Chapter 132: Ten years of events on the pillow (3)

As he looked at it, he thought of the Empress Chen whom he met in Shanglinyuan today. I heard that this Empress was one year older than His Majesty, but she looked so young. There was no trace of time on her beautiful face. Her beauty was almost enough to be comparable to her sister. It was just because of the difference in age that she had more calmness and elegance on her, which was something her sister did not have. I wonder if Yan'er would have such charm at the age of Empress Chen.

"Brother, Guangli, it's time to eat." The sister's words interrupted Li Yannian's reverie. When he looked up, he saw that his sister had already arranged the dishes and chopsticks on the side of the desk, and was kneeling gracefully, waiting for the two brothers.

The three brothers and sisters strictly abide by the creed of "no food" and finished their dinner. When Li Yan spontaneously reached out to clean up the tableware on the table, she was stopped by Li Yannian. Li Yannian bowed her head and said to Li Guangli: "Guangli, please help your sister clean up first. If you have something to do, tell her."

Li Guangli's eyes turned back and forth between his brothers and sisters, and then smiled and said, "Okay, but hurry up. My sister promised to play with me later."

Li Yannian returned to his younger brother with a smile, and then pulled Li Yan into the room. This is an ordinary poor house, so the lighting in the room is naturally not as good as the palace halls. Once he entered the room, he seemed to have entered the night area and his vision became dim and unclear.

"Yan'er, what about the honey candle I got back from the palace last time? Why didn't I light it?" Li Yannian looked back and forth and asked.

Li Yan glared at her brother in anger and said, "The eldest brother has been in the palace for a long time, but he has become unaware of the suffering of the people. The honey candle is a thing in the palace, and ordinary wealthy people can't afford it. It's a pity that we just use it like this?"

Li Yannian was stunned when she said this, and thought about it before she realized. Then she bowed and apologized, "It's my brother who is confused. My younger sister is thrifty and thrifty. I wonder how to deal with this honey candle?"

Seeing her brother doing this, Li Yan couldn't help but smile. Even though the light was unclear at this moment, Li Yannian still felt the charming style in this smile. After a burst of laughter, Li Yan said, "I took the honey candle to Zhangtai Street and sold it."

Hearing the name Zhangtai Street, Li Yannian frowned. It was a famous place where prostitutes gathered in Chang'an City. He couldn't help but speak, "Girls' home. How do you go to that kind of place? And you don't know yourself..."

"Brother, I know, I know that there is a dangerous place for me. But this is not buying vegetables and salt, so that Guangli can go on my behalf. In Chang'an City, only the people on Zhangtai Street will pay a high price for this honey candle. If Guangli goes, he might be deceived by those cunning singers." Li Yan interrupted Li Yannian and explained, "Salt prices have been rising until now since the beginning of this year. Although you have been promoted and your salary has increased, Guangli has reached the age of enrollment. The cost is also greater than before. So, I want to sell more money to supplement the household income. But brother, don't worry, I have a mask, and they can't see my face..."

Li Yannian couldn't help but sigh in secret when facing her younger sister's innocent eyes, Yan'er, you are still young after all, do you really think a veil can cover your peerless love? That chapter, how many beauties have the singers on Tai Street seen. The poison of vision is beyond the expectation of a little girl like you.

Li Yannian stretched out his hand, stroked his sister's face, and a delicate touch came from his hand. Looking at the increasingly familiar face, he couldn't help but feel a little dazed and said, "Yan'er, the older you are, the more you look like your sister. I'm really afraid..."

"Brother!" Li Yan pulled Li Yannian's hand down. While stroking the calluses on it carefully, he comforted in a low voice. "No. I'm not a sister, I will protect myself. Brother, don't worry."

"Silly kid, how can the world be as satisfactory as possible?" Li Yannian scratched her head, twisted her soft long hair, and said, "Today, my brother met Empress Chen in the palace."

"Empress Chen? Is it the sweetheart of the golden house?" Li Yan's eyes lit up when she heard this.

"Yes." Li Yannian nodded and said, "In the afternoon, I was rehearsing singing and dancing in Pingle, and it happened that Empress Chen and Tangyihou passed by."

"What did Empress Chen say to her brother? What kind of person is she?" Li Yan grabbed Li Yannian's sleeve and kept shaking, her beautiful eyes shining with curious light.

"Haha." Seeing that his sister was so anxious, Li Yannian couldn't help but laugh. This smile completely dissipated the depression just now. "She is the kind of person my sister imagined. Well... smart and beautiful, what else is there? I'll think about it." Speaking of this, Li Yannian suddenly couldn't make up when she looked at Li Yan's blinking eyes, and then she burst into laughter.

"Hate, brother, you're playing tricks on me again." Li Yan beat Li Yannian twice, stamped her feet and turned around.

Li Yannian hugged her from behind and whispered, "It's true. I didn't fool you. Is it true that I met Empress Chen. She also asked you to stay at the Tangyi Marquis' Mansion. Maybe tomorrow, someone will come to greet you."

Li Yan was shocked and her little mouth suddenly couldn't close. Li Yannian gently turned her sister's face and said, "Yan'er is the mansion of Tangyi Marquis. It is the home of the most outstanding young man in the Han Dynasty. It is the residence of the most outstanding young man Guanshihou, the mansion of the Han Dynasty. Do you know what this means?"

"elder brother……"

"It's been ten years, but I only got to the position of Xielu Duwei. Today is a wise king. My brother is not good at writing, so he is destined to be a actor. But you are different. You have a beautiful face, our Li family's hatred, and the Li family's hatred..." Li Yannian focused on stroking his sister's face, his eyes gradually turned red, and he said, "Go to Tangyi Hou Mansion. Guan Shi Hou, Queen Chen will fulfill his wish for us."

"I believe brother, no one in this world can resist your pleading, no one."

Zhaoyang Palace

"Empress." The Yuefu Order Shi Da bowed respectfully to Chen Jiao, looking at the woman with her back to him from afar. Shi Da suddenly remembered what Princess Guantao once said in the second year of Yuanshuo. There are unexpected situations in the world. Yes, who would have thought that Queen Wei's favor was only a few years later, and the harem was ultimately the world of Queen Chen.

Chen Jiao raised her head and looked at Shi Da in front of her. This eunuch who was considered an elf by her mother, for seven years, has now become the Yuefu Order.

"Mr. Shi is not a gift." Chen Jiao smiled and said, "This time I call you here, I hope you can arrange a singing and dancing at the family dinner."

"Yes." Shi Da did not ask what kind of family dinner it was, but just bowed his head respectfully to agree. Then he said, "But I don't know when it is?"

"It's just two days later." Chen Jiao thought for a while, then said, "I wonder if the time is too tight for Lord Shi?"

"In the Yuefu, rehearsing songs and dances never slackened a day. You can offer songs and dances to Your Majesty and the Empress at any time." Shi Da said.

"That's good." Chen Jiao nodded with a smile, then said. "I plan to arrange this banquet in Xuanqu Palace."

"Yes, I must do my best." Shi Da nodded.

After the serious matter was said, after a while, Shi Da found that Empress Chen had no intention of letting him leave. He couldn't help but brow. This was the first time that Empress Chen summoned him alone in seven years, but now it seems that something is happening, and it is still undisclosed. Could it be...

"Master Shi is also an old man in the palace. I remember that when I was a child, Master Shi served the emperor's grandmother in Changle Palace." Chen Jiao suddenly said, his voice very soft.

"That's because Empress Xiaowen appreciates me, so that I can serve her." The more intimate Chen Jiao's attitude was, the more vigilant Shi Da was in his heart.

"So, Lord Shi has been in the palace for more than 30 years, and many things are unknown to others. But Lord Shi must have a clear idea of ​​it." Chen Jiao continued.

Shi Da cried in his heart, here he came.

As expected, Chen Jiao continued, "I have something to do in this palace and I want to ask Lord Shi to solve his doubts."

"Please tell me, I will definitely speak out."

"Xielu Chief Li Yannian... I wonder how much Lord Shi knows?"

Shi Da couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard the name of Li Yannian, but his expression was still so respectful. He replied, "Great Queen. Li Yannian was the palace that had been advancing ten years ago. He said that he was a crime and was sentenced to punishment. He could not afford the money for atonement, so he was sentenced to castration. He became a dog prison. Later, he was promoted by Yang Shizhong and gradually became closer to His Majesty. A few years ago, when Lord Zhang Qian returned to the court, he brought back the new song "Moke Dule" in the Western Regions. He made this song into "Twenty-Eight Interpretations of the New Voices", thinking that the military music used by the ceremonial guards was favored by His Majesty. So, now he was asked to be the Commander of Xielu."

Chen Jiao leaned against the armrest, closed her eyes and listened to Shi Da’s narrative, nodded from time to time, and then asked, “So, how much does Lord Shi know about his family affairs?”

"I only heard that he has a younger brother, a younger sister, and a younger brother, who said he had disappeared on the way to Chang'an." Shi Da responded cautiously, "He has been in the palace for ten years and has some musical talent, so His Majesty is quite favored by him."

"On the way to Chang'an? They are..."

"They are from Zhongshan. I heard that they were also a family of singing and dancing, but somehow, the three brothers and sisters were wandering to Chang'an. When Li Yannian first entered the palace, because he could not enter and exit the palace at will, he often asked a small yellow gate to leave the palace and take care of his younger brothers and sisters. Almost all his salary was given to that person, and he could not bear it. Later, he was better after being appreciated by His Majesty. "Shi Da saw that Chen Jiao seemed to be really interested in this person, so he poured out everything he knew.

"That's it!" Chen Jiao slowly opened her eyes, looked at Shi Da, smiled with teeth, and said, "I understand. It has delayed Lord Shi a lot of time, so you can go on."

"Yes, Empress." Shi Da bowed and slowly retreated. Only the slightly hasty steps revealed his panic.

On the steps of His Royal Highness Zhaoyang, a very beautiful child was wearing a little eunuch's clothes, blinking his eyes, sometimes sneaking at the little girl in front of him, sometimes sneaking at the hall, with an unstoppable anxiety on his face.

He turned his eyes around, trying to avoid Liu Jia's gaze, but who knew that his timid appearance could only make Liu Jia even more unscrupulous.
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