When the queen is not in the palace all day long, women generally do not attend important occasions, but important occasions that belong to women are not within this range.

Li Daozong's mother celebrated her 60th birthday and did not make a noise, but there were still many people who came to congratulate her, all of whom were the top wives of the big family.

Li Daozong is also a meritorious prince of the clan anyway, although he no longer mixes with the military because of physical reasons, but is transferred to Taichangqing, but his old mother's birthday, Xun Guiqun still remembers.

Weddings, birthdays, full moons, and first birthdays, these are the most important things for the noble group, and Li Daozong can not say it in order to avoid colleagues breaking the bank, but those who should come to congratulate them still have to come to the door.

Because the ladies of the top families gathered together, no matter who the men were, they could not mix in it, even the emperor.

Therefore, the one who came to congratulate on behalf of the emperor became the eldest grandson.

As the empress, the eldest grandson will be the central figure and the object of compliments wherever he goes, with men respecting the emperor and women respecting the queen.

"Oh, Queen Mother, the smell on your body is so good, so quiet, it should be orchid fragrance. It's a pity that we can only take orange peel and other lavender every day, and after a long time of smoking, the smell changes, which is strange and unpleasant. ”

"That's it, and your hairpin, God, I just wanted to ask when I was a concubine outside the house, what kind of stone is this? Brighter than a golden hairpin. ”

"The queen's figure is still the same as before, not like a concubine, and she is as fat as a ball when she gives birth to a child."

....

After accepting a bunch of compliments from the first and second grades, seeing that the queen was a little disgusted, Princess Hejian and Princess Jiangxia confessed, pushed away the chattering women, and invited the eldest grandson to sit down.

The eldest grandson accepted the benefits of his son, so he naturally wanted to help his son publicize it.

After sitting down, the eldest grandson held the teacup and said, "You guys, in order to streamline the use of the palace and set an example for the people of the world, the skirts worn in the palace now are all exposed, not to mention covering the orchids with clothes for incense." This smell is actually emitted by something called perfume. ”

After saying that, the eldest grandson drank the tea slowly, as if he had not seen the anxious eyes of the women.

Finally, when the queen finished drinking the tea, Princess Jiangxia asked, "Queen Mother, what is this perfume?" Why haven't we heard of it before? ”

Seeing that these women were all stretching out their ears and waiting for the result, the eldest grandson smiled secretly in his heart, but still explained truthfully: "Actually, this thing was presented to the palace by the prince, and I heard that it takes a lot of flowers to make it, and it is very expensive." Hongu felt that this thing was not easy to make, it was too luxurious, so he didn't ask for much, but he asked for a small bottle of each flavor. If it weren't for the old princess's birthday today, the palace would not have sprinkled it. ”

What the prince made?

The women looked at each other, but it was not strange to think about the coal stove, wheelchairs, and other things, since those things could be made by the prince, perfume, it was not a big deal. It's just a pity that this is given to the queen by the prince, who is a son, if it is sold, it will definitely have to buy dozens of bottles! I don't care how much it is!

You must know that in order not to be ashamed of coming out today, their clothes were smoked more than a dozen times before they chose the most suitable taste.

Princess Hejian smiled: "Since it is something given to you by the crown prince, I will die, but it's a pity that money can't buy such a good thing." ”

"This is not necessarily, this palace saw that there were still a lot of princes, and I heard that he wanted to sell them in exchange for some money and food for the academy to continue to expand. I just don't know how he's going to sell it. Oh, by the way, this hairpin in this palace is also made by the prince to find a skilled craftsman who will be the supervisor, and this palace only picks the best one, and the rest will be sold. ”

The eldest grandson's words caused an uproar among the women.

Will it sell?

Since it must have its price when it is sold, as long as it is not a priceless treasure and can be solved with money, then it is not a problem, let alone a jewelry perfume similar to that used by the queen, although it will be a little worse, but it is almost a little bit more comfortable to use yourself, isn't it?

At present, many women have already thought about buying.

Having said that, it's good to say that more will make it seem that she is the prince's accomplice. After the eldest grandson made up his mind not to let these women break the bank, he even complained about himself.

Compared with women's meetings, men's meetings are much more boring. Because the Jiangxia palace was occupied by women, the men's family could only gather in the Taiji Hall to hold a banquet.

Because it is close to Xiao Nian, this is also the last banquet of the emperor before the year.

At the banquet, an outgoing thorn attracted Li Chengqian's attention.

Samurai!

This guy made a fortune in business during the Sui Dynasty, and also funded Emperor Taishang Jinyang to raise troops and pacify Chang'an with the emperor's army. Because of these achievements, during the Wude period, he was able to be listed as one of the "Taiyuan Yuanmou Meritorious Heroes", and the official was the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and he was awarded the title of Duke of Yingguo. However, after the emperor ascended the throne, he degraded or abolished officials like Duan Lun who had an empty name, but did not actually have such actual merits as a bloody battle. Wu Shi Yan is like this, obviously he is the Duke of Yingguo, but he was exiled to serve as the governor of Yuzhou, Lizhou and Jingzhou.

However, the samurai also had the means, because he was born close to the common people, so he understood the common people, and the decrees issued were in line with the will of the people. No matter where he is an official, he can win the love of the people.

Now that people are in office in Jingzhou, there is a lot of joy under the rule, and there is naturally a book of all people. It is also because of these merits that his "Ying Guogong" card is only in the middle of the emperor's noble wall, which is not up or down, and can be preserved.

Now he is summoned to Beijing to report on his work, mainly to commend him for his hard work in office. After the commendation, I have to go back. After all, retaining his title is already the emperor's net. The achievements of Yuzhou, Lizhou and Jingzhou may have allowed him to be promoted, but they were still not enough to exchange for the title of duke.

"No knighthood will be awarded for non-military merits and non-major merits", this is the meaning that the emperor revealed intentionally or unintentionally after ascending the throne.

"Wu Aiqing governs the place, works hard, and gives a glass of wine to comfort the hard work!"

As soon as Li Shimin spoke, a eunuch poured out a glass of wine from the emperor's wine pot and handed it to the warriors in the room.

The samurai was inexplicably surprised, kneeling on the ground with a wine glass and said loudly: "For the country and the people, how dare you say that you are hard, thank Your Majesty for your appreciation, Weichen will definitely live up to Your Majesty's trust!" ”

With that, he drained the wine in the cup in one gulp.

However, the warrior in Jingzhou didn't know what the high-grade wine in the capital was like, so he drank a glass of it violently, and immediately spit it out, choking and coughing.

It was obviously a scandalous scene, but none of the ministers above the hall laughed out loud.

This is a great disrespect! The emperor gives wine, even if it is poisonous wine, the courtiers have to lick the cup clean, not to mention spit out the wine now, or in front of the minister of civil and military affairs. Even if the emperor was in a bad mood to punish him, no one would stop him.

It was not easy to catch his breath, and the samurai could only kneel on the ground again, claiming to be a capital crime.

I couldn't bear to see a meritorious minister being punished, so Wei Zheng was about to come out and say something, but he saw that the prince had already stood up.

Different from the serious ministers, Li Chengqian said with a smile: "The eunuch of Yingguo is outside, so naturally I don't know that Chang'an is highly alcoholic, don't say it's you, even the old ghost of the wine field, and you have to adapt to it before you can drink it in a big gulp." ”

After speaking, Li Chengqian arched his hand to Li Shimin and said: "Father, Ying Guogong doesn't know the power of high wine, and he drinks heroically, and he also feels the painstaking gift of my emperor. ”

Li Shimin, who was on the throne, was still a little displeased, but when he heard Li Chengqian say this, he smiled.

"Wu Aiqing's loyalty, I know it, just according to the prince's words, I will punish three glasses of wine!"

The emperor's decision was made, and the ministers laughed.

The samurai who escaped the catastrophe bowed to the prince before he picked up the three glasses of wine, and this time he didn't dare to pour it with his neck up.

After Li Chengqian sat down, he listened to the eldest grandson Wuji beside him say: "This rescue scene is beautiful, not only alleviating the death of Wu Shiyan, but also coaxing His Majesty to be happy, just a few words, not bad." ”

Today's eldest grandson Wuji is also in a good mood, and he was drunk not long after the banquet.

Li Chengqian smiled, arched his hand and whispered: "I heard that my father plans to let Yu Zhangxia marry Brother Chong, and now we are close to each other, and my nephew is here to congratulate my uncle." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji lowered his voice and smiled, in fact, what he cared about most was not which princess the emperor married, but the emperor's attitude towards his family. Relatives have always been the target of the imperial power, but the eldest grandson's family is different, as a former friend of the emperor, he has always been only trusted. If it weren't for the queen's sister who felt that his promotion to Shangshu was in danger of flowers and brocade, he would have become a Shangshu servant at this time, and he would have been in power.

Although the eldest grandson Wuji smiled, he said sternly with his uncle's shelf in a blink of an eye: "It's okay to study more political affairs, and always inquire about what these are doing." Your Majesty ordered me, Wei Zheng, and Fang Xuanling to take turns to go to the East Palace to teach you how to handle government affairs, and now that you have your own seal, you should be mature and steady in doing things! ”

Although he was dissatisfied with the chatter of this old bastard, Li Chengqian could only be taught.

In addition, when it comes to the seal of the prince, he is angry, the seal has been engraved for so long, but when he got it, he found that the small one was similar to the seal of the Ministry of Finance in later generations, and the craftsman wanted to engrave the words "Li Chengqian, the prince of the East Palace" on the seal with such a big circle of thumb and index finger, and the difficulty can be imagined. In addition, the carving of jade takes time, and it will be discarded directly if it is obsolete and it is no wonder that it takes so long.

Now that the seal is in hand, he, as the crown prince, can also officially get involved in political affairs. Although it is only for reference, although the weight of a prince in the circle is small, it is not nothing.

The feast of the day was held for a long time, and it was not until the emperor was overwhelmed that he declared it over.

Seeing the emperor's father holding his head and struggling, Li Chengqian knew that this guy's wind disease, that is, high blood pressure, had committed it again. Sun Simiao's medical advice is not forbidden to eat big fish and meat, and it is forbidden to drink alcohol, but this bastard always doesn't take it to heart.

Thinking that he would most likely be plagued by high blood pressure in the future, Li Chengqian had a headache.

If you have time to worry about it later, it is better to develop good living habits from now on.

I never thought that I still had such self-discipline before, every day when the sky was slightly bright, I got up, first running, then fencing, archery, and boxing.

In the end, the injured calf was defeated by the young man's strong recovery power, and with the sparring partners of Zhang Yun and Ashina Xue, he only felt that he had become the master he had once fantasized.

"Your Highness, the clerk of the Ministry of War."

Wiping his sweat, Li Chengqian reached out and took the paperwork handed over by Zhang Yun.

But after reading it, he couldn't help but scold: "Damn Du Ruhui recognized the prince's personal rate of the pit, why has the task of clearing the beasts on the periphery of the Qinling Mountains always fallen on the head of the prince's personal rate?" In two days, it will be a small year, and let the soldiers go out in the cold wind of the wax moon, wouldn't it be to pit people to death! ”

Yu Tai was on the side, and when he saw that the prince was furious, he said: "Your Highness, you injured your leg last year, and the prince himself led the beasts in the grassland and the Qinling Mountains for two years. The subordinates heard that in the villages close to the Qinling Mountains, there are always fierce beast attacks, and when entering the mountains in winter, Lai Guogong just has no brains, and he will not issue such an order. Why don't you take a second look, maybe just clean up around the village? ”

Yu Taidu said so, and Li Chengqian could only continue to watch. Sure enough, the order only cleared the mountains and forests around the village, and did not ask for access to the mountains. But even so, it's a pit man.

This year, the officials sealed the pen early, and there is no need to think about it, Du Lao Thief has now sealed the big seal of the military department, and then sneaked home to wait for the New Year. Even if you want to refute this order, you can't do it.

No, this is not an order, Lao Tzu's prince is the private army of the prince of the East Palace, and it is not under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, and your Ministry of War can only suggest, but not order!

But if you lose this paperwork....

Thinking about the villagers who were attacked by wild beasts, Li Chengqian sighed, and decided to take the rotten watermelon thrown by Du Ruhui.

"Since you go, then you will go, gather all the soldiers who go home on vacation, send a letter to King Wu, send a letter to Geng Guogong, this time let's go to more people, what the military department has thrown is a mess, but we can't take it as an order, just as a winter hunt!"

Ordered to clear the beasts and the winter hunt, the meaning of the two is very different.

Even Zhang Yun smiled and said: "Your Highness's archery skills have improved by leaps and bounds, and it is time to try, and the slave will prepare a bow and arrow for you!" ”

Looking at the annoying handwriting on the paperwork, Li Chengqian took the document back to the study, wrote the words "Old thief Du, you bastard" on it, and then stamped the prince's seal, and instructed Fang Sheng to take the six documents and seal them.

Although this is a good opportunity to go out of the palace and play, the resistance that should be done still has to be done.

Yu Tai delivered the letter shortly after.

Approaching the end of the year, the college was also on vacation, and he was trapped in King Wu's mansion and had no interest, and he was about to jump up happily after learning the news of the winter hunt. Feng Ang is the same, in order to learn more from the classics of the Central Plains, he simply lived in Chang'an, but as the uncrowned king of Lingnan, there were still 2,000 soldiers under his command, but he didn't dare to move in Chang'an City, for fear of causing a fishy shame. Living in Lingnan, he is even more afraid of the cold, and after studying for a long time, he always wants to move his muscles and bones, and Li Chengqian's invitation is exactly what he wants.

"You're going hunting? I want to go too. ”

Looking at Ashina Xue dressed in a skirt, it was difficult for Li Chengqian to say anything to refuse.

"Then go, but you have to change into a soldier's clothes so that you don't be recognized. Knowing that you actually miss your brother, I can have someone pick him up, and you two can have a good chat during the few days of hunting. ”

Ashina Xue immediately became happy, and went to change her clothes after shouting.

Not only is she happy, Li Chengqian is also very happy, there will not be many opportunities to leave the palace in the future, how to go against the grain, and turn losses into advantages, is the way to survive.

The assembly place led by the prince was in front of the East Palace, and after the team arrived, Li Chengqian set off with Ashina Xue.

Pick up Li Ke and his guards at Fengle Fang, and pick up Feng An, Feng Zhidai and their grandfather's deployment at Kaimingfang. Then, walk along Suzaku Street and exit from Myeongdeokmon. Under the weak gaze of the city gate officials, the team of more than 4,000 people left in a mighty manner. What he knew was that the prince led the team to clear out the beasts that disturbed the people, and those who didn't know thought who was going to rebel.

The weather was very cold, but after leaving Chang'an, everyone was very happy.

Feng Ang was in high spirits at this time, and he didn't see the slightest fear of cold: "Your Highness, it's a long way to Qinling, since the baggage has been transported to the village near Qinling, why don't we wait for the horses to gallop wildly?" ”

Seeing that Feng Ang was going to race a horse, Li Ke hurriedly said: "Geng Guogong doesn't know, the imperial brother has fallen from the horse twice, almost endangering his life, and now he can return to the horse, he is already a man of great temperament, let's hurry slowly." ”

Hearing Li Ke say this, Feng Ang could only confess.

"What is Feng Xuan's crime, in fact, Lone also wants to try the feeling of galloping on a horse, and he has been walking slowly and leisurely, which is not considered to break the heart barrier. We're still.... it! ”

Before he could finish speaking, a hot teapot was thrown out of the passing carriage, and coincidentally fell right onto the horse under his crotch.

Thanks to the gentle temperament of this mare, although it was hot, it still did not run wildly.

"There are assassins!"

As soon as Yu Tai shouted, he led the soldiers with his own hands, unsheathed his sword, wound his bow, and forced the carriage to stop.

As for Zhang Yun, he had already rushed over with a knife in a menacing manner.

This teapot is so accurate, if it weren't for the prince's good character, I'm afraid the tragedy would have happened again.

Li Chengqian was in no mood to care who was in the carriage, so he hurriedly used his sleeve to help the horse dry the water traces, and he was distressed. In any case, this horse has been with him for a long time, and his confidence in riding a horse is found in it.

In addition, is the special mother's Lao Tzu really in conflict with the horse? This is the third time!

It was not easy to calm the horse, and when I turned my head, I saw a man and three women kneeling on the ground, trembling under Zhang Yun's scimitar.

Just about to get angry, he found that the long-bearded man who was kneeling on the ground was a little familiar.

"Samurai Yan, Your Highness saved your life at the banquet yesterday, and today you will assassinate, tsk, tsk, and you will take revenge!"

Zhang Yun ignored Feng An's words, what about Ying Guogong in front of him? Even if it's a prince, he has to ask things clearly!

"Samurai! Who sent you to assassinate His Highness? Tell me the mastermind behind you, the miscellaneous family can make you die a happy death! ”