Tang's dining table

A bright ray of sunshine filtered in from the window and fell on a soft bed. The baby's pale yellow nipple hair was highlighted by this light.

Wu Mei reached out her hand and gently kneaded the baby's almost transparent earlobes, her eyes filled with the joy of becoming a mother for the first time.

This was a beautiful child. When the sunlight fell on her body, she seemed to be able to see the child's slender bones and blood as dense as a spider web.

This is the first son of the Emperor of Tang Dynasty, named Li Hong.

Seeing the child smiling at her with a toothless mouth, Wu Mei felt that all her hard work had been in vain and she had given birth to a good and filial son.

The conversation between the mother and the child in the sun made Wu Mei find it extremely interesting. She picked up the child and spun around in the empty hall, and the loose skirt also floated up, like a blooming flower. flower.

Today's Daxing Palace was extremely lively. All the palace people went to the main hall, where Li Zhi's eldest son Chen Wang Li Zhong was officially canonized as the prince. Also canonized were Li Zhi's other three sons, Xu Wang Li Xiao, King Li of Qi ascended to gold, King Yong of Li Sujie.

Today is a day that satisfies everyone. Li Zhong became the crown prince, Li Xiao was made the governor of Bingzhou, not only the king. Li Shangjin was made the king two years ago, and today he was made the governor of Yizhou.

As for King Yong Li Sujie, he was even more proud. With the support of his mother Xiao Shufei, he became the Yongzhou Shepherd guarding the capital.

Wu Mei sang and danced softly in the empty hall, and her dance partner was only the emperor's eldest son Li Hong. Both Li Hong and Wu Mei were very satisfied with the current situation.

It doesn't matter how many sons Li Zhi has.

The emperor's eldest son could only be this small, soft baby in her arms.

Just when Wu Mei put the yawning little child, who was clenching her fists, into the small quilt, the eunuch's sharp voice came from outside: "The queen has teachings, and the Wu family knows the etiquette, and gave her a pair of jade Ruyi——"

Little Li Hong, who was just about to fall asleep, was suddenly awakened by this sound and immediately started crying.

Wu Mei picked up the child and glanced at the source of the sound with a stern gaze like a chainsaw. She immediately calmed down and carried the crying Li Hong to the gate of the palace with a smile to accept the Queen's gift.

The jade Ruyi gifted by Queen Wang is a pair of white jade Ruyi, with excellent workmanship and fine jade material. They must have come from Khotan, and they must be worth a lot of money.

After Wu Mei accepted it with great gratitude, she returned to the empty palace again accompanied by the female officer.

Li Hong may have been too sleepy. After crying for a while, he closed his eyes again, not daring to overwork his mother.

Wu Mei had just covered her son with a small quilt and gently patted the child's shoulders and back with her hands. At the same time, she became sleepy and dozed off little by little.

"Concubine Xiao Shu has an order. Madam Wu has a gentle temperament and is gentle and pleasant. She will be rewarded with a pair of head-scratching gold coins. Madam Wu will come out quickly to receive the reward——"

Wu Mei, who had just started to feel sleepy, suddenly lighted up in her eyes. Li Hong, who had just fallen asleep, also started crying again, lying pitifully in his mother's arms, with real tears in his eyes.

Wherever Wu Mei looked, everyone in the palace bowed their heads and knelt on the ground, not daring to make a single sound.

After a long time, Wu Mei smiled to herself, waved her hand and said: "Everyone, get up, I don't blame you."

After saying that, he hugged the crying Li Hong again and went out to thank Concubine Xiao Shu for the golden scratching head.

After learning the lesson from the first two times, Wu Mei decided not to go in. There were four kings who were rewarded today, and the queen, who had no son but liked to join in the fun, should have been rewarded five times.

The sunshine outside the palace shone warmly on her body, making her feel comfortable all over. Wu Mei scratched her long hair with her new gold. For some reason, she felt a little itchy after being in the sun.

Sure enough, three more eunuchs came together, among whom the eunuch from the palace of Li Zhong's biological mother Liu was the most proud.

Wu Mei pretended not to see the contempt in the eyes of these three people, and accepted all the gifts with great gratitude, no matter who sent them.

After seeing off the three eunuchs, Wu Mei yawned loudly in the sunshine, and then carried the emperor's son Li Hong into the palace.

This time, mother and son slept extremely peacefully, and even Li Hong, who was usually frail and sick, did not make a fuss.

After getting up, Wu Mei drank a bowl of white fungus and lotus seed soup, put down the bowl, and held Li Hong, who had just woken up, to breastfeed.

"Where is Your Majesty now?"

"Your Majesty is drinking with the Crown Prince, King Xu, King Qi, King Yong, the Queen, the Crown Prince and all the Queen Mothers and Concubines in the Manlu Palace."

"How about the banquet scene?"

"The father is kind and the son is filial and happy."

"Well, that's how it should be. We won't wait for Your Majesty tonight. It makes sense for us to go to bed early."

"Your Majesty, Zhaoyi's status has not come down after all. Your Majesty, there is no need to be sad."

"I'm not grieving. If I wanted to grieve, I would have grieved long ago in the temple. Every day now is earned."

"Your Majesty, the other princes have received rewards today, but our prince has received nothing."

Wu Mei smiled when she heard this, patted Li Hong who was greedily sucking milk and said: "Your Majesty is still young, we still have plenty of time, don't be in a hurry."

"Your Majesty, I still don't understand why you took the initiative to propose to His Majesty to reward all the princes, but you missed your own prince."

Wu Mei glanced at the female officer next to her and said with a smile: "This is to share your Majesty's worries. Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu argue endlessly every day, which makes Your Majesty very upset. It is better to take advantage of this good day to satisfy everyone. In this way, Your Majesty It's better to have a few days of relaxation and happiness.

Okay, stop making noise, Hong'er has woken up, please hold him and walk around in this hall, and let me sleep for a while. "

After saying that, she handed Li Hong over to the talkative female officer, turned over and fell asleep. After a while, her breathing became calmer, and she really fell asleep.

The female officer holding Li Hong pouted. She really couldn't understand why she could fall asleep so carelessly under today's conditions.

Seeing Li Hong's small black eyes looking at her without blinking, he smiled and said, "You are the luckiest, you can drink mother's milk."

The corners of Wu Mei's mouth rose slightly while she was sleeping. She felt that her day was really good. If those noisy people hadn't come and disturbed her several times, her day would have been perfect.

As long as Concubine Xiao Shu's son does not become the prince, she should be safe... Wu Mei quietly opened her eyes, and through the half-closed window, wherever she could see, a cluster of light yellow winter jasmine flowers were blooming in full bloom, golden color. , golden.

Wu Mei hates winter jasmine. To be precise, she doesn't like all flowers that bloom without growing leaves. It's obviously not the time to bloom yet, so she insists on humiliating the leaves and blooming first, just to make people look at her more.

Winter jasmine blooms earliest, but withers quickly. Most importantly, it never bears fruit.

That night, the emperor did not come after all. Wu Mei looked at her son who was sleeping again and felt a little cold, so she asked the female official to close the window and wrap herself and the child tightly in blankets. Now she could sleep peacefully.

Yunchu got up at dawn. He had a lot of things to do today, the most important of which was to plant plum blossoms and bamboos.

There is no shortage of flowers in Chang'an in spring, from winter jasmine to apricot blossoms, peach blossoms, pear blossoms, peonies, peonies, pomegranates, to lotuses, chrysanthemums, etc. that bloom in full swing in summer and autumn.

However, when the first snow fell, Chang'an was doomed, and the entire city turned as gray as a mouse.

The winter in Chang'an was extremely long. He didn't want Jinchangfang to have only a few green pine and cypress trees and some half-dead bamboos in winter.

It would be great to have plum blossoms. They can bloom before the winter jasmine flowers, which gives people a new choice.

Plum blossoms, bamboos, and some particularly beautiful pines and cypresses were all searched hard by Cui's people.

Although they are expensive, Zhike Monk of Daci'en Temple still chose many expensive wild pines and cypresses. Several of them are in the shape of Masson pine with long needles, which are full of twists and turns and are very Zen-like. Zhike Monk is going to plant them in Master Xuanzang's house. Outside the window, you may receive unexpected surprises.

The construction work of Jinchangfang has never stopped. The winding lanes in the past have now been completely straightened. Both sides of the lanes are covered with green bricks. No matter how you look at it, you will be happy.

At present, the houses of the residents are really too dilapidated, and this is the only thing that Yunchu regrets.

Many houses have existed since the Sui Dynasty. Over the years, they have been repaired and repaired, and they have long lost their former glory. To say that they are dilapidated houses is a bit overly praising these dilapidated houses. Fortunately, the roofs of the houses are covered with grass, even if they are in ruins. If it comes down, it won't cause much damage to people.

Planting bamboo along the canal is also a helpless move, hoping that when the bamboo grows taller, it can cover the dilapidated houses.

There was no such thing as compensation for demolition in the Tang Dynasty. If demolition happened accidentally, the government would just relocate the residents to more remote and dilapidated markets. As for financial compensation, it was unheard of in the Tang Dynasty.

Di Renjie was doing the same thing in Liquanfang. Unlike the people in Jinchangfang who actively participated in planting trees and flowers, the people in Liquanfang seemed to have a lot of complaints. They seemed to be more willing to divide the 500 yuan instead of using it. Ask Di Renjie, a young man, to plant whatever flowers and trees he wants.

Feng'anfang is also planting a large number of flowers and trees. It is said that the money for purchasing flowers and trees comes from the residents.

The three methods of managing the people naturally produced three results. Li Yifu must be observing and comparing carefully. I believe that soon, a memorial with rich content and detailed data will be placed in front of the emperor.

This should be what Li Yifu needs.

In terms of talent and learning, Li Yifu has no shortage of skills. In terms of means, this person has never lacked means. Now, the only thing he lacks is a truly worthy achievement.

Different from what Di Renjie thought, Yun Chu was more inclined to believe that Qiu Shenji fell into Li Yifu's trap.

Compared with Qiu Shenji, Li Yifu personally accepted the training of him and Di Renjie. They were teachers and students...