Chapter 416 Shangyuan Lantern

In the eighth year of Zhenguan, after defeating the Tuyuhun of the Xianbei Murong branch, the Tubo Songtsan Gampo was complacent, and took advantage of the situation to ask the Tang Dynasty for peace, Taizong Li Shimin refused, and the Tubo army was defeated by sending troops to the Tang army, and Hou Junji defeated the Tubo, beheaded a thousand people in Songzhou, and the Tubo soldiers retreated.

But in the second year after the defeat of Tubo, some party members who were attached to the Tang Dynasty rebelled against the Tang Dynasty and attached themselves to Tuyuhun, and Taizong immediately sent troops to conscript.

Zhenguan nine years, the twenty-ninth month of the month, the month ago broke Xianbei Murong a Tugu Hun Li Jing and others with the troops to return to the dynasty, Taizong in the Taiji Hall to see, and the edict of civil and military, after the reward, the next day to seal the book, the Tugu Hun Lord Murong Yun's grandson Nuo Hao bowl as the khan.

On the first day of the first lunar month, after an orderly worship of the ancestors, Tang Taizong Li Shimin ushered in his tenth year in power.

Since his accession to the throne, he has advocated conquest in the army, constantly expanded his territory, advocated peace and security in government, and has been supported by the people.

However, at the same time that the world tends to be stable, the worries are breeding, outside, there is the Tibetan Songtsen Gampur and expansion, and the Western Turks are fighting, and the eastern nomads are gradually rising, and inside, with the people living and working in peace and contentment, the concept of the scholar family is high, and the descendants of the Tang Dynasty officials who fought the world tend to grow into adulthood, and the wind of arrogance and luxury also begins to grow.

Taizong is in the prime of life, and there are four of his sons who are adults, except for the Chu king Li Kuan, but the three sons have all been hidden in contention, because the prince, the king of Wu, and the king of Wei have their own strengths and weaknesses, it is difficult to distinguish the consequences, and some of the ministers in the court are on the sidelines, and the other part begins to stand in line in advance, choosing to serve their masters.

But no matter what, this seemingly peaceful Chang'an City has gradually begun to smell of turmoil.

Shangyuan, the day of the full moon, the Lantern Festival renamed since Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, to the Tang Dynasty, has been a major entertainment festival, and to the seventeenth day of the first month, it is full of three days, the night does not fall lights, people do not thank the household, the street does not ban, and the square does not close the market.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, early in the morning, Chang'an City was not as lively as before, each family cleaned the courtyard early, replaced the brand-new lanterns prepared a few days ago, and the street and alley vendors also came out generously.

Outside the palace is lively, the palace is not deserted, the palaces and halls have hung up the lamps and lanterns made in the palace before the dawn, all according to the different needs of the masters of each hall, the princesses and princes who have not yet reached adulthood like to hang some animal styles in the courtyard, the older ones are more elegant, and there are personally inscribed words and painted.

If you want to say that the most lively day in the palace of the whole year, it is today, that is, naughty and playful, and I am not afraid of the mouthy subordinates to sue the emperor and queen, because the result is mostly laughed off by the two.

Compared with the liveliness of the palace, the most deserted place in the imperial city belongs to the Qionglin Palace, which is located on the side of the imperial garden.

"Click", "click", "click", I don't know whether it is the sound of the stone bumping, or the sound of falling chess on the board, it sounded all morning, but fortunately there was no one in the hall, so I didn't feel strange.

"One thousand four hundred and ninety-seven... Fifteen hundred" Yi Yu picked up the soybeans in the bamboo basket on the right hand side to the bamboo basket on the left hand side for the last time, breathed a sigh of relief, retracted his hand and looked helplessly at the three fingers that had been grinding out calluses for several days, then clenched his fists one by one, and counted them again.

If you ask her why she wants to do this, it will be mentioned that on the first day of the first lunar month, Li Tai came back from the sacrifice day. I don't know where to find a basket of beans, so I asked her to pick it up from five hundred, and asked why, just to see that she was bored, to find something to do with her, but this palace is really boring, leaving the pharmacy, she can only write and draw some recipes on paper every day, so she did not refuse.

At first, Yu Yu was a little worried, after all, her fingers can be regarded as the root of life, in case she does too much grinding blood, it will be terrible, but after a few days of seeing the cocoon, she knew that she was worried in vain.

After clenching his fists two hundred times in a row, he finished today's "homework" and looked out the window, but it was already lunchtime, but Li Tai, who had been summoned by the emperor early in the morning, was still nowhere to be seen.

Just when she was a little hungry, she was going to eat some snacks, Ah Sheng bypassed the screen and walked into the inner hall, glanced at the beans on the table, smiled secretly, and said to the little eunuch who was dressed in the regular clothes but did not look easy:

"Lunch is ready, the master thinks it was left by the emperor, you can eat first."

This is not the first time in a few days that Li Tai has been left by the emperor to eat, after leaving the jade to clean his hands, he went to eat alone, there is no one in this hall, there is Ah Sheng to take care of, she is not afraid of being seen A little eunuch ate the master's things.

said that he was staying for lunch, but Li Tairen came back at dusk, and he didn't see the jade in the front hall, so he walked straight to the study, and sure enough, he found her reading a book inside.

"Go clean up, wait for us to get out of the palace."

When Yi Yu heard the voice, he clasped the book, looked up and said, "Didn't you go back at seventeen?" ”

Li Tai walked to the window, opened the window, and let her see the red and yellow lights in the palace from the back of the palace, and said: "Today is Shangyuan, the Lantern Festival in Chang'an City has always been lively, I think you are willing to go and see, what, do you want to stay in the palace, don't you want to go?" ”

"Of course not, I'm going." Yi Yu hurriedly denied that they had lived in the gate for nearly four years, and she really hadn't seen the Lantern Festival in Chang'an City

Li Tai looked back at her and said, "Then go and change your clothes." ”

"Hmm" Yi Yu responded happily, just trotted forward a few steps, then stopped again, turned his head and asked with a strange expression: "Your Highness, then am I pretending to be a little maid or a maid?" ”

She didn't pretend to salute, but Ah Sheng brought all the clothes, even the eunuch's clothes fit her, and naturally there were also female equipment.

"Wear women's clothes and add a cape."

"Oh." There is no need to pretend to be someone else, she is still happy, but it seems that she is happy too early, and before she can get out of the study, she meets Ah Sheng who came to report.

"Master," Ah Sheng first glanced at the relict jade on the side, and then bowed his head and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness King Wu, Miss Changsun and Miss Mingzhu are all waiting in the front hall, and their subordinates are listening, it seems that the emperor is not going to hold a banquet tonight, and they are coming to you to go out of the palace to visit the Lantern Festival." ”

Hearing this, the disappointment in Yi Yu's eyes flashed, and Li Tai showed a touch of displeasure in his eyes, and then said to Yu Gan, who was standing there:

"Why don't you change your clothes?"

Yi Yu stretched out his hand and pointed at himself, wondering, "Do I still want to go?" ”

For the sake of everyone's good, her existence cannot be exposed at the moment, just like her relationship with Li Tai. Besides, it's good to be able to visit the Lantern Festival, but with such a large group, it's boring.

Li Tai saw at a glance that most of her thoughts, so he didn't pay attention to her anymore, waved his hand to Ah Sheng, and Ah Sheng, who was a human spirit, coaxed Yu Yu back to the room to change his clothes.

In the evening, the three carriages went out of the palace one after the other, and two quarters of an hour later, the carriage stopped at a slightly remote street in the eastern metropolis, and the men and women who jumped off the carriage one by one were all top-notch young ladies in top clothes.

"Go, follow the palace, this road this palace remembers, go further, less than half a cup of tea, is the water fang, in previous years, the street market there was the most lively, you see, look at the red and green, tsk, the palace today is also a white dragon fish suit."

It's also a white Arowana suit, just this one of the palaces, and it's like a golden grasshopper. After the disguised jade, the black and gray head on the top of the head was pulled and the little black and gray head got out of the car after Li Tai, and when he heard the joke of the prince Li Chengqian, he couldn't help but slander.

"Hehe, the imperial brother just said in the car that he will be the east today, wait for our expenses, you plan to cover it all?" Li Ke, who was dressed in white and had a jade crown and silver hook, took out the folding fan that the Wa Kingdom had paid tribute this year from his sleeve and shook it lightly twice, and said with a smile.

"That's natural, it's rare that the fourth child is willing to come out with us, isn't it?"

Compared with the gold and silver brilliance of these two, Li Tai is much more low-key, light blue brocade clothes are not uncommon, and he does not deliberately show off coquettishness with a fan or something, but that overly good-looking face is spread a lot in Chang'an City, but not many people see it, plus that pair of different pupils is taboo, and there are Hu people in Beijing, so he is not afraid of being recognized.

Li Tai was sarcastically ridiculed by Li Chengqian, and did not reply, but took the lead through the street as if no one was around, and walked towards the crowded and brightly lit Bishui Fang.

In addition to these three princes, those who left the palace tonight also include the eldest grandson Xi, the Oriental Pearl, and the unmarried side concubine Xu Yinglan of King Wu Li Ke, as well as the prince's recently favored side concubine Liu Shi Xuerang, plus Yi Yu and two other little servants, a total of ten people, but the momentum is a little immense.

"Fourth brother, you go slower."

Yi Yu looked at the eldest grandson Xi who was beside Li Tai in front of him, and shook his head helplessly, just in the car, they were crowded together, for some reason, tonight's action Changsun Xian did not follow.

Li Tai heard Changsun Xi's words, and glanced back again, but he did walk a little slower, and Yi Yu took advantage of this opportunity to quietly bow his head and follow, and the other masters behind him also walked up with a smile.

As we walked through the alleys of the streets, the sight suddenly lit up, as if we had entered another world. Yiyu was still a little not interested, but the sound of selling in his ears, coupled with the colorful lanterns and various stalls in front of him, immediately made his mood much better.

Every street in Bishuifang is very wide, but it can't stand a lot of people, and as soon as ten people walk in, it is like dumplings in the pot, but fortunately they are not washed away. Li Tai walked in the front, Li Ke fell last, and the little guys walked on the side one left and one right, protecting Li Chengqian and several women in the middle, just squeezing out a vacancy in this crowded street.

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