After the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, the weather became colder and colder. Although the autumn air was refreshing on the Double Ninth Festival, Xuanzong still felt heartbroken when he thought of the young Li Sixu kneeling at the door of the imperial study.
Wu Jieyu didn't go there for a while, and only asked Eunuch Yang to send someone to send a handful of dogwood collected from Longshou Mountain to Hanbing Palace.
When he got off the chariot sedan, he hurried into the palace with the prince, and saw Li Sixu kneeling on the verandah outside the imperial study.
It was a wind outlet, with the sun behind it. When the autumn wind blew, the little man's thin body looked indescribably lonely and desolate. When he heard the footsteps, he lowered his head and knelt there, but there was no movement.
Xuanzong approached Li Sixu step by step and stood a few steps away from her: "Xiao Shi?"
"Father!"
The little man raised his head, his face stained with tears.
She sniffed: "Father is back from climbing Longshou Mountain!"
His little princess always had a bright smile on her face.
Have you ever cried?
Xuanzong felt that the softest place in his heart seemed to have been hit hard by something.
He reached out to help her: "The ground is cold, get up and talk."
"don't want!"
Li Sixu's big tears rolled down her cheeks: "My son has made a big mistake. I am ashamed of my father and dare not get up."
I went to the Qushui Shangqing Banquet in the Purple Orchid Palace, why did I end up like this?
Xuanzong regretted not taking the little one to climb Longshou Mountain. When he asked Eunuch Yang to send someone to Linglongju to spread the message, he had already thought about it. If Xiao Shi climbed halfway up the mountain and couldn't walk, he would carry his little princess on his back up the mountain. good.
I just want her to stand on a high place and have a panoramic view of the mountains and the city of Chang'an.
He doesn't know why, but he always feels that his little princess will be a witness to the prosperous Tang Dynasty!
The little lady cried so hard that Xuanzong felt pity for her. He knelt down personally, picked her up and carried her to the imperial study.
"I won't punish you. What happened at the Qushui River Drinking Banquet? Go into the royal study and tell your father slowly."
"Father!"
Li Sixu choked with sobs and buried her head in Xuanzong's arms.
The prince who was following behind saw his little princess covered in tears and snot all over his father. The father actually did not dislike her at all. He sighed in his heart that the princess was favored and took out a clean handkerchief.
When Xuanzong carried Li Sixu into the royal study and put him down, he ordered Eunuch Yang to send someone to prepare hot tea. The prince took a handkerchief and wiped away Li Sixu's tears and nose.
"Why are you crying like this little cat?"
The prince said warmly: "If anyone bullies you, tell the prince brother."
"Sisi was not bullied!"
Li Sixu stopped crying because she had been crying hard before. Now her shoulders twitched: "It was Sisi who made a mistake!"
At first, the prince only cared about his little royal sister's crying state, and temporarily forgot that she had been to the Qushui Shang Banquet today.
There was a vague feeling of bad premonition in his heart.
But he still forced himself to be calm and said: "You are a little brat, what mistakes can you make?"
"Sisi really made a big mistake!"
Li Sixu's eyes were red and swollen, so she took off the sachet hanging with her, took out two pieces of red nails, and presented them to the imperial table in front of Xuanzong.
Xuanzong and the prince didn't know what she meant, and looked at each other for a moment.
Li Sixu lowered her little head and said in a low voice: "These are Sister Ji'an's nails, which were pulled out by Sisi."
She spoke very quietly, so quietly that only she could hear it.
However, both Xuanzong and the prince were martial arts practitioners, so they still heard clearly.
The prince was stunned for a moment!
Xuanzong was shocked: "Why did you pull out Ji'an's nails?"
Li Sixu lowered her head and stopped talking!
Xuanzong really couldn't understand why his kind-hearted Xiao Shi would pull out Ji'an's nails while he was still alive.
With Ji'an's indulgent temperament, he didn't know what the Qushui River Drinking Banquet would turn into.
After being stunned, the prince felt that something might have gone wrong during today's Qushui Drinking Banquet in the Purple Orchid Palace. He was eager to know what happened and whether his mother and concubine were safe and sound.
The prince reminded Xuanzong: "Father, why don't you call Duke Ji to come in and ask for details."
Xuanzong was also made to pity and feel sorry for her, and was shocked by Li Sixu. Then he remembered that he had asked Li Linhuai to secretly protect Xiao Shi Zhouquan, and hurriedly asked Eunuch Yang to summon Li Linhuai.
When Li Sixu was kneeling on the corridor of the royal study, Li Linhuai had been hiding in the dark and watching.
But he could do nothing but make the little princess kneel.
Because if he felt sorry for the princess, the little princess would lose the opportunity in front of His Majesty. Fortunately, the little eunuch next to Eunuch Yang was alert and stopped His Majesty when he returned to the palace.
Otherwise, perhaps His Majesty would have gone to Wu Jieyu's palace by now.
With His Majesty's love for Wu Jieyu, he will definitely excuse Ji'an. If that side takes the advantage, the little princess will be disliked by His Majesty even if she is justified.
Xuanzong looked away from the two scary nails on the table and looked at Li Linhuai.
Li Linhuai revealed the mystery: "Your Majesty, these two nails were stained with medicinal powder. In order to prove her innocence, the little princess was angry at Ji'an for plotting against Princess Mu, so she pulled out the nails of the Lord of Ji'an County in a rage."
"The little princess said that the medicinal powder hidden under the fingernails of the Lord of Ji'an County, when exposed to the incense burning in the Scenic View Pavilion of the Purple Orchid Palace, can make people feel as if they have inhaled a large amount of intoxicating drugs, causing them to do shameless things."
Li Linhuai reported: "Whether it is true as the little princess said, the Holy Emperor will call the imperial doctor to test it and we will know."
Not only Xuanzong, but also the prince was shocked by this vicious plan after hearing what Li Linhuai said.
Does Jijun Gong mean that Ji'an County mainly harms Mu'er?
The prince had a vague feeling that this matter might have something to do with his mother and concubine. He said angrily: "What exactly happened at the Qushui River Drinking Banquet? Please tell me, Lord Ji."
Princess Yongmu has agreed on a marriage. This marriage was personally selected by Xuanzong and the queen. She will leave the palace soon after the New Year.
If something goes wrong at this critical moment, his life will be ruined.
After all, Yongmu was Xuanzong's eldest daughter. He had deep feelings for this pure, benevolent, filial, and beautiful eldest daughter.
Knowing that his Xiao Shi was good at medicine, Xuanzong said with a gloomy face that there was medicinal powder between Ji'an's nails.
"I want to know what happened at the Qushui Water Drinking Banquet?"
The emperor's anger made Li Linhuai feel a pressing pressure, so he told Li Sixu to escort Li Sixu to the Purple Orchid Palace to attend the Qu Shui Shang Banquet, and then waited at the palace gate.
"The young eunuch who came to summon me took the sign of Xueyao Pavilion. I heard that the young princess had a dispute with the head of Ji'an County, so I followed him into the Purple Orchid Palace without caring about whether it would disturb the female family members who were attending the banquet."
"The father-in-law told me to wait in the attic for fear of disturbing the female family attending the banquet. I felt something was wrong, so I held my breath when I entered the room and saw Princess Mu and the head of Ji'an County lying on the ground."
Li Linhuai continued: "Then I tapped Princess Mu's acupuncture points and took Princess Mu out of the attic."
