The mysterious bird of destiny, the beginning of China

Chapter 229 The prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty

The middle-aged man saw Li Xinni coming in and looking around, and he began to guess Li Xinni's true identity.

At the same time, he also asked, "I wonder where this noble person comes from?"

"Chang'an City!"

Li Xinni came back to her senses and looked at the people around her. Unknowingly, she was surrounded by people, all of whom seemed to be waiting to serve her.

Even in Princess Yong'an Mansion in Chang'an City, Li Xinni didn't like too many people surrounding her, so she said:

“I don’t need too many people here, I just need one person to lead the way for me!”

"Yes!"

When the middle-aged man heard that Li Xinni said that he came from Chang'an, he immediately knew that Li Xinni was a noble person in Chang'an City. If no accident, he turned out to be a member of the royal family.

I came here obviously to see all the things that Emperor Taiwu once lived here.

So the middle-aged man immediately asked everyone to retreat, and then personally led the way for Li Xinni.

However, it is not necessary for a middle-aged man to lead the way for her. After Li Xinni entered the mansion, she found that not much had changed in the mansion, and even some roads still felt very familiar to her.

Walking at this time, there is a feeling of being familiar with the road.

Seemingly noticing the silence on Li Xinni's expression, the middle-aged man beside him didn't say much. He just stayed behind quietly. When he came to a courtyard, he told him who used to live in this courtyard, and then said no more. .

"This is the courtyard where Princess Yong'an lives. Now that Princess Yong'an is in Chang'an City, she has been favored by the divine bird and can live forever!"

After introducing the courtyard in front of him, the middle-aged man showed a look of longing on his face, obviously very envious of the immortality of Princess Yong'an in his mouth.

After hearing the middle-aged man's introduction, Li Xinni didn't think much about it, because she was very familiar with the courtyard in front of her, so familiar that it would appear every night when she fell asleep.

Gently pushing open the door of the courtyard, the scene in the courtyard suddenly came into view. It was still the familiar large apricot tree. At this moment, it was the season when the apricot flowers were in full bloom.

The fingers are covered with white apricot flowers, and the stamens are faintly pink. Under the infiltration of morning dew, they look even more pink and translucent.

Li Xinni stepped into the courtyard, looked around, then looked at the stone table under the apricot flowers, and then looked into the room.

I couldn't help but sit at the stone table and gently stroke the carvings on the table, which were traces of time.

She looked up at the middle-aged man beside her, and then said softly: "Can you let me sit quietly for a moment again?"

"Of course!"

When the middle-aged man heard Li Xinni's words, he nodded immediately, then slowly walked out of the courtyard and closed the courtyard door.

After the middle-aged man walked out of the courtyard, Li Xinni looked up again at the apricot blossom branches above his head, and saw a red divine bird. The divine bird stood among the apricot flowers, like a cluster of flames burning.

Such a scene made Li Xinni slightly absent-minded, and her memory returned to the past. It was one afternoon when she was a girl. She was sitting in front of the stone table in a daze. She also raised her head and saw a tree on the branch. The red divine bird is particularly dazzling under the cover of white apricot flowers.

It was as if he had returned to a hundred years ago, but when he opened the courtyard door, he could see his father, his mother, and his younger brother.

A moment of absence made her feel even more lonely.

Bai Zhi flew down from the branch and stood on the stone table, "It seems that immortality is indeed a torture for you..."

"..."

Li Xinni was silent for a moment, then looked at the divine bird on the stone table and asked: "Hundreds of years ago, during the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu also had immortality, so what?"

"...just like you!"

"That's it."

Li Xinni committed suicide and said.

However, after Li Xinni finished speaking, he looked at Bai Zhi again, and then asked: "What about you, the divine bird? How will you spend these long years?"

Bai Zhi was a little dazed. It seemed that no one had cared about him since the pre-Qin Dynasty and how he would survive these long years.

Bai Zhi recalled the past and recalled everything he had experienced. The more things he experienced, the more silent he became, the more indifferent he became, and the more he could look at the world with a cold eye.

"But I have my own pursuit, and this pursuit cannot be completed in a short period of time, let alone let myself sleep forever. For this pursuit, these long years will not seem to make me lonely!"

After all, in these long years, I will accompany different people and experience different lives.

"Then what is the pursuit of the divine bird?"

Li Xinni on the side heard Bai Zhi's answer and asked randomly.

"My pursuit..."

What is my pursuit?

In addition to his own growth, it is also the land where he once lived.

It can make future people on this land suffer less!

"My pursuit...is the future!"

Bai Zhi replied.

"future?"

Li Xinni didn't understand. What is the future?

As for his own future, he hopes that the Tang Dynasty will always be strong, and that the Women's Palace and Junzi Tower will always exist, so that children in the world will no longer suffer and can grow up in peace.

Maybe this is the future I want.

And what is the future that the Divine Bird hopes for?

For the Divine Bird, a hundred years is just a blink of an eye, and the future of the Divine Bird may be too far away, so Li Xinni naturally cannot imagine it.

……

While Li Xinni and Bai Zhi were both silent, the middle-aged man leading Li Xinni outside was thinking about things.

Thinking about Li Xinni’s true identity!

At first he thought Li Xinni was a royal child from Chang'an, perhaps a princess in the palace, but the more he thought about it, the more something was wrong.

Because from Li Xinni's reaction, he seemed to be very familiar with this courtyard, and there was a hint of reminiscence in his expression.

Just as he was thinking, a waiter suddenly came from far away. The waiter walked up to the middle-aged man and then reported in a low and respectful voice:

"A letter came from Chang'an City, saying that Princess Yong'an in Chang'an City has left Chang'an City and wants to travel around the world again! And the direction Princess Yong'an is leaving is to the west!"

Hearing the waiter's words, the middle-aged man suddenly became enlightened.

Although they are in Longxi, they have been paying attention to what is happening in Chang'an City, and the latest news from Chang'an City will be sent here, and the news sent now is obviously the latest news from Chang'an City.

After combining the two, the middle-aged man immediately guessed Li Xinni's true identity, and a look of disbelief suddenly appeared on his face.

Thinking of this, how could he remain so calm? He quickly turned around and went in to see Princess Yong'an. However, the door had just been pushed halfway, and he suddenly realized that it was disrespectful for him to rush in like this. However, the courtyard door was already halfway open, and there was no way to turn back, and he could not get off the horse.

At this moment, Li Xinni in the courtyard was also attracted by the sound of the door opening. At this moment, she seemed to see the past again, and it seemed that she had returned to time and returned to the time when she was a girl.

The rash boy who once pushed open his courtyard door in a panic, then reacted quickly and stood in front of the courtyard door to apologize to his sister in a restrained manner.

After a moment of confusion, Li Xinni finally saw clearly that the person in front of the courtyard door was the middle-aged man who had led the way for him before.

There was a hint of disappointment in her eyes, and then she asked aloud: "When?"

The middle-aged man who opened the door suddenly broke into a cold sweat. During the few breaths when Princess Yong'an looked at him, he had even thought about his own consequences.

When she heard Princess Yong'an's inquiry, her heart was immediately confused. Her eyes couldn't help but look at the sun in the sky. She reacted randomly and asked respectfully: "It's already noon. I wonder if Princess Yong'an can have lunch?"

However, as soon as he finished speaking, the middle-aged man suddenly shouted that something was wrong. The more panicked he was, the more he could tell what was really in his heart, so he actually directly revealed the true identity of Princess Yongan.

When Li Xinni heard the middle-aged man calling herself Princess Yong'an, she was slightly startled, and then thought that the person in front of her must have recognized her and didn't care.

"That's all, I will leave in a while!"

After Li Xinni finished speaking, he added: "Since you have recognized my identity, don't publicize it everywhere. I will live in Chengji, Longxi during this period, and I don't want everyone to know."

"As ordered."

Seeing that Princess Yongan was not angry, the middle-aged man responded quickly.

Li Xinni took one look at this courtyard again, then left the place and returned to the courtyard she rented outside the city.

Looking at Li Xinni's leaving figure, the middle-aged man thought of a lot.

He couldn't help but recall the sight of Princess An in the courtyard just now, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart:

Princess Yong'an is really just like the legend, she is favored by the divine bird and can live forever.

At the same time, there is infinite desire in my heart for this immortality.

Then he thought about what Princess Yongan told him when she left, telling him not to reveal Princess Yongan's identity.

"Princess Yong'an just said that she will live here for a long time..."

He thought about his rude behavior just now, and he still couldn't help but feel a little scared, and he admired Princess Yong'an even more.

Because from the words and deeds of Princess Yongan just now, he had never felt the oppression of a superior person like Princess Yongan, but when he knew the true identity of Princess Yongan, she also called herself Princess Yongan when she spoke. "I".

There is no such thing as "this palace" that shows the status of the superior.

After all, Princess Yong'an can call herself this palace after being canonized as a princess.

"I heard that the divine bird appeared many times in Chang'an City and had many conversations with others. It did not show the nobleness of the divine bird just because I am a divine bird..."

Don't be independent, the middle-aged man also has more respect for the legendary bird.

……

In the Great Wall, Princess Yong'an has been away for nearly two years. As the Tang Dynasty ushered in a new emperor, the operation of the court seemed to have returned to its previous appearance.

The palace also became more lively, and the harem gradually became more abundant.

Because of the encouragement of the divine bird, Tang Xuanzong Li Longji became more diligent in his duties, but he also knew how to delegate power so that he, as the emperor, would have less work to do.

At the same time, he also knew how to relax and enjoy the prosperity of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

The magnificent palace is dotted with jade buildings and jade buildings. The maids in beautiful palace clothes walk in the palace, like a picture scroll.

Looking at the mighty armored soldiers standing tall, it shows the majesty of the Tang Dynasty.

It was now afternoon time. Li Longji, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, was sitting in his study. After handling the political affairs around him, he looked at the waiter beside him and said:

"When will the dinner for foreign missions be held?"

"Return to Your Majesty, it will be held at the time of You!"

The waiter answered my question.

"In that case, let's go back to take a shower and change clothes, and get ready for the banquet!"

The Tang Dynasty was so powerful and prosperous that it had a vast territory and vassal states as far away as the South China Sea.

The Tang Dynasty was the celestial dynasty and acted royally towards the outside world. Countries that had never invaded or disrespected the Tang Dynasty would naturally treat them with courtesy, just like the eldest brother or younger brother in the family.

Countries that had invaded and disrespected the Tang Dynasty had naturally become the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

For example, the former Tubo, Goryeo, and Japanese countries!

Therefore, when a vassal state came to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty would naturally hold a banquet to entertain them personally to show that the country was a country of etiquette and to tell the outside world that the Tang Dynasty was a country that pursued peaceful coexistence.

The majestic palace is resplendent with gold and jade, with five-clawed golden dragons entrenched on golden pillars, and silk curtains hung by golden hooks, outlining graceful arcs in the air.

Ancient rare beasts made of gold and copper stand tall, majestic, mysterious and majestic.

A huge group of palaces were displayed, and even foreign envoys in strange costumes were sitting in them. Their faces were surprised, their eyes were shocked, and they looked at this huge palace with dumbfounded eyes.

At the top of the palace, above the Danbi, the golden dragon is entrenched on the throne, showing the majesty of the Sky Khan.

Tang Xuanzong Li Longji looked majestic and wore an emperor's crown. After all these ceremonies, Li Longji finally showed a smile on his face.

Immediately, foreign envoys came on stage one after another and told about the rare treasures or rare animals they had paid tribute.

Afterwards, Emperor Xuanzong Li Longji of the Tang Dynasty praised all the foreign envoys, and then the relaxed and comfortable banquet began.

Wine and delicacies were brought to the main hall. As the emperor drank the first glass of wine, the officials began to drink the wine in their hands.

At the same time, singing and dancing took place on the stage, and the beautiful figures of the palace maids were fully displayed, showing the beauty of the Tang Dynasty's humanities.

It also reflects the style of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

When the banquet was getting lively, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty Li Longji asked the officials not to abide by the etiquette, so all the officials came on stage to dance together or compete in drinking competitions:

Composing poems, throwing pots, beating drums and passing flowers, antiphonal poems...

The joy in Weiyang Palace is brightly lit, all the officials are happy, there are palace maids vying for beauty, their skirts and hairpins are like jade, and their jade bodies are fragrant. The red lips are as sparkling as peach blossoms after rain outside the city; the skin is better than snow, like peach blossoms in full bloom; the beautiful eyes are like springs, like stars that attract people to be intoxicated; the pretty face is delicate, like fairy peaches that invite people to taste.

The beautiful singing voice is like the sound of the heavenly palace, which makes people intoxicated.

In the fantasy night of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Chang'an never sleeps, the dynasty is strong, and all nations come to court!

(End of this chapter)