Great Tang princess

Chapter 602 Photo Announcement
The photo was taken for a whole afternoon. If it wasn't for the lack of light at dusk, everyone would still want to continue taking pictures.

After returning to Jixian Temple, Li Yuechen finally breathed a sigh of relief, thanks to the enough copper plates prepared in advance today, otherwise there might not be enough to shoot.

After all, the ancients would definitely be extremely curious when they saw the magic of the camera for the first time, so Li Yuechen prepared a large number of silver-plated copper plates before coming back this time, and finally there was no such thing as no photos available.

At this time, it was approaching dusk, and compared with noon, the light was slightly dimmer.

The whole family sat in the hall, drinking tea while watching and discussing the photos taken in the afternoon.

All the photos have been placed in the glass interlayer, neatly lying on the table, for everyone to watch.

And the frontal photo of Wu Zetian was placed right in the middle at this time, showing an unparalleled status.

"I really didn't expect it. Looking at it this way, Brother Wei is still very good-looking..." Li Xian held his own photo with a narcissistic look.

The others didn't have much reaction, Li Xian rolled his eyes, and the two sisters covered their mouths and snickered a few times.

In fact, the genes of the old Li family are still good. In terms of appearance, there are indeed many handsome men and beautiful women in the royal family.

Coupled with the white skin gene carried in the Xianbei lineage, the appearance of the Li family has risen to a higher level.

Among other things, Li Yuechen would think his own photos look good.

……

After the family had dinner in Jixian Temple, it was about time to go back. Tomorrow is the day of the court meeting, so it is better for my mother to rest early.

After leaving the palace, they greeted each other and went back to their own place.

The second elder brother Li Xian got on his horse and was going back to the barracks, Li Yuechen asked, "Brother, it's cold in winter, it's safer to travel by horse-drawn carriage."

Li Xian shook his head as he took the woolen cloak handed over by his subordinates: "A man in the army, how can he be afraid of the environment and climate? Just treat it as exercise... Don't worry, Yuechen is still young as a brother. Carriage, after a few years Sit down."

Hearing this sentence, Li Yuechen smiled on the surface, but thought in his heart, before he knew it, my brother had reached this age.

"Little sister, I'm worried about brother, the weather in college, in case the horse's hoof slips..."

"Speaking of this, the horseshoes are made by Yuechen now, can we go a step further and make them like military boots?" Li Xian asked suddenly.

Today's military boots are also improved, with five rivets on the soles, which have strong anti-skid performance, a bit like football shoes.

Because there is no rubber, it is impossible to make military boots in the future, so Li Yuechen adopted this method and set them as mountaineering boots.

When Li Xian asked such a question, he obviously wanted to put the same design on the horseshoe.

However, Li Yuechen shook his head: "It's unrealistic. In fact, the stability of horses is far inferior to that of humans. In terms of proportion, the area of ​​human feet touching the ground is larger than that of horses, so this method is not suitable for hitting horseshoes..."

This explanation made Li Xian cloudless, but fortunately, although the previous part was a bit unclear, it was enough to understand the last sentence.

Knowing that there is nothing to do, I couldn't help shaking my head with regret: "Oh, it seems that horses are not omnipotent..."

In this regard, Li Yuechen nodded in agreement. Although biology has infinite possibilities in theory, the evolution time is often as long as 100,000 years. Machinery is better, and the replacement is fast enough. From the industrial revolution to the intelligent age, it is only a few years. Only a hundred years.

After chatting casually for a few words, he bid farewell to his elder brother, and Li Yuechen planned to go back in Shangguan Wan'er's carriage.

Speaking of which, although the four-wheeled carriage was made by the princess, since she is not in the Eastern Capital all the year round, there is no Li Yuechen's exclusive carriage in the princess mansion today.

Usually when I come back, I usually ride in the carriage of Shangguan Wan'er or the two sisters.

After getting into the carriage, just as Li Yuechen closed the door, Shangguan Wan'er made a suggestion: "How about making a carriage for Your Highness?"

"It's okay, I don't need it for the time being." Li Yuechen waved his hand, "I've been away from Dongdu for many years, and this carriage can only be left alone... Mechanical creations are easy to break, let's talk about it when I come back later. "

"That's fine." Shangguan Wan'er nodded, "This time His Highness came back early this time, on the day of rest, can His Highness take a photo with Wan'er in the mansion?"

Li Yuechen raised his hand and touched her cheek: "Of course there is no problem! Why did you come back so early this time, isn't it for this?"

Hearing her words, even though she knew in her heart that these were words of comfort, Shangguan Wan'er still smiled happily, then lowered her head a little embarrassed, and raised her hand to cover her reddened cheeks.

This cute appearance made Li Yuechen beside him laugh silently.

……

On the other side, Li Xian, who couldn't wait to get home, got off the carriage and rushed into the house: "Lian'er, Lian'er, come and see!"

Wei Lian'er, who was chatting with the children in the room, got up and walked over, first raised her hand to pat the snowflakes on his shoulders, and then pulled him to the seat and sat down: "Come on, come and have a look."

Li Chongrun and the others hurried over, surrounded their parents expectantly, intending to see what the photo of the old man would look like.

Today's Li Xian took a total of four or five photos, all with different poses and expressions, which looked extremely interesting.

Compared with the pictures that the children paid more attention to, Wei Lian'er was undoubtedly more curious about the photos themselves, holding one of them in her hand and looking at it repeatedly.

"It's really amazing, this picture is so realistic..."

Li Chongrun said with a smile: "Madam, why don't you take some photos with Grandpa when you have time."

Li Xian also quite agrees with this point of view, nodded slightly and said: "Yuechen said that he can shoot at any time in the future, and he plans to open that among the people... What's the matter?"

"Studio." Li Xianhui reminded from the side.

"Yes, I can take pictures at any time." Li Xian looked expectant.

Wei Lian'er couldn't help but smile after hearing this: "That concubine needs to dress up properly."

"Lian'er is naturally beautiful, even without makeup!" Li Xian hurriedly flattered her.

In fact, it's not flattering, Wei Lian'er was already very good-looking. Although she is a little older now, she has been well maintained in all aspects, and she is still beautiful. She looks a few years younger than her actual age.

Belonging to the same level of beauties as Li Yuechen, the only difference is their figure.

Wei Lian'er is only 1.7 meters tall, not as tall as Li Yuechen.Although he occasionally does dancing and other sports, he does not have a streamlined body line like Li Yuechen.

But Li Yuechen was a bug after all, and Wei Lian'er never thought of competing with her, as long as she ensured that she was the best-looking in the circle of ladies in the capital, that was enough.

Then we started talking about photos again.

The same scene is similar in other places. In the family area of ​​the military camp, Fang Furong is also looking at the photos over and over again.

When Li Xian said that when the time comes to ask the children to take pictures together, the expression that was originally looking forward to it became a little collapsed by the way.

"What's wrong?" Li Xian asked from the side.

Fang Furong bowed her head and said, "How about I go to the palace to beg the saint in a few days, and marry a few more concubines?"

Li Xian frowned: "Why are you talking about this? I am a man in the army, what's the use of having so many women?"

"But the concubine hasn't moved much these years, presumably there is something wrong with the concubine..." Fang Furong had a guilty expression on her face.

For so many years, Li Xian only had two sons, but these two sons were not born in the same family, because Fang Furong, the regular wife, had never been pregnant.

Since the concubine can give birth, it means that it is definitely not Li Xian's problem, it is on his side.

Over the years, she has always felt guilty about this, and she has also consulted with people from Shangyao Bureau, and has taken a lot of medicine, but it is useless, and she still cannot conceive.

"Okay, it's useless to think about these things!" Li Xian waved his hand and sat down beside her, "What's the use of having so many children? Both of them make me very upset."

"It is the root of human beings to spread branches and leaves..."

"Okay, let them do it. I'm almost [-] years old, and I'm too lazy to give birth." Li Xian patted her on the shoulder.

In fact, half of this is to comfort his wife, and half is true.

In fact, Li Xian is not very interested in having children. He thinks that two children are enough, as long as he can keep his blood, why have so many children?
Instead of thinking about it, it's better to enjoy life.

In fact, the one who has changed the most these years is Li Xian. When he was the prince, he always thought about fighting for power, but since the rebellion failed and he joined the army, under the influence of his sister, his thoughts have completely changed.

In Li Xian's view, happiness should be the first priority in life, and whoever loves to be the emperor should go. The dragon chair is definitely not a place where you can sit comfortably.

Not to mention fighting wits and courage with ministers every day, it is too tiring to have to guard against this and that all day long, and sometimes even guard against your wife and children.

It's better to go to work from time to time every day and leave work at noon every day. This is the only way to live a comfortable life, and you don't have to worry about sleeping.

Since I came to the army, I have never had a nightmare in sleep for so many years, and I sleep until dawn every day, which is very refreshing.

If he was given another chance to become emperor now, he would definitely not be killed.

……

In the Hall of Immortals, after the children left, Wu Zetian came to sit by the window, poured a small glass of white wine, put his right arm on the window, and looked out the window shining in the moonlight while blowing the cold wind. snow.

It's just that from the look of his eyes, it seems that he is not looking at the scenery, but remembering something, holding a wine glass and taking small sips.

She tilted her head and rested her arms on her arms, looking at the snow outside the window, her cheeks were also a little red from the effect of alcohol.

I just watched the scene outside the window for an unknown amount of time, but there was a smile on the corner of my mouth, and I muttered to myself in a low voice: "Zhinu, you are right, Chen'er really changed the Tang Dynasty..."

As he said that, he suddenly felt drowsy, so he lay on the edge of the window, closed his eyes with his arms on his pillow, and his breathing became steady.

The two maids at the side looked at each other, and one of them walked over and called softly: "Saint, open the window to sleep, be careful not to catch a cold, go back to bed early."

"Um……"

Wu Zetian agreed vaguely, then got up with the help of the maid, and went back to the back.

After falling asleep under the maid's service, there was still a faint smile on the corner of her mouth.

……

Early the next morning, Li Yuechen got up early to exercise, and then entered the palace with Shangguan Wan'er after having two mouthfuls of porridge.

Today is the court meeting day, so listen to the news early, after entering the palace gate, sneak into the passage of Zhenguan Hall, intending to listen to the news as usual.

However, after entering the passage, I saw that several tables had already been set up here, as well as matching boss chairs.

Li Yuechen, who hadn't been to the main hall for a long time, was a little surprised when it became like this.

Princess Yiyang on the side explained: "Nowadays, Wan'er is occasionally asked to help with the record work of the court meeting, so A Niang put two tables here for record use."

"Then this chair..."

"Aniang said that Chen'er would come to listen to it occasionally, and it's somewhat tiring to stand up, so it's better to just sit and listen." Princess Yiyang laughed.

Li Yuechen raised his eyebrows, not to mention, although his mother looked disgusted at him on weekdays, she still cared about herself very much in her heart, commonly known as Tsundere.

After a while, Zhang Chengxin came in. After greeting Li Yuechen, he announced that all the officials had entered the palace, then turned back and walked in with Wu Zetian's arm.

When they entered, Li Yuechen and Princess Yiyang also stood up and saluted. Wu Zetian waved his hands, and then walked out of the aisle with majestic steps, sat down on the dragon chair, and started today's court meeting.

Originally, court meetings were quite boring, but now the cabinet is gradually taking shape, and the efficiency of work reports is much higher. It is rare for court meetings to be held for a whole day, and basically the court can be held within an hour.

In fact, Li Yuechen originally wanted to make the court meeting into a nine-to-five model, but in the end it was not implemented.

The main reason is that in this day and age, if you really have to get off work at [-] pm, it will be almost dusk, and you can’t do anything else after you go back, and you will sacrifice a lot of personal time.

As a state-owned enterprise, it is natural to give ministers sufficient personal time, so it has not been implemented.

The standard procedure of the court meeting is to report the small things first, and then report the big ones, but now that the country is peaceful and the people are safe, there are very few big things, so most of the court meetings are basically small things.

For example, something is broken on the official side, which affects work efficiency. I hope the emperor will give a solution.

Wu Zetian asked the Ministry of Industry to repair it, but the Ministry of Industry said there was no money, and then Princess Xuancheng, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, stood up and said that she could send someone to look at it first, and then calculate the cost to see how much it would cost, etc...

Anyway, most of the court meetings are these small things, and let the cabinet solve them. The emperor will just read the report at the end, so there is no need to work hard for it.

After everything has been reported, the ministers are all waiting to go down.

However, Wu Zetian on the dragon chair suddenly said: "Speaking of which, a few days ago, Taiping developed a new tool called a camera, which can record images with vivid details... I think this thing is very useful, everyone Ai Qing might as well take a look at this photo and tell me how it is."

While talking, he waved his hands and asked Zhang Chengxin to send them the frontal photo taken yesterday, so that they can take a look together.

(End of this chapter)