Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 128 Everyone is happy
Li Jilan suddenly turned her head and said in a low voice, "Teng Kongzi, can I call Xue Lang 'Mr.'?"

Li Tengkong was stunned.

She realized that she had misunderstood this fellow teacher and sister. Did Ji Lanzi really only admire Xue Bai's talent?
"Why do you ask me? How do you call him... what does it have to do with me?"

Li Jilan didn't speak any more.

She felt that Xue Bai's talent was too high. Not only did he write well, but he also deliberately sang badly, so that the sage promised to make him an official and worshiped him even more.

As for why you asked Teng Kongzi that question?In fact, she just wanted to admire, share and express her admiration for her husband.

With this kind of emotion, she fixed her eyes on Xue Bai, not knowing how many great poems there are still in her husband's head.

Because she watched carefully, she didn't even notice that a eunuch led people into the hall and walked past Xue Bai.

……

Li Chu walked into the hall, stood beside Xue Bai, and bowed to the saint and noble concubine.

When he looked up, he suddenly noticed something, turned his head and saw a little Taoist nun behind Princess Yuzhen looking at him.

This little Taoist girl was very beautiful, especially her eyes, full of affection, like a pool of spring water blown by the spring breeze, like peach blossoms in full bloom.

Although Li Chu is still very young, he is full of heroism and has long been used to being admired by women.At this moment, seeing that this little girl is really moving, he has some intentions to accept her as a palace servant.

It's not the time to talk about these things at the banquet, it's more important to get down to business.

"What are you doing here?"

"Returning to the saint, Sanmei heard that there is a new piece of music at the imperial concubine's banquet. She is very interested and wants to listen to it."

As Li Chu said, he turned sideways and drew out his younger sister Li Yuetu who was behind him.

Li Yuetu was 15 years old at the time, and he had just performed the Jiji ceremony not long ago, and was temporarily named the head of Hezheng County.She is beautiful and tall, wearing a gown with a heroic appearance.

She was inexplicably brought here by her elder brother today, and she was still being used as an excuse at this time, but she was not angry, and saluted the saint generously, saying: "The granddaughter actually wants to meet the saint."

Li Longji was overjoyed.

He could tell that the granddaughter's words were sincere and not pretending to make him happy.

At that time, he was the one who bestowed upon Li Heng the Wu family from the palace. Although the Wu family died young, the pair of sons and daughters he gave birth to were very satisfying...much more satisfying than Li Heng.

"Give me a seat, you don't have to be polite at my banquet." Li Longji joked: "A Tu tastes the tribute peaches, and when you are going to get married, I will give you the title of princess."

"It's better if you don't get married. I will practice the Tao of longevity with my aunt."

As Li Yuetu said, he sat down beside Princess Yuzhen and chatted a few more words, waiting for others not to pay attention, he turned his head to the two little maidens behind him and said, "You are so beautiful, how about making friends with me?"

The tone is frank and straightforward.

……

Li Chu sat down on the other side of Princess Yuzhen, and when Xu Hezi started singing, he said with a low laugh, "Guzu can't be partial."

"I'm an outsider, who am I partial to?" Princess Yuzhen couldn't help but smile, "You little ones are all clever."

"That's a small matter, how about my aunt helping my nephew and grandson?"

Princess Yuzhen followed his gaze and saw Xue Bai who had already taken his seat.

She immediately understood Li Chu's intentions, and asked back: "Admiration for him?"

"He has great talent."

Princess Yuzhen didn't speak, drinking tea, listening to the whispers of the three little girls behind her, she shook her head and said, "I can't help you with this matter."

Li Chu was a little surprised, and said, "Why?"

"Since I have taken Seventeen Niang as an apprentice, how can I spoil her marriage?"

Li Chu pondered for a while, knowing that Xue Bai and Suo Douji could not be married, but at this moment he had nothing to do with Princess Yuzhen.

He turned his head to look at Li Tengkong, and accidentally saw Li Jilan's affectionate eyes again.

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Li Chu is young, he already has three sons, and the eldest son Li Shi is five years old this year.

When he was young, he fell in love with Shen Zhenzhu, a palace maid, and gave birth to the eldest son of a concubine. This matter was actually a bit troublesome.

Fortunately, the sage loved him and chose the princess Cui for him. Cui's status is extraordinary. His father is Boling Cui and his mother is Mrs. Korea.

In other words, Li Chu was married to the Yang family, which was one of the reasons why he thought he could win over Xue Bai.

That day, when he returned to the annex, he discussed his thoughts with Mrs. Cui.

"What do you think of letting Third Sister marry Xue Bai?"

"Puff." Cui Caiping couldn't help laughing, patted Li Chu's shoulder, and said, "Your Majesty, you don't know, right? Xue Bai is the face of my third aunt."

She was originally very beautiful, but she gave birth to a son for Li Chu last year, and this year she gave birth to another son, her figure was very out of shape, and her temper was also much worse. Although she was smiling at this time, her tone was a bit bossy.

"Lang Jun has such an idea, but he offended my third aunt."

Li Chu knew that Cui's natal family was very powerful, so he was willing to put up with this wife and said, "Don't discuss it with Third Aunt? No matter what, Xue Bai should have a formal wife."

"Anyway, I won't talk about it."

"This person is a talent, and he is of great use to us. However, Li Jingzhong is a vicious person. If there is a grudge, it must be resolved."

"Who would marry a princess if you are talented?" Cui Caiping said truthfully, "Besides, I heard that Xue Bai is cunning. Although he is talented, his character is not good."

"In extraordinary times, talent is the most important thing when employing people. We can talk about character in the future." Li Chu tentatively asked, "Your uncle can't really support King Qing with Xue Bai, right?"

"Look at what Langjun said, who is not doing things for his own future. Uncle just wants to pay homage to the prime minister. He has his own ideas, can he still only care about the ideas of my relative?"

Suddenly, the child's crying sounded, and the noise was unbearable. Cui Caiping hurriedly asked the palace servants to carry the youngest son over.

Li Chu wanted to say something more, smiled wryly, got up and left the room.

The servant Cheng Yuanzhen hurried up and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, can you rest at the Shen family?"

"No."

Li Chu waved his hand and walked down the corridor.

Cheng Yuanzhen followed step by step, and asked in a low voice: "What are your thoughts on the King? Can the slaves share the King's worries?"

"It doesn't matter." Li Chu waved his hand, mocking himself, "Thinking of two marriages."

"Two issues?" Cheng Yuanzhen asked suspiciously: "The county lord's marriage, after all, has to go back to Chang'an. I asked His Highness, if His Highness is willing, just ask the saint to give the marriage... but I don't know the other one?"

Li Chu didn't answer, but murmured: "Grandpa won't refuse, the old slave around him made a mistake, I'm trying to resolve it."

"Yes, fortunately there is a king."

"By the way, today I saw a female disciple beside my aunt, she is quite talented." Li Chu asked casually, "Do you know her name?"

Cheng Yuanzhen immediately understood, and replied: "Your servant understands, I will ask you."

~~
The next day, by the bamboo garden.

Li Jilan stared nervously at Xue Bai's face.

After much difficulty, when he finally put down the scroll in his hand, she couldn't help asking: "What do you think, sir?"

"it is good."

The story of "Romance of the West Chamber" is simple, but difficult in words.Li Jilan changed it again and again, and now it is considered that the [-]% discount has been completed.

Xue Bai did see her change. She used to be more of neat couplets and parallel essays, but now she is much more casual.

Only talking about the third fold, when writing about Cui Yingying's tryst with Zhang Sheng, Li Jilan's choice of words is also quite bold.

"Let's look at the moonlight across the sky, the jade sky is clean, the garden is full of flowers, and the socks are cold. Walking on tiptoe, the heart is alert."

Looking back, seeing the sentence "I can't wait to teach him to sleep under my eyes", even Xue Bai felt a little flustered, quickly closed the scroll, and handed it back to Li Jilan.

He thought of what Wang Wei said at the time, and he didn't know whether teaching a little girl to write this kind of pornographic prose gave birth to the development of art or lowered her realm.

"Ji Lanzi is a great talent, according to this way of writing, the next step will be smooth."

"It's the master who teaches well." Li Jilan blushed after being praised, and said, "Teng Kongzi also helped a lot."

Li Tengkong was taken aback, and quickly denied it, saying, "I didn't..."

"A lot of words and phrases are just empty-headed thoughts." Li Jilan didn't want to be greedy, and said it quickly.

"No."

Li Tengkong didn't have time to argue. Seeing Xue Bai's gaze, he quickly turned his head and said, "I'm just... giving pointers."

"By the way." Xue Bai said: "I still want to modify the story later."

"what?"

"Let's say that Zhang Sheng went to Beijing to rush for the exam, and Cui's mother forced Yingying to marry someone else. She would rather die than follow, so she became a monk and became a Taoist. The Cui family had to find a maid to pretend that she married a mediocre man. Cui Yingying... what do you think?"

Xue Bai felt that with such a change, Li Longji would definitely like this story, and they used the maidservant as a substitute to show that Concubine Shou and Yang Taizhen were not the same person.

But the two little girls in front of him were stunned.

"The little girl has no talent...how can I know this..."

"Junior Sister, wait for me."

They hurried away.

Xue Bai heaved a sigh of relief, and when he turned around, Yan Yan was sitting on the swing with an expression on her face.

"Brother scared people away."

"No."

"Ji Lanzi called you sir." Yan Yan said again: "I'm brother's husband again, isn't that her patriarch?"

"Don't talk nonsense."

Yan Yanzhen stopped talking nonsense, got up, obediently performed the blessing, and said: "Brother, Daoist Qixuan said that I have learned his method of breathing, and I should learn Taijiquan from him in the future, please Please teach me a lot, brother."

Xue Bai didn't dare to tease her, but the two looked at each other and laughed at the same time because of the tacit understanding.

Because I thought of the words they often said.

"There is no long, there is no little, the existence of the Tao, the existence of the teacher."

~~
After the Ghost Festival, the days of living in Zhongnan Mountain are over.

On the return trip, Xue Bai followed the sage's motorcade.

He drove his horse beside Yan Yan's carriage, all the way honestly.

Although this trip failed to cure Yan Yan's disease, fortunately, she was treated by a famous doctor, and her condition was stabilized; he also taught Li Jilan to write dramas.

He learned about the old affairs of the palace from Princess Tang Chang, and established his ambition; he formed a temporary alliance with King Qing; he turned enemies into friends with Princess Xianyi and his wife;

He also had preliminary contacts with Princess Ningqin's consort and King Guangping.

From the point of view of the situation, if Princess Xianyi, who loves to stand out the most, is brought in, the Right Prime Minister's Mansion and the East Palace can't kill people with a knife for the time being, and they don't want to deal with him personally.

Moreover, misfortunes are diverted to the east, and there are some places that trouble the East Palace and the Right Prime Minister's Mansion.

Of course, the main reason why it went so smoothly was that he had obtained the geographical advantage of Zhongnan Mountain. Li Heng and Li Linfu were busy with serious business in Chang'an City and had no time to talk to him.

But after all, I still have to go back to Chang'an, and it won't be so smooth every time in the future...

Thinking of this, Xue Bai looked up, and the magnificent Mingde Gate gradually appeared in front of his eyes, feeling inexplicably surging.

Although Chang'an City was more dangerous, it didn't make him feel intimidated.

~~
The end of July has arrived, the New Year's Examination is approaching, and Anlu Mountain is approaching.

And all the things that happened in Loutai Temple also began to have an impact in Chang'an City.

~~
Princess Ningqin lifted the curtain of the car, glanced to the rear, and happened to be able to see Xue Bai following Princess Yuzhen's carriage.

Looking back into the car, her old but handsome husband, Zhang Jie, was resting with his eyes closed, taking a good rest.

"You did a good deed. One day that kid surnamed Xue will cause a big disaster. Let's see if you are involved."

"Then just tell the truth." Zhang Jie said, "I can't refuse my old friend's entrustment."

"You will always be so weak-tempered!" Princess Ningqin was dissatisfied, and said, "Who entrusted you? It's because you can't forget that rebellious girl."

"I told you that when Secretary He returned to his hometown, he entrusted me. With his friendship with my grandfather, I would never refuse his request." Zhang Jie said, "Even if the sage knows this, it depends on Secretary He. In terms of face, it will not be blamed on me."

"Full of nonsense, can I trust you? He Zhizhang is the prince's teacher, how can you keep this from the prince?"

"I've said this enough times." Zhang Jie closed his eyes and said calmly, "If the princess doesn't believe me, then it's just that I have lost my old love for Si Niang."

"Zhang Silang, you are too presumptuous!"

Zhang Jie smiled wryly, not knowing whether he was too weak or too presumptuous.

Thinking about it, if you weren't weak, how could you live like this?
"Consort." Princess Ning Qin softened her voice after scolding, "There should be no concealment between husband and wife. Tell the truth, how much do you know about the forces behind him?"

"What kind of power does it have?" Zhang Yi sighed, "It's just such a small house, the princess has already checked out how much it costs every month. What's the use of me talking more?"

A topic has been quarreled countless times, and the result is like this every time, as if it has become a thorn between the husband and wife.

The oppressive atmosphere continued until they arrived at Princess Ningqin's mansion, and a servant stepped forward to report.

"My son-in-law, there are guests here, claiming to be giving gifts for Fan Yang's Jiedu envoy."

While speaking, a long gift list was handed over.

Princess Ningqin was displeased when she saw it, and said: "Don't accept such silly gifts!"

"He has the favor of a sage, which is what a gentleman should have in a friend." Zhang Yi said calmly.

Princess Ningqin had no choice but to turn back to the backyard.

Zhang Jie was always like this, he was able to make good friends with everyone. For example, Li Bai was also his good friend, and he had repeatedly advised him not to associate with An Lushan, but he was able to appease both sides.

He got out of the carriage, straightened his robe sleeves, and walked to meet the guests. In the eyes of outsiders, he still looked like a carefree fairy.

Only he himself knows how much he has paid for Princess Shang in this life.

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"Why did Xue Bai refuse?"

In the prince's other courtyard, Li Chu couldn't wait to tell Li Heng what he thought when he returned to Chang'an, and Li Heng agreed with it.

"If he marries Sanniang, he can let go of his past suspicions and protect his future future. Is he unwilling?"

Li Chu said: "He said that there is something hard to say."

"Unspeakable concealment?"

Li Heng suddenly thought of a secret rumor, his eyes changed, and his face immediately turned a little ugly...Is Xue Bai because of Du Erniang?
He turned his back so no one could see his displeasure.

"It seems that Li Cong promised him greater benefits?" Li Chu asked.

"possible."

"My boy thinks that Xue Bai should be wooed. He knows how to please saints, noble concubines, and General Gao." Li Chu said, "And we can get along well with the Yang family and my uncle. The Yang family and Hai'er are related by marriage, and the uncle only needs to Promise to vindicate the case of the three common people, and promise rewards. Xue Bai is the key to win them over."

"This scorpion doesn't want to, why?"

"How about asking Grandpa to ask the saint for a marriage directly?"

Li Heng was a little reluctant, but rationally knew that doing so was the best.

An Lushan was about to enter Beijing again, and there was a serious conflict of interests between him and Pei Kuan, the two envoys of Fan Yang. At that time, Li Linfu and An Lushan were bound to get rid of Pei Kuan.

This is the right time to subdue the forces behind Xue Bai.

"My prince may not be able to speak in front of a saint." Li Heng sighed.

Li Chu said: "My lord, as long as you talk to the sage, Sanniang has taken a fancy to Xue Bai, and the matter will naturally come true."

Li Heng nodded straightly, and murmured: "Sanniang is my favorite daughter, I've given him a better chance..."

The father and son couldn't talk for too long, and soon, a servant came to urge them.

Li Chu resigned, left the prince's other courtyard, and returned to Baisun courtyard.

He took two deep breaths, and was about to see Mrs. Cui, when he suddenly remembered something and recruited Cheng Yuanzhen.

"Have you asked? Is she willing?"

"Your Majesty." Cheng Yuanzhen was a little embarrassed, hesitantly said: "She claims to be a female crown... She cannot serve in Baisunyuan."

"what for?"

Li Chu was surprised.

Cheng Yuanzhen hesitated for a moment, then said: "From my maidservant's point of view, Ji Lanzi probably falls in love with Xue Bai."

"what."

Li Chu laughed at himself, waved his hands openly, and said, "It's okay."

It doesn't matter, he has arranged these two marriages very well, and everyone is happy.

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