The Moon Over Tang Dynasty

Chapter 87: Attack the heart with bold and bold words

Looking at the beautifully framed scroll in front of her, Liuli was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but look up at A Ni - she just felt a little emotional after receiving the post: This Hedong Duke's move after move is really caring and smooth. Then she said she wanted to read the almanac, and she solemnly held up a painting. What was she doing?

Ani smiled and said, "Don't worry, aunt. I was afraid that I had taken the wrong one just now, so I took a special look at it. The old lady went back to the palace and brought back the new calendar that had just been compiled by the Taishi Bureau, but she hadn't put it away yet. Go to the main room."

 Histories? Liuli was suspicious, and when she opened it, she saw that it was not a painting, but a long horizontal axis. On the right hand side were the words "Yonghui Five Years Calendar", followed by the years and months copied in neat small regular script. Day, each day is followed by a few words. She directly looked at the last month on the left and found the line "On the twelfth day of the twelfth day, it is a good day for a person to be ugly and fire to build a tailor's clothing" - she really couldn't tell whether it was appropriate or inappropriate to receive guests, but she thought it should be a day when it was not taboo to go out, so the Hedong Duke Is this the day that the Crown Prince’s wife would choose to be a guest?

 I saw that other days were simply marked with a few words, and I couldn’t tell the reason. However, this scroll is made of fine cooked silk, with a fine paper base and purple silk trim. It is very delicate. Seeing her looking over and over, Ani smiled and said, "This is the best calendar. We only had this kind of calendar in our house in the past two years. Originally it was just a paper scroll."

Liuli nodded silently. It has not yet reached the era of printed matter. All books are handwritten, and the almanac is no exception. The Taishi Bureau was originally in charge of astronomical calendars. It probably produced almanacs according to different specifications every year and distributed them to civil and military officials. Baiguan is one of the benefits of civil servants in the Tang Dynasty. He is a sixth-grade official. I don’t know what the specifications of the calendar issued to him will be... But I heard Ani smile and say, "Today, the old lady looks much better. Just now I asked my aunt what she was busy with."

Liuli hurriedly put away the calendar, "I'm also optimistic about it, let's go there together."

When she walked to the upper room, she saw that Mrs. Yang's face was indeed glowing red. When she saw Liuli, she smiled and said, "You are right. Without that fishing net, we can't eat fish."

Liuli's heart moved, and she suddenly understood something. Mrs. Yang had been in a bad mood for two days since she came back after a bad experience at Taiwei's Mansion on the third day of junior high school. It wasn't until Xu Jingzong's Mrs. Zhong came to visit that she felt slightly better. As a result, Mrs. Zhong three days ago I don't know what I said when I came over. Yang's dinner that day was useless, and she didn't even have a good time on the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month and the second day of the twelfth lunar month. Liuli guessed that it was probably to persuade Changsun Wuji to support Wu Zhaoyi's appointment as queen. It was probably Xu Jingzong who encountered a bigger problem when he went to Changsun Wuji, so he had to go over and persuade him: There are shortcuts for some things. Of course it's good. If not, why can't we try another way? I made this analogy at the time, and it seemed that things had indeed taken a turn for the better!

Mrs. Yang just laughed and said, "In two days, the Holy One will go to Zhaoling in person, and the Queen and the Fourth Madam are not allowed to accompany him."

Liuli was startled for a moment before she realized that the emperor went to visit the late emperor's mausoleum, but did not let the queen and four concubines accompany him, so Wu Zhaoyi could only lead the princesses, wives and low-ranking concubines to visit him. In fact, it was In such a major ceremony, Wu Zhaoyi was allowed to assume the power of the master of the harem - but considering that the late emperor who was worshiped this time also happened to be Wu Zetian... Gaozong was really generous enough in this matter! She smiled quickly and said, "Congratulations, old lady!"

Mrs. Yang couldn't help but smile and shook her head. Liuli was quite smart in other matters, but she was always slow to respond to such important matters. After all, it was because of her small family background. However, she was in a good mood at this time and just smiled and said, "Just now you asked A Ni to get the calendar, but why?"

Liuli sighed, "The old lady just asked Ani to tell Liuli that the wife of the Prince of Hedong will come to visit in two days, and I want to see what is taboo on that day."

Mrs. Yang smiled and said to A Ni, "I'll take a look too." She unfolded the scroll and looked at it, then nodded and said, "The twelfth day is the founding day, so everything is appropriate, but it should be early rather than late. That person Mrs. Cui will definitely come here early in the morning."

Liuli was really puzzled. She remembered that the calendar was not written in such detail, but how did the old lady figure it out?

However, on the third day, she still got up early in the morning to wash up and change her clothes. Sure enough, at three o'clock in the morning, it was reported from outside that Mrs. Cui had arrived at the door of the house. The old lady looked at Liuli, who was wearing an eighty-percent-new goose-yellow satin-faced cocoon coat, a dark blue six-piece skirt with double sheng patterns, and a rather delicate beaded hairpin on her head. She looked gentle. The beautiful Xiaojiabiyu frowned at first, then nodded and smiled, "It's okay to see her in this body."

Liuli just smiled and estimated that the time was almost up, so she put on a satin cloak lined with mink fur and went outside to greet him. I saw that the woman coming from a distance was only twenty years old. She had plump cheeks and slender eyes, green eyebrows and yellow forehead, and a head full of pearls. She was a wealthy and beautiful woman with a standard body shape and fashionable dress. When she saw me, a warm smile immediately broke out on her face. .

Liuli naturally walked down the steps with a smile on her face. The two of them greeted each other, and Mrs. Cui smiled and said, "I have admired my name for a long time, and when I saw her today, she is indeed a fairy-like figure."

Liuli made a plan in her heart, starting from when the prince's wife found a matchmaker and wanted her to become Pei Ruzhuo's concubine. The days were indeed not short, and she smiled and replied, "I don't dare to praise you, my wife is the one who has the whole body." Everyone’s appearance is not comparable to Liuli’s.”

Mrs. Cui smiled and said, "Madam, we are the same generation, just call me Qin Niang."

Liuli introduced her to the upper room and said with a smile, "Liuli doesn't dare to make any mistakes."

Mrs. Yang naturally stood up and made concessions, "I have heard the eldest princess talk about you a long time ago, but I have never had the opportunity to meet you. Today I know that the eldest princess and the prince are indeed very lucky."

Ms. Cui smiled and said, "I am really blessed with talents." Although these two people have never met, they are both good at socializing. They randomly counted a few people who were familiar to both of them, and they talked in a few words. The network was incomparable, Liuli listened with a smile, observed and studied at the same time, and only answered a few words when asked occasionally. The two talked about the situation for a quarter of an hour, and then Cui said that she had heard that Liuli was very good at painting, and she wanted to ask Liuli for advice on a few embroidery patterns.

When she entered Liuli's room, she smiled and said, "I heard that aunt's best days are coming soon. The eldest princess wanted to invite you to sit for a while, but she was afraid that aunt would have a tender face, so she asked me to come over." "Firstly, we will be a family from now on, and it is time to get closer to each other. Secondly, I have a small gift, which is a little thought from the eldest princess." Then he took a small box from the maid's hand. , stuffed it into Liuli's hand.

Liuli couldn't help but be a little surprised and asked quickly, "How can this happen?"

Ms. Cui only smiled and said, "You will know after you open it and take a look."

Liuli had no choice but to open the box and take a look, but it was a document. After a brief glance, she recognized that it was a house deed. The first line of the text read: "There is an inner house in the west building on the south wall of Yongningfang, with an area of ​​16 feet from east to west and 20 feet from north to south." Five feet..." Calculated, it should be a house larger than Su Dingfang's house, and ten times the size of Kudi's yard!

Is the whole drama of the Hedong Duke's Mansion going to be staged so soon? The thoughts in Liuli's mind turned slightly, and she raised her head and looked at Ms. Cui blankly. After a long while, she hurriedly closed the box and stuffed it into her hand: "No way! How can Liuli bear such a great gift?"

Mrs. Cui looked at Liuli's shocked and panicked face, and smiled more and more warmly, "Auntie, why are you so polite? He originally grew up in front of the eldest princess, Shou Yue. The princess sees him as no different from her own children. Do you know, Shou Yue? The lady Lu who made the appointment was the adopted daughter of the eldest princess. The house that the eldest princess gave them that time was three to five times larger than this one, not to mention that it was richly decorated with carvings and exquisite pavilions. There are many good houses in Chang'an City, wouldn't Mrs. Lu accept them as well? "

Liuli's expression changed and she lowered her head. After a moment, she raised her face and said with a forced smile, "Madam also said that Madam Lu was the adopted daughter of the eldest princess last time, but Liuli did not have this blessing. How could she feel so comfortable? Such a grand gift from the eldest princess?”

Mrs. Cui sighed, "In fact, when the eldest princess heard about this marriage, she sighed and said that Mrs. Yu has taken the lead this time. She must not admit it again, otherwise she will end up competing with Mrs. Yu for her daughter. Mrs. Yu will become more and more angry. It’s time to annoy us. Besides, I asked Shou, who only said that you are young, have nothing to do, and your family is very simple... So the eldest princess prepared this house, which is smaller and rare. The houses are all brand new, and there are not many flowers and trees in the yard, so it is very easy to take care of them. The eldest princess asked me to tell you that the yard is not worth anything, just treat it as your dowry. After all, she raised a promise-keeping one. You can't let him start a family in someone else's yard. Just accept it because of her love for keeping the promise. If the aunt really wants to refuse, she will follow me to the house and tell the eldest princess face to face. go!"

She paused for a moment, then looked at Liuli and smiled, "I think you really should go visit the eldest princess. Your character is very similar to that of the Lu family's wife. They are both quiet and chaste, and they are the most attractive." Dear, oh, I think back then, during the three years that the Lu family’s wife was in the Pei family, who didn’t praise her? The eldest princess still sheds tears when she mentions it now, because none of us can compare to her. Half of them! I'm not sure how happy I would be if I saw you, no wonder Madam is so interested!"

Liuli lowered her eyes, looking like she was trying her best to suppress her emotions, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart, what she said! The eldest princess turned out to be the most generous and loved Pei Xingjian the most. The house given to her this time was too small, and it was Mrs. Yu who recognized her daughter first. Pei Xingjian felt that he was from a small family, and the reason why they favored him was Because she looks like that lady from the Lu family... If she was really from a small family and was hit by such a big pie falling from the sky, she would have been left alone at this moment, right?

After brewing her emotions for a long time, Liuli could only stand up from her knees with a tight voice, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty gave me this gift, and I dare not refuse. Liuli thanks the eldest princess for her kindness."

Hearing Liuli's slightly trembling voice, a look of satisfaction flashed through Mrs. Cui's eyes, she clapped her hands and said with a smile, "Auntie is worthy of being the legitimate daughter of a famous family. I'm really happy!" After saying that, she took out two embroidery pieces from her sleeves. Like this, "Now that the eldest princess has finished the task, how about bothering me to help me take a look at these two embroidery samples?"

Liuli looked absent-minded and forced to work hard. She took the two embroidery samples and took a look. They were both very delicate and small patterns. One was a baby play and the other was a lotus flower. Liuli had made it for Wu Zetian's little princess. The clothes were immediately recognizable as the pattern of a baby girl's bellyband. He nodded and said, "It would be great to make a bellyband for the little lady in the house."

Mrs. Cui glanced at Liuli thoughtfully and said with a smile, "Auntie, you really have good eyesight." She sighed, "It was only after I had her that I realized how much a mother cares about her daughter. I really wonder why Mrs. Yu, who loved her so much, refused to let her daughter marry him. In the end, she felt full of regret. "

  p.s. Many thanks to my dear classmates Lin Ashui, Le Youyang and Huahua Monkey. Uh, what, actually everyone is eager to vote for the evaluation vote. If you subscribe for ten yuan, you will get a free evaluation vote. If you vote by then, your hands will slip by tens of millions, hehe...

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