The Emperor's Favorite: The Beauty Disturbs the World

Chapter 27
Seeing that it was getting late, Chang Xi had to go quickly to find Meier. After turning around a few times, she came to the door of the dance room, but saw that the candles were brightly lit inside, and Meier was still practicing.

But seeing her graceful figure, swaying left and right, it is very strange, I don't know what kind of dancing posture she is practicing?Meier heard a noise at the door, looked back and saw that it was Chang Xi, hurriedly stopped dancing, and the two found a clean place to sit down and talk.

Chang Xi smiled and said: "I have good news for you, the empress is going to promote you to be Lezheng of the Jiaofang Secretary, and the order will be issued tomorrow."

"Really!" Mei'er exclaimed, joy filled her body in an instant, and she jumped up happily.Seeing Chang Xi looking at her in surprise with her mouth open, she hurriedly said in embarrassment: "I'm so happy that I'm a little carried away!"

Chang Xi said: "Where is it? It's a happy event, and you should be happy!"

Mei'er looked at Chang Xi, and said firmly: "In this way, I can help you too, let's avenge Lord Lezheng together!"

Chang Xi smiled and nodded, but Meier said: "You are working at the Queen's office today, how do you feel?
Chang Xi complained: "Still talking! Your Majesty had breakfast at the Empress's place this morning, and I devoted myself to thinking of a lot of schemes for the Empress, exhausting a lot of brain cells!"

"Small bag? What is that?" Mei'er asked in confusion.

"...It means that I am physically and mentally exhausted." Chang Xi sweated a lot and slapped his eyes in a sloppy eye. He wanted to expose this sentence, so he found a novel way and said: "Do you know! Your Majesty has A cousin surnamed Wu disappeared in the palace, His Majesty asked the Queen to find her!"

Mei'er was taken aback and said, "How could such an adult disappear in the palace confinement, besides, I never heard that His Majesty has a cousin with the surname Wu!"

Seeing that she was so interested, Chang Xi told her what happened in the morning, and deliberately described the shape, color, and handwriting of the jade pendant one by one.Mei'er couldn't stop talking, she thought for a while, and sighed: "I envy you so much!"

"Why? You are so comfortable in Yichun Garden, why do you envy me?" Chang Xi asked in surprise.

Mei'er hurriedly lowered her head, and stammered a few words of 'no'.

Chang Xi sighed and said: "You said you still envy me! You don't know how miserable I am! Your Majesty is too powerful! When I rolled my eyes, he guessed what I was thinking!"

Meier smiled and said, "Naturally, who is Your Majesty! How can you hide this little trick from him?! That day when Your Majesty was only seven years old and the King of Chu, Empress Zetian Shunsheng (Wu Zetian) was still in court. He dared to scold members of the Wu family angrily, claiming that this is the court hall of the Li family, and shocked all the descendants of the Wu family who have grown up to be domineering."

"Really? There's still this matter?" Chang Xi raised her eyebrows and begged, "Please explain in detail."

Mei'er smiled and said, "I'm tired, I want to go back to rest, but I don't want to tell you!"

"Okay! You don't want to talk about it, right?" Chang Xi stretched out her hands winkingly, making a gesture to tickle her tickle, and Mei'er was so frightened that she said repeatedly: "I'll tell! I can't do it!"

He gathered the hair on his temples, and said: "At that time, Empress Zetian Shunsheng was in power, and the sacrificial ceremony was being held in the court. At that time, the Jinwu General Wu Yizong relied on himself as a descendant of the Wu family, flying domineeringly, and loudly reprimanded the guards, Your Majesty Immediately glared at him, and shouted: "This is the court of my Li family, what are you doing! How dare you reprimand my knight guards like this!" He also rewarded Wu Yizong with a whip, scaring the children and grandchildren of the Wu family to dare not make a sound , Wu Yizong even went to Empress Zetian to cry, but was scolded by Empress Zetian, and instead praised His Majesty for his courage, worthy of being a descendant of Taizong."

"There are other things like this!" Chang Xi listened to Meier's eloquence, and couldn't help thinking about Li Longji's heroic appearance immediately.Sighing secretly: No wonder A Niang is so obsessed with His Majesty, such a resolute and decisive man, if A Niang and I change places, I am afraid that I will not be able to control it.

Mei'er's bright eyes were full of admiration, and she said again: "That's right! This is something that everyone in the palace knows, but you don't know it!"

Chang Xi pulled her dress and said, "Is there anything else! Tell me more."

Meier put on the appearance of a school gentleman, sat down seriously and said: "Your Majesty's stories can't be finished in a few days and nights. Sir, I see that you are modest and eager to learn, so I can barely pick up a few and tell you!"

Chang Xi looked at her pretentious expression, laughed loudly, bowed to the ground, and said, "Student Chang Xi, Mr. Xie for your teaching!"

Meier pretended to have a beard and said: "After the death of Empress Zetian, the descendants of the Wu family were massacred. Empress Zhongzong Wei's monopolized the power, and wanted to follow the example of Empress Zetian, and she was killed with poisonous wine together with Princess Anle. Zhongzong, trying to control the government..."

"Wait!" Chang Xi interrupted Mei'er, wondering: "Isn't Empress Wei Zhongzong's first wife! Isn't Princess Anle the most beloved daughter of Zhongzong? They actually joined forces and poisoned each other for the sake of power." Zhongzong? That's too cruel!..."

Meier nodded and said, "That's what happened."

Chang Xi looked gloomy, it seems that in order to fight for power in this palace, all the relatives and fathers could be killed, let alone other irrelevant people!
Mei Er went on to say: "Your Majesty was only twenty years old at the time, and together with Princess Taiping and several hundred soldiers, they rushed into the imperial city and shouted on the stage to restore the Tang Dynasty. All the mutinies turned to his banner, and that night, Queen Wei's family was killed, causing the all-powerful Webster to scatter, killing Princess Anle, beheading Shangguan Wan'er under the banner..."

"Shangguan Wan'er?" This is a historical celebrity, often appearing in TV dramas of the Tang Dynasty. Chang Xi muttered a few words in his heart and asked, "Why did Your Majesty kill Shangguan Wan'er? Isn't she a talented woman!"

Mei'er said: "Although Shangguan Zhaoyi has a poetic talent, she had an affair with Wu Sansi when Empress Zetian was in court, killing many Li family members, and later worked as a minion for tigers and advised Empress Wei. Although Your Majesty loves her talent, but she had to be executed to appease the clan."

After she finished speaking, Mei'er was beaming with joy. Don't look at her usually sluggish and silent. When talking about Li Longji, it was as if she had opened up the chatterbox. The more Chang Xi listened, the less energetic she became, the more she felt cold. Those who come and go to die are close relatives around him. It is really hard for this emperor to be on guard against everyone, no wonder they all call themselves widows.

The two chatted for a while, Chang Xi gave Meier a few words, and then went back to Kunde Hall.

Suddenly for several days, Li Longji did not even step into Concubine Li's Ganlu Hall, so he came to the Queen's place frequently, and if not, he would go to Zhong Meiren, Guo Shunyi, and even Liu Jieyu, who was about to have a hot fight with Concubine Li. It's left out in the cold, but it's the beauty of the king, the grace is still there.

After dinner that day, Li Longji watched the memorial with candles in the queen's bedroom. The queen wore a loose bun and wore a baggy shirt. Longji stepped forward and said, "What is Sanlang looking at?"

As soon as the words fell, Gao Lishi came to see him outside the door, and Li Long had reached the point. He saw Gao Lishi holding a thick stack of poem manuscripts, and said: "This is the song about peony, which was sent by a fast horse and prepared for the banquet in Furong Garden tomorrow." Poetry."

"Oh? Who sent it?" Li Longji wondered.

Gao Lishi said: "This is what the empress ordered to go to various states and counties to pick it, and it has just been delivered quickly."

Queen Wang continued: "These were submitted by scholars from Chang'an City and various states and counties. Seeing that they were unable to participate in the grand gathering of reciting poems and appreciating flowers, my concubines sent people down to collect poems, so that they had the opportunity to share with the royal family." Relatives of the state and ministers can generally share the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty built by Saburo.

Li Longji said with a smile: "The queen has a heart. This style of picking poems flourished in the Zhou clan. "Hanshu? Shihuozhi" also said: "In the moon of Mengchun, those who live in groups will disperse, and the pedestrian Zhenmufeng died on the road. Pick up poems and present them to the grand teacher, compare their rhythms, and hear them from the emperor'. I don’t think the queen has a relic from the past, this kind of intention is indeed unique, and it has just been sent? Has it not been opened yet?”

Gao Lishi said: "Not yet, it was delivered quickly, please read it first, Your Majesty."

Li Longji said curiously: "Wait for me to take a look, there are some treasures left over from the sea that have not been selected by me to enter the court."

Empress Wang hurriedly stopped her, holding down the manuscript of the poem with her jade hand, and said: "Sanlang has been reviewing the memorials since dinner, the candlelight is flickering, and it may hurt your eyes for a long time, why don't you recite it at the banquet tomorrow, don't add more." The atmosphere? These are all guesses made by talented people in various states, and they are not far behind."

After hearing this, Li Longji smiled and said, "Then follow the queen's advice."

Then he put down the poem manuscript, sent out Gao Lishi, blew out the red candle, undressed and lay down with the queen.

(End of this chapter)