Li Hong said to Wu Mei with a bitter face: "Mother, you clearly know that the poem is not insulting scholars, why do you still question me like this? I just want to use this poem to tell scholars all over the world that they don't have to worry about family recommendations. As long as they have enough talent, they can enter the officialdom through the imperial examination. Just like the last sentence of the poem, 'Don't let the poems become a prophecy, spring birds and autumn insects make their own sounds.' That's what I mean, okay?"
Wu Mei let go of Li Hong's little ear, stroked his little head and said: "If that's the case, why can't you just write a poem to comfort the scholars of the world? Why do you have to use satire to comfort them like this?"
"Wouldn't that make me appear knowledgeable...Oh, no, I just want to remind you, father, of something." Li Hong looked at Wu Mei's jade hand raised and quickly stopped talking nonsense.
Wu Mei slowly put down her hand, took Li Hong's little hand and walked out without letting anyone accompany them. The mother and son slowly walked out of the palace and walked slowly in the small garden at the door.
"Mother, do you have anything to say to me?" Li Hong asked while letting Wu Mei hold his hand.
Wu Mei held his hand silently, and after a long while she said, "Hong'er, let your father worry about the affairs of the court, and your mother will handle the affairs of the harem. You are still young now, and although you are smart, there are some things that you cannot understand at your age. In the future, if you want to write poetry, you can write poetry, but you must not write such poems to satirize others in front of the court officials, which will easily make people misunderstand you."
"Yes, I understand. I will remember what mother said." Li Hong nodded obediently.
"If you want to print that book, just tell your father. Although you are not a loyal son, I think your father will not disagree. What's more, it is beneficial to the Tang Dynasty. But you can't use this method again. Although it will let your father know the drawbacks of the Imperial College, it will also make you offend those great scholars and universities for no reason. The gain will not make up for the loss, right?" Wu Mei continued to comfort Li Hong.
Li Hong remained silent. Wu Mei sighed and continued with a complicated expression: "From now on, you can play as you want in this palace, and your mother will no longer control you, but you must not act rashly. Your father dotes on you, but you are just a prince, not like Zhong'er who shoulders heavy responsibilities. The affairs of the Tang Dynasty should be left to your father and Zhong'er to worry about. Alas... She is so smart, but not... Forget it, let's not say these bad words. Let's talk about the woman you brought in from outside the palace. Why didn't your mother see her just now?"
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It seems that the Queen Mother is still worried about whether her position as Queen is secure. She only wants to become the Crown Prince to ensure her position as Queen.
"Oh, she should go to the Production Department with Bai Lu. I asked them to check whether the things I want are ready." Li Hong answered truthfully.
"What are you going to do?" Wu Mei was startled every time she heard Li Hong say this.
"Hehe, the Queen Mother will know it by then."
Wu Mei was helpless with him. This little guy had been a troublemaker since he was young. Who knew what kind of surprise he would come up with this time? Wu Mei sighed helplessly and put her arm around Li Hong's thin shoulders. The mother and son walked slowly and whispered in the garden. The picture of a happy and harmonious mother and son made Li Zhi, who was watching from a distance, feel at ease and satisfied.
The leaves of autumn fell as expected and withered as expected. The autumn wind, with a bleak mood, slowly blew through Chang'an City and passed through the Taiji Palace.
Everything is under the control of nature, and it is developing along its own path. Autumn leaves are falling to the ground, and with the help of the wind, they make rustling sounds on the ground, as if telling the thoughts of this season. Early winter is also slowly coming under the urging of the wind and temperature.
Queen Wang ultimately could not escape the fate recorded in history books. Her uncle Liu Shuang was demoted to the governor of Suizhou, and Wang Jing and Wang Kang were stripped of their titles.
In the sixth year of Yonghui, that is, on November 27, 655 AD, Queen Wang was executed by Wu Mei.
Similarly, some people and events were not recorded in history books on this day because of Li Hong's unique identity as a person who had been reincarnated nine times and ten times.
The crystal bird-saluting-phoenix plaque on Concubine Xiao's waist, given by Li Hong, saved her and allowed her to continue to live, but she was still imprisoned in the deep palace. She had originally wanted to die, but for some reason she chose to live in the end, which puzzled Li Hong.
Li Sujie, Yiyang, and Gao An could visit their mother occasionally. Xiao Shoudao and Xiao Shougui of Lanling Xiao Clan returned to their respective posts the next day after Li Hong rejected their bribes.
As a secretary of the Secretariat, Xiao Hui requested to see Prince Dai three times after learning that Concubine Xiao Shufei had not been executed, but was rejected by Li Hong each time.
Bai Chun is a beautiful flower who follows Li Hong in the palace and becomes more and more strange. But for some reason, no one mentions her crime, as if the case in Ci'en Temple has nothing to do with her at all.
Li Hong went to the Dali Temple, Honglu Temple and the Ministry of Justice several times but did not get a definite answer. Even the bosses of several departments seemed to have never heard of Bai Chun. They colluded with each other and ignored Bai Chun, leaving Li Hong helpless but without any solution.
Out of desperation, a woman who looked neither like a palace maid nor a princess appeared in the Wude Hall every day. She would bicker and quarrel with the King of Dai every day, or cover up for him when he did something bad.
Bai Chun actually has one most important task every day, which is to cover the retreat of Prince Dai Li Hong and to hold back Prince Lu Li Xian who wants to stick to Li Hong every day.
Whenever Li Xian returned to Wu Mei's palace crying, accompanied by trembling and frightened palace maids, Wu Mei's hands would tremble with anger. She always wanted to tie this wild monkey Li Hong to her belt, or punish him by making him kneel under the almost bald tree every day.
Wu Mei also discovered that Li Hong seemed to dislike Li Xian. Every time he took Li Xian to play together for less than half an hour, he would urge Li Xian's maid to take Li Xian back quickly, with a look on his face that showed he was unwilling to follow behind him all the time.
Li Hong no longer even asked about the matter of printing books. It was said that it was now handed over to Li Yifu and Xu Jingzong.
Li Hong was happy to relax in the winter sunshine. Moreover, he had two things to complete and could not take care of the printing of books.
The mirror is now finished, and the only thing left is for the carpenter to install the frame on it. The size is about the same as the bronze mirror. Originally, he wanted to make a mirror of the same height, but the glass has not been forged into a large flat piece, so Li Hong had to give up temporarily.
He worked hard and was never complained about, because he could not break through the toughness of flat glass. Every day, his face showed the melancholy of a poet, the mystery of an artist, and the profundity of a philosopher. He locked himself in the workshop of Prince Pu's Mansion every day to study, making himself neither human nor ghost.
Li Hong presented a large number of crystal plaques to Li Zhi and Wu Mei as a gift, with the original intention that they could use them to reward ministers and others. However, from the beginning to now, Li Hong has never seen any minister wearing them.
Once, he asked Li Yifu quietly, and Li Yifu said that he had never seen the emperor and the queen reward these things to any minister.
Later, Li Hong realized that his parents were really cunning. They were like a couple who were in perfect sync with each other in this regard. Each of them prepared a large and expensive box for themselves, which was neatly filled with various crystal cards. However, they were reluctant to give a piece to others. They kept whatever Li Hong gave them.
Li Hong is getting more and more naughty now because Li Xian is always clinging to him. He is annoyed by Li Xian following him around, so he always asks Bai Chun to cover his retreat and rarely goes to pay respects to Wu Mei. But whenever Li Xian returns to the Queen Mother's palace crying, he will inevitably be caught in the Queen Mother's palace and beaten.
Unfortunately, his legs are too short and he cannot escape even if he wants to. There is no need for the palace maids to chase him. Wu Mei can catch him in two steps.
So, after overcoming the technical difficulties of the mirror during this period, when watching the carpenter who was in charge of the construction work putting a frame on the mirror, Li Hong suddenly thought of the skateboard from his previous life. Now that he had that thing, wouldn't it be so difficult for his mother to catch him easily?
Li Hong drew a blueprint and asked the supervisor to do it according to it. The carpenter thought it was very simple at first, but after hearing the king's request, his face became more and more solemn. In the end, after hearing the king's request, the carpenter almost knelt on the ground and cried.
The board must be light and thin, tough, hard, and durable, and the front side must not be too smooth. Most importantly, the wheels below must also be light, able to turn, not wear out too quickly, and have a hard texture.
In short, according to King Dai, if you want to do this thing, you have to do it to the best of your ability and strive for perfection, but he doesn't care how you do it. Of course, if you have any difficulties, you can discuss it with him.
The skateboard had been handed over to the production supervisor for more than a month, but Li Hong was still not satisfied. So, unable to hold back his inner strength, he started to act up again.
The mirrors were already made. Although there were only two of them, Bai Chun, Xiao Xue, Xia Zhi and the others loved them so much that they screamed like crazy. The five of them took turns looking at themselves in the mirrors for three days before they were willing to let Li Hong take them to present to the queen.
That's it. When Li Hong took it away, the five women looked as if they had lost their souls. Each of them looked miserable and sad, as if their parents had died. At the same time, they secretly made up their minds to save money! Save money! Save money! Save enough money to buy a mirror from the King of Dai! Yes, the King of Dai is cruel, so I have to save more!
There is no woman who doesn't love beauty, let alone a mirror that can clearly see even the sweat hairs on one's face, which is regarded as a treasure by women who love beauty.
Even in the previous life, when a beauty-loving woman walked past a glass wall, she would look at herself narcissistically inside the glass wall. Moreover, in this era, the newly introduced mirror will naturally be favored by more women.
When the mirror came out, its price was comparable to gold in the beginning. Therefore, Li Hong believed that his mother would have absolutely no resistance to the mirror in her hand. With this magic weapon in his hand, he would no longer be afraid of being spanked by his mother.
The sky in early winter is very clear, the sky is blue, without a single cloud, and the sun is full of enthusiasm, shining on the ground in large patches. In the air, the breeze is flowing gently, warm, and brushes over the people on the ground with the sun, bringing warmth and tranquility, making people feel lazy and tranquil involuntarily.
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