People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 635 Chengnan Weidu, Chang'an Hot Pot

A group of pretty girls in red and green skirts came out of Dongshi City, joking and playing.

Holding the bright silk and satin in her left hand, and the bright red rouge she just bought in her right hand, she ran away from the side of the black carriage, leaving bursts of laughter like silver bells in the air.

Most of the eyes on the long street fell on the group of girls, with envious and doting eyes on their faces.

"That's the young lady of the Wei family in Chang'an. The children of the Wei family have served as the commander of the East City several times. The people inside and outside the East City have already been very respectful." Yu Ze sat in the carriage and explained in a low voice through the curtains of the carriage lifted by Li Xuan.

"Wedu in the south of the city, go to the sky five feet. I have heard this before." Li Xuan turned her head, smiled calmly, then turned her head again, looking at the bustling scene in the east city opposite, feeling emotional in her heart.

Wei family and Du family, east market and west market.

Just two attribute orders have already made their family a lot of money on the entire Silk Road.

Although Du's family was in decline for a while because of Du He's involvement in Li Chengqian's treason case and Du Chuke's involvement in Li Tai's conquest case in his early years, it was only for a while, and even that was only Du Ruhui's lineage.

Du Ruhui's uncle, Du Yan, was also the Prime Minister of the Taizong Dynasty. Although he had passed away long ago, his grandson, Du Congze, is currently the governor of Puzhou.

There is also Du Shenyan, who is now very famous. Although he is only a county lieutenant in Shuzhou, his literary name is so prosperous that even the emperor admires him.

Du Yiyi, the father of Du Shenyan, once served as the supervisory censor, the magistrate of Luoyang County, and the magistrate of Luoyang County on the fifth rank.

It is half a level more noble than Li Xuan's Wuzhou Biejia.

As for the Wei family, in the early years there was Wei Guifei, one of the four noble concubines of Emperor Taizong, and Wei Ting, the prime minister; The British concubine is Concubine Wei.

Li Xuan's heart flashed a series of high-ranking Wei Du officials, but there was a burst of emotion in his heart.

Now that he returns to Chang'an, he must deal with these great families. Weidu is just one or two of them, and there will be more in the future.

But first of all, the person he wants to touch is Pei Yan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment.

Li Xuan looked at the scene of shopkeepers shouting loudly in Dongshi, crowds of people standing shoulder to shoulder, and said softly: "Buying cosmetics in Dongshi, the noodles are fragrant every day. There is a cloud bun on the head, and the moon is behind the ear. The spring and autumn are good." On this day, relatives will be reunited. Hold the pearls in your hands, and the whole family will praise you."

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"Your Majesty, did you remember that His Majesty ordered you to stay at home for a few days?"

"Chang'an is windy and windy, and the new year is the most prosperous." Li Xuan turned his head sideways, looked towards the direction of Taiji Palace through the curtain on the other side, and said softly: "Your Majesty's order seems to be an assassination for Wushengdao, but this king feels that it is very It may be related to Pei Shangshu."

Yu Ze's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly said, "Your Majesty is worried that someone will plot against the lord these days, and the lord will suffer?"

"Why should there be someone? Uncle Yu just said that Pei Yan is it." Li Xuan smiled lightly, shook her head and said, "Pei Shangshu has been in office for a long time, so there is no way this king can easily shake him. The real threat to him is actually other caring people." .

After all, we are not the only ones who are really staring at the position of the prime minister. There are more people with real intentions in the court than we imagined. Your Majesty is worried that someone will kill someone with a knife! "

Yu Ze was silent for a moment. There are too many people playing chess in Chang'an. In many cases, you don't even know which hand is moving.

Even in many cases, many hands push and pull at the same time. During this process, some people are pushed to the high platform, while others fall into the abyss.

In such a situation, it would be better to stay at home, so that you can be quiet.

When the carriage entered Kaihuafang, Li Xuan subconsciously opened the curtain, and saw that the red lanterns had been lit in front of every house, but there were only four houses that were particularly different, Han Wang's Mansion, Huo Wang's Mansion, Jiang Wang's Mansion, and Peng Wang's Mansion.

Before the carriage came to a complete stop, Li Xuan got off her horse and walked quickly to the gate of Prince Peng's mansion. She flicked her clothes to the concubine Ouyang who had been waiting at the gate, and knelt down: "Da Lang is not filial, so the concubine mother Wait."

"Okay, get up, we're all at home, why wait so long." Ouyang directly pulled Li Xuan up, then pushed him in front of Liu Jinyu, and said with a doting smile: " Now that you're back, please take good care of Sanniang, three and a half months old, it's a sad time, you also know medicine, and help her recuperate."

"Son obeys the order." Li Xuan bowed and nodded, then turned to look at Liu Jinyu beside her, and called out in a low voice, "San Niang!"

After three months of not seeing each other, Liu Jinyu has gained a lot of plumpness, her brows and eyes are still clear, but her demeanor is a bit more pregnant.

She was wearing a wide green-backed golden silk skirt with small balls of flowers, and her slightly raised belly was well covered.

Li Xuan stared eagerly at Liu Jinyu's lower abdomen. There was a little life there, as if it was beating non-stop, and every beat was linked to Li Xuan's own heartbeat, following the beating.

"Your Majesty." Liu Jinyu pulled Li Xuan a little shyly, and Li Xuan immediately came back to her senses, then cupped her hands at Ouyang Shi and said, "Mother, let's go in."

"Ok!"

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By the pool in the backyard, a small stove is lit between the flower pavilions.

The cold wind was covered with curtains all around, leaving only a frozen lake in front of me.

A thin cauldron was placed on a small table. Inside the cauldron was boiling hot oil. Inside was a perch that had been sliced ​​into thin slices. The fish meat and fish bones were constantly rolling in the cauldron. Slices of green vegetables were thrown whole. into the tripod,

The plate next to it with various mushrooms was empty.

Liu Jinyu looked at Li Xuan curiously and asked, "This is the hot pot made by Mr. Lang, it's a bit different from the usual five-cooked pot."

The five-cooked pot is somewhat similar to the mandarin duck pot of later generations, but it is divided into five compartments.

Pottery kettles, pottery tripods, plates, bowls, bowls, etc. are used for cooking, and they have existed since ancient times.

Cooking meat and vegetables in a special hot pot was a popular style among the nobles in the Spring and Autumn Period. Later, more copper tripods were used.

Shabu, boiled to the Western Han Dynasty has been popular all over the world.

During the Three Kingdoms period, there was a "five-cooked cauldron" among the people with five compartments, and five flavors could be prepared at the same time in the five compartments, which was convenient for people to eat.

In fact, Li Xuan wanted to use an iron pot the most, but the craftsmanship of iron pots is still not enough, but the tripod is well crafted.

"I used Codonopsis pilosula, dodder, astragalus, chuanxiong, tangerine peel, donkey-hide gelatin, amomum, licorice, and made a base soup, plus the fat fish perch, just enough to help the wife nourish the fetus and replenish Qi." Li Xuan carefully adjusted the heat, When it was almost there, I got a bowl of traditional Chinese medicine fish soup in it, put it in front of Liu Jinyu, blew it a little, and then said, "My lady, drink a bowl of soup first to warm up."

"Hmm!" Liu Jinyu, wrapped in a thick sable coat, took a sip from the bowl, then picked up a piece of fish with chopsticks, and carefully put it into her mouth.

"How does it taste?" Li Xuan looked at Liu Jinyu expectantly.

Liu Jinyu raised her eyebrows slightly, and said in a low voice, "Why are you a little sour?"

"Put some vinegar in." Li Xuan changed the subject and asked in a low voice, "How about the fish?"

"There are no thorns, the meat is very badly cooked, very soft and sticky." Liu Jinyu couldn't help but picked up another chopstick, Li Xuan looked at it and laughed.

It didn't take long for a fish to be eaten, and even the fish soup was drunk.

Liu Jinyu lay lazily in Li Xuan's arms, and then said in a low voice, "Mr. Lang can stay in Chang'an longer this time."

Li Xuan stretched out her hand to hold Liu Jinyu's white and tender fingers, and said softly: "Before the end of March, you should still be in Chang'an. After April, you don't know what His Majesty's arrangement is, and you can't figure it out as a husband. Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, How to intervene in the battle of Tubo?"

The emperor transferred Li Xuan back to Chang'an to serve as Minister of the Honghe Temple. In the final analysis, it was for the battle of Tubo next year, but he was the minister of the Honghe Temple. Did he want him to negotiate with Tubo after the war on how to make Tubo surrender?

"The Ministry of War has been very busy these past few months. The specific strategy is only sent to the palace, and it is difficult for outsiders to know." Liu Jinyu said softly: "Although I have been helping Ah Weng with official documents these few months, most of them are There are fewer and fewer central related matters in local states and counties."

"This is Ah Weng showing consideration for you." Li Xuan nodded slightly to Liu Jinyu, and Liu Jinyu sighed and nodded.

She was helping grandfather Liu Rengui to deal with some official documents. It is impossible for the emperor and empress to not notice it at all. They just let her help share a little pressure because they consider Liu Rengui's old age.

But now, Liu Jinyu has become the princess of Nanchang, and she continues to help with some middle and lower official documents. This is no problem, but she has less and less contact with the secret documents of the Central Committee, especially those related to Li Xuan.

It's good for Li Xuan and Liu Jinyu to know these words in their hearts, even if it's just the two of them, it's better not to say them out.

At this moment, footsteps sounded at the door of the backyard, and soon, an invitation was delivered to Li Xuan.

Li Xuan opened the invitation and said with some surprise: "Your Majesty, please come to the banquet tonight for my husband, to clean up the dust for my husband."

Liu Jinyu said softly, "Is Mr. Lang going back?"

"Of course." Li Xuan smiled, handed the invitation back, and said at the same time: "Tell the visitor, send a message to His Royal Highness, that the king is not feeling well, so he will not be attending the appointment for the time being. If he is free, please go to the East Palace more. Let's go and visit the prince."

"Here!" The footsteps quickly went away.

Liu Jinyu couldn't help but smile: "Isn't Mr. Lang afraid that the King of England will not understand at all?"

"Li Xian is still not confused, how could he not understand, how could he meet him even if the crown prince doesn't visit him?"

"Is the current matter so urgent?" Liu Jinyu looked at Li Xuan worriedly.

How could she not see the exchanges between Li Xuan and Pei Yan? It was precisely because Liu Rengui was in charge of the center, Pei Yan had to be scruples even if he wanted to do anything, so he could only resort to secret methods.

But Li Xuanyuan was in Hangzhou, and Pei Yan's people didn't have many chances when they arrived in Hangzhou, especially now that his people were all dead in Huayin County, not far from Chang'an.

Li Xuan shook her head slightly, and said: "The situation was clear at first, but the intervention of the King of the East China Sea messed everything up. The one who is really worried now is Pei Yan. Not only did he kill his subordinates, he even arrested the King of the East China Sea. Most of the heavy responsibility will fall on him."

It was originally the common responsibility of all parties to capture the King of the East China Sea, but now that the Ministry of Justice has killed someone, Pei Yan must try harder than others to catch the King of the East China Sea, but if the King of the East China Sea is really so easy to be caught, then he will It's not the king of the East China Sea.

"Lang Jun, you said that the king of the East China Sea is causing the storm, why?" Liu Jinyu raised her head and looked at Li Xuan, her face full of puzzlement.

Li Xuan sighed softly and said in a low voice: "Some people are very smart and can always focus on the most useful places..."

(End of this chapter)