After the prosperous Tang Dynasty

That night, Xiao Yansui was walking slowly in the garden with the little dog after eating.

Her own yard has been turned into a construction site by her in the past few days, not to mention walking in the yard, it is a little dirt dog, worried that it will be hit by a piece of wood that has not been completely finished, Xiao Yansui will make people Moved the little soil dog's nest to the outside of her study, just as it was cold outside in winter, the grown up little soil dog was smart and well-behaved, and always nested there quietly, never making noise.

The Shangyuan Festival on the [-]th day of the first lunar month has just passed, and Xiao Wu, who just went back to the academy for the first day today, has just arrived home. Before he could go back to his yard and change his clothes, he suddenly popped up with excitement and shock on his face. She kept waving at Xiao Yansui, "Liu Niang, come here!"

"What did you do, why do you have such an expression?" Although Xiao Yansui didn't know why, he still walked over with the little dog, "Brother?"

"When I was in the academy today, I heard some news." Xiao Wu and Xiao Yansui walked together, found a place where no one was around, couldn't help but look around, and then whispered "Liu Niang, do you remember Princess Shou?"

"I don't really remember," Xiao Yansui replied simply.

Xiao Wu couldn't help raising one eyebrow, and the look he looked at his sister suddenly became speechless.

Xiao Yansui looked at him silently for a while, paused, pondered for a while, thought about it seriously, and then suddenly changed his mind: "Ah, I suddenly remembered, the one who became a monk and became a Taoist priest, I remember, Shou Wangfei’s Taoist temple seems to be next to Princess Wan’an’s Taoist temple in the palace, isn’t it!”

"Princess Wan'an moved out of Xingqing Palace a long time ago." Xiao Wu reminded, continuing to look at Xiao Yansui with a helpless expression.

Xiao Yansui nodded, "Well, I know that." At that time, she was thinking hard about why Princess Wan'an left the palace suddenly, but the reason seemed to be a secret all along, and no one could tell. clear.

Moreover, since Princess Wan'an left the palace, she didn't know whether it was because she was too embarrassing last time, or because she learned to behave after leaving the palace, or some other reasons unknown to outsiders, Xiao Yan Sui hasn't met Princess Wan'an again in the past few years.

Princess Wan'an is not in the palace now, and the Xiao family has always stayed away from Princess Wan'an intentionally or unintentionally, so naturally, it is difficult for Princess Wan'an to have any chance to make some moths.

Xiao Wu suddenly patted Xiao Yansui on the head, and said again: "The thing I want to talk about today is about Princess Shou. What do you mean by Princess Wan'an?"

Xiao Wu has no doubt that his younger sister will remember Princess Shou, maybe because she was neighbors with Princess Wan'an back then...

"Oh, tell me!" Xiao Yansui changed her words cooperatively, although in her conception, she always felt that if Princess Shou and Xiao's family didn't seem to have half a dime relationship, why should she care about her affairs?

Xiao Wumi squinted at his younger sister who was very curious and indifferent, and then said in a low voice: "Today, the sage issued an edict to make Shouwang Concubine Yang return to vulgarity, and wants to take over When she entered the palace, Yang Yuhuan was conferred the title of noble concubine."

After a long silence, Xiao Yansui still couldn't help thinking, isn't Shouwang Concubine Yang the wife of Shouwang Li Mao?When she became a nun as a Taoist priest, Xiao Yansui even slandered her. Anyway, she couldn't understand the logic of Xuanzong's letting his daughter-in-law become a nun. She prayed for Queen Dowager Dou. She felt that even letting the longevity king Li Mao go would be better than letting the longevity king Li Mao go. Princess, let's be more reliable...

Under such circumstances, in connection with what Xiao Wu just said, Xuanzong let the concubine Yang of the Shou Princess return to vulgarity now, and then canonized her as a noble concubine. After finding out the relationship between these people, Xiao Yansui was almost stunned .

After being stunned for a while, she suddenly recovered. However, after recovering from her senses, Xiao Yansui's first words were not intended to express admiration, but subconsciously asked: "You just said, Princess Shou Yang, what's your name?"

"Yang Yuhuan..." This name sounds quite ordinary, but Xiao Wu doesn't understand. Is there something special about Yang's name in Xiao Yansui's opinion?

= Mouth = Yang Yuhuan? ? ?

Xiao Yansui: Damn it! ! !

Feeling so excited, Xiao Yansui almost couldn't help crying out in a daze.

Seeing the face of his always calm sister, the complexion changed again and again, Xiao Wu was confused by her.

He was also in the college today, and happened to hear a few classmates talking about it, so he heard about Xuanzong and Concubine Shou.

Xiao Wu was a little bit consistent, and he could guess that his grandfather Xiao Song must have had a good idea early in the morning and knew about it. Similarly, his father Xiao Hua, mother Pei, and maybe his brother Xiao Heng also knew about it.

Unfortunately, Xiao Wu is now fifteen or sixteen years old. However, unlike Xiao Heng who was the eldest son at the time, Xiao Wu is the second son, and he has a reliable older brother to support him. Even if he grows up slowly, my lord They will still subconsciously treat him as a child...

So, after Xiao Wu accidentally got the news from a classmate in the academy, he didn't tell his parents. Instead, he came to find Xiao Yansui, who was treated as a child like him, but had a bit of a brat personality.

After all, this kind of rare and rare thing is only interesting if we share the gossip together...

The only thing that was beyond Xiao Wu's expectation was that Xiao Yansui's reaction was not pure shock and disbelief, but a kind of, like a kind of weird subtlety.Beforehand, Xiao Wu never thought that Xiao Yansui would have such an expression.

"Liu Niang?" Xiao Wu couldn't help asking softly.

"Yang Yuhuan..." Xiao Yansui murmured in a complicated mood, repeating the name of the former Princess of Shou.

When Yang Yuhuan was the Princess of Shou, Xiao Yansui knew nothing about this famous one of the four beauties in ancient times. Now, Yang Yuhuan is about to be made a noble concubine by Xuanzong. Combined with this familiar name, Xiao Yansui Yan Sui finally remembered.

——This historical figure, Xiao Yansui has heard of this historical figure even as a waste of liberal arts!

——The famous Concubine Yang Gui!

However, Concubine Yang was actually the concubine of Emperor Xuanzong's son Shouwang, this is the first time Xiao Yansui heard about it...

"Why are you still distracted..." Xiao Wu looked at Xiao Yansui, a little confused and puzzled.

He originally thought that his younger sister would be as shocked as he was when she heard the news, and then, after exclaiming to each other, everyone could break up and go back to their respective houses to rest.

Unfortunately, Xiao Yansui's reaction did not go as he predicted, and now, Xiao Wu was once again confused by Xiao Yansui.

"I'm shocked!" Xiao Yansui looked at Xiao Wu and said truthfully.

There are many famous and fortunate people recorded in history books, but there are quite a few of them who are familiar to people.Especially for science students like Xiao Yansui who had little access to historical information when she was in school, and she usually doesn't have much interest in literature and history books. The most famous historical figures must be one of the few with extraordinary nationality.

Xiao Wu patted her head again, and commented: "It doesn't look like it."

Xiao Yansui rolled his eyes at him.

Xiao Wu didn't take it seriously at all, and even laughed, and then whispered: "What my brother told you... Well, don't tell A Niang and the others."

"I know." Xiao Yansui nodded simply.

If Pei and the others found out, and Xiao Wu actually gossips with her about this kind of thing, she will probably be fine, but Xiao Wu probably needs to be dealt with, after all, she is not very old at the moment.

"Then I'll go back first!" Xiao Yansui always said what he said, so Xiao Wu didn't worry about it at all.

"Go!" Xiao Yansui waved his hand at him, and the little dog also excitedly followed with a "Wow".

Because of such a big news suddenly, Xiao Yansui lost even the interest of walking the dog, and his mind was full of the ruinous news that Concubine Yang was originally Xuanzong's daughter-in-law.

As for the longevity king Li Mao, the real person lives up to his name, this is...

Xiao Yansui couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth.

Xiao Yansui led the little dog by its rope and went straight back to his study, untied the little dog's rope, and watched it lying obediently in his den outside the study, Xiao Yansui then It was he who entered the inner room of the study and asked Axiu to bring over a cup of hot tea, thinking about related matters while distracted.

Compared to Xiao Wu, an innocent boy who was only fifteen or sixteen years old, Xiao Yansui's thoughts were actually much more vivid than his...

This time Xuanzong's imperial decree said that Yang Yuhuan should return to vulgarity and then enter the palace again. However, in the past few years, Yang Yuhuan was still living in the palace under the name of Princess Shou, even if she became a monk. of.

Now, Xuanzong can even do things like accepting his ex-daughter-in-law into the palace, and, once entering the palace, he is directly second only to the queen's position of noble concubine—since Xuanzong was abolished, he has been with his childhood sweetheart and has been a favorite for many years Concubine Wu Hui has only been named as a noble concubine all the time, and is more than a queen. It was only after the death of Concubine Wu Hui that she was given the title of queen.

In the past few years, it seems that there have been no newcomers in the harem of Xingqing Palace. In addition, when Concubine Shou became a monk, she did not find a Taoist temple elsewhere, but insisted on starting a new life in the palace. Opening up a Taoist temple, with such an association, it can only be said that Xuanzong had already thought about it.

In this way, Xiao Yansui still didn't believe it. In the past few years when Yang Yuhuan became a monk in the palace as a female Taoist priest to pray for the Queen Mother Dou, Neng and Xuanzong had a clean relationship...

Xiao Yansui casually held a pen in his hand, and the tip of the pen fell on the paper, just casually sketching.

What's more, she suddenly remembered one thing - she was quite concerned about it at the beginning, Princess Wan'an suddenly left the palace to live in the Taoist temple.

It’s also interesting to say that when Yang Yuhuan, who was still Princess Shou, became a Taoist priest, her Taoist temple was actually set up in Xingqing Palace. .

Princess Wan'an doesn't have to leave the palace to become a monk, and Princess Shou doesn't have to go to a Taoist temple to live a hard life when she becomes a monk.

As for Princess Wan'an who was going to leave the palace later, Xiao Yansui suddenly had an astonishing idea—could it be that when Xuanzong and Yang Yuhuan were together, she happened to be broken by Princess Wan'an who lived next door? !

Although, since Xuanzong dared to do this back then, he is obviously not afraid of being known at this time.Now, the news that Yang Yuhuan was included in the palace as a noble concubine after returning to vulgarity is enough to prove Xuanzong's courage, that is, to have a private meeting with his daughter-in-law who was asked to become a monk, and then to be seen by his favored daughter who has become a monk. This scene is really interesting no matter how you think about it...

Maybe it's because Princess Wan'an didn't work hard enough to raise her spirits, and then she took the initiative to propose the matter of going out of the palace, saving her from living next to Yang Yuhuan. In fact, if there is one, there will be two, and it is too easy to be embarrassed when bumping into each other...

·

Xuanzong wanted to accept Yang Yuhuan as a concubine, what kind of undercurrents and turbulences were set off in the court, no one except Xiao Wu would take the initiative to gossip with her. Know.

However, after Yang Yuhuan was admitted to the palace—even though she was originally in the palace—the ceremony of canonization as a noble concubine has not yet been carried out. She is probably the most complicated longevity king among all people, but she is in his palace. In the middle, first ushered in his new princess Webster.

Because the younger brother, King Shou, was going to marry the new princess, and the new princess could not be simply regarded as the successor. After receiving the news, Princess Xianyi naturally rushed back from Luoyang City to Chang'an City again.

As Xuanzong's favorite daughter, Princess Xianyi felt so complicated when she learned that Xuanzong was going to confer the title of noble concubine on Yang's family, so that after she entered the palace to pay respects to Xuanzong, she even rarely kept her In the palace, he found a reason to help his younger brother, King Shou, with the trivial affairs of the marriage, and went straight out of the palace to King Shou's mansion.

Considering Yang Yuhuan's original identity, Xuanzong was happy to see Princess Xianyi being so "enthusiastic" about Shou Wang Li Mao's marriage. Princess Yi is out of the palace.

Whether Xuanzong's move was intended to appease and compensate Shouwang Li Mao, or hinted that he should marry the new concubine as soon as possible. As for the old one, it just passed away as if nothing had happened. It was Princess Xianyi and Shouwang Li Mao. Mao himself, for a while, couldn't distinguish clearly, let alone other people in the court.

However, no matter what, the marriage of the birthday king Li Mao to the new concubine was quickly put on the agenda with the help of Princess Xianyi who had been in a trance these days.

·

A few days after the winter sky cleared up, another gust of light snow fell from the gray clouds.

Xiao Yansui, who was wrapped in a cloak, sat leisurely and elegantly on the swing chair in his yard for a while, and a cup of steaming hot tea was placed on the rattan table next to him. Turn on the temperature, and after a while, all of them will be gone.

This time the snow was not hexagonal snowflakes, but small ice particles that froze after melting one by one. Xiao Yansui reached out and lifted the hood behind the cloak, and covered her head loosely, fluffy The soft piping directly covered half of her face—most of the women in the Tang Dynasty still wore all kinds of beautiful buns, and the beautiful hair style took up too much space, and the hood on the cloak Naturally, it will be larger.

People like Xiao Yansui, for the sake of comfort and convenience, at most tie a ponytail so that their long hair does not fall into the bowl when eating. Usually in their own yard, they often let their long hair loose like this casually. There were only a handful of them, so when the normal-sized hood reached her head, the brim drooped down, almost covering her eyes.

Xiao Yansui didn't care, she casually tugged in the direction of the neck to make sure that the hood would not block her view, and she preferred this kind of one that could cover half of her face, windproof and warm!

"Tomorrow is the imperial examination, why did it suddenly snow today." Xiao Yansui squinted her eyes and looked up at the sky, muttering to herself.

Axiu stood beside her and said softly, "Looking at the weather, it shouldn't be snowing too much, and I think it won't delay Sanlang's exam tomorrow."

Xiao Yansui waved her hand and said, "I'll go to my brother's place first, and then I'll go directly to Aniang's place for a meal later."

Axiu immediately nodded in response, signaling a maid to put away the teacup used by Xiao Yansui on the swing chair, and then followed behind Xiao Yansui, walking out of the yard with the rustling snow particles.

The snow had just fallen for a while, and the road surface was not even paved with a layer of white. Many snowflakes turned into water as soon as they landed on the ground, soaking the masonry ground with a stream of moisture.

Xiao Yansui walked around the corridor to the garden, walked straight all the way, and passed the arch leading to the main courtyard where Xiao Song and He Shi lived without looking back. For more than ten years, Xiao Yansui has not He didn't have the habit of visiting his grandmother, He Shi, and even the maids and servants in Xiao Yansui's yard, after a long time, had the realization that unless Xiao Song had something to do with her, otherwise, Xiao Yansui He definitely would not go to the He family's yard.As for He Shi, who knows what is going on in her heart...

When Xiao Yansui arrived, Xiao Heng was casually flipping through books in the room.

"Liu Niang?" Seeing her, Xiao Heng's handsome and gentle face immediately showed a happy smile. He calmly put down the book, got up and walked to his sister, stroking her hair, expressing concern. Asked: "Why did you come here suddenly, is it cold?"

"It's okay, it's snowing outside." Xiao Yansui said as she handed over her cloak to the maidservant, took the sleeve stove for warming her hands, and then sat down on the warm bed unceremoniously Then he continued: "You have an exam tomorrow, I'll come and see you."

Xiao Heng burst out laughing, and also walked over, stood in front of Xiao Yansui and said with a smile, "Worried about brother's exam tomorrow?"

Xiao Yansui raised her head and glanced at him, "That's not the case."

Because Xiao Heng was going to take part in the imperial examination, Xiao Yansui asked someone to ask about the imperial examination in recent years.Then, Xiao Yansui was an eye-opener.

The imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty at this moment are different from those of later generations that have become more stringent and tortured.

The name of the paper is not ambiguous. This is one. During the exam, it is allowed to bring a few designated books, which is equivalent to opening the book. This is the second. Moreover, during the exam, if the people sitting next to you are more compatible, whisper It's okay to discuss two sentences, this is the third.As for the most important fourth, before the exam starts, these candidates will usually send their proud articles, poems, etc. to the examiner and others to get some impression points first.

To put it bluntly, the imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty at this time were actually interviews first, followed by written tests. The written test was relatively free to open the book, and, except for the examinees who tried their best to brush their faces in front of the examiners before the start of the exam, the relatives, friends, and teachers of the candidates Famous people will also go to talk to the examiner.

Something similar to, "I know someone from that family, he has a good literary talent, I think he can be the number one scholar!"

Then the examiner can tell him, "The so-and-so from the other family has almost already decided to be the champion. The top three of the gold list have already been selected. There is really no place. How about No. 4?"

Of course, for Xiao Heng, the only problem is that this year's chief examiner is Li Linfu, and Li Linfu has always been afraid of Xiao Song.

It's just that Xiao Song doesn't care about things a lot, so the fight between them is really not fierce. It's not as fierce as when Prince Li Heng was besieged by Li Linfu. On the bright side it is.

Even before, Xiao Song specially came here in private, stroking his beautiful beard, leisurely comforting his eldest grandson and saying: "It is me that Li Linfu has been afraid of for so many years, I am old too, Aunt. I think he should be able to guess that after you become an official, within two years, A Weng will also plan to resign from the saint, he is stupid to choose this moment to embarrass you!"

Xiao Song had a bad temper back then, but most of the time no one provoked him, so he has been cultivating himself for so many years, Li Linfu may wish to take the initiative to pick up the younger generation of the Xiao family first, and then he can look at Xiao Song For the sake of the family, the old man took the initiative to become an official, and the one who went home to raise flowers and plants to enjoy his old age...

Although everyone is a political enemy, the main purpose is to fight for power. They are all from aristocratic families, and they count with their eyes closed. Do you really want to fight to the death?

Xiao Yansui took a sip of tea, and after warming up, she gave Xiao Heng a melancholy look, and said calmly, "I'm not worried about your exam, but I'm a little worried. Will you catch a cold in the exam room tomorrow... Why don't you drink some ginger soup or banlangen first?"

Xiao Heng: "..."

He knew that his sister's thoughts were always unexpected...