Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 312 New Year's Eve Banquet
Liu Mu was a little confused, but this time he was really confused.

Historically, it was only during the Wu Zhou period in the Tang Dynasty that there were records of women actually serving as officials. The female officials in the Tang Dynasty were basically female officials who worked for the officials, and there were no official female officials.

"By the way, it was Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice and Duke Xiao who wrote the letter to facilitate this matter."

Liu Mu stared blankly at Peng Hai, his mind spinning rapidly.

Peng Hai smiled: "Do you understand?"

"I seem to understand, I remember Duke Xiao..." Peng Hai hurriedly interrupted: "Duke Xiao is an important minister of the court and a pillar of the country."

"Yes, yes." Liu Mu knew why Peng Hai interrupted him, because Empress Xiao was Xiao Yu's biological sister, and Xiao Yu was the eighth eldest among the men in the Xiao family, with seven older brothers and several older sisters.Among them, Empress Xiao is his own sister.

Liu Mu probably guessed what Xiao Yu was thinking about.

If my second sister had the ability to take down Hou Sui without bloodshed, then Empress Xiao would not suffer any damage.

According to the rules of the Tang Dynasty, when the empresses of the former dynasty brought them back to Chang'an, they also had to make offerings in high cabinets and rich clothes.

I am afraid that there will be mistakes in the chaos.

Peng Hai poured another glass of wine for Liu Mu who was in a daze: "There is another small matter, the saint said that he will hit you on the board."

"What the hell did I do?"

"Winter rewards, even the beggars in Chang'an have a share of hot buns, but there is no one in the Prince's Mansion. The Prince's Mansion asked the Ministry of Households to ask for it, but the Ministry of Households let the palace out, and the palace did not have this kind of payment. Then Princess Changsha If you quarrel with the prince in front of the saint, Princess Changsha wins."

Liu Mu immediately laughed: "What's the noise?"

"Princess Changsha made it clear that the princesses in Li Palace have never been begged by the King of Qin, and they have to buy what they want with coins. Those who are underage have a share, which is rewarded by the sage as their father, so they naturally have their own mansion. The emperor will supply it again. Who would have thought that quite a few important ministers would support Princess Changsha."

"Does he hate me?" Liu Mu asked without beginning or end.

Peng Hai laughed, but he didn't answer, he just raised his glass: "Drinking, don't tell me the miscellaneous family has a rest, and get drunk once today. On the contrary, this wine is really good."

"This is good water. My wine master ran a lot of hills, and finally found a good spring in Lantian. He said he wanted to try a new technology, but seven out of ten times he couldn't produce good wine. This is one time, the best wine."

Peng Hai nodded, expressing that he understood that this kind of good wine made by gambling should never be sent to the palace.

If you want to say whether Prince Li Jiancheng hates Liumu, he really hates it so badly.

Liu Mu even made things difficult for the Prince's Mansion even for trivial things like briquettes. It can be said that he has already opposed the Prince's Mansion everywhere. The Prince's Mansion has Xiancai, but it is the standard configuration of Prince Yi, not only for the Prince of Qin Mansion, but for all There are so many prince-level ones.

The Prince's Mansion is different from other places. There are many officials in the Prince's Mansion, but none of these officials were paid.

Liu Mu didn't need to guess, he also knew that this was Ma Zhou's idea.

Now that we have turned our backs, why bother to save face? Our fresh vegetables are not dropped from the world, they are grown with hard work. If you want them, you can buy them with coins. They will definitely be priced for a nobleman, not for the people.

The next day, Liu Mu entered the palace.

Liu Mu brought many good things into the palace, and the eunuchs were in charge of these, as well as the Shang Palace Bureau.

Zuo Shangguan came to greet him in person.

"Hello, Zuo Shanggong."

"Consort, you have worked hard." Zuo Shanggong Yili replied.

Liu Mu said to Zuo Shanggong: "There are four carts that are not offerings from the palace. They are for the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Shang Palace Bureau respectively. First arrange for someone to cut a cold melon and send it to the saint's study."

"Don't worry, son-in-law, it will be properly arranged." Zuo Shanggong replied with a smile all over his face.

In the study of Emperor Li Yuan of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan was looking at the statistics of year-end income, with a happy expression on his face. The Tang Dynasty was getting better every year, and it could barely be said that the country was prosperous and the people were safe.Although there are still some minor problems, they are harmless.

Seeing Liu Mu coming in, Li Yuan pointed to the chair in front of him with a smile: "Come and sit."

"Thank you, Father, for giving me the seat."

"Father, the items used for the New Year's rewards have already started to be shipped to Chang'an. Tomorrow, when it gets dark, they will all be delivered. Or, prepare some special rewards for Father, do you want to have a look first?" Liu Mu After sitting down, ask for instructions.

"Of course." Li Yuan smiled heartily.Then he ordered: "I'll ask someone to arrange a place for you to rest in the front hall. You haven't been out of the palace for the past two days. Come and have a good chat with me. This year, all the officials of the Winter Awards have written letters to ask for your credit. I also decided to let you You go one step further and become the County Marquis. It is said that after the New Year, it will not be long before your crowning day, and I am considering letting you experience it."

"Experience?"

"I haven't figured it out yet, let you practice martial arts or follow the text. This is not urgent, you should be busy with Huayuan's affairs first, and before tomorrow summer, give Shubao [-] catties of good steel to prepare for the war against Turks." Li Yuan obviously I am in a good mood today, and I always smile when I talk to Liu Mu.

New Year's Eve.

This can be said to be the first time that Dugu Lanruo participated in the New Year's Eve banquet in the palace after many years since she was 14 years old.

For the younger generation of the Tang Dynasty, if they wanted to say who the most noble man was, no one dared to mention it, whether inside or outside the palace.

But the three most distinguished women can be listed in no particular order.

Crown Princess Zheng, wearing only ten dresses in the entire Tang Dynasty, all of which were made of top-notch gold cashmere and high-quality lake silk in the palace. Of these ten dresses, only two were left in the palace. The rest were rewarded.

This long dress is definitely several times better than Dugu Lanruo's cashmere long dress on the opening day of Wenyue Pavilion.

As soon as she entered the side hall of the Tai Chi Hall, this dress attracted the attention of countless ladies.

Crown Princess Zheng held up her skirt and twirled around, but suddenly felt a little sad in her heart, because the eldest grandson of Princess Qin must have such clothes.And if it comes from Liumu's workshop, then Dugu Lanruo must have it too.

Since it is not unique, what is there to be happy about?

Thinking of this, the smile on Crown Princess Zheng's face became unnatural.

Some ladies also saw the look on Zheng's face and whispered: "Princess Qin hasn't arrived yet, and Princess Changpingxiu hasn't arrived either, that dress just makes me jealous."

"Yes, yes." Several nobles nodded sharply.

Immediately afterwards, Princess Qin's eldest grandson arrived.

The eldest grandson Wugou was wearing a pure white skirt with a little embroidery, which looked very elegant.

"It's made of white folded cloth, weird, weird." A noble lady recognized the material of the cloth. White folded cloth is precious to ordinary nobles, but it is too common for Qin Wangfei.

But who would have thought that Dugu Lanruo's clothes were even worse.

It was Shu brocade, and anyone with a discerning eye could tell that it was the batch of cloth that Duan Lun brought back to Chang'an from Shu last year, and it was distributed to many important ministers at that time.

Too ordinary, ordinary people feel weird.

(End of this chapter)