Chapter 215: Rice

Cai Cong heard this sneer, a person who has been dead for sixteen years, not only appeared alive, but also learned to rejuvenate himself, and wanted to go to the palace to pray for blessings, if it was not for Li Shimin, Cai Cong gouged out his eyeballs.

"Send someone to inquire about the rivers and lakes, but there are any people with excellent swordsmanship, send someone to monitor Pei's mansion, even if it is a dog drilled out of the dog hole, they will send someone to follow me, I always feel that the smoke of Pei's mansion is too abnormal, and there must be a demon when something goes wrong!" Cai Cong immediately ordered, he is not a jack of all trades, he knows the general trend of history, but there are some things that he cannot know, such as ...... Things that are not recorded in history.

"Yes, the little ones will do it." Xu Jie was about to leave as he spoke.

"Wait a minute."

Cai Cong opened his mouth to stop Xu Jie, thought for a while and said: "Inform Baolai, plant two hundred archers in the Wu Mansion, don't let people find out, send a reliable person to be responsible, if there is any change in Pei Mansion on March 15, I will shoot Pei Mansion into a hornet's nest." ”

Cai Cong said decisively, he already felt unusual, on the fifteenth day, there will definitely be something big happening in Chang'an, and this Pei Mansion is very likely to be the source of turmoil.

The eldest grandson's twenty-ninth birthday, according to her meaning, is naturally simple. But Li Shimin didn't agree! In the first two years, the situation was unstable, coupled with the continuous disasters, there was no big event, and now the four seas are peaceful, and all countries come to the court, and at this time, the birthday of the mother of a country must be done in a big way.

Li Shimin said at the court meeting, hundreds of officials agreed, five out of ten people in the re-audience received the favor of the eldest grandson, and the rest of the people were also moved by her noble personality, even Wei Zheng, a lonely minister, could not bear to object, the first to stand up and agree, you must know that on Li Shimin's birthday in January, he was the first person to stand up against extravagance and waste, and asked Li Shimin if he had been the emperor for two years and forgot all about the people's suffering? This time, I stood up to support the eldest grandson's birthday, which was really unexpected by everyone.

However, it was also a great joy to see the ministers supporting Li Shimin, and ordered all officials above the fifth grade to bring their wives into the palace on the 15th to celebrate the birthday of the eldest grandson, and on the same day, Chang'an lifted the curfew and allowed the people to stay up all night.

Li Chengqian hasn't come to Cai Cong for a long time, and I heard that he wrote a longevity post in the East Palace in his spare time, and wanted to write 10,000 longevity characters before the birthday of the eldest grandson to seek blessings for the eldest grandson.

For this reason, Li Shimin didn't know how many times he said sour words, and the eldest grandson proudly stuffed grapes into her husband's mouth. Li Tai is also mysterious, saying that he wants to prepare a gift for his eldest grandson, and he hasn't been here since Guan Cai Cong asked for a few craftsmen last month.

A few days passed in a hurry, the fifteenth day of Chang'an was extremely noisy, and the people were also festive, in the early years, the queen mother in order to save money and help the people, the skirt could not even cover the foot, they were grateful in their hearts. Today's birthday banquet is going to be organized, and the whole world celebrates, and they are also happy for the queen.

"Merchant, how much does your mat cost? I want to buy three. ”

"Ten pieces of paper, you see that this is all made of carefully selected salt grass, and there is definitely not a single hair."

"Yo! It's unfortunate, there are only twenty-two Wen on him, so let's come back another day! ”

"It's okay, twenty-two is twenty-two, today's queen mother's birthday, happy for her old man, it's okay to earn a few less, the most important thing is to celebrate."

The peddler laughed, took three sheets from the mat and bundled them together, handed them to the buyer, and took the copper coin from his hand.

This kind of thing can be seen everywhere along the way, and even Taibailou has played a slogan of praying for Niangniang, and all dishes are only half price.

Cai Cong is happy to see it, but there is a place where he can't stand it, the seven or eight-year-old baby is called the old man, and the seventy or eighty-year-old man is also the queen's mother, her old man, who doesn't know, thinks that the eldest grandson is a centenarian!

The palace is even more lively, the officials dragged their families and mouths, entered the palace, first went to the Taiji Palace, kowtowed to the eldest grandson to celebrate his birthday, and then the men stayed, the women went to the Lizheng Palace, and the eldest grandson met with the hundred officials, and he would go to talk to the noblewomen.

Li Chengqian knelt down and kowtowed to the eldest grandson three times, and under the gaze of the ministers, he showed ten big longevity characters, each longevity character is composed of a thousand small longevity characters, the font is neat and rigorous, and it took a lot of thought at a glance. The eldest grandson was speechless with satisfaction, his eldest son Wen Taowu was outstanding, and his filial piety was incomparable.

The ministers congratulated in unison, the prince is so benevolent and filial piety, it is the blessing of the heavenly family, the blessing of the people, the eldest grandson smiled from ear to ear, and asked people to hang these ten big characters in the most conspicuous place.

Li Tai and other princes studying in the academy jointly sent a fire protection jacket, which is a snow-white long skirt made of Huanhuo cloth by them, the ministers were envious, Huanhuo cloth was there before Qin, but it has rarely been seen for thousands of years, such a beautiful Huanhuo skirt is a rare treasure!

Next, the ministers presented gifts, and no matter how many the eldest grandsons were, they all smiled, without a trace of unhappiness or unusual happiness. It wasn't until Wei Zheng offered five hundred gold and pastries made by his old mother that the eldest grandson was finally moved.

Leaving his seat, he got up and said: "Wei Aiqing, incorruptible as water, offering five hundred gold, I'm afraid that I will have to be poor for a long time, and this pastry, Ling Tang is afraid that he will get up late at night and flour, this friendship really touches the mourning family." Spread the will of the mourning family and give ......"

"Thank you for your kindness, please don't give any reward to the minister. The minister offered 500 gold, and Cheng Guogong offered 500 gold, it is the same as a heart, I never thought of getting any reward, if the mother is rewarded because the minister's family is poor, it will make a bad start, and others will do what they like in the future, and there will be no sincerity in front of the superior. ”

Before the eldest grandson's words could be said, Wei Zheng bowed down and said. The eldest grandson smiled and said: "This palace knows your majesty's state of mind against the Qing family today, although you can't get off the stage, but I also ask Wei Qing to speak up more in the future, and spur Your Majesty and this palace not to make mistakes for me." ”

"Thank you for your words."

Wei Zheng said and retreated, everyone looked at Cai Cong, and even Li Shimin looked at him directly, wanting to see what Cai Cong would come up with as a gift.

Cai Cong shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands and said that he didn't bring anything, the eldest grandson immediately smiled a little hard, Li Shimin and Li Chengqian threatened Cai Cong fiercely with their eyes, you sell it again, see how I clean you up later!

The eyes of the two were like wolves, and Cai Cong hurriedly said: "What the minister wants to offer is Xiangrui, the minister has been killing all these years, this hand is full of blood, so he will not touch Xiangrui, and the minister's sister and apprentice will offer Xiangrui to the mother." ”

"Xiangrui? This palace remembers that His Majesty decreed last year that no auspicious rui should be offered, Cai Cong, have you forgotten? The eldest grandson said lightly, he actually dared to lose his face and sell his son, was he afraid that he would not clean him up?

"Hehe, Niangniang, this auspicious rui is very different from other people's families, if you see it, you will definitely like it very much." Cai Cong said confidently, and the eldest grandson glanced at him and nodded to indicate that he could offer it.

After a while, Chu Yao and Wu Mei laboriously carried a basket to the hall.

"Meet Your Majesty, meet Niangniang."

The two of them said in milky voices, and reached out to wipe the sweat on their foreheads, which was indescribably cute. The eldest grandson smiled when he saw the two of them, and asked softly, "I heard that you are carrying Xiangrui, is this true?" ”

"This is fake Xiangrui, I told my brother that I can't do this, but he just won't listen. This rice is not good enough! Chu Yao's words were amazing, and the ministers were shocked, Cai Cong was actually sold by his sister?

"Cai Cong, what's going on? You take rice as auspicious, do you think the queen has never seen rice? Li Shimin couldn't sit still now, and asked Cai Cong to give an answer.

(End of chapter)