"Lizhi is here. Lizhi, take a look. This is a gift from that bad boy, Li Chongyi. Yes, perfume. Sniff it. Does it smell good?”Empress Zhangsun put her sleeve under Li Lizhi's nose.
"Mother, I can smell it. Did Li Chongyi give it to you?" Li Lizhi chuckled. The fragrance of peony really complemented that poem!”
"Humph!" Li Shimin was a little unhappy." With his standard, those poems must have been copied from some ancient book or ghostwritten by someone else.”In order to prove his words, Li Shimin added,"Don't you think about it? These poems have different styles. Some use beautiful words while others are simple. How could they be written by one person?”
Unknowingly, Li Shiming revealed the truth!
Empress Zhangsun had just received Li Chongyi's gift, so she naturally sided with him. She immediately retorted,"Your Majesty, where are the words? How do you explain it?"
In this era, there was such a logic. If a person's painting was good, then everyone would think that his calligraphy would not be bad. If a person's calligraphy was good, then the article would not be bad. The word was the bone of the article. Without good calligraphy, how could one write a beautiful article? Moreover, the handwriting was a part of the essay. For example, if one wrote well in the college entrance examination essay, they would get extra points. If his essay was good, everyone would think that his poems were not bad either. That was because he was disdainful. Poetry was a small skill, and he was too lazy to write it!
According to this inference, if the words were well written, the poem would definitely not be bad! Therefore, Empress Zhangsun's rhetorical question was very convincing.
"Humph." Li Shiming snorted and immediately changed the topic. He pointed at the small box on the table and said,"Oh right, Lizhi, there's a gift for you from that bastard Li Chongyi.”
"Imperial Father, this isn't right. I'm a girl, how can I accept people's things so casually?”Li Lizhi frowned.
"It's fine. I told you to accept it, so just accept it. Although it looked like an ordinary stone, there might be something mysterious inside!”Li Shi Min said.
"Then…Alright, thank you, Imperial Father.”Li Lizhi picked up the small box and put it in her sleeve.
"Lizhi, it's hard for you to come over.”Li Shi Min said.
"Yes, Imperial Father."
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After dinner with Li Shiming and Empress Zhangsun, Li Lizhi returned to the palace alone. She remembered that she had something to do with Li Shiming today. She heard that Li Chongyi had left two copies of the skinny gold body's calligraphy that day. One of them was taken away by Wei Zheng shamelessly, and the other was to scold Chai Lingwu. Naturally, no one wanted it. She wanted to take the copy of the calligraphy that scolded Chai Lingwu and see what the skinny gold body that was wildly spread outside was like.
In the end, during dinner time, he heard Li Shimin and Empress Zhangsun talking about Li Chongyi. He was so engrossed in their conversation that he forgot about the proper business.
Seeing that Li Lizhi had returned, the palace maid hurriedly lit the candles. Li Lizhi shook her head and said,"Xia Xi, don't light too much. Just some light is good. Mother has been reducing the palace's expenses recently.”
"Princess, you are too virtuous. Young Master Zhangsun is also blessed to be able to marry you in the future.”Xia Xi was Li Lizhi's personal palace maid and had been with her for five to six years, so there were no taboos between the two of them.
Li Lizhi smiled and didn't respond. Her marriage could indeed be said to be perfect. After marrying her cousin Zhangsun Chong, the two families were even closer. Compared to the vast majority of women who had never even seen their husbands before they got married, she was much happier.
If she wasn't the daughter of Li Shi Min and Empress Zhangsun, she wouldn't have had such an opportunity.
If the world were to judge her marriage with Zhangsun Chong, ninety-nine out of a hundred people would say that it was a match made in heaven.
After returning to her room, Li Lizhi suddenly remembered that she had brought something back.
Although she felt that it was inappropriate for a woman to accept a gift from a man, she could not help but open the small box out of curiosity.
When she saw what was inside, Li Lizhi exclaimed,""Ah!"
Princess, what's wrong?" Xia Xi asked.
"It's…it's nothing. It's just a rat. Xia Xi, go to sleep. I've chased the rat away.”Li Lizhi's voice was obviously different from usual.
"Oh." Xia Xi didn't recognize it and responded. It was normal for there to be rats in the palace. As for the princess's strange behavior, it was probably because she was frightened by the sudden appearance of the mouse.
Through the window, Li Lizhi carefully opened her hand to reveal the stone after Xia Xi lay down.
He saw that a very ordinary pebble during the day was now shining brightly. Two lines of small words appeared on the stone-Natural beauty is hard to give up, looking back and smiling.
Why did Imperial Father and Imperial Mother ask him to accept this? She didn't believe that Li Shiming and Empress Zhangsun didn't know what was inside the box.
Strictly speaking, this poem wasn't a poem. Although the sentences were good, the rhythm was wrong. From the literal meaning, it could be seen that this was a praise for the beauty of a woman.
It was rude for a man to praise a woman who had nothing to do with him. Moreover, there was the word 'beautiful' in it.
She did not think that the word 'beautiful' was a coincidence. How could there be so many coincidences in the world?
That night, Li Lizhi had insomnia.
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There were only so many updates for today. They were all saved drafts. He basically did not write anything today. Not only did he not write anything, but he also deleted more than 8,000 words that he had written yesterday. This was because when he read it again today, he felt that it was not very satisfactory.
He would stay up all night to write and strive for five chapters tomorrow!
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