Great Tang princess

Chapter 413
In a blink of an eye, the Shangyuan Festival in the first year of Tianshou is coming.

Because this year the empress ascended the throne, the heavenly gift is the new year name.

With the improvement of the economic level of the two capitals, the atmosphere of the festival is naturally stronger every year, because the country is peaceful and the people are safe, and the country is stable, so in the early morning of the Shangyuan Festival, various squares and cities are already full of various lanterns.

One thing that is quite surprising is that compared with the carp or baoxianghua that had the largest number in previous years, there are many more strangely shaped lanterns this year.

For example, a hammer-shaped one, and a human-shaped one...

Although no one said anything clearly, anyone with a discerning eye could tell that it was probably praying for Princess Taiping.

Nowadays, many people have her longevity tablets in their homes, and it seems normal to take them out to worship on the Shangyuan Festival.

……

In the princess mansion, in the bathroom, moisture permeates the air, making the whole space a bit foggy.

Li Yuechen was lying in the pool, washing his sweaty body after practicing.

At this moment, Shangguan Wan'er suddenly ran in: "Your Highness, how about wearing women's clothes today?"

"Ah?" Li Yuechen opened his eyes, "Why?"

To tell you the truth, she dislikes women's clothing very much, not because of other reasons, but because women's clothing in this era is too troublesome, from hairstyles to clothes, there are many rules and particularities.

Forget it among the folks, court women's clothing even has extremely strict requirements on the pace of walking.

For a person like her who is used to walking with two long legs, walking in women's clothing will look a little crazy.

Shangguan Wan'er thought for a while: "It's just that I haven't seen His Highness wearing women's clothing for a long time, I just want to see..."

"What's there to look at in women's clothing?" Li Yuechen lowered his body a little, and floated on the water the next moment.

"Your Highness has been dressed in men's clothing for many years, and usually looks very heroic, but as a woman, Your Highness is still very good-looking!" Shangguan Wan'er replied.

Li Yuechen grinned suddenly: "Why, Wan'er wants to see it?"

"Hmm!" Shangguan Wan'er nodded repeatedly.

"Then... let's wear women's clothing today!" Li Yuechen agreed.

If you think about it carefully, you won't see her for the next two or three years. Since she wants to see women's clothing, let her see it.

Seeing her agreeing, Shangguan Wan'er's eyes rolled into smiles, and she looked very happy: "Then it's a deal!"

"Well, it's a deal!" Li Yuechen agreed, and then stood up directly from the pool, planning to go back and change clothes.

With a "crash", perhaps because of the water temperature, the pink body stood up from the pool, and a large number of water splashes slid down her smooth skin, like splashing raindrops.

The hair that was originally soaked in the water was also scattered due to the water flow that had not had time to slide down completely, covering the white back like a cloak, down to the thinnest part of the waist.

She stepped out of the bathtub gently, and Shangguan Wan'er quickly took a woolen bath towel and handed it over: "Your Highness, it's mid-morning, let's go and dry your hair first."

"En!" Li Yuechen agreed, took the bath towel and first wiped off the drops of water that were still falling from her hair, then wrapped it around her body, and walked out of the bathroom with her.

Walking out of the bathroom is her own room. The weather in the first month is still relatively cold. In addition, when I woke up in the morning and opened the window, the moment I came out of the bathroom, a gust of cold wind blew in, and I felt refreshed instantly.

Xiao He, who was cleaning the room, saw her coming out, and quickly advised in surprise: "How could Your Highness come out like this? What if you catch a cold..."

"Okay, it's okay!" Li Yuechen raised his arm exposed to the air and waved it lightly, "Is the fire on?"

"It's time, Your Highness, hurry over there!"

Li Yuechen nodded, and went to the back of the room stepping on the wooden clogs.

In this day and age, it is impossible to make a hair dryer, but there are always more ways than difficulties. In order to dry hair quickly in winter, Li Yuechen thought of another way.

A small platform similar to a kang was built with bricks and cement, and ceramic pieces were built on it.

Put a chair behind your back, as long as you sit on the chair, the height of your head is just higher than the table, and then spread your hair on the tiles to dry your hair.

The temperature of this thing is not high, about [-] to [-] degrees, and it will not burn your hair.

And there were people watching the whole process, and it was taken down almost when it was about to dry.

Li Yuechen was sitting on the chair, and Shangguan Wan'er put her hands on the table to test the temperature first, then spread her hair out on the table, and while drying her hair, she took a comb to help her comb it.

As a royal princess, Li Yuechen has used various Chinese herbal medicines or natural plants to wash her hair since she was a child. Her hair is of particularly good quality, not only shiny, but also extremely soft and smooth, as if special effects have been added.

While helping her with her hair, Shangguan Wan'er said, "Your Highness shouldn't go out after the navy is built, right?"

"It's hard to say, if nothing happens, maybe it won't be..." Li Yuechen smiled.

"It seems that His Highness likes to go out very much." Shangguan Wan'er was a little puzzled.

Li Yuechen still agreed with this: "Yes, if I stay in Dongdu all my life, it will be uncomfortable."

Originally, she was not a family lover, but an extreme athlete who liked to chase wind and freedom.

Even now, she still doesn't like staying at home very much. The only difference is that she doesn't hate going home now, because there are people waiting for her at home.

Li Yuechen chatted with her while drying her hair, and the two chatted a lot about their childhood.

In retrospect, when the two met for the first time in Daming Palace, they would smile heartily at each other.

When the hair was almost dry, it was noon, and the two sisters and sister-in-law ran over to prepare for dinner.

As soon as Princess Xuancheng entered the door, she saw Li Yuechen wrapped in a bath towel, and raised her eyebrows in surprise: "Why isn't Chen'er wearing clothes yet?"

"I just finished drying my hair, so I haven't had time yet." Li Yuechen replied lazily, but he was not in a hurry.

The backyard of the princess mansion is full of women, or eunuchs, what's so scary.

In fact, Li Yuechen was pretty good, at least he would avoid Fulai a little while taking a bath, but in the palace, it was not uncommon for eunuchs to serve the emperor's concubine to take a bath.

Because they don't treat eunuchs as "human beings" at all, so naturally they don't have any other ideas.After more than a thousand years, a woman will not mind her pet wandering around when taking a bath or changing clothes, right?Even if it's a male.

Li Yuechen asked Fulai to avoid him because he regarded him as a "person", which is why when he lived in the barracks, Xiaohe usually followed him instead of him.

……

After changing into loose clothes, Li Yuechen tied up his hair casually, and went to the front to have dinner with his sister and sister-in-law.

Today, during the Shangyuan Festival, the imperial chef brought out from the palace also cooked a whole table of delicious dishes, which were filled to the brim and placed on the round table.

Li Yuechen couldn't help but nodded after smelling the fragrance of vegetables all over the room: "Not to mention, this cook's skill is getting better and better...Xiao He, give them some rewards later, let them continue cooking in the future." effort."

"Yes!" Xiao He on the side agreed.

In fact, at first Li Yuechen was very disgusted by the fact that there were servants waiting beside him when he was eating, but after getting used to it for so many years, he just wanted to say: It smells so good!

After all, human beings are lazy by nature, even the most self-disciplined athletes are no exception.

Fortunately, Li Yuechen is very kind to the subordinates, and it can be regarded as making up for some discomforts brought about by her previous life, just like the feeling of a restaurant waiter, being nice to them is equivalent to paying, so they should naturally treat her like a god take good care.

……

After eating, Li Yuechen decided to go into the palace to stay with his mother for a while, and then come back early to hang out with them.

After a long absence, she put on women's clothes, and let Xiao He style her black and smooth hair into a small hairstyle, insert several hairpins, and various accessories.

With Xiao He's help, he put on a light blue skirt, and Li Yuechen always felt very awkward.

The skirt has no waist, and the opening is above the chest. Wearing this kind of skirt, it doesn't show your figure at all, it is almost the same thickness from top to bottom, and you can't see the waist at all.

In terms of body feeling, wearing this thing is like being wrapped in a bath towel, the only difference is that the hem of the skirt will almost hang on the ground, completely covering the feet.

When walking, as long as the step is small, people can't see the swing of the legs, as if floating on the ground.

Wearing a coat with wide sleeves, a standard princess dress is considered complete.

Afterwards, everyone set out to enter the palace to pay their respects to their mother.

Because it was cold, everyone wrapped another animal skin cloak, walked out of the princess mansion, and got into the carriage.

I don't know if it's because he hasn't worn women's clothing for a long time, Li Yuechen always feels a little awkward, afraid of stepping on the hem of the skirt.

When getting on the carriage, you have to carefully pull up the skirt a little bit, for fear of any accidents, unlike usual, you just jump up in one stride.

The carriage stopped at the entrance of the palace, and several people got off the carriage and went to the Hall of Renshou.

The snow that fell in the past two days has been swept to both sides of the road, so there is no need to worry about whether it will slip.

Entering the hall, three princesses and a queen saluted Wu Zetian at the same time.

"It's all free, just sit down and drink some tea." Wu Zetian smiled and waved for them to sit down.

Although the outside world thinks that the mother and daughter are not getting along, everyone in the princess mansion knows the truth.

Whether it's the two sisters or the sister-in-law, because they don't have much contact with people and know the importance of it, they all keep this secret very well.

The most dangerous thing is Li Xian who has been reduced to the heir of the emperor. He has always obeyed Wei Lian'er.

If Wu Zetian hadn't told him to kill Wei Lian'er if it was revealed, the secret might have been exposed long ago.

Wu Zetian, who has become the emperor, is wearing a golden narrow-sleeved gown, and her hair is also tied in a ponytail in a casual way like her daughter, enjoying the relaxation of the festival.

"It's strange today. How long has it been since Chen'er wore women's clothing?" She asked with a smile on her face.

"It should be many years." Li Yuechen replied, "Sometimes children almost forget that they are still a woman."

But then he asked with a smile, "Amiang, do you think the girl looks good in women's clothing?"

"My son is naturally good-looking!" Wu Zetian replied with a smile, "Speaking of which, didn't Chen'er consider herself the second most beautiful woman in the world when she was young?"

"That's right, Auntie will always be number one!" Li Yuechen nodded.

When it comes to making mom happy, Li Yuechen is definitely a professional. She has been doing this since she was a child, and now she no longer deliberately, it has even become an instinct.

Sure enough, Wu Zetian still smiled happily after hearing it.

Even if she knew in her heart that it was definitely flattery, her daughter loved to hear flattery.

Then she chatted with her two older sisters and sister-in-law, making Li Yuechen nod repeatedly.

Regardless of whether she hates or has hatred in her heart, at least my mother has done what she said. Since the last time, she has really treated the two sisters as her own daughters.

There are also many more rewards than usual, and they will not take the initiative to make trouble with them.

Not to mention the sister-in-law, as her daughter-in-law, although she rarely sees each other, the rewards and treatment that the prince should have are not missed.

The whole family sat and chatted together, Shangguan Wan'er was waiting on the side, helping to pour tea from time to time, occasionally winking with Li Yuechen, the atmosphere was very relaxed and happy.

"Everywhere is good now, but we can't go out of the palace together in micro-clothes to play like in previous years..." Wu Zetian picked up the teacup, with a nostalgic smile on his face.

Speaking of this topic, Li Yuechen missed his father again: "I still remember when I was a child, my grandfather held me to watch the lanterns in the imperial city, and we played the game of eagle and chicken together..."

The two sisters nodded with a smile, and there was a little nostalgia in their eyes.

Wu Zetian also smiled and took a sip of tea: "In the blink of an eye, so many years have passed, even if I want to play, my mother can't run anymore..."

"Aniang don't sit all day on weekdays, you should get up and move around from time to time." Li Yuechen persuaded, "When the time comes, the baby may be separated for two or three years, so Aniang must take care of her health."

"Don't worry, I will take care of myself!" Wu Zetian promised with a smile.

……

After chatting in Renshou Hall for half an afternoon, when it was almost dusk, before Li Yuechen had time to speak, Wu Zetian spoke first.

"Okay, it's almost night, you young people go play by yourself!" He said, and waved his hands, as if he was going to chase someone away.

Li Yuechen asked: "Aren't you going to see the lantern?"

"It's fine to take a look at the imperial city after nightfall, but I'm too lazy to go out casually now." Wu Zetian replied.

"In that case, let's go out to play! Auntie, rest early." Li Yuechen got up to say hello, and then took the others to get up and leave.

After leaving Renshou Hall, the group did not take a carriage, but left the palace on foot.

The bodyguards of Qianniuwei who had been arranged for a long time also changed into casual clothes and sneaked into the crowd to protect their safety.

"Let's go, have fun today!" Li Yuechen waved his hand and led them into the crowd on the street.

(End of this chapter)