The first legitimate son of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 223 Gifts from the Emperor and Empress
After the four old men played with Duoduo for a while, it was time to give gifts. Qin Qiong was the first to say hey: "Granddaughter, Grandpa Qin came in a hurry and didn't have anything good for you. This is your Grandpa Qin." I brought a jade pendant with me since childhood. If you take it with you, you can come to my Qin house to find me at will. No one dares to stop it.

If someone dares to touch this jade pendant, if he does so, he will definitely die. "

As she spoke, Qin Qiong took a jade pendant from her neck with a grin, and hung it on Li Duoduo's neck.

Li Duoduo thanked her quickly and started playing. At the same time, Yuchi Gong also walked over with a smile on his face: "Granddaughter, Grandpa Jingde has chosen a good thing for you, look...!"

As he spoke, a gold medal appeared in Yu Chigong's hand: "This is the gold medal given to me by Your Majesty. It was given to me by Your Majesty when I was alone to rescue someone. With this gold medal in my hand, I don't have to bow when I meet a first-grade official, even under curfew. No one dares to catch you, so now I’ll give it to you.”

"Ah, this is too precious." Li An shouted quickly, because it was too precious, and some dared not take it.

Cheng Yaojin, on the other hand, smiled and nodded: "Take it, Duoduo's Grandpa Jingde gave this to Duoduo. If he is willing, An'er, you can leave it alone. Come on, Duoduo, take it. This is your Grandpa Yuchi." The gold medal I gave you, let’s see if it looks pretty?”

"Beautiful. Duoduo likes it." After Cheng Yaojin finished speaking, Li Duoduo immediately took the gold medal and was overjoyed!
"Hey, you two brothers are really hurtful. You took out such good things, what should I do?" Niu Jinda showed a slightly sad expression, but soon, Niu Jinda laughed: "So , I can only take out this...!" As he said that, he showed the dagger in his hand.

"Hiss!" Qin Qiong and Yuchi Jingde were speechless.

"Lao Niu, you are really brave enough to give me this dagger." Yuchi Jingde laughed.

"Their gifts are all so good. It would be wrong if the ones I gave were too shabby. Granddaughter, this dagger is called Black Shadow. It cuts iron like clay. It is my trophy. No matter how many people wanted it, I didn't give it to you. Today Grandpa will give it to you." After saying that, Niu Jinda handed the dagger to Li Duoduo's hand.

"Jinda, Wuying is your sidearm, how can you give it to An'er?" Cheng Yaojin was slightly moved, because Niu Jinda never left this Wuying. Even when he saw Li Shimin, Li Shimin allowed Niu Jinda to take him with him. When he gave it to Li Duoduo, Cheng Yaojin felt it was too grand.

"Hey, what's the matter? I'm happy that you have a granddaughter. It's just a dagger." Niu Jinda said it lightly.

Afterwards, Cheng Yaojin invited the three of them into the Cheng Mansion. You must know that the Cheng Mansion had prepared a lot for the banquet today. In addition to food, there were also drinking ceremonies, music and dance performances, and various entertainment performances.

And after Qin Qiong, Niu Jinda, and Yuchi Jingde came, other people began to arrive one after another. These people were basically ministers in the court. Of course, there were also nobles from various families, who came one after another. There were 300 people.The Cheng family's mansion was fully decorated.

Cheng Yaojin then introduced Li An and Li Duoduo. Today, he introduced Li An and Li Duoduo in front of so many guests. That is to tell all the Chang'an nobles that Li An and Li Duoduo are members of my Cheng family.

But what Cheng Yaojin didn't expect was that at this moment, Li Zhi and Li Mingda came, one holding a gift from Li Shimin and the other holding a gift from Queen Changsun, which pushed the atmosphere of the banquet to the climax.

In the Li Zheng Palace, Li Shimin looked at Empress Changsun with some dissatisfaction and said: "Guanyin Maid, you are too bad. You kept hiding it from me, and finally you gave me such a good gift. I was defeated by you this time." .”

"Your Majesty...!" Empress Changsun said with a smile: "The gift you gave is also very good, but it is less thoughtful than the concubine." "Oh, Guanyin, you still laugh at me, this Huang Bao, I gave it to him last time Come here to see what you are giving. You must have seen through his idea. You also said that you would give Duoduo a pair of Ruyi jade to make everything go as he wished. But who knows, you deliberately hid your clumsiness." Li Shimin A ridiculous thing!
"Haha!" Empress Changsun laughed happily: "As soon as Huang Bao came, I knew that he came to steal what I gave him, so I lied to him.

However, Your Majesty also deceived me. I asked Si Zi to inquire about you, and what I heard was that you wanted to give Duo Duo a jade medal.

At that time, I was wondering why Your Majesty gave a girl a jade medal. "

"Haha...!" Li Shimin also laughed slightly: "You asked this little monkey Sizi to come over. You actually didn't know that she had already betrayed you as soon as she came. She told me directly that she was sent by you. , wanted to know the gift I prepared for Duoduo, and asked me to give her some benefits, but I gave it to her, and she took back the false news I gave her."

"Hey, little monkey." Empress Changsun said speechlessly: "Next time, I can't ask this little monkey to test you. She will betray me."

After Empress Changsun finished speaking, Li Shimin burst into laughter, and the laughter was full of happiness.

At this time, the gifts from Li Shimin and Empress Changsun were also taken out. These two gifts, one hard and one soft, one protective and one strike, can be said to complement each other.

The gift from Empress Changsun was two pieces, and they were sewn by Empress Changsun herself. They were two large cloaks, one large and one small. This large cloak is actually a cloak. As the name suggests, a cloak is a coat worn on the body, usually with a tie around the neck. Belts make it easier for people to wear them. In ancient times, cloaks were actually different from what everyone thought. There were actually differences in length. Long ones were called "big cloaks", while short ones were called "帔".

Some ancient cloaks even added long sleeves on both sides when designing them to make it easier for people to wear.

During the Tang Dynasty, not everyone could wear a cloak. It was generally seen in the aristocratic life of the upper class of society and was quite popular.In fact, the reason why cloaks are popular in aristocratic circles is relatively simple. Some readers may have already thought of it, because it is a status symbol.

Many people may not understand this. Let’s popularize science here. In ancient times, you could not wear whatever you wanted. Many dynasties had clear requirements for the clothing of residents.

Taking the Sui Dynasty, which is closest to the Tang Dynasty, as an example, "Sui Shu·Tan Yi Zhi" records: In the early years of the Sui Dynasty, there were no requirements for the clothing of the people. By the time of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, the law clearly stipulated that only the emperor could wear Yellow clothes, officials mainly wear cyan, while civilians can only wear white clothes, and traders must wear black. Anyone who violates this can be punished.

By the time the Tang Dynasty actually did not have too many requirements on the color of clothes, it still had certain rules. For example, in terms of the materials used for clothes, ordinary people were not allowed to use silk fabrics.

Therefore, for the upper-class nobles during the Tang Dynasty, cloaks were actually a noble item that represented status.

As long as Li An and Li Duoduo put on the cloaks sewn by Empress Changsun, their status will be very different. If ordinary petty officials want to have bad intentions towards the two of them, even if they dare, their subordinates will not. dare not.

So this cloak is a bit like a shield, protecting Li An and Li Duoduo. It is also the love of Empress Changsun for her eldest son and granddaughter.

(End of this chapter)