Gu Hao Accepts the Decree
When the wine glasses on the lowest level of the wine glass tower were filled with red wine, everyone present secretly heaved a sigh of relief.
The process was a little long, but the result was still pretty good.
Li Shi Min was admiring his masterpiece as a faint smile appeared on his face.
"To rectify the world, nine dukes! Not bad, not bad."
Li Shiming thought to himself. He wanted to make this whenever he ate with foreign envoys.
However…
"The cup has to be smaller."
After pouring six large bottles of wine, Li Shiming's body was a little overwhelmed.
Everyone quietly looked at the nine-story wine cup tower and sighed in admiration.
It was spectacular and beautiful.
It was extremely novel.
In the past, no one would have thought that a wine glass tower built with wine glasses would be so stunning.
"Is the wine here drinkable?"
Cheng Yaojin asked.
Looking at the blood-red wine, he was slightly envious.
"Of course I can."
Gu Hao smiled.
" Then..." Cheng Yaojin looked at Li Shiming eagerly.
Li Shiming's face twitched slightly as he said with a fake smile,"Did Zhen give you wine?"
"No, I was just saying."
Cheng Yaojin shrank back.
Li Shi Min snorted.
I haven't seen enough of such a beautiful wine glass tower.
After a while, Li Shiming led the group back to the banquet table around the bonfire.
"Everyone, let's eat."
Li Shi Min said.
Following that, the sound of zither music rang out, and a cool bearded woman danced.
Gu Hao and Li Lizhi stood by the bonfire and sized up everyone.
"Eh?" Gu Hao raised his eyebrows when he saw the young man in embroidered clothes beside Duke Xiao Yu. He asked Princess Changle in a low voice.
"Is that kid your brother?"
"Ah?" Li Lizhi was stunned.
Gu Hao pointed at the young man with his chin and said,""Is that kid a prince?"
Li Lizhi looked over and shook her head.""I don't know him. He might be a junior of State Duke Song.”
" Xiao Yu, Duke of Song…" Gu Hao narrowed his eyes and said in a low voice," There's not even a single junior by the side of the other ministers. Don't you think that kid's appearance is too sudden?"”
Li Lizhi was stunned and quickly scanned the tables.
"How strange, there really isn't a single junior.”
Li Lizhi was surprised.
Gu Hao didn't find it strange.
After all, any minister with a discerning eye could tell that Li Shiming placed great importance on this banquet.
The appearance of a junior was very likely to cause some trouble.
At this moment, an inner servant walked over and said respectfully,"Your Highness Changle, Lord Gu, His Majesty invites the two of you to take a seat.”
"Oh, we'll go now." Li Lizhi replied.
Then, the two of them came to Li Shiming and Empress Zhangsun.
Gu Hao sat on Li Shimin's right, while Princess Changle sat on Empress Zhangsun's left.
"You did well."
Li Shimin praised Gu Hao after he sat down.
"It's all thanks to the craftsmen." Gu Hao said humbly.
Li Shimin paused for a moment.
As the emperor, his thoughts were definitely more complicated than the average person.
When he heard Gu Hao mention craftsmen, he subconsciously thought of how Gu Hao had given away ten thousand gold in a single rage.
"Is he reminding me…that the Minister of Works, Duan Lun, didn't give him money?”
Li Shi Min thought.
"How did you come up with a nine-story wine tower?”Empress Zhangsun asked curiously.
"It's because of a poem," Gu Hao muttered.”
"A poem?" Empress Zhangsun's eyes lit up and she quickly asked," What poem?”
Her favorite thing was reading, and she often kept her hands on her books.
When encountering a good poem, one would always be happy for a long time.
"When did composing poems become so easy? Why does it feel like this kid just opened his mouth and said it?”Li Shi Min was puzzled.
In the past few days, he had heard too many poems from Gu Hao's mouth and was a little numb.
Du Ruhui, who was sitting on the other side of Gu Hao, pricked up his ears.
"The flying stream descends three thousand feet, and I suspect that the Milky Way falls from the nine heavens.”
Gu Hao said softly.
Everyone recalled the scene when Li Shiming poured the wine and tasted Gu Hao's poem. They all nodded secretly.
It was very vivid.
"Only these two sentences?" Empress Zhangsun asked.
Gu Hao paused.
The first two sentences were about the waterfall, but if he used them now, it would be irrelevant.
"I heard that Your Majesty is proficient in poetry, but I am not very talented and can only recite these two lines. Why don't you add a few more lines before these two lines?”Gu Hao smiled.
Empress Zhangsun's expression froze. She directly skipped the topic and asked,""Where did you learn how to make crystal cups?”
The surrounding people immediately perked up their ears.
"This topic is changing so stiffly." Gu Hao mocked her in his heart, but he smiled lightly and said," If you want to learn, I can teach you personally…"
Then, he added in his heart,
"As for where I learned it from, is it your business?”
Everyone was a little disappointed.
He thought that he would be able to hear the secret.
Empress Zhangsun secretly rolled her eyes.
This brat wanted to be her teacher?
Li Shi Min shook his head.
He didn't really care where Gu Hao learned how to make crystal books. What he cared about was Gu Hao.
"We have to settle this kid and Lizhi's marriage as soon as possible.”
Li Shi Min thought.
Once the news of Gu Hao being able to make crystal cups spread, he would definitely become a really popular person.
Perhaps some unscrupulous officials would shamelessly recruit him as their son-in-law.
As the saying goes…
The first to strike was the strongest, and the second to strike was the worst.
Li Shi Min glanced at the direction of the Western Regions diplomatic mission and found that many people were also looking at them with burning eyes. His heart jumped again.
"The tribes of the Western Regions are mostly on the Silk Road, so the crystal cup is even more tempting to them.”
Li Shimin felt that he could not wait any longer.
They believed that the current situation was 'internal and external trouble'.
"Gu Hao, accept the decree."
Li Shi Min drank a cup of wine and suddenly said.
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