got the answer she wanted, and Concubine Wu Hui asked the five little ladies to go down to rest. Princess Xianyi was about to say something, but Concubine Wu Hui interrupted: "Don't you still want to go and see your Aya?" I'll talk about it when you get back. ”

After all, Princess Xianyi was still a girl, so she went recklessly and rushed back in a hurry.

"How is it so fast?" Concubine Wu Hui said strangely.

Princess Xianyi smiled: "Aya was talking to Ah Weng about business, and specially asked me to touch my hand, and said that Ah Weng would watch him pour several bowls of ginger soup, so that Ah Niang and I must rest assured, so I came back." ”

The word "Ah Weng" refers to Xiao Jiangyuan.

"What are they talking about, do you hear a thing or two?" Concubine Wu Hui asked casually.

Princess Xianyi said: "I'm talking about revising the law, Emperor Gaozong's "Yonghui Law" has been used for many years, and it seems that some laws and regulations are inappropriate, and it just so happens that the current prime minister is Zhang Dacai, and Aya probably wants him to be in charge of this matter." ”

"What do you say?"

"Before my daughter could hear it, she was driven back."

Xiao Jiangyuan's closeness to Pei Niangzi and the promotion of Li Linfu, Concubine Wu Hui is deaf and clear-sighted, so she can naturally see it, and of course she can also see that since Li Linfu became the prime minister, Xiao Jiangyuan immediately withdrew all the help and honestly became the eunuch of the Son of Heaven. Concubine Wu Hui didn't know whether to say that she was too cautious and only knew how to protect herself, or whether to say that she was an upright official and never made a mistake.

The revision of the law is a success, Xiao Jiangyuan doesn't care about this matter, but Concubine Wu Hui has to plan well for Li Linfu. After all, Li Linfu is on the side of King Shou, since she said that she would do her best to defend King Shou, then she will do her best to give him more power, so that he can do more and more things, so that King Shou is getting closer and closer to the position of the crown prince?

"A-Niang, A-Niang?"

Hearing her daughter call herself, Concubine Wu Hui came back to her senses and her expression became gentle again. She helped her daughter undress and wash with her own hands, and then took her daughter to the couch: "These five little ladies, what do you think?" ”

Princess Xianyi said curiously: "A-Niang, do you still need to ask me?" ”

"That Yang family Yuhuan is indeed very outstanding, but I want to choose a wife for Eighteen Lang, and I can't just look at this. If you only seek beauty, there are countless women who are more beautiful than her, why did Wei Niang choose these five people, don't you understand? ”

"I naturally know that A-Niang's options are limited. The big clan that is too powerful, don't say that you can't say that you can't pass Ayana, are you willing to marry my Wu clan, or do you want to say, how proud A-Niang is, how can she be condescending? As she spoke, she was pointed at her forehead by her mother, Princess Xianyi shrunk her neck and smiled coquettishly, "But the poor family is not worthy of Eighteen Lang, thinking about it, it is still those who have been married to Li Wu and both families, and they were once famous families, are the most suitable." Among them, the most suitable is the Hongnong Yang family, as early as before, the Li and Yang families had in-laws, almost from generation to generation for many years, and the mother of the Empress Zetian back then, wasn't she also the daughter of the Hongnong Yang family? ”

Although Hongnong Yang's family has declined now, the five little ladies selected are all from distant side branches, but camels are always bigger than horses, and Hongnong Yang's four words still have weight.

"I have to say that in addition to this jade ring, the other four are indeed a little angry." Concubine Wu Hui sighed, "But this jade ring ...... I always felt that she was a little stupid and not aggressive. ”

Princess Xianyi had a good impression of these five people: "I can't say that. Since Empress Zetian, our Datang women have become more and more confident. Those four didn't necessarily want to get in the way of Sister Yuhuan, but they were too responsible. As for Sister Yuhuan...... It's a bit silly, but that's what makes her cute. According to her daughter's view, she is not necessarily really stupid, A-Niang thinks about it carefully, the finale has always been the most eye-catching, no matter how the four little ladies do, aren't they smart but are mistaken by being smart? Besides, if those four stop her, we won't see her? There is still more than a month before my daughter's wedding, and as a bridesmaid, they not only have to learn etiquette, but also get along with me day and night. ”

Concubine Wu Hui felt quite reasonable, and couldn't help touching her daughter's hair lovingly, and sighed: "It seems that A-Niang is old, and I have to ask you to understand the thoughts of young girls of your generation." ”

Princess Xianyi hurriedly said: "A-Niang is not old at all. ”

"Then you say...... This princess of Shou is none other than Yang Yuhuan? ”

"My daughter thinks Yuhuan is suitable, but she doesn't look at her appearance at all, for two reasons: one is her family background, and the other is her personality. There is no need to talk about family history. This character, the younger brother is quiet, the jade ring is smart, and it is perfect to be still and move. ”

Concubine Wu Hui's expression became a little more serious, and her tone was a little lower: "Then she ...... Can you be the crown princess? ”

Princess Xianyi had already realized her mother's thoughts, so she was not surprised. She even supports her mother a lot, and hopes that her younger brother can become the crown prince, otherwise the current prince brother will always look at their sister and brother unpleasantly, and he doesn't know what will happen in the future.

Princess Xianyi didn't answer in a hurry, but asked rhetorically: "Ah Niang, do you think the sister-in-law of the Xue family is worthy of being the crown princess?" ”

Crown Prince Li Hong was crowned the crown princess in May last year.

Concubine Wu Hui shook her head and said with a smile: "I understand, you mean to say that these five little ladies, including Yuhuan, are actually not worthy of being the crown princess." Oh, yes...... Not to mention that the crown princess is the future **, I have high hopes for Eighteen Lang, and naturally I hope to have a good woman to assist him and accompany him for life, but if that woman is too suitable to be the crown princess, you are afraid that you will not allow it. ”

"And Yuhuan is not only the best one among the five, but also much better than my sisters-in-law in terms of appearance. Eighteen Lang is too quiet on weekdays, he doesn't fight or grab, with this gorgeous wife, let him be in the limelight for a while, and also take the top spot among the princes, does A-Niang think it's not good? ”

Concubine Wu Hui thought for a while and said, "Who is better looking than Yuhuan and A-Niang?" ”

"In the eyes of her daughter, naturally A-Niang is better-looking."

Concubine Wu Hui involuntarily touched her green silk that had not yet shown white hair, and then stroked her cheeks that were not sagging, and sighed faintly: "You are used to coaxing motherhood." is almost forty years old, how old is Yuhuan, how can it be compared? After thinking about it, she shook her head again, "No, it has nothing to do with age, even if my mother is more than ten years younger, she is still not as good-looking as her." ”

Princess Xianyi was puzzled: "Aya likes A-Niang, and it's not just because of her appearance, A-Niang is resourceful, hasn't Aya ever admired it?" Ah Niang often warns her daughter that she must not be the one who judges people by their appearance and does things with sex, how can she still have the trouble of appearance tonight? ”

"For those concubines on weekdays, after all, most of them are old people who have been with each other for many years, so I don't think so. Today, I saw five cardamom girls, who are still the candidate princesses of Eighteen Lang, and only then did I find out that I seem to be really a little old......" Concubine Wu Hui couldn't help laughing at herself, "Maybe a woman has reached the age of being a mother, no matter who she is, she will feel this way." ”

"Aya is a little old, too."

"That's no nonsense!"

"My daughter didn't talk nonsense. Aya has so many daughters-in-law and sons-in-law, and there are also a lot of grandchildren, and they can't live in the palace, so they simply rushed to live outside the palace to live in the Ten Kings' Mansion and the Hundred Grandchildren's Courtyard - it's all like this, why aren't you old? ”

According to the custom, the adult prince must leave the palace and no longer live in the palace. In the Kaiyuan period, because there were too many princes and princesses, and because Li Longji himself was the prince and even the throne that he obtained with his son over his father, although he still advocated late marriage for his daughter, he was always worried about his son, so he often let his son out of the cabinet without waiting for his son to get married or become an adult.

He was also worried that his children and grandchildren would have restless thoughts after they had their own palaces and soldiers, so he directly built the Ten Kings' Mansion outside Anguo Temple, and later built a hundred grandsons' houses outside the Ten Kings' Mansions to let the children and grandchildren live in a centralized manner.

"And...... Although Aya is as strong as ever, and he always plays the best game of polo and cockfighting, he still has some wrinkles on his face, especially when he smiles, the corners of his eyes are very obvious, and he has a few gray hairs on his temples, but what do the courtiers say? They all said that Aya was mature, sophisticated, steady and reliable. ”

Listening to her daughter's final words, her tone was full of dissatisfaction, quite like her own youthful demeanor, Concubine Wu Hui raised her eyebrows and smiled: "Yes, this world is so unfair." If there are traces of time, it is mature on the face of a man, and it is called old on the face of a woman. ”

"That's it!"

"Still, you're really good-looking—even when you're old."

Princess Xianyi: "......"

The position of Princess Shou was decided in the night talk between Concubine Wu Hui's mother and daughter. As for the other four little ladies, Concubine Wu Hui planned to wait for Princess Xianyi's wedding, and then let her son take a look, if there was anything she liked, she would accept them together, but she didn't want to talk to her son about it the next day, and her son, who had always been obedient and obedient, had his own idea for the first time:

"A-Niang, now that the candidate has been decided, there is no need to look at it anymore."

This made Concubine Wu Hui unsure of her son's mind: "Are you unhappy because A-Niang is the master for you, or do you ...... in your heart Got someone else? ”

The swan song of the Tang Dynasty