After the prosperous Tang Dynasty

Regarding Pei's nagging, whether it is Xiao Hua, Xiao Heng, or Xiao Wu brothers, naturally they can only listen helplessly with a smile.

After a while, Mrs. Pei stopped talking, and began to think about it. Two days later, after brothers Xiao Hua and Xiao Heng brought Mrs. Xu Guogong's Mrs. He back, the New Year's matters at home are basically business as usual Because Xiao Song, the patriarch of the feudal family, was missing, and Xiao Yansui, who was at odds with the He family, was missing, the family had relatively fewer things to worry about this year.

However, having never encountered such things in the past, Mrs. Pei focused most of her attention on the annual gift to be sent to Xiao Song's hometown. The elders in the family could not be filial without being around, and the younger generation naturally had to pay more attention to the annual gift. Be careful.

In addition, Mrs. Pei also has a loving mother's heart. Apart from the annual gift to Xiao Song, she happened to drop by and sent several newly cut spring clothes to her daughter. When packing, she couldn't help sighing. "She doesn't say whether she has grown taller. These new clothes are just a little bigger for the embroiderer according to the previous size. I don't know if they fit."

"..." Xiao Hua actually wanted to say something. The Xiao family's old house is located in Nanlanling County. The people in the south of the Yangtze River have the habit of raising silkworms and reeling silk. There are many kinds of silk products, and the craftsmanship of the embroiderer is also top-notch. Where my daughter Xiao Yansui is, perhaps there are not as many novelty and eccentric things as there are in Chang'an City, but there is absolutely no shortage of embroidered clothes...

But after thinking about it, it's not that Mrs. Pei is ignorant of these things. After all, she is just thinking about her daughter.This kind of mentality is purely the instinct of "a mother who travels thousands of miles" and has nothing to do with Xiao Yansui's real living environment. As long as Xiao Yansui is not in front of Mrs. Pei, mothers will inevitably worry. is useless.

Thinking of this, Xiao Hua suddenly changed the subject, and asked: "Ah, for Liu Niang's birthday ceremony, Aye said in his letter last time that he planned to wait until she was 20 years old to do it, did you tell your father-in-law? "

Mrs. Pei shook her head, and said softly: "Not yet, it's not a trivial matter, it's not easy to just send someone over to deliver a message, and I plan to go back in person when two days pass to give the gift. Come, and then tell Aye about it."

Xiao Hua nodded, "That's true." After all, apart from the Xiao family, Xiao Yansui's Jiji ceremony has always been in his heart, and his grandfather Pei's family has also always remembered it.

After all, the end of the year is approaching, and there are many things at home. Although they are seemingly insignificant things, Xiao Hua and Pei's husband and wife, together with the two brothers Xiao Heng and Xiao Wu, have always been talking to each other. are discussing.

Unknowingly, the sky had already darkened, and the sky in the west was like fire at dusk, but it was suppressed by layers of dark clouds, and it was darker than usual.

Xiao Hua looked up at the sky, and said: "Jiedu envoy An Lushan returned to Chang'an today, the saints in the palace held a night banquet tonight, and I have to go to Xingqing Palace."

Mrs. Pei straightened his clothes for him, then reached out to take the cloak brought by the maidservant and put it on his shoulders, then said softly: "Go, it's cold at night, and it's snowing all the time today, let's take a carriage!"

Xiao Hua nodded, looked at Xiao Heng and Xiao Wu again, and said with a smile: "Would you like to go and play with Aye?"

Xiao Heng smiled and shook his head, but Xiao Wu's eyes were a little vacillating, and his face showed a thoughtful expression. Hearing that Jiedu envoys entered the palace today, and the sage hosted a banquet in person, he seemed to want to join in the fun.

Seeing her, Mrs. Pei smiled and said, "Go if you want to. If you meet your grandfather, just tell him directly. I'll visit him in two days."

After hearing this, Xiao Wu finally stopped hesitating, and immediately nodded quite simply.

The night sky has completely covered, Xiao Hua and Xiao Wu father and son came all the way in a carriage, except for the slight sound of wheels rolling on snowflakes on the road, the street was almost silent.

"The weather is not good today, even those small vendors closed their stalls early in the morning." Xiao Wu retracted his finger on the curtain of the car, and said casually.

After arriving at the Xingqing Palace, the palace where the night banquet was going to be held tonight was brightly lit, and thanks to the snow-covered garden, even the light in the lanterns seemed brighter than before.

Xiao Wu's eyes were sharp, and he saw Zhang Dai who hadn't seen him for a while. Coincidentally, compared to the little lady next to her, Zhang Shiniang, who seemed somewhat reclusive, was here today.

Xiao Wu said hello to his father, then slipped over to find his friends of the same age.

When Zhang Dai saw Xiao Wu, he was also in a good mood, pulled him over, found a secluded corner, and said with a smile: "You are here today, the palace banquet later said that there will be quite a lot of excitement, The barbarian's Jiedu envoy said that he wanted to perform a dance."

People at that time loved night banquets and liked to drink, and it was not uncommon for a group of high-ranking officials and ministers to gather together to sing and dance when the wine was on the rise. Mountain?"

Zhang Dai nodded.

Xiao Wu is still listening to Zhang Dai and him gossip about today's affairs, Xiao Hua, who directly found his seat and sat down, also chatted with his colleagues around him with a smile, and soon someone well-informed talked about today's An Lu After Shan paid homage to the saint, he directly asked Concubine Yang Gui to accept him as his adopted son...

After Li Wenning came back from the nunnery outside Chang'an City accompanied by Liu Tan, he just went back to the East Palace and changed into a gorgeous palace attire, and then came to Xingqing Palace with Li Tan and Liu Tan.

As for Prince Li Heng and Li Chu, since they were on duty in the palace, they naturally wouldn't make a trip back and come back again.Zhang Liangdi, who was on the order, didn't show anything on her face, and she came out of the East Palace calmly.

After a while, Liu Tan came back after saying hello to his brother and sister-in-law, but the expression on his face kept changing, which was quite surprising.

"What's wrong?" Seeing his complexion, Li Wenning asked directly.

Liu Tan wasn't too entangled, but lowered his voice a little bit, and there was some subtlety in his tone, "An Lushan asked the concubine to accept him as his adopted son. After entering the palace, in addition to presenting treasures to the concubine, I also told the sage that he is from a barbarian, and according to the custom of barbarians, you have to visit your mother first, and then your father..."

Li Tan: "..."

Li Wenning: "..."

Li Wenning was also a little startled, and exchanged a glance with Li Tan, and the two couldn't help but look at each other.

The two of them have never been to the border area before, and they don't know whether the Hu people have this custom. However, the purpose of An Lushan's move is obviously to flatter Concubine Yang, and they all saw it.

If it was just that, Liu Tan thought that although he was stunned, his expression would not be so unpredictable, so Li Tan asked, "Then what?"

"..." After a brief silence, Liu Tan explained with a complicated mood: "After hearing this, the sage was overjoyed, and after letting Concubine Yang Guifei accept An Lushan as his adopted son, he also called out all the younger generations of the Yang family below Yang Tiao. In the past, let them become brothers and sisters with An Lushan."

From this fact alone, it is known that Xuanzong's love for the noble concubine is probably unmatched by anyone.

I don't know if Concubine Wu Hui from back then can stand out from her side and stand against her...

For a moment, Li Tan and Li Wenning looked at each other, both at a loss for words.

However, An Lushan's reckless move catered exactly to Xuanzong's favor, which was enough to make people stare...

Because of this, it's hard to say what the other important officials in the court think of An Lushan. However, many young people who have heard what happened in Xingqing Palace today are all very interested in Anlushan.

However, An Lushan's figure is really amazing, especially when he dragged his fat body and showed Hu Xuanwu in front of Xuanzong, his whole body was like a gust of wind, as if he could spin and fly in the next moment. Unexpectedly, he looked clumsy without any body movements, and immediately won a burst of amazed applause.

On the first day after returning to Chang'an City, An Lushan won the favor of the sage and the noble concubine in a down-to-earth manner. Such a situation fell into the eyes of others, so naturally they have their own calculations in their hearts.

Only the crown prince Li Heng, although he was at Xuanzong's side, in Xuanzong's eyes, Yang Guifei was the first, and An Lushan was next in the limelight. He was often negligent about the real crown prince, so Li Heng was naturally not worried. It's just that I dare not reveal the slightest truth.

In particular, although Concubine Yang Guifei had no children, An Lushan was directly adopted by the concubine as her adoptive son. Such a change really made Prince Li Heng dissatisfied.

Xiao Wu, who was sitting with Zhang Dai, was still counting with his fingers. No matter how old Concubine Yang Guifei was this year, she seemed to be fifteen or sixteen years younger than An Lushan.

"Tsk tsk..." After Xiao Wu figured it out, he turned his head and whispered to Zhang Dai.At the same time, I couldn't help but think in my heart. It just so happened that the person who gave the New Year's gift to grandfather Xiao Song hadn't left yet. He would write a letter to Liu Niang when he went back today, telling her that during the time she lived in her hometown, Here, I have missed how much excitement there is in Chang'an City!

Zhang Dai twitched the corner of his mouth when he heard this, and looked up at Anlu Mountain, which was circling like a gust of wind while dancing Hu Xuanwu, and sitting beside the saint, with a beautiful appearance and unparalleled elegance, the most important thing is that he was young Concubine Yang Gui, after a brief comparison, looked away in a hurry, really couldn't bear to look directly.

Xiao Wu went to find his friend and then disappeared, but Xiao Hua met Pei Yaoqing directly on the other side, and the two of Weng and son-in-law walked together, Xiao Hua naturally followed what Pei asked Xiao Wu to do this afternoon , and mentioned to Pei Yaoqing that she planned to return to her mother's house in two days.

Pei Yaoqing nodded, and then asked: "Xiao Song lives with Liu Niang in his hometown, so you two celebrate the New Year separately?"

Xiao Hua nodded, and smiled helplessly: "Aye only said that he missed his hometown very much when he got old. He said in the letter that now that he has returned, he still has the strength to grow flowers and grass, fish and visit friends. For fun, it’s quite comfortable.”

Pei Yaoqing smiled and said: "He has always thought about it. When will you give him a New Year's gift, please say hello to me in advance. I also have some things for my old friend."

Xiao Hua naturally responded immediately.

After a few days, the people who gave Xiao Song the New Year's gift set out from the city of Chang'an in a mighty way. Besides Xiao's family, there were naturally a few more families who were close to him.

In addition, Prince Li Heng also specially arranged an annual gift on the grounds that Xiao Song is the prince and grand teacher. Even Xuanzong in the palace got the news from the prince who intends to report the matter to him in detail Afterwards, feeling sad in my heart, I simply added another reward to the old minister.