bastard seizes tang

Chapter 342 Invitation
"The yang and the submerged and the cold yin make the scenery of the Sichuan plain deep. The sound of the wind and spring at the house is dripping, and the shadows of the Xuanyun are heavy. The remaining clouds bring rain and light snow, and the tender willows contain smoke and bloom gold. Although there is poetry and wine in front of you, Inviting you to compete is called leisure."

Since the ninth year of Wude and the change of Xuanwumen, the situation of the Tang Dynasty has changed greatly, and the seventh year of Zhenguan is the most.

In the seventh year of Zhenguan, Li Ke was the official in Yangzhou, Changsun Wuji was in charge of the Ministry of War, and the Shangguan of the Zhongshu Provincial Hall was changed, and the most shocking thing was Li Ke's assassination, the crown prince lost his morality, and Wei Wang Li Tai took advantage of the situation. Whether it is the court bureau or the reserve position, it is a bit more confusing.

But no matter how unlucky the seventh year of Zhenguan is, the seventh year of Zhenguan will eventually pass, and the last heavy snow in the seventh year of Zhenguan will stop.Spring is approaching, and the Zhenguan Year Title finally ushered in its eighth year.

In the early spring of the eighth year of Zhenguan, on the first day of the Yuan Dynasty, the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan was just recovering from a serious illness. Li Shimin wanted to hold a banquet in the Furong Garden by the Qujiang Pond for dignitaries in Beijing and other officials to celebrate the new year and to wish the Supreme Emperor good health. Fang pilgrimage envoy.

Spring banquets in Furong Garden are not held every year, but anyone who hosts a banquet and can participate in the banquet, except for those with special status, the rest are all Beijing officials of the fourth rank and above, or local governors and governors in Beijing. The same is true for female relatives.

Although Wu Meiniang is the daughter of Duke Ying's warrior Xun, she has no rank. Warrior Xun is not considered a powerful person in Chang'an, where Duke Ying walks all over the place. Wu Meiniang is the second daughter of the Wu family, so she was not invited.

But today is different from the past, Wu Meiniang and Li Ke have performed the ceremonies of acceptance, asking for names, and auspiciousness. Although they have not yet been recruited, half of the six ceremonies have passed, and Li Shimin has given a marriage decree. The marriage between Wu Meiniang and Li Ke is over. It's a certainty, Wu Meiniang is half of Princess Chu, and half of Li Shimin's daughter-in-law, the Guanglu Temple who hosted the banquet dared not miss it, and ordered someone to send the post to Wufu.

In the eighth year of Zhenguan, on the third day of the first lunar month, Fenglefang, Chang'an City, Wufu.

Wu Meiniang is not yet married, the little girl's inner boudoir should be mostly rouge, gouache, colorful satin and silk, but Wu Meiniang's boudoir is full of Jingzhong mansion newspapers piled up all over the floor.

The so-called Jingzhong Mansion Newspaper, also known as "Gongmen Copy", is that whenever the government issues government orders, official appointments and dismissals, emperor's edicts, and ministers' discussions, the officials of the mansion choose which ones can be recorded, and copy them on paper. Post it outside the palace gate and publicize it.

In Wu Meiniang's boudoir, there was a thick pile of residence newspapers, three stacks piled up to knee height, probably there were nearly a thousand sheets.If this scene happened in the official room of the government office, it would be reasonable, but it would be too weird in the women's boudoir.

"A-mei, so you begged daddy to find you these are the mansion newspapers. Why are there so many?" Wu Meiniang's elder sister Wu Shun came to Wu Meiniang's room, looked at the mansion newspapers all over the floor, and asked in surprise .

Wu Meiniang said: "This is all the mansion newspapers since the first year of Zhenguan. After seven years of accumulation, there are naturally so many."

Wu Shun asked, "What are you looking at?"

Wu Meiniang replied earnestly: "Every important matter in the world is accessible to various government offices and places. Most of them can be seen from the mansion newspapers. As long as I am familiar with these mansion newspapers, I will be familiar with most of the affairs in the court."

Hearing this, Wu Shun sighed and said, "The young lady from the Wei family in the south of the city invited us to visit the garden in Fanchuan, and you didn't go, and the lady from Qiao Guogong's mansion invited you to drink tea in the mansion, and you didn't go, so it turned out that I was thinking about these things all day long. .”

Wu Meiniang smiled, put down the mansion newspaper in her hand, and said to Wu Shun: "If elder sister wants to go, you can go by yourself, why bother to drag younger sister along."

Wu Shun sat down in front of Wu Meiniang, and said: "Jingzhaowei's family is the head of the Guanzhong family, and Qiaoguo Gongchai's mansion is even a relative of the emperor. Their daughter-in-law invited me. I clearly invited you." It’s my younger sister, where can I go alone.”

Wu Shun's words reached Wu Meiniang's ears, although Wu Meiniang only had a slight smile on her face, her heart was full of joy.

Since Li Shimin bestowed the marriage, not only the Wu family brothers, including the Wu family, have greatly changed their attitude towards her, but even the Wei family and Chai family, which originally seemed to be unattainable, also respect her. Plus, of course she knew why all these changes were due to the man standing behind her.

After all, Wu Meiniang is different from ordinary girls, although all this sudden incident made her happy, but it didn't make her lose her mind, on the contrary, she acted more cautiously.

Wu Meiniang said: "These high-ranking sects in Beijing used to have no relationship with Dad or the Wu family. They suddenly invited me today, probably for His Highness. I must not respond casually, lest I embarrass Your Highness."

She is about to become Princess Chu. From the moment the imperial decree was handed down, her every move has not only represented her as a little girl, but more often she can symbolize the Chu Palace and Li Ke, which will inevitably add trouble to Li Ke. Well, she doesn't allow people to say a word easily, and she thinks twice about what she says and does. She looks like a princess of Chu who is cautious in her words and deeds.

Wu Shun looked at Wu Meiniang's serious appearance, and suddenly felt a little strange and awed in his heart for this little girl who was very familiar with him. It was also because of her status as the princess of Chu who was about to become Chu, and also because of her status. temper.

Wu Shun changed the subject and said, "How is A-mei watching, have you ever finished watching it?"

Wu Meiniang shook her head and said, "I've only read most of it, it will take some time."

Hearing this, Wu Shun asked curiously: "Aniang wants you to make some women's reds in the room, embroider some clothes and handkerchiefs, and so on. Firstly, it can be used as a wedding, and secondly, it can also be given to His Highness on weekdays. Are you busy every day?" Looking at the mansion newspaper, how can we make it in time?"

Although Wu Meiniang's wedding date is not in the next few days, some female red embroidery should be prepared early, but now Wu Meiniang is busy reading these mansion newspapers every day, how can she have time to do those female reds.

However, Wu Meiniang was not without consideration in this matter, Wu Meiniang smiled and replied: "It's okay, my Highness is a nobleman, how can I lack these around me, let alone His Highness has lofty ambitions and is not an ordinary person, I will report these residences It’s clear to see the ground, knowing the affairs of the court is beneficial to him, those female celebrities are just dispensable, wait for me to read the mansion newspaper before making any plans.”

What Wu Meiniang said makes sense. Li Kegui is a prince and is favored by the emperor. Li Ke has his own clothing department in the palace to prepare for Li Ke's wedding. The cause is great, and when Wu Meiniang will be busy alone.

Wu Shun listened to Wu Meiniang's words, and said with a smile: "my sister is not married yet, my highness, my highness is calling, if she is married, won't it be you and me all day long, how can my sister see you?" looking at you."

Wu Meiniang is still a woman after all, when Wu Shun said this, her cheeks flushed slightly, and she said softly: "Sister, you are here to make fun of my younger sister."

Hearing this, Wu Shun thought of it, put his hands into his sleeves, and said to Wu Meiniang: "Just now when I entered the door, I was shocked by your house full of newspapers, and I almost forgot the business. A Niang ordered you to bring something, you may guess what it is?"

Wu Meiniang looked at Wu Shun's rather mysterious appearance, shook her head and said: "Sister, if you don't tell me, how can my younger sister guess it?"

Wu Shun took a post from his sleeve, and said to Wu Meiniang, "Your Majesty hosted a banquet in Furong Garden on the Shangyuan Festival, and invited the dignitaries in Beijing to go. Aniang wants me to pass the post to you."

Wu Meiniang took the post from Wu Shun and held it slowly, with a smile on her face.

Wu Shun looked at the invitation card in Wu Meiniang's hand, and said to Wu Meiniang with a bit of envy: "Listen to what Auntie said, this banquet in Furong Garden is very unusual, it is not for the dignitaries in the court, the local dignitaries are not allowed to have the banquet, even Auntie Mother was allowed to enter the kindergarten with Dad because of A-Mei's honor, and A-Mei's invitation seems to be much prettier than Dad's."

Wu Meiniang's invitation card and Samurai Xun's invitation card are both light purple in color, roughly similar, except that Wu Meiniang's invitation card is more inlaid with gold borders, which makes it look much more luxurious.

Wu Meiniang looked at the invitation carefully, and said to Wu Shun: "It is indeed different from Father's in previous years, and I don't know why, but I think it is useful for something else, maybe His Highness's is the same.

Although Wu Meiniang didn't know the reason, she guessed most of it.This purple is for the third-rank officials in the court. The warrior Xun is the Duke of the state, so the invitation card is naturally purple, and the gold border on the outside of Wu Meiniang's invitation card is unique to the Prince's Mansion. The courteous reception of Princess Zhun Chu was also Guanglu Temple showing favor to Wu Meiniang in a disguised form.

Wu Shun looked at Wu Meiniang, a gleam flashed in his eyes, and said to Wu Meiniang: "Auntie, you have to read these mansion newspapers, and you are also busy going to the Furong Garden for a banquet, how can you have time to be a female celebrity? Why don't you tell me , do you have a female red style that you want to make, I have nothing to do, so I made it for you, lest you are too late on the day of your wedding, and you can only use the embroidered face you bought outside to make people speak."

When Wu Meiniang heard this, she smiled and said: "This is the best, my sister and daughter Hong's threading technique is similar to mine, and if I do it for me, others will not be able to see the clue."

Li Ke's big wedding, although there are preparations in the palace to meet the needs, and Li Ke's biological mother, Concubine Yang, is a noble concubine, who is in charge of the sixth division of the harem. With Wu Shun's words, Wu Meiniang will have nothing to worry about if she wants to make her own female celebrity.

(End of this chapter)