Great Tang princess

Chapter 27 Metamorphosis

Li Zhi and Wu Zetian liked the new fan quite a lot, among other things, at least it was really convenient to carry, not to mention that it was made by their favorite little daughter, with BUFF bonus.

Li Yuechen is happy when the couple are happy, and they still live their lives in a self-disciplined manner every day.

Recently, Shangguan Wan'er was the happiest, because Li Yuechen would play shuttlecock with her when she was free.

Although the clothes are always dirty, Eunuch Fu has already arranged for other maids to wash them.

He was very discerning and knew that this little girl was very popular with Li Yuechen. Although it was true that she was a slave, His Highness's attitude towards her was equivalent to that of a companion.

The very winking Eunuch Fu also placed some bets on Shangguan Wan'er. If she becomes prosperous in the future, she might be able to help him a little bit.

It doesn't matter if you can't get up, it's just a matter of convenience.

In the afternoon, Li Yuechen was writing and drawing at the table. Shangguan Wan'er came over and saw some simple jars drawn on the paper.

"Is Your Highness going to make new utensils?" Shangguan Wan'er asked curiously.

"It's...but it's a little difficult, and I don't know if it will succeed or not." Li Yuechen scratched his hair helplessly.

The thing to do is very simple, that is, canning.

But the problem is that the cans in the future will all be made of glass bottles, but in this era, there is only porcelain.

She hasn't planned to get the glass out yet, it's for herself to make money in the future, so she can't just take it out for nothing.

But the problem is whether porcelain can be made into cans, she is really not sure at all.

After thinking about it, I decided to seal it with a cork and then seal it with wax, just like storing wine.

If you succeed, forget it.

It just so happens that the peach season is approaching, so I can ask Li Zhi for a few catties of peaches to experiment with.

One was drawing pictures, the other was watching. There was a silence between the two little girls.

However, there was no embarrassment at all in this silence, instead Li Yuechen smiled at her from time to time.

And Shangguan Wan'er responded with a smile, her two big eyes became crooked.

There was a "crash", and the sound of something falling suddenly sounded outside the hall.

Li Yuechen looked up, put down the brush in his hand, and walked out of the hall.

Because of the hot weather, Li Yuechen didn't want to wear that kind of thick socks, so he walked around the hall with his two little feet bare.

Anyway, the palace is full of good wooden floors, and the eunuchs and maids wipe and clean it every day, so it is not dirty at all.

After stepping on it for a day with bare feet, there is no dust on the soles of the feet.

When he came to the door, Eunuch Fu knelt down to help her put on the clogs, and went outside to check the reason for the noise.

The clogs of this era are no different from those of the future. They are a kind of simple sandals in summer.

The folks are generally square, but most of the imperial palaces or rich people's houses will be rounded to look more beautiful.

It can be said that wearing clogs is really cool, but the problem is that there is a constant sound of "clicking" when walking, which can be heard from long distances, and can even cause echoes in empty halls.

When I came out, I saw Xiao He was squatting on the ground to pick up a bunch of slender bamboos, which should be the ones that fell just now.

Li Yuechen raised a hand to cover the glare of the sun and asked, "What are these bamboos for?"

Xiao He saluted and said: "Your Highness, it will be the fifth day of May in a few days, let's make rice dumplings."

"Oh..." Li Yuechen nodded, remembering.

In this era, there is no word "Dragon Boat Festival", so it is generally said to be May [-]th.

And at this time, the zongzi are not all wrapped in leaves, but some are placed in bamboo tubes.

To say that the only thing that makes Li Yuechen a little unhappy is that there are no salty rice dumplings in this era, only sweet ones.

In the past few years, the Dragon Boat Festival was not well spent. This year, we should experience how the ancients celebrated the festival.

I have heard that there is a folk tradition of dragon boat racing, but the Tang Dynasty advocates frugality, and the government does not hold such activities.

Shangguan Wan'er next to her patted her head: "Your Highness, how about participating in the Baicao fight with your maid this year?"

"Doubaicao?" Li Yuechen looked puzzled, this was the first time he had heard of this thing.

After Shangguan Wan'er went to the side for a while, she finally understood.

Dou Baicao is divided into "Wen Dou" and "Wu Dou". Wen Dou means that two parties take turns to take out different flowers and plants to see if they can answer their names within the specified time. It is a competition of knowledge.

As for the martial arts, each side takes one, pulls each other after the cross, and breaks the opponent's hand to win.

Li Yuechen thought about it, isn't this just stretching the tendons?Some places are also called pulling Laobao, tug of war, etc... children often play.

But at that time, I used leaves and roots, and I never thought that I could use grass stems to play.

Now that it was brought up, Li Yuechen also felt that he could reminisce about his childhood, so he immediately ran to the edge of Taiye Pool to find a pair of good-looking grass stems, and handed them to Fulai.

"Eunuch Fu, soak these grass stems overnight."

"Here!"

……

There are still two days until the Dragon Boat Festival, and the next day Li Zhi rewarded some ministers with longevity silk and gauze clothes in the court hall.

Longevity silk, also called multicolored silk, is a bracelet made of silk threads of five different colors, which can be tied on the wrist.

Generally speaking, only ministers with relatively high status can enjoy this kind of treatment, such as the left and right ministers and the royal doctor and so on.

As for the summer clothes, the summer clothes are more like unit benefits. Basically, as long as officials who have the right to participate in the court can get one.

Then it came to the day of the Dragon Boat Festival. This year, Li Zhi also thought about spending time with his family, so he held an archery competition by the Taiye Pool. All the concubines and children in the palace were present.

Archery is not shooting a target, but shooting rice dumplings.

The finished bamboo tube rice dumplings are placed on the table, and the front of the arrow shaft is not an arrow, but a cloth head.

Use a special small bow to shoot the zongzi on the platform. If you hit the target, you can eat it. If you miss it, you will be punished with alcohol or other punishments.

Since no other ministers were present and they were all from his own family, Li Zhi was also much more relaxed than usual.

After receiving the small bow from Zhang Chengxin and about to shoot the first arrow, Wu Zetian advised in a low voice: "Your Majesty's eyes are uncomfortable, so it's better not to participate."

Her meaning was very simple, if she missed the shot, although no one dared to say anything, she would definitely lose face.

Li Zhi waved his hands with a relaxed face: "No problem!"

Li Yuechen beside him also smiled, not worried much.

In fact, whether the eyes are good or not has nothing to do with this thing. Li Yuechen is also very clear as an athlete. Many Olympic shooting champions are highly myopic!
Many people don't know that people who have the ability to walk through poplars with a hundred steps may not even see poplars.

It is enough to prove that this kind of movement actually depends more on the feeling than the eyes.

Since you are using a small bow, you don't have to stand too far away, about three feet or so.

Li Zhi opened the bow and set the arrow, aiming at it for a while, and when the bowstring was released, the arrow flew out and hit a bamboo tube accurately.

The bamboo tube fell in response, Li Yuechen stood up and applauded: "Grandfather is mighty!"

Hearing his daughter's praise, Li Zhi smiled easily, and threw the bow in his hand to Zhang Chengxin.

The other children and concubines also applauded and cheered. Li Zhi walked over with a calm smile on his face and picked up Li Yuechen: "Bring the rice dumplings!"

Zhang Chengxin handed over the zongzi he shot, and Li Zhi directly stuffed it into Li Yuechen's hand: "Come, Chen'er, eat!"

Li Yuechen agreed, but came down from Li Zhi's arms, took out the whole zongzi that had been glued into a cylinder from the bamboo tube, and divided them into several pieces to eat with his brothers and sisters.

Li Zhi who had already sat down nodded, turned his head to Wu Zetian and said with a smile: "Blessed to share, Chen'er is not easy!"

Wu Zetian also nodded with satisfaction.

In fact, none of them knew that Li Yuechen simply didn't like sweets.

Not only Li Zhi, but also my wife Wu Zetian and other concubines also started shooting zongzi one after another, not to mention, all of them were quite accurate, everyone hit the target!
Among the children, the two older sisters had never learned how to bow and arrow, and they missed the shot, so they were fined with alcohol.

The eldest brother, Li Hong, and the second brother, Li Xian, were okay and hit the shot. The third brother missed the shot and was fined a glass of wine.

As for the fourth son, Li Lun, because he was still young, he couldn't even draw a bow, so they didn't let Li Yuechen try.

It's good not to try. Although Li Yuechen has played with bows and arrows before, what she plays is that kind of mechanical compound bow, which is essentially different from the bows and arrows of this era.

Li Zhi also seemed to see that the children wanted to play, so he waved his hand and let them play casually, and he took the queen and concubines to enjoy flowers and recite poems.

Seeing that the time had come, Li Yuechen waved to Eunuch Fu: "Bring my grass stalks."

Seeing Li Xian and the others take out all kinds of grass stems they collected, Li Yuechen thought to himself, today I will let you understand the fear of being dominated!

First of all, in terms of Wendou, Li Yuechen directly surrendered.

She actually knows the names of many flowers and plants, but the names of later generations are quite different from this era.

Then when it came time to fight, they were all defeated by Li Yuechen's men.

After all, her grass stalks have been specially treated, and the ones Li Xian and the others started collecting two days ago are already dry, and they will naturally break when they are pulled.

Whether it was the older brothers or the maids and eunuchs nearby, they were all defeated by Li Yuechen.

After an hour of battles, Li Yuechen deservedly became the King of Herbs this year.

In the evening, after eating, Li Yuechen returned to the Chengxiang Hall and sat on the steps outside the palace to enjoy the cool.

Shangguan Wan'er sat beside her and asked curiously, "Why is Your Highness invincible today?"

Li Yuechen looked at the starry sky and smiled mysteriously: "The secret of the sky must not be revealed!"

Hearing her answer, Shangguan Wan'er lowered her eyelids, seeming a little disappointed.

"I'll give you some next year, so that you too can be invincible!"

"Is this true?" Shangguan Wan'er raised her head, her big eyes became bright again.

"really!"

Shangguan Wan'er laughed again: "Thank you, Your Highness!"

……

Two days passed in a blink of an eye, and it was time for Li Yuechen to visit Mrs. Rong Guo again.

Today, Eunuch Fu was busy, so he didn't follow, only Xiao He was by his side.

The carriage stopped outside the house, the Jinwu guards dispersed automatically, and Li Yuechen took Xiaohe into the negative mansion.

Seeing her granddaughter coming, Mrs. Rong Guo burst into a smile, dragged her into the house, and prepared a lot of pastries for her to eat.

Every time he came here, Li Yuechen felt that he should exercise more, otherwise he might be overweight.

Speaking of which, I always heard that the Tang Dynasty considered fat to be beautiful, but it was only when I came here that I realized that fat does not mean obesity.

The aesthetic standard of the Tang Dynasty was a round face, big breasts and big buttocks.It is plump and full of body.The oval face of the future really does not conform to modern aesthetics.

Of course, food alone is not enough. Before leaving, Mrs. Rong Guo gave him a bag of Kaiyuan Tongbao, and asked her to buy whatever she liked when she returned to the palace.

In fact, there is nothing to buy, there are some palaces outside.What is not available outside is also available in the palace, so there is really nothing to spend money on.

At most, they can occasionally give some rewards to the servants, so Li Yuechen just kept them.

After staying with Mrs. Rong Guo all morning, after having a meal at noon, Li Yuechen got up and prepared to leave.

"Grandmother shouldn't send me off, she should have more rest."

Stopping Mrs. Rong Guo who was about to be delivered to the door, Li Yuechen took Xiao He out of the main hall and left.

When I came to the front yard, I saw a white shadow suddenly flashed behind the rockery and came in front of me.

Looking up, it was indeed He Lanminzhi, probably because he saw the Jinwu Guard outside the house, so he didn't go in immediately.

"I've met Your Highness the Princess!" He Lanmin saluted.

"Cousin is free." Li Yuechen raised his hand, "Grandmother is in the hall, cousin can help himself."

After finishing speaking, he was about to leave, but He Lanminzhi just dodged and still stood in front of him.

"Princess, don't worry, we should get closer to our cousins!" As he said, He Lan Minzhi showed a smile that he thought was handsome.

Well, he is very handsome, but Li Yuechen doesn't want to talk to him: "I will definitely do it next time!"

After finishing speaking, he was about to leave, but He Lan Minzhi still refused to move away, instead squatted down halfway, squinting his eyes to look her up and down.

"It's really unexpected. I haven't seen you for a long time. The princess has changed a lot. I can see how she will look like a beauty in the future!"

Ok?
This made Li Yuechen feel that something was wrong. Why did it sound like a perverted speech?
After finishing the words, she actually reached out and wanted to touch her face!
Li Yuechen took a step back, and Xiao He who was beside him had already stood up: "My lord, please respect yourself!"

With a crisp sound of "slap", He Lan Minzhi raised his hand and slapped Xiao He across the face.

Xiao He didn't seem to have thought that he would dare to do anything, and was slapped with stars in his eyes, and he staggered and sat on the ground.

"Dog slave! Who allowed you to speak up?" He Lanmin cursed angrily.

Then he stretched out his hand and grabbed Li Yuechen's shoulder, with a sinister smile on his face: "I haven't seen my cousin for a long time, and I miss him so much! Come on, let's get closer today, brothers and sisters!"

Li Yuechen took a step back and frowned.

You pervert!My mother is only five years old and you don't let it go?This kind of person should be hung up and beaten to death!
Xiao He next to him shook her head vigorously and got up, grabbed He Lan Minzhi's clothes with great effort, and wanted to say something, but was kicked on the shoulder by him again.

Xiao He snorted and fell heavily on the ground!

(End of this chapter)