The scene was a little out of control, with Gu Qing as the center, and all the tables around him were laughing uncontrollably. Even the Wuji who was accompanying him was covering his mouth with his sleeves and laughing secretly, then blushed at Gu Qing, his eyes clearly looked like he was looking at a little hooligan.

Yan Zhenqing coughed while laughing, and his beard was covered with wine stains. Du Fu didn't care about being low-key. He laughed without hesitation among the group of powerful guests. Li Mi smiled so badly that he was not so happy even if the creditor died.

Gu Qing had no choice but to pour wine and serve the glass alone. This group of people was too unfair and could drive a few normal words. Has the cultural atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty turned into the three vulgarities?

"Brother Gu, hahaha, Brother Gu is really a wonderful person. If Mr. Mojie knew that his Double Ninth Festival poem was interpreted in this way by Brother Gu, he would refer to me as his confidant..." Li Mi looked around and said, "I don't know that Mr. Mojie can be here today, so I have to ask him to come here to get to know Mr. Gu. The confidant's theory is comparable to the flowing waters of mountains and rivers, and it should be a big deal."

Gu Qing hurriedly grabbed him and smiled bitterly: "Brother Li doesn't have to do this. The words just now are just a joke. Don't say it again, otherwise I will offend Mr. Mojie."

Li Mi smiled and said, "Mr. Mojie is also a free and easy person and will not care about it. For nothing, if you don't want it, then forget it. If you have the chance to recommend it to you one day."

After driving a car accidentally, the atmosphere between the guests around Gu Qing gradually became harmonious, and unlike other powerful people, Gu Qing's guests simply regarded the prince's banquet as a kind of elegant event for a gathering of literati. He talked about poetry and songs more and more enthusiastic. Later, the topic gradually changed, from poetry and songs to philosophy of life... No, romance and flowers.

The expressions of men who talk about Fenghua and Xueyue have always been the same since ancient times, with a sense of superiority. The essence of this sense of superiority comes from the ambition of knowledge and experience. For example, a certain flower court lady in a brothel plays a good pipa and a good suona. The sex work is technically ripe. Have you ever slept? Ah, she hasn't even slept. How can the master have the right to talk about Fenghua and Xueyue with us?

This is how superiority arises. Using sex as a bargaining chip to despise others while despising others' shallowness, they fully enjoy everyone's envious eyes, and their vanity is greatly satisfied.

Gu Qing didn't say anything anymore.

He dared not talk about poetry and songs again, because he was afraid that his serious words would be regarded as driving by others.

He didn't dare to talk about romantic love, because he was indeed not qualified. The identity of a virgin boy in two lifetimes would only feel deeply ashamed when men were huddled together. While drinking alone, Gu Qing began to seriously think about whether to find time for Hao Donglai to take him to a brothel, with the purpose of ending his virgin boyhood. He didn't even have a girlfriend for two lifetimes, so what was the purpose of guarding his body like a jade? Was it time for the court to establish a chastity arch for him?

Even if you have a slight lack of integrity, what is the use of chastity?

Upon climbing the platform, the powerful court officials waited for about an hour before the eunuchs carried the whisk and announced that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince arrived.

Everyone stood up and saluted to the main seat. Not long after, Li Heng, the prince of the Eastern Palace, wearing a bright yellow crown, slowly walked to the main seat and sat down under the eunuchs and palace maids.

After Li Heng knelt down, he smiled and asked everyone to waive the gift.

The prince Li Heng is 40 years old and has been appointed as the prince for more than ten years. He has been waiting for his father Li Longjilong to return to heaven. Unfortunately, Li Longji's fate is too strong. He is extremely affectionate with Yang Guifei every day. He is addicted to alcohol and sex, but he has no major problems in his body. Instead, he is more energetic and has no sign of kicking his legs.

The prince Li Heng became more and more discouraged. He found in despair that if he didn't quit drinking and sex immediately, he might not be able to survive his own father.

Li Longji has a cold and weak heart. In front of Li Heng, he has deposed a prince and forced three princes to death. Li Heng has long seen his father's cruel nature. He has been cautious in his past ten years as the prince, and has only one word for everything, "tolerance".

He could not bear it anymore and continued to endure it. This strategy not only made a way for Li Heng to survive, but also saved his position as the prince. He knew that Li Longji's mentality was distorted and liked to see the ministers below living tremblingly, so Li Heng looked tremblingly. Facing the bombardment of the right prime minister Li Linfu's side, Li Heng honestly shrank his head and said nothing. In the end, Li Longji disliked him and came forward to check and balance to stop him. Only then did Li Linfu slow down his attack on the prince.

It has to be said that no one knows his father's son. Li Heng probably has known his father's character for a long time and chose the most correct way to deal with it. The court cannot eliminate the party system, and the party system of the East Palace is a force that must exist in all dynasties. Although Li Longji is wary of the East Palace, he will not watch the prince's force disappear in the court. If the prince appears to be depressed, Li Longji will definitely support it and revitalize this force.

In fact, Li Longji did this.

It was like walking on thin ice for more than ten years, until recently Li Longji suddenly took action to suppress the prime minister. Li Heng sensitively realized that the court was incorrect. In recent years, Li Linfu dared to openly suppress the Eastern Palace again and again, but in fact, it was under Li Longji's acquiescence. Otherwise, where would a prime minister have the courage to be unable to get along with the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty?

It was Li Longji who was worried that the prince was too full of wings, so he tacitly agreed to what Li Linfu did to the East Palace. However, does Li Longji's recent suppression of prime minister's power mean that Li Longji has felt that he was old and must support the East Palace's plump wings? No matter how powerful the desire for power is, it will not be able to defeat the life span of heaven. No matter how reluctant he is, the East Palace still needs to support it.

The advisers gathered in the Eastern Palace and discussed and analyzed it again and again with Li Heng, feeling that it was not impossible. Li Longji is 65 years old this year and has been the Emperor Taiping for nearly 40 years. No matter how long his life will last in the future, for the Tang Dynasty, the power of the Eastern Palace can no longer be weakened, otherwise it would shake the foundation of the country. I believe Li Longji himself should be clear about this.

Therefore, after the recent attempt of Li Longji to suppress prime ministers, the counselors of the East Palace analyzed that most of them believed that this was a signal sent by the emperor deliberately expelling the resistance of the court and focusing on supporting the East Palace to inherit the throne in the future.

So this is how the prince presided over the Double Ninth Festival banquet for the ministers. Li Heng was also using this move to express his compliance with the will of the Lord. If you want to support me, I will honestly engage in some social activities to let you see my political awareness and prove that I, the prince, is not a mud that cannot be supported by the wall, nor is it a fool.

When climbing the high ground on the Double Ninth Festival, the Eastern Palace and the ministers are happy. You can discuss poetry and essays, and you can discuss the wind and moon, but you will never mention state affairs. Such occasions are too sensitive after all. If the prince summons the ministers to discuss state affairs, today's feast will change and cause trouble.

After Li Heng greeted the ministers, he ordered a banquet. After facing Chang'an, the ministers all respected Emperor Li Longji and greeted Li Heng. After finishing the ceremony, Li Heng ordered singing and dancing to cheer up. The dancers squatting beside the ministers stood up one after another and lined up in a neat row in the middle of the platform. As the music of the silk and bamboo chimes sounded, the dancers stretched their long sleeves and smiled gracefully, as if a group of butterflies were dancing in the middle of the platform.

After the dance, the dancers returned to their ministers and continued to pour wine and dishes for them. The prince raised his glasses frequently to respect the ministers.

At this time, the eunuch screamed again: "Princess Yuzhen is here, Princess Wanchun is here--"

After saying that, a young woman in a gorgeous palace outfit supported another middle-aged woman in a Taoist robe, and Yingying walked up to the platform.

The ministers stood up and bowed to the middle-aged woman, and then nodded to the surroundings with smiles and walked to the front of Prince Li Heng. The middle-aged woman in Taoist robe first gave the lord and ministerial ritual to Li Heng, and then gave the middle-aged woman a junior tribute to the middle-aged woman, calling her "Emperor's Aunt".

Gu Qing greeted everyone and asked, and after asking, he found out that the middle-aged woman in Taoist robe was Princess Yuzhen, Li Longji's own sister. She became a monk when she was young.

Since Wu Zetian became emperor in the Tang Dynasty, feminist rights gradually tended to rise. Some women were unwilling to be dominated by their parents and elders, so they voluntarily became monks. The purpose of becoming monks was to choose more free men and women to live freely. The female Taoist priests in the Tang Dynasty were very open and could freely meet male guests, especially women from powerful families who became monks, and there were too many private lives that could not be described.

Secondly, a woman becomes a monk to avoid marriage. If she is not satisfied with the marriage arranged by her parents, she will not say anything about becoming a monk. When the situation is calm, the woman will return to secular life and find a family that she is satisfied with again.

As for this Princess Yuzhen, it can be said to be a legendary figure in the Tang Dynasty.

When she was young, Li Longji intended to betroth her to Zhang Guo. This "Zhang Guo" was a famous Taoist hermit in the Tang Dynasty. The prototype of Zhang Guo Lao among the Eight Immortals is said to have a semi-immortal body. Princess Yuzhen was really lucky and almost ate the meat of immortality. Unfortunately, Zhang Guo was probably also a straight man in steel. She actually refused this marriage. She might think that the love and love on earth would disturb his ascension.

Later, after Princess Yuzhen became a monk, her Taoist temple guests were in constant contact, and all the people who interacted with her were Tang Dynasty talents. Even Li Bai and Wang Wei had a scandal with Princess Yuzhen, and the two also wrote flatteries for Princess Yuzhen. As for whether Princess Yuzhen had anything to do with Li Bai and Wang Wei, the truth has been buried in the smoke and dust of history.

Princess Wanchun next to Princess Yuzhen is Li Longji's daughter, about fifteen or sixteen years old. Interestingly, she actually has a face similar to a mixed-race child, a high nose bridge, deep eyes, thin red lips, and her appearance is stunning.

Princess Wanchun's mother was named Zhaoyi. She was born and raised in the Tang Dynasty. Her father was Li Longji. Why did the couple give birth to a mixed-looking daughter? This is really a puzzle that has never been solved for the ages. I dare not think, I dare not think.

However, Li Longji loved this daughter very much. Princess Wanchun was smart and cute since childhood, like a porcelain doll made of jade. Li Longji often brought her by her side and often called her "foreign girl". Among Li Longji's many children, Princess Wanchun is very favored.

Gu Qing had seen her in a hurry on the streets of Chang'an last time. At that time, he was just a glance and couldn't see clearly. However, at this moment, Gu Qing finally saw Princess Wanchun's face clearly. He couldn't help but breathe, and his heartbeat was beaten a few beats uncontrollably. Then Gu Qing took a deep breath and suppressed the inexplicable heartbeat in his chest.

Judging from Gu Qing's straight male aesthetic, everyone thinks that her beauty and Yang Guifei are equally similar, and they are all different. When Gu Qing first saw Yang Guifei, he also had a brief heartbeat. From this point of view, the standard for testing the beauty of the Tang Dynasty is related to Gu Qing's heart rate.

After the two princesses and Li Heng met, they sat down on the left and right sides of the prince, and the feast continued to sing and dance.

Next, the ministers toast the prince alone, which is also the etiquette of the court banquet. First, the highest-ranking Duke or the marquis of the state come forward to toast, and then the official ranks are sorted. However, toasting to the prince is not a definite rule. It doesn’t matter if you are a human being or not. Hundreds of people take turns to toast the prince once, and there are actually not many people who can remember it.

The ministers came forward one after another, took advantage of the time when the prince was having a banquet, and gave a cup to his salute, then said a few flatteries, and finally drank it all. The prince raised his glass and drank the wine symbolically and drenched his lips. After a few words of encouragement, the minister honestly stepped down and left for the next one.

Gu Qing was still sitting at the table and chatting with Li Mi and others. After Yan Zhenqing and Li Mi both toasted the prince, Yan Zhenqing signaled Gu Qing to go up and toast. Gu Qing thought about it and felt that he should indeed toast. He could not be as wild and unruly as Li Bai, ignoring the etiquette in the world. Li Bai was so strong that he would not care about anything when he was drunk. Gu Qing was different, and his head was not so strong.

So Gu Qing filled the wine, held the cup and walked towards the center of the high platform, and walked towards the prince. When he was still ten steps away from the prince, Gu Qing stood still, held the cup in his hands and bowed to Li Heng first, and said, "My teacher, Gu Qing, the chief of the Left Guard, will live for His Royal Highness the Prince, and will serve the country of the Tang Dynasty for generations, and drink for the sake of the wine."

After saying that, Gu Qing drank all over the place, holding the cup and continued to bow without moving.

Li Heng looked at Gu Qing, smiled in his eyes, and said gently: "Are you the chief of the Left Gu Qing?"

"Go back to the crown prince, I am right."

Li Heng turned his head and smiled at Princess Yuzhen, "This young man is extraordinary. Recently, he has been in the limelight in Chang'an. He has written many wonderful poems. Last year's Mid-Autumn Festival poems, and the sentence "I wish to be a bird in the sky and a bird in the sky and a branch on the ground" written for his father and concubine Taizhen, which has been praised by Chang'an literati. Later, the view of Li Shierniang's sword dance move was even more popular and everyone praised it."

Princess Yuzhen looked at Gu Qing with a smile, nodded and said, "The name of Gu Qing is also heard by people outside the Taoist practice. The talented people who have visited this palace in the past few days have also praised Gu Qing for her. Today I see her in person, but she is a good young talent."

Gu Qing lowered his head and said, "I thank the Crown Prince, and the Princess, thank you for the misunderstanding. I am afraid and dare not take it."

Li Heng's eyes suddenly narrowed, and his face was still kind and kind: "Gu Qing, if there are any masterpieces in the future, you might as well copy them and send them to the East Palace. Gu also has a little shallow knowledge of poetry and prose, which is naturally incomparable to you, a talented man, but at least he knows how to appreciate it. If others don't understand their meaning, perhaps Gu can become your confidant."

Gu Qing's eyelids twitched. Is this really good at speaking? Is the prince so reserved to win over people?

His mind was quickly turned, Gu Qing did not dare to hesitate and said, "I thank the Prince of the Crown Prince for his love. I am shallow in my knowledge and act arrogantly, and I can't bear the smile of the Fang family. My past works were all nonsense after drinking, and I felt very regretful after sobering up. When I recalled that I wrote so many shameful poems when I was drunk, my face was hot and I was ashamed of myself."

Li Heng and the two princesses were stunned. They didn't expect Gu Qing to belittle himself to such a level. Appropriate humility is naturally the right way, but you can't demote yourself to death like a mortal revenge. It's too much.

"Shame...the poem of shame?" Li Heng stammered and repeated it again, then Princess Yuzhen suddenly burst into laughter, covering her little mouth and trembling with the branches. The middle-aged woman in her forties and fifties actually had a full mature charm when she smiled, and her plump body was shaking, which was quite rhythmic and rhythmic in the square dance of her previous life.

Princess Wanchun on the left of the prince was also laughing. She was too lazy to even cover her mouth when she smiled. She just opened her mouth and laughed loudly. Gu Qing could see her back teeth from afar.

Gu Qing lowered his head and curled his lips. It seemed that the young Princess Wanchun was quite straightforward and lively.

Li Heng also laughed, shaking his head while laughing: "Gu Qing is so... too cruel. If you want to be humble, you don't have to use too much force, just as you can."

Gu Qing looked serious: "Yes, I remember."

Princess Yuzhen glanced at him and smiled and said, "The talents in the world are all guests of the Taoist temple in this palace. How can I miss the talent of Gu Changshi? It is said that I have been seeking fame and reputation. Gu Changshi, I will stop sending someone to give you a jade plaque. If you have any time in the future, you can come to the Tuling Temple at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain. With this jade plaque, you can be unobstructed in the temple, and you dare not stop it."

Gu Qing was stunned, but he said without thinking: "I thank Princess Princess Long Eternity."

Li Heng smiled and said, "There are not many talents who can gain the wise eyes of Princess Yuzhen. Gu Qing, you should cherish the jade plaque that the emperor gave you. This is the glory that talents in the world yearn for."

"Yes, I remember."

Princess Wanchun, who was silent beside her, kept looking at Gu Qing. After looking at him for a long time, Princess Wanchun suddenly said in a sweet voice: "Gu Qing, will you go to the Taoist temple of the princess?"

Gu Qing felt nervous and hurriedly said, "I will definitely visit His Highness the Princess."

Princess Wanchun laughed and said, "I often go to the Emperor's Taoist temple to play. When will you go to the Taoist temple? I will go with you."

"If I have time, I will definitely go."

Princess Wanchun said oh, "So when is your 'free'?"

Sweat was slightly oozing from Gu Qing's forehead. This princess seemed to know how to chat better than him. Can't you hear what I was saying politely? I have to go to the bottom of it. How can I continue to chat?

"Well, I am on duty in the Left Guard. I really don't know when I will have a rest period, so I cannot give His Royal Highness an accurate reply..."

Princess Wanchun said again, "Then I will tell you General Left Guard, okay? General Guo is very kind. I even grabbed his beard when I was a child."

Gu Qing quickly looked up and glanced at the expressions of Li Heng and Princess Yuzhen. Seeing that the two of them kept smiling and silent, they just watched his conversation with Princess Wanchun quietly, and their posture of watching the excitement was very obvious.

Gu Qing sighed inwardly and said helplessly: "Don't bother Your Highness the Princess. I will go to General Guo to ask for a rest period."

Princess Wanchun smiled with satisfaction and said, "It's great. When you have determined the time, we will go with you."

As he said that, Princess Wanchun said seriously: "I saw you look so sad. You are not much older than me, but you always have a stern face and don't know what you are thinking. If you stay at the Taoist temple for a few days, you will surely be able to relieve your worries and let go of your depression. Your face may become more festive. There is a bamboo forest in the Taoist temple of the Taoist temple, which is very suitable for cultivating your mind. If you live for a long time, you will definitely be able to write many wonderful poems."
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