Long live Emperor Wu!

She didn't care whether her words were reasonable or not. Anyway, she was just warning the people in the palace, so she just followed this wording.

More than a dozen maids from outside came in at once and started busy around...

Because it was so broken, almost the entire outside of the dormitory had to be carefully cleaned.

Concubine Xiao Shu looked at the busy palace maid. She changed her legs leisurely and picked up the hot tea placed on the low couch. She felt much more comfortable.

……

……

At night, Zhaoqing Hall.

The lights in the dormitory had been turned off. Wu Rou was leaning on Li Shan's arm and just about to fall asleep when she heard a long sigh.

She opened her eyes, raised her head and carefully searched for his face in the darkness, and asked;
"What's wrong? Why are you so worried?"

Li Shan hesitated for a moment, then turned over, lying sideways facing her, and said in the darkness:

"There is something, please give me an idea. There are ten vacancies now. I will choose three people recommended by Changsun Wuji and Liu Shi, and I will also use three people recommended by King Wu Li Ke.

These six candidates were easy to handle, as long as they were well-known for their character, talent, and learning. After asking a few people, they were selected.

But there are still four left, and I don’t want to use anyone’s recommendation. I want to use people who have passed the imperial examination and are not within their scope.

But there is only a list of candidates for the imperial examination, and there is no other information. How to select a few suitable ones? "

After Wu Rou heard this, she said:

"Are these four positions important? Are there any preferences for talents?"

Li Shan said:
"It's important, especially for the two positions of censor. The people recommended by Zhongshu Sheng and Shangshu Sheng are all senior nobles in the court. The relationship is too deep, which is not conducive to supervision and correction."

It was quiet in the dormitory, and the two people were talking quietly. Once they stopped, they could hear each other's breathing, which seemed to be filled with warmth.

After a while, Wu Rou said:

"I am thinking of a person, Duke Kui Li Hongji. Your Majesty can ask his opinion."

When Li Shan heard this, he was stunned for a moment and said:
"Him? Duke Kui has been in poor health since he followed his father to attack Goguryeo. He has withdrawn from the court and has not been to court for a long time. He will know who has the talent and character among those who came from the imperial examination. ?”

Wu Rou said softly:
"Kui Guo Gong has a chivalrous nature and has many friends. Maybe he knows someone. Moreover, he has been away from the court for a long time and does not like to fight for power and gain. His recommendation is also credible."

Li Shan was silent for a while and said:

"What you said makes sense. You always stare at these people in the court, but you forget about the veterans at home."

After a while, he turned over and lay flat on his back, saying:

"He is recuperating at home. It is not appropriate to summon him to the palace. It just so happens that I will leave the palace tomorrow to visit his home and go secretly."

Wu Rou was a little excited when she heard this and said:

"Your Majesty is taking me with you, and I am going too. Duke Kui is my benefactor, and I also want to see him."

Li Shan turned his head in the darkness, hesitated for a while, and said with a smile:
"Okay, let's go together."

……

……

The next day, Li Shan took Wu Rou, abandoned the ceremonial guard, and only brought a few guards from Qianniu Guard.He took an ordinary carriage prepared by the palace and went to the residence of Liu Hongji, Duke of Kui.

On the way, Wu Rou looked outside through the curtain of the carriage, almost with her eyes on the gap in the bead curtain.

Li Shan sat opposite her, and when she saw that she was fine, she didn't even look back at him. He couldn't help but feel a little lonely, so he sat next to her, head to head with her, and looked outside.

Wu Rou was so arched that she knocked her temples. She wanted to laugh but felt troubled at the same time. She stretched out her finger and pushed his forehead gently and said:
"Look over there. Why do you have to squeeze in with me?" Li Shan refused to listen. When he was pushed away, he stuck his head back again, as stubborn as a child.

Wu Rou couldn't help but laugh when she saw him like this.

When he is in the palace, he always sits and behaves well. If he wears court clothes, he will be even more majestic and solemn.

Who would have thought that when he left the palace, there was no guard of honor following him, it was as if some kind of seal had been released, and he looked more and more like a child.

Li Shan saw Wu Rou laughing at him, so he became a little thin-skinned again and defended himself:

"Why are you laughing... Is there anything good-looking on the left? It's either a car or a horse. It's better on your side."

Wu Rou couldn't stop laughing, and she also tried hard to fight for the small window with him. Their foreheads were pressed together, and the carriage would shake and bump from time to time.

But I still stick to it with great enthusiasm.

Wu Rou pointed at a passing child and said:
"Hey, did you see the paper bag in that child's hand? It was the favorite food of Princess Jinyang back then."

She was smiling at first, but after she finished speaking, her mind instantly flashed back to the way Princess Jinyang sat among them on the bridge, holding a pastry in her hand and talking.

She suddenly became sad, and her eyes were sore that she wanted to cry.

Li Shan also felt a little heartbroken, but he quickly changed the topic and asked with a smile:
"Do you want to eat? I'll ask Yan Wei to buy it for you."

Wu Rou's eyes were red and she didn't speak. She seemed to be still immersed in sadness, so Li Shan lifted the bamboo curtain and waved to Yan Wei who was following behind the carriage.

Yan Wei took a step forward and was stunned when he saw that the faces of the two people were crowded together at a small window, which was quite funny.

After all...he had never seen Li Shan look so "unimageable".

"Mr...Mr., what's wrong?"

Li Shan ignored his strange expression and pointed directly outside and said:
"Did you see the little girl carrying a backpack in front of you? Go ask her where she bought her pastries and buy one."

Only then did Wu Rou react, stretched out her hand to hold his finger, and said:

"No need, it will be more uncomfortable to buy it back."

With that said, she lowered the bamboo curtain, and as soon as the optical fiber in the carriage was darkened, Yan Wei, who was riding a horse outside, quietly slowed down a few steps and retreated to the back.

Wu Rou stopped looking outside, sat down, sighed, and said:

"It has been more than ten years. I have been in the palace for more than ten years. I have forgotten the days outside. Even the memories that are evoked are memories of the palace."

Li Shan heard this and said:

"You should be satisfied. You have forgotten that I have nothing at all... I am really curious about what it is like to live among the people. That time I stayed with the King of Wu, the King of Yue, and the King of Ji. It’s so envious to hear them tell stories outside the palace.”

Wu Rou, however, kept looking at his side face and said nothing for a long time.

Li Shan turned his face curiously and asked:

"What's wrong? Why do you keep looking at me like this?"

Wu Rou lowered her head slightly and said:

"Well... I just don't know when, Your Majesty became more mature. Back then, you always said that life was boring, and you cried at every turn."

When Li Shan heard this, he felt embarrassed that his lover had revealed his past. He pried off the bamboo curtain with his hand and explained:

"Of course there will be time to figure it out, otherwise I wouldn't have persisted until now."

Wu Rou was very curious. She moved forward, leaned her shoulders against the wall of the carriage under the window, and asked:

"How did you figure it out?"