Royal rice bug, worm worm!

When Li Xi entered the palace, he deliberately put on the cloak that the Queen Mother asked the female officer of the Shangyi Bureau to embroider for him.

Both grandparents and grandchildren have the same aesthetics, they are both gorgeous and shiny, how to attract attention.

The clothes given by the queen mother are not willing to be worn by other princes and princesses, but Li Xi really likes them. Every time she enters the palace, she has to change them specially to make the queen mother happy.

In order to match this cloak, Li Xi specially took a bath, soaked in the dried wintersweet flowers collected in the spring, soaked all over his body fragrant, and then went out happily.

Before going out, it is customary to look in the mirror.

I am still not at ease after taking the photo, and I have to confirm again and again: "Is the crown on the right? Is the hair combed up?"

"It's straight, combed." Fig lowered his voice, "Don't worry, Ah Lang, all the curly hairs are covered, not a single one is exposed."

"Booty." Li Xi glared at him, looked around like a thief, and found that no one heard him, so he was relieved.

By the way, why is he so stinky?

Why did you wear the crown when you were only 16 years old?

Because, he was born with curly hair, soft and curly, not pure black!

When I was young, the little Doudings of the royal family gathered together to study in the school. The little kids were ignorant and didn’t know how precious Li Xi was. They often pushed him away because of his eyes and curly hair, laughed at him, and called him "little curly hair", "Ugly".

From then on, little Fu Wang swore in his heart that he must become beautiful!Become the most beautiful in Chang'an!

Let those who laughed at him fall at his feet, and never dare to call him little curly hair again!

Now, those who used to laugh at him really dare not provoke him anymore, not because he has become more beautiful, but because of his status in the world.

After all, "Chang'an No. [-] rich man" is not a vain name, he earned it back by his ability.

Whoever provokes him is unlucky.

Don't believe in evil?The previous one who was dissatisfied had already been sent to the temple by the elders to eat fast and chant Buddha.

Li Xi carefully hid the little curly hair, patted the little belly full of bad water, rode on the big white horse, and kicked off.

Between Yongxingfang and Chongrenfang, half of the roads belong to Prince Fu's Mansion, except for him, there is no one on the road.

Li Xi felt bored, flicked his horsewhip, and ran up Xingqi Street.

The west side of Xingqi Street is the imperial city, and the east side is Yongxingfang. There are no shops along the street, only the peddlers who carry the burden hurried past, not daring to stop.

From time to time, the patrolling Jinwu guards turned around and stopped to salute when they saw him.

With Li Xi's status, there was no need to respond, but he would just nod his head and look at the person to make him familiar.

This can be regarded as one of the few advantages of Xiao Fu Wang - he knows how to respect people, even these little city patrol envoys.

Just like that, we arrived at Miyagi Inner Garden in a leisurely manner.

Li Xi is the only one who can enter the palace just by swiping his face without a pass.Other dignitaries, even princes and princesses are not treated like this.

There were still more than a hundred steps away from Changle Palace, and he saw two little eunuchs standing outside the gate of the palace, looking around with their necks stretched.

Seeing Li Xi's figure, the two quickly raised their chariots and greeted them from a distance.

Li Xi waved his hands, "Just the two of you with thin arms and legs, it's not enough for a bear to sit on! Okay, let's walk together and move your legs. Don't worry, I won't let Supervisor Xu know."

Knowing his temper, the two little eunuchs smiled and didn't try to persuade him much, they just walked and talked to him about the interesting things that happened in the palace in the past two days.

Firstly, it relieved him from boredom, and secondly, it also allowed him to have a conversation with the Empress Dowager.

The empress dowager is sitting in the outer hall waiting.

Seeing him, the female officer sighed helplessly: "I heard that the young prince is coming, and the empress came out early in the morning to wait, but she insisted on sitting on this vent, saying that you can see it as soon as you enter the palace."

"It's my grandson's fault for making grandmother suffer." With a smile on his face, Li Xi raised his robe and kowtowed to the Queen Mother.

The queen mother hurriedly helped him up, and said with a smile: "It's not a year or a festival, what kind of gift do you give? Go, sit on the screen couch, and the snacks and fruits are all set for you."

Li Xi squatted down next to her carelessly, and said with a smile: "It's rare for grandson to be next to grandma, grandma don't think I'm crowded."

"Skin monkey!" The queen mother slapped him lightly, then turned her head and ordered the palace servants to move the snack box over.

The female officer joked with a smile: "What are you talking about? The little prince must be reluctant to be far away from the empress."

"Sister Dou knows me." Li Xi crawled along the pole.

The Empress Dowager immediately burst into joy, and her spirits were much better than before.

She was born in the Dou clan of the great-grandfather's mother's family, and she was a cousin of the late emperor. Back then, the emperor and empress got married, and the cousins ​​and cousins ​​were childhood sweethearts, and they got married, which is a good story.

However, after many years of marriage, she had nothing to do in the palace. She only took a prince from a low-rank concubine to her knees to raise her. It was not until she was nearly [-] that she had Prince Ding.

King Ding was gifted and intelligent, with both civil and military skills, and was favored by the late emperor.After Prince Li lost power, almost everyone thought that he would be established as the crown prince, but unexpectedly, he would die in the final battle.

In the end, it was Nakamiya's adopted son, Imakami, who took the throne.

Li Xi told a few anecdotes with great emotion, which made the Empress Dowager laugh constantly.After laying the groundwork for a long time, he beat around the bush and got down to business.

The queen mother poked his forehead and said with a smile: "I wonder how long you can hold it in, but you can't even hold back a cup of tea."

Li Xi had a cheeky smile and said, "What kind of pretense is grandson pretending to be in front of grandma? No matter how well he pretends, won't he be spotted by the wise and wise grandma at a glance?"

The queen mother smiled.

Li Xi bowed to the Queen Mother, pretending to be naive, "Grandmother, dear grandma, tell your grandson what is the saint thinking, do you really want to promise my sister to the young minister of Dali Temple?"

The queen mother was silent for a moment, but after all, she couldn't bear to let him be frightened, and said slowly: "I don't think so. The saint is just using this excuse to lure those people behind, otherwise your mother would not agree."

Li Xi was overjoyed, "So, sister and Wei can't make it?"

The Empress Dowager smiled and said, "Not sure. Whether it will work or not depends on where the fire ends up burning."

This means...

If the clan wins, the third sister doesn't have to marry the poor family; if the common people finally overthrow the clan, this marriage will be the loudest call to charge.

The third sister, mother, queen mother, and even Imakami himself are all pawns in this game.

Now, he is also in the game.

Li Xi shook his head.

Enter as soon as you enter, without fear!

"Grandmother, when I came today, my third sister gave me a forehead and said that she embroidered it for you by herself. Look at it." As she said, she happily took out the things without any worries, as if how old she was. Everything is nothing in front of him.

The Queen Mother touched his head affectionately, this little grandson, that's what made her like it.

"This stitch, at first glance, was embroidered by Jinniang herself, and others can't learn it." The Queen Mother teased, seeing the same thing in the small bundle, "Is this also for me?"

"This is for the sage." Li Xi held it up with both hands, showing it to the Queen Mother.It is a belt with a navy blue background, embroidered with a five-clawed golden dragon with gold thread.

Li Mujin is straightforward, but she is not totally ignorant of the ways of the world. She knew that Li Xi came here today to intercede for her, so she specially asked him to bring these two things, hoping that the Empress Dowager and Jinshang would look at her with such filial piety, and she would be able to scold Li Xi less. sentence.

In fact, the Empress Dowager was not willing to scold a word, and even gave Li Xi an idea: "You said last time, what kind of jade did you find for the saint?"

"It's not jade, it's glazed eggs. I picked them from a Persian merchant. The egg is a big piece, half green and half yellow. I asked someone to carve a golden dragon and a green dragon on the egg, thinking of giving it to the saint as a birthday gift. "

"Don't forget about the birthday, let's do it today!" The Queen Mother took over the cloak and tied it on Li Xi herself.

Li Xi knelt on the footrest and accepted it respectfully.

The palace people surrounded it, protecting it carefully.

Li Xi just put on the cloak tied by the Queen Mother herself, and rushed to the Tai Chi Hall.

He didn't go in directly, but hid outside the palace door and peeked.

Today's sage, the emperor of great cause - Li Hong is reviewing memorials, sitting so casually behind the desk, wearing loose clothes and no crown, but the aura around him can't be concealed.

In the early years, Li Hong and King Ding fought together in the north and south, and they all said that King Ding was a handsome man, and Li Hong was more like a Confucian general.The queen mother told Li Xi in private that in fact, King Ding's immediate skill was not as good as Li Hong's, and Li Hong just let him.

Now that Li Hongnian is nearly forty, his appearance is still heroic and upright, and he looks like he will be in his early thirties.Especially the facial features, deep and handsome, can vaguely see the characteristics of the barbarians, in short... good-looking and imposing.

The gatekeeper was about to report when Li Xi covered his mouth.

I saw this little Fu Wang with a full belly took out a piece of ginger from his sleeve, wiped it under his eyes, and then patted his face vigorously, showing a pitiful look. up the hall.

Seeing him, Li Hong waved casually, "Xiaobao is here? Sit down."

With a pair of wet eyes, Li Xi sniffed pitifully, "No, I'll leave after putting down the things. Time is running out, so I'd better go back and spend time with my elder sister."

"What nonsense are you talking about? It's okay to coax your grandmother with this appearance, but it's not easy for me." Li Hong put down his pen, pulled him to his side, and sat down by force.

——The Daye Dynasty was not long after the founding of the country, and Li Hong was only the second term. There were not so many red tapes between the monarch and his ministers. Unless it was a formal occasion, the emperor generally did not call "Zhen", and his subordinates did not have to kneel and worship.

Especially Li Xi, who was favored alone, privately called him "uncle" like ordinary people, otherwise Li Hong would not be happy.

Li Xi was staggered by him, and offered the ginger in his sleeve with a playful smile, "If I had known that you are so discerning and discerning, I would not have used this thing, it's strange eyes."

Li Hongjun raised his eyebrows, "Am I old?"

Li Xi compared her with her little finger, "It's a bit older than me."

"Little slicker." Li Hong curled his lips and smacked his head.

The atmosphere was good, so Li Xi took the opportunity to take out the belt embroidered by Li Mujin himself, with big and crooked stitches and sharper eyes than ginger, and presented it to Li Hong eagerly.

"Uncle, for the sake of the filial piety of the third sister, don't let her marry that poor young lady? The third sister is used to pampering in the palace, how can she live in such a family?" ?”

Li Hong didn't answer his words, but just fiddled with the glazed egg with lowered eyes, "Is this also a gift from Girl Jin?"

"I found someone to engrave this, and it happened to be given to my uncle with a belt." Li Xi looked obedient and filial.

Li Hong paused in his hands, and pressed the glazed egg into his palm without any trace, and slowly stroked the dragon pattern on it, "There is no rush for girl Jin, we have to wait and see if it will work or not."

Li Xi's eyes lit up, this is what he wanted!

This shows that there is still room for maneuver, and the saint does not necessarily have to use Fu Wang's mansion as a pawn.

As long as Li Mujin finds another more suitable match before the wedding—this is a bit difficult—or he can catch Wei Yu's fault, this marriage is bound to fail!

Li Xi took a reassurance pill, and his whole body relaxed, and he clung to Li Hong's side laughing heartlessly.

Li Hong didn't chase him away either, he casually flipped through the memorial and occasionally spoke to him.

The great eunuch Jiang De'an ordered someone to bring two bowls of sweet soup, and relit the unused braziers since the beginning of spring, and placed them in a row along the wall to warm the spacious but empty Tai Chi Hall.

Two bowls of sweet soup, Li Hong didn't take a sip, all went into Li Xi's stomach.

In the end, Li Xi patted her sweet belly and left the Tai Chi Hall wearing a heater.

Just happened to meet Wei Yu and Xiao Zirui at the gate of the palace.They came to meet the saint, because Li Xi was in the hall, so the saint kept them waiting here.

Sitting on the chariot, Li Xi greeted the two of them condescendingly, and even took a special look at Wei Yu.

Still looks great.

The atmosphere is also very stable.

He was different from the princes and grandchildren he knew, but he did not lose to them at all.

Hey, what a pity!

The millet bug took a moment of pity, then turned around and began to think about how to deal with this Wei Shaoqing.

——If you want to catch his mistakes, you have to make big mistakes to persuade the sage not to let the third sister marry him.

Come to think of it, it's kind of fun!

Xiao Zirui watched Li Xi go away, then turned to Wei Yu and said, "Are you really going to continue? Fu Wang's Mansion is not something you and I can provoke."

Wei Yu smiled indifferently, "Provoke? It's clearly a matter of accident, I'm just accepting the trick."

Xiao Zirui looked worried, "I really don't know why the saint chose you."

Wei Yu said softly, "This is a chance given to me by the sage."

Xiao Zirui lowered his voice: "Shu Yun, if you don't want to, it's still too late to turn around now. I will tell the saint..."

Wei Yu looked at him and shook his head, "Minzhi, thank you, but there's no need. I can't wait for such an opportunity, so why turn back?"

"At best, it's an opportunity, in case—"

"Minzhi, you know, what I have always wanted."

Xiao Zirui sighed: "I know, you want to join the cabinet, you want to break the monopoly of powerful families, you want to plead for the people, you want to leave a name in history, but Shu Yun, this is very difficult, very, very difficult, are you sure... you can do it?"

Wei Yu raised his hands, looked at the nine-fold palace, and said slowly: "Whether it can be done or not, you have to try to know. Since the day I was born, I have lived a difficult life. It is difficult to compete with vicious dogs. How can it be the same if it is difficult to compete with the powerful?"

Xiao Zirui pressed his shoulders and said earnestly: "Shu Yun, as a colleague, I admire your ambition, but as a close friend, I hope you live a good life, competing with the powerful, and one wrong step will be forever... Shu Yun, you It’s hard to get to today, and I should feel sorry for myself.”

Wei Yu didn't answer, he showed his choice with actions.

He walked up the steps of the Tai Chi Hall step by step, each step was very steady and firm.

As for whether he can reach the position closest to the imperial power, whether he can become a model for the poor in the world, for the time being, it is not important.

He turned around and said to Xiao Zirui who was under the steps: "I have no fear of competing with the powerful. On the contrary, I am very fortunate to be able to compete with them now."

Xiao Zirui looked at him, finally gritted his teeth and went up the stairs.

Just... let's go together, temporarily.

Until he meets the person who is qualified to stand by his side and fight side by side with him.