Tibet

Chapter 15

Sining Palace is the original Ning Palace. It is located in Yongxingfang, south of Daming Palace.

After Li Longji ascended the throne, he moved to Yongxingfang, which was renamed the Ten Kings House, and later the Sixteen Kings House. There were more and more princes and grandchildren, and it was not enough to live in. The Baisun Court was built in Xingningfang to the south.

Of course, the royal family lived together for the convenience of monitoring. The emperor Li Longji came to power through a coup, how could he give others a chance?

The largest mansion is Ning Wang Mansion where Emperor Li Xian lives. Li Xian has passed away, and his son Li Lin was granted the title of King Ning and inherited Ning Wang Mansion.

Li Xian was naturally forced by his brother Li Longji's strength and had to abdicate the throne, even his father was forced to abdicate, let alone him.

Li Longji was also good to the eldest brother who gave up the throne, except that he could not give him power, and gave him all the other glory and wealth.

In order to let his brother run the country with peace of mind, Li Xian tried his best to eat, drink and have fun, but he became a super fat man after eating, and died of cerebral palsy when he reached middle age.

Si Ning Wang Li Lin also inherited his father's life-saving skills, obsessed with literature, music and polo, but the Ning Wang polo team he raised ranks in the top ten in the federation, Li Bai, He Zhizhang and other wine celestial beings are even more so. Young poets such as Du Fu and Wang Wei, who were frequent guests of his house, were often invited to dinner at his house.

This time the polo match between the two butlers was just a small episode, so small that even Li Lin didn't bother to participate, and he was really not interested in asking a confidant old eunuch to be a witness.

If he didn't want to maintain the rules of the mansion, he would follow the princess's suggestion and directly let Hu Jing be in charge, where would there be any polo matches?
At this time, the confidant old eunuch Wang Shouzhong reported: "My lord, Hu Jing said that the foreign aid he invited has not been trained with the servants and cannot cooperate. Please change it to Wensai."

Li Lin took a sip of tea and said lightly: "Wen Sai is fine. I suggested Wen Sai to them before, but they themselves refused."

"The old slave will change!"

"Go! Wait a minute, who is the foreign aid that Hu Jing invited?"

"It's the little flying dragon who ranks first in black players, and he didn't violate the prince's rules."

Li Lin didn't care about this so-called No. [-] black player at all. He often went to the palace to compete with two top polo players in the Tang Dynasty. In his opinion, this little flying dragon was like an ant, worthless Mention.

Li Lin asked casually: "Who is the foreign aid that Qiao Xingzhong invited?"

"Yes..." The old eunuch hesitated to speak.

Seeing his hesitation, Li Lin couldn't help being slightly taken aback, "Why, is it hard to say? Or did he hire a white player against the rules?"

"No, it's just that this old slave can't make up his mind, should he be allowed to compete?"

Li Lin laughed, "Who did he invite? What made you so embarrassed?"

"Reporting to the prince, he is a 14-year-old boy who came out of Yonghefang."

Li Lin froze for a moment, "14 years old, Yonghefang?"

Although there is only one word difference between Yonghefang and Yongxingfang where the Wangfu is located, they are the two extremes of Chang'an City, one is the noble royal family's settlement, and the other is Chang'an's famous slums.

Li Lin knew that Yonghefang was a place where the poor lived, but he had never been there, and he didn't feel anything in his heart. However, the 14-year-old boy made him a little curious.

Li Lin pondered for a moment, then said lightly: "As long as you don't violate the rules, you are allowed to participate!"

"The old slave complies!"

After Wang Shouzhong went down, Li Lin said to herself again, "A 14-year-old boy? Only 14 years old!"

His interest was finally piqued.

Li Ye was shocked by the magnificence and size of Prince Ning's Mansion. The mansion covers an area of ​​150 acres, with a majestic lobby and hall, densely packed buildings, brackets and cornices, carved beams and painted buildings, and every corner is exquisite.

There is even a small lake of [-] acres, and there is a small island in the lake. In the island is a Guanyin Pavilion, which enshrines the gilt Guanyin ten feet high.

All kinds of pavilions and pavilions have been built along the lake. The lake is beautiful and beautiful. Of course, there is also a vast grassland for the princess's female relatives to ride horses.

Li Ye was envious of Qiao's mansion before, but only now did he understand how the rich and powerful in the Tang Dynasty lived a luxurious life.

The polo field is to the east of the palace, covering an area of ​​about [-] mu, which is part of the grassland.

There is a three-story stand next to the polo field. The top is where the prince Li Lin, the princess, and their wives and concubines watch the game. The lower floor is where the eunuchs and maids stand. If they want to serve the prince and the princess, they must be very close place.

The next floor is the seats for the guests. The so-called guests are mainly the guest servants, painters, musicians and polo players raised by the prince.

But today the stands on the third floor were empty, only a few polo players and more than 100 servants stood on the sidelines to watch the game.

Li Ye was wearing a royal blue warrior uniform made of fine linen, which was very soft and comfortable to wear.

His family didn't have such clothes, it was prepared for him by Qiao's house, he didn't participate in the martial arts competition, so he didn't wear body armor.

Qiao Xingzhong found an opportunity to explain to Li Ye: "I just got the news that today is Wensai, and I will trouble my nephew to play. The opponent is Xiao Feilong. How much does my nephew know about him?"

Li Ye shook his head, "I don't know anything about him except that he is No.1 on the black list."

"Nephew, don't feel burdened, and don't be intimidated by this so-called No.1 black list. That just means that he has participated in a lot of competitions, and it counts against those students. Real masters don't bother with such low-level players. For competitions, Xiao Feilong's actual polo skills may not be higher than that of his nephew."

"Thank you Uncle Shi for your enlightenment, I will definitely try my best to perform at the highest level."

"My nephew, please beat him!"

Qiao Xingzhong bowed deeply to Li Ye, "The fate of our family rests on my nephew."

There was a wry smile in Li Ye's heart. He said just now that he should not have a psychological burden, but now he put all his strength on himself.

Of course Li Ye also understood that this Uncle Qiao Shi did not deliberately put pressure on himself, but that he himself was too nervous and worried.

At this time, there was a burst of dissatisfied shouts from a distance, "What do you mean, let me compete with a little hairy child, I can't afford to lose face, please ask someone else!"

Needless to say, this must be the little flying dragon who is number one on the black list.

Li Ye quickly glanced at Qiao Xingzhong who was next to him, and seeing that there was a hint of joy on his face, Li Ye immediately understood that Qiao Xingzhong was probably looking forward to this little flying dragon giving up the game and leaving, so that he could win without a fight.

Li Ye suddenly had a feeling that this Uncle Qiao Shi was also very scheming!

"This guy is quite arrogant, he deserves to be number one on the black list!"

The ones talking were the polo players next to them. They were the white players of the Prince Ning Mansion polo team. They were real professional polo players. They were No. 13 in the Datang Polo League last year.

Another person pouted, "Is he also able to call Feilong?"

Li Ye also just learned that Datang's top polo players are Feilong and Liefeng.

The nickname "Little Flying Dragon" is obviously intended to rub off on other people's aura, which is very stupid and very offensive. Your name is "Little Flying Dragon", what are those hundreds of white players?
"Where does he think this is? Chang'an East City? Who has a louder voice!"

A few white ball players said nothing to me, and they have degraded this little flying dragon to nothing.

Perhaps because of the warning, this little flying dragon stopped yelling, this is Prince Ning's mansion, no matter how much he dislikes his opponent, he has to pinch his nose to recognize him.

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion, and someone whispered, "Ah! The prince and concubine are here!"

As soon as Li Ye turned his head, he saw a large group of court ladies and eunuchs appearing in the stands, as well as more than a dozen family guards, they surrounded the masters of the palace: King Si Ning Li Lin and the princess.

Everyone was amazed that the prince would come in person for such a small competition that could not be put on the stage. Could it be because of the little flying dragon?

　Du Fu was very handsome when he was young. You can see that he wrote the first sentence of "Jiangnan Meets Li Guinian", which is often seen in Qiwang's residence.

　　Who is Li Guinian, the number one musician in the world.

　　Who is King Qi, Li Fan, the brother of Tang Xuanzong Li Longji.

　　Since it is common, it means that he often visits King Qi's mansion as a guest, which shows his beauty.

　　It's just that he was unlucky. He traveled too long and failed several imperial examinations, so his future was delayed.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)