in this era is very poor, and it is not suitable for making fans, so what Li Yuechen thought of was silk.

Compared with paper, this thing is significantly more durable.

As for the kind that can draw pictures or write poems on the fan... let's wait until the quality of the paper improves.

Just do it, Li Yuechen went directly to the carpenter's supervisor, found the carpenter, and said his request.

Things like fan bones should not be too simple for carpenters used by the court.

In just two hours or so, six sets of fan bones have been produced.

Li Yuechen asked Eunuch Fu to find silk, and then these carpenters carefully pasted it on the fan bone with fish glue, and passed the raw edges with flames, and the folding fan was ready.

Opening a pure white fan, Li Yuechen suddenly had the urge to write a song "Don't Get Angry" on it.

But after thinking about it, I still didn't do it. I took out one of them and showed it to Eunuch Fu, and asked him to send it to Princess Qianjin's mansion, and took two of them and ran to the Hall of Yanying.

When they came to the door, they saw Zhao Renben coming out. After greeting each other, Li Yuechen went in.

Now that the weather is getting hotter, behind Li Zhi and Wu Zetian in Yanying Hall, there are palace ladies who are going back and forth on shifts, fanning them non-stop.

At the same time, I also held a round fan in my hand, and fanned it twice from time to time.

Li Yuechen, who saw this scene, felt that the folding fan might be more pretentious than the fan.

But how do you say that?It's all here, let's brush up your favorability according to the plan.

"Grandfather and mother, look quickly, the baby has made new utensils again!" Li Yuechen came to Li Zhi bouncingly.

"Oh? What kind of utensil is it?" Li Zhi put down his teacup and asked with a look of interest.

Li Yuechen took out the folding fan and opened it with a "snap": "Grandpa, look quickly, this kind of folding fan can make Grandpa hold it conveniently, and you can open it anytime you want to fan the wind!"

"Um--"

Li Zhi felt a little novel, so he took it and tried it himself: "It's really convenient!"

Afterwards, Li Yuechen ran up to Wu Zetian with another hand in his hand: "Grandma, try it too!"

Wu Zetian took it and opened it for a try, but this time instead of praising it like before, he shook his head: "It feels the same as the round fan."

"Chen'er said it all, it's for the convenience of holding it." Li Zhi turned his head and said, "Meiniang is usually served by someone, it feels the same, but it's normal!"

"Hey." Li Yuechen didn't mind at all, the key was not gifts, but filial piety.

She smiled and climbed onto Wu Zetian's lap: "Don't be disappointed, Auntie, I will definitely make better utensils next time to make Auntie feel better!"

Wu Zetian stretched out his finger to touch her head: "Aniang won't be angry because of this, it's just what she said."

Li Yuechen kissed her on the face: "The child knows that Auntie is the best!"

Wu Zetian smiled, and put her down from his lap: "You better hurry up and comfort your grandpa."

"Why? Is Grandpa unhappy?" Li Yuechen asked.

Li Zhi who was next to him heard it, and said without turning his head: "It's not that I'm unhappy, but just now I said I want to eat lychees, but Zhao Renben said that the journey is far away, I shouldn't waste people and money for this."

Speaking of this, Li Zhi changed his joking tone and said: "Every time I get to this point, I feel that being an emperor is meaningless..."

These days, the emperor wanted to eat lychees. It was really not easy. The main reason was that Chang'an didn't produce them, and the south was far away, so it was broken when transported.

And Li Zhi is a wise monarch, and he certainly can't do the thing that Tang Minghuang used the post station for logistics.

Li Yuechen also knew that he was just complaining, so he walked up to him and said, "He made grandpa unhappy, my son will help tease him and avenge grandpa!"

"Hahaha..." Li Zhi put down the health ball, picked her up and put her on his lap, "That's not okay! It's good that Chen'er has this kind of heart! With Chen'er here, grandpa won't be unhappy!"

Afterwards, he accompanied Li Yuechen to fight, and swept away the complaints just now.

Li Yuechen, on the other hand, was playing with him while looking at the living man next to him, wondering how he would record this period of history.

Later generations opened the history books and read as follows: "Li Zhi aspired to eat lychees, but was rejected. He almost lost his mind and wanted to leave the post. The emperor's daughter was born beautiful and offered advice to trick the officials. The emperor felt that it was not in accordance with the etiquette system, so he refused. Admirable and inspiring!"

Thinking of this, Li Yuechen shook his head secretly again, cleaning out the messy things in his mind.

As for wanting to eat lychees... Maybe there is a way, let's do an experiment after we go back.If it works, let Li Zhi eat lychees by this time next year!
(End of this chapter)