Great Tang princess

"Um……"

When I woke up in the morning, the sun had not yet risen, and the sky outside the window was still a deep blue, like the seabed where the sun could not shine.

After Li Yuechen sat up first, he slowly opened his eyes. While stretching, he let the quilt slide down slowly along the curve of his body.

Because there is a fireplace in the house, not only is it not cold, but it also illuminates most of the area in the house, so that it will not be completely dark.

The still dark sky and the slowly falling snowflakes can be seen outside the glass window.

She reached out to touch the gauze on the bedside, perhaps because she moved a little too much, Shangguan Wan'er, who was lying on the side, also slowly opened her eyes.

"Your Highness?" She seemed a little confused.

"Oh, did it wake you up?" Li Yuechen asked while wrapping gauze around his chest.

Shangguan Wan'er shook her head lightly, and looked at the burning candle not far from the bed: "It's okay, I usually get up around this time."

In this era, there is no such thing as an hourglass. The tools used for timekeeping are usually viewed with sundials or gauges during the day, and candles can only be used at night.

But to be honest, the sundial and Guibiao Li Yuechen understand that they can determine the time by looking at the position of the sun and shadows, but she doesn't understand things like looking at candles to tell the time.

Generally speaking, the burning speed of each candle is different, so it will be more troublesome to tell the time?

So when there is no sun, the way for Li Yuechen to tell the time is very simple, just ask the servants.

While she was wrapping the gauze, Shangguan Wan'er also turned around slightly, lay sideways on the bed, propped her head with one hand and watched her movements.

Then he asked curiously, "Wouldn't it be uncomfortable for Your Highness to wrap this gauze?"

"It's not too hard, just hold it up a little bit." Li Yuechen smiled, "The main thing is to fix it, otherwise I'll be jumping up and down all day, and dangling around will be too eye-catching."

While explaining, she tied the wrapped gauze into a shoelace knot behind her back: "Wan'er won't get up? Don't you plan to practice yoga with me?"

Shangguan Wan'er lay down on her back again: "When Your Highness comes back, I want to lie down for a while. Why don't Your Highness come with me, because I don't want to get up early when the weather is cold."

While speaking, he pulled up the quilt again, and closed his eyes again very lazily.

Li Yuechen couldn't help but feel funny looking at it. Shangguan Wan'er has always been very self-disciplined since she was a child. This is the first time she has seen her being lazy.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help laughing.

Perhaps feeling the sight, Shangguan Wan'er opened her eyes and felt a little embarrassed when she saw her bright smiling face: "Your Highness, don't laugh at me."

"I'm not laughing at you, I just think you're funny." Li Yuechen patted the bed sheet, "Then I'll go."

"Your Highness doesn't want to sleep for a while?"

"If you don't practice your hands and feet for one day, you will lose half of it for two days." Li Yuechen walked out while putting on his wide-leg pants.

The long-standing habit prevents her from relaxing. Occasionally, she does not need to practice routines when she is tired, but the yoga every morning has been unshakable for more than [-] years.

Seeing that she didn't intend to continue resting, Shangguan Wan'er was too embarrassed to continue lying down, and hurriedly crawled out of the bed to get dressed, followed her and took the sheepskin mat to the front hall to prepare for practice.

The two older sisters and sister-in-law Pei Qingwan also got up at this time, tied up their hair and came to practice together.

The habit of exercising for many years has given them a healthy and good figure, and their temperament is obviously better than that of their peers, and they look younger, so they are all willing to persist.

In addition, there is no such thing as the Internet these days, and entertainment activities are really scarce. Going to bed early and getting up early to exercise is also a good way of life.

……

After training, they had a bite of breakfast, and then everyone left the palace in a carriage.

Although there is no court meeting today, it is still necessary to go to work, especially Shangguan Wan'er. The emperor's secretary and the commander of the hidden guards are not so busy that they do not touch the ground, but there is almost no time to rest.

The same is true for Princess Yiyang, who reads a large number of poems and articles every day, and designs the layout of the newspaper to ensure the timeliness of the news.

Relatively speaking, Princess Xuancheng is more comfortable, and commutes normally on weekdays, but now the end of the year is approaching, and the household department is about to enter a busy time.

Fortunately, after the reform of the household department, the cultivation of talents in accounting and management has been strengthened. Strictly speaking, she, the secretary of the household department, does not need to do everything by herself, which is relatively easy in the family.

But when it comes to stability, it has to be the current executive CEO of Taiping Group, Pei Qingwan.

Taiping Group is the general name of all the shops under Li Yuechen's name. Pei Qingwan is currently responsible for the management of these things. No matter what kind of shop, as long as it has the word "Taiping" in front, it is the property of the princess.

At present, this is already a well-known secret, but due to the prestige of the princess, no one dares to stand up and publicly oppose it.

……

The carriage kept running at a constant speed on the main road of the Eastern Capital, extremely stable, and the tea placed on the table only swayed slightly without spilling out.

Looking at the crowd on both sides outside the window, Li Yuechen seemed to be in a daze, recalling the scene when he came here for the first time when he was a child.

Li Yuechen vaguely remembered that he was also in the carriage at that time, and immediately opened the curtain to look out after entering the Eastern Capital City.

At that time, the people on both sides of the road gave people the feeling that the expressions on their faces were somewhat numb, and they bowed their heads tremblingly on both sides of the road to salute, completely unable to see the happiness of living in a first-tier city.

But now...it can be clearly seen that groups of people on the street are shopping happily, with satisfied smiles on their faces, and they don't seem to be worried about the harvest and food.

Although civilians still wear coarse linen clothing as before, there are significantly fewer patches, and even younger children cannot see patches.

As for the women walking together, most of them were holding hands, showing confident smiles, teasing each other and discussing something.

Even when they saw some handsome guys, they would push each other and make fun of them, and some bold ones even dared to wink directly.

In the square, even occasional shouts that were not too obvious could be heard.

"Hubing~~Big Bowl of Tea~"

"The lamb in the water basin~"

"Excellent material! Come and see!"

In fact, this is a violation of the law. Regardless of Chang'an or Dongdu, the law stipulates that commercial activities can only be operated in special markets.

For example, Chang'an has two cities in the east and west, and three cities in the east.It is not allowed to do business in other workshops.

That is to say, you have to go to a specific place to buy everything from needlework to other daily necessities.

The most important thing is that Fangshi only opens at noon and closes at dusk.

But now that there are more and more tea houses and restaurants in other workshops, other industries will naturally follow suit. As for the imperial court, they just turn a blind eye to this situation.

Seeing her laugh, Shangguan Wan'er asked: "Your Highness has been away from home in recent years, but did you feel a change?"

"Probably." Li Yuechen turned his head and picked up the teacup, "What does Wan'er think? Can you feel a little change?"

"A little?"

Shangguan Wan'er raised her head: "The changes have been too great. When I came here when I was a child, it was still a dirt road. In summer, the sky is full of dust and sand. Now it is a concrete floor. The carriage is stable and wide, and it can fly into the sky... Your Highness When she is not around, Wan'er often wonders if she is still in a dream? Will she suddenly wake up one day and find that she is still playing with His Highness in Anfu Hall..."

Are all liberal arts students this romantic?Li Yuechen couldn't help thinking in his heart.

However, he stretched out his hand and curled his fingers, flicking lightly on her forehead: "Does it hurt?"

"It hurts a little..."

"Then it's not a dream, hahaha..."

Seeing Li Yuechen's heartless smile, Shangguan Wan'er pouted pretending to be wronged, but then also laughed.

After so many years, Your Highness has not changed at all...

……

After entering the palace, the carriage went around the Ming Hall and stopped outside the Daye Gate. Li Yuechen got out of the carriage and went to Jixian Hall with Shangguan Wan'er.

Among the falling snowflakes, some eunuchs were constantly sweeping the snow on the road to both sides with brooms. When they saw Li Yuechen, they all stopped their work and saluted.

Li Yuechen was also the same as when he was a child. When passing by, he waved his hand as a sign of disrespect, and followed Shangguan Wan'er to step on the snowflakes to Jixian Temple.

When she arrived at the door, Shangguan Wan'er took off the cloak outside to shake off the snowflakes, and raised her hand to pat the snowflakes on her head: "Your Highness, can we take pictures today?"

"Hmm..." Li Yuechen looked up, "The light is still not bright enough at this time, let's wait until the afternoon."

At this time, Zhang Chengxin also came out of the hall: "I have seen Your Highness!"

"Morning." Li Yuechen greeted, and followed Shangguan Wan'er into the hall.

As soon as he entered, Wu Zetian who was sitting at the table waved: "Chen'er, that photo..."

"Don't worry, Auntie, wait until the afternoon..." Li Yuechen couldn't laugh or cry. Ever since they successfully researched the camera, they have been thinking about taking pictures every day.

Sure enough, women's sensitivity in this regard has nothing to do with the times.

"Oh, let's ask them to come over for lunch, and try it together in the afternoon." Wu Zetian nodded, "It would be nice if the whole family can take a picture together."

As expected of a mother, Li Yuechen couldn't help but nodded in praise in her heart for realizing the role of family portraits so quickly.

It's a pity that the only problem is that these photos cannot be enlarged now, which is a small regret.

These words reminded Shangguan Wan'er who was already working aside, she couldn't help but wonder if she would have a chance to take pictures with His Highness.

……

At noon, Li Xian and the others also came over. After saluting with his mother, they surrounded Li Yuechen and asked about the camera.

Li Yuechen also patiently explained to them, and by the way, talked about taking a family portrait this afternoon.

"This... how about calling Lian Er and the others together?" Li Xian asked.

As soon as these words were spoken, Li Yuechen and the other two brothers raised their heads together and stared at him without saying a word.

Li Xian felt hairy when he was looked at, and subconsciously moved back a little distance: "Why are you looking at me like this?"

"Brother, do you think that if the sisters-in-laws come, can my mother laugh?" Li Yuechen asked back, and then said without waiting for his answer, "I'd better wait to take pictures. As for the sisters-in-laws, I will go alone to give them to you when the time comes." You shoot..."

Li Dan turned his head: "Have Yuechen time?"

"Brother, don't worry, I plan to take a good rest when I come back this time, and I will leave after a year." Li Yuechen said with a smile.

"Then the relationship is good, so you don't have to be the Minister of the Ministry of War as a brother during this period of time?" Li Dan asked with a smile.

However, before he could laugh twice, he saw his elder brother Li Xian squinting at him, so the smile froze on his face: "Brother, please don't look at me like that, I am not the only one who can serve as Minister of the Ministry of War."

"Oh? Yuechen isn't here, and I'm a commoner. The third child has an embarrassing status outside. Besides you, who else can take on the role?" Li Xian asked.

This question made Li Dan froze all of a sudden, and he really didn't know how to answer it for a while.

This is indeed the problem. The third brother is the deposed emperor, and his identity is a bit sensitive. He also serves as Minister of the Ministry of War, which will inevitably make many people in the court think about it.

The second brother is also a common man, and his status is equally embarrassing and sensitive, which is not suitable for him.

Now that the next generation is still young, and none of them have grown up yet, it is bound to be impossible to hold such an important position. After thinking about it, it seems that only myself is left.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but sighed helplessly, I don't know when I will be able to live the life of the third brother, reading and practicing calligraphy at home every day, and studying the rhythm, how good it is.

Seeing the children whispering together, Wu Zetian, who had been sitting next to him, suddenly frowned: "Why are you all muttering over there? Why can't we let my mother know about something?"

"We're talking about filming. Aren't we afraid of disturbing Madam's thinking about state affairs?" Over the years, Li Xian has also learned how to flatter his mother.

Although technically he was much worse than Li Yuechen, but after all, he was older, and Wu Zetian didn't bother to talk about him much, so he could still play a role in his daily life.

Li Yuechen joked: "That's right, I'm waiting to talk about this, but Auntie shouldn't listen. If the talk gets to rebellion, Auntie won't feel comfortable listening to it."

As soon as these words came out, except for Li Xian who was startled and opened his eyes wide, no one else responded.

If someone else said it, I'm afraid Wu Zetian would take it down with a shout on the spot.

But from Li Yuechen's mouth, Wu Zetian just gave her a blank look, then lowered his head and continued to read the memorial.

rebel?If you really come here for your mother, you will look forward to it... Wu Zetian secretly complained in his heart.

Li Xian and the others don't take it seriously, how can this sister stay in the dragon chair with a piece of salted fish?
On the other hand, Shangguan Wan'er worked hard to hold back a smile, and handed them cups of brewed tea with a straight face, pretending that she didn't hear anything.

Wu Zetian finished reading the memorabilia in his hand, and suddenly changed the subject: "I was thinking, bring some of the cooks from your army back this year, to entertain the officials on the first day of the new year, and take this photo by the way, to open their eyes!"

Hearing this sentence, Li Yuechen couldn't help but think, Mom's idea is good, she can bring some fresh seafood back by the way.

The weather has been good in recent years, so there is nothing wrong with raising the specifications of the state banquet!