People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 541 Wu Chengsi, I want to visit the door

The red panchi-pattern gold silk black-edged Daxi gown, the black three-colored seven-beam crown, the white gilded jade belt, and the black jade-patterned buckskin boots, all dressed in the bridegroom's official attire, on Li Xuan's body, she looked heroic and upright.

Ouyang looked at his son with satisfaction, turned his head to look to the side, and said to the two embroiderers on the side: "That's it, go to the accountant to receive the reward."

The two embroiderers immediately said, "Thank you, Princess!"

Li Xuan opened her arms, looked at the huge bronze mirror in front of her, and looked at the heroic and handsome self in the bronze mirror. She shook her head slightly and said, "Mum, my son is still handsome and handsome without powder."

"There is no bridegroom who doesn't dress up well." Ouyang waved his hands, and said to the maids on both sides: "Take it off, it's only the sixth day of the day, and you only wear it on the ninth day."

Li Xuan stood helplessly where she was, allowing the maid beside her to take off the groom's robe.

His groom's robe had been custom-made while he was away.

But even though it's only been a month, he's still grown a bit taller, so after he came back, he asked the embroiderer to slightly modify it to fit him better.

When Li Xuan put on a moon-white robe with jade patterns again, Ouyang suddenly said with a little disgust: "Hurry up, hurry up, there are still many things to be arranged here, don't be an eyesore here."

"Son obeys the order!" Li Xuan smiled wryly and left.

……

After leaving the inner hall, red wedding sheds have already begun to be arranged in the courtyard, and red silk and satin are also wrapped around the corners.

As the sun sets, the people in the mansion are still busy going back and forth, only Li Xuan can only watch like an unrelated person.

Many female relatives and maids from nearby palaces also came to help, and one of them shuttled back and forth in the courtyard.

A wedding is a very cumbersome matter, not to mention that Li Xuan is still the king of the dynasty, so there are even more things to be busy inside and out.

On the day of the wedding, officials from Zongzheng Temple also came to the door.

In addition to enrolling Liu Jinyu in the clan roster, all the clothes and identity tokens owned by the princess of the county will be issued to her.

Li Xuan is the current king of the first rank, and Liu Jinyu is the princess of the first rank.

According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, princesses, concubines, concubines, and concubines are the first grade—the king, heir king, mother of the county king, and his wife are concubines.

However, although the same princesses, concubines, concubines, and concubines are all of the first rank, the elders are the first, the elders are the first, the direct relatives are the first, and those with titles are the first. For example, Princess Huainan, except for Empress Wu, The first wife of the Tang Dynasty.

Even the Crown Princess, even Princess Taiping, is far worse.

Although Liu Jinyu will be a first-rank princess, she is as inconspicuous as Li Xuan, the county prince, in the entire clan.

If Li Xuan hadn't been tossing around in Luoyang back then, she wouldn't have the current job and the emperor's trust.

At this time, Li Zhu quickly came to Li Xuan's ear, and whispered: "My lord, Doctor Chao San has arrived at the door."

Li Xuan's expression became serious, and she quickly walked towards the door.

A black carriage stopped at the gate of the palace, Uncle Zhong stood in front of the carriage, Li Xuan's cousin Zhao Gong reached out to help his aunt Cui Shi out of the carriage, behind Zhao Qi just opened the curtain, Zhao Huan jumped out.

"Uncle, aunt!" Li Xuan hurriedly stood aside, bowing in salute.

"Da Lang!" Zhao Gong reached out and patted Li Xuan's shoulder, and said with a smile: "You boy, you didn't go to the city when you arrived in Luoyang. I don't see, I have grown taller, and I have become darker."

"My nephew is fine, uncle, aunt, please come inside!" Li Xuan directly led Zhao Gong and his family into the middle hall.

"Where's your mother and concubine?" Zhao Gong asked smoothly.

"Auntie is cleaning up in the back." Li Xuan looked sideways at Li Zhu who was on the side, and said, "Take Auntie to see Auntie!"

"Here!" Li Zhu immediately led his aunt Cui to the backyard.

In the main hall of the middle hall, Zhao Gong looked at everything that was red and festive inside and out, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "That's right, it's only been a few years, and Dalang is already married."

"Uncle!"

"Okay, let's talk about business." Zhao Gong's expression immediately became serious, and he said: "Uncle was able to come together a few days ago, but there was an order from the Queen of Heaven to let Secretary Supervisor Wu Chengsi and Uncle Wei go together. It was only a few days late."

"Wu Chengsi?" Li Xuan couldn't help raising his brows, this guy is not a good person.

Li Xuan and Wu Chengsi had a face-to-face meeting at the funeral of Emperor Xiaojing in Luoyang.

But it was just a face-to-face meeting, and the two sides had no communication at all, and they didn't even know each other.

Wu Chengsi was the son of Wu Yuanshuang, the second elder brother of Empress Wu. When Wu Yuanshuang was exiled to Zhenzhou and died in retaliation by Empress Wu, Wu Chengsi was also dispatched to Lingnan.

After He Lanmin's death, Wu Chengsi was called back to Beijing from Lingnan by Empress Wu.

This is a guy with a sinister personality, he does things ruthlessly and desperately.

But at this time, Wu Chengsi's ambition has not been stimulated.

His real ambitions swelled when Empress Wu abolished Li Xian and was in charge of the court.

Now that He Lanmin is in the front row, this guy doesn't dare to act recklessly.

……

Seeing Li Zhu's return, Li Xuan beckoned and said, "Outside the gate of the Lecheng County Government, put more people there, don't let anyone take advantage of it."

"Here!" Li Zhu turned around and left without any hesitation.

Seeing Li Xuan's nervous face, Zhao Gong said with a wry smile: "The children of the Wu family have all been abused by He Lanminzhi, and now people have to be careful when they meet them, even you are no exception. .”

"Uncle, no one can guarantee that he won't go crazy, and no one can bear the consequences of an accident. Uncle knows more about the importance of this matter than his nephew, and he can't make any mistakes. If it weren't for this, uncle wouldn't I was summoned to accompany Wu Chengsi to come."

"This is the meaning of the Queen of Heaven."

"The Queen of Heaven ordered Wu Chengsi to congratulate his nephew's wedding. He wanted to use the opportunity of his nephew's wedding to communicate with the nobles in Chang'an and indirectly tie his nephew to the boat. The nephew could not refuse, but Be careful, there is nothing wrong with it." Li Xuan sneered slightly.

Empress Wu's thoughts are somewhat wishful thinking.

He Lanmin learned from the past, how those honorable children in Chang'an dared to associate with the children of the Wu family so easily.

In recent years, although Empress Wu and the emperor were called the Second Sage, she had very strict requirements on Wu's relatives, and the only one who relaxed was He Lanminzhi, but it was this relaxation that caused major problems.

Wu Chengsi was transferred back to the center, and it was only a year or two, but Empress Wu still strictly restrained him, and didn't even let him have more contact with courtiers.

But now, Empress Wu seems to have changed her attitude.

As Wu Chengsi, as long as there is a little bit of news, there will be those descendants of the family who are in decline, and they will want to give it a go.

Consciously or unintentionally, Li Xuan played the role of a middleman, and he still couldn't refuse.

"You!" Zhao Gong sighed helplessly.

Li Xuan's attitude is not surprising, the impact of He Lanminzhi's incident is too bad.

"Actually, Uncle Wu Chengsi should know what kind of person he is. I'm afraid the inner guards have placed people around him. He looks gentle and courteous, but when he returns home, he can't hide how cruel and tyrannical he is." Li Xuan's faint words made Zhao Gong immediately understand Li Xuan's extra concern for Wu Chengsi.

And Li Xuan would only say these words to Zhao Gong.

"Then when he comes the next day, I will keep him away from you." Zhao Gong nodded cautiously, his attitude has changed.

"Is he coming the day after tomorrow?" Li Xuan frowned a little, the day after tomorrow will be the eighth day of the lunar new year, and the ninth day will be the wedding day.

Zhao Gong gave Li Xuan an angry look: "You got married on the ninth day of the ninth day, how could you have time to talk to others, he naturally wanted to come over on the eighth day."

Li Xuan thought for a while, and said in a low voice: "Uncle, don't make it too obvious, after all, everything is the Queen's intention, what the Queen wants to see, I will do my best, and the rest will be him. It's my own business."

"Da Lang, don't make random calculations on this matter, if you really want to annoy the Empress, you will be in even more trouble." Zhao Gong's expression became serious, he knew Li Xuan best, Li Xuan just rolled his eyes, I was already calculating something in my heart.

Li Xuan smiled, looked at Zhao Gong and shook his head, said: "How dare my nephew act recklessly, uncle, don't worry, my nephew won't do anything, sometimes it's good to sit back and watch his defeat."

Wu Chengsi is the best sharp blade for Empress Wu to ascend the throne, and the threat is even higher than Wu Sansi.

If Liang Wang Wu Sansi is just a common man, then Wei Wang Wu Chengsi is a jackal.

Li Xuan himself was unable to attack Wu Chengsi, at least under the eyes of the emperor and queen of heaven.

However, some people can attack Wu Chengsi, such as the king of the Western Regions, such as the king of the East China Sea.

Once Empress Wu finds out that Wu Chengsi has connections with those people, Empress Wu will be the first to kill him.

In Luoyang City, Li Xuan was single and weak, but now, he already has the power to kill.

But to kill Wu Chengsi, it's best for Empress Wu to do it.

After all, the Wu family still has Wu Sansi.

……

Putting aside the topic of Wu Chengsi, Zhao Gong took out a book from his sleeve and handed it to Li Xuan, saying: "In it, it was the dowry gift sent to Liu's family at the time of Dading a month ago, and the things at the bottom are not dowry gifts. In the list, it's for your father-in-law alone."

According to the customs of the Tang Dynasty, the date of Dading should be held one to three months before the wedding.

Although Li Xuan was in Wuzhou at the time, he did not need to be personally involved in these matters.

Li Xuan opened the gift list, it said 66 catties of gold, 66 catties of silver, and a dendrobium of pearls.

There are 99 pieces of fine silk, 99 pieces of fine brocade, eight pairs of sandalwood boxes, and two huanghuali vertical cabinets.

There are ten sets of white porcelain tea sets, ten sets of celadon tea sets, and ten sets of pan-green tea sets.

Ten white porcelain vases, ten celadon porcelain vases, and ten pan-green porcelain vases.

A pair of sapphire Ruyi and a pair of Oak Ruyi.

White jade green luan jade pendant, white jade peacock jade pendant, white cloud swan jade pendant, white jade mandarin duck pendant, each pair.

Eight white jade bracelets, two jade plaques, and a pair of jade finger rings.

A pair of gold hairpins playing with dragons and phoenixes, a pair of silver hairpins inlaid with jade, a pair of pearl jade hairpins, a pair of sandalwood wooden hairpins...

There is a mountain villa in the outskirts of Chengdu, with [-] mu of land, a Sanjin house in the West City of Chang'an, and six silk and satin shops in the south of Luoyang City.

Eight boxes of various teas, spices from the Western Regions, ginseng, bezoar, seal skin, fish tooth cotton, etc.

A total of 32 loads and 64 boxes were delivered to the Lecheng County Government.

There is another line below, gold, silver, copper coins, pearls and porcelain not on the gift list, white jade and emeralds, some, worth about [-]% of the previous ones, all privately given to Li Xuan's father-in-law Liu Yuanlang.

Liu Yuanlang has only had the title of Chao Yilang for many years. Although he is in charge of the internal affairs of the Liu family, he has no official position and doesn't have much savings.

And even Liu Rengui didn't have much savings besides the land rewarded by the emperor.

It is estimated that even with the private gifts from Li Xuan, the Liu family's dowry is still a bit tight.

After all, apart from gold, silver and copper coins, the dowry that Li Xuan gave was not easy to move.

But being tighter isn't necessarily a bad thing.

(End of this chapter)