A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 1056: One hundred years, no change allowed
The Duke's Mansion of Jin State,

It has been twenty-seven days since the Queen's trip,
At dawn, Wu Huaiyu opened his eyes, but did not get up immediately. He was lying on the couch in the study. Today was the day when all the officials were released.
After taking plain clothes for twenty-seven days, you can change back to regular clothes.

Queen Changsun is also slowly moving away,

The national mourning is over and the first month is coming to an end.

The cold winter will also end and spring will return to the earth.

He is about to leave the capital and return to Lingnan. His wife Xuanfu will continue to stay in the capital, and the child is only a little over half a year old. Moreover, Da Lang's brothers will continue to be in the palace in a few years.

The sisters Yingluo and Wu Liu also continued to return to the palace. Princess Jinyang needed a partner. The princess was born frail and inherited gas diseases. Spring is a time when she is prone to attacks. During this period, her mother died suddenly, which was a big blow to the little princess. She was overly worried and didn't get enough rest. The Yang Qi attack occurred, and the whole person lost weight, looking pitiful.

Li Shimin decided to take Princess Jinyang with him to raise him personally, while the younger Princess Hengshan was raised by Wei Zhaoyi, who was childless. The emperor also decided to keep King Jin by his side to teach her personally.

Considering that Jinyang was young, although he was cared for by a nurse and wet nurse, Jinyang proposed that he wanted sister Yingluo and Wu Liu to continue to accompany him, so Li Shimin discussed with Wu Huaiyu and let the Wu sisters enter the palace again.

One of the two sisters is Li Shimin's daughter-in-law, and the other is an adopted daughter. They are still young, so it is not inconvenient.

However, after the Queen's departure, the Crown Prince Liangdi and Wu Mei had returned to the East Palace. She was no longer suitable to stay in the Taiji Palace. However, the Crown Prince had to observe filial piety for the Queen for twenty-seven months. She had not been able to consummate the marriage with the Crown Prince in the past three years.

Without Wu Mei as her aunt, the two sisters had less care in the palace, but Wu Huaiyu met the three palace servants who took care of King Jin and Princess Jinyang.

They are Ji, Xue and Lu respectively.
The Tang Dynasty continued the legacy of the Northern Dynasty, and nannies and wet nurses had a high status in the palace. The nannies of emperors, princes, and princesses could even be given the title of county lady or even country lady.

Although these people are not related by blood to the princes and princesses, they are just as valuable as their sons.

Ji, Xue, and Lu were the people personally selected by Empress Changsun. Now Li Shimin still uses them to take care of the ten-year-old King Jin and the three-year-old Princess Jinyang and the two sisters from the Wu family who came to the palace.

Today Wu Huaiyu is going to the palace to meet with these three people, mainly to follow the emperor's order and talk to them about some medical and health care knowledge for the princes and princesses. Although there are specialized institutions in the palace, the people around these princes and princesses must also know something.

Today I also met the Yingluo sisters by the way. He will return to Lingnan soon. This will be his last time in Chang'an.

Breakfast is still vegetarian,

Although the imperial court lifted the forty-nine-day ban on slaughter in accordance with the Queen's last words and only banned slaughter for three days, the Wu family still adopted a vegetarian diet. Although it was released on the 27th today,
But the Wu family will continue to ban alcohol, meat and entertainment for 100 days.
The millet porridge is very fragrant, and is served with goat's milk and eggs, as well as cold shredded chicken and cold shredded kelp.

Not eating meat for 100 days will still have some impact on nutrition, especially for children.

But Wu Huaiyu didn’t secretly eat meat at home.
Chicken is not considered meat in Datang.

This seems a bit similar to the fact that a scholar who steals a book cannot be counted as stealing, but this is what the emperor finally explained. This matter is related to Ma Zhou.

In the early days of Zhenguan, Ma Zhou served as the censor at the Yushitai, and was ordered to inspect the place. At that time, the imperial court was afraid that the censors would eat meat for the people when they went to the place, so there was an unwritten rule that the censors were not allowed to eat meat when they went to the place.

Ma Zhou was good at wine and meat. When he arrived at the place, he was not allowed to eat meat. It was a bit uncomfortable. One time he couldn't help but buy a chicken for himself.

This matter was reported by a deliberate opponent.

Who knew that when Emperor Li Shimin found out, he did not punish Ma Zhou. Instead, he publicly blamed the whistleblower. I banned the censor from eating meat because I was worried about the expense of the state and county. What does eating chicken have to do with this?

Eating chicken does not count as eating meat, this is what the emperor said.

Of course, the real focus of this matter was that the emperor banned central supervisory officials from inspecting local corruption, bribery, eating and drinking, etc. However, Ma Zhou spent his own money to buy a chicken for extra meals. This was not a problem, so the emperor would protect it. , the emperor criticized the whistleblower and could see that this person had bad intentions.

But chicken does not count as meat, and eating chicken does not count as eating meat, but it sets a precedent.

Therefore, even if you eat cow and goat milk, some eggs, or even chicken during the national mourning period, it does not violate the prohibition on drinking alcohol and eating meat.

The cold shredded chicken tastes pretty good.

After the meal, Asang took the maid to change Huaiyu's clothes.
There is no need to wear plain clothes from today on.
However, Asang and the women in his family still wore relatively simple clothes, especially none of the gold and silver jewelry.

As a high-level aristocratic family, you have to be self-conscious, at least for a hundred days. During this time, you should be as simple and solemn as possible.

Anyway, the Wu family will not eat pork, beef, mutton, fish and other meat during these hundred days. Even if it is chicken, they will only prepare some for the children.

Even Wu Huaiyu ate chicken for the first time in twenty-seven days this morning.

"Have you considered?"

"I have thought about it. I will stay in Chang'an with Chenglu this year and come back next year."

Wu Huaiyu smiled. He knew that Asang was not infatuated with the prosperity of Chang'an. He just wanted to let his child Chenglu spend more time with his brothers and sisters and integrate into the Wu family. Although Huaiyu had already arranged a stay in Ludao for Chenglu. The family business will have to establish another branch in the future.
But Asang knows clearly that family is the foundation, and we need to have a good relationship here.

Even she herself has to have a good relationship with Mrs. Fan.

"It's okay to stay in Chang'an for the time being. Chenglu will have company with his brothers and sisters. Besides, it's time to start studying in Chang'an soon. The conditions for starting in Chang'an are better. I think if you are used to living there, you can stay in Chang'an permanently. From now on It won’t be too late to return to Ludao when Chenglu is seventeen or eighteen years old.”

"Your parents and brothers, I have also arranged for you to stay in Chang'an, so you can get together more often." Asang was very grateful.

Wu Huaiyu not only brought her parents and brothers to Chang'an, but also arranged for them to be appointed as provincial officials. The nephews could also attend the Wu family's Qujiang Academy, which is now a very famous academy in Chang'an and holds imperial examinations for students every year. Zhongjinshi, Mingjing.

How many scholars want to enter, but it is difficult to get the chance.

Qujiang Academy is a school of the Wu family. It mainly admits the children of the Wu family to study. Then the relatives and children of the Wu family must pass the examination to be able to join the school. In addition, there are only a few places for outsiders, and those are Qianba. Hundreds of people compete for one spot.

Asang is just Wu Huaiyu's concubine. The Dong family is not qualified to claim to be the in-laws of the Wu family. Normally, her nephews would not be qualified to enter unless they are talented.

But Wu Huaiyu can still give a few places in one sentence.

Not only that, Wu Huaiyu said a word, and his brothers and even some people from his hometown in Puzhou also went to Beijing to find jobs.

There are even two brothers who will follow Wu Huaiyu to Lingnan this time, so they will definitely have a better chance.

Old Dong is getting older. He has been away from his hometown for more than 20 years. Now he has finally returned. Now he just wants to spend his old age in peace. But he still wanted to see his nephews and nephews able to go out and make a living. The Dong family was just a small local wealthy family, and they had left the Central Plains for many years. Now they needed to catch up even more.
The entire Dong family is still very grateful to Wu Huaiyu for taking such care.

Go out,

The sun is shining and the breeze is blowing, bringing a sense of warmth. Spring is really here.

Wu Huaiyu entered the palace and went to see the emperor first. Li Shimin had been very haggard this month and seemed to be much older. It took a lot of effort for me to recover, but this time I almost collapsed again.

The emperor looked at him with red eyes and said, "Here we come." He called for Ji and others to come. He also called for King Jin, Princess Jinyang and the Wu sisters.

Nowadays, the Li family brothers and sisters and the Wu family sisters are doing very well.

Wu Liu was very happy to see his father and wanted to hug him. As a result, Princess Jinyang and Wu Huaiyu were familiar with each other now and wanted to hug him too.

Looking at Jin Yang who had lost a lot of weight, Wu Huaiyu also picked her up, holding Wu Liu in his left hand and Jin Yang in his right hand.

Historically, it seems that Jinyang died in infancy as a girl, which was related to the qi disease inherited in the family. It seemed that there was also the custom of the Li family. This was an amazingly talented girl, as cute as an elf, but she died in infancy.

Wu Liu called him Huaiyu Aye, and Jinyang called him Sikong.

King Jin, Princess Jinyang, and Duke Jin,

The three of them seem to have a strange fate together.

Jinyang Princess Li Mingda's nickname is Sizi, which means rhinoceros.

It's quite interesting to think that Youda's nickname is actually Little Rhinoceros. The nicknames Li Shimin and his wife gave their children were all animals. Li Tai was Qingque, and Li Zhi was nicknamed Pheasant Nu.

The bluebird, also known as the fat stealer, and the wax-billed mulberry eagle, also known as the small mulberry eagle, are said to be carnivorous. Nowadays, there is no meat to eat, so they can only peck millet. Therefore, there is a poem in Xiaoya, "The mulberry eagles peck millet in the field", which is said to be the shrike.

As for the pheasant slave, a pheasant is a pheasant, so the nickname of the King of Jin should actually be Pheasant.

Li Shimin once wrote a poem about Wei Feng. Compared with Wei Feng, he was ranked second, so he was the second Phoenix.

Looking at the two little girls holding Wu Liu in his arms who looked like twins, Wu Huaiyu decided to find a way to cure Xiao Sizi's illness and prevent the regret of Empress Changsun from happening again.

"Aye, are you really going to Lingnan?"

"Well, I'll leave in a few days."

"I miss the sea and beaches in Guangzhou, as well as lychees and blue crabs." Wu Liu is indeed a snack foodie.

"I haven't seen the sea yet. I've only seen the sea in the Tai Chi Palace, but Liu Niang said it was a big pond at most. She said the real sea is boundless and the water is blue!" the princess said yearningly, " When I grow up in the future, Liu Niang must take me to Guangzhou to see the sea,"

Wu Liu took her hand and said, "There are also delicious lychees, mangoes, coconuts, and bananas in the direction, as well as big crabs and prawns. There are also conchs and shells on the beach, which is fun, and there is a lot of sand. There’s also a whale bigger than a boat!”

"I'll take you there later."

"Okay, it's a deal."

"Hook."

"Pull the hook, raise it, and don't change it for a hundred years,"

The two little girls crossed their fingers.

Li Shimin came from outside and saw this scene from a distance. He stopped and stood there watching, his eyes getting wet.

(End of this chapter)