Volume 1 Princess Taiping Grows Up Chapter 10 Small Gift
To be honest, Li Yuechen's memory for sports is pretty good.
The next day, I went to Liu Rengui's house and practiced the routine for a whole morning. I was able to remember most of it.
Liu Rengui, who was sitting in the pavilion drinking yogurt, couldn't help but nod his head repeatedly: "The princess is smart, she will definitely be a top-notch expert in the future!"
Li Yuechen also smiled and made an irregular bow: "Thank you for the compliment, Master!"
Liu Rengui just smiled at her strange look of a child pretending to be mature, and his weathered face seemed to have regained some youthfulness.
He was considered a famous general, but both his two sons and grandsons were far from his expectations, which seemed like they were neither good at literature nor at martial arts.
Originally, I was reluctant to do the job of teaching the princess martial arts, but after two days, I suddenly felt good when I saw that the princess was not arrogant at all and was quirky and cute.
After all, I am already an old man, and it would be nice for me to be able to exercise with the little girl.
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but think of my two grandchildren. If...
But then he shook his head. Considering how favored this princess was, how could my Liu family possibly marry into her family?
If Li Yuechen knew what he was thinking now, he would probably open his eyes wide and shout, "What the hell? I treat you as my master, but you want me to be your granddaughter-in-law?"
"Your Highness...it's almost time. How about some yogurt?" Liu Rengui waved his hand.
"good!"
Li Yuechen, who had just finished a set of martial arts, was sweating profusely. He came into the pavilion, and Xiao He and Eunuch Fu beside him quickly poured him a bowl of yogurt.
Although they were master and disciple, the princess was still the princess, and Liu Rengui didn't dare to call her "disciple" directly.
"Your Highness is smart. Once you are familiar with it, you won't have to come here every day. Once you have a solid foundation, you can naturally learn other things. I hope Your Highness will not be anxious."
"Okay, Yuechen understands!"
He knew very well that practicing martial arts was not something that could be done overnight, and since he had the soul of an adult, he was not in a hurry.
When the practice reached noon, Li Yuechen announced his resignation.
After all, it was not a big deal to eat at the master's house every day, so when the sun was almost directly overhead, he got on the carriage and went back.
Just after returning to Chengxiang Palace and having dinner, Xiao He came to report: "Your Highness, Eunuch Zhang is here."
"Please come in!"
Li Yuechen stood up from the mat and walked quickly to the door.
Zhang Chengxin walked over from the corridor with a smile: "Your Highness, the Saint just issued an edict to restore the status of the two princesses. He specifically asked me to ask, Your Highness, do you want to go with us?"
Li Yuechen nodded: "Let's go together!"
Xiao He hurried over to help her put on her shoes, and Eunuch Fu was also busy preparing.
After arriving at the Ye Ting Palace and finding his two sisters, Zhang Chengxin began to read the imperial edict.
Li Yuechen didn't understand what was said specifically, but the gist was that because Li Yuechen said blood is thicker than water, the two were released and the princess' identity was restored.
After hearing the contents of the imperial edict, the two sisters first raised their heads in surprise, looking at Li Yuechen who was smiling beside Zhang Chengxin, and then said in unison: "Thank you, Saint!"
From now on, these two sisters will still be princesses of the Tang Dynasty. They will live together in the villa of Chengxiang Palace and play with Li Yuechen when they have nothing to do.
Li Yuechen was of course very happy too, and trotted over to the two of them: "Congratulations, sisters."
"We should also thank Yuechen!" Princess Xuancheng replied with a smile.
After chatting for a few words, Li Yuechen raised her head and walked to the side of Liu Shanggong, nodded and said: "Thank you Liu Shanggong for taking care of the two sisters during this period. If you need my help in the future, Yuechen will do his best within his ability."
Liu Shanggong was pleasantly surprised: "Your Highness is too polite, this is all part of my job!"
Li Yuechen's words meant that she was doing her a favor. As long as she didn't do anything stupid, she could still say a word about some small matters.
Then he came to Zhang Chengxin and said, "Eunuch Zhang, how about we go to Chengxiang Palace together to drink some yogurt?"
"Thank you, Your Highness. However, we still have to report to the Saint, so we won't go." Zhang Chengxin said with a smile as he bent down.
Li Yuechen didn't say much, but just asked Eunuch Fu to deliver it on her behalf.
Then, holding the hands of their two sisters, they walked towards Chengxiang Hall, and from time to time they lifted their feet and walked forward like swinging on a swing.
Zhang Chengxin and Eunuch Fu, who had walked not far away, looked back with smiles on their faces.
"How is it? Is it okay for us to arrange this job for you?"
"Ouch!" Eunuch Fu bent down slightly, smiling: "That's right, thank you, Grandpa!"
Zhang Chengxin flicked the whisk in his hand, with an unfathomable smile on his face: "The little princess is in the emperor's favor, serve her well, and you will have a good life in the future!"
"Thanks to Grandpa for your kindness!" Eunuch Fu said as he reached into his pocket and said, "A few days ago, the saint gave me some..."
Before he could finish his words, Zhang Chengxin pressed his arm with a whisk.
"I thought you were a sensible person. How nice is the little princess to us servants every day? You even want to touch this money? Are you tired of living, you dog slave?" Zhang Chengxin growled in a low voice with gritted teeth.
Eunuch Fu didn't expect that he hit the horse's leg instead of the butt, and quickly admitted his mistake: "Yes! Grandpa taught me a lesson! I won't dare to do it again!!"
As he said this, he slapped himself twice.
"Okay, go back and serve the princess." Zhang Chengxin waved his hand. "If I find out that you've been deceiving the little princess, I'll kill you!"
Eunuch Fu was startled and bowed quickly: "No, no!"
"snort!"
Zhang Chengxin waved his hand, flicked his whisk, and went back to report.
…
Perhaps knowing that Li Yuechen was having a great time with her two sisters today, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian did not come over to disturb her.
At night, at Li Yuechen's suggestion, the two sisters did not go back and slept in her palace.
In fact, this is a bit against the rules, and it is not the first time for Li Yuechen to do this. After Li Zhi and Wu Zetian knew about it, they didn't say anything and said it didn't matter.
But now that she has been released, Li Yuechen has to show off and is thinking about what gift to give Li Zhi and his wife to make them happy.
Salt?
This thing sounds simple, but it is quite complicated to do.
In this day and age, even in the palace , people eat coarse salt.
However, after being transported to the palace, it would be crushed with a stone wheel, so there were very few large particles, but it was still not as fine as the salt of later generations.
It is not difficult to make the kind of fine salt that we use in later generations. Simply put, you first filter out the impurities that are insoluble in water, and then filter out the impurities that are soluble in water.
Those that are insoluble in water can be filtered through fine gauze in multiple times, while those that are soluble in water require the use of slaked lime and carbon dioxide.
These things are not difficult to make in this era. The difficulty lies in that they make too much noise and cannot be done quickly, so they cannot achieve a surprising effect.
Besides, a three or four-year-old child can make refined salt... Just imagine what kind of earthquake it will cause.
Although the powerful minister Zhangsun Wuji is dead and the Guanlong aristocratic group has fallen, the Five Surnames and Seven Families are still there.
The imperial power is indeed more concentrated now, but it has not yet reached the point where one person has the final say.
It is conceivable that once fine salt and gunpowder appeared, it would certainly trigger another struggle between the emperor and his ministers.
So this is just something you can think about, but forget about actually doing it.
Besides, his original intention was to give Li Zhi and Wu Zetian a small gift that would make them happy, so that he could continue to be a cute and obedient baby, so it would be best if it was some small gadgets that would not cause a sensation.
He couldn't think of it for the moment, but Li Yuechen was not in a hurry. He didn't issue a military order anyway, so he could just figure it out when he could.
So I went to bed early and got up early as usual, and got up early the next morning to continue practicing at Liu Rengui's house, thinking that it would be best to write down the routines he taught me today.
When sitting in the carriage to Liu Rengui's house again, Li Yuechen looked out through the curtain of the carriage again.
The streets of this era made him feel uncomfortable, because there were no shops on the streets, and they were all made of the same walls, which looked awkward.
Although there were many men and women walking on the street, it seemed that because of the Jinwu Guards around them, none of them dared to look over here.
Feeling bored, Li Yuechen was about to lower the curtain when he suddenly saw two men who had just started to grow beards fighting on the street.
The two men rolled around on the ground, their clothes covered with a layer of dust.
While beating me, I also cursed at you, you called me a "peasant slave" and I called me a "dog killer".
While he kept talking, his hands also kept moving, and he started punching the opponent.
A trace of dust flew up on the ground around them, and passers-by walked around it as if it was nothing unusual.
Wu Hou, who was about three or five meters away, seemed to be oblivious to this.
This phenomenon was not unexpected for Li Yuechen.
After being in this era for so long, she has discovered many things that she didn't know before.
People in the Tang Dynasty were basically like this. They would fight if they disagreed with each other. To put it nicely, they were passionate people, but to put it bluntly, they had a bad temper.
The swear words of this era are very simple, basically "go to hell" or "beast", and do not involve the other party's female relatives.
Of course, in this era, if it involves the other party's female relatives, it will probably not be a fight of fists, but a fight of swords and blood.
As for those warriors who are there to maintain order, they generally don't bother to care. As long as you don't use knives to chop people in the street, you can beat them as you like.
Come to think of it, it was not until I came to this era that I realized that the word "獠" is also a swear word.
If you think about it carefully, the legendary statement made by his mother Wu Zetian in the court, "Why not kill this beast?" can be translated as, "Why not slaughter this beast?"
Thinking of this, Li Yuechen suddenly burst out laughing, which made Xiaohe and Eunuch Fu beside him look confused.
"Why are you laughing, Your Highness?"
Li Yuechen suppressed a smile and waved her hand: "I just remembered something happy."
The two looked at each other and saw confusion in each other's eyes.
Although I wanted to ask what the happy thing was, I didn't ask in the end.
…
After arriving at Liu Rengui's house and practicing the routine for a whole morning, I was basically familiar with it.
Liu Rengui said that in the future I don't need to come here every day, I just need to come here every few days to check if my practice has deteriorated.
Li Yuechen agreed, practiced until noon, and then returned to the palace.
Suddenly I remembered that I would not be attending court today, so I planned to go and see if Li Zhi and Wu Zetian had eaten, and say hello to them and make my presence felt.
When we arrived inside the Yanying Hall, we saw Li Zhi sitting cross-legged on the couch with his head full of silver needles, like a hedgehog.
Wu Zetian watched from the side, ready to help at any time.
The imperial physician was standing behind Li Zhi, constantly adjusting the silver needle in his hand.
"Chen'er is here." Li Zhi smiled slightly, "How was your practice today?"
"I've almost memorized it all," Li Yuechen walked over and sat down next to Wu Zetian, "Where's Grandpa? How's he doing?"
She knew that Li Zhi had to do acupuncture every now and then to relieve his headaches, but as far as she knew, this kind of congenital genetic disease was not so easy to cure even after more than a thousand years, let alone in this era.
Li Yuechen had also seen the imperial physician who gave him acupuncture several times. It was said that he was a disciple of the King of Medicine Sun Simiao, and his name was Liu Shenwei.
To be honest, when Li Yuechen heard this name for the first time, he felt a strong sense of being a middle school student.
But speaking of it, it seems that many people of this era are half-hearted. Let's not talk about others, just look at the couple Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, who are definitely two elderly people with half-hearted syndrome.
"It's okay, I'm fine."
"Well, Grandpa needs to get better as soon as possible. Chen'er and mom are very worried." Li Yuechen replied cutely from the side.
Wu Zetian, who was standing next to her, held her in her arms and touched her little head.
Liu Shenwei put away the silver needles that were inserted into his head one by one, then bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please allow me to take your pulse again."
"Yes." Li Zhi agreed and stretched out his hand to feel his pulse.
Li Yuechen, who was watching from the side, was suddenly stunned. Got it!
I was originally thinking about what small gift I could give to make the couple happy. Now that I think about it, there is indeed something that is very suitable!
It’s simple, easy to do, fast, and you don’t have to worry about causing a sensation!
After taking the pulse, Liu Shenwei took two steps back and bowed: "I think your majesty has recovered well in recent days. You should keep a good mood and do regular exercises every day."
Li Zhi nodded to show that he understood, and then Liu Shenwei took his leave.
It was obvious that he was in a good mood. He held Li Yuechen and played with her for a while, then ordered some food and asked his daughter to eat with him.
After the meal, looking at the pile of memorials on the table, Li Yuechen did not stay long. He just asked the couple not to get too tired and then left.
After coming out of Yanying Palace, Li Yuechen walked out directly. Eunuch Fu and Xiao He behind him were stunned for a moment and reminded him: "Your Highness, Chengxiang Palace is over there."
Li Yuechen waved his hand: "Don't go back yet, leave the palace and go to Taichang Temple!"
As soon as he heard that the princess was going to leave the palace, Eunuch Fu immediately called dozens of Jinwu Guards to follow her and then headed all the way to the imperial city.
After arriving at the Taichang Temple, Li Yuechen didn't care about anything else and went straight to the Imperial Medical Bureau.
When the imperial physician Liu Shenwei, who had just returned, heard that the princess was coming, he quickly stood up to greet her before his butt even got warm.
"Meet Her Royal Highness the Princess!"
"Doctor Liu is an elder, no need to be polite!" Li Yuechen raised his head and blinked, "I just want to ask, why can Doctor Liu know the physical condition just by touching Grandpa's hand?"
