After the prosperous Tang Dynasty

"Let's go up!" Xiao Yansui casually said to Li Tan beside him.

However, at this time, Li Tan gently let go of the hand that had been holding her all this time, with a slight smile in his eyes, he shook his head, "Xiao Sanlang and Xiao Wulang are both up there, hurry up !"

Xiao Yansui stopped when he heard the words, and turned to look at him. After a while, Xiao Yansui didn't say much, just nodded and said, "Okay, be careful on the way back."

Li Tan also nodded, watching Xiao Yansui, who was still holding a rabbit lamp in his hand, walked briskly in and went up the stairs. He waited until her figure disappeared from the stairs before turning around without hesitation. Said: "Let's go!"

The two guards who followed him all the way hurried over, and after getting closer, they lowered their heads and asked softly, "Are we going directly back to the East Palace?"

Li Tan's footsteps were slightly full, and he turned his head to glance at him, "What are you thinking about? Go to the eldest brother and third sister first."

The two guards were slightly taken aback. Li Tancai, Li Chu, and Li Wenning accidentally got separated because they met Zhang Dai, the young master of Duke Yan's mansion. Moreover, the crowd was crowded and chaotic at that time. Yes, and no one cared more, so naturally, it was never like Xiao Yansui who directly yelled and agreed on a meeting place.

Even if Li Tan didn't look at the expressions of these two guards, he knew that they must be thinking in their hearts, why did he know where to find the lost Li Chu and Li Wenning? , come out today to enjoy the lanterns, and regularly go to see the scenery at the east wall.”

Now that the three of them have separated accidentally, it is impossible to find someone in a dense crowd. Li Chu and Li Wenning are not stupid. When they chatted before, they only mentioned such a place. Now, the three of them It is natural to go to a place that has been "appointed in advance" to meet.

Only then did the two guards suddenly understand. Although they were stunned for a while, they still couldn't help but secretly slandered in their hearts. Since they had thought of going there early in the morning to meet Li Chu and Li Wenning, why, just now? Along the way, I accompanied the little lady of Xiao's family to go shopping around the bend, put Kongming lanterns, guess the lantern riddles for a long time, and finally had to send Xiao Liuniang over in person...

After Xiao Yansui went upstairs by himself, he naturally sat directly at Xiao Wu and Xiao Heng's table.

Although there were lamps in the teahouse, the candle light at night was not as good as the sunlight during the day. Along the way, Xiao Yansui's small figure became indistinct with the slight flickering of the lights.

"Brother, I kept you waiting for a long time." Xiao Yansui stretched out her hand, and naturally a maid came forward and lightly lit the little rabbit lamp. The candle in the wick was still burning, so naturally this little lantern couldn't be released at will. Beside it, so as not to accidentally burn the lantern.

"Why is it only you?" Xiao Wu opened his eyes slightly, looking behind Xiao Yansui, but there was still no one there.

"Li Tan has already left." Sitting at the table, Xiao Yansui picked up the cup, took a sip of water to moisten her throat, and then calmly replied.

"He walked quite simply." Xiao Wu was stunned for a moment as if he had been punched with a punch, and then he flattened his mouth awkwardly and muttered in a low voice.

Xiao Heng smiled calmly, and just asked casually: "I only saw Li Tan just now, it's rare that he wasn't with Li Chu and Li Wenning this time."

Xiao Yansui blinked and looked at him, "Just like us, we got separated accidentally, well, there are too many people today after all."

Xiao Heng laughed when he heard this, "Yes, every year the Sky Street Lighting Market will be so lively."

Xiao Yansui also smiled, and said casually, "It's also a good thing to be lively."

In particular, the more ordinary people have the energy and leisure to go to the fun, the more it means that the current year is good, and the whole year of last year was smooth and good.The food is harvested in autumn, the people are happy, and there is still food at home. Otherwise, if you have to rack your brains every day to feed your stomach, how can you be interested in going to the Lantern Festival and watching lanterns?

Xiao Wu, on the other hand, muttered a few words in a low voice, but he deliberately didn't make much noise, so Xiao Yansui and Xiao Heng just smiled and didn't ask much.

Immediately, Xiao Heng lowered his voice again, and gently told his younger brothers and sisters without any change in expression: "When I accidentally got separated in the crowd just now, I just met by chance, but if I sat in this teahouse for a while, , but it’s hard to say that we just met by chance.”

After a pause, Xiao Heng commented lightly: "Li Tan is a person from the Eastern Palace, so it is appropriate to be a little more cautious every day."

"Understood." Xiao Yansui responded casually.

Xiao Wu's mind is full of fun things at the moment, but he didn't think about what Xiao Heng said, but his eyes fell on the rabbit lamp held by the maidservant behind Xiao Yansui, and he looked at it carefully for a while curiously, "This The rabbit lamp is beautiful!"

Xiao Yansui waved at the maid behind her, and after taking back the rabbit lamp, she held it in her hand and sat down with Xiao Wu, "It looks good! I also think that this rabbit lamp is quite delicate. Xiao Yansui said with a smile, "It was just a prize for guessing lantern riddles!"

Xiao Wu's eyes lit up again, and he said excitedly, "Liu Niang, are you going to guess the lantern riddle and win the rabbit lantern?"

"No," Xiao Yansui continued to shake his head, "Li Tan answered the question."

Xiao Heng didn't speak, but just smiled lightly, after all, he knew in his heart what level his sister was.

Xiao Heng really felt that his younger sister was not only not stupid, she was even frighteningly clever when she was tinkering with weird things. However, Xiao Yansui couldn't help but understand characters in terms of reading, reciting poems, and interpreting characters. The ability becomes just ordinary.

"...Oh." Xiao Wu's excitement just now disappeared, and after a while, he couldn't help but look at Xiao Heng hard, and said pitifully: "I also want to guess the lantern riddles. "

"Then go!" Xiao Heng finally let go, "It's just that we have to wait for Liu Niang to rest for a while."

"Naturally." Xiao Wu nodded without hesitation.

At the same time, while the three of Xiao Yansui were drinking tea and eating snacks and chatting, Li Tan, who had just arrived at the east wall, had naturally spotted Li Chu and Li Wenning.

Li Tan walked over immediately, just at this time, another burst of fireworks bloomed.

Standing on a high place, one can almost see the entire Chang'an city. The streets and streets are full of people, and a scene of flickering lanterns, accompanied by grand fireworks, illuminates half of the sky in an instant.

Li Tan, who looked like a teenager, had deep eyes, and the dark eyes reflected the brilliant fireworks, and there was a flash of brilliance for a moment.

The two Kongming lanterns that were released together just now have already been integrated into this grand fireworks.

"It's so beautiful." Li Tan smiled slightly.

"Yes!" The corners of Li Wenning's lips were also filled with joy, and then he turned his head and looked at Li Tan with a smile, and asked with concern, "Why did it take you so long to come here?"

Li Tan didn't hide anything, but he didn't explain everything in detail. He just smiled and said simply: "I happened to meet Xiao Liuniang from Duke Xu's mansion, so I sent her to her elder brother first, and then Just made a detour."

"That's right, everyone came out to play in the Yuandeng Market today." Li Wenning said with a smile.

Li Chu, on the other hand, nodded in agreement first, then turned around and joked, "That little lady of the Xiao family is prone to encounter small accidents every time."

"There are too many people today!" Li Wenning didn't think so.

Li Tan also just smiled and said "um", and didn't say anything else.

·

After the lively lantern market of the Shangyuan Festival passed, the calmness of the past was restored in the city of Chang'an.

In a blink of an eye, it was already the first month.

The ministers in the court had already started to busy themselves with their work. Even Xiao Song, who was usually indifferent, was still kept in the palace by Xuanzong after the daily court meeting because of the imminent arrival of the Tubo envoys in Chang'an.

Finally, five days later, at the court meeting early in the morning, Tubo envoys appeared at the court meeting. After paying homage to Xuanzong, they formally reported the funeral and told Xuanzong that Princess Jincheng had passed away.

Because Princess Jincheng passed away not long ago, the Tubo envoy would naturally not do such a thing as reporting the funeral and begging for marriage. Seeing Xuanzong's expression was wrong, Xiao Song thought about the years of war between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, and remembered the battles on the battlefield. There are many bones, and I can't help feeling a little sad and regretful...

Afterwards, the Tubo envoy was naturally properly arranged for a residence.He was not in a panic. After all, the Tubo envoy came from afar this time. In addition to reporting the funeral, he also had a request to invite Tang Dynasty Jiang Princess to marry Tubo. I lived in peace and stability.

Although it had been expected, but now that the death of Princess Jincheng has come true, Xuanzong still sighed deeply, mourned for Princess Jincheng, and stopped court for three days.

However, during these three days, Xiao Song was still busy going to Xingqing Palace every day, holding the latest border military report, and discussing with Xuanzong the border between Tang and Tubo.

Although the crown prince Li Heng has been in charge of the East Palace for several years, he has never grasped the military and political power. With Li Linfu and others' fierce criticism, the crown prince's political environment has always been worrying, so that he still waited until Princess Jincheng died of illness. It was not until the Tubo envoys arrived in Chang'an that they learned about it.

In the East Palace, Li Chu was in Prince Li Heng's study, and after comforting his father who was becoming more and more anxious for a while, he came out of the study and returned to his yard. Tan and Li Wenning were sitting together, slowly playing chess.

Li Wenning raised his head, and quickly put down the chess pieces in his hands, not caring about the half-played chessboard, and asked, "Aye just called you over suddenly, but what happened?"

"..." Although Li Tan didn't speak, he raised his head and looked at Li Chu intently with his eyes wide open. However, he unconsciously held a smooth black chess piece in his hand. in the palm.

Facing his younger siblings, the habitual smile on Li Chu's face also relaxed a little. After retreating from all the maids around him, he lowered his voice and told them two softly: "Princess Jincheng died of illness, and the Tubo envoy came to report the funeral. The sage stopped his pilgrimage for three days."

With the crisp sound of "cracking" a few pieces colliding, Li Wenning's finger accidentally touched the chessboard, knocking a small piece of chess piece.

Princess Jincheng is a daughter of the clan, but she was adopted by Tang Zhongzong Li Xian as an adopted daughter in the palace since she was a child. Later, before she married far away, she was named a princess. Her biological father was Li Shouli, King of Bin.

Li Chu, Li Tan and Li Wenning are actually not familiar with Princess Jincheng.After all, even Li Chu, the oldest of the three, was born only a few years after Princess Jincheng married Tubo.For them, Princess Jincheng is just a symbol of distant marriage and marriage. They just know the existence of such a person and what it means to be with her in Tubo.

Even now, Princess Jincheng died of illness, and in Chang'an City, there are really only people who care about her, and I can't count a few.

What everyone cares about is still only the impact on the border situation between Datang and Tubo after the death of Princess Jincheng...

After a long while, Li Wenning said in a very soft voice: "The Tubo envoy came here this time, besides mourning, he also intends to continue to ask for the princess if he wants to come!"

Li Chu nodded slightly.

After a pause, Li Wenning's face turned pale, and he murmured, "I don't know who it will be this time..."

Thinking of this, Li Wenning almost felt shuddering.

Li Tan's voice was also very soft, obviously juvenile and childish, but with a convincing certainty, "Sister, it's okay, don't think too much about it."

Li Tan knew very well that now, their father Li Heng is the crown prince of the East Palace. In the future, when the crown prince ascends the throne, Li Wenning will be the princess.

With the identity of Princess Heqin, most of them are members of the clan surnamed Li, but there are very few real royal princesses.Even when the war between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty intensified, Tubo Songtsan personally proposed to marry Princess Taiping, but he was still found a reason to evade it.

In other words, when it comes to getting married, the identity of the prince Li Heng must naturally be taken into consideration. As long as their father is still the prince, it is almost impossible for Li Heng's biological daughter, the future royal princess Li Wenning, to be taken away to marry Tubo.

Therefore, the most likely choice for the candidate to marry Tubo this time will be the daughters of the deceased crown prince Li Ying, King E Li Yao, and King Guang Li Ju. Older than Li Wenning, but still unmarried cousin.

Li Chu also patted Li Wenning's head lightly, and said in a low voice: "The third brother is right, Aye is now the crown prince, Wen Ning, don't worry."

Li Wenning, who was a little flustered just now, nodded slowly, and his fingers holding the chessboard were still trembling slightly.

After calming down a bit, Li Wenning naturally understood the deep meaning between Li Chu and Li Tan's words.

However, even though he knew that this kind of thing would never happen to him, Li Wenning still felt a chill down his spine when he thought about what his close or distant cousins ​​would face...

Li Tan turned around and poured a cup of hot tea for Li Wenning, then directly pulled Li Wenning's cold fingers, and stuffed the warm tea cup into her hand.

Unexpectedly, Li Tan suddenly thought of Xiao Yansui, and couldn't help but think, that little girl is so courageous, if she hears such news, what kind of reaction will she have?

Fear, trepidation, uneasiness, or wide-eyed displeasure?

However, after a brief pause in the complicated thoughts, Li Tan soon realized that Xiao Yansui was the only granddaughter of Xu Guogong Xiao Song, who was always loved by Xiao Song the most. What's more, her surname was not Li. Identity, I would never have encountered such a situation...

"I, I want to meet some cousins..." Li Wenning held the teacup, and after the warm tea warmed his cold fingers a little, he couldn't help but muttered.

But this time, Li Chu flatly refused: "No!"

Li Wenning was startled.

Li Tan reminded in a low voice: "There is still no news about the marriage. Sister, everyone has already guessed. If the edict of the saint has not been issued for a day, then this matter cannot be done accurately."

Only then did Li Wenning show a bit of a helpless wry smile, "Yes." She was too flustered just now, and it was inevitable that she lost her sense of proportion.

·

As for Xiao Yansui in Xu Guogong's mansion, since he successfully took revenge on Princess Wan'an and Monk Daoyuan, he just felt refreshed, and he also successfully asked for a lot of chemical raw materials for experiments from Xuandu Temple. For a period of time, she has been concentrating on thinking about how to successfully complete a new chemical experiment under such crude conditions.

Finally, after several months of preparatory work by Xiao Yansui, she finally managed to produce the silver nitrate solution and concentrated ammonia water needed for the silver mirror reaction. Although they are all handmade products, there will inevitably be some The remaining impurities, however, will not significantly affect the silver mirror reaction.

However, in the early stage of finally being able to try the silver mirror reaction, in fact, under the background of the Tang Dynasty, there is another important premise, that is, the glass in the Tang Dynasty at this moment is far from the kind of plane and light common in later generations. Transparent glass.

Without glass, even if the silver mirror reaction is successful, where to go for silver plating is still an urgent problem to be solved.

In fact, Xiao Yansui also thought about going to her mother Pei's to ask if there is any reliable craftsman, she wants to burn some easy-to-use flat glass =v=

After all, besides being used as a mirror, things like glass can also be inlaid with windows...

However, considering that the glass production process is far from being very simple, without modern equipment and instruments, relying on the glass kiln built in the Tang Dynasty at this moment, there are sufficient chemical principles as a theoretical basis to support it. It is difficult to produce reliable flat glass with transparent light and few impurities in a short period of time.

After thinking carefully for a few days, Xiao Yansui, who was not short of money, still made a ruthless move. She found a large crystal with transparent light, and then asked the craftsman to polish it into a flat glass-like sheet, resulting in, In the end, the silver mirror responded successfully, and she produced a reliable mirror. The cost of this mirror was so high that even Xiao Yansui didn't want to recall it at all.

The distance between pure scientific theory and science and technology that can be widely used in the market has never been too far away.

Holding this hard-won mirror, Xiao Yansui, who is now six years old, saw very clearly for the first time the appearance of his current child's body after time travel.

The little girl in the mirror has white, tender, beautiful, and cute skin. She has always been surrounded by maids and servants. Because she has no chance to touch a computer and has no objective conditions to stay up late, the little girl lives so healthy every day. Therefore, the complexion on her face Too good to be good.

——Of course, compared with Xiao Yansui's childhood photos in her previous life, she doesn't look very similar, including her eyes, because of the difference in experience, she doesn't look alike at all.

For no reason, Xiao Yansui couldn't help but sighed softly.

After time travel, she still loves life and is positive. The only regret is that after living in the Tang Dynasty for six years, she seems to have completely adapted to the life here, but after all, it is only superficial. Represents inner love.

Xiao Yansui rested her chin on one hand, looking in the mirror, admiring her current face, thinking with some melancholy, after all, in the process of growing up in her previous life, her three views had already been determined, probably, even if she was in the Tang Dynasty Besides, for the rest of my life, what I like, I still like, and what I can't forget, I still care about...

Even if it's all useless, alas =_=

Xiao Yansui stared blankly for a while, because he hadn't seen his own face so clearly in the mirror for a long time. After watching it for fun, he almost fell into "who am I" and "where am I?" Which", "What am I doing" in the three philosophical questions.

As a result, Xiao Yansui hadn't had time to clear up her mood and regain her spirits. Axiu, who had just walked in, saw such a clear and vivid image in the mirror for the first time. Instead of being surprised, she fell into a feeling of confusion. The unknown panic of being too clear.

"..." Xiao Yansui never expected to be like this.

Considering that Axiu's reaction is probably the true reflection of most Tang people, Xiao Yansui, who originally wanted to hold the mirror and go to her mother Pei's to offer treasures, immediately drooped her head and became even more listless.

I was helplessly depressed for a while, and after Xiao Yansui put away the mirror, she ordered Axiu, who was still in a daze, to go to the carpenter and make a box just enough to hold the mirror—the box lid It should be able to mount the mirror stably on the outside, but inside the box, you can be more casual.

After all, if you put the mirror in the bright place, Xiao Yansui doesn't want to scare all the maidservants in his room out of their wits, which will only increase the trouble.