Settled in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 292 Entertaining Saints
There is a curfew in Chang'an city on 360 days a year, except for the day of Shangyuan Festival, which is the only night market in Chang'an city.The rest of the time can only wander around in Lifang at most.Because there is only one day in a year, Xue Lang can meet Li Tang's royal family by chance one after another.

Most of the people who put up the lanterns by the river are women, but fortunately there are a few men mixed in, otherwise the saint who put up the lanterns would be too conspicuous.Guang Lu said respectfully: "Everyone, there are many people by the river, why don't we let the humble officials drive them away?"

The sage waved his hand: "No! On the Lantern Festival, I feel the same way as parents all over the world. If we drive them away, won't it ruin the marriage of other people's family?"

Guanglu: "It's a humble job that doesn't think well. It's freezing cold, and the riverside may be slippery. Everyone, be careful."

The saint nodded, and with the help of his servant and Guanglu, he went to the river to put the lamp on.

Xue Lang was moved, but couldn't intervene, so he could only sincerely thank the saint: "I thank the saint."

The sage laughed and said, "If you want to thank me, get married and have children."

Then you just ask your daughter to agree to marry me earlier!

Of course, the above sentence cannot be said, so Xue Lang could only laugh dryly and was speechless.

"The night is getting dark, I should go back to the palace, where is the Qing family?"

"Back to the saint, the minister and the righteous brother have made an appointment to meet up and go back to the mansion together."

After finishing speaking, he hesitated for a moment, thinking about the lamp that the sage had just put on for him, and asked respectfully: "Dare to ask the sage, the minister's mansion made Lantern Festival, if the sage doesn't mind, please invite the sage to eat a bowl of Lantern Festival at the minister's house , how about the warm dragon body?"

The sage smiled heartily, and said: "The food at the Qing family's mansion must be tasted. A Yin should go too."

Ah Yin...then this is Concubine Yin De? !

Xue Lang restrained his curiosity, and responded, "Please, saint."

Then, Xue Lang sent someone to tell Jiang Lin and Su Han that he would take the saint back to the mansion first——

The saint actually came on horseback, and the carriage was for Concubine Yin De.

If it is said that modern people pursue luxury cars, then Tang people pursue BMW. Having a good horse at home is like modern people owning a luxury car, which often implies status, status and wealth.So, His Majesty Taizong, who likes to collect BMWs in the future, is actually the same type of men who like to collect luxury cars in later generations?
This brain supplement is also drunk.

However, no matter whether you are riding a horse or a carriage, you can only move forward with difficulty at this time, because there are too many people who come to watch the lanterns.There are guards clearing the way ahead, and the carriage can only drive slowly.

Xue Lang was riding Guanglu's horse, and Changjian was leading the horse for him, while Guanglu was leading the saint's horse, so as not to cause accidents to the horse if the crowds in Dengshi were frightened.After returning to the county mansion, the saint laughed and said, "It's really not easy to go to Xue Qing's house to have a snack."

Xue Lang smiled embarrassedly, and welcomed him into the mansion. As soon as he entered the door, Changjian quickly ran to the kitchen to ask Xiuniang to cook the Lantern Festival.

Xue Lang welcomed the saint into the main hall——

As soon as the sage arrived at the door, he looked at the grand master's chairs in the hall, and felt novelty: "The style of furniture in Qing's family is really novel!"

There were no chairs in the early Tang Dynasty, and most of the living rooms were covered with wooden boards and sat on the floor.Rich and noble families will set up low couches to act as chairs, and everyone will kneel and sit together.

Xue Lang said: "Back to the sage, the minister was born in another country, and the style of furniture and the way of sitting and lying are different from my Tang Dynasty. To be honest with the sage, since I came to the Tang Dynasty, I am not very used to the way of kneeling and sitting. I have drawn patterns one by one and asked a carpenter to do it. Old-fashioned furniture. Ask the saints to try."

The saint nodded, and sat down on the chair on the left, habitually trying to cross his legs, and found that sitting like this was more comfortable than sitting cross-legged on a low couch.His eyes lit up, and he waved at Concubine Yin De: "Ayin, come and try."

"Here."

Concubine Yin De, who had been silent all this time, walked over, sat down on the chair on the right, tried it, and said with a smile: "Everyone, it is indeed more comfortable than sitting on a couch."

Xue Langfu said to his heart: "If the sage and his wife don't dislike it, I can attach the drawings."

The sage seemed a little bit sorry: "This is unique to Qing's family, how can I want it? No, no!"

Xue Lang hurriedly said: "It's just a few pieces of furniture, it's not worth anything. The sage puts on the lamp for the minister to beg for marriage, and treats the minister as a younger generation. How can the minister honor the saint with a few pieces of furniture? I implore the saint to accept it!" "

The saint laughed: "Okay, okay, since Youyang said so, then I will accept it!"

Just now I returned to Qing's house, and immediately became Youyang!Sure enough, every emperor is not simple?

Xue Lang complained silently in his heart, saying that he would go to the palace tomorrow to present the blueprints, Changjian would report, and the Lantern Festival was cooked.

Xue Lang immediately ordered someone to bring up the Lantern Festival——

It's not too big, it's about the size of a baby's fist, it's white and fat, and it looks very appetizing.The sage looked at the round and fat Yuanxiao in the bowl, and said, "Youyang, is this Yuanxiao? It looks like a cocoon."

During the Lantern Festival, people in the Tang Dynasty ate noodles called cocoons, which were also round, but the fillings were different from those of today's people.The name Yuanxiao did not appear until the Ming Dynasty.

Xue Lang hurriedly said: "Return to the saint, this is the Lantern Festival. There are two kinds of fillings, one is peanuts brought back from foreign countries, and the other is sesame. Let the saint taste it."

The sage nodded, and picked up one in a porcelain spoon. The skin was not covered with sesame seeds, so it should be peanuts——

Sure enough, the sage bit it open, and a smell of peanuts came to his nostrils. The sage nodded, "That's right! Ah Yin will try it too."

Xue Lang quickly ordered someone to move a screen, and invited Concubine Yin De into the screen to take off her veil and hat to eat Lantern Festival.Needless to say, Yuanxiao was naturally well received by the sage and Concubine Yin De.

The saint ate a bowl without saying anything, and unceremoniously took the food box that Xue Lang ordered to pack, and even took several Lantern Festivals back to the palace.

As soon as the sage left, Jiang Lin and Su Han came back.Jiang Lin asked in a low voice: "Brother, who came just now? I saw that the gate of the mansion was heavily guarded, so I dragged Heng Yu to wait for a while, and didn't dare to come back until the guards at the gate dispersed."

Xue Lang asked someone to serve Lantern Festival to them, and said, "The saint came just now, so the guards were strengthened."

"It's actually a saint coming? That big brother..."

Jiang Lin stopped talking suddenly, and looked at Xue Lang with a strange expression.Xue Lang was puzzled by him: "What about me?"

Jiang Lin shook his head resolutely: "It's nothing. This Lantern Festival is good!"

Su Han nodded in agreement: "Exactly, Youyang's dim sum never disappoints. Fortunately, I have a stomach, and I only ate [-] wonton stews, otherwise I would have missed the delicious food!"

I only... only ate four bowls of wontons!

Xue Lang looked at Su Han's empty bowl, and silently surrendered——

Four bowls of wontons, two bowls of yuanxiao...

As a foodie, Dr. Su's stomach capacity has never disappointed his appetite!Xue Lang said he lost!
Complaining about Su Han in his heart, Xue Lang still didn't forget to call Changjian and order him to send Lantern Festival to Princess Pingyang——

I hope that this delicacy that can win her father's favor can also win Princess Pingyang's favor by the way. When I know a certain behavior of him in a few days, for the sake of the food, don't get angry!

(End of this chapter)