Great Tang princess

Chapter 327 Second Brother's Enlightenment

After the court meeting ended, the ministers all walked out of the palace with complicated expressions.

Today's court meeting brought them too many questions, and they need to go back and think about it.

The emperor had plans to seize power and wanted to win over Princess Taiping. Di Renjie expressed his attitude to stand on the emperor's side... Unexpectedly, so many things could happen in one day.

A large number of ministers formed a small group and went out. During the period, they looked at each other and signaled to each other to find a place to sit, drink tea and eat together, and discuss it.

It is very common for ministers to form alliances with each other, most of the time they are with people of the same clan or a master-student relationship.

There are so many things today, I may not be able to figure it out alone, it still needs many people to think about the next countermeasures together.

On the other side, Li Xian, who walked out of the hall from the back door, also approached Wu Zetian with a smile on his face: "Mother, how is your child doing?"

Seeing the expression of "quickly praise me" unabashedly on his face, Wu Zetian couldn't help showing a smile: "It's okay."

Instead, Li Yuechen praised from the side: "Although some blind cats are suspected of encountering dead mice, it's really good!"

"..." Li Xian immediately drooped his eyelids, looking unhappy.

"Okay, don't make trouble here, I don't know how many people are watching in this palace." Wu Zetian reminded from the side.

"Don't worry, Auntie, all the court ladies and eunuchs around me have checked, and there is no problem!" Li Yuechen replied confidently, "At least not yet!"

Wu Zetian nodded: "I know that Chen'er has always done things safely, but this matter is important, and we should try our best to avoid being known by outsiders."

"Yes!" Li Yuechen agreed.

Li Xian frowned: "Doesn't that mean that it will be very difficult to meet A Niang in the future?"

"After the funeral is over, Grandpa's coffin will be temporarily placed in the Taimiao. Then you will live in the palace, so how can it be difficult to meet?" Li Yuechen asked back.

"What about Yuechen?"

"Of course I went out to open a mansion, so I can act like it..." Li Yuechen smiled.

As long as the relatives of the emperor are not male, anyone can live in the palace, no matter if they are sisters or aunts.

Having said that, the imperial palace is the emperor's home after all, and it is always inconvenient to live here, so most of the adult princesses will choose to move out.

But moving out to live is not the same as opening a mansion. The so-called opening a mansion in the Tang Dynasty refers to the establishment of a leadership team, setting up officials such as long history and staff, and even allowing officials under the sect to participate in politics...

To put it simply, it is the same treatment as when Emperor Taizong was the King of Qin!
It stands to reason that this matter must be discussed, and it is definitely not something that the princess can decide with a word.

However, after Li Yuechen said that, neither Wu Zetian nor Li Xian had any special reaction, as if it should be taken for granted.

It's just that Li Xian was a little reluctant and said: "Then won't you be able to see Yuechen often?"

"Okay, brother, don't think too much about it. I will bring Wan'er with me when the time comes. She enters the palace almost every day, and I will let her convey something on my behalf!" Li Yuechen waved his hand.

"Alright then..." Li Xian nodded a little disappointed.

Not to mention, although I have grown up now, I feel a little bit reluctant considering that my sister will go out to live and may only see each other for a long time in the future.

……

In mid-February, the 49-day funeral period for the first emperor ended. Li Yuechen personally took the lead and carried the heavy bronze coffin into the Taimiao with several warriors.

After the mausoleum is built, it will be transported back for burial.

Li Xian also officially moved from the East Palace into the Imperial Palace, preparing for the enthronement ceremony.

At the first court meeting when he moved into the palace, Li Xian announced that his eldest son, Li Chongzhao, would be the crown prince, and Li Yuechen would be the Taiping eldest princess of Zhenguo, officially leaving the palace to open the palace.

Such a time to leave the palace to open the mansion naturally aroused the curiosity of many ministers, but now the form is unclear, and no one dares to inquire casually.

While they were thinking about the situation in the court, Li Yuechen was thinking about where it would be better to build his princess mansion.

To be honest, the layout of this ancient city looks almost the same to her, and she can't tell the good from the bad. Anyway, they are all square cities, and it seems that there is not much difference in where they live.

To say that the only thing that is closer to the future is that the closer the place is to the palace, the higher the housing prices, and the houses that are close to the palace are basically the residences of the royal relatives or third-rank officials.

Houses in this kind of community cannot be bought by ordinary people even if they have money.

After thinking about it, Li Yuechen still handed over the matter to Fulai, asking him to pick a place to buy a piece of land and prepare to build the princess mansion.

Fulai's ability to handle affairs is quite good, Li Yuechen went out to look for it on the day he gave the order, and brought back the news three days later.

"Your Highness, there is a nice place in Zhengpingfang."

Li Yuechen turned his head while holding the teacup: "Does it meet the requirements?"

"Everything else is in line... It's just that this place... is a bit bigger." Fulai replied cautiously.

"How big is it?"

"This place... occupies half of Lifang." Fulai replied.

Hearing such an answer, Li Yuechen couldn't help being a little dazed.

Originally, her requirement was that the size of a quarter of Lifang would be about the same. She didn't have too many requirements in terms of living, but the Princess Mansion must have some style, so the area is not small.

A quarter of a Lifang is enough to build a large Chinese-style garden mansion, and even put some rockeries and dig a small pond.

It turned out to be a good thing, it was doubled in size, and the style was there, but is it really necessary to live in such a big house by myself?
"Is there no other place?"

Fulai nodded: "That's all for sale now, of course, if you know His Highness is interested, you must..."

"Forget it, I asked you to inquire secretly just because I didn't want to reveal my identity and leave someone to talk about." Li Yuechen waved his hand lightly, "Then buy it."

"Yes!" Fulai nodded in agreement.

In order to maintain the image of the princess, Li Yuechen seriously warned Fulai that no one should know that the princess wanted to buy it.

So while keeping the price down as much as possible, you can't overwhelm others with momentum, just talk about the lowest price like ordinary people.

Fulai took the order to go, and got back the title deed that afternoon.

The next thing was much simpler. Li Yuechen ran to the military camp, looked at their recent training and the children in the school, and then went to the Engineering Academy.

Let the academicians go to Zhengpingfang to have a look at the land, ponder over the design drawings, and prepare to build the future Princess Mansion.

Regarding the size of the land, no one from the Engineering Academy had any objections. In their opinion, the land was not even worthy of a princess because it was too small!
Li Yuechen asked them not to think about these things, and started discussing the issue of future housing construction instead.

Of course, the overall style is still the architectural style of a Chinese garden, but considering the comfort of life, Li Yuechen still intends to add some things that will appear in the future.

The house is built with bricks and cement, and there must be a fireplace to ensure heating in winter. It is a big deal to stick a layer of wood chips outside to ensure a harmonious style.

At the same time, a large area of ​​glass windows must be installed to ensure lighting and ventilation.

In terms of overall style, it refers to the Linde Hall of Daming Palace, which requires a second floor and exposed balconies.

A swimming pool will be built in the yard, and a large bathroom and a special sauna will be built in the house.

As for the toilet, although it is not impossible to make a toilet, but there is no sewer in this era, so it is useless to build it.

So the toilet is still placed outside the house, and it will be fine to use the structure of the old-fashioned public toilet, of course, in a squatting way.

To be honest, Li Yuechen doesn't like sitting toilets, and it's more comfortable to squat when going to the toilet.

If the appearance should consider the overall style of this era, the interior design is completely incompatible with the future style.

Under the design of Li Yuechen, the interior style is largely close to the future. The home office is made into minimalism. There are two huge bookshelves behind a huge desk, and then a swivel chair. This can be designed by yourself at that time. a bit.

Although it may not be possible to make a lift chair in this era, ordinary swivel chairs should be fine. Considering the production cost, the problem of lowering the back of the chair is not considered.

Because the office is big enough, even if you put a few more reclining chairs, it will not look crowded at all.

Naturally, the bedroom should choose a place with good lighting, a large bed, and a shelf on the bed, and curtains or gauze curtains can be added at any time.

At that time, we can ask Shangyi Bureau to make a few big bears and put them on the bed, which will look better.

……

After the design drawing was finalized, it was almost the end of February.

At noon, Li Yuechen who had just eaten was sitting in the Linbo Pavilion, staring at the sky in a daze.

Fulai suddenly came in and announced: "The Queen of Heaven asked His Highness to come over."

"Ok!"

Li Yuechen agreed, and immediately tidied up and came to the Hall of Renshou. When he came over, he saw his third brother Li Xian also coming, as well as Taishi Ling Li Yan.

Seeing the princess coming in, Li Yan quickly stood up and saluted: "I have seen Your Highness!"

"Exemption." Li Yuechen waved his hand and walked to the side to sit down, "But found a suitable place to bury the late emperor?"

"Returning to Your Highness, that's right." Li Yan spread out the map, "Liangshan in Xianyang is a treasure land of geomantic omen..."

While he was talking a lot of Taoist terminology with Wu Zetian and Li Xian, Li Yuechen leaned his head over and took a look.

It really is Qianxian County, just like in history, Li Yuechen happened to have visited that place once, but it was already dilapidated after a thousand years, but now, this emperor's mausoleum is indeed going to be built by her herself.

After Li Yan finished his report, he turned around and left, leaving another family of three in Renshou Hall.

Wu Zetian picked up the tea cup: "The construction of the Qianling Mausoleum will be handed over to Chen'er."

"Don't worry, Ma'er, I'll arrange for people to leave immediately, and I'll go to Zongzheng Temple later." Li Yuechen agreed.

She didn't need to follow when the mausoleum was first being built, and she could just go there when it was almost completed.

She doesn't have to worry about the design, the emperor's mausoleum design has rules.

In the afternoon, Li Yuechen went to Zongzheng Temple and asked them to send engineers and designers to follow the big team the day after tomorrow, and then ran to the barracks to meet his second brother Li Xian.

In the simple office, Li Xian leaned his butt on the edge of the desk: "Yuechen doesn't want me to lead the team to build the mausoleum?"

"In no mood!"

Li Yuechen nodded: "Brother has a special status after all, and the grand ceremony for the enthronement of the youngest son has not yet been held, if he is hijacked at this moment..."

She didn't finish the following words, but the meaning was self-evident.

There is no problem with what he said, but Li Xian said: "Of course I will listen to Yuechen's words, but have you ever thought that since you have come to the barracks to serve as a soldier, you will never be able to see people forever in the future. Besides, the engineer army has always been me. In management, no one is more familiar with it than me."

"Although I don't think anyone would do this, I'm just in case..." Li Yuechen's expression revealed worry.

"Brother, there is a way." Li Xian raised his head and looked at the ceiling, "Yuechen, you choose some good hands from the sharp knife camp to follow. Let them protect me, but if I am kidnapped, I can't hesitate. I shoot!"

Li Yuechen was surprised: "How can this be done? I..."

"Yuechen!"

Li Xian stretched out his hands and grabbed his sister's shoulders: "I know that your family is your weakness, but you have only two choices now. One is to do as I say; the other is, never let me out of this barracks again in the future! No matter you How to choose, I have absolutely no complaints as a brother!"

His eyes revealed seriousness and firmness: "It was already a capital crime for me to rebel against you back then, and it was Yuechen who saved my life to survive, and now my brother's life is yours!"

Hearing his words, Li Yuechen couldn't help but fell silent.

Although she has decided to let the royal family members understand her plan, but if something happens to the second brother, she will be very sad.

But then again, it's also an educational opportunity.

This incident is just a starting point. In the future, a large number of members of the royal family will receive special education and learn to take on the role of the royal family.

Starting from this matter, the royal family will do more similar things in the future, and even take up arms and go to the battlefield to fight and defend their home and country.

So this head must be opened!
Thinking of this, Li Yuechen took a deep breath: "Okay, then I will leave this matter to brother! Although the chances are not high, be careful!"

"Yeah!" Li Xian nodded.

……

When he came out of the barracks, Li Yuechen's expression was still a bit tangled.

Although things are developing according to her plan, she will definitely be sad if something unexpected happens to the second brother.

But the entanglement is the entanglement. Now that the decision has been made, things still need to be done for future development.

After taking two deep breaths, feeling much more comfortable, he rode back to the palace.

When I returned to Renshou Hall, I saw my mother spreading rice paper in front of the table, as if she was practicing calligraphy.

Seeing that she was about to come out of the sadness of her father's death, Li Yuechen smiled slightly, poured a cup of tea and walked over: "What are you writing?"

"Write about your grandpa!"

Li Yuechen put down his teacup and looked down, only to see the flowing handwriting on it: I heard that the sun shines and the shadows condense, so Hunyuan...

It seems that it is talking about some great achievements during Dad's reign.

　According to the information found by the author, although the title "zhen" was designated as the emperor's exclusive self-proclaim after Qin Shihuang, it seems that many empress dowagers also called themselves this way during the Han, Wei and Jin Dynasties.

　　And according to some information in the old Tang books, Wu Zetian often referred to herself as "朕" before she came to power.

　　Coupled with the reason for the high status of mothers in ancient times, the author believes that the empress dowager in the Tang Dynasty should be able to call herself "Zhen".So that's it.

　　In addition, many historical materials show that the empress dowager, who was called the ruler in the court, would also be called "Your Majesty" by the courtiers. Presumably, in the Tang Dynasty, when the imperial power was not particularly hit, such a title seemed possible!

　　If there are mistakes, please correct me!
　　
　
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