This is not the Datang I am familiar with

"When I met the son-in-law, I told him that everything is fine in this palace. The prince will stay in Tang Gongfang until the mother-in-law drives back to Chang'an."

"Yes, the humble job will definitely come."

Seeing Feng Wei leave on horseback, Yi Yang let out a long sigh of relief. Lin Qingxue hurriedly took care of His Highness to rest. At this moment, Yi Yang had to be careful in everything he did. With his flesh and blood in his belly, naturally everything was considered for the child.

It was also for him that she went to the East Palace. It was also for herself and his child to have a good rest and raise her baby.

After leaving Chang'an for eight full days, the empress finally arrived at Luoyang, the eastern capital.

Luoyang has been an important place in the Central Plains since ancient times. I don’t know how many dynasties established their capitals here. The Xia and Shang dynasties, the earliest in Chinese history, both established their capitals near Luoyang. The familiar old site of Chaoge is nearby.

In the Zhou Dynasty, the center of the country gradually moved westward, because the Zhou Dynasty began in Xiqi, Jiang Ziya fished in the Weishui River, and King Wen of Zhou dreamed of bears looking for talents, which opened the 800 years of prosperity and prosperity of the Zhou Dynasty.

The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were troubled times, but Qin unified the whole country and established its capital in Xianyang. In the Han Dynasty, it established its capital in Chang'an. At this time, the banks of the Wei River became the political center of China.

Since then, the history of China has basically been staged in Chang'an and Luoyang, and the two places are the capitals of each other. From the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms to the Tang Dynasty at this time, the eastern capital and the western capital have always been the most important writing places in Chinese history.

The four ancient capitals of China mentioned in the future, at this time in the Tang Dynasty, it is actually impossible to have such a statement. The land of Youyan is still a border, it can only be said to be an important town, and it has nothing to do with the ancient times.

As for Jinling, I'm sorry, but during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the south was still not the center of China. Although the economy and population had increased, the south could not compete with the north in terms of politics and military affairs.

Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty stepped into the south of the Yangtze River and demolished the health city, but it happened not long ago. At this time, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties did not have the grandeur of later generations.

So strictly speaking, there are only two of the four ancient capitals at this time, and that is Chang'an and Luoyang.And these two places happened to be called the ancient capitals of the thirteen dynasties by later generations, uh, yes, both places have this name, not bad at all.

In Luoyang at this time, the closest capital here was the Sui Dynasty. Emperor Sui Yang moved the capital from Chang'an to Luoyang and built the Grand Canal so that the Luoyang waterway could directly lead to Jiangnan and the land of Youyan. It can be said that Luoyang was at this time Compared with Chang'an's status, he didn't give up much.

Chang'an is the capital of the Tang Dynasty, while Luoyang is an important place for north-south transportation. It is also connected to Chang'an by official roads, and the Yellow River and Weishui River can also be used as waterways.

The imperial city of the former dynasty is still here, and it is well preserved at this time. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Luoyang was also the eastern capital. There was the largest oriental palace in the Tang Dynasty at that time, and there were maids and eunuchs guarding it all year round.

Because of the importance of Luoyang, in the original history, Wu Meiniang's Great Zhou Dynasty established Luoyang as the capital and called it the capital of God.Of course, it is very unlikely that Wu Meiniang will move the capital in this life.

Because the capital was moved in the original history, in fact, it was mostly because Wu Meiniang made Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu drunk, and Concubine Xiao Shu made a poisonous oath when she died.

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Chapter 595 Picking a Maid

In this life, Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu are still living very well. Although Concubine Xiao Shu is a monk in Yunmeng Temple, it is the territory of the Xiao family after all, how could the Xiao family allow her to suffer any grievances there.

Since there is no drunkenness, naturally there is no poisonous oath of Concubine Xiao Shu before her death, and there will be no cats meowing in Taiji Palace in the middle of the night.

Without antecedents, there would naturally be no consequences.

It is basically impossible for Luoyang to become the capital of God.

At this time the convoy arrived outside the city of Luoyang. Naturally, all the officials in Luoyang were waiting outside the city. When they saw the Queen's car driver, they knelt down on the ground.

At this time, Wu Meiniang brought several princesses and princes and the second princess of the Western Qin Dynasty into Luoyang City under the leadership of a group of officials.

The group will stay in Luoyang for a few days and live in the Luoyang Palace, which was built during the reign of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty. In the early Tang Dynasty, there were many restorations here, and Taizong actually lived in Luoyang for a long time.

Although the layout of Luoyang Palace at this time is slightly different from Chang'an, in fact many places are similar, naturally it is divided into the imperial city, Miyagi, and even the East Palace.

After entering the imperial city, the local officials of Luoyang retreated, and in the imperial city, all the maids, eunuchs and guards of Luoyang Palace gathered together, waiting for Wu Meiniang to dispatch.

This is the imperial power, and at this time, the imperial power is a bit special. Although Wu Meiniang has not proclaimed the emperor, but she has been in power for more than seven years, in fact, she has more power than any woman in history. Li Zhi is sick in bed, but she is in charge of the Tang Dynasty. .

To put it bluntly, although Wu Meiniang is not proclaimed emperor at this time, she is no different from the empress.

At this time, Wu Meiniang raised her hand slightly in front of the guards, eunuchs and maids of Luoyang Palace who were kneeling on the ground, and these people dared to get up.

"I will stay here for a few days, you should still do your part according to your previous responsibilities, and leave!"

As soon as Wu Meiniang finished speaking, Chen Fang walked behind Wu Meiniang.

"Your Majesty, on this journey, you only have two maids by your side. At this time, Xiaoyu is the only one serving you. I think it's better to choose a few maids from Luoyang Palace and go south with your Majesty to serve you."

Wu Meiniang looked at Chen Fang and nodded.

"Leave the selection of maids to the son-in-law!"

Uh, why did you leave it to me?Chen Fang looked at Wu Meiniang, this was flattering, why did he take the matter on himself.Depressed!You let me choose, but I can't choose the maid with the best body and the best skin to follow.

Master Chen Dafang sighed. At this time, Wu Meiniang entered the imperial palace. The Luoyang Imperial Palace is majestic and majestic, not weaker than Chang'an. Here in Tang Dynasty, it was the Eastern Capital. It can be said that it is at the same level as Chang'an, of course, slightly weaker.

After settled down with the empress and several highnesses, Chen Fang sent someone to pass the news to the maids of Luoyang Palace.

The empress handed over the matter of choosing a maid to him, so Chen Fang naturally couldn't shirk it, let alone do it!

At this moment in Luoyang Palace, Chen Fang chose a large hall, and asked someone to move a nanmu chair to sit on. Behind him, Ding Yu stood aside and gently patted him on the shoulder.

After a while, the maids of Luoyang Palace came here one after another and stood neatly in the main hall.

Luoyang Palace at this time was not comparable to Daming Palace or Taiji Palace, but there were hundreds of court ladies.

Standing neatly in this hall, it almost filled the hall, so that Master Chen Dafang, who was sitting in the middle of the hall just now, had to move the chair by himself, and sat back some distance.

This chair made of nanmu is really heavy.

At this moment, all the court ladies came, and they stood in more than ten rows in the main hall at once, with a total of six to seventy people in a row, the scale surprised Master Chen Dafang.

However, this small battle only made Master Chen Dafang startled. After all, the number of weaver girls and embroiderers in Tang Workshop is tens of thousands, which is incomparable among the two palaces, let alone Luoyang Palace.

"Stand up, don't whisper, line up front, back, left, and right, whoever stands crookedly, I will not be polite!"

Chen Fang leaned on the back of the chair and said a few words. Naturally, among the maids, there were the leading ones to support them. At this time, they stood tall and low, and the team was much better than before.

Only now did Chen Fang stand up slowly, walked past the line of court ladies, and looked at the rows of court ladies.

Seen sideways as a peak on the side of the ridge, the height varies from far to far.

Chen Fang nodded, and stood beside the tallest court lady, and took a closer look at the line.

Uh, a few of them are so big, no, so tall, almost as tall as my son-in-law, and this head is as tall as Bai Ya.

Chen Fang was holding a piece of flower whip in his hand at this time. This is a special whip in the palace. It is a short whip. The handle is only two feet long, and the leather whip is no more than three feet long, because the leather whip is woven with colored silk threads. , there is a small flower carved in crystal on the top, which has the name of flower whip.

Chen Fang slapped his hand a few times with a flower whip, and looked at the maids. Although there were hundreds of people here, no one dared to speak. reverberate.

"Today, the son-in-law asked you to come here to choose a maid who will serve the empress personally. This is a great honor. In the future, he will be by the empress's side. The chosen one will follow the empress to the south of the Yangtze River, and even serve in Chang'an in the future. "

After listening to Chen Fang's words, these court ladies all stood up unconsciously, and the few who lowered their heads before now also raised their heads and chests up.

Being a palace maid in Luoyang Palace is nothing compared to serving by the empress's side. The palace maid also has a pursuit, that is, being a palace maid next to a nobleman.

Who is the nobleman? In the Tang Dynasty at this time, who else is more noble than the empress?

Chen Fang looked at these maids, and suddenly the team became more orderly, and he slapped his palms with a whip a few times in satisfaction.

"Today, the son-in-law of Japan only selects eight maids. The selected ones will be named after Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, Plum Orchid, Bamboo and Chrysanthemum, and will often be around the bridesmaids."

While talking, Chen Fang walked behind the last row of maids, and suddenly swung out a flower whip in his hand, and slapped a court lady's buttocks. The elasticity was really amazing, and the whip bounced off.

"Stand up, don't bend your legs, and let my son-in-law see your legs bent, it's not a punishment for patting your butt."

"The servant knows it's wrong!"

The maid quickly turned around, faced Chen Fang, and gave a slight blessing.

At this time, Wu Meiniang came in here with the help of Zheng Jieyu. She heard that the son-in-law was here to choose a maid, so come and have a look.

Chen Fang quickly ran away from the empress, and helped her to sit on the nanmu chair.

"Ma'am, do you want to pick a few?"

"No, you choose the son-in-law, I just take a look at it for nothing."

Chen Fang replied, what he hugged was Wu Meiniang's thigh, so naturally he did his best to do things for Wu Meiniang.

Although on the bed these few days, Wu Meiniang listened to him and did whatever he told her to do.Even if she was asked to kneel, she would also kneel, and she could do whatever she wanted. Sometimes when she got excited, she would even ask her and Zheng Jieyu to do things that couldn't be described in words, but she would not refuse.

Chapter 596 Picking a Maid

But it was a bed, and Chen Fang naturally knew his identity when he left the bed.He is still the one who wants to hug his mother's thigh, not his mother's thigh.

At this time, Wu Meiniang asked him to continue picking, Chen Fang naturally took the flower whip, and walked in the queue of court ladies for another week.

At this time the empress is here, Chen Fang naturally has to behave well, just now there was no empress, he just walked by one side, looked at the beautiful scenery of mountains and peaks, and now he worked very hard.

At this time, Chen Fang walked slowly through the middle of each row, and from time to time pointed a few maids with flower whips. Wu Meiniang was watching here, and Master Chen naturally had to show an appearance of careful selection.

Master Chen Dafang chose for a while, it was a bit tricky, these maids were all in ordinary attire, and they were all very good looking, although this Luoyang Palace is not as good as Taiji Palace and Daming Palace, but it is also a palace of the Eastern Capital, so the selection of palace ladies is naturally strict, At least it is much stricter than the state guesthouses of later generations.

It can be said that the maids here are already the best women in the folk, regardless of their body shape and appearance, they are already top class. Master Chen Dafang walked around and smelled the scent of powder on these court ladies, but he really didn't pick one out.

Looking at Wu Meiniang, Chen Fang realized that choosing a maid for the empress is also a difficult task.

Or pick a few at random, like drawing lots, whoever you pick will be good anyway, with good facial features, clear eyebrows, graceful posture, and it is impossible to have body odor on your body. Only those who have this kind of odor can enter the palace. Strange.

But in an instant, Chen Fang denied this idea, not for anything else, if it was really random, how would the empress give him when she saw it?This is the crux of the matter.

It seems that we still have to choose carefully!However, Master Chen Dafang, who was dazzled by his eyesight, had a bit of a headache.

Or just choose according to the specifications of Taohong Chunxiao, Xiaolan and Xiaoyu, but the problem is that these four maids don't have much in common at all. They all have their own strengths.

Always find a way to make the empress feel that he has put his heart and effort into it.

At this time Wu Meiniang was still watching, Chen Fang would not do perfunctory things.

This is doing things. In front of leaders, you must perform extremely well, especially female leaders, because women are always more careful and critical than men, and women's thoughts are hard to guess.

Master Chen Dafang looked at it carefully, passing through every row and every column, and every court lady took a close look.

At this moment, he had several ideas in his mind, but Chen Fang still came to Wu Meiniang's side first.

"Your Majesty, you always have to give me some advice, such as what kind of maid do you like and what do you know?"

Wu Meiniang looked at Chen Fang, but smiled at him.

"My son-in-law, as long as you are satisfied, I will be satisfied."

Damn it, Chen Fang almost wanted to scold his mother, but Wu Meiniang didn't give him any hints, leaving him free to play.

How to choose this!Chen Fang didn't realize it at first, but now it's really difficult to provoke.

It’s good to look at this, it’s also good to look at that, turn around, in fact, this one behind you is also good.

It's tricky, but after all, there are eight court ladies to pick out, Chen Fang can't get any hints from Wu Meiniang at this time, so he can only hold a flower whip, and come to these court ladies again.

It seems that I can only follow my own way of thinking, at least let the empress see that he is doing this with heart.

"Whoever of you has natural body fragrance, stand up!"

All the maids looked at each other from front to back, from left to right, there are not many women with natural body fragrance, and generally they really have natural body fragrance, and they would not be an ordinary court lady.

Because women with natural body fragrance are rare, they are basically sweet pastries.

At this time, no one stood up, Master Chen Dafang felt a little lost.However, I have already made psychological preparations in advance, so I am not too disappointed.

Chen Fang was about to give up and use other methods to choose maids, when suddenly a tall and slender woman came out, and it happened that Chen Fang hit his ass with a flower whip.

"My son-in-law, this servant has a strange smell, but I wonder if it is the natural body fragrance that my son-in-law said?"

Chen Fang beckoned, and the tall maid hurriedly came to Chen Fang with her head down.

"look up!"

The palace maid raised her head, looked at the son-in-law, and smiled sweetly.

Chen Fang approached, his nose almost touched the tall maid's neck, Chen Fang took a light sniff, and sure enough, the maid had a very light fragrance, like a bluegrass-like fragrance, not strong, not unrestrained, quite subtle.

"Young lady, you hear it!"

Wu Meiniang nodded, and the tall court lady hurried away to Wu Meiniang, took a deep breath, and leaned in front of her, Wu Meiniang sniffed her and nodded.

"Okay, you have been selected, and you will be called Lan from now on. There was a maid named Xiao Lan by your side, and you will be named Lan from now on. The smell on your body is not strong, but there is some fresh scent of bluegrass, which is rare. "

"Thank you, Madam Consort, for your compliment!"

The maid was deeply blessed, Chen Fang held a flower whip, and the head of the whip picked the maid's chin.

"Get up, my son-in-law is telling the truth, it's not a compliment, but you must be careful when serving your empress in the future."

"Yes, Lan must do her best to serve the empress."

"Well, you will be the bed warming maid first."

"Lan obeys!"

"Go and stand behind your mother!"

Chen Fang pointed at the place with a flower whip, Lan quickly walked over, bowed her head, and stood respectfully behind the queen.