Great Tang princess

Chapter 614 The end of the holiday
Just like what Wu Zetian said, Li Xian was mischievous since he was a child, and his mother always scolded him for doing wrong things.

But in fact, he likes this mother very much. The first thing he thinks of is his mother. She is a very filial child.

It's just that being born in the royal family, accompanied by a lot of smart extinguishing operations, it's easy to make Wu Zetian, a mother, feel angry.

But in fact, if you are in an ordinary family, having such a son is really quite good.

Even today, on Lantern Festival, after being rejected for wanting to accompany his mother, he still came to the main street that is the most conspicuous distance from the main entrance of the palace, deliberately letting his mother see him.

Wu Zetian has been smart all his life, so he can naturally understand his son's meaning, a gratified smile appeared on his face, and he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "If I were in an ordinary family, I should not be so harsh on him."

"Aniang, don't feel guilty, it doesn't matter what you are born with!" Li Yuechen joked with a smile.

"You're talking nonsense again. As a mother, you are not hard-hearted."

Li Yuechen spread his hands: "Don't worry, my brother will definitely understand my mother, my mother, I don't care if I don't want to understand!"

"Is it over?" Wu Zetian asked angrily.

Sometimes it is really torture to be with this daughter, and finally the atmosphere is up, and the two sentences are destroyed.

It was obviously a scene where a mother felt guilty towards her son, but it was made funny by two sentences.

At this time, Wu Zetian suddenly felt a little regretful. This daughter was raised by him too lawlessly, and he should have beaten her a few times while she was young.

Seeing his mother's eyes sizing him up and down, Li Yuechen took half a step back slightly: "Why do you feel that there is a murderous look on A Niang?"

"It's not murderous, I just want to hit you a few times." Wu Zetian replied.

"This...forget it. Madam also knows that the child is strong in martial arts and has a strong body. If you hit me, I'm worried that Madam's hand will hurt." Li Yuechen filled her glass with water with a smile.

Wu Zetian raised his eyebrows: "Do I have to be empty-handed?"

"It doesn't hurt to hit me with a stick, but it's Aniang's hand that hurts. If you want to hit me, at least you have to use my sledgehammer. But I'm afraid I won't be able to lift it..." Li Yuechen analyzed Nodding seriously, "So Auntie, don't hit me! Both parties are fine."

As he said that, he deliberately made a flattering smile in an attempt to pass the test with cuteness.

However, Li Yuechen was really cute when he was a child, but when he grew up, he looked like a royal sister, and he was completely detached from being cute, and he didn't let Wu Zetian find the feeling of the past at all.

But after thinking about it for so many years, I should get used to it, so I just gave her a blank look and didn't say much.

Shangguan Wan'er, who was not far behind, looked at the interaction between the mother and daughter, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, and she wanted to laugh.

His Highness has been like this since he was a child, eccentric and eccentric. Although he has grown up now, he still looks the same in front of his family, as if time has never passed.

Looking at the interaction between the mother and daughter in front of me, I can't help but combine it with my childhood memories. The two paintings are completely put together, but there is no sense of disobedience.

However, this warm scene was broken with Wu Zetian's low drink.

"This rebellious son! I really don't want my life!"

Shangguan Wan'er leaned over to take a look, and saw that Li Xian actually bought snacks from a roadside stall. Not only did he eat for himself, but he also shared a portion for Wei Lian'er and several concubines.

This kind of thing is very dangerous, if someone poisons it, the prince will die on the spot!

But Li Yuechen went to stop the furious Wu Zetian: "Don't worry, Ma'am, it's fine, that peddler is a member of the inner guard, and he won't poison my brother."

"Why did you let the inner guard pretend to be a hawker?" Wu Zetian asked.

Li Yuechen took a sip of tea: "There are a lot of people on the Shangyuan Festival, and there is a lot of chaos. There must be a lot of thieves among them. Let them go out to set up stalls, just to keep an eye on the situation to prevent accidents..."

When there are many people, it is often very chaotic. There are many thieves and human traffickers, and stampedes are also prone to occur.

So let the inner guards be placed as small vendors throughout the city to prevent stampedes or children from being stolen.

After listening to the explanation, Wu Zetian calmed down, but he still couldn't hold back his anger: "Even so, as a prince, how can he be so relaxed outside?"

"Actually, this is also a good thing." Li Yuechen said with a smile, "If the prince leaves the palace, he must always be on guard against someone's assassination. Does that mean that the country is not stable enough? Now it's so easy for brother to go out, which means that the country is peaceful and the people are safe. Govern the country well?"

After such a flattery, Wu Zetian didn't say anything anymore, and immediately felt a lot better.

So he changed the topic: "Today's newspaper said that women will be allowed to participate in the imperial examination in the future. I thought it would be troublesome, but it turned out that there was no special reaction."

In fact, Wu Zetian had already prepared for someone to perform, and even how many people jointly signed for the performance, and so on. Unexpectedly, it was quite peaceful.

Li Yuechen said it was normal: "Nowadays even the emperor can be a woman, so what if there are more women in the court? Rather, most ordinary people don't care about these things at all."

Compared with political news, illiterate people usually go to teahouses and restaurants to listen to news and newspapers, and pay more attention to gossip boards.

For the two of them, whether a woman can become an official in the court is not as controversial as the loss of two pigs at the widow's house in the east of the city.

Shangguan Wan'er behind said: "Your Majesty, actually there were some discussions among literati, but they didn't attract much attention."

"Oh? I guess it was suppressed by some people?" Wu Zetian laughed.

"It doesn't matter if you don't suppress it. In this way, if they have a girl in the family in the future, they can also cultivate it well? They can understand this truth." Li Yuechen waved his hand, "If you want to talk about those who are strongly opposed , it belongs to female phobia poisoning, don't worry about them."

It is not uncommon for women to maintain objections from the beginning to the end of the imperial examination, but there are really not many.

This is due to this special era. First, the current emperor is a woman, and women's social status is inherently high.

Secondly, many customs in the north today are still left over from the Sui Dynasty, and the customs of the Sui Dynasty were developed according to the Northern Wei Dynasty.

During the Sui Dynasty, those who managed the money in the family, those who were in charge of doing business, and those who dealt with customers were basically women.

Even the yamen is full of women who are litigating and looking for jobs for their children. Many families in the northern region are dominated by women and men.

Even in the Tang Dynasty, women's status in the family was not low. They didn't have to marry if they didn't want to marry, and they could share the inheritance in the future.

This is why there were many famous ministers with strict wives from the Sui Dynasty to the early Tang Dynasty. This is inseparable from the social environment.

So when the policy of allowing women to take part in the imperial examination came out, although there were indeed some people who opposed it, there were not as many as imagined, and there were only a few here and there.

After all, it has been laid for hundreds of years from the Northern Wei Dynasty to the present, and women have even become emperors... Nowadays, the recognized God of War is still a woman. In this environment, it is suddenly said that women will be allowed to enter the court as officials... It seems that it is not true unacceptable.

After all, there are several living examples out there, and it’s hard to accept it.

……

The Shangyuan Festival has just passed smoothly, which also means that the holiday is officially over, and it is time for Li Yuechen to leave again.

In the evening, Li Yuechen and Shangguan Wan'er left the palace together, and boarded the carriage back to the princess mansion.

Today is different from usual, even after midnight, there are still bright people on the street, and there are still many crowds, commuting between the streets.

Sitting in the carriage, one could hear the commotion of people outside, Shangguan Wan'er leaned against the door of the carriage, and said softly: "The days pass quickly, and in a blink of an eye, His Highness is leaving again."

"If you are reluctant, how about going with me?" Li Yuechen asked back.

"Wan'er doesn't know the art of war. If she goes to the army, she won't be able to help His Highness, and may even drag His Highness down... I still don't want to go." Shangguan Wan'er shook her head lightly.

Li Yuechen leaned on the back of the chair: "I can't help it. Who told me to make the country better? If I don't care about anything, it seems good to be an idle princess."

"But Wan'er thinks that it's because of what His Highness has done over the years that Wan'er is so infatuated with it." As she spoke, a smile appeared on her lips.

This sentence made Li Yuechen laugh too. She leaned on the back of the chair and gently grabbed her hand: "Wan'er has always been very direct."

In fact, this surprised Li Yuechen at first.

When she was a child, she always thought that Shangguan Wan'er should be a very stereotyped gentle female image, but as she got to know her better, she gradually realized that gentleness does not mean weakness, and tradition does not necessarily mean awkwardness.

She is indeed a very gentle traditional woman, but when she was with Li Yuechen, she always spoke directly, never twitching, and was straightforward and direct.

"Wan'er has always been like this to His Highness." She tightened her hand, "Speaking of which, today's newspaper announced that women can take part in the imperial examination, but many people asked me to ask His Highness whether the heirs in the family can enter the imperial examination." His Royal Highness Military Academy..."

Leaving aside the issue of the imperial examinations, there are also many people who want their children to join the army.

If in the past, relying on the family background and entering the army with family background, you can also become a general as a general. If there is a war, with some experience and qualifications, you can keep your family invincible.

However, the research and development of new weapons such as grenades and artillery has made the foundation of Jiangmen House worthless, and it cannot play its due role in the new army.

Seeing that he was about to become a victim of the old era, many ministers of the generals' family naturally thought about it. If they could send their children to the princess' military academy to learn the latest military system, wouldn't they be able to take root in the new army? Next root?
But on weekdays, Princess Taiping doesn't deal with outsiders very much, so these people found Shangguan Wan'er, hoping that she could help with a sentence.

"Well, that's true..." Li Yuechen nodded slightly, "Since that's the case, let's bring a group of new recruits there in the past two days. In the future, the reform of the army will really be important to the cultivation of grassroots officers."

It is a good thing for the military officer to enroll his children in the military academy.

After all, there are too few literate ordinary people now, and it is not easy for military academies to enroll students. It is naturally best if there are ready-made students.

Although Li Yuechen might not like the children of these officials' families, it doesn't matter, three years of school life is enough to educate them into what he wants.

Besides, maybe these people can find something they really like in the military academy?
For example, some people may not necessarily like to go to battle, but are only interested in flying airships, so they should be trained in this direction.

If you like to steer and steer a big ship, then train in this direction.

In short, with the subdivision of majors in the military academy in the future, these people should also be able to find a world that suits them in the new era.

……

The next day, all the children of the royal family who had been playing for more than a month received a message from Li Yuechen: "The winter vacation is coming to an end, we need to adjust our status in these two days, and we will officially leave for Qingdao on the eighteenth day of the first lunar month."

Although the children who received the news felt that they hadn't played enough, their education in the army had already made them accustomed to orders and prohibitions, and they would naturally follow orders as soon as they came.

So in the next two days, I stopped going out to play, but exercised at home, let my body get back to its state, and at the same time packed up and saluted.

The education in the army made them unaccustomed to letting servants touch their own things. They prepared everything by themselves, which was much neater than those servants.

Especially the rucksacks issued by the army have many functions, and the servants don't know how to put them away, so they do it by themselves.

Although Li Yuechen didn't know how to make plastic, he still made a buckle out of wood in this era and installed it on the backpack.

Seeing these royal children skillfully put things into the backpack, and then closed the buckle, the people watching were surprised.

Li Yuechen has never given up research on these small technological products, even though they are small gadgets and are not very well known to the outside world.

On the seventeenth night of the first lunar month, the airship had already landed behind the Xuanwu Gate and was ready for departure.

Li Yuechen told everyone to gather early tomorrow, set off early, and strive to arrive in Qingdao before Haishi at night, so they set off at Yinshi tomorrow.

That night, Li Yuechen had dinner with his mother in Jixian Hall, and after saying goodbye, he returned to the Princess Mansion.

After arranging the follow-up matters at the Princess Mansion, she returned to her room and lay down. Turning her head, she realized that Shangguan Wan'er was still asleep, her eyes were wide open.

"Can't sleep?" Li Yuechen asked.

"There are some..." Shangguan Wan'er replied, "But it doesn't matter. Anyway, a letter can be delivered in a day now. Compared with before, I don't know how much more convenient it is."

Hearing what she said, Li Yuechen reached out and touched her head: "It's ok, you and I can't keep up with the good times..."

She couldn't help but wonder, what would it be like if she and Shangguan Wan'er could meet in the future high-tech era?

(End of this chapter)