Tang Dynasty Never Night

In ancient times, it was very common to marry a foreign country. Generally speaking, when the country was prosperous, it was usually the dependent country that sent women over. Those who needed a princess to marry were usually because the imperial court did not want to fight with that country or tribe. Well, the princess is only allowed to marry when she can't fight.

But now Datang obviously doesn't need it, not to mention that even if it is needed, Borneo doesn't have the qualifications!Everyone was stunned by the loud tone of the Borneo envoy—Nima, how dare your little country dare to ask for my Princess Datang?

In fact, Borneo is not completely whimsical. They still know the surroundings of Datang very well. They are very familiar with the Tuyuhun tribe who has been bullied by Tubo recently. Such a tribe was able to marry the princess of Shangguo back then, so their Borneo is much better than Tuyuhun, right?Their king Zhan Dabo is also handsome and tall, so he can always match the princess, right?

Li Xian's first reaction when he heard that they proposed to marry the princess was this group of scumbags!My sister is only four years old, bastard!How dare you kill her with her idea?

So Li Xian's face turned dark at that time. If he hadn't learned what is patience in the past year, he might have rushed out at this time and directly punched the Boluo envoy in the face—even if he is an otaku, it doesn't mean he is real. The steamed stuffed bun... Well, sometimes Li Xian is pretty steamy, but everyone has a bottom line, how could he not be angry at such an almost insulting request from the envoy of Borneo?

Li Xian didn't have much contact with the little princess. After all, the little princess is still young and more often in the palace, and he has already left the palace to build a mansion, but Li Xian still has a good impression of this sister.

No matter how domineering and domineering Princess Taiping was in history, she is still a cute little lolita now. Hearing the little lolita sweetly calling him Seventh Brother, Li Xian's heart will melt, okay?Not to mention that little Lolita is still very sensible and gives him snacks every time. Such a good sister dares to be attacked by someone. Nima... just beat her up!

But now it is Zheng Qi who is in charge of the envoys coming to court. If Li Xian wants to vent his anger in private, he has to report to Zheng Qi first.

It's just that he needs to find out before he can express his thoughts to Mr. Zheng.

So when Li Xian went down to court, he blocked Zheng Qi. Zheng Qi knew that the little prince was unhappy when he saw Li Xian's handsome face that had gradually disappeared from his baby fat and turned into a bun again.

"Why are you looking for me in such a hurry?"

"Cough, it's nothing, is Qingcheng busy recently?"

"What do you think?" Zheng Qi squinted at him, isn't this talking nonsense?Although Honglu Temple is a very relaxed place, once envoys come here, it can be a busy dog. Moreover, envoys from three countries have come here this time, plus the millennia that Li Xian told him before. What happened later made Zheng Qi more careful with them, and he made all kinds of arrangements.

Of course, the most important thing is, Your Highness Zhou Wang, have you forgotten that you are also supervising the work of envoys coming to the court this time, are you asking me if I am busy now, is this telling me that you are dereliction of duty?

Li Xian also seemed to feel that his excuse was not very good. He smiled awkwardly and didn't say anything, but said: "Then...Qingcheng go to work first."

Then he ran away, Zheng Qi looked at Li Xian's fleeing figure and raised his eyebrows. He knew that Li Xian must be angry because of the extraordinary request of the Borneo envoy, but in Zheng Qi's view, this was unnecessary at all. Wouldn't the tribute envoys have the cheek to make various demands?Could it be that Datang really satisfied them all?If you don’t want them to succeed, just refuse. You don’t even need to be very elegant in official language—they may not understand you even if you are elegant, just tell them simply and rudely that you can’t do it. Why are you angry with them?

Soon Zheng Qi also knew that Zhou Wang Li Xian was not only angry, but also so angry that he wanted to beat up those envoys.

For this, Zheng Qi also wanted to beat up Li Xian. To be serious with these people, are you condescending yourself?

Li Xian knew that what Zheng Qi said was right, but he was a little bit aggrieved: "They dare to think about her at such a young age, how old is Zhan Dabo? She's a beast!"

No, now he not only wants to beat up the envoy, he even wants to beat up the King of Borneo, and now he can't wait for a minister to come out to say that it's cold and let Borneo go bankrupt.But this time, although the courtiers were angry, no one moved. Well, basically everyone thought the same as Zheng Qi—who would have nothing to do and wanted to fight when it didn’t involve the interests of the country, let alone the last time they wanted to fight? Yan Liben sprayed all the civil and military officials who fought in Tubo, and the current situation is no better than before. Who would dare to jump out?

After listening to Li Xian's words, Zheng Qi looked at Li Xian's expression as if he was looking at an idiot: "You... Your Majesty, Your Highness! Use your brain, please? No matter how daring the Borneo Kingdom is, it would not dare to invite the little princess."

Li Xian tilted his head and looked at him: "Then...they don't want a real princess?"

Anyway, as long as she has the title of princess, it doesn't matter if she is a daughter of the clan?

Zheng Qi raised his forehead, why are they in the office? If it was at his home or at the Prince Zhou's mansion...he would definitely not bear it anymore.

"Princess Xuancheng!" Zheng Qi gritted his teeth and said these four words.

Huh?Who is Princess Xuancheng?Li Xian looked at Zheng Qi in confusion and thought hard for a long time before he remembered, I'm going, there is still a Princess Xuancheng living in the palace.

The princess of Xuancheng was also very unlucky. It is well known that the princesses of the Tang Dynasty should be the most wanton among the princesses of all dynasties. Their status is very high, and they can even participate in political affairs.

But this Princess Xuancheng can't do it, her mother... is Concubine Xiao Shu!It should be said that Princess Xuancheng and her sister Princess Yiyang were very happy when they were just born. After all, their mother was a favorite concubine at that time, and even the queen was a little afraid of the limelight in the palace. kind of.As a result, Empress Wu entered the palace later, Concubine Xiao Shu failed to compete for favor and was cleaned up together with Queen Wang, and then the living standards of the two princesses plummeted.

Although they still bear the title of princess, they actually no longer have any honor. Not only do they have no honor, but their lives are not very good - the two of them were imprisoned in Ye Ting Palace.

What is Yeting Palace? It is the residence of the court ladies, the place where the women of criminal bureaucrats' family members are confiscated into the palace to work, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Taicang are located.

The majestic princess lived with the court ladies and the family members of the prisoners. On that day... imagine for yourself.

Moreover, Li Xian remembered that this princess seemed to be twenty years old this year. In the Tang Dynasty, girls who were not married at this age... Basically, no one wanted them. Even if they were not married, they were engaged early, okay?

No one mentioned the marriage between Princess Yiyang and Princess Xuancheng before—if the lady doesn't mention this, who would dare to mention it?Looking for death?

That is to say, Li Hong wrote a letter to intercede with the two sisters before, Wu Zetian gave the prince face and married Princess Yiyang, but Princess Xuancheng continued to stay in the palace.

The life of Princess Xuancheng is even more difficult. Before, she still had her elder sister to accompany her. The two sisters supported each other and managed to get by. Now that her elder sister is married, she is the only one left...

Li Xian sympathizes with Princess Xuancheng, but even if she is of the right age, he doesn't want Princess Xuancheng to marry King Polo!

This is a matter of principle!Why do they marry the princess if they want?

Zheng Qi looked indifferent: "The lady of the sage will definitely not agree, and you don't have to worry about it."

In fact, Li Xian is not so worried now. Although he is a bit unkind, he is relieved when he thinks that the Borneo Kingdom did not hit Li Lingyue. Just marry the other party.

How did he know that the marriage that was frightened by other princesses would be a good way out for Princess Xuancheng.

Princess Xuancheng and Princess Yiyang were able to survive in such an embarrassing situation. It must be said that they have a bit of brains.

Her elder sister, Princess Yiyang, married Yiwei Quanyi, and she was worthy of a princess from her birth. After all, Quan Yi's grandfather was Lu Guogong, and his ancestors also experienced the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty.

However, Quan Yi's father is not the eldest son of Duke Lu, and the title of Duke Lu will have nothing to do with Quan Yi in the future. If Quan Yi wants to climb up, he must rely on his own ability, but... Quan Yi's ability is very limited, and he is a bit of a dude The meaning of children.

This kind of marriage looks good on the surface, but in fact Princess Yiyang's life is not easy.

Princess Xuancheng has a clear heart, even if Empress Wu finds her a son-in-law from a wealthy family, she may not be a handsome young man. She is a princess who has fallen out of favor, and if they marry her, they may not be good to her.And marrying Borneo...although it is not a good choice, but for Borneo, she represents the Li Tang royal family. Borneo is not a Turkic foreign country with wolf ambitions. They must not dare to disrespect themselves, let alone Princess Xuancheng was the queen when she was married. Although the road ahead may not be so easy, after all, there is only one more choice.

Therefore, Princess Xuancheng hopes to marry Borneo, but it is precisely because Borneo is not a foreign country, and the military strength is not strong, so why let the princess get married?

Princess Xuancheng waited and waited until she could not get the marriage proposal, and knew in her heart that this matter was a bit unsolved, so the princess asked the East Palace for some reason, saying that she was willing to make a marriage proposal for the sake of Tang Dynasty!

Although the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty never thought about letting the princess go to marry, the words of Princess Xuancheng somehow flowed from the harem to the former court, and many people praised Princess Xuancheng for her righteousness.

Zheng Qi doesn't know why the marriage seems to always touch Li Xian's Ni Lin, but this time he was a little surprised, he thought that Princess Xuancheng's willingness to marry would make Li Xian angry again, but when he arrived at Honglu Temple When I was there, I saw a big food box next to Li Xian, and I grinned when I saw Zheng Qi.

"Qingcheng, come quickly, today I asked the kitchen to make mille-feuilles!" Li Xian spent a long time at home two days ago before tossing out the oven, but this oven is a bit primitive, and the heating method is similar to the ovens of later generations by burning copper sticks. As for the outer shell, there seems to be no other material other than cast iron that can be substituted.

So Li Xian, who tossed out the simple version of the oven, finally shifted from researching dishes to researching desserts. No, he finally made the puff pastry. The only regret is that there is no butter in this era, so lard can only be used to make it instead.

Zheng Qi took a look at Li Xian's face, sat down and squeezed a piece of Mille-Feuille Cake with clean hands to eat, um, not bad, very delicious.

After Zheng Qi ate a piece, he became restrained and didn't continue to continue. Recently, he worked with Li Xian. Li Xian really brought all kinds of delicacies and snacks from the palace in different ways. Zheng Qi suspected that if he continued to eat like this, his figure would lose Out of shape, he has started to pay attention to health preservation now. In his previous life, he didn't pay attention until he was getting older, but some diseases can no longer be cured.

So in this life, he has paid great attention to diet since he was reborn, but this is just him, for an ordinary person... It would be good to have enough food and clothing, what else do you want to maintain your health.

Li Xian was also eating dim sum, not as elegant as Zheng Qi, he ate a piece of mille-feuille pastry, and he ate his own scum, which made Zheng Qi next to him see that his head was full of black lines.

"By the way, Qingcheng heard about it? Princess Xuancheng has asked to come out and marry her."

"I heard, why aren't you angry this time?"

Li Xian smiled awkwardly: "Ahaha, what, I was angry before because I cared about Yue'er, and... I also forgot that you remembered, if such a thing really happened, it would be great for Datang If there is no benefit, you will definitely find a way to stop it."

"No."

"kindness?"

"It didn't happen before..." Zheng Qi glanced at Li Xian and said, "A lot of things are different now, don't be too tight on my memory."

What?

Li Xian was startled: "Could it be me again?"

Zheng Qi was noncommittal, and he couldn't understand such mysterious things, but it was not appropriate to attribute these reasons to Li Xian, after all, his promotion speed in this life was comparable to that of a rocket, and now many people felt that he asked for help. Zhou Wangfu was paving the way for himself.

So until now, once something happened that didn't happen in memory, Zheng Qi couldn't judge what the cause was. I don't know if it was because of him or because of Li Xian, or because the two of them met together?

Li Xian digested it for a while before saying: "But...Princess Xuancheng is trying to die, right? Everyone knows that it is impossible for the princess to make a kiss."

"Experience determines vision." Zheng Qi said while drinking tea: "She only saw what is beneficial to her, and did not analyze the overall situation at all."

Li Xian didn't say anything more. How Princess Xuancheng died had nothing to do with him, but he didn't expect that Princess Xuancheng died, and Li Hong followed suit.

At the beginning, Li Hong once wrote a letter that he felt that it was not humane for his two sisters to be in the boudoir when they were both in their 20s. He reminded Empress Wu to choose a consort for the princess. It can be said that Li Hong has not liked Empress Wu since then.

Li Xian could tell that Li Hong was taking prestige. Did he really care about the life and death of the two adoptive mothers and sisters?Just kidding?Why don't you see how close he is to Li Lingyue?That's still the same mother and sister.

Sure enough, as soon as the letter came out, there were many people who praised Li Hong. Although no one dared to point to Empress Wu's nose and say that the lady was unvirtuous, wouldn't praising Li Hong be a disguised form of condemning Empress Wu?

The most terrible thing is that Empress Wu had just passed the crisis of being abolished, and her son just slapped her in the face like this. This is why Li Xian never put his hopes on Li Hong. Li Hong has already achieved this step. If he did, he would be worried that he would be killed by Empress Wu, but if he didn't retreat...even if he didn't die violently, he would be killed by Empress Wu in the future, that's right.

This time Li Hong started to slap his own mother in the face again, saying that Princess Xuancheng is old enough to get married, and you have to take responsibility, Aunt.

What the hell!Li Xian really wanted to take it apart to see if his mind was filled with bean curd, honey, is it really okay for you to offend the big boss like this?

Of course Li Hong is not afraid. His father has been suppressing Empress Wu. Even if Empress Wu is allowed to participate in the government, there is a limit. Li Zhi may not be a great emperor with literary and military strategies, but he has done a good job in balancing his courtiers.

Do you really think that Zheng Qi became one of the nine ministers at such a young age, and also served as the prince Zhan Shi and also served as the servant of the official department because he was old and confused and favored young officials?Isn't this funny?Li Zhi used Zheng Qi because of the decline in physical function and often fell ill and felt that the suppression of the Empress Wu Party in the court was gradually unable to do what he wanted.

This was his strange move. He was sure that Empress Wu would not do anything to Zheng Qi. Although he didn't understand why, sometimes Li Zhi didn't think about demanding to know everything, as long as he knew that Zheng Qi would treat him too. It is enough to be loyal, and Zheng Qi was chosen to be the servant of the Ministry of Officials because of this.

See what the officials elected by Zheng Qi look like?Fairness and fairness, it is enough that it is not the henchmen of the Prince Prince nor the henchmen of Empress Wu.

As for why Zheng Qi was asked to go to Honglu Temple, it was because Zheng Qi chose such a person to go down. Empress Wu should be aware of it. Maybe Empress Wu would attack Zheng Qi by then.

It was precisely because Empress Wu was suppressed by Li Zhi in all aspects that Li Hong felt that I am the prince, so as long as my father is here, I don't need to take my mother seriously.In Li Hong's view, his mother's rights were not given by his own father?Although Empress Wu's great power made him jealous, it was also caused by hindering his expansion of power.

In fact, Li Hong is really not like the son of Empress Wu in some respects. Maybe his life is too good, and his outlook on the overall situation is not good. Who has achieved the level of Empress Wu today?

Although Empress Wu relied on Li Zhi's favor before, she also relied on her own ability to achieve what she is today.

After Li Xian complained to Zheng Qi, he didn't discuss this matter any more. There was a fight between Li Hong and Empress Wu. It's better not to come over to find trouble with his small body.

But what he didn't expect was that after the request of the Borneo envoy to apply for the princess' marriage was rejected, he turned around and sent a message to the King of Borneo. Don asks to marry the princess!"

Damn it, does this mean that I will not give up until I marry a princess?Even the king came here in person, what kind of trouble is this?

Li Xian couldn't sit still anymore. Nima, Zhan Dabo is increasing the workload for him and Zheng Qi. Can receiving a country's envoys be the same as receiving a country's king?They have already received envoys once, and it was almost done, and now they have to do it again, especially the state banquet... Will they all attend the state banquet?

The Secretary of the Shanggong Bureau came to Li Xian to rob two dishes and left, which made Li Xian even more unbalanced. In this era, private dishes are private dishes, and the recipes are not circulated. His recipes are all tribute to Empress Wu. It’s a small kitchen. Si Shan is in charge of the food and beverages in the entire Daming Palace, and they are also required to attend state banquets. This recipe is equivalent to spreading out.For those who gave actively and those who donated passively, Li Xian made a strong mark on Zhan Dabo in his heart.

However, Zhan Dabo's team came relatively slowly. After all, he is the king of a country, and he cannot be compared with the envoys. It is said that the king brought a lot of dowry gifts, and he asked to marry the princess. Li Xian was puzzled. Why are you so persistent?

Afterwards, Zheng Qi analyzed it for him, and he finally figured it out. Probably the countries around the Tang Dynasty are also proud of being able to marry a princess, just like the European side of this era is proud of marrying a Byzantine princess.

Zhan Dabo's move made Li Hong remind the emperor once again, find a good family for Princess Xuancheng, don't really take it for a marriage.

After knowing that Li Hong was trying to die again, Li Xian couldn't sit still. He couldn't help but went to the East Palace once. Yes, his feelings for Li Hong were a bit subtle, but the prince treated him no matter where he came from. On the one hand, it's not bad, even if he has other thoughts, Li Xian wants to remind him, it's worthy of his conscience.

"Brother, what is this for? The princess's marriage is a little sensitive now, do you really want her to marry?" Datang's face can't be trampled on like this, brother, even if Zhan Dabo comes to propose marriage in person. Just marry a princess in the past, otherwise everyone will come to marry the princess in the future, what should you do?

Li Hong looked at him with some surprise: "Who said that Xuancheng is going to marry? It's just that Xuancheng is getting older, and after all, she is our sister. Father always tells us to be kind to brothers and sisters, doesn't he?"

Then you went to single out the boss?martyr!

Li Xian sighed: "Isn't Princess Yiyang also married? Why is there no one who wants the Royal Princess? Maybe it's because Auntie is carefully choosing a son-in-law that she has been procrastinating all this time?"

"You're right in saying that. In fact, there is one person in the court who is very suitable to be a son-in-law."

In an instant, alarm bells rang in Li Xian's heart: "Who?"

"Zheng Qingcheng."

Li Xian: Damn!