The Emperor's Favorite: The Beauty Disturbs the World

Chapter 171

Li Longji was still sitting behind the desk in the distance with his coat on. Chang Xi was wearing obscene clothes, shoes, and a candle in his hand. She walked gently to the desk. She was surprised to find that he was originally handsome His face was not as heroic as it was when he faced courtiers during the day, his originally bright eyes were a little dim, and wrinkles that did not match his age were engraved on his broad forehead, and his thin lips were tightly pressed, outlining clear lines , coupled with his straight nose, showed a kind of inviolable majesty, while the deep eyes and focused expression concealed the unfathomable thoughts of ordinary people.

For some reason, looking at his vicissitudes, Chang Xi felt inexplicable heartache, and said emotionally: "It's late at night! Your Majesty, go to sleep!"

Li Longji was amazed at her tenderness, looked up, and saw that frail woman standing under the candlelight, with a frail body.

"Immediately! I'll finish reading these scriptures!" Chang Xi followed his gaze, and the one-foot-high scriptures were already raised on the left hand side. Those were written with royal pens in red, and the ones on the right hand side were still half a foot high. Memorial.

Chang Xi put the candle on the case, picked up the memorial in Li Longji's hand, and said slightly: "Of course important national affairs are, so is Your Majesty's body!"

Based on her tenderness tonight, Li Longji did not confront her again, but said indifferently: "This is a booklet from the Border Gate. I will read it right away, lest foreigners invade the Tang Dynasty and the people of the Border Gate will not suffer!" Li Longji received from Chang Xi Li took back the unfinished paperwork.

After hearing this, Chang Xi knelt quietly on the side of the long case, put the candle lamp in front of Li Longji, picked up the needle, and picked up the lantern for him to make the light brighter.

"Don't waste time with me, go and rest!" Li Longji didn't stop the imperial brush in his hand.

Chang Xi didn't speak, didn't move, still knelt aside, quietly watching Li Longji reviewing the memorial, and cutting the flickering lights for him from time to time.

After a long time, the memorials on the right finally reached the left. Li Longji stretched his waist, looked at the tired Chang Xi, and remained silent for a long time.

"Ah!" Chang Xi, who was drowsy, was shocked by Li Longji's sudden hug, and came to her senses. Li Longji picked her up horizontally, walked to the bed, and put her down gently.

"Go to sleep!" Li Longji blew out the candles on the pentagonal lantern, and held Chang Xi in his arms.

"Is the battle at the border very tight!" Chang Xi asked softly.

Li Longji hummed, turned over, and turned his back to Chang Xi, "In a few days, I'm going to send my fifth brother to find the side."

"His Royal Highness Xue?!" Chang Xi got up in surprise, looked at the emperor with his back to her and asked in doubt, "Is His Royal Highness OK?"

Li Longji said: "It's just to find a side, not to let him go into battle to kill the enemy."

Hearing what he said, Chang Xi lay back to her original place silently, closed her eyes, and fell into a deep sleep, she did not feel Li Longji's last gentle kiss on her forehead.

"Ladies and gentlemen, are you having fun in Lishan Mountain?" The queen took a sip of the fragrant tea on the case, and smiled as she looked at the sisters who came to Dingxing.

Concubine Li yawned, and lazily said: "They are all out of the palace, the empress is still so polite, let the sisters come to pay their respects in the morning!"

The queen heard the dissatisfaction in Concubine Li's tone, and wiped the fine drops of water from her mouth with a handkerchief, "The rules can't be broken any time soon!"

"Really!" Concubine Li sneered and looked around, only to see Concubine Mei still sitting alone, followed by Beauty Xiao and Shangguan Cairen, and Fenglu and Gao Jieyu on her own. I don't see Chang Xi alone.

Concubine Li said coldly: "The empress likes to talk about rules, but Wu Zhaoyi, who was born in the Kunde Palace, never cared about the rules of the empress, why not come to pay respects to the empress, the old lord!"

Beauty Xiao heard Concubine Li provoke the relationship between Chang Xi and the Empress in public, and quickly explained for Chang Xi: "Sister Zhaoyi was summoned by His Majesty to attend the bedchamber last night, I'm afraid she is still in His Majesty's bedroom this time, so I can't say hello to the empress. , Your Majesty, please don't blame me!"

After hearing this, Feng Lu laughed and said, "Your Majesty summoned Wu Zhaoyi? The concubine thought it was still Concubine Mei's sister last night!"

Hearing what she said, Concubine Mei was slightly displeased, but her face still had an aloof expression.

The queen said earnestly and sincerely: "Flowers are not happy for a hundred days, and the harem needs to be covered with rain and dew!"

This sentence was meant for Concubine Mei, she frowned slightly, stood up and said: "I'm not feeling well, I'll take my leave first!" After saying that, she didn't care if the Queen agreed or not, she walked away.

The queen was stunned with anger, and it was not good to get angry in front of Concubine Li. Gao Jieyu hurriedly smiled and said: "I heard that Concubine Li was given a bath by Your Majesty's fragrant soup last night? I haven't been to the hot spring yet, I don't know OK?"

Li Concubine heard her mentioning this, her face paled, and she just wanted to show off Li Longji's love for her, when she heard the little yellow door outside the door: "Wu Zhaoyi is here!"

Chang Xi walked into the queen's bedroom with small steps. Just as she stepped in, she heard Gao Jieyu and Concubine Li talking about the hot spring. She felt amused. With Meier's support, she first invited the queen Ann.

"The concubine is late, please forgive me!" Chang Xi bowed down.

The queen smiled and said: "My sisters, it doesn't matter, get up quickly!"

Chang Xi smiled and sat on Miss Xiao's lap, and said, "Sister Li Concubine seems to be talking to Gao Jieyu about the Lishan Hot Spring?"

Xiao Meiren smiled and said, "Yes! Sister Zhaoyi also went last night! Sister, please tell us about it!"

"Yes, let the girl open her eyes too!" There were two smiles on Wei'er's face.

The queen felt a little uncomfortable when she heard this. Since she came to Mount Li, she hadn't been able to go to the hot spring to enjoy it, but Concubine Li, Concubine Mei and Chang Xi took the lead.

Chang Xi said: "Where do I have that blessing, let Sister Li Concubine talk about it!"

Li Fei snorted, and was about to show off, so she talked a lot about why the water temperature was right, and the water quality was different, so her skin felt smooth.

Chang Xi just wanted to be happy when he heard it, so he could only hold the handkerchief tightly to hold back his laughter, and everyone else was fine with it, but Beauty Xiao could see clearly beside her, so she didn't know why she was so happy.

Seeing Concubine Li showing off, the queen interrupted her displeasedly, and said: "A few days ago, His Royal Highness Xue Wang told His Majesty that staying in Lishan to cool off the heat was very boring, and he wanted to hold a polo match. I can participate, I wonder if my sisters are interested in this?"

"Polo match?" Chang Xi muttered in his heart, what is this?
Gao Jieyu smiled and said: "The empress has always been good at polo, it seems she must play, the concubine is incompetent, and she doesn't know how to ride a horse!"

Feng Lu and Wei Er also shook their heads.

Xiao Mei said humanely: "I have heard that Concubine Li's equestrian skills are outstanding, so she must be on the stage!"

"Thank you Beauty Xiao for complimenting me. Since the birth of Prince Ying, Bengong's body has deteriorated greatly, and he is no longer suitable for such strenuous activities!" Concubine Li said disapprovingly, thinking to herself: Who would want to fight such barbaric things? The queen is an old woman who was born as a general, so she is so rude!
"Concubine Li is being modest! In this way, there will be no one in our harem!" The queen said flatly.

Concubine Li asked suspiciously, "Isn't the queen going to play?"

"It was okay to play in the palace of the Linzi Prince, but today the palace is already the mother of a country, so of course it must be as dignified as the mother of the world!" The queen proudly said this sentence, which contained the supreme sense of superiority .

Concubine Li was very angry, and only heard the queen continue: "I heard that Princess Yuzhen will end, and if she is alone, we can be regarded as our heroines!"

Everyone said yes, and chatted a few more before they left.

Three days later, the weather was just right, neither hot nor cold.All the concubines were dressed neatly and took a carriage to the largest polo field at the foot of Lishan Mountain.At that time, Rixi didn't know what polo was, and when she returned to Cuizhuxuan, Beauty Xiao explained it to her.

It turns out that this polo is a sport of riding a horse and hitting a ball with a stick, so it is also called "playing a ball", "shooting a ball", "shooting a ball" and so on. Popularity.

Li Longji has loved playing polo since he was a child. Every time such a polo game will gather a large group of handsome, mighty and tall young nobles, and those high-ranking wives and ladies in the boudoir in Chang'an City are also allowed to come. Watching, for a while, this polo game, which is enjoyed by all people, has transformed into an event where men and women express their love for each other.

Whenever those gallant youths on the horses swing the ball into the net, they will attract applause from the noble ladies.The atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty is open, without the pedantic attention of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the status of women is very high, so those noble women are happy to express their admiration here.

The queen led all the concubines up to the throne under the prayers of the lady-in-law. Chang Xi sat behind the small case on the left of the queen, and saw a woman behind her nodding to her frequently and smiling.

Chang Xi frowned, feeling that this woman who was nearly forty years old looked very familiar, but couldn't remember who she was!Could it be Xiao Yu's mother?
"She is the Yang family!" Mei'er's voice was slightly bitter, "It's your biological mother, the wife of Lin'an Wang Wu Youzhi!"

It was only then that Chang Xi remembered that he was a descendant of the Wu family, and this person was his biological mother!Immediately walked over, took the lady's hand and said: "Mother, I miss Sha Erchen!"

Yang wept and said, "I didn't expect to find you after going through so many twists and turns!"

Chang Xi also wiped away a few tears, and said, "Mom, come and sit here!"

Yang followed Chang Xi back to her seat, and was both embarrassed and surprised to see Mei Er standing aside. In order to protect herself, she even stepped forward to correct Mei Er for deceiving the emperor. For some reason, her daughter Chang Xi not only did not blame the pretender She was a dancer, and let her be the maid in charge of the palace?
Chang Xi saw Yang's thoughts, and whispered: "Mother, don't pursue the past!"

Yang Shi has always been smart, seeing what Chang Xi said, she didn't worry about it.

At this time, yellow smoke billowed suddenly from the arena, and everyone covered their noses and looked into the arena.When the smoke dissipated, there were more than [-] horses galloping towards them. Li Longji, who was in the lead, was riding a famous Dawan horse, wearing a plain scarf, wearing boots, and holding a gold-plated club in his hand. He was really heroic. .

Li Longji's horse died when he was assassinated while hunting in Lishan last time. This horse was just donated by the countries of the Western Regions and has a very violent temper.But Li Longji was good at taming horses, and the horse became docile within half a day in his hands.

After that was King Xue Liye, although he was usually suave and suave, like a fragile and handsome gentleman, after being dressed up today, he was quite masculine.The remaining [-] riders were young children from various noble families in Chang'an City. They were also all handsome with sword eyebrows and star eyes.

(End of this chapter)