After the prosperous Tang Dynasty

A few months have passed by, and although spring has begun, it is still cold and cold.

Xiao Yansui is still young at the moment, and after one winter, she has obviously grown a little.Mrs. Pei had already had people rush to make a new spring shirt for her precious daughter, but because of the custom of "covering spring and freezing in autumn", even though it was spring, Xiao Yansui's body was warm in the cold weather. The winter clothes were worn for a while longer, and then they were gradually changed.

When the cold is gone, the spring breeze will bring warmth and everything will recover.

On the outskirts of Chang'an City, the grass grows and warblers fly, and birds sing on the willows.

Early this morning, Xiao Yansui got up from the bed, changed his clothes, and strolled slowly to Pei's yard. He intended to have a meal with his mother, but unexpectedly, his elder brother Xiao Wu My son hasn't gone to the college yet, but is pestering Mrs. Pei to talk about going out for an outing, and she spares no effort to act coquettishly.

Seeing Xiao Yansui coming, Xiao Wu's eyes lit up immediately, he quickly pulled his younger sister to his side, and continued to chat with Pei Shi: "Mother, I want to take Liu Niang for an outing. The wind is strong, which is also suitable for flying paper kites."

Xiao Yansui smiled slightly, and didn't reply immediately, but glanced at Xiao Wu, and then asked with a smile: "Let the paper kite go? When did you discuss it with Zhang Dai?"

Hearing the name Zhang Dai from the Duke of Yan's mansion, Mrs. Pei, who had been sitting there just now, smiling and watching her youngest son acting like a baby, was a little moved, and said with a soft smile: "Speaking of Zhang Dai Jiulang is here, Princess Ningqin sent someone to send me an invitation two days ago, and five days later it will be the full moon wine for her youngest daughter Shisi Niang."

Xiao Yansui's heart moved slightly, and she immediately realized that this Zhang Shiniang was the one conceived by Princess Ningqin in May last year, and happened to meet her when her mother, Mrs. Pei, went to the Duke Yan's mansion to thank her. When Princess Ningqin fainted, she was diagnosed by accident when she called the imperial physician to check her pulse.Also since then, the Pei family and Princess Ningqin, who had no relationship at first, became good friends instead.

Mrs. Pei looked at Xiao Wu, and then Shi Shiran said: "Five days later, Auntie will go to Yan Guogong's mansion to visit Princess Ningqin and her little daughter. Do you two want to go with me?"

Xiao Yansui hesitated for a moment, then shook his head, "I'm not going!" At this kind of banquet, a large group of people always sat together, and the host and the west chatted briefly, and then Praise the little lady who has just reached the full moon in the host's house in a routine way, give the congratulatory gift of the baby's full moon wine, eat a table of noodles, and then go back to each house.The whole process, from Xiao Yansui's own point of view, is still very boring, especially the noble women in the Tang Dynasty can live quite recklessly, for Xiao Yansui who is either obsessed with experiments, or simply goes out for fun To put it bluntly, Xiao Yansui has never been interested in this kind of social activity where a large group of people get together and where they have to be very particular about what they say and do...

However, Xiao Wu's perspective on things is obviously different from Xiao Yansui's. Hearing that Mrs. Pei is going to visit Princess Ningqin, his first reaction is that he can go to Duke Yan's mansion to play with Zhang Dai. , the two of them can discuss going out to fly a kite together again!

Immediately, Xiao Wu said excitedly: "Aniang, let me go with you that day!"

"Okay." Mrs. Pei covered her lips with her hands, and smiled slightly, with a somewhat uncontrollable expression.

After all, when other people's mistresses go out as guests, they always take their daughters and people with them, and she alone, every time, either goes by herself or brings Xiao Wu, who is still young, along with her.I don't know, after a few more years, she will definitely not be able to bring Xiao Wu who has grown up. At that time, when Xiao Yansui grows up a bit, maybe she will give birth to a guest. Interested?

Five days later, Princess Ningqin's youngest daughter had a full moon banquet.

Xiao Yansui stayed at home by herself as agreed a few days ago, while Mrs. Pei took Xiao Wu to Duke Yan's mansion.

Mrs. Pei and Xiao Wu got out of the carriage, and before the maidservant beside Princess Ningqin stepped forward to ask her to come in, Zhang Dai who sneaked over at some time had already waved at Xiao Wu, and the two young boys stood happily. After being together, Zhang Dai took the initiative to say to Mrs. Pei: "Miss Pei."

Although Xiao Wu's age is not very old, Princess Ningqin's side must be the mistresses or young ladies of various families at the moment. Xiao Wu is a young man, so it's just right for him to play with Zhang Dai. Then he wouldn't hold him back, and said with a smile, "Jiulang, I'll go see the princess first."

"Miss Pei, this way please." The maidservant who had been quietly waiting by the side finally took a step forward and saluted with a smile.

Zhang Dai also took the initiative to whisper something: "Wu Lang will play with me, Madam Pei can rest assured."

Mrs. Pei nodded with a smile, this is at Duke Yan's mansion, and Zhang Dai has always been favored by Duke Yan Zhang Shuo, so she is naturally at ease.After softly exhorting the two young gentlemen, Mrs. Pei turned around and followed the maidservant to Princess Ningqin's courtyard.

Princess Ningqin has just given birth, and she has taken good care of her before. Now her complexion is rosy, her skin is as creamy, and she is wearing a complex crimson palace dress. The tone is a bit solemn and dignified. Due to the fact that the youngest daughter is not long ago, her figure is slightly plump compared to the past, and this slightly heavier color is just enough to hold back, and it also complements Princess Ningqin's beauty even more.

As soon as Mrs. Pei came in, Princess Ningqin greeted her with a smile, "I was expecting you to come!"

Pei's face was also full of smiles, and she said softly, "Where's the child? Let me see your little daughter."

Princess Ningqin and Mrs. Pei walked to the side of the child who had just been full moon. Seeing this, the nanny carefully sent the child to Princess Ningqin's arms, watching the baby who was still in the swaddling baby sleeping warmly after eating. It looks like a lotus root-like arm is wrapped in the quilt, only revealing a fleshy little face as tender as water, and extra round ears.

After all, they are all mothers. Seeing the little baby who is only full moon, Mrs. Pei couldn't help being filled with love and affection, "This child will grow up, and his eyebrows and eyes look very much like you."

After hearing this, Princess Ningqin couldn't help laughing, and said softly: "Seeing her, I feel full in my heart, and I have everything I need."

While talking, when Zhang Dai was mentioned, the smile on the corner of Princess Ningqin's mouth was unbearable, as if she was scolding, but only her mother's tenderness remained in her eyes, "That Jiulang of my family came here to collect debts. But, such a skinny monkey, now that he sees his younger sister, he has a bit of an older brother's mind. He comes to see me every day, and then he goes to see his younger sister. I've never seen my family, Jiulang, be so cute!"

For this, Mrs. Pei also has a deep understanding. The feelings between the children she gave birth to are deep, and being a mother is naturally comfortable, so she also smiled and said: "No, Xiao Wu is the same with Liu Niang. I am still a little girl. As for the child, he always thinks about taking good care of his sister."

After Pei Shi and Princess Ningqin spoke a few words, not long after, another new guest came.

Princess Ningqin handed the baby in her arms to the nanny again, then turned around and went to the flower hall where the guests were entertained.

At the beginning, everyone was still saying auspicious words one by one, and when they saw the baby in the swaddle, they were all smiles, and all kinds of blessings and praises were non-stop.However, at noon, when they sat down to have a banquet, people who were close to each other sat next to each other, and naturally they chatted a few other words in a low voice.

I don't know who started the conversation, but the conversation was hurried, and it mentioned Li Yi, the concubine daughter of the Guangwang Li Ju's family who was executed in the case of abolishing the prince.

Back then, King Guang Li Ju was demoted to a commoner and then killed. The original Princess Guang brought her own daughter back home with Xuanzong's acquiescence. The good news is that Xuanzong did not take back the Guangwang Mansion, and she lived there alone as a little girl, and she was in an extremely difficult situation...

Two years ago, Li Yi had already reached the age where she could talk about getting married, but her current status was embarrassing, and her biological mother couldn't be in charge, so her marriage has naturally been delayed.

Now, Princess Xincheng has died of illness, and the Tubo envoys have once again proposed to marry the princess for Tubo. For a while, in the families of those clans that were not valued, there was a lot of noise. Before Xuanzong mentioned this matter clearly, there are daughters of the right age in the family who are quite favored. Yes, I was busy everywhere and hurriedly decided to ask for a marriage, hoping to get married as soon as possible. As for the unfavorable daughter, she deliberately stayed in her boudoir in order not to arouse Xuanzong's disgust...

The guests at the Full Moon Wine for Princess Ningqin's youngest daughter were naturally prominent figures in Chang'an City.Even the women in the back house, who can be the mistress of the house, naturally know that in the border war with Tubo, Xu Guogong Xiao Song can be counted in front of Xuanzong.

Now, as the eldest son and wife of Xu Guogong's family, Pei Shi is sitting here so steadily. Compared with the various unspeakable gossips circulating in the whole Chang'an City, someone naturally searched for words carefully and tried to get Pei from Pei. Shi asked some reliable news here...

It's just that Mrs. Pei's mouth is extremely strict, and she never even said a word that should not be said, so she just talks and laughs with others, without revealing the slightest thing.

Compared with the flowers among these wives, Zhang Dai and Xiao Wu, who come and go and play together, get along much more casually.

"Why didn't you see Liu Niang come over today?" Zhang Dai asked casually, and then brought Xiao Wu into his study room. On one wall of the study room, there were several large kites hanging on the tail of the kite. , almost dragged to the ground.

"She never likes to go out as a guest." Xiao Wu stared at the kites, a little eagerly, answered Zhang Dai's words, but spread his hands, "The little lady of other family probably thinks it's lively and interesting, but she never likes it."

Recalling the last time when Xiao Yansui dragged her to run along the kite-flying in Xuandu, Zhang Dai said with deep understanding: "Liu Niang seems to prefer to play outside."

"Not really." Xiao Wu shook his head, "My sister likes to tinker with all kinds of gadgets in the yard by herself."

Naturally, Zhang Dai couldn't help being curious, and asked, "What?"

"I can't tell..." Xiao Wu shook his head. Of course, he had been to Xiao Yansui's study, but Xiao Wu couldn't recognize most of the things. Xiao Wu didn't know what a section of the neck of the bottle was for when it was removed separately.

However, as an older brother, he didn't want his younger sister to feel that he was ignorant, so he never took the initiative to ask Xiao Yansui.However, most of the things in Xiao Yansui's place were really weird. After Xiao Wu went back, he searched through the books for a long time, but he was still puzzled, so he could only pretend to be calm like he is now...

Moreover, there seemed to be more and more odd-shaped things placed this year, but Xiao Yansui's room was always very organized, and all kinds of strange things were always neatly piled up on the museum shelf. It didn't look messy at all. Apart from being amazed and curious at the beginning, everyone in the Xiao family didn't ask clearly after a long time, and their exuberant curiosity gradually became numb over time...

Zhang Dai became more and more bewildered as he listened, so he shook his head, and instead of asking questions, he suggested enthusiastically, "Let's not go to Xuandu to watch the kite flying this time. I know there is a good place on the outskirts of Chang'an, next to a river. Next to it is a peach blossom grove, and there happened to be a large open space in the past, with a wide view and a good view, it is the most suitable for kite flying, let's call your sister together."

"Okay!" Xiao Wu agreed without any explanation, and then he hesitated a few times before saying, "However, I have to discuss this matter with Auntie first."

"Naturally." Zhang Dai nodded, although everyone in Duke Yan's mansion pampered him, but when Zhang Dai wanted to go out to play, he would definitely talk to his mother, Princess Ningqin first.

At dusk, Xiao Wu followed Mrs. Pei, bid farewell to Zhang Dai reluctantly, and returned home in a carriage from Duke Yan's mansion.

Without even bothering to go back to the room and change clothes first, Xiao Wu ran to talk to Xiao Yansui, discussing about going out together outside the peach blossom forest on the outskirts of the city and releasing paper kites.

"I can do this at any time." Xiao Yansui nodded. She doesn't like to go to a place where a group of people gather together to say polite words and maintain a smiling face to join in the fun, but she still prefers outdoor sports like spring outings.

However, a few more days passed, and in the continuous spring rain that was sometimes cloudy and sometimes sunny, Xiao Wu and Zhang Dai's plan to release paper kites for the spring outing could only be put on hold temporarily.

As a result, the Tubo envoy, who has been affecting the minds of many people and has been cursed secretly by many people, is still living quietly in Chang'an City, and the matter with the princess has been pending, and there is no whereabouts. It is rare to stop during this period of time Princess Wan'an, who came down, suddenly had some disturbances again, and the news even reached the ears of Xiao Yansui, who has never paid much attention to gossip.

This time, Princess Wan'an was not reprimanded by Xuanzong, so naturally she was not punished by confinement. However, Princess Wan'an, who has been a female Taoist priest since she was young, has been staying in Xingqing Palace because of Xuanzong's reluctance, Finally, she was about to leave the imperial palace and live in Jinxian Temple. At the same time, Xuanzong gave Princess Wan'an a seal of one thousand households.

In the early days, the real seal of the Tang Dynasty princess was five hundred households. When Princess Xianyi, the daughter of Xuanzong and Concubine Wu Hui, got married, Xuanzong had always been partial to this daughter, so he gave the real seal to Princess Xianyi alone. Thousand households just doubled the income of the other princesses, and then, under the serious opposition of the princesses and a group of ministers, Xuanzong did not change his original intention. He just made a compromise and simply set all the princesses as one thousand households. , It can be regarded as shutting up everyone else.

Although Princess Wan'an lives in Jinxian Temple, the servants and servants around her are still in accordance with the standards she had when she was a princess in the palace. It can be seen that Xuanzong loved her very much. She loves her so much, but let Princess Wan'an leave the palace abruptly. The meaning of this is really puzzling.

The more Xiao Yansui pondered, the more she felt that there must be something wrong behind this matter.

The last time Princess Wan'an went crazy against her. After the incident was exposed, Xuanzong only grounded Princess Wan'an for a while. On the surface, he tried his best to suppress the whole matter. Princess Ann's preference.After all, the three abolished princes Li Ying, E Wang Li Yao, and Guang Wang Li Ju were all killed by Xuanzong earlier, which shows that they are by no means soft-hearted people.

However, now that Princess Wan'an has moved out of Xingqing Palace, just looking at her sealed household and casual servants, there is no sign that she has lost Xuanzong's favor. What is the purpose of Xuanzong's move? It's a bit confusing.

After thinking about it, Xiao Yansui pondered for a long time, and even took a quill, and began to write one by one on the paper, from last year to the present, what happened to Princess Wan'an.

First, the matter of Ximing Temple was suppressed at that time, and it was obvious that the foundation of Princess Wan'an had not been shaken.

Second, during the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet, Xiao Yansui found out that Princess Wan'an might be a bit anti-social, but nothing happened on the surface. moved out...

Third, Concubine Yang of Shou Wang became a female Taoist priest and became a neighbor with Princess Wan'an, praying for Xuanzong's mother, Queen Mother Dou.Although there is one more monk praying for blessings, one is praying for Ruizong and the other is praying for Empress Dowager Dou, and there is no conflict. , Empress Dowager Dou is more important in Xuanzong's heart than Ruizong, so she moved out one, tsk...

Xiao Yansui himself is an atheist, and he doesn't believe in praying for blessings, so he doesn't understand the thoughts of those who believe in these things.

Fourth, in Princess Yuzhen's "annex", Xiao Yansui happened to seize a rare opportunity to personally send Princess Wan'an and Monk Daoyuan a "return gift".However, this matter must have been suppressed on the bright side at the time, but sooner or later it had to be spread behind the scenes. Could it be that Xuanzong suddenly knew about this matter until then?

If Xiao Yansui said it herself, she would definitely be inclined to the last possibility, just like what Xiao Song said, defeating a favored princess never happens overnight.Some time ago, Princess Jincheng died of illness, and the future of the border between Datang and Tubo seemed particularly gloomy. Xuanzong probably wasn't in a good mood about this matter, and then learned that Princess Wan'an and Monk Daoyuan were fighting in broad daylight To be surrounded by a group of people, I think it is inevitable to get angry...

Even if Xiao Yansui couldn't see Princess Wan'an's face at that time, she still felt very happy just thinking about it =v=

"Liu Niang?" Axiu just came in from outside the house, and when she saw Xiao Yansui was distracted by a piece of paper with a pen in her hand, she called her softly.

Xiao Yansui regained consciousness in an instant, rolled up the piece of paper in his hand casually, put it in the brazier and burned it to ashes, then raised his head and looked at Axiu, "What's wrong?"

Regarding the movements of Xiao Yansui's hands, Axiu just ignored them, and only when Xiao Yansui asked, did she softly reply: "Yunyan is here, she said it was my lady who asked Liu Niang to come over now."

"Auntie looking for me? I'll go right away." Xiao Yansui was a little strange, after all, he was not at the meal time, and he didn't need to tailor his clothes, but Xiao Yansui was still nimbly washing in the copper basin He washed his hands, and went out the door.

Axiu also hurriedly followed.

The pattering spring rain had just stopped for a while, the road under my feet was still covered with water droplets, and there was some obvious dampness in the air.

Xiao Yansui breathed a sigh of relief, only feeling that the green grass and trees in the courtyard are particularly refreshing.

After the spring rain, the grass leaves sprout and the ground is green. After the weather clears, this season is just right for going out for an outing.

When Xiao Yansui arrived, Mrs. Pei seemed to be busy with other things, so she sat there with a smile and waited for her.

"Aniang, you are looking for me." Xiao Yansui walked over and sat next to Mrs. Pei.

Mrs. Pei took her daughter's hand and said with a soft smile: "In a few days it will be your cousin Siyue's birthday ceremony. It is different from the birthdays in the past. My daughter's 15-year-old must be bigger."

Even Xiao Yansui, who usually doesn't talk in circles, heard the string song this time and knew the elegance, and replied directly with a smile: "I'll go to Pei's mansion to celebrate my cousin's birthday."

Pei knew that although her daughter had big ideas, she was very obedient and well-behaved in most things, so she couldn't help but feel pain in her heart.

Gently stood up, Mrs. Pei took her daughter and walked into the house, said with a smile: "I have someone make some more clothes for you, you can see which one you like more, and when the time comes, your cousin's Jiji Wear it for the ceremony."

"...Auntie, whichever one you think is suitable will do!" Xiao Yansui answered crisply.

However, according to her own thinking, being a guest at someone else's wedding ceremony is probably similar to going to a wedding in later generations. She must dress elegantly and decently, but try not to steal the bride's limelight—oh, I'm thinking too much Too much, she and her cousin Pei Siyue are not of the same age, even if she steals the limelight, she can't get in the way of a six-year-old first grader...