Emperor Xiaoyao of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 80 Li Chengqian in adolescence
The morning in Chang'an is relatively cool.With the sound of rumbling drums, the doors of the square opened one by one, and the shops facing the street also removed the door panels one by one, ready to welcome customers.

The dry ground was sprinkled with water by the shop assistant, which can not only play a role in reducing dust, but also make the air feel better.A pair of finely crafted cloth shoes stepped on the wet bluestone slab, leaving a series of well-proportioned footprints.

This person has Jianyu star eyebrows, a dignified appearance, wearing a purple robe, and the yellow bun tied with a rope is particularly conspicuous.Although he didn't speak, he looked like a child of your family.The shop waiter receives more than a hundred customers every day, and it can be said that everyone has seen it.The first thing to recognize a person is not to look at the appearance but to look at the clothes, and the clothes are not to look at the workmanship, but to look at the color. These days, there are very detailed regulations on what grade to wear and what color to wear.

"My lord, is it still the private seat on the second floor?" The waiter in the shop bowed down, trying to lower his posture as much as possible, with a coquettish attitude.No way, who told him to eat this bowl of rice?

"Well, the shaved ice seller will come later, and bring two bowls." The young man was still polite when he spoke, and as soon as he finished speaking, the servant behind him took out a few copper coins and handed them to Xiao Er.

"The rest will be rewarded by my young master." The young man's voice was very high-pitched, as if his fingernails had been scratched on porcelain, making it uncomfortable to hear.

"Thank you, son, for the reward!" Although the boy's voice was sharp, the sound of the copper coins colliding was quite pleasant, and it sounded like heaven to the waiter in the shop.The waiter in the shop thoughtfully called a thousand, and said flatteringly, "I'll go and make tea for the young master right now, the young master will wait later."

On the second floor, the young man first ran to the young man in small steps, wiped the bench and table twice with his sleeve, and then stood behind the stool, waiting for the well-dressed young man to sit down.

"Your Highness ``````" The young man watched the young master sit down, and just opened his mouth to say something, when he was startled by the stare of the young master in Huafu, he clapped his lips and said: "Young servant deserves to die, this servant deserves to die."

"From now on, I will call you Mr. Gu, and you will call him the young one. Don't show your feet." The handsome man turned his head and looked out the window and said.

"No, I understand." The young man saw that his eldest son turned his head to look out the window, and didn't pay attention to himself, so he secretly raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat off his head.

"What did you want to say just now?" Young Master Huafu asked slowly without turning around while playing with the beautiful jade in his hand.

"I want to say that this is already the sixth day that the eldest son has been sick. If this continues, I'm afraid the master in the mansion will punish him." The young man replied cautiously. It sounds a little softer.

"It was you who asked me to come out to relax, and you were the one who persuaded me to go back. Why are you so contradictory?" Mr. Huafu didn't take his boy's persuasion to heart, complained, and waved his hand to tell him to shut up , I was still staring out the window in a daze.

This young man in Huafu is none other than Li Chengqian, Prince of the Tang Dynasty.Ever since he lived alone in the East Palace, his personality has become more and more unpredictable.When the ministers were around, he could restrain his temper a little bit, but he always hit and scolded the guards around him, so Eunuch Wu, who was waiting beside him, didn't dare to speak aloud.

Li Chengqian looked at the father and son downstairs. The son, who was about seven or eight years old, was carrying two hares, and the father was carrying firewood on his shoulders, as if he was going to the city to go to the market.During the six days that Li Chengqian claimed to be ill, he came here to sit for a while every day, and the father and son also passed by here every day.Occasionally, the father would stop, as if to ask his son if he was thirsty, and then take off the water hyacinth from his waist and hand it to his son to drink.

Then turn around and look at my father, how long has it been since he was kind to me?When I was young, many cousins ​​disappeared overnight, but now I know what happened, but I am always unwilling to face it, it was my former playmate!If he could live to this day, he would probably marry a wife and have children, right?The current father is more and more confusing to himself, he is more and more strict with himself, and more and more teachers are sent to supervise and criticize him, but he is more and more kind to his fourth brother.Is it so easy to please the emperor by dancing around?You can do it yourself, but you don't bother to do it!The reason is that this is the way of the fourth brother, not my own!Don't go the way others have gone!
Xiao Er brought tea and went down quietly. Eunuch Wu filled Li Chengqian with tea but didn't dare to make a sound, and still left Li Chengqian alone in a daze.

Today, the pair of children came from the same place. Although they are different in size, their clothes are fairly neat. They both have the same style of clothes. There is a piece of clean white cloth hanging on the chest. What is it called?apron?The two parked the car in a shaded place downstairs, took down the bricks they carried with the car, and blocked the car. They didn't bother to wipe the sweat off their faces before entertaining the customers who surrounded them.

This shaved ice only started selling the day before yesterday, right?I also let the two children have a free tasting for a day, and the taste is really good, cool, sweet, and very refreshing.Thinking of this, Li Chengqian licked his lower lip, his two bowls of shaved ice will be served soon, right?

The two children had a clear division of labor, and the taller one deftly lifted a corner of the quilt to reveal the large copper basin in the carriage, which was full of crushed ice that had already been smashed.Another kid who was a little shorter yelled in a childish voice, trying to maintain order, so that the people who bought shaved ice lined up so as not to affect the pedestrians.Whose two children are these?There is a way of doing things.Li Chengqian lived in the palace since he was a child, and when he came out once in a while, he found that the life of a commoner also had a lot of fun, which was much better than being alone in the high-walled compound.

The waiter in the shop accepted Li Chengqian's tip, and had been waiting for the two children at the door, and bought the shaved ice for Li Chengqian.Li Chengqian dug into the crushed ice with a spoon and ate it. The sweet and refreshing crushed ice was chewed and crunched, which made Eunuch Wu's teeth sore beside him.Although there is ice in the palace, it is usually placed in the house to cool down. I have never eaten it like this before. Yesterday Li Chengqian went back and ordered someone to make some, but it was not as delicious as this.

While eating, Li Chengqian watched the two children downstairs selling shaved ice.It was hot, and there were a lot of buyers, and the large copper basin was sold out in a short while. The younger child said something to the older child, and the older child poured out the ice water left in the copper basin. Put it in a small bowl and pass it to a smaller child, maybe his brother?The younger brother insisted on having his elder brother take a few sips before he would drink. The people on the side waited patiently for the pair of little brothers who loved each other, and showed no expression of impatience, which made Li Chengqian feel warm after seeing it.How long has it been since this happened to me?Did you have it when you were very young?At that time, I often played with the King of Shu. As I grew older, people around me kept telling me not to get too close to the King of Shu, because he had the blood of the previous dynasty and was my enemy.Could it be that close relatives of flesh and blood are not worth the difference between political factions?Li Chengqian was confused.

The game and dry firewood were selling very quickly, and the father and son had sold out in a short time. The hares in the hands of the children were gone. In the past, the children would always have more snacks bought by their fathers. There were more of them yesterday. It's two cucumbers. The day before yesterday was two flax cakes, right?Why are you empty-handed today?Li Chengqian was having doubts, when he saw the father and son standing behind the long line to buy shaved ice.

A bowl of shaved ice for two pennies is not expensive at all for wealthy businessmen and official families, but for a hunter, the value is a bit high. Only a hare is worth a bowl of shaved ice, and maybe this bowl of shaved ice is the ration of his family for more than a month.Seeing Orion holding his son's hand and stroking his son's head from time to time, Li Chengqian became jealous.As the proud son of heaven, the crown prince of the country, how long has it been since he felt the love from his loving father?

In the scorching summer, the refreshing shaved ice sold out quickly. By the time it was the turn of the father and son, the six large copper basins had already bottomed out. The customers behind saw that they were gone, and shook their heads in disappointment.The Orion's son was also a little disappointed. He licked his lips and wanted to drag his father away. It would be great if he could save a little, and buy a lot of good food for his sister.

At this time, the big boy selling shaved ice stopped him, poured the ice water from the copper basin into a bowl, and handed it over.The Orion hesitated for a moment, took it, handed it to his son, and took out two coins.The big boy shook his head, explained a few words, and rejected with his hand.Orion's child took the bowl, and instead of drinking it, he untied the gourd from his waist and poured it into it.The big boy asked a few more questions, asking for the kid's gourd, and then took out the big copper basins in the carriage one by one, controlled them, filled the Orion's gourd before handing it back.

The Orion took the gourd and was determined to give the two cents to the big boy, but the big boy shook his head and refused, and the little boy selling shaved ice also refused.After giving way several times, the big boy only charged a penny before giving up.Orion's son was holding a gourd full of ice water, afraid of losing one, with a tender face smiling like a flower, and the Orion carrying the burden led him out of the city.

Watching the father and son leave happily, the two shaved ice children smiled at each other, and they also smiled sweetly, as if they had done something amazing.Seeing the father and son walking away, the two children put away the bricks and pushed the cart away together.

Li Chengqian got up, leaned on the window, watched the figure of the father and son and the two children turn around the corner and disappeared, and sat down again feeling disappointed.The smiling faces of those three children pierced deeply into Li Chengqian's heart, warm and tingling.

(End of this chapter)