Great Tang princess

The team lined up drove steadily on the wide hardened road, heading straight for Chang'an.

The front and back are the trucks that the soldiers are riding in, and the cars that Li Longji and the royal family members are sitting in are in the middle.

Li Longji sat in the co-pilot, followed by sisters Li Shu and Li Linghui.

Looking at the spacious road outside the window, he couldn't help admiring: "Oh, I just wanted to say it when I came back last time. This road looks much more comfortable than Qingdao."

Li Shu in the back row smiled: "It's also the capital of the country, so naturally it looks much better than Qingdao."

Li Linghui has a different opinion on this: "Although Qingdao Road is not wide, it is straight enough. Unlike today's Northeast, there are either hills or jungles, and every road is built with twists and turns..."

"It's boring if the road is too straight. I feel like I don't have to turn the steering wheel when I'm driving, and I can even sleep..." Li Longji, who was sitting in front, complained in a low voice.

Hearing this sentence, Li Shu immediately gave a lesson: "I think you have forgotten all your driving theories. How dare you sleep while driving? You are not afraid of death, are you?"

"Sister, don't be angry, that's all you said." Li Longji laughed dryly, "It's not because my aunt stipulated that the roads in Shandong must be straight enough..."

"Okay, let's not talk about that for now, what is the meaning of asking me to wait for the royal children to come back when the crown prince ascends the throne?" Li Linghui asked.

Li Shu shook her head: "I don't know the details, it's just that my aunt said that when the new emperor ascends the throne, all the royal family must be present."

Li Longji, who was sitting in the front row, looked indifferent: "It doesn't matter, anyway, I haven't returned for many years, it's good to come back and have a look. I'm not interested in the new emperor's enthronement!"

Li Longji is now a colonel and a brigade commander.

In fact, the brigade commander didn't even want to do it. He thought it would be good to be on the front line.

It's just that he's in his 30s and [-]s now, and he can't compare with those seventeen or eighteen-year-olds in terms of physical fitness and energy, so he chose to be promoted in desperation.

As for the matter of the throne, he is not even interested in listening to gossip.

But no matter what, his relationship with Prince Li Chongrun is still very good. Apart from Li Yuechen's order, he mainly wanted to congratulate him face to face when he came back this time.

After all, becoming an emperor and standing at the pinnacle of the highest power in the country is indeed something worthy of congratulations.

Li Shu supported her chin with her hand, looked out the window, thinking about the meaning of Li Yuechen calling them all back.

……

The railway station is not too far from Chang'an, only more than ten kilometers away.

For the car, basically it only takes a few minutes, and soon you can see the vermilion exterior wall and green glazed tiles of Daming Palace.

The motorcade soon stopped outside the Xuanwu Gate of Daming Palace, and everyone opened the doors and got off.

And there is already a group of people waiting here, seeing them getting off the car, they greeted them one after another.

Li Longji immediately ran to his father Li Dan and saluted: "Grandfather, the child is back!"

"Good good..."

Li Dan, whose hair was mostly white, patted his son's arm with a smile: "After talking with the prince for a while, I will go back to the palace earlier. Your mother misses you too. I heard that you have been happy for several days when you come back this time." I can't sleep."

"What if I can't fall asleep? The child is not around for a long time, so Grandpa needs to be a mother. Although the child is a bastard, but..."

"Okay, okay, how old is it, and the son of the concubine..." Li Dan smiled, "Can I not care about her?"

Hearing what his father said, Li Longji was relieved, and nodded to express his understanding.

On the other side, brothers Li Shouli and Li Shouyi were also reminiscing about the past with Li Xian.

Compared with Li Xian and Li Dan, Li Xian looks much younger than them now.

Firstly, they don't have as many white hairs as them, and secondly, their figure is still tall and straight. Wearing a military uniform on their body, they still look very energetic.

As for Li Shu and Li Linghui, they came directly to Prince Li Chongrun to talk.

At present, except for the emperor Li Xian and the eldest princess Li Yuechen, the Xuanwu sect is complete.

Of course not only the elders, but also the younger generations.

It's winter vacation now, and the children had received the news in advance, knowing that their parents would come over during the Chinese New Year, so they simply stayed here for now.

Li Shu came to Li Chongrun and was about to salute, but was stopped by him: "Okay sister, how many times have I said that we are equals, why should I do this."

"It's fine on weekdays, you're going to be the emperor soon, and the ceremony must be done!" Li Shu and the others insisted on saluting.

Then she asked: "I don't know why you asked me to come back this time?"

"I don't know either, but my aunt said that when the new emperor ascends the throne in the future, the entire royal family needs to be a witness..." Li Chongrun replied.

"I see..." Li Shu nodded.

Just about to continue to say something, a seven or eight-year-old girl rushed over and hugged her: "Mother!"

"Ouch, does Yunqiu miss Aunt?" Li Shu hugged the little girl up.

"I think about it, the baby wants to go back to see A Niang..." Li Yunqiu hugged her and kissed her on the cheek.

The young royal children, because they are all educated in Chang'an, can only see their parents once a week on weekdays.

The so-called distance produces beauty, perhaps because this kind of meeting is not every day, so the relationship between children and parents seems to be better.

Then the little girl said: "Mother, uncle took us to play in the palace recently, the palace is so big..."

Because Li Shu is a child of the royal family, she does not marry outside.So the child also has her surname Li, and also enjoys all the treatment of the royal family's children. Of course, he also has to bear the responsibilities of the royal family's children.

In this way, her younger brother Li Chongrun was called uncle by the children, but his father's brother was called uncle.

Upon hearing this, Li Shu immediately raised her head and said, "Take them into the palace to play, isn't it good?"

"It doesn't matter, anyway, it looks empty, so it's better to be more lively." Li Chongrun smiled indifferently.

There is one thing to say, the palace is indeed too big.

In addition, there are almost no young eunuchs so far, and the population in the entire palace is seriously aging.

Some children come in to play, which can also make the atmosphere more lively.

Now the only young people in the palace are maids, there are no eunuchs, and the maids are responsible for all the work.

When all the old eunuchs are dead now, this profession will disappear completely in Datang.

Today's court ladies are also divided into two parts, one part is the court ladies who act as bodyguards, they are all from the army and have received strict training.

The other part is ordinary court ladies, usually responsible for doing various chores and the like.

These two kinds of maids of honor adopt a system similar to military service, and they will change rounds every few years, so as not to delay their return to get married.

At the same time, when they leave, they will also be given a resettlement fee as their salary for the past few years.

The wages of ordinary maids are not high, and they are at the level of ordinary people.

But the problem is that because of the reform of the system in the palace, it is doomed that they have nothing to spend money on.

You don't have to worry about food and lodging, and you don't have much to spend in the palace, so you can save a lot of money when you leave.

This system was proposed by Li Yuechen a few years ago, and then Shangguan Waner refined it and handed it over to the emperor for implementation.

Shangguan Wan'er herself got out of the palace, so she naturally knows what it looks like there.

To say that in the past, it was true that the court ladies had to manage up and down to live better, and the phenomenon of bullying was common.

But in the final analysis, there is no way.

Because the former court ladies, once they entered the palace, their future life could basically be seen at a glance.

Trapped in the deep palace for a lifetime, there is nothing else to do but bully others.

But it is different now, because of the reform of the system, the life of these palace ladies has hope.

After staying in the palace for a few years, getting a sum of money to go out to get married should be done, so this kind of thing will naturally decrease.

In addition, they usually have vacations, and occasionally they can go out of the palace to go shopping.If you are literate, you can also read newspapers as a pastime after work.

So the source of the maids now is different from before.

Many of the court ladies in the past were bought, but now that the life of the Tang Dynasty is good, the common people will naturally not sell their sons and daughters.

Then the newspaper published news about the recruitment of maids, including issues such as salary and treatment, so now the maids have become a recruitment system, and many people will come to apply for the job by themselves, and then sign the contract.

The contract starts at three years, and if you want to renew the contract after three years, it will be renewed every year.

There will be a symbolic stipend every month, so that they can spend when they go out to the palace on weekdays.

Then when I leave, the salary of these years will be paid in one lump sum.

It can be said that after the implementation of this system, the entire atmosphere in the palace changed a lot.

Although for the palace ladies, life in the palace can still be seen at a glance, but they can leave in three years and get a sum of money, so why not do it?

……

After chatting for a few words, Li Chongrun gave an order to bring the soldiers from each military region to the Qianniuwei barracks to arrange a rest, and the children of the royal family followed him into the palace to meet the emperor.

So a group of people entered the Xuanwu Gate in a mighty manner and walked into the Daming Palace.

When entering from Xuanwu Gate, Li Longji left his child and father and ran in front of Li Chongrun.

"My aunt once said that before the princes of the Tang Dynasty wanted to ascend the throne, they had to hold a military exercise at Xuanwumen, and only those who won could ascend the throne, right?"

"Isn't this changed to a military parade!" Li Chongrun replied.

Then the two looked at each other and laughed.

Because Li Yuechen taught these children many cases of the founding of the Tang Dynasty when he was a child, but he didn't pay too much attention to Confucianism, so that these children don't have any psychological pressure to play Taizong.

Li Shu couldn't help laughing, but she held back immediately, and then reminded the two: "This is in the palace, please pay attention!"

"It's okay, no one heard it anyway." Li Longji waved his hand, but subconsciously glanced at Li Dan and Li Xian.

After all, these elders are deeply influenced by Confucianism. If they hear that they are playing Taizong here, they may be taught a lesson.

However, the two elders were surrounded by children, so they didn't notice it.

It is said that they are intergenerational relatives. Li Dan and Li Xian are now surrounded by their grandchildren, smiling.

Let alone them, the emperor Li Xian is no different. He has nothing to do every day and just teases his youngest grandson.

Even though it was painful to be pulled by his beard, he smiled and was not angry at all.

A group of people chatted while walking, and at the same time visited Daming Palace by the way.

Some of the children in their group were somewhat curious when they saw the Daming Palace for the first time.

Compared with the style of Ziwei Palace, this combination of red walls and green tiles looks more visually impactful.

All the way to Xianju Hall, Sun Jingbang was already waiting outside.

Seeing everyone coming, he saluted respectfully: "I have seen His Royal Highness, and I have seen all the nobles."

"Eunuch Sun, go and report."

"Your Highness, the sage said that all the nobles are here, just go in directly!"

Li Chongrun nodded and led a group of people into the Xianju Hall.

As soon as they entered, Li Xian and Li Yuechen, brothers and sisters, each held a child in their arms.

These two children are Li Chongrun's two youngest children. A three-year-old daughter has just started to walk, and the other is only one and a half years old and cannot walk steadily.

The other children chatted with Wei Lian'er beside her, asking some innocent questions.

Seeing everyone coming in, Li Xian turned his head: "They're all here."

Everyone saluted together: "I have seen the saint!"

"No courtesy, everyone find a place to sit down!" Li Xian arranged.

At this time, Lu Yao, who was on the side, went over and carried the child back from Li Xian's arms, and asked him to sit down and talk to them.

At this time, the children also ran to Li Yuechen to greet her and salute her.

Li Longji looked at the little girl in her arms and smiled, "Do you know who I am?"

The little girl was not afraid of life, she shook her head and said, "I don't know how..."

The cute appearance made Li Longji laugh: "Remember, I am your cousin!"

"Father Tang Su..." The little girl repeated.

After the whole family found a place to sit down, Li Xian asked someone to pour tea for them, and said, "Well, let's take a look here now, my Li family's descendants are all full of energy!"

The main reason is that these children are all wearing military uniforms, plus they usually have the habit of exercising, so they look energetic.

Li Longji was the first to speak: "Uncle, I don't know why you asked me to come back this time?"

"Ask her!" Li Xian turned his head to look at Li Yuechen, "I don't understand this military thing..."

Li Yuechen smiled slightly: "Don't worry, it's not a big deal. It's just that Run'er is about to ascend the throne, let you all come and be a witness. At the same time, you must assist him well in the future. What's more, don't you want to see this military parade with your own eyes?" How are your soldiers doing?"

When she said this, the children looked at each other and understood what she meant.

Li Longji laughed directly: "Hey, don't worry, aunt. It's hard for others to say, but my special warfare brigade is definitely fine!"

In this regard, he has sufficient self-confidence. He came out of the first line, and the soldiers who participated in the military parade this time were trained by him personally.

Not to mention watching their performance, even if he was asked to go up and follow them, there would be no problem!

I came back with a fever the day before yesterday, and then I lay in bed all day...