Chinese dining table

Chapter 1256 The result of the children's mischief
Li Zhi and Wu Mei were two very elegant people.

The couple are well-versed in poetry and songs, and have a high level of appreciation and good creative ability. Of course, they usually don't compare themselves with people like Yun Chu in this regard.

Under Yun Chu's guidance, Crown Prince Li Hong has become a well-rounded young man. Not only is he gentle and polite, but his horse lance skills have also reached a high level.

Prince Yong Li Xian is also very good, especially in recent years, his reputation in scholarship has vaguely surpassed that of Crown Prince Li Hong. Even Li Hong once praised him for this in front of everyone.

Overall, Li Zhi and Wu Mei have only given birth to these two outstanding sons.

As for the other children, it is hard to describe them in words.

Princess Anding Li Si has a bad reputation now, especially after obtaining two poisonous dragons. She has become an indescribable existence in the royal family, and also made the reputation of her husband's family, the Yun family, into a dark abyss.

This made the Yun family an isolated group in the social life of the Tang Dynasty. After all, when visiting the Yun family, one had to be on guard against a poisonous dragon suddenly appearing behind them, which made it impossible for people to talk in peace.

King Li Xian of England liked to smell scents. Given his status as a prince, most of the exotic scents in the world could be found in his mansion. Even so, he spent most of his time on the business of combining scents, preparing to create more scents. The so-called "fragrance spreads ten miles throughout the imperial residence" refers to Li Xian's mansion in Luoyang.

Prince Li Dan usually did not live in the city. He liked hunting, fishing, and wandering among mountains and rivers all day long. At a young age, he had already begun to develop in the direction of a hermit.

Princess Taiping is different after all. She likes handsome men, beautiful women, and all beautiful things.

After Li Si and Yun Luan entered Princess Taiping's mansion and saw the handsome men and beautiful women in the banquet hall, they finally understood why Taiping only invited Yun Jin and not the two of them. The reason was very simple: her looks were not up to standard.

Not only were all the guests handsome, but even the maids serving them showed off their slender white necks as they wandered among the crowd like swans.

They were playing pitch pot when Li Si came in.

Today's game of throwing arrows is very different from the past. The feather arrows in the hand need to pass through three golden rings and then be accurately thrown into a copper plum vase with a long neck and a narrow hole.

Taiping was throwing. Her throwing skills were very good. With just a light throw, the feather arrow flew over a distance of six meters and passed through three golden rings. The feather arrow did not even touch the copper bottle, but went into the bottleneck, and made a thud after hitting the bottom.

This kind of four-no-touch technique is generally counted as three points.

When the guests saw that Taiping ignored Li Si, they naturally followed suit, but because of Li Si's reputation, they pretended to be busy with other things and pretended not to see it.

Yun Jin, who was sitting at the top, naturally would not ignore her sister-in-law and brother, but she didn't understand why they came. So, she rested her chin on the low table, smiling and watching how things would develop.

Angrily, Li Si released two poisonous dragons. As the poisonous dragons slid on the thick wool carpet, all the handsome men and beautiful women in the banquet hall trembled with fear, except for Yun Jin who had a calm expression and Tai Ping who had an angry face.

Li Si, who was wearing a dark purple mouth, came straight to Taiping and sat down on the spacious seat. He took the feather arrow from Taiping's hand and threw it into the pot. He also hit it with four arrows. He put his arm around Taiping's thin shoulders and said, "You didn't invite me to your dinner. How rude."

Taiping tilted her head and looked at Li Si and said, "Today's banquet is called the Beauty Banquet. Sister, do you think it's appropriate to invite you?"

Li Si shook the golden bell in her hair and said with a smile, "Your brother-in-law has always said that I am the best in the world. Young talents like Wen Huan, Di Guangsi, and Li Chengxiu also said so. Great poets like Lu Zhaolin and Yang Jiong even wrote poems for me. My parents-in-law also think so.

Why, it becomes ugly when it comes to you?"

After that, Li Si sat up straight, flicked the bell on the golden hairpin with her fingers, looked at the men and women in the palace and asked in a deep voice: "I am Li Si, the Princess Anding of the Tang Dynasty. Do you think I am beautiful?"

At this time, the two poisonous dragons had already climbed up the pillars, coiled on the dragon heads, and rubbed the pillars with hundreds of legs, making a rustling sound.

The power of the Tang Princess was amplified by the two poisonous dragons at this moment, and the bustling hall became silent in the next moment.

Yun Luan, who still had Li Si's shoulder bag hanging on her elbow, immediately stepped forward and said, "My eldest sister-in-law is the most beautiful in the family."

After he finished speaking, he found that no one responded, so he said angrily: "Hurry up and tell me, my sister-in-law is the most beautiful. If you don't tell me, drag me out and beat me to death!"

Taiping ignored the two poisonous dragons on the pillars. She heard from her mother that these things were actually two caterpillars. They looked scary, but were actually useless. A good swordsman could kill several of them with one strike.

Seeing Yun Luan roaring at her banquet, she angrily said, "Yun Xiaoniao, look at all the handsome guys here, which one can you beat?"

Yun Luan said nonchalantly, "If I can't beat him, my elder brother can certainly beat him. If my elder brother can't beat him, there's still my grandfather. If you dare to hit me, be careful or my grandfather will tie up your whole family and beat them up."

When Taiping heard Yunluan mentioned his father Yunchu, he stopped talking. It was useless to say anything at this time. Yunchu dared to beat officials in the court and recently killed a fourth-rank official in Chang'an.

If a young man from another family said such words, Taiping would definitely let him know how powerful the Princess of the Tang Dynasty was. Unfortunately, it was Yunluan who said it, and his father, who had a violent temper, was really capable of beating up the whole family.

Although she was favored by her father, the emperor, and her mother, Yun Chu was once the master of the crown prince, so it was no problem for him to teach her a lesson.

After weighing the pros and cons, Taiping's eyes immediately turned red and he slumped down in his seat, as if he had been bullied by Yunluan, the playboy.

She had always been high and mighty and had never shown any form of weakness. Today, she really wanted to see if anyone would stand up for her.

Li Si whispered, "What are you doing?"

Taiping whispered, "Let's see if Yunluan will be beaten into a pulp."

As Taiping sat down, the hall fell silent again.

Yun Luan thought that her words had frightened Taiping, so she wanted to get closer to Taiping and say a few words of comfort.

As soon as he took a step, a figure appeared in front of him.

Yun Luan raised her head and saw the guy's face. She took a look, lowered her head, took another look, and finally fixed her eyes on the guy's face and said, "Get lost."

The man said in a deep voice: "What a domineering Yun clan member."

Yun Luan asked, "How am I being overbearing?"

The man said, "Can you really tie up and beat my whole family?"

Yun Luan looked at the unbelievably handsome face and said, "I'm telling the truth." After saying that, she wanted to push away the handsome man in front of her, but she didn't expect that this guy, who looked thin, was actually full of muscles. She pushed him twice but failed. Instead, she was shocked by the guy and took two steps back.

"Who are you?" As the distance between them grew a little farther, Yun Luan finally realized that this guy was not only handsome, but also had a first-rate temperament. Just standing there, he could make countless men feel ashamed.

Seeing that her brother was at a disadvantage, Yun Jin did not step forward, but smiled and said, "Xue Xu, a man from Yicheng, is the son of Princess Chengyang."

Yun Luan waved an empty jade bottle in her hand and said, "Sister, you should try to stay away from him in the future. He has a disease."

Yun Jin glanced at Xue Xu who was about to go berserk and said, "The family education at Princess Chengyang's residence is very strict. Master Xue should not be infected with a serious disease."

Yun Luan shook her head and said, "Maybe there wasn't any before, but there is now. He just broke my jade bottle containing the pathogen. This is what the old immortal extracted from more than 20 patients and was going to use for experiments. Now, it's all on him."

After saying that, he jumped away from Xue Xu like a tiger.

Xue Xu looked down at the wet stains on his robe, his face suddenly turned pale, and he roared, waving his fists and rushing towards Yun Luan.

As soon as Yun Luan saw the opponent's posture, he knew he could not win, so he hid behind a pillar. His body was so agile that for a moment, the furious Xue Xu could not catch him.

Yun Jin's voice sounded faintly from behind: "Yicheng man, pathogens are different from viruses. As long as you burn your clothes immediately, soak your whole body in lime water for half an hour, then soak your whole body in willow water for half an hour, and finally bathe your whole body with disinfectant, there should be no serious consequences."

After that, Yun Jin looked at the other terrified handsome men and beautiful women who were covering their mouths and noses with handkerchiefs and said, "You too, this thing is likely to spread through droplets."

Xue Xu was so angry that he shouted at Yun Luan, "I will never let you go." After that, he hurriedly ordered the steward of the princess's mansion to prepare lime water, willow branch water and disinfectant for him.

Under Taiping's surprised gaze, the handsome men and beautiful women she invited looked like stray dogs, and many of them ran out while taking off their clothes.

It's okay for others to say that the pathogen is a virus, but what Yun Luan, the disciple of the Immortal Sun, said cannot be underestimated. Recently, these sons of nobles all know that Yun Luan is learning gynecology from the old immortal, and this matter has become a topic of conversation among them after dinner.

The only ones who didn't run away were Li Si, Taiping, Yunjin and Yunluan, and a group of palace maids who were obviously scared to death but didn't dare to abandon the princess and run away.

Now that everyone had run away, Taiping naturally stopped pretending. He jumped up to Yunluan and snatched the jade bottle from Yunluan's hand, then closed one eye and looked into the bottle.

After taking a few glances, he immediately asked Yun Luan: "Really?"

Yun Luan spread her hands and said, "If I dare to take the pathogen out of the laboratory, before tomorrow, the old immortal will hang me on the flagpole to dry in the wind until the New Year. Do you believe it?"

Taiping suddenly felt bored, threw the jade bottle in his hand to Yunluan, turned around on the ground with his hands behind his back, and suddenly hugged Yunluan's arm and begged: "Take me to the laboratory."

Yun Luan shook her head and said, "No, even if you are Princess Taiping, if you dare to steal the old immortal's pathogen, you will not be able to escape a beating. Hey, why didn't you run away just now?"

Taiping shook off Yunluan's arm and said, "I don't believe your sister-in-law. You dare to bring out the cause of the internal disease when my sister is here."

Yun Luan chuckled and said, "Princess, you are wise, but wait until they have finished bathing in lime water, willow water, and disinfectant before you tell them the truth."

Taiping asked suspiciously, "Why?"

Yun Luan patted her cheek and said, "I simply cannot tolerate the existence of a man more handsome than me in Chang'an City."

Taiping laughed and said, "That's troublesome. You have to soak at least half of the men in Chang'an in lime water. Little bird, since you can scare people with the old immortal's illness, you should know the purpose of my coming to Chang'an. In other words, can you take me to the second workshop of the Gunpowder Department to have a look?"

Yun Luan said: "Even if you read it, it won't make any sense, so why read it?"

Li Si, who was sitting high on the chair, said sourly: "My mother wants to know what the second workshop is for and what is inside, but she knows that it is my father's forbidden food, so it is not easy to plot openly. Let Taiping come and take a look, it is most appropriate."

Yunluan looked at Taiping and said, "You should go find my father."

Taiping looked at Yunluan with a smile but didn't say anything.

Yun Jin sighed and said, "How can we tell our elders about the play between children?"

Taiping smiled even more brightly, blinking her big, expressive eyes and saying, "When I came here, my mother told me that as long as I asked you for something, you would definitely agree."

Yun Luan remembered what her father said when she and her sister-in-law left home, and sighed, "Okay, three days later at noon, I'll take you to Mount Zhongnan to play."

Taiping was overjoyed when he heard this, and turned to the female official beside him and ordered: "Go, tell those who are soaking in lime water that they must soak for a full hour to completely disinfect it."

Then he said to Yunluan, "How is it? Has the depression in your chest dissipated?"

Yun Luan looked up to the sky and sighed, "If I am ever caught by His Majesty and beheaded, remember to plead for me."

Taiping said solemnly: "This is the result of countless exchanges of interests. No one will cause trouble for you."

(End of this chapter)