Rebirth of the Tang Dynasty's strongest consort

Chapter 173

Li Shimin's actions made Fang Yiai very flattered, and after bowing to thank her, she sat in the banquet anxiously.

Sitting at the banquet, Fang Yiai put her hands on her knees, bowed her head in silence, fearing that her behavior would offend Tang Taizong.

Seeing Fang Yiai's cautious behavior, Li Shimin smiled slightly, took the lead in picking up a meatball with his chopsticks, and then said to everyone: "Move your chopsticks."

"Observe the order!" Hearing Li Shimin's words, Fang Yiai hurriedly got up, and was about to bow to thank her, when everyone chuckled in her ears.

Facing the ridicule of the three of Li Shimin, Li Lizhi frowned slightly, and said with a little displeasure: "Father, I see you scare my dear brother!"

"Oh, nephew He doesn't have to be so restrained." After speaking, Chai Shao got up and pulled Fang Yiai into the banquet, and said with a smile: "Long live today, we will hold a banquet to reward my nephew. Don't be like this!"

Empress Changsun saw that Fang Yiai was frightened by Li Shimin and had "sequelae", she covered her face with a light smile and said, "Yes, you can just treat it as if you are eating at home."

After waiting for Fang Yiai to be seated, Li Shimin raised his wine glass and took a sip, looked at Fang Yiai and said, "He Zudao, in seven days' time there will be a competition, I wonder if you would like to participate?"

Although comforted by Chai Shao and Empress Changsun, Fang Yiai was still a little startled when faced with Qiangu Yidi's question, and she sat in the banquet and replied cautiously: "Caomin has this intention."

"Okay, I'm waiting for the day when you take part in the palace examination." After speaking, Li Shimin ate a meatball and asked with interest: "But I don't know if there is a continuation of Xiaoaojianghu?"

Seeing Li Shimin asking about "Swordsman", Fang Yiai clapped his hands and replied: "Caomin hasn't written in the past few days, but all the drafts are in Caomin's stomach. If Long Live wants to read it..."

In the middle of the conversation, Li Shimin rushed to ask: "Oh? If that's the case, you should stay in the palace today!"

After finishing speaking, Li Shimin beckoned to Bai Jian and said, "After the banquet, you take He Zudao to the study of Shangyiyuan, and ask him to stay in Shangyiyuan tonight."

After exhorting Bai Jian, Li Shimin and Chai Shao toasted and drank, ignoring Fang Yiai who was restless.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Changsun Wuji belatedly entered the Wanhua Hall, and after paying his respects, sat down beside Fang Yiai.

Seeing the elder Sun Wuji seated, Li Shimin asked, "Uncle Guo, how is Dan'er's health?"

"Long live Qi, my subject's illness has been brought under control, thank you for your concern." Changsun Wuji bowed his hands to Fang Yi'ai out of courtesy, "Why don't you come to the top of the list."

"Don't dare, the grassroots also follow orders." After talking with Changsun Wuji, Fang Yiai, who was hungry, let go of his temper, and carefully ate the dishes with chopsticks.

After drinking a few glasses of water and wine, Li Shimin simply told about Li Lizhi's marriage by taking advantage of his drunkenness.

"Today coincides with the presence of Uncle Guo and He Zudao, Chai Fuma testified, and the widow decided on Lizhi's marriage..."

In the middle of Li Shimin's words, Li Lizhi got up suddenly, walked to Fang Yiai's side, and murmured: "My daughter will not marry unless she is a dear friend in this life, otherwise she would rather die in the palace!"

As soon as this remark came out, Changsun Wuji's face became extremely embarrassed, and the hatred for "He Zudao" in his heart grew a little bit stronger.

After noticing the change in Changsun Wuji's expression, Li Shimin suddenly changed his face, and angrily scolded: "Nonsense, it's been ordered by parents and said by matchmakers since ancient times, why are you so capricious!"

After finishing speaking, Li Shimin ignored Li Lizhi, and turned to Changsun Wuji and Fang Yiai, "Today I will make the decision. If He Zudao wins the gold medal, I will choose a day to marry Lizhi."

After the words were finished, Li Lizhi smiled, and looked at Fang Yiai with happiness in her eyes, "My dear brother is very talented, it is not difficult to come to the imperial examination to get the first prize."

Hearing Li Shimin's decision, Changsun Wuji felt unwilling, he hesitated to speak, "Your Majesty..."

"Let me finish my sentence. If Changsun Chong wins the first prize in the martial arts field, how about Li Zhi's marriage... make plans!"

Li Shimin, an emperor through the ages, is well versed in the ways of emperor's power and tactics. He neither showed partiality nor neglected his eldest grandson Wuji in his words, on the contrary, he showed his fair attitude even more.

Knowing the conditions offered by Li Shimin, Li Lizhi smiled slightly and thought to herself, "My dear brother is several times better than that eldest Sun Chong in terms of martial arts and talent. I think if my dear brother participates in the martial arts field, he will definitely win the double champion and come back!"

Faced with the conditions given by Li Shimin, Changsun Wuji would not have thought of the martial arts of "He Zudao", stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Long live, He Zudao is the nephew of Marshal Qin, a pair of thunderbolt maces are really powerful, if he goes to refer to martial arts field..."

Seeing Changsun Wuji expressing his concerns, Li Shimin stroked his beard and murmured softly, "So, why don't you take the martial arts exam this time!"

Fang Yiai heard Li Shimin's oral order, stood up and cupped her hands, "The grassroots obey the order."

"Hmph, father is not fair at all. This is clearly showing favoritism to Changsun Chong!" Li Lizhi snorted coldly, and sat next to Empress Changsun angrily. Facing life-long events, there was no trace of gentleness and virtuousness in the past.

"The matter is settled like this!" After rejecting Li Lizhi noncommittally, Li Shimin scrutinized Fang Yiai carefully, seeing that she was wearing bright yellow casual clothes, he couldn't help thinking to himself: "Today, I will reward him with a dragon coat, and tomorrow I will go to the Imperial College Shouldn’t he die beautifully? No, since there are rewards, there must be punishments!”

Having made up his mind, Li Shimin intentionally avoided the matter of "talking about losing chess", and instead fabricated an excuse for his behavior, calling Bai Jian and saying, "Bai Jian, why did you offend me with your words today, take him to the court tomorrow morning?" Go to the Department of Punishment to receive punishment..."

Seeing that Long Yan was angry, Chai Shao went in without knowing it, and stood up to persuade him: "Long live, this..."

Seeing the puzzled faces of Empress Changsun and Li Lizhi, Li Shimin's heart turned secretly, and he said in a cold voice: "Punish him severely...Three punishments!"

Empress Changsun, Li Lizhi, and Chai Shao couldn't help laughing at the punishment of the "three big boards".

Changsun Wuji is well aware that Li Shimin's move is just to intimidate "He Zudao", and at the same time to comfort himself, the crime of deceiving the emperor on Changsun Wuji's head today has not been prosecuted. Dare to say half a word.

"Thank you Long Live for your kindness." After thanking her, Fang Yi's heart fell to the ground completely, and after secretly calling out to the heavens to bless her, she sat slowly in the banquet.

After receiving the decree, Bai Jian turned around and stood aside, muttering in her heart, "Since Pangu, how can there be three major punishments? If you want to come to Long Live, this is intentional release. Tomorrow, our family will have to take care of the guys from the Punishment Department and call them Show mercy!"

After punishing Fang Yiai, Li Shimin stopped talking about official affairs, and pulled Chai Shao and Changsun Wuji to talk about the old story of the Jinyang uprising. However, Li Zhi devoted herself to picking up vegetables and pouring wine for Fang Yi'ai, just like a newlywed daughter-in-law.

The moon is in the middle of the sky, on the third quarter of Haichu, the second watch drum sounds.

Li Shimin's face was flushed from drinking, and after drinking the last glass of water and wine, he stood up and said, "I'm a little tired today, so I'm going to the Lizheng Hall to rest first. Sister-in-law, uncle Guo, go slowly."

After finishing speaking, Li Shimin walked slowly to the Lizheng Hall accompanied by the eldest grandson empress, while Chai Shao and eldest grandson Wuji also left one after another. Only Li Lizhi, Fang Yiai, and Bai Jiansan were left in the Ten Thousand Flowers Hall of Nuo Da. people.

Sitting at the banquet, Li Lizhi looked at her sweetheart with double pupils cutting water and eyebrows green mountains, and the expression of happiness was beyond words.

Li Lizhi also drank a few glasses of water and wine during the banquet. Now that Li Shimin and Empress Changsun had left, Li Lizhi snuggled into Fang Yiai's arms through the drunkenness, and whispered: "My brother, my father's previous oral instructions, have also heard, Lizhi is waiting in the palace for her brother to be named on the gold list, and when the time comes to arrange flowers and wear red and ride a horse around the palace, all the sisters must be envious of the younger brother."

Due to the presence of Bai Jian, the "spy light bulb", Fang Yiai didn't dare to reveal her feelings. After careful consideration, she could only say a few honest words, "Caomin will definitely live up to the princess' expectations. Please go to bed early, princess."

Li Lizhi was born smart, so how could she not know Fang Yi's concern in love, after getting up, he said with a light smile: "Okay, dear brother, let's write "Swordsman" in peace in the palace tonight, I think Lai Shu'er has pestered me several times Continued."

Hearing that Li Lizhi mentioned Gao Yang, Fang Yi felt inexplicably sad in his heart, since he was ordered to "go" to Yanmen Pass, there was no news from Gao Yang, and now that he is so close and unable to see each other, the lovesickness in his heart can't help but a little bit more.

Suppressing the pain in her heart, Fang Yiai got up and saluted, "Okay, princess, go slowly."

After sending Li Lizhi away, Fang Yiai sighed softly and murmured: "Today I was really scared!"

Bai Jian often waits by Li Shimin's side, and knows the truth that "accompanying the king is like a sheep accompanying a tiger". Seeing Fang Yiai's sigh at this moment, she couldn't help but be struck by it, and said with a smile: "Haha, the first place is to put your heart in your belly." Let's go, tomorrow the Punishment Department will be in charge of our family, so there will be no damage at all if you think of coming to the top of the list!"

"It's so embarrassing, father-in-law." After saluting to Bai Jian, Fang Yiai and the two walked out of the Wanhua Hall slowly, and went to Shangyiyuan with the red light in hand.

In Qixia Palace, because of Li Shimin's order, Gao Yang couldn't go to the Wanhua Hall to see the true face of "He Zudao" today, so out of curiosity, he had to wait in Li Lizhi's bedroom, ready to ask about the recent situation of the top of the cloth.

Waiting for Li Lizhi to return to Qixia Palace, Gao Yang greeted him with a smile on his face, and asked about "He Zudao" with a smile on his face.

After hearing Li Lizhi's narration, Gao Yang secretly admired that there was no danger, and finally learned from Li Lizhi that "He Zudao" stayed overnight in Shangyiyuan.

Hearing that "He Zudao" stayed in the palace overnight, Gao Yang had an idea in his heart, and said to Li Lizhi, "My sister doesn't want to watch the sequel of "Swordsman"? Why don't we go to Shangyiyuan to visit my brother-in-law? I might as well watch the latest version first." Continuation!"

"This..." Hearing Gao Yang's proposal, Li Lizhi frowned slightly. After thinking about it for a while, driven by lovesickness, she and Gao Yang rushed over to Shangyiyuan where Fang Yiai was staying at night. .

(End of this chapter)