Love Affairs in Chang’an Chapter 323: There are children in the home calling for childish slaves

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Li Shimin, who had finished hunting, slid into the harem decisively first, and asked Baiqi to hand over the hunted prey to the culinary supervisor for dinner. He also asked someone to send a message to Qin Mubai, asking him to come to the Penglai Hall to have dinner and then go back.

Qin Mubai was very funny seeing Li Shimin hiding his head and showing his tail like this. It is not easy to be a monarch, but even more difficult to be a good emperor. Even though Li Shimin was an emperor, he was afraid that some courtiers would be squeaky and crooked. Just talking about hunting, some courtiers regarded them as flying eagles and running dogs in fresh clothes and doing nothing. Li Ketian was impeached for excessive hunting, and Li Shimin was accused by Wei Zheng several times and even pointed at his nose. Once, Li Shimin got a favorite Harrier Eagle playing with it, and it happened that Wei Zheng came to play. What Li Shimin was most afraid of was Wei Zheng's nagging. He panicked and hid the Harrier Eagle in his arms. Wei Zhengming had a bad eyesight this time, but this time he looked at him kindly, and he kept talking about a little thing like an aunt. As a result, the Harrier Eagle was suffocated in Li Shimin's arms.

At that time, Qin Mubai was the ambassador of Baiqi. Although he did not see it with his own eyes, he was quite clear.

From this point of view, the emperor Li Shimin should be a bit "wholesome". But perhaps it is precisely because of these wimps that a great cause has been achieved and the prosperity of Zhenguan has been achieved.

Aside from the identity of the emperor, Qin Mubai always felt that Li Shimin was actually a very "interesting" man. He has talents, taste, mind, and a sense of humor. At the same time, he emphasizes feelings and has a sense of justice. It is true that his shortcomings and shortcomings are as clear as his advantages, but there is no saint in the absolute sense in the world. The advantages and shortcomings coexist. On the contrary, it makes people think that Li Shimin, a very "great and upright" emperor who has been handed down in history, is actually quite a man. A real man of flesh and blood.

When Qin Mubai came to the Penglai Temple, he saw two glamorous figures waiting for him at the entrance of the palace. No one else, it was Jin Wang Li Zhi and Jinyang Princess Li Mingda. Hearing that Qin Mubai was coming to share dinner, the two little princes were so excited that they went out to welcome them to the gate of the hall.

Qin Mubai quickly stepped forward for a seer, and was surprised to see Li Zhi. This time around, Li Zhi is obviously a half-year-old boy, with a circle of fluff around his mouth, and his voice has changed a bit. He looks like a duck, and he has grown taller and fatter.

Li Mingda is also seven or eight years old. He has grown up a lot. His smile is innocent and brilliant, just like a little white lotus in full bloom in a clear pond, spotlessly clean. She grinned and revealed a pair of small tiger teeth that the Li family’s daughters were accustomed to, with a pair of beautiful little flowers pasted on her forehead. She wore a bright red brocade. The thick makeup made her staggering and cumbersome, but not cute. Her life is like a fairy driving virgin coming out of the New Year picture.

"Students visit the teacher." Li Zhi was obviously grown up, and he bent over and bowed his hands to Qin Mubai as a courtesy of teachers and students. From very early on, Qin Mubai taught Li Zhi and Li Mingda pipa skills at the order of Li Shimin, and Li Zhi regarded Qin Mubai as his teacher.

"His Royal Highness does not need to be more courteous." Qin Mubai returned the courtesy. There was a childish and excited voice in my ear——

"The village chief, hug!" Li Mingda stretched out his arms towards Qin Mubai with a grin, and tiptoed.

Qin Mubai immediately burst into laughter, bending down to hug Li Mingda. Li Mingda put his arms around Qin Mubai's neck and kissed him on his face, wiping his mouth and giggling: "The village chief’s beard is pierced!"

"Haha!" Qin Mubai and Li Zhi laughed together.

Although Li Zhi's talents are mediocre and even a bit dull, he is also very precocious in the palace because of many influences. He was fourteen years old after he turned the year. Many men of this age in the Tang Dynasty have married and married. Therefore, Li Zhi now pays great attention to his appearance and etiquette, and no longer calls Qin Mubai the "village chief", and everywhere reflects the grace and cultivation that a prince should have.

In all fairness, among the children of Li Shimin that Qin Mubai has contacted, Li Zhi is the most temperless one. The prince Li Chengqian, excellent at the outside but fierce at the inside, behaved unrestrainedly and unruly; Wei Wang Li Tai, a smiling tiger, but his talent is really outstanding; Wu Wang Li Ke, with great ambitions and tactics, passionate and righteous, keep a low profile. There is no need to mention Qi Wang Li You and Princess Gao Yang beside him. These people have one thing in common, high-profile and extraordinary.

Li Zhi is different. Whether it is to Qin Mubai or an ordinary **** in the palace, he is gentle and polite, without the slightest arrogance and superiority of a prince, he is simply a big boy in the family.

This may have something to do with his loss of his mother since he was a child and was raised by the eunuch's court maid, his character is rather vague, and he is a little weak. But on the other hand, he is also the most forgiving of Li Shimin's children Qin Mubai has ever seen.

Li Mingda, Qin Mubai now holds her in his arms, and is dreaming in his heart: What if I could have such a baby girl!

China has a tradition of patriarchal patriotism, but Qin Mubai always feels that, relatively speaking, daughters are better at filial piety than sons. Far aside, my own Shuang'er is the heart of my parents. No one in the family doesn't like her and treats her as a baby bump.

The two little princes greeted Qin Mubai, and they were obviously very happy, smiling from the bottom of their hearts. Li Mingda nestled on Qin Mubai, fiddled with his stubby stubble stubble or with his golden crown. Li Zhi was excited to ask him about Lanzhou's local customs and frontier sceneries.

With only ten sentences, Qin Mubai felt that Li Zhi had really changed. The innocent childish slave boy in the past is indeed half a man now. He cares about current affairs and frontier customs, is interested in the army, weapons and horses, and is a little excited when he hears stories about marching and fighting.

The breath of male hormones is quite obvious in his half-ripe body bones.

Walking to the inner palace, Li Shimin just changed into loose and casual clothes and made tea in the palace. Qin Mubai put down Li Mingda and stepped forward to give a salute. Li Shimin smiled and said: "You don't need to be formal, it's just a family dinner-Si son, come, let me hug you!"

"Father--" Li Mingda ran into Li Shimin's arms, giggling, and his face was red and plain.

"Oh, my Si son has gained weight again, I can't afford to hold it!" Li Shimin laughed comfortably, kissed Li Mingda's face for several times, his beard scratched her Giggled.

"Well, that's great. Sizi, I will practice Taijiquan more with your elder brother in the future to keep fit!" Li Shimin pinched Li Mingda's small face and said lovingly, "In the past two years, I feel better, and I rarely take medicine anymore!"

"Yes, father." Li Zhi took over and said, "The emperor has practiced Tai Chi for two years, and he feels a lot stronger. If he has time, he might as well practice it. The emperor has heard that , Yi Guozheng has practiced Taijiquan to recover his sick body, and now he can ride on the battlefield again!"

"Haha, okay!" Li Shimin nodded and laughed with interest, then turned to Qin Mubai and said, "Mubai, thank you so much."

"Why do you have to thank your Majesty for what you deserve?" Qin Mubai smiled and said, "Actually, a good mood is the best medicine. Most of my father's illness comes from the heart. Rheumatism bone disease is just a small one. That’s it."

"That's right." Li Shimin nodded in agreement, put down Li Mingda and put his hands on the stove to bake, rubbing his hands and said, "The way to keep good health is from the inside out. Medicine and stone acupuncture can only be used for Supplement. This set of Tai Chi you created is really good. I will practice it when I have time. Not only for strengthening the body, but also for calming the mood and self-cultivation."

Qin Mubai couldn't help laughing: I'm sorry, old comrade Zhang Sanfeng, I didn't mean to...

The four people were sitting around the fire, waiting for the custodian to take care of the prey, and bring dinner. After a while, someone came to the palace, it was Princess Gao Yang and her daughter!

It was the first time that Concubine Yin De and Princess Gao Yang appeared in the Penglai Hall together.

Concubine Yin De, is still so graceful and luxurious that one dare not look directly at her, her frost-white hair adds a mysterious and unique style. Qin Mubai saw Princess Gao Yang walking next to her, and found that she was a young version of Concubine Yin De, and for the first time found that she was so much like her mother!

Perhaps Princess Goyang, who has experienced personnel affairs, has really grown up, and she has a feminine taste from her bones.

"Come here, sit down." Li Shimin didn't say too much, but the smile on his face was quite gentle. He greeted Concubine Yin De mother and daughter to sit down and said, "We have a family dinner today. This dinner is not normal. , I personally got it."

Concubine Yin De smiled: "Have your majesty go hunting again?"

"Hey, you are boring, and you just said it." Li Shimin patted his knees, as if a little annoyed, "Why do you have to let Linger and Sizi guess first!"

"Hey..." There was a contemptuous voice in the hall, Li Zhi was rather stunned, and blurted out, "Father, you have said several times just now, how supernatural you are in arrow. When I entered the palace, I also wore a martial arts suit. Does the emperor know that you are going hunting today?"

"Haha!" Everyone in the room laughed.

Li Shimin felt very shameless, and deliberately pointed his face at Li Zhi and shouted: "Just you talk a lot!"

Li Zhi's expression was stagnant, very hesitant, grinning, his expression dumbfounded as if he had made a big mistake.

"Little slave, you silly boy, why are you so stupid?" Li Shimin shook his head and smiled bitterly. "If you are half clever with Sister Gao Yang, I should rest assured."

"Oh..." Li Zhi nodded without understanding, and looked at Princess Gao Yang blankly, blinking his eyes not knowing what he was thinking.

Qin Mubai's heart was "sudden", and he secretly said: Li Shimin's inadvertent sentence seemed to have broken a ray of secret. "rest assured"? Is he worried about Li Zhi? What is the reason for him to leave the fourteen-year-old Li Zhi in the harem? ...

Qin Mubai naturally thought of Changsun Wuji. This uncle of the current state, Zhenguan's first minister and the only minister in power, Qin Mubai did not have much to do with him. Previously, because of the contradiction between Sun Huan and Changsun, there had been one or two contacts. At that time, Changsun Wuji gave Qin Mubai the feeling that this person was very kind, had a gentle and elegant conversation, and was very educated and knowledgeable. But at the same time, there is also a city government, which seems unfathomable. With Qin Mubai's eyesight and insight at that time, he could only see his coat.

But historically, isn't he the one who tried his best to assist Li Zhi ascended the throne? Li Shimin left him alone when he died, so he became a first-class official in Li Zhi's reign.

Although he has been judged differently in history, there is no denying that Changsun Wuji is a man with a strong desire for power. Moreover, he did indeed do things like "power invaded the ruling and opposition parties, and power was overwhelmed by power", and was eventually taken care of by Gaozong Li Zhi and Empress Wu Zhao.

Now is the time when the battle for the prosecution is the fiercest. Changsun Wuji, the first minister of the dynasty, does not seem to show up. He did not clearly stand on the side of the prince or the king of Wei. . These two people, like Li Zhi, were both born to the eldest-grandson queen, and are the nephew of the eldest-grandson Wuji. But the prince’s failure to make the emperor disliked the emperor was an open fact. Now, except for Fang Xuanling, who was entrusted by the queen’s last words to save him, “smart people” like Changsun Wuji have already kept him away; As for the king of Wei, the prince with long writing and skill has never been pleasing to his uncle, and the two are not at each other's eyes. This is almost universally known. Li Tai likes to recruit some "second-generation officials" or young scholars as partisans, and he doesn't catch a cold with the characters of his father's generation. As for Changsun Wuji, he seemed to be cold and cold towards his "disrespectful" nephew.

Therefore, there appeared a strange situation in the court room that seemed to Qin Mubai: the prince and the king of Wei were fighting for contacts, but they seemed to only pay attention to some subtle and subtle characters, and ignored the time of Changsun Wuji. The first giant.

This is really a lethal cold humor.

Thinking about it, Qin Mubai decided that it would be the grandson Wuji who actively asked Jin Wang Li Zhi to leave the palace and open the mansion earlier; and hearing what Li Shimin said just now, he didn't seem to be assured that Li Zhi would leave the palace to open the mansion. The root is precisely because of the grandson Wuji.

Perhaps Li Shimin wanted to protect Li Zhi from the storm of the battle for reserve, or maybe he didn’t want Li Zhi to leave his palm after leaving the palace and be played on the palm of his arm by the grandson Wuji, thus affecting his reserve and influence. The pattern of the court and the future trend of the Tang Dynasty. Because Li Zhi is also a direct son. Although he was young, he also prepared capital to participate in the struggle. An important reason is blood.

At this moment, Li Shimin's mind must also be complicated. For one thing, Changsun Wuji is his elder brother, who has worked hard for many years and has always been loyal to him and very effective. He is most trustworthy and reusable. Secondly, no king would be willing to make great affairs, and the direction of the dynasty depends on the ministers and not on himself. Changsun Wuji's influence is growing day by day. In the matter of vying for reserve and righteousness, it is unquestionable which side he will stand on, the balance of power will naturally fall.

Qin Mubai guessed that, in fact, with Li Shimin's shrewdness and long-term vision, coupled with his habitual pragmatic style, he should be very clear about the fact that choosing a successor, ancestry and concubines is just a piece of clothing. Big Confucian scholars and younger Confucian scholars like to fight these things red after a meal, but how effective can this really be for a dynasty and a clan? What really played a decisive role in the future of the prince and the dynasty was to see who and what forces stood behind the prince. This is the decisive factor for his Li Shimin to decide whether the dynasty will be long and stable and whether the Li family's imperial business will continue to prosper a hundred years later, not the dozens of catties of blood flowing in the veins.

If the grandson Wuji had really asked Li Zhi to leave the palace, Li Shimin would have no choice but to fight for a hundred thousand points: Is it possible that young slaves can't get rid of being involved in the battle for reserve? Longsun Wuji, what is his intention?

……

Qin Mubai thought a lot, but he didn't know whether his imagination had a basis or whether it was true. These things may have been buried deep in Li Shimin's heart, and would never talk to others. Only occasionally showed only scaled claws inadvertently, which caused people to guess and think.

In short, the current Zhenguan dynasty is not as quiet and peaceful as imagined. The battle for the reserve and the concubine became more and more fierce, it was like planting a time bomb for this dynasty. The detonation of the bomb will happen sooner or later, and the damage it brings will also be executed by Li Shimin's method of handling the matter.

Li Shimin is indeed sad and troubled. He is now a bomb disposal keeper, facing countless leads, he doesn't know which one to cut. A slight mistake may be a devastating disaster. His decades of hard work may be ruined. Zhenguan's prosperous age is likely to be a flash of light.

……

After a meal, Qin Mubai was uneasy after eating, and he kept thinking about these things in his mind. After returning from Lanzhou, he felt that the breath of Chang'an had changed a bit, and there was also a bit of rumors and stalemates above Chaotang. He thought that this might also be the reason why Li Shimin gave him a half-year holiday and asked him to take Princess Gaoyang and his family on a trip. He didn't want them to stay in Chang'an and be involved in these disturbances. The facts did not seem to go as smoothly as Li Shimin expected. Almost as soon as Qin Mubai settled down in Chang'an, Prince Wei and Wang Wei sent invitations to come to the door.

Obviously, the two of them are now trying their best, even if it is a dog's tail grass, as long as they can borrow their strength, they will not let it go. Visible fierce competition.

The craftsmanship of the culinary supervisor is naturally impeccable, and the game from the mountains is also unique. After the meal, Qin Mubai accompanied Li Shimin, Concubine Yin De and others, took Princess Gao Yang, child slaves, and Si Zi to play cuju in the back garden for a while, which was quite enjoyable.

It can be seen that Li Shimin has not been as relaxed and happy as today in some days.

When the night fell, Qin Mubai was "released", but was caught by Princess Gao Yang and refused to let it go. Qin Mubai cried secretly, and said in his heart: My poor two brothers were let go of pigeons, and now they are still not sure where to scold me together!

So he hurriedly went to the Hongwen Pavilion. The clerks said that Qin Bin had left a message, saying that the palace gate was about to be closed. He and his eldest brother went to the Qin Mansion first, and waited for Qin Mubai to return together for the dinner.

Qin Mubai was anxious to burn his butt, and hurried to the house. Wherever Princess Gaoyang was willing to let go, she followed her out of the palace and threatened: "You never want to get rid of me anymore, and ran to be secretly happy by yourself!-Haha, just had an banquet in the palace. , Go to your house to have a family dinner, I will get fat soon!"