The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 23
Seeing Li Shimin's leaving figure, Xuan Shijing stood there blankly, so there is no punctuation mark in Datang?I just created it?Shaking his head, he stopped thinking about these things and continued to sit down and think.

Li Shimin returned to the palace, in the Tai Chi Hall, flipping through the book "Spring and Autumn" brought back from Xuan Shijing in his hand, while reading, while pacing, the personal servant followed Li Shimin and turned around behind him turn to.

Li Shimin closed the book in his hand, and called softly: "Deyi."

Deyi walked up to Li Shimin, bowed and saluted: "Your servant is here."

"Show the Lizheng Palace."

"No." Deyi took three steps back, turned around and walked to the entrance of the main hall: "Your Majesty has an order to set up the Lizheng Hall~~"

In the Lizheng Hall, Empress Changsun was sitting in front of the desk, Li Zhi, who was just three years old, was sitting in her arms, and Yuan'er, a close maid, was standing beside her, carefully serving the two masters.

A court lady came in from outside the hall, Fushen said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is coming this way."77
Yuan'er stepped forward to help Empress Changsun up, Empress Changsun walked to the center of the hall and said, "Since His Majesty has come, let's go out to greet her."

As soon as the words fell, Li Shimin's hearty laughter came from the door: "Hahahahaha, Guanyin servant girl, what kind of etiquette are you talking about between us... oh? The childish slave is also there." On the desk, Li Zhi, who was unable to get up in the future.

Li Zhi quickly put down the brush in his hand, got up and walked to Li Shimin, bowed and saluted: "I have seen my father."

"Excuse me." Li Shimin smiled and touched Li Zhi's little head.

"Your Majesty has never been so happy in field hunting today. How come you are so happy after going to the Xuanweihou Mansion?" Empress Changsun naturally found that Li Shimin was in a good mood, so she asked aloud.

"I went to Xuanweihou's mansion and met Jing'er after paying homage to Mingde. Jing'er really gave me a big surprise." Li Shimin walked into the hall with a smile, walked to the desk, and sat down.

Empress Changsun ordered the maid to take Li Zhi to the wet nurse, and then followed Li Shimin to sit down beside the desk.He ordered the maid to get a bosom stove to warm Li Shimin's hands, and ordered Yuan'er to cook some hot soup in the small kitchen.

Empress Changsun said: "I don't know what surprise this Jing'er gave His Majesty?"

Li Shimin laughed, took the bosom furnace handed over by the maid, and handed the "Spring and Autumn" in his hand to Empress Changsun.

Empress Changsun took the book from Li Shimin's hands, and she saw that it was an ordinary "Spring and Autumn Annals". After reading it casually for two nights, except for some symbols between the words, it was indeed very ordinary.

After closing the book, Empress Changsun raised her head and looked at Li Shimin: "Your Majesty said the surprise, but the symbols drawn on this book?"

"Haha, Guanyin maidservant is still as smart as ever." Li Shimin praised without hesitation.

Empress Changsun smiled lightly, this is not clever at all, it's just that Li Shimin's eyes kept falling on these strange symbols when he was flipping through the book.

In this harem, if Empress Changsun didn't have the ability to see all directions and listen to all directions, she would not sit firmly on the throne of this harem. Li Shimin's love for her life is not only for her 12-year-old follow him ups and downs After so many years of rain, Li Shimin loves her and understands him.

"Your Majesty, the concubine is not smart. The concubine also guessed it. This is obviously an ordinary "Spring and Autumn", but His Majesty treats it so differently. After looking through it, I found that apart from the strange symbols above, this This book is no different from other books, so I guess that the mystery lies in these symbols." Empress Changsun smiled.

"Indeed." Li Shimin nodded: "Maid Guanyin, do you still remember that when I was young, I was in the school, what was the most basic and most taught by Mr.?"

"Have you forgotten, Your Majesty? The concubine has also been in school. At first, the most taught by the master was of course literacy and punctuation..." At this point, Empress Changsun seemed to understand something, and looked down at the book in her hand again. This "Spring and Autumn".

After silently reading two pages, Empress Changsun also showed a surprised expression, and raised her head to look at Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, is this created by Jing'er?"

Li Shimin nodded: "Exactly. I was surprised when I understood these symbols at first, no less than Guanyin's servant girl."

"Your Majesty, with these symbols, my students of the Tang Dynasty became much more relaxed when they were enlightened." Empress Changsun is so intelligent, how could she not know the function of these punctuation marks.

"That's right. In the past, the most difficult thing in reading was the punctuation. If you know a sentence, if the punctuation is improper, the meaning will be completely different." Li Shimin said.

Empress Changsun put the book in her hand on the case and asked: "Your Majesty, Jing'er usually reads "Spring and Autumn"?"

"Yes, I said I have nothing to do, so I read some." Li Shimin said: "I see that there are no mistakes in the sentences in this book. I think I have already read it. Jing'er is so smart, and there are successors. But this boy Jing Er is different from his father, he looks like a cunning, maidservant of Guanyin, guess what Jing Er said when I took this book from the Hou Mansion today?" Speaking of this , Li Shimin smiled wryly, with a look of helplessness on his face.

"Oh? Looking at His Majesty, what did Jing'er say that made His Majesty angry?" She said while standing up.

Yuan'er brought out the boiled soup, Empress Changsun took it, returned to the desk, and brought the bowl of hot soup to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin took the hot soup from Empress Changsun's hand, and took a sip: "That kid actually asked me for a reward. It's a good thing to educate the people. Let this kid talk, no matter how he listens, it will make people angry, Guanyin maidservant, Tell me, Jing’er, did you lose money.” Li Shimin complained a little, so he could only spit it out in front of the eldest grandson queen: “Today at the royal hunting ground, Jing’er presented you and me with the preserved eggs. At that time, it was obviously pickled in my own house, but I changed my mind and told me that it was bought from Shanpinfang, West City, Chang'an City, and let me publicize it to him for nothing."

After listening to Li Shimin's words, Empress Changsun covered her mouth and smiled lightly: "Your Majesty, Jing'er is still a child, how could she have the grace of Ming De? Your Majesty's demands on Jing'er are too high. You see, Jing'er is only four years old now. , you can read "Spring and Autumn" by heart, what else is your Majesty dissatisfied with?"

Li Shimin sighed: "That's right, I have high expectations for Jing'er, after all, he is Mingde's only heir." Speaking of this, Li Shimin couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Empress Changsun didn't say a word, she knew that Li Shimin was missing Xuan Mingde, and she could understand the deep friendship between Li Shimin, Xuan Mingde and the officials of Tiance Mansion, especially Xuan Mingde, who originally retired and returned home, but But when he heard that Erlang was in trouble, he came all the way to Chang'an to help him. Unexpectedly, after this trip, he would never go back.

"Guanyin maidservant, it's the end of the year, and I'm also busy with government affairs. Chengqian is always by my side. I know, but I don't know how Qingque and Juvenile are doing recently." Li Shimin asked.

"Qing Que has been staying in Wude Hall all day, studying and practicing dancing all day long, and she is very motivated. When it comes to childish slaves, she has been learning to read and write with her concubine recently in this Lizheng Hall." Empress Changsun said: "Speaking of Here, Your Majesty, the concubine has thought of it. Jing'er is four years old after the new year, and she is about the same age as the young slave. Why not let Jing'er come into the palace after the new year, and go to Hongwen with the young slave under the guidance of a famous teacher. How about studying in the library? It’s not a good thing for Jing’er to be bored in the mansion all the time, although he has read a lot, but there must always be a famous teacher to teach him the truth.”

Li Shimin nodded in agreement: "What the maidservant Guanyin said is true, you will handle this matter. Tomorrow, I will summon a few ministers in the Tai Chi Hall to discuss this matter of punctuation marks. After all, this is my Good news for the many students of Datang."

(End of this chapter)