115, Luoyang has no shadow
According to the degree of favor of Princess Taiping, the dowry should have been as elaborate as possible, but the emperor and the queen of heaven did not like excessive luxury, and the prefectures and counties near Chang'an had drought for many years.
After thinking about it repeatedly, You'an finally came up with a clever idea, she relayed the clothes and headgear prepared by the Inner Sixth Bureau, as well as the dishes of the banquet guests, to Princess Taiping, and asked her if she wanted to increase or decrease. Anyone who tried to find fault afterwards said that the princess herself insisted on doing so.
But Princess Taiping, who was preparing the dowry, did not have the slightest joy, as if she wanted to make up for the indignation in her heart, and all the materials had to be used the best. The palace maid sent by the sixth bureau to measure the size was euphemistically mentioned that if the princess's wedding dress was too luxurious, I am afraid that those who were dissatisfied with the queen of heaven would take advantage of the topic again.
Princess Taiping reclined on the couch covered with a long pile blanket and said lazily, "What are you afraid of?" The queen mother can do anything, where is this little thing worth mentioning? β
The palace maid didn't dare to speak more, and silently stepped forward to help the princess measure the size of the wedding dress, but You'an clearly heard her resentment towards the queen of heaven from that sentence.
Princess Taiping's words reached the ears of the Queen of Heaven, and the Queen of Heaven was not happy and angry to send the female official who was preparing for the wedding ceremony, asking her to copy all the names of the relatives in the family of Xue Shao, the prospective horse, the upper and lower generations, and the five suits.
This matter was not publicized with much fanfare, but it did not avoid people, and the people who served close to Hanliang Hall and Princess Taiping knew that even You'an had clearly heard the rumors. No one expected that this supreme and noble mother and daughter would suddenly lose their temper at this time, and no one would give in.
In the end, He Jinshu, who had not appeared for a long time, dragged his sick body to see the queen of heaven and persuaded the queen of heaven to take back his fate.
Hurriedly prepared until July, Princess Taiping's wedding was still very grand and luxurious. The number of restaurants has increased from the usual 300 to 1,200, which is four times the usual number. From Daming Palace to Xue's house, on the road through which the relatives passed, the trees along the way were wrapped with colored silk, and then inserted red candles with thick arms. This kind of red candle, which is specially made for the wedding ceremony, can be burned for three days and three nights before it is extinguished.
Because the princess's dowry was so rich, the carriages even crushed the roads, and the original route was too narrow to pass, but in the end part of the fence and a small gate were torn down, and the cars were able to pass smoothly. This wedding in the empty alleys of thousands of people is still being talked about by men, women and children in Chang'an City many years later.
Princess Taiping, who was covered by heavy makeup and heavy decoration, left the Daming Palace where she grew up almost without looking back, and on the day when she should go back to her mother's house according to folk customs, she only called a little maid to come back with a gift to pass the word, and told the queen that Her Royal Highness the princess was too tired because of the wedding, and she was sick these days, and she was afraid that she would give her illness to the queen of heaven, and she would return to the palace to greet her when she was completely recovered.
This is a long way off.
Others were still a little apprehensive, speculating whether the queen of heaven would be angry because of this, and the Xianheng Hall had been taking care of You'an who had been taking care of the fire all day long, but he knew that the queen of heaven had no effort to get angry at all.
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Previous chapter synopsis:... It's Wei Xiu'er. She has been a palace maid for a few years, and she has a lot of experience in eating - she can't do it, but she can come up with a lot of ideas that others can't think of. She found that the emperor, like other old people, liked soft sweets, but his teeth were not so durable, so she came up with a way to boil all kinds of fruits until they were soft, mash them into a texture like fine sand, add honey and milk, boil them repeatedly over low heat to thicken, knead them into small round balls, and put them on a spoon after cooling. It looks like a snack, but when you eat it, it softens in your mouth, and you don't need to hold it with your hands, just hold a spoon and put it directly into your mouth. The emperor loved this dessert very much, and every time he ate it, he was full of praise. After Wei Xiu'er delivered it once, she "borrowed" You'an to help prepare the dessert under the pretext that it was time-consuming and laborious. This is the first time You'an has set foot in Li Xian and Wei Xiu'er's dormitory, and at a glance, it doesn't look like the East Palace where the prince lives, but more like the boudoir of a housekeeper. There were wind chimes made of holes drilled in shells hanging on the window lattice, and there were several drinks of different colors on the table, which at a glance knew that Wei Xiuer wanted to make by herself. Several palace maids were carefully cleaning under the supervision of Wei Xiu'erγ.....
Synopsis of the following chapters:... I don't dare to easily forget the rules of people, this is the reward that His Majesty ordered me to bring to the young ladies, and when it is sent to Miss Wang later, you will thank God again. "You dare to ......" Wang Lingxi was angry, thinking of his sister's advice, he didn't dare to be disrespectful to the emperor's reward, his eyes turned and turned, and he changed to a sneering smile, "I don't care about you as a sinner from the court, I came here today to accompany the guests who came from afar, do you want to know who that person is?" You'an didn't know what she wanted to say, so she just took the things in her hand and left, Wang Lingxi caught up with her in a few steps and stopped in front of You'an: "It seems that you don't know at all, the queen of heaven has summoned the youngest daughter of the Dou family to Beijing, and she arrived two days ago, and returned to Chang'an together with her parents." She narrowed her eyes slightly, and leaned closer to You'an to speak: "I want to discuss the marriage for His Royal Highness Eight." Hearing the words Dou family, You'an's brows furrowed uncontrollably, walking around the palace over the years, he also heard some of the old things in the past, and knew that A-Niang had loved Dou Xiaochen who served in Taichang Temple. After dinner, the palace people will also talk about this incident, and many people feel that she and Hui'an should be the Dou family's private ...../>
The emperor's health deteriorated, and he even showed symptoms of coma several times, and in the interval between his wakefulness, he passed down an edict to the crown prince Li Xian to act as the governor of the state. At the same time, the emperor personally issued several edicts to transfer personnel, using Pei Yan and Xue Yuanchao. You'an gradually understood what he meant from the emperor's intermittent arrangement, he was not worried about his beloved wife all his life, because she was too strong and capable, he was like any emperor, he hoped that after a hundred years, his son would be able to sit on the throne safely, so he had to take advantage of his time to pave the way for his prince who was not very diligent in political affairs.
The queen of heaven has ups and downs in half of his life, although these upright and conservative courtiers have refuted the queen in person several times during deliberations, but You'an does not think that the queen of heaven will really be frustrated. The queen she understands has always been a matter of heart, and the more things others don't tell her to do, the more she prefers to do it for others to see. She just wants to wait and see what kind of way the queen will use to reverse the situation that is temporarily unfavorable to her.
It's just that she never expected that Pei Shizhen, who had been silent for a long time, would reappear in front of everyone at this time.
Because there was either drought or flood near Jingshi, rations became a big problem, and the queen of heaven proposed again to go to Luoyang, the eastern capital, and planned to relocate part of the population and government offices to Luoyang. Luoyang is closer to the southbound waterway, from the south H2