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

Chapter 637 Preparations for the Great Dynasty, Social Fire Spy Shadows

"Third sister, I'm here." Wuniang Qiongyu jumped in from the door, wearing a pink skirt, laughing. As soon as she entered the door, she saw Liu Jinyu who was helping Li Xuan tidy up her court clothes. She stuck out her tongue playfully.

At this moment, Si Niang Liu Shubi's voice sounded outside the door: "Wu Niang, please slow down."

Immediately following Liu Shubi, she entered the room, wearing a thick rose-patterned Zhuru dress, with double buns on her head, her pretty face was a little pale because of the cold weather, but her rapid running brought a smile on her face. flush.

As soon as Liu Shubi entered the room, she saw Liu Jinyu and Li Xuan looking at her with a funny face, a trace of embarrassment suddenly appeared on Liu Shubi's face, and then saluted Liu Jinyu and Li Xuanfu: "Third sister, third sister Brother-in-law!"

Wuniang Qiongyu on the side also seemed to be interested in watching, walked over, stood together with Liu Shubi, and said awkwardly, "Third sister, third brother-in-law!"

Seeing a nine-year-old girl and a 13-year-old girl standing side by side to salute, both Li Xuan and Liu Jinyu couldn't help laughing.

Li Xuan waved her hands and smiled, and said, "Get up, there is no lucky money today, and I will give it to you two later."

New Year's money, also known as pressing money.

However, the winning money was given to my children on New Year's Eve, and was pressed under the pillow to suppress evil spirits.

It is a blessing to give to relatives and children on New Year's Eve.

"Ah, the third sister is going to give the lucky money this year." Wuniang Qiongyu realized at this time, she immediately stood up and ran to Liu Jinyu, grabbed her arm, and said brokenly: "Sister, you don't need the lucky money. You have to give more, or you will be worse than Grandma..."

Liu Shubi looked enviously at Wuniang Qiongyu, she raised her head, and saw Li Xuan standing in front of the bronze mirror, arranging her court clothes.

Purple narrow-sleeved round-neck gown, embroidered with five pythons and five chapters, black three-colored seven-beam crown, two red long tassels falling straight down to the chest, a red jade belt with inlaid gold on the waist, and hanging fish charms, jade, and ropes , stepping on thick black leather boots with jade patterns.

The two-foot-six-inch ivory wat is placed on the table.

Ivory Wat from Yipin County King.

Liu Shubi looked at the ivory wat, her eyes were full of envy. In her family, only her grandfather was qualified to hold the wat to go to court.

Although my father has the honor of the Shangzhu Kingdom, but only the honor is not eligible to enter the Hanyuan Hall of the Daming Palace.

……

"The clothes are a little tight. I can still wear them this year, but I have to change them next year." Li Xuan glanced sideways at Liu Jinyu, then glanced at the curious Liu Shubi, and smiled slightly.

"Your Majesty, let's make a new one, just make it bigger, so as not to have to modify it every year." Liu Jinyu helped Li Xuan pull up the corners of his clothes, which are now very tight.

Li Xuan hesitated for a while, but finally nodded directly.

In the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, when all nations came to court, there was no need for him to search and search.

Too frugal will damage the majesty of Datang.

Tomorrow is the Great Court Meeting, no matter what, nothing can happen.

While Liu Jinyu was tidying up her clothes, Li Xuan turned to look at Liu Shubi who was on the side, and asked curiously, "Si Niang, why did you hear from your third sister that the Chen family is going to make a big deal this New Year?"

"En!" Liu Shubi nodded with a gloomy expression.

Seeing that Liu Shubi didn't want to talk, Liu Jinyu on the side answered, "Originally, it was agreed that the wedding will be held in May, the wedding will be held in mid-August, and the Mid-Autumn Festival will just come back home, but suddenly it is mentioned that the beginning of the year, the wedding should be It's early April."

"April?" Li Xuan frowned suddenly, and then said a little amusedly: "It seems that the Chen family is also thinking about it, and the beginning of April happens to be..."

In the middle of Li Xuan's words, she stopped immediately, and Liu Jinyu gave him an angry look.

Li Xuan smiled helplessly. Although the matter of the Western Expedition to Tubo is not a secret among the high-level officials of the Tang Dynasty, even Tubo has heard the rumors, and may even be actively preparing for the war, but for the people of the Tang Dynasty, even Liu Shubi The daughter of the Xiangfu, also knows nothing about it.

But the Chen family...Li Xuan raised her head and glanced at Liu Jinyu, Liu Jinyu nodded slightly, and Li Xuan was relieved.

The Chen family still has some thoughts. Although the Chen family is the dominant family in Fujian, it is too far away from the center. The emperor seems to want to drive the entire Gushi Chen family to Fujian.

The Chen family was naturally unwilling to be reconciled, and the marriage with the daughter of the Liu family was one of their methods.

Liu Shubi is a concubine. Although the Liu family's children are harmonious and no one cares about it, it's different outside.

Although Liu Shubi was married to the nephew of Chen Zheng, the official of the imperial court, General Guide, and the commander of the Lingnan March, Chen Liulang's parents died when he was young, and he was brought up by his grandmother since he was a child. When you arrive in Fujian, it's hard to say what people's hearts are like.

If Chen Liulang can stay in the north, and then take advantage of the battle between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo to gain a foothold in the court, it is impossible to say that the entire Chen family in Gushi will have the opportunity to return to the power center of the Tang Dynasty.

That's why they thought about getting married at the beginning of the year, getting married in April, and then stuffing people into the army before the army set off.

Maybe the Chen family has already found a way out, after all, they can't bother the Prime Minister because of this matter.

"This is a good thing. Maybe the Chen family can keep Chen Liulang in Beidi, so Si Niang doesn't have to marry far away in Fujian." After Li Xuan finished speaking, she looked sideways at Liu Jinyu, who also nodded and looked at with a smile. Looking at Liu Shubi, he said: "Si Niang, you can prepare for the marriage with peace of mind when you go back. This time, the Chen family's preparations for the marriage are weak, and sister will never spare them."

"Hmm!" Although Liu Shubi was still uneasy, she had already relaxed a lot. .

Liu Qiongyu on the side didn't seem to pay attention to their conversation, but kept looking out of the door, her ears turned sideways, as if she was listening to something.

Li Xuan glanced over, and then asked curiously, "Wu Niang, what are you waiting for?"

"Third brother-in-law, don't you know that today there is a Shehuo Festival Dance, starting from Pingkangfang, going west, passing Chongyifang, Kaihuafang to Zhuquemen Street, then going south, going around the city, and then returning to Pingkang Square." Liu Qiongyu made gestures, eyes full of longing.

"So you came to brother-in-law's house today to watch the social dance." Li Xuan was amused for a moment.

The two daughters of the Liu family did not go to Pingkangfang, but came to Kaihuafang ahead of schedule.

Compared with the bustling and crowded Pingkangfang, Kaihuafang is quieter, but also safer.

This must have been the idea of ​​the old man of the Liu family.

Li Xuan turned her head and seemed to hear the sound of gongs and drums in her ears.

"Okay, it seems to be coming soon, you guys go out quickly." Li Xuan waved her hands, looked at Liu Jinyu, and said, "San Niang, you can take them with you, if the maids at home want to see, take them out too. , just don’t get lost.”

When Liu Qiongyu heard that the third sister took them out together, a smile immediately filled her face.

Liu Shubi at the side asked with some surprise: "Third brother-in-law, don't you want to go together?"

"No, the third brother-in-law still has something to do..." Before Li Xuan finished speaking, Liu Jinyu couldn't help but pushed his arm and said, "You haven't been out for a few days since you came home. It's New Year's Eve, it's okay to go out for a walk, the big deal is to stand at the gate of the workshop and don't go out."

Li Xuan pondered slightly, nodded, and said, "Alright, I just went to see what's going on outside."

As soon as Liu Jinyu heard it, she knew that Li Xuan had other plans, so she gave him an annoyed look.

The people living in Kaihuafang are all clan and royal families, even the servants below are familiar with each other.

Outsiders can easily be recognized when they enter it, and it is even easier to be discovered if they keep an eye on a certain house.

At that time, they will not report to the officials at all, and they will directly kill them with swords and sticks. These are all from the army.

So if there is anything, it must not be in the workshop, then it can only be outside the workshop.

……

At the gate of Kaihuafang, on the huge gate, there are two huge paintings of door gods, namely Shentu and Yulei.

Li Xuan stood at the gate of Kaihuafang, followed by the three sisters Liu Jinyu, behind Li Zhu and Meng Sheng, surrounded by Nanchang palace guards and servants, maids, and other servants of the palace, all standing full.

Outside the square gate, the Taichang Temple officials who were in charge of sacrifices and etiquette walked in the front, wearing hideous masks and props, Fang Xiangshi in red and black clothes, kept beating drums and jumping.

Followed by fire-breathing, lions, dragon dances, colored flags, gongs and drums, stilts, etc., hundreds of experts in all kinds of tricks.

Some wear Gonggong masks, and some wear various masks of Zhurong, Huangdi, Shennong, and King Yu. During their actions, they play with unique postures, carrying the romance of ancient myths, which attract people's attention.

Both sides of the street were full of people, wearing clean new clothes, watching the lively social dance with curiosity on their faces.

Li Xuan's eyes fell on the crowd on the opposite side, and there was a policeman from Wannian County standing at a certain distance, looking at the crowd vigilantly, apart from maintaining law and order, he was more concerned about those abducting children. traffickers.

Now is the New Year's Eve, which is the time when these people are most active.

Li Xuan's eyes fell on a middle-aged man wearing a blue plaid round-neck robe, and saw that he was wearing a black uncut hat, holding a long sword in front of his chest with both hands, but his eyes kept looking towards Li Xuan look.

Across the entire long street, there was more than one person like this, and they seemed to be staring at Li Xuan faintly.

Li Xuan frowned slightly, what the hell is going on, why are people from different forces staring at him?
After he returned to Chang'an, according to the emperor's edict, he didn't go out at all. Why did such a thing happen?

Li Xuan immediately knew that something happened in Chang'an City that he didn't know about, but many people must know what it was, but no one informed Li Xuan.

Sometimes this kind of thing is not a bad thing. If you don't know it, you can completely stay out of it.

As soon as you know, you will immediately be involved in all kinds of wind and rain.

After the social dancers left, Li Xuan was no longer under the gate of Kaihuafang.

……

In the middle hall, Li Zhu stood in front of the hall, cupped his hands and said, "My lord, there is news from the Jinwu Guard that the cause of the death of the Leng family's mother and son has been found out?"

Li Xuan seemed to have expected it, glanced at Liu Jinyu, then looked at Li Zhu: "Say?"

"Before Leng Lin went to Hangzhou, he asked someone to borrow a sum of high-interest money. He originally planned to import a sum of goods from Hangzhou and bring them back to Chang'an to sell during the New Year's Eve, but he didn't expect that he died on the way and his things were confiscated by the Ministry of Justice. down."

"That day when the mother and son went to the Ministry of Justice, they didn't see Pei Shangshu at all. They only saw the doctor of the Ministry of Justice, but the things were not returned. At night, someone went to Leng's house to persecute them. The next day, the mother and son hanged themselves."

After Li Zhu finished speaking, he cupped his hands slightly.

Li Xuan sighed softly, waved his hands, and said: "Tonight, everyone in the mansion will pay extra money for one month. In addition, send a message to the Jinwu Guard that if there is nothing to do this New Year, we will punish those profiteers in Chang'an City. Especially for those gambling houses, the property obtained should be regarded as a sacrifice for the brothers of the Ministry of punishment."

"Here!" Li Zhu turned around and left.

Liu Jinyu's voice sounded behind Li Xuan, and she asked softly, "Mr. Lang, do you believe this?"

"Believe it or not." Li Xuan raised her head, looked at her caring wife, and said softly, "I will know what happened tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)