Tang's dining table

After dealing with the affairs of the Puguluo tribe, Li Zhi waved his broad sleeves and said to Li Ji: "I heard that things in the world are very unlikely to be what people want. It is God's will that Ashina Helu can escape.

Since my general manager of Gongyuedao Marching is effective in combat and diligent in planning, although there are some deviations in his work, there will still be some results after all.

This time I forgave him and ordered him to study behind closed doors for three months as a warning to others. "

Cheng Yaojin went out to pay homage to the emperor and thanked Heaven for Liang Jianfang's kindness.

"Your Majesty lets a poor person with a bad temper and illiterate Chinese characters study. This is the most appropriate punishment. However, the old minister suggested that we should also add a rule that you are not allowed to drink while studying. Otherwise, your Majesty's hard work will be in vain. .”

Li Zhi couldn't help laughing after hearing this, and then the officials also laughed.

After the officials had finished laughing, Li Zhi smiled bitterly and said, "Don't torture that drunken old thief, Mr. Lu, otherwise, he will come to me and cry. I can't stand his crying."

Just as the court hall was full of laughter and laughter, and everyone thought that today's great court meeting would come to an end in an atmosphere where the emperor and his ministers were enjoying themselves: At that moment, Changsun Wuji came out of the office holding the wat board, saluted the emperor slightly and said: " The court is the foundation of our Tang Dynasty and the place where our majesty comes from. How can we ignore the court etiquette and laugh at the scene?

It's even more inappropriate to make fun of important officials in the imperial court.

I believe that if the superiors do good things, the subordinates will follow suit. If there are still ministers who make mistakes in the future, Your Majesty will just make fun of them and leave it at that. In the long run, it will damage the dignity of the court.

Liang Jianfang, the general manager of Gongyue Road March, acted unclearly and had inappropriate strategies, which damaged our two big cities, Qiuci and Khotan. This matter must not be exposed easily. "

Cheng Yaojin rolled his triangular eyes and said coldly: "Mr. Zhao, you can't criticize the generals just because you presided over the revision of the "Tang Code". Could it be said that if you don't do this, you will look like Zhao? Will the revised "Tang Lv Shu Yi" no longer have any use?"

Changsun Wuji glanced at Cheng Yaojin and said, "General leading the army? Many of you here are generals leading the army, which is not uncommon in our Tang Dynasty.

If the leading generals make mistakes and are lightly exposed, this will only increase their arrogance.

Your Majesty is kind by nature and has always been lenient to his ministers. This is his luck. If this continues, those arrogant and powerful generals will think that your Majesty is weak and can be bullied. This trend must not last forever.

Please severely punish Liang Jianfang, your majesty. He is a person who ruined our major affairs. Your majesty is not worthy of even half a cent of kindness and preferential treatment. "

Facing Changsun Wuji, even Li Zhi was unwilling to have a dispute with him, so he smiled bitterly and said to the Secretary Cheng: "During the edict, Liang Jianfang, the general manager of the Gongyue Road March, acted improperly, resulting in the loss of more than half of the troops and horses in the three military prefectures. , two cities suffered disaster, the crime is unpardonable, but the massacre of Chu Yuebu was a contribution to Sheji, written by Liang Jianfang, suspended from salary for three years, fined 500 kilograms of copper, and studied for more than half a year."

When Changsun Wuji saw that Secretary Cheng had written the decree, he looked at Xu Jingzong, who was under Zhongshu's sect, and said, "Use the seal."

Xu Jingzong raised his head and looked at Li Zhi. Seeing that the emperor was silent, he took the order and bowed to Li Zhi and said, "I will make a decision as soon as possible."

Li Zhi nodded.

Changsun Wuji frowned and said, "Your Majesty has clearly issued an edict. Liang Jianfang cannot escape the blame. Is there anything left to discuss?"

Xu Jingzong said slowly: "The sect has its own rules."

Just when Changsun Wuji was about to scold Xu Jingzong, Huang Men hurried up to the hall holding a wooden box, and the waiter placed the wooden box on Li Zhi's desk.

He whispered: "Master Xuanzang's disciple Guiji sent it. He said that when Master Xuanzang was copying the scriptures, a maple leaf fell into the ink pond. Master picked up the leaf and found that one side of the leaf was bright red like fire, and the other side was pitch black. Rumo suddenly felt something, and ordered Qiuji to give this leaf to His Majesty, and also said to congratulate Your Majesty."

Li Zhi picked up the maple leaf from the wooden box with his hand, turned it slightly, and said with a smile: "The Zen is deep, come on, retreat from the court!"

Having said that, regardless of the important ministers standing dumbly in the court, he hurriedly left the court with the maple leaf in one hand.

Changsun Wuji looked at Li Zhi's hurried away figure, hit the ivory wat board with his left palm heavily and said, "How can you be so naughty!"

After that, he waved his sleeves and left.

Li Zhi hurriedly stepped onto the chariot and ordered to move forward before he could sit firmly. In a moment, the carriage arrived at Chengqing Hall.

Li Zhi jumped out of the carriage, which made the following waiter Duan Hong worried. Before he could complain, he raised his leg and kicked the eunuch next to him in the calf, and immediately shouted to chase Li Zhi.

"Your Majesty, slow down, slow down."

Li Zhi ignored them, and he was even more lazy to pay attention to the eunuchs and maids who came out in a hurry. He hurriedly walked around the corridor and went straight to the small flower pond at the back.

It's November, but the chrysanthemums in the small flower pond are in full bloom. Among the golden chrysanthemums, a plump woman lies on her side on the brocade couch. The autumn sunshine falls on her face, turning her originally fair face into The face was smeared with a layer of honey color.

Li Zhi saw that the woman seemed to be sleeping, so he walked lightly and tiptoed over.

He just wanted to kiss the woman's plump lips, but he saw a pair of dark eyes looking at him with a smile but not a smile.

Li Zhi coughed awkwardly and raised the maple leaf to speak, but the woman raised her head and kissed the corner of Li Zhi's mouth like a dragonfly.

Then he took Li Zhi's free left hand and put it on his tall belly and whispered: "Our child knew that Your Majesty was coming, so he kicked me specially to let me greet him."

Feeling the rhythm of the fetus in the woman's belly, Li Zhi gently put down the maple leaf in his hand and smiled at the woman: "Mei Niang, this should be a dragon fetus."

Wu Meiniang raised her face, looked at Li Zhi and said with a smile: "This should be a dragon fetus. If not, wouldn't it be living up to His Majesty's expectations?"

Li Zhi put his face against Wu Mei's and whispered softly: "Only with you can I feel a moment of peace."

Wu Mei left Li Zhi's arms, held her already huge pregnant belly with both hands and chuckled: "Human, after you have been free for a long time, you will miss the busy days before, and when you are busy, you will look forward to the free time. It's really I don’t know what everyone in the world wants.”

Li Zhi waved his hand and said: "Every bustling city cannot escape the word fame and fortune. We won't talk about that today. You can take a look at this maple leaf first."

Wu Mei twisted the maple leaf with two green-white fingers, turned it slightly, and asked Li Zhi.

“Where does this leaf come from?”

"From Master Xuanzang's Ink Pool."

"Did the mage sense it?"

"He said, I want to congratulate Your Majesty, but I don't know where the joy comes from. Mei Niang, you are always smart, why don't you solve this mystery for me."

When Wu Mei heard what the emperor said, she put down the maple leaf in her hand and said: "Master Xuanzang's words of congratulations to His Majesty were just conveying his mood at that time. He may have sensed that someone or something beneficial to the Tang Dynasty had happened. This area The maple leaf was just one thing that aroused his feelings.

Now that Your Majesty has received the congratulations of Master Xuanzang, then this piece of maple leaf stained with ink is worthless. "

After saying that, let go and let the breeze take away the maple leaf.

Li Zhi looked at the red leaf that fell on the golden chrysanthemum and said: "Even if it is worthless, it is something sent by Master Xuanzang and cannot be thrown away.

If it is useless, Master Xuanzang will not send someone to bring it to me. "

Wu Mei came to Li Zhi, stretched out a white index finger and tapped Li Zhi's nose and said: "There is no one better than Your Majesty to buy a coffin and return a pearl."

"how do I say this?"

When Wu Mei tapped the tip of his nose with her finger, Li Zhi was not angry. Instead, he wanted to open his mouth and bite the finger. Wu Mei seemed to know what the emperor was thinking, and she quickly retracted her finger, leaving Li Zhi to bite the space.

"Master Xuanzang sent people to send red leaves this time to prepare for the next time he sends red leaves.

If an eminent monk like Master Xuanzang can prepare for a certain person or a certain matter in advance, then it can be expected that the matter when the time comes to plead with His Majesty will be extremely difficult and will definitely put His Majesty in a dilemma.

Since it is such an embarrassing matter, why did Your Majesty keep this red leaf as evidence.

Your Majesty is the Majesty of the people of the world. Historically, only the people of the world have asked for Your Majesty. I have never heard of the need for Your Majesty to go to the people of the world to ask for help.

The imperial power is in your hand, thunder, rain and dew are all due to your kindness. Your Majesty takes the lead, not Xuanzang.

Throwing it away early and forgetting it early is the best choice for Your Majesty to make at this time, and it is also in line with the Buddhist requirement of not being involved in cause and effect. "

Li Zhi groaned and said, "It's true, it's true, I almost fell into the trap of Master Xuanzang."

Wu Mei smiled and said: "Actually, it's okay to fall for Master Xuanzang's deception occasionally. Since Master Xuanzang dared to lay out the cause, he has to bear the consequences. Sometimes, small causes can also produce big results. Just look at Xuanzang. Master, are you willing to accept it?"

Li Zhi caressed Wu Mei's towering belly and said proudly: "At Ganye Temple, I only planted a small cause, but now I have gained such a big result. You think this is a blessing. , or is it a bad fate?"

Wu Mei smiled and said: "This is my fate, but it is your Majesty's blessing."

Li Zhi frowned and said: "Today at the court meeting, I was going to bring up the issue of canonizing you as Zhaoyi. However, I just let Li Yifu get started, and I was scolded by Chu Suiliang on the spot.

This old guy, relying on his status as a minister of the late emperor Tuogu, is now becoming more and more unreasonable and arrogant, and even takes charge of my harem. "

A trace of displeasure flashed in Wu Mei's eyes, but she immediately changed to a nonchalant look. She took Li Zhi's hand and put it against her face, and said with happiness: "My husband With you by my side and my child in my belly, I am already content and don’t ask for anything else.”

Li Zhi gritted his teeth and said, "But if there is a chance, this old dog will definitely regret it."

Wu Mei shook her head and said: "Although this old dog is an eyesore now, it is still quite capable in safeguarding the country of the Tang Dynasty.

Your Majesty is still young, and there is plenty of time for them to disappear naturally. There is no need to risk the disapproval of the world to cause trouble for such a trivial matter as being a concubine. "

Li Zhi nodded happily and said: "Then just endure it and wait for them to make mistakes..."