This is not the Datang I am familiar with

Chapter 841

Today is New Year's Eve, and for the vast majority of Chinese people, tonight is the most important day.

To bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, many people will watch the new year, waiting for the first bell to ring in the beginning of spring.The sound of the bell heralds the arrival of the new year and also means that I am one year older.

The carriage ran over the bluestone pavement of Chang'an's main road. In the carriage, a woman lifted the curtain and watched the lights of Chang'an's Wanjia brightly lit, the trees and silver flowers dancing. There were many pedestrians on the street at this time, and there were many more people than in the daytime.

Fireworks were in full bloom everywhere, and some children were laughing, clapping and shouting around the fireworks.

Festive, cheerful, lively, this is Qin's first visit to Chang'an, and also the first Spring Festival she has seen in the north.

"Hurry up and hurry up, and finally arrived in Chang'an on New Year's Eve."

Qin looked outside, thinking in his heart, that face came to mind, so beautiful, like a candle that accompanied him in the eternal night, like a bonfire given to him in the cold.

"Ma'am, where are we going?"

"Go to Tanggongfang. I heard that this year's royal banquet will be held in Tanggongfang. I also want to see it."

The lady in the carriage let go of the curtain in her hand. Although it was over thirty, for the widow of a wealthy businessman in Yangzhou, money had never been lacking. Any way to keep one's youth, keep one's beauty, keep one's exquisite beauty.

Moreover, in the past two months, he specially sent himself two boxes of skin care products from Linqing Ange, these things are really good to use.

The noble lady in the carriage held a hand stove with both hands at this time, and leaned against the wall of the carriage quietly, as if thinking of something beautiful, a smile gradually appeared on her face.

The carriage slowly passed the main road of Chang'an and headed towards the land of the two palaces.

"I don't know if the son-in-law still remembers Qin? Does he still care about Qin? Would he still want to get close to Qin?"

The lady looked at her well-maintained jade hands, her slender jade fingers caressed her cheeks, and her fingertips ran across the jade skin, it was still so beautiful.

Using the skin care products sent by my son-in-law for the past two months, I feel like I am a few years younger.

Since the son-in-law gave him these things on purpose, he should remember and care about himself.

Thinking about it, he asked the coachman to speed up the carriage again.At this time, I really want to fall into his arms. In the past few months, Qin has thought about him countless times in his mind.

In Tang Gongfang, Chen Fang was having a drink with a group of ministers. Naturally, Master Chen Dafang's drinks were special, and others had always tampered with the drinks, otherwise Master Chen Dafang would be able to lie on the table in less than three seconds.

"My son-in-law, there is a person asking to see her outside the workshop, saying her name is Qin."

"Come in quickly!"

"My son-in-law, who's here?"

Yi Yang asked from the side.

"She is the one who delivers dried silk and tea to the workshop every month."

"Oh, then I want to see her too."

"Well, I'll see you in a while. She helped me a lot during the last trip to Jiangnan. Qian'er didn't understand some Jiangnan people's sophistication, and she was the one who taught me. Otherwise, I wouldn't dare to leave Qian'er alone in the South Workshop. .”

"Then she came from Yangzhou, is she going to live in Chang'an for a while?"

"Shouldn't be leaving, well, she's here!"

Chen Fang pointed to the dimly lit place, a lady was slowly walking towards here, she saw the son-in-law from a distance, and kept staring at the son-in-law.

A smile appeared on her cheeks again, and she looked at Chen Fang with fascinated eyes, her delicate face reflected the palace lanterns and bonfire light, looking so beautiful.

For the gentleness of Jiangnan women, Chen Fang prefers the delicacy and beauty of older women with a slightly aged temperament.

Feng Wei took her to Chen Fang's side, and Chen Fang led her to the place where several princesses were sitting.

"My son-in-law, who is this?"

Several military officials naturally didn't know the widow of a wealthy businessman in Yangzhou, so they asked.

"The pillar of our South Workshop! The workshop's business in Jiangnan depends on her."

The Wus seemed to understand, but the son-in-law obviously didn't want to talk anymore, so he took her to the princesses and let her sit next to Lin Shixuan and Lin Qingxue.

"Qin, I'm glad you're here, but there are so many people tonight, we can't entertain you specially, don't take offense."

"Why would Qin be offended, the son-in-law is busy!"

Chen Fang nodded, and retreated to the side of several Wu courtiers.

When the wine was half drunk, the maids and maids brought up plates of dumplings. These dumplings had just been fished out of the pot, and they were steaming.

Eating dumplings on New Year's Eve is the most common custom in the north in later generations. At this time, it also rose up in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, but it was not as popular as later generations.

"Qin, you are from Yangzhou, don't you often eat dumplings! Try the dumplings made in this workshop. The leeks, eggs, pork and mutton used are all raised and grown by the workshop itself."

Lin Shixuan took one, dipped it in the dipping plate, and put it on the small jade plate in front of Qin.

Qin lightly picked it up with chopsticks, took a sip, and couldn't help but get a little more color between his brows.

"Fresh and delicious. I have eaten these dumplings in Jiangnan, but they don't taste like Tang Gongfang."

"That's natural. I have lived in the north for decades, and the food in Tang Gongfang has always been the best in my opinion."

"I don't know how to call this sister?"

Qin put down the chopsticks, although she was a bit greedy, it is true that the delicious food in this workshop is rare, but she still tried her best to maintain the calmness and exquisiteness that a lady should have.

"You may want to call me sister! I heard the concubine talk about you, how many years older than you."

Qin covered his mouth and looked at Lin Shixuan beside him, he really looked too young.

"What's your sister's name?"

"Lin Shixuan!"

"Sister Xuan! You are the owner of Linqing'an Pavilion. I saw you for the first time today, and you have learned the excellent skin care skills of Linqing'an Pavilion. The concubine sent two boxes of skin care products from Linqing'an Pavilion, Qin I feel younger after using it."

"Who is this doll?"

"My little girl."

Lin Shixuan held Lin'er's two small hands and held them in his arms. Lin'er looked at Qin in front of her, her red face showed a baby's warm smile, and she babbled a few words. Naturally, Lin'er was still speechless. No one could understand what she was saying.

"So cute, Qin wants to hug her!"

"Give!"

Several noble ladies there chatted together quickly. In this kind of royal banquet, food and drink are actually the second priority, and the most important thing is to connect with each other.The wives of several courtiers also went to Lin Shixuan's side at this time, first to get to know Qin, a distinguished guest of the Tang Workshop, and secondly to enhance friendship with Lin Shixuan.

In Chang'an, there is no one in the upper class who does not want to make friends with the owner of the Linqing'an Pavilion. Because of illness, people really don't recognize people, and they care about ordinary people, princes and nobles.

Naturally, Linqing'an Pavilion is the object that the noble ladies of Chang'an want to make friends with. Where is Lin Shixuan, this is the place where the noble ladies gather most.

Chapter 842

And this year, Linqing Ange released a skin care product. The quality is amazing, but the output is very small. I heard that more than a dozen precious medicinal materials are used, and all the raw materials are carefully selected by Linqing Ange. , so the output is pitifully small, only dozens of boxes per month.

These dozens of boxes still need to be supplied to the royal family, and Tang Gongfang also needs some. There are only a dozen boxes left that can really flow to the aristocratic circle in Chang'an.

More than a dozen boxes a month, one can imagine how scarce it is in Chang'an, where rich and powerful businessmen gather at this time.

But this skin care product is very effective, as long as anyone who has used it has said it is good.

Even if the effect is not blind, one can tell at a glance that in the elite circle of Chang'an, the skin care products of Linqing'an Pavilion are simply divine products that can create miracles.

There are even rumors in Chang'an elite circles that a fifty-year-old woman who used Lin Qing'an Pavilion's skin care products can be fascinated by her man for three consecutive nights.

At this moment, it is conceivable how these Chang'an noble ladies would curry favor with Lin Shixuan, with the output of more than ten boxes a month, if you don't have a good relationship with Lin Shixuan, if you want to buy it, it will be as difficult as climbing the sky.

And this thing is not something that you are willing to spend a lot of money to buy. If you are willing to pay three times or five times the price, the question is which one is the one who is short of money.

Chen Fang glanced at Lin Shixuan, this sister Shixuan is also a good trick, and half the sky in Tang Dynasty is vying to curry favor with her at this time.

The noble ladies cited by Lin Shixuan competed to make friends and cater to them, while Chen Fang made friends with a group of Wu courtiers.

Wu Qiju, there will always be some people who say that they will not be able to help you in the future. This is the tradition of China.If you can make friends, you will naturally try your best to make friends.

This Chen Fang also has a deep understanding, no matter what his status is, there are some people who make friends, there is no harm, such as Li Congliang, the servant of the Criminal Ministry, his official position is definitely not as good as Chen Fang, but after making friends, Li Congliang also helped Chen Fang.

There is a reason why the ancients were good at making friends, regardless of religion.

Chen Fang and the elders chatted happily with each other, especially with Shangguanyi, who were formerly close officials of the East Palace.At this time, Wan'er was still in the workshop, which showed that Chen Fang and Shangguanyi's relationship was closer.

This is the chief assistant next to Li Hong, who will be the leader after all in the future. He is not familiar with him at this time, but later, he will show his determination.

That is to say, to make friends, you need to wait for others to make a fortune before they make a fortune, and then make friends, not to mention philistines, there are always some deliberate and inappropriate things.

What is Tang Gongfang? Chen Fang had carefully thought about it before. When Wu Meiniang and Li Hong were here, he could rely more on the royal relationship. But in the future, whoever is right, the relationship with the princes and officials should not be weak.

In the night, the workshop turned from noisy to quiet, and Wu retreated, only leaving the ground full of wares, no, the ground was full of broken chrysanthemums, and the ground was in a mess. At this time, the maids and the borrowed maids cleaned the place and collected all the sundries.

Li Hong took Chen Fang's hand, and told Chen Fang about some recent affairs in detail, but Chen Fang had no choice but to accompany him.

Li Hong originally planned to stay in the Tang workshop for one night, but Wu Meiniang didn't agree. If you become an emperor, you have to look like an emperor, so it's nothing to live in the workshop on New Year's Eve.

It is inappropriate for the emperor not to stay in the palace on New Year's Eve.It's like spending New Year's Eve at your lover's house instead of at home.

Wu Meiniang didn't allow it, so Li Hong could only give up resentfully. For Li Hong, it was really what the queen mother said, and the emperor did it. Sometimes Chen Fang thought, Li Hong, the emperor, did a good job and was obedient.

Chen Fang sent His Majesty out of the Tang Workshop, and he was relieved to see his car drive away.He was afraid that Li Hong would be unruly to him and he would have to beat him up. Now that Li Hong was the emperor, Chen Fang always felt that beating the emperor was wrong.

Of course, if Li Hong dared to hold his hand and caress him, he would definitely beat him up.He even dared to spank Wu Meiniang and kick Wu Meiniang's son.

After seeing Li Hong off, Chen Fang went back to the workshop, passing by the busy maids, watching them bend over to clean, Chen Fang patted a few buttocks.

It's really comfortable, in this Tang workshop, when there are no outsiders, this son-in-law is really comfortable, there is no married woman in this workshop at this time, whoever's ass Master Chen Dafang dares to photograph.

Of course, if there are outsiders around, Chen Fang is still very polite, after all, he wants to be a son-in-law.

After the big banquet, there is a small banquet, which is to keep the year old.Originally, Wu Chaochen should have been guarding the Tang workshop tonight until the bell rang at midnight.But the Queen Mother took pity on everyone and asked everyone to go home and watch the new year with their relatives.

Naturally, the people who watch the year in Tang Gongfang at this time are all the ladies and princesses who live in Tang Gongfang.

It was almost midnight, the children couldn't stand it anymore and went to sleep, Lin Shixuan hadn't returned to Linqing'an Pavilion, and Wu Meiniang and several noble ladies were sitting together, waiting for the bell to strike.

Chen Fang was sitting next to Liu Yi, and the second princess hadn't left tonight, so she sat beside Chen Fang.

At this time, most of these people's eyes were on Chen Fang. The melons, fruits, snacks and tea prepared on the table, someone moved occasionally. Chen Fang looked at the people in the room, and almost all his women were here. It was really a reunion.

The new year's bell finally rang, and from the time the bell rang, the new year came. Chen Fang saw that Princess Anding was already a little bit overwhelmed, and Taiping was dozing off in her arms.

"Mother, I'm going to sleep!"

"Well, let's go!"

"Chen Fang, hug me, I'm going to sleep, I'm so sleepy."

Chen Fang had no choice but to hug Taiping.An Ding next to him saluted the queen mother.

"Queen, I'm going to take care of the imperial sister."

The wind at night was still very cold, holding Taiping, the girl was already asleep, and the profile of her pillow on Chen Fang's shoulder looked so comfortable.

Holding Taiping in his arms, Chen Fang looked at An Ding who was yawning next to him, and unconsciously his gaze was fixed on An Ding's face.

"Your Highness An Ding, we're here, be careful of the threshold!"

Chen Fang pulled An Ding and pulled her into the yard.The courtyard is cold at this time, the maids are not there, and they are still busy cleaning up the mess of the banquet.

Tang Gongfang is not good at this point, there are fewer maids, look at the Daming Palace, there are thousands of maids, Tang Gongfang is full, but it is only a hundred, it really has to be busy, there is not enough manpower.

Pulling An Ding to the courtyard, Chen Fang did not let go. At this time, An Ding, who was a little sleepy, was pulled by Chen Fang's arm, and he was already a little awake.

"My son-in-law, let go!"

"Oh! I'm going to put down Taiping!"

Chen Fang put the sleeping girl down, took off her shoes and socks, and took off her coat. This little girl has been clinging to herself since she was seven years old, and she has been clinging to her for several years. To Chen Fang, undressing her is also considered It's a trivial matter.

Who would have thought that Chen Fang took off his sister-in-law's clothes so casually, covered the bedding, and Chen Fang pressed the corners of the bedding, fearing that the night would be cold, and the wind and air-conditioning would pour into the bedding.

Chapter 843 Confused Mind

Looking at His Highness Taiping who was sleeping soundly, he kissed the side of the little girl's face.In recent years, Taiping has been kissed the most, Chen Fang smoothed the messy hair on Taiping's forehead, and took a closer look at this little girl.

In the past few years, this little girl has been clinging to herself, and time is rushing.In the blink of an eye, Chen Fang realized that the little girl had grown up a lot.

In the past, when she was standing, it was only up to her waist, and her outstretched little hand was covered with obvious baby fat, and it was soft and warm in her hand.

Now she was able to reach the position of her lower body while standing, and in a trance, she had grown so much taller.

At this time, the little girl's hands have already lost the baby fat, and now have the slenderness and softness of a girl.