My harem can't be this messy

Chapter 204 Princess Chengyang

At this moment, Xiao Yourong gave way to the cook who was following behind, and the river fish in the cook's hand glistened in the afternoon sun.

Li Zhi took a look at this fish, and it should be a carp. Some people may think that carp and Li have the same pronunciation, and Datang is Li's surname, so they have some taboos on carp.

Moreover, some books and miscellaneous notes in the Tang Dynasty also recorded that the Tang Dynasty did not eat carp.

But in the Tang Dynasty, Li Zhi understood that there were no such boring taboos in the Tang Dynasty.

Among other things, Tang poetry was the most popular in the Tang Dynasty, and there are many poems about cooking carp in Tang poetry.

Wang Wei's "Luoyang Daughter's Journey": "The beloved Yule rides on a horse, and the maid is a carp with a golden plate."

Bai Juyi's "A Boat on Jiangzhou Road": "There is a stove on the bow of the boat, and rice is used to cook red carp."

These verses clearly stated that eating carp in the Tang Dynasty was just a common thing, and there were no vague descriptions in the verses, let alone any cover-ups or taboos.

On the other hand, the most famous record about people in the Tang Dynasty not eating carp is the collection of notes and novels "Youyang Miscellaneous Zu" created by Duan Chengshi.

And this collection of novels is probably not read by future generations!
In the Tang Dynasty poems that have been handed down to later generations, there has never been a description that Tang people did not eat carp, and the description about cooking carp is very simple and straightforward, without any embellishments, which is enough to show that some people are afraid of taking the meaning out of context and writing books based on their own imagination.

Moreover, Li Zhi has been in the Tang Dynasty for some time, and the ethos of the Tang Dynasty has always been inclusive and open. With his father's style of conduct, he will definitely not be like the Ming and Qing Dynasties, where he took meaning from the words and misinterpreted them to create a literary prison.

Not to mention anything else, the Ministry of Min in the six parts still coincides with the character of the father, Shimin, and the father just said that as long as the word Shimin is not used together, there is no need to avoid it.

In such an enlightened and prosperous age, how could people in the world fast to eat carp because carp has the same pronunciation as Li's surname.

At this moment Li Zhi saw the two carps that the cook was carrying, and so did Empress Changsun, seeing the fat and alive carps, Empress Changsun just smiled.

"Yourong, you also brought this Weishui carp from home."

"Your Majesty, can you tell if this is a Weishui carp?"

"This palace can still divide these."

"You can't do it if you have tolerance, let alone a certain kind of fish in the water area, even if there are two different kinds of fish, you can't tell them apart."

Empress Changsun just smiled, distinguishing the same fish from the two waters is a careful job, and it can only be distinguished from very subtle places, it is normal for Xiao Yourong to be unable to tell the difference.

"I'm just waiting for the fish cake made by Xiao's cook."

The cook there was carrying the carp, so she asked where the kitchen was, and a maid took it away, but Li Zhi suddenly stopped the cook.

"Wait, I want the cook from the bamboo garden to learn the skill of making fish cakes from you, okay?"

"Your Highness, this is naturally possible."

"Yihong, call the cook from Zhuyuan here, and let her learn from Xiao's cook. From now on, Zhuyuan can also make fish cakes, and you can also teach people from the food bureau in the palace to do it. "

Yihong responded, and went to the bamboo garden to call for someone.

The cook there had already carried the carp to the kitchen to slaughter, so Li Zhi and Xiao Yourong would not go to see it.

A gentleman stays away from cooking, but in fact he kills living beings far away.The scene of slaughtering live fish, as King Jin and Miss Xiao, would never get close to it.

Accompanying her mother at this time, Nai Yihong had already led the two cooks into the bamboo garden, and walked towards the kitchen of the small bamboo garden.

At this time, on the main road leading to Chang'an, a carriage was slowly moving forward under the guard of a group of cavalry.

In the carriage, a young man was carefully beating the calf of a beautiful and dignified lady next to him. The lady kicked her foot with a boot, and the man rubbed her jade feet carefully.

"Small belly, I'll be back in Chang'an in a while, you go back to Du's house first, I'm going to the palace to meet the queen mother and the emperor's brother and sister."

"Your Highness, you always call me Little Belly, which is too ugly."

"What's the matter, you are not happy to call you a small belly, isn't your belly small?"

The woman was not shy either, she patted the man's belly twice, and even took off her clothes to see the white belly.

The man was not angry, he still rubbed the woman's jade feet carefully.In fact, I just walked for a while, but His Highness kept saying that my feet hurt.

At this time, this woman is naturally the 14-year-old Princess Chengyang, the second daughter of Empress Changsun who was born to the current emperor, and this man is Du He, the late prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, Du Ruhui's second son.

Emperor Taizong never forgot Du Ruhui. Although Du Ruhui had passed away for more than ten years, Emperor Taizong's favor to the Du family continued.

It is a great favor to marry myself and the eldest grandson empress's daughter into the Du family.

At this time, Du He served Princess Chengyang with all his heart, even though Princess Chengyang was only 14 years old, and sometimes she still had a childlike heart.

His surname is Du, and he really doesn't have the drunk belly that is common among dudes. Princess Chengyang and him went out to play this time, so they called him a little belly. I don't know, I thought he was the little girl next to the princess. Where is the eunuch!
Du He protested a few times, but at this time the princess was compliant, and she was not willing to change.

Du He had no choice but to admit it, let's have a small belly!
When the carriage entered Chang'an City, Du He and Princess Chengyang separated. He naturally wanted to go back to Du's house, while His Highness wanted to go back to the palace.

As soon as the two separated, a group of palace people rushed to the princess's carriage.

"Slaves pay homage to Her Royal Highness the Princess!"

"Get up soon, did the queen mother ask you to come here to welcome me?"

"His Royal Highness, Your Majesty is not in the palace at this time, but lives in the bamboo garden."

"Bamboo Garden, I remember that Bamboo Garden is not a royal property, why does the Queen Mother live there?"

"His Royal Highness, Princess Yuzhang is recuperating in the bamboo garden, and the empress is going to accompany her in the bamboo garden."

"What happened to my queen?"

"This servant doesn't know either!"

"Quick, hurry to the bamboo garden."

The wheels of the carriage crushed the road in Chang'an, and they were already galloping towards the bamboo garden. Princess Chengyang was eager to rush the carriage several times.

When they got to the gate of the bamboo garden, Princess Chengyang rushed into the bamboo garden with her maid. At this time, the guard of the maid in the bamboo garden hurriedly stopped her.Princesses in the palace seldom go out on weekdays, so how do people outside the palace know each other.

"Get out of the way quickly, I want to see my mother!"

After hearing that Princess Chengyang wanted to see her mother, the guard maid of the bamboo garden naturally knew the identity of the person in front of her, and immediately knelt down on the ground.

"His Royal Highness, the empress is not here, she is at the small bamboo garden."

"Little Bamboo Garden, when did this Chang'an City have a Little Bamboo Garden? How come I don't know anything about it?"

"His Royal Highness, this is a garden just opened in the bamboo garden!"

Just as the maid answered, Cui Yan happened to be walking here. Seeing the door like this, he had already guessed a bit. When he saw Princess Chengyang, he already knew her identity, so he hurried over a few steps.

"Are you Princess Chengyang?"

"who are you?"

"Cui Yan has met His Royal Highness Princess Chengyang, and His Royal Highness must want to see His Majesty, so Cui Yan will take His Royal Highness there."

(End of this chapter)