There was not a single person in the palace. Li Zhi saw that Sizi and Hengshan were both there. The two little princesses were eating something to relieve the heat. They used iced fruits and ate them with gusto.
Li Zhi didn't find it strange that there was ice in the summer in the Tang Dynasty. It was ice cubes stored in the winter. Every year, the palace had to prepare a lot of ice cubes for the next summer. Generally, the ice cubes stored in the winter could not be used up in the summer. of.
It was already the end of June, which was naturally the time to use these ice cubes, so it was just a normal thing to see various iced soups and fruits in the Tang Dynasty Palace. Of course, saltpeter-based ice had not yet appeared on a large scale at this time. This did not occur until the Song Dynasty. Of course, it had already appeared sporadically during the Tang Dynasty. There is no need to underestimate the wisdom of the ancients.
Li Zhi once read a piece of news. When Lin Zexu arrived in Humen, a foreigner invited Lin Zexu to dinner. At the end of the meal, there was a dish of ice cream. The news said that Lin Zexu saw white steam steaming, scooped it up and blew on it, thinking that it was very delicious. hot.
This kind of rubbish news only appeared later when certain media became more popular. The people who wrote the articles did not even have the most basic common sense. The history of China's use of ice is probably much longer than the entire history of many European countries.
Li Zhi walked in at this time, and Empress Changsun waved to her quickly. When Li Zhi left his mother, he saw Empress Changsun pinching a purple grape with her jade fingers and peeling it off. Li Zhi saw her mother feeding herself and hurriedly opened her mouth.
When you swallow a grape, you will feel the ice-sweet taste, which is of course very enjoyable. This iced fruit tastes really good when eaten in midsummer.
¡°Queen mother, are there grapes now?¡±
"Well, this is the first batch this year, brought to the palace from the Western Regions. What do you think of it, Zhi'er?"
¡°So sweet!¡±
There, Hengshan was eating melons, and Sizi was peeling grapes. He heard the emperor's brother say they were so sweet, and he even gave one to his mouth.
Or when he saw Si Zi feeding him, Hengshan also took a tooth of melon and gave it to Li Zhi's mouth.
¡°Look, the queen mother and the emperor¡¯s sister feel like they¡¯re seeing red pandas when they see me.
But this frozen fruit is indeed delicious. Enjoy it at the end of June, and it will make people feel comfortable and just want to hum.
"Mother, this is a small item that Zhi'er wants to give to the queen!"
At this time, Li Zhi was using a brocade handkerchief to wipe away the juice stuck to the corner of his mouth. He had already taken out the two small sachets in his sleeves.
When Queen Changsun saw it, she naturally took it over happily, not because it was a small object, but because it was given by Li Zhi.
This is her intention. Naturally, what Empress Changsun values ??is her intention to govern her children.
At this time, he came closer to smell it, and then nodded.
Sizi looked there and ran over, picked up one and smelled it.
"Hey, Brother Huang, aren't these the little sachets made by Sister Shixuan? Why are these two so good? Look at Sizi's."
Sizi took off his own one from his waist and could vaguely see that it was in the shape of a rabbit, but this rabbit was so abstract!
With the craftsmanship of Lin Shixuan, her senior sister and Myolie, this is the limit.
"This is made by Shang Yi Yunxi of the Shangyi Bureau. Brother Gaimian asked the embroiderer to make one for you too, so I changed this one."
The Sizi is really rough and needs to be replaced.
"Brother Imperial, I want it too, just give it to Sizi, not me!"
Hengshan put down the melon, said something, and then felt two eyes looking at him.
Hengshan quickly looked at his mother and brother.
"It's the emperor's sister, it's the emperor's sister, not Si Zi."
Queen Changsun and Li Zhi were also helpless. They were probably biological sisters, so they were just messing around.
"Hengshan, remember from now on, you are not allowed to call your imperial sister by her nickname anymore."
"Oh, Hengshan has remembered it!"
Li Zhi had already sat next to the little princess and rubbed the little girl's bun with his hands.
"Of course the emperor will not forget you. Your sister wants a rabbit-shaped sachet. What shape do you want?"
"Brother Emperor, Hengshan wants sachets that look like small balls!"
Queen Changsun and Si Zi smiled there. These two little princesses really liked Xiao Tuantuan very much.
After a while, the fruit plate was removed. Li Zhi saw his mother hugging Hengshan, and then stretched out his arms to hug Sizi.
"You two, you want to love each other from now on, but you can't hurt the relationship between sisters by fighting over a small thing."
"Oh, I understand, Queen Mother, Si Zi will definitely give way to his sister from now on."
"Mother, Hengshan also knows about it, and will let Siah, Sister Huang. "
Li Zhi looked at Hengshan, this is the Queen Mother, look at it, she can control Hengshan easily.
Thunder could be heard outside. In the Zhengzheng Hall, Queen Changsun looked at the sky outside. On a midsummer afternoon, the rain came as soon as it came.
By the time Li Zhi walked outside the palace, the sky outside had completely darkened, thunder was rolling in the sky, and several streaks of lightning crossed the sky, like a roaring thunder dragon.
Lightning illuminated the sky, and there was a loud noise, as if a crack had been torn open in the sky. A large group of wet raindrops splashed down on the white jade steps outside.
¡°After a long drought, there will be rain!¡±
Li Zhi said softly, rain, in this era, is the most needed thing for agriculture. The so-called good weather is nothing more than that.
At this time, it was an era of agriculture through and through.
There, Empress Changsun looked at her beloved son. The lightning from the sky struck his face, making Li Zhi's expression flicker, giving him a feeling of distance.
This child¡¯s character is still at the age he should be.
"Long drought brings sweet rain," he unconsciously revealed this sentence from Song Dynasty Hong Mai's "Rong Zhai's Four Poems of Prosperity and Frustration".
Empress Changsun understood that Li Zhi did not have any pretense of literary talent. In fact, it was just some poems. At certain moments, it is really easy for people from later generations to say them casually.
The last time I met Wang Yan, I saw her dressing up and recited two famous lines from Su Shi. Today, watching the rain falling in Chang'an, I recited these two lines from Hong Mai.
Queen Changsun looked at Sizi beside her. This girl must have memorized her imperial brother¡¯s words. Probably her husband will hear it within today.
The temperament of treating children still needs to be tempered. Although this poem is good, it is not suitable to be spoken casually.
"However, Zhi'er has been in Datang for so long, and it is extremely rare for him to occasionally say a few words.
When Empress Changsun saw Luo Yu, she had already taken Li Zhi's hand and retreated into the Li Zheng Hall.
"Zhi'er, there's no need to go back to Prince Jin's Mansion today. I don't know when this thunderstorm will start."
"Yes, the emperor knows."
"You stay in the palace to accompany your mother!"
A trace of panic flashed in Li Zhi's eyes. It was better to get out of the way quickly.
"Mother, Nazhi'er will stay at Wanchun Hall at night!"
Queen Changsun nodded, and Li Zhi breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that his mother would let him live in the Li Zheng Palace, especially since his father would come here at night. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com