"Retired Emperor, according to the schedule, we should return to the palace today.”Wu He, who was standing by the side, carefully reminded him.
"What palace?" It was not easy for Lu Xiu to agree to let him freeload, but the guards actually asked him to return to the palace. Li Yuan was immediately in a bad mood.
"But if Retired Emperor doesn't return to the palace, I don't know how to explain to His Majesty.”Wu He smiled bitterly.
"Hmph, does he want to keep me under house arrest in the Imperial Palace for the rest of my life? Go back and tell him that before I have enough fun, I will die in Anping County.”
Return to the palace? Was the food in the palace for people to eat?
The bun he had just eaten was wrapped in delicious meat fillings. It did not have the smell of mutton, nor was it beef. The meat was very fresh and tender. Coupled with chopped green onions, it was extremely fragrant. It was much more delicious than the ones in the palace.
However, what gave him a headache was that it was better to not know who to choose. It was not that there were no people comparable to Empress Zhangsun. His most beloved granddaughter, Li Lizhi, was one of them.
But she was too young. She was only a few years old. If she were a few years older, she would definitely not be much worse off than Empress Zhangsun.
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Chang 'an, Taiji Palace.
Li Er, who had finished handling government affairs, was about to accompany his empress for dinner. However, Wu He's return brought him a very unpleasant piece of news.
The Retired Emperor, who was supposed to return to the palace today, actually did not return to the palace. Instead, he stayed in Anping County.
"Retired Emperor said that he wants to stay in Anping County and play to his heart's content. He doesn't want to return to the palace too soon.”Wu He said.
"Commandant Wu, tell me in detail what happened in Anping County. Why did Retired Emperor change his usual behavior?”Li Er said in a deep voice.
"Yes." Wu He didn't dare to hide anything and told him what he had seen and heard in detail.
"There's actually such a strange person in Anping County? Commandant Wu, is it true?" Hearing that Lu Xiu had the magical ability to turn stone into gold, Li Er naturally did not believe it.
"Your Majesty, it is absolutely true. I personally saw him turn a pile of sand into good wheat and well water into fragrant wine.”Wu He vowed.
Therefore, he was able to help the tens of thousands of hungry people in Anping County.
"But I don't know why he wants the starving people to exchange locusts for food. Logically speaking, his ability to turn stone into gold shouldn't be able to use locusts.”Wu He was puzzled.
"Hehe, you are a martial artist, so you naturally don't understand his intentions.”
Li Er smiled. He guessed that there were two reasons for letting the people catch locusts in exchange for food.
Firstly, although he had the ability to help the people, he did not want the people to reap without sowing and become dependent on him. No matter how capable he was, he could not support them for the rest of their lives. Secondly, it could allow the people to clean up a large number of locusts.
Although many people thought that locusts were a natural disaster, Li Er did not take it seriously. He had gone to worship the heavens the day before and even ate locusts in front of all the civil and military officials. The locusts were not a natural disaster, but a disaster.
"Right, Retired Emperor…he also asked me to send a letter to the Minister of Rites, Hejian County Prince!!”
"What letter? Commandant Wu, take it out and let me see what you wrote.”
Hearing this, Li Er frowned. He opened the envelope. The contents of the letter made him not know whether to laugh or cry.
It turned out that he was writing a letter to Lu Xiu of Anping County's Lu Village, hoping that the Prince of Hejian County would betroth his daughter, Princess Yuyao, to Lu Xiu for his sake.
Princess Yuyao's good name was often heard in the palace. Even Cheng Yaojin and the other nobles wanted to propose marriage to their son, but they were rejected by the Prince of Hejian.
Li Er could understand Li Xiaogong's feelings because Princess Yuyao had been seriously ill since she was young. It was unknown whether she could live to eighteen.
"I don't know what Imperial Father's intentions are. Perhaps the other party is a strange person with special techniques, but the princess 'status is noble, how can she be easily betrothed to someone else?”
"The Retired Emperor doesn't seem to want to reveal his identity. The other party doesn't know the Retired Emperor's identity. Moreover, the Retired Emperor hinted that he could be promised a high position and a generous salary, but he was not moved. He said that he lacked nothing except a wife, so the Retired Emperor agreed to help him find a marriage partner.”Wu He said.
"If that's the case, aren't there many young ladies in Chang 'an? Why would Father go to Princess Yuyao?”Li Er asked in surprise.
"The Retired Emperor also thought so. He originally had the idea of betrothing the Eldest Princess to him, but he rejected it. He said that Empress Zhangsun of the Great Tang was beautiful beyond compare and that marrying a wife was a major event in life. He asked for 70 - 80% of Empress Zhangsun's beauty. The Retired Emperor thought about it and probably felt that Princess Yuyao met the requirements.”Wu He said.
"He has some foresight." Hearing Lu Xiu praise his empress, Li Er was quite happy. However, it was indeed difficult to find someone who was 70 - 80% as beautiful as the Guanyin maid. It was no wonder that he found Princess Yuyao.
"Then, Your Majesty, should we give the Retired Emperor's letter to the Hejian Commandery Prince?”
"Forget it. I don't intend to get involved in this matter. But you must help zhen persuade the Retired Emperor to return to the palace as soon as possible. If he continues to live outside, it will be disgraceful.”
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