The Flourishing Tang Dynasty: Beginning with Marrying Yang Yuhuan

Chapter 118 Li Longji was attracted by her beauty, Jiang Caiping was sold out to express gratitude

"I..." Jiang Caiping thought about it seriously.

She knew that tomorrow was Li Yu's birthday.

In her heart, everything about Li Heng is good now. The only thing that makes her dissatisfied is that she is not Li Heng's first wife.

So she said quietly: "When you were born, I was not yet born. When I was born, you were already old. You hate that I was born late, and I hate that you were born early."

Li Heng said: "I can't decide who the first person I meet will be, but I can decide who I will love the most and treat the best in the future. If you don't want to, forget it."

"I didn't say I didn't want to." Jiang Caiping said coquettishly, "I hope Your Highness won't let me down."

"I will never let you down." Li Heng said solemnly.

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The next day.

On Li Yu's birthday, everyone had a banquet together, and Li Longji also came in person to visit his beloved grandson.

During the banquet, Jiang Caiping, wearing a red dance costume, walked slowly towards us with light lotus steps.

When Li Longji saw Jiang Caiping, his eyes widened and he forgot to drink the wine he had picked up.

Li Heng had been keeping an eye on Li Longji, and was overjoyed when he saw the look in Li Longji's eyes when he saw Jiang Caiping.

He knew that there was a chance.

After Jiang Caiping entered the room, she first bowed to Li Longji.

Li Longji came back to his senses, but he did not look away and just nodded.

Jiang Caiping did not dare to look directly at Li Longji, so she did not notice Li Longji's eyes. After paying her respects, she stepped aside and played the piano.

Li Longji listened attentively and nodded from time to time.

After Jiang Caiping finished playing, Li Longji said, "This is a piece of music from Fuzhou. Are you from Fuzhou?"

Jiang Caiping did not dare to look up, and replied: "Your Majesty, I am from Fuzhou."

"Your zither skills are not inferior to those of my court zither master." Li Longji praised him, and then said, "I see you are wearing a dance costume, can you dance?"

"Your Majesty, I have practiced it before." Jiang Caiping said.

Li Longji said, "Come and see the dance."

"Yes."

Jiang Caiping stood up, walked to the center, and danced gracefully.

I saw her graceful figure, her dancing was sometimes light, like the moon on the willow branches, and sometimes swift, like a swallow flying over a quiet lake. She danced with long sleeves, with an ethereal and fairy air, and she lowered her eyebrows and nodded, with infinite tenderness in her eyes.

Li Longji was completely stunned.

He quietly watched Jiang Caiping finish her dance, clapped his hands and said, "She is as graceful as a startled swan, as gentle as a swimming dragon. She is as glorious as an autumn chrysanthemum, as flourishing as a spring pine. She is like a light cloud covering the moon, and she is fluttering like snowflakes blown by the wind. What Cao Zijian said is true to me!"

When Jiang Caiping heard Li Longji praising her so much, she thought she and Li Heng had a chance, so she happily stepped forward and kowtowed, saying, "Thank you, Saint, for your grace and praise."

Li Longji looked at Jiang Caiping who was kneeling, and at her graceful young body, the fire in his eyes seemed to be bursting out.

Li Longji stared at her for a while, then rolled his eyes at Gao Lishi beside him, and then said to Jiang Caiping: "Such a beauty, I will reward you, get up."

"Yes." Jiang Caiping stood up and retreated happily.

After the banquet, Li Longji and Gao Lishi left together.

As soon as he left Li Heng's house, Li Longji said to Gao Lishi, "What are my flower and bird servants doing? No one has noticed such a girl. I think they are busy looking for flowers for themselves."

Gao Lishi has always been in charge of the affairs of the Flower and Bird Envoys, so this remark can be considered a criticism of Gao Lishi.

Gao Lishi hurriedly said, "I am guilty. I will punish them when I return, but the most urgent thing is to find out the origin of that girl first."

"Yeah." Li Longji nodded.

After getting permission, Gao Lishi turned back and called Li Heng out.

Li Heng followed Gao Lishi out of the house. When he reached the door, he looked back at Jiang Caiping.

Jiang Caiping met Li Heng's eyes and smiled knowingly. Gao Lishi led Li Heng to Li Longji and said to him, "Your Highness, Prince Zhong, what is the name of the girl at the banquet today, and what is her background?"

"Her surname is Jiang Caiping, and she is from Fuzhou. Her grandfather just joined the Imperial Medical Bureau, so she came to Chang'an."

Li Heng first replied respectfully, and then continued: "Father is busy with all kinds of affairs, and he works hard for the Tang Dynasty. He is very tired. The only thing he enjoys is music and dance. My eighteenth brother, Renxiao, compiled the music and dance of Kucha and presented it to the father. So I also want to compile the music and dance of the southeast to make up for my eighteenth brother's lack."

Gao Lishi said, "So, His Royal Highness Prince Zhong asked her to choreograph the music and dance?"

"Yes." Li Heng said.

Gao Lishi got confirmation and looked at Li Longji, who nodded.

Gao Lishi then said, "Your Highness Prince Zhong is very busy with official duties, so I will leave the matter of reorganizing the Southeastern Music and Dance to this old servant. Please inform the girl and let her enter the palace in the evening."

"Yes." Li Heng was secretly delighted.

Li Heng saw Li Longji off and returned to his mansion.

As soon as she entered the palace, Jiang Caiping happily found Li Heng and asked, "Your Highness, has the Saint agreed to our request?"

Li Heng looked at Jiang Caiping and said sadly: "Caiping, why don't we run away."

"Ah?" Jiang Caiping was shocked and asked hurriedly, "What happened?"

"Father..." Li Heng choked up, "Father will send someone to pick you up in the evening and let you enter the palace."

"what?"

Jiang Caiping was stunned for a moment.

Li Heng's words were like a bucket of cold water, pouring over her head and chilling her heart.

"Let's escape together." Li Heng seemed to have tears in his eyes, "But we may not be able to take our families with us. They may be executed because of our escape. But at this point, how can we care so much?"

Jiang Caiping looked at Li Heng, tears falling down, and said: "Even if we don't care about our families, how far can we escape, and where can we escape to?"

Li Heng said: "Maybe we can't leave Chang'an City."

Jiang Caiping was silent.

In her heart, she really wanted to escape with Li Heng, but she couldn't ignore her family.

Moreover, Li Heng was originally a noble prince, but because of her he had to fall into depravity and escape, and was even executed.

She felt that it would be selfish of her to do so.

Jiang Caiping was silent for a while, then said, "Your Highness, please send Caiping to the palace. These days should be regarded as a dream."

"I..." Li Heng looked at Jiang Caiping and said with almost no hesitation, "Then I'll wait for you."

"Your Highness, what are you waiting for Caiping for?" Jiang Caiping wondered.

"Wait until my father ..." Li Heng wanted to say that he passed away, but it would be disrespectful to say these two words now, so he didn't finish his words and only said, "Wait until the day when we have the chance to reunite."

Jiang Caiping was stunned when she heard this, and asked, "Will His Highness still want me at that time?"

"Why not?" Li Heng took Jiang Caiping's hand, "Emperor Gaozong and Empress Wu, weren't they two saints ruling the country?"

Li Heng's words not only expressed that he wanted her, but also proposed a method and painted a pie in the sky.

The method was that Jiang Caiping helped him ascend the throne, and the promise was that he and Jiang Caiping were willing to "rule the throne as two saints."

This can be said to be their brightest path.

Jiang Caiping was deeply moved and said, "I will die without regrets if I can hear your words."

Upon hearing this, Li Heng hugged Jiang Caiping tightly and started crying.

However, beneath the crying, Li Heng smiled.

That smile was filled with cruelty, tyranny, and a cunningness that made people shudder.

　Li Yu is not called Li Yu now, but Li Chu. Li Heng is not actually called Li Heng now. There are too many names for these two father and son. For the sake of reading fluency, I will use names that everyone is more familiar with. If you mind, please be more tolerant.

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