Chapter Eighty-Seven When shall one lie drunken? (II)
Word Number:159
Author:一曲雨霖铃
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Release Time:2025-10-08
I bade Hsi-ho temper her chariot, and urged the sun to linger at Yan-zi. The road is long and winding; I shall search it high and low. I let my horses drink at the brackish pool, and hitch my reins at Fusang. I’d break a branch to fan the sun, and roam carefree like shepherds. I sent Wang Shu to lead the way, and Fei Lian to speed behind. The phoenix warned me first; the thunder-god told me I was not yet ready. I bade the phoenix rise by day and night, To scatter the winds and summon the rainbow-clouds to bear me. After Princess Taiping’s death, the Emperor Xuanzong made Liu Youqiu chancellor and changed the era name to Kaiyuan. At the same time he ordered Chen Xuanli to purge the old factions. During the investigation the governor of Jiangzhou, Wu Youzhi (a nephew of Wu Zetian), died of illness; his daughter Wu was sent back