Volume 1 Princess Taiping Grows Up Chapter 27 Perversion
Li Zhi and Wu Zetian were quite fond of the new fan. Apart from anything else, it was convenient to carry around, not to mention that it was made by their most beloved youngest daughter and had a BUFF bonus.
Li Yuechen is happy when the couple is happy, and she still lives her life with self-discipline every day.
The happiest person recently is Shangguan Wan'er, because Li Yuechen will play shuttlecock with her when he is free.
Although clothes always get dirty, Eunuch Fu has arranged for other palace maids to wash them.
He was very perceptive and knew that this little girl was very much liked by Li Yuechen. Although she was indeed a servant, His Highness's attitude towards her was equivalent to that of a study companion.
Eunuch Fu, who was very discerning, had placed a bet on Shangguan Wan'er. If she became successful in the future, she might be able to help him out.
It doesn’t matter if you can’t get up, it’s just a matter of convenience.
In the afternoon, Li Yuechen was writing and drawing at the desk. Shangguan Wan'er came over and saw some simple jars drawn on the paper.
"Your Highness, are you going to make new artifacts?" Shangguan Wan'er asked curiously.
"It is possible... but it is a little difficult. I don't know if it will succeed in the end." Li Yuechen scratched his hair helplessly.
What you need to make is very simple, just canned food.
But the problem is that canned food in the future will be made of glass bottles, but in this era, there is only porcelain.
She has no plans to get the glass out yet. This is for her to use to make money in the future, and she can't just give it away for nothing.
But the problem is whether porcelain can be made into cans, she really has no idea.
After much thought, I decided to seal it with a cork, just like storing wine, and then seal it with wax.
If it succeeds, it succeeds. If it doesn’t, forget it.
It’s almost the season when peaches are ripe, so I can ask Li Zhi for a few pounds of peaches to try out the experiment.
One was drawing and the other was watching, and there was silence between the two girls.
However, there was no awkwardness in this silence. Instead, Li Yuechen smiled at her from time to time.
Shangguan Wan'er also responded with a smile, and her two big eyes became curved.
With a "crash", the sound of something falling suddenly sounded outside the hall.
Li Yuechen looked up, put down the brush in his hand and walked out of the hall.
Because the weather was hot, Li Yuechen didn't want to wear thick socks, so she walked around the hall barefoot.
Anyway, the palace is covered with top-quality wooden floors, and the eunuchs and palace maids wipe and clean them every day, so they don't look dirty at all.
I walked on it barefoot for a whole day, and there was no dust on the soles of my feet.
When they arrived at the door, Eunuch Fu squatted down to help her put on her clogs, then went outside to check the cause of the noise.
The clogs of this era are no different from those of the future. They can be considered a kind of simple summer sandals.
The common ones among the common people are square, but those in the palace or in wealthy families are mostly rounded, which looks more beautiful.
It is true that wooden clogs are quite cool to wear, but the problem is that they make a clacking sound when you walk, which can be heard from a long distance away and can even cause an echo in an empty hall.
When I came out, I saw Xiao He squatting on the ground picking up a bunch of long and thin bamboos. This should be the thing that just fell.
Li Yuechen raised a hand to block the glaring sunlight and asked, "What are these bamboos for?"
Xiao He bowed and said, "Your Highness, in a few days it will be the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, so we will make zongzi."
"Oh..." Li Yuechen nodded, remembering it.
In this era, there was no word for "Dragon Boat Festival", and people usually just said it was May 5th.
Moreover, at that time, not all rice dumplings were wrapped in leaves, some were placed in bamboo tubes.
The only thing that makes Li Yuechen a little unhappy is that there are no salty rice dumplings in this era, only sweet ones.
I didn’t celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival properly in the past few years, so this year I should experience how the ancients celebrated the festival.
I have heard that there is a tradition of dragon boat racing among the people, but the Tang court advocated frugality and the government did not organize such activities.
Shangguan Wan'er beside him patted her head and said, "Your Highness, how about joining me in the Herb Fight this year?"
"Fighting Herbs?" Li Yuechen was puzzled. This was the first time he heard of this thing.
Shangguan Wan'er finally understood after some scientific research.
There are two types of fighting: "literary fighting" and "physical fighting". The literary fighting means that both sides take turns to bring out different flowers and plants and see if they can name them within the specified time. It is a competition of knowledge.
As for fighting, both sides would take one each, cross them and pull them against each other, and the winner would be the one who broke the opponent's stick.
Li Yuechen thought about it, isn't this just pulling the tendons? In some places, it is also called pulling the old treasure, tug of war, etc. Children often play it.
But at that time we only used tree leaves and roots, and never thought that we could use grass stems.
Now that it was brought up, Li Yuechen also felt that he could regain the feeling of his childhood, so he immediately ran to the side of Taiye Lake, found a pair of good-looking grass stems, and handed them to Fulai.
"Eunuch Fu, soak these grass stems overnight."
“Yes!”
…
The Dragon Boat Festival was in two days. On the second day, Li Zhi rewarded some ministers with longevity silk and gauze clothes in the court.
Longevity silk is also called five-color silk. It is a bracelet made of silk threads of five different colors and can be tied around the wrist.
Generally speaking, only ministers of relatively high status can enjoy this treatment, such as the left and right prime ministers and the chief censor.
Gauze clothes, which are used to keep out the summer heat, are more like unit benefits. Basically, any official who has the right to attend court sessions can get one.
Then came the Dragon Boat Festival. This year, Li Zhi decided to spend more time with his family, so he held an archery competition by the Taiye Lake. All the concubines and children in the palace were present.
Archery is not about shooting at a target, but about shooting at rice dumplings.
The finished bamboo tube rice dumplings are placed on the table, and there is a piece of cloth in front of the arrow shaft instead of an arrow head.
Use a special small bow to shoot the rice dumplings on the stage. If you hit the target, you can eat it. If you miss, you will be fined with wine or other punishments.
Since there were no other ministers present and they were all family members, Li Zhi was much more relaxed than usual.
He took the small bow handed over by Zhang Chengxin and was about to shoot the first arrow. Wu Zetian whispered to him, "Your Majesty, your eyes are not feeling well, so it is better not to participate."
Her meaning was simple. If she missed the target, no one would dare to say anything, but she would definitely lose face.
Li Zhi waved his hand with a relaxed look on his face: "No problem!"
Li Yuechen next to him also smiled and was not too worried.
In fact, the quality of your eyes has little to do with this. As an athlete, Li Yuechen knows this very well. Many Olympic shooting champions are severely myopic!
Many people don’t know that a person who has the ability to shoot an arrow through the target from a hundred paces away may not even be able to see the poplar tree.
This is enough to prove that this kind of movement actually relies more on feeling than eyes.
Since you are using a small bow, you don't need to stand too far away, about three meters or so.
Li Zhi drew his bow and arrow, took aim, released the bowstring, and the arrow flew out, accurately hitting a bamboo tube.
The bamboo tube fell down with a thud, and Li Yuechen stood up and applauded: "Grandpa is so powerful!"
Hearing his daughter's praise, Li Zhi smiled and threw the small bow in his hand to Zhang Chengxin.
The other children and concubines also applauded and cheered. Li Zhi walked over with a calm smile on his face and picked up Li Yuechen: "Give me the zongzi!"
Zhang Chengxin handed over the rice dumpling he shot, and Li Zhi stuffed it directly into Li Yuechen's hand: "Here, Chen'er, eat it!"
Li Yuechen agreed, but got down from Li Zhi's arms, took out the whole rice dumpling that had been glued together into a cylindrical shape in the bamboo tube, divided it into several pieces, and ate it with his brothers and sisters.
Li Zhi, who had already sat down, nodded, turned around and smiled at Wu Zetian: "We are so lucky to share this, Chen'er is not simple!"
Wu Zetian also nodded with a look of relief.
In fact, they all don’t know that Li Yuechen simply doesn’t like sweet things.
Not only Li Zhi, but also my mother Wu Zetian and other concubines started shooting zongzi. What's more, they were all very accurate and everyone hit the target!
Among the children, the two older sisters had never learned archery and did not hit the target, so they were punished by drinking wine.
The eldest brother Li Hong and the second brother Li Xian did well and hit the target, but the third brother didn't hit the target and was also fined a glass of wine.
As for the fourth child, Li Lun, he was still young and couldn't even pull a bow, so they didn't let Li Yuechen try.
It’s better not to try. Although Li Yuechen has played with bows and arrows, she played with a mechanical compound bow, which is essentially different from the bows and arrows of this era.
Li Zhi seemed to realize that the children wanted to play, so he waved his hand and let them play freely. He took the queen and concubines to appreciate flowers and recite poems.
Seeing that the time had come, Li Yuechen waved to Eunuch Fu and said, "Give me those grass stems."
Seeing Li Xian and the others taking out the various grass stems they had collected, Li Yuechen thought to himself, today I will let you understand the fear of being dominated!
First of all, in terms of literary battle, Li Yuechen simply gave up and admitted defeat.
She actually knew the names of many flowers and plants, but the names used in later generations were quite different from those of this era.
Then when the fight started, they were all defeated by Li Yuechen.
After all, her grass stems had been specially processed. Those that Li Xian and the others had started collecting two days ago were already dry and would naturally break if pulled.
Whether it was the brothers or the palace maids and eunuchs beside them, they were all defeated by Li Yuechen.
After an hour of fierce battles, Li Yuechen deservedly became the King of Herbs this time.
In the evening, after dinner, Li Yuechen returned to Chengxiang Hall and sat on the steps outside the palace to enjoy the cool air.
Shangguan Wan'er was sitting next to him and asked curiously, "Why is Your Highness so invincible today?"
Li Yuechen looked at the starry sky and smiled mysteriously: "The secret cannot be revealed!"
Hearing her answer, Shangguan Wan'er lowered her eyelids, seeming a little disappointed.
"I'll give you some next year so you can be invincible too!"
"Are you serious?" Shangguan Wan'er raised her head, and her big eyes became bright again.
"really!"
Shangguan Wan'er laughed again: "Thank you, Your Highness!"
…
Two days passed in a blink of an eye, and it was time for Li Yuechen to visit Mrs. Rongguo.
Eunuch Fu was busy today, so he didn't follow, and only Xiao He was around.
The carriage stopped outside the house, the Jinwu Guards automatically dispersed, and Li Yuechen took Xiao He into the Fu Mansion.
Seeing her granddaughter coming, Mrs. Rongguo smiled brightly. She pulled her into the house and prepared a lot of cakes for her to eat.
It’s like this every time she comes here. Li Yuechen feels that she should increase her exercise volume, otherwise she might be overweight.
Speaking of which, I always heard that fat was considered beautiful in the Tang Dynasty, but when I came here I realized that this fat did not refer to obesity.
The aesthetic standards of the Tang Dynasty were round faces, big breasts and big buttocks. They were plump and well-proportioned. The oval faces of the future are indeed not in line with modern aesthetics.
Of course, food alone was not enough. Before leaving, Mrs. Rongguo stuffed her with a bag of Kaiyuan Tongbao coins and told her to buy whatever she liked when she returned to the palace.
Actually, there is nothing to buy. The palace has everything that is available outside. The palace also has things that are not available outside. There is really nothing to spend money on.
At most, he could give some rewards to the servants occasionally, so Li Yuechen just kept it.
After spending the whole morning with Mrs. Rongguo and having lunch at noon, Li Yuechen got up and prepared to leave.
"Grandma, please don't send me off. I should rest more."
After stopping Mrs. Rong who was about to escort Xiao He to the door, Li Yuechen took Xiao He out of the main hall and left.
When I arrived at the front yard, I saw a white shadow suddenly flash out from behind the rockery and come in front of me.
When I looked up, it was indeed Helan Minzhi. He probably saw the Jinwu Guards outside the house so he didn't go in immediately.
"Greetings, Her Royal Highness the Princess!" Helan Minzhi saluted.
"No need to be polite, cousin." Li Yuechen raised his hand. "Grandmother is in the hall, cousin, please feel free to do as you please."
After saying that, he was about to leave, but Helan Minzhi dodged and still stood in front of him.
"Princess, don't worry. We cousins should also be closer!" As he said this, Helan Minzhi showed a smile that he thought was very handsome.
Well, he was handsome, but Li Yuechen didn't want to pay attention to him: "Next time for sure!"
She was about to leave after saying that, but Helan Minzhi still didn't move away. Instead, he half squatted down, squinting his eyes and looked her up and down.
"I can't believe it. After not seeing you for so long, the princess has changed a lot. I can tell she will be the beauty she will be in the future!"
Um?
Li Yuechen felt that something was not right when he heard this. Why did it sound so perverted?
As soon as he finished speaking, he actually reached out to touch her face!
Li Yuechen took a step back, and Xiao He beside him stood up: "My dear, please respect yourself!"
With a crisp "pa" sound, Helan Minzhi actually raised his hand and slapped Xiaohe.
Xiao He didn't seem to expect that he would dare to attack her. She saw stars and staggered to the ground after being slapped.
"You dog slave! Who allowed you to make a sound?" Helan Minzhi cursed angrily.
Then he stretched out his hand to grab Li Yuechen's shoulder, with a sly smile on his face: "It's been a long time since I last saw you, cousin. I miss you so much! Come, let's get closer today!"
Li Yuechen took a step back and frowned.
You pervert! I'm only five years old and you can't let me go? People like this should be hung up and beaten to death!
Xiao He next to her shook her head vigorously and got up, grabbing Helan Minzhi's clothes with great effort, and wanted to say something, but was kicked on the shoulder by him again.
Xiao He groaned and fell heavily to the ground!
