A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 1036 Entering the palace for a banquet
Compared with the suddenness of his father-in-law's entry into Chang'an City today, Wu Huaiyu was silent.

He accompanied Asang and his wife into the city in a carriage. The wheels rolled over the ice and snow. Chenglu, a boy who had eaten and drank enough, was not afraid of the cold. Hearing that Chang'an City had arrived, he had to lift the curtain of the carriage and look at the capital.

Compared with Chang'an,
Lugang is undoubtedly a remote town. Even if you pass through Hangzhou, Runzhou, Jiangzhou, Xiangzhou and other places on your way north, none of them can compare with Chang'an.

Chang'an City is a relatively young city. It was built during the reign of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, only about fifty years ago. Even the outer city wall of Chang'an City was not completed until the Daye Dynasty of Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty.

"What a tall city."

When Wu Erlang saw Chang'an for the first time, he was completely shocked by its tallness and majesty, but Wu Huaiyu was already used to it.

The grand ceremony to welcome Master Wang's triumphant return has ended, but Chang'an City is still hotly debated.

When Wu Huaiyu and others entered the city,

The city gate officer made a routine inspection and was stunned for a moment when he saw Wu Huaiyu holding the child.
Shi Shouxin stepped forward to identify himself.
The city gate official's eyes changed and became very bright. With a bit of admiration, he stepped forward to salute Wu Huaiyu and said, "Your Majesty, Lu Yin, pays homage to Wu Sikong."

"Thank you for your hard work," Wu Huaiyu nodded to him.
The city gatekeeper is quite young. Judging from his appearance, he should be a son of a famous family.

"Now You Wuhou is the commander of the team, and I will guard the city gate here today." Lu Yin replied respectfully.

This surprised the fellow Marquis Youwu who were on duty. The leader of the Army Corps was usually very arrogant. After all, he came from the famous Lu family in Wu County. His father was newly promoted to Minister of War, and his brother-in-law was a student of Wu Huaiyu and Su Dingfang. ,

After Wu Huaiyu found out that he was the son of Lu Shuang, the Minister of War, and the brother-in-law of Pei Xingjian, he specially chatted with him for a few more words. He also planned to arrange Pei Xingjian's daughter for Chenglu. If this happened, then Chenglu would have to call this Uncle boy.

He was a little excited and said hesitantly, "When my sister got married, I toasted Sikong at my brother-in-law's house. Sikong may have forgotten."

"Who is your brother-in-law?" Wu Huaiyu really didn't remember this young man.

"I won't stop you from being on duty for now. When you are free, you can come to my house and sit in my house."

"What position do you hold now?"

"It's not hard work. Duke Wu returned from Lingnan to Beijing. The journey was hard."

Although the leader of the ninth-grade team in Chang'an could only be described as a minor official, he was never so respectful and polite to anyone.

"I went back to Chang'an with Governor Su last month,"

"Your Majesty is the Minister of War, Lu?"

Watching the carriage drive away, he still stood there with a very respectful attitude.

The young man stood up straight, "My brother-in-law is a student of Sikong, Pei Xingjian of Hedong Zhongjuan Pei family, and now serves in the Nanzhong Yaozhou Dudu Mansion."

"Someone who can scare you just by saying it."

Lu Yin nodded repeatedly and excitedly sent Wu Huaiyu into the city.

"Haha, that's my brother-in-law's teacher,"

"I didn't see how special that carriage was just now."

Now Wu Huaiyu knew who this young man was.

"My father was able to become the Minister of War this year thanks to Duke Wu's care."

"Who is that?"

"Has your brother-in-law returned to Beijing?"

Several You Wuhou soldiers were stunned for a moment and did not turn around for a while.

Lu Yin added, "He is also the teacher of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

At this time, the soldiers' eyes suddenly widened, "You mean, that person just now was Duke Sikong Jin?"

"Can I talk nonsense?"

"Oh, why didn't you say anything just now? I can salute Duke Wu."

"That's right, we didn't even get to say hello to Mr. Wu."

Lu Yin just chuckled, "Which of you does Lord Wu recognize and come up to say hello?"

"Yes," several people sighed, and not everyone was qualified to say hello to Lord Wu.

"I didn't expect that it's the end of the year and Duke Wu has rushed back to Chang'an."

"It's a pity that it's too late. If I had arrived earlier, I would have just caught up with the grand ceremony where His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and General Fan, the Duke of Ying, entered Chang'an in a military chariot to present the prisoners to the Imperial Ancestral Temple."

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After the carriage entered the city, it went straight to the Duke of Jin's Mansion in Xuanyangfang.

This was Dong Asang's first time to Chang'an. Like Cheng Lu, she was full of curiosity and wonder about Chang'an.

"Isn't it here yet? It's been a long time since the carriage entered the city."

"Chang'an City is indeed very large. The outer city alone has one hundred and eight squares, twenty miles from east to west, eighteen miles from north to south, and the circumference of Chang'an City is seventy-two miles."

Although Asang has long heard about the splendor and greatness of Chang'an City,

But you can only feel how big it is when you actually enter Chang'an City. The carriage has been in the city for a long time and has not yet arrived home.

"Chang'an City is so lively, there are people everywhere."

"Well, Chang'an has a large population, and countless officials, soldiers and civilians, craftsmen, and merchants gather in the capital. At the end of the year, those who come to the capital to take the exam, those who come to the capital to gather, and those who come to the capital to pay tribute, and those who come to the capital to be elected... ····”

Asang originally thought Lugang was lively enough, but compared with here, it was really a world of difference. The carriage drove for a long time and finally entered Xuanyangfang.

When the carriage stopped in front of the Duke's Mansion of Jin, Asang also entered the Wu family for the first time.

The Duke's Palace of Jin gave her the same feeling as the city of Chang'an, glorious and majestic, even a little aloof.

After following Wu Huaiyu for several years, she still walked into the house for the first time. Thinking of Mrs. Fan, whom she had never met before, she couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

That lady, I heard that if she is very powerful, her father is still a noble person in the imperial court. Just now at Baqiao Station, I heard everyone talking about how the lady's father has achieved great military exploits again, and what a glorious victory he has today.

Even Wu Huaiyu's ten nuns are all of extraordinary status. There are princesses from the previous dynasty and the county lord of this dynasty, princesses from the Hu tribe of Fan State, rich and powerful daughters from the Seven Families of the Five Surnames, and the Six Surnames of Guanlong and the top tier of this dynasty. The noble daughter, etc.,

Compared with them, her identity is as big as the gap between Ludao and Chang'an.

Standing at the door, my legs felt very heavy, as if they were filled with lead and I couldn't lift them up.

My hand was suddenly held,

Wu Huaiyu took his hand, held it in his palm, turned to smile at her,

"We're home, let's go in."

He held Asang in one hand and Chenglu in the other, leading them into the house.

The hunchback at the porter noticed that Huaiyu had returned.
He straightened his hunchback in excitement, "Alang is back, Alang is back!"

As the hunchback shouted,
The Duke's Mansion of Jin suddenly became excited.

Fan Xuanfu and the others came out to greet them one after another.
"When Alang comes back, why don't you send someone back to inform him in advance? So we might as well send someone to pick him up."

"There is no need to pick it up," Huaiyu smiled and took off his mink coat. Li Qing, Yang Muyun and others handed over towels and brought tea.
"This is Asang, and this is Erlang Chenglu," Huaiyu introduced the two of them to everyone.
Then asked Xuanfu, "Where is Chengxun?"

"Asleep, your son now eats every day when he wakes up and sleeps," Xuanfu said with a smile. Chengxun, Wu Huaiyu's 22nd son, is almost five months old.

Asang pulled Chenglu forward to salute Xuanfu, and then saluted Li Qing, Yang Muyun and others one by one.

"Why are you being so polite?" Fan Xuanfu was very kind to her, with a smile on his face. He had known her for a long time, and he also knew Ershi Lang. He had never had the chance to meet him before, "Er Erlang is really good-looking, very strong. , the eyes are also flexible.”

Asang immediately pulled Chenglu and said, "Twenty-year-old man, this is my wife, please call me mother."

In many famous families, the line between concubine and concubine is clearly defined, and the children of concubines and servants can only be called mother, and the biological mother can only be called aunt. In some families, boys can only be raised by the head wife.

Although Wu Huaiyu had already told Asang that the Wu family was not that particular, and Xuan Fu was not that kind of person.

But when they first met, Asang still asked his son to call Xuan Fu his mother.

Huaiyu looked at her cautious look and felt a little sorry for her.

"I thought you wouldn't be at home right now. I just had lunch in Baqiao and heard everyone talking about the unparalleled glory of our Aye today. Wearing golden armor and riding a chariot with the prince, we made a glorious triumphant return and presented prisoners to the Ancestral Temple. I I missed a step and missed this lively scene."

Fan Xuanfu naturally knew it, she said with a smile, "Aye is in the city today and is very busy. The military chariots are entering the city, touring Chang'an, and then offering prisoners to the Imperial Ancestral Temple. Then they have to go to the Ministry of War to return the seals of the military talisman, and they have to go to the palace to meet the Saint. Where? Have time."

"I made arrangements to go back to my parents' house tomorrow,"

Huaiyu drank tea and said, "Then I will go with you tomorrow."

Fan Xuanfu was very happy that her father-in-law had won a great victory this time. She thought that it was around this time last year, and it was almost the Chinese New Year, but Fan Xing was forced to leave the capital in a hurry to take up his post. At that time, Fan Xing was demoted to Lizhou.

The governor of Liangzhou was demoted to the governor of Lizhou, and all the general positions were dismissed.

Only one year later,
My father fought a turnaround and returned home with great honor.

Not long ago, Fan Xuanfu had been worried about his father in Chang'an. There was a long-term confrontation between the Tang and Tubo armies in Songzhou. Many people attacked Fan Xing and even wanted to depose him.

Excited.

Li Qing asked about Runniang's situation, and Huaiyu said that she was now in Luzon with her daughter Meigui, and she was also accompanying Sanlang Chengzhi.

"Run Niang is about to give birth, right?"

"After the New Year."

Xuan Fu smiled and said that Wu Huaiyu returned to Lingnan this year, but ended up neglecting the concubines who stayed in Guangzhou. "You also said that after you returned to Guangzhou, whoever got pregnant would come back to Chang'an. The result was good, none of them came back. Now, You returned to Chang'an and they all stayed there again.

They wrote to me one by one to complain,"

Huaiyu was helpless because his plans couldn't keep up with the changes. Last year, he planned to return to Chang'an temporarily, but ended up staying there for more than half a year. Then he returned to Lingnan this year, but ended up going to Luzon again.
They really left those concubines alone in Guangzhou.

"I think we can let them all go back to Chang'an when spring gets warmer next year," Wu Huaiyu said.

"You won't go back to Guangzhou next year?"

Wu Huaiyu definitely wanted to go back, but he was recalled to Chang'an this time, and he didn't really have any confidence. Moreover, if he could return to Lingnan next year, he would probably have to go to Luzon. It was now a critical period for development there. As the commander-in-chief, he Inseparable.

"Alang, someone is coming from the palace."

The emperor sent someone to summon Wu Huaiyu to the palace for a banquet.

Fan Xing and the others held a triumphal celebration banquet, and the emperor asked Wu Huaiyu to attend.

Although he entered the city quietly, the emperor knew about it immediately.

Wu Huaiyu stood up helplessly, "I can't eat the first reunion dinner when I get home. Well, I'll take a shower and change clothes first, and then go to the palace for the banquet. You guys can eat by yourself."

(End of this chapter)