The sky of the Imperial City was still brightly lit.
Inside the hall, Li Shimin rubbed his eyes and threw the memorial aside.
"The Six Zhao of Jiannan is becoming more and more chaotic. If that area isn't peaceful and colludes with Tubo, Jiannan will have to hand it over.”
"Hou Junji, don't disappoint Us!”
Outside the palace, the palace maid responsible for delivering supper to Li Shimin was about to step into Chuigong Palace.
"Let me do it."
"Princess."
"You go down, I'll send it to Imperial Father.”
Li Xinlan carried a few pastries and a pot of wine as she quietly walked behind Li Shiming.
"Your Majesty, it's time to eat." Li Xinlan pinched her throat.
Li Shiming waved his hand and said,"You may leave. I don't want to eat…Hmm?" What is this?"
"Pot sticker."
"What's a fried dumpling?" Li Shiming turned around and shook his head helplessly when he saw Li Xinlan." Chengyang! Can you…"
"Imperial Father, are you fierce to me?"
"Eh! You still want to learn from your mother? Are you being reasonable?"
"No!" Li Xinlan smiled as she pinched the pot sticker and gave it to Li Shimin."It's delicious. Try it."
Li Shi Min was helpless.
His appetite wasn't very good, and he rarely ate these days.
He took a symbolic bite, and then his eyes widened."The new chef from the Shang Food Bureau?”
"Not bad, not bad. The inside is tender and the outside is covered with golden oil.”As he spoke, he took a sip of the wine, his expression one of enjoyment.
"What's the use of a chef from the Shang Meal Bureau? This was made by a friend of mine outside the palace. How is it?”
Li Shiming pinched another fried dumpling and said with a smile,"Not bad, impressive…Wait, who? Friends outside the palace?"
"Bah!" Li Shiming pulled a long face and said angrily,"You're a man, but you're doing this every day. It's ridiculous!"”
"Father, how do you know it's a man?”
"Didn't you say that? The one who doesn't do proper work and grows flowers?”
Li Xinlan narrowed her eyes." Yes, that's him. Is he delicious?"”
"Delicious my ass!" Li Shi Min waved his hand. If you hadn't brought it over, I wouldn't have touched it!”
Li Shi Min thought for a moment and added,"I can't even take a bite! This thing looked greasy! Disgusting!"
Li Xinlan stuck out her tongue when she saw Li Shiming's temper and left quietly.
"I told Imperial Father that he was a man? Is there?"
Hanging in the hall.
Li Shiming swallowed his saliva and carefully stuck his head out to watch Li Xinlan disappear. He then sneakily picked up a pot sticker." It smells so good!”
……
Fire trees, silver flowers, the night sky.
The High Yuan Festival was the most important festival of the Great Tang.
The various alleys had already lit up their lanterns.
Vermilion Bird Street was brightly lit.
On the street, there were all kinds of actors and actresses.
Beside the lanterns, there were people running boats, walking ropes, swallowing steel swords, spitting lotus flowers, wrestling sumo, dancing horses and fighting cocks, tug-of-war and drilling into fire rings...
The noise was endless.
The most eye-catching one was the Tianjin Bridge at the end of the North Road of Vermilion Bird Street.
There was a lamp tree that was ten zhang tall.
The center of the lantern tree was hollow.
There were hundreds of lanterns hanging outside.
Each lantern had a riddle hanging on it.
If you answered one question correctly, you could enter the first level, and so on. If you answered all the questions correctly, you could enter the highest level.
At the highest level, one could see the entire landscape of Chang 'an, including the Imperial City.
This was a rule set by Taichang Temple every year.
Up until now, there was not a single person who could answer all of them correctly.
Li Xinlan rested her chin on her hands and looked at the lantern riddles seriously.
After a long while, he sighed and said,"It's that difficult?" Who would be able to guess!"
After she sighed, she looked around but did not see Li Yi. She pouted and said,""Why isn't that guy here yet?"
After saying that, he went to buy two skewers of sugar balls.
As if he felt that it was not enough, he went to buy some fried copper hammers.
The weather was so cold, and that guy lived in the suburbs. He would probably be hungry by now.
Humph! You're lucky!
She carefully wrapped the sugar ball and the copper hammer, then found a big rock to sit down and waited for Li Yi in boredom.
Many scholars had already gathered under the huge lamp tree.
After a long time, the crowd shook their heads and sighed.
"Difficult, this year's is even more difficult. Not to mention reaching the top, even reaching the second level is difficult.”
The crowd gradually dispersed.
Seeing the bustling crowd heading toward the north of Vermilion Bird Street, the stall owners also picked their stalls and followed the crowd.
Li Xinlan became anxious." Don't go! I still need to buy food!" she said.”
"Then why don't you just buy it now?"
"But…but there are still people who haven't come.”
"Miss, there's no one here. We have to do business too. I'm sorry…"
The crowd was like a receding tide.
It was originally very lively, but now no one cared about it.
"Damned Taichang Temple, why did they come up with such a difficult riddle!”
Li Xinlan gritted her teeth.
She stared at the sugar ball and the copper hammer in her hands and felt inexplicably disappointed.
the moon rises above the willows.
That damned Li Xianggong! Something must have happened at home.
Couldn't he have sent someone to inform him if there was anything?
Forget it, I forgive you.
Li Xinlan pursed her lips. She lifted her feet in disappointment and headed toward the Imperial City.
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