Great Tang princess

Chapter 9 The Two Sisters
After the salute, the matter is done.

Li Zhi happily agreed to Liu Rengui's request to become an official, and he was crowned the champion general!
This is a third-rank official, but it is a casual official, the kind with no real power and no work, which is the standard of treatment after retirement.

Starting tomorrow, Li Yuechen will take a carriage out of the palace every morning, and go to Liu Rengui's house to practice martial arts.

As for why not in the palace?Because it is too troublesome.

The front palace is the second province of Zhongshu, and it is inconvenient for officials to go to work in it.

As for the harem, if a man wants to enter, a lot of complicated procedures are required. Linde Hall, a place where royal banquets are often held, must not walk around at will after entering, otherwise it will be hacked to death without discussion!

Usually, only women and eunuchs who are neither male nor female can enter the harem relatively easily. Even if the prince and other princes want to enter the harem to meet the queen, they must report in advance.

After going back in the evening, Li Yuechen asked Eunuch Fu to find two small oval pieces of wood, and personally drew two small cartoon eyes with a brush, and asked him to hand them over to Si Yi tomorrow.

Woke up early the next day, Li Yuechen wanted to eat something to fill his stomach.

In this era, tea is not too popular in the north, and daily drinks are generally dairy products, such as yogurt and the like.

However, as a northerner, Li Yuechen always felt awkward if he didn't choke a bit, so it would be better if he asked Eunuch Fu to get a steamed cake to eat.

Looking at the sky, the sun has just come out, and it's almost time to set off.

After following Eunuch Fu out of the harem, thirty Jinwu guards in armor and with swords across their waists and hips surrounded them.

Looking at the carriage pulled by two tall black horses parked outside the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Li Yuechen walked over.

Xiao He got into the carriage first, then carried her up, and Eunuch Fu followed behind.

After entering the carriage, a Jin Wuwei sat on the frame of the carriage, beat the horse lightly, and the carriage began to move.

The speed was not fast, and the other Jinwu Guards surrounded the carriage and set off.

Li Yuechen was more or less excited, after all, this was the first time he had left the palace since he was born.

Although she was born in Luoyang, when she returned to Daming Palace, she was hugged by her mother Wu Zetian the whole time, so she had no time to observe the appearance outside.

The road surface of Chang'an City was already pretty smooth, but since the carriage didn't have any shock absorbing equipment, it still felt a little bumpy.

The Daming Palace is outside Chang'an City, and after coming out of Jianfumen, it directly enters the streets in the city.

Liu Rengui's house is in Yongningfang, Li Yuechen thought about it, isn't it not far from the legendary red light district Pingkangfang?Maybe I will have a chance to check it out in the future!

Thinking of this, the corner of Li Yuechen's right mouth slightly raised, revealing a smile.

Eunuch Fu and Xiao He next to each other looked at each other, and they both saw a trace of doubt in each other's eyes.

The little princess usually looks cute when she smiles, why does this smile look so...wretched?
Of course, they dare to think about this in their hearts, and if they dare to say it, it is pure impatience.

From the moment he entered Chang'an City, Li Yuechen could already hear all kinds of noisy sounds in the city.

But it’s not as noisy as later generations. Think about it. In this era, there are no small vendors who dare to sell on the street, and the main road is relatively quiet.

But for Chang'an City thousands of years ago, the curiosity in my heart is still very serious.

Li Yuechen stood up without saying a word, wanting to open the curtain and look out.

"Your Highness, I still don't want to..." Eunuch Fu wanted to stop him.

"I'll just take a look!" Li Yuechen opened the curtain without saying a word.

Although he was mentally prepared, he still couldn't help opening his eyes wide after seeing the scene outside.

Oh God!Is this road too wide?
From the window on this side alone, there are almost 20 meters, and the width of the entire road is estimated to be close to 40 meters!
The road surface is made of compacted loess, but there is still a little dust visible to the naked eye.

Since the carriage was surrounded by armored Jinwu Guards, the pedestrians next to them walked as close to the sides as possible.

Moreover, Li Yuechen found that these passers-by didn't even look at her, whether it was because they didn't dare or because of some other reason.

Pedestrians come and go on the road, wearing colorful clothes, just like shopping in later generations.

but……

To be honest, Li Yuechen originally wanted to see the city and the beauties, but he was a little disappointed after seeing it.

The road is quite wide, but there are vermillion walls on both sides, and the beauties on the road...

I won't say whether it's beautiful or not, but it's all quite scary.Each face is painted pale, with two blushes that are obvious, anyway, it really looks like a doll in a horror movie.

However, because it is winter, both men and women are wrapped up tightly, and the scenery they want to see cannot be seen.

Li Yuechen, who felt a little dull, put down the curtain, continued to sit down and waited for the carriage to stop.

After an unknown amount of time, the speed of the carriage slowed down significantly, and after turning a few turns, the carriage stopped completely.

The voice of the Jinwu Guard who was in charge of driving came from outside: "Your Highness, we have arrived."

"Ah."

Li Yuechen agreed, and Eunuch Fu went out first, and after getting off the car, Xiao He followed, and then carried her down.

Looking up, he had already reached the gate of a house.

There is no plaque on the door, it is empty, but there are two horses on both sides of the door.

Liu Rengui, who was dressed in casual clothes, was already waiting at the door. When he saw her coming down, he bowed and bowed in salute: "I've seen Her Royal Highness!"

Li Yuechen quickly ran two steps over to help him up: "How can the master salute the apprentice? There is no need to do this in the future!"

"The body of a princess is a thousand pieces of gold, and etiquette cannot be discarded..."

"Alright, master!" Li Yuechen quickly interrupted his next words, "Let's go in quickly."

"Good good..."

Liu Rengui didn't seem to have thought that the princess was so familiar. Hearing what she said, he stepped aside quickly: "Your Highness, please!"

After entering the house, Li Yuechen looked left and right curiously, and found that the house was indeed not small, but it was not as big as he thought.

According to observation, it should be divided into front hall, middle hall and back hall.

There is a garden on the side of the back hall, which has a small man-made fish pond and a rockery made of stones.

On the side near the back hall, there is a place where a stone slab is thrown out, and there are several stone locks of different sizes and weapons such as horse lances beside it.

Thinking about it, this should be a place similar to the Martial Arts Field.

When he came to the pavilion in the middle of the garden, Liu Rengui turned his head and said: "Now the princess is still young, and her body has not yet been finalized. She needs to practice from the basics first."

Li Yuechen nodded obediently: "All according to Master's arrangement!"

As a professional extreme athlete, Li Yuechen is quite familiar with exercise, but she doesn't know anything about martial arts, so she can do whatever Liu Rengui says.

Seeing that the princess is not only obedient, but also has no airs, Liu Rengui nodded and began to formally teach her how to fight in the martial arts arena.

According to his words, practicing routines can strengthen the bones and lay a solid foundation for the body.

Now Li Yuechen is still too young to use weapons or other heavy equipment.

Li Yuechen himself doesn't care, anyway, practicing martial arts is to exercise the body, as long as it can achieve the effect of exercise is enough.

At noon, I had dinner at Liu Rengui's house, and practiced in the afternoon.

What surprised him was that the little princess didn't cry out that she was tired after practicing until now, and she was sweating a little, but she still persisted unhurriedly.

And judging from his expression, he didn't seem to be impatient, which made the old general look very different.

After eating, I rested for a while, drank a cup of yogurt, and continued to practice.

At three or four o'clock in the afternoon, today's practice is over.

After saluting respectfully, Li Yuechen left, boarded the carriage and returned to the palace.

The carriage went all the way back to the gate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Li Yuechen came down, and casually asked the eunuch next to him, knowing that Li Zhi and Wu Zetian were still busy, so he didn't bother him.

Back in Chengxiang Hall, Xiao He immediately boiled water to prepare for the princess to take a bath, while Eunuch Fu went to the Department of Clothes to retrieve the one-piece bear pajamas that he ordered yesterday.

After taking a comfortable bath, drying her body, and coming out after a change of clothes, she saw that Eunuch Fu had married the pajamas back.

I reached out to pick it up and looked at it. I felt that wearing this thing to sleep would definitely suffocate to death!

This is made of real fur, with a layer of oil on it, which makes it less cute and at the same time more authentic.

Hurry up and try it on, not to mention, it's very warm!

Especially when the hat is worn, the two furry round ears are paired with the cartoon eyes drawn by small wood chips, which really has a cute feeling.

After putting it on, I saw Eunuch Fu and Xiao He standing there with suppressed smiles, their shoulders trembling.

Looking at the reaction, I knew it was almost that way. Anyway, it was just to make Li Zhi and Wu Zetian happy, and there was no need to pursue other things too much, as long as the effect can be achieved.

After dinner, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, who were already busy over there, asked Princess Zhang Chengxin if she was back.

When they got the answer that they were back, they wanted to come over to say hello, but they didn't come when they heard that they were busy. Li Zhi and Wu Zetian immediately decided to go and have a look.

Li Yuechen usually fell asleep after the couple finished their work, and planned to go and have a look while it was still early today.

Inside Chengxiang Hall, Li Yuechen, who finished another set of yoga, heard that Li Zhi and Wu Zetian were coming, so he quickly changed into bear pajamas and asked Eunuch Fu to go outside and watch.

After a while, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian came over, walked into the hall, and Xiao He immediately saluted: "I have seen the saint, my lady..."

"Excuse me." Li Zhi waved his hand, "Where is Chen'er?"

While looking behind the door next door, Xiao He said, "I didn't see it..."

In fact, Li Yuechen deliberately asked Xiao He to do this. After all, Li Zhi is not in good health. If you don't remind him, if you get a heart attack from fright, you will be in big trouble!

Seeing Xiao He's appearance, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian also reacted, and walked into the hall as if nothing had happened.

As soon as one foot stepped in, Li Yuechen jumped out suddenly, opened his arms and shouted in a cute little milk voice: "Wow——"

Of course Li Zhi, who had been prepared for a long time, was not frightened, but when he turned his head to look, Wu Zetian and Wu Zetian laughed at the same time.

Then he stretched out his hand and hugged her up: "Huh? Where did the little bear come from?"

While struggling lightly, Li Yuechen was still shouting: "Aww——"

Seeing her funny look, Li Zhi burst out laughing, and carried her into the hall.

Wu Zetian at the back also covered her face and smiled lightly, but as a woman, she also felt a little novel when she saw that this thing was funny.

After entering the hall, Li Zhi sat down on the couch, and then reached out to take off her hat, revealing a little face covered with sweat.

"oops!"

Li Yuechen let out a surprise, stuck out his tongue, but immediately called out kindly: "I've seen my grandpa and grandma!"

While talking, he went to unbutton it, this thing is really hot to wear.

"Chen'er, going to practice martial arts today, are you tired?"

"Not tired! Chen'er will still protect Grandpa and Grandma in the future!"

Li Zhi stretched out his hand to touch her head, turned his head and said, "It's weird, it's really like a scorpion."

Wu Zetian next to her said: "Your Majesty, don't spoil her because of this!"

That's what I said, but the smile on her face shows that she is in a good mood now and likes this daughter very much.

This is what Li Yuechen wants, I will be a cute and good baby, you two don't doubt me, we will do our own things, it has nothing to do with it.

Anyway, I'm not interested in being an emperor, especially in front of this future empress, I have to behave well.

As a princess, you can eat happily and wait until you die for a lifetime. Don't get involved in any weird things.

After all, with an adult soul, Li Yuechen is quite good at making people happy, so just be a pistachio obediently.

After taking off the little bear's pajamas, Li Yuechen ran to Wu Zetian's side to play with her again.

Li Zhi next to him asked: "Chen'er, I asked you what reward you want at today's banquet, have you thought about it?"

Li Yuechen, who was playing on Wu Zetian's lap, froze for a moment, nodded and said: "Think it over, I hope Grandpa can let the two elder sisters from Ye Ting Palace come back."

Li Zhi didn't feel unhappy at all, but stroked her head and asked, "Why?"

Li Yuechen slowly got down from Wu Zetian's lap, blinked his big eyes and said: "Chen'er doesn't know what's wrong with the two elder sisters, but I only know that they are both grandpa's daughters, and we are all one family. I'm busy, I hope grandpa will allow the two elder sisters to play with me."

This is the reason why Li Yuechen chose after careful consideration. I didn't do it for anything else, I just wanted someone to play with me.

Hearing what she said, Li Zhi looked at Wu Zetian beside him.

Seeing her nodding slightly, Li Zhi smiled: "Okay, since that's the case, let them come out tomorrow, restore their status as princesses, and play with Chen'er!"

Li Yuechen threw himself on him directly, and kissed him on the cheek: "Thank you, Grandpa."

This time I didn't forget my old lady, and I turned around and gave her a moment: "Thank you, aunt!"

The couple laughed and started fighting with her again...

In the evening, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian stayed in Chengxiang Hall and slept with their daughter.

When the two woke up early in the morning the next day, their movements were very gentle, for fear of waking up Li Yuechen who was still asleep.

Li Yuechen didn't wake up until sunrise, and continued to practice at Liu Rengui's house after washing up.

(End of this chapter)