Traveling across the heavens starting from the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 49 Interfering in Changle’s marriage

"Yue'er, I'd better eat this bunch from Li Langjun's hand."

After Li Lizhi finished speaking, she did not take the mutton skewers from the hand of the maid Yue'er. She directly reached out and took the mutton skewers handed over by Li Huaian. She put it to the tip of her nose and smelled it. It was really fragrant.

Feeling the sizzling heat of the mutton skewers, I cautiously stuck out my tongue and licked it.

"The taste is so strange."

Li Lizhi felt the taste licked by her tongue and wrinkled her nose, a little playful.

"It tastes like pepper, but not different. It also has a special taste, and the red one has a spicy feeling."

"But it's not as spicy as dogwood."

"This kind of spicy is very dry and fragrant."

"Li Langjun, what kind of seasonings are put on these mutton skewers?"

Like a little gourmet, Li Lizhi searched for various condiments on the table next to the barbecue grill, just like Columbus discovering the New World, full of curiosity, novelty, and curiosity for all kinds of exploration.

"you guess?"

Li Huaian looked at the playful Li Lizhi and felt teasing.

"Humph."

"If you don't tell me, I'll ask your wife."

Li Lizhi didn't bother with Li Huaian and just took the mutton skewers and ran to find Li Ruoqiu.

Taohua, the maid on the side, saw this and came over with two maids.

"Mr. Lang, let the slaves do it."

"Alright."

Li Huaian nodded, and the rest of the work, which was to brush the seasonings on the mutton skewers, potato slices, fish, chicken wings and other ingredients, could be left to the maid Taohua and other maids.

then.

Li Huaian handed over the control of the barbecue grill to his maid Taohua, and took a few skewers of freshly grilled mutton skewers from the barbecue grill. He didn't care to stay next to the barbecue grill and stare at the grill, attracted by the smell of barbecue. , the maid Yue'er, who kept making skewers, walked up to Li Ruoqiu and Li Lizhi with the mutton skewers, wanting to see what these two girls were talking about when they were sitting together.

so happy.

Just now.

Then he heard laughter.

Wait for Li Huaian to leave.

The maid Yue'er raised her eyes and glanced at the maid Taohua who was carefully turning over the food on the barbecue grill, and rolled her eyes.

"You are also a maid?"

"Ok?"

"It doesn't look like it. Li Langjun's attitude towards you just now doesn't look like a master's attitude towards a maid in his house. You shouldn't be a maid who helps your wife to sleep."

"Yes, but my husband has the same attitude towards the maids in the house. Whether they are bedmaids or not, just like these two maids, they are responsible for the daily affairs of the house. As long as they do things seriously, Lang Jun will There is no big difference between them.”

The maid Taohua flipped through the food on the barbecue grill, took out the cooked food and asked the maid on the side to take it away, chatting with the maid Yue'er, and generously admitted her identity as a bed attendant.

The maid Yue'er looked at the maid who was leaving with the food, and smiled at her before leaving. The smile didn't seem to be fake.

"Then can you tell me what kind of person your Mr. Li is?"

"this is OK."

The maid Taohua raised her eyes and glanced at the maid Yue'er and agreed.

She was born in Wanhualou, what kind of people have she never seen before.

It's more than enough to deal with a maid next to a princess.

Did not say.

At the barbecue grill, the two maids, Yue'er and Taohua, were having an extreme tug of war.

Just say it.

Li Huaian came to Li Ruoqiu and Li Lizhi with the mutton skewers. He held up the mutton skewers in his hand and waved them in front of the two women's eyes.

"Why are you so happy to talk? Do you want to eat mutton skewers?"

"It's freshly baked and very fragrant."

"want."

Before Li Ruoqiu could speak.

Li Lizhi, who was sitting on the other chair, immediately reached out to grab the mutton skewers in Li Huaian's hand. She had just eaten one skewer and it was not enough.

For Changle, who had never had barbecue before, she could not resist the temptation of barbecue, and her greedy mind was immediately brought out.

"Hahaha."

Li Huaian hid for a while and teased the eldest princess of Tang Dynasty Changle, who was still a little girl, before he divided the mutton skewers in his hand into two skewers and gave them to Li Lizhi.

Looking at Li Lizhi skewering mutton skewers in one hand, she looked very happy.

Li Huaian gave some of the mutton skewers to Li Ruoqiu before finding a chair and sitting down.

"Thank you Langjun."

Li Ruoqiu took the mutton skewers with a happy face.

"Then, I also thank you, Brother Huai'an."

Li Lizhi, who was eating the mutton kebabs in her hands, heard Li Ruoqiu's voice of thanks and remembered whose food the mutton kebabs she was eating were from, so she also said thanks, not to lose her grace as the eldest princess of the Tang Dynasty.

In order to appear close, Li Langjun was replaced by Brother Huai'an.

"No thanks."

"Eat slowly, there will be chicken wings, grilled fish, and potato chips soon."

"What are potato chips?"

"A kind of food. When I invited you just now, I told you a kind of food that you have never eaten before."

"Yeah, I'm curious and want to eat."

Just at this time, the maid brought over the freshly baked barbecue, and Li Ruoqiu picked up a bunch of baked potato slices from it and handed it to Li Lizhi.

"Princess, these are potato chips. They are something that is not available in the Tang Dynasty. They are also a kind of food that my husband brought back from overseas. They are very delicious and can be eaten in many ways. One of them is roasting them."

"Okay, I'll try it."

Li Lizhi's eyes lit up, she quickly finished the mutton skewers in her hand, took the potato slices handed over by Li Ruoqiu, took a bite, and couldn't help but her eyes lit up.

“Crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, very good.”

"I like this snack called potato chips."

Eat the baked potato slices in your hand.

Li Lizhi couldn't help but be curious about Li Huaian.

"Brother Huai'an, I am becoming more and more curious about you."

"I have never tasted the food you have here before in the palace, nor have I seen it in Chang'an City. This way of eating seems a bit like a businessman."

"But there are several of these seasonings you used that I have never seen anywhere in Hu Shang."

"I just chatted with Sister Ruoqiu and said that Brother Huai'an brought these back from overseas."

"Logically speaking, people like Brother Huai'an should have some reputation in Chang'an City. Why have I never heard Brother Huai'an's name?"

Li Huaian was annoyed by Li Lizhi's curiosity.

"How old are you? You are a princess, but you have never heard my name in Chang'an City. Isn't it normal?"

"Besides, I have only settled in Chang'an City for less than a year. If you can hear it, there is a ghost."

"You can't stop your mouth if you have something to eat."

the end.

Li Huaian took a bunch of chicken wings from the table and handed it to Li Lizhi, trying to stop her mouth. How come this little girl turned into a problem baby after getting to know her well, with so many problems.

During this period, Li Lizhi did not even mention whether she knew about the Liulic Pavilion.

"I'm just curious."

"My father is very thirsty for talents. If my father knew about talents like Brother Huai'an, he would be very happy and would reuse Brother Huai'an."

"Brother Huai'an, would you like me to recommend you to my father?"

Li Lizhi looked at Li Huaian with excitement, as if she was looking at a treasure and doing something important to recruit talents for the court.

Xu was afraid that Li Huaian would think she was showing favoritism, so he explained.

"Brother Huai'an, don't worry that this is a back door. The imperial court has a recommendation system. As a princess, my father and I recommend brother Huai'an. It is also a matter of recommending useful talents to the court." "It is a business matter."

"If you don't want to eat it, don't eat it."

Li Huaian tried to grab the chicken wings from Li Lizhi's hand, but Li Lizhi dodged it perfectly, stuck out her tongue, and gave him a slightly provocative look.

He didn't care, he just said calmly.

"I appreciate your kindness, so just recommend it."

"I'm just a lazy person and don't want to be bound by rules. Since your father doesn't know me yet, it's best to stay as I am now."

"I'm at ease for the time being."

"You'd better not mention me to your father and cause me any trouble."

"Otherwise, I won't give you delicious food in the future."

although.

He felt that saying these words was equivalent to not saying them.

Met Princess Changle in Qujiang Pool.

It is estimated that the information about him has been placed in front of Li Er at this time.

but.

want to come.

It is also better than nothing.

If it weren't for the pressure from the Five Surnames and Qiwang, Li Er would have known about him and Liulice Pavilion, and Li Lizhi would not have known about Liulice Pavilion.

As long as you know about Liuli Pavilion, you shouldn't know something about Liuli Pavilion and have heard of his existence.

The five surnames and Qi Wang cannot really cover the sky in Chang'an City with one hand.

after all.

Two months ago, the Liulic Pavilion incident was a matter of great concern in Chang'an City.

Not to mention that all women and children know it.

It's almost the same, to the extent that anyone who cares has heard it.

He pretended to threaten Li Lizhi.

Li Huaian saw that Li Lizhi started to purse her lips, showing signs of sadness, so he changed the subject and said, "I saw you two talking and laughing just now. What were you talking about?"

"Mr. Lang, just now I was talking to the princess about marriage. The princess seems to be getting married next year."

"The slave family and the princess talked about the husband the princess is going to marry in the future. The princess told her that it is Changsun Chong, the eldest son of the Duke of Qi from the princess' uncle's family."

Li Ruoqiu opened her mouth to tell Li Huaian about the topic she had just discussed with Li Lizhi.

Next to her, Li Lizhi was feeling sad because Li Huaian rejected her kindness, and felt that the chicken wings in her hands no longer tasted good.

At this time, after hearing Li Ruoqiu's words, her face suddenly became a little shy, and she had a childish attitude, and she hesitated to speak to cover up for herself.

"No, no, Sister Ruoqiu is wrong."

"There are too many things to do."

"Father has not yet decreed the marriage, it is just a matter of private discussion."

"The decree will not come until next year."

"My father just has this wish. He told his uncle that he wanted me to marry cousin Changsun Chong."

"uncle.."

Li Huaian looked at Li Lizhi who was a little flustered when the marriage was mentioned. He thought for a moment and asked warmly: "Princess, what do you think about marrying your cousin?"

"I?"

Li Lizhi was taken aback.

"Actually, I don't know. My uncle is very good, and cousin Changsun Chong is also very good. I think it would be good to marry cousin Changsun Chong."

"My father and mother also want me to marry my cousin Changsun Chong."

Li Huaian couldn't deny it and said: "That's right, it seems that the orders of your parents and the words of the matchmaker are not matters that you can decide."

This sentence has always been engraved in the bones of ancient people.

Even the eldest princess of the Tang Dynasty could not escape.

"but.."

"What's the matter with Langjun?"

"Brother Huai'an, it's nothing."

Li Ruoqiu and Li Lizhi both had doubts on their faces.

Li Huaian hesitated for a moment before speaking to Li Lizhi.

"It's nothing."

"I remember that according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, the age of marriage for a woman should be 15 years old. Judging from Changle's appearance, she should not be old enough for marriage yet."

"Well, according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, it does take me another three years."

Li Lizhi nodded.

"But my father, my mother, and my uncle all hope that I can marry my cousin Changsun Chong. Thinking about it, Datang Lu should be fine."

"Getting married next year will only be two years too early."

"Li Zhi thinks there is no problem."

Li Huaian looked at the reasonable Princess Li Lizhi of Changle, with barbecue sauce on the corner of her mouth, looking well-behaved, considerate of the overall situation, and gentle.

I couldn't help but curse in my heart, Changsun Chong, what a beast.

But I was also confused in my heart.

He remembered correctly.

The little girl Li Lizhi in front of him got married in the seventh year of Zhenguan and died of illness in the 17th year of Zhenguan. He didn't know if this death from illness was caused by getting married too early and giving birth to a child.

but..

This should be one of the causes of Li Lizhi's death.

Married at the age of 13.

Pregnancy and childbirth followed.

Pregnant and giving birth to a baby rashly before the body is fully grown will definitely cause certain damage to the body.

Li Huaian leaned on the chair and looked at Li Lizhi, who kept holding barbecue and skewers on the table. His eyes were full of pity for the eldest princess of the Tang Dynasty who still had ten years to live.

Think about it.

with his current abilities.

Trying to influence Li Shimin to change his decision is probably wishful thinking.

not to mention.

For Li Shimin, who could brazenly launch the "Xuanwumen Revolution", as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, it was impossible for him to disrupt his plan to win over courtiers through in-laws because of an unknown person.

It seems that we can only do our best and obey fate.

"Changle, can I ask you to help me with something?"

"whats the matter?"

Li Lizhi put down the grilled fish in her hand and looked at Li Huaian curiously.

Li Huaian summarized his thoughts and blurted out: "As the eldest princess of the Tang Dynasty, you should have certain investigative capabilities on the boundaries of Chang'an."

"In this case, I hope you will help me do several surveys, one on the birth rate of newborns, one on the age of married women, and one on the survival rate of married women."

"The most important thing is a survey on the growth of children born after consanguineous marriages."

"Brother Huai'an, are you just doing these four investigations?"

"Yes, these are the four investigations."

"it is good."

Li Lizhi agreed and told her maid Yue'er who had returned to wait on her: "Yue'er will write it down. When I go back later, I will order someone to complete the three investigations that Big Brother Huai'an wants."

"Yes, Your Highness, this servant has made a note."

My maid, Yue'er, is blessed, and I accept my order.

(End of this chapter)